Match of the Millennium

Description: What is it in beauty. Is it simply looks? Or is something more. We take the matchmaking to the next level as we join three luscious ladies at the Cabaret Candide in Metro City. Japan's most beautiful woman finally has a chance to meet two of G Corporations special friends. The exotic Violet Girl Felicia teams up with fellow Violet Girl Claire Renaud. Will she keep her beauty? Or find a way of sharing her wisdom and understanding with others. Who knows. Maybe she will find true fighter unity forever. Forget about Andy. There are only the beautiful, and the obedient. With a special guest appearance by Lee Chaolan himself!

[LEE CHAOLAN]
It was twenty years ago.

Lee Chaolan had not promoted himself to the CEO of Violet Systems. He was just another billionaire playboy, out for another showgirl to shower with attention and jewels, before leaving her with a broken heart and several hundred thousand dollars richer. Him and his gang of rakes and hellions gathered their one ounce of curiosity and novelty to come to the Cabaret Candide in Metro City. And the owner was a simple man, with a simple code: business. He gathered what girls he could, and made sure that Lee Chaolan was entertained. Eventually he was driven away to the back room; but as he left, he had the owner shot... with a smile and a wink. For the Cabaret Candide, it was the most important day of its life. But for Lee Chaolan?

It was Excellent~

Once again, Lee Chaolan had found it fit to inject himself into the neutral zone of fun and entertainment. This time, he brought his own company. While there would be a fight tonight, he had insisted that one of the fighters should have a chance to perform. She would perform. She would perform on stage, and she would sing. She would sing in a glimmering white dress, garbed in both blue gloves and heels in public. She would have no shame. Because Lee Chaolan did not want shame in his newest idol. His public figure. His special toy. She would be singing.

And Lee Chaolan would be watching.

Sitting at the table beside the stage of the cabaret, the stage was all set for the fight. Of course, there were other tables, all dressed up in tablecloth and candlelight. But Lee Chaolan would have a front row seat. Dressed in his tuxedo, he would be appreciating Felicia's little song and... dance, for not just his entertainment, but for the rest. Dressed in a tuxedo his own, the executive sips his highball glass. He had only expected to escort her in for her fight. This? This was just a pleasant distraction. Lee Chaolan raises his voice, for anyone to hear, to pick up on.

"Isn't she delightful?"

[CLAIRE]
And then there was Claire.

Claire was happy to fight at a cabaret, but she didn't feel like dressing up for it. And, equally importantly, she can't actually wear heels with her 'combat boots' on, but she didn't feel like explaining that to anybody.

As a result, she is dressed in her usual... let's say minimalist outfit. She's at the side of the stage with a pre-fight drink, because she certainly wasn't going to turn that down. The drink is mostly clear with part of a lime floating in it, and whatever it is, Claire seems to enjoy it quite a lot because this is her second.

Setting the now-empty glass on a table, Claire strides toward the actual impending battlefield. She seems pretty confident, especially when she catches the eyes of some of the people watching... including Lee, for an instant, though she doesn't look at him any longer than anybody else.

[FELICIA]
Deep down, this is exactly the kind of thing Felicia had always dreamed of being able to do--however, she might not be getting it in exactly the way she expected!

Because it IS Felicia on stage in that white dress, gloves and heels--her waist-length blue hair and makeup done, and she was actually able to put her singing talents to use here--in this rather upscale and swanky cabaret. And of course she's /very/ grateful for Lee for organizing it.

In fact, she's just getting done with a cooing rendition of Bobby Vinton's 'Blue Velvet' sung in a high feminine alto that's like listening to the tinkling of wine glasses, the spotlight illuminating her and her blue hair and cat ears and tail for the entire crowd.

Once the song is done, she steps just off stage to approach Lee, leaning down with a smile to give him a big smooch on the cheek--likely leaving a big lipstick kiss mark there.

"I'm having a wonderful evening, thank you," she let a long purr roll from the back of her throat as she leaned back.

