Circle of Death [BRAWL]

[Valencia Donahue]

The lighting focused mainly on the stage with only some of its reflected glow making it to the audience. The stage itself isn't that tall off the ground, just between 3-4 feet in height, giving the audience a decent view of the indie band. Since the concert is in the spacious basement of a warehouse, the music doesn't need to be deafening to be heard. There're no chairs or tables, since the fans are expected to be standing. The floor is concrete, but there's a layer or two of cardboard, as everyone knows what they're getting into if they're attending a Wanderlust concert.

Wanderlust is a metal indie band on the rise with its reputation for having a wild turnout each time they appear and an even wilder “Circle of Death”... The moshing zone in front of the stage that magically appears whenever their song of the same name starts playing. When it came right down to it, “Circle of Death” is their most popular song because of the chaos it perpetuates. It's not a hateful or depressing song at all, like the title would want you to believe. If anything, it's the exact opposite. It's the kind of song that gets you pumped up enough to want to let it out somewhere... Like at the guy closest to you. The kind of song that makes you want to get up again after getting knocked down. The kind of song that makes you want to break things, but in a good way. It's like the “Circle of Life” song in the Lion King, but you're the one controlling the circle, making your own place instead of finding it. Plus, it's not sung by Elton John.

In all honesty, Valencia likes songs like that, especially since she tends to pent up lots of things she wants to let out. As a result, she's often a regular at Wanderlust concerts just to partake in the “Circle of Death”, even if it meant wearing earplugs to not go deaf. As long as she can feel the music, it's perfectly fine with her. The stunt woman stood right in the thick of the crowd and could already feel the area thinning out (or getting thicker) as the band transitioned to its infamous song. Her hair was tied up, she was wearing her typical shirt, jeans, and sneakers, looking perfectly like any other fan (or crazy violent person who only wants in on the moshing).

The walls of the circle began to solidify and enclose just the few people who want to let loose some carnage, currently swaying from side to side to the opus. Sway became push to stage left, push became shover to stage right, and suddenly one of the guys on the end recovers from nearly falling over enough to shove back and the rest was history. The “Circle of Death” began.

Valencia, being in the middle, made it a priority to make some room and shove as many people near her away before resorting to more violent means of combat...

((OOC: This is it. Yeah, kinda slim on Valencia's end to go off of, but this is an intro post of course...))

[Zack Richardson]

(apologies for the lateness.)

Zack was out and about like he usually was, he was usually walking into clubs asking if they needed a live band or anything, most of the time the answer was no. He was about to give up and go home until he got a text from a friend telling him about a gig in some warehouse and decided to check it out.

it only took him about 10 minutes to get there and it appeared he was just in time as the band had began playing a song and he quickly noticed a wide circle of emptiness appear behind him, then the pushing started and after a few seconds people were falling all over the place, so with one large feat of strength Zack pushed the nearest person to him, all the way to the other side of the pit. And then all hell broke loose.

The song really kicked in and the crowd were going insane, jumping up and down, and then you had the pit, people flying all over the place, and then one person in the middle caught his eye, the girl was simply making room, and Zack wanted in.
~Time to get stuck in i guess.~ Zack thought with a smile on his face. Using the two people next to him he pushed off and quickly ran into someone else, he was smalled than Zack so he simply bounced back before getting sent flying forward by a much bigger kid behind him. It had only taken a few seconds for Zack to get close to the middle and with a leap he flew left shoulder first at the right-hand side of the girl in the middle.

~Glorious.~

[Valencia Donahue]

((OOC: No worries~ I was personally wondering if I did something wrong... Let me know if you need help with anything. Hopefully more folks'll join in.))

Moshing at loud and active concerts presents its advantages and disadvantages for Valencia. Advantage-wise, her good sense of balance will be her greatest weapon. Disadvantage-wise, her good perception will be put to the brink of sensory overload if she isn't careful. All in all, she found this setting to be an ideal place to train in all matters unpredictable and what better way to be surprised than to have a random stranger like Zack flying at her? There was no possible way for her to perceive this in advance while pushing people away from her, so Zack collided into her right shoulder. This was the only way she can perceive anything: Direct contact. Zack, with his taller height and heavier weight, easily caused Valencia to take the impact harder than she'd want to and the two fell into the guy to her left. She grabbed onto Zack's shirt with her right hand and with her left arm, she pushed against the person beside her in attempt to slam Zack into the person behind him.

