Hoping to take advantage of winding Idun once again, Victoria threw herself down onto Idun, back-first. Lacing her left arm behind Idun's leg and her right arm around the back of her head, Victoria pulled both her arms towards her body to put Idun into a submission hold.
After Homer and Lucina entered the arena, the doors shut and the arena began changing again. The voice rang out again, announcing that the contestants would be fighting waves of opponents, rather than each other. An image of humans, carrying crude stone axes, displayed itself on the arena wall, next to a large red number 5. The combatants may work out that this was a representation of the first wave.
That's my last post for the night. I'll start off the fight proper tomorrow.
It would take Idun roughly two seconds to catch her breath again, during which Victoria would have a easy time to pin Idun down. Victoria throwing herself onto Idun bought Victoria more resistance-less pinning time, Idun groaning deeply as the heavy Victoria landed on her.
After she recovered, Idun's first thoughts were to try and get up. She bended her free arm and leg, placing the hand and foot firmly on the ground, then pushed off it with all her might. Even in just using the two limbs, Idun was able to push herself up while weighed down by Victoria without too much difficulty, although the position was far from stable. After, Idun tried to free her pinned limbs, pushing them away from her centre of mass and breaking Victoria's hold in doing so.
She likely wouldn't have much success against Victoria's metallic arm, but Victoria might have a difficult time keeping Idun pinned with her organic arm, as Idun was able to comfortably lift 80kg/176lbs with one hand.
Idun managed to break her arm and head free from the hold of Victoria's right arm, however Victoria was quick to return to the offensive. Taking her now free right arm, she reinforced the hold she had on Idun's leg by now using both arms. Afterwards, she threw her weight hard to her right as if rolling, intending to pin Idun against the ground again, and this time hold her lower body off the ground.
[color=f07100] "Mmm.... Let's just say that she can do the same things you seem to be able to. She's just been at it for quite a long while." [/color] Kagura replied, smiling softly toward Annika all the while. [color=f07100] "I can do similar things, but the gods tend to look down on those who do, so I have to refrain." [/color]
The arena around Homer and Lucina would change into a field, with a small fort in front of them. The sky above darkened, and filled up with starts and a full moon. There was a medieval look about the fort, it being made of stone and surrounded by wooden barricades, with braziers lighting it. Despite this, however, there were anti-aircraft guns mounted on some of the towers.
Sitting by Homer and Lucina was a van. Its back doors were open, revealing a number of weapons. There were a few rifles and pistols that Homer would recognise, as well as swords familiar to Lucina. There were also knives, shotguns and two pairs of caestus. The caestus would resemble hand-wraps, however they were made of leather and had metal studs on the areas the user would strike with.
The gates to the castle slowly opened, revealing the first five opponents. They were carrying stone weapons, that had obviously been made in a hurry, and were not well armoured. Some were wearing leather armour, however others wore makeshift armour made of 21st century protective gear from various sports. Though the gate was open, none of them moved yet, bound in place by ethereal light.
This is a relatively simple challenge for the arena combatants to try out. All they have to do is defeat a number of waves of enemies. Once a certain number of waves are over, the entrance to the next zone will be opened up. Once all zones have been completed, the combatants will have to defeat a boss in order to be victorious.
Each wave will get progressively harder, due to altering terrain, increased number of opponents and opponents with better technology.
If a combatant is killed, they will be returned to the locker room. Combatants will be given the option to exit the challenge after each round. If a combatant exits the challenge, either by death or by choice, they can return at a later point, and start at the beginning of any zone they have reached.
In other words, if a combatant reaches Zone 3, they can start again later at the beginning of Zones 1, 2 or 3.
The announcer's voice rang out, giving the combatants, and the viewers, a quick explanation of the rules for this challenge type. The screens displaying the challenge in the locker room and dorm showed a third-person view of Homer and Lucina, with the view directed towards the castle. An image of a stone axe was displayed in the top left, next to a large red number 5.
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[color=915c83]"I'm not that surprised. Being able to bind spirits isn't that uncommon where we're from, it's just most people lack the knowledge."[/color] the bear replied.
[color=c41e3a][/color] Annika asked, after taking a moment to actually count them. Again, the bear translated.
Lucina having the rules explained to her, looked over the rifles available and picked one similar to what Homer had given her, a semi automatic. She was ready.
The light holding back the five opponents suddenly faded. The two in more modern gear held the other three back, approaching cautiously. They had obviously recognised the guns, and knew they were out-equipped. One of the combatants, in leather armour, suddenly charged at Homer and Lucina, yelling loudly and preparing to swing his axe.
[color=f07100] "Oh? Well, that's interesting to hear." [/color] Kagura replied to the bear with a little smile. [color=f07100] "It's not knowledge you'd want everyone to have... It would be disastrous otherwise." [/color] Her ears flicked as she looked up toward Annika and waited for the bear to translate. She smiled softly once more. [color=f07100] "It's a trait of my... how do you humans call it.... eh... species?" [/color] Her tails flicked as she thought about the word. [color=f07100] "We have the ability to grow a tail every 100 or so years of life, and each one gives us more wisdom and power. Those are both things a sane person wouldn't try to avoid obtaining." [/color]
Lucina missed her shots, however Homer's hit the attacker. He dropped to the ground, dead. The others tried to back away, but bumped into the now-closed gate. They all raised their weapons, preparing to attack if Homer and Lucina advanced closer.
When Homer killed the man, the red '5' on the screens changed to a '4'.
Kills Lucina: 0 Homer: 1
Remaining: 4
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Annika's eyes widened as she realised how old Kagura must be to have as many tails as she did. [color=915c83]"Potentially. Many orders and individuals have used the power of spirits for destructive or imperialistic means."[/color] the bear stated, not thinking Kagura's age was special, having existed for a little over a millennium himself. [color=915c83]"That said, the spirits alone can cause much havoc."[/color]
The kitsune simply grinned in response to Annika's reaction before looking down toward the bear and nodding. [color=f07100] "That's wholly correct. Lone spirits are a bigger cause of problems than anything else. I generally help with trying to pass them over to the afterlife, thus this uniform..." [/color] She'd motion to her clothes. [color=f07100] "Honestly, humans using them to their advantage is more desirable than having rogues... Which also leads me to ask, what is this girl planning to do with both you and the ring?" [/color] She'd look up toward Annika as she spoke, still smiling faintly.
[color=c41e3a]"Magia." (Magic.)[/color] Annika replied, simply, while creating small flames on her fingertips. The bear wouldn't translate, unless it was clear Kagura hadn't been able to guess at the meaning of what Annika had said. [color=c41e3a][/color]
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