[MAI]
This high society dilettante lifestyle did not entirely suit Mai. Certainly she'd dressed the part and played it for the mockery of a cruise ship at her last SNF, but this sort of place was different. A darker element. Mysterious and dangerous. This is the kind of place Andy and Terry warned her about. The kind of place that Geese Howard's shadowy fingers would be threaded through.

But on the surface? Mai certainly looks like she belongs. The Shiranui kunoichi is dressed in a form-fitting red dress with a low v-cut top and a slit up the side extending way up her thigh. Her hair is in its usual ponytail but neater, more styled than usual. On her ears are what look like seashell earrings. Closer inspection instead reveals them to be miniature fans.

And speaking of, Mai presently has one of her fans out and clutched in her hand. She flips it open, half-concealing her face.

"Mister Chaolan, I see we meet again," Mai says, pleasantly enough. "I don't think I've met either of my opponents for this match. Are they already here?"

[CLAIRE]
Claire is beginning to think she should have dressed up a little more. Yes, she did her hair (it's easy to assume she didn't, because it always looks good), but she's not exactly wearing a fancy dress. She only owns a few, but the problem is that they all clash with her 'combat armour' . Her torso is fine, it doesn't have any gear, but the gauntlets and boots are kind of bulky.

Hence the whole no heels thing.

"Oh, I am," Claire says, interrupting Mai and Chaolan's conversation with a smile and a slight incline of her head. She brings two fingers near her forehead in what might be the laziest salute in the world, or at least some sort of signal of greeting. She has enough of a French accent to sound exotic. "Claire Renaud. Charmed. And I'm half your opposition, at least. The other half is moonlighting as a singer."

Or was. Felicia's here now, after all.

[LEE CHAOLAN]
Lee Chaolan raises a glass to Mai as she arrives, being very carefully not to linger -too- long with his eye-contact on the beautiful Claire. Only a telling nod comes. "Ah! Mai! Maybe you can have a new girls team." As he receives a great kiss upon his cheek, delicately placing his hand around Felicia's waist. "Oh, how wonderful my little pet~" He coos at Felicia. "Now, my dear Felicia. Looks like -your- toy has come. I think it's time to play with her now." Lee Chaolan pats Felicia on her bottom, and waves the glass at Mai. With a quick warning.

"Don't be too rough with her, though~"

[FELICIA]
"Oh, it is? Well then," Felicia is quick to stand up and bow her head to Mai. "My my, what a rather muscular looking woman, isn't she, Mr. Chaolan? Well, two can play at that game--"

With a flourish of that white dress--Felicia unslings her heels one by one and flings the white dress up and off--letting it land perfectly over a nearby chair. In a flash of light, the once comely and svelte lounge singer catwoman has transformed into the rather amazon and muscular catwoman Felicia is more well known for being--the fur along her arms and legs especially visible as she peels the blue velvet gloves off one by one.

"We promise not to hurt you, too much~" Felicia grins and begins running toward Mai, full speed now, attempting a fist strike!

COMBATSYS: Felicia has started a fight here on the left meter side.

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Felicia          0/-------/-------|

COMBATSYS: Mai has joined the fight here on the right meter side.

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Felicia          0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0              Mai

COMBATSYS: Claire has joined the fight here on the left meter side.

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Claire           0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0              Mai
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Felicia          0/-------/-------|

COMBATSYS: Mai blocks Felicia's Quick Punch.

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Claire           0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0              Mai
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Felicia          0/-------/-------|

[MAI]
Mai eyes Lee over her fan. "Maybe so," she says evasively, even playfully, before he eyes drift over to Claire and Felicia.

"Mai Shiranui!" Mai answers Claire confidently. "Japan's most beautiful woman." She says this with complete seriousness, regardless of the origins of the statement. But then before she can properly greet Felicia, the catgirl is pumped up (literally) and charging in with a fist.

In a flash the fan that Mai was holding is collapsed and pointed away from Felicia as Mai executes a precision elbow block.

"Oh," Mai says, seeming shocked. "Was that one of the conditions? Maybe I shouldn't have signed up after all!" Mai tosses the fan to her free hand, then flips it open and swings it around at Felicia in a downward, smashing sweep.