Like a peanut butter sandwich trying to go jelly...

[Damien Blaze]

OOC((Thus, enters Damien.))

Damien was standing with his friends talking as the mosh next to him grew. He held a soda in his hands, and was thinking about the days events. He laughed at a joke he had heard, and took a drink of his soda. WHAM. Two bodies collided with his. His soda spurted out of his mouth and the can thrown from his grip. He turned around and noticed that it was a girl and a guy. While, normally, he wouldn't have anything to do with woman abuse of any kind, he laughed a little that she was in the mosh, and that it gave him cause to have direct contact with her. He stepped into the pit, and, bringing up his right leg, shot out a kick to her right side as she pushed the other guy away from her.

Then, turning toward the fellow she had pushed, he grabbed a can of full soda from a nearby partier and threw it full force for his face. He was off balance, and so would find it difficult to dodge, nor would he have any REAL perception of who it came from, since Damien immediately jumped into the middle of the mosh after the girl who was most likely thrown there after his boot to her side.

This ought to be loads of fun.

[Zack Richardson]

Zack collided with Valencia and they both appeared to slam into some random guy knocking his drink out of his hand, tough shit to be honest. Valencia had already shoved someone into Zack causing him to slam into a much smaller person behind him, the kid flew backwards.

Zack grabbed ahold of Valencia's right wrist and some other guys shirt and pulled hard on both, this moved him away from the can that just narrowly missed his head, unfortunately for the guy to his right, who just took a can to the groin. The hard tug may have even pulled Valencia out the way of the oncoming kick.

Jolting himself forward slightly he saw the person who the nudges just seconds earlier. Zack grabbed the nearest perosn to him, which just happened to be an off balance, very large guy. Zack would then catapult the man into Damien head first.

~Glorious indeed.~

[Valencia Donahue]

Zack jumped onto Valencia who collided into Damien. Valencia pushed off of Damien to shove Zack into another person. Zack grabbed hold of Valencia as she pushed him away and he pulled her out of Damien's kicking range. Zack then pushed a large guy at Damien. Well that sums things up all quick-like... And since Valencia was pulled mostly down because of her forward momentum, the large quickly became her meatshield. It was still no excuse to stay anywhere below average hip-level though, so she climbed her way upright by grabbing hold of anyone nearby and dragging herself back onto her feet. She quickly remembered which direction the big guy was headed, so she took the opportunity to take a short jump onto the back of his hip, take a step onto the square of his back, and launch herself forward at Damien. With her arms up, it was easy to tell that she was preparing for a rough landing, either to protect her head or drag Damien down with her, judging the left arm hooking out more than the right.

[Pain Killer]

"Get in there!"

Two small feminine hands slammed into Adam Rydell's trenchcoat-clad back, shoving him into the crowd gathered around the stage. Being much, much larger than his older sister, Pain Killer's torso simply jerked forwards slightly before settling back into a comfortable standing position, the force not even enough to make him take a step forward, though it certainly made him roll his eyes. He couldn't deny his sister anything, and when she had asked him to escort her and her friend to a concert, he hadn't had it in him to say no. Not again, since the first few times didn't appear to work.

"Alright, alright. I'm going."

Sighing, the newly graduated youth began pushing through the crowd, looking to find a good spot for the two girls to enjoy the concert in. His irregular size allowed him to make his way easily through the gathered people, leaving a wide enough path for his sister and her friend to follow in his wake without too much trouble. The youngest surviving Rydell brought them directly in front of the band, where the two girls proceeded to dance as they felt the beat, while Adam stood there with his arms crossed, more or less motionless in his silent vigil over his beloved sister. Had the concert continued in the same manner, then that may have been how the group would have spent the rest of the night, but unfortunately for one Adam Rydell, that notion was shattered by the "Circle of Death".

