ruthless.

[background: a challenge arose between fons and lukas during the December moot.]

[BWF]
The Urrah Grand Elder stands at the edge of the challenge circle in homid. It is past the moot, past the revel and the Philodox has a slash across his collarbone, his golf shirt untorn, but matting to it with blood. He appears careless of the injury, unaware, uncaring of it.

Dressed as he is, there is a suggestion of a dot-com exec. His dress: cargo pants, the golf shirt. The sinewy strength of his muscles could be from hours at the gym as much it is from war.

It is easy, however for Garou to see something else. It's the hardness of his jaw, the unconscious posture of an Adren. A certain light to his eyes.

When he changes, of course, it is undeniable. From human to war form in a blink, to speak the language of them all.

"We are here to settle the challenge to Wyrmbreaker's honour by Dirge of the Covenant. Wyrmbreaker," he says in the Garou tongue, "as the challenged, you may set the terms." It goes without saying that the Grand Elder will audit the Shadow Lord's terms for balance.

"Dirge of the Covenant as the challenger, you may choose time and place."

[Lukas]
Not so very long ago, during the Cracking of the Bone, Wyrmbreaker had shouted, roared, crowded, and browbeaten Dirge of the Covenant; had done everything, it seemed, to try to break the Cliath's courage and his mind along with it.

There's little sign of that now. He's dead calm, very steady.

"You challenged my dominance," he says, a fact stated, "so the first part of this challenge is dominance. We will fight, Dirge of the Covenant, with whatever terms Balance-rhya deems appropriate. But not to first blood, nor until one of us cannot stand, nor until one of us is unconscious on the ground.

"We will fight until one of us submits, and then we will know which of us deserves to lead the other."

Pause.

"You also disputed that we had anything in common; any shared blood or destiny. You spoke of your noble stock, your regal lineage, the kingship that is in your blood. Very well; the second part of this challenge will be simple enough for you.

"Show me, Dirge of the Covenant. Point to the bone that contains your noble stock. Lay bare the muscle that contains your royal lineage. Show me the kings amongst kings in your blood, Silver Fang: cut your veins open and bleed blue for me.

"Show me some part of you, some piece of this body Gaia gave you, that is so different from mine that we cannot possibly be of the same race. Then point to some agent of the Wyrm, some Dancer, bane or fomori so foreign to me that I would not fight it alongside you.

"Do that, and I'll acknowledge you are not my kind."

[Fons]
He watches as Lukas starts to go into his diatribe. He had regained his composure after the revel, hunting as the rest of them had. He had worked just as hard as any would, working to bring down the hunted creature that was offered up to them. He would push himself to the edge, using everything within his ability to show his regal form in the hunt.


Now he stood before Lukas, his eyes upon the shadow lord once more.

"So be it, if Balance~Without~Fault so deems it. I will show you your weaknesses before our judge. I will show you why we are so different. How unique we truly are. But not this night, tomorrow we shall come together once more and prove just who is fit to led. Whose worthy of the mantle."

[BWF]
Balance Without Fault is silent for several seconds after Fons has spoken.

"You will fight," he says, "As Garou of the Nation, but as nothing else. No gifts. No boons from your totems. Any form, any method to submission.

"Regarding the second part of the challenge - that is not a challenge but a criteria by which you demand that Dirge of the Covenent prove his point. You may choose something in which you are both in direct contest with each other, or you may allow your challenge to stand with combat alone."

[Lukas]
Wyrmbreaker looks at Balance for a long moment, blankfaced.

Then he shifts his stark eyes to Fons.

"I'm ready when you are, Dirge of the Covenant."

[Fons]
He just smirked now as the challenge was set.

"so be it, I shall see you here again tomorrow night."

[Lukas]
Twenty four hours pass.

Then they gather again, meeting under the just-past-full moon. Dirge of the Covenant arrives first; then Wyrmbreaker. The Fang's head is back, the moonlight pale on his haughty face.

He sneers when he sees the Lord. Though they are both homid, the son of Falcon speaks in the High Tongue.

"We shall have a few moments to prepare ourselves," he says.

Wyrmbreaker looks to Balance Without Fault. When the Philodox nods, he begins to unbutton his coat, folding it carefully before setting it on the ground. His scarf and gloves follow. Then his sweater. Then his shirt.

When he's down to an undershirt and jeans, shivering slightly in the cold -- a natural reaction that he doesn't try to hide -- the Shadow Lord shifts forms. An ebon beast soon stands where the dark-haired young man once did. Wyrmbreaker draws a leather bag from his very flesh, and he begins to apply talens with a methodical deliberation.

For his part, Fons's preparations are simple enough. The Galliard slams into Hispo, stark white to his opponent's night black, angry, ready to fight.

--

Both Garou lunge the instant they step into the Challenge ring. Wyrmbreaker is moving slower than he can; slower than his Gift gives him a right to. Honorable to the bitter end, the Shadow Lord holds himself back.

And he's still the faster.

He's still terrifying fast, hideously strong. A single bite cleaves the Silver Fang open, spills hot blood on the cold ground. It's red after all, steaming visibly in the freezing air. The Shadow Lord snarls:

"Submit."

and the Silver Fang answers:

"Fuck you."

So Wyrmbreaker bites again. Pulls the hit. And Fons goes down, barely breathing.

