St Ambrose School for the Extraordinary: Settling In

[metakirb]

It's Metakirb. Meta will do.

Meta takes his seat as he talks.

[Dodgeson]

The girl opposite lays her elbow on the table, waiting for Meta to do the same before grabbing his hand.

"Ready to lose?"

metakirb make a strength check

[metakirb]

You tell me.

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(1d20+7)[16] Strength check

[Dodgeson]

The girl strains with all her might, gritting her teeth in concentration. She manages to hold even for several seconds before Meta manages to slam her hand down on to the table.

"We have a winner!"

Cloudbreaker glares daggers at the dragon boy, throwing herself out of her chair and slamming her hands down on to the table.

"Cheater!"

[metakirb]

Oh? Sounds to me like you're a sore loser.

Meta stands up.

Dragon's don't need to cheat. We're just naturally stronger than humans.

[Dodgeson]

"Oh yeah!? Well lets see how strong you are outside!"

[metakirb]

Meta grins.

Bring it on.

[Dodgeson]

"I'm going to wipe that smile off your stupid face!"

With that she storms towards the exit, the crowd parting like the Red Sea to allow her passage. The smaller boy hurriedly rushing in to the crowd, calling fresh odds and making new bets.

[metakirb]

Meta follows, rolling a shoulder and adjusting his bandanna slightly for combat.

[jamieth]

Megan almost makes it to the dancefloor by this time, but, overhearing the challenge, stops and turns to Kevin, "Hm... do you think we should check it out... just in case?..."

[Quellian-dyrae]

"It would be a shame to miss it," Kevin responded with a slender grin.

[jolinaxas]

Lena catches up to Kevin and Megan on the dance floor.

"Hey, hate to interrupt, but I'm pretty sure your roommate's about to get in trouble like, a half hour into the school year..."

[Quellian-dyrae]

"Eh, he already won the arm wrestling match. I doubt a stand-up fight will be a particular problem for him," Kevin said, starting for the door - though to watch, not to intervene. Yes, he was aware that fighting in school was, ya know, generally bad. He just kinda figured that the rules might be slightly different here, considering their first "assignment" had been to beat up a gang of fake thugs.

Kevin was, as we've seen, not exactly a boy with the strongest grasp of reality.

[jolinaxas]

"Thats... that's not what I'm talking about! I'm pretty sure that we're not supposed to fight."

Lena scratched her head for a moment.

"Unless they tell us to, of course!"

She follows him out the door in a huff.

[Quellian-dyrae]

Kevin tilted his head to the side in confusion (and panned his camera angle around to look at Lena directly, although since he didn't turn his head, it wasn't exactly noticeable). "But...he won the arm wrestling match, so clearly it's a scripted event. Why wouldn't he be supposed to fight?"

"Ooh, although come to think of it..."

Platformer: Hey Meta, remember, even if the rest of the party isn't involved in a battle, you can still access items from our inventory.
Platformer: I always forget that stuff in solo fights and then wonder why they're so hard .
Platformer: Err...although I'm not sure we actually have anything in the inventory yet .

[jamieth]

"Well, yeah, we'd better be nearby in case it goes overboard..." Megan follows her roommate, "though I'm not sure what counts as 'overboard' around here".

[Dodgeson]

Outside on the quad a circle of students has surrounded Meta and his opponent, eager to see a fight, the girl floating a good six feet above him.

metakirb roll initiative (and anyone else if you're planning something daring!)

[metakirb]

So, you can fly. Well I guess I won't completely flatten you then.

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(1d20+2)[6]

[Dodgeson]

"Shut your stupid face!"

A smell of ozone pervades the air, crackling blue energy arcing between her hands. Thrusting them forward, the energy shoots towards him in a mighty lightning bolt! Which of course leaves the draconian martial artist complete unharmed.

[metakirb]

Maybe you should take some time to learn about dragons. Lightning is what a blue does.

Of course being Albino it's not immediately, or in fact at all obvious he's a blue dragon, not that Meta seems to care.

Hope you can do more than sparks.

Meta spreads his wings and launches himself towards Cloudbreaker, spinning into a vicious overhead punch at her head as he approaches.

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Break the unbreakable, (1d20+9)[25] DC 22

[Dodgeson]

The martial artist's blow connects with her head, sending her careening down in to the dirt shaking the stars from her head and pulling herself up.

