Round 3, part 1:<br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Dullone598 (9:21:46 PM):   On the arena floor, Wilson stands opposite a grinning Blade.  "Hope you won't go down so easy as the last one, hombre."  He hasn't bothered to dispute Wilson's choice of classical music.<br/>circlmastr (9:22:32 PM):   (A Spanish/Mexican Ninja)<br/>HomerinNYC (9:22:46 PM):   Wilson tilts his head. " Hey, I've always wondered, is it standard Spanish Ninjitsu style to look as painfully effeminate as possible? Or are you just parroting Vega?"<br/>Dullone598 (9:22:51 PM):   (God, I can't stop laughing every time I think "Spanish ninja")<br/>circlmastr (9:23:35 PM):   (You missed a great opportunity to call him Vegeta instead of Vega)<br/>Dullone598 (9:23:36 PM):   Up close, as House is discovering, there's something slightly unnerving about Angela's smile.  She cracks her knuckles.<br/>circlmastr (9:24:14 PM):   House teeters one way and another, an uneasy smile on his lips.  "Why my dear, I do believe you're vivisecting me with your eyes."<br/>HomerinNYC (9:25:02 PM):   (I think it'd piss off the ninjas a lot more to be called a poor copy of Vega. Nyuck nyuck.)<br/>HomerinNYC (9:27:17 PM):   (Oh mighty Diceroller, I offer up a sacrifice to you. I shall do a pratfall at a time of your almighty choice in exchange for good luck for me and my teammate in this battle.)<br/>circlmastr (9:27:45 PM):   (You should swear yourself to a Bad Moon run with all the double-edged skills)<br/>HomerinNYC (9:28:56 PM):   (I'm asking for good luck, not a slave-girl.)<br/>Dullone598 (9:29:15 PM):   Blade laughs at that.  "If this were a battle of looks, amigo, you should have already given up.  Worry more about how he has taught me to fight."<br/>circlmastr (9:29:57 PM):   (If you win, you are obligated to say "hasta la vista, baby")<br/>HomerinNYC (9:31:18 PM):   " Well, if you had roses on you, I assure you I'd be shaking in terror." He grins, squaring off against him, limbering up as he enters the beat.<br/>Dullone598 (9:32:11 PM):   "Really?"  Angela grins at him.  "I usually do it better with my hands."<br/>Dullone598 (9:32:45 PM):   Blade gets into a ready stance.  No roses are in evidence.<br/>circlmastr (9:32:54 PM):   "Girls always want to use their hands, never their mouths."<br/>HomerinNYC (9:32:59 PM):   (Boy, that wouldn't sound good out of context...)<br/>HomerinNYC (9:33:11 PM):   (Angela's comment. Circl's sounds scary in any context. :-P.)<br/>circlmastr (9:34:20 PM):   (Clearly it's a reference to blowjob vs. handjob.)<br/>HomerinNYC (9:34:32 PM):   (Of course.)<br/>circlmastr (9:34:51 PM):   (Trying to channel some of Hugh Laurie's sexual banter from the show)<br/>HomerinNYC (9:34:52 PM):   (I wouldn't want the evil combination between Carrie and Black Widow anywhere NEAR my gonads, though.)<br/>Dullone598 (9:35:09 PM):   She just smirks.  "Are we still talking about vivisection?"<br/>HomerinNYC (9:35:29 PM):   (Oooh. Say, " Well, it still involves you examining my body closely...")<br/>HomerinNYC (9:35:37 PM):   (Or something along those lines.)<br/>circlmastr (9:36:20 PM):   "Something involving at least clothes being ripped apart."<br/>Dullone598 (9:38:06 PM):   (The transition from vivisection to sex is a little jarring.)