NPF Avatars 5 - BEYOND PEDRODOME

[POS Industries]

Everyone was getting ready for the start of the first round and Pedro and Phoenix, having arrived in the private box overlooking the main arena, took their seats as Pedro opened a bottle of merlot and poured himself a glass.

"Would you like some of this?" He asked Phoenix, reading a second snifter, "It's good stuff."

[PhoenixFlame]

"Oh, please." She smiled, gently extending her glass for the suave capitalist to pour her a drink.

"It's times like this you can't help but smile. Good food, excellent wine, and a bunch of NPFers ready to fight to the death for our amusement. Ah, good times..."

[POS Industries]

"Here you are," Pedro nodded, giving her glass a fair amount of wine, "Yes, I really think this is going to be the best day ever. Cheers!"

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Meanwhile, Rei hovered above the open arena as people began filing in to begin the battle royale. In the upcoming solo matches, she intended to use her holographic forms to officiate, but for this she decided it would be best to present a solid physical presence.

The ring itself was simple in its design. A round, flat central fighting area that, while looking to be made of marble, was in fact constructed from materials that were designed to be resistant to even the most powerful impacts. In fact, the whole arena was made that way, from the black out-of-bounds area surrounding the marble ring floor to the outer wall that was plastered with numerous advertisements for POS Industries and assorted other sponsors.

There had been some additions that were considered to add yet more danger to the event, but it was concluded that, with two dozen crazed superheroes filling the place, there was enough danger for everyone as it was. The upcoming rounds were a different story, but the public would find out about that in due time.

[Bailey]

Keyman looked around and sighed. What with the lack of anything suitable to hide behind, he was going to have to expend all of his magic before the match even started, and then who knew how long it would be before he got enough back to cast anything useful. All three of them raised their keyblades over their heads, and then slammed them into the ground, using the keyblades to channel the Hide spell. Several castings later, there was 48 cardboard boxes on the ground in various locations throughout the arena, and no Keyman in sight.

[Flarecobra]

Before I went in, I decided that it's be to my advantage to be able to be above the competion, so I shifted to dragongirl form. "Geez, havent seen this much corperate sponsership outside of a NASCAR race.." I said, looking around.

[Demetrius]

Striding into the Arena, Demetrius decided to ask Rei when the fun could start, "Hmmmm, but how to get up there. Aha!"

With that exclaimation Demetrius grabbed his belt and lifted himself up until he was even with REI, "Soooo, when do we start? Do I have to wait for everyone? Who do you think will win? What do you use for a power source?" After a few more questions he became bored with the stoic android... and forgot to hold himself up. This resulted in yet another fall, this time onto the hat of Nikose...

"Terribly sorry about that, I forgot what I was- Carp!"

Was Demetrius' exclaimation a faux pass or was there something having to do with fish that frightened him into silence?

[Nikose Tyris]

Nikose yawned pronouncedly, holding in his hands the strange looking belt buckle for now. His cape fluttered slightly in the wind, as he stretched out his arms, acting exaggeratedly tired. He looked to Fenris and his friends, and made a mental note to watch them during the entire fight.

"Now then.., Flare is there, Uganius is there... Arhra is there... Krylo is there..." Nikose murmured, marking people's locations off mentally. Then, a thought occured. He flicked the strange belt buckle into a short sword. "Nenyel, We'll use the Venom Technique later," he said to the blade quietly. "For now, I think I'm fine. Let us dance, and let is be brilliant." He sheathed the blade- it creathed a hip sheathe for him as he laid it at his waist, taking dagger form as it did. And then, he let his smile begin again. But this time, his eyes were glowing blue, with sparks shooting from his fingertips, and his shadow was moving on it's own. his steps lifted him higher with every footstep.

"This is going to be fun." he thought to himself, before a feminine whisper announced in his mind, "This shall be bloody, and you shall need to hurt this day. Do not enjoy it- but do the deed as you have agreed to now. Be artful, be quick, Be yourself." Nenyel finished, before falling silent.


Nikose watched the antics of Demetrius falling onto K36, and couldn't hold back a smile. "I won't harm him," he thought to himself.

[Fenris]

Fenris walked into the arena cooly. He held up his banstick, light bouncing about through the prism.

He decided to start off the festivities with a bang. He waved the stick, grabbing a random thread from a particular subforum for speed purposes, and in the center of the ring, a giant fortress wall was raised, creating a large dome whose slope was shallow enough to act as though it were a hill.

"Those Creativity Convention threads always look the most interesting," Fenris muttered. He was hoping for something more impressive, like a fortress of doom, but he was satisfied with the dome. Gripping the sword, he looked around the ring.

"This will get interesting."

[Long-Haired Narcissist]

Narc McGee finally made it to the dining area. He would've made it sooner if he wasn't kidnapped by some nuts in a black van. Narc looked around only to find nothing at the buffet table except for some half eaten sushi. He decided to stick them in his trenchcoat and headed toward the arena.

When he came close to the arena, he overheard someone mentioning how much alcohol Pedro had in his private box. Narc decided to sneak into Pedro's box to try to get some liquor.

[The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk]

Hawk looked around the empty expanse around him. Or it was empty until a shit load of cardboard boxes appeared all over the place and a dome rose up in the middle.

Pretty basic, he thought to himself, no advantages for anyone, we're all on an even footing.

Hawk now pressed the button of the weapon summoning device he had been given, and it promtly turned into a large, silver hammer. Hawk recognised it as Fenris'.

"Could of been worse I suppose, I can work with this."

He hefted the hammer, getting an instant feel for it's weight, before giving it a good swing to get a sense of its power. He then examined it more closely, noticing that the shape of it meant that if thrown, it would boomerang back. Could be useful.

He looked again as more forumites piled into the chamber, trying to formulate a battle plan. I think close combat might get a little hectic in this first round, maybe I should utilize a more widespread set of abilities.

Hawk swung the Boomerhammer over his back, into the sling which usually was reserved for one of Hawks own weapons, before shrinking back down into his cursed form and taking flight, all the while keeping an eye on his competition below.