SNF 2021.02 - SNF - "Icarus fights Medusa's Angels."
[Toggle Names]Description: It takes a big man to fill a big role, and who could be a bigger icon on Valentine's Day than everyone's favourite arrow-slinging cherubim? The role of Love Goddess is already filled, leaving the part of Cupid to be played by wrestling icon Mike Haggar! Sent by Love Goddess Lyraelle, our hero faces off against the forces of Medusa, representing all that is ugly and evil in the world - the perfect antithesis for the Love Goddess! Medusa has sent Velvet Blue Violet and Red Rose Tsinghua, her blue and red oni, to the Parthenon to spearhead her invasion! Can Cupid and his arrows - and spinning piledrivers - stop them before it's too late?
[TSINGHUA]
The ancient Partheon. Temple to Athena, godess of wisdom and warfare. Colossal pale pillars stretch out from cracked white stone, and the same place where she cursed Medusa into the twisted fate shape of the Gorgon, a creature both enthralling and horrifying. Her beautiful visage accompanied by a twisting coil of snakes emerging from her scalp like hair, turning any that gaze upon her into stone.
"Today, these stories are being 'honored' by the way of a Violent Valentines Day special on the midnight Channel! Now bringing you a new, fresh version of Cupid- Or Eros, as he's known to the ancient greeks- Portrayed by mayor of Metro City, Mike Haggar! Sent by our Goddess of Love, Lyraelle, to combat the twisted forces of Medusa- 'Red Rose' Tsinghua and Velvet Blue 'Violet'. The gorgon's very own hell's angels, to face off against our hero!"
The enthusiastic, short and stubbly announcer finally rests his microphone, as the camera feed switches over to the heel side.
Displaying a deeply uncomfortable Tao Tsinghua, as he is dressed in a say, somewhat more 'Feminine' outfit. A weird combination of both Chinese and Greek apparel, the main piece in his costume is a scarlet hanfu embroided with patterns of golden, coiling serpents, forming spiral-like forming intricate spirals and andornments. While a Hanfu is nothing unusual to wear for Tsinghua, this one has been cut to be much more tight and form-fitting, getting tapered off just over the chest so that the area below the neck is exposed. The flowy, loose sleeves are a seperate part of the fabric that start just above the elbows. The dress part of his garb is cut off just a bit shorter then usual, ending just over the thighs. Making glimpses of long, elegant Greek-Style sandals visible, wrapped tightly around the boy's lower legs. Finally, the whole affair is wrapped off with some appropriately snake-y jewelerry, both with a golden color. Namely, a circlet worn over his green hair, and a pair of rings worn over his right ring-finger. Both pieces taking the form of a serpent twisting around the head and finger.
The boy looks over at his partner, with a pleading look. "Was it- was this sort of apparal necesarry, Velvet? I can't say I'm a fan of..." he glances over towards one of the cameras, as the Announcer makes Tsinghua's introduction. "Coming from Rural China, steeped in that traditional culture, comes this rather new face on the scene! Bringing her physics-defying fighting style into the Partheon- Tao Tsinghua, envoy of the Góng Family!"
"..Her?" The boy looks somewhat downtrodden by the announcer's slipup and confusion, but with a final deep sigh accepts his fate. "This is all in the goal of raising the family's influence, Tsinghua. And a debts a debt." He mumbles to himself, though audible enough to hear.
[VELVET BLUE]
"Hey, it's flattering that you can pull off that kind of look, Tsing Tsing-dear," 'Violet', aka Velvet Blue steps up alongside his fellow stygian gorgoan servant. Velvet is in a dark purple colord toga with gold accents along the hems of the shoulders and hem, down to about the mid-thighs. They are sporting the 'oni' horns which are very much prosthetic appliances glued on and colored to match the rest of the outfit. They are also wearing similar gladiator-style leather sandals much like Tsinghua, of course their nails are pointed and dark colored, not surprising given their status as a darkstalker.
"I promise I'll make it up for you for helping me with this," he mutters to Tsing's ear as an aside, as he steps up, strutting imperiously with his long spaded tail swaying behind him--which WAS real, unlike the horns.
"We've come to challenge you, oh servant of Eros, you will not disrupt the Gorgon's plans! Nyahahahaha~" Velvet flicked a fan out over their faces, very queen style as they laughed, playing up the flamboyant villain factor to the max.
[HAGGAR]
In the west, the figure of Cupid is most often portrayed as a chubby little cherub with pink chinks and a plump belly. Opposite the two glamorous opponents that have been lined up, such a depiction could very well have made for a cute little romp across the parthenon. Unfortunately for them, that is not the opponent they got.
Nearly seven feet of hulking man monster steps through the pillars to meet Velvet's bold challenge, tanned skin glistening with a bronze sheen of oil. Clad in only a thick white loincloth and a pair of between the toe sandals, the mighty mayor of Metro City looks more like some ancient god of sport and physical contests than an agent of love. Thick leather straps are buckled across his muscular chest, anchoring a pair of enormous angelic wings to his back, with an equally large bow and quiver sheathed between them.
Striding forth to loom menacingly over his elegant challengers, the brutish angel of love glowers down at them with patriarchal disapproval, sizing the pair up like a lumberjack might size up a tree. The two of them together weigh nearly a hundred pounds less than the hulking man, and he has more than a foot of height on the taller of the two.
