2017-07-10: Captain Aifread v. Seis Thurule

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  • 2017-07-10: Captain Aifread v. Seis Thurule
  • Cast: Seis Thurule/Kahm Yugh vs Layna Manydays as Captain Aifread.
  • Where: Lacour - Arms Coliseum
  • Date: 7-10-2017
  • Summary: In Round 2, match 38 of the Losers Bracket, Captain Aifread faces off against Seis Thurule. Who will emerge victorious?

=========================<* Lacour - Arms Coliseum *>=========================

Situated immediately adjacent to Lacour Castle, the Arms Coliseum is a temple to the pursuit of perfection in physical prowess. Built more than three centuries ago by King Etienne I, the Coliseum is laid over with ancient Symbols that blunt weapons and protect combatants on the brink of death, allowing competitors to fight to the best of their ability without fear of killing their opponents.

The Coliseum is the site of the annual Lacour Tournament of Arms, a competition that fuels the spirit of martial artists and weapons merchants both. The Tournament is a spectacle that draws visitors and competitors from across Filgaia, and is the major event on the continent while it is running. A series of smaller tournaments are organized throughout the year; entering as a combatant is free of charge, but spectators pay a nominal fee that nonetheless provides a significant boost to Lacour's coffers.

<Pose Tracker> Seis Thurule has posed.

A FEW DAYS AGO

Seis Thurule's first fight against the more well-known Xantia had been something of an upset-not because he had been particularly expected to win, but because his forfeit of the match had appeared somewhat premature to the more seasoned observers of the fight. Nonetheless, all fighters were entitled the yield a match as they saw fit, and the visor-wearing fighter seemed to have no lingering qualms about that fact.

His next battle was not nearly so unconventional.

The towering ogre by name of Jose Duran lay collapsed where he stood, the earth charred sooty black around him. His body sizzled, and he twitched a bit, but he was alive. Seis, showing none of the seeming patience and diligence observed throughout his fight with Xantia, had defeated the beast without laying a finger on him.

Wordlessly, he turned to exit the ring and bide his time until the next fight.

NOW

The tourney's artisans have set up another intriguing stage for the fight today. This time they've evoked a series of square, floating platforms arrayed at various heights and distances over the battlefield. Each was individually large enough for two fighters to comfortably maneuver on, but also provided many opportunities to change the stakes of the fight. Given the both fighters appeared aerodynamically talented in previous, they likely designed this stage with intention.

"It's another wonderful day and Lacour, ladies and gents!" Shouted the tournament announcer, his voice a practiced showman's timbre against the din of the eager crowd, "And we've got another exciting series of fights for you today before the sun sets! You saw our first contestant take a surprising yield in his first fight, but his second showed he's nowhere near out of the game! He's a man of few words and dazzling actions, you'll find no shades bigger this side of Ignas! Let's here it for the Liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiightning Lord, Seis Thurule!"

Seis stood on his platform at one end of the respective field, waiting for the ritual to finish. He seemed to have little interest in what pull he held (or didn't hold) over the audience, his opaque stare squarely on the other end of the fighting field.

<Pose Tracker> Layna Manydays has posed.

Layna is, perhaps, exactly the opposite of her opponent. She's showy. Flashy, even. She clearly revels in the attention. So much so that, rather than let herself be placed on top of her platform, she had something else in mind.

"And as for our second contestant...she fights with the aggression and brutality you'd expect from the Infamous Pirate Captain of Legend! After that knock-down, drag-out fight with that knight in shining armor, I imagine she's got a lot to prove in the arena today! Give it up for the Scourge of the Seas, Aifread!"

She'd started with a slow walk up to the arena...but once her name was called, she leapt into the air with a burst of wind, spinning twice and flipping over before landing perfectly atop one of the floating platforms. She's facing away from Seis at this opponent and sends a wave toward the cheering audience.

With that done, however, in one quick turn she removes her cape and sends it floating down to the ground below and faces Seis. She grins and waves toward him.

