City of Lights v.2

[KonokoHasano]

Shifting the paper dragon to a literal wall of spikes, Ashley sent the construct straight for the baby as he shot into the air and fired off a massive blast of ice magic towards both the teenagers, meant to freeze both them and the area they were at down to their insides.

He also created a couple of clones. One of which charged towards the Blacksmith while the other for the Baker. Both of which attempted to explode the blood within the two survivors bodies in a messy fashion.

[Raleigh]

Vendor: Time. Wow, that was the fastest time so far though I suppose we should have specified the claw and fang approach. Our fault. Return to the entrance to get your prize.

[KonokoHasano]

"Oh, so it was only supposed to be via that method?" Ashley asked as he walked on over. "Sorry about that. If I knew, then I would have done it that way."

[Shy Shay]

Shay's blue face looks like it's about to die, and the dragonic Shay continues to speak. "What, you though that you could win? Hah! Nobody cares about you! To all of them you're just a power hungry little scum sucker!"

Shay's face has... tears pricking on it? "Without the support of a friend you can NEVER win! You could NEVER beat me!"

Shay gasps, nearly out of oxygen, when she remembers one being... Heshon, the dragon she hatched. It choose her... not her male self, HER to be it's master... she can speak to it even now... suddenly, her eyes open, and she kicks with her foot to make her Dragonic sel fall down. It worked.

However, she quickly gets up. "Aww, the wittle baby got her second wind? Heh, there is NO WAY you are going to defeat me."

Shay smirks, wiping a bit of blood off of her mouth with her good hand. "It's time for you to lose."

"Hah! You expect to defeat me? ME?! What makes you think you can do that?!"

Shay cracks her neck. "Simple. I'm not the girl you think I am." And she charges forward!

[Raleigh]

Ah, the reason I allow these kind of fights. Epiphany. The frozen moment of realization.*The sideways hour glass mark appears for a moment on his forehead before he chuckles.*
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Vendor: Nah, don't worry about it kiddo. We have another pack for people to win and you pointed out a flaw. This particular casino is kind of new here so we don't know quite all the angles yet. *He holds up the pack of elder vampire blood.* Besides, the house can't always win.

[KonokoHasano]

"Glad I could help you out, then." He said, giving a nod as he accepts the packet. "How long has this casino been here?"

[Miku-chan]

"Yeah, I remember when sis had her epifeny, shortly after her first transformation. Funny how those kinds of moments can decide or change ones fate. Looks like the dragon might loose to the scientist, but it will be close even for her willpower to edge out the dragon. She needs it to keep herself balanced though, can't she see that?" Zatsune says watching the fight . Rin wonders If she should try while Luka and Meiko try not to watch the life or death struggle nut keep being drawn into it's dance...

[Shy Shay]

As the two Shay's clash, a wave of heat goes out like a bomb, along with a fair bit of smoke. When the smoke clears, the dragon Shay is holding onto a fist of the originals broken hand and the original is holding the other fist of the dragon; they appear to be pushing back and forth.

The dragon one smirks as she starts gaining the advantage. "See? You've lost; there is no way you can win. And even if you do, so what?"

Shay starts to buckle as she responds. "S-so I can train and be with Heshon! I refuse to lose!"

"Oh, Heshon, huh? And then what? After he realizes just what you are, do you really think he'll stay? A lonely physcopath like you?!"

Shay continues to buckle more and more. "N-no! You're wrong! He choose me!"

"What? Is that what you believe? Ha! He fed off of your fate! Once he gets his own two legs, he's going to abandon you and treat you just like the rest of the Muffinverse! A tiny-" Shay is crouching trying to keep her off, "Insignificat-" Shay is on one knee, "Power hungry-" Shay is on both knees, "Pest!" Shay is practically on her back!

[Raleigh]

She will learn it given time. The first step is overcoming this part of her nature. On the other side is greater strength though so I hope she can succeed. The biggest hurdle is perceiving herself as being disliked.
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Vendor: This one has only been up about three weeks or so. Well as it is anyway, I think the building was here before but its only been running these games for that long.

[KonokoHasano]

He gives a nod before looking at the blood. "... though now I need to figure out what to do with this."

[Raleigh]

Vendor: Drink it ideally. It should boost your powers and possibly even give you a new one.

[KonokoHasano]

"Ah yeah, that's right." Nodding, Ashley proceeded to drink the blood.

[Shy Shay]

Shay, not on the ground, is barely keeping the dragonic self off of her, in a manner that could be considered erotic if it wasn't for the broken hand and the tears. "You've LOST, girl! There is literally no way for you win here! Other then that stupid dragon that'll drop you like a hat, you have NOTHING AND NOBODY! Your male self even has a girlfriend!" The dragonic one kicks her in the side, making her skid a few feet. "Even with his little... hehehe... inside nature." She smirks as she kicks her again, to the edge of the arena. "Hehe, who likes you? Who could like you? Other then thoses you've specifically changed, there is no anyone does... anyone COULD like you!" She kicks her back to the middle; Shay is holding onto her sides in pain.

Shay tries to get up using her good hand, but the dragonic one steps on her back to push her into the ground. Shay gasps in pain. "What do you think? That you can CHANGE? Even if you DO beat my, by some miracle of chance, you wouldn't even be able to keep me back!" She laughs as Shay gets a strange glint in her eyes.

"Your... wrong..."

"What? Did I just hear you say something, pest?" The dragon laughs some more.

"Raleigh... he..."

"He what? He LIKES YOU?! HA! Don't make me laugh!"

"No..." She glows as a tail starts to sprout. "He's..."

The dragonic Shay starts to look a little bit worried. "He's what? He's gonna save you?!"

"No... I'm a danger to stability... but..." Her now dragon tail sprouts in full force, and she leaps up. "He's stronger then you! If there is one thing in this world I believe, more then you, more then me, it's that HE IS STRONGER THEN YOU! If I can beat you here, then I can change! You will be GONE!"

She charges forward, and the two Shay's, now identical seeing as the original one has healed, charge at each other in a fashion simaller to before.

[Raleigh]

*Once Ashley had drank the blood he will feel an increase in power. He will also begin to note the electromagnetic aura and fields around objects. Perhaps he could manipulate that or use it in some other way.*

[Miku-chan]

"Looks like she is starting to understand, but will she be able to integrate yet?" Zatsune says watching Shay's aura, magic and life-force levels closely now...
"Can I ask something?" Rin says trying to figgure out how Shay is copying her other half now
""You can do it" and "Wach out for the tail" can be heard from Meiko and Luka...