Description: Tony and Megumi work on their grudge, and then Jacob completely loses his temper while fighting Megumi. (Draw Match)
It's fight night in Southtown, and SNF's been on a real 2-vs-1 kick lately. Tonight's main event is 2 on 1, and most of the previous weeks' main events have been the same sort of match too. Now the handicap match virus is breaking out of the Howard Arena, and infecting people on the streets!
The better part of a street block has been sealed off today, police and SNF crew establishing barricades to allow spectators, but keep people (and cars, much more importantly) out. Some of the Gedo population is watching at those barricades, in fact. Cheaper to watch a free street fight than pony up for a ticket to the Arena, after all.
Megumi's waiting on her side of the boxed off area, keeping a bit out of reach from spectators as she gets ready; shoes are tightened, so she goes into stretching out by inflicting light wrist-locks on herself; one hand twisting the other. "Man, what a pain. Wonder who the heck they got signed up for this, anyway."
Jacob steps out of the crowd, giving his suit jacket a few minor adjustments now that there's no longer anybody jostling him. Anyone who knows what he's been up to lately might find it odd that he's still here for a fight tonight, but after all, he can't work all the time, can he? He doesn't know who he'll be working with tonight, and can only hope that it will be somebody that can help make up for his restriction in this battle, but for the moment his lack of knowledge about his partner doesn't bother him. He gives Megumi a brief nod once he reaches the fighting area. He remembers the last time he fought with her, and he also has some knowledge of events that went on at Strolheim, events which he finds a bit curious. But that's not really his concern right now. He's not on the job, so he just intends to enjoy himself. He stretches his back a bit and works a few kinks out of his neck as he waits, looking around for his partner in this fight.
"I can't believe this crap," a low voice offers from within the crowd, lost amongst the hubbub of the spectators and crew to all but the most perceptive of listeners. "They think they're gonna spice up their fights with this kinda crap, but this is kinda like trying to tell Bison he has to fight without punching.." The crowd splits as the source of the voice cuts through, heading in for the makeshift ring area. By the time there's only one or two 'sets' of people left, it's easy to see who's there--Tony Styles, dressed in his normal street clothes. It's not until he's almost over the guardrail that he sees who stands across from him. It's enough to make him stop in his tracks, and just sort of stare.
"You gotta be fuggin' kidding me." Of course, the word 'fuggin' is a pale comparison to what word was used, but still. Tony's attention doesn't even make their way over to Jacob, so focused on Megumi that he just sort of fades in with the audience.
COMBATSYS: Tony has started a fight here.
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COMBATSYS: Jacob has joined the fight here.
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Tony 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Jacob
COMBATSYS: Jacob has joined the fight here on the left meter side.
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Jacob 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Tony
COMBATSYS: Tony has joined the fight here on the left meter side.
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Megumi sees Jacob's here first. This doesn't get any particular reaction from her; the worst she can say about him is that he caught one of her attacks and knocked her out of a fight. So Jacob gets a casual wave before she props her arms behind her head. "Hey. Guess once your partner shows up we can get started, huh? Don't hold back on my acco..." She stops talking as Tony gets in. Is he even Jacob's partner? Hell if she knows, she wasn't paying attention. She's gone from casual to aggressive just at the sight of him. "Hell're you doing here? Trying to paint me as the ne'er do well again?"
Those propped arms of hers come in front of her very quickly, a glittering red ball forming in front of her hands. She pulls it behind her head with one hand, then leans forward and throws it at Tony before dashing to close on the two of them.
COMBATSYS: Megumi has joined the fight here on the right meter side.
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Tony's entrance earns a raised eyebrow from Jacob, but he doesn't appear too worried. So far as he's concerned, he and Tony have at least somewhat resolved their differences, so he doesn't have too much too worry about. Still, he's more than a little bit suspicious of Tony, given the company he's been keeping lately. Still, that can wait. It would seem that Tony is his partner for the fight, and although he's sure Megumi has a quite reasonable grudge against Mr. Styles, he doesn't intend to let her capitalize on it right now. As soon as it's clear that the red energy ball is heading toward Tony Jacob dashes toward Megumi, lashing out with a quick kick at her ribs as he gets close.
