Match of the Millennium

Description: The Shinsekai District was once regarded at the most dangerous part of Osaka. Now? It's a shopaholic's paradise. And just in time for Memorial Day Weekend, with bargains up both the ying and the yang. And what better way to influence the street-side sales than world-famous celebrity Lyraelle. Backing her up is the duo of Lilith and Kelly, double Darkstalkers that will gang on up the charming dominator. As an added bonus, all three will all have to highlight the high quality bargains around the open air market as they fight!

[KELLY]
It's a busy mid-day at the Shinsekai district. Memorial day is here, and the sun is shining brightly as folks come out from all over to shop in the new stores after the recent renovations of the area.

It's also a day for sales, and EVERYTHING is discounted to some degree!

For her part, Kelly Mason is just arriving as per the promotional instructions she received, enjoying the festivities and sales as much as possible before the 'big event'.

She may be there on business, but that doesn't mean she can't take advantage of the sales for her own ends!

[LILITH]
"Hey, I thought this was Saturday NIGHT fights, what the hell is up with all this daylight!?" Lilith is here, of course, and she's already complaining. Her youth compared to her sister gives her a less patience-filled, bossy attitude at times. Of course, it's also the very start of the summer heat, and all the heat and light does not mix well with a Darkstalker that is usually active at night, like a succubus. Despite her small size, anyway. If there is not a party going on, like last 4th of July, she usually wants no part of getting up before noon.

Lilith is in her usual succubus getup, the heat nor the chill of night is not enough to cut through the sensuous light blue BAT TIGHTS or the male gaze pleasing red corset-teddy that she wears, a differently colored mirror image of her sister, in a lot of ways. Plus it's likely that the cold is not as much of a hindrance of her as it might be a human. Unless playboy bunnies come equipped with jetpacks nowadays, who knows!

"Lets see, what's on sale here..." she walks through the crowd, taking stock of the various sales, as per the condition of the fight--highlight the SAVINGS. "Lets get some black friday going in this bitch! Eek--hey, any higher and you're going to have to pay for it, buddy," she jerks her head around to someone who copped a feel, likely thinking she's some convention costumed mascot.

[LYRAELLE]
Meanwhile, sitting off to the side of the designated fighting area is a table that's been set up for commentary for the match's live broadcast, with three seats arranged behind it opposite the stage, with the Tsutenkaku tower in the background advertising the Mishima zaibatsu.

"I'm sorry, ma'am, but I don't have anything for sale!" one of the commentators, the man in the middle, wearing a suit and a classic newsanchor moustache, is telling an old woman who's come to the open air markets to shop.

The woman points at the chair to the commentator's left.

"How much?"

"Him? Now, I know he looks like an oversized plushie, ma'am, but that's actually a man in a demon suit," the moustached man insists.

"And my contract with Queen Darkheart doesn't allow me to entertain outside offers," the grouchy pinkish-red imp in that chair pipes up.

"Can we get a tape line or somethin' set up over here?" the commentator on the right - a slightly more stout and older man wearing a sports jacket over a t-shirt and a headband - requests.

Meanwhile, everybody's favourite (or second favourite) Demon Queen is off in her end of the fighting area, with two imps by her feet - one muscular one with yellow skin and ram's horns, the other a spindly one with a large nose and ears - rehearsing for the upcoming introduction.

Lyraelle, for her part, is balancing on top of a ladder in her high heels, helping a giant bull-headed darkstalker into his costume for the event.

"Must I stoop to this level, bat-wench?" the beastman grumbles as his large bovine eyes search the area, a look of displeasure on his face.

"Yup. Otherwise it's gonna get stuck on your horns again," Lyraelle says, licking her lips as she focuses on lifting a strap up over the curve of the bull's horn before letting it fall onto his shoulder.

"Don't be so grumpy, Zee! Think about it as battle armour. It'll deflect all the puny humans' stupid questions, so you don't have to talk to them."

"I would sooner trample them underfoot than waste my breath on these fools," 'Zee' retorts with a belligerent snort.

