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As soon as Kris removed her armor, sending in shards of ice, Milo dove to the left, avoiding the brunt of the assault, but he did get stung and scraped by a few of the fragments as he dove, turning the move into a roll as he landed and quickly regained his feet. He watched Kris as he tried to come up with a strategy that would put him on the offensive. Unfortunately, strategy was never Milo's strong suit. He knew he couldn't beat this girl by his strength - she clearly had him beat in that department - so he would have to rely on his flexibility, agility, and the complete array of elements at his disposal. Unfortunately, that was all he had time to think about because Kris was charging at him again with another attack.

Milo was backed up against the wall while Kris charged, a coating of ice across her knuckles. Milo assumed she would try throwing a punch and readied himself to dodge the hit at the last moment, his legs tensed for a jump and his upper body ready to twist to the side. Then he saw Kris's leg swing up at him, and without having the time to gauge the distance between her leg and him and realize that the leg wasn't going to connect, he jumped to the side just before the leg came back down and her fist sailed forward, right to the spot where Milo had been only seconds before, but now was just an unforgiving wall of stone. She had been too committed to the maneuver to adjust when Milo moved out of the way.

Milo rushed to the opposite side of the arena while he waited for Kris to recover and attack again. He wouldn't have much of a reprieve, but he was going to use it to try to plan a strategy. She seemed to have mostly given up on using her element. That might be something he could use to his advantage. She also only knew that he could use fire. That could also be an advantage, but it would be a short-lived one as once he used another element she would realize that he was an Aetherial and would need to change tactics again. His small size allowed him to dodge and duck under certain attacks, which might help him get in close for a quick strike, but he would need to retreat from such an attack quickly. Luckily, he had the speed to allow that. His agility and flexibility were also helpful with that, as he had already demonstrated. Now, he just needed to figure out a way to put all of these things together.

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@Indra I'm not a GM, but it's my understanding that ice is a subset of water, but you could have your character specialize in ice. I'm not sure if that would mean s/he could still manipulate liquid water/water vapor as well or not, though.

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As Milo stood up on the other side of the thorny vines he felt a slight breeze on his legs. He reached back to try to assess the damage the thorns had done to his pants. He could feel the pain of where the thorns had penetrated his flesh, though the bleeding had already stopped and the wounds would probably be closed before the end of the test, but the damage to his pants was much more severe: long gashes in the fabric even as far as his upper thighs. Milo blushed as he realized the holes in his trousers would expose his underpants to anyone who saw him from behind, and he was very grateful that he was currently alone.

Unfortunately, Milo's solitude was short-lived and he came into a semicircular depression in a room that looked remarkably like the one he had started in. He was once more grateful that he was alone in this depression and its depth made it difficult for anyone looking at him from behind to see what he wore under his torn pants. Then Kano announced the final phase of this testing: he would have to fight one of his fellow students. Milo frowned a bit at the idea. He was normally a peaceful type, but he did understand Kano's reasoning for having them fight since they did face a lot of discrimination out in the world, and that discrimination had been known to turn violent at times, so knowing how to fight was an important skill to have. Still, couldn't they have used test dummies or something a little less physical? It was too late for that, though, as the wall splitting the chamber in half was lowered to reveal Milo's opponent.

Milo's opponent was a slender, angry-looking girl with a vein throbbing at her temple. It didn't take a genius to realize that this girl wanted to kill him, and suddenly Milo wasn't so reluctant to engage in a physical fight against a live opponent. The girl exhaled a cold mist that enveloped her in a frozen ball. When it shattered she was wearing armor made of ice and carrying two long axes, also made of ice and she demanded Milo bow before her. So she was going to be one of those types: arrogant, overconfident, and putting down her opponent probably to make herself feel better, though Milo was a bit confused about her choice of insults. He could get midget since he was short, but pizza-faced? Okay, so he had a rather noticeable zit to the left of his nose just under his eye, and another one just above his upper lip, but that was really the worst of it; his face had remained remarkably acne-free--the problem areas for him were his chest and back, especially around the shoulders, but that wasn't important right now. He was also confused about the wannabe elf part. Was it the long hair? The fair skin and high cheekbones? It couldn't be the pointed ears since they were covered by his hair.

He shook his head a bit to dislodge these idle thoughts as the arrogant girl spoke again, this time openly threatening to murder him as she approached with her axes. He glared at her and casually launched a fireball at her right side, striking the halberd and causing the frozen construct to melt. He then danced around to the left and took up a defensive stance five feet from her and waited for her next move. He didn't want to tip his hand that he was an Aetherial just yet, and he didn't want to stay on the defensive the entire time, but he needed a strategy, and that would take time.

@Spriggs27

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Yeah, I get that. I doubt Milo will, though.

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@Spriggs27 Wow. Angry much? I'm going to need some time to think on how to respond to that.

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@Spriggs27 Yo.

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Oops. Forgot to tag @Strange Rodent and @RumikoOhara in that last post.

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Seth kept an eye out the back of the van, watching to see if anyone was going to give chase to them. So far, it seemed they were in the clear; likely most of the guards were still knocked out or just barely recovering from whatever it was the injured woman had done to them. He glanced back at Augie when the younger man mentioned getting some things at the service station. "Do we have any money?" he asked before rooting through the packs again. He pulled a wallet out of one and checked through it. Seeing a fair amount of money inside he tossed it forward. "Yes," he said, answering his question. "And you should probably put something more appropriate on before getting out," he added. "I assume there are some clothes in the bags over there." He gestured toward the gym bags while he continued rooting through the day packs. "Oh, and there's some snacks and power bars here," he said while tearing open one of the latter and eating.

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Awesome. I look forward to seeing the next challenge Milo has to face.

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My character has nothing to do right now. I have been given no information on the next part of the obstacle course and until I know what I'm now up against, I can't realistically post anything that would be the slightest bit meaningful.