COMBATSYS: Megumi successfully hits Tony with Crimson Comet.
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Jacob 0/-------/-------|=------\-------\0 Megumi
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"I'm not here to paint." Tony doesn't make it much further than that before the ball of pain just sort of ends up burrowing and burning into his chest. Something worth noting is his decision to /not/ take up his kickboxing fighting stance...another something worth noting is the glint of silver showing near his wrists, tucked away by his sleeves. Rather than fire off a counterattack, Tony just sort of stands there, looking mean. And hurt.
COMBATSYS: Tony focuses on his next action.
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COMBATSYS: Jacob successfully hits Megumi with Black Bag Job.
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Megumi plows headlong towards Tony, only to be intercepted by Jacob. His kick...she tries to slide under it, but due to a case of trying the evasion a fraction-of-a-second too late this just means she takes the hit very high up on her ribs while sliding. That sends her spinning to the ground, definitely hurting. She doesn't make much of a /noise/ about it hurting, but her face tells it all. Nonetheless, she rolls forward and gets up without even using her hands. Convenient, since those hands are forming another sphere and hucking it at Tony. What's he got there? Knives? Guns? Something's not noticed on him before, anyway. It catches her attention and she's focusing on it.
As Megumi begins forming the ball to hurl at Tony, Jacob lunges out, reaching toward her hands. He's too slow to knock her aim off, but that's okay, as it wasn't his intention. He ducks into a roll as he comes up to Megumi, passing beneath her arms as the energy attack flies out, and as he goes past he twists his body, snapping out a kick aimed at her knee. As soon as his foot is not occupied elsewhere he quickly leaps away, getting back to his feet a hopefully safe distance from Megumi.
COMBATSYS: Megumi successfully hits Tony with Crimson Comet.
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Jacob 0/-------/------=|=====--\-------\0 Megumi
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Another ball of doom, and Tony does little more than shift to one side--not enough to really avoid the ball, but maybe just barely enough to sell the idea that he made some halfhearted attempt at getting out of the way. Strange, that.
"See, I guess the front office has some kinda issue with me actually /fighting/," Tony notes, letting one arm dangle whilst entangling the other in his belt. The grimace on his face shows the pain he's trying to fight off, even as physically he still looks more or less okay. "So we'll have to settle this shit some other night. Instead, I'm going to keep myself...entertained." With that, Tony makes a whipping motion with the free arm, a glint of steel flying through the air for Megumi.
So then, what is this flying implement of doom? Well, calling it a knife is going a little overboard--though it definitely is sharp. A boxcutter blade, taped a little near the bottom and handcrafted to give it some proper trajectory when thrown. "I'm here to cut you, bitch. You'll just freak-mutant heal it anyways, but I want to give you something to remember me by 'til our next date."
COMBATSYS: Tony successfully hits Megumi with Thrown Object.
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Jacob 0/-------/------=|=======\-------\0 Megumi
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COMBATSYS: Jacob successfully hits Megumi with Cipher.
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Jacob 0/-------/-----==|=======\-------\1 Megumi
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"Shut up!" Megumi's clearly pretty focused on Tony. That's when Jacob slips in and does his low knee-kick, which she tries to jump back from...but that's why he's grabbing at her arms, right? Clean hit, Megumi's balance buckles...and she stares at Tony. The incoming knife? She /stands there./ Takes it right in the stomach, crumpling forward a little from it...but she literally did nothing to try and defend against it. "..." Just...staring.
"Always something like that...always thinking like that..." Her arms go wide apart, then high and low to create a thin energy wall. It shoots forward, then slides back to try and wash over her before fading away. She looks rather...upset. Just staring right at Tony; as if Jacob wasn't here, as if his knee-kick wasn't on her mind (though it certainly had to be).
