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It has been a long year since the last Elemental Championship, but the Championship Arena Complex did not show signs of age, but rather on the contrary - it grew, and along with it, just a hill and a spring with a weary wooden bridge over it away, grew the township...now more of a city...of Bren. The vicinity of the Arena has done it much good - apart from the great crowds -- and thusly business -- it brought it during the Championship itself, just the presence of such a building carried the township's name far over the lands. There came adventurers of many sorts, and the burgeoning four inns of Bren were never short of business, there came priests of the Elemental Lords, building shrines and churches and granting it divine protection not from one, but from all the Lords, and there came many, many artisans to maintain the three offshoot Arenas around the old one, and craft yet a fourth offshoot that hung high in the sky above the lot.

The would-be combatants, either just arriving, or having taken a night's rest either at an inn or at the small camp of tents at the base of the Arena hill, would get to see the artisans' handiwork soon enough, right after the priests and mages within them finish their last checks on the protective barriers and image transportation enchantments for the gathered crowds.

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The Spike Arena was rightfully so called, and one of the magicians now leaving it chuckled softly on how the protective spells were best cast upon to combatants rather than the crowd, at least to assure the former would live long enough to provide a spectacle for the latter.

The huge metal gate a - a trademark of the Arena Complex, no doubt - now open, the contenders could now peer through and see what sort of obstacles lied in wait for them within.

Of the three Arenas, the Spike one was the most gruesome to behold, with an interior, both floor and slightly tilted spike-covered walls made completely out of a cold blue metal, one which, as they've been instructed before, was non-breakable by either magic or force. There were miniature channels at where the floor connected to the spikey walls, with even smaller holes along them, leading to who knows where - a moment's thought would reveal that this was indeed a sewage system for nothing else but blood!

The plentiful spikes which lent the Arena its name were all made of the same metal, and each at five feets length, attached firmly to the walls they stood perpendicular to - thusly being at an upwards angle to the ground itself. The only four spikes not at the walls lied still at the bottom of a very large - yet again, metal - pillar, to it's top they were attached by a lengthy chain. There was an inscription on the pillar, which would reveal to anyone who bothered to circle it and read it all, would reveal that there was a featherweight enchantment on all the four spikes, which would make them weigh but a tenth of what they would normally, making them a very much usable, if a tad unwieldy, weapon. But there was more! If the spike's surface was to come in contact with bone of any sort, it's reduced weight effect would either be reversed, making the spike ten times as heavy instead of ten times as light, or would be turned into a levitation enchantment, which would then make ten times the spike's weight fly straight up into the sky at an instant. There was no way to know exactly what would happen, and there was even less to know for those who never did bother to read the warning - but for both of these, the massacre that was the Elemental Championship was about to begin.

The sun hovered above the metal pillar, making it look as some sort of an odd... altar? pedestal?

Mausoleum?

Worse yet...an abattoir?

Contenders:
1.Jonny Bacardi
2.Salamon
3.Dakarius
4.Atriedes
5.Seloc

...all would hope that it would not be theirs, but people -- people were known to make mistakes.

"Death trap?" Dakarius inquires softly. "That is an apt description for this place for any but myself. For me, it is but a glorious battle ground upon which I can prove the superiority of my race!"

*walks into the Arena Complex and stares at the area in which he will be fightining in.*

"Hm.....its always nice to have the thought of something poking your butt if you even try to take a seat on the ground...." Salamon sighed...."no respect of the old people whose wary bones cant stand as much as they used too....o well guess itll be just you and me Ruzaki."

"Glad to see you guys are all excited. I'm rather pissed. I hate things poking my butt."

*walks into the arena, an gets to one side.*

"Thats right boyz, climb that pillar, I'll cheer you on from back here!"

"all the way back here"

*Seeing Seloc being taken aback, Dakarius uses this opportunity to strike.*
*Before anyone had a chance to move anymore Dakarius was behind Seloc, drawing a knife across his throat...*

*Seloc ducks through Dakarius' arms and rams his shoulders into his chest, knocking him back, Seloc then drew his sword and leapt away from the action.*

"Now, Now, Dakarius thats hardly what I call sporting."

