Face, meet fist. This is Akyu Quest!

[MysTeariousYukari]

> Side step, then try to launch a punch at where Mystia should be/when she should be entering punch range, based off of how fast she was moving when we could notice her...

[Fightest]

> The flash of perception is only brief, and everything has once again returned to a pitch-black darkness. Still, you use your knowledge to throw a punch, and you feel it graze something.
> You hear a curse as something swoops by, and a hum right behind you...

[Hello Purvis]

>Whirl around, lead with an elbow into the humming sound.

[Fightest]

> Just as your elbow slams into something soft, something smashes straight into your chest, and the force of the impact knocks you over.
> You think you feel something crack, and you have a metallic taste in your mouth.
> Something smashes into the ground right next to your head, spraying clumps of dirt all over your face.
> You hear a panting close by. You yourself have done quite a number on the youkai as well.
> "Time to *pant* pay the piper, dearie. *wheeze*"

[Mr_Bob]

>Ground-to-Ground Hieda Tackle...Lauch! Not really to do much damage, but pin to those arms. We don't need to see if we've got her in a pin.

[Fightest]

> You cannot see where she is, and the acoustic effect of the darkness makes pinpointing her by sound difficult.

[Hello Purvis]

>Did that impact feel more like a unarmed blow, or like she's swinging a weapon around, or like danmaku; if it is possible to tell?
>Metallic taste suggests blood in the mouth, does there seem to be a lot of it?

[Fightest]

> Judging by the whooshes and zips as projectiles fly all around you, it's probably danmaku again, from close range.
> Not too much, probably from you biting the inside of your cheek due to the impact than from a damaged lung.

[Hello Purvis]

>Roll away from the Danmaku, try to use that to get to our feet.
>If we hear her approach in the process of doing this, try to kick out in the appropriate direction.
>If we can get up, play defensive for now and try to build p another kiai, a better one than before now that we know how to do it right.

[Fightest]

> You're still in the fight! You roll away and feel the ground shake as projectiles slam into where you were just lying.
> You did it pretty well the first time, but your second kiai is that much better for the experience:
> You reckon you almost feel something really flowing as you gather yourself. You shout!
> Once again, you get a flash of insight at your surroundings. You can feel your Qi saturating the area around you, creating a spiritual sight where your physical one has failed you.
> ...With your newfound sense, you notice something you've never seen before. There are distinct flows of magic around you: the natural force that suffuses the fairies and Mystia that shows itself as a soft aura; the throbbing, jagged flow that is gathering into danmaku bullets at Mystia's fingertips... and the calculated, ritualistic bonds of Mystia's Spell Card, suffusing the area like a finely-spun web.
> This vision will remain for a few more seconds, you feel.
> The youkai seems certain of your blindness now, and of her victory, and is casually lining up her next shot.

[Hello Purvis]

>Is it possible to divine where she is going to shoot with this newfound sense of things?

[Fightest]

> Don't need supernatural senses to tell that she's going to do her best to shoot directly at you. She's been shooting in narrow, focused volleys so far, not spreading the shots around.
> She does look a bit rattled from your kiai, and is taking extra care to line up her shots.

[theshirn]

> Hard dodge immediately after she releases, then Flying Hieda Tackle.  It's time to finish this.

[Hello Purvis]

> Hard dodge immediately after she releases, then Flying Hieda Tackle.  It's time to finish this.

>Try to play blind until she releases.
>Instead of a flying tackle, it is best to knock the wind out of her. We've decked her in the face a lot, let's balance it out and PUNCH HER IN THE DICK!
>If she goes down, try to pin her down like before

[Fightest]

> You play it up, stumbling around a bit. There is an almost palpable sense of relief pouring off Mystia to accompany her rage and smugness. She very slowly lines up her shot and lets loose a barrage of bullets, all tightly-aimed at you.
> You dodge cleanly, and hear the bullets tearing up the bamboo behind you.
> Mystia gasps, and starts charging up another volley.
> Before she does so, you make a run-up and launch yourself bodily at her. She shrieks as you topple her to the ground.
> You punch her in the groin, a satisfying metallic jingle on your end, and an equally satisfying fleshy thump on hers.
> Mystia wheezes and tries to double over, which she fails to do, as you are now solidly on top of her.

[Mr_Bob]

>Assess body and limb position of combatants.

[Fightest]

> Your upper body is positioned over Mystia's chest, with your left arm across her face and your right near her groin, having just punched it. You are both lying on the ground.

[Mr_Bob]

>Pin down her right arm with your left knee, move left forearm over neck, and push down about 2 cm. Pin the left arm with the right arm. Pin Mystia's body with our own, with free leg spread out to put more leverage into pin.
>"Yield. You've met your match." If she doesn't yield, the average human will pass out in about 10-12 seconds from the constricted airway.

[Fightest]

> You're familiar enough with fighting now to execute some more involved grapples.
> You successfully establish your hold on Mystia, choking her and stopping her song. The darkness still pervades, but you've got your extraordinary senses for now.
> She doesn't respond, but struggles in your grip. Even after holding her for what feels like forever, she's still squirming and kicking.

[theshirn]

If she doesn't yield, the average human will pass out in about 10-12 seconds from the constricted airway.

> She's a youkai, for heaven's sake!
> Our limbs are busy holding her down?  Fine.  Headbutt.