An irritated look begins to cross over Jacob's face, an odd contrast to his usual calm demeanor during fights. He's had a lot of responses from various people he's fought, but this is the first time he's ever landed hits and been outright ignored. He's aware that Megumi and Tony have a grudge to work out, but having both fighters ignoring him makes him look a bit of a fool to everyone watching, at least in his mind. With that in mind, Jacob decides to try to force some reaction out of them. While Megumi is forming her energy wall Jacob runs up behind her, grabbing for the back of her head as he tries to sweep her feet out from under her with his leg. His intention is for both of them to fall forward, but for him to be able to catch himself on his free hand while he uses his grip on Megumi to slam her head down against the road.
He's got little to say to Jacob on the topic--it's entirely likely that Tony isn't even aware of the fact that Jacob's feeling ignored. Instead, his focus stays on Megumi and her healing field. Sliding forward, Tony flicks his wrist to reveal one more of the makeshift blades.
"Yeah, girlie-girl. That's why they loved fucking you up so much before...they could dish on you all damn day and night, and you'd get right back up, ready for more. I can see it, now. It makes a lot more sense, that way."
Mostly unawares as to how the healing field works, Tony lunges forward, attempting to put his hand through the field and wrap fingers around her neck. Should he be successful, the followup is both quick and brutal--perhaps too much so for TV. Once, twice, thrice, coming around the bend to the fourth and fifth...his blade dancing and sinking into hopefully-unprepared flesh...finding kidneys, or stomach, or intestine, or /some/ organ of interest in there.
"I love you. Happy Valentine's Day."
COMBATSYS: Megumi successfully hits Megumi with Restoration Aura.
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COMBATSYS: Megumi dodges Jacob's Strong Throw.
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COMBATSYS: Tony successfully hits Megumi with Unrelenting Fury Chain.
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Jacob 0/-------/-----==|=====--\-------\0 Megumi
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Megumi /isn't/ ignoring Jacob. She's aware he exists, aware he's been dealing notable damage to her. So when he circles behind her and Tony charges her to try and get through the field...she twirls around at Jacob, deftly catching his grasps and shoving him away while spinning; he's unharmed, his attacks have just been deflected. Then she runs. At her wall, which causes the knife in her stomach to fall right out then disappears. And she still runs. Right /into/ Tony's blade. ON PURPOSE. There is no other explanation for it. She's not leaning into the attack to deliver a return blow. She just charges right into the blade, screaming out. Very masochistic move met with a decidedly unpleased reaction; she's screaming from each knife-strike. And when it stops, she's on her knees, clearly very...hurt. "Don't you...ever..." That's when she reaches at his knife-wielding hand, the other thrusting upward to get his hand off her throat. "Don't you ever..." Free hand's glowing. Then she /screams/, and tries to slam that hand into him. The hand itself won't touch Tony, but rather the sparkling red around it should blast right off her hand and hopefully knock him away.
Not realizing that he's mistaken about being ignored, Jacob is just getting more and more irritated. Yes, Megumi is obviously aware of his presence, as demonstrated when she deflects his attack, but she and Tony are quite obviously focused on one another. Even with the annoyance he's feeling, however, Jacob isn't eager to run into that fray of stabbing and energy attacks, so he holds back for a few seconds, grumbling quietly under his breath. This is far more than he usually lets show during a fight, indicating that it may be effecting him even more than he's visibly letting on. He still doesn't seem to have reached the visceral level of hatred Tony and Megumi seem to have for one another though, thankfully.
COMBATSYS: Jacob focuses on his next action.
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Jacob 0/-------/-----==|=====--\-------\0 Megumi
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COMBATSYS: Megumi successfully hits Tony with Crimson Blast.
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Tony hadn't really expected that--but on the other hand, he won't argue it either. There's a moment of disbelief...when Masochistic tendencies met Sadistic urges, noone goes home unhappy. Or maybe everyone does. It's difficult to tell.