"Exactly~" Lyraelle replies with a sweet smile before patting the bull-man on the shoulders and planting an air-kiss next to his jaw. "You look great! See you after the show~"

With that Lyraelle hops off of the ladder and starts sauntering toward the fighting area, stopping to wait in the wings and resting a hand on her hip. Behind her, the minotaur is now wearing a giant sandwich board, the front of which says 'SECURITY' and the back of which says 'SEE YOU AT DARKSTALKERCON 2020.'

"Good day, fight fans! I'm Tom, and with me here are Lou and Red Minion, bringing you this Saturday Night Fight special event straight from Shinsekai!" the moustached commentator announces.

"Good to be here, Tom! It looks like we got ourselves another ladies' match, and they've all got some great costumes to help drive up sales in the market here! I love Japan!"

"Would you say they're putting some economic stimulus in your package, Lou?" Tom asks, waggling his eyebrows.

"No, Tom. No, I wouldn't," Lou says with a forced, awkward smile.

There's a pregnant pause.

"All hail Queen Darkheart!" Red Minion says in a loud monotone, reading off of a cue card.

[KELLY]
It is shortly after this that Kellys wrist-watch starts peeping, and she peers over at the announcer table, drink in hand with a loud sluuuuuuuuuuuuurping sound.

She's dressed as something of a tourist at the moment, basic tank top and jean shorts to accomodate for the hotter weather. She lifts the sunglasses she just bought from her face, aquired from a 90% off sale' and stows them with her gear to the side of the fighting space as she looks around. The place is just so busy!

Kelly quickly notes Lilith approaching, remembering when they had a match prior some time ago. She also takes in the opposition. Some research was done on this 'Lady Lyraelle'. The question is was ENOUGH done to deal with whatever is thrown at the duo-to-be......

[LILITH]
"Alright lets see here, net books, new computer sales... videogames... oohh--new phone case for the E-Phone XIV!" Lilith is busy browsing the electronics section, when her attention is drawn to the giant circus that is apparently forming with Lyraelle's huge beastman and color commentary table over there.

"Aw man, what is this," she frowns a little, looking up at Lyra, perched up on a ladder in high heels, attending to the very large guy in the security costume. "Well, gee--someone to keep the normies off us while we fight, that's useful! Because it's going to get pretty bloody tonight~" Lilith zips over to the fighting area, trying to get herself in place for when the fun begins.

"Oh heyyy--it's Kelly, the dorky girl reflect user that bounced my hat back to me that time, I ain't forgotten that! Don't think I will!" Lilith waggled a finger at Kelly, getting closer.

"So we're going to be facing this this one over here--this really LARGE HAM bat lady, hey--sorta reminds me of another big-hammed bat lady I know," she snickers.

"Alright, come out, come out--wherever you are!" Lilith claps her hands together, one formed into a fist.

COMBATSYS: Lilith has started a fight here on the right meter side.

                                  >  //////////////////////////////]
                                  |-------\-------\0           Lilith

[KELLY]
Kelly gives a quick laugh at that memory..... "You DID look cute with all the fire-dancing gear. Speaking of hams, i hear the butcher shop not too far has a lot of good stuff for dinner..... wonder if we should take her.... "she thumbs a finger at Lyraelle ".... there afterwords in case they run out of meat to sell". She looks off down the street for a moment to see if she can see the shop in question from here, unfortunately not paying full attention like she should.....

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

                                  >  //////////////////////////////]
                                  |-------\-------\0           Lilith
                                  >  //////////////////////////////]
                                  |-------\-------\0            Kelly

[LYRAELLE]
The cue is sent to the commentary table; the cameras are in position, and the referees (who never seem to get involved in these matches anyway; apparently the union is pretty powerful) are ready.

"Alright, folks! It looks like our fighters are about ready to do what they do best!" Tom shouts.

"Look adorable and sell merchandise?" Lou posits.

"Kick butt, Lou!! Get with the program, here!" Tom fires back.

Down in the sectioned-off fighting area, the yellow imp tromps out into the arena, raising a brass trumpet to his lips and piping out a rousing (if somewhat pathetic) little tune while the green imp marches behind him. The pair eventually stop, and the green imp raises his microphone to his mouth.