"A little birdy told me that you two have been sent to despoil the sanctity of true love."
A gust of air escapes him in a bullish grunt, mustache quivering from the force of it. Planting his right fist in his left palm with a heavy THUMP, he sinks down into a wrestler's stance and spreads his arms wide, intense.
"Not gonna happen."
COMBATSYS: Haggar has started a fight here.
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COMBATSYS: Haggar has joined the fight here on the top side.
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COMBATSYS: Velvet Blue has joined the fight here on the right meter side.
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[TSINGHUA]
He looks up to the towering Haggar, a measure of fear present in his visage. He decides to stay quiet, and let Velvet do the theatrics as he takes on a 'silent warrior' personage. Only mumbling under his breath. "Another heap of muscle, huh? At least he's not as big as Kongou...."
Tsinghua circles to Velvet's other side, as he grabs his walking stick, holding it over his head while his other left hand points towards Haggar with a palm, legs crouched in a low stance. Instead of rushing in right away, he opts to instead stare down the Major, analyzing his motions as he thinks of a plan.
COMBATSYS: Tsinghua has joined the fight here.
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Tsinghua 0/-------/-======|-------\-------\0 Velvet Blue
COMBATSYS: Tsinghua calculates his next move.
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Tsinghua 0/-------/-======|-------\-------\0 Velvet Blue
[VELVET BLUE]
"Ooh, he's even oiled himself up for us," Velvet is having fun with this clearly, though he isn't going to be when the punches start getting thrown, of course--because Haggar is huge, and though the fight is for show--the fight is going to be real.
Velvet has his sheathed short sword somewhere underneath the tunic. Honestly they don't tend to use it unless the situation calls for it, and while the performer isn't going to be pulling punches here either, it's not their first instinct to use deadly force. This is why when Tsinghua, or 'Red Rose' circles around and gets into position, Velvet takes initiative as the 'lead' so to speak, in this performance.
Velvet starts toward Hagger and zips around him, trying to land a chop and a kick to the man's side as he separates from Tsing, trying to present two different targets for the time being.
COMBATSYS: Haggar blocks Velvet Blue's Battle Dance.
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Tsinghua 0/-------/-======|-------\-------\0 Velvet Blue
[HAGGAR]
Hands flexing opened and closed as his hulking form sways slightly from side to side, Haggar slides one foot back and half turns to keep the smaller fighter in his peripheral. That is all he has time to do before the one with the tail is on him, a lashing chop toward his ribs caught on the solid curve of a flexed bicep, the follow up kick batted away by a downward sweep of the forearm.
"Oh ho ho." Haggar rumbles, shadow growing to encompass Velvet as he swings around to lunge after the darkstalker. "It seems Medusa is hiring better help these days!"
Left hand reaching, he attempts to sweep his arm through Velvet's and lock elbows, trapping the limb within the crushing vice of his flexed arm. If he can get that grip he will yank him backwards and off of his feet, whirling into a tight 360 degree spin with enough ferocious torque to stretch Velvet's entire body out horizontally.
"Round We Go!" bellows the Mayor, booming voice echoing throughout the ancient architecture.
Dipping his shoulder low, he relaxes his arm and attempts to release Velvet from his hold and slingshot him straight down into the stones at his feet, planting the darkstalker between himself and Tsinghua.
COMBATSYS: Velvet Blue blocks Haggar's Wild Swing.
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Tsinghua 0/-------/-======|===----\-------\0 Velvet Blue
[TSINGHUA]
An opportunity presents itself, as Haggar is busy trying to take Velvet for a spin. The boy rushes in, cane at the ready- before he throws the it towards Haggar, infusing it with his Chi so that the walking stick is kinetically locked in space. He approaches, and slides under Haggar to his opposite side, before attempting a swift, upwards chop towards Haggar's Tailbone from a low stance, while breaking the effect inflicted on the cane, so that it starts to move again- spinning, launching towards Haggar and attempting to hit him from the opposite direction simultaniously as his unarmed strike- a two-pronged attack!
A thin root emerges from Tsinghua's finger before it wraps around the shaft of the cane, pulling it back into his hand as he stands right next to Haggar, ready to react to the much larger man.
[VELVET BLUE]
"Uh oh--" Velvet blinks as Haggar manages to wind those massive tree trunks he calls arms, grabbing his arms and feeling like he's crushing them. He strains and grits his teeth, picked up rather easily by the huge towering brawler and swung around and around. Finally Velvet is let ago and goes flying, however twisting in mid-air and managing to come down on both feet and one hand, sliding roughly across the surface of the rock, nearly tumbling backwards.
"Not falling head over heels yet!" Velvet taunts a little, rearing back and lifting up one of those sandal-booted feet and trying to deliver a kick to Haggar's chest, putting some extra weight into it to try and break though his rock hard defenses!
COMBATSYS: Haggar endures Tsinghua's Yanchi Gun.
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Tsinghua 0/-------/-======|==-----\-------\0 Velvet Blue
COMBATSYS: Velvet Blue successfully hits Haggar with Stiletto Pierce.
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Tsinghua 0/-------/-======|====---\-------\0 Velvet Blue
[HAGGAR]
Haggar can feel it when Velvet's balance begins to shift, sense the darkstalker gaining control of his momentum as he is released, deftly blunting the impact of the throw. No time to worry about that though. Just as one opponent is rebuffed the other is coming in for the kill, lobbing that glowing stick at his chest and forcing the Mayer to throw up one hand in defense, making as if to catch the oncoming strike.