Giggling like a madman, by the third stab it's easy to see the crimson splatters on his tank top, dripping from the blade and makeshift handle, coating his fingers and hand. By the fifth, a stray splatter hits his face, contrasted by the wide eyed, looney-tunes-gone-horribly-wrong smile.
"C'mere hon, gimme a hug..." Again, there isn't much effort put into getting out of the way of her energy blast, instead focusing his attention on keeping Megumi nearby, wrapping an arm around her and just sort of eating the blast. Unfortunately, it doesn't go quite as he hoped, his knees buckling. "...We're gonna trip the night fantastic..."
He'd have to remember to kill whoever came up with his limitation, Tony decided with a portion of his remaining 'Conscious Time'. The remainder is spent planning the final shot. "...On Valentine's day, with my lil'red Honey-Bunny..."
Should Tony be successful, That knife will plunge one last time, but deep...carving and drawing on Megumi's skin, making it partway through designing a Heart-Shaped scar. "...Tell me, and be honest..." A pause then, as Tony slumps regardless of hitting or missing. "...Was the Spaniard better for you? I need to know..."
COMBATSYS: Tony can no longer fight.
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Jacob 0/-------/-----==|=======\-------\0 Megumi
COMBATSYS: Tony successfully hits Megumi with Random Weapon.
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Jacob 0/-------/-----==|=======\===----\1 Megumi
Megumi is /hurt./ This is in fact her own fault for jumping into Tony's assault earlier. She's on her knees after that last blast, bleeding...and something about her has 'frozen up'; she's not moving. Even as Tony begins cutting her like a goddamn sicko. There's...no reply. She seems vaguely aware of him, on some small level. After a few seconds of this /carving/, she suddenly snaps back to reality with a scream, shoving Tony back and executing a palm-heel strike to his nose to knock him out. She's definitely messed up though...not even standing. Just staying on one knee and one foot as she slowly turns to Jacob. Arms go wide and high, another wall forming...she needs this one. Badly. It's possible she almost let herself be killed.
In other circumstances, Jacob might feel guilty about attacking Megumi after what she just went through. He'd still attack, but he might actually hold back a bit. Now, though, he's still rather pissed off, and he's figured out by this point that Megumi is capable of healing herself, so he needn't feel too bad about hurting her. He does have a few questions about Tony's sanity now, however...
As the healing wall goes up, Jacob charges towards Megumi, intending to go right through it on his way toward her, if it hasn't already reached her. He leads with his right fist, attempting to drive it up and into her stomach. He then pivots suddenly on one foot, intending to carry through the force of the blow to fling Megumi away and down onto the road.
COMBATSYS: Megumi successfully hits Megumi with Restoration Aura.
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Jacob 0/-------/-----==|===----\-------\0 Megumi
The palmstrike was just icing on the cake for this incredibly short, yet incredibly viceral and painful matchup--With all of the Psi-energy going around, the palm strike was the only actual /blow/ Tony took...the rest adding up to one _hell_ of a headache once Tony wakes up. Like a sack of potatoes, Tony falls over...bloodied knife clattering harmlessly a couple of feet away.
COMBATSYS: Jacob successfully hits Megumi with Bang and Burn.
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Megumi looks...sort of dazed, really. The wall hits her with very modest effect; a lot of her wounds are still quite open and she's still bleeding noticably. She's just starting to stand up when Jacob rushes her, the wall speeding up when he does; it /will/ reach her first. She tries to jump back from his fist, but it's a case of mind willing, body weak. She stumbles back, clutching at her stomach as Jacob tosses her away. She lands on her back, immobile. Out? Maybe. The officials are about to declare it as Jacob's win when she does another wall-creating gesture, and sends it into the sky since she's lying down right now. As it descends for her, she starts to sit up, and definitely looks...wrecked. Something's not right with her.