"Ladies and gentlemen! Behold the arrival of the Sultana of Shopping Savoir-Faire, the Queen of Conscientious Consumerism, the Mistress of Marketing Moxie! Please express your undying gratitude for Her Infernal Majesty, Her Royal Heinousness: Queen Lyraelle Darkheart!!" the spindly imp extolls in a warbling, cracking voice. "Boooow! Booooow!"

The green imp does as he exhorts, tossing away the microphone before prostrating himself as the pink-haired hell-mistress sashays into the ring, stopping to pose with one foot on the minion's back and toss back her pink ponytail, posing for the fans with a signature smile, tilt of her head and sideways V formed by the index and middle fingers of her right hand next to her face.

"M-mistress... my ribs..." the minion gasps into the pavement.

"Konichi wa, minions~" Lyraelle calls to the audience, ignoring the plight of her viridian servant.

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

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Lyraelle         0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0           Lilith
                                  >  //////////////////////////////]
                                  |-------\-------\0            Kelly

[LILITH]
"Oh wow, look at all this," Lilith blinks as she notices the huge whooping that comes along with stepping on her servants to use as stepladders. To be fair, they probably enjoyed that. Aside from the snapping of ribs that could probably be heard.

"I guess I gotta knock down another self-proclaimed 'Queen' of the night over here, well lets get to it, baby~" Lilith raises her arms outward, concentrating her energy in a small green soul bat that is suddenly ringed with little hearts--because.

"With how big she is how can I miss, bwahaha~" Lilith lets the little sucker go, flapping at a leisurely pace towards Lyraelle!

COMBATSYS: Lilith successfully hits Lyraelle with Soul Flash.
-* CRITICAL HIT! *-

[    \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  ///////////////////////////// ]
Lyraelle         0/-------/-----==|=------\-------\0           Lilith
                                  >  //////////////////////////////]
                                  |-------\-------\0            Kelly

[LYRAELLE]
As the little green energy bat flaps its way over toward her, Lyraelle has stepped off of her unfortunate henchman - now being dragged away by his lemon-coloured comrade - and is mugging for the camera. She stretches her arms over her head, posing, then points an arm down the street at a 3 o'clock angle.

"Remember, everyone, if you're visiting Shinsekai, make sure you stop by Kenji's Katsu Korner, where the Kushikatsu is always hot and fresh... just like me~" she shills with a wink. She turns around in time to pot the chiropteran projectile flapping its way toward her.

"Oh, wow! So kawaii~" she coos as she spots the little heart-swarmed bat, bending down and placing her hands on her knees as she leans in to get a good look. "Now, who do you belong to? A secret admirer?~"

And then, it collides, right with her face.

"Oh, wow! How would you even describe what just happened to Her Majesty, Lou?" Tom asks.

"Painful. And not to mention, humiliating!" Lou answers.

The succubus staggers backward, sputtering.

"Urrrgghhh! WHO DID THAT?!"

The pink-haired hellion's glaring green eyes shift between Lilith and Kelly.

"It was you, wasn't it!" she shouts, her gaze fixing on the unfortunate Mason girl. Before she can get an answer, the demoness' eyes ignite with hellish green fire, and two blazing beams sweep across the market street toward Kelly!"

COMBATSYS: Lyraelle successfully hits Kelly with Balefire Gaze.
- Power hit! -
! VENGEANCE !

[     \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  ///////////////////////////// ]
Lyraelle         0/-------/--=====|=------\-------\0           Lilith
                                  >  //////////////////            ]
                                  |=======\=------\1            Kelly

[KELLY]
Before she can even answer, Kelly is under fire!

Almost literally!

She ducks the first beam in a panic.....

Which positions her right in front of the second!

The beam of energy sears across her midsection from lower left to upper right, managing to actually melt some of the cloth of her tanktop into the skin! To say it's agonizing is an understatement, and Kelly drops to one knee from the intense pain..... Looking up, her eyes ignite with white flames, and she points a shakey hand, sending a flare of psionic energy at Lyraelle. For the moment it's the best she can manage given circumstances.....

[LILITH]
"Oh Christ--" Lilith has to duck and weave a little bit as that beam of energy strikes out and sears into Kelly, looking like it either penetrated right through her or tried to cleave her in half. Even Lilith is cringing after watching that, and this is Lilith we're talking about. She's not the most gentle of types.

