A small ringing noise echoed across the stadium. A female announcers voice came into earshot. "Semi-Final Round complete. Team SARK wins." As the digital personnas of their former allies left the stadium, the group was left with more questions than answers. A roar fell over the crowd as the announcer provided the next match up. "Next Round. Team TRON vs. Team RAM." Hikaru looked to Stratos. "Let's just try and make it through this round." Tron jumped off his light cycle and joined his team. "Sorry you couldn't get more practice in... I wish you the best of luck. Judging on probability alone your chances seem quite high!" Tron's words were a bit reassuring at least. Aislinn, Kel, Hikaru and Stratos were put onto platforms as they were lowered into the arena. Their opponents were etched in green circuitry. As Hikaru looked at them, he felt a little guilty. Maybe they were forced into this situation and didn't want to fight. Maybe they could be reasoned with. But befre he could even call out one of them to try and make peace, one of Team RAM's players yelled at the group. "Prepare to be derezzed you turbo scum!" "Hey! Avatar with the black hair! Your ASCII is mine!" one of the girl programs taunted. Hikaru looked up and down at his partner. "I think she's talking to you" Hikaru whispered loudly. A booming male voice appeared and began the countdown. 3 ... 2 ... 1 ... GO! Team RAM immediately jetted into action forming fout lined on the grid headed straight for them. Hikaru fumbled with his cycle cylinder but eventually aligned it to assemble his cycle as he skated forward. He was headed straight for one of the anemy programs before taking a hard left, with the program moving in the opposite direction. "It's just like a glider, It's just like a glider, It's just like a glider," he kept repeating quietly and rapidly to himself. Panic was setting in. MISSION START! "Very eager I see," CLU smiled. The rules of Disc Wars are simple. Use your game discs to hit players on the enemy teams. You can dodge, or block them, but if you get hit by even a graze..." Etrius zoomed ahead and slid along the ground before slinging his disc at Kaida. While it seemed to barely phase her, a small cut was made on her ankle, causing the scoreboard to change. BEUCE: 0 LUNA: 0 IGNIS: 1 KAIDA: -1 ETRIUS: 1 ANORA: 0 CAT: 0 EON: -1 "As you can see, getting hit with the disc will cause you to lose a point, but hitting someone else will allow you to gain a point. The top two players from each team will move on to the next round..." The rest of he players dashed forward to claim their points with looks of malice and cruel intent in their eyes. MISSION START NOTE: "Warriors will have quicker throws, Hunters will have a speed advantage, Guardians are better at deflecting, and Mystics have better aim. (Cat was a warrior, Etrius was a hunter, Eon was a guardian, and Anora was a mystic. Furing this mission, fight fairly with believable results!)
Lea smiled as everyone seemed to be mostly on board with the situation. "Okay, noe that we've all had a chance to think some things through, I can get down to business" He reached into his pocket. "This is a key finder... It tracks down any keyblader within a 10 kilometer radius. Don't ask me how it works, but it involved with something to do with experimenting on a heartless and why they hunt the keyblade and... I just didn't ask questions when this this was being made." He showed the locator to the seven in the room. Now as you can see, we can see two places in opposite directions from where we are. Now here's the funny thing... There are two keyblade wielders in each spot." Two blinking yellow lights could be seen on the green screen. "So my plan is as follows. Depending if they are friend or foe, we divide into two teams of four." He gave the locator to Kiara. "Now seeing as Kari- I mean.. Kiara has been at this the longest, she'll be leading the second group while I lead the first. Judging by everyone's elemental and battle experience, I divided the teams to match your ability to work in a team." He pointed to a spot on the radar. "Kiara and her team of Luther, Arctus and Melus will follow the south path, while Aeira, Vallus and Koa will follow me to the northern point. Thankfully I know where this place is so Kiara will keep track of the key finder until we find out just who these mystery folks are." He patted Kiara on the shoulder and whispered quietly in her ear. "You're gonna do fine." "Okay, we move out in five! If you find they are hostile, do NOT engage! This is a recon mission. If they're friend, bring them back to base. Eveyone report back within 2 hours!" He nodded with an assertive grin. "Let's move out!"
Buying counterpoint. Spent 3,000 munny.
