5514/Tournament: a friendly spar

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Tournament: a friendly spar
Date of Scene: 08 October 2018
Location: Kairos
Synopsis: Red Ranger and Sabertooth spar, the fight ending with the elder showing youth isn't everything.
Cast of Characters: Red Ranger, Sabretooth, Zeitgeist (Julius)
Tinyplot: Tourney


Red Ranger has posed:
     Without the need to keep his powers hidden, The Red Ranger is going through his morning calisthenics, on the beach of the island. Wearing a form fitting red spandex triathalon suit consisting of shorts and a sleevless top, over all of this though he's got a bulky black vest covered in small velcro flapped pouches that fits against him with a cinched down harness, another harnest fitting around his hips like a pair of bulky shorts covered in the same pockets. Finally around both ankles and wrists are matching strapped on packages, each bulging with small bags filled with lead shot giving the mildly superstrong teen a total added weight of about 350 pounds. finally that ever present red Luchadore mask conceals his identity.

    Currently The Red Ranger has taken a couple of pieces of drift wood, set them fifty feet apart from each other, and is sprinting along the white sandy beach at top speed to stop and turn on a dime to rusn back the other way, sweat covering his brow. Anyone walking along the beach will know he's been at this for the better part of an hour changing the exercise up every now and again, but doing each activity with the same level of furvor..

Sabretooth has posed:
    Further up the island, there is a treeline that opens down onto the beach. That is the direction Victor Creed approaches from. He looks like he might have just woken up and probably slept in the woods. He is wearing a white tshirt and jeans with ripped and frayed legs that leaves his large clawed feet bare. His long blond hair is loose and he pushes it back out of his face as he walks towards the water. He pauses as he sees the Red Ranger sprinting back and forth. There is a snort of breath through his nose in an almost dismissive noise before he continues towards the water.

Zeitgeist (Julius) has posed:
Zeitgeist is sitting on the beach, the mask in place so it's hard to see if he's just sleeping there or not. His feet crossed, he seems to just waiting for something or someone.

Red Ranger has posed:
     Red Ranger finishes the reps of what he's doing. coming to a stop he starts to slowly walk and catch his breath twisting at the waist and shifting on his legs to let his muscles stretch and to prevent cramping as he notices Victor come out of the woods. Recognizing him from the boat in he gives a nod in acknowledgement to the man as he starts to open up some of the little pockets on his vest to shed some of the weight.

Sabretooth has posed:
    Victor returns the nod just before getting to the water's edge. He wades into the waves a few steps and then drops down onto his hands and knees in the surf. He dunks his head under the water, shakes it back and forth, and then stands back up. He pushes the wet hair back out of his face and then shakes his head before coming back out of the water. He see Zeitgeist with the mask on, just sitting there. "Don't those masks get hot out here?" he says in a gruff voice to the both of them.

Red Ranger has posed:
     Red Ranger shrugs as he continues to drop lead weights off the vest and shorts he's wearing. "Better than someone finding out who I am. Technically I'm not supposed to be doing this, my boss will have an earful for me when I get back, but I can't think of a better way to get some practice and training against new people." he says "So a little bit of discomfort is to be lived with. You make it through round one?" he asks not having listened around at who else had won, or even fought..

Zeitgeist (Julius) has posed:
Zeitgeist says, "To be honest, it's hot, but it won't kill me. Sometimes being a man of action has to be seperate from your identity that you trying to be part of society." He turns his head just a bit towards Victor and then to Red Ranger.. "Why did you come to this little tournament.. to prove yourselves or something else?""

Sabretooth has posed:
    "Good reason to not have a full time boss, I suppose." Victor nods as he makes his way through sand slowly. "Besides, if you are powerful enough or good enough, doesn't really matter if they know who you are. Just got to put a bit of fear in their steps." He chuckles darkly and his enlarged cainines glint in the sun. He finally nods and adds, "Yeah. Made it through. Tougher than I thought though. I sort of came here as a lark. Nothing much else going on at the moment so...." He shrugs. "Between jobs as you say. Got the invite and here I am."

Red Ranger has posed:
     "Congrats, maybe we'll see each other in round 3 if we both make it through." he says with a smile before looking over at Zeitgeist "Neither, I know I'm competent, I'm just wanting to test myself and push my limits." The Red ranger explains finishing removing about half of the weights in his vest and shorts he glances out at the water before looking back at Victor. "Who's your next opponent?" he asks

Sabretooth has posed:
    Victor pauses as he has to think and remember not really appearing to be conscerned about the opponent to come. Finally he says, "Iron Fist. With a name like that, he better have one hell of a punch or I will keel over laughing before anything else." He settles down on the beach with his arms behind him and his legs extended towards the water.