--

A talen applies seals the very worst of the Silver Fang's wounds. The Galliard's eyes snap open, burning with hatred. The Shadow Lord is looming over him. His breath comes hot and humid, a white plume on every harsh exhale.

"You're beaten," he growls. "Submit!"

And the Silver Fang replies:

"Fuck you, usurper."

--

And then he taunts. Bleeding, battered, nearly unconscious, Dirge of the Covenant hurls insults against Wyrmbreaker's bloodlines, his tribe, his family, his mother and father, his mentor, his history. He mocks the Ahroun for a fool, for an imbecile, for a pretender to the throne, for a failure. He slings words like arrows, and he puts that silver tongue to use.

Wyrmbreaker's rage spikes. Again, and again, and again.

Again, and again, and again, the Shadow Lord's rage flames under the near-full moon. It sets his ears back against his skull. It raises his hackles like quills along his back. It makes his eyes glare and glaze; it makes his jaws snap and his teeth bare, his body quiver with rage.

Again, and again, and again, he bites back frenzy. He burns himself away, pitting his will against his rage: a war of attrition, himself against himself.

--

"If I frenzy," Wyrmbreaker says, "you die. Are you willing to let it go to that simply to avoid bending your neck?"

The answer is sharp and certain. "I will not," snaps the Fang, "dishonor the covenants to Luna and Helios. For you, nor anyone. If we must die, then so be it."

--

So Wyrmbreaker tears his throat out. Drops the Fang to the ground, bleeding his life out again, but stops just short of fatality.

And then he heals him.

A third time, he demands it:

"Submit, fool! You waste your life for your pride!"

And a third time, the Fang denies him -- silent now, his throat a tattered mess, baring his teeth in response. In his eyes, conviction burns like lightning.

--

Wyrmbreaker doesn't stop this time. When his teeth find their target, he nearly tears the Fang's head from his shoulders. Blood splatters to the edges of the circle, pumps in time to Dirge of the Covenant's slowing heart, slows, slows, stops.

There's no sign that this was an accident. The Shadow Lord's pale eyes are fast upon the corpse, wary, ready. It was a deliberate act; a calculated risk. A strategem. Tactically brilliant.

It's also brutal, and utterly ruthless.

--

The Fang comes back. Raging now, frenzied, mindless, the Galliard surges snapping to his feet and barrels down on the Lord. Distance diminishes to nothing; the black hispo stands his ground against the white. Without the aid of his Gift this time, he plants his paws, he snarls long and terrible at his opponent, bristles his fur, bares his teeth.

Terror wars against rage and will. Now it's Dirge of the Covenant that burns his will to ash, casting his mind against the sheer physical intimidation of the Fostern, shielding his rage from the fear

again
and again
and again

until he's close enough to lash out, to strike, to land the first and last and only bite he'll land in this challenge.

Wyrmbreaker meets the onslaught head-on, turns only at the last instant to give the frenzied Silver Fang the meat of his shoulder to bite, where his fur is thickest, where his skin is tough. The attack is vicious, and faultless; a blow an Ahroun would have been proud of. And yet -- Dirge's teeth fail to break the skin.

An instant later Wyrmbreaker shoulder-checks him back, lunges forward, bears down, snaps his teeth shut an inch from Dirge of the Covenant's snout. And at last, finally, it's too much for the Cliath.

Dirge of the Covenant melts into a wolf, lithe, injured, red blood on white fur. He succumbs to the fox frenzy, turns and runs, breaking the Challenge Circle without a thought. Onlookers turn their heads to watch him go.

--

Left behind in the Circle, Wyrmbreaker looks to the Grand Elder for a decision.

Balance Without Fault nods to him, once, in acknowledgment.

--

DICE:

