Open Call [OBJ]

[Norion]

The sky was gray, and thunder sounded in the distance as Kazi awaited his opponent. He was dressed in his typical wears; light upper body armor, his clawed gauntlet, and throwing knives galore. He could do nothing but stand in preperation, patiently waiting for someone to answer his call.

The plains rumbled as the thunder continued, and the thick goldenrod field of dandelions quivered in fear as the thunder rolled. Still, Kazi stood motionless. Yet, something in the distance was finally moving.

Kazi's opponent had arrived.

[Yuan Shao]

Yes. But I'll be using my NPC Yuan Tan.

[Yuan Shao]

Yuan Tan walked the way to the battleground, his large sword swung over his shoulder, his smaller sword hanging in his hand at his side. He showed up soon thereafter.

He looked his enemy in the face, the man chock full of surprises. He smirked.

"Let's do this then."

He lept forwards. Bringing his larger sword, in his right hand, he brought it up and then down, using it's immense size to keep the man slightly away. His right hand gripped his smaller sword for when the man attacked back.

He was worried about surprises from the man, but he figured he could deal with anything he had to throw at him, both literally and metaphorically.

[Norion]

Kazi stood motionless as the man approached. Kazi didn't care who the man was, where he came from, or what his mother's maiden name was. All he knew was that this man had a sword, it was big, and was coming down towards Kazi's right shoulder.

Kazi quickly spin to his right, bringing him to Yuan Tan's left. As the sword's momentum carried it into the earth, dandelion's flew upwards as Kazi began his attack. Kazi gave a quick, pointed jab with his gauntlet covered left hand, aiming for the man's left hand, which was currently holding the large sword. The tip was dug into the ground at this point, and Kazi could only assume the man would need to release his hold on the sword in order to dodge Kazi's attack.

As Kazi's clawed hand stabbed at Yuan Tan's left hand, the Demon of Ba Shu reached quickly behind his back. As Kazi pulled back from his stab, he didn't have time to check if he had made contact, because he was picking his spot to aim. Kazi's right arm made a quick arc towards the angry sky, and a throwing knife hurled towards Yuan Tan's face.

Kazi was, at this point, out of Yuan Tan's range with his smaller sword, but this attack would still be considered point blank from 6 feet away. Kazi, however, still had a throwing knife in his right hand, having drawn a second to be prepared for his next strike.

Yuan Tan would need to approach Kazi again is he wished to strike, and Kazi could play on the counter attack all day long.

• Kazi stabbed at Yuan Tan's left hand with his clawed gauntlet.
  
• Kazi hurled a throwing knife at Yuan Tan's face.
  
• Kazi doesn't care what Yuan Tan's mother's maiden name is.
  

[Yuan Shao]

Unfortunately for Vilakazi, he had Tan's hand's messed up. In his right hand was the cleaver blade, the smaller hand being the home of his thin blade. So, when the man tried to pierce it, it was easily moved away, dodging the strike. As the cleaver missed, Tan twisted his hand.

His eyes tracked his enemy, his head moving, as he saw the glimmer appear behind the man's back and then his arm suddenly snap forwards. Using the momentum of the swinging blade, which was now turned horizontal instead of downwards, he pulled with all his might, spinning on one foot, the big cleaver blade coming up into the air. His wrist turned back to it's normal position, and the flat of the large blade blocked the incoming dagger.

With a heft, his right blade came to a rest against his shoulder. He looked at the demonic faced bastard in front of him. He was too much of a pansy to attack, so Tan decided to do it for him.

With another heft, he brought his right hand, holding the gigantic cleaver, behind him. He held the left handed sword across his body in front of him, and made a dash towards his opponent. He weaved to the right to miss any sort of projectile, and then landed on his left food when he was 4 feet from the man. He pivoted, and with all his might, threw his right arm around, bringing the huge 4 foot sword around. This would disable any sort of backwards dodge, as Tan's arms were each about 3 feet long, making his range 7 total feet, farther than the man would be able to dodge easily. He positioned his left most blade so that at the end of his pivot, which would leave his right arm stretched across his body, that he could push forwards with the sword should he try to duck. If the duck happened, the rapier-esque type sword would shoot forwards, Tan allowing his right arm to go around his head in a circle, and impale the man on the smaller blade.

