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Post by Arashi Tento on Nov 29, 2023 15:41:53 GMT -5
Arashi was on his way back home from a mission out in the mainland, and was currently at the purple Lantern enjoying a drink while waiting for the next boat to the Crescent Isles, he already missed Cookie and Mizu quite a bit so he was eager to get back home. He was sitting alone at a table in a corner, the tavern seeming quite rowdy today, He was starting to get a bit annoyed at the constant shouting, and boisterous laughs. Arashi was mor of a peace and quiet kind of person, so the whole situation had him a bit on edge.
He ordered a cup of tea, not wanting to get drunk and preferring the taste to that of the local Ale, Soon enough a maid brought him a ceramic cup filled with tea, "Thanks" he smiled and nodded at the maid, feeling a bit sorry for her and her co-workers having to deal with the rowdy customers of today. While he mostly kept to himself, he still got glances, even though Moonglade was close to the Isles it seems many people in the Tavern weren't used to someone in a traditional outfit calmly drinking tea in their partying turf.
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Post by Percy Rhyssina on Nov 29, 2023 22:46:32 GMT -5
New clothes on his back and the guard probably bored of looking for him by now, Percy figured it was time to reward himself with a drink. The drinks would also be stolen of course. Would you expect the pirate shark to buy his own goods at any point in time? The only honest purchase he was ever going to make would be his ship and that's it. Anything else? You go tell the man with rows of shark teeth and a hair pin trigger for anger to pay up.
It was that attitude that Percy slammed himself into a seat, reached over the bar, grabbed a bottle of rum and a cup, and started taking care of his own drinks. He clamps his teeth into the cork, yanks it out, then spits the cork away before pouring himself a drink.
"You want me to charge ya for the whole bottle now or just see how much ya get through?" The bartender grins warmly and puts his thumbs in his aprons, he's seen enough come through here that something like this wouldn't throw him off.
"I want ye to feck off and mind yer feckin business."
Now that he wasn't expecting as he blinks, unsure how to respond.
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Post by Arashi Tento on Dec 1, 2023 14:29:41 GMT -5
While calmly sipping tea Arashi noticed a shark man, who sat down at the bar like he owned the place and seemed to mistreat even the friendly bartender... Arashi sighed thinking that he even made the rowdy crowd from earlier seem easy... But he didn't want to start anything, after all even if it was bothersome, he was sure a destructive brawl would be worse for business than a jerk stealing some bottles, so unless things escalated, he'd try to keep his cool and not go around starting fights against jerks, even if it was annoying to have them around. But maybe the problem would take care of itself... soon enough the crowd that was getting drunk took offence to someone acting like they owned the place, after all they felt like the owners until the shark person arrived, maybe their fragile egos were challenged when someone not from their group began acting like that... either way they approached the Shark-man and one of them put his hand on his shoulder so as to gather his attention "Who do ye think ye are..." It seems a tavern brawl was likely inevitable by now, so Arashi readied himself, by putting down his teacup, hopefully it wouldn't be necessary but when two personalities like this clash... the result is rarely peaceful. He would listen for now, waiting to see how the situation developed but he will interfere if it gets too much for the staff of the tavern to handle, or if anyone's life is at risk.
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Post by Percy Rhyssina on Dec 4, 2023 0:35:27 GMT -5
"Who the feck are ye?" Percy didn't even dignify them with a look as he took a swig from the bottle. Of course that would only piss off the drunks more, but isn't that kind of the point?
The brute cracks his knuckles, "You haven't heard of me? I'm the leader of the band-" His volume continues to rise as he tries to embellish who he is in an attempt to scare Percy. The shark's patience is short though, grabbing the man by the jaw as he bloviates and crashing that skull into the bar top.
"Sorry, ye were talkin to quietly, couldn't feckin here ye."
The man clings to his face and most assuredly broken nose. He spits teeth onto the ground as he writhes in pain. His friends are none to happy about that.
"The rest of ye got any titles ye wanna spout or-SHITE" Percy stood to address the rest of the group, but it was his turn to be interrupted as the group tries to tackle him. The four just end up crashing into the bar with a grunt.
"All right ye pricks, ye have my full feckin attention." He gritted his teeth as he managed to shove the group back somehow.[1,2] The show of strength sends a brief sense of worry through the group, but it is three on one. How bad could it be?