"I can't make any promises like that!"

COMBATSYS: Felicia dodges Mai's Sayo Chidori.

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Claire           0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0              Mai
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Felicia          0/-------/------=|

[CLAIRE]
"I don't know if I'd call her muscular," Claire says, looking Mai over thoughtfully. Hmm. She smiles more broadly at 'most beautiful'. "That we can test."

Felicia rushes in without her. Claire stands back for a moment, almost lazily, only long enough for Mai to go after Felicia in return. Then she moves in herself - apparently they're going to fight right near the tables, which is fine by her. "Excuse me," she says to Lee, before hopping on his table and then hopping off it, towards Mai.

There's no way Claire is going to make it all the way there. Or that's what it seems like; she extends one foot backwards and there's a thruster-like pulse from the bottom of her boot, sending her flying across the stage! She twists around to turn it into an airborne kick as she does, trying to get one foot on Mai, plant it, and then hop over her so that she's between her and Felicia.

It's weird fighting with an actual catgirl, Claire thinks to herself. One of Violet Corporation's weird experiments?

COMBATSYS: Claire successfully hits Mai with Flamberge.

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Claire           0/-------/-----==|===----\-------\0              Mai
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Felicia          0/-------/------=|

[FELICIA]
Indeed, Felicia had quite filled out after she had transformed into her ~real~ form, her muscles flexing as she attempted to give Mai a smack with her long white tail, of all things--though Japan's most scintillating hottie apparently has blocked her tail jab. That's alright, apparently, as the catwoman leans back and balances herself on the heel of her foot--bringing her other up and around in a PUNISHING kick to the upper half and potentially head of Mai! Who knew such soft furred legs could be so crushing! It must be the muscles on dem gams!

"Nyaaarow!" she snarls.

COMBATSYS: Felicia successfully hits Mai with Heavy Kick.

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Claire           0/-------/-----==|=======\-------\0              Mai
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Felicia          0/-------/-----==|

[MAI]
Mai's fan goes wide after her follow-up to the tail attack. Claire launches behind her, but Mai is too slow on the turn. The Frenchwoman's heavy boot connects with the kunoichi's back, slamming her chest first into the nearest table. Glasses crash off into the floor at the table edge crashes hard into her ribcage and knocks the wind out of her. She exhales, clearly angry.

But before she can fully recover, Felicia leaps in with a powerful kick. It slams Mai in the head, knocking her up over the table and into the floor with a flutter of her dress, a crunch of glass, and a lot of upskirt for whoever is dangerously close by.

When Mai gets up, her hair is mussed and her cheek is bleeding. She brushes her hair out of her eyes with her wrist and snaps her fan closed.

"Okay then," Mai says lowly as she works on regaining her composure. "It seems everyone here wants to play rough, but don't worry. I've still got a few tricks." She winks at the nearest bargoer, then blows her hair out of her face once more.

She pops the fan between her teeth longways, then pungles a hand into her open top. She whips out a set of fans, deftly shifting her grip to put one in each hand.

All three fans are then launched at blinding speed toward Felicia, each cutting through the air with a distinct whish. Whether steel or paper does not seem to matter as each bursts into flame upon hitting the open air, ignited by the intensity of Mai's chi that makes them more like solid fireballs that traditional thrown weapons.

[CLAIRE]
Claire touches down, twirling in place. She brushes her hair back, watching Mai from behind as if expecting to be attacked /at any moment/.

"All the best nights end up a little rough," Claire says, once again letting Felicia take the brunt of the assault. Well, why not? If Claire doesn't have to risk herself, she won't... she wants to see what both the other people can do as much as she wants to win, after all. She's more confused by the catwoman than anything else, but Mai...

Mai's a bit of a known quantity, because she's more famous. This has possibilities.

As Mai goes for the flurry of projectiles, Claire steps in, still from behind. She strikes left-handed, a solid punch but with her weaker hand, probing for an opening. Sure, Mai's getting teamed-up on, but that doesn't mean it's not worth checking out what she can do.

