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The rivalry between the {{CTeam|SLC}} and {{CTeam|LBFB}} began almost the moment that Salt Lake joined the league in [[Hellmouth/Season 16]]. The rivalry was a natural one: the Turbulence, an Air-element team, are analytical, mathematical, and elegant, while the Flightless Birds, an Earth-element team, are chaotic, unpredictable, and instinctual. Whereas the Turbulence live their motto, [[Inveniam viam aut faciam]] (I find a way, or make one), by overcoming adversity and finding ways to rise above any challenge, the Flightless Birds motto, [[Omnia adscendentia convergunt]] (Everything that rises must converge) serves as a direct threat to the Turbulence - a promise that gravity will always overcome and pull high-flyers back to earth. The matches themselves were ugly clashes between patterns from the Turbulence, based on complex, elegant equations of fluid dynamics, and patterns from the Flightless Birds, hare-brained brute-force schemes that would come together in the end more often than not. | The rivalry between the {{CTeam|SLC}} and {{CTeam|LBFB}} began almost the moment that Salt Lake joined the league in [[Hellmouth/Season 16]]. The rivalry was a natural one: the Turbulence, an Air-element team, are analytical, mathematical, and elegant, while the Flightless Birds, an Earth-element team, are chaotic, unpredictable, and instinctual. Whereas the Turbulence live their motto, [[Inveniam viam aut faciam]] (I find a way, or make one), by overcoming adversity and finding ways to rise above any challenge, the Flightless Birds motto, [[Omnia adscendentia convergunt]] (Everything that rises must converge) serves as a direct threat to the Turbulence - a promise that gravity will always overcome and pull high-flyers back to earth. The matches themselves were ugly clashes between patterns from the Turbulence, based on complex, elegant equations of fluid dynamics, and patterns from the Flightless Birds, hare-brained brute-force schemes that would come together in the end more often than not. | ||
==The Inversion Layer== | ==The Inversion Layer== | ||
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In the [[Hellmouth Cup]], the {{CTeam|LBFB}} represented a frustrating gravitational barrier for the {{CTeam|SLC}}. The Flightless Birds, Masters of the Ground, had no business obstructing the Masters of the Air, and yet they consistently and effectively held the Turbulence back, and just like a cold layer of air trapping the smog and pollution of Salt Lake on a winter day, the Birds smothered the Turbulence with exhaust from their own patterns. | In the [[Hellmouth Cup]], the {{CTeam|LBFB}} represented a frustrating gravitational barrier for the {{CTeam|SLC}}. The Flightless Birds, Masters of the Ground, had no business obstructing the Masters of the Air, and yet they consistently and effectively held the Turbulence back, and just like a cold layer of air trapping the smog and pollution of Salt Lake on a winter day, the Birds smothered the Turbulence with exhaust from their own patterns. | ||
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Hellmouth
Formation of the Ground Effect Crown
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The rivalry between the 
Salt Lake Turbulence
and 
Long Beach Flightless Birds
began almost the moment that Salt Lake joined the league in Hellmouth/Season 16. The rivalry was a natural one: the Turbulence, an Air-element team, are analytical, mathematical, and elegant, while the Flightless Birds, an Earth-element team, are chaotic, unpredictable, and instinctual. Whereas the Turbulence live their motto, Inveniam viam aut faciam (I find a way, or make one), by overcoming adversity and finding ways to rise above any challenge, the Flightless Birds motto, Omnia adscendentia convergunt (Everything that rises must converge) serves as a direct threat to the Turbulence - a promise that gravity will always overcome and pull high-flyers back to earth. The matches themselves were ugly clashes between patterns from the Turbulence, based on complex, elegant equations of fluid dynamics, and patterns from the Flightless Birds, hare-brained brute-force schemes that would come together in the end more often than not.
The Inversion Layer
Template:HellmouthGroundEffectInversionLayerFragment
In the Hellmouth Cup, the Long Beach Flightless Birds
represented a frustrating gravitational barrier for the Salt Lake Turbulence
. The Flightless Birds, Masters of the Ground, had no business obstructing the Masters of the Air, and yet they consistently and effectively held the Turbulence back, and just like a cold layer of air trapping the smog and pollution of Salt Lake on a winter day, the Birds smothered the Turbulence with exhaust from their own patterns.
In Season 18 of the Hellmouth Cup, their first postseason faceoff, the Long Beach Flightless Birds
managed to overcome the Salt Lake Turbulence
3-2 in a brutal, ugly League Championship Series that truly set the tone for the rivalry going forward - a titanic clash of order versus chaos, with the winner taking everything. Long Beach knew better than to try and outmaneuver Salt Lake in the air. Instead, they dragged them down into a chaotic tussle in the dirt and the mud, clogging Salt Lake's perfect patterns with grit and unpredictability. The Turbulence were humiliated, grounded by a team of Flightless Birds, and were sent packing at the end of that LCS with a chip on their shoulder that would never disappear.
In Season 21 of the Hellmouth Cup, the Long Beach Flightless Birds
and Salt Lake Turbulence
were set for a League Championship Series rematch, with the Turbulence desperate to prove themselves to the fan base after being bested by the Birds in the Season 18 LCS. Salt Lake adapted the second time around, proving the superiority of their analytical approach. In another 3-2 series that was another ugly brawl between the forces of order and the forces of chaos, the Turbulence held tight, emerged victorious, and went on to bring the first ever Hellmouth Cup to Salt Lake.
