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[Z3R0]

*groggy and dizzy, Zero struggles to stand, while Neebs struggles to gather his spells about him*

"Ssso, thisss isss how you want to do thisss eh? I knew I wasssn't missstaken when I figured you more than capable of a good fight. Good, I ssseek the competition."

*Zero bends his knees and squats low. With a sharp pump of his powerful legs, he flies high into the air, sumersoulting over Neebs*

*While in the air, Zero starts to change yet again, all while mutter a neutralizing spell*

"Te quiera ka ale mien...."

*as the last utterance fades into nothingness, a sliver of blue light flies from Zero's mouth and heads for Neebs*

*As Neebs looks up to follow Zero's acrobatics, the sliver hits him in the eyes and his actions start to slow*

*by the time Zero lands on the ledge of a higher receed, Neebs has stooped moving alltogether, his spells drifting of into a void unfinished, his fireballs falling to the ground and exploding all around him*

"Yes, it does that to a person. It works its way into your body, locking up your nerves. Fret not, it will last but a minute more, I needed to ensure that I could finish my transformation."

*Zero, in his original form, stands and draws forth the Sword of Angels from his sheath. The sword glows faintly with a pure blue light, that reflects of the walls and sends shadows dancing across the room*

"It has been said that this blade cannot be scratched or broken, and I have yet to see that statement proven wrong."

*As the ancient Eye of God fills Zero with renewned strength and vigor, he notices Neebs fighting the spell and smiles*

"Yes, by all means fight it, break your bonds and fight me Neebs...."

*Zero conjures up a quick lightning bolt and sends it racing towards Neebs, striking him in the shoulder just as he breaks the spell*

[Neebs]

*Neebs is catapulted accross the floor from the impact of the lightening bolt,
*Rolling accross the floor a little ways he struggles to his feet,
*Neebs holds his shoulder for a moment clearly in a bit of pain
hehe I wanna play with lightening too
*Neebs eyes turn a purple colour as he flings his arms wide 2 large balls of lightening emerge from his hands and start to travel around the edge of the carvern
*Fixing his eyes on zerok he slams his hands together and aiming them at him and releases 6 smaller balls of lightening
*The smaller 6 fly straight at zerok on his ledge
*The first zerok deflects with his sword
*The second zerok dodges with a quick sidestep
*The third zerok deflects with his sword again this time only narrowly knocking it past his head
*The fourth misses zerok narowly grazing his hip
*The fith slamps into zeroks shoulder knocking him off balance
*The sixth catches zerok in the chest making him stumble back a few paces
*regaining his balance zerok looks up to see the 2 larger lightening balls have nearly completed their looping circle around the chamber and are nearly on him
*With lightening reflexs zerok jumps back
*The larger lightening balls colide in the space that was previously occupied by zerok
*The explosion they create is defening and catapoltes zerok off his ledge and against the chamber wall
*zerok bounces off the wall and falls to the ground below, his sword embedding itself in the earth beside him
*Neebs summons more elemental balls to orbit him and makes ready should zerok be able to rise

[Z3R0]

*Zero groans. He has a large gash in his arm from which blood pours*

"Ahhhhhhh..."

*even as Zero struggles to his feet, the wound starts closing*

*As Zero retrieves his sword, a smile plays across his lips*

"Very well Mr. Neebs. I congratulate you on even being able to touch me. Ahhh, but you see, I know much about the elemental forces as well. On of my favorites would have the be the Earth elemental. Here, let me show you why..."

*Zerokool raises his right hand, palm open towards the ceiling*

"Te kier al se mie!!"

*Bringing his hand down in a swift motion towards Neebs, the ceiling of the cavern starts trembeling and breaking off*

"I think I have tired of this atmosphere for now, I shall see you on the outside."