The second of the group to approach would find that out as he tries to throw a punch. Percy meets the punch with his own causing their fists to meet, but the obscene weight behind his punch fractures the other man's wrist.
In response his friends decide screw this and pull out knives. Whatever this shark man was they were going to teach him a lesson, knives beat fists right?
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Post by Arashi Tento on Dec 4, 2023 19:40:18 GMT -5
And as predicted the situation worsened... although Arashi did not expect The newly arrived shark-person to leave one of them stunned and toothless so quickly, he watched it happen without turning to face them, just by peripheral vision. As the supposed leader of this group of dumbasses, who was dazed and stumbling, fell on top of his table spilling his tea and shoving him a little, Arashi decided to intervene since this was getting quite annoying not just for him but for the whole of the tavern that wasn't involved in this little brawl. He stood up calmly, or well what looked like calmly, in truth he was slightly pissed, but he wasn't the kind to yell and throw stuff... he was more of a quiet anger kind of guy at least usually, he didn't really explode in anger very often and it took a lot for him to do that. still as he stood up he called out to the group who was now reduced to two uninjured knife-wielding guys on one side, and sharkboy on the other... "Can you at least take it outside... you're kinda bothering everyone." he said this in a quite passive aggressive tone, showing his disapproval of the whole act. "Besides, just because you are a bunch of buffoons doesn't mean the staff here have to clean your mess and pay for what you damaged..." He sighed "But of course... you guys don't really care do you..." The two knife wielding guys turned towards Arashi anger clearly flaring up on them. "He asked for it! and now you did too!" they began to run towards him he sighed "yeah yeah..." as they both tried to stab him from the front, Arashi jumped slightly to his left, while spinning right and deliver a spinning hook kick to one of them. hitting the guy in the head, he flew sideways and into the the other knife-wielder, losing their balance they fall on a empty table hitting their head... knocking themselves unconscious.
"Now, would you mind calming down? or do you want to take this outside..?"
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Post by Percy Rhyssina on Dec 4, 2023 22:31:13 GMT -5
All the stumbling and chaos of the fight, furniture being tipped over, beers being spilled, and just the tension building with everyone things were at a boiling point. Arashi's annoyance was not misplaced, but the two guys crashing into another table of drunks was the match that sparked the fire.
The group at the table all scurried to their feet which caused them to bump into others who responded in kind. Like knocking down dominoes, the whole bar was now starting to fight each other. Some people weren't even sure why they were fighting, but punches were being thrown so they had to defend themselves.
"Nice feckin' work if ye were tryin to end things." Percy can't help but laugh even as a bottle is broken against him. The patron tries to back pedal as he sees his attack did nothing, but before he can escape, he's uppercut in the chin and knocked out.
"Ye can try an' stop me if ye want, but....ye can't." He grins amongst the chaos. This was truly Percy's element, the waters had been chummed and the shark was going to feed.
Other patrons tried to swarm him, people even tried to tackle Arashi as well mistakenly blaming him for causing the problems. While few of them wielded knives or actual weapons, a chair getting busted across your back isn't fun. One man charges Arashi with a bottle from the left while another looks to tackle him from behind.
Percy takes a stool to the face, the first attack to seemingly slow him down for a moment. He spits out blood onto the floor before tackling that person to the floor. Only a few punches land before others tackle him off of that person.
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Post by Arashi Tento on Dec 5, 2023 2:00:01 GMT -5
As people get up and begin punching each other, Arashi can't do anything but sigh as he facepalms, "Ooooh boy... that sure backfired..." He noticed as a man ran towards him with a bottle, and when he turned to face him he saw another one who was coming from his now left. "Well... I guess I'll just try not to kill anyone. Though I won't hold myself accountable for broken bones..."
He ran towards the guy with a bottle, to gain some distance and time from the tackling person, and as he stabbed toward his face, Arashi ducked slightly to get a better angle, and grabbed the guys wrist with his right hand and twisted it a little, meanwhile he used his left hand to do an upwards palm strike at the back of the man's elbow while pulling the wrist down with his right hand, with this quick motion he managed to slightly lift the guy, who promptly dropped the bottle as his arm broke. He barely offered any resistance trying to not make the pain any worse as Arashi just launched him towards the guy who intended to tackle him from behind, crashing into each other they both fall.