Dakarius quickly recovers and bounds away to a place where he can focus. upon reaching a spot he begins to conjur a deep fog that will obscure all but his (and the crowds) vision.

(OOC: If it sucked out the fog Seloc, wouldn't it have sucked your air out as well?)

*Salamon awakens from his meditation and absorbtion for his blade and stands up. Ruzaki now flows with a current of eletric spirit energy, ready to be unleashed at any moment.*

*Salamon looks up to see that Seloc, Dakarius were going at it and then sees Jonny doing some funny dance that Salamon found halarious.*

*Salamon then got into focus and concentrated his aim at Jonny.*

*"FORCED LIGHTNING WAVE!" Salamon cried out and moved Ruzaki in a slashing motion in Jonny's direction.*

A stream of electric waves came rushing toward Jonny at an extremely high speed.

*Salamon muttured "try to dodge this one.......heh....youll never know how it hit you."

*Salamon now changed position of Ruzaki so the blade part was pointing toward Jonny.*

{OOC: Scientist, you're in the wrong Arena. You were added to Sky Arena...}

(OOC: lol...the fact that Erunion posted that while I was slowly typing a reply makes me seem dumber o.O)

*Suddenly feeling a burning pain from inside himself Scientist realises that Atreides has cast a hex on him. Scientist tries to free himself from the pain and torment that the intense light energy is causing him from the inside. Suddenly realising that he must now focus his attention to his attacker as he has a plan to strike Scientist turns to face Atriedes*

"You......k..k...know.......it isn't....n....n.....nice to hex someone.........j....j...just because you f......f....fear them!"

*With that Scientist bends forward and take a deep breath, suddenly he pushes his arms and hands forward aiming them directly at Atreides body. A wave of immense heat and pressure flow out of Scientists body, the hex that Atreides had cast caused Scientist to turn into a supernove inside and the sheer power of this was now heading right for Atreides at the speed of light*

[OOC: Notes on the fog: visibility is limited to 5ft. beyond that all you see is a thick haze and possibly some vauge shadows Careful not to accidentaly bump into the spiked wall :)]

Dakarius feels through the fog noticing details that would not appear just looking at them.

[OOC: Sig, this is your cue to supply any useful stage info]

As Jonny jumps from getting hit with the electic bolt right in his buttocks, he feels realived that he had not gotten rid of his shield, which obsorbed most of the blow.

"I guess that mean we're not friends eh?"

Jonny grabs pieces of lightning out of his shield (the aura thing) and starts lobbing them at Salamon, forcing him to start concentrating on with was going on around him.

Jonny took this time to make his away around the spikes, and toward the giant pillar in the middle, where the funky robed dude and the assassin boy where fighting

*Scientist catches me by surprise, but I refuse to go down that easily. Using ancient, forbidden magic, I summon power from death itself, sacrificing half my health to reflect the spell, at half power, back at Scientist. His magical energies, running low after my hex and the exertion of that spell, are tapped once again by another of my hexes that slowly drains his energy and heals me....Scientist watches nearly helplessly as his own spell, though much weakened, comes back at him.*

"Perhaps you are not as unprepared as I thought....still, the forces of darkness will overcome your light."

{OOC: I thought that Sigheart was updating all the arena's the same way. Looks like you guys are fighting it out amongst yourselves...}

OOC: SPIKE ARENA FTW!!! :P

*Scientist realises that he now has trouble coming his way and decides to up the ante. Since Atreides and Seloc are both now within striking distance he has a chance to hit with a most devastating move, but must act with the most accurate precision and timing in order for his gamble to pay off.*

"One, Two, Three, Four......."

