[Coolshaymin]

It was a sudden call to arms in the Stadium. A man in green and a long blue scarf walked in and immediately headed for the Stadium. This warrior needed time to rehone his skills since he has seemed to got exceptionally lazy. He posted a note around the town advertising a match with the Great Hero of War... Which is a self proclaimed title he kind of gave himself.

Anyway, after addressing a challenge to anyone willing to take the warrior out, Link sat his weapons chest down in the stadium and dug through it, throwing out random swords, shields and rods and a few ball and chains and guantlets until he found what he was looking for. For this challenge he would be using his orange Power Gloves along with a... CHAIN CHOMP?! It is unknown where the green man and his fabulous scarf obtained this Chain Chomp but he seemed insistant on swinging it like some ball and chain.

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The ex- tactician of the Shepherds was walking down a road, before coming into contact with a building. Robin would have disregarded it as any old building, if it weren't for the masses of screaming fans. Looking at the sign on the front, he muttered to himself, "Sunshine... Stadium?"

Robin walked inside, and upon walking inside, he heard a voice. Male. No doubt his age must be around that of Robin's. What was the voice saying, you may be asking yourselves? An open challenge.

This... could make for some decent training for missions to go on later, the tactician thought. I suppose I might as well give this a whirl.

Robin stepped inside further and further, a new thought booming inside his head, the tactical side of him beginning to grow, expand, and plant it's roots as Robin stepped closer to his opponent. Before he knew it, he was inside the main part of the stadium, looking straight at the man who had issued the challenge.

Wait, Robin knew who this was. His name came up quite a few times in the Life Sphere due to his courageousness. He was Link.

A smile grew on Robin's face, as he knew this was going to be fun. However, that smile quickly disappeared as soon as he saw the Chain Chomp Link was swinging around. If one was in close proximity to Robin, they could hear a gulp going down his throat.

"No turning back now," he quietly told himself.

After clearing his throat a few times, Robin yelled, "Link, Great Hero of War! I have heard your open challenge, and I accept!"

Alright, that may have been a tad more braver than Robin thought he could have mustered, but honestly, the thrill of combat and his tactical side was beginning to take over. This was going to be exciting.

[Coolshaymin]

Link stopped swinging the Chomp experimentally to get back into use of it upon hearing the tactician, to which the Chomp released a happy sigh. He gave the other master at war a few looks before making his analysis. "Let me guess... Tactian who favors swords and magic. Kind of like Zelda. Well, you should be a pretty fun challenge then," Link analyzed before prompting the chomp in his hand. "Okay, you will do. Give it your all because I will not hold back either... As soon as a ref appears," Link adds dropping the chomp to rub his head. "Oh, hold on!" Link said putting the discarded weapons in the chest before lifting the chest and chucking it out of the stadium. "Okay, NOW we are good."

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Robin's only reply was just a semi- cocky smirk as he sized up his opponent. Judging on what he saw, Link's Chain Chomp could deal some massive damage right from the get- go. Robin did have the Rexcaliber Shield to protect himself, along with Nosferatu to heal any damage dealt to him, though Robin had to get close to Link to make that happen, and that Chain Chomp would present a problem-

Wait. An idea. This would be high- risk, though it would have a VERY high reward, and if this succeeds, it could possibly cripple Link's ability in this battle. It would all have to be up to that Chain Chomp, though if it works, Robin could have this battle in the bag.

Silently, Robin patiently awaited the presence of a referee and announcers.

[Mr. Game & Watch]

Through the tunnels of the Sunshine Stadium, loud beeping noises echoed out like a broken boom box. Even as the crowd cheered on, the words of Mr. G&W were still quite audible. Unfortunately they were more of an annoyance than anything else since they were to loud and obnoxious to actually be deciphered, not that anyone could anyway.

The flat man soon entered the ring, looking at the two challengers with a stoic stance. He gave off another laugh that sounded like someone forgot to turn off their cell phone and just as he was about to let the match commence, a large yellow furry arm grabbed hold of his tiny neck. Electivire lifted the tiny figure off the ground in no time flat and chucked the 2-D man straight out of the stadium before he could even announce that he was the referee.

Down came Lt Surge, riding upon his Magnezone like some sort of hovercraft. “I’m getting tired of these wannabe referee babies.” he muttered to himself before leaping off his Pokemon and landing directly in between the two competitors. He brushed himself off and then re-adjusted his sunglasses just to make sure that they didn’t fall off in the process. He turned his head to Link, then to Robin. “Heh, looks like we got ourselves some new faces. Baby faces that is! Look you two, this is a man’s fight, I don’t even think I can make men out of either of you! Prove me wrong and show me a clean match. I don’t want to see any sort of funny business. Only the weak rely on items, so I don’t want to see any of you pulling those things out. I only want to see your arsenal. A real man doesn’t need to kill his opponent in order to win a fight, so I don’t want to see any of that either. And I don’t want to hear either of you give me sass about not being able to die, turning into a trophy is close enough to death. You both have about five bouts to show me what you got, so get to it!”

