Mordhau: Flowers of Battle [D] Vs. Street Dogs [D]

[CaptainL]

With both women breaking away from one another, both Cecilia and Aria were soon to rise to their feet, straightening back up from the canvas at around the same time. As soon as she was up, Cecilia lowered herself into a stance, bending at the knees and holding her hands out at either side of her to prepare to strike. At the same time, her eyes narrowed, and she looked back at her opponent with a scowl. The self-indulgent little show of posing Aria did made Cecilia roll her eyes - the Welsh girl didn't seem to know how stupid she looked. Either way, Cecilia would show that to her soon enough.

As Aria beckoned her closer, Cecilia began closing in on her foe, strafing around her in a circle but steadily inching closer and closer with each pass. She stepped to the side, and her eyes followed Aria's motions closely, trained on each step she took and never so much as blinking. When Cecilia felt she was in range, she would at last change her tactics, pivoting on her heel and swinging her foot straight toward Aria's jaw in an attempt to catch her with a superkick!

[Knocked]

Aria dashes forwards, looking to close the distance, but instead gets tagged by the superkick that Cecilia threw! Her head twisted to the left on impact, but not as much as the girl had blunted the damage partially by getting hit by it before Cecilia could fully extend out the kick, effectively halving the effects in half!

Taking a back step from the hit, the girl swung for the fences in doing so, throwing a right hook just as she was getting pushed away from the kick. Regaining her posture, Aria went back to her stance, hands lowered whilst lightly bouncing on her toes as the Welshwoman plots her next line of attack. Irmela can wait a little longer...

[CaptainL]

Cecilia smirked to herself as she heard the sound of a crack, her foot landing hard against the side of Aria's jaw. Not only had it struck true, but Aria, in closing in on her opponent, had delivered herself right into the line of fire. It never failed to bring a smile to Cecilia's face knowing that she could dominate her opponents, but it was even better when those opponents did all the heavy lifting for her.

Of course, in closing into range before Cecilia had time to fully extend her leg, Aria had managed to soften the blow, and by the time Cecilia lowered her leg, she was still on her feet - not to mention, a moment later she was able to knock Cecilia back a little as her fist plowed into her ribs. Catching her bearings as she took a few steps away from Aria, the American grumbled a little to herself and tossed her head from side to side to shake out her hair, but she still stood taller and clenched a fist at her side, determined not to let this get to her. After all, she would have plenty of opportunities ahead of her in the future.

Cecilia was quick to take off after Aria, lifting an arm as she closed in to set up a clothesline. At least, that's what she wanted her opponent to believe. In reality, Cecilia was only setting up a feint, hoping that Aria would jump out of the way when she saw her coming at her head-on. That way, her next move would take the Welsh woman by surprise - as Cecilia ran into the ropes across the ring from her, she bounced off of them, shooting herself back toward Aria, where she would try to grab at her head and hurl her face-first into the mat with a bulldog as she hopped off her feet!

[Knocked]

Staring once fourth, Aria kept bouncing on her feet, anticipating Cecilia's moves. The stare-down was now over as the wrestler in darker attire charged forth, arm outstretched to the side whilst running forwards as to try and decapitate the taller woman! Aria as attentive as ever, bent down to duck the incoming attack, before quickly raising her legs up and perfuming a front handspring as she does so!

In this flashy display however, what she fails to realize is that she has fallen for a feint, hook line and sinker as Cecilia comes over after bouncing off the ropes, grabbing a fistful of her hair and leaping forwards before she could turn around and realize what was going on, making Aria fall over flat on her face in the process in a clever tactic of deceit and payback for the earlier attack!

Irmela looked on and visibly winced at the sight, mentally cursing her partner for falling for a trick like that. Nevertheless, the girl waits, just resting an elbow on the turnbuckle as she gazes on, spectating the current fracas.

