[cynda1]

heirtothemonado

Shadow waited on one side of the stadium, slightly tapping his foot as he waited for his opponent. He wasn’t being overly impatient, as he would in most other situations. After all, he was the one to challenge Bowser Jr to begin with. It was only fair that he was the one to show up first. Shadow had done his best to prepare for this fight. After all, even though he would try to win, there was more than the goal to win in this fight. There was a lesson that he intended to be taken out of it.

Or, at the very least, a skill that he hoped to instil in this sort of “pupil”.

To say that Shadow considered himself a teacher would have been far from accurate. On the contrary, he’d consider his methods to teach most things terrible. However, his method today was perfect for the specific lesson he had in mind. When it came to confidence, few had more than Shadow the hedgehog, a being who, if given the chance, would not change a single thing about himself.

Now, most may not have wanted his level of confidence. In fact, most would see Shadow’s confidence as arrogance, but confidence was confidence. And Jr did agree to all of Shadow’s terms, terms in which Shadow made clear he didn’t have to follow.

When Jr inevitably arrived at the stadium, Shadow faced him with a smirk, showcasing the level of confidence this hedgehog had. “Nice of you to show up.” Shadow said with a nod, glancing around at the empty stadium. “We’ll take this one step at a time, so you don’t have to worry about any prying eyes.” Shadow would’ve been okay with an audience, but he was concerned that it may have crossed a line, and the kid would bail. Shadow really didn’t mind not having an audience anyway. Sometimes they could be annoying.

[heirtothemonado]

Jr walked into the Stadium, feeling a bit nervous. He was gonna face Shadow in a bit of a practice spar, but he still wasn't sure he would be able to win. Especially without the Clown Car. Shadow had thought that it might be holding him back, and Jr realized that he might be right. He hadn't fought on foot since...…his fight with Seriri. That was a long time ago. But, like Shadow had told him, he needed to stop relying on it so much, and to grow some confidence in himself, so that's what he was going to do.

Entering the main battlefield, Jr called out to Shadow. "I'm here Shadow!" The Koopa kid looked around. The stadium was awfully...quiet. There wasn't anyone here. Did Shadow make sure there wasn't anyone watching their fight? Because if so, Jr was very grateful. He was pretty out of practice fighting on foot, and he didn't want word of this reaching the Koopa Clan. Especially not his family. He'd be a laughingstock for weeks. 

"Alright Shadow. Ready when you are" Jr said, giving the signal that he was ready to start. Here goes nothing. Hopefully he wouldn't end up regretting this.

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Bowser Jr
Health: 150/150
Status: Nervous, but ready

[cynda1]

Shadow gave the Koopa a bit of a friendly smirk before forming it into a much more confident one. "Nice of you to show up." Shadow said with a confident nod. He wasn't actually as impatient as he may have portrayed himself to be. This was merely a demonstration on what a truly confident person looked like. The hedgehog placed his hands to the side as he walked more to the center of the arena. "Now, you've noticed there isn't anyone here. I made sure that I have this place reserved at this time just for the two of us. This is just a practice fight after all. Wouldn't want too many eyes on us when we're trying to raise up some of your confidence." Shadow shrugged. "Kind of defeats the purpose if you ask me."

The hedgehog spread his stance out a bit as he prepared to fight. "Now you're an intelligent young man. You've got some mechanical prowess up your sleeve, which is good, but for this fight try and put that behind you. Not your intelligence, but your mechanical prowess. Fighting with confidence involves using the skill that you feel you're best suited to use. You have a good brain for a reason. Use it. Trust it. You will make mistakes during this fight. That's just how the road leads when it comes to battling. But don't let go of that trust in your skill."

Shadow snapped his fingers, causing a blue aura to surround him, getting ready to use his first attack against him. "Get ready, Jr." Shadow squinted a bit as his power intensified a bit. "Cause here I come!" And with that, Shadow vanished in a blue light, dashing at the turtle three times before coming to a halt back at his original spot. It may have seemed to be a rather extreme of a technique to start with, but Chaos Snap was one of Shadow's more tame techniques. Even if he were to just use Spin Dash, it wouldn't have been much of a difference.

cUAfnx8pp_1d20+1 (Shadow uses Chaos Snap! His WIS stat allows his roll to have a +1 on his modifier. Each time this attack successfully hits a foe, it inflicts 7% of damage.)
p_1d20+1 (Again.)
p_1d20+1 (Again.)

