Match of the Millennium

Description: CYS have split up at the Carnival, and Chris and Shermie decide to take the Tunnel of Love as a shortcut to meet back up with Yashiro! While they're inside, though, their boat crashes into one occupied by a mysterious lady in a Jack-O'-Lantern mask! Could she be... their Valentine?

[SHERMIE]
It's that time of year again. Carnival time! Ah, the wonders of the traditional Southtown celebration, back in town to revel in all things dastardly and deviant. Not to mention a wonderful way to make money and get kids high on candy. An air of excitement and mischief is present, which is definitely a draw for a certain Mademoiselle Jourdain or Shermie to those who know her best. She's had little luck in persuading her angry amor Yashiro to join in the joviality, so her other CYS bandmate Chris has been dragged along to keep the redhead company. Not that he put up too much of a fight.

Being a fashion designer and fan of Halloween, Shermie has of course taken the chance to dress up for the occasion. It's definitely an outfit that would cause people to stop and stare, even at a time where costumes are nothing out of the ordinary. She's poured her considerable curves into a matching black leather crop top and tiny shorts combo, complete with blood red bat wings, matching horns and a jet black tail tipped off with a dark black heart. As she swings and sashays through the crowds, somewhow never knocking into things, despite her thick red bangs completely blocking her vision, she only has one destination in mind.

"The Tunnel of Love, Chrissy! This is where I wish to be."

She makes a heart shape in the air with her fingers, the style of her black gloves leaving them free to gesture.

"That silly brute Yahshiro won't keep me company on my ride, so you will have to be my date for this evening. Be careful not to get too excited though!"

[CHRIS]
Cupid Chris didn't mind being with Shermie at the moment. There had worse places to be than a carnival. It didn't look so bad right now. He was lost in his thoughts a moment, looking so carefree, until Shermie mentioned Tunnel of Love.

Again, there were worse things than being platonically in the tunnel of love with Shermie. Besides, it fits his costume. Chris is wearing a pinkish-red suit, with white hearts all over. His is the same too. Only his shirt and shoes are white. He's also wearing angel wings, small ones, on his back, as well as a bow with a heart arrow. Love is in the air tonight.

He looks at Shermie when she tells him to not get too excited. "You're too old for me." He gives her a playful wink, not really thinking she is old, but had to push back. "I will be your Yashiro replacement, in a gentleman way."

He then proceeds to follow the succubus Shermie, to the tunnel of love.

[SHERMIE]
As the partners in music, violence and for tonight, fairground fun make their way to the entrance to the ride, Shermie claps her hands together in delight.

"Ah, look how pretty it all looks Chrissy. I love this kind of thing!"

The name of the ride is spelled out in glittering red letters that stand out brightly against the night sky. As the French woman makes her way over to the entrance, sliding into one of the elegant white swan boats that serve as their transport through the tunnel, she pats the seat next to her, inviting Chris to join her there.

"I am not too old for anything, Chrissy" she casually informs him. "But do not worry, you are more like a little brother to me."

As if to prove this, she rather annoyingly ruffles his hair, then gives him a devilish grin, befitting of her current attire.

The sound of 'My Heart Will Go On' by Celine Dion is being piped into the tunnel, which is rather concerning given that this is a ride involving travelling on water.

[CHRIS]
Chris follows the sexily dressed woman to the entrance of the ride. He could see it, that was definitely the tunnel of love. No mistake about it. He takes a seat near Shermie when she pats it. Might as well get it over with. Not that he was displeased or anything. It's always nice to be near a sexy woman, even if you can't say anything about it and can't do anything about it. Hormones, what a wonderful thing.

"You're definitely too old for kindergarten. I mean so am I!" Then his hair gets ruffled and that isn't his favorite thing in the world. "Watch the hair!" He doesn't yell it, however.

When the boat moves, and the music starts, all Chris can think about is 'There's a boat jack.' 'Well sure, jack is dead now, because you monopolized a plank that was wide and steady enough for the both of you.' Thinking that makes him chuckles, but soon his attention is back on the ride. Who knows what would happen in there. He at least knew what wouldn't happen... Love.

[JACK-O']
The boat continues to drift, finally entering the 'tunnel' the ride is named after. The scent of rose petals fills the air, the broad tunnel being comprised of heart-shaped, lit up arches holding a black roof and walls. On the sides of strip of water that carries the boats through, are rather thin white concrete walk-ways for employees and emergencies. But as the pair's boat turns a corner...

*SMASH*

The boat shakes to a halt! Seemingly having struck something.. It would not take long to discover it being a second swan-boat. Seemingly empty. Whatever the case, neither boat seemed to be budging. And it would take a little more, half a minute of potential frustration or confusion.

"Trick or treat!"

From behind them. They would find the peculiar sight indeed. A woman in a tight-fitting one piece, an opening tapering up starting from her navel. With black highlights, such as her belt and boots. She has fair skin, long hair that is oddly enough colored red on the side facing out, while being white on the side facing in. She is squatting on the very back of the pair's swan-boat, holding out a ball-shaped container with a Jack-O'-Lantern shape embedded into it, seemingly attached with a chain to her left ankle. The woman smiles broadly, tilting her head expectingly, nudging the container forward. The top opens up, inside, only a few pieces of candy are sitting at the bottom.

"Hmmmmm?"

[SHERMIE]
"Kindergarten is not cool enough for me" Shermie scoffs as she wiggles her derriere to ensure she's planted firmly in position. And with that they are on their way, weaving their way through the water on their winged vessel. She gives her carnival companion a bemused look, as he chatters about Titanic, staying strangely silent on the subject. She believes the rosebud lipped redhead was right to let her survival instincts kick in.

As they arrive in the tunnel that provides the heart of the ride, Shermie is just getting in the mood when rather rudely...

*SMASH*

"Sacre bleu!" she exclaims, clutching a hand dramatically to her ample bosom.

"What did you do, Chrissy?" she shrieks, quick to seek for a culprit, but soon her hidden eyes fall upon the real villain of the piece and she is squatting on their boat!

The costume is impressive for sure, as is the creature who is clad in it. Pursing her coral coloured lips together, Shermie reluctantly gives credit where it is due.

"Ah, I see someone else has made the effort to get into the Halloween spirit! Perhaps you have been drinking too much pumpkin wine though, as your sailing skills leave a lot to be desired. You also seem to have become confused about which boat is yours."

Her hand gestures towards Jack-O, as if seeking something.

"Perhaps you can give Chrissy some of that candy and we will forgive you."

