ROAR. HISS.

[rainbowarch]

Who: Cielo and Serph and Guest Starring Heat
When: Morning
Where: The Park
Style: Starting in prose. Whichever afterward.
Status: Closed

The park was often where the people of Vatheon went to hone their battle skills, whether it was with the shooting range or striking the practice dummies.

Or directly sparring with one another. And today, there is quite the match going on.

Most people have probably seen the demon Dyaus at some point or another, as it's a creature that regularly flies around both the bubble and the island. That demon is also known as Cielo, the Embryon's scout. This time, however, he's not flying near the top of the barrier, but rather down low, close to the tree tops. The blade from the top of his crest emerges and Cielo makes a high speed dive towards his target.

Comments

that moment when you realise you've accidentally deleted your demon icons

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[Others may have seen the demon, Varna, as well, though Serph does not spend as much time regularly in his demon form as Cielo does. Still, today he's transformed. He'd lost 'sight' of Cielo once he'd taken to the skies, but the sudden movement has Serph immediately dodging to the side.

Well aware Cielo is fast and can adjust his flight path, a hiss makes it past Serph's lips, green energy wrapping around Dyaus in a Sukunda.]

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[A miss. And this is why information is so valuable. Serph knows everything Cielo is capable of and of course he makes the intelligent move of trying to negate his greatest advantage. But even with a Sukunda in effect, he is still fast and he can remedy this problem later.

He retaliates with a roar, energy forming around Serph as Cielo performs the Mind Scream skill.]

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[Serph is wrong-footed and doesn't managaed to make it out of the Mind Scream in time. And while he can shake off the pain of the attack easily enough, the disorientation that muddles his demon's senses is harder to shake. Even as he raises his head, the already indistinct outlines of the trees blurs into the ground as everything in his immediate surroundings swims. Unfortunately, Serph does not have a Dis-Stun with him, so all he can do is make the best of a bad situation.

The problem with fighting an opponent such as Cielo is that Cielo can very easily just fly up high and throw down spells without much retaliation. But Cielo can't spell spam if he cannot cast.

Serph would be more cautious if he had people backing him up (friendly fire is a very real risk), or if there had been others who could be hurt in the crossfire, but the situation seems safe enough to release a Makajamon in the general area, taking the risk of being left wide open while being unable to truly detect where Cielo is right now, in favour of potentially disabling Cielo's magic, given his weakness to ailments and his now more limited movements thanks to the Sukunda earlier.]

[rainbowarch]

[Serph's gamble pays off as his spreading of Makajamon hits its target. To confirm this, there's a brief cry from Cieo that gets abruptly cut off as the magic quite literally silences him. But that, however, is just the icing on the metaphorical cake. A metaphorical cake made of misery and mute.

The spell had hit his weakness and while it didn't leave any physical damage, it immediately disrupts his movements and he drops from the air midflight. Luckily, he doesn't collide with the ground, and manages to figure which way is up quick enough to land on his feet in the grass. Add disorientation sprinkles to the misery mute cake.

He needs an extra moment to clear his head before he can get airborne again, something he knows leaves him vulnerable for an extra, costly moment, but he would rather take the time to steady himself than try to take off and crash face first into the dirt.]

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[The disorientation from the Mind Scream still lingers, and will continue to do so until Serph can get it fixed up. He's working at a distinct disadvantage here, thanks to not having Dis-Stuns on him. It's not like he can carry every status clearing medicine on him in his stomach. But he has to make the best of a disadvantage, and he knows that since Cielo's been hit with the Makajamon, this is a rare opportunity.

No ice; he doesn't intend to kill Cielo.

So instead, Serph rushes forward, intending to tackle and pin Cielo down to make him yield first--]

[enfire]

( the familiar cries drew his attention at first, and heat kept a distance between himself and the fighting pair. it seemed that they were so engaged with one another that he went largely unnoticed -- giving him the opportunity to slip into his demon form.

he was sure this was some sort of training exercise for the two of them, but for him... it was a chance to prove their inferiority. an opportunity for them to see that he was the strongest!

as he saw cielo take to the ground and serph rush towards him -- heat saw his chance. leaping into the scene, he landed between the two of them hard, the ground beneath him taking the brunt of his weight as he remained close to the ground, claws digging into the earth -- ) So it's a fight you want, huh?

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[What. Heat!? Where did he even come from!? Cielo was too focused on the fight to notice that his comrade was nearby. He can already tell that this probably won't go well. He opens his mouth to say something, but no sound comes out.

Whoops. Muted. Right.

Now that Heat has put a temporary halt to the fight, he uses the moment to do something about that problem.

That is, hack up a Dis-mute in an incredibly graceful and dignified manner.]