*as the cavern falls in on itself around Neebs, Zero dashes out the only exit, leaving Neebs to defend himself from the falling debris with his magicks*

*Zero runs outside a ways and turns back around*

<Hmmm...I know he'll make it out. Come for a romp through the mountains mage. Lets see how well you do out in the open, where you are vunerable to all the elements at my disposal.>

*Zero turns and starts leaping up the mountain range, ledge to ledge, until he dissapears into the scarce trees and mist*

[Neebs]

*Neebs eyes flash green
*A Tornado of wind magic flys up from where he stands scattering the falling debries
*Large pieces of rock crash to the ground around him and he suffers some minor cuts and bruises from the shrapnel
*When all is still he lets the wind spell drop
*Taking his time Neeb slowly clambers out over the debries and makes his way to the mountains outside, gradually restoring and rebuilding his magical energies
*Once outside he takes a look around but is unable to see his opponant
*Summoning 8 wind balls and charging them with a seeking spell he sends them off in the 8 main compass directions (N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW) to locate zerok.
<whispering to himself>
Hide and seek
like lil bo peep
and where will we find him
up in the air
or in a lair
and then we will destroy him
*giggles
hehe well not destroy, silly Neeb,
*giggles

[Allpone]

A stranger appears as off out of no ware on the side lines. He stands about 6” tall and dressed in a hooded cape, made of black leather and fur the rest of his body armor the same. The hood covers the eyes and face of the stranger. Those who notice the stranger see he has few items with him a bag at his feet and a coin bag on his belt that appears full they also notice a bow and sheaf on his back and astonishing, mystifying twin daggers one on each hip. He appears to be just observing and no one around seems bothered by him.

[Z3R0]

*from atop a high peak, Zero watches his prey come to him*

*the seekers were easy enough to avoid, leavin Neebs with no clue as to where Zero resides*

*Zero whispers to himself*>"Yes, come to me Neebs. I've more magick than even you could imagine, and I've only just begun."

*Zero begins to change again, concentrating on his opponent and assuming his attributes*

*after a couple of minutes, an exact replica of Neebs stands where Zero once was*

*conjuring up a mass mixture of fire, ice, lightning, and buffetting wind, Zero makes his next, and possibly final move*

"Lets see how well you do against your own abilities..."

*with his spells charged, Zero uses his wind ability to lift and carry him down the mountain at a vast speed towards the real Neebs*

*Stretching out his hand, Zero buffets Neebs with a hard blast of wind as he turns around to the whistling noise of Zero's veolocity*

*as the blast of wind knocks Neebs from his feet and sends him rolling back down the mountain, Zero unleashes the elements of fire, ice, and lighting and sends them carrening towards the battered mage*

*as expected, the mage stops his tumble and regains his footing, bracing himself to deflect the oncoming assult*

<Yes, use the remaining tidbit of energy to deal with the spells, then we will finish this.>

*with no time to chant an energy spell, as the ever approaching clone speeds towards him, Neebs is left with little choice but to use the last of his magick energy to deal with the spells*

*still racing towards Neebs, Zero uses his wind to lift numerous large rocks and debris and send them hurling towards the sky*

*suddenly, Zero stops about a hundred yards away from Neebs and watchs as the mage deplets his strength dodging and deflecting plumiting rock*

"Now, we will end this...."

*taking a retractable staff from the inner folds of his rob, Zero opens it with a flick of his wrist, and races towards Neebs once again*

*as he continues his progress, he can clearly see that the tiny mage is exhuasted, yet not ready to give up without a fight*

*Zero's face resembles stone, hard and unyeilding*

*Zero reaches Neebs just as the mage brings out his staff*

*It is a battle of agility and strength now, and Zero has the advantage of not being as tired*

*as the fighting continues, Neebs starts giving up ground*

*not being able to pay attention where he is stepping, constantly having to fend off Zero's unrelenting volly of blows, not all of which are blocked, he trips over a rock jutting forth from the ground*

*as Neebs starts to fall down the extremly steep hill, Zero conjures up a gust of wind to catch the mage and bring him to level ground*

*standing there, Zero navigates the drained mages body to a patch of grass and sets him down, watching him intently, wondering what will happen next, if the fight will continue*

[Neebs]