[MysTeariousYukari]

> Increase the amount of pressure we are putting on her neck slightly, in an attempt to KO her faster, but don't put so much pressure to kill her... yet...

> To other voices, we gotta expect Youkai to last longer then Humans More pressure on the neck for these holds and such will be needed for take down.

[theshirn]

> To other voices, we gotta expect Youkai to last longer then Humans

> Which is why this was dumb.  Headbutt, we're knocking her out now.

[Jana]

>Don't headbutt. Akyuu's probably got a softer head than Mystia, on account of being both human and Akyuu, so it'd be kind of foolish to use this as our KO move.
>Instead, take a hand from her throat and hit Mystia in the side of the head, as opposed to the front. If this would be enough to free her, use both hands on Mystia's neck to slam the back of her head down on the ground.

[Fightest]

> After considering several options of where to proceed from your position, you give up the choke hold and focus your efforts once again on Mystia's head.
> Her eyes seem to defocus as you hit her in the side of the head. She still twitches some, so you take no chances and slam her head into the ground. A trickle of blood seeps from her scalp where you hit her.
> Noiselessly, the darkness pulls back as Mystia's Spell Card shatters. After the pitch-black blindness you experienced, the starlit bamboo forest seems as clear as day.
> Mystia is no longer moving. She breathing in shallow breaths.
> A deep humming next to you announces the opening of a portal. Shikieki steps out, looking harangued as usual. She sighs.
> "Congratulations on your victory, participant Akyu of the Hieda clan. Your victory points have been recorded into the Tournament Record. The Exalted Administration of the Seven Heavens wishes you great success in your battles, and may you achieve glorious victory."
> She looks down at the unconscious Mystia.
> "About time someone taught her a lesson. She was warned plenty of times about her degree of violence, but it's not technically against the rules, so she's been getting away scot-free with her terrorising the participants."
> She prods Mystia with the toe of her shoe. Mystia does not respond. Shikieki looks back up at you, a tired smile on her face.
> "And it's you, on top of that! You'll win the Rookie of the Tournament award if you keep this up! Oh, don't tell anyone I told you about the award." She winks.

[MysTeariousYukari]

> "T-thanks. This tournament isn't as bad as I thought though, I'm getting outside and being active, so I'm definatly getting benifit, it's painful, but I'm getting active."
> "For your sake, I hope the tournament eases up soon so you can get some rest, you look like your in worse shape then I feel."
> Sit down, rest and enjoy the fact that we have won again.

[Hello Purvis]

>"Could you get someone to take care of her?"
>Assess self for damage; both of the lasting and temporary sorts.
>Make sure the faeries are okay.
>Check ranking.

[Fightest]

> "T-thanks. This tournament isn't as bad as I thought though, I'm getting outside and being active, so I'm definatly getting benifit, it's painful, but I'm getting active."
> "For your sake, I hope the tournament eases up soon so you can get some rest, you look like your in worse shape then I feel."
> Sit down, rest and enjoy the fact that we have won again.

> Shikieki makes a short, ironic laugh.
> "No chance of this thing ending soon. I've gone over the rules over and over again, and I always come to the same conclusion: there is no victory condition. I suppose it only ends when there is exactly one participant remaining. Or the organisers get bored."
> You've secured a well-earned victory. Feels good.

>"Could you get someone to take care of her?"
>Assess self for damage; both of the lasting and temporary sorts.
>Make sure the faeries are okay.
>Check ranking.

> Shikieki prods Mystia with her toe again. Mystia still does not respond.
> "She'll be fine. Everyone gets the same treatment, in other words, none, barring what they can get for themselves."
> You have three scratches across your midriff, where Mystia's claws did their work. They're bleeding. Your left shoulder hurts, and there is a nasty bruise forming on your right side. Feeling is returning to your left leg. Your chest hurts when you prod it.
> Now that the darkness and Mystia's song are gone, the fairies are recovering, and are all looking a bit sheepish for losing it like that.
> Standing: 40.

> Shikieki ruffles your hair.
> "Good luck!"
> With those words, she steps back through the portal.
> Before it closes, you can just barely hear a drunken-sounding "SHEEEEE-KEEEEE!" resounding through it.

[Hello Purvis]

>Put the first aid kit to use. If possible, do so while on the move; we need to get into position soon.
>If not possible, just get moving. Can't let Cirno suicide into the Eientei forces without backup. If needs be, lean on one of the faeries to keep up.

[Fightest]

> Your left leg is aching something bad, so you do all of the above. Leaning on a fairy for aid, and carrying yourself with your good leg, you push on towards your destination whilst applying bandages to your midsection, lathering antiseptic onto surface wounds and bruises, and painkiller everywhere else. By the time you're in position, you're so hopped up on salves and medicines that you smell like a walking apothecary. Still, you're in pretty good shape.
> Your group is in position in an unremarkable grove in the forest. Everyone is as quiet as they can be, though a fairy here or there is munching on a sandwich. You are as close as you can be to the rabbit detection perimeter without being spotted.
> Unless they've had holdups of their own, Cirno's group should be in position by now, preparing to assault.

[Hello Purvis]

>Test left leg.
>Make sure none of the faeries wander off, or try anything silly. If it feels like there's time, inspect the troops.