Okay, so that second one was a bit harsher than he meant for it to be, but the first and third one came out pretty easy. Hopefully Jr would've been able to dodge at least one of those well enough. Now it was time for a harder attack to handle. ...Just a little, of course. Shadow curled into a ball and launched himself toward the young Koopaling hoping to inflict some damage in a homing attack.

p_1d20+3 (Shadow used his Homing Attack! His DEX stat allows for a +3 in each roll. Should this attack hit his foe, it will inflict 12% damage.)

Shadow uncurled and this time ended up behind Jr regardless on whether the attack made its mark or not. The hedgehog simply waited for the Koopaling's response after that.

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Shadow
Health: 150
Shield: 50
Status: Taking it Easy
Cooldowns: None

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[heirtothemonado]

Jr listened to what Shadow had to say, and he had to admit, he had a point. It made sense that the reason he was using the Car so much was because he wasn't used to fighting on his feet. But even so, it didn't mean he was helpless without it. "He's right. I'm smart. So let's put it to use. I can do this" Jr said to himself, psyching himself up for the fight ahead. Once he got himself motivated, he faced Shadow. "Alright, Shadow. I'm ready to start"

No sooner were those words out of his mouth then Shadow dashed toward him at full speed, almost going too fast for Jr to follow.

zUvX_ARRp_1d20+1 (Jr's Chaos Snap Dodge 1: Success)
p_1d20+1 (Jr's CRIT Chaos Snap Dodge 2: Success)
p_1d20+1 Jr's Chaos Snap Dodge 3: Success)

Fortunately, Jr had his wits about him, and narrowly managed to avoid Shadow all three times. But Shadow wasn't finished yet. As Shadow curled up and charged him again. Jr waited for the right time to move....

p_1d20+1 (Jr's Homing Attack Dodge: Failure)


Unfortunately, playing chicken with one of the fastest things alive isn't usually a good idea. Jr mistimed his dodge, and Shadow slammed into him, knocking him to the floor. Jr wouldn't be kept down for long though. "Nice shot, Shadow. Now it's my turn"

As Jr got to his feet, embers started flickering inside his mouth, before a number of fireballs erupted from Jr, with hopes of at least singeing Shadow's quills a little

p_1d20+2 (Jr's Fire Breath! DMG 5%, 10% chance to Burn)
p_1d20+2 (Again)
p_1d20+2 (And again)

As the flames burned down, a hammer would spin out of the smoke, aimed right for Shadow's head. Or at least, that's where Jr was aiming. Looks like the little guy had a bit of trouble with that.

p_1d20+1 (Jr's Hammer Toss! DMG 13%)

Well...It wasn't the worst toss ever, but there's still room for improvement. Perhaps Shadow would be able to help him with that during the course of this spar.

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Bowser Jr
Health: 137/150
Shield: 50/50
Status: Normal

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[cynda1]

Welp… it was a battle for confidence after all. How could Shadow teach Jr without being a decent challenge? Simply put, he couldn’t.

DRxN_sUrp_1d20+3 (Shadow's attempt to dodge Jr's Fire Breath attack: Success!)
p_1d20+3 (Again. Success!)
p_1d20+3 (Again. Success!)

p_1d20+3 (Crit dodged Jr's Hammer Toss attack.)

Of course Shadow managed to dodge it, except for that final fire breath attack. He dodged it all. He leaped over each attempt Jr made to burn him with his fire breath, again except for that last one, and easily dodged the hammer simply by ducking. It really wasn’t that hard. It was so easy, though, Shadow became rather concerned. Would this be a detriment to his confidence? Or was his confidence so low that it even affected his attacking?

Jr dodged well, but… his attacks were lacking. Maybe Jr didn’t want to hurt him?

...Wait a second, now there’s an idea! he thought before forming a smirk.

“Are you for real, Jr?” Shadow scoffed, this time not being nearly as cautious with his words as he was moments before. “Come on! You’re even worse than I thought you would be! Are those honestly what you call attacks? That fire didn’t even touch me, I mean, are you even trying?” Shadow scoffed, forcing himself to be as unbearable as possible. What on all of Li could Shadow be thinking? “But I get it, I get it. I’ll show you what a real attack looks like.”

