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Post by Bloodshot on May 8, 2015 18:55:33 GMT -8
The reversal was not a move that Anya was unprepared for, but it was one that showed that her opponent was adapting. Not only had she switched from a two-handed style to a single-hand grip in order to remain more versatile and better able to defend against purely physical attacks (such as the shoulder strike Anya had delivered), but she was also remaining on the attack and attempting to use her own deflections against her. Unfortunately for Blaze, it was a common enough tactic that the counter was thoroughly ingrained in Anya's memory.
As the blade began to arc back up toward her, Anya rotated her wrists to angle her own blade down as she twisted her torso to the right, batting away the one-handed strike before it could reach her flesh. What she didn't see until the arm rose above it was the left hand driving toward her, palm out and power rippling. She felt the force reach out to grip her, then hurl her off her feet and several meters back. Her right hip hit the floor first, thanks to the rotation of her torso during the deflection, and she slid several more feet before coming to a stop. Spinning her feet back under her as she sat up, she was able to return to a standing position only a moment later, and from there resume her starting stance. She ignored the complaint from her hip as she rose, knowing that the injury, especially one as minor as this was, would be gone in a few minutes time.
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2015 10:47:35 GMT -8
It should have been figured that Blaze's strike was a more common place than she did, but she simply saw the opening and thought she had Anya. Even more to keep in mind of what Anya was capable of and had experienced before. But her Force push had made contact and helped open for her next attack, which she attempted big.
Waiting barely a second after Anya had been thrown back, Blaze ran after her, keeping just enough behind her so to easily spot when she finally came to a stop. Once she did, Blaze used the Force to jump high into the air above Anya, keeping her jump steep so keep from simply flying over her opponent, yet still land herself just outside of Anya's immediate attack radius. She turned her jump into a slow flip as it reached its peak above Anya, leaving Blaze's body pointing straight down. Pushing down with her left hand, she attempted another Force Push in attempt to flatten Anya against the ground and leave her open for another attack. As the flip continued on her downward path, she twisted herself to her right as her back faced Anya, throwing her saber in a straight piercing style towards Anya hoping to impale her, landing a second or two later.
Had her Force Push pushed back on her, Blaze would have planted her feet against the ceiling, being high enough for it, taking the split second the throw her saber straight with more accuracy towards Anya, jumping to land what would have been behind her if she didn't turn.
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Post by Bloodshot on May 10, 2015 9:13:27 GMT -8
Her opponent was getting more desperate, no doubt due to the imminent departure of what she saw as the only way off this planet, launching attack after attack that would no doubt be taking their toll before too much longer. She'd fought opponents like this before, taken beatings far worse from those more skilled than her, but in the end she had outlasted them all. When their arms became too tired to rise and their minds too clouded with fatigue to think straight, their skill and power made no difference.
Of course, there were an equal number of times when their greater skill or power led to her own defeat before the exhaustion set in. That was the risk of employing such a tactic. Playing the waiting game required that you could withstand them for long enough to receive the payoff in the end, and that was why she had begun to adapt her purely defensive style, such as with the shoulder bash she had used only a moment ago.*
*The downward push forced her to one knee, and her right hand planted itself firmly on the cold floor to keep her from going further. It was then that an urgent sense of danger flared in her mind, warning her of something she could not see. Without hesitation, she trusted her life to the force and rolled to her right as the saber buried itself in the floor where she'd been, and mere moments later her left foot struck out backwards toward her opponent, releasing a blast of force energy aimed to strike the other woman just before she landed. The burst itself was no stronger than the first push Anya herself had suffered, but the energy had been focused to strike a single area, rather than move an entire person. It was methods like this that allowed Anya to combat more powerful force users on equal footing, using what power she did have to its fullest potential.
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2015 13:14:19 GMT -8
For what it seemed to Blaze, her barrage had done well. The Force Push sent Anya to her knee and her saber almost made contact. What she didn't prepare for was Anya's attack. It never occurred to her that one could do such or that Anya would even try. But due to Blaze's twisted body from launching her saber, the focused impact landed at her right side, exactly where Anya had hit her before. Having no ground beneath her feet to away any footing for resistance and the push sent her flying back five feet and landed her hard on her back. The impact was hard and her head hit the ground, making her dizzy. For a few moments, it would have seemed Anya had brought the fight to an end.
But as she lay there, side hurting and head spinning, she felt the certainty slowly begin its fade. It was clear that she would only be able to continue her path to remembering her past if she was pressing the attack or winning. It made it obvious that losing wasn't an option. Closing her eyes, she let the Fore flow through her, running through her mind, helping to ease the dizziness and to calm herself. Finally achieving this after a few moments, She pushed herself to her knees as she looked to Anya. No longer could she find it. She was starting to feel the battle's length on top of her own intensity. Her breath was obviously heavy. The back to back use of the Force, despite how simple the ability, was also taking its toll.