When he has time to reflect on this fight, later, Jacob probably won't be very proud of his beating on Megumi while she's in this shape. Right now, though, he's just pissed. As he sees the healing wall go up into the air he mutters a string of curses under his breath as he runs over toward the girl. She manages to start sitting up before he reaches her, but that doesn't change his plan. He pulls back his right foot as he gets close, then swings his foot forward with all the force he can muster, attempting to drive home a blow just beneath her ribs.
COMBATSYS: Megumi successfully hits Megumi with Restoration Aura.
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COMBATSYS: Jacob successfully hits Megumi with Black Bag Job.
- Power hit! -
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Megumi looks much better! The wall washes over her and fades away, and she's starting to stand up when Jacob charges and kicks her.
Megumi looks much worse! You can hear something go 'crack' as she's hit, sent spinning back down to the ground...no shout, no scream. She's crying and gone into full defensive mode. Remember the energy wall? And the last one? She's making another one! This one's only half as tall as the previous one, though. It descends for her, and she probably looks pretty damn pathetic right now.
Oooh yeah, Jacob is really going to regret this later on. Indeed, one might notice that there's no longer any cheering from the audience, and hasn't been for some time. The people in the crowd just watch silently as Jacob wails on Megumi. It doesn't look very good as the older man beats on the girl, who isn't even fighting back at the moment. It's been some time since Jacob was in a situation like this, and the last time resulted in his being barred from a dojo he used to attend. He swore it was all an accident, but his opponent's arm never did heal properly. His temper hasn't gotten any better since then. Years of training allow him to hold it in check most of the time, but when it breaks loose, well... Fancy fighting techniques and the like don't even come to mind now, Jacob simply pulls his foot back and attempts to kick Megumi again. And again. And again. And if three times isn't enough, well, it certainly doesn't look like he'll stop while she's still moving.
COMBATSYS: Megumi successfully hits Megumi with Aura Mend.
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Jacob 0/-------/--=====|======-\-------\0 Megumi
COMBATSYS: Megumi dodges Jacob's Black Bag Job.
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Megumi isn't really fighting right now, yes. Really, she's trying to make her body whole right now. Takes top priority. The wall comes down on her, closing up another set of bleeding wound-area. And this time, Jacob's kicks are negated. First one is blocked sideways while she's still lying down. Then she shoots to her feet, and deflects the next one, then backflips away from him. She's visibly still hurting, and doesn't appear to be trying to fight him right now. She has enough presence of mind to shake her head over to a camera, swinging a jab at the air; Don't call No Contest. Don't call Submission. She's going to fight.
...Just not right now. Megumi's still got a lot of mending to do to her messed up body, and she's working on that while she has distance. Arm gesture. Wall. Goes forward, then begins heading back at her. This may be boring the hell out of the audience, but crowd-pleasing isn't on her mind right now.
Megumi managing to avoid his attacks does little to help Jacob's temper. It's not so much that he really wants to hurt her, the way Tony seemed to, but he wants her to go down, and he no longer cares at all about whether or not she gets seriously hurt in the process. It's a fine distinction, and not one that is likely to provide much comfort as Jacob comes charging down on her. He doesn't even bother looking at the wall this time as he grabs for Megumi's shoulders. If he manages to get her he comes in with his knee, attempting to drive it into her stomach. He then tries to switch one hand from her shoulder to her hair, and use that grip to drag her down and smash her face against the road.
COMBATSYS: Megumi successfully hits Megumi with Aura Mend.
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COMBATSYS: Jacob successfully hits Megumi with Bang and Burn.
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It's just as well. Megumi's creation hastens its path onto her as Jacob moves in. More of her knife-wounds vanish, but she still looks pretty hurt. And what visible damage she undoes, Jacob redoes by grabbing her, kneeing her hurt gut, and strike her into the ground. Is she going to /fight?/
Not just yet, it seems. A little more time. She creates...yes, another freaking energy-wall as she thrusts her hands out to break Jacob's grip and scramble away. She's /mobile/ now in a meaningful way at least, so maybe she'll get into the fight properly soon enough. She certainly can't keep this up all day, both from a combat-tactics side, and an energy-expenditure side. She's not an auto-regenerative goddess, by any means.
