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Ryan chuckles. "Aye, sounds like it. but sounding and being are two different things." he says before wincing a bit. Aden was in for a dose of cold shoulder...and everything above as well.

As he ducked, I switched up. Aden may as well have said 'I assumed the position' while he was at it as I took the opportunity to give him a near pro-football player technique of a brutal punt. Time to give Aden some sky miles.

Ryan raises his arms up. "It's good! 3 points Blizz!" Ryan says with a chuckle.

"Somehow, I think I hear Falkner clapping at that. And showing immediate disappointment afterward. So here, a gift." Aden was at least a little wiser, being more inclined to try and do something as he got to his feet. Focusing on a little Earth chi, enough for a few seeds to sprout on each of his hands before throwing all but one at Blizzard. He'd keep that last one for now.

Aim? Yeah, he was just horrible there. Prediction? Not much better, but he was trying a bit. With that Ice Beam charging, acting fast was quickly becoming a must. But as he saw it, range was out. Unless...

Getting an idea, he started after Blizzard, keeping a check on the attack that'd surely be headed for him.

Aden was at least a little prepared, though surprised to be allowed a shot from behind Blizzard so easily. He doubted it'd be quite that easy, however, and went to brace himself. Some fire chi began to build up, but not for any attacks. He knew not to do that. But maybe it'd mitigate the Ice Beam that he was now too close to think of escaping from.

In the meantime, he threw that last seed he had while Blizzard went to aim. His initial plan was essentially shot, but he sought to salvage what he could. When the attack did hit him, he cringed and it wasn't long before he shivered. Part of him was frozen upon impact, but with the fire chi around him, the ice would melt fairly soon.

"Not... done... yet." Aden said, still shivering as the ice gradually melted. There was one problem he could quickly see, and he had a feeling it was from inexperience. While he was learning attacks like Solarbeam, which mixed in various kinds of chi, he wasn't too apt at having that same variation otherwise. He had a little trouble maintaining the fire chi that was already built up when he started focusing on something else. Namely Celestial chi. But the slight bit he was getting as the seed took hold helped.

He managed to get himself closer, where he went to throw another Psychic-enfused attack. Only this time, he tried to focus it on another limb, and went for a kick instead.

There wasn't much Aden could do at that point. He knew something was coming, but being too caught up in his attack, defense wasn't possible. He soon found himself losing his footing as he was tripped, falling hard on his side. The remaining ice on him shattered from the impact, a slight reprieve to the outcome.

He was able to get back up, hurting a bit. While recovering now, he knew it'd be a limited success. For the moment, he kept his distance to keep himself going.