Return of the Beatdown (Matrim, Gabriel, Open)

[Gabriel Seran]

Gabriel missed his target and was now a bit disappointed, despite having nailed Matrim's hand which was an unlucky turn of events having his shoes now scolding on his feet in a pool of tar. With the same sudden motion he didn't suspect Adrian to come up and toss him, Gabriel felt the loss of balance displace amongst him and he was soon to topple forward missing Matrim and landing on his forearms.

A sudden sharp sting hit his arms though in the same motion his feet turning swiftly to face Adrian and Matrim who had activated his Qi, he was on fire. Gabriel tensed, his own abilities needed to be practiced and what great a time other than now. the down side however was being in the courtyard their were very few outlets he could tap into.

He stood looking left to right vying for an open utility, damn it none too close. A thought popped in his head, maintenance! there were underground power lines a good few inches below the ground. Gabriel moved to tear loose a chunk of ground finding scattered power lines. GHe laughed a bit at finding them. Now some luck would have to come. and there you have it, Matrim's Qi set off the sprinklers. Good the advantage was his.

With the water drenching the nearby air Gabriel used his low level electrical volts to amplify himself as he made a charge towards Adrian. Being the closest one to him Gabriel made a swift charge using the momentum to channel a punch to his face following up with another aimed uppercut into his chest.

(OOC: Qi Info
Strength: 48
Dexterity: 52
Intelligence: 5
Charisma: 15)

[Adrian]

The three men separated, and that's about when the shit started to fly. Matrim decided to catch on fire, much to Adrian's dismay, and Gabriel, after digging in the ground and finding an incredibly-poorly-concealed electric line, seemed to electrify himself. These people and their super-powers, Adrian thought bitterly.

Adrian was still on his knees when Gabriel charged him, and so, as the boy came forth, Adrian took the best option available to him: He fell back on his football skills. He shoved forward with his knees, throwing his shoulders into the knees and ankles of Gabriel. The boy, who was busy throwing punches, would swing way above where Adrian would be, and would instead find the legs being cut out from under him from Adrian's chop-block. Adrian could feel an electric tingle as he got within range of Gabriel, and didn't much care for it. As soon as he felt Gabe's legs give way, he rolled to his side so that the boy would fall on the ground and not on top of him. Finally getting up to his feet, Adrian would pop up as fast as possible and raise his left leg, stomping it hard into the lower back of Gabriel Seran. The tingling sensation intensified upon contact, and after fighting through it to stomp down hard, Adrian backed off until he could no longer feel the tingle. His nerves were raw from what felt like an electrical overload, and he gritted his teeth.

It seemed these two had saw fit to activate their Qi, leaving Adrian to be the proverbial one-legged man in an ass-kicking contest. No matter, he would still see things through.

[Matrim Gallagher]

Adrian was fighting a newly charged Gabriel, while Matrim watched. He was studying the fight, how Gabriel utilized the power to fuel his Qi of electricity. He was hoping he'd see Adrian use Qi, but for all he knew Adrian didn't have one. Still, the water from the sprinkler could work as a blessing to Matrim. It kept any fire from spreading, but it wouldn't put out his flames since he was too strong with Qi for something so easy to put his flames out. Still, evaporation was taking place around his feet, and they were still aflame as he looked over to the fight.

If Adrians assault worked he would be toughing his way through the Qi. Electric users were tricky business, fighting them hurt, blocking them could hurt, there really was no way to fight them unless you could tough it out or use their strength against them. The same could be said for all elemental Qi users. Matrim included, but he had control over his Qi, he wasn't so sure if Gabriel had full control over his electricity or not. That was another question of us, as well as how long he could use it.

All in good time I suppose.....

Once it was all over Matrim would simply yawn, covering his mouth with his flaming hands but putting a bit of distance just for dramatic emphasis, exaggerating the expression, "Come on, when do I get a turn with Sparky or Blondie? I'm stuck over here just pissing off Smokey the Bear!"

