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[surpassthelimit]

Characters: Axel Almer and Saber Alter
Setting: Floor 25
Format: Action
Summary: Axel got a little pissy, as usual, and ended up challenging Saber to a fight. Nothing personal, just business. Oh yeah, in costume.
Warnings: Violeeeeence

Yeah. Yeah, this is a good place.

[Axel was a bit proud of his choice of fighting area! An open area with little to no obstructions. He swung around the plastic sword lazily while continuing to survey the area. His proper weapon was currently absent but Axel wasn't exactly in need of anything proper. He had his fists and he had the abilities that Alfimi had also granted unto him after they had merged.

Besides, he was used to using a sword. After all, he helped design the Vysaga, which used a very similar yet larger sword to the one he was currently carrying. He just needed to get past the fact that it was...plastic.]

Good enough for you, Oh Knightly One?

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[scorchedchivalry]

[Saber gave Axel a scathing look. Mostly because she had to conduct this beat down in a maid outfit with Excalibroom a broom against a man in costume drag and a toy sword.]

It matters not to me. If you are willing to accept this as the location of your defeat, I have no reason to question it.

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Talk that big and you'll be eating your own words.

[He slammed the toy weapon into its sheath and hopped a step back.]

Well...?

[scorchedchivalry]

You will find, I am not talking big.

[She raised the broom before her like it was a sword and she nodded, waiting for him. She would hold back and not use any of her prana in this battle. It wasn't as if she would need it anyways...]

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[If she wanted to stand there, he was cool with that.

He raised his sword, sheath and all, above his head, focusing his energy on it. Then he slashed the blade downwards, a seething formation of ki energy forming on the ground in front of it. It didn't hold its position there for long as he re-sheathed the sword then swung the blade out again horizontally. The same energy grew again in size and shot forward, roiling along the ground towards Saber.]

Shikkutou!

[scorchedchivalry]

[The moment Axel started his attack, Saber moved. Feeling the energy grow, she closed the distance between them so that when he lashed out with the energy, she was at what many would call point-blank range.

Except she pivoted on her foot at the last moment and spun with her broom swinging right at the upper part of Axel's sword arm. The energy shot right past her, as if she'd never been there in the first place.]

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[Axel was a bit surprised. But with reflexes honed by years of dodging missiles and lasers, sometimes even cutting them out of midair, he was still in control of himself. And still loud.]

You walked right into my range!

[He didn't need the weapon and he was about to prove it. He discarded it and his hand clenched into a fist, surrounded by blue ki energy. If she wanted to show off, he'd meet the broom head on, just like he always did with everything else.]

[scorchedchivalry]

[Saber's expression doesn't change, nor does Excalibroom the broom slow more than a fraction when the ki-charged fist made contact with it. Saber simply continued her swing, her monstrous strength carrying through the attempted block - or whatever that had been - to send Axel skidding across the grass, tumbling for a good number of meters.]

Am I supposed to be impressed?

[She walks without a rush toward where he lay, broom pointed down at him.]

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[He's a little surprised, being knocked on his ass after what he thought was the offensive.

But he grabs the broom and shoves it to the side. With one sharp curve of his spine, he hops back up to his feet without the usage of his hands or legs as balance.]

You think that's enough to impress me too? It's not some special ability to be able to overpower me.

[scorchedchivalry]

I am not trying to impress you. I do not care if you are impressed or not. I am already aware of my superiority to you. Unlike some other Servants, I will not rub your ineptitude in your face.

[And that's followed up with a burst of quick strikes, each one targeting a non-lethal location that would incapacitate him.]

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Who cares?!

[Whatever it was, he wasn't going down that easy. Not when he still had tricks up his own sleeve. She wasn't the only one who could punch out a huge amount of speed, though his only came in small bursts.

As the strikes honed in, all that was left there was a blue colored afterimage, his own little special trick.

He didn't waste anytime with flashy entrances as it was barely a step to the side but an instant movement. Mostly he could swing his right fist at Saber's kidney.]

[scorchedchivalry]

[That little trick did get an eyebrow to raise from the knight, but it didn't affect her reaction to the attack. Feeling the strike on the edge of her senses, Saber pivoted and took one hand off her broom, bringing her arm back to block the punch. She wasn't armored, so Axel luckily would not break his hand.

She took the opportunity to send her broom at his exposed ribs.]

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[Tch. He was already extended this far. All he could do was lower an elbow to protect his ribs but this woman was beastly strong. He had a bad feeling he'd be sent flying.]

[scorchedchivalry]

[Luckily for Axel, Saber stopped her follow through short after it was blocked, leaving the man stumbling. She then slashed down at his leg while he was still off balance.]

[surpassthelimit]

[Well, now it was inevitable. His knee buckled on impact and his fall was now assured rather than regaining his balance. At least he could arrest a complete collapse to the ground with his hands.]

[scorchedchivalry]

[Once he hit the ground, Saber stepped on one hand and pointed her broom at his throat.]

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[Axel ended up scoffing. But he turned his head up to look Saber in the eye.]

Fine, I give.

[scorchedchivalry]

[With that, Saber stepped back and lowered Excalibroom her broom. Then she offered him a hand up.]

You fought well. [Not impressive, but well.]

[surpassthelimit]

[He uses her hand to pull himself up.]

Yeah, I'm sure. Don't think this is over though. Just because I lost doesn't mean I won't train my ass off to get better.

[scorchedchivalry]

[Hey, look, a bit of a smile.]

Very good.

[surpassthelimit]

[Shrug.]

At least it was fun.

[scorchedchivalry]

I am glad you enjoyed it. Did I injure you at all? I was trying to hold my strength back so as not to damage you too much.

[surpassthelimit]

Feh, I'm fine. Almost feels a little insulting to hear it like that.

[scorchedchivalry]

...

[Really now.]

Step back, please.

[Someone is just going to use all that Rank A Strength to punch a crater in the ground. Now, Axel, do you really want to be hit directly without her holding back?]

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[He hops back because she asked nicely.]

[scorchedchivalry]

[FALCON PUNCH!]

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[He's impressed.

But not surprised. When one deals with Beowulf and various other alien crap, it's hard to be surprised.]

[scorchedchivalry]

[Just making a point. Saber didn't want to break anything on Axel.]

That would be why I was restraining my strength. This was meant to be friendly.

[surpassthelimit]

What if I was the kind of guy that liked getting the crap beat out of him?

[scorchedchivalry]

You would not have yielded before I was forced to knock you unconscious. I would like to think you are more intelligent than that.

[Which might be stretching things...]

[surpassthelimit]

...now we just have to wait for how long until that image is destroyed.

[scorchedchivalry]

That is an odd thing to say of oneself.

[surpassthelimit]

Being realistic isn't a bad thing.

[scorchedchivalry]

Whereas that is true, saying such only serves to plant the seed in the mind that you will some day make a grave mistake. It helps bring it to become true.

[surpassthelimit]

Something like that requires too much thought in the first place.

[scorchedchivalry]

Where does your rank fall within your world's military structure?

[surpassthelimit]

Huh? Captain. I guess that doesn't say much. I was field commander in our forces and third in rank overall.

[scorchedchivalry]

And were your troops part of the vanguard?

[surpassthelimit]

First in, last out. That's my rules for myself and I expect my soldiers to do the same.

[scorchedchivalry]

Fitting.

[surpassthelimit]

What makes it so fitting?

[scorchedchivalry]

You command like you fight.

[surpassthelimit]

Straight forward? Confrontational? What?

[scorchedchivalry]

Yes.

[Way to explain yourself, Saber. Still, it was the best answer.]

[surpassthelimit]

....right.