But it stops.
A brief look of bafflement passes over the Mayor's stern visage, brows knitting together as the slender warrior slides right between his legs, getting a good look up that hanging loincloth at the white Speedo beneath. Giving up on the glowing stick, he whirls away from it and the approaching Velvet, taking the rising knife chop squarely on the hipbone as he turns into the attack.
Looming menacingly over Tsinghua's comparatively tiny form, the glistening bronze bulk of the Mayor of SLAMtown flexes in the sun, wide wings casting a wide shadow out across the smooth stones of the arena. Mouth opening as if to make some grand proclamation, he has just started to speak when the energized staff clocks him squarely in the back of the head, jolting his skull forward as it bounces off and is deftly caught by the young fighter's lash of chi.
The giant man frowns.
Reaching back, he bats distractedly at Velvet's oncoming kick, hand missing the block completely and allowing the lithe fighter's foot to collide with his back just beneath his quiver, staggering him forward a step and transforming his frown into a thunderous glower of godly displeasure.
"Alright Young Lady!" the massive man roars, planting his forward foot solidly and bending his knee into something disturbingly like a runner's start. "Enough of your tricks!"
lunging forward into the ready young man, he brings his right arm swinging up in a rising lariat, aiming to bash him cleanly off of his feet and up into the air, before whirling around in nearly a full circle to smash his other arm backhanded into his airborne body, bulk of his attention swinging back toward Velvet.
COMBATSYS: Tsinghua blocks Haggar's Double Lariat.
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Tsinghua 0/-------/-======|====---\-------\0 Velvet Blue
[TSINGHUA]
"Splendid Kick, Sirong!
Tsinghua jumps over the first Lariat-Before the second, meaty arms comes flying towards his legs. He contracts his knees right before impact- before moving with the force the lariat creates to kick himself off and away of Haggar, "Agh!" even though the majority of the harm was avoided, a numb pain spreads across his now bruised legs. While he flips backwards, he wastes no time- and throws his stick towards the man's head with anger yet politeness, true to the red oni he is representing. " I- I'm no lady! I Implore you to get it right next time, mr. Haggar."
[VELVET BLUE]
"Flattery will get you everywhere--" Velvet seems to be responding to Haggar's addressing him, meanwhile pulling his leg back from having landed a blow on the Mayor's back. It felt like kicking a brick wall, and Velvet has to wince at the sheer lack of give the man's body yields. Hagger lariats towards Tsinghua, looking like a great big weed cutter about to bring the smaller devil boy down.
"Lets give him a rest, we're being too rough," Velvet doesn't intend on letting up the assault, of course--though he does seem to be going in for a lighter jab at Haggar's side as he whirls in for another attack, trying to go for the big man's side in a chop with his right hand.
COMBATSYS: Tsinghua successfully hits Haggar with Crushing Strike.
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Tsinghua 0/-------/-======|====---\-------\0 Velvet Blue
COMBATSYS: Haggar attempts to counter Quick Strike from Velvet Blue with Hammer Thru.
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Tsinghua 0/-------/-======|====---\-------\0 Velvet Blue
[HAGGAR]
Both of them are on him now, each of the lithe fighters doing what they can to pressure the mighty Mayor, to keep him turning and off balance. It isn't an altogether bad strategy. If they can keep striking at his flanks while he is dealing with the other, they might just be able to ware him down. But one wrong move and...
FWAP!
Velvet's slicing hand lands neatly in the huge man's palm, thick fingers engulfing the digits in an iron grip. Glowering down at the bat-eared fighter, Haggar leans in, ducking his head forward in an attempt to slip beneath the cane he can sense whistling in from behind, but he is too slow. Yet again the thrown stick bounces annoyingly off of the back of his skull, causing his dark eyes to wince at the fresh welt forming beneath his hair.
Hauling hard on Velvet's trapped hand, the Mayor swings his other mighty bear paw of a hand up toward the side of the slender man's head, attempting to club him silly with an open-palm strike to the temple while half turning to glance back over one glistening shoulder.
"Hold on now. You're a boy?" More than anything, the big man seems confused at this revelation. Eyes narrowing, he stares down toward the feminine figure as if judging this for the truth, releasing Velvet's squished hand and planting a palm atop his head to try and crumple him to the floor with casual strength.
"Son. Why are you wearing a dress?"
COMBATSYS: Haggar knocks away Velvet Blue with Hammer Thru.
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Tsinghua 0/-------/-======|=======\=====--\1 Velvet Blue
[VELVET BLUE]
It would appear Haggar has taken Velvet's hand, though it is far from any romantic sense. In this case, it is being half-crushed in what feels like a vise-like death grip, the type known only to those who have been caught in the coils of an anaconda, or perhaps had a cars frame collapse on them.
"Oh no," Velvet, or 'Violet', has just enough time to utter before Hagger clubs him with one of those huge hands of his, over the head, repeatedly. Velvet is able to free himself, stumbling back. Perhaps it's fortunate the costume this time is as practical as it is, it's hard to imagine anyone able to keep their balance after that. Velvet himself is left starry-eyed, jaw-slack before he shudders and snaps himself back to semi-consciousness, struggling to get their eyes to focus.