"I really wish you drunkards knew when you're outmatched..." another sigh is let out. He looks towards Percy who seems to be having a time, honestly Arashi enjoyed fighting, but he had been conditioned to do either of two things, friendly sparring or Deadly warfare, and while he doesn't feel particularly proud of the latter, it does come easier for him than having to pull his punches to avoid having a bloodbath, while still using enough force to actually incapacitate opponents quickly.
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Post by Percy Rhyssina on Dec 5, 2023 11:09:44 GMT -5
Percy is done fighting the scrubs. The swordsman looks like the only one who might be able to last more than a single punch. He picks up a broken leg of a table[1] and swings it wide. The arc of the makeshift club and force of the shark knocks out the people trying to overhwelm him.[2]
For a moment it looks like Percy would be buried underneath the unconcious bodies of drunkards. It seems like the dying ebbs and flows of fight until there is a litte rumble through the ground. Suddenly bodies start flying as a wereshark bursts up from underneath everyone.[3]
"YER TURN" It is very clear the wereshark is Percy as he turns his attention to Arashi. He throws the club at Arashi before moving to close the distance. Forcing the swordsman to block the club, Percy was quickly following up with a right hook.
It was a dirty move, but this was a bar fight not a duel between respected opponents. Percy was not beneath using tricks, in fact there weren't many things that were beneath Percy at the end of the day.
1. Improvised Weapons 2. Sweeping Fury 3. Bestial Transformation
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Post by Arashi Tento on Dec 5, 2023 14:12:54 GMT -5
The rest of the drunks began taking care of themselves, Staying in guard Arashi kept an eye on Percy, who got buried in bodies as drunkards threw themselves against him, with a roar that managed to shake the floor Percy burst out of the pile of people as some sort of monster. he knew of curses but it was the first time he saw a wereshark, still he's faced worse, it'd take more than a bit of yelling and a display of strength to make Arashi flinch. "Come at me then." Arashi replied with a cold tone as he stood on his unarmed fighting stance, unfazed by the bestial transformation his opponent had gone through
As the shark man rushed towards him, he threw his improvised weapon trying to distract him, Being aimed at his head, Arashi didn't have much trouble to dodge it by simply doing a small sidestep and tilting his head, the punch was easy to see as well, due to the wind up and running charge. Being shorter than Percy and having him with his whole momentum committed to a punch Arashi grabbed the punching wrist while ducking below Percy's center of gravity, grabbing his arm with his other hand and effectively throwing him above his shoulder, The Wereshark should be sent flying in the same direction he was running.
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Post by Percy Rhyssina on Dec 5, 2023 17:17:29 GMT -5
The problem for Arashi is thinking about a human opponent and not a feral beast. Before he can try and influence his momentum, Percy comes down to bite into the swordsman's shoulder. Assuming he would prefer not to be eaten, the teeth only meet cloth and are unable to find purchase.
"Good, yer one of the types that thinks fancy tricks will work." Percy moves to throw another punch, but its far less wide and flailing than the charge.
It is also much faster than you would think for his size. Percy's form is far from a trained martial artist, it is still raw and untrained, but there is an instinct in there. Each strike comes in with intent and purpose, a weight behind the throws that goes beyond just his size.
Arashi can see there are gaps to exploit though, but he would have to be careful. Percy isn't offering up much of a defense, but the pure offense means any strike he lands on the swordsman is going to hurt. There was something else Arashi could probably sense thanks to his years of practice and training, despite all the yelling, the rage, the transformation, the punches weren't intended to be lethal. The shark was holding back. This was truly fun for him.
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Post by Arashi Tento on Dec 6, 2023 14:53:30 GMT -5
The big wereshark was fast, and his fighting sense was good as well. Before Arashi could properly grab the arm he leaned down trying to bite him, ducking fast he managed to narrowly avoid the bite before jumping back a bit. "Should've guessed it wouldn't be that easy" Arashi smiled he was starting to get excited at the prospect of a more serious brawl, and that meant he would have to hold back less. He also knew that due to their size and strength difference he would have to put on much more effort behind his strikes to even make him feel them, but he also had many a trick up his sleeve... maybe it was time to actually make use of a few of those.