With that said, Shadow curled himself up into a ball and dashed toward Jr at high speed in an attempt to knock him off his feet. Didn’t seem like Shadow was pulling any punches anymore.

p_1d20+3 (Shadow used his Spin Dash attack! his DEX allowed for a +3 in each roll. This attack will cause 7% of damage.)
p_1d20+3 (Again.)
p_1d20+3 (Again.)

Shadow’s first spindash was okay, and his third one was terrible, but his second one was almost pitch perfect! That second one would definitely be a hard attack for Jr to dodge, no doubt about it. But Shadow wasn’t finished with his assault yet, and neither was he finished with that smirk of his. Oh, Chaos, he was so cocky right now, if Krystal were here, she’d want to punch it right off his face. Shadow leaped back several meters before charging at the kid at full speed using his dash attack. Uh oh, this looked like trouble!

p_1d20+3 (Shadow used his Dash attack! His DEX stat allows for a +3 in each roll. This attack will cause 15% damage if the attack makes its mark as well as lower Jr's next dodge roll by -2 for that roll only. Should Shadow miss, however, his next dodge roll will be lowered instead.)

...But as it turned out, his Dash attack was just an okay performance. “You see that?!” Shadow shouted, pointing at those attempts to attack him. “Now some of those attacks were terrible, kid. But each and every one of them were better than what you showed me right now.” Shadow stared up at Jr with a smug look on his face. He was just asking, begging to be punched right in the face. “So what are you going to do about it?”

(Due to a mistake I made, I'm rolling for if Shadow gets a Burn Status here. p_1d100 He's not burned.)

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Shadow
Health: 145/150
Shield: 50/50
Status: Putting on the pressure
Cooldowns: None

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[heirtothemonado]

All of Jr's attacks missed. All of them. Jr felt disappointed. Was he really not fast enough for Shadow? Before that train of thought could go any further, Shadow's earlier words sprung to his mind. "Don't let go of that trust in your skill." That's right. He had to trust himself. He made mistakes, but that's fine. He could still do this. Besides, where would the point of this match be if he quit after the first round?

Jr was pulled out of his mental pep talk when he heard Shadow speak to him again....Huh? "Shadow, wha…?" Jr asked, confused. Why was Shadow talking to him like that? Those attacks weren't pathetic! They were good! How dare Shadow say something like that! Jr was seething with anger now, but he had his wits about him to pull himslef into his shell as Shadow spindashed against it

(Jr bubble sheilds the Spin Dash combo! Shield 50->19)

Popping out of his shell, Jr rushed Shadow, only for Shadow to rush back, knocking Jr to the floor,

MhDjXwxIp_1d20+1 (Jr's Dash Dodge: Failure)

Jr tried picking himself up again, but this time, he felt kinda dizzy. Even so, he faced Shadow again and charged him "WILL YOU SHUT UP!?" he yelled. His scream might have some....interesting effects on Shadow, if he was unlucky

p_1d20+3 (Jr's Sonic Roar! Targets INT. Inflicts Mini)

As Jr was screaming at Shadow, he ducked into his shell, and started spinning rapidly, intending to slam into Shadow with the rough spiky exterior.

p_1d20+1 (Jr's Shell Spin! DMG 20%, 2 turn Cooldown)

Ending up on the other side of Shadow, regardless of if the attack landed, Jr spun around and let loose a red hot flame in Shadow's direction. Looks like the edgehog's words got to Jr a little more then he let on.

p_1d20+3 (Jr's Fire Breath Stream! DMG 15%, 10% chance to burn)

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Bowser Jr
Health: 122/150
Shield: 19/50
Status: ANGER

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[cynda1]

Shadow smirked at the turtle knowingly. Yes, that's right, Shadow thought. Don't beat yourself up, get angry! That oughta boost his confidence a bit! Unfortunately for Jr, and Shadow somewhat, the boost in rage did nothing to boost Jr's performance. The amount of rage didn't matter to the prince, he was still not performing well. Now that the hedgehog really thought about it, Bowser and his son seemed to be quite angry whenever they competed in the Olympic games and... well, that seldom worked in their favor. Shadow needed to find another way to boost Jr's confidence, but how? Hm...

...Maybe he just needed to clear his mind a bit! Calm down, try and think clearly. And Shadow could lead by example!

The hedgehog breathed in a long breath through his nose, closing his eyes, and let it all out through his mouth. Time for Shadow to demonstrate how a relaxed stance could help in dodging an opponent.

