Triple Threat

[Kibagami]

Setting:
Dusk
Wind and Rain, Thunder and Lightning
Top of a Skyscraper (30 yards square, flat)

Rules:
Get killed, you lose.
Get thrown off the roof, you lose.
No autohits, no godmodding, no puppeteering, no metagaming. The usual.
Use PM for OOC questions
72hr Time Limit.

Posting Order:
@Kibagami
@The Prophet
@AchillesHell

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The deluge was finally start to thin but only barely, violent wind whipped his loose hair and clothing and spat the water from the brim of the chonin-gasa atop his head. The chilled air bit sharply at his face. A flash of lightning lit the scene in white with a glistening sheen, the rumble that followed echoed like an angry god, as if to herald the events to come.

So he stood in wait, hands folded into the sleeve of the opposite, calm yet bursting. Peering out from beneath the brim, he silently contemplated a strategy to make the best use of the surroundings, or rather, use of the weather. The cold rain made everything slippery, the bitter chill in the air would numb exposed flesh, powerful bellows of wind came from no predictable direction, lightning strikes were, however, a concern as there were no rods on the roof to attract it. His enviro-armor shielded him from the elements and it's structure acted like a modest Faraday Cage, but lightning was Mother Nature's game and she played for keeps.

Sensing the impending arrival of his cohorts, he pulled the suit's mask from under it's collar over his mouth and nose, a brief suction hermetically sealed the enviro-armor. "It's time to play." his voice muffled by the mask and diffused by the sounds of high winds and pounding rain. His right hand crossed his waist, his fingers curled gently around the grip of his trusted katana resting in it's magnetized scabbard at his left hip. Eyes wide with child-like anticipation for battle.
@The Prophet

 

[The Prophet]

Slowly, with his hands clasped behind his back like an old drill sergeant, Aizahk emerged quietly from the shadows. He chuckled slightly to himself, appreciating the irony of having explicitly chosen not to don his armour for this particular simulation. Aizahk had come to regret the decision the moment the rain draped his body in wetness. Having spent the majority of his childhood in a tropical environment, torrential downpour was something he knew well. However, such a cold air paired with soaked cloth was something that didn't quite agree with him. Despite an urge to make his grievances known, he bit his tongue and took on a more serious demeanour.

Spying only one opponent to start with, he sauntered past him, ensuring to scope out any immediate weakness in his stance. True to form, his adversary had been sure not to give the game away yet; Aizahk flashed a half-smile and a respectful nod, as he headed towards his starting position. Knowing a third would soon arrive, Aizahk continued his tiger-like promenade towards a corner of the open space.

@AchillesHell

 

[Kibagami]

Jubei met Aizhak's nod with one of his own. Aza's grand entrance may have been wasted on his current opponents though. Neither of them said a single word, so to break the odd lull he chuckled through the mask. "I don't know about you two, but I feel positively Electric!" With the final word, his Taser Stave slid down his forearm under his sleeve and into his left hand, he immediately and fervently stabbed it into the ground sending arcs of blue-hot electricity dancing in every direction over the drenched rooftop. Knowing he was insulated from this, Jubei watched with eager pause to see how the other two would fare. The Taser Stave would stay put, shocking the entire rooftop, until one of the two could stop him.
@The Prophet

 

[The Prophet]

A sudden wild grin crossed Aizahk's face as Jubei drew his weapon, his own hand shooting towards his own weapon. However, he held back upon realizing that his opponent intended to first create an environmental hazard. Expecting that the intention was most likely force an outright attack, Aizahk took a safer route. As the sparking baton struck the ground, he quickly crouched and pushed off of one leg, launching himself towards Aza. It was now that he would draw his beloved saber, Bolas. However, the reasons for igniting his lightsaber were twofold. The first being the most obvious, so that he was prepared once he'd landed near Aza. The second was more covert. At the same time, using a quick sleight of hand, he slyly launched his shoto from his belt with the intention of skewering Jubei through the chest right away; he subtly guided it with the force as best he could before turning a little more focus towards Aza. He hoped that the ignition of his primary weapon would mask this for a moment. He intended to slow his jump as he neared Aza, ensuring he didn't fall into any traps.