[CHRIS]
Indeed, everything was going relatively well and tamed, really. Of course, he didn't expect anything exciting in there, but life has a way to give you things you didn't know you wanted in the first place

Bang the boat crashed, Shermie is upset. Of course, he gets blamed for it. "What did I do? You wanted to come here." He's about to stick out his tongue when he sees the newcomer. "Well well well. Don't need to know how to drive a boat to be sexy." Presumably, he's saying that about the newcomer and not Shermie.

Shermie then calls him Chrissy. "Don't say that, call me Chris! I don't need candies. I can get my own." He wouldn't be against some sugars though. He was sure that wasn't going to be on the menu. What would the new woman do, when she wouldn't get her candies. He kept her eyes mostly on her.

[JACK-O']
"Uuuuugh, what a bore!"

She loudly exclaims, pouting, her shoulders slumping as the wrecking ball closes up, but not before she shovels out what candies she had left- Throwing all of them in her mouth. "Ish mine." Chewing, swallowing, and more speaking. With her next sentence, her voice shifts somewhat- it turns deeper, a bit more serious, rather then the childlike enthusiasm she spoke with before. "I am Jack-o' Valentine. I'm called Valentine, like my sisters- But I like Halloween more. Did you know Halloween likely has Celtic origins?"

Then, she taps her cheek, looking up and away from the pair. "Well, I'm getting off-track!" She does raise her brow at Chris, however. "Creepy... You're too young for that kinda stuff- You're supposed to be shy around girls! And of your own age!" She accuses, waving around her finger.

Flipping forward, she kicks her own, stuck boat- wrenching it loose! It begins to float forward again, and Jack-O' reaches back- Pulling something out of her back pocket. A mask! Black, and with the same Jack-O Lantern carving shape embedded into it, placing it on her face. "There, that will keep me going!"

"You two fight, right? I can sense it! And, and something else..." Her voice had somewhat of a concerned tone with last part. "Anyways! How about we brawl? 2 against 1, loser buys candy!" She holds up her hands next to her face, holding and curling up her digits like claws.

"Because believe me, this ride is darn boring!"

[SHERMIE]
The winged redhead stifles a giggle as she sees Chris' reaction to the newcomer.

"Or perhaps Chrissy would prefer something else sweet" she teases, apparently ignoring his request not to go by that name.

As Jack-O devours the candy Shermie gasps, tilting her head towards the Swedish teen beside her.

"She swallowed your treats. I wouldn't stand for it" she stirs, her painted fingernails tapping on the side of the boat.

"As for the origins of Halloween, yes I have heard this talk. Am I correct in thinking All Hallows Eve used to be what we now call New Years Eve?" She's happy to be educated further on the fact, should Jack-O choose to elaborate.

"I see why you have chosen to haunt this ride if your name is Valentine. As you can see Chrissy and I also enjoy both love and fear." As if to demonstrate, she gives a flick of her heart tipped tail, followed by a flap of her demonic looking wings. When the other woman dons her mask, a gleeful expression appears on her face.

What do you think Chrissy shall we fight this cute little creature? Do you think you can keep your hormones in check if you are in such close contact?"

[CHRIS]
Chris closes his eyes a moment. Can't change the Shermie. He is used to it most of the time, but sometimes, he just wishes, yeah..

He speaks up. "I am fine." He says and listens to the two girls talk about Halloween.

"Valentine is a cool name." He finally says to the candy girl. He then looks at Shermie. "Yeah, let's fight. I will be fine. Will you be fine fighting someone who is potentially sexier than you?" He smiles at Shermie, a sweet smile, a too-sweet smile. Chris is always ready to fight in some capacity.

COMBATSYS: Chris has started a fight here.

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Chris            0/-------/-------|

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

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Shermie          0/-------/------=|-------\-------\0            Chris

COMBATSYS: Jack-O' has joined the fight here.

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Shermie          0/-------/------=|-------\-------\0            Chris
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Jack-O'          0/-------/-------|

[JACK-O']
"Great!" Jack-o' responds, though does briefly acknowledge Shermie's inquiry. "That's right! Some smart humans believe it traces back to Gealic festival called Samhain!"

"anywaysletsgetstarted!"

She shouts, holding her hands in front of her- And something materalizes! A strange, white mascot-looking character with a big round head, small torso and stubby digit-less limbs. It's face is a black circle with large round green eyes and a wide-open mouth, eyebrows tilted downward finishing the angry look this creature has! It is holding a sharp-looking trident about as big as itself.

She tosses the 'ghost' upward, spinning around seemingly uneffected by gravity. She jumps upward with it, flipping forward twofold to build up momentum before performing a powerful spinning kick downward on the ghost! This makes it launch forward with green energy, trident outstretched- Attemping to thrust into the swedish youth!

"How's -that- for your hormones, you creep?!"

[SHERMIE]
If Shermie's eyes were visible, Chris would see that they are currently being rolled skywards as he tries to get a rise out of the ultra confident girl. If he is going after her ego then his aim is way off, as it happens to be pretty damn secure.

"Hurray, we shall fight! What a shame Yashiro is missing all the fun though. He loves an excuse to throw people around."

A smile is beamed at Jack-O as her fellow female backs up her knowledge. "Yes! Samhain, I know of this thing. It is most fascinating."

She flexes out her exposed fingers and then rubs her gloved palms together as her soon to be opponent makes her invitation to start.

"So you against me and Chrissy hm? You must be a very brave woman." The words are delivered with a hint of admiration, followed by a loud gasp as she sees the mascot materialize.

"Ah, there is to be magic and wonder! How perfectly fitting for such a festival as this."

Her head follows the direction of travel of the strange spectre and it seems to be heading straight for the Swedish singer!

"Careful Chrissy!" she warns. "You might want to duck!"

COMBATSYS: Chris dodges Jack-O''s Spectral Lancer ES.

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Shermie          0/-------/------=|=------\-------\0            Chris
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Jack-O'          0/-------/-------|

[CHRIS]
Chris still listens to the conversation about Halloween, half interested. His interest is in the fight coming up.

Then the words he wants to hear 'Let's get started!" He gets in position, a sweet yet cocky smile on his face. "Bring it on." He gives her a wink.

He raises an eyebrow when he sees something materialize. "Ok, that's interesting." He tells her while eyeing the sharp trident on the ghost.

Then it happens, the attack. Valentine does some nice acrobatics which ends up a ghost and a sharp trident coming toward him. He hears Shermie telling him to duck, and it is a good idea. He gets into a split, ducking fully on the ground. It makes the ghost pass right over him, still a bit too close for comfort.