*Exhausted and in shock from battling himself Neebs lays there on the ground
*Trying to decide if he is awake or asleep, alive or dead, he feels the ground hard on his back
*Neebs curls his fingers digging them into the ground, feeling the magical energy of the earth itself
*Although the battle is almost over Neebs cant resist one final move
*Drawing on the power of the earth under his fingers and around him, he draws the energy slowly into himself and starts the spell

*The first Zerok realizes something is wrong is when he feels the hard ground under his feet slide over his ankles, a gooy mucky sensation
*Zeroks understands Neeb has drawn the energy out of the ground underneath him and turnd it into a swamp
*The more zerok tries to fight it the further he sinks
*As zerok sinks Neebs struggles to his feet and sways, still drawing the energy in, and concetrating hard to maintain the spell
*Zeroks waist is now completely submerged and he keeps sinking,
*As he tries to free himself one arm is trapped,
*Zerok sinks lower till all that remains above the boggy trap is one arm, shoulder and his head.
*He senses a change in the earth as it looses its gooy feeling and solidifies harder than rock completely trapping zerok

*Neebs staggers completely exhausted, the energy just drained from the earth spent.

I'm sure you can free......
yourself........
but.....
if not.....
I will re...
lease you....
after i have.....
a...
lil...
rest.
*Neebs collapses forward hitting the ground and falls unconsious.

[Lord Apocalypse]

............... I believe this is the oddest thing I have ever seen

[Z3R0]

*growling in frustration in having been snared, Zero struggles violently against the spell with little effect*

<Curse my ignorance, I should have seen that coming.>

*sitting there, stuck in the ground, Zero ponders which spell or skill to use, Zero spots a small ant crossing in front of his nose*

<That just might work. Yes, in fact it will work.>

*still in the form on Neebs, the area under ground that his body takes up is relativly small, but there is plenty of room for his new shape*

<Wait, I've done a bee morph before, and the mind control the Queen bee had over me was insane. I take it ants are very similar. Lets try this...>

*concentrating hard on his new shape, Zero focuses on changing his arm first*

*as his body grows gradually smaller, his arm grows thick with black fur and his hand turns into the claw of a badger*

*his hand already shaped, Zero starts digging himself out while the rest of his current form take the shape of his new morph*

*at last, the transition is complete and Zero clambers out of the hole, shaking dirt off*

*resuming his own shape, that of the giant warrior, Zero retreives his sword and sheathes it is a quick and fluid motion*

*walking over to where Neebs lay resting, Zero gently picks up the tiny mage and looks at him with a great fondness*

"You fought extremly well my friend, the bards will sing of your heroics today for many years to come, I promise it."

*cradling the mage in the crook of his arm as if he were but a child, Zero makes his way down the moutain and to the sideline to stand in front of Venom and Pamela as they sit in their chairs*

"He needs rest, it is very important to an overworked mage that he get plenty of rest. I will see him to the infirmary and then I myself must rest. Send for us once you have made your decision."

*nodding once again to Venom and offering Pamela a weary smile, Zero heads of in the direction of the infirmary, flanked by a large escort of knights*

[Allpone]

Impressed with the mages the stranger decides he may stay a bit and makes his way to the inn to get a room and a long awaited meal. Still as dark and mysteries as he has been the hole time, no one has quit seen his face or even knows who he is. After his meal he makes his way back to the side lines and looks for somebody that he might put some gold coins down on, for the next fight. “This could be interesting.” he thinks to himself as e awaits the judges distension.

[Pamela]

*Pamela smiles in return to Zerokool and begins to follow.*
*Nodding to all participants she is intent on the health of her friend Neebs and lover Zerokool*
*Pausing but a moment she chants in an ancient long forgotten tongue*
*Eyes flashing to deep crimson,blue light radiates from her slim hands.*
*She finds herself holding a precious elixar that restores magic powers*
*Hurrying along the path she enters the infirmery,gazing fondly at the 2 figures resting there*
*Placing the potions next to their sleeping heads she retreats into the shadows and waits*

[Lord Apocalypse]

wow............... that was great, who's next?

