Tournament: Round 1 - Elements|Talen'sul

[Kender Bard]

An arena has been constructed for the tournament. A squared off area, marked with chalk on the ground, has been designated for the opponents. Crowds gather to watch the proceedings and the contestants are given small tents in which to ready themselves.

The rules have been laid out, clear and simple. No drawing blood. First person to be knocked out of the boundaries is out of the tournament.

Lineup

Luna vs Bristle

[Kender Bard]

Luna strolled to her end of the field, looking calm and collected as usual. In truth, her heart was beating with anxiety. What was she doing out here? Trying to show up her brother? Maybe...

She flipped some of her hair over her shoulder and folded her hands as she waited for her opponent.

[iamtuo]

Bristle steps out into the field with a nervous grin on his face and he waves to the crowd. Inside he was feeling both nervous and excited at the same time, it's been a while since he was in any remotely serious fight.

[Kender Bard]

Ceria managed to worm her way to the forefront of the crowd near Bristle's end. Taking a deep breath (and using a touch of her powers!) she gave a piercing whistle and shouted, "Go Bristle!"

The announcer gave the signal that it was time to begin the fight.

Luna wasn't sure what element Bristle was. She couldn't immediately see any signs on his body. So, she brushed her sign and sent a gale of wind towards him. It assuredly wasn't meant to do more than push him back a little; mostly, it was so she could see what his abilities were.

[iamtuo]

Bristle turns and waves to Ceria when she cheered for him. "Heoof!" Right when he was saying hello, the wind hit him and pushed him back a few feet, almost knocking him over. "Hey, I wasnt ready." He turns to face Luna directly. "all right, lets get started then." ^_^

[Kender Bard]

Luna smirks slightly; what a pushover! Literally! She brings up both hands, sending a gust towards the other man, twice as strong as she had before. Maybe this would be a quick match after all!

[iamtuo]

This time, Bristle was more ready as he centers himself and activates his earth sign on the sole of his foot to create a small wall of earth in front of him to block the wind as he ducks down behind it so he can touch his sign directly without being seen or directly attacked and starts chanting.

[Kender Bard]

Earth type, huh? Luna things, smirking. Okay then, I better get out of your element and into mine. Activating her sign she murmurs a short chant and airwalks higher and higher. She doesn't want to get too high, lest her attacks become ineffectual but she makes it a point to get out of range of any easy attacks from him.

[iamtuo]

Bristle finishes his chant and stands up again, pulling off a few chunks of his wall into semi-solid balls of dirt and throws one at Luna.

[Kender Bard]

Luna moves about, sidestepping these. Mud-balls, ew. One clips her arm, but it just makes her grimace in disgust and stagger back a couple steps. So, patiently, she waits for the next one to come at her and sends a blast of wind to 'throw' it back down at Bristle.

[iamtuo]

Bristle reaches for his last dirt ball and throws it at Luna, but isnt expecting it to really do anything so he focuses on bringing a blunted earth 'spike' up from behind and below Luna to try and hit her in the back or something.

[Kender Bard]

Luna sends this one back at him as well; at this point she thinks he's a laughing stock of a combatant. Therefore, the spike of earth catches her off guard and she falls somewhat before catching herself. Wincing, she hurries to stand in the air above Bristle. Let's see him try that trick so long as she keeps him underneath herself! Situated in a position she likes, she chants softly.

[iamtuo]

Bristle gets hit in the face by his own dirtball, temporarily blinding him and causing him to focus a little bit to try and use his power to get the dirt out of his eyes. Once his vision clears a bit he looks around for Luna above him, expecting she could have recovered from his attack by now.

[Kender Bard]

At about that moment, Luna finished chanting and brought her arms up in a grandiose gesture, creating a whirlwind below her. SHE was untouched but the sucking winds, but she focused the edge of it as close to Bristle as she could, trying to pull him into its rotating center.

[iamtuo]

Bristle noticed the wind picking up around him and felt a tug as one of his arms almost gets sucked into the wind before he could pull it back. Thinking quickly, Bristle noticed that the mini tornado widened out the higher it went and that Luna was above him. So he used his earth powers to create a small dome of earth around him and to push the ground beneath him up in a pillar to rush up at Luna.