With all that said, Lt Surge pulled an iron out of his pants and pointed it into the sky, allowing the power of magnetism pull him upwards and out of the battlefield undertow of the Magnezone.

[Coolshaymin]

Link looked at the weird flat fellow when he entered. Was he serious? This guy did not look like he knew what a real fight was. Luckily, Link's faith was restored when some way more suitable guy and his yellow ape carried the man away... if it was a man. Link took a second while Lt. Surge was talking to think his own strategy over. This guy must be thinking Link heavily relied on the Chain Chomp, so the best course of action would be to throw him off but still use the mighty barker as a weapon in between attacks.

When Lt Surge finished and flew off with magnet power, Link wasted no time and his Chain Chomp disappeared for a moment. Link then dug into the ground at a fast pace. There was no clear sign of where Link was besides the sound of tunneling. After a few seconds and Link felt ready he tried to pop out of the ground with an uppercut from behind Robin. This move was going to make Robin rely more on his senses AKA Wisdom than Speed.

Kt5EcHqSp_1d20+6(Mole Uppercut of Unpredictableness)

After popping out from the ground, the Chomp reappeared and Link tried to bring the Chomp down on Robin in a slam. "Yaaaaah!"

p_1d20+6(Slamming with Powah)


(GW: roll 16 Wis to dodge uppercut, if hit by uppercut roll 17 Dex to dodge chomp slam, if not hit roll 15 Dex to dodge chomp slam)1d20+6·1d20+6

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As Robin took a deep sigh of relief with the false referee being thrown out of the building, he turned his attention back to Link, the rules echoing in his mind: No items, no deaths.

A smirk grew on Robin's face from this. Both rules weren't going to be much of a hindrance anyway; if Robin ever could, he would have spared the souls that he slayed during his quest against Grima, and as for the items, Robin only relied on his arsenal anyway.

Robin was about to get things rolling with an Arcfire, but all of a sudden, Link disposed of the Chain Chomp and burrowed underground. This kind of tactics surprised Robin- he would have thought Link would have preferred a head- on approach, what with that Chain Chomp and all. But despite that, Robin didn't let the sudden change faze him. He tried to listen and use his senses deeply to attempt to sense the Great Hero of War.

(Wis Roll: 46DbLBBSp_1d20+3)

Nope. Nothing. Robin thought he may have heard one or two faint noises in there, but for the most part, he heard nothing.

No matter. Robin seemed content with wanting to stall out Link, but all of a sudden-- WHAM!

A big uppercut sent Robin right onto his back. When his vision was starting to clear up, he saw Link, high in the sky, and OHMYNAGAHE'SGOINGTOSLAMROBINWITHTHAT!

No, Robin couldn't let that happen. He needed to move, now.

(Dex Roll: p_1d20-1)

As soon as Robin made the gesture to move, the Chain Chomp was all over him. Robin was completely at Link's mercy. Robin needed to do something fast, and just when he thought he saw an opening, he made his move, firing an Arcfire Explosion right at the Chain Chomp.

(Wis Roll: p_1d20+3)

Robin smiled, having an extreme amount of power behind this explosion, though the primary focus of that Arcfire Explosion was not to harm. It was to give Robin some time to make some space.

Robin immediately rolled out of the Chain Chomp's line of sight upon firing the explosion, getting ready to see what the Great Hero of War would try next.

(GW: roll 17 Dex to dodge explosion)1d20+3·1d20-1·1d20+3

[Mr. Game & Watch]

“AH HA HA HA! Oh joy Big Top, do we ever have a match up for us tonight! We have the famed and fashionable hero of Hyrule himself in our mitts! And who else would he be fighting than this mighty white robed wizard! The tension is so think I could chew it! Can you sink your teeth into it, Big Top!?”

“… Why would I ever touch something you chewed on?”

“It’s just an expression, Big Top! Do you not find this match up truly awe-inspiring!? Link, the man who has slain the mighty Ganon time after time! Facing this mage of the arcane arts!? What a show we have ahead of us!”

“Wait, why aren’t you saying the other guy’s name?”

“Because when you are within the Stadium names no longer matter! It is raw skill and ability that defines you! Look at that man down there, he is truly a worthy match for Link!”

“If names don’t matter, why do you keep saying Link’s name?”

“WHOA! Just look at the hero of time, ripping through the earth like a mighty mole of epicness! Nailing his opponent right in the kisser! He better watch out for that Chain Chomp!”

“Okay, now I know something’s up, you’re actually talking about the battle.’”

“What!? That’s preposterous! MC Ballyhoo always presents the most seat clenching, grip tightening commentary!”