"Let's have a good one, alright, lad?" She says with a grin.

"Be sure to hold onto your hats, viewers! With wind and lightning both in the area, we're sure to see a storm brewing here tonight!"

<Pose Tracker> Seis Thurule has posed.

Seis hadn't seen any of Layna's fights, but he had picked up enough knowledge talking to those who had. A seafarer of some sort who liked working the crowd, but could be tricky and cunning despite her tendency towards flashiness.

The woman's entrance did not dissuade the supposedly foreign fighter's assessment, though he supposed he was one to think about 'flashiness', considering the nature of his attacks.

"Indeed." He answers Aifread's challenge with a respectful nod, his blade held with both hands point down at the ground. The uncommon field of battle would lend itself to unpredictability, he guessed.

Fortunately, Seis was no stranger to the chaos of battle.

Unlike previous fights, Seis does not leap into action and attempt close the distance between him and his opponent. He remains on his platform, the air surrounding him crackling with potent ionic potential that rapidly builds to a crescent, firing bolts of lightning that streak across the field to where the pirate Captain stands.

GS: Seis Thurule has attacked Layna Manydays with Anemo Storm!
GS: Seis Thurule has completed his action.
GS: Layna Manydays takes a glancing hit from Seis Thurule's Anemo Storm for 50 hit points!
<Pose Tracker> Layna Manydays has posed.

Unfortunately for Layna, this current situation was a little more advantageous for her opponent than it was for her. She had methods of attacking from a range, of course, but they were far from a specialty of hers and tended to only be used to buy herself some time to prepare something bigger.

Of course, this just made things all the more exciting to Layna. With a grin she dashes into the bolts of lightning that Seis sends flying at her. She weaves around them as she closes the distance before performing a great leap to make her way onto his platform.

She didn't make it out completely unscathed, of course - her armor's looking fairly singed and her hair is standing on end slightly, but it doesn't seem to be slowing her down.

In fact...even when she's on his platform, she doesn't stop moving. Instead she braces both shields in front of her and attempts to ram right into him.

GS: Layna Manydays has attacked Seis Thurule with Bash and Buckle!
GS: Layna Manydays has completed her action.
GS: Seis Thurule takes a glancing hit from Layna Manydays's Bash and Buckle for 43 hit points!
GS: Layna Manydays takes Cover! She gains 50 temporary hit points!
<Pose Tracker> Seis Thurule has posed.

The visored fighter watch stoically as Layna charged head on into his assault. It was risky manuever, but one that paid off when she was able to close with him without being shout of the sky. She moves well He thinks, instinctively stepping back when the woman shows no signs of slowing down. He'll change tack when he espies what she aims to do, stopping on the back of his heel and rebounding forwards with a leap, meaning flip over the Captain's erstwhile attempt to ram him off the platform.

It's only partially successful, as he didn't have quite enough momentum to completely clear her attack. The corner of one of this shields nicks his shoulder and makes for what will be a healthy bruise later, which also throws off his descent. Fortunately, Seis is limber enough to get his feet under him before he lands, immediately throwing one hand out to pivot himself on the ground and turn, sweeping his sword out with his other hand to take a swipe at back Layna's calf before her momentum carried her past his reach.

GS: Seis Thurule has attacked Layna Manydays with Scything Sweep!
GS: Seis Thurule has completed his action.
GS: Layna Manydays guards a hit from Seis Thurule's Scything Sweep for 58 hit points!
<Pose Tracker> Layna Manydays has posed.

Layna comes to a stop at the edge of the platform, her opponent having flipped right over her - for the most part, at least. This does, however, mean the situation has been reversed - now she is the one in danger of getting knocked off.

She hears her opponent shifting behind her and turns quickly, still in a defensive stance. Rather than her vulnerable leg the blade finds her sturdy shields...but strikes her with enough force to get through her guard and knock her back, putting her perilously close to the ledge.

