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Owner	Pose
Yunomi Stadler	DUN! DUN DUN DE DUN DUN DUN DUN! ... wait, no, that's Pokemon. Yunomi is waiting in the Ring of Philosophy. A college-age appearing young woman wearing casual clothing, she has a simple wooden staff that she taps on the ground, apparently lost in thought. She's clad in a T-shirt and khaki cargo pants, one ear flicking and her tail-tip giving a curl. The Ring itself is set up as a colleseum, its arched doorways and tall walls leading to benched seating areas for spectators. There's even a refreshment stand towards the back. The tanuki is patient, and... truth be told, quite curious. She still remembers /a/ Nanoha hitting her in the face with a banana cream pie. It was delicious, but unexpected.
Guest Vivio	A young blonde girl, wearing what looks like training clothes, is currently in the Ring. She's throwing a few punches and launching a few kicks into thin air as she warms up, her vivid green and red eyes locked on an invisible foe. The girl turns to look at the plush bunny floating in the air nearby and asks, "How am I looking, Chris?" The plush bunny nods in approval and the girl smiles, "Good!" She taps the tips of her feet against the ground as she waits in giddy anticipation of her first fight with someone not from her own world. She looks over at Yunomi and gives the other girl a friendly grin. This is the beginning of Vivio Takamachi's story in the Multiverse! Just about ready to begin, Vivio walks over to Yunomi and gives quick bow, "It's nice to meet you, Yunomi!" Straightening again, Vivio tilts her head a little, "Sooo... I've not done any matches here before. How serious do you want to go at it?"
Sakura Kinomoto	There's a call from outside the Ring. "Wait, wait, don't start yet!" Sakura reaches the entrance to the Ring, leaning against it and bent over panting. It takes her a few minutes to recover, before she heads into the Ring itself. She's... wearing a green and yellow cheerleading costume? She has a green baton in her left hand as well. This might come as a surprise - Sakura doesn't often talk about the school club she's a part of. It might not be a surprise that cheerleading is something Sakura is very good at, though.
Shigure	There's an odd girl walking up behind Sakura, ahoge bouncing merrily as the girl almost skips along in a happy little world of her own. Kuma's here! The brown haired girl wearing her fitting, just because she can, though the turret is traversed to the side, the barrel pointing flat compared to the backpack rig. "Kuma~! Kuma is here, kuma~!" she chirps merrily, waving at the others with a happy n.n face.
Yunomi Stadler	Oh hey, she's already here! Yunomi gives a smile, and steps dwon off the wall and into the ring, approaching the girl, and then gives a small bow of her head, a gentle smile on her lips. Her ears swivel, one turning to Chris, the other settling on the younger girl. "It's my pleasure, Vivio." she states, and offers a hand to shake. "We can take it as serious as you think you need to. I'm a martial artist and magic user, so I tend to blend a few different tactics. Who's your friend?" she inquires, and then she purses her lips, and leans back. "Ooi! Sakura! Kuma! We've not started yet!" she calls out to them, giving a casual wave.
Guest Vivio	Vivio taps her chin a little as she thinks, idly saying, "Well, I would like to test myself fully..." Oh! Vivio looks at Chris for a moment and then back to Yunomi, smiling, "This is Sacred Heart, my Device. But I also call him Chris." The plush bunny waves its arm at Yunomi, which somehow translates into <Hello, it's nice to meet you.> Turning to look as more people enter the arena, Vivio waves to Sakura, "Hi!" She notices Sakura's outfit and giggles, "Cute!" Vivio then looks at Kuma and oooohs at the sight of her fitting, "Coooool..." She's never seen anything like it before... Oh! Right. She's here for a match. Vivio looks back at Yunomi, "So! Shall we get ready?"
Sakura Kinomoto	Sakura puts her right hand on her hip, then juts her hip out, putting the majority of her weight on her left leg. "I'm fifteen now. I don't do 'cute'," she says, with a mischevious smirk... before bursting into a fit of giggles. Yeeaah, she still does cute. "Do your best, both of you! I'll be cheering you on~"
Shigure	Kuma comes up next to Sakura, beams at her, then turns to watch the pair of combatants. "Mmm, Do your best, kuma~! Find victory on the dawn's horizon!" whatever that means.
Yunomi Stadler	"Hello Chris, it's nice to meet you as well." Yunomi replies, and from her sidepack, a ittle blipping, blinking orb of metal and light emerges, and begins to orbit Yunomi's head. "This is Pidge; he'll be recording the match for my archive." she explains, and then gives an embarrassed smile. "If that's okay with you." At Sakura's age, Yunomi calls out: "Ha! You can't not do cute, Sakura. Tomoyo would have a heart attack." Yunomi counters, and she gives a little, crooked smile. "All right then. Give it your best, Vivio, and I'll give you the same." she replies, and she takes a step backwards. She spins the staff around a couple of times, and slams the butt of the weapon against the ground. "You heard the Kuma. Shall we dance?"
