Scene #6512: MECC: August Kohler vs Vergil

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August Kohler	As the crowd cheers for both competitors and another MECC match is about to begin, August Kohler steps out of the sidelines, hands waving into the air to hype up the crowd, the redhead young adult in a jacket, a pair of jeans, and armed visibly with a knife and a revolver. There's a mirrored bracelet around his wrist, as he approaches the stage, waits for his competitor to come up, and nods to him. "Good luck. Let's give them a hell of a show." When the bell eventually rings, August is fast on the draw. The mirrored bracelet is glanced into, a shout coming out. "Let's go, Dietrich!" And in a flash of dark red and grey, the black knight Persona manifests, covered in power armor, wielding a massive mechanical sword. August leaps onto his back, and then, Dietrich moves. He moves fast, superhumanly fast, moving to strike straight into Vergil with that sword, inhuman strength behind it that hits like a freight train at maximum power, moving to try and see what Vergil's made of and how this fight will go with a heavy slash to the torso.
Vergil	Vergil strides out onto the arena, indiferent to the cheering crowd. His face is fixed in a rictus, a harsh scowl that August gets to be the focus of. His coat flutters dramatically, his katana Yamato in his hand. August is a good sport, but Vergil isn't having it. "I do not need luck, boy," he says. "But this will indeed be hell for you." August takes the initiative and brings out his Persona, causing Vergil to blink in mild surprise. "What form of power is this?" he thinks aloud, before quickly sidestepping to try and avoid the lunging slash. The blade still cuts into his chest, but it's shallow, and any evidence of Vergil being wounded is gone in a blink. "My turn," he says, a hint of a grim smile crawling onto his face. In a flash, he's between August and his Persona, having crossed the distance instantly and is quickdrawing his katana with such speed that the spinning slash he launches at August carries them both into the air. He goes to sheath his katana, but suddenly snarls, "Kneel before me!" as he does. His hand blurs, and he's sheathing it again as a vortex of whirling blue slashes encompasses August!
August Kohler	As Vergil responds, August goes "oh" and immediately internally thinks, 'oh, he's that type of guy'. He just sighs, but when asked what form of power is this, August just smiles. "It's /my/ power. The power of the Persona." But there's only a shallow wound, and Vergil's a regenerator. Vergil takes the blow, and then comes back with his own, launching a spinning slash to take August and Persona into the air, and then letting off a vortex of blue slashes that cut both into August and Dietrich, tearing skin and armor shallowly. After the air clears, August's wounds begin regenerating, and he grins. "Sorry, but I don't kneel before anyone. I'm important in this sector, you see. It'd be bad for my image." It's meant as a joke, as Vergil would have also noticed that when he attacked Dietrich, August was affected as well, reeling back from any slashes that hit solely Dietrich. But he might not get much time to think about it, because the sword lights aflame, and moves to sweep into Vergil, trying to set him ablaze and knock him back with a heavy strike. Twice, actually, as it goes in one, and then comes back to strike again.
Vergil	Vergil lands, and surveys the damage. August is sturdier than he thought, and the Persona intercepting him may be a problem. But damaging it means damaging August. "Hmm..." He seems to be musing to himself. "The shared pain may be an issue though..." He gets his head back into the game as Dietrich comes at him again, his sword now aflame. Vergil is staggered by the first, and sent sliding back by the second. But the smell of burning flesh and clothes only last an instant. Once again, he stands upright and adjusts the collar of his coat. "It is quite the power, I suppose." He moves again, this time zeroing in on Dietrich. Spectral swords array themselves around Vergil as he closes in, smacking the Persona with his sheathed sword before he begins quickdrawing it again and again in a flurry of iaijutsu slashes, the last one being a grand spinning slash that knocks the Persona back, before the magical swords all launch at him in a barrage. "But it gives me a second target."
