The Namekian announcer stepped forward onto the arena, giving the crowd a short wave before bowing. "Okay, everyone, welcome back to the final round of the losers bracket! Today we will determine which fighter who fell in the original rounds is the strongest among them!" The crowd cheered, thrilled to see how the secondary bracket of the tournament would finally conclude!
"For this match, we have the brave and powerful Heran pirate captain, Salvo, making her final appearance! Opposing her will be the daringly strong and furiously fast Shinjin, Cyprus!" The crowd cheered for the two fighters, with everyone in the audience eager to discover just how far the two would be able to push themselves in this match, and which of them would take home the final prize.
The announcer then took a step back, and addressed the two fighters directly before clearing the arena. "Okay! Unlike normal matches, there is no time limit - the winner may only be determined through either knockout or ring-out. The only other rule is that no form of flight may be used in the bout. If I am understood, then... Let the battle begin!"
The final round of the Loser's Bracket begins! There is no overall time limit to this fight, but any fighter who takes longer than 48 hours to reply to their opponent will automatically be forfeited and considered rung-out!
Cyprus arrived at the ring, ready for the final match of the loser bracket. If he won this fight he would return to the finals. It was perfect, despite his messing up in the first round he had been able to win his last two fights. It should be easy enough for him to deal with this final fight. Of course, his foes were growing even stronger since it was the final round. But he was gonna be able to focus on a good ring out. However, there was a new rule. As the man explained, there was no time limit. Instead, it was going to be the last one standing. Either by ring out or being koed. Cyrpus grinned. "I see well that shall work in my favor." Cyrpus liked to make fights slow. Conquests were a slow affair, it was not the type of thing you rushed.
He glanced over toward his opponent as her title was announced. "Pirate Captain huh? Hmm Well, I am a captain myself." Cyrpus bowed his head to Salvo. "Of course, I don't have my crew with me. I'll admit I've been trying to keep low to the ground. Don't want to cause a lot of trouble for me? But you seem to be bold about it. Do you not fear anyone trying to strike you down for being a criminal." Cyprus rubbed his head. "It seems many in this universe act in such a manner. Standing on the tip of moral superiority. Of course, there is so no such thing but it does not mean people won't dream there is not some morality we are all forced to follow." Cyprus formed his chains of magic and flipped them forward sending them to strike her in the chest without any warning! He was gonna take advantage even when asking his questions. He was a cut throat afterall.
Post by Captain Salvo on Jun 13, 2023 21:39:43 GMT -5
SALVO'S PL: 67,000
PL MULTIPLIERS: None
Well, this was it - the final round! ...Of the losers bracket, but Salvo was still rather pleased with herself for coming this far after her rather humiliating defeat at the hands of that Saiyan. She'd be back for revenge against that one soon enough, of course, but for now, she'd have to settle with beating up on the old carrot man she currently stood opposite from on the battlefield. He was a Shinjin, apparently? Weren't those, more or less, gods? So who the heck did he lose to? Well, whatever - from what Salvo could sense out of him, she actually had a slight leg up on him in power, so that was something she'd certainly have to take advantage of if she wanted to win this thing.
Still, she furrowed her brows and frowned at the god as he spouted something that sure sounded an awful lot like moral grandstanding. Oh, great - one of these types. "Yea, I don't really do th' whole 'morals' thing, personally," Salvo replied with one hand placed on her hip while the other gestured along with her speech. "Th' only laws I abide by are th' ones 'a physics, I'm afraid. And those don't say anythin' against whooping yer bum to kingdom come."
Right as soon as they'd finished speaking, the Shinjin struck - but Salvo was prepared for that sort of thing, and leapt to the side, ducking out of the way just a moment before the chains would have struck her chest. "Ohoh, feisty god, ain'tcha?" she stated with a growing grin as her red lips peeled back. This was going to be fun. She quickly returned the favor by rushing in close to the Shinjin and drawing her blade, which she slashed down swiftly at the top of Cyprus' skull to split it wide open and expose his lack of brains for the world to see!