He gets back on his feet. "That was a good try. You keep trying hun." He then jumps and dashes forward in the air, elbow out to hit valentine with back to the ground. If he succeeds with that, he comes crashing down to stomp off their head before flipping back and away.

COMBATSYS: Jack-O' dodges Chris' Shooting Dancer Step.

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Shermie          0/-------/------=|-------\-------\0            Chris
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Jack-O'          0/-------/-------|

[JACK-O']
"Don't you 'Hun' me!" Valentine responds, flipping backward to have Chris's elbow strike whiff completely. "Careful you don't fall in the water!"

Jack-o' taunts, before swinging up her wrecking ball and catching it between her feet, still mid-air. Maw facing Chris, it's green mouth opens up to spit out a trio of black-and-green energy spheres risking to explode into the boy!

[SHERMIE]
Shermie claps her hands together as Chris follows her advice. "Good little Chrissy! You are wise to listen to Shermie."

She then readies her frame, expecting to be next on the Halloween hit list and watches as her ally goes flying through the air towards the candy queen. Hopefully he won't take her out of action before the French woman gets her chance for some fun.

Alas for Chris, Jack-O is rather light on her feet and skillfully backflips away from his dancing display.

When the ghoulish girl goes after her band buddy again, Shermie steps up, perhaps because she cares about him or more likely because she wants to take part in the fun.

"Okay! Time for Shermie to save the day" she announces before launching herself backside first towards their fiendish foe with the intention of aiming for her face and knocking her off balance. Should her move go to plan, she'd then straighten her legs together in mid air and spin into Jack-O feet first.

COMBATSYS: Chris dodges Jack-O''s Remove the Chain of Chiron.

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Shermie          0/-------/------=|=------\-------\0            Chris
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Jack-O'          0/-------/-------|

[CHRIS]
"I am not the one who will get wet from this encounter. I promise you." Chris retorts back to their new fighting buddy.

He sees her play with her wrecking ball, and it makes him think of something, which he will bring up a little later. He's smiling, but it's short life as he gets energy sent toward him. He twists his body midair to dodge the trio of energy spheres coming toward him, one barely missing. He falls back on the boat, on his feet, close to the water, yet not in."You still have to do better than that, Miley!" He gives her a wink.

He then jumps back into the air. This time he is trying to grab her. If things work out for him, he simply throws her out of the air, into the boat.

COMBATSYS: Shermie successfully hits Jack-O' with Axle Spinning Kick.

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Shermie          0/-------/-----==|=------\-------\0            Chris
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Jack-O'          0/-------/-----==|

COMBATSYS: Jack-O' blocks Chris' Quick Throw.

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Shermie          0/-------/-----==|=------\-------\0            Chris
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Jack-O'          0/-------/----===|

[JACK-O']
"Uuugh, stop being so dodgy!" Jack-o' quips in mid-air- Though her focus on the boy has her not notice Shermie in time. The french woman's hip-slam knocking her of-course and right into the subsequent double-legged kick, knocking her backward! Chris is onto her right away as well, briefly taking hold of her shoulder and thigh. But Jack-o' twists! Using a bit of energy to wrench free and land on her boat safely, as it rocks downward.

"Ouch!" She responds, albeit with a jovial tone.

She coils up, before launching herself forward toward the buxom frenchwoman, swinging her chained leg from left to right, arcing the wrecking ball in an attempt to crack it on the head of her opponent.

COMBATSYS: Shermie blocks Jack-O''s Quick Strike.

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Shermie          0/-------/----===|=------\-------\0            Chris
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Jack-O'          0/-------/----===|

[SHERMIE]
Shermie crinkles her pert little nose as Chris' makes his lewd remark.

"Chrissy, if you are going to watch sexy movies then make them French. They are far more classy."

The reference to the popstar isn't lost on her, but rock is more the CYS keyboardist's style.

As she finds her way back to her feet after her attack successfully hits her target, she flicks back her twin tails and throws out a compliment Chris' way.

"It is good you are fast. Keep ducking and dodging and all will be well."

Jack-O meanwhile earns herself a beaming smile as she lands on the boat.

"Wasn't that perfect?" she remarks on her own performance. It seems to be a rhetorical question. Apparently both women are feeling pretty upbeat about the violent turn of events. The smile remains perfectly in place until Shermie sees the wrecking ball heading towards her.

"Oh non!" she cries out with a dramatic shake of her head, deciding to follow her own advice and duck down swiftly. The ball does manage to clip the top of her head, cushioned slightly by her thick red locks, but she escapes the brunt of its damage and is soon ready to attempt some of her own.

With a swish and a sway of her impressive hips, she then smacks them into Jack-O before swiveling around her body and moving to crouch down behind her on the woman's bird inspired boat. She makes a grab for her with the goal of looping her arms around her waist and then bridging backwards to suplex her into the ground, head and shoulders first.

[CHRIS]
"There's only one dodgy person here, and it isn't me. Oh, you mean dodging your blows? Keep training, and you will get there too." Chris gives such a sweet smile to Valentine."

Then he answers his friend. "You're are all the sexy I need, sweety." He smirks as he teases his friend. He knows full well nothing would happen between them and wouldn't even try. I wouldn't do that to Yashiro either." The compliment seems to surprise him. "I get them with my charming fast self, and you end it with you sexy Joie de vivre." The way he says the french part is less than optimal, but it works.

He watches Shermie do her things, only when she is done successfully or not, he slides swiftly to Valentine and, when he is close, punches her with a strong punch. Whether he gets it or not, he slides up to the very edge of the boat and uses his arms to not fall off the boat.

COMBATSYS: Shermie successfully hits Jack-O' with Shermie Flash Original.
~~ Alluring Hit! ~~

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Shermie          0/-------/-======|=------\-------\0            Chris
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Jack-O'          0/-------/-======|

COMBATSYS: Jack-O' dodges Chris' Slide Touch.

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Shermie          0/-------/-======|=------\-------\0            Chris
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Jack-O'          0/-------/-======|

[JACK-O']
Under the mask, the woman is frowning- She had not been able to get any momentum in this battle, frustratingly enough. Oh well! She's still having fun. Though that fun gets halted a bit, knocked off-balance by the hip and subsequently approached from the back by Shermie, who transitions into her suplex with amazing smoothness. She -slams- against the boat, as it tilts way down, almost having the two ladies submerge- It rocks back up in time, however. In time for what?