A dance of death, indeed.

Actionz:
Blocked the thrown knife with momentum
Sliced at the man at shoulder level, then instead of stopping at the end of the cut across the body, he's bringing the sword around his body, angling his arm over his head to do so.
The smaller sword shot forwards so that the man couldn't dodge forwards, and the proximity of the two made dodging backwards impossible.

[Norion]

Kazi smiled as the man used brute force to redirect his throwing dagger into the ground. He was quicker then Kazi expected, and Kazi would not underestimate his speed again. He stood with his legs slightly bent, ready to retreat if necessary. Only a fool would rush against Yuan Tan at this point.

Yuan Tan rushed forward quickly, and Kazi retreated even quicker. Kazi had the benefit of minimal armor and no heavy weapons, and he was able to out maneuver Yuan Tan as Tan weaved to the right, keeping the distance between them at 6 feet. Kazi mirrored him, and the Demon of Ba Shu moved to his own left. Then, Yuan Tan brought his blade in a wide arc, aiming for Kazi's neck. Kazi, however, was faster than this man assumed. Kazi back peddled as he saw the sword coming and, as he was already 6 feet away, moving an extra two feet backwards was easy. Kazi was now a foot out of Yuan Tan's effective range.

Kazi still had Yuan Tan in his.

Kazi struck as Yuan Tan finished his circle and stabbed forward with the smaller sword. The smaller sword (which was still in Yuan Tan's right hand, according to Kazi's understanding) lunged forward, and Kazi moved to his own left, bringing him farther towards Yuan Tan's right side, away from the cleaver blade. Kazi took a step forward with his left, and launched his right foot upwards at Yuan Tan's right hand. It would be quite difficult for Yuan Tan to evade this move, because his momentum was still bringing his sword forward.

Kazi then let his right foot find the ground, and pulled his body forward. His gauntlet-covered left hand formed a fist, and Kazi cam in for the strike. Kazi's hips rotated clockwise, and the gauntleted fist cam forward towards the right side of Yuan Tan's face. Kazi still had the throwing dagger in his hand, and as Kazi's left fist drove itself towards Yuan Tan's face, Kazi held it ready. Kazi was prepared to stick it in either of Yuan Tan's arms, should the smaller blade or the cleaver blade somehow appear in Kazi's vision.

• Kazi kept time with Yuan Tan, and with a quick step backwards was able to maneuver out of Yuan Tan's range.
  
• Kazi moved to Yuan Tan's right side, which to my knowledge is the side of the smaller blade.
  
• As the smaller sword lunged forward, Kazi kicked the hand holding it.
  
• Kazi drove his left, gauntleted fist towards Yuan Tan's right temple.
  
• Kazi's throwing dagger is poised to be plunged into either the smaller sword's arm, or the cleaver's arm, depending on which one attacked him.
  
• Any questions, feel free to ask.
  

[Yuan Shao]

Paying gravely for not being able to interpret his surrounding, Vilakazi had but moments left to consider himself the victor of this bought.

Somehow dodging and then spring forwards immediately, he apparated on Tan's right, which held the cleaver blade, a fact that Vilakazi seemingly did not understand. As he kicked at Tan's left hand (In your own words, the hand with the smaller blade), Tan brought the cleaver blade back from the left hand side of his body. His elbow would crash into Vilakazi's face, even as the man attempted to punch Tan in the temple.

Knocking the man back, he then attempted to stab Tan in the arm, a move that was foolish in of itself. Tan fainted with his right hand, holding the cleaver blade, which caused Vilakazi to attempt a stab at that arm first. However, because he was now off centered, Tan merely pushed his smaller sword towards the man's neck, which he was now in mid stab, an easy feat. The cleaver blade's flat edge smacked away Vilakazi's hand in deflection of the attack, which would cause him to pinwheel slightly away to Tan's right.

