WAOA Arena

[Drakmorg]

As the fight officially began with Vera charging at Weizoth, the terrain quickly shifted into form, taking on the appearance of a simple field...filled with headstones. The fog was thin enough that it didn't obscure ones sight for up to 20 meters, but thickened around the edges of the arena to give the appearance of an endless graveyard.

Spoiler: In other words

Reacting to Vera's charge, Weizoth pulled open a book that hung from his armor with a chain and opened it. The book had a pitch black cover and pages lined with silver, but nothing in the way of a title written anywhere on it. As he held the book open and out to his side, the pages turned, seemingly completely on their own. He held up his free hand and began chanting unintelligible words underneath his breath. Despite having the book out, Weizoth was paying more attention to Vera as he rushed forward, readying himself to respond to her first attack.

 

[DotSlash]

Vera ended her charge by hopping a large distance and aiming a simple overhead slash with her sword aiming to cleave Wei where he stood. Despite the woman's rather small frame, her strike would split the ground deep if she missed.

[hr]

Carmen took a swig of her drink and sighed happily afterward. [color=bb0066] "You don't age, hmmm...? How lucky for you. My true face has to be hidden through a few means... I'd be a little unsightly to say the least." [/color]

 

[Chungus]

"It sure has its perks. Lots of things 'bout being a Homonculus does." Greed remark, then drank what bourbon remained in his glass, this time in smaller sips. After setting the glass down, he turned to Carmen, leaning against the bar counter. "So, you hide your face, huh? And say you're unsightly, even. I assume it's you look a bit older then the face you're currently wearing would suggest. Am I right?"

 

[Drakmorg]

In response to Vera's overhead slash, Weizoth planted his free hand on his chest, producing a brief clattering noise as his gauntlet hit his breastplate. As Vera's sword came down, it struck a shimmering magical field that appeared around Weizoth a moment prior to the strike. The blow was deflected off and to whatever side Vera favored. While he had an opening, Weizoth lunged forward. His book flipped several pages on his own again, and a black energy started to envelope his free hand. He reached out with his hand to swipe at Vera, attempting to grab hold of her coat by the collar. If Weizoth managed to touch Vera then she would receive a burst of negative energy that would tear open a wound somewhere on her body roughly equivalent to a shallow slash from a sword.

 

[DotSlash]

Carmen let out a melodic laugh toward Greed's comments, downing the rest of her drink. [color=bb0066] "That's an understatement, if I've ever heard one! While draining souls does help with my real face... time always ends up taking a hold of me eventually. Please tell me a little more about the perks of being a homonculus... aside from the plethora of souls at your dispoosal from your creation?" [/color]

[hr]

@Drak: For reference, Vera looks like a 16 year old and is around 5'4".

Vera was thrown back by the field and recovered robotically as Wei rushed toward her with his charged hand. In response, she simply stepped to the side before aiming to kick the man in mid-rush. Her foot would be much more powerful than expected, just like her strike was.

 

[Chungus]

Greed looked suprised at the mention of the multitude of souls within him, although this was shortlived, as his expression quickly returned to his usual one, which is looking as if mildly amused. "So, you know, eh? You're just full of suprises. Guess I shouldn't really be suprised, given you're a being that feeds of the stuff." Having said that, Greed paused, narrowing his eyes slightly. "Alright. I'll tell you some more, since you've just told me a secret of yours. Equivalent Exchange. Us Homonculi are a great deal stronger, faster and more sturdy then your average Joe. How much depends on the person of course, but even the slowest of us is at least three times more capable then a human." Greed paused again, then chuckled softly. "Right. Your turn again. Don't supose you'd be willing to show your real face?"

 

[Drakmorg]

Not being nimble enough to change direction mid-lunge, Weizoth was hit directly in the gut by Vera's powerful kick. While a normal man would have grunted, doubled over and have the wind knocked out of him, Weizoth took the hit like a champ, his posture altering only slightly in response to the blow. In response, he swung his still black-enveloped hand back to try and catch Vera by the arm.

 

[DotSlash]

Still recovering from launching the kick itself, Vera couldn't stop Wei from touching her and a shallow slash appeared in her armor. Shaking it off almost instantly, Vera charged again aiming a horizontal slash toward Wei's arm.

[hr]

Carmen looked toward Greed, her face somewhat neutral at the request before sighing and smirking. [color=bb0066] "It's only fair. All those souls taken make you into a stronger being overall. It makes a lot of sense... The closest thing I've known to you are Reapers." [/color] The succubus' face seemed to melt before deforming into something grotesque, looking like a monster out of a Lovecraftian story. After a few moments like that, the succubus' face returned to normal and she smiled sweetly. [color=bb0066] "A truly lovable face, no?" Well... there's a little white lie told... With the souls I've taken... this actually is my face... Let's see if you can tell, Greed. [/color]

 

[Chungus]

As Carmen's face melted and shifted into the horror it was, Greed leaned back slightly and cringed with some degree of repulsion. When Carmen reformed her face to her youthful one, Greed blinked twice before laughing. "I never tell a lie, so I won't say it was pretty. Still, I wouldn't call it the most ugly thing I've ever seen. Some of my siblings really aren't beauty contest winners either. And then there's Envy, who coincidently I compared you to earlier. It also likes to pretend it looks better then it really does, but in reality, ugh. Just plain ugh. What I just saw got nothing on Envy." Greed didn't catch on to Carmen's little lie, having no reason to doubt her.

