pillz: (boobinsky intent)
joseph kavinsky ([personal profile] pillz) wrote in [community profile] thisavrou_log2017-03-11 05:45 pm

[OPEN] ⚔⚔ March Player Plot: Enter the Arena

Who: Duelists, medics, friends, spectators, and you!
When: Mid-March
Where: Shock Box Arena
What: Duels to decide whether the Artifixx choose to share their technology, which will protect the Savrii, Moirans, and Ingress Complex from the space storm. Please mark any duel threads in the title so they can be found easily and linked in the entry text below. However, combat RP is optional; you can also use this log for characters to socialize, provide medical care, heckle, steal, and so on. PM me or use this post to provide feedback.
Warnings: PG-13 for violence, quite possibly language, etc.!



"Beware the storm."

"This is a battle for our very survival. You might want to grab a beer." For those of you who know Joseph Kavinsky, there might be something vaguely familiar about the young, human-looking woman emceeing the introduction of the duels. She's a slender thing brimming with manic energy, nails painted to look like molten stone, and she handles herself with the aplomb of someone immune to stagefrigh and accustomed to finding entertainment in alarming places.
THE SHOCK BOX ARENA

Chances are, you've never seen anything like it before. Unless you're a Tron character, in which case the aesthetic may seem oddly familiar. In any case, the arena is an incredible innovation of technology that borders on magic. The bleachers can seat thousands. Massive flatscreens and holographic displays project the central stages out for even the furthest audience members to see. Refreshments are served both by mobile bots at the seats and within the building corridors, which also contain locker rooms, showers, control rooms, medical triage, and other facilities.

The 'stages' themselves are composed of incredibly flexible modular technology that can form everything from seemingly stone walls to glass boxes, to levitating, moving platforms. Unexpected challenges like low-gravity, sudden flooding, and the rotation of floors and ceiling may occur at any point.

There are eerie similarities between the Artifixx weapon and the nature of the arena itself. The weapons begin merely as pods of shimmering silver metal, large enough to fill the combatant's hand. However, as combat begins, they soon begin to shape themselves to fit their wielder's needs, mimicking anything from long-lost magic focus objects to never-before-seen technology. It can be disconcerting, and perhaps the shock of having the weapon move around you like a living thing is what throws you off in the end.

However, safety measures are involved in today's duels. Knockouts, surrender, and major injury may all win the battle; attempts to cause true death are grounds for automatic disqualification and jeopardizing the trade agreement.

INITIAL ROUNDS
CombatantsWinnerDuel IC Link
Chara [personal profile] inconsequence CharaLink
Soldier 76 [personal profile] mylawn
Inquisitor Lavellan [personal profile] lavelly TexasLink
Agent Texas [personal profile] a_shadow
Andyr Prince [personal profile] deconstruct Lena Link
Lena "Tracer" Oxton [personal profile] desynched
Lea [personal profile] promises_to_keep Darin Link
Darin Altway [personal profile] forgeabettertomorrow
Solid Snake [personal profile] soldiergenes "Alexander" Link
Jamie "Alexander" Fraser [personal profile] brochtuarach
Rinzler [personal profile] notglitching Rinzler Link
Commander Shepard [personal profile] squadgoals
Zer0 [personal profile] gh0stamidstthec0mbat Reinhardt Link
Reinhardt Wilhelm [personal profile] grandpaladin
Shiro [personal profile] shiro2hero Katsa Link
Katsa [personal profile] survivra
Krieg [personal profile] fuelthefire Krieg Link
Keith [personal profile] businessinfront
Tron [personal profile] fight4theusers Erik Erik
Erik Lehnsherr [personal profile] frankensteinian
Lance [personal profile] yablueit RiptideLink
Riptide [personal profile] knaval
Gaige [personal profile] kickeminthepistons Gaige Link
Marian Hawke [personal profile] otiosity

FINAL ROUND
ERIK LEHNSHERR vs. "THE ARTIFIXX"Link
knaval: (*under the water)

riptide vs lance

[personal profile] knaval 2017-03-12 04:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[riptide's holoform - mercifully fully clothed - stands in the arena, inspecting the digitally created nails. he's seen this move on tv before. apparently, it represents cool detachment. riptide is taking part for nothing if not fun and to look cool.]

Hey nerd! [he yells at whoever his opponent is.] So I was thinking we could just mess around with whatever this tech is but if you wanna fight, I guess that works too.

[the holoform appears as a short woman with no armour on and has yet to even pick up the provided weapon. should be easy pickings, right?]
yablueit: (057)

[personal profile] yablueit 2017-03-14 09:19 am (UTC)(link)
[ Lance looks like he's ready for a fight, all decked out in head to toe armor, his bayard shifting into its energy rifle form... until he gets a look at the girl he's fighting. ]

Whoa... I'm game for whatever you are, beautiful.
knaval: (*that's why it's hotter)

[personal profile] knaval 2017-03-14 12:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Cool. Come over here, I'll punch you in the face.

[oh, lance. ohhhh, lance. this is what happens when you try to be a nice man.]
yablueit: (121)

[personal profile] yablueit 2017-03-19 05:25 am (UTC)(link)
[ He holds his hands up almost like a surrender, approaching Riptide, but not close enough to get in within punching range, just in case. ]

I'd rather be a lover than a fighter.
knaval: (*know how to jam here)

cw for............... nudity??

[personal profile] knaval 2017-03-19 10:31 am (UTC)(link)
A lo-- oh. I don't really want to do that with you.

[he pauses for a moment, considering suddenly. riptide knows humans have to get naked to do that, and he remembers how people reacted last time he was naked in as a human...

maybe this guy will forfeit the match, or at least leave him alone.]


Actually, hold on. [he backs away, ducking behind the nearest cover. a few moments later, out pops the now FULLY NAKED holoform.] What about now?
yablueit: (027)

[personal profile] yablueit 2017-03-20 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
[ Lance's eyes just about bulge out of his head. He can't help getting an eyeful, but he does his best to be chivalrous and force his eyes to stay solidly above chin level. ]

You can't just— There are people watching this!
knaval: (*under the seaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa)

[personal profile] knaval 2017-03-20 08:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[riptide makes no attempt to cover himself. he puts his hands on his hips and grins triumphantly.]

Watch me care! Look, I'm doing it now!
yablueit: (063)

[personal profile] yablueit 2017-03-21 03:31 am (UTC)(link)
[ If Lance were in his jacket, rather than his Paladin armor, he would be pulling it off to cover "her" up with. ]

I'm not looking or watching anything!
knaval: (*DO DO DO DO DOOOO)

[personal profile] knaval 2017-03-21 02:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Just like that friggin' dragon...

[who was actually reinhardt, and horrified to see a woman walking around naked in a random street.]

Well, you better start, because we're meant to be fighting!
yablueit: (031)

SORRY THIS TOOK ME FOREVER

[personal profile] yablueit 2017-04-02 07:30 am (UTC)(link)
You said you didn't want to fight!
knaval: (*each little clam here)

NO PROB BOB

[personal profile] knaval 2017-04-02 12:53 pm (UTC)(link)
I changed my mind! It might be fun, I've never fought naked before!

[or in his holoform, but riptide leaves that out.]