Red Ranger has posed:
     Red Ranger nods not knowing exactly who that is. "Well, you want to spar a bit? get a little fight time in? Nobody else from the boat was nearly as big as you so they're going to be smaller and faster." he says motioning to himself. "I might be a bit of a help in getting you on towards the next round." he offers.

Sabretooth has posed:
    Victor turns his head slowly, regarding the Red Ranger for a bit. Finally he sits forward, bringing his hands forward and dusting off the sand. He slowly gets to his feet and nods. "Alright, kid. Lets see what you've got." He moves up the beach a little bit towards where the grass begins to take root. "Whenever you are ready," he says as he rolls his shoulders once and tilts his head back and forth twice.

Red Ranger has posed:
     Red Ranger nods and undoes a zipper and buckle on his vest dropping the heavy weith to the sand, revealing a leather strap crossing his chest and holding the red and silver buckle of his morpher. "Sure." he says, already warmed up from his previous exercises "Alright.. on one.." he says "Three... Two... One.." he says using his mild super strength to launch himself at Victor faster than a normal human his body twisting with a round house kick that would shatter the bones of a normal person..

Sabretooth has posed:
    Victor drops into a defensive position as the counting begins. As the Ranger attacks, he shows his own speed. He drops to his hands and feet like a cat to avoid the kick and then launches himself forward in a powerful spring. The dirt goes flying as his claws tear at the ground to give him even more of a push into the tackle attempt.

Zeitgeist (Julius) has posed:
Zeitgeist cocks his head to the side, "And it begins. This looks like an interesting fight ladies and gentlemen." he states to noone in particular. He just sits there, his head straight on, looking at the waves so it seems.

Red Ranger has posed:
     The Red Ranger is caught in mid air by the tackle letting out a soft woof he tries to wrap his lega around the man trying to squeeze enough to lock his legs behind Victor as his arms move to grab as well, the teenager trying to turn this into a grapple..

Sabretooth has posed:
    Victor knows how to use his size and weight. He lets the tackle carry through and tries to drive the Red Ranger down into the ground with Victor's weight adding force behind it. His own strength is above normal and he is fighting back against the grapple even as he tries to knock the wind out of his opponent.

Zeitgeist (Julius) has posed:
Zeitgeist is quiet as the two grapple, it's not the most glamorous way to fight but, it's effective as anything else.

Red Ranger has posed:
     Red Ranger grunts unable to fight against Victor's strength his hands losing their grip on his arms as he's driven into the sand and does indeed lose his breath.. Not panicking though, The Red Ranger just cups his hands and slaps /hard/ on either side of Victors head making the air pressure in his ears increase as well as making a loud popping sound, the ranger trying to break free of the larger man using his legs to quickly push himself away from Victor a few feet.. "You, are a lot stronger than you look.." he comments as he kips up to his feet bringing his arms up in front of him in an X shape he calls out "Tyrannosaurus" the air rippling around him as a bright flash of light has him suddenly covered in the bright red armor of The Red Ranger.

     making a cutting motion with both arms, there's another flash of red light as the armor once more turns into light streaking behind him to appear on a wooden throne sitting with a large sword laying across his lap. "Maybe I'll have a bit better of a chance now." he says confidently his clothing having changed into a bright red spandex outfit with a white diamond on his chest, his head covered in a matching red balacava..

Sabretooth has posed:
    Victor lets go as the clap on the side of his head causing pain that was unexpected for the moment. His grip is loose and he is easily thrown by the more technical fighter. He falls backwards landing on his back, but scrambles to get his feet underneath him again. He is watching as the light display happens. "Got a few tricks up the sleeve. Alright then." He laces his long clawed fingers together and cracks his knuckles. "Bring it on, kid."

Zeitgeist (Julius) has posed:
Zeitgeist raises an eyebrow, "an interesting transformation, Should I toss the unarmed one a sword? I guess he does have those claws.."

Red Ranger has posed:
     "A few.." The Red Ranger says as he suddenly launches himself back at Victor, many times faster than he was before, looking to be going for another full body grapple and wrestle he quickly launches himself to the side kicking up a rooster tail of sand as he goes from Victors twelve o'clock to his Three, before he launches himself up into the air in a forward flip that has the heel of his now booted food down in a powerful axe kick..