(OOC: Qi Info
Constitution: 48 [-2 every other post]
Charisma: 37 [-5 Cha for ignition]
Posts of continuous use: 2)

[Gabriel Seran]

Gabriel's mind was in a new place feeling the circuitry displacing about his head tampering helpful material up there enough so that it threw him off when Adrian made to drop, his swing fell short and was soon to be toppled. Though Gabriel worked quickly enough to turn on his back bringing the hands up to catch his stomp sending rivets of his electricity through the shoes. The bodies strongest input was through the feet, head and hands. it would suffer greatly from the blast. Gabriel then thrust his fists upward to hopefully topple Adrian on his back from the force of the strike.

He didn't care much for Matrim right now his concern was getting the upper hand, if the fire boy was surrounded by water Gabriel would have an advantage there but of course his Qi wasn't entirely channeled and under his control as for Matrim, the man had time to tune his accordingly. It would be interesting to see at full strength another ploy for the future.

[Adrian]

"Gah!"

Adrian would cry out a little as Gabriel turned and grabbed his foot. God damn the little bugger was fast, just like everybody else at this damn school. However, unfortunately for him, his own attack would insure his second would fail. When he sent a current through Adrian's foot, Adrian's foot not only would begin to jerk spasmodically, Adrian himself would freak out and yank and twist his foot back intentionally as well, causing a rather goofy-looking freakout that would almost certainly end with Adrian's foot being released.

"Fuck that," Adrian said, backing off. First, he pointed at Gabriel, "You're a little fuckin' livewire, and YOU," his finger panned up to Matrim, and he paused a little, as if at a loss for words. "... well look at you! You guys can fight each other, this is just stupid."

Adrian backed off, shaking his head, but he didn't leave, oh no. Was it a ploy? Yes, yes and no. Of course, Adrian had kind of a plan, but there was truth in his words as well. With Matrim on fire and Gabriel coursing with electricity, and Adrian there with nothing of the sort, he felt it was better to just step off, if only for now.

"Fuuuck that," Adrian repeated, putting a bit of distance between himself and the two.

[Matrim Gallagher]

"... well look at you! You guys can fight each other, this is just stupid."

"What...." Matrim said looking at himself, "Did I spill lunch on myself or something?" He asked looking around his body before shrugging. It seemed the fight was between himself and Gabriel now, which was fine with him. He looked over at his opponent who was a electric type, "Alright then Pikachu let's do this thing...."

Matrim then took off towards Gabriel, low to the ground, leaning forward, his hands trailing the ground, burning a patch as he ran, his fingers burning the grass and his feet doing the same. Evaporation coming almost immediately, his feet and hands didn't even get wet thanks to the flames, preventing a current from traveling should one try to. The second Matrim got in range he jumped off his left foot, his right one bent back shot forward and up, aiming to kick Gabriel's chin, Matrim's momentum still going forward, so that if it connected either Gabriel would be sent into the air with Matrim or Matrim would end up tackling Gabriel with his knees or possibly even landing on Gabriel's chest with his ass. It all depended on how the kick went.

"CHAR!" He yelled, going with the poke'mon reference.

[Gabriel Seran]

Gabriel was sparking now, his breath coming out erratically from the newly attained charge coursing through his limbs, it brought about a freedom he never thought possible some kind of adrenaline shock that he was getting hooked on each time it worked his system better, he was addicted. Seeing that Adrian was out of the mix his attention was now fixated on Matrim, through slitted eyes he watched the soldier make his charge. A frontal assault not all to keen.

Soon enough Matrim had been launched as if out of a cannon into a flying kick of death. Gabriel flinched aside feeling the heat coming off of his body as he passed. Reaching out close enough Gabriel would aim to grab a hand full of his hair and pull him down to the ground. With his other free hand he'd press it into his face much as it had the last fight they'd been in except the tables were turned this time around. Electric volts would enter the skull forcing a jolt of energy through him. Gabriel's attention was not directed towards Adrian, if indeed he was pulling a trick he made out to be a successful actor fooling Gabriel.

