Circle 4: Dharn vs Bewildered Badger vs Shadowcrow

[Shadow Crow]

Shadow Crow hoped he could have skipped to use the gems in the first round but despite his surprise entry this was no easy fight.

He gripped the red stone tightly and spoke the power word, his hand feeling like it was on fire.

The Kai begin to run toward his two opponents, jumping mere moments before tripping onto the fallen Dharn.

With super-human speed, while still in mid-air, the right hand of Shadow Crow reach his throwing knives under his cloak, unleashing upon Dharn a rain of sharp steel, ten darts who strike the commoner in various points of his body.

At the same time the left hand launch his sword at Bewildered Badger, who cast it aside using his own weapons but his then caught off-guard and can't avoid the Kai to land on his chest and falling to the ground again.

A flick of the wrist and a dagger fall in the hand of Shadow Crow from up his sleeve allowing him to jab and punch Bewildered Badger while is prone.

Without letting the pirate time even to breathe, Shadow Crow grab him by the shirt and throw he at Dharn while he manage to get up.

A quick use of Mind over Matter and Kaistar flow back in the hands of Shadow Crow, who mocks is adversaries: "It seems we are late looking at the other fights. Shall we end this? No one would like to retire?"

Post 5/10; 8 sentences (5 standard, 2 extra from the jewel, 1 free); 8 words (6 standard, 2 extra from the jewel).

[Bewildered Badger]

With reflexes honed by battles on a heaving deck, Badger agilely turned his uncontrolled flight into a spinning flip that saw him roll over Dharn harmlessly.
Still winded, he staggered back, realizing desperate measures were needed to turn fortune in his favour.
In one swift motion he tossed both rapiers into the air.
A flick of each wrist sent a tiny dagger, tips glistening with Gallowbrush extract, from hiding up his sleeves, flying lightening fast towards the Kai.
As he caught his rapiers once more, he realized that a Kai Lord might only be slowed for a few seconds by such a drug; but a few seconds might make all the difference.

Sixth post, five sentences, five words.

[dharn]

Dharn saw the Kai Lord's darts coming at him and tried to roll over but he only managed to avoid them from hitting his critical points.
He tried to get up but then Bewildered Badger was rolling over him.
As the corsair threw his weapons, Dharn saw the chance and tried to pummel him with one end of his staff by trying a thrust.
As soon as it hit the seaman, Dharn retracted the weapon, spun around and with all his force send another thrust at Shadow Crow.
He hoped Twiler, healers of the Brotherhood of the Crystal Star and the Dessi would take good care of him later with all the efforts that he put into this fight.

Sixth post, five sentences, 2 words.
OOC: Changed knives to darts. Thanks BB.

[Bewildered Badger]

OOC, Dharn both daggers were aimed at Shadow Crow, not you. You may want to amened your last post accordingly.

[Shadow Crow]

Shadow Crow is ready to react to the thrown attack of Bewildered Badger.

He deflect one of the daggers with Kaistar and catch the other in the air with his right hand, but with his attention focused on the daggers and their poisoned tips he's caught flat-footed by Dharn's staff, which strike him right in the middle of the chest.

The Kai trip backward and fall on his back and while he use the right hand to instinctively soften his fall the blade of the weapon cut his palm and the Gallowbrush take effect.

While he manage to get back on his feet, things begin to turn and blur all around him.

"Ok, need to Focus on my Healing skill... if only the ring could spin a bit slower..."

Post 6/10; 4 sentences; 5 words.

[Bewildered Badger]

Dharn's strike to the chest did more than hurt: the Badger was sure he felt a rib crack.
Twisting with the blow he slapped his left hand down to the ground for balance, leaving him horizontal under the still extended quarterstaff.
As Dharn turned to attack the now groggy Kai Lord, fetching him a solid blow, the Badger rolled, left leg extended, tripping the commoner and sending him crashing to the ground.
An acrobatic flip had him standing again, jabbing a rapier into each of his prone opponents.
Hopefully the battle would end soon, as it was beginning to hurt...

Seventh post, five sentences, six words.

[dharn]

Again, Dharn found himself lying on the ground, looking above him and not at his opponents.
He tried to get up but a stabbing pain on the side of his stomach from Bewildered Badger's attack delayed him.
Angry, Dharn spun his weapon around him, drawing a large circle on ground and driving the blunt weapon into anything that's close to him.
With a rare display of agility, Dharn used the spin to quickly rise up on one foot while twirling the quarterstaff around him to push his enemies away.
Let it be Lady Morgan's, Hazelae's or even Cloe's tournament, Dharn doesn't want to go down unless he really, really down for the count.