"Hah the whole morals thing is foolish anyway. My kind really focus on trying to establish 'order' and 'fairness' and 'justice'. That what I believe anyway. When you try to make rules and keep the universe in balance. Let it go whatever way it goes I say." Cyrpus grinned toward Salvo. "Regardless, we will see if you can defeat me. I have a feeling that you may struggle to do such a thing. I have quite the ability to defend myself. That is the best ability to have after all. To resist and strike back after your's foes blow are made useless."
The Chains shot forward and were able to strike Salvo right in the chest. He would give a slight bow to the crowd as she leaped forward. "Thank you. You all treated me so well." As the sword came down he quickly formed more chains wrapping them around his arms. He'd raise them blocking the sword though the arena below him began to crack as he was forced down slightly. Blood ran down his arms as the blade still lashed at some flesh despite the chains being used to defend himself. "My my, you really are quite the dangerous foe. Using a blade like that. You could really kill me. I am not sure if that is legal or not. I image you want to win afterall." Cyrpus would then kick back to allow the sword to either keep traveling or for her to reposition. Either way his arms shot forward sending the chains uncoiling to strike Salvo right in the face and chest once more!
Post by Captain Salvo on Jun 16, 2023 9:42:03 GMT -5
SALVO'S PL: 67,000
PL MULTIPLIERS: None
Establishing an 'order of fairness and justice?' Nevermind - Salvo actually didn't much like the cut of this one's jib. "Yea, yea," she curtly replied as the Shinjin began to boast about his defensive capabilities. "I think ye'll find it a wee bit trickier to defend against me than anyone else ye've squared up to up t' this point, though." She might be a bit lacking in raw power compared to some of the tournament's other participants (for now), but Salvo knew how to make the most of what she had, and then some. This little carrot wouldn't even know what hit him.
As for her strike, she brought her sword down something fierce on top of the carrot, and while he'd manage to block it before it struck his head, it had definitely cut into his arms a fair bit, and forced him down into the ground hard enough that the arena floor cracked beneath his feet. He even went so far as to compliment her ruthlessness, which made Salvo crack a smile. "Thanks! Most blokes say me savagery's me best trait!" Cyprus shoved her off of him with a powerful kick just a moment later, and then struck at her once again with those pesky chains of his.
Salvo clicked her tongue as she was able to swat away at the chain aimed for her face, but was struck dead-center by the one aimed for her chest, which sent her flying back a ways and knocked the wind out of her. "Guh!" she grunted as she bounced off the ground on her back, then quickly flipped herself back onto her feet. Those things were annoying, huh?
"A'right, enough warmin' up, I'd say," Salvo declared as, with her other hand, she swiftly drew her gun out from under her coat and raised it towards Cyprus' face. "Let's git serious!" Not too immediately serious, though - she mostly wanted to size up how Cyprus would handle actual full-power attacks being sent his way, if he was such a 'master of defense' as he claimed to be. A single, powerful shot was fired from Salvo's weapon right for Cyprus' face, which would explode on contact with him or whatever sort of defense he tried to erect!
Salvo fires off a [Light] Hearty Blow at Cyprus for 13,400 (20%) PL damage! She also uses her Raw Talent trait to gain an additional MP from this attack. HP: 0/250 KP: 6/6 > 5/6 MP: 1/6 > 4/6
Last Edit: Jun 19, 2023 17:14:10 GMT -5 by Captain Salvo
“Oh they do now? You really must be quite the savage then.” Cyprus called. “You of fit right in my crew. Or maybe more huh?” Cyprus called. “A rival pirate?” He grinned as he forced her back with the kick and the chains shot forward to smack her in the chest. Though the other was deflected away and slammed into the ground of the arena floor. He would rip the chains out of the ground and pull them back to his side as he began to walk towards her. He could not stay at the edge of the arena for one and for two he had to push her towards the edge and fling her out. That was his goal after all, to go for a ring out. That was a much similar affair. In this battle, conquests could be done in two manners. Through brains or brawns. He’d take both paths, it just came down to whatever came first.
But as he approached forward, she drew a gun from her coat as Cyrpus raised an eyebrow. “A gun? It is quite old-fashioned. But it looks really dangerous." Cyprus tapped his chin as the shot flew right toward his face. But, Cyrpus formed a ward of magic which would block the blow. He was forced to skid back slightly as the energy coiled around. The Ward took on the shape of a horse like hoove and after part if was blasted apart Cyprus flicked his hand forward. The remained of the Ki ward were sent flying forward to smash into Salvo and crush her into the arena floor!