She quickly regains her balance and lunges forward, aiming a punch squarely at his jaw. She needed to regain the ground she'd lost here.

GS: Layna Manydays has attacked Seis Thurule with Plundering!
GS: Layna Manydays has completed her action.
GS: CRITICAL! Seis Thurule critically Guards a hit from Layna Manydays's Plundering for 24 hit points!
GS: Poison and Cripple! Statuses applied to Seis Thurule!
<Pose Tracker> Seis Thurule has posed.

"Good instincts." Seis said, complimenting Layna's evident ability to think on her feet and act immediately when she sensed the danger. Rather than try press the advantage, Seis pulls back-a wise move, given how quickly the pirate leader is able to close the gap between them. The punch headed for him looked vicious, particularly when aided by the shield she wore on her arm, and the man decided deal with it by not taking it on the chin, bringing up a quick clash of his blade to deflect blow away from his jaw.

Even so, it partially connects with the shoulder he'd just happened to have injured, and he feels his arm correspondingly go numb and tingly. Happenstance, but he'd have to favor that side for a few seconds...and seconds were ill-afforded right now.

Again, Seis tries to create distance rather than close it, perhaps recognizing that such an exchange favors him. He leaps backwards, far backwards, aided by something that would likely seem inscrutable to Layna's sense but is still certainly magical in some capacity, the height of his jump aiming from for another platform that was a ways behind and above them. He's hardly one to merely retreat however, pointing two fingers at Layna and sparking twin arcs of lightning from through the air. They scythe and and twin around one another like twin serpents, striking at the other fighter's legs.

GS: Seis Thurule has attacked Layna Manydays with Anemo Lance!
GS: Seis Thurule takes 9 damage from Poison!
GS: Seis Thurule has completed his action.
GS: Layna Manydays takes a glancing hit from Seis Thurule's Anemo Lance for 31 hit points!
GS: Slow! Statuses applied to Layna Manydays!
<Pose Tracker> Layna Manydays has posed.

Layna studies Seis as he leaps back. She notices, in that brief instant, that he appeared to be favoring one side more than the other after her attack.

...Good. She could use this.

Before she can capitalize on this, however, two streaks of lightning come soaring toward her. Their paths are a little difficult follow. She attempts to dodge out of the way of them, but one of them manages to snake around, striking her leg. Her leather armor insulates her from the worst of it - however, she can feel her leg numbing slightly and becoming a little unresponsive.

That meant that, at the moment, attacking him directly was out of the question...however...

She recites a brief incantation, and with a subtle green flash blades of air shoot out towards Seis, aiming for his injured shoulder.

While he deals with those, she uses the time to try to close the distance. She'd need to work some magic of her own if she wanted to do that, and that meant she'd need time.

GS: Layna Manydays has attacked Seis Thurule with Air Blades!
GS: Layna Manydays has completed her action.
GS: Seis Thurule guards a hit from Layna Manydays's Air Blades for 55 hit points!
<Pose Tracker> Seis Thurule has posed.

It seemed neither of them had any reservation about pressing an opponent's weakness for their advantage. Seis begrudgingly approved the practicality the bespoke such a manuever-he clearly couldn't hide the fact that one arm was smarting from Layna's eyes.

Now it was a battle for time between both of them. The Lightning Lord found himself besieged by cutting gusts of wind while he was still in mid-air. Such attack were notoriously difficult to see coming...but not impossible.

His sword flashed in several directions in an instant, the blade charged with a glowing invocation of some sort that seemed to counter the magic Layna conjured against him, slicing through the air blades and dispelling them before they can reach him...most of them.

He can't stop them all, and the fighter lands with some light cuts to his pants and vest, a few of them drawing shallow lines of blood.

From there, the tone of the battle is in Seis's pocket: To force his opponent to come to him, and react accordingly. He'll wait in a guarded position just long enough for Layna to reach him, as if we still trying to recover from her earlier attack, then swing out with his sword in a cross-cut.