[CaptainL]

As Cecilia glanced back toward Aria, she thought to herself about the flashy gymnastic display she was doing, ducking down and springing forward on her hands to evade the blow. She was certainly a skilled athlete, and the sight of her performing such tricks with ease won her a few cheers from the fans. But Cecilia snickered to herself - she knew it wouldn't matter. Aria had no idea that all she was doing was setting herself up for a trap - as Cecilia bounced back off the ropes to shoot herself back toward her opponent, grabbing her by the head and shoving her face-first into the ground!

Once again, Cecilia had Aria on the mat, which set her up for her to do what she did best. With a wicked grin, she slipped her hands underneath the Welsh woman's chin, locking her fingers around her jaw, and yanking back hard to twist her spine with a camel clutch! "You might as well hand yourself over!"

[Knocked]

Standing up from the flip and outstretching her hands in a pose, she gives a nod to the audience who cheered in her display of acrobatics. However, she took the bait, hook line and sinker. She was about to turn behind to face Cecilia, who then grabbed a fistful of Aria's own hair and leapt into the air, forcing the taller woman to fall over, landing face first into the canvas!

Woozy from the face-plant, Aria would find herself in a pickle as Cecilia then sat down on her with her full weight, taking hold of her jaw and moving backwards to crank her spine! This made the the Welshwoman struggle uselessly for a bit till she realizes that her opponent didn't pull her arms away from her sides and back over their knees. A fatal error in the submission attempt as she then plants her hands down on the mat, tucking her knees close to her body and rolling to the side as she tries simply standing upwards in this attempt of an escape!

[CaptainL]

Now that Aria was down, it was time for Cecilia to enact the next part of her plan. She rolled herself on top of the Welsh girl, her knees stabbing into her spine and her fingers coiling around her chin. As Cecilia cranked back a little further on her opponent's jaw to bend her spine into a painful arc, she smirked to herself - and her smile grew even wider when she heard her unfortunate victim let out a scream. Soon enough, she thought, everything would fall into her hands.

But Cecilia had gotten cocky. She hadn't seen the need to secure Aria's arms - but Aria was about to put those to the task in turning the tables on this match! Aria went rolling, and with it, Cecilia could feel the foundation beneath her give way and slip out to the side. She let out a gasp, her eyes going wide as she slipped off of Aria and fell to the mat. Aria had gotten away, and taken Cecilia down in the process!

As she shook herself out and got her bearings, Cecilia rolled over, propping herself up on her elbow to rise onto her side. But as she scanned the ring, her eyes settled on her partner. Taking a page from Aria's own strategy, she would attempt to roll herself across the mat in an effort to save time, where she would close in on Skylar, reaching a hand out to make the tag.

[Deskfan45]

Skylar tapped her foot impatiently. Watching her partner fight was getting her excited, and she was anxious to finally get in the ring and make some carnage. Seeing Cecilia reach out for her, she grinned ear to ear. Time to paint the town red. Slapping Cecilia's hand, Skylar flipped over the top rope, rushing towards Aria with a Buckshot Lariat! "YEE HAW!!!" She'd cheer if the hit connects.

Spoiler

If the attack sends Aria to the ground, Sky squats down beside her. "Hello theeeeerrrrreeeeee!!!" She greets in a sing-song tone, before grabbing Aria by the hair, hoping drag her towards the ropes.

[Knocked]

Trying to get back to her feet, Aria would soon be clobbered by the recently tagged Skylar, letting out an "Augh!" on impact, which made her flip before promptly landing on the ring canvas once more with a thud.

Her eyes darted over to her new opponent as she greeted and picked up the lanky woman by the hair and dragging her towards the ropes. What she didn't probably account for was Aria rearing her head back a little before suddenly jolting forwards for a headbutt!

[Deskfan45]

A sadistic grin spread across Skylar's face as she dragged Aria to her feet by her hair. As she tried to drag her to the ropes, the welsh woman's head jolted forward, heabutting Sky hard in the face! "GRAAAAGGGGHHHHH-!" She roared, her face busted open, bleeding from the right cheek.

In a rage, Sky held tight to Aria's hair, leaning in and biting her hard on the forehead!