TYS vs. Lu Meng vs. Zhao Han vs. Ganja Man

[Zhen Luo]

A Ship in the Middle of the Ocean

The ships deck has been blocked off for this duel. There is nothing on the deck except for the four duellists. The deck is about 150 feet x 150 feet. It is surrounded on 3 sides by water, and falling overboard loses you the duel. The fourth side has a 20 foot high wooden wall that extends from one side of the ship to the other.

Everyone must post once before the next round can begin. Once you have formed your posting order, you must stick to it. Default time each person has to post is 24 hours.

[Liu Bei]

Lu Meng wore the robes over a set of light armor, preferring a quicker movement than to a solid defense. He twirled his simple hook spear, a weapon that was good at disarming opponents, and sat against the railing on one side.

He awaited for the other warriors to announce themselves.

[Xu Zhu]

While patiently awaiting the arrival of those he would seek to defeat in battle, Lu Meng notices some sort of door is opened from under the deck. From the opening, a large head peeks out to see what is going on. At first, he doesn't see anything worthwhile, until his eyes meet those of Lu Meng. Alert, he quickly jumps out of the whole and closes it up behind him, only to lock it with a key which he throws out in the ocean.

"You wanna play fetch, prettyboy?"

Not awaiting a reply, he grabs his spear in the left and his shield in the right hand, while moving to the corner opposite to Lu Meng. There, he remains standing perfectly still.

"You lucky other participants are not present here. We wait for their arrival... Cause else you'd be dead before they got here. Hihahohi!"

[Sun Ce]

"What in the hell is this little pet of a thing?"

A mimick came from the edge of the boat, where a masked man came into view. His eyes were visible, but all beneath the bridge of his nose was hidden by a scarfe that led down to a cloak. He wore small amounts of plated arow on his shoulders, chest and waist, while keeping his legs free.

He said nothing more, merely taking hold of a pair of hook swords and readying them at his side. He would kill these two, whoever else was presented for him to fight, and make his way onward. Though he failed to kill the emperor, this assassin would see this mission through to the very end.

[Zhao Han]

The ship swayed with the movement of the waves. That was the first thing that Zhao Han noticed as he turned to see the others that were joining him on the vessel. Things were going to get quite interesting. Without thinking, Zhao Han checked that his fail-safes were set, that his shield held firm, and his blade was as sharp as it had to be. Things would be interesting, he was assured as he studied his opponents. The tribal warrior seemed quite arrogant. The same could be said of the swordsmen and the halberdier. It would be the downfall of them all. Arrogance made people make mistakes. A calm and collected stream of thought flew through Zhao Han's mind as he studied them even further. Wood would do little to stop blades...the armours of the other were more apt for protection, but still they had issues. A simple and single thrust upward through the scales or lamellar, or obliquely through the leather would ensure a wound that would be quite dangerous to one's life. All of it would be interesting. All of it would be fun. And Zhao Han had no intention of leaving here last.

His shield raised high, sabre low, he closed his distance on the nearest opponent, the other swordsman his target.

[Zhen Luo]

The posting order has been established: Lu Meng, Ganja Man, TYS, Zhao Han. This order is not to be broken.

The 24 hour rule goes into affect now. Each person has 24 hours since the last reply to post. Should anyone miss their time to post wihout first informing me, they will lose the duel and the other duellists will continue.

(Yeah I'm a little late, I didn't catch it before Justin posted last night. So Ganja man has until 6:58pm GMT to post before he is out.)

[Liu Bei]

((reposting for Jen))

Meng saw that he was the only straight pole arm user here, the others preferring a smattering of shields, swords, and poles in a awkward combination's for some. He smiled lightly, stood from his slight lean against the ship, and spread his legs into a braced position.

He pointed his spear towards the small man, the hook facing down. He edged closer, one foot scooting forwards while the other stood, giving him a firm placement. It made his walk slow, but kept his abilities top.

The man held a hand held spear, which meant it was more than likely shorter (No length given, but be able to wield it one handed with a shield, you'd have to have a shorter spear length). This gave Lu a little leeway with holding the enemy at bay, while the enemy couldn't strike him. He used this to his advantage, and stabbed towards the man, reeling the sword back and then striking forwards with it again, before hopping back a few steps. He wanted to keep distance, as the man's abilities were untested; who knew what this midget could do.

[Xu Zhu]

All warriors had assembled and Ganja was not very impressed by the others, just like as they were not impressed by him. His mind drifts of, already seeing the picture of him prevailing on top of his opponents. Maybe cutting their heads of to make...

He couldn't possibly think about it any longer, as the one called 'prettyboy' leaps out to strike at Ganja. Having remained perfectly still with his spear and shield stand-by, he raises up his shield to block the strike. Hoping this would give the advantage, Ganja tries to strike back at the man but finds his spear only hitting air as Lu Meng had already leaped back to his starting position before anything could get interesting.

"You a perfect hit and runner. You having a petty thief carrier?"

Slightly angered over his missed attack, he draws his spear back a little and presses forward his shield, keeping his eyes and the shield on one line with Lu Meng's spear. He would not get another suprise like that cause now it was his turn to make a move. But before he could move, he awaits the sway of this ship, making Lu Meng stand on a slightly lower position then Ganja Man. Upon this momentum, Ganja sprints forward with his shield focused on the dangerous point of Lu Meng's spear. And as he finaly get close enough to strike he whirls his spear at Lu Meng's right thigh.

[Sun Ce]

(Sorry, guys. Ganja man posted so early in the morning, I couldn't find time to post all throughout Saturday, you know how saturday's go. I'll try and not let it happen again.)

