Description: The self-styled "God of Battle" takes on the Zero Doll. (Winner: Cammy)
Shrine
Odd. Placed in a small clearing of forest, almost in the middle of
nowhere, is a small Shinto shrine. It consists primarily of a miniature
building and the lengthy, stone walkway leading down to the stereotypical
stairway. The entire place, however, seems to be in disrepair, and isn't in
the least occupied...and hasn't been for some time.
Aren't Shinto shrines supposed to be all about purity and sanctity? Oh well...
It seems like nothing is sacred here in Southtown, and Shenwoo doesn't
particularly care one way or the other about the local religion. The only god
he believes in, after all, is himself. There's the usual Saturday Night Fight
crowd all around, making a cordoned-off area outside of which the camera crew
and spectators are found, with plenty of space inside said area for the fighters
to throw down. For his part, the self-styled 'God of Battle' is seated in front
of the small shrine building as he waits for his opponent to arrive, his dark
eyes hidden behind expensive sunglasses and a faintly eager, feral grin on his
face. Oh, he hasn't had a good public match in a while. In far, far too long!
His left hand clenches tightly, the thin black leather of his glove creaking
under the tension, while he psychs himself up. Gotta get into 'the zone'. Got
to get ready to rumble. Even as he sits, not a bit of him seems to be still,
his legs faintly moving, toes tapping against the stone pathway, his shoulders
even shaking slightly. Nothing, nothing in all the world, not fame or money or
women, beats a good old fashioned /fight/.
Cammy's opponent wouldn't be waiting too long for her arrival. A figure
wearing a heavy, crimson-coloured cloak appears from the treeline around the
clearing, before solemnly beginning to make her way towards the cordoned off
area. The guards do stop her, but after a small exchange, they let her through.
Stopping at the bottom of the stone steps, the girl looks up towards Shenwoo's
position, as she lifts a red-gauntleted hand to the clasp of her cloak, popping
it open, then flinging the cloak away from her in a smooth move. As the heavy
cloak falls to the ground, the young Doll lifts a hand to adjust the little cap
she wore, before stiffening her posture, her bright blue eyes focusing on
Shenwoo's current position. "...you are Shenwoo?" she calls out towards him,
albiet a bit hesitantly.
"That's me," Shenwoo says, standing up with another creak of leather - this from
his trousers. On his feet, the tall man from Shanghai stretches a bit, and
walks rather casually towards the center of the fighting area, one hand tucked
casually into a pocket. The blond berserker tugs off those designer sunglasses
of his, folding the arms in and casually slipping them into a pocket as well,
apparently unconcerned they might get broken in the ensuing melee. Black,
inscrutable eyes look down at Cammy, who the muscular 'God of Battle' towers
almost a foot over, and easily doubles in weight. Oh, he might /overestimate/
himself, but he'd never /underestimate/ an opponent. Especially not in
Southtown. "Which would make you Cammy, huh?" His broad slash of a mouth
remains fixed in that toothy grin, which somehow manages to float between
friendliness, wolfishness, and eager madness. "Don't think I'll go easy on you
just 'cause you're a girl. It's no fun if we don't fight seriously."
Meanwhile, he settles into a stance, of sorts... Facing Cammy sidelong, his
feet about shoulder-width apart, with both fists casually raised. His right
fist, noticeably, leads. "Right?" he adds, as though expecting her to
understand as if it were the most normal thing in the world.
COMBATSYS: Shenwoo has started a fight here.
COMBATSYS: Cammy has joined the fight here.
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Shenwoo 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Cammy
For a moment, Cammy remains silent, a look of confusion settling unto her
expression as her eyes focus on Shenwoo's face. All throughout that time, Cammy
remains in her stiff posture, one reminiscent of the military position of
attention. "Yes, I'm Cammy White." the girl says, before breaking her position
of attention to settle into a fighting stance, clenching her fists as she raises
them before herself, and spreading her feet just a bit beyond shoulder-width. "I
do not expect you to go easy." she says, her still immature voice laced with a
bit of hesitantance.
But, in any case, Cammy had not come to this location to talk. After
allowing another half-moment of silence to hang in the air, the Doll explodes
into motion, suddenly taking a few sprinting steps towards Shenwoo's position,
before throwing herself towards him in a forward flip. At the very last moment
before she makes impact with the earth, she would lash a foot out, attempting to
catch Shenwoo's shin with it. But if she got that far, she wouldn't stop with a
simple kick. She would quickly rise to her feet beside him, stick one of her
muscular legs behind his knees, and push him over her leg with by pushing on his
chest with the palm of her hand.