[20:44:38] damon/lukas: okay. let's just... consider this a chat room.
[20:44:44] damon/lukas: ((OOC like this! *LOL*))
[20:44:45] clark/fons: --------IC--------
[20:45:08] damon/lukas: ((*gets serious face out*))
[20:45:14] veracity: ((*loses it*))
[20:45:34] monki: ((*dies*))
[20:45:38] damon/lukas: (LMAO)
[20:46:00] clark/fons: Fons returned to the challenge circle area after a night of waiting. His eyes looking up to the full moon sky above head and then to his oppenent, sneering. ~HT~ "We shall have a few moments to prepare ourselves"
[20:47:11] damon/lukas: (fuck's sake, i can't even call up the challenge thread to see the terms)
[20:47:22] damon/lukas: (oh wait! cache!)
[20:47:43] monki: ((I can!))
[20:47:49] damon/lukas: (I got 'em, all good.)
[20:47:50] monki: ((*speshul*))
[20:47:54] clark/fons: (No gifts, no totem. Use any form. Fight until submission)
[20:49:04] clark/fons: (Ack Fons is still in homid form)
[20:51:04] *** clark/fons has left the chat.
[20:51:09] damon/lukas: (crap!)
[20:51:11] *** clark/fons has joined the chat.
[20:51:13] damon/lukas: (oh good.)
[20:51:34] clark/fons: (sorry)
[20:52:00] veracity: [he was so worried he used a Christian swear word.]
[20:54:40] damon/lukas: (sorry, had to feed the cats! *back now* okay -- i need a mod call already *dies* is BWF gonna allow time for preparation before they enter the challenge circle?)
[20:55:44] damon/lukas: (who's our mod?)
[20:57:52] clark/fons: (Jacqui wanna be mod?)
[20:59:05] jacqui/mod: (I could mod but I'm not sure it's kosher if I do, since, well, my PC wasn't impartial and all)
[20:59:51] jacqui/mod: (though I woulda thought BWF would let them prepare before they enter the circle)
[21:00:04] clark/fons: (I only said that so you could have a break from challenges, I don't mean to bring you in on this one if you don't want to)
[21:00:16] veracity: [i think with a PvP, it just depends on how much clark and damon trust you]
[21:00:24] veracity: [since you're not playing Kate, you're playing BWF]
[21:00:36] veracity: [so Clark, Damon, do you trust Jacqui to be impartial and NPC BWF/mod your combat?]
[21:00:57] damon/lukas: (yep)
[21:01:05] clark/fons: (I am cool, cool *pops collar* Ehhhhya)
[21:01:07] jacqui/mod: (all we need is a bible to lay a hand on ^_^)
[21:01:07] veracity: [BOOM. Roasted.]
[21:01:30] jacqui/mod: (in which case I'll say yes, BWF would let them prepare)
[21:01:52] damon/lukas: (alright!)
[21:02:03] damon/lukas: (*makes cheat sheet*)
[21:02:10] jacqui/mod: (they were fighting as garou without any aid from totem or gifts, right? *has vague memory of reading that*)
[21:02:23] damon/lukas: (yep. no totems, no gifts, fight until submission.)
[21:02:36] jacqui/mod: (aight!)
[21:02:41] clark/fons: (any form of choice, not gift/ totem)
[21:03:00] clark/fons: (Fons burns 1 rage to auto-shift to hispo form)
[21:03:36] damon/lukas: (since we have indefinite prep time, he can just slow-shift, clark)
[21:03:59] clark/fons: (He's gonna just burn it)
[21:04:17] clark/fons: (he wants to fight... badly)
[21:04:25] jacqui/mod: (*dies*)
[21:05:39] damon/lukas: (*LOL* i feel bad about this, but Gn - Bloody Bandage; rolling for two more talens)
[21:05:49] damon/lukas: first one: soak talen
[21:06:15] damon/lukas: //roll-dice 3-sides 10
[21:06:15] damon/lukas: damon/lukas rolled 3 10-sided dice: 3 5 5
[21:06:33] damon/lukas: (*grumps, goes worship kahseeno*)
[21:06:59] *** veracity has left the chat.
[21:07:06] damon/lukas: (NOTHER SOAK TALEN.)
[21:07:13] damon/lukas: //roll-dice 3-sides 10
[21:07:13] damon/lukas: damon/lukas rolled 3 10-sided dice: 3 10 7
[21:07:29] *** veracity has joined the chat.
[21:07:42] damon/lukas: (all that trouble for one soak point *LOL* i need more gnosis. okay -- damage talen next. this one's diff 5)
[21:07:49] damon/lukas: //roll-dice 3-sides-10
[21:07:50] damon/lukas: damon/lukas rolled 3 1-sided dice: 1 1 1
[21:07:56] jacqui/mod: (...)
[21:08:04] veracity: [...wow.]
[21:08:06] damon/lukas: (i dunno why it rolled 1 sided dice. i typed 10!)
[21:08:07] clark/fons: That was a 1sided die
[21:08:09] clark/fons: try again
[21:08:13] damon/lukas: //roll-dice 3-sides-10
[21:08:13] damon/lukas: damon/lukas rolled 3 1-sided dice: 1 1 1