As soon as everyone had arrived, it had begun. The assassin stayed to the sideline for the moment, examining the first few seconds of the duel. The small warrior was quick, but he seemed to be overmatched by the well-known strategist warrior Lu Meng. The final warrior was one whom he did not know, but recognized from Luo Yang's palace. A servant of Cao Pi, excellent. It only made sense to dispose of his servant on his way to disposing of the emperor.

But to reach the emperor, he had quite a steep hill to climb. He would first have to dispose of these three warriors, each of whom seemed to be well-vised in the arts of war.

The young assassin, still sitting back, allowed the first bout to come to a close. But once Zhao Han approached Ganja Man, he lunged forward, closing in on the warrior. Before Zhao Han would see his attack, he'd see the assassin's blades. One would sweep at his legs to catch him off guard, the other at his chest.

((Again, sorry for the inconvenience. Won't happen again. And Zhao Han, when you post keep in mind my swords are hook swords. Changes a little, you know?))

[Zhen Luo]

Alright. TYS pm'ed me this morning asking about a couple hours extension for his duel post. I was out so I didn't get it until after Zhao Han posted. Now, because he asked for it and I was unable respond either way, I am going to allow TYS's post. Let this be known to all: Do not pm me a few hours before your time is up asking for an extension. You will not get it. I do not want what just happened to happen again. Zhao Han has two choices now. He can either keep his post as it is and the posting order changes to: Lu Meng, Ganja Man, Zhao Han, TYS. Or, he can delete his post to respond to TYS and keep the old posting order. Sorry for the inconvience. This WILL NOT happen again.

[Zhao Han]

(We can keep the old order, and my actions will remain more or less the same as they were, with a reaction to the trip added in, to ensure a minimum of additional edits)

Zhao Han, now seeing an opportunity in the tribal warrior's assault, and now finding no reason to worry about the presence of the competing swordsman, advanced upon the two pole fighters. As he crept towards them, he lowered his shield and ran upon them at speed, his shield raised once more only in the last several metres of the charge. The target's height would ensure that the blow would land squarely upon the back of his head, and his intent to fight Lu Meng worked to Zhao Han's advantage as he came up in the little man's blind spot. From the look of him, however, everywhere was a blind spot save straight ahead - that wooden mask he wore so strictly limiting his field of vision to the periphery.

As the embossed metal made contact, Zhao Han's blade darted out, under, and around the man, going straight for the gut. The uncivilised brute, as Zhao Han saw it, had but two choices. Avoid the blade, and turn his skull to a fine pulp, or avoid that blow and fall upon the sword. Neither option, of course, was none to pleasant when there was no armour save a slab of wood strapped to one's face and a wicker bastion to hide behind.

Determination to end this quickly and decisively was etched onto Zhao Han's face, a desire to put aside this pesky pretender and fight the only true and worthy opponent on this vessel. Looking to Lu Meng, he was about to call to Lu Meng after dealing with the uncivilised bastard. However, before he could get word out, or finish off the tribesman, he felt as much as saw the swordsman's assault. Feeling the blow at his , he fell to the ground and rolled with the momentum of the attack. With that movement, his intention of dealing with the duelling spearmen were cast aside as he brought himself to his feet. His shield high, sword low, he readied himself for more from this young warrior. Those hook blades were interesting, but barely seemed a threat.

[Zhen Luo]

Justin spoke with Lyle via text about his duel post. He is unable to get online until 6pm EST, so he has until 7pm EST (12am GMT) to get his post in.

[Liu Bei]

What started as two bouts between two combatants in the same arena turned quickly the cluster fuck that was beginning. Lu Meng felt advantageous; he could see all three opponents. However, this meant that all three could fall upon him in quick succession.

He was not worried about that.

As the attack towards his right thigh came in, Meng shifted his spear to the enemy's right. As the attack came down, he pushed his own spear to the right, from its ready position, making contact with the enemy's spear. With a great two handed push, the spear would be forced away, and towards the deck of the ship, where it would hopefully become stuck.

With the advantage slightly his, Meng pulled back on his pole while darting forwards; an attempt to skewer the savage man on the pointy tip. It was then that he saw the two other's beginning their fight, a quick assassination on the tribal man hopefully pulling his attention away for the briefest of moments, where Meng would take advantage an try to run the poor midget through.

Edit: tagging fail.

[Xu Zhu]

The fight had begun and Ganja Man knew he was in a bad position now that the other two 'heroes' could not get it in their head to fight an honest battle against each other. No, Ganja Man was to be made part of it too! With all the commotion going on behind his back, Ganja realises their is only one way to go: forward.

As Lu Meng saw the oppurtunity to block the initial hit, Ganja too sees the point of the spear turning against him. He throws his shield at directly opposite the way the spear is moving at and meanwhile whirls his spear to block Zhao Han's sword from making contact with his flesh.

Some time was bought, as the other warrior attacked Zhao Han and so Ganja quickly turns to face Lu Meng who seems already to be jumping to run him through. Lu Meng again strikes and this time would meet Ganja's shield. Now, the momentum was won again and Ganja swiftly strikes his spear at Lu Meng's right upperleg.

[Sun Ce]

The swordsman's attack had been temporarily derailed, and with the first bout cleared, he stepped back as Ganja Man and Lu Meng fought. The young swordsman readied his swords, casually walking a circumference around his opponent. He studied the man, who was insistent on playing defense.

Not a bad idea. A proper defensive stance could create an opportunity for one single strike. Unfortunately for Zhao Han, there would be no opening if he stuck to defense, and there would be little time for him to attack unless he switched his mindset fast.

The assassin lunged toward his opponent. Head to head they stood, and as the young swordsman drew in, He thrust his two swords toward Zhao Han's lower abdomen with tremendous speed, immediately following that attack with an upward swipe with both blades.