COMBATSYS: Shenwoo endures Cammy's Hooligan Combination.
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Shenwoo 0/-------/----===|=------\-------\0 Cammy
Well, Shenwoo's certainly impressed with the girl's speed, that's for sure.
While another person might try to get out of the way, the tall brawler is
admittedly curious about just what she's /got/, as it were. He doesn't seem to
move even an inch, as she lands in front of him, his grin just broadening with a
faint chuckle. Then, of couse, he gets upended as red-gauntleted hand meets his
bare chest and he's shoved over her other leg, landing hard on his back... And
rolling a bit onto his shoulders, hands hitting the pavement and then pushing
him right back up with surprising agility for such a big man. "That's what I'm
talkin' about," he pronounces even as he's getting up, twisting around as he
lands to thrust his heel in Cammy's face - due to the height difference - his
intent to then continue extending his leg to push her away all the harder.
"HOOOOOOOOOOORA!!" He roars, fury mingling with laughter.
COMBATSYS: Shenwoo successfully hits Cammy with Tenrenshou.
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Shenwoo 0/-------/---====|===----\-------\0 Cammy
Hmm. He was moving much faster than she expected. Almost as soon as Cammy
recovers from performing that move, she's presented with a foot in her face.
Attempting to twitch her face away, the girl is nonetheless too slow, the heel
not only striking her face, but the girl thrown away from her oppenent,
stumbling to land flat on her back by the sheer force of the move. But like
Shenwoo, Cammy doesn't lay on the ground long. Curling her legs up, and over
herself, Cammy rolls backwards to a stand, and rises to her feet, her now-blank
gaze locked on Shenwoo.
Bending her knees in preparation, Cammy then launches herself in a jump
towards Shenwoo, snapping out a open hand aimed at his throat as she rapidly
closes the distance. Cammy was planning for the impact of her hand on his throat
to only be the first step, as her slight body would collides with him soon
after, hopefully knocking him to the concrete ground below. That was the plan,
at least.
COMBATSYS: Shenwoo parries Cammy's Flying Neck Hunt!
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Shenwoo 0/-------/---====|===----\-------\0 Cammy
Having not had a good fight in a long while, this is definitely getting
Shenwoo's blood pumping again. Oh, he doesn't really have the time to keep
pressing Cammy after she's knocked back, not with the lingering pain in his
shoulders, but that doesn't mean he's standing there idly. When the strangely
dressed girl launches herself in a jump at him, the berserker grabs her incoming
hand with his own, leather-clad fingers gripping red-gauntleted tightly, and he
twists to guide her movement /downwards/. It's all taking place in
split-seconds, the tall man from Shanghai moving a lot faster than one would
expect him to as he releases her hand and continues twisting, spinning once in a
complete, blurring turn before that momentum is suddenly guided /fowards/.
Becoming a sort of human projectile, and skill blurry, difficult to follow,
Shenwoo launches himself at Cammy with his beringed left fist extended, to hit
her with an immense amount of momentum before she can hit the ground.
"SHHYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!" He doesn't care /where/ he hits her, of
course, as long as he hits her /good and hard/. Listen as the crowd ooh and
aaahs appreciatively... Even if they can't entirely follow just what happened,
whether it succeeds or not.
COMBATSYS: Cammy blocks Shenwoo's Geki-Ken EX.
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Shenwoo 0/-------/--=====|====---\-------\0 Cammy
The crowd was definately getting their show. Despite the sheer innovation
of the countering move, Cammy was very, very good at midair things. In the
second Shenwoo releases her hands, Cammy, predicting, more than seeing the
oncoming move... curls around in midair so that she was upside-down, catching
the punch on her crossed, gauntlet-protected forearms. Still, the entire body of
the Doll rocks with the force of the punch, the same punch propelling her
through the air, the Doll manuevering herself in midair to strike the ground in
a kneel. She succeeds.
And without sparing a single second to compose her wits, the Doll rises
from that crouch, and begins a charge towards, and a little to the left of
Shenwoo. When she was within a meter of the man, she would attack. Bending her
knees for a spilt-second, Cammy leaps into the air, flipping herself upside down
as she pulls her left leg almost vertically before herself. Her right leg, on
the other hand, arcs towards Shenwoo's head, a flare of sparking blue flame
surrounding her foot with the strike. Psycho Power.
COMBATSYS: Shenwoo dodges Cammy's Cannon Spike.
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Shenwoo 0/-------/--=====|====---\-------\0 Cammy
If there's anything Shenwoo loves almost as much as he does a good fight...