The girls, being fans of Wanderlust, knew exactly what was coming, and proceeded to hightail it out of that particular area as fast as possible in order to avoid the imminent danger. Adam, however, found himself being slammed into from behind, causing him to lose sight of his sister. Thoroughly frustrated, Pain Killer spun and shoved the kid back before turning again, hunting for a glance of his older sibling. Even as he did so, yet another man would slam into Pain Killer from his right, catching him off balance and sending him stumbling off to his left, where Valencia and Zack were currently engaging Damien. His less than graceful entrance into the battle would consist of Adam managing to stop himself just a scant three steps away from the leaping female's right side, his eyes widening slightly in disbelief and annoyance as he brought himself back to a standing position.

What the hell did those two drag me into?

Edit: Stupid spelling...

[Damien Blaze]

Damien's can, as well as his kick, missed. Now, a rather irritated and large individual was sent careening toward him. Damien crouched and grabbed the mans left leg with his right arm, hoisting him up and over his body to make him land on his back. He turned to his right and saw the man who had beaten him in the most recent tournament. Pain Killer. He HAD to get him involved in this somehow. He looked over and saw a flying woman heading his direction- the same one he intended to kick. He grinned, catching her lighter frame and taking a step back from the weight. He followed with the momentum of her jump, spinning and throwing the woman straight at the obviously aggravated PK.

THAT should be interesting.

He turned around and punched a guy in the face. It was the same man who had been thrown at him and was returning to his feet. He turned the man around as he held his nose and pushed him back toward the moving Zack, hopefully to cause strike between them. He was then slammed into from the side, and sent stumbling even deeper into the extremely large Pit.

'Shit. Not good. NOT GOOD!'

This was where the biggest guys were.

'This could be potentially painful'

He continued stumbling, unable to stop himself without falling.

[Zack Richardson]

(OOC: Yay fun ;D)

Valencia was pulled out of the way by Zack, and the moment of the dude he threw made it easy for him to be flipped. Zack didn't do anything at the moment, just move with the crowd. And of course watched Valencia fly at Damien.

Zack lost sight of Damien and Valencia and saw some other person stand not too far from them ~HEY! i heard of that g.. SHIT!~ Zack was caught mid thought by the guy he had just thrown come back at him, he was lower to the ground so a simple bunny-hop over him allowed him to avoid it. This Adam fellow he had briefly heard about before, was a lot bigger than Zack, he would need help. Zack then pointed at a group of people who were a few feet behind Adam, then he pointed at Adam, they seemed to understand. They formed a line and charged for Adam's back.

Zack decided not to stick around for when the group of 5 collided with Adam, it wouldn't be pretty. Instead he forced himself dead center of the pit, and quite close to Damien who appeared the be getting crushed by some rather large individuals.

"WOO HOO!" Zack screamed as he leaped onto one of the large guys backs and grabbed at his mouth. getting his middle and index fingers from both hands be grabbed the insides of the persons cheeks and then dropped behind him pulling with his arms, causing the much larger man to drop to the floor. At this moment there would be about a 3-4 foot gap between himself and Damien.

Grabbing the shoulders of a few people next to him he tried running towards Damien, the people he had grabbed (4 in total) followed with the person to his left being dead-in-line with Damien.

"CHARGE!"

It would take all of 2 seconds before they would stampede over Damien. Zack would also be keeping an eye out for Valencia and Adam

[Valencia Donahue]

((OOC: Please mind yourself, Damien~ Space is a luxury in mosh pits.))

Adam got left unattended in the “Circle of Death”. Zack decided to get some folks... Acquainted with him. And all the while, Damien was engaging with whatever that's thrown his way, be they large blokes or women with long histories in regards to being thrown or tossed aside. Due to Valencia's background with stunts, gymnastics, and partner dancing, the absolute worst thing you can do in a fight is catch her in midair—You'll give her direct contact and the perfect opportunity to nail your coffin shut. With Valencia's left arm hooked out and Damien receiving the woman, he has to deal with her left arm coiled around his neck and the rest of her body from the chest down swinging through purposefully, under his left arm. This should hurt. Badly. Sure, he may try to swing her in a limited and active space and attempt to toss her at Adam, but she will not let go until he yields and at the rate Damien's been moving, momentum won't be on his side forever.