"Oh uh, just hold on there Kelly, I'll... stop her! I think," Lilith dashes towards Lyraelle with her wings flapping as she sort of 'skates' over the arena floor with her heeled boots--her wings forming then into large over-sized cartoony hands as she attempts to pick up Lyraelle--trying the old 'form wings into a bow' and fire Lyraelle off in it!

COMBATSYS: Lyraelle dodges Kelly's Channeled Blast.

[      \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  ////////////////////////////  ]
Lyraelle         0/-------/--=====|-------\-------\0           Lilith
                                  >  /////////////////             ]
                                  |=======\==-----\1            Kelly

COMBATSYS: Lyraelle dodges Lilith's Mystic Arrow.

[      \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  ////////////////////////////  ]
Lyraelle         0/-------/--=====|=------\-------\0           Lilith
                                  >  /////////////////             ]
                                  |=======\==-----\1            Kelly

[LYRAELLE]
The green flames issuing from the Demon Queen's eyes go out, leaving two trails of smoke rising from them like the barrels of two guns. The expression lingering in them is about as friendly. Despite the fury in her expression, though, Lyraelle keeps her cool enough at least to remember what this match is about - besides burning her opponents to cinders.

"If you're looking for something cute and cuddly," Lyraelle seethes as she swirls her wings and swoops up into the air to avoid the psychic flare from Kelly, "try out the Kawaii Warriors stall!" Just as Lilith is about to latch on with her own wings, Lyraelle flits to one side. Her ears tilt and turn as she moves, giving her a sense of her opponents' locations as her eyes are more focused on the closest camera.

"You or your child could have your very own first run Sagat plush, which still hasn't sold out!" the succubus shouts as she twists around, cocking her hips away from Lilith. "Or your own Lee Chaolan! It's excellent~" she says, holding a thumb up.

Then, with sudden violence, she swoops at Lilith with a side-long hip-check, aiming to knock her toward the plush stand in question!

COMBATSYS: Lyraelle successfully hits Lilith with Aggressive Strike.

[     \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  ///////////////////////       ]
Lyraelle         0/-------/=======|=====--\-------\0           Lilith
                                  >  /////////////////             ]
                                  |=======\==-----\1            Kelly

[KELLY]
With a pained pushoff, adrenaline kicking in to dull the pain, Kelly is up and moving.

She takes a side-trip to a nearby stand, grabbing a high-heeled boot despite the protests of the stall runner, and turns back t run towards Lyraelle. She says "Yes, you too can have one of these nice shoes for 75% off the listed price!", her tone strained and through gritted teeth. Once in range, she flips it over in her hands, leaps and comes down towards Lyraelle in an attempt to impale the woman with the pointed heel-tip with a shout of "They make a great imPRESSion!" with the stab occuring as she says 'Press'

[LILITH]
Lilith is knocked flat on her ass by the powerful hipcheck that Lyraelle wields, causing those cherry red high heeled boots to go straight up in the air--and for the rest of the succubus to go skidding back along the ground, finally winding up in a ball before her legs swing back down.

"Ow," she picks herself up, wincing at the pain she just went through, but is still in this.

"My back feels like raw hamburger, but I am still alive, I think, take this, E-girl!" Lilith's right wing forms into a giant hand, which attempts to swat Lyraelle with a powerful backhand attack!

"Keeping the pimphand strong!"

COMBATSYS: Lyraelle blocks Kelly's Random Weapon.

[       \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  ///////////////////////       ]
Lyraelle         0/-------/=======|=====--\-------\0           Lilith
                                  >  //////////////////            ]
                                  |=======\==-----\1            Kelly

COMBATSYS: Lyraelle dodges Lilith's Swift Backhand.

[       \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  ///////////////////////       ]
Lyraelle         0/-------/=======|=====--\-------\0           Lilith
                                  >  //////////////////            ]
                                  |=======\==-----\1            Kelly

[LYRAELLE]
"The Queen of Darkness has wasted no time heating things up, here!" Tom comments.

"It looks like the shoe could be on the other foot now!" Lou replies as Kelly leaps at Lyraelle with the heeled boot in hand.