COMBATSYS: Felicia blocks Mai's Suichou no Mai.

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Claire           0/-------/-----==|===----\-------\0              Mai
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Felicia          1/-------/=======|

[FELICIA]
As if a lot of upskirt is an uncommon thing when Mai is around! D'ohoho.

Mai has been sent here as raid-boss babe, however, and it's up to Felicia and Claire to bring her down! Or get busted up trying, of course. The fans fly toward Felicia--and while she's apparently able to bring her arms up to minimize the damage--they still send her flying back and staggering. OW. Regaining her senses, she pulls herself back up and races towards Mai again, opposite of Clare.

Bringing her hand back, Felicia attempts to snap her hand and clawed nails out in a bit of a smacking, cutting chop to the kunochi's middle, trying to leave her bleeding!

COMBATSYS: Mai blocks Claire's Medium Punch.

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Claire           0/-------/-----==|====---\-------\0              Mai
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Felicia          1/-------/=======|

COMBATSYS: Mai full-parries Felicia's Medium Punch!!

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Claire           0/-------/-----==|======-\-------\0              Mai
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Felicia          1/-------/=======|

[MAI]
Smiling, Mai practically pirouettes out of her fan toss. Despite the cloppy platform heels she's wearing, the ninja moves with as much agility as always. Perhaps this is the true strength of Shiranuiryu training!

And then, as Claire closes in, Mai's arm sweeps down. She blocks the left-handed punch with her forearm, fist colliding with muscle as the kunoichi struggles to push it back.

"Oh, I didn't forget about you, honey!" Mai says, but almost as soon as she speaks, Felicia comes in from the other side with a monstrous claw. With a tremendous bounce, Mai draws out another fan and swings it around to catch it between Felicia's fingers and stop the paw short.

"Oh, and the cat has claws too! How ferocious!" But then, for an awkward moment, Mai is caught in a range too close for proper kicking and with both of her hands occupied by her assailants. As such, she opts for a different measure.

Mai steps up on the base of the nearest chair, employing near-supernatural agility to balance and kick off of it without even fully turning it over. Her kick-off sends her flying toward Claire, ready to crash into her in flying bodyslam that puts all of Mai's considerable front-weight to use in taking the Frenchwoman to the ground! Or perhaps into the nearest table?

COMBATSYS: Claire fails to counter Crushing Strike EX from Mai with Seure.
~~ Alluring Hit! ~~

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Claire           0/-------/=======|=======\-------\0              Mai
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Felicia          1/-------/=======|

[FELICIA]
"It's quite an alluring hit after all, as Mai applies the full crushing deadly force of her chest pillows into Claire--Felicia watches amazed--and horrified--as the french woman is taken for a ride o/` all the way across the room!

"Nyyaow! That looked like it hurt!" Felicia rushes in to try and take advantage of Mai being distracted--trying to grab her and swing herself around on Mai--almost like a piece of training equipment--her claws all the while digging in!

[CLAIRE]
"I should hope not; I'm unforgettable." Claire gives a sudden grin as the team's improvised combination attack ties up both of Mai's arms. She thinks she's got her for a moment.

Unfortunately, it turns out that she only has Mai in a very direct manner.

When Mai swings herself up to the chair and then kicks off it, Claire looks momentarily surprised before breaking into a fierce grin. She shifts her body weight and position as if to catch Mai on the descent, rolling with the impact -

Claire gets a face full of Mai. (Literally.) She staggers back, off-balance enough from catching Mai too high that she stumbles, falling backwards; she slams into a different chair on her way down, guaranteeing her a nasty bruise even though there's a dull 'thump' when it hits her side armour rather than an fleshy sound of impact.

COMBATSYS: Mai blocks Felicia's Hell Cat.

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Claire           0/-------/=======|=======\=------\1              Mai
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Felicia          1/------=/=======|

[MAI]
Mai barrels in with deceptive weight and power, briefly crushing Claire to the floor when she's higher than expected. "Whoops," Mai says cheekily as she keeps her pinned for a moment, but only a moment. She swoon rolls off into a cartwheel, her dress billowing behind her again.