"That the best you've got?"

Cloudbreaker failed her toughness save by 2 degrees, she takes 1 bruise and is dazed

[metakirb]

You're not looking so tough down there.

Meta takes a quick moment to gauge her strength before moving to land behind her and spin a kick at her side before moving back from her a little.

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Assessment, Break the unbreakable (1d20+9)[20] DC22

[jamieth]

"Hm, it seems if anyone needs our help here, it isn't the dragon-boy," Megan comments, "the question is, do we allow it to go on, or do we stop him? And, if the latter... how?"

[Quellian-dyrae]

"She looks pretty tough. I'm sure Meta won't hurt her too bad," Kevin said with an apathetic shrug.

"Eh, here, wait," he then added...and then apparently just did nothing and continued watching the fight.

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Activating Pause. Taking 20 on Perception to make sure there aren't any teachers coming, scanning the area and looking around corners and stuff with Third Person Viewpoint (Extended, Radius, Limited Penetrates Concealment). I'll continue doing so, eh, let's say every round. If teachers are approaching, I'll switch to Chat to alert Meta, Cloudbreaker, and all other students present.

[Dodgeson]

Sizing up his irate challenger Meta can easily tell that she lacks his level of training.

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Dodge:12
Parry:12
Melee:+6

His blow connects once again but this doesn't slow her down as she charges towards him, swinging her fists with more power than grace.

Cloudbreaker fails her save by 1 degree and takes a bruise her blow connects metakirb make a DC30 Toughness Save

Meanwhile in the crowd there doesn't appear to be any teachers approaching though a few metallic poles appear to have sprouted from the ground around the throng of students. Something that might peak Platformer's interest his a student with messy black hair staring intensely at Meta and muttering to himself.

[Quellian-dyrae]

Kevin frowns some, pointing out the poles to his teammates. "Either of you see where those came from?"

He kept the muttering kid in camera. He didn't appear an immediate concern, but he watched to make sure he was just muttering and there wasn't any, say, magic happening. Kevin was not fond of cheaters.

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If Messy Hair targets Meta (actually, either of the fighters) with a hostile action, Kevin will Interpose.

[jolinaxas]

Lena looked at the poles nervously.

"No, I don't know. But I'm willing to guess they have something to do with, y'know, this!"

She edged closer to the fight, her force field up, in case she caught a stray hit.

"Hey! Are you both done playing 'I'm more badass than you!' yet? Calm down!"

[metakirb]

Not expecting quite such a strong blow Meta takes a heavy hit.

Well, now I know I don't need to hold back.

He aims a savage looking right hook at Cloudbreaker's side.

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All out attack, Power attack, Break the unbreakable, (1d20+12)[29] Gah, take 3 off because I'm stupid.

[Dodgeson]

Cloudbreaker fails by two degrees, she's dazed and takes a bruise

Clearly neither of the combatants are listing to Lena's sage advice the fight continue as Meta's blow leaves Cloudbreaker's head ringing as she aims to plant her foot somewhere very unpleasant for the young dragon.

meta make a DC25 Toughness Save

Back in the ground the boy Platformer has his eye on looses whatever baleful magic he was up to but he's close enough that he can rush to intercept, or leap if he's feeling theatrical.

Platformermake a DC16 Will save if you fail lose Agility, Fighting and Dexterity equal to the difference in your result.

[Quellian-dyrae]

Kevin hurled himself in the path of the spell, thinking it would just bounce off as he blocked, or at worst ding his life bar. Instead, he felt the insidious magic stiffening his muscles and locking his joints. Status effects! Little creep!

Fortunately, Kevin wasn't just a weird kid who played too many video games. He was the son of a great wizard! He concentrated like his father had taught him, feeling the magic passing through his body, and guiding it out with a focus of will.

"Two-player mode it is!" he shouted at the mage, leaping into the air and coming down with a hard stomp for his head.

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Free Action: Change arrays to Jump and Stomp.

Move Action: Jump into Close range of the mage.

Standard Action: Stomp at (1d20+8)[23]. Multiattack, Crit on 16-20. Toughness DC 23 vs. Damage and Fortitude DC 18 vs. Dazed+Vulnerable/Stunned+Prone.

If Toughness save fails, Power Up chance (11-20 = Power Up): (1d20)[20].