Tag Team: Round 1 - Match 3: Addman/Holloweyes v GBE/Fade

[UncleAsriel]

Good evening, everyone!

I'm Uncle Asriel, judge and giver of this most important event! The tag team is an unusual contest, and willk feature the duos of Addman and Holloweyes on one side, and Goliath Bird eater and Fade on the other. What realm shall these two be fighting it our within? Why, the desert! Parched, with rocky and sandy zones, it poses a most daunting challenge!

The rocky portions of the desert are baked bare by the belaching sun and perpetual sandblasting of the dry winds. Contestants here will have to watch for sharp, point protrusions underfoot, as well as unexpected drops in elevation. The sudden mesas can be quite surprising!

The sandy areas prove to be more stable underfoot, but with cactis, scorpions, and DP knows what else lying around, you'll have to keep an eye out for several dangers! In open ergs -Dune Seas, don'tcha know- with no vegitation around, beware of the sandworms! The spice must flow, but so may your lifeblood, if you're unwary!

The challenge has been laid. Both competitors know how to use the tag belts- let the game begin!

[addman]

Addman made his way across the harsh desert, trying to get his bearings amidst the raging sandstorm this area had become engulfed within. His feet sunk slightly into the sand underfoot, but he tried not to let that hamper his movement across the dunes.

In one hand, he held a tag team belt, a silver garment with a protruding red button on the front buckle. The muppet decided that it would be better to wear the belt around his waist, as he would surely require the use of his other hand in the upcoming combat. He clicked the item tightly in position, and then proceeded to double check over the preparations he had made before the fight.

Patting himself all over his stuffed body, Addman checked he had all the items he required. Cookie grenades were abundant, hidden amongst the dense fur across his body. There were also a few surprises hidden in there too. After all, they do say woman have more hiding places than men, but not nearly as many as a muppet. Satisfied that he was sufficiently prepared, he continued his journey across the arena, attempting to sheild his eyes from the billowing sand.

The muppet figured that if he headed straight forward, he'd be bound to run into his opponent sooner or later, as he assumed they would be placed at opposing ends of the arena. Clambouring up to the top of a rather large dune, he used his relative height to gain a decent viewpoint of the rest of his surroundings.

[3kul]

HollowEyes waited on the sidelines, checking that he'd brought all that he needed. Unlike Addman, he didn't have many places to hide things, other than the usual place he kept his charms (under his arm blades), so the small bundle strapped to his back was easily visable. It was pretty uncomfortable, but HollowEyes reassured himself with the knowledge that it would most likely prove it's worth when the time came to use it's contents.

An official had handed him the tag team belt and told him to put it on, so he strapped it around his waist, making sure not to cover his Third Eye, and watched the match, getting himself mentally prepared for when Addman would switch with him.

((This'll be the only post I make out of play, I just figured that it'd be better to say something to let people know that I haven't forgotten this And since we're on a time limit as well.))

[Swix]

*Fade put on the tag belt as she walked through the sand dunes in the arena, as she had opted to go first. Her feet sank into the sand, her usually silent footseps broken only by the tiniest crunch. The marks were left for mere seconds before the sandstorm blew them effeiciently away, leaving no trace that she had been there*

*Fade stops and tears off a piece of cloth from the arm of her outfit, then binds it about her head so the sand would not get in her eyes nor prevent her breathing. Her hair, as always tied back in a neat platt flapped in the storm as Fade set off again*

*Her enhanced hearing picked up someone else as she approached the muppets position, his footsteps stopping a short distance away. Cold eyes scanned the area before picking up the blue muppet atop a sand dune, standing out starkly against the background. But then so would she, she might smile or laugh at the irony of it, but as it was she had locked her emotions away, considering them to be a weakness*

*Fade slipped a hand in her outside jacket pocket, taking out several throwing daggers while moving back to use the storm to her own advantage. With careful precision and compensating for the wind and sand, Fade threw the blades at the Evil Council S-i-C aiming for the head and neck*

[addman]

*Although the sand storm was affecting his eyesight somewhat, Addman thought he saw a gleam coming off something in the distance. It must have been metallic for the sunlight to reflect off it in such a way. In a flash, Addman realised what it must have been from, throwing daggers!

He dived to the floor and fell softly onto the sand as several throwing daggers sailed over his head. He felt lucky that he knew Fade well enough to recognise this type of attack. Judging from the location they had come from, Addman had a pretty good estimate at the direction in which Fade currently was. He rolled back slightly as to remove himself from view over the top of the sand dune and contemplated his strategy.

Charging straight at her would not be the wisest move. The sandstorm would probably give her the advantage as he would be running straight into it, plus she would be able to stay stationary and simply hurl her daggers at him. If he wanted to get close to her, he would have to cover his tracks.