Sabretooth has posed:
    Victor leans forward as the Ranger comes forward quickly. He is about to swipe with his claws when he is leaning right into the kick of sand. He cries out and brings his hands to his eyes as they begin to tear. The move is so fast he is caught by the kick coming down on him, driving him down to his knees with a cry of pain. He is blinking, trying to get the sand and dirt out of his eyes, as he is trying to push himself back up to his feet.

Red Ranger has posed:
     Red Ranger's other foot pushes off Victor's shoulder using him as a spring board off him to land a couple of feet away, his body once more in motion as he spins on his left foot bringing the back of his right foot around in a powerful leg sweep to try and take Victor off his feet as he moves to get back up..

Zeitgeist (Julius) has posed:
Zeitgeist gets up from his spot. He faces in the direction of the fight now, He shakes his head a bit, the gesture looks like he doesn't approve of something but he doesn't verbally comment this time. He clasps his hands together in concentration as the two fight as if it were a true match between the two.

Sabretooth has posed:
    While he can't see well, Victor can still hear perfectly. He grunts as the young man pushes off him but can judge where he is going. He can hear the land in the grass. As the Red Ranger sweeps low, Victor thrusts his hand down trying to pin the Ranger's leg to the ground before it connects with his own legs. Perhaps he knows this is a sparring match, perhaps his claws did in slightly to the boot.

Red Ranger has posed:
     Red Ranger's foot is caught, the claws easily digging into his boot and the leg under him. Grunting in pain but clenching his jaw he lets his body go limp on the ground using his free leg to try and kick at the side of Victors knee and hip to try and get him to let go.

Sabretooth has posed:
    Clawed hand clenches down harder, driving claws into the boot a bit more. He is regaining his vision back as he is able to focus again. He stands up, lifting the Red Ranger easily, and swings him down onto the other side of him. Away from the sand and towards the harder dirt this time. "Got too close, kid."

Zeitgeist (Julius) has posed:
Zeitgeist grimpses as he feels the claws dig into the ranger's foot, he also seems to reflexively try and brush something invisible off his mask.. aside from the gestures, he's a quiet spectator.

Red Ranger has posed:
     "Whoa!" The Red Ranger calls out as his back is coming down on the harder stone and dirt of the forest edge, his armor sensing the impending danger suddenly flashes around The Red Ranger breaking Victors grip as he slams into the dirt with a loud clang of metal striking stones and dirt.. "I'd say that's fight done.." he pants out grunting and grimacing at the pain that his whole body is feeling.. "I feel like one single bruise.. How strong /are/ you?" he asks Victor as he starts to slowly work his way back to his feetl

Sabretooth has posed:
    Victor steps back after the Red Ranger calls stop. He remembers the rule of no killing that has been explained as they got to the island. He nods and pushes his hair back again. "I lift a few tons or so. Probably a bit more if I need to," he says with a dark chuckle with little real mirth in it. "Helps me through most scraps so far anyway."

Red Ranger has posed:
     Red Ranger nods, his armor shifting popping an elbow that had been dislocated back into socket with a gasp of pain from The Red Ranger. "I'll have to keep that in mind if we fight in the tournament.. Use my own speed and strength against you." he comments "Thanks for the spar." he says in a friendly tone holding out his armored hand to Victor even as the armor fades away leaving him back in his spandex and luchadore mask..

Zeitgeist (Julius) has posed:
Zeitgeist walks over to the two, and he looks over to the Red Ranger, "Trying to using strength against strength just won't work this time. It seems both of you pulled out all the stops too.. Not sure what more you guys will do when you fight in a real bout."

Sabretooth has posed:
    Victor takes the hand and shakes it. He gives a slight nod of acknowledgement to the Red Ranger, but that isn't particular friendly. More of learning his opponent a bit more today. Even if they aren't opponents right now, they could be some day and not always here on the island where there is rules. "Welcome," he says quickly. He begins to head back towards the woods again. "Maybe we will meet again soon."

Red Ranger has posed:
     Red Ranger shrugs.. "Change tactics.. what we did this time, won't work nearly as well the next time." he says to Zeitgeist. "I think I'm going to go for a swim." he says saying his goodbyes and moving to run into the water to let the cool water help sooth his aching body..