"See?! Got them right where I want 'em--oof.." Velvet has to take a moment to COMPOSE themselves after that one, wavering back and forth.
COMBATSYS: Velvet Blue gains composure.
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Tsinghua 0/-------/-======|=======\====---\1 Velvet Blue
[TSINGHUA]
"Velvet!"
The boy turns beet red to haggar's comment, but does not stop the pressure on Haggar. Trying to create some time for Velvet to rest. He crouches down, taking a chunk of white marble and lobbing it in front of him, before the freezing effect initiates once again, the chunk glowing green as roots form on the surface, expanding outwards before fading into thin air. He holds the stick, supporting the head with his other hand as he closes one eye to aim. A moment later, the sticks whips upwards and strikes the rubble twofold, still unmoving. "This should work."
It releases, the build up kinetic energy causing the chunk to shoot towards Haggar in an upwards curve with considerable speed. With a measure of frustration in his voice and face, he glances to Velvet. "Sirong saved me, and as the 4th promise of the Góng Family 8 messenger vows 'A messenger must never let a debt go unpaid, lest the Eight immortals are displeased.' i came here today to be met with this apparel, and I did not have a choice. I thoroughly dislike it."
COMBATSYS: Haggar blocks Tsinghua's Guding Gen (Hu Qi).
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[HAGGAR]
"Hrumph."
Mustache bristling with indignation, the towering government official turns back toward Velvet, pointing one thick finger at the man as he struggles to regain his wits. Dark eyes focused and serious, he rumbles out a simple, "You and I are going to have words about this."
The clanking thwack of metal against stone saves the darkstalker from any further engagement, Haggar rounding on Tsinghua just in time to watch the frozen hunk of marble break free of its spatial prison and come rocketing toward his chest. Left hand flashing up, he catches the chunk out of the air with a dry THWAP of stone striking his callused palm, leveling his stern gaze over the debris and toward the tiny boy beyond.
"Well. Seeing as we're all boys here," Haggar begins, tossing the chunk of marble clattering away to one side. "I want to see more of an effort! Come on and show me what the forces of evil have cooked up!"
Playing to his roll of angelic defender, the bellowing man launches himself toward Tsinghua, leaving Velvet behind as he stampedes toward the tricky martial artist with surprising speed for such a big fellow. Bearing down upon the Chinese boy, he reaches out to grab a fist full of dress at chest and thigh, attempting to snatch the light fighter clean off the ground and swing him high overhead, before bringing him crashing down to earth in a crushing power slam.
COMBATSYS: Haggar issues a challenge!!
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COMBATSYS: Haggar successfully hits Tsinghua with Medium Throw.
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[VELVET BLUE]
Velvet is able to snap out of the daze that Hagger put him in just enough to try and take stock of the situation, realizing that he's going to need to act fast, since Tsinghua cannot stand up to the Mayor of SLAM alone--or rather, Cupid's chosen, here.
"Don't worry, true love won't prevail after all," Velvet grinned and formed what looked like a line of glowing green-white disk of energy out of the air, spinning as he hurled it like a discus at Haggar, or maybe more like a frisbee considering how fast it moved through the air toward him. It was pure chi energy, and looked like it was formed from the wells of whatever resolve Violet there had left in him after that decking he'd just received.
[TSINGHUA]
Tsinghua grabs Haggar's hand, instead of Haggar grabbing Tsinghua, and as he's lifted up and gets slammed back down, he manages to-
"Wait, that's wrong?" The loud voice of the Narrator exclaims as he re-examines the script. With a sigh. "Bloody Alternate timelines. Let me..." coughing his throat, he starts once more.
Tsinghua reacts too late, getting snatched up as the large hand envelops him, he desperately pushes and pulls on the large fingers to no avail, as he gets lifted up and -slammed- back into the ground. "Aaaah!" he yelps out in pain, his small body crashed into the white stone. When Haggar would finally release his grasp, Tsinghua rolls and jumps backwards while pulling the cane back into his hand using another root, after it ricocheted off of Haggar's skull. To his own surprise, Tsinghua is actually enjoying this fight, rather then looking at it with his usual contempt and unease. Perhaps due to the presence of an ally.
He jumps- and twists towards the muscular man, having his cane at the ready as he tries to thwack it into Haggar's neck with a precise swipe, before trying to kick himself back off of the mayor's shoulders. On the way down, he holds the stick under him, and freezes it into place once again with that peculiar effect. He stands-and balances on it, floating around head-height for Haggar, in a physics-defying manner. Making himself a more annoying target to hit for the wrestler.
COMBATSYS: Haggar blocks Velvet Blue's Wishmaster.
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COMBATSYS: Haggar dodges Tsinghua's Random Strike.
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Tsinghua 1/-----==/=======|====---\-------\0 Velvet Blue
[HAGGAR]
"That's the spirit!" Haggar roars as Tsinghua tumbles away across the ground, tracking the nimble fighter with his eyes while the hairs along the back of his neck suddenly stand bolt upright. As a veteran of many battles, both in arenas and on the mean streets of Metro City, he knows what that feeling means. Spooky energy, probably coming right at him.
Surprisingly light on his feet for such a big man, he dodges backward away from the youngest fighter's swiping cane, swinging around to face down the humming disk of oncoming energy.
"BAH!"
