Due to this not reaching the minimum of 12 posts, or even coming close, I’m not going to be using the rubric. I will be commenting a little bit on the posts, and then declaring a winner! As Dirks said in the first round:
I’d like to copy/paste an easy to miss excerpt of the Battle FAQ that might be helpful later in the tournament: “It is possible that your partner or your opponent might be gone for an extended period of time, but it might be in your interest to keep the battle moving. In that instance, you might bunny (with permission, see below) [your partner out of the fight] or simply continue the fight with the remaining players.”
SoulBeaver: I loved your opening, it was such a wicked crazy way to transition from one scene to the next. It pulled the reader in immediately, made me really feel like there was a realistic and reasonable transition between the last round and this one, as well as gave a good idea as to what the Cabal really wants… no breaks, just fighting. I would suggest, however, that if you do this in the next thread that you make it a little bit more clear that you are transitioning from one round to the next. It was a bit unclear otherwise. Other than that, the setting was well described, and it was written rather well. Enjoyable.
Nieve.Roja: Your opening was similar, and well done. I liked that you weren’t invulnerable to the teleportation side effects, and that it was something unfamiliar and you played it well. You switched tense once, or it felt like a switch in tense at least, and one of your paragraphs seemed a little long with a few different subjects written in it. All in all well done though.
Atle: It was good that you took the time to add in more details and little things that your opponents did not. Nothing bad to be said about either SoulBeaver or Nieve’s openings, but instead of following the same setting and feel you added to it. That’s always a great thing to do, since it gives the reader a look as that which has yet to be described. Also, the advanced technique’s that you used were very well written. My favorite line being: “A few moments of searching brought him three bulbs of solid dark violet that seemed to drink the starlight rather than reflect it, making them perfect distractions (for as long as they lasted, anyway).” Emphasis mine.
Winner: Destined Intervention (due to inactivity on Team Awesome)
Rewards: Fate Points.