Description: Battle on the barge! It's as much a a contest between two skilled competitors, as a challenge for the audience to keep up with the action. (Draw Match)
Harbor
The center of Southtown's rich importing and exporting trade--as well as
the Syndicate's far wealthier arms dealing and drug trafficking
business--the harbor consists of a series of piers, docks, and warehouses,
all filling the area to the brim with activity at almost all hours of the
night. At any given time, large cargo ships are coming in and out, and the
entire zone is perpetually busy with men loading and unloading the ships. As
of late, a war between organized crime factions has likewise made the harbor
into something of a warzone, with outbreaks of violence an almost weekly
occurence.
It's fight time! This evening's location is the harbor in Southtown, or
rather, a cargo barge off in the water just a head of the docks. The boat
has been emptied of all passengers and crew, leaving it clear for tonight's
participants. There's a few crates lying around here and there, but little
other 'scenery' on the ship. Likewise, the spectators are watching from the
docks, rather than on the ship itself. The only concession to other people
onboard is the camera crew, filming this round of the tournament.
And one of the competitors made it a point to be here early. Megumi took a
cab to the harbor, and spent some time talking to a few of the spectators --
it's not like she has a huge fan following yet by any means, though she sure
tried to remedy that -- , and finally walked up the boarding ramp, onto the
barge itself.
Some come early, but some prefer to be right on time. Such is the case with
the red figure rapidly moving toward the barge. Guy races through the
crowd, up the ramp, and comes skidding to a halt on one end of the barge.
He turns back, toward Megumi, and simply bows his head in a brief greeting.
Megumi looks quite pumped up today. No, not muscle-bound; energetic, and
ready. She gives a slight wave to Guy in response to his nod, "Hey there.
Seems we're both here...anything you want to say or go over before we get
this started?" Already, Megumi's moving about the deck of the ship, keeping
her eyes on Guy, even though she's trying to present a friendly mood.
Guy shakes his head in response, adding to the denial by saying, "No. I'm
sure that we're both well prepared, so it seems to me that we may as well
begin. Assuming you're ready, of course." He's started moving about
slightly, too, not willing to break eye contact.
Megumi responds, "Sure. Then let's get this going." And then she takes off
sprinting...off to the side, not towards Guy. She springs up on top of a
crate on the deck, and uses that as a platform to vault up into the air. And
her 'flight' takes her up above Guy's position, where she begins to descend
towards him, headfirst. With a yell, she starts spinning her body in a
repeating spiral, and extends her right fist ahead of her, aiming to smash a
punch into Guy's head or shoulders.
COMBATSYS: Megumi has started a fight here.
COMBATSYS: Guy has joined the fight here.
COMBATSYS: Megumi successfully hits Guy with Spiral Knuckle.
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Megumi 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Guy
Guy sees the attack coming, but stands there, doing nothing. Until the last
moment anyway, when he attempts to sidestep. He's not quite quick enough,
however, and Megumi's attack manages to solidly connect with his shoulder.
He spin about from the contact, though, managing to bring his fist back up
and around for a solid backhand attack. He's all business now.
COMBATSYS: Megumi dodges Guy's Houzantou.
Megumi lands in a handstand on her free hand, and uses it to spin aside from
Guy's fist, then drop backwards onto her feet. "Wow, you're pretty
fast...just what I expected from one of Metro City's heroes. I'm glad you're
my opponent." Then she takes a long step in towards Guy, and makes an effort
to shove him. It's a very simple, straightforward push, but if it works,
she'll follow it up with grabbing one of Guy's hands, and bending his arm
until it's in an 'L', shape, then pushing his hand back towards his face. An
unusual, but potentially effective, wrist-lock.
COMBATSYS: Guy interrupts Aikido Techniques from Megumi with Light Kick. -
Power hit! -
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Megumi 0/-------/-----==|=------\-------\0 Guy
Guy is shoved, of that there is no dispute. But when Megumi reaches for his
hand, rather than stand there complacently, he leans away to counterbalance
the small kick that he delivers to her midsection. He takes the short
respite that grants him to say, "I thank you for the compliment. I'm glad
as well."
'Small' kick. Guy places it extremely well, knocking the wind out of her
with an "Oof!", making her let go in mid-lock. She doesn't linger though,
knowing that getting stunned like that would let Guy take an advantage.
Instead, she jumps off to the side, planting her feet on the side of the
ship's edge, and uses that to launch herself towards Guy. She aims to wrap
an arm around his neck and drive his head into the deck on her descent.
COMBATSYS: Guy dodges Megumi's Quick Throw.
While Megumi flies at him like a fleshy balistic missile, Guy isn't staying
still. Instead, he's leapt upward himself, flipping rapidly, onto a crate.
He pauses there a moment, looking down at Megumi. A spirited opponent. His
perpetual frown lightens slightly, and he jumps again, flipping end over end
toward wherever Megumi lands, only to suddenly halt in midair and go for
what could easily be called an elbow drop.
COMBATSYS: Megumi dodges Guy's Bushin Izuna Otoshi.
