@Skallagrim@Dynamo Frokane@DJAtomikaThank you for weighing in everyone. Sorry it's taken me so long to get back, but I'll throw my two cents in as well. As Skallagrim pointed out, there were multiple ambiguities throughout the fight that Doc and I chose to leave unaddressed by judges, and because of that decision, may be moot points in determining which way the battle should swing. That said, I'd like to discuss two items-- first, the kick that Doc describes as having allowed in order to interpret his characters physical abilities to his favor, and second, my own reasoning for agreeing with the sequence of events that has occurred thus far. My goal with all this is to save the actual black man from some effort if possible, and make resolving this as quick and easy for everyone as possible.
As far as the kick goes, Doc summarized the exchange as having been less than realistic in that my character ducked from a full stand to below a kick to the stomach with impossible speed. At that time, I had been picturing my character as crouching, as implied by a couple posts before:
All in all, Tanya was terrified, but Tanya was ready. She balanced on the balls of her feet, and got ready to leap.
In the interim before the quote above and the kick, my chracter's position was not stated to have changed. That said, I recognize that the description of her position is ambiguous, and should have been clarified at that time.
As far as my reasoning for my character's speed goes, I use this section from my character sheet to justify her ability to match Doc's character in movement speed.
"She is able to move with impressive grace and speed, built through years of practice dodging hexes among ramparts and towers. Her movement style in urban areas bears a striking resemblance to modern parkour, which she can augment through the use of the Feather of Innocence."
Throughout the fight, I was working under the assumption that my character could augment her speed to superhuman levels, and that she had moved from a crouch to upset her enemy's balance in the first place. With the exchange described in the last four posts, I'd argue that my character is quite fast enough to dive underneath Doc's without taking an axe through the arm. However, I chose to write it as having hit there in order to be absolutely certain I could trade damage, and I stand by that. Furthermore, I'm working with the assumption that "using" a weapon means actually drawing blood with a knife, rather than dealing the final blow with magic. I realize that it can be interpreted otherwise, but as no clarification was asked for or made as to how the ability I wrote functions, my interpretation should take priority.
Ultimately, I think it's up to Rilla the way this'll shake out. I'm not sure exactly what the criteria are for evaluating a match, but if it's worth anything, I'd prefer it to be for the quality of our posts through the battle, since whoever gets this last blow is kinda up
up in the air at the moment. Doc is worth much respect-- I honestly believe that I've won this one, but I could see this gight go either way.
