LUCA'S OUT OF CHARACTER ONE SHOT SILLYNESS/INFORMATION THREAD
Out of character fight scene - The team that stays together, fights together! This is to give insights as to how a good, and well written fight without guns goes. Please excuse me for taking liberties with characters.
Luca and the gang had just finished another long mission. They'd decided to go to a pub for debriefing and drinks.
"Did you see the way I knocked that guys teeth out even though he had a shotgun pointed at me?" John remembered the events of the mission vividly, "He didn't even hit me with that thing!"
"Oh yeah that was priceless!" Mel raised her glass of beer.
"I got my magnum and shot 4 people with one bullet - went right through 'em!" Sebastian boasted, "It was gold!"
"Remember when I wrestled the guy in the Super Demon power armour and tore off one of his arms and smashed him with it?" Vincent remembered vividly, smiling.
"Get outta here, I flung so many knives at that I ran out!" Robert spoke up, "Not one of them hit, but all of 'em pinned that guy to the wall!"
Everyone laughed.
"Theatrical, to say the least," Mitch commended, drinking deeply.
Laeliel sighed, she didn't like how barbaric they were in the process, even though they saved the world - again.
Hitori and Jim were keeping it easy on the drinks.
Oddly, Luca was just drinking his beer, still happy with the outcome of the mission, he raised his glass once more to the good fortune throughout, but noticed someone approaching in the reflection of the glass, and he had something sharp looking in his hands.
He immediately swung around with the beer mug in hand and clocked him across the face with the mug, shattering it. Luca then swung around with his right fist and knocked three of the man's teeth out, making the shiv-wielding figure fall flat.
Now looking at the bar, the whole place was empty, save for a gang of bounty hunters, armed with a variety of melee weapons ranging from bats to knives to swords.
"G'day!" Luca greeted the gang.
"100,000 KS says your head on a fuckin' plate!" One of them said, "We come to collect!"
"Then form a line," Luca goaded the massive gang, putting up his hands and beckoning them. His entire crew stood up too (save Laeliel) - unarmed gun-wise, but still ready enough for a fistfight, "And bring the noise, bitches!"
FIGHT!!
LUCA & SEBASTIAN - Pragmatism
The father and son team worked as tandem. Both had developed a pragmatic and eclectic style of fighting over the years.
Luca jumped towards the bar, with three thugs prepared to try and slice him. One dove towards Luca, who sidestepped, kneed him in the gut and smashed his face into the bar, sending him down quickly.
The other two tried a tandem attack, both trying to slash wildly at Luca, who jumped back, picking up a pepper shaker and tossing the contents in one of their faces, sending him blindly slashing - and allow Luca to floor him with an uppercut.
The other guy wasn't affected, and threw a stab at Luca - which would've hit true, if it wasn't blocked by Sebastian, who'd picked up a plate and slammed it against the attacker's face, then pushing him onto a stool and sandwiching him between two fixed stools uncomfortably with a push.
"Nice job," Luca said.
"Agreed!" Said the father, sidestepping a thrown bottle, catching it, and hurling it back with twelve times the force.
JOHN & MEL - Teamwork
These two had the tendency to keep their fight a bit more distant - but they kept close together.
When two thugs attempted to accost them, John crouched down for a low kick, while Mel jumped over John with a wrench to the thug's face.
The other thug attempted to charge Mel, who sidestepped with John, and both threw punches at the thug between them, like a punching bag, with John landing the flooring hit.
Mel then noticed someone behind John, and John noticed someone behind Mel, they Both appeared to throw punches at each other, but hit the people behind them.
ROBERT & HITORI - Low Blows
The two were knife fighters, who immediately snatched up the cutlery from the table - viable weapons in the right hands!
Three thugs with baseball bats tried to take them on, Robert threw a steak knife at one of them, who dodged out of the way, but couldn't dodge Hitori's hidden blade. Robert had acted like a distraction.
Robert then stepped in with another knife and bashed a thug across the eyes with the pommel to stun him, and extending a long kick to the other one, knocking him towards Hitori.
Hitori stood before the thug, who had his baseball bat raised and attempted to bring it down on her head. She put a pair of knives together to block the hit, pushed him back with a kick to the groin, and lacerated him deeply across the chest in a powerful counter.
Robert then looked at the one he'd hit across the eyes, and booted him over the bar.
VINCENT & ARIN - Looking Out for Each Other
The Giant and the little technician were a great team. The thugs were afraid to try and take on Vincent, but Arin looked helpless enough. One of them approached her with a broken bottle, but found himself picked up and slung across the room by Vincent.
Arin then found herself trying to fight off another thug, who had brass knuckles. She dodged two hits, but took one to the right arm. When Vincent heard Arin yelp, he immediately dropped the person he was mashing up and stepped in, crushing the other man into the bar.
Vincent helped Arin up, who noticed someone creeping behind him with a knife. He donkey-kicked him into the bathroom, then proceeded to help her up.
MITCH & JIMMY - Choosing your Threats
Mitch was arguably more angry than anyone else in the group - after all, the interruption had made him spill a perfectly good drink. Jimmy tagged alongside him. Three thugs came towards them, one with a baseball bat, one unarmed and other who'd had the sense to bring a pistol.
Mitch immediately flung a table over as cover and Jim ducked behind him, as 10mm rounds embedded themselves into it. After a quick direction giving session, Jim immediately sprinted out of cover, jumping over the bar, tossing a bottle full of turps (Slang for very powerful alcohol) to Mitch, who stuffed a napkin in it, lit it and chucked it at the pistol wielding thug - who lit up immediately.
The duo could then focus on getting rid of the other two thugs, who weren't such a big problem, now.
What have we learned from this?
With that in mind - go write a fight!