Guest Vivio	Vivio looks at the floating orb and smiles, "That's fine! Chris will also be recording the match for me too!" Vivio reaches up to grasp the floating plush bunny and takes a few steps back, "Alright then..." Vivio raises Chris above her head and says, "Sacred Heart! Set up!" A rush of magic picks up and surrounds Vivio, the iridescent light clouding the view of Vivio. Inside the light her silhouette begins to change, growing in size and filling out. Finally the rush of light vanishes with a soft burst of wind and reveals Vivio. She's looking much older now, clad in the typically unique and flashy Barrier Jacket that Mages from her world are known to wear. Vivio taps her feet against the ground again and them bumps her fists together, grinning at Yunomi with a twinkle in her eye, "Yes, let's dance!" The plush bunny floats away a little to get a better view.
Sakura Kinomoto	"...The fight of the age-changing magical girls. Well then!" Sakura laughs a bit, then raises her baton. "Hooray, hooray, Yu-no-mi~ Hooray, hooray, Vi-vi-o~!" she chants, twirling that baton around and flicking it up into the air to catch with her other hand. She's grinning like a madwoman.
Yunomi Stadler	The little metal orb leaps into the air, circling around, oposite of the plush bunny. And Yunomi looks impressed at the change in Vivio's form. "So shapeshifting's fair game?" she questions playfully, letting her canines show, her ears flicking forward and her tail curling into an upside-down U-shape, and she gives the staff another spin, and then lances inword. Green mana glows, wrapping around her fingertips as she casts. Beneath the other Mage, the ground errupts! Vines, barbed with thorns along their tendrils, reach up, slithering from the ground and tryign to take the other mage by suprise first thing and hamper her movement. Yunomi stays a good three meters away from her, enough distance to /hopefully/ get out of the way of retaliation! "Neat. Do all the mages from your world do that when they power-up?" she inquires, her tone friendly.
Guest Vivio	Vivio hears Sakura's cheering and giggles quietly for a moment, but she then turns her full attention to her opponent. Vivio's eyes study Yunomi closely, taking in the ears, canines, tail, staff, magic... Vivio can feel the ground beneath her tremor, instincts already kicking in as she jumps away. The vines attempt to reach and grab the girl, their thorns ripping thin cuts into Vivio's bodysuit and drawing forth a little red. But Vivio uses her speed to keep ahead of the vines, feet barely touching the ground as she bursts away from them. Finally finding a break in the assault, Vivio skids to a halt and responds to the question with, "Nope!" Her foot turns barely and Vivio moves: Jet... Vivio's quick burst of speed takes her from her former position right up to Yunomi in less than the blink of an eye... Step! Vivio launches several strikes from her fist towards the other fighter, before finishing off with a spin kick and jumping back to gain distance. Landing again, Vivio grins, "It's actually pretty rare!"
Yunomi Stadler	Yunomi slides backwards, but she doesn't catch the movement in time. She's not as quick as she used to be, and as she slides back, she feels the fist hit. She curls slightly, feeling the strikes against her, but manages to get her staff up in time to at least block some of the blow from the kick, though sh e feels it in her tired arms. That'll hurt in the morning. "Huh. I'm a shapeshifter myself... typically I'm pretty facinated with things that have more than one form." she explains, and this time it's a quick movement. Red swirls around her arm, from her elbow to her fingertips before a brilliant flash errupts with theCRACK! of closeby thunder! The tanuki tries to electrify the crowds -- but mostly she tries to lightning the other mage!
Guest Vivio	Lightning! Now that's a familiar form of attack. Too fast to get a barrier up or avoid... She'll just have to take it! Vivio raises her arm in the path of the energy. The bolt strikes the gem on Vivio's sleeve, which absorbs part of the energy. The rest spreads out across her arm and Vivio winces for a moment at the pain. Quickly recovering from the electrifying experience, Vivio hmmms, "We have magical familiars who can transform easily enough. But I'm the first human I know to do it! Mama had to get some research done about it when Chris was being made so I could!" Having tested her opponent's effectiveness in close combat, Vivio decides to try something with a longer range! Bringing her hand up to point at Yunomi, magic quickly gathers beyond her finger before launching forth as a beam of iridescent light that streaks towards Yunomi.