The swooping succubus smacks the shoe away with a huff, then shakes her hand out as her wings carry her up and backward a few feet. As Lilith follows up by attempting to pimp smack the Demon Queen out of the sky, Lyraelle spins away from her, ending up nearer the other side of the fighting area.

"A quick move to take herself out of danger! This may be two for the price of one, but the Demon Queen ain't selling herself short!" Tom declares.

"I thought I was the one who was supposed to be shilling Her Majesty," Red Minion says, forgetting (or not caring) to turn his microphone off.

"I know, Red, but my daughter really wants her autograph!" Tom murmurs back.

"If you're always on the go like me and live in the Osaka area, you might want to check out Shinsekai Cellular! With a new smartphone, you could stream matches like this anywhere you go~" Lyraelle raises a gloved hand up and quickly draws a flaming green heart in the air, letting it hang for a moment as she poses next to it for the cameras with another sideways V salute. Then, abruptly, she turns toward the heart, shifting so that it's between her and Kelly, holds up a palm and blows on it - as if blowing a kiss - sending the fiery drawing flying on course for an explosive collision with Kelly!

COMBATSYS: Kelly fails to reflect Royal Salutation - <3 from Lyraelle with Railgun.

[       \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  ///////////////////////       ]
Lyraelle         0/-------/=======|=====--\-------\0           Lilith
                                  >  ///////                       ]
                                  |=======\-------\1            Kelly

[KELLY]
Kelly winces as her injuries take their toll after her previous attack..... this is just long enough for Lyraelle to get her distance, and prepare the attack.

By the time Kelly looks back up, its too late. The attack is incoming, and she has little to no recourse besides a faint prayer..... She raises her hands, white flames forming a cup-like construct as she attempts to catch the attack and send it back!

It strikes, and she straiiiiiins to hold it, pushing with all her will to change it's course back to it's owner.

It is not to be however, and the power shatters as her will breaks in the attempt, exploding as it strikes and sending her flying back into a nearby waffle stand, sending waffles in all directions and leaving her dazed and badly singed.

She is conscious, but just barely....

[LILITH]
"Hey, damnit--get back here!" Lilith is sort of amazed that a girl that big is able to avoid her wing-hand--especially when it was also quite huge.

"Uh oh, Kelly--are you still alive? squeak to me if you are!" Lilith looks a bit worried at this, it's a bit like that meme-worthy scene from Troll 2, in which the boy exclaims, 'they're eating her... then they're going to eat me!'.

"Damnit--take this!" her wing-hand reforms back into a wing, this time becoming much thinner and sharper--as she jumps up in an uppercut--attempting to strike Lyraelle out of the air--at least, if she was still in the air!

COMBATSYS: Lyraelle endures Lilith's Shining Blade.

[           \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  //////////////////////        ]
Lyraelle         1/-----==/=======|======-\-------\0           Lilith
                                  >  ///////                       ]
                                  |=======\-------\1            Kelly

[LYRAELLE]
As Lilith strike upward at her, Lyraelle is still busy admiring her handiwork against Kelly with a smug expression. She seems to notice at the last second - and rather than trying to flit out of the way of the assault, the Demon Queen braces herself, opening her arms to let the blow drive into her stomach.

"Not a bad trick!" Lyraelle says hoarsely, one eye flinched shut. The taller succubus wrenches herself off of the smaller demoness' extended wing, slipping around behind Lilith and trying to wrap both legs and arms around her more petite body. She leans in to whisper in Lilith's ear. "Maybe I'll take it from you~"

With that, Lyraelle will try to lock Lilith in her grasp before spiralling downward, aiming to crash the pair of them headfirst into a nearby video game sales stall.

"If your neighbours play rough, check out Osaka Fighter Insurance Group~"

If she succeeds, or ends up crashing into the stall on her own, it'll be with an explosion of fiery green chi!



COMBATSYS: Lyraelle successfully hits Lilith with Demondriver.
~~ Alluring Hit! ~~

[             \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  //////////                    ]
Lyraelle         1/-======/=======|>>>>>>>\>>>>>>>\2           Lilith
                                  >  ///////                       ]
                                  |=======\-------\1            Kelly

[KELLY]
Several waffles tap across the pavement as slowly, Kelly begins to rise once more...... Her entire body is shaking with pain. Still, she isn't going down quietly!