Wc:269 Light Offensive || Gallant Crush
Soummoning a powerful ward of magically energy that slams down on a foe from above. This massive weight of ki is meant to pin one to the ground. The ki takes on the image of a horse hoove.
Post by Captain Salvo on Jun 19, 2023 17:41:53 GMT -5
SALVO'S PL: 67,000
PL MULTIPLIERS: None
A 'rival' pirate? No way was this bloke an actual pirate, right? He was a Shinjin - a literal god. What possible reason could a fella like him have to engage in acts of piracy? Just for fun? Either way, any invitation to join any crew other than her own was one she'd immediately deny. "Join yer crew! Ha!" Salvo scoffed. "I'd sooner dance the hempen jig than join up with a bloke like you." Salvo was perfectly happy to be in charge of her own, personal crew. Serving under someone else just clashed far too much with her personality type, or so she always thought. She'd been the captain of her own crew since she was about ten years old, so it wasn't like she'd ever known what the alternative was like.
Her previous attack didn't really amount to much, but it did confirm that, presently, the pair were more or less equal in their power. ...Currently, anyway. Salvo had her ways of changing that. "I think that's enough testin' each other out for the hell of it though, aye?" she stated, "Let's quit with the teasin' and get straight to the real fightin'."
Salvo let out a grunt and flexed her arms at her sides, as her power suddenly skyrocketed! Her power had tripled - no, quadrupled! However, it did not quite seem to hit the tournament power cap just yet. Was she still holding back some...? "Now, then," Salvo declared, pausing for only the briefest of moments before she lunged at Cyprus and grabbed him by the shoulders, thrusting him in towards herself for a brutal headbutt right towards that big orange noggin of his!
Salvo transforms into her Bucko (x4) form, bringing her power level up to 268,000! Thanks to her Metamorphosis trait, she keeps her current MP. She also activates her Thirst for Battle trait! Finally, she lunges at Cyprus and sends a [Light] Wicked Wrench at him for 134,000 (50%) PL!
"Respectable! You're going to keep your own crew going. That is fine with me. Maybe we can work together to plunder some big planet sometime. I am glad to meet another pirate regardless." Cyrpus grinned and bowed his head before giving a spin as their attacks clashed and exploded. Salvo then called out that she was done holding back and she was going to attack with a powerful new attack! "Oh, so you're going to power up then I'll do so in kind." Cyprus would expand his power to the next level as she came racing towards him. She was going for some sort of melle-based attack. Interesting. Cyrpus's power exploded sixfold as he would vanish dodging the blow as he appeared above her.
"I'd of used a lower form but I can't sense Ki. So I won't take any chances. So I hope that if you got more power you bring it out cause right now I am bringing it all." He'd spin forward after dodging first aiming to kick her right in the face to force her backwards. Then he'd clasp both his arms together forming a familiar ward of red ki. The same attack he had used earlier to clash with her gun. "Gallent Crush!" The horse hoove launched forward right towards Salvo aiming to slam right into her chest and send her flying backward and hopefully right out of the ring. While he didn't know how much power she was using, he hoped that at his full power, he'd have quite the edge over her potentially max.
Wc:261 Dai-Kaio Power:360,000 Light Deffensive || Occupy Space Cyprus phases into the otherworld to dodge an incoming attack. For a moment he would seem to have disappear before reappearing moment’s later. Power: 60% KP Cost: 2 KP Variants: +1 Power, Evasive. To Dodge into Light Offensive || Gallant Crush Soummoning a powerful ward of magically energy that slams down on a foe from above. This massive weight of ki is meant to pin one to the ground. The ki takes on the image of a horse hoove. Power:20% KP Cost: 1 KP Variants: +1 Power, -1 Cost Power:72,000 heading Salvo's way. - Kp:2/6 Mp:2/6 Damage Meter:0/250
Post by Captain Salvo on Jun 22, 2023 17:37:57 GMT -5
SALVO'S PL: 268,000
PL MULTIPLIERS: Bucko (x4)
Work together to plunder a big planet sometime? ...Now that sounded a little bit more appealing to Salvo. She wasn't totally sure about how picky Jinx was about new hires to the Nova Corps yet (though based on some of the other hires, Jinx didn't seem very picky at all about who was joining them), but she'd think about seeing if this carrot fellow felt like becoming a part of the team. The more allies the merrier, after all, especially if they were going to start taking on some larger bounties in the near future. "Yea, I'll keep it in me back pocket," Salvo replied, not entirely dismissing his proposal, but not accepting it outright.
