Fight of the Century

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Fight of the Century

Postby Null » Wed Jan 16, 2019 7:44 pm

Will was going around campus, hanging up professional-looking posters.

He frowned, and adjusted one so it was pointing upright.

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The Brawl to End it All!

The Fight of the Year!

Naming Rights On the Line!

"Pretty Boy" Will Stanton vs. Will "Packdog" Stanton

This Monday, in The Danger Room!

Be There!  Or Be Somewhere Else!



"Perfect," he nodded to himself.

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Re: Fight of the Century

Postby Nailah Weaver » Wed Jan 16, 2019 11:13 pm

A couple feet away Nailah has grabbed one of the flyers from the wall of the XUB, reading through and glancing over at Will where he's hanging up more of them.

"What's up with this? You're fighting... yourself?"
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Re: Fight of the Century

Postby Null » Thu Jan 17, 2019 2:50 am

"Eh? You hadn't heard, Nailah?" Will said, turning around. "I was under the impression everyone had heard."
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Re: Fight of the Century

Postby Nailah Weaver » Thu Jan 17, 2019 2:51 am

"I might have. My memory hasn't been all that lately."
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Re: Fight of the Century

Postby Null » Thu Jan 17, 2019 3:18 am

"Huh. So you don't remember two of me walking around? The clever one and the dumb one? What DO you remember?"
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Re: Fight of the Century

Postby Nailah Weaver » Thu Jan 17, 2019 3:44 am

Nailah narrows her eyes at Will as if she's suspecting he's pulling her leg.

"Hmm. I don't even know if I just missed that cause of Hazard or if I forgot about it... So which one are you?"
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Re: Fight of the Century

Postby Null » Thu Jan 17, 2019 4:01 am

"The former. Miriam stripped all the nasty bits of me out, and now the headmistress is making us fight to see which one of us gets to be Will and which one gets to be...well, something else, I suppose."
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Re: Fight of the Century

Postby Nailah Weaver » Thu Jan 17, 2019 5:24 pm

"That hardly seems fair if the other one's all the crummy bits."

"Wait... what kinda nasty bits?"
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Re: Fight of the Century

Postby Null » Thu Jan 17, 2019 7:02 pm

"Oh, all sorts. Like, all the stupid and nasty bits of my personality. He's the kind of guy who would disguise himself so he could sit in the ladies' shower, or sneak into someone's room unannounced. You wouldn't even know he was there."
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Re: Fight of the Century

Postby Nailah Weaver » Thu Jan 17, 2019 8:02 pm

"Eww! What? No... And they want to have him have a chance at your name?"
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Re: Fight of the Century

Postby Null » Thu Jan 17, 2019 8:06 pm

"Yeah, basically. We've both got the same memories, up to a point, so the headmistress thinks we each have equal claim, despite him pretty much clearly being, you know. Terrible.

I mean, we all have terrible things inside us, at times, but we do our best to keep them hidden down and stuffed away. I suppose I should be thankful my worst bits are now something punchable!"
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Re: Fight of the Century

Postby Nailah Weaver » Thu Jan 17, 2019 8:09 pm

"Hey, at least that part's pretty nice! Which is why you're advertising it? Have everybody come watch you beat the stuffing out of the worst bits of you?"
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Re: Fight of the Century

Postby Null » Thu Jan 17, 2019 8:13 pm

"To a certain extent, yeah. And I don't want him to weasel out of it with puppydog eyes or anything like that; it has to be on the record.

Plus, you know, it's confusing, having two guys named Will walking around. Making sure that everyone knows what the story is is important; otherwise, they'll just keep calling him Will after he loses, and things will just get that much MORE confusing. It's like, how if you have to change your name you have to take an ad out in the papers? Something like that. Trying to keep this all as above-board as possible."
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Re: Fight of the Century

Postby Nailah Weaver » Thu Jan 17, 2019 8:40 pm

"That's a good point. Spread the word and all that. So you think you'll win?"
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Re: Fight of the Century

Postby Null » Thu Jan 17, 2019 8:42 pm

"Well..." Will trailed off.

"I mean, yes. I'm better than him, and stronger, and have more control over our shifting. I'm also more confident and more clever. In a fair fight, I should win ten times out of ten.

Trouble is, we don't know the rules for this fight yet. ASHLIE has been...mum on them. With no rules, a lot of things go out the window. Who knows what he might do? He might find some way to rig things in his favor. It's the kind of thing he'd do."
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Re: Fight of the Century

Postby Nailah Weaver » Thu Jan 17, 2019 8:45 pm

"Well that's a bunch of baloney... Hey, I could try to figure it out for you!"
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Re: Fight of the Century

Postby Null » Thu Jan 17, 2019 8:46 pm

"What do you mean, 'figure it out for me'?" Will asked, intrigued. "Like, use your precog powers to figure out if I win or not?"
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Re: Fight of the Century

Postby Nailah Weaver » Thu Jan 17, 2019 8:50 pm

"Yeah! Or what the rules are and whatnot. Give you a leg-up."
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Re: Fight of the Century

Postby Null » Thu Jan 17, 2019 8:52 pm

"Oooh, that'd be real useful. The more I know going in, the better my odds will be.