<br/>circlmastr (9:38:26 PM):   (Pssh, anything is a reference to sex if you try hard enough)<br/>HomerinNYC (9:38:27 PM):   (Hey, she'll be getting hands-on experience on how his body works.)<br/>circlmastr (9:41:59 PM):   (Anyway...)<br/>Dullone598 (9:42:30 PM):   She gets back into a ready stance.  "Most guys don't know how to use either.  Why don't you prove me wrong about one before worrying about the other, hm?"<br/>Dullone598 (9:42:59 PM):   (You will recall that you begin with 2 empty hexes between you and your opponent.)<br/>Dullone598 (9:43:31 PM):   (Turn 1 commences.  You may declare your action.)<br/>circlmastr (9:44:03 PM):   House will opt to start big and bold and ready to abort, with Roundhouse Kick (3/9/2)<br/>HomerinNYC (9:44:09 PM):   Wilson jumps forward with the entering chords of music, planting his knee into the Spanish ninja's chest, and then flipping himself up and over past the man. 3+1/9/2, Forward Flip Knee.<br/>Dullone598 (9:45:14 PM):   Angela surges forward, coming off her feet with a flying knee aimed at House's face (Flying Knee Thrust on 5)<br/>Dullone598 (9:46:24 PM):   Blade goes into a crouch, sliding to take Wilson out at the knees.  He's amazingly close, but just not quite fast enough (Slide Kick on 4, equal Dexterity, but Wilson has the mental stats)<br/>Dullone598 (9:46:48 PM):   (Blade's soak is 3.  Circl, aborting or taking it?)<br/>circlmastr (9:47:01 PM):   Abort, abort!  House puts a solid 3 hexes distance between himself and Angela.<br/>OnlineHost (9:47:05 PM):   HomerinNYC rolled 6 10-sided dice:  2 6 3 4 5 8<br/>HomerinNYC (9:47:12 PM):   2 damage, and I end up behind him.<br/>Dullone598 (9:47:28 PM):   (What'd you abort to?)<br/>circlmastr (9:48:08 PM):   (Drunken Monkey Roll)<br/>Dullone598 (9:48:33 PM):   (That's abortable?)<br/>circlmastr (9:50:13 PM):   (Yeah.  The whole point is that it's an evasive maneuver.)<br/>Dullone598 (9:51:45 PM):   (Some evasive maneuvers aren't, but I'll take your word for it and check later.)<br/>circlmastr (9:51:52 PM):   ("It can also be used to interrupt and evade projectile attacks")<br/>Dullone598 (9:52:15 PM):   (You interrupt things by having a higher Speed.  That's not the same as being able to abort to it)<br/>circlmastr (9:52:39 PM):   (...)<br/>HomerinNYC (9:52:48 PM):   (Be mighty useless to be unable to abort to it... Though being able to abort to it WOULD make it dangerously effective. Yeesh.)<br/>Dullone598 (9:53:23 PM):   (You use it to cover distance while Crouching and avoiding projectiles.  There'd be little point in Block if you could abort to moving away.)<br/>circlmastr (9:53:49 PM):   (I curse it to hell, then)<br/>Dullone598 (9:54:06 PM):   (It's good if you need to get close to someone who would otherwise pwn you at range)<br/>circlmastr (9:54:25 PM):   (Alright, I guess I have to take it)<br/>Dullone598 (9:54:37 PM):   (You can still abort to Block if you want)<br/>circlmastr (9:54:56 PM):   (Nah)<br/>Dullone598 (9:55:27 PM):   //roll-dice6-sides10<br/>OnlineHost (9:55:27 PM):   Dullone598 rolled 6 10-sided dice:  10 4 3 3 7 7<br/>circlmastr (9:55:45 PM):   Yeesh<br/>circlmastr (9:55:52 PM):   I'd better repay the blow in spades...<br/>Dullone598 (9:56:33 PM):   She nails House with a solid crack, grinning as she lands.<br/>HomerinNYC (9:56:56 PM):   I told you lifting Stamina would be SO worth it.