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
fight4theusers: ([art] twin discs)

[personal profile] fight4theusers 2017-03-15 04:08 am (UTC)(link)
The Arena. Familiar, yet different. The glow wasn't the same, the crowds not lit with their own ambient light from circuits on each program. Yet still, the excitement hummed in the air, the cheers surging through Tron like a wash of energy.

He'd nearly forgotten how much he missed the Games. The way they used to be, before Clu, before the corruption.

Rezzing on his helmet, Tron pulled his discs from his back, ignoring the strange weapon offered to him for now. He'd been told it would adjust to his needs, but what good was that when he was already more than proficient with his own?

His opponent also wore a helmet, but his face was exposed... Tron did not know him.
frankensteinian: quieticons @ IJ (flight suit)

[personal profile] frankensteinian 2017-03-21 12:05 am (UTC)(link)
He's not sure what to make of the weapon he was handed. He can't tell by looking exactly what it's supposed to do, but he doesn't expect to need it anyway. There's plenty of metal around; he can feel it beneath his feet as much as he can see it littering the ground or holding up the structure of the arena. He sets it aside for now, but still close enough that he can grab it if he decides he needs it.

He turns to face his opponent. He's ready to go. Let's get this started.
fight4theusers: ([game] disk pose)

[personal profile] fight4theusers 2017-03-25 11:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Tron nods to the man facing him, noting that he's set aside the offered weapon as well. Confidence, good. If this User had some special ability or weapon available to him, he was surely ready to fight.

No sense in delaying, then. Shifting into an attack position, he spins in a tight circle and flings one disc at his opponent, the glowing weapon whirling toward Erik at high velocity.
frankensteinian: <user name="preciousblueberry"> (concentrating)

[personal profile] frankensteinian 2017-03-26 08:57 pm (UTC)(link)
It takes only a fraction of a second to determine that there is no metal in the disc spinning in his direction, so he has to settle for ducking out of the way instead. He reaches out his hand and a long, thin piece of metal flies into it, which he can now use to deflect anything else thrown at him. At the same time, the arena floor under Tron wobbles a bit, in an attempt to throw him off balance.
fight4theusers: ([comic] zwam!)

[personal profile] fight4theusers 2017-03-29 05:52 am (UTC)(link)
Ah, so that's how it is. This man isn't able to deflect Tron's disc directly, but he is able to move other items... anything metal, it seemed. Tron keeps his balance on the uneven floor, moving lightly on the balls of his feet as the disc circles back to his hand. He's fairly confident that Erik can't affect him or his weapons, so he still has the advantage.

Plus, he knows the Games. There's no way he'll lose.

Deciding to press his attack, he flings first one disc, then the other, timing them to circle and ricochet to hit Erik from behind.
frankensteinian: <user name="preciousblueberry"> (reach down into the ground)

[personal profile] frankensteinian 2017-04-08 10:21 pm (UTC)(link)
He can't affect the discs directly, or sense them coming up on him from behind, but he can see them circling around and lift himself off the floor of the arena in an attempt to avoid being hit by them. While the method of transportation is an advantage, in combat it doesn't have much use, so he lowers himself back down to the floor.

With the swipe of a hand, a piece of debris rises from the floor and comes flying in Tron's direction.