9th Official Tournament: Round 4
DIVISION 1 – Ame no odoriko, asha
A bolt of lightning struck the branch shielding BitterTaste, forcing him to duck as splinters fell around him. What had earlier been a light drizzle was now a full-on torrent, and apparently the producers of the Tournament weren’t above throwing in some thunder to go with the spectacle.
He felt his teeth sinking into something soft, and only when the taste of copper filled his mouth did he realize what he had done: blood dripped from the newly-made gash in his lower lip. Dr. death111’s tent was about five fathoms off, but in a storm this bad he wasn’t going to risk anything. He couldn’t make out any of his comrades in the rain, but amidst the crashing sky he heard cries of anguish. Maybe even death.
I’m going to die.
He cringed at the voice in his head and thought of home instead. It was 9PM right now – his parents would be reading to Asha right now. Of all the people he missed, he missed his little sister the most; they’d sit together on the juice-stained bench in the living room and play the piano. Her fingers would caress the keys, he’d throw in a scare chord or two, and they would laugh and laugh into the afternoon.
If only for her, he had to make it back.
DIVISION 2 – Clocktown, Theophany
JonnyTurtle nursed the beer in front of him and exhaled slowly. “Can we stay here a little longer? My head’s still spinning.”
Deidara837 smiled sadly and pushed his empty mug to his friend’s side. “You know the producers won’t let that happen. They need somebody to win, and with us waiting out the fight they’re not going to get one. Besides, pubs here are hotbeds for douchebags looking for meat to pound – I think we’re better off on the road.”
“RARAWR,” sighed RARAWR drunkenly before he passed out.
DIVISION 3 – Nintendon’t, Mayhem
xSonicBulletx gasped for air as the waves dumped him onto the beach, along with at least a dozen other survivors of the neko attack. “What…what happened to _Rainbow Dash_?”
Samwais coughed up a swirl of seawater and vomit before replying. “I didn’t see him after we went down. I’m so sorry.”
Damn. Tears welled in his eyes, but as it turned out there would be no time to mourn.
“Guys?” asked Toccy, whom Goombas were now surrounding. “What are these things surrounding me?”
“Toccy, jump!” rsr2 shouted, flapping his arms to warn his friend. “If they touch you, you’ll die!”
To xSonicBulletx, his vision still blurry from the salt water, this conversation was heard only as an exchange of guttural back-and-forths. And yet the horror in rsr2’s voice said all that needed to be said. He looked up just in time to see a spiky shell hurling towards him at 60 miles an hour…with countless others on the horizon.
Mamma mia.
DIVISION 4 – Dreadnought [Heavy], paraoka feat. haru*nya
“Please…please…”
Sadly, the gang of rogue cheerleaders swarmed around Turboyoshi had no intentions of mercy, and our doomed friend soon found himself hurling off the footbridge into the canyon floor some five miles below.
“Haha, he got owned,” giggled lolpwnlol, only to quiet down as soon as xAlphaWolf shot him a look. “How fast are we running?”
“You don’t ask that question, scum!” Sgt. Traveler screamed. “Find out yourself!”
Skeelie eyed his pedometer. “I’m guessing around 215 miles an hour, lolpwnlol! We’ll be at the other end in two minutes—in the meantime, they’re not going to let up, so don’t trip!”
DIVISION 5 – HAELEQUIN, orangentle
Dirt caked igotrhythm’s hands as he found himself crawling on the forest floor. Above him, the legendary HAELEQUIN towered, glaring and tossing piano notes every which way. It seemed like every time things seemed okay, the angry ghost would turn things up a notch: from 16th notes to 24ths, then to 32nds. What would come next was anybody’s guess at this point.
Rule number one: when it came to the Tournament, anything involving a piano was dangerous.
DIVISION 6 – Love Hurts [Lonely Dance Mix], Ryuno
From his perch, NekoGon looked at the devastation below him. Fire covered the entirety of the bay, including the now-charred hulk of the steel monster above the city. Arrows were flying so quickly that he could no longer make out any of them. It was a good thing he had made it out of the water and climbed to the highest point he could find early on.
Next to him, SaFire13 frowned. “Do you know what’s going on right now?”
“I don’t know,” he replied, and honestly at that. “The last thing I saw before getting out of the water was FFR Pro 21 and Elite Ninja clawing at each other. The steel monster’s dead, so now there’s no reason they shouldn’t be trying to make it out of the…”
Crap.
Before NekoGon could voice his realization – that it was every man for himself – he felt something cold and sharp running along the back of his neck. SaFire13 pulled his penknife away and drew blood.
NekoGon closed his eyes and shuddered. “Are you going to kill me now, too?”
At this SaFire13 only laughed, a short, harsh snort that sucked all heat out of the air. “Not now. I don’t see the point. But when the time comes, I can’t promise you I won’t.”
DIVISION 7 – Dishevel, The Flashbulb
It was times like these that One Winged Angel wished he had one more: as hard as he flapped he could only slow his descent into the abyss. Lucky for him, the branches jutting out of the stone walls were stronger than he expected, and just feet above the floor of the canyon, they finally broke his fall. Even so, he felt something in his legs crack as he hit the floor.
Thirty yards away, the corpse of Airship Adraen was smoldering. AlexDest crawled out of the dishevel, face bruised and clothes tattered. For a brief moment he felt time slow, as if this moment only existed to be snapped by some hotshot photographer and archived in his portfolio—and then he looked back and saw a bright orange flower blooming in the heart of what had once been a safe haven.
Instinctively he knew what that meant, but before he could open his cracked lips to warn everybody, the ship exploded.
18 Responses to “9th Official Tournament: Round 4”
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Posted at 5:40pm on November 15th, 2013
Awwwwwwwwwwwww yeah.
Posted at 5:42pm on November 15th, 2013
cool
Posted at 6:02pm on November 15th, 2013
The story proceeds.
Posted at 6:03pm on November 15th, 2013
I made it to round 4…?
Posted at 8:08pm on November 15th, 2013
this is so good rofl
Posted at 8:23pm on November 15th, 2013
One of the first three to AAA my Division Song so far, feeling good~
Posted at 8:41pm on November 15th, 2013
my story me is really a butt
Posted at 9:34pm on November 15th, 2013
haha OWA wished for one more
Posted at 10:50pm on November 15th, 2013
drnuk? Who you callin’…
*thud*
Posted at 10:19am on November 16th, 2013
Sgt. Traveler has been my favorite character in this story, lol. I’m still alive and with a decent amount of reason (after hitting the bar), yay!
Posted at 11:14am on November 16th, 2013
this is amazing
Posted at 2:52pm on November 16th, 2013
Starting to think I’ll just have to win the tourney to get into one of these
Posted at 8:51pm on November 16th, 2013
Petition to change D4′s song to BB Evolution.
Posted at 3:42am on November 17th, 2013
@D7 description: that escalated quickly…
Posted at 11:35am on November 17th, 2013
Wouldn’t you know it. First time I get mentioned in one of these, and it’s in the round that I’ve died the past two tournaments.
Posted at 4:29pm on November 17th, 2013
_Rainbow Dash_, NOOOOOOOOOO! D’:
Posted at 6:55pm on November 18th, 2013
Omg I haven’t played in a long ass time, but LOVE HURTS <3 I love this song so much.
Posted at 5:37pm on November 21st, 2013
hmm