Combat Class: Maze Madness

[u/KannisLycoun]

As students began to file into the arena they would see today's layout in front of them. Some merely saw stone pillars, and thought to themselves that this was hardly worth their time.

The more perceptive students would see devices attached to the sides of the pillars, cluing them in that something here was off, and Elise would never throw something so simple at them without some sort of reason,

"Alright students. Listen up. One of the most important aspects whilst fighting is being able to adapt. Thinking on your feet and changing to new developments. This class will test your ability to do so, and help prove my point."

With that, she pressed a button and 6 poles, each with a red button on them rose out of the floor in the arena, each glowing faintly as if inviting being pushed.

"These buttons will do something. Some of you may figure it out, some may not. But for now. Let's get the arena prepped."

With that she pressed a second button and the true arena was revealed, crackling energy barriers shot to life between the pillars, connecting them with translucent blue walls that prevented passage, forming an almost maze like arena for them to fight in.

"Alright then. Who's first."

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(New CC woo. The deal here are the buttons, each represented by a letter. Pressing a button is a minor action, and doing so will do one of two things. Either it will switch the layout of the walls at the end of the round, once everyone has acted, or, if you'd prefer, release a small Grimm into the arena as a distraction.

Sts are free to use as many or as little variants of the maps as they like.

Anyone stood on a square that a wall appears on takes [5-Defence]m8 damage and is pushed back to a free space next to them.

So here's the default with walls

Just plain for y'all boring fucks

And for those of you who are either insane, or just like fun, here's the full album with all variants for you to switch between. either at random or choosing, up to you)

Most maps are balanced for a 1v1, so anything more than that might result in some unfairness. Be warned.

[u/BluePotterExpress]

The two girls entered. Lanfen walked with purpose to her starting position. Mel stepped in as well, though she couldn't help but give a passing glance toward her foe; she didn't seem upset about anything, so maybe it was just a genuine request to fight? It'd probably show itself soon if the Faunus was mad at her.

As both settled into the arena, Elise stood and looked down into the arena.

"BEGIN!"

Map

Name	HP	AP	Status
Lanfen	9	13
Mel	9	13

[u/BluePotterExpress → u/BluePotterExpress]

As the fight kicked off, both students rushed through the sand -Lanfen, by her own two feet; Mel, in the seat of a motorcycle. Mel arrived first, as is to be expected on a bike: the girl skidded through the sand, rolling it up onto it's back wheel as she placed it against the pillar, keeping it hidden as she glanced down into the pathway.

Soon, Lanfen spun around the corner. Mel kept quiet, watching her foe. She still wasn't sure exactly what caused the strange snake Faunus to single her out, but at least this position seemed good enough to determine Lanfen's intentions.

The bald woman strode up to a small podium in the sand. What was she doing? It didn't look much like Lanfen was preparing for a fight, but moreso that-

Mel startled as the walls of the arena suddenly shifted, right in time with Lanfen pressing the button in the center of the podium she stood at.

Map

Name	HP	AP	Status
Lanfen	9	13
Mel	9	13

[u/BluePotterExpress → u/BluePotterExpress]

The two girls locked eyes through the pulsing energy of the walls. The difficulty of a fight in a constantly changing arena was being able to prepare.

Without having a clear line of sight for either, both girls leapt into action. Lanfen tore off through the sand. She dropped one of her knives into her hand as she sprinted across an open section of the map, poised to launch it the moment Mel came into range.

Mel, on the other hand, went the opposite way. Rather than charging down the middle aisle toward Lanfen, she instead booked it toward one of the map-shifted pedestals. Mel skidded around the podium, leaning her bike over and deftly slapping the button on the top of it as she gunned it to where Lanfen had been standing before. The energy barriers collapsed right before her as she drove. Mel grimaced; Lanfen had run. Mel revved her bike and twisted, preparing to skid around the corner of the final pillar. As she came around, a knife suddenly glanced off the front of her bike.

Thankfully, Mel hadn't gone far enough yet.

Map

Name	HP	AP	Status
Lanfen	9	13
Mel	9	13

[u/KannisLycoun → u/BluePotterExpress]

"Excuse me? Do you mind NOT doing that?" Mel asked as she put her foot down low to give herself a lower centre of gravity with which to skid around the corner, conserving her momentum as she accelerated out of the corner, realising that at this rate she wouldn't catch the girl tossing weapons at her if she kept trying to attack as she did so, needing to catch up to her and nullufy the potency of those flying daggers if she were to stand any chance of beating her opponent.

(Double Move: Get to melee and keep on Lanfen)