DlDgMSw4p_1d20 (Shadow attempts to dodge Jr's Roar attack... Success!)
p_1d20+3 (Shadow attempts to dodge Jr's Shell Spin attack... Success!)
p_1d20+3 (Shadow attempts to dodge Jr's Fire Breath Stream... Success!)

Shadow effortlessly slid to the side away from the Roar attack, only relying on his sense of hearing before leaping over the spinning turtle. Then, the hedgehog jumped, and then spinned out of the way of the fire attack, taking a deep breath, and letting out. "Let's try something else, Jr." Shadow stated with a nod. "I was hoping that making you angry would help you perform better, but I think I was under the wrong presumption. What you need isn't anger, what you need is to clear your mind. Now," Shadow backed up a bit and clenched his fists. "Let's see if you learned anything from the way I dodged."

Shadow once again disappeared in a flash of blue light, initiating Chaos Snap once again.

p_1d20+1 (Shadow used Chaos Snap! Due to this thread existing before June 23rd, Shadow gains a +1 on his WIS rolls. Should this attack make its mark, it'll cause 7% of damage.
p_1d20+1 (Again.)
p_1d20+1 (Again.)

Next, Shadow skidded to a halt before turning around and letting the blue energy to surround him again. He vanished and started the barrage of Chaos Snap all over again.

p_1d20+1 (Round 2 of Chaos Snap! Same as before!)
p_1d20+1 (Again.)

Whether the attacks made their marks or not, Shadow ended up in front of Jr, a decent distance away before turning toward him, giving a bit of a casual smirk. "So, how did that feel?"

---

Shadow
Health: 145/150
Shield: 50/50
Status: Clearing his mind...
Cooldowns: None

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[heirtothemonado]

Jr stopped when he heard Shadow speak up again. So the insults were just to get a rise out of him, hm? Well, it definitely worked, but the anger didn't help his aim. Or his mobility. Or in general. Maybe a change in tactics was in order, like Shadow said.

"Clear my mind, huh? Okay, I'll try...." Jr calmed himself down, instead pooling all his focus on Shadow, what he was doing, and where he was going. He listened for the sound of Shadow's footsteps, as they came toward him at unimaginable speeds....

1Lui_752p_1d20-1 (Jr's Chaos Snap Dodge 1: Success)

p_1d20+1 (Jr's Chaos Snap Dodge 2: Success)

p_1d20+1 (Jr's Chaos Snap Dodge 3: Failure)


With his mind clear, Jr could accurately predict where Shadow was going, and neatly stepped out of the way "Hey, it worked! It actually wor- Oof!" Jr cheered before getting the wind knocked out of him. Seems that he started celebrating just a little too soon, and Shadow's attack caught him in the middle of it. With the hit bringing Jr back down to earth, He started focusing on Shadow again...

p_1d20+1 (Jr's Chaos Snap Dodge 4: Success)

p_1d20+1 (Jr's Chaos Snap Dodge 5: Success!)


Jr quickly avoided Shadow's next attacks, although one of them got alarmingly close. Feeling pretty proud of himself, Jr turned to Shadow, who was standing in front of him. "That felt...really good!" Jr replied to Shadow's question. "It was like I could almost see your attacks coming, so avoiding them was really easy!" With a smirk, Jr pulled a shiny, black-headed hammer out of nowhere, and threw it toward Shadow's head "Now let's see if you can see this coming!"

p_1d20+1 (Jr's Hammer Toss! DMG 13%)

While the hammer spun toward Shadow's head, Jr blew a few flames in his direction as well, to distract him and keep him busy.

p_1d20+3 (Jr's Fire Breath! DMG 5%, 10 chance to burn!)

p_1d20+3 (Again)

p_1d20+3 (Again, but CRIT! 8% DMG, plus the burn chance)

Now Jr was starting to get into the flow of things. In celebration, Jr let loose a loud roar!.....which also might have some effect on Shadow if he listens to it for too long

p_1d20+3 (Jr's Sonic Roar! Target's INT. Inflicts Mini if successful)

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Bowser Jr
Health: 115/150
Shield: 19/50
Cooldowns: Shell Spin (1 turn)
Status: Getting into the swing of things

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[cynda1]

As Jr finally seemed to be getting the hang of it, Shadow allowed a smirk to form. Perhaps he wasn't so bad of a teacher after all! "Good." Shadow said simply. However, before he had the chance to say anything else, the koopa threw one of his hammers at Shadow again, catching the hapless life form off guard. He made an attempt to duck out of the way...

ls4gqSlgp_1d20+3 (Shadow's attempt to dodge Jr's hammer attack... Fail.)