[Matrim Gallagher]

Going down? Yes going down......

Matrim was pulled down and once again the kid was grabbing his hair, only this time a hand went to his face, and Matrim felt the electricity in the hands, he giggled at it's touch, he was tougher then this kids Qi, he was a low level Pikachu, surely he didn't know that Matrim had felt the full wrath of Leon Sudeki's electric Qi. This made the fourth electric user he had come across, the third who's power he felt full force of. And next to them, this was minuscule.

Matrim's flames however, burned quite effectively and well. While this was painful, what Matrim did in reaction was going to be more so as his left hand shot for Gabriel's wrist, the one that belonged to the hand grabbing his face, his right hand shot out for Gabriel's throats. His joints were feeling pain, but he worked through it, aiming to burn the kid and not let go. The throat was something this kid definitely didn't want burnt up.

(OOC: Qi Info
Constitution: 46 [-2 every other post]
Charisma: 37 [-5 Cha for ignition]
Posts of continuous use: 4)

[Adrian]

It seemed the two other competitors had no qualms whatsoever about Adrian bowing out of the battle, much to Adrian's surprise. Where he on the opposite end of his situation, he would have likely engaged the other guy to team up and beat down the coward for trying to eke out of the fight. As it were, however, his gamble paid off, and Gabriel turned instead to Matrim, giving Adrian an opportunity to think.

As Gabriel went for Matrim bodily, and Matrim did the same to Gabriel, locking onto each other's limbs and body parts with intents on overpowering the other simply by the power of their Qi's. Adrian would have shaken his head if he wasn't so busy sneaking over to the source of the closest sprinkler system. These two were so absorbed in the power they had, they didn't bother to use any kind of fighting techniques with them. Just swinging out blindly with full power.

Ironically, in most cases this was exactly how Adrian fought without his Qi, so maybe he was hasty in his judgment.

Despite this, as the two locked in with each other, Adrian shot both hands into the ground, fingers held straight as arrows to dig straight through the grass and into the dirt, already turning to mud from the constant shower they were receiving. His hands dug around under the earth, easily reaching the metal pipe that held the rushing water that pumped up through the sprinklers. Adrian held the pipe in his hands for a moment, his gaze turning back over to the two other fighters. Still content that they weren't concerned with him at all, Adrian released his grip on the pipe for a moment, churning the mud around with his hands, presumably to make the next part easier, for two reasons, after a short moment of this, Adrian gripped the pipe firmly with both hands and yanked up, hard.

The pipe broke free from the rest of the system, quickly shutting off the nearest four or five sprinkler heads as their water flow was cut off. Adrian pulled the pipe from the ground, and a much stronger, much more concentrated flow of water poured forth. With practiced aim, as Adrian's last check before pulling had been to gauge exactly where to aim, water soon poured over both of the other two fighters.

In small doses, as from the sprinklers themselves, the water would have helped to amplify Gabriel's electricity. However, unless he was prepared, Adrian would figure that such a sudden, constant concentration of water would super-conduct through Gabriel's body, overloading his electricity and, in essence, turn his own power on himself as he would begin to fry himself from the inside and out. Not to mention, his grip on Matrim would instinctively tighten, and the amplified electricity would course through his body as well.

But what about Adrian? He had completely covered his hands in mud before he gripped the pipe, and even though water and metal conduct electricity rather well, mud, on the other hand, doesn't do so very well at all, and thus the greatest amount of electrical energy would be stopped by Adrian's muddy hands on the pipe. If all went well, though, Gabriel and Matrim would find themselves passing out from neural overload fairly soon.