In time for Chris's subsequent slide and punch. With Jack-o' still prone, she has to perch up on her arms to cartwheel backward and out of the way.. But she manages! Chris's punch barely whiffing, striking between the gap in her arms as she flips away. In combination with her flip, however, the wrecking ball swings upward powerfully in an attempt to strike the Swedish boy on the chin.

[SHERMIE]
"I'm all the sexy anyone needs" Shermie responds with a giggle and a wiggle, aimed towards the watching cameras rather than either of her fellow fighters. "As for Yashiro, it is very rude of him to be missing out on this fun. Wait till I tell him all about it later."

Throwing her arms out and holding on to the side of the submerging boat for balance, she watches as her companion in combat fails to hit their opponent with his the full potential of his punch. Jack-O once again displays her amazing acrobatic skills before bringing out the wrecking ball for an encore. Deciding to try and disrupt her dangerous attack, the French woman throws herself towards the violent Valentine, aiming a fierce punch at her arm.

COMBATSYS: Jack-O' successfully hits Chris with Medium Strike.

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Shermie          0/-------/-======|=====--\-------\0            Chris
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Jack-O'          0/-------/=======|

[CHRIS]
Chris can dodge that easily, can't he? With the boat rocking, it threw him off a bit and instead gets hit point-blank into his chin, and it takes him off his feet like an uppercut. He falls on his back for his trouble. He rubs his chin, having not expected this.

At least Shermie would take Valentine's attention hopefully while he recovered. He does not push further the sexy conversation with Shermie. He ponders his next move, and when he finds an opportunity arises, he gets in position to sweep her legs, trying to make her fall back into the boat. Or out, if that happens, but he hadn't been too lucky with his attacks. Shermie's attacks were finding the marks better.

COMBATSYS: Jack-O' dodges Shermie's Fierce Punch.

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Shermie          0/-------/-======|=====--\-------\0            Chris
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Jack-O'          0/-------/=======|

COMBATSYS: Jack-O' blocks Chris' Medium Kick.

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Shermie          0/-------/-======|======-\-------\0            Chris
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Jack-O'          1/-------/=======|

[JACK-O']
After her narrow dodge and counter-attack, Jack-o' gets the slightest moment to breath, a second of downtime before Shermie is onto her again with that strike toward the arm.. She ducks under it diagonally! Ducking low on the boat, inches away from Shermie, in grappling distance... Not a place she wants to be for a long time, considering Shermie's obvious affinity for throws. The Suplex proved that much! Valentine attemps to retaliate by jumping up and flipping backwards, straight above Shermie. Swinging her leg up, over, and finally down in accordance with her flip.

Naturally, the true attack was the attached wrecking ball, that would risk to crash into the Frenchwoman's obscured face like a pendulum!

What comes goes up, comes back down, of course: And when she does land on the boat again, the Boy is right back on her! Swinging his leg low in an attempt to trip the trick-or-treater. The woman manages to catch the leg as it's swinging, her arm straining somewhat when she stops it's momentum. Selling her acrobatics however, she cartwheels over the leg in the same motion as it's held in place- only barely landing on the edge of the boat"

"Aww, did that hurt?" She asks Chris. Surprisingly enough, it does not seem to be a sarcastic question judging by tone, sincere, rather.

COMBATSYS: Shermie interrupts Crushing Strike from Jack-O' with Shermie Whip.

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Shermie          0/-------/=======|======-\-------\0            Chris
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Jack-O'          1/------=/=======|

[SHERMIE]
As Chris drops to the ground, Shermie places both hands on her hips, her small mouth forming into a scowl. "Well that's just mean, Halloween Queen" she yells at Jack-O.

She's even less pleased with her foe when she foils her attempt to punch her.

"Hey, stay still!" she suggests, though the wrecking ball wielding woman would have to be foolish to follow the French fashion designer's fighting advice.

As Miss, or possibly Mrs Valentine positions herself above her, Shermie's gaze shifts upwards, her eyes if anyone could see them, showing a mischievous glimmer. She can see the ball of doom is threatening to head her way and she has no intention of letting it crash into her beautiful visage!

Taking advantage of the fact Chris is providing an added distraction for Jack-O, Shermie jumps sidewards, before leaping on to her agile attacker, scissoring her legs around her waist. She uses her as a support to plant her own hands on the base of the boat, before flipping her opponent over and slamming her down hard. She's not done yet though. Before Jack-O has chance to recover, she locks her arms around her waist and launches her backwards with a belly to belly release suplex, intending for her to land in the water with a loud splash.

[CHRIS]
After his sweep is blocked, Chris backs up, as much as one can back up on a boat like this anyway. He remembers hearing Shermie talking. When it matters, Shermie cares, no matter how teasing she can get. Besides, he knew he could tease right back.

Chris gets ready to do another move when he sees the wrecking ball going for Shermie, but she has it well in hand when she pokes through it and opens a can of pain on poor Valentine. This does not give him any great opening for a move of his own. He instead closes his eyes for a quick moment, takes a deep breath, and composes himself, to lessen the effect of the accumulated pain and fatigue.

COMBATSYS: Chris gains composure.

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Shermie          0/-------/=======|====---\-------\0            Chris
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Jack-O'          1/------=/=======|

[JACK-O']
Jack-o' was not foolish enough to do that.

Jack-o however was foolish enough to get caught in such a manner. Her response was too slow, and she gets chased- Caught by the faux Succubus's strong legs, and subsequently flipped over and slammed into the grou- Rather, boat! And another smooth transition from Shermie's part later, her ribs hurt under the strong pressure of that suplex hold, right before she's tossed backwards and cuts through the water with the biggest of splashes!

"Eyaaah!"

"Brrrr, that's cold!" Though she rises quite soon after. "And that hurt! This wasn't supposed to go so bad for me, D'ahahahaha!" What a thing to laugh about. "I'm not done yet though!" Her attention shifts back to the lithe boy, "Cover for me, little guy!" She says, pulling out another little minion, this one has stripe-like eyes and a big smile, with a sword. It dashes forward to erupt in a flurry of slashes against Chris- A sword so little it wouldn't inflict lethal damage, but certainly annoying.

Valentine herself flips back and out of the water, landing on the strip of platform on either side of the tunnel. She's propped low to the ground, squatting- All limbs on the floor, ready to leap away at a moment's notice.

[SHERMIE]
Shermie does care about both her bandmates, in differing ways, but it's just in her nature to taunt and tease. She is aware of Chris stalling to catch his breath and decides to try and keep the focus on herself a little longer with a victory dance. It is one probably familiar to CYS fans, though it usually comes accompanied by a keytar solo.

