Carth's magical adventure, ROUND TWO, MOTHERFUCKERS!

[Anastasia]

"Poor devil," Tir says, with only a minimal amount of mocking in his voice. "So, now what?"

[Carthrat]

"Well, C-class, two fights a day," replies Carthrat. "I fight again, win again, make more money, y'know, it's not like I'm doing anything else important."

[Anastasia]

"Right," he says. "How much do you want to bet on your scranwy ass this time?"

[Carthrat]

"Three thousand," replies Carthrat. "And I'm buffer than you."

[Anastasia]

He nods, trying not to crack up. "Riiiiiight. If you say so, 'Rat," he chuckles.

[Carthrat]

"Yeah, I do, bitch," replies Carthrat, striding off to the arena, intent on setting up a hand-to-hand brawl..

[Anastasia]

Talking with the checkin robot, you are able to set up a hand to hand, non lethal match with minimal effort.

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"Will contestants Carthrat Tanewaki and Guinock Aimes please report to the ready room," comes from the retrevial bot perhaps an hour later.  Your opponent rises, a musclar, blonde man in white, baggy pants.  You are escorted out into the ready room and to the arena...

"Ladies and Gentlemen! In his second bout of the day, Carthrat Tanewaki has put down his golden gun to get into a vicious melee with none other than Guinock!"

This echos out as you two take your positions, ready to fight.  Guinock's face is calm and focused, betraying no emotion.

"And...Go!"

Guinock immediately springs into action, leaping high and diving at you with a pointed kick.

[Carthrat]

Carthrat ducks and raises his arm in a cross-block, aiming to trap the mans foot, promptly end his flight, and cause him to drop unceremoniously to the ground.

[Anastasia]

As he gets close, his leg glows white with chi energy, slamming right into you and blowing past your guard.  The hit, while somewhat parried by your attempted block/counter, still got through to leave a bruise on your chest and send you backwards.

Leaping forward, he comes at you with a 1-2 punch combonation, trying to press his advantage.

[Carthrat]

Carthrat lets the first punch through and tries to simply catch the other offending hand in his own, using his other hand to slug the guys face.

[Anastasia]

As his fist comes in, it starts shining with the same white chi as before. The blow hits you in the chest, sending a web of pain through you. Despite that, you manage to catch his second attack, the chi painfully hot as you land your shot on his face. A cut is opened on his cheek, a small blood dribbler.

From this, the force of both blows and his subsequent push off gets a bit of distance betwen you and him.  Your chest is hurting, you'd probably have a painful injury for the next few days if it wasn't for your  regeneration ring.

[Carthrat]

Carthrat cracks his knuckles, dearly wishing he could get that fire thing working right with his bare hands..

Being defensive wouldn't work, so Carthrat goes for the offence, complete with several cloak flourishes and a fist to the stomach.

[Anastasia]

You two dance, him throwing a few missed punches while you look for your opening to the gut.

Oh, look. He overextended ever so slightly on a missed shot. Your fist slams into his abdoment, scoring a flare of pain in his eyes. He jumps back, flowing with the force of the attack. This puts him about ten feet away from you, which is when he punches the floor straight down, causing  a wave of red sand to come right at Carthrat!

[Carthrat]

Carthrat twirls his cloak and flings it off, scooting around the sand and hopefully in a position to grab the guy and smack him *down*.

[Anastasia]

As you get out of the way of the sand and parry it, you can see that Guinock is already moving again, coming at you from the side you dodged on. He is surprised by this action and cannot change his course, running straight into you!

The collision sends stars of light over your field of vision as you stagger up. Guinock is in the same position, and it looks like he picked up a nasty forehead cut in the hit. It bleeds freely, sending rivulets of blood over his eyes and down his face. It's a nasty injury, far worse than the jarring bruises you got from your end of it. You can tell he's disoriented from it as he tries to wipe the blood from his eyes.[/code]