Ouch! So close, but the hammer was able to make a mark on the tip of Shadow's temple, causing the hedgehog to back up a bit. Wow, that smarts! Just as He was about to get a hold of himself, Jr started blowing fire out of his mouth, causing the hedgehog to try and jump out of the way...

p_1d20+3 (Shadow's attempt to dodge Jr's Fire Breath. Fail...)
p_1d20+3 (Again. Success!)
p_1d20+3 (Again. Fail.)

Unfortunately, he lost his footing and was hit by the first stream, but managed to avoid the second. However, Jr was clever. The second one pretty much led him into the trap of the third one! Ouch!

p_1d100 (Roll to see if Shadow was burned... Nope.)
p_1d100 (Again. Nope.)

Luckily for him, though, he managed to avoid being burned, but boy did that smart. Shadow shook it off a bit before smirking at the young Koopa. The turtle let out a roar of victory, which caused the hedgehog to nod at the prince. He earned that one.

p_1d20 (Shadow's attempt to dodge Jr's Roar attack... Success!)

...That didn't mean he would listen to that Roar. The hedgehog wasn't the least bit intimidated. ....That's what Jr was trying to do, right? Honestly, the hedgehog couldn't tell why Jr kept roaring at him... Did it have some kind of effect? Well, whatever the case, it wasn't doing anything to him now. The hedgehog took a step forward and formed a confident smile. "I think you've finally found a trick that works best for you." Shadow nodded. "But you know, it'll take more than that to beat me! So watch out, here I come!" With that said, Shadow rolled into a ball and dashed at Jr at full speed!

p_1d20+3 (Shadow used Spin Dash! His DEX stat allows for a +3 in each roll. Should this attack make its mark, it'll cause 7% of damage!)
p_1d20+3 (Again!)
p_1d20+3 (Again!)

...Well... For the second two anyway. Seemed like he slipped up for that first one a bit. Whatever the case, The hedgehog unrolled and jumped into the air, rolling up again to launch himself at Jr.

p_1d20+3 (Shadow used Homing Attack! His DEX stat allows for a +3 in each roll. Should this attack make its mark, it'll cause 12% damage!)

Shadow ended up on the other side of the Koopa, smirking at a decent job done. Sure, he could've done better, but for this instance, perfection wasn't everything.

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Shadow
Health: 119/150
Shield: 50/50
Status: Bringing his game up a bit.
Cool Downs: None.

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[heirtothemonado]

Jr just...stopped, as he watched the hits connect, one after another. He did it. He actually did it! He managed to get a few good hits on Shadow! Maybe intense focusing was the answer he was looking for! He always did have a problem letting his temper get the best of him, so maybe that's why he wasn't having very good luck fighting anyone. A bit more confident in his own abilities now, Jr braced himself as Shadow came at him once again, keeping his eyes peeled for any sudden moves


6LdO0Sj|p_1d20+1 (Jr's Spin Dash Dodge 1: Success!)
p_1d20+1 (Jr's CRIT Spin Dash Dodge 2: Success!)
p_1d20+1 (Jr's Spin Dash Dodge 3: Success!)

So it wasn't just a fluke! It really did work! As Jr jumped and rolled away from Shadow's attacks, he had a large grin on his face. It seemed he's finally coming into his own fighting style, and he seemed to be getting pretty good at it. While Shadow came after him again, he only had the confident smirk that Shadow had worn when he first came in on his face. Seems like he was ready. He kept his eyes on Shadow before he rushed toward him again.

p_1d20+1 (Jr's Homing Attack Dodge: Success!)

