Central City High Dueling Court/Star Girl vs Shady Kid

## First Intermission

Posted on 06:05, December 31, 2017 (UTC)

Jade approached the school dueling court with a book bag over her shoulder. She didn't know how word of her battle had spread so quickly, but apparently, people seemed to stalk because there was already a huge crowd at dueling court, seated in the bleachers. Among them, she could recognize Soongi who was waving to her from where he sat and once he realized she saw him, held up two thumbs up. She smiled, waving back to him and setting her book bag down on the benches on her side.

youonlyliveonce
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Was she surprised that this many people showed up? Not even in the slightest. After all, it is the school's Star Girl who's going against one of the shadiest students in the year. She can't bother enough to care who's who; instead, she was sitting on the ground of the dueling court, wrapping her knuckles with thin cloth strips. Her hair was pulled back into a ponytail, and she herself was wearing a tight sports bra with yoga pants and boots no less.

me, myself, and I

Posted on 06:27, December 31, 2017 (UTC)

Jade pulled her wavy blonde hair into a ponytail, having already been wearing a comfortable pair of pants she could move easily in. She wore a sports bra under a loose tank top which had slits in the side. *How in the world did I get into this mess in the first place?* she thought, stretching her arms. *I swear moments ago I was literally in a coffee shop looking at WebTube Videos.* She turned around and continued stretching, her hands clad in black fingerless gloves.

youonlyliveonce
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She cracks her knuckles, before she mutters under her breath, "I am one with the Force, the Force is with me." as means of motivation. ~~she totes didn't see Rogue One for like the 50th time last weekend~~

me, myself, and I

Posted on 06:42, December 31, 2017 (UTC)

Jade, for the most part, was completely relaxed, having done this maybe millions of times. She was confident in herself but refused to underestimate Marlene, which would be the one mistake most champions make when facing opponents, underestimating them. She didn't know what tricks Marlene could pull, but there was a reason she'd kept her title since first year. She worked overtime getting her hands on any and every spell book she could find and dueled on a weekly basis for practice. While she didn't enjoy the overwhelming publicity and lack of privacy the title gave her, she wouldn't give it up without a fight.

youonlyliveonce
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Sometimes, she felt occasionally blessed to be focused on Air and Speed. Those two were simply a match made in the heavens if you think about it. "Ready to lose, wanna-be Queen Bee?" she taunted, out of a want to blind Jade in a little rage.

me, myself, and I

Posted on 07:13, December 31, 2017 (UTC)

Skilled in Earth and Stealth, they were a deadly duo when the user knew what do. She dabbled in speed in her own time, so she was familiar with many speed spells. She started towards the circle in the middle, where they would stand before the round started. "No, not really, considering I never really loose," she said with a shrug, completely indifferent towards Marlene's statement.

youonlyliveonce
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She rose to move towards the middle circle as well, giving Jade a provocative glance. "You sound like a total robot. I hope you don't choke on your overconfidence before I have a chance."

me, myself, and I

Posted on 07:27, December 31, 2017 (UTC)

"And you sound like an arrogant asshole, your point?" She matched Marlene's look with a relaxed look of her own and comfortable smile. "Alright, game on, hobo."

## Round One

Student Referee
A girl with long hair died blue stepped out of the crowd and approached the two in the circle. She held a clipboard and a whistle dangling from her neck. "Alright, you two both know the rules?" she asked. She waited for approval and once she had it, lifting her hand in the air.
"Han!" The crowd seemed to be on its seat.

"Dal!" Her hand was halfway to her thigh.

"Tes!" Her hand shot downward and she stepped out of the circle, the match having begun.

Posted on 08:07, December 31, 2017 (UTC)

"*Subiit iuga vinearum!*" she yelled, stepping back and summoning a translucent sphere in her hands and immediately throwing it hard at Marlene's legs, which if it connected would wrap around her legs and tie her down to the ground with vines. "*Evanescet!*" she crowed afterward, disappearing completely from sight.

youonlyliveonce
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She'd try and dodge Jade's attack by doing a dolphin dive to the side. She followed through with "*Caeli Volant!*", intent on getting that much handy height advantage.

me, myself, and I

Posted on 22:27, December 31, 2017 (UTC)

The orb hit the ground, from where thick sturdy green vines began to sprout, shooting upward to attempt to grab any part of Marlene it could. Jade watched with an extreme focus pinpointed on her target to keep the vines determined in its task as well, making it difficult to multi-task and think of another attack. Since no one could see her, it would be best to diverge their attention elsewhere.

youonlyliveonce
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She took off, but not before the vines got there first. Determined to get rid of them, "*Turbinis vasti!*" she'd yell, summoning that rather translucent sphere to throw it at the source of the vines.

me, myself, and I

Posted on 06:21, January 1, 2018 (UTC)