Surprisingly, he'd managed to evade her attack with ease, vanishing in an instant before her bullet could hit its mark. Salvo clicked her tongue and reached out with her senses to try and get a feel for both his new power and where he'd vanished to, only for him to reappear immediately above her! Cyprus spiraled down and delivered an unexpected and powerful kick to Salvo's face, which smashed right into her nose, and then followed it up with a... Horse hoof?
The 'hoof' made Salvo go 'oof' as it slammed right into the center of her chest, knocking her back and onto the ground, where she rolled dangerously close to the edge - in fact, her foot just barely dangled over the side of the arena floor, though it didn't quite touch the ground, thank goodness. Salvo scrambled back up to her feet and dusted herself off with a huff. "Well! Straight t' full power, aye?" she stated with some exasperation. He was definitely a good bit stronger than her as he currently was - in fact, Salvo would be in real deep water right about now if her current strength was the furthest she could go.
Luckily for her, that was not the case.
"Hraaaaaagh!" Salvo roared as her fists clenched at her sides and her power being to skyrocket once more! The small pieces of rubble near her feet began to rise up from the ground, and her long orange mane behind her blew in the wind as if a powerful gust was emanating from her entire body. And then, finally, a final shockwave of force erupted from Salvo, and all that had been lifted settled back down - only Salvo's power level now capped out at the tournament's maximum allowed limit. She grinned at Cyprus. "Thar, that's better," she stated.
With not a moment to spare, she drew up her pistol in a swift, single motion, and fired straight for Cyprus' head, a clean and decisive shot that ripped through the air at tremendous speeds, at no apparent cost to Salvo's ki levels - she was going all out, now!
Salvo is hit by Cyprus' attack in full and takes 27% damage! She then powers up to her Choice Spirit (x6) form, hitting the tournament PL cap of 400,000 PL! While transforming, she also expends 3 MP to recover 30% HP with Second Wind! Finally, Salvo uses her Arm Blaster item to fire off an 80,000 (20%) PL attack at Cyprus!
"Well regardless, we still have this battle to finish. So I won't bore you with more stories." Cyrpus raised his arms as the chains reappeared this time the ends had blades upon them. 'Once she is hit by attack I'll strike right after. Throw her right out of the ring.' Cyprus thought to himself. He was always one step ahead, that was how he fought. Making sure he had his next move ready before his foe even thought of counting the first. Instead of a count, however, Salvo took the blow head-on. At the same time, he snapped the chains forward to attack her. 'This is my chance right now? What is she doing not guarding?' However, her power was rising as it seemed she had tanked the attack with zero damage?! Or maybe she had used her ki to restore her strength? He had seen that before in the distant past. Back when the horsemen first were sealed.
However, his thoughts were cut off as she shot forward the chains he sent forward were blown apart, though some of the links smashed to the ground and laid upon the ground. The blast of her gun zipped through hitting him right in the head! Blood flew from the wound as he skidded backward. His right hand shot forward covering the bleeding. "Oh well, that is impressive," Cyprus said glancing at his bloody hand. "I'd curse you but we are both pirates. I should expect something quite underhanded. Trying to leave me a corpse." He wipe the blood away as the side of his face kept bleeding out from where had been hit. "I assumed the Gun was mostly a prop, but it is quite dangerous. You must tell me where you get such powerful weapons forged. This time gets more and more interesting." Cyrpus would send his arms forward the links of chains that were now laid on the ground would be relinked by his magic as he tried to whip them up from the ground and smash Salvo in the jaw with a sneaky blow!
