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(YB) Dark Eternal defeats The Viper! (Thanks to The Luminary for judging!)


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Finally getting his guitar back, Ahlydhian manages to roll back to his feet. His right arm is still pretty clumsy, but he is able to get enough mobility out of it to rip off a quick diminished minor arpeggio that has the effect of neutralizing the poison that was still in his system.

His eyes, flashing with rage, rise to meet the Vipers; a dizzying descension erupts from the guitar as he weaves a complex and powerful magic.

From the rippling aura of music, an energy arises and strikes across the room!

The southern cross flies over the castle; leaps over the touch of the field!
 

"Those music tricks are getting tiresome," smirks the Viper through bloodied lips. "I liked the iron beast better."

Gauging the direction and distance more by instinct than by her fallible senses, the Viper hurls a large wooden crate across the warehouse with flawless accuracy.

The flawless oak slashes upon the forest; defends against the pain of the grass!
 


Advancing in the wake of the flung crate, the Viper flicks another lotus-knife at Ahlydhian, and follows that up with a smashing blow from a brass-knuckled fist.

The mace cuts the vineyard; redirects the thrust of the flower!
 

Badly bruised and beaten, his resources severely tapped, Ahlydhian refuses to concede.

He leaps backwards, landing upon a large keg, and snarls, "Very well; perhaps this will be more to your liking."

With a few bars of music upon his guitar, the Dark Eternal summons one of his remaining servants. While not as powerful as the Iron Chimaera, it seems appropriate.

From the shadows, drawn by the irresistable lure of the music, slithers a serpent of cold steel, its eyes glistening as it strikes at the woman.

"Viper versus viper... 'ware the fangs - I do believe they're venomous."

The snake reflexively mangles the clearing; sinuously leaps over the violence of the star!
 


"Hmm... perhaps that wasn't completely fair of me. Is he giving you problems?"

Jumping off the crate, Ahlydhian springboards off the ground and leaps into the fray, while the steel serpent pumps venom into the Viper, and tries to entangle her in its coils.

"Perhaps I can lend you a hand."

The crab crushes the rapids; absorbs the violence of the body!
 

"Don't... make me... laugh." Though she is pale and sweating, the poison does not seem to be affecting her as quickly nor as deeply as it would an ordinary victim. "You cocky little bastard."

Dodging the coiling metal serpent with uncanny grace, the Viper pulls forth a nunchaku painted with tiny black kanji. Whirling the weapon over her head, she shatters the steel snake's head with a single blow, spraying Ahlydhian with poison-stained shrapnel.

The nunchaku obliterates the heavens; moves across the slash of the spring!
 


Into the Woods

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