[21:08:15] veracity: [*slow clap*]
[21:08:17] damon/lukas: (wtf.)
[21:08:24] clark/fons: (*kicks back to OOC*)
[21:08:27] damon/lukas: (oh, i see what i did wrong)
[21:08:33] damon/lukas: //roll-dice 3-sides 10
[21:08:33] damon/lukas: damon/lukas rolled 3 10-sided dice: 4 7 7
[21:08:41] damon/lukas: (that's just +1 damage)
[21:08:53] clark/fons: (Understood ready?)
[21:09:22] damon/lukas: (good to go!)
[21:09:37] clark/fons: (Inits then)
[21:09:39] jacqui/mod: (go to inits then!)
[21:09:41] clark/fons: (7+)
[21:09:54] clark/fons: (I mean 9+)
[21:10:06] *** jacqui/mod has left the chat.
[21:10:07] *** monki has left the chat.
[21:10:08] clark/fons: clark/fons rolled 1 10-sided die: 2
[21:10:08] damon/lukas: (btw -- he has SotF, but i'm gonna say it's possible to voluntarily slow himself down enough to ignore that. sound ok?)
[21:10:08] *** lessa has left the chat.
[21:10:16] clark/fons: (okay)
[21:10:23] *** jacqui/mod has been invited to the group chat.
[21:10:36] damon/lukas: (fuck's sake, there goes jacqui)
[21:11:03] damon/lukas: (whatever, +10! *LOL*)
[21:11:08] damon/lukas: //roll-dice 1-sides 10
[21:11:09] damon/lukas: damon/lukas rolled 1 10-sided die: 8
[21:11:13] *** monki has joined the chat.
[21:12:12] *** jacqui/mod has left the chat.
[21:12:17] damon/lukas: (sorry -- he's in hispo, slowshifted)
[21:12:42] *** jacqui/mod has been invited to the group chat.
[21:12:51] *** jacqui/mod has joined the chat.
[21:12:57] jacqui/mod: (oof.)
[21:13:10] damon/lukas: [21:10:08] clark/fons: clark/fons rolled 1 10-sided die: 2
[21:10:08] damon/lukas: (btw -- he has SotF, but i'm gonna say it's possible to voluntarily slow himself down enough to ignore that. sound ok?)
[21:10:08] *** lessa has left the chat.
[21:10:16] clark/fons: (okay)
[21:10:23] *** jacqui/mod has been invited to the group chat.
[21:10:36] damon/lukas: (fuck's sake, there goes jacqui)
[21:11:03] damon/lukas: (whatever, +10! *LOL*)
[21:11:08] damon/lukas: //roll-dice 1-sides 10
[21:11:09] damon/lukas: damon/lukas rolled 1 10-sided die: 8
[21:13:10] damon/lukas: [21:10:08] clark/fons: clark/fons rolled 1 10-sided die: 2
[21:10:08] damon/lukas: (btw -- he has SotF, but i'm gonna say it's possible to voluntarily slow himself down enough to ignore that. sound ok?)
[21:10:08] *** lessa has left the chat.
[21:10:16] clark/fons: (okay)
[21:10:23] *** jacqui/mod has been invited to the group chat.
[21:10:36] damon/lukas: (fuck's sake, there goes jacqui)
[21:11:03] damon/lukas: (whatever, +10! *LOL*)
[21:11:08] damon/lukas: //roll-dice 1-sides 10
[21:11:09] damon/lukas: damon/lukas rolled 1 10-sided die: 8
[21:13:16] damon/lukas: the important stuff you missed.
[21:13:19] clark/fons: (Staples Jacqui in)
[21:13:33] damon/lukas: (oh -- also, lukas slowshifted to hispo.)
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[21:14:13] clark/fons: (Okay. Fons. 1a. Taunt. 1b. Bite 1c. Taunt.)
[21:15:47] damon/lukas: (can i just say, I KNEW IT. cuz i was sitting there thinking, now why would a galliard want the ahroun to fight with full rage?)
[21:16:01] jacqui/mod: (*dies*)
[21:16:01] damon/lukas: (*stops grinning like a fucktard, declares*)
[21:19:19] damon/lukas: (1 rage. 1a. targeted bite: throat/vocal cords. +WP b. bite. c. bite. d. bite. R1. and bite.)
[21:19:54] damon/lukas: (should i go to rolls?)
[21:19:58] clark/fons: up
[21:20:04] clark/fons: *(Yup))
[21:20:41] jacqui/mod: (yes, roll your targeted bite, D!)
[21:21:00] damon/lukas: (okay, this is -4 dice, +WP, +2 diff for targeting. effects are up to mod.)
[21:21:20] damon/lukas: (oh, rerolls on 10's, but i'll just do them in a sep roll if necessary)
[21:21:29] damon/lukas: //roll-dice 6-sides 10
[21:21:29] damon/lukas: damon/lukas rolled 6 10-sided dice: 4 7 6 6 5 5
[21:21:50] clark/fons: (Change first roll to dodge)
[21:21:53] damon/lukas: (so that's 2 succ -- the 7 and WP. any special effects?)
[21:22:01] damon/lukas: (nm, roll your dodge first, clark)
[21:22:07] clark/fons: (first roll, +1diff)
[21:22:15] damon/lukas: (no +diff on defense!)
[21:22:57] clark/fons: ((2 dice, Wp used)
[21:23:04] clark/fons: clark/fons rolled 2 6-sided dice: 6 2
[21:23:14] damon/lukas: (okay, that's a successful dodge)