Fortunately, Valencia wasn't going to let Damien fall over just yet. She drew in her legs and as Damien began falling towards some people, she shot her legs out to push him away and towards another group of people—Adam and the people Zack sent his way! If things go well, she may either get Adam or the folks after him. If things go less than well, at least Valencia will have a (temporary) meatshield to deal with folks like Zack after Damien's blood. I hold him and you punch him?

Should I feel bad? Hey, at least I saved this guy from being ran over! Falling over is FATAL in mosh pits!

[Pain Killer]

OOC: Very sorry. Same problem comes up every weekend, and my posting slows down every time.

IC:

Fightin' on the dance floor, eh? I like this place more and more.

While Pain Killer was pleased with the idea, he most certainly was not enjoying so many people knocking into him. His enjoyment of violence was overshadowed by his hatred for crowds in general, and after mentally debating with himself for half a second, he turned to start making his way back out of the crowd in order to find his sister. Once he turned, however, he caught sight of the five heading towards him in a line, the look in their eyes telling him that they didn't intend to go around him.

"Bring it on, you little shits!"

Grinning wildly, Pain Killer threw himself forward, aiming for the first (OOC: I'm assuming they're running one behind the other, since it'd be pretty hard to run through a mosh pit like a football team) member of the line. Common sense told him that only one would manage to actually slam into him at a time, something he would take advantage of somewhat inadvertantly. Turning just before impacting the slightly smaller man, he thrust his right elbow into the man's face, putting as much weight behind the strike as possible. The blow would slam into the man's nose, sending him falling back into his friend, who fell back into his friend, and so on in a domino effect. Even if the group managed to remain standing, they would soon find themselves with more pressing concerns than the youngest surviving Rydell boy, as more of the crowd would begin body-checking themselves into the pile, attracted by the sheer amount of people in one spot.

Blood pumping, Adam spun back towards those he had seen fighting before, caught up in the heat of the moment and eager to continue battling. If Valencia was successful in her pushing Damien towards Adam, then Pain Killer would eagerly go after the closest target, but if not, he would began making his way towards the two, waiting for an opportunity to jump in when it would cause the most damage. He had no idea of Zack's involvement thus far, but that was most certainly subject to change as things went on.

[Damien Blaze]

Damien landed, rolling to his feet in a crouched position. He threw a punch into the nuts of a guy nearest him, but soon focused his full attention on the huge group running toward him, and the big guy walking in his direction, not to mention the girl nearby who had it in her to assault him. He went over his options, designated the best one, and chose to abide by it.

He punched a guy in the face, who fell back into the circle of on lookers. He jumped through the gab, giving a grin to Valencia as he turned around, ready to disappear into the crowd. He held up the hand he punched that guy with, a pair of Brass knuckels shining in the pale light. He shrugged, then took them off and tossed them into the pit, nearest the girl. He didnt think she could see them, but she would hear the metal clang down not two inches from her left foot.

That was only if she wanted them, that is.

He turned to see the big man he punched rushing him, and crouched down, using the forward momentum and the lifting of the guys legs to send him careening into the crowd.

"Well, that was fun while it lasted!" Damien said to nobody, since nobody could really hear him. He pushed his way through the crowd, intent on an exit, his stomach grumbling to tell him it was time for a late snack.

Mcdonalds.

mmmmmm.

((Damien Exits))

OOC(( My apologies again. I feel terrible. I'll make it up to you Val, someday! Just remember, Damien Blaze owes you a favor ...come to think of it, im not even sure if you even want a favor from me XD haha Later guys. have fun.))

[Zack Richardson]

Zack and his group missed Damien, he had also decided to run away, even the people he had sent to Adam had failed. And above all else, he had practically lost sight of Valencia, but he did notice Adam's head bobbing around.

"As good a time as any I think."

Zack punched, kicked, pushed and even bit his way through the mosh in order to get behind Adam with enough space to leap up onto Adam's back. His arms and legs would lock around Adam's chest and waist under his own arms. Zack hadn't exactly thought this through alot and instead of really doing anything he would just grip, with as much strength as he could get, he would try and hold on untill someone took a dive at Adam.