And not a moment too soon, as Felicia has soon launched out and latched onto her in a deadly spinning claw attack! The claws rake across Mai's clothes, damaging her dress further, but Mai spins and thrusts her arms out to stop Felicia's spin midway, if only briefly, during which she lifts her leg and tries to plant her heel into the catgirl's midsection and heel kick her off and away (as well as into another table, most likely).

After this exchange, Mai has to adjust her dress slightly. She's now nursing a nasty cut on her side that has left her dress hanging open at the midriff.

"I liked this dress, too," Mai pouts. "I just bought it!"

COMBATSYS: Mai successfully hits Felicia with Medium Strike EX.

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Claire           0/-------/=======|=======\=------\1              Mai
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Felicia          1/--=====/=======|

[CLAIRE]
Claire pulls herself up from the chair. Ow, she thinks, but she's had worse. At least she can breathe now.

"It was a pretty good dress," Claire agrees. "Why don't you get a new one later? I know a place." Actually Claire knows a whole bunch of places, but that'll do. She brushes herself off, trying to recover quickly from her crash landing. (Crush landing, maybe.)

Claire raises her hands again. She's not sure she wants to commit to a full-on barrage, but she can't just leave Mai for Felicia - she doesn't want to let the catgirl have all the fun. She's pretty sure Felicia is one of Chaolan's, an actual Violet girl as opposed to it just being a role, like Claire herself ended up playing for the SNF, which means she does want to see what she does too...

Claire lunges in. It's not a full-on barrage after all; she simply tries to grab Mai by one arm and spin her around, releasing her in a sideways toss. "But for now, you'll wear what you have and like it!"

[FELICIA]
Felicia is thrown back as she's heel kicked off of. Mai doesn't wear heels, of course, she's in bare feet--or toe socks, depending on the game, For the moment though, the werecat is incensed--and springs herself back up to do some injury to the kunoichi while she still has breath. She RUSHES toward her and begins to spin into a ball, her chi wreathing her body in a rainbow-like, phantasmic glow as she begins to try and unleash a flurry of kicks and punches to the top-heavy female ninja, trying to catch her off guard!

COMBATSYS: Mai blocks Felicia's Dancing Flash.

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Claire           0/-------/=======|=======\===----\1              Mai
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Felicia          0/-------/-----==|

COMBATSYS: Mai interrupts Medium Throw from Claire with Kagerou no Mai.

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Claire           1/---====/=======|==-----\-------\0              Mai
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Felicia          0/-------/---====|

[MAI]
Mai bounces again, drawing out another set of fans. Felicia rolls in rapidly, but Mai unfolds her weapons and brings them before her in a cross-block. Even so, Felicia presses her hard, causing her to skid across the club floor and buckling her heels. She blocks blow after blow, each driving her further back. One of them break a fan and Mai tumbles backwards onto her butt, further damaging her dress as she skids before righting herself.

With her her heel destroyed, Mai frowns again. She's broken and bloodied, her hair becoming progressively more of a mess as her wardrobe also continues to soak up damage. "Wow, you're both so rough," Mai says, trying to stay energetic despite the strain. She holds her side, breathing heavily.

And then Claire powers in, going for a throw. Mai pops her fan in between her teeth again and performs a number of ninja handsigns. When she finishes, fire erupts around Mai in a huge pillar of chi that blows her dress upward and threatens to turn on the sprinklers in its wake. In the midst Mai does give shoved back, but not with the force Claire was likely hoping for. She lands in a chair, which bowls over.

[FELICIA]
After Mai has wreathed herself in flame, Felicia pants as she has blocked her entire dancing flash--it was a pretty long series of attacks that--it leaves Mai worse for wear sure, but once she's done Felicia is a fair bit tired after that!

"She's not stopping, the kunoichi might be too much!" Felicia gasped, attempting to leap on Mai as she came to a stop and bowled over in that chair--winding up /ontop/ of Mai as Felicia's claws EXTEND from her fingertips. She unleashes a flurry of slashing swipes down at Mai, attempting to give her a little breast reduction surgery!