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[Serph skids to an abrupt stop to narrowly avoid Heat when he jumps into the fray, dirt flying a short distance as his clawed feet dig gouges into the grassy ground. Cielo's not a problem right now. Oh no, Serph has bigger problems to contend with.

It's not easy to miss the larger form of Agni, even in his stunned state.

Serph straightens, partly to conceal how difficult it was for him to clearly pinpoint Heat's movements, partly to speak to Heat properly. Serph shakes his head.]

I don't want to fight you.

[Nothing good will come of it. But he will defend himself, unlike that time he'd "died". Tiir was right. His death would lead to the sadness of his friends left behind... even if death isn't permanent here. And... without knowing the root of Heat's anger, how can he know that dying would solve anything?

But he remains guarded, waiting for Heat to make the inevitable first move.]

[enfire]

Like I give a damn!

( it wasn't always about what you wanted, serph! and with that, heat launched himself forward. mid-air, he wound back a fist with the intention of bringing it down hard right in varna's face, if he could manage it. he seemed to forget cielo's presence entirely for the moment, what with being wrapped up in punching faces and all.
he was far too helpless in this place, in vatheon... and while some might argue that getting into a fight with "comrades" wasn't the best way to spend your time -- it was the one of the few things he felt he could do. it wasn't just to prove his strength to everyone anymore... now he did this for himself )

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[During that exchange, Cielo regained his voice and made a move to lunge at Heat with the intention of stopping him, but found himself moving slower than usual.

Oh right. Sukunda. He works on fixing that with a Sukukaja.]

Hey! Cut that out, Heat!

that moment when you go to track a post and then don't

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[Serph goes silent, as he tends to do when he isn't flinging spells. Agni may seem large and bulky to an outsider, but Serph knows very well that Heat can still move quickly.

Too quick for Serph to completely avoid getting punched in the face.

Serph reels from the impact, spots flaring across his senses as his ability to 'see' dims. He isn't entirely certain whether Heat's broken his jaw or not -- there's definitely a loose tooth -- but he doesn't have much time to really think about that. Instead, Serph twists and sidesteps, trying to take advantage of Heat's momentum from his leap to shove Heat to the ground from behind. And, well, in case that fails... Serph sucks in a breath, temperature chilling...]

we forgive you, leader! now c'mere and lemme punch you some more! hope the spell usage is okay

[enfire]

Not a chance! ( is the best reply he can give to cielo )
This is between him and me!

( truth be told, he was feeling good with that first punch having connected. however, the push was unexpected -- he stumbled forward, faces down into the ground.
it was with an animalistic roar that he attempted to push himself a back up to his feet in time -- just to catch sight of what the dear leader had in store for him next.
with another cry, he threw his arms up in front of him, attempting to execute a void ice spell before the damage could be done...! magic was never his strong point, and it was never going to be... )

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[The reply is expected, but it still causes Cielo to wince slightly. Why, Heat? He thought that here, they did have to do this. Here, they could get away from everything that happened in the Real World.

Here, they could be happy.

But no, Serph and Heat are fighting again and Cielo doesn't want them to and what if it turns out as badly as it did last time and...

Frustrated and upset, all he does is let out an anguished roar.]

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[Unfortunately for Serph, Heat's Void Ice appears in time to fizzle Serph's Cocytus, which he'd intended to disable Heat with. There isn't enough time to ready another bout of freezing cold air before retaliation from Heat, so Serph goes for the next best option; not letting Heat get to his feet.]

What is?

[Between him and Heat, that is. Why?

Though, as he says it, Serph moves to try and pin Heat down with his own body.]

[enfire]

( energy began to gather in his fist. he cast it out towards the flyer, sending an agi spell out with a blast. his pitiful magic was more than likely a joke to cielo, but he needed to know that this time -- he was serious.

as he focused wholly on serph again, he was far too late to dodge the pin coming towards him. he grunted in a reply, trying to take hold of varuna's wrists, squeezing hard -- )

Don't play dumb with me! Or are you really that clueless?

[rainbowarch]

[The Agi spell is easily dodged. Magic has never been Heat's forte and it indeed, gets the point across. If Heat's serious, then there's absolutely no way he's going to let this continue.

It's time for one last warning.]

You two stop this right now!

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[Cielo's earlier Mind Scream had really done a number on Serph, and he hadn't quite been able to pin down Heat's wrists in time. Caught in Heat's bone crushing grip, Serph gives a rare roar of pain. His next words come out as a muffled grunt.]

Tell me.

[Oops sorry Cielo.]

[enfire]

( he concentrated on making sure those hands stayed where he could see them -- there was no need to get varuna's long reach involved. with an attempt to reverse the pin, he now took a half-step forward, trying to impose his weight on the other.

one of agni's heads gnashed its teeth while the other shouted -- ) I'm going to be the one that takes her to Nirvana, do you hear me?! We're going to settle this once and for all!