Bringing one thick forearm swinging up, he steps forward and hammers right through the humming projectile, the force of its detonation washing over him. Briefly engulfed by a flash of green essence, he stumbles free from the other side with bits of blackened oil flaking off of his broad chest and shoulders, left forearm red and blistering from the intensity of the reaction. Still, he doesn't stop moving, sandaled feet pounding the stones as he charges straight at Velvet with a lunging palm strike that might just fill the entire arena with the loud SMACK of callused palm against upper chest. If he can land the hit, he will continue forward in an attempt to shoulder tackle the much smaller man clean off his feet, carrying him backward to crash heavily into one of the standing pillars with all 300+ pounds of oily beefcake piling in on top of him.
"Chi!" he booms, stepping back and reaching forward to try and peel Velvet off of the pillar. "Never had much use for the stuff."
That said, the Mayor of SLAMtown whirls the darkstalker about by his shoulder so they are both facing back toward Tsinghua, launching him one handed through the air much like the bat-eared fellow threw his energy disk mere moments ago.
COMBATSYS: Haggar knocks away Velvet Blue with Power Swing.
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[VELVET BLUE]
"He must be made of tougher stuff to stand up to something like that," Velvet is just a bit dismayed that The Mayor is able to stand up to one of his full-force chi blasts like that, watching as Haggar literally punches right through it, and dissipates it with pure macho energy.
"Second thought, maybe love has a chance after all," Velvet deadpans as he faces the camera, only to be interrupted by him being palm striked right into a pillar, and then picked up.
"Wooooah!" Velvet then goes flying towards Tsinghua--thankfully missing him somehow, before ragdolling next to him before slowly getting up off his feet. He is wracked with obvious pain and is quite bloodied by what has just happened to him, but still manages it, despite wavering back and forth briefly. As one does after getting tackled into a pillar and thrown.
"I still got a bit in me--lets go!" Velvet then takes a stance, breaking off running before actually blinking out of sight, just for a second--when he reappears, he's sailing towards Haggar's upper body with both feet out in a double leg drop kick!
[TSINGHUA]
"Goodness, are you certain you can fight?" He looks in horror at the bloodied Velvet, the darkstalker gets back into the action. Tsinghua's base instinct is to take a step back and focus, but he wants to avoid Velvet getting smacked again, so he goes against the grain and instead jumps off of his stick, before retrieving it again. Approaching Haggar and opting to attack him with a trio of rapid stick-swipes ankle-ankle, and chest as he remains close to Haggar, in a defensive position.
COMBATSYS: Tsinghua successfully hits Haggar with Teshi Baji.
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COMBATSYS: Velvet Blue successfully hits Haggar with Beautiful Beast.
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[HAGGAR]
Letting out a heavy breath, Haggar takes a moment to rub sweat from his brow with the heal of his hand. All this running about is starting to take its tole on the big man, not to mention the ache in the back of his head and the stinging burn of his scorched skin. Grit scrapes beneath his sandals as he steps forward to meet Tsinghua, facing down the boy who is rushing forward to defend his ally.
Lashing out with one meaty hand, he attempts to palm the short boy's entire head, to bring his measured advance to a halt at arms length. However, all he catches is air as Tsinghua darts beneath the grab, landing a loud wooden thwack against each of the towering Mayer's ankles. Grunting in irritation, he drops his glowering gaze down toward the rising boy, missing the teleport that brings Velvet far too close for comfort.
Velvet's feet and Tsinghua's stick strike Haggar's mighty chest at nearly the same moment, their combined force rocking him back on his heels. Stumbling, arms going out wide for balance, he sways further and further back, toppling like a majestic oak to crash heavily to the ground.
"HRPH."
Breath knocked out of him, the Mayer of SLAMtown blinks up at the sky in surprise and begrudging respect. That smarts.
Giving his head a shake, Haggar drags in a breath and hunches forward, rolling up to a seated position before his fiendish opponents. Staring sternly up at them, his mustache begins to quiver, eyes narrowing with focus upon Tsinghua's delicate face.
It's go time.
Snorting out a large gust of wind, he lunges forward onto one knee, left hand snapping out to try and snag hold of the slender boy's right calf. Hand large enough to completely circle the limb, he surges to his feet, attempting to heave the young fighter one-handed up and over his head, swinging him like a sledge hammer to impact the stones on his other side.
COMBATSYS: Tsinghua dodges Haggar's Strong Throw.
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[VELVET BLUE]
"Good thing I still weigh enough to make a difference!" Velvet lands with a bit of a tumble after the drop kick, having apparently landd squarely against Haggar, and things are getting down to the wire, with all three of them severely thrashed up.
"Sorry to have to do this, but y'know, orders are orders," he's still keeping in character, just enough for the cameras, with that. Velvet still looks like he's not completely drained yet, though chances are he can't keep this up for long.
"Here's a little lightshow to end this thing with!" Velvet reels back and looks like he's pitching a baseball--but in actuality it's a series of glowing red, yellow and blue colored geometric shapes and different things--squares, circles, maybe a bat or two in there, for good measure. The aura is distinctly chi, and it's sailing right towards Haggar!
[TSINGHUA]
The boy jumps backwards, cleanly avoiding Haggar's grasping swipe with a elegant flip. Landing as he points the cane towards the bigger man like a fencer. "Apologies, mr. Cupid. But for the great Gorgon's sake, may the serpent end this!"
