Peter
*The Guard slashes Ranoa's first strike out of the way, drawing blood from the criminal's dominant arm in the process.*

*Ranoa's second and third strike return the favor, drawing gasps and boos from the crowd. The Guard, however, is trained for inevitabilities like this. An injury or two? That just means he'll get a fat bag of gold for his troubles, and an even fatter bag for arresting the criminal regardless. Who even goes around smashing pots? They take hours to make and have so many uses. This man needs to be behind bars... Or, at least, compensate everyone involved for their trouble.*

*The Guard jumps back, then thrusts forward at his target's chest.*

```
HP: 1073 -971
AP: 75 -70

Raw Str parry vs first attack: 90, 39 unmitigable damage sent back.
Sliding Dash: 105
```
Roberto
Well, ranoas Peeved. He's the breaker of pots, sure, and thats not entirely legal, but he just cant understand why its such a big deal. Well, he can, but he doesn't care.

He takes a step back, taking his *Actual* Stance as opposed to whatever he feels like, going into ``Phase 2``.

Not only that, he seems to be going all in, a burst of light enveloping him as ``Second form`` is used, before returning to actually attacking.

```




HP: 723 -684 -760
MP: 105 -125 -135
AP: 80 -100 -110 -105 ```

He then swiftly rolls out of the way with a ``dodge roll``, leaving a small graze from the ``sliding dash`` aimed for his chest.

Then, from the side, he quickly swings at the guard with a downward strike in a ``blitz`` before swinging at him once more with a normal attack, only, theres more force behind it than before.

```
HP: 760 -758
MP: 135
AP: 105 -85 

Dodge roll: 103, took 2 damage from the sliding dash
Blitz: 122
Normal attack x1: 91```
Peter
*The Guard gets conked on the head by Ranoa's Blitz, the surrounding crowd laughing as he does. He slashes Ranoa's attack out of the way before performing a wide outwards swing.*

*His opponent seems to have started trying much harder. He frowns, concerned. He hopes this criminal isn't the killing type. The ones that run usually aren't, but you never know with lawbreakers...*

```
HP: 972 -848
AP: 70 -65

Raw Str parry vs third attack: 90, 1 damage taken
Finishing Plus: 105
```
Roberto
Following this, he swings at the guard once to disrupt his attack, before pointing his sword at him, firing two balls of light at the guards sword wrist.

```Second Form - -5 AP 
Phase 2: 4 turns remaining

HP: 758 -744
MP: 135 -105
AP: 85 -75


Pearl X2: 166```
Peter
*The Guard swats one of the Pearl casts back at Ranoa, causing a pillar of light to shoot out and hit him. The second cast hits, only annoying him. He frontflips through the air, bringing his scimitar down at Ranoa's chest.*

```
HP: 848 -765
AP: 65 -60

Parry vs Pearl: 90, 7 unmitigable damage sent back
Blitz: 105
```
Roberto
Ranoa then Rolls out of the way, with a ``dodge roll``, being grazed by the downwards strike from the guard, proceeding to fire yet another ``pearl`` at him, before closing in with a normal strike of the blade.



```Second Form - -5 AP 
Phase 2: 3 turns remaining

HP: 744 -742 
MP: 105 -90
AP: 75 -60


Normal attack: 91
Pearl: 83```