Wc:346 Took Arm Blaster head on for 22 Percent Damage! - Kp:4/6 Mp:5/6 Damage Meter:22/250
Post by Captain Salvo on Jun 25, 2023 19:17:59 GMT -5
SALVO'S PL: 400,000
PL MULTIPLIERS: Choice Spirit (x6)
A devilish grin grew across Salvo's lips as her shot hit Cyprus square in the head, drawing the first true blood of the battle. Good... He may have been a god, but he could still bleed. He made a comment about how that shot certainly could've been a kill shot, and Salvo simply shrugged up at him with a wide smile on her face. "'Tis th' final round, anyway! If yer dead, that means I'm th' only one left fir first prize t' go to!" In truth, they'd likely just give first and second prize of the losers bracket to whoever would normally have come in third and fourth, but if they tried doing that, there was nothing stopping Salvo from getting violent with them anymore - that prize money was the only reason she'd been on her best behavior this whole time!
Cyprus had also asked where she'd gotten her gun from. "This ol' thing?" she asked, raising up the gun and tapping it on the side with her free hand. "Dunno. Inherited it from me folks - me dad gave it t' me on me fifth birthday. Took me out on a raid that same evenin' and helped me git me first ever kill!" Ah, what fond memories. But she had a victory to secure, here. No way was this tangerine man gonna get in the way after she'd come this far - she'd done enough losing to orange-themed characters in this tournament!
Once again, Cyprus struck out at Salvo with his chains, but this time, she wouldn't let herself be hit so easily. As they ripped themselves up from the ground to strike at her, she leapt up into the air, the chains narrowly snapping at her feet and just barely missing her. With her gun swiftly tucked away, Salvo grinned down at Cypus once more as she spread her arms out wide. "A decent attempt, I'll admit t' that!" she declared, "In fact, I'll have t' give ye a round 'a applause fer that 'un!" And then, she slammed her palms together in front of her, the force of which was so grand that it blasted a shockwave out from between her palms that ripped through the air and began cascading straight down for Cyprus!
Salvo sends a [Medium] Clap of Thunder down at Cyprus for 320,000 (80%) PL damage! She also uses her second and final use of her Raw Talent trait to gain an additional MP from this attack.
"I suppose we are both fighting to win it all. That prize? It looks quite shiny to me so I'd rather it be under my arm then your arm." Cyprus pulled his chains around. "As for your trinket, hold onto it tight. I won't let it shoot me again. Being shot at is not something I much enjoy." The Kai went fully on the attack but the chains missed as she would leap into the air. Cyrpus pulled the chains backward recoiling them to prepare his defense. She was ready to charge up a powerful beam. "Oh dear? That is quite the power your using. I can't sense it but I just gotta assume it is gonna be troublesome to deal with."
Indeed the beam came down quickly and with great force. He saw the ground behind him get torn apart before the beam even landed. "Alrighty then! Vahalla Surge!" He raised his arms as a portal seemed to rip into the air. A monstrous creature burst out, some sort of underworld horse being. It would leap in the way being hit by the full power of her beam. The large explosion forced Cyrpus to cover his eyes. "I gotta ask what your eating to get so strong. You mortals really hit a higher level since I've been around. Of course back then it was long before weapons of any kind. You could hardly of been existing. The Heran species I mean." AS the dust faded the Horse would look really worn out and torn up. It was pulled back into the portal as Cyprus waved his arms up to shoot the chains at her to impale her and smash her to the ground!
Wc:284 Vallha Surge 4kp 70 Percent Deffensive (add 10 Percent from Stalwart for 288,000). Withen 80 percent so there is a fizzle! - Kp:0/6 Mp:5/6 Damage Meter:22/250
Post by Captain Salvo on Jun 29, 2023 14:51:01 GMT -5
SALVO'S PL: 400,000
PL MULTIPLIERS: Choice Spirit (x6)
Well, that was one way to block an attack. Salvo hadn't been expecting Cyprus to summon some sort of... thing to block the attack sent at him, though her clap was at least strong enough to immediately disintegrate the summoned beast, so the good news was that she wouldn't need to be dealing with that thing. The bad news was that her attack hadn't done a damn thing to her opponent, who she'd still only managed to somewhat scratch up to this point. This was going to take forever if she didn't start laying some more serious amounts of hurt on the other guy!
"Just cause ye've lived long enough t' see all that stuff don't mean ye've done a damn thing wit' all that time, ye know!" Salvo called down to Cyprus as she began her descent from on high. Flying was still unallowed, so this landing was potentially going to be a bit of a hard one, though she'd fallen from far worse heights unharmed before. "Cause here ye are, losing in the losers bracket of a tournament 'a mortal fighters!"