<br/>Dullone598 (9:56:56 PM):   Blade looks very surprised to be outspeeded, and tries to re-orient himself.<br/>Dullone598 (9:58:06 PM):   (Round 2 commences.  You may declare.)<br/>circlmastr (9:58:11 PM):   Uh<br/>circlmastr (9:58:18 PM):   I don't get to kick Angela?<br/>Dullone598 (9:59:49 PM):   (Oh, shits)<br/>HomerinNYC (9:59:50 PM):   " Think I don't know damn well how fast all the fighters here are?" Wilson asks, grinning. " In a fight like this, you can't afford to be slow. So it comes down to the mind."<br/>Dullone598 (9:59:55 PM):   (Forgot, her soak is 4)<br/>OnlineHost (10:00:01 PM):   circlmastr rolled 5 10-sided dice:  6 9 3 1 10<br/>HomerinNYC (10:00:57 PM):   " And you, my friend, appear to be sadly lacking there!" Wilson leaps forward with another vicious kick, once again aiming to plant his knee into the ninja's chest, and vault over.<br/>HomerinNYC (10:01:05 PM):   3+1/9/2.<br/>circlmastr (10:01:25 PM):   (Well, at least we each took the same amount)  House falls back into his old standbye, the Backflip Kick (5/7/2 back)<br/>HomerinNYC (10:01:55 PM):   (Think you took one more, actually.)<br/>circlmastr (10:02:11 PM):   (No, we each took 3)<br/>Dullone598 (10:02:45 PM):   (1s subtract)<br/>circlmastr (10:03:15 PM):   (...oh, right.  Fuck.)<br/>Dullone598 (10:04:38 PM):   Blade looks incensed, leaping to snap off a kick before Wilson can tag him again (Short on 6).<br/>Dullone598 (10:05:25 PM):   Angela, looking slightly surprised by the blow she just took, is already raising her arms to block (Block on 8, soak is 7)<br/>OnlineHost (10:05:45 PM):   circlmastr rolled 1 10-sided die:  2<br/>Dullone598 (10:05:52 PM):   (Ajoxer, taking it?)<br/>HomerinNYC (10:05:54 PM):   If I abort to Block, do I still get the +2 to speed next turn?<br/>circlmastr (10:05:55 PM):   Well, at least I didn't roll a 1...<br/>Dullone598 (10:06:01 PM):   Yes.<br/>HomerinNYC (10:06:41 PM):   Alright, I do so. Unless he has more Strength and Kicking power than me, in which case that'll be good to know, he shouldn't be breaking through this... Block is at 9, raises my Soak to 5.<br/>Dullone598 (10:07:13 PM):   //roll-dice1-sides10<br/>OnlineHost (10:07:13 PM):   Dullone598 rolled 1 10-sided die:  3<br/>Dullone598 (10:08:31 PM):   Wilson manages to deflect Blade's kick easily enough.<br/>Dullone598 (10:08:52 PM):   He seems stronger, maybe, but not much so.<br/>HomerinNYC (10:09:00 PM):   Wilson grins. " Good to know you're not much stronger or more skilled than me..." He grins.<br/>Dullone598 (10:09:50 PM):   (Turn 3 commences.  You may declare.)<br/>circlmastr (10:09:51 PM):   House grins a bit as he comes down away from Angela.  "Well, at least I've got more staying power than your last opponent."<br/>circlmastr (10:11:22 PM):   House opts to prepare for her incoming blow with Kick Defense (9 speed), hoping he can lead it into his next round's attack.<br/>Dullone598 (10:12:51 PM):   (GET OUT OF MY HEAD!)<br/>HomerinNYC (10:13:15 PM):   ( You know, one of those defenses really WOULD be useful...)<br/>HomerinNYC (10:14:02 PM):   Prepared now for the Ninja, Wilson moves like a man possessed, hands planting on Blade's shoulders, bringing his knee up savagely, then pulling him forward, kicking off of his shoulders to land behind him.<br/>HomerinNYC (10:14:08 PM):   5/9+1/2.<br/>HomerinNYC (10:14:15 PM):   Forward Flip Knee.