Description: A nail-biter of a Saturday Night Fight! (Winner: Megumi)
Early afternoon on the beach. Summer's days are waning, but still here. So Sound Beach is a very popular attraction right now, and it probably made good sense to stage a fight here. There's a decent-sized crowd of spectators here, and vendors making money off food, soda, water, etc.
Megumi got here pretty well on time, via cab. Taxi fare paid for, she gets out, and walks onto the sandy area that's been marked off for the match. It's a pretty big area, plenty of room to move around in. Megumi's moods have tended to rollercoaster lately, but right now she's on a 'high' aspect, taking time to talk with a few spectators, and give one of them her red wristband. Just doing her best to build up positive hype and goodwill with the crowd, and hoping it works...
Ah, a summer afternoon at the beach. It's an experience Dee Jay knows really, really well. He doesn't always go there to fight, though it doesn't really dull his energetic optimism on approach. The barefoot Jamaican strides with a rhythmic, relaxed sway to his step up the beach, coming towards the area marked off for this afternoon's bout. He's seen some of what Megumi's capable of on TV, and where others might be intimidated, or whatnot... he just seems enthused. He's not quite as on-time as Andou, but he's there soon enough, grinning as he steps up, taking a position across from Megumi on the beach, that wide grin remaining as he nods, then waves to the younger fighter.
"Just try not to blast me while I'm facin' the sun, yea?" He requests, though he seems to be mostly joking, throwing a few quick, powerful uppercutting fists through the air in warmup as he dances a few paces, his stance more motion than stance, really, "Hell of a lot more interesting than beach volleyball!" The Southern Comet observes, richly accented voice entirely friendly.
COMBATSYS: DeeJay has started a fight here.
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COMBATSYS: DeeJay focuses on his next action.
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Megumi finishes up her 'PR' work soon enough, just as soon as Dee Jay shows up. Once he's here, she wraps up the conversation and goes off to the fighting area. ...Humor. Megumi seems to catch the joke, though she thinks it's a cultural reference. "Sun in your eyes? Like Musashi did? No...I don't think you'll have to worry about that." Megumi's not bothering with any warm-up...but DeeJay is, and she can tell it's more than just loosening up. Seems one of the officials is of the same mind, as he calls out 'Fight!', and the match is on.
Megumi's in position several feet away, and thrusts her palm out at the air between the two of them. A small red ball forms, flying out towards her opponent...and once it's fairly close, her palm clenches into a fist, making the orb detonate in mid-air to spray itself around and hopefully catch DeeJay within it.
COMBATSYS: Megumi has joined the fight here.
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Megumi 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 DeeJay
COMBATSYS: DeeJay dodges Megumi's Burst Orb.
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Megumi 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 DeeJay
Musashi? Nope, Dee Jay's not concerned about ancient Japanese guys... he's talking about that bright sun, conflicting with those bright, blasting bits of energy Megumi so loves to throw around. Whoa, that's fast! Dee Jay sucks in his stomach, though his muscular frame makes it more reflexive than effective, as he leaps to the side, touching down clear as the energy shrapnel bursts behind him, tingling over his shoulder as he rushes in at Megumi. His warm-up uppercuts? Nothing compared to these. He leads with a left fist, follows through with the right, and then slams upwards with the left again in a triplicate of quick, powerful strikes, each accompanied by a sudden flash of silvery chi, the explosion of energy blanketing the point of impact, "Oooh yea!!! Get this started right!!" He encourages enthusiastically.
COMBATSYS: Megumi dodges DeeJay's Machinegun Uppercut.
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Megumi 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 DeeJay
'Fast' seems to be the theme here tonight. Fast energy shots. Fast sideways jumps. Fast approaches and fast punches. Megumi begins weaving and spinning between them, keeping up close while, incredibly, avoiding every single punch. Once Dee Jay's flurry of fists is done, Megumi reaches to grab at the arm that attacked her, and try to hold onto it while spinning behind her opponent. If she gets it, she'll continue to spin until she's back in front of him, and try to grab the other arm with one hand, then wrap her own free arm around his neck...and swing downwards to take him to the sand. Flashy, but possibly effective.
COMBATSYS: Megumi successfully hits DeeJay with Flood Reversal.
