Post by Wolfe on Feb 16, 2019 0:58:00 GMT -5
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[attr="class","boldtext"] The start of the tournament heralded the arrival of sixty-four of the top candidates for spots to one of the Big Four Huntsman Academies of Remnant. Of that group of highly skilled, highly motivated, and highly experienced teenagers, there was only eight remaining. Each participant who made it this far had to win three consecutive matches against their peers, and very likely push themselves to their very limit while doing so. Make no mistake about it, those who made it this far are the trainees to watch when they hit their first year of Huntsman Academy training. Each and every one of them has proven that they are the best of the best in their age bracket in the entire Kingdom of Mistral, and the Big Four will likely all be making offers to these students to come in at the start of the next school year. The viewership always spiked a good chunk in the quarterfinals, because the stakes were very high, and the announcers could give much more detailed profiles of each participant in the tournament. What their semblance was or at least what everyone thought it was, what skills they had displayed, and how they got to be at the tournament itself. Media outlets started to take a big interest in the tournament from this time forward, and every participant who made it this far would have at least gotten an interview request from somewhere. Those that progress this far typically have years of primary combat school experience, and thus years of training and sparring to draw upon when things start to get dicey. Strategy is hugely important in this round, because there is a minimum of three fights that are available on any contestant who made it this far. They would have had to unleash at least some of their tricks to get this far, because every contestant at this point would have at least one close match that went down to the wire. The fighting area itself is white concrete measuring approximately thirty meters by thirty meters raised about five feet in the air. The concrete itself is scuffed and shows signs of use, because it was on this area that all previous tournaments were fought on. The damage dealt in previous years was repaired, sure, but signs of that repair still remain. The area around the fighting area is typical of a sports stadium, with rows and levels of seating arranged in a circle around the main event. Up in the air, there were also cameras rigged to rails in order to track and broadcast the action on a four-sided television screen above the fighting area to spectators even in the worst seats. The Mistral Regional Tournament was very much an event that attracted a large crowd and was one time of the year where people from many different villages and cities outside of the capital came together to watch the next generation of huntsmen in action. The rules for this tournament itself were simple, the fight went on until one of the two entrants was either knocked off of the arena, their aura was fully depleted, or conceded the match. If both participants are knocked off of the arena at the same time, then the first one to get their entire body back on the arena itself is declared the winner. If two people’s aura drops at the same time, the match is considered a draw and a rematch is scheduled at the next available open timeslot to declare a definitive winner. There have never been two draws in a row, so it is up in the air what would happen if that were to occur. Each participant started the match approximately fifteen meters away from each other on opposite ends of the arena, and the match started when the announcer gave the command. The two names had flashed up on the display alongside the official images for both Rosalia Phoenix and Galatea Drakos, and both participants were almost ready to step out into the ring and make their grand entrance into the quarterfinals of the 15th Mistral Regional Tournament. Aura meters were also on full display next to the images of both of their faces, with each one starting at 100 and going down in real time as each individual started to suffer damage. Both contestants also had an aura meter on their person as well, and it was their choice whether to use it and where to put it on their person if they did intend to use it for the fight! ”Welcome to Day Eight of the Fifteenth Mistral Regional Tournament everyone! What we have here is a matchup in the Blue Wing Round of eight between two competitors that come into this match seemingly out of nowhere with two just absolutely dominating performances thus far!” This was the analyst desk, which couldn’t be heard by the actual contestants but were on the big screens above the stadium and in the television sets of everyone watching the live feed with audio. ”Darcy, could you give us a recap of how both of these participants got this far for the viewers that are just now joining us?” ”Absolutely, Skye! The first competitor that we’ll cover is Galatea Drakos from Menagerie, who is part of a small group of Faunus who entered the tournament from that region and really took this tournament by storm. Her semblance lets her manipulate electricity, and she has used it to devastating effect the past few rounds here. She also has enough fine control over her power to actually fly with it in order to keep her distance from her opponents, which is probably going to cause a heck of a lot of trouble for her opponent in this match.” ”The second competitor for this match is Rosalia Phoenix, making this a match between two wild cards. Speaking of, the wild cards in this tournament are absolutely crushing it this year, and it’s so exciting to watch. Coming from Vacuo, we don’t know a lot about her background, but we sure do know a lot about her skills! Her semblance activates with red lightning crackling around her body and seems to give her a big speed boost when it’s activated! She fights with a big two handed sword in one hand and uses the other to viciously punch and grab her opponent using her tremendous strength for follow up strikes! She may not have the swordplay of some of the primary academy graduates, but what she does have is a terrifying mix of speed and strength that has been good enough to remain undefeated thus far in this tournament.”    ”The biggest thing about this is the matchup in terms of semblances and skills, because we haven’t seen Rose deal with someone quite like Galatea. If she gets up in the air and remains at a distance, the wild card from Vacuo may have a very hard time keeping up. We haven’t seen her use any form of ranged ability at all in this tournament aside from dust, and that won’t be enough to keep someone as skilled as Galatea down. If the Faunus can just maintain her distance from her opponent, Rosalia will either have to dig deeper into her bag of tricks than we’ve seen so far or just get her aura chipped down with impunity by an opponent she simply can’t reach.” With that, the camera cuts to the arena in preparation for the first contestant to make their entrance. Galatea Drakos of Menagerie was the first one scheduled to come out, slightly higher ranked on account of winning her matches in less time than her opponent has thus far. A small distinction, to be sure, but no matter how small the advantage is the favored candidate always goes first – and Galatea was definitely the favorite in this particular matchup. | Word Count: 1315 Tag: Galatea Drakos Combat Abilities: E rank Semblance F ranked weapon E ranked strength F ranked stamina F ranked gravity dust |
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