[Gabriel Seran]

Gabriel had Matrim now, a susceptible target to his will, though this was a "friendly" match Gabriel couldn't resist the intense urge to sear his face off and destroy his mind perhaps even tear his head clean from his spine. The though was interrupted as Matrim returned the strike placing a fiery palm clenched tautly around Gabriel's throat. A gag followed by a labored cough and strenuous breathing. he was chocking in the ashes and heat, not to mention the pressure.

Gabriel would not be the one to let go, his vision was getting a bit hazy from the lack of air. His grip tightened on Matrim's face crushing down with all his might. The hair tugged in his hair moved to clench around his own throat pulling him closely, taut so that there would be no escape. Gabriel wanted to give him the option to yeild but getting the words out were somewhat impossible at this moment.

*Fwoosh*

A wave of water came splashing against his back, the volts of electricity doubled, sparking everywhere. Pain spasmed about him, the control he had was lost but he'd not go down alone. His grip tightened around Matrim as if it was the last life raft. Captain goes down with the ship. Sparks would flow between the two and up the stream to Adrian though nothing would be able to breach the muddied shield besides heated metal.

[Matrim Gallagher]

Matrim felt the water touch and thought about his fight with Isaac Claymore. It was one of the most fun fights he had. Still, the grip on Matrim's face tightened, but Matrim used some smarts, as his left hand aimed to press on the outside of the boys wrist, digging into the pressure points in order to get his hand to go limp. As electricity passed through Matrim, and the Qi was taken out on both kids he couldn't help but be thankful for just how strong he truly was. And he was reminded of their chess game.

Piece for piece, eh?

Matrim's left hand would also pull Gabriels hand closer, his jaw would open and he'd try to twist and bit down on the sparking boy of wonder, using his hand much like somebody would use a belt. His right hand clamped down, aiming to collapse this boys airway. Without air, with electricity, and breathing in smoke, his mind would go out far before Matrim did. He knew he had the upper hand with the throat in this aspect. And making this boy take a nap would undoubtedly rid of the electricity.

Night night.....

And then, and only then, would Matrim decide with how to fight Adrian. It would probably be without Qi. After all, if he was smart enough to pull this off, god knows what else he could do.

(OOC: Qi Info
Constitution: 46 [-2 every other post]
Charisma: 37 [-5 Cha for ignition]
Posts of continuous use: 5)

[Adrian]

Gabriel would most likely soon pass out, whether from his own electricity backfiring on him or Matrim choking the life out of him. Matrim, somehow, managed to will himself to deal with the static shock, and, assuming he did pass out, Adrian would finally decide to drop the pipe, letting the water pool into the ground and turn it to mud. If not, Adrian would just keep holding the pipe until something happened.

If, of course, Gabriel passed out, this is what would happen:

Matrim would be standing there, and Adrian would look over at him, grinning like a madman.

"Impressive that you stuck through that, and kept those little matchsticks going, too. You've gotta be tired, though. You can quit if you like, I won't hold it against you."

Adrian shrugged and popped his knuckles by interlacing his fingers. He doubted Matrim would do such a thing, but, at the very least, he didn't have to deal with that electric field now that Gabriel was down for the count. Fire was hopefully something the boy could deal with.

As Matrim would reply or do what he would, Adrian would walk over to his backpack, unzipping it and pulling out his dull green coat. Without a word, he'd casually throw it on, pulling the collar up to help cover the sprinklers. He said nothing as he did this, as if he was just getting a coat to keep the water off him, but he figured Matrim knew just as well as he did what this would mean.

((CON with Coat: 54))

If not: Well, Adrian would remain where he was, waiting for an opening of some sort.

[Gabriel Seran]

Gabriel laughed at the position he was in undoubtably writhing in his own pain but he had one last duty. Yes Matrim a piece for a piece and if he wasn't going to take the piece out the best he could do for Adrian was to move him into a position the man wouldn't enjoy. With his last bout of strength losing all hopes of standing in for another round he retched out a hand revealing the metal arm. Direct contact with metal, it didn't matter where it touched but the impact would be devastating. Leon or Isaac didn't have anything on that.

