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| Amethyst | Inside the fortress-city known as Levithian's Rest, one can /hear/ a roar that practically shakes the foundation. Everyone inside seems to stop for a moment, look at one another, and they all start heading towards the exit. "That was Gale." comes Precious Breath's quiet whispers. She's still 'dematerialized', hidden from most of the folks here. "And that was a call to assembly."
Outside, the crowd is steadily gathering in front of the fortress. "Here's hoping Glorious doesn't try to show himself." Gale murmurs. |
| Black Pearl | "Then we had better go out and see what is happening," True Talon whispers back softly, and slips the sigil of authority that Vain had given her around her neck. Altering her form to be less like the lower-ranking cannon fodder and more like the upper echelons now. "Our ally might need us, and we should stand ready to assist if it is advisable."
Confident, now, rather than blending in as a servant, she strides forward secure in her sense of self, of place and power. |
| Fudou the Mountain | "Well..this is..not quite what I was planning.."
Alot has happened that has kind of derailed some of his initial intentions here which is..to be expected considering he's hardly the master of social graces and manipulations and was just sort of winging it. Under idle circumstances he would have set a time and a date and then returned to Elderloch with the information he had glenaed from talking with The General and the planned contest. Then Gale simply..forced an oath to happen right then and there. So..here we are. Nevertheless, Fudou is not one to not have a game face and he leans against the ruins of the previously broken chunk of the fortress that he and Gale had sundered in their initial boastings and conversations. Thus when Pearl..or is that Talon..arrives.. he's quite visible. Quite noticable even. His monstrous lunar frame in full warform, a mass of mountainous flesh and muscle and moonsilver tattoos and light armor coinjoined with what passes for clothing. He's not naked but not wearing Rishi's gift of fancy pants either at the moment. As the fortress continues to empty he observes it and begins to quickly consider additional options. |
| Amethyst | As True Talon goes through the rank and file, she slowly but surely begins to get more and more looks and quiet whisperings around her. "That's Vain's sigil." "Is she his new deputy?" "Who is she? I haven't even seen her before." And other little bits.
Gale himself is monstrous as ever, wearing nothing but an incredible carapace of flesh, muscle, and shell. He's easily ten feet tall in his own right and looks like he might be able to contend with the Lunar, but fate is left to be seen. More notable than either Gale or even Fudou is the absolutely massive, shelled Yeddim floating and swimming above. It looks like a Yeddim that's been twisted by the very magic of the southeastern wyld, idly circling above. Its incredible durability mixed with natural shell armor would make it a formiddable thing to try to kill, perhaps an unfortunate result of two massive and powerful men forming an oath child. |
| Black Pearl | True Talon catches sight of some of the support staff, and instead of asking, instead commands that they follow her as they go out to watch. ANd when she sees the fae general, the giant yeddim, and the unholy abomination that combines them both, she shakes her head slightly. "This could end up a disaster..." |
| Fudou the Mountain | "You are confident, Gale! I appreciate that and your intensity! But we haven't even decided on what we're going to do!" Fudou looks aorund and grins at the sight of what must surely be the entire fortress being emptied now and he then turns his attention back towards Gale while continuing to lean casually against the rubble, "And are you sure your..uh.. 'leader'..isn't going to show up and throw this whole thing off? It doesn't sound like this uh..Glorious is it? This Glorious is one to lightly contend with..." |
| Amethyst | "Alas he's the best fighter I know." Gale explains. "Even I would pause to consider his prowess, though it is not strength but trickery that he uses. But--" And then he sniff sniffs, glancing about and squinting. "I smell a fae here, is that..."
"Precious Breath, what are you doing here sneaking around without having shaped yourself a body?" Gale demands at what seems like open air. At least for a moment, as the air ripples and energy gathers into a little ball of prismatic light, and then erupts to reveal Precious Breath. "I dunno, what are you doing out here playing with a Lunar rather than, I dunno, training your men?" She quirks an eyebrow. "Maybe my snooping is me spying on you as Glorious thinks maybe you might be betraying him, hmm?" One has not seen Gale scared, and he isn't, he's putting up the most bravado that he can. So you know he's just a biiiiit unnerved by Precious Breath. And quietly he leans into Fudou, he whispers, "Calling all of them might have been a mistake."
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| Black Pearl | Talon stands in front of those assembling. "Don't worry. This will be over soon, and then we will begin getting this place back in order. Get everyone eating again." Her voice is quiet, and she gives a grave, if courteous, nod, before turning back to watch the goings-on, and then calls out, "You brought us out here, General--for what purpose? What is this spectacle you want us to see?" |
| Fudou the Mountain | "Perhaps!" responds Fudou, sounding cheerful despite it all. The situation is rather absurd after all but in part..was this not his intention? Even though elements are not wholly under his control. Far from it. He glacnes up at the oath child briefly before looking back to the General and then pushing up from his casual stance to begin approaching both Gale and Precious Breath. His monstrous arms unfold and he rests balled up fists against his hips as he draws near and peers down towards Precious Breath. "..and what is wrong with a bit of play? Better that then a wasteful war I say. Especially if all parties can walk away satisfied..."