[Z3R0]

*waking sleepy eyed with a terrible headache, Zero takes in his surroundings and immediatly spies Pamela sitting in the shadows*

*sitting up with obvious effort, he catches the potion on the table out of the corner of his eye*

*looking back to Pamela, he sees her nod and motions towards the potion*

*looking down and taking hold of his amulet instead, Zero closes his eyes and let the warm and awsome power of the Eye of God flow through his body, healing wounds and restoring energy to his body*

"Ahhhhhhhhhh.....*

*swinging his feet over the edge of the bed, Zero stands and stretches his bulging muscles.*

*looking over to where the mage sleeps, Zero picks up the potion and gently helps the the concotion down the mages throat*

*setting the empty container down, he walks over to the shadowed corner where Pamela still watches*

*taking her in his massive arms, his gently kisses her*

"Come, lets go to our chambers."

*stepping deeper into the shadows, taking Pamela with him, they dissapear*

[Venom]

as you can see this victor is clear zerokool is the winner of third round of this tournament!!!
*raises a hand to signal the crowd for silence*
for now we will take a brief break for our warriors to regain some strenth as well to check if there are any new combatints, take note the tourny will resume 1 day from now that is all
(Nysiss) why the break?
you know as well i as i do
(Nysiss) it wants out! but after 1000 years why now
i dont know i need time to hopefully quell this
*heads right to the basement in the bar*
(Nysiss) should i get pam
...no, she has her own problems ... at the moment and i wish not to trouble her... with this
(Nysiss) i thought that realms problems was finished after you dealt with that thing
i know i know ... but its persistant to say the least
(Nysiss) i hope you will be all right
*enters the basement*
i know what you mean

[Allpone]

Hearing the news that there is a 1 day intermission Allpone makes his way to the bar and finds a secluded table and waits to be served. Hoping he may finely rest from his quests & travels and that he has found a place that he may build a home and make some friends.

[Blue]

"wussup allpone"
"i just got back... and i have a cold too"
*sneezes* "achoo"
"too bad i missed the fight"

[Frai7ty]

*Walks over to bluebleeder*

"I wish to complement you on the battle you won. Fighting Apoc must have been difficult."

"Your mastery of the Five Agents... sorry. The Elements was impressive. I do hope that we may spar sometime."

[Allpone]

[SIZE=2]Still setting at his table Allpone hears the rumors of Neebs sweet tooth. Knowing that Neebs will be hungry when he returns after such a hard battle (that he did very well in) Allpone decides to make his first gesture of good will. He calls a server girl over and tells her to get some of Neebs favorite goodies together and give them to him. Allpone continues by telling her to bring the tab to him and orders some food and ale for himself.
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[Venom]

(Nysiss) are you sure you want to go through that sealing style i havent mastered it even after 1000 years theres no telling what the strain it will cause on our bodies!

i know....urgh.. but it has to be done we cant let the lord of chaos out!
(Nysiss) still if this fails and we die he will be free none the less ... i cant belive that after 2000 years we havent found a means to kill the bastard!

heh heh heh your... right but no matt...er it may take another 2000 years
(Nysiss) honestly there are times i dont understand why i even married you ... *transforms into her origonal form* -.< <3 i still look as good when i young :p, fine then but dont blame me when this backfires and LoC is free

i know... i know they'd have ... a field day with me back at home

*Nysiss begins to draw a circle with ancent text around my body and through out the room in the basement*
(Nysiss) preperations are done, you sure you want this

*grins* yes
*Nysiss places her hand on my back reciting a sealing spell from here homeland*
ko rin sa hiten daimo tensai
*moments later*
crontanionis!
* a epic roar of pain is hear through out the bar after it ends there is a daft silence comming from the basement*

[Z3R0]

*Walking into the bar with Pamela, they come in just in time to catch the wall rattling roar*

*Looking first towards Pamela, then towards the basement, Zero heads for the steps just as Venom is coming up*

*whispering lowly, Zero addresses Venom*

"I want to know what beast you have down there and I want to know now. I will not have harm come to this place or anyone in it. Show me..."