Jacob doesn't seem to be inclined to give Megumi any chances to keep away from him so that she can recover. He lunges after her as she attempts to scramble away from him, quite simply trying to tackle her to the ground. If he manages to hold onto her long enough he'll probably do something suitably violent, but for now he just focuses on simply trying to keep her from getting any breathing room.
COMBATSYS: Megumi successfully hits Megumi with Restoration Aura.
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COMBATSYS: Megumi blocks Jacob's Quick Throw.
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Megumi has it! She sprints into this next wall, and she keeps running right for Jacob! Not in a seemingly suicidal way this time, mind you. She's hurt enough that Jacob's tackle catches her by surprise, but she slaps her palms out to the sides, hitting the road (literally) in a breakfall maneuver. Sure, it hurts her hands, but means less impact transfers to her back and spine. And with a sharp yell, Megumi's stopped crying; she's trying to grab at one of Jacob's wrists and twist it sideways in a quick joint-lock.
COMBATSYS: Megumi successfully hits Jacob with Medium Throw.
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Jacob winces in pain as his wrist is twisted to the side, and it appears that that is about it for any last vestiges of control over his temper that he had. With a low growl he simply uses brute force to yank his wrist out of Megumi's grip, ignoring the pain, then he immediately grabs for the girl's arm. He tries to get one hand just above her elbow and another a little bit below, then he yanks violently backwards with the lower arm. It might not be enough force to actually break anything, but it should hurt quite a bit if he manages to pull it off.
COMBATSYS: Megumi dodges Jacob's Strong Throw.
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Megumi lets go of Jacob's hand, and appears to have caught quite the second wind. The girl who'd been crying and desperately trying to close up bloody wounds earlier is moving quite well, and expertly trading grapple-deflections with Jacob. His efforts to grab her are blocked aside, or caught at the grasping arm and pushed away, a completely successful defense as she squirms to get out from underneath Jacob.
And she gets it. She's on her feet! Backflipping away from Jacob, she lands with a red sphere already formed in her hands, flinging it at him. She's not completely revitalized, but this is a major step up from how she looked earlier.
COMBATSYS: Megumi successfully hits Jacob with Crimson Comet.
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The red sphere collides with Jacob's chest and sends him flying backwards, to land on his back. He stays there for a moment, just staring up at the sky. And then, all of a sudden, he's moving in a blur, not only on his feet, but already halfway across the distance between himself and Megumi. He lashes into her, lashing out with his fist at any spots where she still looks wounded or otherwise seems vulnerable. He keeps up this flurry of blows for several moments, then suddenly and fluidly shifts to an attempt to ram his shoulder into Megumi's chest, then kicking at her feet in an attempt to knock her off balance.
COMBATSYS: Jacob successfully hits Megumi with Dead Drop.
-* CRITICAL HIT! *-
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As Megumi gets swept off her feet Jacob grabs her by the shoulders, spins around several times, then hurls her away and down against the ground hard enough that she actually skids for several feet. He's already leapt into the air before she hits the ground however, and as soon as she comes to a stop he comes rocketing down out of the sky, driving his heel into her solar plexus before using her as a springboard to backflip away, landing on the ground a couple feet from her.
There's an interesting thing about Megumi's ability to undo injury. It's not /complete./ She's no longer bleeding or showing cuts, but on the inside she is hurt. Injuries, rather than visible wounds. She rushes to meet Jacob, planning on spinning aside from his first punch. Nice plan, but it clips her and makes her spin even more, dizzied for a second. And Jacob's follow-up blows rock her bck, back, back...down to the ground, and even jumped on as she falls. The wind is definitely knocked out of her, completely ruining that earlier burst of energy. She's about had it.
