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<blockquote data-quote="Davies" data-source="post: 8417707" data-attributes="member: 30538"><p>She has been hesitant about this strategy, developed when she learned who she would be facing in this round, but the results of the previous match have finally decided it for her. <em>The best swords stay in their sheathes, and the best fights are those which are over before they begin,</em> Trouble reminds herself, as she walks out to where the Avatar is waiting for her.</p><p></p><p>He greets her with a polite nod. "I now have a better appreciation for what you were trying to warn me about, yesterday," he says.</p><p></p><p>"Good," she says.</p><p></p><p>"However, I still choose not to employ my own psychic faculties in this conflict. My physical abilities should suffice."</p><p></p><p>"I believe so, too," Trouble says with a calm nod. "And I'm so I'm going to have to fight you like I would fight Paragon. With the techniques he himself gave me, against the possibility that someone might turn him into a threat to humanity."</p><p></p><p>The Avatar blinks. "Well!" He sounds both surprised and pleased as the count enters its final sequence. "This should be very educational."</p><p></p><p>"I believe so, too," she says as the count reaches zero and the buzzer sounds -- and in that instant, she whips up her right hand and a palm-sized chunk of reddish crystal emerges from her palm.</p><p></p><p>The Avatar stares, then gasps. "Theonite!" He backs away, yet stumbles, collapsing backwards on to the ground. "My deadly weakness!"</p><p></p><p><em>'Deadly?'</em> Trouble thinks, confusion she now feels not showing on her face. <em>This is only supposed to neutralize his powers, so that I can defeat him normally. Roger said that it isn't a nice sensation, but never that it's <strong>painful</strong>.</em> Staring at the way that her opponent is curling up in agony, she begins to suspect that she has made a terrible mistake.</p><p></p><p>And then, from behind the hand that is covering his face, one of the Avatar's visible eyes winks at her.</p><p></p><p><em>Oh.</em> He is not the only one learning something here today. "Surrender," she says, in steely tones.</p><p></p><p>"Yes, yes, anything, just take that away!"</p><p></p><p>"Say the word."</p><p></p><p>"I -- I -- I surrender," the Avatar says at last, sounding thoroughly broken.</p><p></p><p>"... well, this was just pathetic," says Thunder Dragon from up above, as Trouble withdraws the theonite from her hand back into its shielded compartment in her shoulder. "Claim your --"</p><p></p><p>"I claim no boon," she says, holding up four fingers and then lowering two. "It was not I who beat him, but science."</p><p></p><p>"Pathetic," the host says again.</p><p></p><p>She doesn't pay him any attention, but 'helps' the Avatar to return to his feet. "You're not actually vulnerable to theonite, are you?" she asks, very quietly.</p><p></p><p>"No, I removed that weakness soon after I created this body," he says as they start towards the exit.</p><p></p><p>Despite everything, Trouble nearly stumbles at how casually he speaks of it. "Then why --"</p><p></p><p>"Because I have studied this place, this Thimpu, over the last night, and I think I do not really need to learn anything from its master, after all. Because I think I might learn more in the future if others believe I have that weakness." He pauses, just as they reach the exit. "But most of all, because I think I need your help. I have not seen Lonnie since before my match, yesterday, and I find myself worried."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Davies, post: 8417707, member: 30538"] She has been hesitant about this strategy, developed when she learned who she would be facing in this round, but the results of the previous match have finally decided it for her. [i]The best swords stay in their sheathes, and the best fights are those which are over before they begin,[/i] Trouble reminds herself, as she walks out to where the Avatar is waiting for her. He greets her with a polite nod. "I now have a better appreciation for what you were trying to warn me about, yesterday," he says. "Good," she says. "However, I still choose not to employ my own psychic faculties in this conflict. My physical abilities should suffice." "I believe so, too," Trouble says with a calm nod. "And I'm so I'm going to have to fight you like I would fight Paragon. With the techniques he himself gave me, against the possibility that someone might turn him into a threat to humanity." The Avatar blinks. "Well!" He sounds both surprised and pleased as the count enters its final sequence. "This should be very educational." "I believe so, too," she says as the count reaches zero and the buzzer sounds -- and in that instant, she whips up her right hand and a palm-sized chunk of reddish crystal emerges from her palm. The Avatar stares, then gasps. "Theonite!" He backs away, yet stumbles, collapsing backwards on to the ground. "My deadly weakness!" [i]'Deadly?'[/i] Trouble thinks, confusion she now feels not showing on her face. [i]This is only supposed to neutralize his powers, so that I can defeat him normally. Roger said that it isn't a nice sensation, but never that it's [b]painful[/b].[/i] Staring at the way that her opponent is curling up in agony, she begins to suspect that she has made a terrible mistake. And then, from behind the hand that is covering his face, one of the Avatar's visible eyes winks at her. [i]Oh.[/i] He is not the only one learning something here today. "Surrender," she says, in steely tones. "Yes, yes, anything, just take that away!" "Say the word." "I -- I -- I surrender," the Avatar says at last, sounding thoroughly broken. "... well, this was just pathetic," says Thunder Dragon from up above, as Trouble withdraws the theonite from her hand back into its shielded compartment in her shoulder. "Claim your --" "I claim no boon," she says, holding up four fingers and then lowering two. "It was not I who beat him, but science." "Pathetic," the host says again. She doesn't pay him any attention, but 'helps' the Avatar to return to his feet. "You're not actually vulnerable to theonite, are you?" she asks, very quietly. "No, I removed that weakness soon after I created this body," he says as they start towards the exit. Despite everything, Trouble nearly stumbles at how casually he speaks of it. "Then why --" "Because I have studied this place, this Thimpu, over the last night, and I think I do not really need to learn anything from its master, after all. Because I think I might learn more in the future if others believe I have that weakness." He pauses, just as they reach the exit. "But most of all, because I think I need your help. I have not seen Lonnie since before my match, yesterday, and I find myself worried." [/QUOTE]
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