The better our odds will be."
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Re: Fight of the Century

Postby Nailah Weaver » Thu Jan 17, 2019 11:44 pm

"Our odds?"
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Re: Fight of the Century

Postby Null » Thu Jan 17, 2019 11:54 pm

"I mean, you're helping me out, right? Go team good guys?"
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Re: Fight of the Century

Postby Nailah Weaver » Fri Jan 18, 2019 12:08 am

"Oh, yeah, of course! Go team good guys!" she grins.
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Re: Fight of the Century

Postby Null » Fri Jan 18, 2019 12:10 am

"So, like....the Nailah in my universe needed, like, special incense and clay and things to tell the future. You're LESS creepy, right?"
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Re: Fight of the Century

Postby Nailah Weaver » Fri Jan 18, 2019 2:24 am

"Weird... Nah, I just kinda... feel my way through it in my brain-meats." she taps her temple.
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Re: Fight of the Century

Postby Null » Fri Jan 18, 2019 2:27 am

"Cool beans.

So, how badly do I kick his ass? I could take bets on the...uh, round or whatever...

...You know, ASHLIE never actually decided what a win would entail, specifically."
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Re: Fight of the Century

Postby Nailah Weaver » Fri Jan 18, 2019 5:38 pm

Nailah just holds up a finger and then closes her eyes.

"There's... wow, there's a lot of possibilities, it's... wait, there's... no, it's gone... Ouch! Okay there's like a whole branch that's wolves tearing you apart... Uhm... Oh! There's one you win right here! I think... There's just one of you though? Hang on... okay that one just disappeared. I can tell there's almost always some kinda boxing ring... Ouch!" she winces, grabbing the side of her left arm. "I think that's a dislocated shoulder on me. Man, some of these get nasty. But there's some you win... Maybe a fifth of the time? It's all very wobbly." she says, opening her eyes again to look at Will.
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Re: Fight of the Century

Postby Null » Fri Jan 18, 2019 6:16 pm

"A fifth? A FIFTH?" Will sputtered. "I lose to that perverted ball of protoplasm 80 percent of the time? C'mon, I find that very hard to believe.

Are these, like, unalterable futures, or is this a Ghost of Asskickings Yet to Come sort of thing?"
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Re: Fight of the Century

Postby Nailah Weaver » Fri Jan 18, 2019 6:38 pm

"Yes? No? Both? It's... I dunno. They keep changing but then they also snap into these rigid paths, so it's... Like when you toss a coin, yeah? Right before it could go either way but then you flick it and it's really already decided then and all the spinning in the air is just things playing out to get to where it lands on heads or whatever. Except it's like a whole bunch of people doing the flicking and some of those are already in the air. I think?"
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Re: Fight of the Century

Postby Null » Fri Jan 18, 2019 6:40 pm

Will looked at her blankly for a minute.

"OK, so, your power is weird. Got it. And some of those coins aren't in the air yet, so there's still time to alter the outcome. Huh.

...How many wolves do you see? One? Two? ...Four? Six?"
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Re: Fight of the Century

Postby Nailah Weaver » Fri Jan 18, 2019 6:43 pm

"Most of the time it was two. Sometimes it's just one and then there was one where it was four. I think that last one got a little out of hand..."
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Re: Fight of the Century

Postby Null » Fri Jan 18, 2019 6:46 pm

"OK," Will said, taking down one of his flyers and writing on the back with one finger. "Gotta deal with wolves.

Of course he'd go looking for a pack. I wonder what he promised them in exchange for their help? Nevermind, I don't think I want to know.

You said a dislocated shoulder on you -- ASHLIE lets everyone fight at the same time? Is everyone in the ring at once, or do we, like, take turns?"
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Re: Fight of the Century

Postby Nailah Weaver » Fri Jan 18, 2019 6:55 pm

"I... think it's turns most of the time... There's a lot going on, it's hard to find where and why it splits off or if it's just people breaking the rules or what."
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Re: Fight of the Century

Postby Null » Fri Jan 18, 2019 6:57 pm

"Well, fighting wolves one at a time is easier. They're stupid pack animals; they're not designed for one-on-one fighting.

It sounds like I'm either going to need to recruit more help, or take some action before the fight begins to come out on top, yeah?"
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Re: Fight of the Century

Postby Nailah Weaver » Fri Jan 18, 2019 10:36 pm

"That's what it looks like to me. And I doubt he's taming wolves, so that's probably Tereza and Sam and all. Which is... yikes. That's a lot of firepower."
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Re: Fight of the Century

Postby Null » Fri Jan 18, 2019 10:39 pm

"Like I said. Stupid pack animals. But a pain in the ass," Will sighed.

"Can I count on your help?"
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Re: Fight of the Century

Postby Nailah Weaver » Fri Jan 18, 2019 10:43 pm

"Duh, of course! Cats versus dogs, am I right?" she says, punching one fist into her open palm.
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Re: Fight of the Century

Postby Null » Fri Jan 18, 2019 10:45 pm

"Exactly. And all we have to do is outsmart 'em. They're bound to be overconfident because of their whole canine-lupine bond thing. We'll have a number of tricks up our sleeve; they'll have lost before they even hit the ring. Batman the hell out of this one."
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