 

[AchillesHell]

Aza's body moved without hesitation planning his steps ahead and performing a strategic counter. Utilizing his precognition and force reflex he was able to act upon Jubei's attack. Aza with a sudden twitch of his right hand directed towards taser user erects a barrier around himself and mere centi-meters from his telekinetic gripped saber. The current of weak blue electricity would go un phased against the basic like barrier around Aza. Initiating one step of his plan he exudes a small bright purple stream of weak ionized energy from his right handed guided towards Jubei. Forcing the energy to spread out in a aoe due to the already placed electric stream to amplify it's affect's and the water droplets in the air to spread it upon the entire area. A bright flash of brilliant purple energy occurring from the large field of ionized energy at with the only affect to short cut technology without even a simplest sting to organic material eyeing the jumping man near his postion.

@Kibagami

 

[Kibagami]

Keen eyes watched in subdued elation. It was no surprise to see Aizahk taking to the air, not wearing that armor of his probably made him a bit skittish. Aza, however, had the initial reaction of raising an obvious barrier which wasn't too far off from what was expected of him. The energy from his hand was equally on display, he appeared the type to not be bothered with trivialities or trying to hide anything - like a shoto coming straight for your chest!
Knee-jerk reaction was to Force Push the hellish thing away, it screamed passed his shoulder with no more than centimeters to spare. He could hear the water drops sizzle off it's blade as it passed by. Damn, Aizahk, why throw away a perfectly good weapon? - he thought inwardly as the shoto careened off the edge of the platform behind him.
Speaking of throw-away-weapons, the Taser Baton exploded when Aza's counter reached it's mark. Jubei scoffed and tossed it behind himself to follow Aizahk's shoto off the edge.

He raised himself to a stand, right hand returning to the katana after the knee-jerk Force push. "So what's next to be thrown off the-" Another whip of wind came over the rooftop blowing his chonin-gasa right off his head and over the.. "-edge....Kriff, my best hat..."

Now a bit annoyed, he was eager as ever to jump into this fight, but experience told him to wait it out and see which of them would come after him first. In the meantime, he began gathering and focusing the Force within his left hand, yet undecided on what to do with it, but he'd know when the time came.
@The Prophet

 

[The Prophet]

Cutting his eye towards his shoto momentarily, with a quick flick of the wrist, Aizahk managed to just about prevent it from flying out of reach; it rolled for a moment before stopping just shy of the railings. Releasing himself from the influence of the force, Aizahk's body went from a slow roll to a sudden drop. Bending his knees as his feet met the ground, he rose slowly and stopped for a moment. Looking upon his opponent with a piercing gaze, he took note of the lightsaber floating just shy of it's wielder. An opponent wielding their saber by use of the force was somewhat unorthodox, though not something he was unfamiliar with.

Using his long reach to extend his range as best he could Aizahk extended his blade and made a sharp thrust toward his opponents throat. He mainly struck out with the intention of forcing his opponent back. He didn't intend for an extended engagement, after all, looking mainly to keep Aza at bay whilst Jubei was outside of the fight.

 

[AchillesHell]

Aza kept on the watch of the two opponents more intently on the one nearest to him. Aizahk would finally release himself onto the ground stopping for a moment. In that moment Aza would allow beautifully crafted saber Dei Tranquility to quickly fly into his awaiting quickened right hand. With a swift movement of his flexible wrist, Aza immediately activates Dei Tranquility with a soft hum of the angelic white blade's being opened.