At the last moment, however, he tipped his wrist and revealed the attack for feint, steel weapon swinging over the woman's head and making way for the true attack aimed at her side. His other hand carried a blue spark of electricity in his hand, which crackled and extended into the rough shape of a blade when he closed his fist around it. With more time could refine it, but this was enough to get the job done.

GS: Seis Thurule has attacked Layna Manydays with Levinblade!
GS: Seis Thurule takes 8 damage from Poison!
GS: Seis Thurule has completed his action.
GS: Layna Manydays takes a glancing hit from Seis Thurule's Levinblade for 56 hit points!
<Pose Tracker> Layna Manydays has posed.

After her first incantation, Layna had started another. She continued it as she ran toward the edge of the platform she had been on and leapt. Her leg was still a little slow and unresponsive...but that didn't matter, as she was soon propelled upward by a strong gust of wind onto the platform he had chosen.

She did a quick roll upon landing but was up in a moment, and charging at him again. She raises a shield to block his sword as it comes for her...but soon realizes her error.

She attempts to leap aside out of range, but with her leg still not moving as quickly as she winces as the blade of electricity shears into her side. It's not as painful as it would have otherwise been, but she's still wincing and her wound is smoking slightly.

"You're a clever lad, aren't you...?" Layna comments with a grin. She closes the distance again...but rather than going for another punch, she sweeps her slowed leg out in an attempt to knock him off his feet. Afterward whether she succeeds or not, she follows up by locking her hands together and slamming them both down toward him in an axe-handle swing.

GS: Layna Manydays has activated a Force Action!
GS: You have activated the Force Action Full Clip!
GS: Layna Manydays has attacked Seis Thurule with Swab the Decks!
GS: Layna Manydays has completed her action.
GS: Seis Thurule critically Guards a hit from Layna Manydays's Swab the Decks for 26 hit points!
<Pose Tracker> Seis Thurule has posed.

"I pay attention to dangerous opponents." Seis quietly answered, "Same as you."

The woman was detemined, this much he knew. He could count on her to ignore injuries and tactical disadvantages if it mean even a chance of reaching her opponent. That was a style of it's own, one focused an overturning expectations and catching the otherwise analytical mind off-guard. Tricky...but it could be adapted to.

That leg sweep forces Seis to make a choice: Fall in his back, or jump back. He chooses the latter, which also sets him up for the Captain's next ferocious attack.

Strong. He assesses, having not intention of taking the brunt of such a heavy blow. Seis reaches out with his free hand, and Layna's twin-fisted blow falls upon an unseen shield, one that crackles with potent energy, struggling with resistance against the the insistent, gravity-assisted impact. While Seis stops the blow itself, he feels the impact through his body, shaking his knees and cracking the platform beneath him.

That's enough to give him an idea.

He maintains the forcefield just a moment longer, dismissing it just in time to leap away and let the rest of the attack crash into the platform, his brow beaded with sweat from the effort of holding that force at bay. His sword then surged with a barely-contained force of potent lightning, shooting forward like a cannon shot from Layna's own ship-not at her, but downwards.

An explosive blast of power ran forwards at Layna like a wave, but even that was an off-shoot of the fighter's true gamble as the platform beneath their feat shuddered, quaked, and exploded as the magic binding it was overwhelmed and undone by sheer counterforce.

GS: Seis Thurule has attacked Layna Manydays with Shock Thrust!
GS: Seis Thurule takes 5 damage from Poison!
GS: Seis Thurule has completed his action.
GS: Layna Manydays takes a glancing hit from Seis Thurule's Shock Thrust for 64 hit points!
<Pose Tracker> Layna Manydays has posed.

Layna finds her shields clashing with a barrier of energy. When it finally disappears her hands continue downward due to sheer momentum. She's not able to recover quickly enough to do anything about Seis's gambit. She leaps back to avoid the brunt of his attack...but soon finds herself pelted by rubble as the platform she had been standing on is simply no more, his attack having proven too much for her.