About had it. Not quite yet. As Jacob gets clear, she projects another paper-thin wall into the air and lets it descend on her. This is getting rather repetitive, yes. But it's her main special point in multiple-foe battles, so she has to make use of it if she wants to win after taking punishment like that. As the wall descends, she gradually gets up...
As Megumi begins getting up Jacob comes at her again. He lashes out with a kick aimed at her face; not too difficult to do when she hasn't gotten to her feet yet. Just before he would hit, however, he shifts his weight, so that rather than kicking her in the face he is now attempting to stomp her back down to the ground by way of her stomach. Talking during combat also isn't a usual thing for Jacob, but he's long since lost his composure. "Why won't you stay down!?"
COMBATSYS: Megumi successfully hits Megumi with Restoration Aura.
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COMBATSYS: Jacob successfully hits Megumi with Cipher.
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Megumi looks a little better (again) after her healing, but it doesn't entirely last. She's winded, and booted in the face quite nicely despite an effort to roll sideways to avoid it. This time there's a nice loud 'Ow!' from being struck and she lands in a heap, but gets up nonetheless. "Why? Because..." She's up, and laughing despite her injured stance. "Because I want to win. I took one of you down, if I get both...that'll look really good!" Where Kyo and Iori have flames that they frequently summon, Megumi has sparkling red energy. It surrounds her right hand as it balls into a fist, while she rushes Jacob and attempts to punch him right in the chest. As her hand swings out, the energy bursts forward in an effort to blast him away. Same attack that took Tony down. Might be too predictable.
COMBATSYS: Jacob parries Megumi's Crimson Blast!
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Jacob 0/-------/--=====|===----\-------\0 Megumi
Indeed, while Jacob was busy getting angry during the earlier part of the fight, that doesn't mean he wasn't paying attention. Even if he hadn't been, he knows well enough that when people's hands and other body parts start glowing it's usually a bad sign. So he's especially on his guard when he sees the sparkling red energy, and he's prepared enough to simply grab Megumi's wrist as she punches at him, jerking her hand to one side where the energy can flare off harmlessly. While holding onto her wrist he uses his free hand to grab for her opposite shoulder, then lunges forward as he attempts to drive his knee into her stomach. He's done similar things himself several times in this fight, but he's in the mood to be pretty straight-forward right now. If the blow connects, though, he does something different than he has in the past. Rather than slam Megumi down against the ground, he moves behind her and attempts to wrap an arm across her throat, and then squeeze as hard as he can, trying to cut off her air supply. He doesn't do any twisting or jerking or any other motions that might present serious danger for Megumi in this situation, and he would probably let her go if she were to pass out. Probably.
COMBATSYS: Jacob successfully hits Megumi with Bang and Burn EX.
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Jacob 0/-------/--=====|=====--\-------\0 Megumi
Megumi is winded from unleashing that blast, and it's amplified when she's struck in the gut again (that's really going to feel bad in the morning, yes), then choked. Her vision's starting to blacken as, incredibly, she can't seem to decide on a good counter-measure to a chokehold. Embarassing, really; she's spent a lot of time as a kid learning how to get out of this...but none of it's coming to her right now. Instead, as her throat constricts, she raises her hands up once more...and tries to clap them down upon Jacob's temples. Same idea as what she tried moments ago; the hands are just a 'plant' to blast energy out of. Her hope is that Jacob will get nailed on both sides of the head and let go. Or else just let go if he backs away from this.
COMBATSYS: Megumi successfully hits Jacob with Crimson Blast.
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Jacob 1/--=====/=======|=======\-------\0 Megumi
Jacob lets go, alright. "Gaaaaaah!" He drops to his knees, Megumi forgotten for a very brief moment. When he gets back up, he doesn't look to be in very good shape. Blood is trickling from his mouth, nose, and even ears; that definitely did some damage. He glares at Megumi and then rushes at her with a wordless cry, launching into a lightning fast series of blows as he gets close. He may have done this before, but he doesn't seem to mind repeating himself. Also, he's progressed a bit from when he just wanted to beat Megumi and didn't care about hurting her. Now he actually does want to hurt her. His rage has been building for the entire fight, and, after having an experience that was unsettlingly like one might think having their brain explode would feel like, there's nothing holding it back. Somewhere during his hail of punches he draws a knife and just begins slashing and stabbing wildly with it, before eventually driving his shoulder into Megumi's chest and kicking out at her legs.