And it was now that he struck. Since the smaller sword was moving towards the man's neck, and he was now off-center and losing his footing, it was a simple motion to reorient the blade, and plunge it towards the man's abdomen, which would be fleshy and meaty, and would not be easily defended.

Actionz:

The kick at Tan's blade failed due to Vilakazi's mistake
Tan elbows Vilakazi to keep the man from punching him in the head
Tan then faints, and causes Vila to attack his right handed side, while simultaneously stabbing at the man's now off-centered body, towards his stomach.
The stab to the right side is defended with a flat bladed-smack against the dagger, which causes the man to go even more off kilter.

[Norion]

Kazi apparently was having some vision issues from the lighting and dandelions and shit, because he kept attacking the wrong fucking arm. Kazi's face was met with an elbow, and Kazi knew that if he didn't do something quick, he was done for. He flexed his neck muscles, preventing the elbow from hitting his forhead and causing whiplash. Instead, it just really fucking hurt.

Kazi was almost dazed enough that he didn't see the sword coming towards his neck. Kazi bent his body backwards, punching the flat of the blade with his gauntleted hand. The blade flew over his head, and luckily didn't hit him. However, Tan wasn't finished; a blade was soon coming down at his abdomen. Kazi launched himself backwards, and the sword that came down narrowly missed his, um... "danger zone".

Even Kazi wasn't agile enough to try and attack after he landed with his back on the ground, so Kazi decided it was time to regroup. Yuan Tan had the momentum in this fight, and it was time to take it away. Kazi rolled backwards, and brought himself to his feet. His forhead was throbbing, but the adrenhaline was pumping through his body, so it was dull and almost unnoticable at this point. Kazi would feel it in the morning.

Kazi had rolled about 5 feet away, and the distance wasn't good enough. He back-peddled quickly, and increased said distance to about 10-12 feet.

"This is fun. You almost had me there, Yuan Tan. I applaude you."

Kazi could feel the sting on his thigh, but he knew he wasn't bleeding heavily. Kazi reached behind his back with both arms, and then flung his left out towards Yuan Tan. However, unbeknownst to Yuan Tan, there was no dagger in this hand. But the glean of the gauntlet would simulate the shine of a dagger, and Yuan Tan's reflex would most likely be to deflect it.

Kazi then flew his right hand out, which held two daggers in it. He released them a split second apart, but that time was enough to create two drastically different flight patterns. Assuming Yuan Tan used the cleaver to "deflect" the first dagger, the real ones would be aimed for Yuan Tan's right thigh and left shoulder. However, if he had used the smaller sword to "deflect" the dagger that was not there, the real ones would be aimed for his left thigh, and right shoulder.

Kazi had 30 daggers on him, and he had spent four already. He couldn't afford to waste any more.

• Kazi got hit in the face, and then almsot got his junk impaled. But he took the knick on his left inner thigh.
  
• Kazi rolled away out of Yuan Tan's immediate range, and complimented the man on his prowess.
  
• Kazi hurled two throwing knives at Yuan Tan, and their targets would depend soley on which sword Yuan Tan tried to guard against Kazi's "fake" dagger, which was never actually thrown.
  

[Yuan Shao]

Tan smirked as he saw the crimson hit the floor from his blade. He nearly giggled at the idea that he had just mortally wounded his opponent. A cut to the thigh would bleed out in roughly a half hour if not treated properly. He doubted the cut was that deep, but it would still give him the edge.

The man spoke, but Tan got ready in that time, holding his cleaver blade flat wise directly in front of him. This obscured most of his body, so when the initial hand wasn't followed with the same glinting he saw before (Vilakazi's gauntlets are a different color than steel, as pictured), and this minute reaction almost cost Tan his life. It wasn't until the other hand flashed that he brought up his other blade, and caught both of them, each smacking off of his blades.

"Tricksy."