He pauses and then glances to Gale, "That is unless you wish to delay our 'fun'?" |
| Amethyst | Gale nods and grins at Fudou. "I, General Gale, will be showing this Lunar how we fight in Levithian. He doesn't believe in our strength or our determination, and so I will have to show him." He turns and grins at Fudou. "The first will be simple: One must be able to assail the walls of their enemy, so we shall punch our way through these walls!" He gestures out, and the wyld seems to provide opportunity. It seems like there's a decrpid old piece of the fortress just sitting in the sand, away from the fort and mostly intact: perfect for punching one's way through. "Winner chooses the next challenge. Best two out of three."
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| Fudou the Mountain | "Right.."
Fudou notes the way the crowds mood has not so subtly shifted and he glances up and sweeps his gaze over it in search of hte source, unsure of how the loss of attention and fervor here may impact the outcome or even the ability to maintain this competition. He does note that Precious Breath seems disinterested in attempting to bring a stop to it all and so he turns his attention towards the sudden arrival of the fortress walls and he rubs his jaw in thought while blinking a few times and then slowly grinning. "Very well. Best out of three.." he confirms before starting towards the walls. He rolls his shoulders, loosening them up as he moves, seemingly inflating himself larger and larger as his muscles fill with blood and his physique inflates gigantically. Size wise.. he might be bigger then Gale, being ten feet tall -before- he enters his current hybrid form but that doesn't mean he's about to under estimate the fae general. "Let us begin when you are ready!" |
| Amethyst | "In positionn!" You hear Precious Breath say. Gale glares at her and she just shrugs.
Shaking his head in return Gale readies himself, looks over a Fudou, gives him a nod and focuses on the wall. His muscles bulk up, one can hear his shell strainining under the raw strength that he has to offer. The Lunar may be massive, but he's not going down without a fight. And it's Precious Breath who calls
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| Black Pearl | True Talon watches, swimming up to have an unobstructed view of the contest. The others below watching. Keeping silent, just in case, for this is not a situation for her to influence openly. Nor one she can influence hiddenly, so wait for the moment she does. |
| Fudou the Mountain | The colossal Lunar spends the time before the countdown continuing to stretch, pantomining doing a bear hug, stretching his arms and otherwise seemingly pumping himself up both mentally and physically. It's a sight many might find fearsome and intimidating giving the sheer scale of him but who can say with these fae and their chaotic whims and intersts. To be certain, Gale cuts his own terrifying visage, truly monstrous as he is..but Fudou' bears the terrible mein of Luna's chosen and soon this becomes more apparent as his tattoos gleam in anticipationg of the command to go.
And then he springs. His gigantic frame looms in for the fortress walls like an incoming meteor. His fist clenches, arms bulging and building up size like boulders being stacked under hairy skin and a tight lipped grin forming on his face as his eyes widen in anticipation of the impact-- |
| Amethyst | Everyone is silent as the two masses of muscle and sinew fling themselves at the walls. Fudou sails right through it like it wasn't even there, but it only takes a second push for Gale to rip threw it himself. The crowd cheers regardless, before Gale silences them with a glare. "Okay, you win this round. What's the next challenge?" Is that a nervous tremor in Gale's voice? |
| Fudou the Mountain | Indeed. It becomes less a crash and more Fudou literally walking through the wall at speed, slowing himself down deliberately just to demonstrate the unixorable power at his disposal. As it crashes behind him, he dusts himself off almost boredly and then turns around as Gale silences the crowd while still grinning broadly at him. Notably no essence use -seems- to have happened though he knows the truth.
"Name it." he rumbles at Gale, bringing his massive arms out wide to his sides as he approaches the General. He then turns towards the crowds and lifts a huge arm upwards..and then brings it down into a gigantic flex, bulging up a bicep bigger then wagon wheels as he forms his mouth into an 'o' shape and belts out a rough roar of triumph. It's all a game to try and rile the giant General up so one hopes he doesn't overplay his own hand. |
| Black Pearl | True Talon cheers the competition, and so of course the others following her do as well. The ones following Gale? Not necessarily. "Keep it up! Stay strong!" |
| Amethyst | "Hmm." Gale contemplates, rubbing whatever counts as a chin on his head. "You can well break through the walls of a fortress. But how strong are you really? Once I had to fill in for a Siaka who pulled our warship across the Dreaminng Sea. Are you as talented as swimming as you are at breaking walls?"