For ordinary fighters, this situation would be...disastrous and panic-inducing, to say the least. However, there was no one who could say that either of these two fighters were ordinary. They utilized the forces of nature like they were just another tool at their disposal...and Layna would continue to do so.

Still in mid-air, Layna recites an incantation and another burst of wind sends her flying toward Seis. However, rather than going straight toward him, she aims to be slightly higher in the air than he is and delivers another downward strike, this time hoping to send him crashing into one of the platforms below.

GS: Layna Manydays has attacked Seis Thurule with Wind Rush!
GS: Layna Manydays has completed her action.
GS: Seis Thurule guards a hit from Layna Manydays's Wind Rush for 57 hit points!
<Pose Tracker> Seis Thurule has posed.

The crowd, at least, responds well to this turn of events, cheering in the flash of light and flung rubble that followed in the aftermath, perhaps largely because the magics woven into the stage prevented any of them from being hit by stray debris.

Seis had leapt backwards just before the conjured stone beneath him had crumbled, but it proved insufficient to evade Layna. The woman came streaking through smoke and light not unlike the demon of the high seas she was reputed to be and caught the visored man in moment of disadvantage, not having landed anywhere yet.

All Seis can do as counter her strike with another swing of his blade, but Layna has both momentum and gravity on her side, knocking him out of the sky and down towards another platform that was fortunate enough to be beneath them. The fighter landed on his feet, though with considerable complaint-aching shins and feet would plague him for the rest of the battle, no doubt.

But there still was a rest of the battle, and he aimed to see it. Layna hadn't descended yet, and he would now play to field to his advantage, assailing her with spears of the same lightning he had opened the fight with. They seemed to strike from multiple directions, as if orchestrated by fighter's furious will alone.

GS: Seis Thurule has attacked Layna Manydays with Electric Salvo!
GS: Seis Thurule has completed his action.
GS: Layna Manydays guards a hit from Seis Thurule's Electric Salvo for 60 hit points!
<Pose Tracker> Layna Manydays has posed.

Layna continues downward toward Seis...and straight into a barrage of electricity. No matter which direction she tried to dodge, she'd still end up taking some powerful hits...

So, she doesn't.

She braces her shields in front of her to protect her from anything coming at her directly, while hoping that her momentum carries her through most of the rest of it.

She's singed and crackling with electricity now...but she's laughing, somewhat manically, as she lands with a gust of wind breaking her fall.

"I'm gettin' a real charge out of this one, lad! Keep it up!" She says with a grin. And then, she charges him again.

If he'd watched her previous fights, or just assumed based on her behavior thus far, he might expect what's coming next. She charges him, but rather than attacking from the front she shifts suddenly to his side. She delivers a punch toward the shoulder that had been wounded earlier in the fight before following up...

with a headbutt.

GS: Layna Manydays has activated a Force Action!
GS: You have activated the Force Action Lock On!
GS: Layna Manydays has activated a Force Action!
GS: You have activated the Force Action Full Clip!
GS: Layna Manydays has attacked Seis Thurule with Swab the Decks!
GS: Layna Manydays has completed her action.
GS: Seis Thurule has activated a Force Action!
GS: Seis Thurule critically Guards a hit from Layna Manydays's Swab the Decks for 25 hit points!
<Pose Tracker> Seis Thurule has posed.

A true captain helmed their ship through storm and fury, swells and squalls, unerring in their conviction to stand firm against the cruel whims of nature.

Seis, who knows something about Captainhood himself, acknowledged Layna's resolve to stay the course in the face of his onslaught with a low stance and dip of his chin-a duelist's nod.

"The longer the fight, the greater your fervor." He said to her, sword held back behind him, "There is advantage in that."

But there was also predictability.

Seis had not seen her fight before, nor had he heard enough in detail to be aware of her next attack. And yet the man was aware of it, instinctively sensing the shift in her rhythm so that when she stepped to the side and came about him in a curving slug he was ready for it, handily tossing his sword over his shoulder to land succinctly in it's scabbard as he turned on his side.