The vines remained resilient to the tornado, but Jade needed to keep wary, for it would be around for five minutes at most. Annoyed, she decided to put her distraction plan into action. If Marlene couldn't see the arena, she couldn't keep the tornado focused in one area. She willed the vines to drag Marlene down, hoping they could fight against her floatation spell which would bring her near the tornado, forcing her to either move it away or dispell it.

youonlyliveonce
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The vines were proving a fight, but Marlene wasn't planning to resist them. Instead, she willed her tornado to move to her right in a straight line, closer to where Marlene thought Jade was.

me, myself, and I

Posted on 22:00, January 1, 2018 (UTC)

Lucky for Jade, she was towards Marlene's left instead and saw no damage. The vines tugged harder and Jade thought it was finally time to get rid of that pesky tornado. "*Terra Clipeum,*" she whispered, summoning a transparent orb and propelling it in the direction of the tornado. It hovered above the tornado, and suddenly the ground rose to meet the orb on all sides.

youonlyliveonce
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Well, that was a waste. The vines needed to go away. "*Ventum!*" was her next choice, as she stared down the vines that were holding on to her, summoning a translucent orb and throwing it right at them.

me, myself, and I

Posted on 04:59, January 2, 2018 (UTC)

She brought the dome down, snuffing out the tornado and then dispelled it, putting more focus into controlling the vines. She tried harder to tug Marlene down, keeping her eyes narrowed and focused. If she got Marlene on the ground, she'd have the advantage. Of course, there was always bring the ground up to Marlene...

youonlyliveonce
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If she was going to hit the ground... at least she wants to hit the ground running. "*Celeri Augure!*" she cries out, as she was descending rapidly to the ground.

me, myself, and I

Posted on 06:08, January 4, 2018 (UTC)

She recognized the spell, one of her "friends" who focused in Speed tended to use it often whenever she could. She narrowed her eyes and yanked the vines downward, which would send Marlene hurling towards the ground back first and then planned to tighten the ropes around her and released her invisibility spell if it suceeded.

youonlyliveonce
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Marlene wasn't ready to quit on the first round. As she landed hard (her back is definitely hurting now), she tried vehemently to resist being dragged to the ground, using whatever might she had left in her to try and move, albeit slowly, away from the vines.

me, myself, and I

Posted on 19:55, January 4, 2018 (UTC)

She dropped the invisibility spell, as it was zapping at her energy, and now that she had Marlene—for the most part—held down, it wouldn't matter much. "*Vos Ciniculum,*" she muttered, hoisting a green sphere above her and closing her fingers around it. Light exploded from her hands and the ground below her seemed to disappear on its own slowly, lowering her into the ground at a moderate speed. She tunneled her way underground to where the vines were holding Marlene and tunneled through the only space not crowded with the vine stems so she wouldn't weaken her own spell. She emerged from the ground to attempt to wrap her arms around the girl's stomach and allow the vines to drag her underground with her.

youonlyliveonce
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*Oh shit*. Her hands deeply restrained, there wasn't much she could to do resist. She gritted her teeth as she was dragged off under the ground.

me, myself, and I

Student Referee
Afterward, the student referee stepped in again to call off the round. "Round One has concluded! Mages, relinquish your spells and return to your sides of the court for a half hour break!" she called out, standing in the middle of the field.

### Round One Judging

**The judging of Round One will be done by Frost. Please choose who you thought won and state your reasons why below, and sign it with your signature.**

* Jade wins the first round. Reasons are listed below:
	+ Her spellwork is a little more creative, combining plant and air.
	+ RPer has a good description to help out imagining spell results.

~ Thistle 05:47, January 10, 2018 (UTC)

## Second Intermission

Posted on 05:44, January 10, 2018 (UTC)

The moment the referee called the round-off, she relinquished control of the spells, using the vines to lift them out of the ground and set them down again before shrinking and shriveling, the hole refilling itself as she jogged to her bench. She grabbed her water bottle from her bag and took a long swig of it, before sitting down and casting a charm to restore some of her energy lost from using so many spells.

youonlyliveonce
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So... that went wrong in every possible way. Unlike Jade, Marlene wasted far more physical energy while she was trying to resist her relentlessness. She looked visibly more alert as she went to her end of the play field, grabbed a large bottle of Gatorade that she had gotten some time earlier, and... gulped most of it down in a single go.

me, myself, and I

Posted on 23:32, January 10, 2018 (UTC)

After downing half the bottle, she tugged her hair from her ponytail to refix it. Since she had half an hour, she looked for Soongi and Evan in the crowd again. Wondering if she could jog off to talk to them.

youonlyliveonce
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Meanwhile, Marlene downed the rest of her Gatorade and sat down. She closed her eyes, and took deep breaths, for no real reason really.

me, myself, and I

Posted on 02:48, January 12, 2018 (UTC)

She made her way over to the student referee and requested to go to the bleachers to speak with someone. After a long conversation, they finally agreed and she jogged over to the bleachers.