As the other woman finds amusement in her fate, Shermie can't help but join in. To an outside observer it would likely seem like a peculiar sort of fight.

Valentine is soon back to business though, going after the Swedish singer. She's brought company along for the ride too. Shermie glares at the smiling minion from behind her thick fringe of hair. She must save Chris!

Taking a leap of faith to join Jack-O on her platform perch, she takes a swing at her with an outstretched leg. It's not a kick with a great deal of power, more designed to throw the agile woman off balance than do any real damage.

COMBATSYS: Chris dodges Jack-O''s Spectral Knight ES.

[     \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  /////////////////////////     ]
Shermie          0/-------/=======|=====--\-------\0            Chris
[               \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  <
Jack-O'          1/-----==/=======|

[CHRIS]
Chris gets to rest, Shermie gets to kick as, and Valentine gets to laugh. What's not to love? That break seems to have revigorate Chris. "Ok, let's do this." He says. He doesn't know how right he is.

Another minion, again focused on Chris in this case. "Ok little guy, come and dance." The sword almost looks cute, but he doesn't doubt it would bring pain too.

W hen the flurry of slashes start, Chris smiles, and moves all around, but in a controlled manner. He's basically dancing as he said. Dodging each slices, barely at times, but with precise moments. When the slices are done, he finishes with a spin, before jumping in the air, toward Valentine with a quick jump kick, giving her a wink, while in mid air. Whether he hits or not, he tries to stay on the boat for the landing.

COMBATSYS: Jack-O' dodges Shermie's Light Kick.

[     \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  //////////////////////////    ]
Shermie          0/-------/=======|=====--\-------\0            Chris
[               \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  <
Jack-O'          1/-----==/=======|

COMBATSYS: Jack-O' dodges Chris' Light Kick.

[     \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  //////////////////////////    ]
Shermie          0/-------/=======|=====--\-------\0            Chris
[               \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  <
Jack-O'          1/-----==/=======|

[JACK-O']
And Leap away, Jack-o' did. However miffed at another one of her attacks whiffing against the swedish boy, both of her opponent's jumping kicks find themselves falling flat. Both would likely end up landing on the raised strip of platform lining the tunnel. With Jack-o's forward jump past the two and toward the boats, she also spins around to attempt and swing the chained ball into the back of Shermie's head!

COMBATSYS: Shermie blocks Jack-O''s Power Strike.

[       \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  //////////////////////////    ]
Shermie          1/-------/=======|=====--\-------\0            Chris
[               \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  <
Jack-O'          1/-----==/=======|

COMBATSYS: Shermie issues a challenge!!

[       \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  //////////////////////////    ]
Shermie          1/-------/=======|=====--\-------\0            Chris
[               \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  <
Jack-O'          1/-----==/=======|

[SHERMIE]
It seems Chris didn't need her assistance after all. He deftly dodges the murderous minion and seems to be enjoying the crazy combat that's happening. As he joins Shermie in trying to give Jack-O a kicking, she gives him a nod of approval.

Approval or not, Chris doesn't manage to hit his mark and neither does Shermie herself! A cry of "Huh!" is all the emotion she shows, though she's clearly determined not to let Jack-O off that easily. From her launch pad of the platform, the red haired keyboard player prepares herself to strike again, but wait a minute! What's this? A chained ball and it's heading right for the back of her beautiful bonce. Though it approaches from behind, Shermie senses that it's coming towards her and takes a leap forward into the water to avoid the impact.

Flapping her arms around wildly, she briefly heads under the surface, long enough to get her famous flame coloured locks wet. Those fans who may be hoping this will give them a glimpse of her elusive eyes will be left dissapointed however, as the weight of the water simply seems to pull her fringe down further.

Clambering out of the romantic river, she clutches on to the side of the cave to rise back to her feet and then looks towards Valentine, seeming to be sizing her up.

"You know, I like your style, dear. Why don't you show me what you're capable of?"

She flashes her a smile and then raises her arms out towards her, looking upwards towards the roof of the cave. As her face looks up, her chest is pushed forward, giving the curious cameras a clear shot of her curvaceous cleavage.

"My present and a little extra!" she announces, leaping towards Jack-O with the intention of locking her arms around the woman's waist. Should she manage to take a hold of her, she will pull her in close and then drop her backwards, suplexing her down into the boat whilst still keeping a tight grip.

Before Jack-O has chance to catch her breath, Shermie will shift around to her back, performing another suplex, this time of the German variety. Then she's on the move again, going for the third and final suplex. This one with additional force. It's back to belly to belly, followed by a dramatic drop to the base of the boat again with this time Shermie relinquishing her hold. Just in time for 'Say You Won't Let Go' a ballad by British boy, James Arthur to start playing.

[CHRIS]
Chris watches the ball as Valentine swings it again, but it wasn't at him this time. It was aimed at his feminine buddy. "Careful!" He tells her, though he probably didn't need to. Shermie has eyes all around her head it would seem like. She promptly dodges and then goes on the offensive.

He waits until they are both done dealing with one another before he goes for one of his moves. But he is amused. That Valentine was fun, Shermie was fun..

When he thinks it's the best time for his attack, he spins his body, and puts the momentum in a double-handed backfist to Valentine. Let see her dodge that one. He was the fastest here and he will prove it.

COMBATSYS: Jack-O' blocks Shermie's Shermie Carnival.

[       \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  ////////////////////////      ]
Shermie          0/-------/-------|====---\-------\0            Chris
[                 \\\\\\\\\\\\\  <
Jack-O'          1/---====/=======|

COMBATSYS: Jack-O' dodges Chris' Spinning Array.

[       \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  ////////////////////////      ]
Shermie          0/-------/-------|=====--\-------\0            Chris
[                 \\\\\\\\\\\\\  <
Jack-O'          1/---====/=======|

[JACK-O']
"I will hit you eventually, you know!"

Despite her poor performance as of now, Valentine remains in high spirits, landing on the boat perched on one leg. While Shermie appeals to the audience in a way that produces an eye-roll beneath Jack-o's mask, Chris shoots her way with his own strike. "Woh!" But a quick hop later, and the boy would find himself flying past his intended target- Though the lady with veiled eyes is on the chase! Shermie manages to lock her waist, and manages the first half of the suplex. Yet when the time comes to slam Jack-o into the boat for the first time, the girl stretches out her arms towards the floor. Using their strength to catch herself while spreading her legs and twisting her body to wrench free of the buxom lady's iron grip.