(OOC: yeah not that great, sorry )

[Valencia Donahue]

((OOC: See ya 'round, Damien. 'Really do appreciate letting the thread move forward. ::hugsh:: ))

After holding on to and riding on Damien, Valencia had to let go eventually, especially since he too was headed for the floor. She landed roughly on her feet and before properly balancing herself, a couple people nearby bumped into her, causing her to miss quite a few visual cues like Damien taking people out, Adam taking care of his end, and Zack making his way towards Adam. With the music blaring, people shouting, and action happening, it'd be hard to miss the brass knuckles landing on the cardboard layered floor too. Luckily for Valencia, she was regaining her balance when she stepped on the weapons left for her and caught a brief glimpse of Damien looking her way before making his exit.

Like hell I'm going to use these here... But... FREE STUFF!!

She quickly stowed them away in a pocket, zippered up and buttoned in on the side of her jeans, until she suddenly got pushed over by Zack as he kept making his advance towards Adam. Not quite recognizing the fellow who helped her earlier (thanks to the distracting action), Valencia was going to have few qualms about taking out whoever will stand in her way of being the lat person in the “Circle of Death”. While on the ground, she curled up like a turtle and allowed someone to push another over her, effectively sending the person falling backwards into Zack's way as he prepared to jump onto Adam's back. Depending on how things turn out, Zack may still end up grabbing hold of Adam, but not as effectively. As Valencia tried to get up, she pushed with her legs and threw herself against everyone lined up with her right side... Including Adam, Zack, and the person she tripped over sandwiched in between.

((OOC: xx; Hopefully this made sense. Feel free to adjust when necessary.))

[Pain Killer]

OOC: I think I got this right, if not, you know where to find me.

IC:

I can't believe I lost them already.

Since Adam had been heading towards Damien, mainly, the moment the boy had taken the high road and left the "Circle of Death", Pain Killer had completely lost his reference point. Yet again, his disgust with masses of people was given reason to grow, and for a moment he stopped moving, attempting to decide whether he should hunt for more to brawl with, or cut his losses and head outside.

His musings would quickly come to an end, interrupted by the arms wrapping around him from behind. Evidently, Zack had, in turn, tripped over the person Valencia had tripped, causing just his arms to grip Pain Killer for now, though the larger male was intent on changing that situation. Since the grip was below his arms, Pain Killer believed the one holding him to be smaller, and therefore, much more difficult to hit with an elbow as he would usually have done. Instead, Adam's hands would grasp Zack's wrists, attempting to pry the arms off his body while spinning to his right, looking to dislodge his captor with the combined motions. Coincidentally, however, that very spin would send Zack to collide with Valencia as she attempted to body check the group, however unintentional it was. Regardless of the impact, Pain Killer would be in no position to capitalize on this, as his spin would cause him to trip over the person Valencia had knocked over before, sending him into a sprawl that he would rapidly stand up from, knowing full well the danger of falling to the ground with so many moshing people around.

[Zack Richardson]

(OOC: Sorry for lateness.)

Zack tripped on something as he was making his jump towards Adam, this meant that he couldn't get his legs high enough to wrap around him, which would also make it harder to hold on. And the fact that Adam now had a fairly tight grip on Zack's wrist, as he was spinning around, caused Zack to be flung away from him, and back first into Valencia and her surrounding people, someone kind of caught Zack which stopped him from hitting the floor, he spotted Valencia close to him but was still unsure if he had actually hit her or not.

Zack located Adam again and tried again to jump at him, this time he would try and get higher to wrap his arms around Adam's head/neck and his legs wrapped under his arms, this was yet another plan he hadn't thought through and would wimpy hope he doesn't get knocked off straight away.

~I gotta stop doing that.~

[Valencia Donahue]

((OOC: Hmm... I'm beginning to wonder where everyone else is... The pluralistic apathy is kinda the reason why it ain't as up and crazy as it ought to be. Pardon the tardiness...))