[21:23:31] damon/lukas: (action b is a straight bite, -5 dice)
[21:23:40] damon/lukas: //roll-dice 5-sides 10
[21:23:40] damon/lukas: damon/lukas rolled 5 10-sided dice: 9 9 10 7 10
[21:23:48] damon/lukas: //roll-dice 2-sides 10
[21:23:48] damon/lukas: damon/lukas rolled 2 10-sided dice: 1 9
[21:23:50] clark/fons: (Take attack)
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[21:24:02] damon/lukas: (rerolls canceled out; 5 succ; +4 dam)
[21:24:11] damon/lukas: //roll-dice 14-sides 10
[21:24:11] damon/lukas: damon/lukas rolled 14 10-sided dice: 10 10 1 6 8 9 7 1 6 3 3 2 6 9
[21:24:25] damon/lukas: (i'm counting 7 succ there -- soak?)
[21:24:25] clark/fons: (Soak)
[21:24:32] clark/fons: clark/fons rolled 6 10-sided dice: 10 2 4 2 7 2
[21:24:33] jacqui/mod: (7 Suxx, yes)
[21:24:53] damon/lukas: (2 soaked. reflexive IC -- ) "Submit!"
[21:25:01] clark/fons: "Fuck you"
[21:25:07] damon/lukas: (LOL)
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[21:25:22] jacqui/mod: (BWF Frowns)
[21:25:32] damon/lukas: (c. -6 dice, straight bite, pulling at incap if necessary.)
[21:25:39] damon/lukas: //roll-dice 4-sides 10
[21:25:39] damon/lukas: damon/lukas rolled 4 10-sided dice: 7 4 2 4
[21:25:44] damon/lukas: (no add'l damage)
[21:25:49] damon/lukas: //roll-dice 10-sides 10
[21:25:50] damon/lukas: damon/lukas rolled 10 10-sided dice: 5 8 1 7 9 6 6 6 7 9
[21:25:55] clark/fons: (soak)
[21:26:02] clark/fons: clark/fons rolled 6 10-sided dice: 10 1 9 6 3 9
[21:26:35] damon/lukas: (pulled at incap; rest of round is 'wasted'; next round, Lukas rolls Gnosis to activate a bloody bandage on Fons.)
[21:26:40] damon/lukas: //roll-dice 3-sides 10
[21:26:40] damon/lukas: damon/lukas rolled 3 10-sided dice: 8 2 5
[21:27:09] damon/lukas: (that's 1 healed. more IC -- ) "You're beaten. Submit!"
[21:27:30] clark/fons: "Fuck you usurper"
[21:28:06] damon/lukas: (inits again?)
[21:28:20] jacqui/mod: (*dies* So it appears!)
[21:28:28] damon/lukas: (+10)
[21:28:32] damon/lukas: //roll-dice 1-sides 10
[21:28:33] damon/lukas: damon/lukas rolled 1 10-sided die: 3
[21:28:33] clark/fons: (New inits, 7+)
[21:28:42] clark/fons: clark/fons rolled 1 10-sided die: 10
[21:29:07] jacqui/mod: (Fons has inits!)
[21:29:52] damon/lukas: (1a. body tackle b. jawlock c. held for bite d. held for bite)
[21:31:04] clark/fons: (Burn rage to resist 1 level of pain. 1a. Taunt. 1b. Taunt 1R. Taunt. 2 R. Taunt)
[21:32:11] damon/lukas: (go for it!)
[21:32:14] clark/fons: (taunt roll, Manip+Express+PB-2 dice for pain level-2 for split)
[21:32:35] clark/fons: clark/fons rolled 2 10-sided dice: 6 2
[21:32:48] clark/fons: clark/fons rolled 2 10-sided dice: 5 10
[21:32:57] clark/fons: Why cant I roll 5 dice
[21:33:03] damon/lukas: (LMFAO)
[21:33:04] clark/fons: clark/fons rolled 2 6-sided dice: 4 1
[21:33:16] damon/lukas: (now you're rolling 6 sided dice)
[21:33:16] clark/fons: clark/fons rolled 2 10-sided dice: 8 2
[21:33:25] jacqui/mod: (wtf)
[21:33:28] clark/fons: (*grrs)
[21:33:29] damon/lukas: (just roll -- *beats* i was gonna say just roll one more 10sided)
[21:33:38] damon/lukas: (let's just count that as 6/2/5/10/8)
[21:33:48] clark/fons: (diff Wits+4)
[21:34:04] damon/lukas: (diff 8, so 2 suxx, for -1 die. rolling rage.)
[21:34:14] damon/lukas: //roll-dice 5-sides 10
[21:34:14] damon/lukas: damon/lukas rolled 5 10-sided dice: 5 2 10 6 3
[21:34:24] damon/lukas: (spending 1 WP to resist frenzy.)
[21:34:43] clark/fons: (Taunt again, us WP)
[21:35:13] clark/fons: (Manip+Express+PB ( 9)- 3 for split-2 for wounds)
[21:35:43] clark/fons: clark/fons rolled 4 10-sided dice: 2 1 8 1
[21:36:23] clark/fons: (Lukas needed to give up actions to spend WP correct?)
[21:37:13] damon/lukas: (yep, forfeit remaining actions)
[21:37:26] clark/fons: (Taunt. 9 dice)
[21:37:32] clark/fons: clark/fons rolled 9 10-sided dice: 2 5 10 2 10 1 6 9 7
[21:37:46] damon/lukas: (2 suxx; rolling rage!)
[21:37:46] clark/fons: (2 sux)
[21:37:57] damon/lukas: //roll-dice 5-sides 10
[21:37:57] damon/lukas: damon/lukas rolled 5 10-sided dice: 8 7 8 3 7
[21:38:05] damon/lukas: (honestly! another WP spent.)
[21:38:13] clark/fons: (Taunt again)
[21:38:21] clark/fons: clark/fons rolled 9 10-sided dice: 2 5 7 8 7 2 10 7 1