Eyes ignited with white psionic flames, the lass pushes herself for one last-ditch attempt. She uses the fighting between Lilith and Lyraelle as cover to close in, and as the smoke from the followup explosion occurs, she makes her move!

Aiming right for Lyraelle, Kelly dashes in with remarkable speed, sending a glowing-white palm strike at the woman, the intent to distract and/or stun. Following up the momentum past the target, Kelly then leaps into the air just after passing, and spins. She brings a foot, brimming with psionic energy, around through the air right at Lyraelles face as she recovers from the previous hit, supposing it succeeds in it's purpose!

[LILITH]
"Aieee!" Lilith is caught by Lyraelle, and instead of smiting the Queen of Darkness she's instead taken for a horrific piledriver--crashing through the stall, leaving her bloodied and squished beneath Lyraelle as she gets up from the rubble of the destruction she just created.

Lilith, on the other hand, emerges from the rubble as first a hand--wriggling the fingers to check if they're broken--and then finally plunging back down into the rubble to help pull her head out of it--bringing her up as if she was gasping for air.

"Phew, good thing she didn't land on me with her ASS," Lilith looked back up to see Kelly attacking Lyra with an energy-infused palm strike! This was her chance.

"Alright, lets see how Queenie here does after her big break on TV! Hey!" Lilith produces from behind her back... a hat? A top hat, to be exact--which she flings at Lyraelle--spinning it through the air, and glowing with prismatic chi!

COMBATSYS: Kelly knocks away Lyraelle with Dead Man's Hand.
-* CRITICAL HIT! *-

[                     \\\\\\\\\  < >  //////////                    ]
Lyraelle         2/<<<<<<</<<<<<<<|-------\-------\0           Lilith
                                  >  ///////                       ]
                                  |-------\-------\0            Kelly

COMBATSYS: Lilith successfully hits Lyraelle with #Gloomy Puppet Show#.

[                                < >  //////////                    ]
Lyraelle         1/---<<<</<<<<<<<|-------\-------\0           Lilith
                                  >  ///////                       ]
                                  |-------\-------\0            Kelly

"Oh, YES," Lilith smooches a kiss to her hand and gestures to Kelly, obviously very much pleased with the suitable distraction this has caused, a set of red curtains appearing magically out of nowhere around Lyraelle and obscuring her from view, before Lilith snaps her fingers and she poofs into... a red playboy bunny outfit and dark fishnet tights? She even has ears, and cufflinks, what the heck?!

"And now, for night only!" Lilith is holding up a giant glowing white sign, displaying the words "LYRAELLE, QUEEN OF DARKNESS" as if she's presenting a show... and as the curtains go up... well, Lilith is indeed.

Lyraelle is now standing on a small, circular raised stage with the words 'SHOWTIME' each in a different primary color--very vegasy. She's wearing a stunning phoenician purple dress with a very high collar that rises up above behind her head, in a bat-winged scalloped style--along with the skirt of it that only goes down to about mid-thigh. It slender transparent sleeves of lace and lavender nylon, and a very plunging neckline, showing off all that pale cleavage. She is done up in black lipstick and dark eyeshadow, along with a large dark crown set with red and lavender jewels set into. And speaking of lavender... her footwear is thigh-high boots, in the same color as her usual party boots--however, these are made from a very luxuriously smooth purple suede, brocaded with gold floral patterns. Very fit for a queen.

"Showtime!" Lilith calls, and Lyraelle begins to dance... a rousing and energetic way, quite something out of a modern female popstar, think more Lady Gaga than J-pop, though.

Lilith grins as she holds up her sign again, and it's showing a 7 out of 10, ouch--a pair of flamethrowers arise behind her, as well as metal pipes--spewing out flame and liquid nitrogen directly onto her! Oh god!

The entire spell poofs away into smoke--along with the stage and curtains as the queen is left cooked and frozen!