It's impressing spectators. He's impressed that Cammy was able to block his
Gekiken, and seeing the rather spry - and golly, flexible too! - blonde girl
come at him again so quickly doesn't surprise him /too/ much. This time, Shen
/does/ get out of the way, but only barely... He waits until the last possible
second to dodge out of the way of Cammy's energy-enhanced kick with a laugh,
even as he feels the strange tingle of Psycho Power so close by. Not that he
has the vaguest idea /what/ it is... But then, not that he cares; he's never
been one for considering the metaphysics of combat. "Tch...!" Now /his/ hand
goes for Cammy's throat, whether he has to grasp the collar of her outfit or her
actually neck making little difference to him. Should he manage it, well, then
he'll simply spike Cammy headfirst into the stones of the courtyard. "RAAAH!"
Vicious, but simple and efficient.
COMBATSYS: Cammy dodges Shenwoo's Kyakuten Touchi.
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Shenwoo 0/-------/-======|====---\-------\0 Cammy
Cammy had no collar to really speak of, on the skin-tight "uniform" the
Zero Doll wore. Perhaps that helped Cammy dodge the grab for her throat. Her
sheer quickness might've had help with that, as well. In any event, Cammy dances
with two rapid steps out of Shenwoo's reach, before leaping towards the man yet
again. But for each attack, it seemed Cammy had a different jump, and this was
no different. Backflipping away from Shenwoo, Cammy straightens herself in
preparation, before leaping towards him, the bottoms of her feet pointed towards
the ground, and her arms crossed over her meager chest. Her leap was such that
she was spinning around in the air, gaining momentum for when she lands... and
when she does land, she would lash out a arm in a backhanded strike towards
Shenwoo's side, attempting to hit him with the backs of one of her gauntlets. As
if the strike were not formidable enough already... the sparking blue fires
would again flare into existance around the arm, adding power to the blow.
COMBATSYS: Cammy successfully hits Shenwoo with Axle Spin Knuckle.
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Shenwoo 1/----===/=======|=====--\-------\0 Cammy
Nuts. Shenwoo growls just a bit as he fails to grab Cammy, frustration bubbling
up inside of him, fueling his anger. The leap back towards him is a little on
the confusing side, but this time, he's the one who's too slow... He tries to
dodge out of the way, but fails, and ends up getting hit rather solidly in the
side, feeling that weird energy biting at his flesh. He lets out a hiss of pain
as he skids away from the blonde girl, riding the force of her strike, to get
himself a little bit of breathing room... But that grin of his is still there,
as broad as ever. "Hah... Now that was a good hit," the self-styled God of
Battle says, with a bark of a laugh. But his dark eyes are a bit more canny
than before, as he watches Cammy's movements rather carefully, apparently trying
to puzzle something out. Not that it stops him from making a taunting 'come on'
gesture with his left hand, of course. Putting a lull in the fight might not be
all that showy, but it seems he may just have a cunning plan.
COMBATSYS: Shenwoo focuses on his next action.
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Shenwoo 1/----===/=======|=====--\-------\0 Cammy
And Cammy's response to Shenwoo's praise? Silence, and a blank stare as
she observes Shenwoo for a few moments of her own, her face completely
emotionless as her eyes fix upon the face of the other warrior. And then, she
moves. Hopping a short hop towards Shenwoo, she then leaps vertically into the
air before him in a jump that takes her a little below three meters into the
air. In the half-second or two it takes for Cammy to fall towards the ground
again, the Doll shifts her weight using her gloves and her body, attempting to
manipulate her fall in such a way that she would land atop Shenwoo's muscular
shoulders. If she got that far, she would continue by clamping her thighs around
the man's neck, crossing her arms over her chest once more, before whipping
herself backwards, hoping to flip the man over to smash the top of his head
against the ground behind her.
COMBATSYS: Cammy successfully hits Shenwoo with Frankensteiner.
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Shenwoo 1/-======/=======|=======\-------\0 Cammy
Well, so much for reading Cammy's moves! Shenwoo gives it a good shot, though
it doesn't avail him much... He tries to ride with the force of Cammy's throw,
but unfortunately even his notoriously thick skull registers impacting with the
stones of the courtyard. A lesser man would probably have his head split open,
or at least be knocked unconscious... As it is, there's no blood, but Shenwoo
himself doesn't seem to be moving. For a two seconds, for three... There's
sort of a collective held breath from the spectators, as they wonder if that's
all the big man can take. But if they believe that, they're rather sorely
mistaken. With frightening suddenness, the blond berserker HURLS himself to his
feet, a wordless roar of indistinct fury escaping him, his black eyes almost
blank as a sudden wave of 'spirit' spreads around him, pushing the spectators
back simply from the force of his ki. His target, of course, is Cammy. His
intention is to beat the stuffing out of her, apparently; should he manage to
get the Doll, it will become apparent that Shenwoo's entire body is a weapon, as
he attacks her with his fists, his elbows, his knees, his feet... Even his
head. A terrible, furious combination as he channels and vents his rage on his
opponent. "RRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!" he'll cry out at the last, to finish
his assault with a double axe-handle to the top of Cammy's little blonde head.