Rolling away, she then leaps, leaps toward Chris, wherever he might have landed. The whole motion happens with blinding speed, as her body pulsates with dark green. Right when Valentine crosses above Chris, her momentum stops as she holds the ball in front of her, and it shifts it's shape! Transforming into a person-sized studded dome, with comedic floppy arms. Dropping, she attempts to catch the boy in the dome, which would trap him with only his head sticking out! If successful, Valentine leaps, carrying the dome high up while spinning manyfold: Grazing the roof of the tunnel before dropping again! Transitoning her hold into that of a suplex wreathed in flame, to slam the boy into the boat.

[SHERMIE]
If the French woman hears Chris' warning, she doesn't react to it. She is far too focused on the fighting, finding herself having a frighteningly fun time. She flaps her fake wings in Jack-O's direction, seeming interested rather than angry at the woman slipping from her grasp before she can be inflicted with the full Shermie experience.

She gives her a round of applause, though it's unclear if it's sarcastic or genuine. As she goes after Chris, Shermie shoots towards Valentine, attempting to save him from the mean green machine by providing a distraction.

This time there's no showboating though, just a speedy punch aimed at Jack-O's solar plexus.

COMBATSYS: Chris manages to escape Jack-O''s Forever Elysion Driver ES!

[       \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  ////////////////////////      ]
Shermie          0/-------/----===|=====--\-------\0            Chris
[                  \\\\\\\\\\\\  <
Jack-O'          0/-------/------=|

[CHRIS]
Again... she dodges again he almost overshoots and ends up in the water. What will it take to hit her?

At least while Shermie and Valentine do their 'dance' he has time to get his equilibrium back. He would soon need it.

Then it happens, all so fast. Chris seems to be taken completely by surprise. He ends up in that thing, only his head out. Then when Valentine goes up, it seems like Chris will be in a world of pain. When she finishes with the move, surely he won't get up. Except, Chris is no longer in that thing. If one bothers to look up, he's holding on to a fixture on the ceiling of the tunnel. Probably the only thing, saving him from being taken out of this fight by Valentine. He seems to be struggling to hold there, however. Whatever he did, it wasn't easy. Maybe the distraction of Shermie helped him too for this escape that seems to come from a miracle. He tells Valentine. "You made that very difficult. I really wouldn't want to feel the effects of that. You are an amazing and fun opponent." Then lets himself drop toward Valentine, his feet straight toward her, planning to hit her heel first if he hits.

COMBATSYS: Jack-O' dodges Shermie's Quick Punch.

[       \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  ///////////////////////       ]
Shermie          0/-------/----===|====---\-------\0            Chris
[                  \\\\\\\\\\\\  <
Jack-O'          0/-------/------=|

COMBATSYS: Chris successfully hits Jack-O' with Gliding Stomp.
Grazing Hit

[       \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  ///////////////////////       ]
Shermie          0/-------/----===|======-\-------\0            Chris
[                    \\\\\\\\\\  <
Jack-O'          0/-------/-----==|

[JACK-O']
But her self-made prophecy from earlier would not yet come to pass, as Valentine ends up slamming the empty dome into the boat- Rocking it downward, submerging halfway as it hits the concrete below the water with a crack! That... Must have done some damage. Not to her actual target, mind you- But to the boat. And indeed, the mechanism that propelled it forward is seemingly now broken, as it stops entirely. "Oh, you little-!" She calls in frustration, that was her ace in the hole! But it failed, and now both of them are dashing her way again. Shermie's punch is sidestepped with a quick yet somewhat clumsy hop, while the boy's divekick finds marginally more success: The heel grazing past her forehead as the masked woman winces in pain.

But even if the woman's mood doesn't really sour, it becomes apparent that the one opportunity for a turning point had come to be wasted. Nontheless, a swift back-kick is planted toward Chris in tandem with her dodge.

[SHERMIE]
Whilst Chris is busy avoiding taking a swim, Shermie is busy straightening her costume. The strains of the Saturday night scrap are taking their toll. Not that most of the viewers would object.

Once her costume is back on point, she lets out a dramatic gasp at the fate of Chris. His bizarre prison looks horrific to be encased in and yet she can't help but giggle. Perhaps it's the sight of the floppy arms.

Before she can intervene, he manages to break free all by himself, leading to some rather patronising praise.

"Well done little Chrissy!"

Her hidden eyes shift upwards, watching as the teen clings on to the roof of the cave. As he starts to waver she shouts out words of encouragement "hold on, petit garcon, only to see him drop down immediately, aiming to make Jack-O his landing pad.

It's little matter that Shermie's punch is dodged because Chris is taking care of business. Valentine may not be out, but she's for sure wavering. As she retaliates with her kick at the brown haired boy Shermie comes at her too, attempting to lift her off the ground and throw her head first into the bashed up boat.

COMBATSYS: Jack-O' successfully hits Chris with Light Kick.

[      \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  ////////////////////          ]
Shermie          0/-------/----===|=======\-------\1            Chris
[                   \\\\\\\\\\\  <
Jack-O'          0/-------/----===|

[CHRIS]
Chris costumes also wasn't exactly top shape anymore. It is also not as clean as it was in the beginning. Cupid has been naughty.

No matter, he manages finally to hit Valentine while dropping. Not the best hit of all time, nothing for the record book, but it's something. He doesn't land super well on the rocky boat but still manages a smile at Shermie. "Of course beautée." Seems he picked up a tiny bit of french beside her.

Although he's able to stay upright and able to do that smile, he's not able to find his equilibrium on the boat well enough to dodge the kick aimed at him by a more than competent Valentine. It might not be full force as it connects to the left side of his ribs, nonetheless, it's unpleasant. "I have to take some hit sometimes, or it gets boring." He gives a grin, rubs where the kick has hit, and immediately goes for a throw of his own. If Shermie throws work, he grabs her from the ground only to drop her back. Otherwise, he's trying to slam her down on the ground, all the same, putting his left foot behind her right leg and pushing on her upper chest, over her breasts, to make her fall that way. If he's fast enough anyway. He did look a bit tired.

" We got this Shermie." he says, while he does this attempt.

COMBATSYS: Shermie successfully hits Jack-O' with Strong Throw.
- Power hit! -

[      \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  ////////////////////          ]
Shermie          0/-------/---====|=======\-------\1            Chris
[                        \\\\\\  <
Jack-O'          0/-------/--=====|

COMBATSYS: Jack-O' dodges Chris' Fast Throw.