Just before Shadow hit Jr, Jr rolled out of the way, putting his rounder shape to good use, and moved to Shadow's right. and pulled out another tool, a new one this time. Pulling out what looked like a large paintbrush, Jr swung it hard in Shadow's direction. The Koopa kid was too far away for the paintbrush to hit him, but streams of rainbow colored goop shot out from the tip, surrounding Shadow. Probably not a good idea to step in it!

p_1d20 (Jr's Magic Paintbrush! Shadow rolls DEX in addition to his attack. If he fails to beat this number.....somehow, he is poisoned for 3 turns)

Huh. Not as accurate as Jr would have liked. There were a number of holes and gaps for Shadow to rush through. Oh well. Maybe he'd trip up or something. Either way, Jr shot another volley of flames toward Shadow, hoping the goop would at least mess up his movements.

p_1d20+2 (Jr's Fire Breath! DMG 5%, 10% chance to burn)
p_1d20+2 (Again)
p_1d20+2 (And again)

Jr followed it up with another hammer, aimed at Shadow's body instead of his head this time. He didn't want to hurt Shadow too badly with it, even if they were fighting pretty hard.

p_1d20+1 (Jr's Hammer Toss! DMG 13%)

He was getting pretty good at this! "This focusing trick really helps! I'm actually doing a lot better! This is awesome!" Jr said excitedly.

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Bowser Jr
Health: 115/150
Shield: 19/50
Cooldowns: (Shell Spin: Next turn!)
Status: Actually doing it!

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[cynda1]

Shadow honestly couldn't help but smirk at Jr's efforts. As much as it pained him to see every attack he sent at him fail, it was rather fulfilling to see that the training was getting through to him. However, this simply meant that Shadow needed to step it up. Dodging time!

cGzBjW9Zp_1d20+3 (Shadow attempts to dodge Jr's paintbrush attack... success!)

For the paint brush, Jr didn't even come close. All Shadow had to do was take a few more steps back and the paint simply dissolved before it got to him. Shadow looked up at Jr with an arched eyebrow, shrugging and shaking his head. Perhaps that was a distraction, though, because what came next surprised him! The fire started coming, and Shadow's eyes widened as he tried to leap out of the way.

p_1d20+3 (Shadow attempts to dodge Jr's Flame attack... Failure.)
p_1d20+3 (Again. Success!)
p_1d20+3 (Again. Success!)

p_1d100 (Shadow's burn roll... nope.)

p_1d20+3 (Shadow's attempt to dodge the hammer toss... Failure.)

Of course, he slipped up again when his head was hit by a hammer tossed his way. Shadow rubbed his forehead... Chaos that hurt! Now he wasn't going to mess around anymore. Time for him to give it his all. "You're doing great, Jr." Shadow panted out. This was actually getting kind of intense. "But let's see if you can handle this!" Shadow backed up a bit and dashed forward at lightning speed, leaving a trail of yellow behind him. The hedgehog skated at Jr at full speed, intending to ram directly into him head first.

p_1d20+3 (Shadow used his Dash attack! His DEX allows for a +3 in each roll. Should the attack make its mark, it'll cause 15% damage. If the attack hits, Jr will also lower the next dodge roll he makes by -2. If Shadow misses, however, the same will happen to him.)

After that, he would aim for Jr's feet with another Spin Dash. If the Dash attack was successful, the Spin Dash should have been easier for the hedgehog to make his mark, but he didn't seem to be performing his attacks very well this time around.

p_1d20+3 (Shadow used Spin Dash! His DEX allows for a +3 in each roll. Should this attack make its mark, it'll cause 7% damage.)
p_1d20+3 (Again.)
p_1d20+3 (Again.)

Finally, he finished things up by jumping into the air, and shooting at the Koopa with another Homing Attack.

p_1d20+3 (Shadow used Homing Attack! His DEX stat allows for a +3 in each roll. Should this attack make its mark, it'll inflict 12% damage.)

After this, Shadow would jump back across from Jr to see how well he did.

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Shadow
Health: 101/150
Shield: 50/50
Status: Trying to step up his game.
Cooldowns: None.

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[heirtothemonado]

9cm5qmZ3p_1d20+1 (Jr's Dash Dodge: Failure)

Jr was ready for anything that Shadow could toss at him. Or so he thought. Shadow suddenly sped toward him again, and caught Jr off guard with his how fast he was going. Unable to get out of the way in time, Jr was forced to take the hit, getting knocked to the floor in the process. The fall left him a little disorientated, so he was having a hard time gauging where Shadow's next attack would come from.

p_1d20-1 (Jr's Spin Dash Dodge 1: Failure)
p_1d20+1 (Jr's Spin Dash Dodge 2: Success!)
p_1d20+1 (Jr's Spin Dash Dodge 3: Failure)

Unable to keep his directions straight, Jr got nailed by the Spin Dash. The blow seemed to ground him a little, though, so soon he was back on his feet, he jumped out of the way of the second incoming Spin Dash. Unfortunately, he got a bit to comfortable with his success, so the third Spin Dash caught him from behind, knocking him over again.

