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thebastion2015-06-19 03:04 pm
darkshooter) wrote in thebastion2015-06-19 03:04 pm
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Day 316 ★ 003 ★ [Closed]
Who: Black★Rock Shooter and Ippo.
Open: [N]
When: Day 316, predawn.
Where: New Kamogawa Boxing Gym.
What: The agreed-upon bout.
Format: Action brackets, though I can try my hand at another type if you'd like.
Warnings: None that I can think of. Purple prose, maybe, but with me that's a given.
* * *
[The day had finally come.]
[Ikuri had prepared and rested as much as body and nerves would allow; in truth, it had proven quite the struggle. She'd bedded down while light was still in the sky, and slept somewhat fitfully all through the night - refusing to get up for any purpose, even in the throes of restlessness. As soon as she was sure the appropriate time was drawing close...she left her abode and entered the building Ippo'd selected, with the intention to wait there if he wasn't already present.]
[She'd be doing so with no small amount of anxiety if it came to that, of course.]
[...although now, she couldn't help but be curious about this particular match. It was an opponent she'd never had occasion to face before; she knew he was strong, but that was it. What weapons, what tactics, what conditions...]
[She hoped he would not disappoint.]
Open: [N]
When: Day 316, predawn.
Where: New Kamogawa Boxing Gym.
What: The agreed-upon bout.
Format: Action brackets, though I can try my hand at another type if you'd like.
Warnings: None that I can think of. Purple prose, maybe, but with me that's a given.
* * *
[The day had finally come.]
[Ikuri had prepared and rested as much as body and nerves would allow; in truth, it had proven quite the struggle. She'd bedded down while light was still in the sky, and slept somewhat fitfully all through the night - refusing to get up for any purpose, even in the throes of restlessness. As soon as she was sure the appropriate time was drawing close...she left her abode and entered the building Ippo'd selected, with the intention to wait there if he wasn't already present.]
[She'd be doing so with no small amount of anxiety if it came to that, of course.]
[...although now, she couldn't help but be curious about this particular match. It was an opponent she'd never had occasion to face before; she knew he was strong, but that was it. What weapons, what tactics, what conditions...]
[She hoped he would not disappoint.]
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It had been a while since he'd stepped into the ring with this kind of feeling in his stomach. It was tight as a knot and he felt a fire burning in his chest as he wrapped his hands up in cloth. He could feel the familiar stinging sensation on his back, Coach Kamogawa's constant reassurance and motivation that had kept him going through so many fights he'd lost count of them. Even now, here in the Bastion, he continued to be one of Ippo's biggest pillars of support.
He looked up just as he strapped his gloves on, using his teeth expertly to tie the laces to see Ikuri enter the building and the feeling intensified 10 fold.
It was time to show his stuff.]
You look ready. You don't mind keeping this strictly hand to hand, do you?
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...Would not use only hands if killing you. [And with that, she's walking towards the ring...but that's actually kind of a loose definition: the course isn't direct, and she stops after a few leisurely steps. Apparently she's not going to climb in just yet.]
[And oh, she's folding her arms now. How very humanlike.]
Fight me with everything. Fight with all. Prove you can win.
[Because this match? It's not for sport. She wants to see you triumph against her entire arsenal, and half of her heart hopes you will win easily. Anything else and you're kind of missing the entire point.]
[For that matter, she realizes, a battlefield like this one is probably too tame to cover all possible scenarios. A good introduction to their respective powers, perhaps, and that will serve them will in the future - but already she's thinking of proposing a future confrontation, somewhere in the wilder lands. Somewhere dangerous.]
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[Ippo was oddly calm in his statement as he walked over to his corner of the ring and put his back against the post.]
You wanted to put me to the test, so here's the test. If you can beat me on my own terms, then I don't have a right to call myself Ibuki's protector, right?
[His muscles tensed and his eyes narrowed, looking straight at Ikuri. His eyes were aglow with that fierce energy again and he wasn't about to back down.]
I'll tell you right now though, I won't lose.
[For the first time in his life, the first time ever...Ippo Makunouchi had just called a fight before it began.]
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Not logical.
You must face my full power. Survive it, and triumph over me. Ibuki's protector then.
Not before.
[Translation: Lunatic Mode or go home. If it's not the hardest difficulty, it's not legit.]