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Megumi 0/-------/-----==|=------\-------\0 Guy
Megumi sees she's not going to connect with Guy, and drops into a roll,
immediately and smoothly coming out of it on her feet. This leaves her in a
good position to make a lunging hop backwards from Guy, his elbow able to
connect with thin air at best. "Jeez..." She makes a lunge at Guy. "Usually
I meet people who're stronger than me, but you just might be faster, too.
That's new." She attempts to grab an arm and shoulder with one hand apiece,
pivot sideways and toss Guy over her knee, and from there do an arm-bar.
Even if she gets this all as she plans, she doesn't maintain the hold long,
wisely trying to jump away from Guy before he can do any immediate
retaliation.
COMBATSYS: Guy dodges Megumi's Storm Hold.
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Megumi 0/-------/-----==|=------\-------\0 Guy
That probably would have hurt. A lot. If Guy had stood still to take it,
at least. Rather than choose such a painful course, he instead leaps to one
end of the boat, where he pauses again, considering her words. Finding no
adequate response, he instead runs at her in a straight line full tilt,
moving into a power slide kick at the last moment.
COMBATSYS: Megumi blocks Guy's Hayagake.
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Megumi 0/-------/--=====|==-----\-------\0 Guy
Megumi runs right at Guy even as he rushes her, but the difference is that
she's hoping to get a chance to grab him again, relying very much on a
grapple-oriented strategy. But her hands are shorter than Guy's legs, and
his slide-kick isn't what she expected at all. She manages to crouch down
and throw her arms out in a last-second block, but she still gets bowled
over and smacks the back of her head on the deck. An explosion of red and
black fills her vision from the impact, and while half-blind, she swings up
into a handstand and tries to wrap her legs around his head, then spin
around and drive him into the deck. She's pretty well aiming for where she
last saw Guy, though.
COMBATSYS: Megumi successfully hits Guy with Medium Throw.
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Megumi 0/-------/--=====|===----\-------\0 Guy
Guy is indeed where he was last seen. After kicking at Megumi, he honestly
wasn't expecting her to come to that much harm from something she seemed to
have blocked. Pausing where he was in a crouch, he is easily grappled and
thrown down into the deck. There's a barely audible sound of wood cracking,
as a splinter or two come up from the impact. Guy shakily gets to his feet,
dizzied by the impact. He shakes his head once or twice, then rushes back
up to her, only to flip backwards upon coming close, almost seeming to walk
on the air while kicking out.
COMBATSYS: Megumi counters Kamaitachi from Guy with Flood Reversal.
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Megumi 0/-------/-======|=====--\-------\0 Guy
Megumi gets to her feet quickly, clearing her vision just in time to see
Guy's technique get started. Her hands lance out to snatch Guy's ankle as he
backflips, and gives it a rather nasty twist, aborting the flip pretty
nicely and hurting Guy to boot. She lets go in order to let Guy fall to the
deck, and backs up a step. "I've never seen that one before...where'd you
learn it?"
Twists in the air, coming to a rough landing on the deck. As soon as he can
after the attack, he hops backwards, away from Megumi, favoring his ankle
slightly. There, he stands firm, and focuses inward on himself, bringing
his chi to up to a greater level. A very faint blue glow temporarily
surrounds him. While there, he responds, "From the same place I learned all
of my attacks."
COMBATSYS: Guy gathers his will.
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Megumi 0/-------/-======|=======\=------\1 Guy
Megumi isn't one to just let Guy sit there all peaceful and meditative,
though. "That makes sense, I suppose." She even laughs a bit at Guy's
response, and then takes off into a headlong dash at him. Her intent is to
get close enough to wrap her arms around Guy in a bearhug of sorts, and then
spin behind him and bridge over backwards; a German Suplex that should drive
him into the deck once more. The owner should be glad it's apparently a
sturdy ship, at this rate.
COMBATSYS: Megumi successfully hits Guy with Strong Throw.
-* CRITICAL HIT! *-
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Megumi 0/-------/=======|=======\====---\1 Guy
Guy tries to time it too finely once more, and once more he's badly burned.
He's driven forcefully into planking, and this time a the cracking is more
pronounced, the wood visibly bending slightly. He bounces. He shakily gets
to his feet, but takes no action. Rather, just seems to be watching Megumi,
very, very closely.
COMBATSYS: Guy focuses on his next action.
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Megumi 0/-------/=======|=======\====---\1 Guy
Megumi does back off as she gets up from her suplex, likewise watching Guy.
"Huh. You look like you're okay, anyway." In the time she took to make this
assessment, she's failed to press the attack. More to the point, she's
gained a moment to steady herself and fully clear the effects from that
earlier incident of her head meeting the deck. Maybe not so much everything
else she's been struck by so far, but her vision clears, and that counts for
a lot.
COMBATSYS: Megumi takes a breather.
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Megumi 0/-------/=======|=======\====---\1 Guy
While Megumi is taking a break, Guy seems to be working on something big.
