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Squall Leonhart ([personal profile] unshelledbullet) wrote in [community profile] vatheon2012-02-16 06:32 pm

In which Minato, Serph, and Squall have a three way

Who: The Holy Triforce of Lineface: Squall, Minato, and Serph
When: February 15th, in the afternoon
Where: The park
Style: Action
Status: Closed

[The Defense Force, in some ways, reminded Squall of Balamb Garden. Except it was way smaller, wasn't a mercenary institution, didn't have students, and was more of a loosely organized thing.

Okay, it wasn't much like Garden at all. But it did share one thing with Garden: it was a group of fighters that he held a leadership role in. Except, this time, he wasn't just out of the blue saddled with the title of Commander, told good luck, and left to run the whole damn thing by himself. He had volunteered this time.

And this time, he wasn't by himself.

Minato and Serph were his "coworkers" in a sense. He'd been in Minato's position before: given something that you obviously weren't able to handle by yourself. Maybe that was what compelled him to help. Serph was also someone who offered assistance and between the three of them, they were able to work out something that resembled organization.

With the Defense Force in order, they found themselves with more free time. Squall had been the one to suggest that they get together to spar. He was, admittedly, curious to see what the two of them could do and it would only be to their advantage if they were familiar with each other's capabilities. With the time and location arranged, Squall arrived at the park ten minutes early and waited for them to show up.]
bufudine: (stop staring at my ass :|)

[personal profile] bufudine 2012-02-18 06:12 am (UTC)(link)
[While Serph lacks eyes in this form, he 'sees' through his other senses, though they're more focused in the direction. So though he isn't facing Squall, he can still sense his spell not being as effective against Squall. Much like a Rakukaja after all.

In the split second before his strike connects with Minato, Serph had intended to pull his arm back if it had looked like Minato couldn't dodge in time -- his blades can shear through flesh and bone like putty, after all -- but what's startling is how Minato doesn't even bother. Serph has a pretty good idea what that means, so he follows through with his attack. And sure enough, his attack is nullified.

...That's a rather powerful innate ability to have.

When Minato pulls out a gun, Serph thinks he's going to need to pull out bullets from himself later. But no, Minato turns the gun on himself and Serph suddenly has no idea what to expect any more. But he doesn't expect a demon to suddenly appear.

If Serph had committed great acts of irresponsibility, then he would've recognised the giant fly as the insane ex-Vanguard who fled to Manipura's Waterways after having his ego smacked around by Serph and his travelling party. But no, he had been a good leader and didn't turn on the power when warned repeatedly not to do it, so alas, seeing Beelzebub doesn't bring back bad, bad memories of being covered in Death Flies over and over again.

Being zapped by electricity, though, now that's something he's familiar with. However, while he doesn't have innate resistance to electricity like Cielo, Serph silently shakes off the powerful spell, the only indication of pain being the single step back he takes. It hurts, sure, but when you've been on the receiving end of many from a massive dragon called Huang Long -- who had tasted like bitter revenge -- you get a tolerance for -dyne spells being flung at you.

Unlike the other two, the repertoire of abilities he can draw from here is incredibly limited. Again, because he still wants to see what else the other two have, he holds back on the ailment spells. And there's no way he's using Last Word in a 'friendly' fight. Instead, his extended blade flips back into his arm before he hisses and raises his arms again, movement draining green energy forming around both Minato and Squall. Sukunda.]
messianic: (I stood out in the open cold)

[personal profile] messianic 2012-02-22 02:46 am (UTC)(link)
[The recklessness and the sudden slowing of his speed are things that Minato notices one right after the other. He can't react quickly enough to do much more then step slowly back, trying to distance himself; he has a sword, but his swordplay can only be called roughly polished at best, the product of a year of necessity followed by the training his Aniki had put him through.

So he tries to get out of range, retreating even as Squall rushes forward.

He's not fast enough to avoid the strange, exploding red orbs, and Minato grunts even as he tries to raise his arms to protect himself from them.

He's distracted enough to not have a chance to lash out in return; besides, he doesn't intend to swap Personas with the way this fight is going, and Beelzebub's abilities will only stretch him so far. It's much more important that he retreat so he can re-plan what he will do, and it certainly isn't helping that his movements are slower and heavier than he would like. His reaction time is, on a normal day, only that of a normal teenager, so this doesn't put him in a very good position.]
bufudine: (roger that :|)

Move to a new thread? It's getting cramped in here

[personal profile] bufudine 2012-02-22 03:13 am (UTC)(link)
[Unlike Minato, Serph isn't aiming to avoid the exploding orbs. If anything, he seems to be allowing them to hit him. The only sign that he isn't just being stupid is how he moves the rest of his body back and extends his left arm so only his lower arm is within the orbs' explosion range, minimising the damage while he gauges the attack's damage. This is definitely not something he'd do in a normal fight.

He grunts as the explosions hit. It's like the earlier explosion from Squall's weapon, but because more than one of the orbs catch him, it does deal more damage. There's now some smoky marks along the thick scales along his arm. Ow. It's a good thing Atma are tougher than human flesh.

There isn't too much more he needs to see in regards to their reactions to his own abilities, so Serph's perfectly content to pull back from this battle and let the other two beat the snot out of each other. So he doesn't take advantage of the opening Minato has left and retreats with a short jump back, leaving Minato in the clear for Squall to move in.]