A mischievous grin was the last on his face as he grasped for Matrim wherever he could to fry the man, perhaps a leg or arm whichever he could grasp at, if he was lucky he could get a face shot and leave Adrian the victor. But undoubtably Gabriel would pass out from the exertion afterwards.

-Gabriel exits thread-

[Matrim Gallagher]

Gabriel was being shocked just as Matrim was, but he was laughing. Matrim however, was worried. It was something he kept to himself, a weakness that he had that was old, ancient almost. But it didn't effect him as badly. After all, this wasn't his first heart. But as he was being shocked he noticed the metal hand, and it reached out. It was an entire arm it seemed, and Matrim worried that the electricity would shoot out. he quickly let go, wrenching the boys hand off his neck or attempting to, but realizing that he couldn't get away from the hand he kept his grip on the boys wrist because in all honesty he wanted to make sure the kid would be out for the count.

The hand grabbed arm, and pain exploded in Matrim's body as he bit down hard. A shock came, and he was burnt where he had been grabbed on the arm that had previously been choking the life out of Gabriel. His hand still near Gabriel's mouth as Gabriel passed out. He stumbled away and out of the water as his Qi ended. Falling to the ground having lost his balance, he was on his right side, his eyes wide open as his heart raced. He was breathing heavily with his mouth as he watched Adrian reach into his bag.... and put on the Earth Dragons coat.

Dear god..... Mathew gave Adrian his coat.... he's... he's going to be tougher to beat.... I know what that thing does....

Matrim's left hand went to the ground, pushing himself up he drew his right knee in and twisted his foot so that his right foot was on the ground. He pushed himself up as adrenaline, electricity, and blood coursed through his veins. He wasn't able to focus. He was close to passing out, and his joints were in pain as they swelled up. He tried to ball up a fist and it felt tight.

"Mathew's coat," He managed to say out of breath. He wasn't able to laugh, he was able to take a step forward. He was exhausted, and he was slowed down, his body movements sluggish. He was head strong though. His Qi was done for now, and he wouldn't be able to handle using it again, it had drained him enough already with the hits he took. But no doubt Gabriel's wrist and neck would be burnt to hell. And he'd never be able to sneak that metal limb on Matrim ever again.

I've dealt with metal limbs before.... Aternity......

"So you're the new Earth Dragon? Is that how this works? Or is that just a parting gift, a trophy from having known him during his phase of finding God or whatever it was that turned him into a nice guy?" Matrim asked, bringing his hands up, he steadied his breathing. The worst of the electrocution had passed, "Bring it the fuck on......."

Leon was a shitload worse even without the metal kid...... something about being punted over a building with electricity coursing through you, being smashed through a car roof, and still managing to get up and walk back to the fight before passing out.... trust me, I can work through this one....

[Adrian]

Matrim limped and basically crawled over to Adrian, and asked him about the coat that he put on. Adrian just shrugged, giving a rather non-committal answer:

"I'm really just the only person bad-ass enough to wear it now that he's fallen off the face of the planet."

Adrian allowed Matrim to stand and collect himself, and did not attack. Usually, he'd be all over this opportunity to end a fight early, but against Matrim, who was rapidly becoming something close to a friend, Adrian didn't really have it in him.

"Bring it the fuck on..."

While Matrim sounded honestly ready to continue this fight, his only-recently centered breathing and the fact that he'd turned off his Qi suggested otherwise.

"Look, Maych," Adrian said, holding his hands out to either side as if posing a question. "I'll give you one more shot. You're tired, I'm not. You give me this one, and we'll meet up yet AGAIN sometime down the road for a real matchup, just you verse' me. But I mean, if you wanna keep down this road..."

Adrian put his hands up into a wide stance, both hands half-open so that they could be turned into fists or opened fully at a moments notice. Without another word, his front-facing right hand flicked its fingers back toward his face, visually mirroring Matrim's previous words.

Bring it the fuck on, indeed...