Spring Brawl Round 1 (Azler vs Vaan)

[Azler Wilder]

The sounds of Aegis’ feet upon the ground was nothing short of odd for the man’s ears. So used to hearing them plant upon firm earth, the steel of the platform emanated a sound that took a minute for Azler to confirm as “normal”. It was his first tournament, but…It didn’t feel all that special to him. He needed to practice more, he needed money, all kinds of reasons drove him here, he wasn’t here for the excitement.

He heard the roars of the crowd around him, the shouts they all screamed mixing into one enormous blast of air and noise. Honestly, he felt it was rather annoying, but as his mind wandered, he couldn’t help but think of Michina and wondered how she had felt…

Thrilling, had been her word, the only one she could really think up.

Maybe it was just the hopeless feeling he still hadn’t gotten over, maybe it was just the way he dealt with things like this, but he didn’t feel that way. But then again, who knew? Once someone joined him on the platform, maybe life would flow through his body and bring her closer to her.

Sidestepping slowly, then moving forward and swiping at the air, Wilder awaited his and Aegis‘ first match…

[Vaan]

Vaan entered the arena with his command wolf. It was his second match of the Spring Brawl Tournament. Vaan had suffered a loss and the hands of Shadow but saw this as a chance to redeem himself. As he made his way across the arena Vaan heard the crowd cheering and sighed. The crowd was being way too noisy with it's cheering, making it hard to concentrate.

Vaan saw a shield liger and ran a ton of plans through his head. A shield liger beat a command wolf in speed, power, and armor. This was going to be a tough fight. Vaan remembered somebody once telling him that a zoid is only as a good as the pilot, and that made him feel better. "Are you my opponent" Vaan asked the shield liger. While waiting for a response Vaan took a minute to look around the arena, it was suited for both zoids which meant that Vaan couldn't use the terrain to his advantage.

[Azler Wilder]

Azler’s eyes moved to the arena as another Zoid, a Command Wolf, was brought to the top of the arena. The man bit his lower lip and sighed a little. He wasn’t a big fan of unarmed combat, it narrowed down his strategies to a whole 5% of his normal amount, it felt…confining…But now was a moment of truth. He needed the money, he needed the reputation, he had to do this.

”Yes, I am Azler Wilder. Nice to meet you, and good luck.” Spoke the pilot.

Aegis moved back a bit, keeping a bit of distance from the Wolf for now, at least half the ring was between them. Breathing in deeply, Azler’s eyes narrowed, focusing on the Wolf, awaiting its decision; attack or defense, making its move first, or forcing Wilder’s hand.

[Vaan]

"Nice to meet you Azler Wilder. My name's Vaan Stone" Vaan said introducing himself. Half the tournament ring separated Vaan; piloting the command wolf Fenrir and his opponent Azler; piloting a shield liger. Vaan knew the shield liger couldn't use it's shields in this kind of tournament fight but that didn't give Vaan much of an advantage. Vaan also knew better then to charge in recklessly, he needed to learn more about his opponent. Fenrir walked closer to the shield liger but didn't lunge or attack. Vaan waited to see what his opponent's strategy would be.

[Azler Wilder]

As Vaan and his Wolf approached Azler, the man thought to his strategies. Not many, that’s for sure, especially with an edge paired with a nasty drop not too far behind him.

Releasing his lip and closing his eyes, the man smirked a little. A tired one, not arrogant or even happy, just a mere movement of the lips.

”Let’s go Aegis, Michina would want us to give our first tournament all we could.” Stated Wilder as he pulled out his phone and connected a cable from it to his Zoid.

After pressing a few buttons, within a few seconds, a series of soft beats filled the air just before a loud burst echoed within the cockpit of the Zoid as the man’s smirk widened, cracking his knuckles before extending his hands to the controls and gripping them tightly.

Feuer Frei!

Roaring, Aegis began charging towards Fenrir and soon picking up its full speed, it pushed off with its two right feet, shoving itself to the left side of the Command Wolf before pouncing forward once more, not intent on tackling the smaller Zoid, but swiping its left claw at its front left shoulder.

[Vaan]

"Come on Fenrir. We lost once but that won't happen again" Vaan said. He watched as the shield liger charged at his command wolf. The shield liger is faster then Fenrir and he couldn't avoid it. As the shield liger tried to slash Fenrir's front left shoulder Vaan activated the strike fangs and tried to bite the shield liger's right shoulder. Vaan tried to think of a plan to give him an edge but was drawing a blank.

[Azler Wilder]

May 16, 2009 17:03:20 GMT -5 Vaan said:

As the shield liger tried to slash Fenrir's front left shoulder Vaan activated the strike fangs and tried to bite the shield liger's right shoulder.

As Azler watched the Wolf lunge for his shoulder, the man stared in almost disbelief. Aegis was currently on the left side of Fenrir, forcing him to move in front of her in order to bite her right shoulder.

Even before the metal crunched down, though Wilder still felt a twinge of guilt, about to allow his Liger to take the blow, he couldn’t pass up the opportunity and quickly moved to return the favor, lunging her own fangs into the Wolf’s neck, and clamping down hard, intending to deal as much damage to the circuitry as possible, if not flat out decapitate the mechanical beast.

[Vaan]

The shield liger bit down on Fenrir's neck at the same time Fenrir bit the shield liger's neck. The two were were locked in a a constant grab. Vaan was determined not to give up this fight no matter what. This fight would either end with one zoid destroyed or disabled. "Well this fight is going nowhere fast" Vaan thought as he kept fighting. Vaan had an idea he thought had a chance at working. While he was holding on to the shield liger Vaan turned on the strike claws and had his command wolf try to slash at the shield liger's torso and hopefully damage it. Vaan was praying that his tactic worked.

[xX Max Xx]

(( It has been brought to my attention that you attempted to bite the neck of the Shield Liger when you already let it bite the neck of the Command Wolf. Not only would a bite to the Command Wolf's weak neck armor serve to disable it from further combat, but even if the bite alone wasn't fatal, the Command Wolf wouldn't be able to reach the Shield Liger's neck while it's own is within the Shield Liger's fangs. Edit your post to either avoid the attack or take the loss. ))

[Vaan]

((OOC: I'll take the loss. I feel like I was going to lose anyways.))

[xX Max Xx]

Winner: Azler.