He starts trailing faint blue afterimages, as he LEAPS forward, punching
rapidly with an astonishing speed. Over and over and over. Yeah. He's a
litte more than okay.
COMBATSYS: Guy successfully hits Megumi with Bushin Hassou Ken.
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Megumi 1/---====/=======|====---\-------\0 Guy
Megumi tries to get out of the way, and actually does avoid the first punch
with commendable grace. It's the rest that ruin her day. She gets beaten to
and fro, crying out with each hit before eventually throwing up a hasty
block and jumping back from Guy. She'd been fine just moments ago, now she
looks half-ready to just drop over. "Guess that was kind of silly of me,
wasn't it?" Breathing hard, she begins spinning on her feet, on a straight
course for Guy. If she gets close, she bends down and grabs at his ankles,
yanking him off his feet. And while still spinning, she begins shaking him
up and down over and over, smashing Guy against the deck like a Welcome Mat
that needs dust removed from it.
COMBATSYS: Megumi successfully hits Guy with Tornado Slam.
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Megumi 0/-------/---====|======-\-------\0 Guy
Guy can't avoid this one, and so he gets smashed against the deck again and
again and again. When Megumi lets up, he come woozily to his feet,
stumbling backwards. They're both not in very good shape, but he
nonetheless manages to leap forward again, flipping along the way, to
deliver another elbow drop.
COMBATSYS: Megumi dodges Guy's Bushin Izuna Otoshi.
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Megumi 0/-------/---====|======-\-------\0 Guy
Megumi has enough presence of mind to make a pivoting sidestep out of the
way of Guy's elbow, and actually tries to grab it as Guy descends. Not so
soon as to be considered an effort to punish Guy for his attack, but she's
still trying to take advantage. And while trying to grab Guy's arm, she also
pushes one hand up at his chin, hoping to unbalance him and then twist his
wrist sideways, before letting go.
COMBATSYS: Guy blocks Megumi's Aikido Techniques.
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Megumi 0/-------/---====|=======\-------\0 Guy
Guy gets his wrist caught, but manages to force Megumi's hand away from his
face with is free hand. While they're both in so close to each other, he
takes the holds they already have on each other to his advantage, attempting
to raise her up and then smash her down on the hated, hated planking.
COMBATSYS: Megumi blocks Guy's Seoi Nage.
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Megumi 0/-------/--=====|=======\-------\0 Guy
COMBATSYS: Megumi successfully hits Guy with Flood Reversal.
- Power hit! -
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Megumi 0/-------/-======|=======\-------\1 Guy
He's finished. Guy can feel it. Evidently, he just wasn't fast enough.
However, as he feels himself flying through the air, starting to black out,
he steels himself. When he smashes into the crate, he barely feels it. He
forces his body to get to it's feet, and the blue after images start again.
Hoping to finish Megumi with the same attack that hurt her so badly before,
he leaps forward amidst a flurry of punch. And as soon as he's done, he
falls into unconciousnes.
COMBATSYS: Guy can no longer fight.
COMBATSYS: Guy has left the fight here.
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Megumi 0/-------/-======|
COMBATSYS: Guy successfully hits Megumi with Bushin Hassou Ken.
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Megumi 1/----===/=======|
Megumi is pretty well worn out after all this effort. She puts up a really
good effort of getting away from Guy, but this time turns out much like the
previous one. She manages to side-block a few of the fists away from her,
but the rest of then drive her back, back, back...and finally she falls to
her knees, disappointment keenly showing in her expression. "So...close,
too." She's not out cold, but she does topple over, and simply fails to
move. Guy's out, she's incapacitated...it's a Draw.
COMBATSYS: Megumi takes no action.
COMBATSYS: Megumi has ended the fight here.
When Guy finally starts to come to an indeterminate amount of time later,
it's with a blistering headache and a sore everything. Regardless, he
forces himself into a sitting position against a nearby crate, and then
closes his eyes again, as if he was going to take a nap. Instead, though,
he opens them up again, and calls over to Megumi in a bit of a cracked
voice. "Good fight."
Megumi pushes herself up when Guy speaks, looking over to him. "I was sure I
had you...I guess I messed up." She gets up to a sitting position, still
very disappointed. She acts like she lost, just about. "But yeah, that was
pretty good. Thank you." She shakes her head a few times, and then perks up
some, even looking back over to the docks and waving to the spectators. It's
her attempt to try and put some levity on what amounts to a no-conclusion
battle.
Guy says, "You're welcome." Then, with an effort of will, he picks himself
up and starts to move, slow and limping, toward the ramp off the boat. He
manages a small wave of his hand to Megumi that doesn't come above his
chest, and then continues his trek away.
Megumi gets up after Guy does, and follows him off the ship. She's pretty
banged up too, but at least it was a good, clean fight. And the worst the
boat owner got was several impacts to the deck and some minor cracks,
something that isn't really all that big of a problem. Even if no one won,
hopefully it was a good showing nonetheless.
Log created by Kobun, and last modified on 17:25:06 12/06/2005.