“Say the other guy’s name.”

“Big Top, I am always well researched! We don’t need to make such accusations about me!”

“…”

“Everyone knows that Steve is an expert in the arcane arts! In fact he published a book on it in his homeland of Gerudo Valley!”

“… I’m surprised you’ve yet to mention the fact that they both come from the land of Hyrule…”

“And now a word from our sponsors!”

[Coolshaymin]

qWgk2ABvp_1d20-2Link watched as his plan worked perfectly now it seemed time to counterattack... Wait... that guy is trying to use a spell on his Chomp. Whatever it is, it can't be good so Link tried to pull the Chomp back to him as fast as he could.

(The roll was 18... not sure if it will appear again or not... been encountering this issue a lot.)

Link was indeed fast enough to pull his chomp back before it got hit by an explosion. He was probably trying to heat up the chomp to make it unwieldly but Link was ahead of him. Link swinged the Chain Chomp in a swing at Robin before suddenly front flipping towards Robin to try and grab him and slam him against the ground before throwing him.

p_1d20+6(Swinging Distraction)
p_1d20+6(Grab and slam)

Link seemed to have abandoned mind games for now. He seemed to be going back on the offensive. Link knew exhausting the same tactic would be too predictable.

(GW: Roll 14 Dex to dodge swing, if hit roll 16 Dex to dodge grab and slam, if not roll 14 Dex to dodge grab and slam)1d20-2·1d20+6·1d20+6

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It came as a slight shock to see Link manage to pull himself and that Chain Chomp from the Arcfire Explosion, due to the fact that Link does not exactly look like the quickest in the bunch. Robin has underestimated Link, and that was something he needed to get over quick.

(Dex Roll: W3mh2cuAp_1d20-2)

All of a sudden, with one bold swing, the Chain Chomp went right towards Robin, bopping his body from the long range. Robin backed up a couple steps, needing to analyze the situation here, and trying to figure out if now would be the best time to enact his plan.

(Dex Roll: p_1d20-2)

Robin didn't even get a chance to BLINK, much less move out of the way when Link jumped forward and slammed Robin's body onto the Nintendium floor, before being thrown like a ragdoll.

That's it. Time to stop fooling around. If he needed to enact his plan, now was going to be the best time. Robin peered open his eyes until he was aiming perfectly at the Chain Chomp- which, while in midair, is not an easy task, mind you.

Robin only had one shot at this. It was now or never.

Robin opened his mouth and shouted at the top of his lungs: "ARCFIRE!"

(Wis Roll: p_1d20+3)

It was not a strong Arcfire, not at all. But it was all Robin could muster up at the moment, being flung through midair, but it might as well be all he needed to ensure the Chain Chomp would be unwieldable.

(GW: Roll 7 Dex to dodge Arcfire)1d20-2·1d20-2·1d20+3

[Mr. Game & Watch]

“Tired of the old Life Sphere and its lack of automatic weaponry guarding our gates? Then look no further! Join the Egg fleet today and we shall stomp out Bowser and his mindless troopas, and together we shall make the Life Sphere a strictly no Starvia zone.”

“Gotta love that man’s confidence! Anyways, what were we talking about?”

“Link vs Steve, the totally best match up. Your words not mine.”

“Ah yes, Steve, you know I interviewed him before the fight! There’s another man with non-descript confidence! I wish I could’ve recorded it for you, Big Top!”

“You know I’m always on your head, right?”

“You were asleep at the time. Big Top, if I told you once I’ve told you a thousand times, you need to fix that sleep apnea problem of yours!”

“You don’t even know what sleep apnea is…”

“Of course I do-”

“You know we’re going to keep going through this loop if you continue to not admit that you don’t know what you’re talking about, right?’”

“Perhaps this Funky Monkey can be of assistance!?”

“Funky Kong!?”

“… You know there’s a fight going on down-”

“The one and only! You see, this Awesome Ape is gunna lay the smack down on all of yah brains. So listen up dudes and bras because Funky Kong is talking!”

“… I guess we’ll be leaving the viewers at home clueless once again…”

“You see, the bleached baboon down there isn’t Steve at all! I just bumped into Steve while trying to catch some mad waves over at the Rainbow Square. The dude in the ring right now is none other than Solid Snake! The master of disguise takes his turn in the ring! Sorry freaky dude, but you’re wrong!”

“You’re a monkey wearing sunglasses! You aren’t remotely a credible source!”

“Don’t mind me, I’m just wondering how we still have this gig.”

[Coolshaymin]

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Link saw the fireball coming at his chomp and for someone felt compelled to throw the chomp at the tiny fireball. The Chomp whimpers on the way and gets a little hot. However, it would appear Robin did not think this strategy through all the way. The Chomp was hot and crying, sure. However, to even hold the Chomp Link kind of had to wield large gloves that kind of protected the heat. Sure, the heat was a little annoying on the guantlets but the fireball was not powerful enough for it to really bother him too much.