Out of character fight scene - The team that stays together, fights together! This is to give insights as to how a good, and well written fight without guns goes. Please excuse me for taking liberties with characters.
Luca and the gang had just finished another long mission. They'd decided to go to a pub for debriefing and drinks.
"Did you see the way I knocked that guys teeth out even though he had a shotgun pointed at me?" John remembered the events of the mission vividly, "He didn't even hit me with that thing!"
"Oh yeah that was priceless!" Mel raised her glass of beer.
"I got my magnum and shot 4 people with one bullet - went right through 'em!" Sebastian boasted, "It was gold!"
"Remember when I wrestled the guy in the Super Demon power armour and tore off one of his arms and smashed him with it?" Vincent remembered vividly, smiling.
"Get outta here, I flung so many knives at that I ran out!" Robert spoke up, "Not one of them hit, but all of 'em pinned that guy to the wall!"
Everyone laughed.
"Theatrical, to say the least," Mitch commended, drinking deeply.
Laeliel sighed, she didn't like how barbaric they were in the process, even though they saved the world - again.
Hitori and Jim were keeping it easy on the drinks.
Oddly, Luca was just drinking his beer, still happy with the outcome of the mission, he raised his glass once more to the good fortune throughout, but noticed someone approaching in the reflection of the glass, and he had something sharp looking in his hands.
He immediately swung around with the beer mug in hand and clocked him across the face with the mug, shattering it. Luca then swung around with his right fist and knocked three of the man's teeth out, making the shiv-wielding figure fall flat.
Now looking at the bar, the whole place was empty, save for a gang of bounty hunters, armed with a variety of melee weapons ranging from bats to knives to swords.
"G'day!" Luca greeted the gang.
"100,000 KS says your head on a fuckin' plate!" One of them said, "We come to collect!"
"Then form a line," Luca goaded the massive gang, putting up his hands and beckoning them. His entire crew stood up too (save Laeliel) - unarmed gun-wise, but still ready enough for a fistfight, "And bring the noise, bitches!"
FIGHT!!
LUCA & SEBASTIAN - Pragmatism
The father and son team worked as tandem. Both had developed a pragmatic and eclectic style of fighting over the years.
Luca jumped towards the bar, with three thugs prepared to try and slice him. One dove towards Luca, who sidestepped, kneed him in the gut and smashed his face into the bar, sending him down quickly.
The other two tried a tandem attack, both trying to slash wildly at Luca, who jumped back, picking up a pepper shaker and tossing the contents in one of their faces, sending him blindly slashing - and allow Luca to floor him with an uppercut.
The other guy wasn't affected, and threw a stab at Luca - which would've hit true, if it wasn't blocked by Sebastian, who'd picked up a plate and slammed it against the attacker's face, then pushing him onto a stool and sandwiching him between two fixed stools uncomfortably with a push.
"Nice job," Luca said.
"Agreed!" Said the father, sidestepping a thrown bottle, catching it, and hurling it back with twelve times the force.
JOHN & MEL - Teamwork
These two had the tendency to keep their fight a bit more distant - but they kept close together.
When two thugs attempted to accost them, John crouched down for a low kick, while Mel jumped over John with a wrench to the thug's face.
The other thug attempted to charge Mel, who sidestepped with John, and both threw punches at the thug between them, like a punching bag, with John landing the flooring hit.
Mel then noticed someone behind John, and John noticed someone behind Mel, they Both appeared to throw punches at each other, but hit the people behind them.
ROBERT & HITORI - Low Blows
The two were knife fighters, who immediately snatched up the cutlery from the table - viable weapons in the right hands!
Three thugs with baseball bats tried to take them on, Robert threw a steak knife at one of them, who dodged out of the way, but couldn't dodge Hitori's hidden blade. Robert had acted like a distraction.
Robert then stepped in with another knife and bashed a thug across the eyes with the pommel to stun him, and extending a long kick to the other one, knocking him towards Hitori.
Hitori stood before the thug, who had his baseball bat raised and attempted to bring it down on her head. She put a pair of knives together to block the hit, pushed him back with a kick to the groin, and lacerated him deeply across the chest in a powerful counter.
Robert then looked at the one he'd hit across the eyes, and booted him over the bar.
VINCENT & ARIN - Looking Out for Each Other
The Giant and the little technician were a great team. The thugs were afraid to try and take on Vincent, but Arin looked helpless enough. One of them approached her with a broken bottle, but found himself picked up and slung across the room by Vincent.
Arin then found herself trying to fight off another thug, who had brass knuckles. She dodged two hits, but took one to the right arm. When Vincent heard Arin yelp, he immediately dropped the person he was mashing up and stepped in, crushing the other man into the bar.
Vincent helped Arin up, who noticed someone creeping behind him with a knife. He donkey-kicked him into the bathroom, then proceeded to help her up.
MITCH & JIMMY - Choosing your Threats
Mitch was arguably more angry than anyone else in the group - after all, the interruption had made him spill a perfectly good drink. Jimmy tagged alongside him. Three thugs came towards them, one with a baseball bat, one unarmed and other who'd had the sense to bring a pistol.
Mitch immediately flung a table over as cover and Jim ducked behind him, as 10mm rounds embedded themselves into it. After a quick direction giving session, Jim immediately sprinted out of cover, jumping over the bar, tossing a bottle full of turps (Slang for very powerful alcohol) to Mitch, who stuffed a napkin in it, lit it and chucked it at the pistol wielding thug - who lit up immediately.
The duo could then focus on getting rid of the other two thugs, who weren't such a big problem, now.
What have we learned from this?
- Use the environment and everything around you to your advantage.
- Fight in tandem and as a team.
- Don't be afraid to go for the nuts, eyes or pull the hair of your enemy.
- Look out for your friends.
- Deal with threats one by one.
With that in mind - go write a fight!