The muppet pulled out two cookie grenades, one in each hand. He hurled one just over the top of the dune, and it exploded into thousands of chunky particles, making visibility even worse than it already was. Swiftly, he moved into the thick of the cloud, and tried to stay low to the ground in case Fade decided to throw in a few blind daggers. Continuing forwards (and catching the odd crumb in his mouth), Addman let another one off in front of the first cloud. It was his intention to make across to the sand dune where he assumed Fade was under the cover of cookie crumbs.*

He stepped forwards into the second cloud, keeping his head low and his senses sharp.*

[GBE]

Phase, confined to an holding area, secured by forcefields, attaches the second belt to himself. However, it appears to be large and will only fit around his waist. Manipulating the properties, he holds it to his chest, and the strap slowly breaks away, as the device itself seems to become stiched to his clothing.

He was holding some hi-tech binoculars, attempting to watch the current proceedings, however, the sandstorm was being quite bothersome. He could occasionally make out a figure, which was better than nothing...

((Phase, always watching and waiting for his moment ))

[Swix]

*Fade stands where she is, listening. The daggers must have sailed straight over the muppet as she had not heard the sound of impact, and because she'd moved backwards the sandstorm was restricting her field of vision*

*The exploding cookie packets alerted her, the sound though faint in the wind was distinctly different to the background noise. The mutant narrowed her cold eyes as a second cookie grenade went off much closer, and further obscured her vision. So, he thought to sneak up on her? Well, she'd certainly see about that*

*Fade stays where she is, waiting. Patience was something you needed in abundance when you did the job she did*

[addman]

*Whilst still in the shroud of crumbs, Addman creeps closer and readies his third grenade. A caramel cookie grenade. The clusters were much stickier in this device and would stick to a target, making them very difficult to remove without the proper detergent.

The cover he was under was rapidly vanishing as the crumbs were blown away by the sand storm. Thinking fast, he pulls his hand backwards, then hurls the Caramel Grenade or "sticky bomb" over the dune where he believes Fade is currently hiding, and watches it explode in a miniature cloud of crumbs.*

[Swix]

*Fade while not behind that particular sand dune was still quite close to it, the exploding cloud of caramel cookies sticking to her clothes, hair and skin*

*While annoying, the caramel bits peppered her blue outfit with yellowish spots, making blending in with the background a little easier. Of course, if she truly wanted to blend into the background she could always disappear, but the fact there were footprints where she was standing would not make it complete*

*Judging from where the grenade had exploded, Fade begins making her way over closer to where Addman hid, the cloud of caramel crumbs making vision almost obsolete*

*Fade dips a hand into her pockets a second time, however this time the throwing daggers she picked out were turned invisible as an added extra. Rather than hurling them around her this time, Fade planted them in the ground around her (blades are facing up btw). This way she'd hear him coming*

*Just to be sure, Fade took out three more, these ones being visible. She hurled them roughly in the direction she believed Addman to be. One at head, one at torso height, and one that whizzed dangerously close to the ground*

((I haven't used Fade's ability to turn objects invisible for aaages, once they're no longer touching her they become visible after 20 minutes))

[addman]

*The invisible daggers simply whistled through the cookie clouds and back out of the other side. Addman was no longer in the field of play.

Soon after he threw the grenade, he reached down and tapped the button on his belt, beaming him out just in time before the daggers sailed through the open air. He had tagged in Holloweyes, who appeared amidst a few floating cookie crumbs as they were promptly blown out of sight.

Addman chuckled to himself from the sidelines. Watching the specially placed monitor in the Tag Partner Station, he saw a close up of Fade on the magical screen which automatically views the battlefield. She was coated with specs of yellow from his caramel grenade. He had figured he'd use this in case Fade decided to turn invisible, meaning that Holloweyes would easily be able to find her despite her cloaking techniques.*

Go for it Holloweyes!

*Even though his tag partner couldn't hear, Addman muttered this through gritted teeth. The tension was already building up, and he knew this was about to become a very intense match up. With earnest, he turned his attention back to the monitor to see what Holloweyes was up to*

[3kul]

The last thing HollowEyes noticed in the Tag Partner Station was his belt beeping for a few seconds, and now he'd suddenly found himself in the middle of the desert. A strong gust of wind and sand had just whipped him in the face, and the distinctly sweet smell of Addman's cookie grenades as the crumbs were blown away. In a matter of seconds he realized what Addman wanted him to do, as it was one of the many strategies that they'd gone over in preparation for this fight.

Using this rare opportunity of a clear shot that Addman had set up for him, HollowEyes quickly began to flick beetle charms at Fade. Spinning his arm blades, he was able to hurl at least a dozen charms at her whilst slightly altering the flight path of each one by twisting his arm blades at the last second. He'd aimed mostly for her body, but a few were heading towards her legs and arms, and a couple of the earlier ones for the ground nearby in an attempt to 'herd' her towards the centre ones.