[      \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  ////////////////////          ]
Shermie          0/-------/---====|=======\-------\1            Chris
[                        \\\\\\  <
Jack-O'          0/-------/--=====|

[JACK-O']
And when she finally did connect, it was with the weakest attack she had thrown out so far- Progress, however! No time for celebration, unfortunately- As the Valentine gets scooped up and slammed down hard into the boat with another -crack-. It really sounded like the thing was about to shatter. She fell down limply, splayed out across the wet boat. Chris leaping for her with his own throw, which is avoided by the woman rolling to the side. She retaliates by spiraling up, ball swinging round wildly as a veil of green chi surrounds her, attempting to slam against Shermie. As she lands, it is obvious that, like the boat, she is -battered-. On her last legs, as she stands with one arm hanging loose at the side. Even her mask wasn't smiling anymore, the jack-o-lantern mouth curling downward, sad.

COMBATSYS: Jack-O' successfully hits Shermie with Zest.
- Power hit! -

[             \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  ////////////////////          ]
Shermie          1/-----==/=======|=======\-------\1            Chris
[                        \\\\\\  <
Jack-O'          0/-------/=======|

[SHERMIE]
Whilst Chris shrugs off being kicked by Jack-O, Shermie lets out a cheer when she successfully launches the long haired lass through the air. Perhaps she's lighter than expected or perhaps the musician is pumped up from the fight, whatever the reason the result is that Valentine hits the boat brutally, causing it to give up the ghost and break completely.

Thankfully for the prone woman, Chris doesn't manage to follow it up, allowing her a brief respite from the bloody violence. Shermie doesn't have any intention on letting her off for too long however.

Before she gets chance to pounce on her, Jack-O has some plans of her own. Seeing that the ball is heading her way again, the red haired rockstar appears to freeze with fear, resulting in it swinging straight into her beauteous breasts and knocking her backwards into the water. As the song switches to Sea of Love, Shermie splashes around the tunnel, finally managing to pull herself back into the boat that's still in one piece. Using it as her platform, she launches herself through the air, intending to finish off her foe.

As she lands alongside her, she strikes a pose for the benefit of the viewers at home and calls out "You won't run away from me!"

She's quite the sight with her dripping wet costume now clinging to every crevice and curve of her feminine frame. There's a brief flash of a smile as she plants her hand down on top of Jack-O's head and then drops down behind her. From this position she will try to lock her arms around the other woman's waist, using the momentum to drop her backwards on to her head and shoulders. If she can pin her down, she will give her the count of "One two three" familiar to fans of wrestling.

[CHRIS]
Again Valentine is able to get away from him. But it seems the concentration she gives him, allows Shermie to get some good hits, so it works out. Teamwork in a different way. Of course, he can see even if Valentine is worn down, she's not done yet.

When the ball is on the move, he backs up a bit. He knew full well it's wasn't pleasant to be on the receiving end of it, but it wasn't aimed at him but apparently at Shermie. "Watch out." He says, but it's too late as the ball hits her right in her feminine assets, and sends her straight in the water.

Shermie doesn't stay in for long and Chris gets to prepare his own attack, while Shermie attempts her own. It seems she was done with this and wanted to finish it. Chris would help her if he could. If Shermie hits her move, he waits for her 1, 2, 3 before picking Valentine if she didn't get back up. If the move fails and she is already up. Chris hits his fists together before starting to punch at Valentine's stomach. If he has his way, he gives her a left and a right in that stomach, one uppercut, and then grabs her, using his hip to throw her back down to the boat. Who will go down first? One of them or the boat? Water fighting didn't sound too interesting*

COMBATSYS: Jack-O' dodges Shermie's Shermie Flash.

[             \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  ////////////////////          ]
Shermie          0/-------/-------|======-\-------\0            Chris
[                         \\\\\  <
Jack-O'          0/-------/=======|

COMBATSYS: Jack-O' dodges Chris' Fierce Combo.

[             \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  ////////////////////          ]
Shermie          0/-------/-------|=======\-------\0            Chris
[                         \\\\\  <
Jack-O'          0/-------/=======|

[JACK-O']
"Uuuuugh.."

She grunts, as she sees Shermie get back up from her strike. Deciding to not comment on the whole breast thingy. With Shermie vaulting over her, Valentine decides on dipping again. Pushing the frenchwoman's planted hand away before rolling and leaping forward, to the intact boat. "Yes.. I will.."

And in evading that first attack, Chris's followup was also avoided. For now, Jack-o' stands back, waiting- Channeling her chi to build up a last bit of additional energy.

COMBATSYS: Jack-O' gains composure.

[             \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  ////////////////////          ]
Shermie          0/-------/------=|=======\-------\0            Chris
[                     \\\\\\\\\  <
Jack-O'          0/-------/-======|

[SHERMIE]
Shermie doesn't hit her move, though it's more about Jack-O's abundant agile ability than any lack of skill on the French fighter's part. She gives Valentine an amused look, as she fires back with a line of her own. Good, the banter made things extra fun and it played well with the Saturday Night Fight and Midnight Channel fans.

As the ball wielding babe composes herself, Shermie moves to take advantage. She pulls the other woman into a tight hug, which may seem like a friendly gesture until she springs backwards, attempting to pull Jack-O with her and then launching her over her head with a giant swing. Calling out to her partner in both beautiful music and ugly violence (or is the other way around?), She encourages Chris to go after her too.

"Get her Chrissy! This has been fun, but I want to try out the rest of the rides at the carnival."

[CHRIS]
It was almost frustrating the way Valentine could evade everything, but it brought respect. Besides, she would tire herself before long. She, after all, isn't him.

Then she seems to wait, gathering her wit perhaps. It would make sense. Shermie would have none of it of course, and Chris understood he had no intention of letting her compose herself either.

When Shermie calls to him, assuming she actually manages to throw her in a giant swing, Chris jumps to catch her and throw her back to the boat, making its wood whine again if he manages to do it. If Shermie fails to get her in the air, he does it from the ground. He's trying to slam her into the boat anyway.

COMBATSYS: Jack-O' blocks Shermie's Front Flash.

[               \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  //////////////////////        ]
Shermie          0/-------/-----==|=======\-------\0            Chris
[                      \\\\\\\\  <
Jack-O'          0/-------/=======|

COMBATSYS: Jack-O' dodges Chris' Medium Throw.