He takes off one of the snake-like rings as he delivers his first (And probably last) In-character line. Lobbing it high into the air- before it gets infused with his chi, freezing while he jumps after it. He subsequently erupts in a flurry of strikes on the static ring using his stick, building-and building more momentum with each blow. Eventually, there is a delay- and Tsinghua raises the cane above his head as he aims a final, precise overhead strike that slams down on the ring as the boy drops back to the ground.
"Exhale!"
He calls, releasing the spell put upon the adornment as it darts down towards Haggar with frightening speed, much, much faster then the chunk of marble he used earlier. Like a chi-infused bullet aiming to penetrate through Haggar's defenses!
COMBATSYS: Velvet Blue successfully hits Haggar with Neon Carnival.
COMBATSYS: Haggar refuses to stay down!
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Tsinghua 0/-------/-----==|======-\-------\0 Velvet Blue
COMBATSYS: Haggar interrupts Dong Gen (Hu Qi) from Tsinghua with Improvised Throw.
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Tsinghua 0/-------/-----==|======-\-------\0 Velvet Blue
[HAGGAR]
"Do you punks," Haggar starts, panting between words as he lumbers back to his feet, "Really think I'd go down that easily? Keep dreaming."
Battered, bruised and scorched, the towering specimen of man braces his feet wide and stretches his neck, popping it with an audible crack. Still, despite his big words it's clear to see he's slowing down. That youthful speed and vigor has drained out, leaving in its wake an ambling sort of solidity, heavy and stubborn as a bronze-skinned mountain.
"Come on then. Give me your best shot."
No sooner is the challenge made than does Velvet answer it, sending a Lucky Charms box full of multi-colored chi projectiles flooding toward him. Gritting his teeth, he swings one thick arm up to intercept them, muscles rippling beneath his skin as he tenses up for impact. Unfortunately, there are far too many for him to stop. Only a couple balls slam into his arm while the rest zip over and under the mighty limb, blasting into his face and torso in a series of rapid detonations.
The Mayer sways...
"GAH!"
Shaking his head like an enraged bull, Haggar firms up his stance and surges through the last of the projectiles, dark eyes skipping from Velvet to Tsinghua. At the moment the smallest fighter is hovering high in the air, stick ringing against the small golden ring over and over.
That could be trouble.
Diverting course away from the darkstalker, the hulking politician lowers his head and charges, barreling into the attack with a sudden burst of speed, wringing every little bit he can from his tired muscles.
He is still three meters out when the ring is released, the bit of golden costume whistling down toward the oncoming brute with blinding speed. Unfortunately for the ring, instead of striking the comparatively soft meat of his iron-hard chest, it smacks him squarely in the forehead, rebounding off and throwing up sparks as it pings off the ground, a pillar, a distant rock, and finally bounces away across the ground, warped and wrinkled from its impact with the thickest skull it will ever have the misfortune of encountering.
With blood trickling from a small cut on his bruised forehead, Haggar hits Tsinghua like a run away train, right hand lashing out to grab the cute young man by the face and carry him clear of the ground. Continuing his forward charge, Haggar swings his grabbing arm straight out to the side and smashes his cargo into the face of a pillar, smearing him along its surface on his way by. The maneuver is repeated on a second pillar, slender form ground across the stone as if the big man were using him as a sponge to clean them, before Haggar hurls the lithe kid aside, turning to face the pair of them as his chest works like a set of bellows.
[VELVET BLUE]
"So much excitment--I don't think my body can take much more of it!" Velvet is hunched over, panting, and clearly getting tired here. Not the most tired he's ever been, but he's definitely been better. "His muscles, they are too strong," Velvet whines with a little giggle at the end of it, just due to the absurdity of the whole situation. Haggar can literally just howl and reject any of the flamboyant energy that Velvet directing his way. Literally!
"C'mon, can't keep this up," Velvet mutters to himself, his form flickering as he expends even more of his chi energy--rushing towards Hagger and attempting to whack him with a hammerblow while moving almost too fast for the eye to see!
[TSINGHUA]
"Ah! Let me- let me-" *crash* the boy goes entirely limp when his body is slammed into the pillar with terrifying force, momentarily unconcious as he's taken for a rollercoaster of hurt. Dragged across the pillars. By the second pillar, he snaps back awake. "Ti-Tíngzhi! Qing!" (stop, please!) But it's no use, as he reactively starts speaking in his native tongue. Haggar finally throws him aside, after the severely damaging attack. Painful scrapes on his cheeks, brain rattled, and everything feels sore, he lays on the ground unmoving. So, so tempted to just stay down, and give up. Just like what he did against Kongou.
But, It'd be cruel to let Velvet face that unstoppable force again, no? And he wills himself to get back up. His usually impeccable stance nonexistant as he struggles to stay up. The cane is still laying far from him, but he brings his hands together. Palms facing up and down towards eachother, and between them? A whirling mass of barely controlled Chi, taking the form of dozens of sharp, wooden splinters. Violently typhooning around between his palms. The wood whizzing past- and creating surface level cuts over his palms while he struggles for control. Finally, sufficiently content with the level of energy he has put into the attack, he stretches out his right palm towards Haggar, his other arm used to support his shooting hand as a wide, scattering flurry of tiny, wooden blades. Threathening to cut themselves into and past Haggar's oiled-up skin.
COMBATSYS: Velvet Blue successfully hits Haggar with Dreamgazer.
