Summer Festival

[Fu]

Fu walks calmly over to Mr. Bates. Wonder how many jokes that guy gets about his name... Calm underlined by a hint of anxiety is etched on his face, this would be one damn embarrassing place to get his ass kicked.

"I'm in Mr. Bates."

[Fractured]

Sam smiles at Gianna. "Yeh, I'll have to keep my eye on yeh from here on, sure enough." Sam greets the Legate of Mists with a gnarled hand and a wide grin. "Rick. It's good to see you again, too. How are things?" His tone makes it clear both that he means recent Freehold events, not personal items (he'd talk to Terri if he wanted to hear about that sorta thing, which he doesn't. Ever.), and that he expects the news to be terrible.

[Lesingnon]

Rick accepted the offered hand, exchanging a firm handshake. "About the same as it was when you left, plus the hornet's nest you stirred up. But then, you always do seem to be tangled up in some mess or another." He grinned slightly, "So long as we all keep pulling through it though, I suppose it beats a dull life."

[Nightfall]

Exchanging well wishes and a fist bump with Adin, Nightfall wandered over to to the oasis and water's edge. Alice and Katrin were still talking, and he'd rather take on all of Summer again before running up into that conversation.

Quickly putting on some suntan lotion -- because you just never knew what a Summer might do for revenge -- he jumped into the water.

Seemed as good as anything else until his number was called.

[Dusan]

Juno smiled slightly, then, "I'm doing all right, Bert. I've been pulling some all-nighters trying to get some deadlines met for flash requests. If this works, I'll have enough money saved up so that I can go to a tattoo convention later this summer. So I haven't really been eating or sleeping as well as I should. There's some stress in it too, so....once things settle I should be back on my game."

He really does care.

The corner of her mouth twitched slightly as she considered her activity options. Sparring didn't appeal to her -- it looked like more of a guy thing this time around....and swimming......she shuddered inwardly at the thought of having to take her clothes off in front of everyone; never mind the feline opinion towards getting wet for fun.

There were things she could do on her own initiative -- skating wasn't going to happen because of the sand -- if all other ideas fell through she could always find a quiet place and set aside some time for comfort grooming.

[Forn Clakes]

Mr. Bates

Adding Fu's name to the clipboard, Mr. Bates looked around before once again raising his voice for all to hear.

“The unarmed tournament is about to commence. Would all participants and spectators please follow me.” He then turns and leads the fae through to the same hidden garden where the foot race and shotput event was held at at the Spring Festival three months prior. Now, as the Lost exit the throne room, they are greeted by the construction of a full size wrestling ring with ropes and turnbuckles all set up and prepared. In one corner, a safe distance from the action are numerous seats for a crowd to watch as well as a single table with a bell on it.

“The unarmed tournament will be an elimination battle royale. The winner will be the last person left inside the ring in a conscious state. No weapons of any kind are allowed. An individual can be eliminated in one of the following ways; being thrown over the top rope so that both feet or the torso touches the ground, a person is rendered unconscious or submits verbally or physically, or finally, the referee declares a person suffers serious injury.” At this point, Mr. Bates removes his blazer to reveal a black and white striped shirt underneath.

Seems like brush-nose Bates will be officiating.

“Would all participants please take their place within the squared circle, and we shall begin.” He takes the seat at the bell and when everyone is ready, he rings it once.

*Ding Ding!*

Summer Festival Battle Royale

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Aim
To eliminate all opponents by either throwing them over the top rope so both feet or the torso touch the ground, an opponent is rendered unconscious, submits either verbally or physically or suffers serious injury.

Rules
No weapons of any kind.
Any lethal damage caused results in automatic disqualification.
When a participant is about to take serious injury (i.e. Bashing converted to Lethal damage), they are eliminated.

Actions

A single move action can reach from one side of the ring to the other side with ease, and all standard combat actions are acceptable with the following additions:

Eliminated via top rope: For an opponent to be eliminated in this manner, they must be initially grappled. If they are still grappled in the following turn, they can be overpowered using Strength + Brawl – opponent's Strength. If successful, the opponent is thrown over the top rope. This means that if a person still needs to act however, they cannot immediately roll to overpower and throw the initiator over the rope first. A whole turn must pass while controlling the grapple. Think of it as gaining the necessary leverage at the rope to propel an opponent over the rope.

If thrown over top rope: However, a person can make a reflexive Dexterity + Athletics – opponent's successes to attempt to grab the ring rope and pull themselves onto the ring apron. From there, they must use a single action to re-enter the ring or attack from the outside.

Aerial Attacks: To attack in this manner is a risky affair but looks cool. First, a participant must use a single action to climb the turnbuckle (reflexive with Parkour 3). If they are attacked while getting in position, they must make a reflexive Dexterity + Athletics – opponent's successes as if they had been thrown over top rope. On the next turn, they may use their body as a flying weapon, rolling Dexterity + Brawl + 1 – Defence. Success means they have struck, causing damage and knocking the target prone, as well as landing prone themselves.

Attacking from apron: After landing on the ring apron, a participant can try to grapple while outside and pull someone over with them using the above grappling rules. However, if they succeed, they must make a reflexive Dexterity + Athletics roll to keep their balance also. They can also use the ropes to torpedo themselves back into the ring, making a Dexterity + Brawl roll, causing damage as normal but not knock down.

Roll Initiative

[Nightfall]

Nightfall moves over to the ring, inspecting it, then climbing in.

It felt odd, this time, to not be carrying Winter's banner, but it was still going to be fun.

17 Initiative

2010-07-06 15:33:37
Nightfall +12 mod rolls 1 die for initiative
5

[skarecrow36]

Bert listened to the rules and couldn't help but smile, this would be a blast, and the closest he'd ever come to being a wrestler without having to be treated like shit by an insane promoter.

Stepping up to the ring he lifted one leg and then stepped over all three top ropes and got in, nodding to Nightfall. Heh, always wanted to do that.

Initiative 13

-07-06 17:08:05
Bert rolls 1 die for initiative
9+initiative 4=13

[Fu]

Fu looks down at his hands for a moment. Right claws are weapons at least here. He steps into the ring and looks around trying to determine who would be the biggest problem. Either another Summer, Snowflakeboy/man/Dawn guy He's probably going to get a new nickname after this, or someone who needs to play with Summer more.

init

2010-07-06 19:58:28 Fu rolls 1 die for initiative 8
mod +5

init = 13