COMBATSYS: Megumi dodges Jacob's Dead Drop.
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Jacob 0/-------/------=|=======\-------\0 Megumi
Megumi falls backwards when released, landing on her hands and using those along with her feet to prop herself up on all fours, like a table. A table that's taking very heavy breaths now that she can. She pushes over sideways, stands up, and lets out a startled "Uhn!?" as Jacob rushes her with his own blade. It's sort of a startled cry, but also a surprised gasp too...but she moves. Boy does she ever move. Little hops, spins, hand-deflections, and more to get through the assault, ending with her rolling sideways to get out of his path. She rises from her roll immediately and cleanly, turning to lunge at Jacob and try to grab his knife hand, raising it up...and trying to bend the fingers downward while lifting the palm up towards the sky. A submission hold, albeit a very light one.
COMBATSYS: Jacob dodges Megumi's Fast Throw.
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Jacob 0/-------/------=|=======\-------\0 Megumi
Jacob manages to yank his hand out of the way before Megumi can grab it, but he drops the knife anyway. Afterall, he needs both hands free so that he can grab for Megumi's shoulder. He then tries to duck down with his own shoulder, hefting Megumi up into the air and over his shoulders, and then slamming her down onto her back. He then immediately moves to leap on top of her, trying to make sure she doesn't get back up again.
COMBATSYS: Megumi dodges Jacob's Brush Pass.
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Jacob 0/-------/------=|=======\-------\0 Megumi
Megumi is lifted up easily, but when Jacob starts the slam part of this, she goes down...and rolls backwards, right out of the impact with very little injury to show for it, and right out of Jacob's grip to boot. She's up, and leaping at him to try and grab at a hand, then pivot and yank back, hoping to trip him and apply a wrist-lock. She wants this. She wants to win, so very much, her face contorted with aggression and urge.
COMBATSYS: Megumi successfully hits Jacob with Fast Throw.
- Power hit! -
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Jacob 0/-------/----===|=======\-------\0 Megumi
Jacob lets out a grunt of pain as he feels a twinge in his wrist beyond what might be expected from being pulled into a wrist-lock. Megumi may very well have sprained something. That's ignored however, as Jacob for a moment gives serious consideration to the thought of pulling out the holdout pistol that he keeps hidden on his person. Thankfully reason triumphs, at least in this instance. Instead he just throws one last punch at Megumi's face, before suddenly going limp and collapsing to the ground. Indeed, with the severe head trauma he's received, it's a wonder he was still on his feet at all.
COMBATSYS: Jacob can no longer fight.
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COMBATSYS: Jacob successfully hits Megumi with Quick Punch.
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Megumi is getting a little sloppy. As she applies the submission hold, Jacob's able to get one last punch out...she tries to duck aside from it, but it clips her right in an eye and knocks her back. She falls down, staring up at the sky. That's happened a lot in this match.
She's stopped moving. Completely. That hasn't really happened. Tony's been ruled eliminated long ago. Jacob's down. Megumi's down. Jacob fell first, but she's down too...and doesn't get up. She's just immobile, gasping for air. And thus, after a ten-count, SNF officials declare that Tony and Jacob vs. Megumi is a Double KO. Draw Fight. Not the climatic turn-around victory she was going for, but given all the decidedly, intentionally nasty things those two were trying to inflict on her...Double KO is really better than she should've been expected to do. A shame she's swimming between consciousness and out-cold right now.
COMBATSYS: Megumi takes no action.
COMBATSYS: Megumi can no longer fight.
Log created by The smoking crater named Jacob Reaves, and last modified on 19:59:23 05/03/2005.