*As he continues to count he stands there completely still watching the black light which is still hurtling straight for his head. When he finally gets to ten and the black light is near enough on top of him Scientist lifts a fist and slams it into the ground, sending him down to his knees. Suddenly a ball of what can only be described a an immense display of heat and light surrounds him, the black light cutting straight through and out the other side. Everyone in the arena can feel the heat and are blinded by the light for a momentary second until their eyes adjust to its brightness. Then the ball begins to shift and grow with Seloc and Atreides still in its blast radius and no time to get out of its way......*

As Scientist begins to rise slowly with a pleased smile, a blade emerges from his chest. Dakarius quickly dissapears back into the fog with a satisfied smile

[Note: this is not neccesarily a death blow]

[[OOC: Seloc, if you noticed, my character didn't block it, he ducked while letting out his light energy which had been charged due to the hex. He did not block your attack at all, hence why he was counting.......]]

*Scientist falls down onto one knee with the blade still stuck out of his chest. Due to the injury he would now have to fight on with the blade remaining where it was to ensure that the bleeding does not get too severe. He looks around and just notices Seloc diving into the fog before hearing a rather painful crack and a yell from somewhere in the fog.*

"Hiding will not stop me from finding you."

*Scientist slowly stands with his face writing in pain from the blade which stills pertrudes from his chest. He raises his right arm and lifts the staff into the air, as he does so a bright light shines out and into the fog, creating shadows and sillouettes of people and objects. Then he notices someone standing near what look like a pillar holding his arm. Realising that Seloc is now a good target Scientist runs into the fog to cut off Selocs route*

OOC: Jonny you cant heal yourself lol...i think thats light magic...even so..nobody should be able to heal themselves....

As the hundreds of bead surround him, Salamon mutturs something and then the beads start to connect rapidly with each other. The beads quickly make a circle around Salamon.

Salamon watches as the lightning hurling Jonny does becomes utterly useless....

"What a weak attack to use on my shield...I hope that wasnt your best shot...." Salamon yelled at Jonny.

Salamon then mutters something as if he was casting a spell and then he threw Ruzaki straight at Jonny. Ruzaki looked like a blade with a huge electrical force field around it.

*The crowd wondered why Salamon would was his energy protecting his sword with a shield.*

*Scientist feels a sudden burst of energy as the blade is removed leaving a hole straight through him. Then all of a sudden, he feels.......different............slightly more alive...........when he looks down he notices there is sheer light being emitted from the hole in his chest. He isn't bleeding, just emitting a bright white light.*

"Hmmmm.......this is definately different....."

*Looking up he sees Seloc on top of the pillar standing on his swords.*

"Hmmmmm, now let me see here, metal plus sheer focused light energy, otherwise known as heat makes molten metal. Lets test out our science shall we."

*With this Scientist smiles and walks over to the pillar, wrapping his arms around it he begins to glow with a white light. As he steps back a print is left on the pillar, only it begins to move upwards, leaving huge immense scorch marks as it slowly slides up the pillar towards Selocs blades which are still stuck in the stone.*

"Now, how to stop this......."

*Scientist looks down at the hole in his chest, he packs it full of dirt off the ground and wraps his robe around himself tightly to seal it inside.*

"Can't be losing all of my light energy just yet"

*Looking around he spots Dakarius lurking in the fog*

"Time for a little payback I think"

*Scientist begins to sneak up behind Dakarius without him even noticing.......*

*Seloc suddenly felt the swords melt away underneath him jumped, for a nearby chain. Pain swept through him as he held on with one hand, it wasn't enought and he began to slip. Soon he was sliding down the chain, the friction burning his hand, and with a clumsy landed Seloc landed on top of a inverted spike.
The spike toppaled with the new weight and fell on top of Seloc. To his surprise it landed on his chest and rested there, it was immensly lighter than he had though, Seloc almost laughed aloud.*

"Well considering today I'ld say this is the best thing that happened yet."

*Seloc pushed the spike of him and examined it further. Upon further examination it turned out to be a weapon with a handle and ever-thing. Wrapping it round his good arm, Seloc stood with a new weapon.*

[OOC: I concidering this spike to be like a fat lance, slightly smaller than Seloc himself, even thought its got the feather weight charm it heavy as he's only using one arm. It's also still attached by chain to the top of the pillar.]

*Scientist looks back and notices Atreides who is sliding down the side of a spike*

"You can do that......"

*Scientist stood there looking slightly bewildered by the spectacle*