VALEN VS. TIZE
“Our first competitor is fairly unknown in the Fiend landscape, but she’s making waves in their fan communities. Don’t kiss in front of her or she’ll write a book about it. The Boyslove Bloodletter, Valen!”
“Uhh, Valen?” Rishaki repeated after the woman was nowhere to be found. “She didn’t run away, did she?”
“No, I'm here!” Valen popped into existence, unshrouding herself from Rezin’s baby-blue blood that had made her virtually invisible. Her sudden reappearance right next to Rallie caused the woman to jump back from the well-mannered scare. After recomposing herself, the host continued.
“The second Fiend in this match has become something of a father figure in the Fiends For Hire. With decades of experience in the Horage military, he was cast aside like so many others, only to find his new calling in raising the next generation. The Reliable Refuge, Tize! No obstacles. Start the match!”
Tize didn’t waste a moment, firing a paralyzing shot at Valen the moment the round started. But likely to everyone’s surprise, the bullet was sent flying right back at the shooter, forcing him to block with his shield.
“Now hold on just a second there, Tize,” Valen protested. “Let’s not be so hasty and rush this thing. There’s no way I’ll win, and even if I did, I’d be forced to surrender my spot anyways. I only got permission to be out of the cage for today. So why don’t we have a bit of fun?”
“For those who don’t know me, my power is pretty unknown. I won’t get into the specifics of how it works, but basically it lets me borrow the powers of other Fiends and reproduce them on a smaller scale.” She swiped away the golden barrier that was in front of her. “For example, I just used Xard’s to reflect that shot.”
“So what I’d like to do is just enjoy ourselves with the limited time I have. You can defeat me later. Let’s have a power showcase!” Valen applauded, her hands lightly coated in Egawo’s blood, sending the sound reverberating around the arena and up into the stands.
“Why don’t we start with yours, my dear foe?” the woman smiled at Tize. “Go ahead and try to shoot me again, close to my hand, if you’d please.”
Tize obliged her and shot at the woman’s left arm. She held out her hand and blocked the shot with her palm. “So as you can see, Tize. With yours, I can make armor that even these paralysis bullets can’t eat through.” The orange blood that coated her hand slid off and vanished.
“While we’re still shooting things, why don’t you try this?” The Bloodletter spawned a circle of Dice’s blood, similar to how she made a portal with Phon’s, but then she spun it on its side so that the flat edge was facing Tize. “It will be a tough shot, but I believe you can do it. Go ahead and shoot the edge.”
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The man did as asked once more, and nailed the shot perfectly. The round split in two when it came in contact. “Even though it was an energy shot, it was still cut completely in half,” Valen announced the result. “But that’s about all Dice’s can do. It’s just a really sharp edge.”
“Not all of the powers are flashy enough to showcase during this segment, but let’s move onto something with a bit more pizazz. Thanks to Roque’s power, I could bring along a lot of interesting items.” The first thing she pulled out was a new dress.
“Chorus is a great example of how it’s not nearly as effective as the real deal. I can’t store clothes, but…” The woman made a portal of Chorus’ blood and stepped through, walking out the other side in the new dress. “It sure is useful for getting changed!”
“And with Hairionette’s from the Wandering Souls Circus…” blood wrapped around Valen’s head, and then slid away, changing her hairstyle completely. “I don’t have to worry about my hair in the morning either.”
“But let’s get a bit crazier. Thanks to Rishaki, I was able to bring along some friends.” Valen pulled out two ruby boxes which melted away in her hands, leaving two large snakes. They didn’t seem too thrilled to be there, though they were also pretty listless, most likely sleeping when put into their time capsules.
“And now with Laurim’s…” Valen stuck her hands into the girl’s blood. Her arms vanished and were replaced with the snakes in their near entirety—the bottom of their bodies merged into Valen’s upper arms. “We have snake hands! Hiss hiss!” The snakes did in fact hiss, but did so at the woman’s command, since their existence had been merged.
Valen then quickly unmerged them, but, “Oops!” the snakes fell to the ground before she could catch them and slithered away, out of the arena. “Uhhh, someone will take care of that, probably. Let’s move on to something more distracting.”
She had to add a bit more blood to Roque’s portal, in order to make it wide enough for the next object to make it out. “A car!” she waved her arms like she was showcasing it on a gameshow. “And now with Kada’s power!” A big circle of blood hovered above the vehicle.
Valen then slammed it down, and the car melted entirely into a big puddle of goop. “But that’s not all!” she raised Kada’s blood back up again, and the car reformed as if nothing had happened. After repeating the process a few more times, a voice chimed in over the speakers.
《Ahvra: How much longer are you going to fool around?”》
《Ahvra: Tize, hurry up and shoot her so I can dissect her for this flagrancy.”》
“And that’s my cue to skedaddle!” A shiver went down Valen’s spine. “But two more before I go. First, we have Drim’s!” A puddle of his blood appeared around her feet, sprouting a field of flowers to serve as misdirection.
“Then we have Phon’s!” Valen stepped through the teleportive portal while everyone was admiring the pretty flora.
“Uhh, I guess Valen’s disqualified,” Rallie announced. “Tize wins!”
~Unfulfilled Wish~
Valen: I knew I wasn’t going to win, so I didn’t bother thinking of one. But I guess what I’d want is… actually, no, never mind. I shouldn’t say it publicly.