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[Mr_Bob]

It was a dark and stormy night, (No really, it was!) on Zoness. It was simply pouring down a bucket load. It didn't keep people from attending their nightly activities, which for most people was attending The Cromlech.

Vince was actually at a 24 hour cafe he found before on his visit to Zoness. It was in the same state it had always been, but hopefully the place will hit its heights again. Or at least he hoped.

He was just enjoying a midnight snack in the bar, watching the stormy sea via a window. Since he was from Titania, rain to him was a phenomenon. But what he was witnessing right now was extraordinary.

He felt certain urges rise within him to do something about it, he wanted to get out there and test his abilities, even just a fly about. Like a surfer who finds that ultimate wave. But for now, he just wanted to finish his meal before he did anything.

So he continued, while still looking out that window.

[Sticky]

"Wheew." Liam busted through the café door, shaking water from his head and coat. The mad dash from his ship alone had left him drenched. Liam didn't particularly like getting wet, but he'd live.

The fly over had been rather crazy, but Liam liked it- because, well, he was crazy, at least a little. He was here on business, but that business was done now, so he was going to grab a bite to eat.

Moseying over to the bar, Liam spotted something he hadn't thought he would; it was a familiar face. Vince, he remembered. "Why, hello there, kid." Liam grinned, hopping up onto the stool beside him. "Lovely evening, isn't it?" He said with mock-amazement, staring with starry eyes out the window as if it were a blue skied day. Liam then ordered a quick sandwich with a lemonade. Only, they didn't have lemonade, so Liam requested a cup of water and a lemon. The chef gave him a look, then shrugged and went to prepare his order.

[Mr_Bob]

"Oh, hey Liam" Vince greeted back.

"Lovely evening, isn't it?"

"Yeah...sure is...Kinda makes you want to get out…" Vince said almost dreamily as he noticed Liam with his sandwich and a rather interesting choice of drink of water and lemon. "There's sugar in that holder over there" Vince replied.

After Vince finished his meal, he then remembered something. Now that Liam was here, he could ask that question that has bugging him for a while.

"Say Liam, by any chance, are you up for a little challenge?"

He wondered what the cat's reply to this was.

[Sticky]

Liam instantly set to making his own lemonade, squeezing the lemon into his cup, and then proceeding to dumb a ton of sugar in as well. He stirred it up with his spoon, then took a big swig.

"Ahh, that hit the spot." Liam said contently. Shortly after his food came, so he began to stuff his sandwich into his mouth. He was interrupted by a seemingly harmless question from Vince.

"Say Liam, by any chance, are you up for a little challenge?"

"Chahweng?" Liam echoed, mouth stuffed with food. He remembered his manners and swallowed, grinning as he dabbed his face with a napkin. "What kind of challenge, my friend?"

[Mr_Bob]

"Well...a little aerial spar. Right here, right now." said Vince with some emphasis at the second sentence to show that he means business. Although he knew probably get laughed off by Liam for being serious. But flying was one thing he was serious about, it was his passion.

It had been one thing for Vince that he wanted to do; To challenge the Rebel army's "Crazy 8" Ace. Come to think of it, Vince has never really seen Liam as his senior, he knew he was a 1st Lieutenant, but by looking at him, you'd never know. He was also pretty young 1st Lieutenant as well, being only a few years older then Vince.

Pitting himself against Liam would be a good experience even if he lost, but he didn’t plan on losing. Liam was seriously talanted, and he knew that.

“Well…after you finish up that is…We’ll then go outside for it if you’re up for it…”

[Sticky]

Then there was a glint in Liam's eye that would probably make the most hardened of soldiers feel at least a little uneasy. Spar? Liam liked sparing. Though, he was never sure how far one could go during a spar. Did you fire weapons? Sometimes. But you couldn't blow up your opponent, 'cause then it wouldn't be a spar, it'd be some for form of manslaughter, or something.

"Spar? I'd be delighted." Liam no longer had any interest in the rest of his sandwich, and chugged the remainder of his hand-crafted lemonade. "Set down your rules, my pal Vince, and we can go now, if you'd like." Liam grinned excitedly, his blood already pumping.


[sorry for the slow posts D;]

[Mr_Bob]

Vince knew that did the trick, and was a little uneasy himself. A crazy Liam full to the brim with sugar...at least he knows he'll get excitment from it.

"OK, The rules. Since we're in rather interesting conditions, a few things need to be changed The first one with less then 20% shield or conceeds defeat loses. We'll be having it over the Zoness Ocean, but at a good enough range to get back just in case."

The usual is 10%, because there's a good chance that accidental firings won't kill the pilot, and the fact that the ship will be still alright if all the shield is gone, although it leaves the preson very vunarable to attack. But with the storm, rain, wind, and all, and the fact they'll be over the acidic Zoness Ocean, a few more precautions had to be taken.

"And as usual, there will be no bombs, missles, use of recovery devices or physcial contact between ships. That is all."