[21:38:33] damon/lukas: (1 sux -- does that round up or down, jacqui?)
[21:38:44] damon/lukas: //roll-dice 5-sides 10
[21:38:44] damon/lukas: damon/lukas rolled 5 10-sided dice: 7 9 4 4 7
[21:38:48] damon/lukas: (annnd another WP)
[21:39:03] jacqui/mod: (I'm gonna say up)
[21:39:11] damon/lukas: (okay, down 3 dice)
[21:39:23] damon/lukas: (is that end of round?)
[21:39:24] clark/fons: (And I believe we come to a new round of inits, correct?)
[21:39:29] damon/lukas: (reflexive IC!)
[21:39:30] jacqui/mod: (We do at that)
[21:40:14] damon/lukas: "If I frenzy ... you die. Are you willing to let it go to that simply to avoid bending your neck?"
[21:41:02] clark/fons: "I will not dishonor the covanants to Luna and Helios for you, nor anyone. If we must die than so be it."
[21:41:13] jacqui/mod: (jesus christ, fons)
[21:42:07] damon/lukas: (inits! +10. btw, taunt says for 'next action', but since he took no action since taunting began, i'm gonna take all three dice cumulatively off his first action, next round.)
[21:42:15] damon/lukas: //roll-dice 1-sides 10
[21:42:15] damon/lukas: damon/lukas rolled 1 10-sided die: 2
[21:42:24] clark/fons: (7+)
[21:42:30] clark/fons: clark/fons rolled 1 10-sided die: 4
[21:42:39] clark/fons: (aww well)
[21:42:48] jacqui/mod: (Lukas has inits this round!)
[21:42:57] clark/fons: (Taunt)
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[21:48:42] damon/lukas: (sorry about long silence! was thinking, then ranting about how awesome this is *LOL* 4 rage! 1. targeted throat bite; R1-R4. held for bites)
[21:49:05] jacqui/mod: (aight, roll it!)
[21:49:31] damon/lukas: (+2 diff!)
[21:49:38] jacqui/mod: (yep!)
[21:49:47] damon/lukas: //roll-dice 7-sides 10
[21:49:47] damon/lukas: damon/lukas rolled 7 10-sided dice: 5 6 1 3 9 6 8
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[21:49:56] damon/lukas: (eeech. 1 steenkin success)
[21:50:33] damon/lukas: (jacqui, any special effects on a throat bite? he's specifically trying to debilitate fons's ability to yap)
[21:50:59] clark/fons: (I think you would need to do some damage first)
[21:51:07] clark/fons: (*looks to Jacqui*)
[21:51:38] jacqui/mod: (*grins* Roll your damage, D, if he gets more than 2 suxx, I'ma rule that Fons can't yammer for the rest of the round.)
[21:52:06] clark/fons: (Awww 2 damage would kill him *eyes Damon* Ya got the balls for it?)
[21:53:02] veracity: [...I want to have sex with this challenge.]
[21:53:38] damon/lukas: (brb, facerolling!)
[21:53:40] damon/lukas: (LMAO)
[21:54:14] jacqui/mod: (*dies*, in that case, 1 Suxx means his throat box is a pulpy mess, 2 suxx, he's dead.)
[21:54:22] jacqui/mod: (hahaha0
[21:54:25] jacqui/mod: *)
[21:54:38] damon/lukas: (all right, still pulling damage at incap for this, then.)
[21:54:47] jacqui/mod: (okay)
[21:54:49] damon/lukas: //roll-dice 10-sides 10
[21:54:49] damon/lukas: damon/lukas rolled 10 10-sided dice: 6 10 4 10 5 1 3 9 7 1
[21:54:56] clark/fons: (soak)
[21:55:01] clark/fons: clark/fons rolled 6 10-sided dice: 4 2 2 6 1 8
[21:55:41] clark/fons: (Dammit I did waste all my good sux on Jamie's scene earlier)
[21:55:50] damon/lukas: (facerolls some more)
[21:55:53] damon/lukas: (rest of round wasted. next round, rolling gnosis on yet another BB)
[21:56:04] damon/lukas: //roll-dice 3-sides 10
[21:56:04] damon/lukas: damon/lukas rolled 3 10-sided dice: 3 8 4
[21:56:16] jacqui/mod: (i think BWF is facerolling himself)
[21:56:34] damon/lukas: (annnd he's back to 6agg. IC, you know the drill -- ) "Submit, fool! You waste your life for your pride!"
[21:56:37] jacqui/mod: (BWF "HUP!")
[21:56:57] clark/fons: *bares teeth in response*
[21:57:12] damon/lukas: (back to inits!)
[21:57:19] jacqui/mod: (hit me with em)
[21:57:21] clark/fons: (7+)
[21:57:25] damon/lukas: +10
[21:57:26] clark/fons: clark/fons rolled 1 10-sided die: 10
[21:57:32] damon/lukas: /roll-dice 1-sides 1-
[21:57:33] damon/lukas: oops.
[21:57:39] clark/fons: (*laughs)
[21:57:40] damon/lukas: //roll-dice 1-sides 10
[21:57:51] damon/lukas: ...what did i do wrong?
[21:57:56] damon/lukas: //roll-dice 1-sides 10
[21:57:56] damon/lukas: damon/lukas rolled 1 10-sided die: 1
[21:58:00] damon/lukas: (sldfjdslkl LOL)
