The Games of Saberhaven
Dipidoo vs. Kal
Anyways, everyone is expecting a showy fight today, with lots of magic. The crowd is just hoping they can see it this time. There's nothing crowds hate more than not seeing what happens, and how the fight really ends.
The two competitors enter the arena at exactly the same moment. The low slung Kizinni named Kal moves quickly 30 yards into the Arena holding his bow drawn. He is a tough and vicious fighter as was proven by his performance against Quim, the Archdruid. It seemed that no matter what was thrown at him, he just kept coming. Dipidoo, pixie warrior and master illusionist, all seven of them, flutter into the arena, dressed in their very best uniforms, and they address the crowd, "Hello good people of Saberhaven! We hope we put on a good show for you fine folks today!" Having said that they promptly disappear. As soon as they turns invisible, Kal concentrates on his ring and Dipidoo is suprised to find himself visible and alone.
The startled pixie still has the presence of mind to start shooting, as he fires three tiny arrows, which all hit, but bounce off with a resounding 'ping'. The truly bizarre aspect of this is that, when fired, each arrow seems to hit Kal from a different direction but they all make the same weird, annoying 'ping' sound. Needless to say, Kal is quite distracted by this phenomena but he fires twice at the flitting illusionist, scoring once and dropping his second arrow.
Just as the pixie engages his natural invisibility, he appears to be struck by another shaft from the feline warrior. Kal's second shot flies through empty space and strikes the wall. Seeing that his enemy has gone invisible, Kal moves forward and digs in his pouch for something. He holds a gem up to his right eye and appears to be looking through it. He continues to cautiously move forward, scanning back and forth with his right paw holding the gem and his bow, arrow knocked, held in his left.
Suddenly an arrow streaks in from his right side, striking the gem and shattering it with the typical 'ping' sound. Kal fires in a completely different direction twice and the arrows disappear. Five more tiny shafts hit him and 'ping' off his hide.
At this point Kal seems unharmed but looks annoyed. He snarls when three more tiny little shafts 'ping' into him and all he can do is blindly fire to where his last two arrows disappeared. These two do no such thing, but they startle the audience seated behind the force dome when the arrows strike right in from of them. Several people pick themselves up, laughing it off.
Kal freezes and appears to wait for something with his bow held ready. Suddenly there is a disturbance in the dust on the wall to his right. He quickly wheels and fires twice. The arrows shatter on the dry stones. Realizing he's being played with, he freezes again and waits.
A flurry of six tiny arrows fall on Kal from six different directions, all hitting with that stupid pixie 'ping' sound. The last five appear to actually harm the mighty Kizinni who fires blindly at a certain spot near the door where Dipidoo entered. Neither one disappears and they both strike the door firmly. Another tiny arrow strikes Kal and he fires at the same place, with success this time. But unfortunately, the next tiny shaft also strikes and the last thing Kal hears is a 'ping' as he slumps, purring happily, to the ground.
Dipidoo appears, totally unharmed, above the sleeping feline, pats his giant head, scratches his furry chin, bows to the crowd, and leaves. The crowd's happy applause follows him out.
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