Spring 2007 R2-3: Kaitou v. Alucard -- The Darkroom

[Shan'do Spike]

Reference this thread for bracket information. Reference this thread for environment information.

You have from now until the 5th of April to finish your round. Good luck!

Welcome to the second round:


Remember, your characters have been teleported to this location via the powers of the gods/aliens (call them anything but judges). Because this is the second round, long introductory posts explaining your characters' journey prior to abduction are acceptable, so try to keep this aspect of the opening post shorter.

Remember in Round 2, Character 1 will be used.

Again, good luck, and more importantly, have fun!

[Kaitou]

Darkness swallowed the light and engulfed Tobias. The environment had changed. The constant breeze and scent of fresh air from before had vanished. The rhythm of crashing waves had been replaced by silence. A slight chill ran down Tobias's body. He searched his surroundings frantically for the slightest hint of light.

"Demon, I can't see. What about you?" Tobias called out. Nothing broke the empty silence. He was alone.

Tobias's hands pressed against his clammy face. Trembling fingers crawled towards his eyes and pushed firmly against his eyeballs. His eyes were indeed open. The area had some kind of magical effect that somehow blocks his vision or perhaps absorbs all traces of light.

He knew his next opponent stood somewhere nearby. Never before did he have to fight without vision. Cherubim often battled in the air where sight was indispensable. Blind Cherubim were considered weak and defenseless and could not hold positions of combat.

Without his eyes to rely on, Tobias was left with his other senses. His eyes shut as his hands searched about him. Turning around, his left hand came across a solid object. He ran his fingers along its contours, making out its simple design and purpose. It was a shelf, attached to the wall where his shoulders stood.

His fingers glided across its surface until coming in contact with another object. As his finger ran across its sharp edge a drop of blood trickled to its tip. It was a fairly large knife, measuring close to eleven inches long. There were several of them lined up parallel to each other with their handles toward the wall.

Tobias's hand slid off the shelf and pressed against the wall beneath. It was assuring to be next to the wall. With his back facing it, an enemy would be unable to attack from behind. Tobias picked up his shield and sword and faced the unknown hidden behind the darkness. He strained to hear the faintest sound past his heavy breathing.

[Bryan]

Raven darted across the sands toward the two strangers as Alucard swooped down violently from above. Just as Alucard was about to make contact with his opponent, his blade sliced through a fine mist where his target once stood. He stumbled back for a moment in confusion and looked over at Raven, still approaching.

As he slowed down, Raven started to notice his vision getting darker. He held his hands out and looked at them in a bit of a panic. With each step he took, it seemed to grow darker until at last, he was in complete darkness.

Roughly twenty yards away, Alucard had witnessed the event. He stood in confusion as Raven grew darker and transparent until he was completely gone right before his eyes.

The arena fell silent for a moment as Alucard found himself alone. Squinting, he shielded his eyes from the sun with his hand and kneeled down to the sands, scooping up a handful.

"What the hell is going on here?" muttered Alucard.

Darkness.

All that Raven could see was darkness. He dared not to make any sudden moves in this new area without waiting for a moment to make sure it was safe. He could tell that he had been transported to a new area due to the volume and temperature change, though he could not see.

He quietly reached around to his back and slowly slid out his two daggers, holding them in a defensive position. There was a feeling about the room telling him that he was not alone. Much like an animal in the wild might attack it's prey to get a better understanding of what it was up against, Raven knew that he must get a reaction out of what was lurking in the darkness.

He began to move foward, holding his left hand in front of him with his right back in a position for a deadly strike as soon as he felt something against his outstretched arm. His tattered coat quietly skimmed the ground below as he walked sideways, one foot in front of the other.

"Come on.....come on....," Raven thought to himself.

[Kaitou]

Survival became Tobias's priority. He didn't know anything about his opponent, or even if it shared his handicap, the inability to see. He stood in a defensive position, crouched slightly with Aegis held tightly before him. The sound of sliding steel confirmed his enemy's presence.

His heart pounded violently in his chest, almost becoming audible. He felt helpless without his sight, a caged bird confined in a cell away from the sky, open for a fatal strike by the approaching predator.

His hand swept across the shelf's surface behind him, blindly grabbing two knives while sweeping the rest onto the floor. He had grabbed the knives by their blades as a firm grip drove the steel deep into his flesh. Energy poured into the objects, giving them a soft warmth and glow hidden by the darkness.

Tobias threw the knives at the enemy's presumed position. If the objects collided with something, the stored energy would escape rapidly in a small explosion.