6th post, 5 sentences, 1 word

[Shadow Crow]

As the pirate strike him Shadow Crow cry out in pain.

Good for him, concentrating on the searing pain enables him to come back to his senses and counter the effect of the Gallowbrush.

As Dharn spin his staff to attack Bewildered Badger, the Kai catch the blade of the rapier with his already wounded right hand and swing with his own sword at his opponent's arm.

The pirate abandon the rapier to avoid losing his entire arm but is however wounded slightly.

Throwing the rapier out of the ring, being unable to use it because of his badly wounded hand, Shadow Crow use his own sword to get back to his feet, maybe a little twitching but ready to get back in the match.

Post 7/10; 5 sentences;

[Bewildered Badger]

Loosing the rapier was bad news for Badger, although not as bad as for the poor soul whose cry of pain heralded it's arrival, tip first, into the watching crowd.
In a move born of desperation he used his now empty hand to deliver a rapid punch to Shadow Crow's face, momentarily stunning him.
Before the Kai could recover Badger spun him round and shoulder charged him backwards into Dharn.
Then, with all his might, he rammed his remaining rapier right through Shadow Crow's stomach and into Dharn's!
With his two opponents effectively pinned together he staggered away, drawing a pair of daggers from behind his back.

Eighth post, five sentences, three words.

[dharn]

At first he felt someone bumped into him and the he felt cold steel puncturing his stomach.
Instinctively he pushed the person in front of him with his two hands, tearing them apart.
As his mind turned blank from the pain for a moment, his body reacted by grabbing a couple of the dart still stuck on his body and threw them at the person he had pushed away.
The instance that his wits came back, Dharn knew he had to so something drastic to swing things back to his favour.
Dharn covered his quarterstaff behind himself and started to absorb the staff into his body.

8th post, 5 sentences, 2 words.

[Shadow Crow]

With a hole such big in his stomach the Kai has little to do if not concentrate again on his Healing disciplines, at least to avoid the danger of death.

Stepping away from combat Shadow Crow move to put Dharn between him and the pirate, to strikes form the dagger if he ever decide to throw them.

To keep them at bay Shadow Crow is ready to use his psychic powers, although he was never as good as the others Kai at using them.

Just one though and the attack goes on, the equivalent of a strong mental punch directly to the inside of their brain.
Both the opponents are shocked and trip to the ground, but soon the Kai must stop the attack to continue the curative process.

Post 8/10; 5 sentences; 4 words.

[Bewildered Badger]

Shadow Crow's devastating psychic attack left Badger twitching helplessly on the ground.
As soon as the attack stopped he jumped to his feet.
He turned, looking for the rapier with which he'd pinned together his two opponents.
It lay next to the Kai Lord so he re-sheathed one of his daggers.
Sliding a foot under his sword he flicked it into the air and caught it by the hilt.


Ninth post, five sentences, four words.

[dharn]

Again Dharn fell flat on his behind on the arena ground but he quickly get up again after the pain subsides.
Still reeling from the psychic attack, Dharn will his quarterstaff to reappear from both of his palm.
With half of the staff in each hand, Dharn rushed towards Shadow Crow and letting it rip with a flurry of blows aiming to put the Kai Lord down.
As soon as he felt the corsair getting near, Dharn swing at him with one hand while the other was still pummeling Shadow Crow.
Consequently, Dharn had to alternate between targets as the match goes on, like a mountain being bashed by the wind from all sides.

9th post, 5 sentences, 2 words.

[Shadow Crow]

Shadow Crow begin to feel better as the wounds in his stomach heal, but the two-handed attack of Dharn force him to jump back, spinning his sword right and left to avoid the storm of blows.

While Dharn is divided in attacking both him and the pirate, Shadow Crow wait a little to learn the time of his attack, and with a quick side-step avoid the club and swing his sword, opening a large wound on Dharn's back.

Using the commoner's body as a cover he then lands a strike on Bewildered Badger and then jump away, regaining a security distance from them.

Post 9/10; 3 sentences; 5 words.

[Bewildered Badger]

Badger managed to avoid Dharn's wild swing, but was cut badly by Shadow Crow.
With a grunt of pain he slapped a hand over the wound to staunch the bleeding.
He jabbed with his rapier at Dharn's hand, hoping to make his opponent drop his staff, or at least hamper it's use.
At the same time he sent his dagger spinning toward Shadow Crows face.
He'd expected that his first battle would have been against amateurs, but noted with satisfaction that his opponents had been most worthy.

Tenth post, five sentences, three words