Cyprus shot out some very sharp and dangerous looking chains at her, either of which seemed fairly primed to do some stabbing, which seemed to imply the Shinjin had also dropped any pretenses of this being a fight to anything but the death. Good! Salvo loved fights to the death. Though she had no intention of being the one dead on the floor at the end of this match, that much was certain! As she fell towards the chains, she swiftly drew her pistol, and, after a moment of aiming carefully, blasted down a shot that ripped right through Cyprus' chains, and then continued to barrel on down towards the defenseless Shinjin, where it would explode on impact with him!
Salvo then landed rather harshly on the ground, with her left shoulder taking the brunt of the impact. "Oogh," she groaned as she got back up to her feet and rubbed her sore shoulder. "Perhaps I shouldn't be pullin' as many reckless stints like that in me thirties as I did in me twenties..."
Salvo uses [Light] Hearty Blow, and spends 2 MP to boost its power by 10% It flies down at Cyprus for 160,000 (40%) PL damage!
"Hah, I suppose your right. But I've had the case of being sealed away. You must have heard the stories yes? Your good traveler, the mythology of the Four Horsemen." Cyprus explained as the chains shined with red ki as he sent them forward. "We have been out of commission for some time. But now we are back. Loser Bracket or otherwise, I just have to beat you, and then advance to the last match yes? Whoever had won the entire bracket. I'll crush them and then keep moving forward." Cyrpus wagged his fingers. "I just needed to burn some rust from the first match and then since then I have been on a roll. You have been as well but that is about to be put to an end by my hand!"
The Chains were able to stab into Salvo and he would get ready to swing her right out of the ring but she drew her pistol and fired at him. It was fast as hell too. She still had that much power to attack him with? Cyprus was hit right in the chest as the chains vanished as he was sent flying out of the ring! 'Dammit!' Cyprus seemed like he was in a lot of trouble but he'd reform the chains to grab the edge of the ring! He'd would then fire a ki blast under himself to launch himself back into the ring! But when he landed he was still a bit unsteady. A stronger attack would of def knocked him clean out of the ring. If he got by that again he of def also got hit away. This was really bad. Spitting some blood out he breath out deeply. "That was not acceptable." Cracking his neck Cyprus Would raise his arms and await Salvo next attack as he recovered his strength.
Wc:308 (I think it meant to be 30 but calcing with 160,000/360,000=44 Percent Damage Ouch!) Kp:2/6 Mp:6/6 Damage Meter:66/250
Post by Captain Salvo on Jul 1, 2023 22:42:57 GMT -5
SALVO'S PL: 400,000
PL MULTIPLIERS: Choice Spirit (x6)
Bullseye! Salvo's shot hit its mark right dead center in Cyprus' chest, knocking him back and damaging him up nice and good. Finally, a solid blow! Salvo dusted herself off as her opponent recovered from her attack, having nearly been knocked all the way out of the ring by that blow. Unfortunately, he'd caught himself just inches before he was officially rung out, though that was fine - Salvo now had a solid lead on him, and it would only grow as their fight continued. The Shinjin didn't know it yet, but he was already as good as dead! ...Or as good as defeated, anyway. Salvo hadn't made up her mind yet about killing him yet.
"Th' Four Horsemen?" she asked with a frown, one hand placed on her hip while she tilted her head. "Can't say I've heard of 'em. Ye don't exactly look like a horse t' me, anyhow." Why was he calling himself a horse man? That was stupid - if Jinx had called the Nova Corps the 'horse women,' Salvo never would have agreed to join up with them. "And yea, ye sure look like yer makin' a comeback thar, as ye spit up blood and stumble around!" Salvo taunted the man. He wasn't a quitter, she'd give him that. But neither was Salvo, and she had no intention of losing any ground here.
She lunged forward towards Cyprus and drew her sword once again. "Now come on! If yer really some legendary god that had t' be sealed away, then start actin' like it!" She dove down at Cyprus with her cutlass, taking a swipe right for his neck, followed up by a sudden draw of her pistol and a quick shot aimed for the head once again!