Aza in a rapid motion suddenly places his sturdy body into his Soresu form. Aza held firmly to the blade's well crafted back in a single hand maneuvered grip, quickly angling forward his water drenched left arm held in parallel, with his off hand awaiting the confrontation. With brisk and accurate timing, Aza would initiate and balanced swift side step with a fleet of feet, counterattacking with a twirl of his right wrist to suddenly bash away at Aizahk thrust causing his saber to move to the other side. Utilizing the environment's water drenched floor to enhance his step with a controlled slide out of the area of Aizahk.

@Kibagami

 

[Kibagami]

Impatience and experience were having a fight of their own within his psyche. The excitement of battle was like a salivating dog ready for his impending meal, yet having to wait while the meal was prepped for consumption. A kind of psychological torture. Fit to burst, Jubei was more than ready to let loose this mass of Force energy collecting within his palm.
With, apparently, time to spare, his right hand eased from the katana and joined the left hand in condensing and manifesting the energies, molding it like clay between his fingertips.
@The Prophet

 

[The Prophet]

There it was, the crackling sound of the first clash; music to Aizahk's ears. He couldn't help but smirk a little as the flashing blades illuminated the rooftop for a moment. That was a good sign the fight had truly begun. Although it was clear that the fight between Aizahk and Aza was underway, Jubei however appeared to have taken care to stay as far out of the fight as possible. Despite his eagerness to bring him into the combat, Jubei would have to wait a second more.

Taking a short step back to reposition himself, Aizahk followed the movement of his blade as he stepped back, guiding the weapon in a circular motion with his wrist. Bringing it around to Aza's right side, he made a swift flick cut towards his neck. However, this wasn't an overly committed strike and he chose not to step back in. He intended to maintain the distance his opponent had created for a short moment, allowing him time to make a move against Jubei, who was currently preparing a possibly devastating force blast.

Spying the shoto he'd saved from plummeting out of the corner of his eye, Aizahk pulled it towards his opponent as he rested into a more neutral stance; he held his off-hand slightly outwards, utilizing a stance not unlike those seen in Form II to mask the manipulation of his seemingly discarded weapon. Whilst he didn't particularly intend to use such a trick this early in the fight, he was keen to stop whatever Jubei was planning to do. His intentions when pulling his weapon would hopefully accomplish a few things. The first being the most obvious, igniting the weapon as it approaches Jubei and hopefully impaling him from behind. Should this fail, he would step away from Aza and make a similar attempt on his second opponent.

 

[AchillesHell]

As Aza, gained his limited distance from Aizahk he sensed an amassed amount of force energy from the other opponent. Aza has set up a strategic position with his gained distance to have clear view of both opponents. Aza slides back into his Soresu position while his serene mind is bombarded with idea after idea. With now a extreme clarity of Jubei with his amassed force, Aza had no need to physically see him as his sense was enough.

With a quick visualization in his mind, it appeared as Jubei's head had transformed into a transparent and humanly shaped glass sculpture.As Aza gradually leans down and picks up a smooth large grey pebble taking no time to examine it. Aza suddenly tosses the pebble at Jubei's glass head as the pebble floats through the air and taps against Jubei's glass head to cause a small crack on the glass head. However this all happens instantly inside of Aza's vivid mind. To represent Aza utilizing his mental force power mind shard ability against Jubei. The purpose to instantly but weakly splinter Jubei's mind to throw off his concentration and maybe cause a mildly painful headache for a short moment.

 

[Kibagami]

Having prepped his attack and about to release an explosion of Force Push to knock them both off the roof at once, he suddenly felt as though he was stabbed through the brain when Aza's Mind Shard struck him..then he was actually stabbed through the brain when failing to notice Aizahk's flying lightsaber due to the Mind Shard. He fell over and evaporated. (This is a simulation after all. That was actually a decent combo, you two. Well done. I'll watch the rest from the sidelines and maybe give some pointers in our PM if I feel the need :))

 

[The Prophet]

(OOC: Ouch. That worked out a little better than I'd expected. lol)

Jubei's elimination from the bout was abrupt to say the least. Although the pragmatist within Aizahk was more than happy that a free-for-all was now a duel, the duelist within him was disappointed that he was unable to have at least clashed blades with him. Regardless, such thoughts were best left until after he'd defeated his next target. It was in this moment that Aizahk felt a good deal more comfortable, after all his skills were somewhat better suited to fighting a single opponent.