He caught her fist with his good arm, fast enough to weave beneath the bit of her shield and stop the blow it's source. His palm stung, but his grip stayed fast.

"My turn." He said, his other arm (the one she had previously wounded) bringing his sword up and single draw-and-cut...with all the sudden force and power of a typhoon, as if he'd unleashed the soul of the storm itself from blade's scabbard.

A enormous bolt of electrical fury rose up from the ground where they stood, splitting the sky in two for a heartbeat before a massive clap of thunder displaced air and eardrums alike.

GS: Seis Thurule has activated a Force Action!
GS: Seis Thurule has attacked Layna Manydays with Terminus Est!
GS: Seis Thurule has completed his action.
GS: Layna Manydays has activated a Force Action!
GS: You have activated the Force Action Accelerate!
GS: Layna Manydays takes a glancing hit from Seis Thurule's Terminus Est for 97 hit points!
<Pose Tracker> Layna Manydays has posed.

"Aye, indeed. What about you, lad? You must be feeling it too, aye?" Layna replies, grin widening as he catches her fist with his palm. There wasn't enough time to pull off the headbutt...nor was there enough time to pull her fist out of his grasp before the blade came flashing out of its sheath, like lightning from the heavens.

From her position, Layna does her best to avoid it, but there wasn't much she could do. She stumbles backward, a long line of red marking where his blade had connected with her. For a brief moment, she falls to one knee, a hand clutching the injury. Her hat shadows her eyes for a moment.

"Hahah...you're certainly feeling something, lad..." She says. It takes a bit of effort and, for a moment, it looks like she might actually be down...but she isn't, at least not yet. She hauls herself to her feet. Her grin's sagging a little bit, but it's still there, and that excited shine to her eyes hadn't left her yet.

"I can't let this end yet. This is far too exciting!" She says. There's another incantation, and blades of wind are launched towards Seis...but this is a feint, as the real attack was coming from Layna herself. Like he'd seen before she locks both shields together and attempts to ram him, this time with the threat of the wind blades if he attempts to dodge.

GS: Layna Manydays has attacked Seis Thurule with Bash and Buckle!
GS: Layna Manydays has completed her action.
GS: Seis Thurule guards a hit from Layna Manydays's Bash and Buckle for 58 hit points!
GS: Layna Manydays takes Cover! She gains 50 temporary hit points!
<Pose Tracker> Seis Thurule has posed.

Yes, there was an undeniable excitement to taste of furor a battle, a tonic that shot as potently and erratically through his blood as the very lightning Seis Thurule seemed to wield at his beck and call. When Layna takes that attack and does not fall where she stands, he is momentarily surprised.

He put too much of himself into that attack, and now she knows. She had seen him and recognized him for one of them, much as he tried to hide it. The same battlelust and blood madness endemic to all surface dwellers, nakedly crawling over his body.

The reminder was enough for Seis's gloved hand to curl into a fist.

"This stage is a farce..." He admits, his gaze turned down, "...but just like you, I cannot afford to leave it yet."

Head down, mission first. He reminded himself.

The woman cleverly uses her magic to cut off Seis's available avenues of escape, not that dodging had been his preferred method of contending with her thus far. Instead he took a page out of the woman's playbook and met her head on, countering the shields with his blade and finding himself pushed back with the Captain's greater momentum.

But even in such straits, opportunity was never far behind. His sword found a gap in the defense of her twin shields, and wedged the point in between, angled to cut across at her side all the most deeply if she continued forward.

GS: Seis Thurule has attacked Layna Manydays with Poke Defense!
GS: Seis Thurule has completed his action.
GS: Layna Manydays critically Guards a hit from Seis Thurule's Poke Defense for 17 hit points!
<Pose Tracker> Layna Manydays has posed.

Layna chuckles...which soon erupts into laughter.

"It's not the stage, lad. The stage doesn't matter. The only thing that matters now is you and me! To hell with the circumstances!" She replies.