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Megumi 0/-------/------=|==-----\-------\0 DeeJay
Fancy footwork. Dee Jay whistles in appreciation, even as he's weaving into the strikes, but then he's grabbed, and twisted about by Megumi. Before he can really get his bearings, he hits the sand, with an audible 'whoomph!' of impact, sand spraying this way and that. He pushes to a knee, grinning as his dark eyes quickly scan for Megumi... and just as quickly, the Southern Comet leaps out of his forced crouch, snapping about in a spinning kick for her ribs, his right foot snapping straight upwards from the point of impact, jacknifing up at the younger fighter's jaw and carrying him forward powerfully, a golden arc of ragged chi drawn in the path of his foot.
COMBATSYS: Megumi blocks DeeJay's Jacknife Maximum.
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Megumi 0/-------/-----==|==-----\-------\0 DeeJay
Megumi didn't keep Dee Jay down long, clearly. As he gets back up and swings a set of kicks at her, Megumi shifts sideways to avoid the first one...almost. It clips her; still hurts, not as bad as it could've been. The other kick going at her face doesn't connect as intended, her arms going up to shield her from the worst of it. Better that they take the blow than her head, ultimately. Megumi's keeping close for now, going for another takedown as she reaches out for the leg that just kicked her, trying to grab it at the ankle and jump up and past DeeJay with it. That'll be a pretty obvious takedown there if it succeeds.
COMBATSYS: DeeJay dodges Megumi's Medium Throw.
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Megumi 0/-------/-----==|==-----\-------\0 DeeJay
Whoa! Arms weren't Dee Jay's target! No fair! Still, he can play a bit of improvisational turnabout, himself, which he does as he lands, twisting away from the second grab-and-takedown with surprising alacrity as he spins a little step in the sand, as if pierouetting for Megumi.... right into another spin-kick, aligned with her ribs, and timed to connect squarely while she's still overextended from the attempted throw (he hopes!). It doesn't end there, though, as Dee Jay's right foot plants out of the kick with a deft twist, sending his left heel hurtling around in a potent leaning Sobat, arcing crisply through the air for Megumi's jaw, "You've got some mighty steps, girl..." Dee Jay observes amidst spinning Sobat, "Gotta stay on my toes!!!" Or at least keep his toes in Megumi's face.
COMBATSYS: Megumi fails to counter Double Rolling Sobat from DeeJay with Flood Reversal.
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Megumi 0/-------/-======|===----\-------\0 DeeJay
Playing things so close eventually backfires on Megumi. "Eh?" She's asking that even as Dee Jay's kicks swing in. The first one is evaded cleanly. The second one she's ready to catch. She thinks. She makes a stupid mistake though, shifting a foot forward on sand, and losing her balance just enough for the second kick to /nail/ her, sending Megumi twirling through the air and crashing to the sand some distance away. "Oogh..." Well, she's getting up at least, but seems to be pretty stunned.
Dee Jay twists out of the spinning kick series with a flourish, hopping a bit to turn a rotation through the air as he lands ready, already weaving to the side, grin still in place, as he paces the sand a short distance from Megumi. His step falls rhythmically as he holds his ground, moving slightly from side to side... and then the step complicates a bit, forward and back mixed in, sways and twists of more of his body... taking a time out for a bit of a dance, here... but the side-effect is clear... the rhythm of his feet becomes quicker, more chaotic, his step becoming not only more eccentric, but more enthusiastic. The kickboxer's hyping himself up, 'cause let's face it, Megumi's not going to stay dazed.
COMBATSYS: DeeJay focuses on his next action.
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Megumi 0/-------/-======|===----\-------\0 DeeJay
Megumi gets up, surprised again to see Dee Jay isn't pressing his advantage. Hmm. Well, dancing about isn't going to outright make her go on the defensive. It's weird, but she knows full well it's meant to be disorienting, and goes for the straight-forward approach. Even if Dee Jay's not all that far away, there's still some range between them. Her hands come together in front of her, a roughly basketball-sized red sphere forming. It hovers in place as Megumi's hands draw back a few inches, then it flies at Deejay's chest once her hands move forward to push it.
COMBATSYS: Megumi successfully hits DeeJay with Crimson Comet.
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Megumi 1/-------/=======|======-\-------\0 DeeJay
FWOOM! That larger sphere slams cleanly into Dee Jay's chest. Doesn't look like he worked all that hard to avoid it, but it also looks like he's regretting that as the searing sphere sizzles into his torso, staggering him a moment. Not the all-out rush he'd hoped for, but he works with it, leaping forward rather than resuming his charge, to cross the distance between himself and Megumi in record time! Arcing fluidly through the sky, the kickboxer descends on the pink-haired fighter with a rather impressive amount of force, his right knee snapping out, seeking to take her cleanly in the face in descent, "Hell of a lightshow!" He does congratulate... though it could be small comfort thanks to that knee.