<br/>Dullone598 (10:14:42 PM):   She looks amused.  "So far!"  Angela rushes forward, and a few horrified gasps can be heard from onlookers as her leg comes ablaze with crackling blue energy (Forward w/Psychokinetic Channeling on 8 ).<br/>HomerinNYC (10:15:28 PM):   ( Man, Ler Drit practitioners are gonna suck, aren't they?)<br/>circlmastr (10:15:47 PM):   (3+3+4 = 10 soak against the kick)<br/>Dullone598 (10:16:02 PM):   (If you keep guessing their attacks right, they will suck as badly as anyone else would)<br/>Dullone598 (10:16:19 PM):   //roll-dice1-sides10<br/>OnlineHost (10:16:19 PM):   Dullone598 rolled 1 10-sided die:  4<br/>HomerinNYC (10:16:34 PM):   (I mean, suckishly painful.)<br/>circlmastr (10:16:51 PM):   (Having 10 soak helps, apparently, heh)<br/>Dullone598 (10:17:17 PM):   Angela looks even more surprised than the crowd as House completely anticipates her attack, blocking the kick perfectly.<br/>Dullone598 (10:17:34 PM):   The energy seems to dissipate, and just feels a little tingly as they connect.<br/>circlmastr (10:18:24 PM):   With properly crooked arms and hips, House easily deflects all that crackling blue energy.  "I like an energetic girl."<br/>Dullone598 (10:18:33 PM):   Blade, not completely stupid, is already trying to push Wilson's knee away from his solar plexus (abort from Scissor Kick to Block, soak is 5)<br/>OnlineHost (10:18:59 PM):   HomerinNYC rolled 5 10-sided dice:  9 9 5 7 1<br/>HomerinNYC (10:19:02 PM):   Owie.<br/>Dullone598 (10:20:32 PM):   "I'll be damned."  Angela falls back into a ready stance, now wary.<br/>Dullone598 (10:20:57 PM):   Blade is turning red from serious embarassment, but at least not from truly serious injury, as Wilson outmaneuvers him again.<br/>Dullone598 (10:21:21 PM):   (Turn 4 is go.  You may begin.)<br/>HomerinNYC (10:22:15 PM):   Wilson laughs. " C'mon, my friend, don't tell me my insults are getting to you!" He grins, dropping to the round, and bringing his feet up like a seesaw, slamming one foot sideways into the ninja's jaw.<br/>HomerinNYC (10:22:34 PM):   5/7+1/2.<br/>circlmastr (10:22:35 PM):   "Only if you're naughty, my dear."  House uncrooks his arms and tries to use a whipping motion to add speed to the power of a Fierce Punch. (4+2/8/2)<br/>Dullone598 (10:25:21 PM):   Blade just snarls, but by the time Wilson is upside down, he's already flipping forward, both feet snapping out in quick succession (Scissor Kick on 7)<br/>HomerinNYC (10:27:16 PM):   Wilson soldiers on through the attack all the same, willing to take the scissor kick to slam his foot into the ninja.<br/>Dullone598 (10:27:23 PM):   "If?"  A chuckle escapes Angela's lips, and her fist crackles with blue psychic energy as she steps forward (PK-Channeling Jab on 6, House wins at Dexterity)<br/>circlmastr (10:27:42 PM):   (Still 4 soak?)<br/>Dullone598 (10:27:46 PM):   (Yeah, sorry)<br/>OnlineHost (10:27:49 PM):   circlmastr rolled 4 10-sided dice:  6 8 5 10<br/>circlmastr (10:27:56 PM):   (Pow)<br/>Dullone598 (10:27:56 PM):   (Jesus, Ajoxer, are you sure?)<br/>Dullone598 (10:28:36 PM):   //roll-dice5-sides10<br/>OnlineHost (10:28:36 PM):   Dullone598 rolled 5 10-sided dice:  4 4 5 10 2<br/>circlmastr (10:28:49 PM):   (Hah)<br/>HomerinNYC (10:28:51 PM):   Wait a minute, how nasty is the Scissor Kick?