His sword had found a gap in-between her shields, it's true...but she had noticed it as well, noticed him try to sneak in. That attack would have undoubtedly been painful if he had been allowed to get through. But instead, her shields clasp together all the more, with his blade in between...and she attempts to wrench it out of his hands altogether. This would undoubtedly hurt, as the point of the sword was currently stuck in her side, but she didn't seem to notice.

That lust for battle...no one could deny that she felt it strongly.

Successful or not, she'll follow up with a ram of her nearest elbow, and as her arms unfolds she'll try to backhand him with the shield on the same arm.

GS: Layna Manydays has attacked Seis Thurule with Swab the Decks!
GS: Layna Manydays has completed her action.
GS: CRITICAL! Seis Thurule guards a hit from Layna Manydays's Swab the Decks for 101 hit points!
GS: Poison and Cripple! Statuses applied to Seis Thurule!
<Pose Tracker> Seis Thurule has posed.

Whether Seis agreed with Layna's sentiment or not, he answered her with silence. Silence and resilience in the face of violence. He could flip a coin and wonder which would ultimately have the day in the fate for his soul....but it would not end this fight any faster.

Only he could do that.

At this point, even he shows fatigue and wear despite that obscuring visor. His vest is torn, and those cuts he suffered earlier have continued to bleed. He winds up over-committing to his attack and loses his blade for it, deciding against trying to wrench it free and slipping away with his hand intact.

Even so, his opponent was not one to be denied, stepping in as he stepped away and blindsiding him with a one-two combo. His hands are up to block her elbow, but due to either fatigue or poor judgement (brought on by fatigue) he steps wrong and winds up taking a shield to the side of his head. While the visor miraculously stays in his face despite the violent jerking of his head, Seis staggers backwards and reels with dizziness.

Dizziness for a moment, and then clarity.

His sword was behind. That was unfortunate, but an inconvenient at most. It was a useful too to hone and focus was naturally within him, but the blade was not him.

He was the blade.

One deep breath is all it takes to center Seis Thurule....Kahm Yugh. One breath, and his eyes open with shining, cerulean intent, his right hand thrusting forward with a brilliant blue burst energy, poised like a knife at Layna's sternum.

He didn't even feel the rest of himself move-he was just suddenly there.

GS: Seis Thurule has activated a Force Action!
GS: Seis Thurule has activated a Force Action!
GS: Seis Thurule has attacked Layna Manydays with Shock Thrust!
GS: Seis Thurule takes 7 damage from Poison!
GS: Seis Thurule has completed his action.
GS: Layna Manydays has activated a Force Action!
GS: You have activated the Force Action Accelerate!
DC: MISS! Layna Manydays completely evades Shock Thrust from Seis Thurule!
<Pose Tracker> Layna Manydays has posed.

One moment he seems dazed, the next...Layna sees something different in his eyes. Her grin fades a little bit then, and her self-preservation instincts take over. She shifts to the side, and not more than a second after his hand goes flying past her.

If she hadn't moved...that attack might very well have killed her. The only thing that would've saved her then would've been whatever symbology this arena was lined with to prevent fatalities...and even those weren't infallible.

She attempts to take advantage of the situation, attempting to grab onto the outstretched arm with one arm while the other goes straight for the jaw once more.

Though she's still got a grin, she's...looking a little more serious now.

GS: Layna Manydays has attacked Seis Thurule with Plundering!
GS: Layna Manydays has completed her action.
GS: Seis Thurule guards a hit from Layna Manydays's Plundering for 59 hit points!
<Pose Tracker> Kahm Yugh has posed.

Hm, she wasn't there. Interesting.

Kahm was well beyond collecting data at this point, though later on the fact he would likely reflect on all he'd learned. That there were surface dwellers who could fight was....troubling, and unnervingly exciting at the moment.

She takes hold of his arm, but he brings his other up to guard, taking the blow on his forearm and grunting mildly. More of that wouldn't be wise, he thinks.