[               \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  //////////////////////        ]
Shermie          0/-------/-----==|=======\-------\0            Chris
[                      \\\\\\\\  <
Jack-O'          0/-------/=======|

[JACK-O']
And another exchange happens. Shermie manages to grip Jack-o' Tightly, and does successfully chuck her backward- Yet, she can feel that part of that was willing on Valentine's part. She moves with the motion, and is now flying away in a more controlled flip, grabbing her ball which then shoots out a green gout of energy diagonally downward. This changes her trajectory, dodging Chris's followup to land safely on the boat once more.

"Keep him busy, little buddy..."

She said, while chucking up another goober. This one had slits for his eyes and mouth, floating midair and wielding a little wooden cane. It fires off a homing green projectile toward Chris, aiming on knocking him out of the air when he inevitably comes her way again. All the while Jack crouches in preparation.

[SHERMIE]
Okay, this woman isn't here to play. Jack-O is making more than a respectable account of herself and Shermie is thrilled about it. After all the whole reason she fights is to have fun. Winning is just a bonus. Thus when Jack-O thwarts her flashy move, Shermie simply smiles, nodding her head slowly as she stares the other female down and plotting her next move. For now though she's busy focusing her fancy tricks on Chris. This gives Shermie to assess the situation a moment before she goes in for the kill (or at least the takedown.)

Running at her full speed, Shermie moves towards the violent Valentine with the intention of picking her up and throwing her into the air. Where she will land is of no concern to the flirty French fashionista.

COMBATSYS: Jack-O' successfully hits Chris with Spectral Magician EX.

[              \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  //////////////////            ]
Shermie          0/-------/-----==|=======\==-----\1            Chris
[                       \\\\\\\  <
Jack-O'          1/-------/=======|

[CHRIS]
Chris can't hit Valentine. He's ok with that. It's rare to find an equally fast opponent (or better). Then there is a minion, another one. When it fires a green projectile at him, he doesn't try to dodge it, as he is still in the air and seems to go straight for him. He takes it in the chest, gets hit, and falls to the ground.

He quickly gets back up but lets Shermie do her things. He starts powering up, his eyes growing darker for a moment.

When Valentine is standing on the boat, Chris slides toward her and aims multiple palm strikes at her body. Quick, yet hard shots, if he manages to hit this time.

COMBATSYS: Jack-O' dodges Chris' Chain Slide Touch.

[              \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  /////////////////             ]
Shermie          0/-------/----===|======-\-------\0            Chris
[                       \\\\\\\  <
Jack-O'          1/-------/=======|

COMBATSYS: Jack-O' fails to interrupt Quick Throw from Shermie with Calvados.
- Power fail! -

[              \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  /////////////////             ]
Shermie          0/-------/--=====|======-\-------\0            Chris

COMBATSYS: Jack-O' can no longer fight.

[              \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  /////////////////             ]
Shermie          0/-------/--=====|======-\-------\0            Chris

[JACK-O']
The boy slides her way yet again, a thrusting flurry of palm strikes- It would surely have taken her out, but it is narrowly avoided by a backward cartwheel. From the corner of her eye, Shermie is also dashing in. In reaction, Jack-o' grabs the chain of her ball and begins spinning it. And right when Shermie layed hands on her, she would have tried to jump away-

Yet, her motion is halted by an injured leg, and Valentine gets scooped up and chucked high- Very high. Crashing against the tunnel ceiling and subsequently falling down into the water with a big splash. "Aaaaaaaaaaah!" Yelling on her way down, but not making a sound when submerged...

Is she okay down there?

[SHERMIE]
As Chris goes down, Shermie gasps, but she doesn't stop to check on him. She knows despite his age he can take care of himself and besides, she's in the process of throwing Jack-O to...well it seems to be deep into the water via the tunnel ceiling.

Shermie peers down in the direction of the ripples that Jack-O caused and sees no sign of the woman emerging. Looking across to her now recovered bandmate she gives him a beaming smile.

"Seems like we won, Chrissy! I love winning and why do I win? Because I got class."

With that the succubus costumed sexbomb turns on her heels and heads back towards the swan shaped boat.

"Alright let's finish this ride. There's plenty more I wanna see tonight."

[CHRIS]
Chris gets dodged once again, but it doesn't matter Shermie throw seems to have taken care of things.

He waits a moment... Maybe the girl drowned. If you can't swim, then you don't fight on a boat. It's the basis of safety, especially if you're not good enough to win.

Finally he answers Shermie. "I confirm we won. But she is was interesting enough if she drowned, I might go to her funeral." He nods his head then looks at Shermie. "You got class, and you're sexy. I figured if I made her have to dodge everything I threw at her, you would be able to get her. Great job. The perfect plan, of course."

He follows to the boat, unsure if it's fit to ride anymore, but he knows how to swim so he won't drown. "Too bad Yashiro missed this."

[YASHIRO]
==*== A FEW MINUTES LATER, IN THE TUNNEL OF LOVE ==*==

The boat rocks with a heavy thud as Yashiro Nanakase drops into it next to the red-haired figure seated beside him. He's wearing black and green face paint as part of his purple-coated Halloween costume, giving him the appearance of some kind of demi-zombie.

It's pretty badass.

"Hey, hey, Shermie! Sorry to keep you waitin', babe!"

The redhead remains silent as Yashiro scoots closer on the seat, looking around.

"Looks like Chris went on ahead, huh? Nice. Guess that means that it's just you and me..."

The white-haired, muscular young man stretches his arms behind his head as he sidles closer along the seat in a classic high school boyfriend maneuver, before lowering his arm across the redhead's shoulders. The redhead remains still and wordless.

"Hey, Shermie! Why so quiet? Aren'tcha happy to see -"

The redhead's face slowly turns upwards toward Yashiro's as he leans in, scarlet bangs falling away as a light passes overhead to reveal the visage...

...of Iori Yagami.

Yashiro's face contorts, somehow reddening and growing pale at the same time.

"R-REDHEAD?! N-NOOOOO!!!"

With that, he throws himself violently from the deck of the love boat into the dark waters of the romantic canal, his screams echoing through the tunnel as he puts his prodigious swimming talents to use in powering himself back against the current toward the source of the love river.

[SHERMIE]
As the white haired rockstar swims for his life, trying desperately to get the image of frolicking with his most fierce foe out of his brain, a girlish giggle can be heard echoing around the tunnel. Sitting back in the swan shaped boat, Shermie removes her Iori mask and discards it in the water. It looks like Yashiro has received his trick for Halloween. She'd be sure to make it up to him with a treat later.

Log created on 10:12:19 11/05/2021 by Jack-O', and last modified on 05:37:55 11/18/2021.