[CLAIRE]
"Aw, this isn't nearly as rough as I could be," Claire laughs, halfway through her grab.

But ON FIRE

Claire is blasted away in about equal measure as Mai. Maybe further; that blast really tossed her, sending her rolling across the stage. It was a hell of a ride and it doesn't seem like it's going to stop immediately! Claire eventually comes to a stop when she bumps into a chair... which tilts and lands on top of her.

Rising, Claire grabs the chair and holds it overhead. She tests its balance for a moment before flinging it, overhand, at Mai. "If you won't go to the chair, the chair will go to you!" she calls. "C'mon, let's have some fun!" She already is, even as battered as she is.

COMBATSYS: Claire successfully hits Mai with Large Thrown Object.

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Claire           1/---====/=======|====---\-------\0              Mai
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Felicia          0/-------/---====|

COMBATSYS: Felicia successfully hits Mai with Scratch Attack.

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Claire           1/---====/=======|=======\-------\1              Mai
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Felicia          0/-------/=======|

[MAI]
Mai staggers out of the chair, but almost as soon as she does--CLUNK. She gets bowled over by the chair. She winds up back in her original seat, which tilts over backwards and breaks when she and a second chair slam onto it at an awkward angle.

And then, as Mai is getting to her feet, Felicia comes in with flashing claws. Mai backsteps but a claw catches her across the waist, slashing open her dress further and drawing blood. A second catches her the chest, tearing open her top and forcing Mai to grab hold to avoid spilling out in front of the crowd. By the end, she staggers back, takes what's left of her dress, then ties herself together /something/ to keep her somewhat covered. She sways on her feet, barely able to stand from the blood loss and the beating, but she doesn't quite go down /yet/.

Instead, Mai surges with fiery chi once more. She surges forward, flying past Claire and leaving a burning ember trail in her wake. The kunoichi moves at such speed she's practically a flash--hard to see and follow. She blurs by again, leaving a second ember, then a third. Finally, she stops, brandishing throwing a thumbs up the nearby crowd. The embers all explode in a fireball, likely scattering bystanders as they try not to get caught up in the conflagration.

"Nippon Ich--" Mai collapses, falling forward onto her face. She's definitely out.

COMBATSYS: Mai can no longer fight.

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Claire           1/---====/=======|
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Felicia          1/-----==/=======|

COMBATSYS: Claire dodges Mai's Houou no Mai EX.

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Claire           1/---====/=======|
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Felicia          1/-----==/=======|

[CLAIRE]
Mai is fast, when she tears toward Claire. It's a maneuver that a lot of people would be hard-pressed to dodge (including Claire, if she's being honest); that much fire and that much speed is a spicy combination!

But Claire is currently in better shape than Mai, and that makes the difference.

Claire leaps up onto a table, sticks one foot out behind her, and fires the thruster again. The entire table scoots along the floor several feet, taking her partially out of range but sending the table toppling; Claire takes advantage of the tilting floor to leap off it, flipping /over/ the burning Mai and landing, gently, about two seconds before Mai collapses.

Claire blows the fallen kunoichi a kiss, not that she's conscious to see it. "Maybe next time," she says.

[FELICIA]
AFTER THE FIGHT

Felicia has returned to her cocktail dress, gloves and heels, as well as more svelte shape, after Mai has been brought down like the mighty rhinocerous of a game animal she is. Mai's clothes were ruined, so they were okay with giving her some Violet Girl duds to help with that--silvery gogo boots, skirt and Violet Industries logo embroidered white blouse. Felicia has Mai propped in a chair off to the side of Leeo Chaolan, who she's bringing a martini to on a tray with her white tail wagging.

"Hmmm, might she make a good Violet Girl, Mr. Chaolan?" she grins as she looks over to Mai, serving her boss the drink...


...THE END?!

Log created on 19:21:35 07/06/2017 by Felicia, and last modified on 00:54:27 07/07/2017.