Like any other brawler in the pit, Valencia's been taking as many hits as she's giving... Intensity and severity of such varying, of course. Of those hits was Zack being swung into her and sending her into a wall of people before getting pushed back onto her feet, a la moshing etiquette. Making direct contact with Zack and not losing her sense of direction for once finally enabled her to distinguish him from the others despite the dim lighting... And the person he keeps attacking. Who, not too surprisingly, was the guy who threw Zack at her in the first place—Adam. Valencia assessed the situation while on the edge of the pit and came down to a speedy conclusion while watching Zack take another leap at him.

When the last trick didn't work, DON'T DO IT AGAIN. What kind of idiot is he?! Is he trying to get thrown again!?

Well, let's look at this from another perspective: Does Valencia want to get thrown into again? No. She wasn't stupid enough to try another leap of faith until things lean to her favor. So instead of attacking as many people as she could all at once like she did before, she decided to take care of Mr. Hopscotch (as he'll be dubbed until introduced otherwise) until he wises up. He weighed more than her, but the difference in that and height wasn't phenomenal. As Zack covered some ground to take to the air (considering Adam's height and the distance Zack was thrown), Valencia rushed forward and tried to hold onto the calves of his legs with both of her arms, each leg under its respective arm, and began pulling him back. Depending on how Adam reacts to this, Zack may either have a rough landing on his face or end up in another strange position where he's hanging onto his target. Valencia frankly wanted Adam to beat the snot out of Mr. Hopscotch in whatever way he preferred.

[Pain Killer]

The spin had apparently dislodged the person on his back, something that Pain Killer noted with no small amount of satisfaction. Once the grip had released, however, Adam found himself pushed into by yet another person, a young man who had fallen accidentally into the larger male. Thoroughly frustrated as he was, Pain Killer didn't just send the boy on his way with a little shove, instead giving him a rough smack with his knuckles on the top of his head and thrusting him away.

Next person who touches me is gettin' a serious smack down.

Even as the thought finished forming in his mind, he felt hands grab at his shoulders and the weight of someone hanging off him... again. Eyes widening with annoyance, Pain Killer grabbed the other person's hands, pulling at them to lift them off as he stepped forwards to get away from the grip. Once he had done so, he would release the hands and turn around, and provided Valencia still had a hold on Zack's legs, the man would fall to the ground face first unless he broke his fall.

Once Pain Killer had turned around, he would look at Zack, then Valencia holding his legs, and if the boy had fallen to the ground as was likely the case, pull back his right leg and attempt to kick a field goal with Zack's head, payback for his constant jumping and grabbing.

Goddamn monkey!

[Zack Richardson]

Zack's jump had been foiled yet again, but this time it was a bit worse, someone had grabbed onto his legs and he had only managed to get a loose grip on Adam, which he got away from very easily. This caused Zacl to drop to the floor, but with his hands he would break the fall as best he could.

Zack then noticed a foot heading towards his face and quickly brought his arms infront of it to take the brunt of the impact, which hurt. the kick forced Zack's upper body off the ground slightly and would use his arms to grab at random people bouncing around in an attempt to pull himself up while shaking his legs to try and make Valencia let go, if she did then Zack would simply go with the crowd and make a little distance between himself and Adam/Valencia.

[Valencia Donahue]

There's a certain dance move called the wheelbarrow that people do when they're messing around, especially during parties where people can only raise the roof, lift the ceiling, do the sprinkler, lawnmower, bump 'n' grind, and attempt the reel and tackle. The wheelbarrow was death on wheels, so to speak, in mosh pits like the “Circle of Death”. With Valencia hanging onto Zack's legs and him breaking his fall by landing on his hands, the wheelbarrow collapsed when he blocked Adam's attack with his arms. Luckily for him, the impact left him suspended in the air long enough to grab onto nearby moshers. Zack wriggled around in attempt to break free of Valencia's hold and though she didn't want to let go any time soon, another idea came to mind. She held onto his legs the best she could and took several strides forward towards Adam. When she couldn't hold onto Zack much longer, she tried to push him up and if he was still hanging onto people to prevent painful faceplanting, he was in prime position to become a crowd surfer. Heck, if Adam knocked him into the air or assisted in this change in plans, it looked like Zack may be carried into the air by crazy people.