Tournament Final Round

[bravenewmods]

"Ah."

With the second round of the tournament coming to an end, the three winners had been determined: Feliks, Levi, and Reimu. The crowd turns expectantly towards Team Evolution to where Rory now stands alone, having been informed that his companions had needed to take a step away. The man pauses before he steps forward to speak.

"...Dr. Verdine and Sakina have been... called away. A minor emergency. ...And I fear my remaining compatriots are not much for battling."

He looks embarrassed.

"We will have to forgo the Team Evolution exhibition - but please, it would be an honor for me to face your trainers. It was we who requested this demonstration. I would not have you waste your time."

He gives a slight bow and walks up to the field, rolling his sleeves up to his elbows and retrieving several small, round objects from his pockets.

"I am ready. Come, let us see the strength of Union's Bonds against that of our team's."

((This will be the final tournament post. It will be three separate battles against each of the winners. To properly end this event, we will need at least one thread to progress a significant amount, so please do your best to respond!))

Comments

[bejustorbedead]

[He glances over at the man - trying to see if he recognized the face or voice]

From the main gate, like everyone else.

[ladyofluminosity]

Ky, I didn't think you'd be interested in this kind of thing.

[She looks toward Ezreal.]

This is my cousin, Ky Kiske. Ky, this is Ezreal. We've been traveling together for... well, since I first left home.

[indy_wannabe]

Huh. Didn't realize the Kiskes and the Crownguards were related.

[ember_celica]

I think most of the noble houses are. [She looks at Ezreal, then at Ky. She grins and waves her hand at him.] Hi! I'm Yang Xiao Long, at your service.

[bejustorbedead]

[He nods both in greeting and in confirmation of what Yang said]

Pleasure to meet you as well, Miss Long, Mr. Ezreal.

And that is correct, most of the families are distantly related if you look far back enough, but Crownguards and Kiskes are the most closely related - the latter is a branch of the former.

[He settles back - though it's clear he's ready to spring up at the first sign of trouble]

But we are getting off-track.

[indy_wannabe]

Don't the swords have a bead on his other companions? You'd think they've seen them around.

[ladyofluminosity]

[Lux nods.]

That's right, most of the noble houses claim some relation to the Savior, so, in that regard, we're all connected in some way. Whether or not that's true is up to interpretation, of course.

[Making a face, Annabel the Eevee matches it at Ezreal.]

If anyone were to know something about them, it would be the rangers. The Sword focuses more on internal affairs.

[ember_celica]

I saw some of them at the last tournament bout. Two of them just got up and... left, partway through. It might not mean anything, though.

[She frowns.]

...but I still don't like it, y'know? Like, why are they not here? They wanted this tournament...

[bejustorbedead]

[Ky looks up from checking his Warp Band - listening for alerts or messages]

Not getting anything so far.

[He hopes this isn't a diversion]

But we should be ready.

[ladyofluminosity]

Do you really think they would attack us during the tournament, do you?

[indy_wannabe]

I'd be a bit surprised. We'd have noticed if they had the forces to storm an entire city like this, I'd think.

[ember_celica]

That'd be seriously bold of them, too. Like how many Enlightened are here?