Robert
A figure sits within the lava arena, smack in the center of of its middle island, cross-legged. The hound rests, silent, awaiting a proper opponent, calm and serene even as the floor boils in the near distance.

A gout of flame erupts behind Cavall as he opens his eyes, lifting his head to meet the gaze of whoever comes to challenge him.
Ronnie
Kaz arrived in the lava arena, after noticing the other individual sitting about. Waltzing into the lava arena he regarded the toon briefly before speaking up.

"Ready you weapon dog, we're sparring."

Direct and mildly aggressive, Kaz pulled held his wooden sword in a fencers stance as he waited on Cavall to meet his challenge.
Robert
"We thought we smelled a rotten stench in the wind." The dog lilts absentmindedly as they move to stand, drawing forth a practice sword of their own, "To think it was asshole. Most unfortunate."

Swishing the wooden sword through the air, Cavall brings his sword arm up to give Kaz a duelist's salute, before stepping toward him with ill intent. Slow, but _menacing._
Ronnie
"Quite the tongue on you, but whatever."

He held his ground as Cav came forth. Unfazed by the toon's "Menacing" Swagger. If anything, Kaz was annoyed the animal was baiting him with such an open guard.

"Take your time by the way. I'm sure we'll get through this in another lifetime."

It was alright if he baited his opponent's, not the other way around.
Robert
"We are surprised. You don't look the sort to be so _accommodating."_ Cavall says lightly, just as unbothered and serene in tone as ever, even as they sweep their hand out toward Kaz, "But if that is what you wish, we will savor this match on our own time."

A clock superimposes itself in front of the hound's hand, its hands clicking into place, frozen.

"Stopga." Cavall says matter of fact, before abruptly lunging toward Kaz's way, sword swishing through the air in a burst of speed!
Ronnie
Kaz muttered something under his breath as he seemingly came to a stop; Cavall's spell being quite the cheeky jab.

As the dog capitalized on the moment, the sword clearly whistled through as it cut through the air... And only the air.

Casually taking a step to the side, the young looking man let his opponent pass him by before smugly looking at the canine.

"Thought you were real clever with that one, but you need to get your brain checked if you really think I wouldn't counter with haste. Any other cheap trick you want to show me, Fido?"
Robert
A smile looms on the hound's face as his tail wags, ever so slightly. Swishing his blade, Cavall swings out to seemingly thin air— Before he simply fades from existence, that is. Continuing the motion after flash stepping behind Kaz, Cavall's training blade arcs toward the man's back!

"Protega." Is the word that comes whispered in Kaz's ear, and a shell of hexagonal plates briefly forms around the Hound.

Readying for the counterattack as he backs away with a quick jump, Cavall brings his hand up to invoke a quick Speed Trap in the possibility that Kaz rushes him!
Ronnie
Kaz whirls around whipping his sword at Cav, rebounding off of the magical shield and stumbling backwards. Somewhat frustrated by the flagrant usage of spells; His fault for not setting any rules.

Charging forward, he clashed his weapons with Cavall as he activated the speed trap. Quickly stepping back and spinning with momentum, he went to cut through the pupper's guard only to teleport behind the dog in their blindspot.
Robert
"Reflega." Holding a hand up in a saintly mudra, Cavall makes no effort to Dodge out of Kaz's attack— Nor even turn around in a timely manner.

Meeting Kaz's own strength equally, a dome of force flies out from Cavall's center of mass!

Finally turning toward Kaz, the Hound dips into a sudden rush to follow up their shockwave; A flurry of basic jabs fly out toward the man!
Ronnie
*Oh, that's how it was going to be?* 

Bouncing of the magic and hitting himself with his sword, Kaz quickly stumbled back into a single handspring before kicking away both strikes aimed his way. He swiped his blade from his upside down postion at the dog, but instead of actually trying to connect the attack, his let out a purple ball of energy from the tip of his weapon.

"Poisonga."

Kaz flipped back to his feet before he stabbing twice in quick succession with dark energy coating his weapon.
Robert
The poison bullet streaks toward Cavall, hissing and snapping through the air until it abruptly stops short as the hound catches it in his palm. The sphere of magic screams like a red-hot iron dropped into a bucket of ice water as Cavall curls his fingers around it, dissipating the magic with one, uttered word.

"Esuna."

Continuing his advance toward Kaz even as the man flips and somersaults away from them, the Hound laughs lightly at the display. Even when the man springs toward him, he seems unphased— Even taking one of the blows to his side, no-selling Kaz's force through his armor.

From where the strike had landed on the Hound's body, light and energy begins to crackle. Softly at first, before wildly snapping along the limb he swings toward Kaz, to bounce the inertia back toward the man with a Counter Blast!
Ronnie
Kaz once again backed away as he failed to punch through Cavall's armor. Cracking his neck, he started limbering up his body as he planned get serious. The man did not like how cocky the canine was acting just because they needed extra layers just to fight.

Kaz began to walk around Cavall. Slowly, surely he paced around until he made a full circle around. Then two Kaz' appeared on opposite sides of the guardian for another full rotation. Three on the third, then four and finally five.

Five of the puredark predating this one individual at what *Seemed* To be a walking pace, but the blur surrounding all of them suggested otherwise. When they all turned inward to walk toward the knight, each Kaz disappeared entirely.

Darkness radiated through the air as a frontal slash came at Cavall out of no where. From the right Kaz appeared briefly it seemed he was trying to run the dog through only to disappear again but leaving behind the dastardly energy. From behind two blades of darkness manifested in the man's arms to strike down the dog, then from the left another strike of pure malice.

Kaz finally reapeared for real as he stood upon the shoulders of his sparring partner. In his hands electricity danced as he called out to the name of this particular spells.

"Thunder..."