The killing of Jubei having gone without a shred of a hitch, his mind was now fully focused on dealing with Aza. It was clear that Aza's knowledge of various force applications were extensive. However, knowing he was in fact even younger than himself, Aizahk was doubtful that he could be all that strong with them all. However, he was still wary of the ones that could perhaps catch him off guard. Time was going to be his most trusted ally here, ensuring that Aza had none to himself would hopefully remove any margin for him to gain the upper hand."Speed is key." He thought. Though, no sooner had he made this statement in his mind, Aizahk was upon his opponent. Instinctively taking advantage of his opponents momentary usage of the force. He immediately thrust forwards again, from the position he'd already prepared himself in, this time he took aim at Aza's heart.

 

[AchillesHell]

Aza took to no immediate action seeing one of the opponents fall prey to what seemed to be a combination. As the man was suddenly struck with a blade through his thick skull and evaporated into the weather inflicted air. He felt nothing as his focused was still centered upon the other force user. Taking into account his new plan to shatter's this man's body and mind.

Straightaway Aizahk launches a speedy assault upon Aza to capitalize on the moment. Aizahk speedily confronted Aza, however yet again the opponent tries a simple thrust upon Aza this time for his heart. Nonetheless, Aza became lazy with his motion considering to be energy efficient, his mind constantly sorting through a multitude of ideas. Still in his Soseru form, Aizahk's blade quickly cuts into Aza's suit and breaks into his skin. Aza parries rapidly parries the saber, with an upward precision sweep. Aizahk's blade would slash upward across Aza, cutting his skin's exterior and suit and slashing the frontal of his helmet. Leaving a bright glow across his body from he trail of the weapon as Aza moves to retreat into Jubei's area. During these actions Aza decided to launch his own counter attack. Utilizing his mental power, Aza applies the force phenomenon of shatter-point to perceive the fault lines in Aizahk's mind. Allowing him to see the force's flow into the weak points in Aizahk's mind. From at the weak point he would undertake the usage of a much more powerful version of mind shard than used on Jubei. This time with the attempt to mentally splinter Aizahk's mind at the weakest point, to cause intense pain,confusion and severe mental instability.

 

[The Prophet]

There it was. Aizahk's eyes widened with glee as his blade connected with Aza's armour, before slanting back into concentration. Aza's defense was solid, just about forcing Aizahk's blade upward without the weapon fully impaling him. This however, greatly worked to Aizahk's advantage. Upon his blade being raised high into the air he immediately made a grab for Dread, igniting the crimson blade, and immediately made yet another throw at his opponent; despite the fact that he quite easily could have followed up on his previous attack, or at the very least stayed hot on Aza's tail, he instead chose to do this as Aza broke from the engagement.

Taking note of his opponents raised hand, it was clear that another usage of the force was inbound. Judging by his concentration it was likely another foray into the mind. With only a split second to make a move, it was clear what must be done. As Dread approached in the air, he outstretched his other hand and, as much as it pained him to do so, threw Bolas. However, this was merely a feint. Although it remained ignited for a moment, Aizahk had no intention of keeping it that way. Instead, he used his now free right hand to pull his shoto, Rahs, from the position that Jubei had fallen. The very position that Aza had chosen to make his retreat to. Igniting the saber at a distance, he pulled it towards his opponent in an attempt to end him the same way he had done Jubei. Roaring wildly as the dagger-like grasp of Aza's mind shard penetrated his psyche, he channeled the pain into focus as best he could, guiding both sabers towards his target.