Triple Threat Second Round: Claire vs. Xion

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The end of the world has successfully been postponed due to the outstanding first round battles. In the second round a few things are changing. First, the time limit for bouts is no longer one full month. Two weeks will be the alotted time for our combatants to wage war against one another. Secondly, teams will now only have 72 hours (3 days) to make posts. That's right we're going head on in a fast series of beat-downs to decide who our championship contenders are!

This match is between the Mercs with Perks and Team Midnight Shade. The match ends on January 22nd at 11PM EST.

Posting Order: Claire, Xion

BEGIN!

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[claire]

So it would seem that Claire, Felix, and Emblem had won the first round of this tournament and were now moving on to the second round. Claire had gotten pretty beaten up from her fight with Selena but luckily the waiting rooms of the arena had healing waters that with one drink all of Claire's wounds were healed. For that Claire was glad. The bite wound to her neck was starting to really kill by the time the match had ended. Finally after what seemed like forever Claire was called out to the arena for the second round.

Once again Claire ignored the shouts that came from the crowds as she was not here to put on a good show for these pathetic people. She was here to help elevate her team to the top and she would crush anyone who got in her way in order to do so. Claire stood at her mark and unsheathed her chakrams, gripping them tightly as she glared at the doorway that her opponent would use to enter the arena. It was invisible to the onlookers in the stands but as she stood there Claire was junctioning Fire to her elemental attack so her chakrams would do fire damage in addition to physical damage. Then she junctioned Thundara to her elemental defense so there would be a chance to absorb and electrical damage that might come her way.

With her preparations complete Claire awaited her opponent. Much like her attitude before her fight with Selena, it didn't matter who her opponent was, it didn't matter what they could do, and it didn't matter how badly she got hurt. Claire would fight and she would win.

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Junction - Passive skill - no cooldown

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Xion wasn't quite sure what had happened, but she took her place at the door, waiting to walk out into the arena. How had it come to this? She rubbed her head with a sigh, and headed through the doors into the sunlight. Blinking against the glare, she focused on her Magic reserves.
Fire, Blizzard, Thunder.. Xion ran through the list of Magics she had on hand. She knew Guard Break, and her Limit Break, as well as the Final Limit..but those she would not use until the very end..

She needed to to figure out the plan. What was the plan again? Did she have enough Magic to at least get somewhere in this event? She sure hoped so. At best, she wouldn't go down without a good fight..

And that seemed to be what the onlookers were wanting. Xion Summoned her Keyblade, Kingdom Key, and looked at the opponent standing across the area from her. A redhead..and one who looked fierce, yet composed. A sense of unfeeling, dark determination seemed to emanate from her, and Xion tightened her grasp on the Keyblade's handle.

Determination..she could be determined too. Determination had saved her before, and friends too.. Hopefully this time she would have enough determination to carry her through.

[claire]

As Claire watched her opponent for this match entered the arena Claire almost started laughing out loud but she managed to contain it to a small snicker. [red]"Really? They're sending a child out to fight me? And here I thought this would be a bigger challenge than the last one."[/red] Claire honestly didn't know what to make of this. This was just a kid and she came into a tournament like this? [red]Oh well. Her funeral.[/red] Then came the real kicker of this match. Claire was facing off yet another keyblader.

[red]"Geez why do you people like using giant keys to fight?"[/red] Claire asked in an exasperated tone. She at least thought that she would be fighting someone with a different weapon. At least it would give her some variety in this tournament. Regardless, this one would lose just like Selena did. Claire wasn't about to hold back just because she was facing a child. She would treat this kid the same as she would a seasoned warrior. She would attack and attack until the kid either passed out or was dead. But again, this was a tournament and much to Claire's dismay she could not kill her enemies. Besides, she doubted that Felix would approve of her murdering a child.

Alright. it was time to get this show on the road. From her standing position Claire darted towards her enemy and threw both her chakrams at her enemy, one aimed at her torso and the other at her keyblade wielding arm. She followed her chakrams until she was close enough then Claire jumped up high over Xion and casts Blizzard on her when she was directly over the keyblader. Then she would turn her body so she was facing her foe when she landed behind her. Her chakrams would come back to her whether they hit their target or not. As her weapons flew back into her hands she would go into a defensive stance and waited for whatever her opponent would do.

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Blizzard - 0/1

Junction - passive
Fire junctioned to Elem-Atk
Thundara junctioned to Elem-Def

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Xion has failed to make the three day post limit and is disqualified. Team Mercs with Perks receive one point.