Tan charged forwards now, keeping his swords in the X position incase the man tried to throw any more daggers at him. When he was 6 feet away, he brought the big sword from his left side, and swung hard to the right, leaping as he did so, throwing all his power. His sword would spin him completely around with enough force that he would land with his left side forwards, ready to attack again, his left blade shooting forwards towards the man who would be forced to dodge backwards, the sword aimed directly at the man's chest. His Cleaver, now finishing it's sprint, would then immediately come forwards as well, Tan sweeping upwards the smaller blade after it stabbed forward, creating an upwards arc that would protect from any knives thrown at his head. The cleaver blade would be stabbed forward with it's motion, Tan's right side now forward, he reeled the blade back and held it defensively to look at the damage he had wrought.

Actionz:
Blocked those stupid knives (stupid knives) with an X crossing of swords
Charged mah lazor...
Swiped across his own body at the midsection of Val while simultaneously leaping, which threw his right side backwards but allowed a quick attack from his sword from the dodging Val.
The smaller blade, which had just stabbed forwards towards Val, would then arc upwards, deflecting any attacks towards Tan's upper body, and the cleaver blade would be stabbed forwards with the same motion, hopefully catching Val unaware (since he'd be focused on the smaller blade).
Finished in a defensive position.

[Norion]

Kazi stood, and quickly realized what Tan was attempting. The only possible attack he could do from that position, and charging at Kazi, would be two swing either one of both of the swords across his body. It would probably not be both, because that would leave him open for a counter-attack, and Kazi knew Tan was too smart for something like that. He would be swiping across Kazi's midsection, most likely with the cleaver...

As Tan charged, Kazi could see his weight shift in preparation of a mid-section swing with the cleaver. However, what Kazi didn’t anticipate was the leap accompanying the slash. Kazi, however, was fairly unarmored. He would be able to jump higher.

Kazi tightened his calves like springs from a crouching position, and let them loose as soon as the cleaver came across Tan’s body. He brought his body parallel to the ground, and almost realized too late that Tan’s smaller sword was flying towards Kazi’s stomach. Kazi slammed his gauntleted forearm against the flat of the blade, forcing it out and wide. Then, what Kazi did was a testament to the Demon of Ba Shu’s training.

And it all happened within seconds.

Tan’s body flew beneath Kazi’s, as the cleaver carried Tan through the movement and the shorter blade in his left hand spun wildly away. Kazi reached below his own abdomen, and grabbed Tan by the head with his right hand. Then, Kazi’s body spun itself behind Tan’s, because Tan’s momentum was far greater than what Kazi had generated himself. In the blink of an eye, Kazi had Tan’s head in both hands. Tan’s body continued to spin, thanks again to the momentum from his cleaver, but the head did not spin, thanks to the hold Kazi had on it. If all went according to plan, Tan would complete his spin, and Kazi would have snapped his neck.

• Kazi, being more agile and lighter than Tan, leapt higher than Tan did and evaded the horizontal slash from the cleaver.
  
• Kazi's forearm slammed against the flat of the smaller blade once Tan had made a 160 degree rotation, which brought Kazi's left, gauntleted arm and Tan's left arm on the same side.
  
• Kazi grabbed Tan's head in both hands, and wrenched it the opposite way from Tan's spin, which would effectively snap his neck.
  

[Yuan Shao]

Woah physics check.

Tan's arm never continued going right, as was stated, so no turning motion ever happened (My post does in fact state that I stopped my right arm so that I could then stab forwards with it). Vilakazi was floating in mid-air for about 3-4 seconds as Tan ran underneath him, and since the man could continue to float, Tan's head was grasped. The man figured that Tan would continue moving in a singular direction and, sadly, snap his own neck,but Tan's body wouldn't allow that, and neither would Tan's mind.

So, bringing both arms back under control, and the villain Vilakazi now supporting himself in the air on Tan's head alone, Tan merely had to angle his left hand upwards, and thrust as hard as possible, as quickly as possible, the small blade aimed directly at the man's midsection, with nowhere to run.

Ridiculous

[Norion]

Kazi was unable to fully execute his attack, and was effectively stabbed in the side.

He then died a super slow, dramatic, hollywood death.

WINNER: YUAN SHAO






Hahaha, that was pretty fun.

[Yuan Shao]

Indeeed. SOMEONE REWARD THIS MAN FOR HIS RIDICULOSITY>

[Wen Chou]

* Throws Nick a dime. *

[Norion]

I like that.