"Heh....Nice job" Jr said, panting slightly. "I guess I can't just focus out of everything." 

p_1d20+1 (Jr's Homing Attack dodge: Failure)

Unfortunately, Jr was so busy getting off the floor, he didn't see Shadow's Homing attack coming at all, so he ended up getting floored again. Looks like he needed to step things up. Slowly getting to his feet, Jr turned to face Shadow. First, he launched a number of fireballs in Shadow's direction.

p_1d20+2 (Jr's Fire Breath! DMG 5%, 10% chance to burn)
p_1d20+2 (Again)
p_1d20+2 (And again) 

From within the barrage of fireballs, Jr launched himself at Shadow while tucked into his shell, aiming to bounce off Shadow's head.

p_1d20+1 (Jr's Shell Spin! DMG 20%, 2 turn Cooldown)

Using the momentum from rebounding of Shadow (or the wall, if he missed), he flew above Shadow, popped himself out of his shell, and divebombed at Shadow, intending to land on top of him!

p_1d20+1 (Jr's Ground Pound! DMG 10%, Inflicts Disabled on a stat of Jr's choice for 2 turns. Jr suffers a -1 Dodge debuff for 1 turn. 2 turn Cooldown)

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Bowser Jr.
Health: 84/150
Shield: 19/50
Status: -1 Dodge debuff (1 turn)
Cooldowns: Ground Pound (2 turns)
Shell Spin (2 turns)

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[cynda1]

Shadow smirked at Jr's remark. Yeah, nothing in life had a one solution fits all situation. Life would change and adapt, and Jr would need to learn to do the same. However, it seemed like the Koopa was starting to get a little tired. Nothing too bad, but he'd already shown Shadow a lot that day, and since this was their first meeting over Jr's confidence, he thought it would be a good place to stop.

But first, Shadow needed to deal with these attacks. His first move was something he'd be remiss from doing in any other situation, but because he was merely ending the fight, he thought it was fine in this case.

Shadow arched an eyebrow, somewhat uncertain about using this technique. Guess it was his turn to learn something new. Shadow tried to focus, and folded his arms in a defensive stance, trying to remember how Krystal had created a bubble shield in their fight. Shadow didn't have a shell, so that didn't really help, though he could probably roll into a ball theoretically. That wasn't Shadow's way, though. Using the bubble at all wasn't either, but Shadow only rolled into a ball to attack, not defend.

50-15> 35 (Shadow shielded all of the Fire Breath attacks.)

35-20> 15 (Shadow shielded the shell spin attack.)

The hedgehog then made an attempt to jump away from the ground pound attack, trying to hover over the ground until it settled.

r6fG0HfSp_1d20+3 (Shadow's attempt to dodge Jr's Ground Pound attack... Success!)

Luckily, Shadow was just able to hover long enough to avoid any injury.

"Alright, that's enough for now." Shadow nodded, casually walking toward the Koopa. "You have some work to do in some areas, but you're doing quite a bit better than I thought you would. Definitely much more interesting of a fight than I thought it would be." Shadow shrugged. Didn't seem like he had much else to say. He didn't appear overly impressed, so maybe his words didn't mean as much as it seemed, but Shadow was at least a little impressed.

Just a little.

"Let's not do a knock out match. I think we should end this session here. Let me know if you need any more help in the future." Shadow turned toward the exit and started walking in that direction. "You know where to find me." In a flash of blue, Shadow was gone.

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[heirtothemonado]

Everything that Jr had thrown at Shadow had either bounced off of him, or completely missed. But Jr wasn't going to be upset because of that. After all, he didn't want to end this spar on a sour note. He had done pretty well, all things considered. Sure, he wasn't quite sure if he could have beat Shadow if they were going for the knockout, but he certainly did better then he thought he was going to. As Shadow called the fight to a close, Jr turned toward him, smiling.

"Thanks, Shadow. I know I have a bunch of work to do, but I think that I'll only get better from here. You really helped me out." he said. There wasn't much else he could add to that, so he waved to Shadow as he exited the Arena, and began to call the Clown Car. Then he stopped. If he was going to get better at this, then he needed to better himself first. With that change in mind, he began walking home. He still had a lot to learn, but this first step definitely inspired confidence in the young prince. Looks like Shadow did his job after all.

END PRESENCE