But she couldn't let herself fall here. She would have to fall completely, unable to fight, if she was to be defeated. Forcing herself to her feet, she ran at Anya, right hand reaching out to call her saber back to her. She held it out to her right side before swinging at Anya in a horizontal slash. However, she did this, its initial movement to cause Anya to prepare her defense. Blaze would keep her wrist twisting as the slash went, turning the blade from making a straight horizontal slash to point to the ground, giving it no clear heading to strike. She also made the strike just before getting to Anya, stepping forward a bit further with her left foot to arrest the momentum of her lower body. This only held her for a moment as the momentum still in her upper body carried her forward, to which she pushed off with her left in a lunge at Anya, bringing her saber in for another horizontal slash from left to right, this one hoping to meet its target.
Despite clearing her head, she was still attacking in a more desperate manner.
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Post by Bloodshot on May 10, 2015 14:47:15 GMT -8
She got to her feet as her opponent recovered, and had returned to her usual stance by the time she was charging forward. Her saber met Blaze's in a clash of light, angled in order to deflect it's momentum above her head as she stepped aside to let Blaze's charge continue before returning the saber to a vertical position that would protect her from the next attack. Once again, the blades met, though Anya would no longer be in front of Blaze, but rather to her right. This time she opted to simply block the blade, as her opponent's momentum was now carrying her past and away, significantly lessening any power the blow might have had in a more direct confrontation.
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2015 5:17:26 GMT -8
When the blades met after Blaze's second attack, there was a bit of surprise in Blaze's face. She had figured Anya to continue her movements of parry and deflection should her attack not make it through. While she did deflect Blaze's first strike, the second was a full block. But why should it have been a surprise? In this moment, simply blocking worked well enough as a deflection due to Blaze's own movement. The blade collided, its attack power minor. To make it worse, her blade began twisting around it as she kept moving forward and in the end, simply moved away from Anya on its own. She turned to her right 180 degrees, stopping herself to looked at Anya.
It was then that Blaze suddenly scrambled back a few feet and brought her saber up in her right and her left partially open about her waist. In the end, she was becoming overwhelmed, though not by Anya. Anya was, of course, proving just how skillful she was; however, her simple movements of deflections and rare attacks wasn't in the range to overwhelm but more of a frustration. No, in the end, it was Blaze who was overwhelming herself. She started in a panic and confused about where she was. It soon turned to a desire to survive and be free, which then turned to the desire to remember. Was she still concerned about her survival? Did the fading sense of remembering start ruling her? Had she simply got lost in the storm of all these things only to now be fighting for the sake of fighting?
~No, get a hold of yourself. You can't fight like this. Stop thinking and worrying about everything. Remember, center yourself and focus.~
The words echoed in her mind and slowly seemed to split the storm in her head. Her panicked breathing, while still, heavy, began to calm itself, letting the Force flow through her as she closed her eyes for a moment. She had sought to end her dizziness, but not her confusion. She had become desperate in her attacks, though she couldn't figure out why. It was just so many things jumbled together. She gained a moment against Anya that had made her slightly overconfident, which lead her to the state she was in. Overconfidence of a moment while desperation ran around it never led to anything good. She had to get back to what the original attack plan was about. Focus and keeping Anya close. Risking big was getting her nowhere. She had to focus about simply getting out of the base first and nothing else.
She brought her saber to position itself just in front of her, pointing up. Her left hand came to grip it as well just before she raised it above her head. In that moment, her pain brought itself back to the forefront of her mind. She kept her composure, though she winced inside. Her right side ached terribly, each moment she moved making it worse. With her arm stretched in the air was stretching the muscles and intensifying the pain. She would need to keep her right arm down from here on as not to risk a recoil from the pain, which would force her arm back down and break her attack of surrender her defense. Her left shoulder, while not as in much pain, still hurt. She'd also have to ensure she'd didn't wield it solely in her left hand as to keep her shoulder from giving out. These realities were beginning to limit her, not to mention her increasing fatigue.
Her left hand released the saber as both hands, while being stretched out, fell down to her side, both stopping about 45 degrees to the ground. She couldn't risk big anymore, for she was getting too tired and left too many openings. She'd have to keep things a bit more simple if she could. In a quick walk, she came at Anya, her saber at her side until she reached her opponent and thrust the blade single handed at Anya's abdomen. The attack was easy enough to defend. The attack was straight forward and her speed was slow. If the attack hit, something had to be terribly wrong with Anya. No, the attack was meant simply as the start of a new progression of coming attacks.
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Post by Cathaoir Ordo on May 21, 2016 12:50:27 GMT -8
Before I begin, know this; this was a good read and I put very special consideration into my decision making as far as declaring a winner. Not only did the two of you create a clash, but you also created a story and I love seeing that. Some tips for the both of you in this, though. Try and play into physical and mental exhaustion as you close in on the later steps of a bought; it really adds a whole other layer to the fight. Don't get me wrong though, this was a great fight.
As far as the judgement, I don't really see any clear cut and dry winner here and therefore, I'm declaring this as a draw. Great fight.
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