So he turns and throws the Captain back with the arm she held, pressing forward with the attack and grabbing his discarded blade off the ground for good measure. He doesn't use that-it's his other arm, holding another one of those electroblades in a straight thrust at her center of mass.

GS: Kahm Yugh has attacked Layna Manydays with Levinblade!
GS: Kahm Yugh takes 4 damage from Poison!
GS: Kahm Yugh has completed his action.
GS: Layna Manydays critically Guards a hit from Kahm Yugh's Levinblade for 22 hit points!
<Pose Tracker> Layna Manydays has posed.

Layna stumbles back a bit as Seis - no, Kahm - forces her back, his action freeing himself from her grapple. Which was probably a good thing for him - if she had managed to daze him with that punch, her next action would've been a rather vicious back-drop.

Even so, she's pressing the charge, remaining as aggressive as ever. She sees his blade coming from the side...and her shield goes out, attempting to slap away the blade of electricity as it comes in from the other side.

She'd already seen this trick before.

And while he'd seen her use the wind to push herself, now she was attempting to do something different. She combines the momentum of her charge and a burst of wind to send her other fist rocketing forward, hoping to push him back with the force of it.

GS: Layna Manydays has activated a Force Action!
GS: You have activated the Force Action Full Clip!
GS: Layna Manydays has activated a Force Action!
GS: You have activated the Force Action Lock On!
GS: Layna Manydays has attacked Kahm Yugh with Wind Rush!
GS: Layna Manydays has completed her action.
GS: Kahm Yugh takes a solid hit from Layna Manydays's Wind Rush for 81 hit points!
GS: Kahm Yugh has Fallen! He is no longer able to fight!
<Pose Tracker> Kahm Yugh has posed.

Battles were predicated on not going longer than they ought to. Kahm had not been able to finish his opponent quickly enough, and so they had adapted to his tactics. This was a known fact of war, one he had often used himself.

It appeared there was still much to learn.

Layna's fists catches him in the mid-section, and blows the man off the stage. He fell for a ways, then crashed to the ground. Staggered and dirty, he struggled to his feet for another attack, but he was now beginning to remember both his place and his rank.

You're not here to prove anything to these people, damn it.

"...Yield." He says, remaining where he stands.

<Pose Tracker> Layna Manydays has posed.

Layna watches Kahm go flying. Her fist throbs afterward. She could feel the impact of it. She looks down at him from the floating platform, half-expecting him to make his way back up here. She'd learned a lot from this fight with him...and she could tell there was more to him than he let on.

...But then, he yields. She straightens up from her stance and folds her arms in front of her. Honestly, she wouldn't have minded if this fight never ended...but she supposed it had to happen at some point.

She hears the announcer shouting out the results, but she doesn't acknowledge them. Instead, she leaps down from the platform, once more using a gust of wind to slow her fall. Once she's on firm, solid ground once more she strolls up to him and extends a hand.

"Good fight there, lad." She says, offering him a grin.

<Pose Tracker> Kahm Yugh has posed.


Though he still wears the stylings of Seis Thurule, Kahm could not act as easily in the persona as he had at the start of this match. He stared at Layna's hand for a second or two, caught between sensibilities and allegiances.

But then, he'd already shared a drink with a violent surface. Shaking another one's hand could hardly be worse.

"Thank you." He said plainly, clasping Layna's hand and bowing his head.

That bit of sportsmanship done, the Captain turned and move to leave the stage. Any further activities would need to be done from the stands, it seemed.

<Pose Tracker> Layna Manydays has posed.

If Layna notices or takes offense at the hesitation, it doesn't register. Instead, she just grins all the wider and shakes his hand. Her grip is firm, and says more than her words could. When he turns to leave she does the same, though in the other direction, and not before retrieving her cape.

"I look forward to fighting you again sometime, lad...and next time, here's hoping you get serious sooner." She says. She doesn't know if he can still hear her at this point, but perhaps it got through in her handshake all the same.