<br/>circlmastr (10:29:03 PM):   (Only 1 damage nasty to you, apparently)<br/>HomerinNYC (10:29:06 PM):   It's not in the book, I can figure that it's supposed to have a speed of 5, plus his Block from last turn.<br/>Dullone598 (10:29:17 PM):   Angela takes a future black eye for her troubles as she manages to graze House.<br/>circlmastr (10:29:28 PM):   (Oh, that was Angela)<br/>HomerinNYC (10:29:44 PM):   Well, figure I'd better abort to Block if you're swearing. &gt;_&gt; Alright, Soak of 5.<br/>Dullone598 (10:30:04 PM):   //roll-dice8sides10<br/>OnlineHost (10:30:04 PM):   Dullone598 rolled 8 6-sided dice:  4 4 6 1 5 6 6 4<br/>Dullone598 (10:30:17 PM):   (0 and 2 respectively)<br/>HomerinNYC (10:30:39 PM):   Wait, was that his attack after the Soak of 5?<br/>Dullone598 (10:30:53 PM):   (Why do you think I asked twice?)<br/>Dullone598 (10:31:11 PM):   (It costs a WP, but it's two hits at +3 with a lot of movement as well)<br/>HomerinNYC (10:31:22 PM):   Jesus fucking christ.<br/>HomerinNYC (10:31:40 PM):   And only a frigging WP? God DAMN.<br/>HomerinNYC (10:31:50 PM):   Also a Speed of +0?<br/>Dullone598 (10:31:55 PM):   (Maneuvers that cost anything to activate are usually pretty mean.  And yes.)<br/>HomerinNYC (10:32:42 PM):   Christ.<br/>Dullone598 (10:33:12 PM):   (Yes, it's awful.  Also you're still winning.)<br/>HomerinNYC (10:33:41 PM):   (Yeah, but how much damn WP does he have...)<br/>Dullone598 (10:33:50 PM):   (Left?  2)<br/>Dullone598 (10:33:59 PM):   (Turn 5 time.  You can declare.)<br/>circlmastr (10:34:04 PM):   (What's the damage tally on my side?  I think I've only taken 4...)<br/>Dullone598 (10:34:42 PM):   (She's taken 5)<br/>HomerinNYC (10:34:47 PM):   " So, we still have a few tricks up our sleeves, do we?" asks the Capoeira-ist, grinning savagely. He rockets forward with another Forward Flip Knee, 3+2/9+1/2, aiming to slam his knee into the man's throat.<br/>circlmastr (10:34:56 PM):   (Ugh)<br/>circlmastr (10:35:30 PM):   House takes the predictable route again, with another Backflip Kick to get some distance.  (5/7/2 back)<br/>Dullone598 (10:36:40 PM):   Once again, Blade's assault is cut quite short as he flails to defend himself (abort from Backflip Kick to Block, soak is 5).  A few boos are heard.<br/>OnlineHost (10:37:19 PM):   HomerinNYC rolled 5 10-sided dice:  10 7 4 10 9<br/>HomerinNYC (10:37:23 PM):   WHAMMO!<br/>Dullone598 (10:37:59 PM):   Angela starts winding up, but is not quite fast enough to catch House first (Spinning Knuckle on 5, you may interrupt, soak is 4)<br/>Dullone598 (10:39:01 PM):   Blade takes the knee right on the chin, and staggers, looking dazed as Wilson lands behind him.<br/>OnlineHost (10:39:03 PM):   circlmastr rolled 3 10-sided dice:  9 1 9<br/>circlmastr (10:39:08 PM):   Gah, fucking 1...<br/>Dullone598 (10:40:50 PM):   Taking a glancing blow, she surges forward after him, one fist following the other.<br/>Dullone598 (10:41:15 PM):   (This could be bad, but the diceroller hates me, so we'll see)<br/>Dullone598 (10:41:23 PM):   //roll-dice10-sides10<br/>OnlineHost (10:41:23 PM):   Dullone598 rolled 10 10-sided dice:  8 9 5 10 1 6 6 6 8 2<br/>HomerinNYC (10:41:36 PM):   ...<br/>HomerinNYC (10:41:45 PM):   13 damage?<br/>Dullone598 (10:41:58 PM):   (2 hits of 8 damage actually)<br/>circlmastr (10:42:08 PM):   Well, that's the very end of House.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>