As Percy approaches for another punch, a faster and more direct one. Arashi barely moves to his side to dodge while using his forearm to move Percy's arm farther away, the moment their arms touch Arashi's body bursts out in electricity[1] Shocking the punching arm, while he slides his arm forwards to jab at the Shark's face. whether this last strike connected or not he would keep on the move, weaving down towards the side where Percy's original punch came from, and attempting to kick his leg right behind the knee, hopefully the impact force on the joint and the added shock from his lightning armor would be enough to get the shark off balance or even have him take a knee
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Post by Percy Rhyssina on Dec 6, 2023 23:41:22 GMT -5
"S'always the first mistake they make." Percy grins and will take the little bit of electricity. Sacrifice taking a hit to land one, you know?
With Arashi now committing to a punch, he made the mistake of going for the face which is now supplemented by the rows and rows of shark teeth. Percy bites down on the incoming arm and flings Arashi across the room.
The pile of drunks help soften the blow as Percy shifts his jaw back and forth a bit, feeling the slight numbness. Percy picks up the remains of a shattered table with his good arm to lob it across the way towards the swordsman.
"Yer better than the average drunk, but there ain't shite behind ye. Ye got them tiny feckin arms fer holdin' yer sword, ye punch like a feckin child!"
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Post by Arashi Tento on Dec 7, 2023 13:31:51 GMT -5
As Percy bit down on Arashi's fist, to throw him away, the lightning armor numbed the shark's mouth even more than that biting down on the closed fist hurt, but due to the numbness and the fact that extra teeth or not, a fist wasn't an easy thing to bite down on, Arashi got mostly unscathed from the bite even though it flung him across the room towards some other brawling drunks. He spun in the air and instead of crashing down he managed to jump off of the chest of one of the drunks landing safely.
As he noticed his hand bleeding he realised how dangerous the situation could become, the bite wound was not particularly bad but that might be more than likely due to Percy enjoying the brawl and holding back... He looked towards him a bit more serious this time soon enough the shark threw a piece of a table his way Arashi just weaved around it deciding to stay on the defensive for now... wait for a proper opportunity to strike... He stood back at the ready a bit unsure, he closed his eyes for a moment and shook his head steeling his resolve... he wouldn't use weapons just yet... he didn't want to spill blood unless necessary. And for now it wasn't. "Alright, Let's see if you can do more than just chew!"
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Post by Percy Rhyssina on Dec 7, 2023 22:45:11 GMT -5
"Trick after trick after feckin trick, fight me like a man." Percy roared as he lifted a table and slammed it into the ground.
The sheer force from the shark and the size of the table send and unnatural ripple through the floor. It is almost like a wave rolling out from the impact point, knocking people off balance if not completely on their backsides.[1]
Percy takes the legs of the now shattered table in hand as he charges. To the shark, he was moving as fast as if he was in water. While Arashi is still off balance, Percy crashes into him with his already numb shoulder. The force is followed up with an uppercut from his good arm holding onto the club like table leg.[2]
Should that hit fully land, Arashi would be left with a sizeable gash on his forehead.[3] The kind of gash that may need medical attention. Unless he is immediately on the counter attack, Percy does again strangely wait.
He was more than happy to trade off blows like this, but this swordsman was too fun to kill. He knew how to fight and that wasn't something the shark often stumbled into at bars. It was a challenge, he actually had to try and not just swing wildly.
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Post by Arashi Tento on Dec 8, 2023 0:48:00 GMT -5
As His opponent decided to taunt, Arashi opened his eyes "Says the guy who throws stuff as a cheap distraction." he shrugs "Besides as you have noticed, I am a swordsman, I haven't even pulled out my sword yet." He grins even though his hand was slightly bloody he couldn't help but be smug about holding back. He knew Percy was doing so as well but as he steeled himself after the slight moment of doubt, covering his limbs in rocks[1], he felt ready to tackle whatever his opponent threw at him.
At that moment Percy smashed a table against the floor with such force that a destructive shockwave began breaking the floorboards of the tavern knocking most people off their feet as well as creating a harsh terrain. the shockwave was quick and Arashi couldn't do much more than jump over it, he managed to time it correctly but during that time Percy had already closed the distance and attempted to shove him with his shoulder. Arashi blocked the shoulder-bash while still in the air and was sent flying back, at that moment he saw Percy preparing a devastating upwards strike with a table leg, but as he began launching the attack Arashi drew his sword at last.
with a single motion he cut through Percy's improvised weapon making him miss his last attack, as he landed he looked at the wereshark in the eye while sheathing his sword. once the sword was back in its scabbard Arashi wondered whether this had been enough for Percy or if he really would have to get serious "Are you done yet?"
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