 

[DotSlash]

Carmen raised an eyebrow. [color=bb0066] "Is that so? This Envy fellow and I seem to be similar... Could you tell me a little more about him. And I'm glad you're being honest. Even if your based off of a sin, it's nice to see you have upstanding qualities regardless." [/color]

 

[Drakmorg]

Having nothing ready to protect himself from Vera's attack, Weizoth held up his arm defensively. Her blade struck his armor, and due to the force of the blow formed large cracks at the point where it struck. Weizoth was pushed back slightly from the force of the blow, but dug his heels into the ground and managed to stay standing. Using his free hand, he traced a symbol in the air as his book started flipping its pages once again. As he did this, a short sword composed of pure magical force and colored a monotone red appeared in the air above Vera. The short sword, completely of some force independent from Weizoth, swung down at Vera from in between the two of them.

 

[Chungus]

"Okay, first, each Homunculus aside from the perks we all share has a ability unique to him or her. In Envy's case, it's its Ultimate Disguise, meaning it can change into any living thing down to the last detail. I always like pissing it off by reminding it what it really looks like." Greed paused for a moment as a nostalgic grin crept on his face. "That was always funny... Anyways, that and the fact that out of all of us, it hated humans the most, I can't really tell ya much. We didn't exactly get along well. And, thanks, I guess."

 

[DotSlash]

Vera shifted back into her neutral stance before jumping to the side to avoid the projected short sword's slash. Rushing back in, with her eyes having numbers running across her eyes, Vera went for a stab aiming for the cracked area of Wei's armor. [color=00ff99] "Weakness exposed... Magic user... Running database search..." [/color]

[hr]

Carmen poured herself another drink as she leaned back in her chair, swirling the chardonnay in her glass a bit. [color=bb0066] "I see... Then what is your special ability, Sir Greed? It seems that Envy might be a long lost sibling of mine from another life. ...I'd like very much to meet him..." [/color] Her red eyes narrowed slightly as she brought the glass to her lips, seeming to contemplate something.

 

[Chungus]

"Yes, like I said, you'd probably fit in great with the bunch of them. Provided you like living underground and following every order given to you." Greed remarked dryly. He then laid his right hand on the bar counter besides Carmen. "As for my ability... Alright, I can tell you. It's my turn to share a secret again afterall." With that, the skin on Greed's hand became a dull dark-grey, although his tattoo was still visible. The tips of his fingers also became somewhat pointed, making the hand seem more like a claw. "Hit it."

 

[DotSlash]

Carmen calmly keeps her drinks to her lips as she calmly gives Greed's gray hand a chop. [color=bb0066] Hm... Is it...? [/color]

 

[Drakmorg]

Vera's stab pierced through Weizoth's armor, breaking through the damaged end and piercing through his forearm. It failed to break through the other end and well. Weizoth quickly grabbed hold of the blade with his other gauntlet-clad hand and held it in place as tightly as he could as a stream and blood began trickling down Vera's blade from where it was planted in Weizoth's arm. Seeming to be completely ignoring the pain, Weizoth twisted his arm and pulled on Vera's blade in the same direction to knock her off balance. As he did so, the force blade he had previously conjured remained hanging in the air and swung around once again at Vera's back.

 

[Chungus]

As she struck Greed's hand, Carmen would posible hurt herself, as Greed's skin had hardened considderable. Greed himself didn't even seem to register he was hit. "It's called the ultimate shield. Greed remarked as he pulled his hand back. " I can rearrange the carbon atoms of my body to make my skin as hard as diamond. I could also use the same technique differently to make it brittle, but I really don't see why I should want to do that."

 

[DotSlash]

Vera was thrown to the side and the magic blade did indeed cut into her back. Her armor had a large gash in it, but no blood or anything of that sort spurted out. All that was there were wires, slightly frayed at best. As such, Vera seemed to give less than two fucks about being cut and simply ran at Wei once again, emotionless as she aimed to cleave, suddenly taking out the other sword on her back in her right hand and aiming to cross slash her opponent.

Numbers continued to run across her empty violet eyes.

[hr]

Carmen shook her hand a small bit as her hand connected with Greed's hand with a dull thud. [color=bb0066] "So you're undamageable. That's quite the formidable thing to go up against. And you planned to take on that boy with the augmentations? If I could take him , you surely won't have a problem." At least... without using the Embrace, that's a fair thing to say... [/color]

 

[Chungus]

Greed smirked, the skin of his hand returning to normal. "Heh... Yeah. The kid will never know what hit 'im." He then picked up his glass again and walked back behind the counter, refilling it with the same liquer he had previously. "So, you said you were in second place here, huh? You'll be the one to ask then. What the prize money for winning whatever tournemet is being held here?"

 

[Drakmorg]

Weizoth staggered backwards as Vera's two slashes connected, each one putting decent sized cracks in his breastplate. He steadied himself as he hit up against a gravestone. The pages of his book started flipping themselves once again, though once they stopped he closed it and let it hang at his side by the chain. With his free hand he tapped his breastplate again, at which point the horns on his helmet began to glow slightly. Reaching behind him to the gravestone he was standing up against, he grabbed it with both hands and exhibited an extraordinary amount of strength by picking it up and aiming to smash Vera with it like it were a club.

At the same time, Weizoth's force blade continued harassing Vera from behind, this time aiming to run her through.