[21:58:11] jacqui/mod: Wait, why did you roll twice?
[21:58:17] clark/fons: (Ummm the first one was fine)
[21:58:19] damon/lukas: (i didnt' see my first roll)
[21:58:20] jacqui/mod: (ack! forgot my brackets)
[21:58:22] damon/lukas: (what was it? *LOL*)
[21:58:29] jacqui/mod: (okay, first was 10)
[21:58:29] clark/fons: (Damon has inits)
[21:58:42] damon/lukas: (i didn't see it *dies* sorry! and, daw.)
[21:58:42] clark/fons: (Fons locks eyes on Lukas for staredown)
[21:58:43] jacqui/mod: (and since it was fine, I'ma rule that we use it and Lukas has inits)
[21:59:15] clark/fons: (Wait Fons is at incap, nevermind)
[21:59:23] damon/lukas: (he's at 6agg)
[21:59:29] clark/fons: (No wait what is he at again?)
[21:59:33] damon/lukas: (6 agg!)
[21:59:36] damon/lukas: (he got healed for one)
[21:59:44] clark/fons: (Ahh okay... staredown then)
[22:00:32] jacqui/mod: (wait, is Staredown a Gift?)
[22:00:39] damon/lukas: (he means facedown)
[22:00:47] clark/fons: (NO I mean facedown)
[22:00:48] jacqui/mod: (oooh. LOL)
[22:00:59] clark/fons: (he doesn't have that gift)
[22:01:00] jacqui/mod: (sorry, for a sec I was flailing)
[22:02:54] damon/lukas: (jacqui, i haz a question for you!)
[22:03:02] jacqui/mod: (yessir!)
[22:04:03] damon/lukas: (*points at IM!)
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[22:08:52] damon/lukas: (Remaining 1 rage spent. a. bite, not pulling damage. then holding rest of actions until after rageback... provided his ass rages back. b. intimidation c. intimidation / R1. intimidation -- all intimidations extended actions to try to force berserk --> fox frenzy. needless to say, if that first bite doesn't actually manage to land enough damage he'll convert remaining actions over as necessary.)
[22:09:02] damon/lukas: (*FACEROLLS*)
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[22:10:08] clark/fons: (Bring the pain biznitch)
[22:10:35] veracity: [*flaps hands* AAAGH.]
[22:10:40] veracity: [*quiets again*]
[22:11:22] damon/lukas: (okay -- a, -3 dice.)
[22:12:13] damon/lukas: //roll-dice 7-sides 10
[22:12:13] damon/lukas: damon/lukas rolled 7 10-sided dice: 5 4 4 5 9 7 9
[22:12:21] damon/lukas: (damage +4)
[22:12:34] clark/fons: (soak)
[22:12:40] damon/lukas: //roll-dice 14-sides 10
[22:12:41] damon/lukas: damon/lukas rolled 14 10-sided dice: 6 1 3 8 7 9 2 4 1 6 8 6 7 7
[22:12:42] clark/fons: clark/fons rolled 6 10-sided dice: 3 5 7 9 5 9
[22:12:53] veracity: (OMFG)
[22:12:53] clark/fons: (Rage back, wp used)
[22:12:57] damon/lukas: (*fucking bites nails*)
[22:13:00] monki: (ZOMG)
[22:13:01] clark/fons: clark/fons rolled 4 10-sided dice: 1 9 10 2
[22:13:02] veracity: (OMFG)
[22:13:06] damon/lukas: (YAY.)
[22:13:06] jacqui/mod: (*pees in her fucking pants*)
[22:13:09] veracity: [*claws face*]
[22:13:09] damon/lukas: (FUCKING HELL)
[22:13:14] damon/lukas: (*wipes brow*)
[22:13:18] damon/lukas: (*gibbers*)
[22:13:54] damon/lukas: (wanna redeclare, clark, since now you have all that shiny new rage to play with?)
[22:14:05] clark/fons: (Go ahead)
[22:14:50] damon/lukas: (okay, this is physical intimidation. i don't think social would even work at this point *LOL* str/intim vs diff... WP? -4 dice.)
[22:15:07] clark/fons: (Temp or perm?)
[22:15:14] damon/lukas: (jacqui?)
[22:15:33] clark/fons: (Temp 3, Perm 5)
[22:15:43] damon/lukas: (JACQUI!!!!!!)
[22:15:49] monki: (she might be peeing!)
[22:15:51] jacqui/mod: (sorry! Fuck, I had to urinate!)
[22:15:59] damon/lukas: (LMFAO)
[22:16:04] veracity: (so much for peeing in your pants. LIAR.)
[22:16:16] damon/lukas: (i thought that was just from nervousness LMAO)
[22:16:53] jacqui/mod: (Um, I think Temp WP, given the circumstances)
[22:17:07] jacqui/mod: (I don't see Fons being all YEE WP LOOK AT MEE)
[22:17:12] damon/lukas: (ok, -4 dice!)
[22:17:18] damon/lukas: //roll-dice 6-sides 10
[22:17:18] damon/lukas: damon/lukas rolled 6 10-sided dice: 3 4 6 7 3 2
[22:17:39] damon/lukas: (5 succ -- keep rolling, or sufficient?)
[22:18:18] jacqui/mod: (I think, we decided it would only take 3 Suxx to convert to fox frenzy.)
[22:18:20] clark/fons: (Spend WP to resist)
[22:18:42] clark/fons: (Come on)
[22:19:21] damon/lukas: (jacqui ok with that?)