August Kohler	Vergil...compliments August's power, right as he withstands it. August has no idea how to read this guy, until Vergil moves in again, and iajutsu slashes Dietrich over and over. They hit deeply, as does the grand spinning slash that knocks Dietrich back, before magic swords impale inside the knight. It's super effective. But... August, even with a slight bit of blood coming from his mouth from the sheer psychic feedback, is still moving. "Nice attack. But you'll need more than that to take me out." It /really/ hurt, but August is a tough boy. The flaming sword swings again. This time, it transforms mid-swing, turning into a chainsaw-geared whip that moves to wrap around Vergil and burn into him as well as grind against his flesh, doing as much damage as possible. If Dietrich gets a chance, it tries to pull Vergil closer, using a spare hand to punch him square in the jaw, but this is very risky, since it gives Vergil a close-up to counter-attack.
Vergil	As Vergil is sheathing his sword, he nods to August. "Indeed. You seem far stronger than an average human. Is this a result of your Persona?" The response comes in the form of a chainsaw whip. Vergil wasn't expecting that, and has no time to move. He is snatched, and yanked forward as his body is gored and scorched. "Blast!" he snarls, suddenly exploding in a flash of blue lightning that blows the chain whip off of him. Having taken on his devil form to escape the attack, he moves in on August, no longer a man, but a devil. He smacks at the boy with the sheathed Yamato, before quickdrawing it with incredible fury, aiming to send him flying. But a spectral sword intercepts his arc, coming from nowhere to try and impale him to the ground!
August Kohler	"It is. I've earned this power through my growth." August replies verbally as well as with a chainsaw whip, but Vergil escapes it by transforming into a demon. August's eyes widen. He wasn't expecting that. Yamato sends boy and Persona flying back, and then a spectral sword...manages to impale Dietrich (barely missing August himself), pinning him to the ground. He can't move. Or at least, at first, he can't. Until August grunts and groans, and suddenly, Dietrich is ripping part of the stage out of the ground, lifting itself with the sword still pinned with sheer strength, allowing him to move despite great pain in both rider and machine. The whip cracks again, moving to lash around the sword, grab it, and pull it out, slinging it straight back at Vergil's chest, hopefully fast enough that he can't desummon it or anything before it impacts.
Vergil	Vergil looks slightly impressed as Dietrich pulls himself from the stage, taking a chunk of it with him as he does, and wings his summon sword right back at him. The Persona's strength translates to great speed, and Vergil is indeed impaled by his own sword. He manages a wry chuckle, even as the blade sticks out of him. "The gall of you, August Kohler," he says, before ripping it out and spinning it on his finger. "I hope you know that you'll pay dearly for that." He crushes the blade, and vanishes into a flurry of quick dashes, all about the arena before suddenly barking, "Stay where you are!" He appears, dashing right at August and aiming to thrust his katana right through the boy. "It's past your bedtime," he sneers, before yanking the blade out while shoving his opponent to knock him down.
August Kohler	"Let's see what you've got, then." As Vergil dashes around the arena, and dashes straight at August himself, August could have expected that. With all that distraction, he'd want to stab August, not the Persona, so...August suddenly draws his knife, using it to deflect the sword. This causes multiple things to happen. One, the knife shatters from the sheer force of Vergil. Two, Vergil's blade still imapcts with August, grazing his side, which starts to regenerate slowly, but the redhead is bleeding pretty decently. "Good hit. But can you take this?" With a quick draw, August grabs his custom revolver, and moves to fire it six times rapidly into Vergil's face. He's an insane regenerator and they're in the Shrine. He'll be fine life-wise, but it's sure as hell going to hurt, and it might end the fight right here, right now.
Vergil	Vergil visibly sneers as August draws that revolver. "So you too rely on tho-" Bang. The first shot drills into his face. The wound does begin to close, but the second rings out. Then the third, fourth, fifth. Vergil falls back, pulling the Yamato with him as he hits the ground. His head, amazingly, is whole by the time he hits the ground. But considering how much trouble he is having getting up, regenerating the brain is a tiring thing. "Hrgh..." he says, breathing hard before turning on his heels and walking off with disgust. "I concede. Get stronger August Kohler, so you do not have to rely on such cheap tricks." The salt is real, it seems.
August Kohler	August wins! But it's not as great as he'd like, because Vergil kind of ruins the mood with his disguist. But the redhead isn't going to hide that he won fair and square, according tot he rules. As he concedes and the match-ending roar from the crowd happens, August waves his hands, hypes up the crowd, and then proceeds to leave the stage soon after.