youonlyliveonce
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So Star Girl is hauling off to the bleachers. Big deal. She had wanted to make a remark of it, but nah. Better save the insults for later.

me, myself, and I

## Audience

### Round One

TheKiller
Bounty Hunter
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He was resting against the barriers, his eyes instantly landing on Jade as she entered the place. Though he wasn't magic-focussed, he knew a battle and took it seriously. Watching her, he tilted his head to look at Soongi and her interaction and hesitated only briefly before padding up to the bench beside him. "Mind if I sit?" He asked, his eyes staring down at the other boy, unblinking.

me, myself, and I

Posted on 06:19, December 31, 2017 (UTC)

Soongi glanced up at him hesitantly but nodded. Originally he hadn't known anything about the duel, but when a large crowd started heading for the school dueling court he knew it was likely something he wanted to pay attention to. The scoreboard had already been set up with both Jade and Marlene having zero considering the duel hadn't started yet. Of all people to get into a duel with, he was surprised it was Marlene. Soongi didn't know her in the slightest since she was a fifth year, but if she had managed to get Jade riled up enough to agree to a duel, he knew there was something up about her. "...Are you nervous?" he asked Evan suddenly.

TheKiller
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He practically collapsed next to Soongi, stretching his legs out, and a part of him hoped no one had to get past him ~~because they'd have to walk across him~~. "Nervous?" He asked, crossing his arms over his chest, and shook his head, "nah. She'll win. Unless...what's her face? Marlene has some hidden trick up her sleeve. I'm assuming you are," he said, though it appeared to be a question, his tone undermined that notion.

me, myself, and I

Posted on 06:31, December 31, 2017 (UTC)

"Kind of... but I've seen Jade practice dueling sometimes... Thinking about it, I don't think I have anything to be worried about. She seems to enjoy dueling more than the average person," he replied. Soongi shrugged and turned on his HC. "I probably shouldn't record it but I know everyone will be so..."

TheKiller
Bounty Hunter
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"So you feed into the mob mentality? Nice," he said nodding, "but if everyone else is filming, why bother? You'll find a thousand other versions of it online." He grinned over at him before turning his head back but, instead of watching Jade, he was watching Marlene. "She looks serious," he noted, "though I suppose you would be."

me, myself, and I

Posted on 06:45, December 31, 2017 (UTC)

"Guess you're right," he said, turning it off. He glanced at Marlene and tilted his head. "She does. I wonder if this was planned or something." He looked back at Jade again. "But she looks so... calm. It's strange."

TheKiller
Bounty Hunter
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"Is it?" He asked, looking back to her, "better to look calm than scared. Fake it till you make it mentality, I suppose."

me, myself, and I

Posted on 07:13, December 31, 2017 (UTC)

"I don't think she's faking it..." he mumbled, leaning forward as Jade approached the circle. The scoreboard came to life, signaling Round One would start soon.

TheKiller
Bounty Hunter
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He took another look at Jade before snorting, "if she is, then she's doing a good job of hiding it. Oh good, it's starting...Marlene already look like they'll be tearing each other's heads off."

me, myself, and I

Posted on 22:29, December 31, 2017 (UTC)

"Wow, I didn't think we'd see another one of these until Jade graduated. I can't tell who seems to have the upperhand though..."

TheKiller
Bounty Hunter
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"It's just the beginning," he said with a shrug, "and even if one did, they'd probably lose it soon enough."

me, myself, and I

### Round Two

Posted on 05:44, January 10, 2018 (UTC)

"She won," he said excitedly. "All she has to do is win the next round and she keeps her spot as the school Star Girl.

TheKiller
Bounty Hunter
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"Oh really?" He asked, looking over to him, "is that how this worked? I thought you got the title if you lost the round." He was being sarcastic but his tone didn't show it. "Do you think she'd let us dress her up as a star? Like with the five points. Have a headband with a shooting star going off it."

me, myself, and I

Posted on 06:54, January 10, 2018 (UTC)

Soongi made a face, staring at him in bewilderment. "She'd hate that. She'd kill us. I'd like to remain alive, thank you."

TheKiller
Bounty Hunter
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He grinned sideways. "Be a funny sight," he mused, "and maybe I could beg her for my birthday. I wonder if it's coming up...I'm not sure, I've burned it from my memory...I should check."

me, myself, and I

Posted on 23:32, January 10, 2018 (UTC)

"I wonder who'll she kill first. Probably you. I hope it's you first."

TheKiller
Bounty Hunter
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He grinned at that. "Nah," he said, "she wouldn't kill me. She'd stand there glaring. Brimming with fury. But she wouldn't kill me."

me, myself, and I

Posted on 02:23, January 11, 2018 (UTC)

"After that, honestly wouldn't put it beneath her for her to commit murder."

TheKiller
Bounty Hunter
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He paused before shrugging, "let's not test it," he decided.

me, myself, and I