[22:19:23] jacqui/mod: (fuck, phone. Kai, take over modding for two little secs?)
[22:19:26] jacqui/mod: (yes!)
[22:19:27] damon/lukas: (!)
[22:19:30] damon/lukas: (LOL)
[22:19:37] clark/fons: (I don't mind)
[22:19:38] veracity: (!!!)
[22:19:49] damon/lukas: (what am i on, action c? -5 dice, diff 2 now)
[22:19:56] clark/fons: (c yes)
[22:19:58] damon/lukas: //roll-dice 5-sides 10
[22:19:58] damon/lukas: damon/lukas rolled 5 10-sided dice: 3 9 5 6 3
[22:20:00] clark/fons: (Yup diff 2)
[22:20:06] clark/fons: (Burn WP. Again)
[22:20:24] damon/lukas: (your action!)
[22:20:57] clark/fons: (Stare down. Burn rage to get back some damage dice. At -5, now at -2. Re-roll 10's)
[22:21:03] damon/lukas: (you're frenzied!)
[22:21:19] veracity: [Yeah, Facedown is all about self-control. You can't facedown while frenzied.]
[22:22:04] veracity: [The WP Fons is burning is to keep from running away, but it doesn't snap him out of the rageback frenzy he's in. His options are attack or... attack, basically.]
[22:22:51] damon/lukas: (ftr: reserving right to switch R1 to a block!)
[22:23:44] jacqui/mod: (okay, sorry about that.)
[22:23:47] clark/fons: (Okay then he is moving to a bite attack in berserk frenzy)
[22:24:09] clark/fons: clark/fons rolled 8 10-sided dice: 8 10 5 6 9 6 9 3
[22:24:19] clark/fons: (7 sux)
[22:24:52] clark/fons: (damage+6)
[22:25:00] clark/fons: (14 damage total)
[22:25:10] clark/fons: clark/fons rolled 14 10-sided dice: 1 6 5 2 1 3 4 9 8 1 5 5 2 2
[22:25:23] veracity: [Wow.]
[22:25:23] clark/fons: (No damage)
[22:25:30] jacqui/mod: (:-o)
[22:25:57] damon/lukas: (good to know kahseeno pwinks even on AIM >_<)
[22:26:14] jacqui/mod: (okay, are we at rage tiem now for lukas?)
[22:26:18] damon/lukas: (intimidate MOAR. full dice pool, diff is now... 1?)
[22:26:19] clark/fons: Up
[22:26:28] damon/lukas: //roll-dice 10-sides 10
[22:26:28] damon/lukas: damon/lukas rolled 10 10-sided dice: 7 10 5 6 5 10 9 5 4 6
[22:26:29] clark/fons: (Diff cannot fall below 2)
[22:26:37] clark/fons: (Burn WP to resist)
[22:26:44] damon/lukas: (he's outta WP, right?)
[22:26:50] clark/fons: (After this turn yes)
[22:26:53] jacqui/mod: (if he burns again, yes)
[22:27:01] clark/fons: (Err that last one, yes)
[22:27:48] damon/lukas: (okay, inits again!)
[22:27:58] damon/lukas: (remember your pain mods are gone)
[22:28:01] damon/lukas: (+10)
[22:28:04] clark/fons: (7+)
[22:28:13] clark/fons: clark/fons rolled 1 10-sided die: 4
[22:28:14] damon/lukas: //roll-dice 1-sides 10
[22:28:14] damon/lukas: damon/lukas rolled 1 10-sided die: 8
[22:28:30] clark/fons: (bite, r1 bite. rage 2 bite)
[22:29:24] damon/lukas: (he IS outta WP, right?)
[22:29:29] jacqui/mod: (yes)
[22:29:30] clark/fons: (Yup)
[22:29:33] damon/lukas: (actually, my char wouldn't know that)
[22:29:57] jacqui/mod: (if lukas gets suxx on intimidation again, fons is in fox frenzy)
[22:30:19] damon/lukas: (yeah but lukas doesn't have a chart of fons's WP *LOL* so he'd hedge his bets: 1a/b/c -- intimidation!)
[22:30:35] damon/lukas: (-3)
[22:30:37] jacqui/mod: (Do whatever lukas would do!)
[22:30:44] damon/lukas: //roll-dice 7-sides 10
[22:30:44] damon/lukas: damon/lukas rolled 7 10-sided dice: 2 3 4 1 6 4 6
[22:30:45] veracity: (Lukas would drink more red bull.)
[22:31:18] clark/fons: Fons is in fox frenzy
[22:32:05] jacqui/mod: (Fons is in Lupus, fleeing, he may attack anything getting between him and a place not around lukas)
[22:32:23] damon/lukas: (okay, lukas would watch him go and then turn to BWF for a decision)
[22:32:49] veracity: ["DID I WIN?"]
[22:33:46] jacqui/mod: (BWF is pretty much like, his refusal to submit when given chances (however many times) lost him the right to lose this challenge with honor, or even win it, TBH. Lukas won.)
[22:34:12] jacqui/mod: (BWF is not impressed that it took being KILLED to make a Cliath submit to a Fostern)
[22:34:33] damon/lukas: (best challenge ever, seriously. thanks a lot, clark, for making me pull out all my hair.)
[22:34:44] veracity: that was so intense
[22:34:46] damon/lukas: are the forums -- fuck, they're still down.
[22:34:51] dropbear: yeah
[22:34:53] jacqui/mod: (seriously, I'm sweating)
[22:35:00] clark/fons: (*stamps* Seven-Claws approved *laughs*