COMBATSYS: Cammy blocks Shenwoo's Bakuma Assault.
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Shenwoo 0/-------/-----==|=======\-------\1 Cammy
During the uncertain silence, Cammy, for her part, spreads her feet a
little past shoulder-width apart, and lifts her fists up before herself, her
blank eyes watching the fallen fighter to verify that he was down. At the very
moment she thought he was, the man explodes upwards, the wave of chi blowing off
her little cap off to flutter on a gust of wind, and tousling her pigtails about
violently. But no fear, no determination, no emotion shows at all in the girl's
expression. And then as the man charges, the girl begins to backstep away from
Shenwoo, dodging what she can, slapping her gauntlets in the way of what she
couldn't, and taking the occasional strike that got through her defenses. But at
the final double-axe-handle, the girl lifts both her crossed arms to intercept
the blow, the strike driving her to her knees regardless. Quickly rising to her
feet right in front of Shenwoo with a far less sturdy stance, Cammy then steps
towards the man, and attempts to slap her arms around his waist. Should she get
a grip there, she would throw herself backwards, enhancing her strength with a
bit of Psycho Power, and exerting all her physical strength, as she tries to
suplex the man in the ground behind her with nary a sound of effort.
COMBATSYS: Cammy successfully hits Shenwoo with Hooligan Suplex.
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Shenwoo 0/-------/-======|=======\==-----\1 Cammy
With the last attack of his assault, so too fades Shenwoo's fury, and... Alas,
the attack didn't do everything he was hoping. His shoulders heave with his
heavy breathing, a sheen of perspiration on his face and visible skin - i.e.,
most of his torso - as he watches Cammy. Okay, this is what it all comes down
to, and he can tell. Not a thought left of showboating, not a trace of anger
left... But he's not going to go down easily. Or, ah, so he'd hope; things
don't quite work out that way, though, as he gets grappled again, and suplexed,
and his head /once again/ hits the ground good and hard. Once he's left to
collapse in a heap, rather than attempt to make a last strike at the girl... He
starts laughing, and not quietly either, his shoulders shaking and his head
thrown back. "That was the ticket," he says, waving one hand. "You win, Cammy
White. Good stuff!" It's a strange person who doesn't mind losing... But for
Shenwoo, it's about the fight, not the outcome.
COMBATSYS: Shenwoo takes no action.
COMBATSYS: Shenwoo can no longer fight.
Recovering back into a combat stance as soon as she could gather herself
back to her feet, tension entering her posture at Shenwoo's laugh. But almost
the very moment his last word left his mouth, Cammy snaps from the stance, to
her earlier posture of relaxed quasi-attention. And for a moment, she just
stands there, gazing down at the man, until... she takes a few stiff steps
forward, and leans her torso forward as well, silently offering one of her
compartively small hands towards the tall man for Shanghai.
COMBATSYS: Cammy has ended the fight here.
It's not really in Shenwoo's nature to be rude about a gesture like this,
anyway; so, his own black-gloved hand reaches back up to take the red-gauntleted
one offered his way, and he uses that help to get back to his feet, his broad
slash of a mouth once again pulled into a grin. "Thanks," he adds affably,
dusting himself off a bit and fishing his shades back out. "You're pretty damn
good, Cammy... One day, I'll havta get a rematch, and beat you." Even losing
doesn't really dampen his confidence, clearly, as he corrects some slight
bending in the arms of his sunglasses, and slides them back into place. "So
don't go losing your edge, now."
And after the offered hand was accepted by the man, Cammy does help him
up, taking a step back as she stiffens into the position of quasi-attention once
more, the palms of her hands hovering over her exposed thighs. And while he
speaks, she just stares at him blankly, no smile, no flicker of emotion touching
her face. Allowing silence to hang in the air for a few more moments, Cammy
turns away from Shenwoo without saying so much as a word, marching over to where
she had thrown her cloak, picking it up, putting it on, and walking away from
the area, to... whatever it was she planned on doing next. Unless, of course,
she was interrupted.
Log created by Kobun, and last modified on 06:19:36 05/06/2005.