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Tsinghua 0/-------/------=|=======\=------\1 Velvet Blue
COMBATSYS: Haggar dodges Tsinghua's Mubo Shi Bei Jian.
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Tsinghua 0/-------/----===|=======\=------\1 Velvet Blue
[HAGGAR]
There is an attempt to avoid the dashing blow. An upward swing of one mighty arm that cleaves through the air behind the dashing darkstalker, stirring up the dust in his wake as the hulking Mayer staggers sideways from the force of the strike. Jaw throbbing from where the side of the bat-eared man's fist struck it, Haggar rumbles out a grunt, glaring forward with fixed concentration.
Just have to hold it together a little longer. Come on old man. Give these kids a workout.
Allowing the sideways stumble to take him, he flops his oiled bulk sideways behind a pillar just in time for Tsinghua's chi shard strike to smash itself against the solid face of the marble, sheltering from the shrapnel while he gets his feet back under him. Bracing one big hand against the stone, he drags himself back upright, bits of dust and debris clinging to his oiled side, and pauses for a moment to wipe blood from his eyes and catch his breath.
There is silence.
"RAAAAAAAAAH!"
Bellowing Roaring like an enraged bear, the dusty, bedraggled mountain of cherubic muscle comes barreling out from behind the pillar on a direct path toward velvet, thundering forward into a big right hand meant to catch the slender stalker on the jaw and repay him for the blow just landed. But that isn't the worst of it, as if Haggar can get his hands on the slender man he will wrap those huge arms tight around him and crush him to his chest, heaving him off of the ground and into a bone-jarring suplex that puts the exhausted Mayer flat on his back and the darkstalker planted head-first in the stones...
COMBATSYS: Haggar has reached second wind!
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Tsinghua 0/-------/----===|=======\=------\1 Velvet Blue
Hit or miss, the hulk of a man doesn't seem to be quite out of gas though, planting one massive paw against the ground and beginning to lever himself back to his feet with the tenacity of a true man of the people!
COMBATSYS: Velvet Blue dodges Haggar's Combo Throw.
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Tsinghua 0/-------/----===|=======\=------\1 Velvet Blue
[VELVET BLUE]
"How... ow," Velvet is in a lot of pain by this point, and he's also very tired--he's nearing his limit, and is obviously much more off-balance and slower than he should be. If anyone here had seen him perform before, that is.
As Haggar's massive hand and arm come swinging down for him like a pendulum, Velvet is able to duck underneath it and evade the man's grasp, half-falling back as he manages to shoot his sandaled foot outward and upward into the Mayor's chest, trying to land a kick that will perhaps finally stop the servant of Cupid--or Haggar. Or both.
[TSINGHUA]
All that, and the Mayor is still standing. Tsinghua stares wide-eyed, in disbelief. How is this man so tough? He is visually frightened, his bruised body shaking as he debates whether to keep fighting or not.
"Master will be upset again if I lose."
He mumbles to himself in his current state of mind. And as such, he approaches Haggar once again, with a unsteady run. His stick has been left on the ground, and Tsinghua barrels towards Haggar with a shoulder-strike, crouching down low before pushing his lithe shoulder into the man's midsection from below. A precise, yet forceful attack. The energy used for his own attacks causes the boy to stumble, and fall to one knee as the menacing figure of Haggar still looms over him. His face looking up, the fear of risking to take another hit clear as day on his delicate visage, and desperately hoping for Haggar to go down with this next pair of attacks. His arms prematurely shielding his body out of panic.
COMBATSYS: Haggar dodges Velvet Blue's Random Strike.
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Tsinghua 0/-------/----===|=======\=------\1 Velvet Blue
COMBATSYS: Haggar dodges Tsinghua's Power Strike.
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Tsinghua 0/-------/--=====|=======\=------\1 Velvet Blue
[HAGGAR]
It is Haggar's own swaying stumble that moves his broad chest away from Velvet's foot, muscular bulk lurching as he pushes back the fatigue and draws in a great lung full of air. A bit of the old pep and vinegar returns to his step as he circles away from the dancer, turning just in time to catch a glimpse of fluttering cloth as Tsinghua lunges in for the tackle.
"HUP!"
Breath escaping in a huff of effort, the big man throws his hands down, massive palms impacting the boy's shoulders as he springs up and over the tackle, sandaled feet crashing down behind him with a heavy THUD. There is no time to think, no time to doubt. These two pups have pushed him to his limits, and they deserve nothing less than his best in return.
Clasping both ham hands into a wrecking ball of knuckles and pain, the mighty Mayer drops it low and swoops around in a heavy swing, aiming a rising axe handle strike squarely toward the back of the cringing young man. He has only a second to see the panicked fear on the boy's face, a moment to wince in instant regret before his hands are poised to impact with a thundering smash that will lift the kid clear of the ground.
"Oof." the big man grunts, brows furrowing and mustache drooping as he brings both hands hammering down, aimed to bash him out of the sky and plant him firmly in the stones.
"Sorry kid." the big man mutters with earnest feeling in his gruff voice, "Thought you were here to fight."
[VELVET BLUE]
"Well, he did," Velvet sucks in a breath as he manages to regain his balance after striking and failing to connect. "I'm not sure how much anymore," Velvet managed to grin, though it was clear he was being more of a cheeky bloke at this point, than actually trying to underestimate the Tsinghua's conviction. He did underestimate that.