"We'll tie ourselves to the massive boulders of the far fields, and race back across the ocean." Gale explains, producing a pair of nets and tossing one to Fudou, gesturing outward. |
| Fudou the Mountain | "Hmm.."
The giant lunar considers this. It is inventive. A different direction he might have moved in but Gale is shrewd it seems. Still.. "Very well.." he allows, "..And if I win then we are done and our deal is upheld?" he raises an eyebrow, "No tricks or involvement from this Glorious? You and your armies must abide." He tests the net gingerly but eyes Gale as he speaks. |
| Amethyst | "Then our deal is set." Gale says, "And it looks like the army may already be under new management." He glances over at True Talon. "I'll have to ask after our challenge is finished."
"But don't worry, I won't lose this one." Gale wolfishly grins at Fudou.
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| Fudou the Mountain | The thought that Pearl is behind this now crosses Fudou's mind but he manages to maintain a simple grin that seems focused more on the task at hand. Even so he can't avoid a little ribbing as he rumbles, "..I noticed. Perhaps you are out of a job? And you can give up this contest whenever you wish, forgo the oath child and change sides. If your 'Court' is -this- fickle..I don't know that I would want any involvement in them myself. They could turn on me in a heartbeat...Anyway.."
He gestures abit for Gale to move on and lead to the boulders, "Let us move on.." ' |
| Amethyst | "Heh, if it was that easy to unmake an oath child they wouldn't have much use, would they, hmm?" Gale chuckles. He starts out across the field, and once they're out of earshot of the crowd, "Perhaps you see why I might want to serve you rather than Glorious. But I didn't promise the army would come with me." Gale explains. He nets a particularly huge boulder and begins tying it to himself. |
| Fudou the Mountain | Fudou frowns lightly. Gale as an ally is a great boon but..
"I had thought I had made that part of the bargain and my intentions. " He mimics Gale's movements, securing the boulder to himself and he turns to eye the general, displeasure clear on his features. "I don't -want- Elderloch destroyed or endangered. I thought the army yours to command? You are worth an army all by yourself but if your army is just to simply attack anyway.. Well..would you destroy it or order them not to?" |
| Amethyst | "Well, I suppose you could have me order them to stand down and march against them if they refuse." Gale explains, "But unless you wanna get Glorious to challenge us both, maybe we oughta grab your friends first. I presume you must be the Exalted that the reports talked about who are serving Elderloch." |
| Fudou the Mountain | "Yes. ANd I came because I was going to engage you in battle but despite you being a fae I discovered that we're alike in a lot of ways and that this is the better way." remarks Fudou. "Well win or lose I will of course honor my part of he agreement. I've little choice now..but if Glorious is such a problem and you are clearly so powerful ..then forming allies and turning against Glorious seems your path.."
He grins and grips the net, "At least..it will be when I win... Now let's begin." |
| Amethyst | "Heh, you know it. Who knows, maybe I'll switch sides anyway. Glorious could use a beatdown." Gale muses, "But first I'd deal with Elderloch."
"But yes, let us begin." He chuckles and grips his net, and starts off, lugging the boulder like a riptide flowing through the water. |
| Fudou the Mountain | Once the call to begin is uttered, Fudou launches from sea floor and begins swimming forward with such violent force that the entire area quakes and sunders and massive splinters of stone are sent spiralling upwards from the explosive force of his launch. INdeed between himself nad Gale the earthquake likely spreads out from some distance, made all the worse by the massive boulders being yanked upwards and pulled free behind the two titans. Fudou's boulders dragging a huge chunk of the sea floor with it until it falls into place behind him and begins to get towed by the swimming lunar.
Silver light rims him and then explodes into a nimbus of energy as the full moon sigil ripples onto his brow. His entire form is soon suffused with the tranlucent form a swimming mountainous muscled yeddim. Not the docile beasts employed by the Guild but this one wild, and yet armored with moonsilver that threatens to be warped and split asunder by its heaving physique. A mirror of Fudou's whose movements it mimics as the giant aces onward and ahead of the general. Soon reaching the established end point and descending to a thunderous landing. The boulder tumbles in behind him, flying in at great speed which the giant then reaches up with a single arm and catches, letting it slam against his palm with a thunderous impact that sends further shockwaves through the sea. He holds it aloft like this as he turns, swivelling at the waist to look towards Gale. |
| Amethyst | Gale thunders forward himself, turbulant waves left in his wake as the water bubbles and boils out of his way. The titan of shell and muscle kick up all manners of sand and soot, but when Fudou reaches the end, the shockwave manages to stop Gale in his tracks. The look of awe on his face tells it all: He's deeply, deeply surprised he lost. He lets his boulder sink to the ocean floor, "Well, it looks like you have a new ally."
He offers a massive hand to Fudou. "You have proven yourself strongest."
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