[LYRAELLE]
The palm strike and kick that follow both connect with the Demon Queen, the latter hitting Lyraelle right in the face and sending her smashing through a nearby Pocky stand, destroying it quite spectacularly as she disappears into the rubble. The demoness' dark wings explode out from beneath the pile, sending snack sticks a-scatter in every direction, before her horned head lifts up to follow - just in time for the top hat to land on it.

==*== ONE ULTRA LATER ==*==

"What in the heck did we just see here, Lou?" Tom asks as the stage disappears.

"An interpretive visual treatise on the nature of the celebrity life cycle?" Lou suggests, scratching his head.

"I don't think there's too much I can say about that if I wanna keep my job," Red Minion says as he digs through his cue cards. "Oh, here's one I can use. 'What a travesty! Only such under-handed tactics could defeat Her Infernal Majesty!'"

"I'm not sure there were any underhanded tactics at play, here," Tom says. "Just... weird ones."

The heat scorches the succubus, and the liquid nitrogen freezes her - and eventually thaws, left dripping and stiff. The Demon Queen's eyes roll back in her head, then start to glow with green fire. And then the demoness starts to shout, her voice otherworldly as it fills the area, resounding off of the nearby buildings.

"FOOLS! You can't HOPE to DEFEAT ME! I am the BLOOD of KINGS and CONQUERORS!"

She raises one hand above her, a brightly burning ball of green energy starting to smoulder into existence and rapidly expand.

"BEHOLD, I will - WHAT?!"

Abruptly, the demoness' eyes flutter, the green light fading from them. "Nuh-uh," she says, her voice back to normal - if definitely woozy.

The light returns to her eyes. "BRAT! I'll FINISH THEM! GIVE ME CONTROL AND I'LL-"

The light disappears again, and the demoness wobbles. "I'd rather take my chances and drop... at the Osaka Pachinko Palace~"

With that, the succubus snaps the fireball out of existence, shifting her hand and giving her usual V salute - a bit over-aggressively, as she knocks her fist into the side of her crown in the process, leading to her toppling over sideways like a plank before collapsing on the ground, kicking up a cloud of pocky dust.

"That was weird," Tom says, up at the commentary table.

"Uh huh," Red Minion agrees.

COMBATSYS: Lyraelle exercises her royal prerogative of non-action.

                                  >  //////////                    ]
                                  |-------\-------\0           Lilith
                                  >  ///////                       ]
                                  |-------\-------\0            Kelly

COMBATSYS: Lyraelle can no longer fight.

                                  >  //////////                    ]
                                  |-------\-------\0           Lilith
                                  >  ///////                       ]
                                  |-------\-------\0            Kelly

[KELLY]
Kelly stumbles to her feet after her attack, turning to watch the finale from Liliths Puppet Show. She keeps tense in case things must continue, but as this other more docile personality seems to take over, she gives a slight smile and relaxes, before falling to one knee and abruptly slumping over. Still conscious, but utterly spent. One of the standby med-teams makes a beeline for her and begin treating her injuries.

As one of the camera drones hovers closer, she holds up a hand with 2 fingers in a 'V' sign of her own to show shes gonna be ok to both the audience and her teammate. She even manages to peer at the camera for a moment for one last ad placement "Medical supplies at the end of E street. 70% off".

[LILITH]
"Phew, and that babe, is why I won't do two shows a night anymore, I won't," Lilith blows a wisp of smoke away from her index finger in the ensuing chaos, then runs over to Kelly, appearing behind her and jumping up on her shoulders, legs wrapping around her waist.

"Not so fast, laser bitch, we're gonna have us some laughs! Bwahahaha~"

To be continued?!

[LYRAELLE]
"And it looks like the Demon Queen is officially down for the count! That makes our winners Lilith and Kelly!" Tom announces as the camera returns to the three commentators, the action having died down.

"It looks like her reign of terror is over, for now, but who knows? She might come looking for revenge on these two, one on one!" Lou says, looking over at the other two.

"I don't know if she's that petty, Lou! She's the type to leave it all in the proverbial ring! Right, Red?" Tom says, turning to look at the stout imp beside him.

Red just frowns dubiously back at Tom.

Log created on 20:03:29 05/16/2020 by Lyraelle, and last modified on 05:07:36 05/17/2020.