Pulling in a deep breath, Velvet began to use some of his last strength as his form flickered and he sped toward Haggar, trying to deliver a straight punch, or at least bring this to some kind of conclusion.
COMBATSYS: Haggar knocks away Tsinghua with Violent Axe.
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Tsinghua 0/-------/--=====|=======\=------\1 Velvet Blue
[TSINGHUA]
"No!-"
A panicked cry emerged right before Haggar's finishing Slam-Dunk. The Mayor's meaty fists crash into his back- as Tsinghua feels his body bend in a way that shouldn't be possible with a sickening *crack*- sending the lightweight hurling through the sky, coming back down only to be met with those hands once again- slamming down squarely into the boy's torso as he is slammed into the marble, the stone erupting in a shower of small chunks of rubble- as Tsinghua lays motionless on his back- his expression a snapshot of the fear he felt before the final impact.
But just when any reasonable person would assume it to be over, the boy stirs.
He is trembling, shaking not out of fear but.. something else. The ground shaking with him as he feels a new, inexplicable burst of energy course through his veins. The marble cracking outwards from his position- reaching and toppling a nearby pillar, the very earth beneath it shifting to lift the boy off the ground- and to keep him standing "What.. happening.." he glows a dark green, as small chunks of rubble fly towards his hand- being reshaped, pressed together, the different kinds of stone merging into one another until the boy is holding a jagged, rough mace made out of pure stone- Chi holding together each loose piece and creating a deep, emerald glow that shines through the weapon's cracks. He doesn't understand what's happening, and the frightened boy is launched towards Haggar by a emerging shaft of earth below him. Fear and confusion still readily visible on his face.
But nontheless, he moves, his weapon-arm swinging slowly upwards while he barrels into the Mayor, the Mace's chi-infused head threathening to slam upwards into Haggar with Chi-Empowered weight.
And as the boy falls unconcious towards Haggar, the trembling stops, as the earth around them rests. The mace crumbling into mere rubble, the boy unmoving and entirely limp.
COMBATSYS: Tsinghua can no longer fight.
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COMBATSYS: Haggar dodges Tsinghua's Zhongzi Mucai.
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COMBATSYS: Haggar attempts to counter Quicksilver from Velvet Blue with Giant Swing.
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COMBATSYS: Velvet Blue fails to reverse Giant Swing from Haggar with Spellbound Masquerade.
*KNOCKED AWAY*
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COMBATSYS: Velvet Blue can no longer fight.
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[HAGGAR]
Haggar's brief wince of regret shifts into a frown of open concern as he hears something crack within the slender boy. He hadn't meant to hit him quite so hard. To put him down, yeah, but not to leave the poor kid a cripple.
Unlacing his fingers, the hulking official drops his hands to his sides and takes a step forward, gazing worriedly down into Tsinghua's crater. "You alright kid?" he asks, just beginning to stoop down for a full check when the earth beneath him begins to shake. Stepping back, he watches the cracks begin to spread, priceless architecture crumbled and drawn in to form the glowing boy's oversized mace.
"Hrmph."
Mustache bristling, Haggar dodges nimbly to the side to avoid the slow upward stroke, stepping in behind Tsinghua to catch him before he impacts the ground a second time. Lowering him gently to the earth, the battered, well-oiled man pats him on the head with a grunted, "Good try kid."
It's at that point that he remembers the other participant in this fight, straightening up just in time to see a bat-eared blur rushing right at him. Acting on reflex he snaps both hands up, the left closing around Velvet's forearm while the right catches his left upper arm, stopping the darkstalker dead in his tracks. Rumbling out a grunt through his dusty mustache, the towering cherub lifts his captured opponent clear of the ground, bringing him over a foot up so they are eye to eye.
"I don't want to hear about you forcing that boy into a dress again." he instructs, face a stony mask of paternal disapproval. It is the sort of face that is hard to say no too, especially when it's attached to a body that is dangling you a foot off the ground. "Now let's put this to bed."
Whipping his great bulk around, and around, and around, he whirls himself and Velvet into a giant swing, air rushing out from their spinning bodies as he leans further back, glancing up toward the sky.
"HRRRRRRRAAAAAH!"
Bellowing from his gut like an Olympic hammer thrower, the Mighty Mayer of Meat hurls the darkstalker straight up into the sky, sending him soaring up and up past the pillars, past the highest seats of the arena, up until he can see the entire area spread out below him.
Only once the darkstalker has begun to fall does Haggar bend his knees and ready himself, leaping straight up into the air to catch the unfortunate dancer, invert him, and plant his head squarely between his greasy, muscular thighs. Thus held, the pair of them begin to spiral toward the ground in one of the wrestling legend's world famous Screw Piledrivers.
[VELVET BLUE]
Velvet tries to counter with his trademark magical ability as he's grabbed by Haggar, or Cupido, or whatever we're calling them by this point. As Velvet tries to marshal the strength to grab Haggar with his magic infused hand--the mayor instead grabs his forearm, and pulls him into what seems like a huge throw--pulled along with the huge man with a very shocked look on his face!
"Why do I sign up for this jooooob--" Velvet can perhaps be heard howling as he ascends even higher into the air, finally coming down and landing, sprawled out against the fighting arena, with swirly eyes, clearly.
It would appear love has conquered all!
Log created on 10:23:23 02/22/2021 by Tsinghua, and last modified on 16:04:22 02/24/2021.