Yunomi Stadler	Iridescent Light meets Prismatic Wall! Yunomi was bracing, her hands up, fingers splayed outwards. Between them stretches the shield, prismatic colors stretching across, a rainbow of swirls that catch the light, and send Yunomi backwards, her sandals scraping against the ground inside the arena. She exhales, leaning into the shield as it takes the brunt of the attack. ONe of her shoulders gives a twinge. And she exhales, inhales, and then moves in, leaping off the ground and taking to the air. And as she drops, she shifts her shape. Instead of a young woman, Yunomi turns into a giant, up0right, conical-hat wearing, IOU-bearing Tanuki statue, complete with GIGANTIC KINTAMA!
Guest Vivio	Vivio's eyes go a little wide in surprise at the sight of the statue, but it only lasts for a moment. Steeling herself, Vivio shifts her stance, bringing her arm back. Magic begins to swirl around her hand, which she quickly closes into a fist. Vivio calmly says, "Accel..." As the Yunomi-statue is about to fall onto her, Vivio swings her fist upwards and cries out, "SMASH!" Magic infused fist meets giant statue, Vivio's power flaring against the large object as she struggles to maintain her attack under the weight of the Tanuki. Finally Vivio's magic reaches critical and their is an explosion, briefly hiding the two from view. As the smoke finally clears, Vivio can be seen on one knee some distance from the centre of the blast. Her barrier jacket is shreded slightly around her right hand. Rising to her feet once more, Vivio grins, "That's some awesome shapeshifting!"
Yunomi Stadler	Yunomi feels the shock through the stoney shell of the form she was wearing as Vivio hits -- and hits hard! The magical blow causes the explosion! And briefly, even the huge statue is hidden from sight. And when the smoke clears, there's Yunomi, looking a bit dazed, on her back, and propped up on her elbows. But at the compliment, she offers a smile, and hops to a stand. "That was a hell of a hit! Color me impressed, Vivio!" she grins, and then rubs the back of her head. "But I'm still pretty sore from my work yesterday, I apologize if I'm not up to snuff!"
Guest Vivio	Vivio rubs her right hand a little in sympathy, "Thanks! And that's okay, this is still teaching me a lot!" Vivio flexes her hand a little as she explains, "I thought people from other worlds would fight a lot differently than what I'm used to... But so far it hasn't seemed that way." Vivio pauses for a moment, then giggles, "Okay, maybe the large statue was a BIT different!" Satisfied that her hand still works properly, Vivio softly punches her fist into her palm and smiles at Yunomi, "You still good to go, or should we stop here?"
Yunomi Stadler	"I'll trade you a scoop of ice cream at a later date if you would kindly accept my most sincere surrender." Yunomi offers. "Unfortunately, I raised a plain and a small patch of forest yesterday, and I still need some time to recover, I suppose." she explains, rolling one shoulder.
Sakura Kinomoto	Clapping and cheering ensues! Mostly from Sakura. Jeez she's been on her feet cheering and chanting all fight long! Didn't she say she was tired earlier? Must be that mysterious Cheerleader Energy.
Guest Vivio	Oooooh, ice cream! Vivio seems happy at this offering of peace, "Sounds good!" Vivio closes her eyes for a moment, her clothes and body shining with light. The shape of her barrier jacket fades as her body grows smaller, until finally the light fades and Vivio is back in her normal form. Now wearing a cute white and red dress, Vivio opens her eyes and bows to Yunomi, "Thank you for the match!" Sacred Heart floats down to stand on Vivio's shoulder, then also bows to Yunomi.
Yunomi Stadler	From overhead, Pidge makes his way down, and orbits Vivio once, before settling to slowly orbiting around Yunomi's head. She gives a wry smile, and points her way up to the seating. "Sakura up there is one of my best friends. You should /totally/ fight her next." she suggests helpfully. "So, what kind of ice cream do you enjoy? /I/ like strawberry crunch ice cream. It's strawberry ice cream with crunchy cereal bits in it."
Guest Vivio	Vivio looks up at Sakura and then back at Yunomi and nods in excitement, "Yes! I'd love to have a match with her. And others too!" Ah, ice cream. Is there any sweeter subject of conversation? Vivio grins, "I think my favourite would have to be double choc ice cream with those little marshmellows!" Meanwhile, Vivio's plush bunny Device floats up to orbit Yunomi with Pidge, where it holds an arm out to the other companion in greeting.
Yunomi Stadler	Pidge continues to orbit, flashing blues and reds, and then it tilts over onto its side, and makes a happy chirping noise in response to Chris. Yunomi, meanwhile, leans back against the wall and watches the two for a moment. "It's nice to get out of the tower. I should do this more often."
Sakura Kinomoto	"Yes you should!" comes Sakura's instant response from the crowd! Yunomi spends way too much time working. Not that Sakura is really someone to talk, but...