Twelve was enough for now though. True, he should exploit a chance like this to it's fullest as the wind had died down only momentarily, and he wasn't sure if there'd be another time like this, given the unpredictability of this desert. However, he also wasn't sure how Fade would react to this attack, and if the wind picked up again in her favour, it wouldn't be very clever for him to be up here. He began to dart to one side, heading for the less steep declining side of the sand dune.

[Swix]

*Fade taken by surprise at HollowEyes sudden appearance barely has time to think of a defense before the Parasitian started hurling charms at her. The mutant quickly whipped the cloth previously wrapped around her face off her head, moving it across her body in such a way that the paper meant for her torso hit that instead. Stepping backwards at the same time, she quickly pressed the button on the tag belt to tag Phase in*

*After she slowly reappeared in the Tag Partner Station, Fade attempts to remove what had once been cloth with her right hand. She appears to be having great difficulty with it. Eventually she takes out her Sapphire Dagger and starts hacking at it. Once most of the once-blue material, now rock, is removed it's quite clear to see HollowEyes attack hadn't been entirely unsuccessful. A charm had landed on her hand, turning it and the bottom half of her arm to stone*

*Noticing for some reason the screens in their Station weren't working, Fade switches them on to watch the fight*

[GBE]

Phase had been making preparations for his entry into the desert. On the left side of his face, a small scanner device had formed, in desert colours. This heads-up-display would allow him to quickly track his opponants movements.

His clothing had also become desert wear, and looked like the sand, so if he were to lose himself within the sandstorm, he knew his opponant would lose sight of him.

Standing there, he takes in Holloweyes appearance. Certainly not human, if even humanoid. Direct combat was not an option, it has four arm blades, although, a death shot to his head would ensure victory. It didn't appear to look too stable on those legs, perhaps an advantage to himself.

He was also experienced in charm magic. Not something Phase knew a lot about himself, so this could prove to be a nuisance in any respect. Deciding to mask his current whereabouts, in each hand, a flash bang grenade forms. Swiftly spinning around into a crouch, as he does so, he tosses them both at Holloweyes, the first one, a few seconds before, just to the left of his head. The second directly in front of his face.

Goggles form over his own eyes, to protect from the flash, and ear plugs form in his ears to block out the bang...

[addman]

*Addman was smiling as he saw Phase on the screen. He knew that Holloweyes had come into the battle well prepared, so he felt confident in his partner. Suddenly, the screen flashed a radiant white as a flashbang grenade was exploded, obscuring the camera's view*

What's happening?

*The muppet watched on in anticipation, hoping that Holloweyes was doing alright*

((Just posting to show I'm still watching this thread))

[3kul]

HollowEyes noticed two small items coming flying towards him, and given the defensive movements his opponent had made, his natural instinct was to dodge them regardless of what they might do. Fortunately for HollowEyes, this happened to be a very good idea - the first of the two grenades made a defeaning sound as it burst, and the flash it created was noticable even in the daylight. The second one quickly followed, and HollowEyes dove away from it, slipping down the side of the sand dune as he did so. For some odd reason, as he looked up, HollowEyes noticed that it burst with the same light, but not with a loud bang as the previous one had. After he managed to stand back up again, a little way down one of the sand dunes, he quickly checked himself over, and noticed that he appeared to have no physical wounds.

"How very strange..."

As he uttered these words, he realized something was very wrong. Slapping his arm blades into the sand and stomping his feet to test if he was correct, he learned that he had indeed lost his sense of hearing. He blinked a few times, relieved that he hadn't looked directly at the flash caused by the strange grenades, as he began to get used to relying on his third eye.

It was obvious from the sand movement at the top of the sand dune that the wind seemed to be picking up there, but from HollowEyes' position he was relatively sheltered from the wind and could easily get in a few attacks. With the help of his third eye, he could anticipate attacks and retreats from Phase by pinpointing his emotions, so there wasn't too much of a problem in a loss of hearing for now.

He picked out a few charms, sticking one to his throat and several to his arms, feeling the quick and slightly painful changes caused by them. His claws extended and sharpened, and he could feel his armblades loosing their stiffness. Knowing that his opponent no doubt had taken some precautions when using the noisy bright grenades, HollowEyes didn't need to worry about being noisy, as he figured that his opponent would have some kind of hearing protection from the bright and noisy grendades, so he wouldn't easily be able to predict this attack.

Leaping back up the dune, HollowEyes spun his arm blades at a much greater speed than usual, lunging towards his opponent. Thanks to the jellyfish charms, his arm blades were no longer so rigid, and so he could adjust their angle and movement speed a lot better. He aimed towards Phase's body, as the body tended to be the best target for these kinds of attacks.