Duel

OoC: I believe I can post in here without formal Battle School training, correct?

Introducing Bear to the Dome. He's pretty much full of himself. I'm not sure which would be more fun: to crush his spirits and humble him or to feed his ego even more. I suppose that depends who rises to his challenge...

BiC:
Bear looked to his left; a tower of a man clad in black armor strode by, plates clanging noisily. Bear looked right; a fragile-looking woman, glowing with white radiant beauty spread a pair of wings and took to the sky. A giant lizard-creature shoved shoulder's with Bear as it hurriedly pushed its way through the crowded streets. Bear smiled. He hadn't yet figured out where he was, but he liked this place.

He decided to make his way to one of the many rings of people crowding around various sparring matches. They just up and fight in the middle of the street! Warriors, every one of them! Bear was not a violent man (per se) - he never enjoyed killing people, which was one of the reasons that he preferred his fists over weapons - but sensation of complete physical exertion thrilled him loopy. As he watched the two fighters tangle before him - a majestic dance, an art in the truest sense of the word - he felt his blood run hot, bubbling with excitement. He wanted to fight. Now.

"Haha!" His hearty bellow erupted throughout the streets, breaking thru the already noisy ruckus, "So, who wants some?!"

Ooc: Im joining you, like you I have no formal BA schooling either, so, lets go, I'm using Zorlo whos in my sig. Lets rumble.

BiC: Zorlo had arrived in this city just a few minutes, and already knew it was not a nice city. Zorlo who had been training for many years in fencing was ready to test his training. He looked into the streets, the people were all in an uproar, and I wanted to fight someone, to see what I had learned from my training.

In the crowd, one man stood out, he was a large man, with a huge mass of mustles, I was wondering why he had come here, and it seemed he wanted to fight with someone. I thought to myself, "this could be fun" and ran up to this man, and said, "hey, me, I'll fight you, I could use the training."

Although I do not enjoy fighting to the death, I did enjoy a battle to test my skills, as long as no one died, battle would be entertaining. This goron/human half breed made me think of my master, and got me in an uproar, testing my skills against a half breed would help me deal with how much I missed my master. "I'm ready when you are I said, as we headed to an arena to test our skills."

OoC: this should be fun, and lets make it a good, drawn out battle, make both of our characters work towards winning.

OoC: Zorolo, I know little about fencing and don't want to submit to any common misconceptions, so if my understanding is wrong please correct me. My understanding is that a rapier has very little slicing power (at least, compared to most other swords) and its primary function is piercing. Yes? No?

Also, for clarification, Bear isn't technically a half-breed. He's an evolved (or perhaps devolved) form of Goron under the premise that the various races of Hyrule eventually evolved into the present day races of man-kind (Which is why I say he's from an alternate universe: there is nothing in the Zelda canon that suggests this).

BiC:
Bear's heart skipped a beat. He was excited. The past two years had, more or less, been spent in solitude. He used to scream out at night just to disturb the wildlife and convince himself he wasn't completely alone. But no more. Now he found himself in the middle of a bustling city. Some people seemed more friendly than others - most were preoccupied with their own agendas - but nobody here rejected him. Perhaps that was only because nobody here knew him, but nonetheless he enjoyed being here - seeing people once again go about their daily lives.

And now he was making his way to an arena that a local had informed him of. A place specifically designed to entertain the multitude of warriors that this town attracted. Bear looked down toward the man that strode beside him. He was small - Bear was certain he could break the kid in half if he ever got a hold of him, but he looked quick, reminding him of the wiry Kokiri of his homeland. They were a nuisance to catch, but all it took was one firm grasp, and they were easily enough pummeled obsolete.

"So what's your name anyhow?" Bear asked, in attempt of conversation.

"Zorlo," The small body cheerfully replied, "and yours?"

"The name's Barren Fyst, but you can call me 'Bear.' Haha! Get it? Bear Fyst! Get it, huh? Bare fist, like my fists are naked or something because I don't use weapons. That's right, these fists are like pain and power unveiled in there true form. Haha! Which one would you like to get first? I call the left one 'pain' and the right one 'power.' Haha! Get it, huh?"

Odd chap, Zorlo thought to himself and then replied with a smile, "Well, if the choice is mine I'd rather 'get' neither. I guess we'll see how that works out though, won't we."

"Haha!" Bear chuckled with elation, "Let me assure you, Zorlo... it won't. Work out that is. It won't work out. Haha! 'Pain' and 'Power' are hungry! Haha!"

They made their way to the arena, Bear and Zorlo maintained a bit of small talk of which Zorlo was assuredly much more in character than the author of this post could have ever described him. Arriving at the building and reaching the front desk Bear instantly blurted, "So, how do we do this then?"

By which the attendant replied, "Well, first you have to sign this waiver explaining that we here at Chuck Norris' Elite School of Superior Fighters are not to be held responsible for any..."

"We get it," Bear grunted ripping the papers from the attendant's hands.

The two signed the paper's and handed them back.

"Well?" Bear barked harshly. He was ready to fight.

"Now you must choose your arena."

There were some default ones: wrestling ring, cage match, gladiator pit, among others - as well as some 'specialty arenas including, but not limited to: Living Forest, Northern Mountains, Volcanic Hills, etc.

"I don't care," Bear huffed shoving the paper in Zorlo's direction. "You pick."

OoC: this is gonna be an odd match, but it should be fun at least. Note: A rapier is not just a thin blade like you have all seen in the movies. that is called a foil, a rapier would be strong enough to withstand attacks from everything but things like maces and axes. also, its purpose is to pierce armor, and things of that nature because it was used for taking down knights by musketeers. Last thing, its also strong in slashing, less powerful then in stabs or thrusts, but it would still pierce most armors.

BiC: I thought to myself, "why would this man, this "Bear" as he called himself let me choose the battle field, maybe because he thinks I need the advantage." I knew the best choice for me would be an open field, mostly because fencing needs a lot of maneuverability and in an enclosed space, I would be hard to fight this giant. I exclaimed "grassland would suit this battle."

We now proceeded to the battle field, I grasped my rapier, hoping that I had not made a mistake by challenging this man. We stood, and stared at each-other, I knew I would have fun fighting this man, even if I lost, at any injury or cost. I now unsheathed my sword, and latched my buckler to my right arm, and now stretched out, to defeat him, I would need to be at my most limber to out maneuver his massive arms.

I let him charge, and he struck down at me with a mighty club made out of his fists, and then I dashed around his arms and sliced at his left achilles tendon, damaging, but not severing it, and knocking him to the ground, and then I charged at his other and wounded it as well, and then started to retreat, but he caught me with a back hand and sent me flying backwards. I know realized the battle field I had chosen was not such a wise choice.

Bear stood up, I was amazed at this, because when normal people had the Achilles tendons cut, they wouldn't get back up, but this "Bear" was different, his body began to heal itself. I was now worried about my hopes of winning, but I saw this as the ultimate chance to test my training.

Ooc: sorry its so short, im new at this, but they should get longer as the battle rages, and I have more ideas about how this should end.