Inspired by Smashtasm
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Author's Notes:
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Starlll: (Facedesks) Tuesday already... how the heck to these days keep creeping up on me? Seriously, it's like I'm just being lazy!
Phy: ...You kind of ARE lazy...
Starlll: I know, but I'm usually not THIS lazy!
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Phy, Heart, and Jake headed to Hyrule Temple. It was probably one of the most-used maps in the game, because of how big it was. The actual most-used would have to be Final Destination, seeing as how most hardcore players preferred to fight in smaller stages.
This was where they ran into a problem: There were at least five different servers as 'Hyrule Temple', and any one of them could have Maeve inside.
"How do we figure out which one it is?" Asked Phy, to Jake. "Can you get character lists?"
"No, not unless I'm actually IN the server... and it'd take to long to go from server to server."
"Is there any way to figure out where she is?"
"No... not unless we're willing to wait for one of them to suddenly be destroyed." Jake said. "But then, that might not work either.
"What about the Pong?" Asked Cherry.
"You mean, the Ping?"
"I'm not sure..."
"...Wait, Cherry, you're right!" Said Jake. "That Cloaking shield! She must be hacking it in! And when you hack in things, the Ping changes! All we have to do is watch the Ping, and when it goes significantly up, we know that someone is making the server lag! Then we'll just go in there, and stop her."
"What's ping?" Asked Phy, confused.
"It's that number on the server list." Explained Jake. "Basically, the higher the ping, the slower the server runs."
So, the three of them waited. And waited. And waited.
"Hey, how do we even KNOW if she's going to use her cloaking shield?" Asked Jake.
"...If YOU had an epic ninja-pwnage-weapon, would YOU use it?" Cherry replied.
"...Touche..."
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30 Minutes later
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"I'm boooooored!" Shouted Cherry. "I bet she's not even going to come!"
"She's probably just waiting for a good chance to strike." Replied Phy, who was trying to think up combos. And failing.
"Yeah, just a few more-" Jake paused, then closed the Solitaire window he had open. "Guys? The ping's rising! Let's go! Server 4!"
The three of them joined the server. It seemed fairly normal, other than a flame war about how they took Marth out of the game. People were always complaining about how the game changed from Melee, though they usually didn't do anything about it.
Maeve was standing under the pillar on the right side of the map, invisible. She was probably loading the Gray Nukes. Jake, thinking quick, dashed towards her, sending a battle invite.
"Now, you look familiar." She said, turning visible, looking at Jake. "Norfair, correct? I'm surprised; I expected you to lose your account when my master hacked that server."
"Thanks for telling us about that server, by the way." Jake said. "Really, we almost got HACKED!"
"That was the point." Maeve smiled. "You want to battle? Why on Earth would I accept?"
"...I'll give you my account." People were starting to watch them. "If you win, I'll give you my account. If I win, you leave."
"You account? What's on it?"
"A few hundred tokens, and a ton of stickers." Jake could feel himself digging his own grave. Still, all he needed was for someone to get a moderator. He just had to stay alive for long enough.
"...Fine. Let's go, Heart." Maeve said, and accepted the invite.
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Jake vs. Maeve
Stage: Hyrule Temple
Stock: 1
Items: None
Bet: None (Fighting for the server's protection/destruction)
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3...
Jake glanced at his life count. He should have set it higher, but he hadn't wasn't thinking when he sent the invite. He just moved on impulse.
2...
Maeve looked at her opponent. It shouldn't be too hard... his win/loss record was still pretty low. She doubted that he had been playing for very long.
1...
They got into the position to fight...
GO!
Maeve dashed forward, as Jake shot an arrow. She dove under it, then dropped under a platform, out of sight. Jake went down after her, only to get hit in the back. He spun his knives, trying to catch her, but missing. She did a Dolphin Slash, both hitting him and getting onto the platform above her. Jake went down to avoid her, in the lower section of the stage.
She started to turn and go after him, but he used his wings to fly up the right side of the map, a feat which would have been impossible, had he been using any other character. He narrowly avoided one of her attacks, and hit her with his knives, rapidly pressing A.
Maeve retaliated with a series of Side-B's, which Jake took full-force. He quickly side-stepped, dodging the last hit just in time. He hit her in the back, then used his special Shield to avoid her next hit. He quickly started running, so he could get enough room for an arrow. She jumped after him as he fired the arrow, using Counter while falling. She absorbed the shot and landed in time to hit him, making him land near the edge.
She kicked Jake, then hit him with her sword. He hit her from the ground, trying to get back up. She tried to counter, but was a second too early, and he knocked her back. Gaining the upper-hand, he lunged at her, pulling her into a knife-spinning attack. When it wore off, he knocked her down, then grabbed her.
"Deactivate the Gray Nukes." Jake said, hitting her.
"Why should I?" She asked, struggling to get free. "I just said that I'd leave, not that I'd call it off."
"Deactivate them!" He shouted.
Maeve broke free. The timer beeped. They were done loading. She waved goodbye, turning invisible.
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Connection with server lost.
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A/N:
Starlll: Ooh! Not exactly a cliffy, but still pretty intense! Please, review!
