Hades Cup First Round: Rina vs. Morne

Rina took a handful of deep breaths before walking out into the arena. She could hear the thundering of the crowd loud in her ears, and even reverberating around her ribcage. This tournament seemed to have brought out even more people than she had seen the first and last time she had been here. As if an automatic thought her hand went down and hovered above the side of her stomach where a thin scar was hidden by her clothes. A memento from last time. This time would be different. This time she would be victorious. This time she was stronger. She would show this crowd her strength.


As soon as she stepped onto the tiled fighting area and saw her opponent across the way, a force field appeared and sealed around the perimeter. This would assure that neither of them would be able to back out of the match if they felt so inclined. This is it. Time to fight.


As Rina edged closer to the enemy, she recognized him almost at once. She had met him sometime ago when she was in the employ of Maleficent. Even though that time and the events that happened were muddied in her brain because of the influence that the Darkness had had on her, she remembered his being with no difficulty. He was the Keyblade Wielder with no Keyblade.

“Morne…we meet again. Good luck..." 

Rina wasted no time and summoned her silver daggers and charged the man, slashing at his arms and chest. 


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Rina used a basic physical attack. 
@morne

Oof! Morne’s knee knocked the wind out of Rina, but she was able to recover in time to block his strong arm from coming down on her. The force of the block, however, sent her reeling back and she lost her balance, landing on her backside. Morne was looming in the distance. “I don’t want to hurt you either. You know that.” A harsh look came across Rina’s face and also laced the tone of her voice. “But you’ve forced my hand, Morne! You know better than anyone that I won’t give up!”


While Rina was on arena floor she placed her palm against the ground, her eyes taking on a subtle glow. Sharp needles of Darkness erupted from the ground and chased their way over to Morne, aiming to impale him with the black and purple spikes! She then jumped up and placed her fingers against her lips summoning an orb of Light into her palm. She threw the orb towards Morne, watching it split into two golden discs as it approached its target. An attack from above and below. It was perfect.


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1.Dark Needles: Rina summons needles of Darkness to come from the ground and attack the enemy. (Cooldown: 2 posts)
2.Burning Kiss: Rina summons a big orb of Light, which splits into two discs and attacks the enemy. (Cooldown: 2 posts)

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Rina groaned in frustration as Morne blocked both of her attacks with a shield of light. After absorbing the attack, the shield burst into crystalline shards. Rina had to move at a quick pace to dodge the shards until they had all fallen to the ground. A few had managed to nick her anyway, causing blood to well up across her cheek.


“Shut up! You know nothing! I’ve become so much better than I once was! I stand here in front of you a free woman, a pawn to no one! And you can’t take that away from me! No one can take that away from me! I’ll end you, Morne…don’t tempt me.” Rina’s anger seemed to be surging right underneath her skin, but she wasn’t going to confront Morne with hand to hand. Not yet. Distance would be her friend.


Rina raised her hand into the air. “Lightning Storm!” A large storm cloud appeared above Morne’s head and hundreds of small lightning bolts rained down upon him. Don’t tempt me…





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Lightning Storm: Rina uses black magic to make lightning strike enemies across the field. (Cooldown: 3 posts)
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RIna didn’t know what had hit her. Literally. An arrow of piercing light struck Rina square into her chest, knocking her right on her back. Rina laid there for a moment, struggling to recapture her breath. That wasn’t fair… She stood up on shaky legs, wrapping an arm around her aching middle. Rina was wheezing with every breath she took in. Something was broken.


“I’ll always find my way back on my feet, Morne.”, Rina said softly, her ribcage aching. In that moment pale green light washed over Rina, and she found herself breathing easier and feeling rejuvenated. She was back in this fight. This needs to end! “I’m doing this to prove to you, to myself, to everyone! To prove that I can do this! That I am no longer weak! I AM STRONG! I’m sorry, Morne. But I must win…”


Rina put her hands together in prayer, praying to whoever would listen to her. Help me win this battle. The girl pulled her hands apart, a large orb composed of both Light and Dark floating in the air between her palms. In one swift move she released the orb from her grip and summoned her daggers, throwing them straight into the sphere. There they were imbued with great magic, which caused them to soar towards Morne with inhuman momentum. She prayed her strike would meet her mark, giving her an upper hand.


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1. Cure: Rina uses white magic to heal herself. (Cooldown: 1 post)
2. "All or Nothing": Rina clasps her hands like she's praying. When she pulls them apart, there's an orb of Light and Dark energy floating in front of her. She releases it and summons her daggers to pierce the orb, coating them with magic and then strike the enemy. Reserved only for bosses. (Cooldown: 4 posts)

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Edited out

"But that's the thing", he sounded... melancholic?, a bit sad even?, "You never needed to prove anything to anyone to begin with".

And with that, Rina prepared to launch her assault. The answer was clear, he just had to fly up and away and bombard her with his Dawn Seeker. Not only would retaliation be impossible, with how much damage Rina had taken throughout the battle such an attack would put her out of comission without fail.

... But instead of that, Morne descended to the ground, “... So be it. I accept your challenge”, as he spoke, another Arrow-Key appeared on his left hand, “I’ll show you the true power of a heart unchained”.

And so, he charged forth.


The daggers were sent towards him, he managed to smack the one imbued away with his spear, but the dark one struck true, sinking into his clavicle. The warrior staggered, but pressed on, only to be met with a second assault of spheres of light and dark. His spears twirled in midair as he cleanly sliced them, but shortly after doing so, they exploded.

For a moment, it seemed Morne had been stopped, only for him to shoot through the blasts in a trail of smoke, faster than ever before and this time, he had all of his eight spears in tow.

Now having her within reach, his foot stomped on the floor as he came to a stop, cracking it under. Around him the Key Arrows had spread in regular intervals, all to facilitate the oncoming onslaught. Reaching for one of the spears, he sent a diagonal slash at Rina, only to let it go and grab another and deliver an horizontal one this time. After that, his arms turned into a blur as he repeated the process over and over, going from one spear to the next to send attack after attack in a relentless wave of cuts.

Not even the dagger, firmly logged on his body, seemed to hamper his wild dance. In fact his movements were so precise that again and again they avoided hitting Rina’s vital points, going after her limbs and articulations, relatively shallow cuts targetting her tendons so to prevent her from moving. His own blood splattered Rina all over as his wounds gushed due to his own ferocity.

But he wasn’t done, nimbly jumping back he resummoned his bow to deliver one last arrow shot, this time not as lethal as his Guiding Light, but a fearsome projectile nonetheless.

Landing on the floor, he brought his hand towards the dagger wound. It did seem like it did hurt after all. Pulling it out with a yank, he threw it to the floor. More blood came out. "Rina, I respect you too much to keep holding back", he stood up "This match was never fair from the very start, and yet you fought it to the very best of your ability, trying to carve your way through to victory with each single strike. No matter how misguided you are, I owe it to you to fight at my earnest. Be ready".


[HP=64/100]
Faith: 6
Atk. Bonus: 0%

Damage:
All or Nothing: 20%
Austerity Explosion: 10%
Bleed: 6%

Actions:
1.- Protected himself from Rina’s assault with his spears
2.- Flurry of slashes at Rina
3.- Jumped back and shot an Arrow at Rina in midair