A battle over the Zoness Ocean during a storm? It's crazy, but is totally worth it. Vince was about to head to his Arwing as he waited for Liam's answer.

[Sticky]

"Sounds like a plan!" Liam said, energy coursing into his voice and his limbs. This was what Liam did- stupid stuff, dangerous stuff. It was quite fun to him. He slammed his credits onto the counter and headed towards the door, not even waiting for Vince. He sprinted through the rain, ignoring the wet, and clambered into his ship.

Once he was situated, Liam grinned a little psychotically over at Vince's ship, waiting. "Ready when you are, kid." He said loudly, though through his cockpit walls and pouring rain Vince probably wouldn't hear him. The "Crazy 8" Ace was ready to go.

[Mr_Bob]

After Liam ran to his ship, Vince made his own way to his ship as fast as he could to avoid the rain.

Luckily his ship wasn't that far from the Cafe and was undercover, so he didn't get as wet. He gave the thumbs-up and took off towards the ocean. A good enough distance to get back to just in case something went wrong, but also to get the full course of the conditions.

It was rather windy as well, making controlling a little more harder then usual. The waves were very high, being in the stuff takes away a lot of shield. The rain would be a constant pain, making the visibility lower as well. Everything was there for the big stage.

When they reached the place, he waited for Liam to arrive on the opposite side, before they were ready to roll.

[Sticky]

Liam's fingers danced around various buttons, and then curled dangerously around his control stick. Shields? On. Lasers? Charging. Headset for chatting with/ irritating his opponent? Equipped.

"Let's rock n' roll!" He declared, attempting to tap into the open radio frequency. He liked it because sometimes it would reach other ships without their accepting a request to communicate. Liam zoomed forward, in relatively straight line, a sizable feat for the conditions. He could stay straight, but he wasn't very flexible. He would either be flying all over the place, pushed around by the wind and rain, or be stuck on straight, Geometric paths as he was now. This would be tricky and oh-so-fun.

[Mr_Bob]

And they were off, Vince's first instinct was to add some laser to the rain along with a few locked shots. So he quicky released as much as he could with some locked shots in between.

He went over the top of Liam's, ship before he was ready to tail the cat's ship.

[Sticky]

Liam non-nonchalantly- if such a posture existed while flying an Arwing- turned a barrel role. and reflected most of the lasers, though he was kicked a little because he had limited movement. The green shield gauge blinked 96%.

"That' all you got, kid?" Liam taunted over the radio. He didn't know why he called Vince kid- they weren't that far apart in age. Maybe, Liam that, he just liked being older than someone. "Common, now." Liam shifted a little, allowing him to just barely rocket past Vince's ship. He came a bit too close, though, due to the wind. Note to self- don't do that. Too risky. Don't wanna sink this guy. Once past him, Liam attempted a few of his signature backwards shots with his super special lasers, while turning a barrel role. Liam liked the way the laser's spun around if you turned just right while firing. It looked pretty, and made the lasers harder to predict.

[Mr_Bob]

Vince was caught by surprise with the lasers coming from the back of the Dive Bomb, he got hit by the first couple before pulling a barrel roll himself to deflect the rest and get out of the line of fire by going above. 92%, not good.

He now got the idea that he's got flexiable lasers on the bottom of the wings on his ship that will shoot in a lot of directions.

He was still on the tail of the cat, if he can make use of the slip, the cat should have an extremely hard time hitting backwards.

He decided a few more locks were in order. Combined with the fact his Hypers had more power then the twins, it will give a lot of damage alright, but he'll need to watch his fire rate, as hypers are slower then twins.

With as much movement as possible and good reading, he let out another rain of lasers at the cat with a little more locked lasers, because with low visibility and constant movement, its going to be the key here.

[Sticky]

"Hmm..." Liam chewed on his lip, radar blinking that he had some incoming lasers at his butt. He couldn't out fly them, not in this wind. Liam didn't much like the idea of getting hit in the but, though, so he did something very stupid. Liam, with a few deft pokes of his finger, shut off two of the thrusters, letting his little ship drop a few hundred feet, being rocked and whipped by the wind and rain.

"Yahooo!" He cackled as he clicked the thrusters back on again, as he came far to close to the acidic water's surface. He then powered forward, almost like he was in a sling shot, flying wildly into the dark sky. A disadvantage to his little stunt was he was now disoriented; his free fall having shaken him around a great deal. For good measure, Liam shot off a few random lasers into the dark in front and behind him.

[Mr_Bob]

"Typicial Liam... said Vince as he was surprised that Liam managed to get out of that one, but then again, it was expected. But he knew that would've shaken him up, it wasn't the best choice as he's got a clear target that didn't need to be locked, he should've just copped it on the chin. Vince knew if Liam tried that again, he'd take a lot of damage the next time.

"What's the matter, mate? Can't take a little hit?" he called out to Liam as soon as he got back on the tail again of the Dive Bomb.

He kept shooting his lasers with some locked shots while easily avoiding the backfired lasers. Restricting the chance to fall without taking damage and keeping his distance so he can anticipate his next move.