"Nice try, but I don't think you thought this through. If anything, you gave me a slightly hotter weapon. Speaking of hot... Time for Round 2!" Link said before digging through the Nintendium Floor again to prepare for another Mole Uppercut. This time coming from the side.

p_1d20+6(The Ultimate Uppercut of the Mole People)

(GW: Roll 17 Wis to dodge Mole Uppercut)1d20-2·1d20+6

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That Arcfire did not work as he had hoped. Perhaps another one would have to do? More questions were burrowing within Robin's head as he landed on the floor from that tremendous blow. Alright. What Robin needed to do was- wait, is Link burrowing underground again?

"Not on my watch!" the ex- tactician shouted, giving chase to Link. However, he was too late, as Link was already underground by the time Robin got to his hole. Immediately, Robin went back to using his senses, hoping they wouldn't fail him again.

(Wis Roll: HHO59pzOp_1d20+3)

Robin knew the uppercut had to be coming. He knew this, yet despite this, he couldn't hear Link. Like, at all. But Robin wasn't going to be some child's plaything anymore. All of a sudden, the floor spawned another of Link's holes as Link jumped out. However, this time, Robin was ready.

Now, he WOULD have gone with a Rexcaliber Shield, if Link had gotten him from behind.

Stupid. He told himself. Shouldn't a tactician be three steps ahead of his opponent? And yet, here he was, being tripped up with the most basic of tactics.

Robin was slammed onto the floor once again, but not wanting a repeat of last time, he immediately rolled out of the way.

Okay. Time we take this one step at a time, and Robin knew his best chance here would be a distraction, as the trying- to- make- the- Chain- Chomp- unwieldable plan didn't work out. Therefore, Robin needed a new plan. One that can have start over from Square 1. Immediately, Robin got to work.

"ARCFIRE!" Robin shouted. The spell was heading straight towards Link- or, more like for behind Link.


(Wis Roll: p_1d20+3)

It was a decent Arcfire, no doubt, and it should cause Link some damage if he accidentally steps back into it, but that was not the purpose of that Arcfire. Robin just needed an excuse to get up close and personal with Link.

As soon as Robin was close enough, he yelled, "NOSFERATU!"

(Wis Roll: p_1d20+3)

(Char Roll: p_1d20+1)

Okay, with that PITIFUL excuse of a Nosferatu out of the way, Robin hoped it could at least somewhat alleviate the pain troubling him.

(GW: roll 12 Dex to dodge Arcfire, if hit roll 11 Dex to dodge Nosferatu, if not roll 10 Dex)1d20+3·1d20+3·1d20+3·1d20+1

[Mr. Game & Watch]

“See! Fire magic! Solid Snake can’t just make fire appear from nowhere! He’s just human!”

“Exactly, it makes the dude’s cover all the better! Nobody would suspect it was Snake if he showed off a bit of that freaky deaky fire!”

“Now you know how it feels like to talk to you, Ballyhoo…”

“Big Top! This is a private discussion, we shall settle this through debate!”

“Yep, private, that’s why your mic is still on, right?”

“Of course! We still have to commentate about this match!”

“…Doing a great job of that by the way.”

“Thank you, Big Top! Praise from you is so hard to come by these days!”

“I can’t imagine why…”

“Ease your eaters dudes! That green dude just scrapped through the ground like biscuits at a tea party! Snake’s gonna need more than a box to get away from that one!”

“… Ease my… what?”

“Your eaters! You’re gonna need to shift yah gears if yah geezers wanna keep up with my modern lingo!”

“You’re older than us! Wearing sunglasses does not make you hip! Just look at Lt Surge!”

“Cool your jets, man. I can teach you both the language of today’s youth. This Cool Chimp’s got your back!”

“We run a family friendly show here, good sir! There is no room for street talk and hipster monkeys!”

“… I still don’t understand what an eater is….”

[Coolshaymin]

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Link watched the flame go over his head. Link was confused by this method until he suddenly got captured in some weird Dark Magic. After struggling to break free of the Dark Magic grip, Link merely gave a smirk before saying, "Pretty clever, but you made a mistake getting close range with a close range fighter," bluntly.

Link then clapped his hands together to emit a thunderous clap to send the boy flying and potentially paralyzed him if he did not get away in time.

p_1d20+6(Thunder Clap move)

Link then dashed forward to persue him before trying to swing the chomp into his back.

p_1d20+6(Critical Back Breaker, Bane would be proud.)

(GW: Roll 14 Dex to dodge thunderclap, if hit roll a d100 and if roll is lower than 30 Robin/Steve/Snake receives paralysis, roll 18 Dex to dodge back breaker)1d20-2·1d20-2·1d20+6·1d20+6