COMBATSYS: Megumi dodges DeeJay's Knee Shot.
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Megumi 1/-------/=======|======-\-------\0 DeeJay
Megumi has had enough of taking hits in the head for now. She's ready for Dee Jay to move in, and he does with a knee strike. Megumi's response is to cartwheel backwards, letting it pass just over her body as she goes back, and landing unscathed. "...You don't sound angry," She observes with a hint of confusion. Usually pegging people with that shot makes them furious or unhappy. Hmm. In the meantime, her arms go wide apart to create a paper-thin energy 'wall' about half as tall as she is. It flies out a few feet, then begins to come back to her...
Dee Jay lands in the sand where Megumi had been standing, pre-cartwheel, sending up a wave of sand from the force with which his knee hits the ground, though it doesn't seem to daze the kickboxer himself. Just the poor beach. He pushes to his feet immediately afterwards, still smiling widely, dark eyes sparkling, "Why get angry?" He asks, as if it's truly a mystery to him, "No fun that way!" And he's clearly not going to back down from enjoying himself, charging in at Megumi, and looking to follow that crimson wall up with something not quite-so-nice... a quartet of potent uppercuts to the younger fighter's jaw, each one pressing Dee Jay forward, and hopefully driving Megumi back, as his gloved fists announce their presence with a brilliant, ragged flash of silver-blue.
COMBATSYS: Megumi successfully hits Megumi with Aura Mend.
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Megumi 1/-------/=======|======-\-------\0 DeeJay
COMBATSYS: Megumi counters Machinegun Uppercut from DeeJay with Flood Reversal.
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Megumi 1/-----==/=======|=======\=------\1 DeeJay
Megumi stays where she is, letting the wall come back to her. Some of it falls apart on the way back; perhaps her focus wasn't perfect when creating it, but most of it remains intact to go over her body and it does a bit to improve her posture. And then there's Deejay making his set of uppercuts. The first is avoided by spinning away, the second she bridges her body backwards from. The third...she rises, and makes a swinging outward block to deflect it. The fourth is caught at the wrist and forearm, and Megumi raises the arm up high, bending it in towards itself.
"I'm...really glad you feel that way," Megumi speaks with notable relief in her voice. She's still very on guard in this match, but Dee Jay's not getting pissed off at her. That's doing a lot to take the tension off of her. She's still carrying through with her counter however, raising the arm up, and then grabbing the elbow so both it and the wrist are held. She steps beside, then past Dee Jay, bringing the arm down to take him to the ground before lying down beside him and applying an arm-bar to that limb. It's not one she holds for long; people always retaliate, so she's quick to get her damage in, release, and start to back off.
Ow ow ow. That's not the way his mighty uppercuts are supposed to end! Dee Jay swallows a bit of sand as he's slammed down, coughing it out as Megumi rolls away from him. Dee Jay isn't wasting time, though, not now... things are a bit too pressing for him to waste his movements, and as he rises, his right fist whips through the air, a quick uppercut tearing an arc of energy along its path, its jagged edges shimmering in crisp golden hues, the inner edge shining in silvery blue, as that razor arc whirls about itself, whizzing through the air between himself and Megumi, "I thought I was doing some good, here!" He observes, though more amusedly than anything, noting Megumi's sudden revitalization... and the sudden, dramatic turnaround this bout took.
COMBATSYS: DeeJay successfully hits Megumi with Air Slasher.
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Megumi 1/--=====/=======|=======\===----\1 DeeJay
Momentum can shift back and forth quite easily in a fight like this. Megumi's been throwing herself all over the sand, spinning this way and that, doing fancy takedowns...and eventually it's going to catch up with her. Now is one of those times, as Dee Jay's uppercut-spawned energy arc catches her while she backs off; she'd been expecting a more physically-oriented retaliation. It slams into her gut, driving her back several feet...quite the solid blow. "Ugh. ...You are, you know." She's not disappointed, despite the wording; just recovering her 'wind' from after that chi-shot.
Then with a sudden headfirst dive, Megumi's launching herself back at Dee Jay, body twirling through the air. Her right fist is extended, a red energy field surrounding it as she tries to zoom in towards /his/ head for a change.
COMBATSYS: DeeJay interrupts Crimson Spiral Knuckle from Megumi with Sobat Carnival.
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Megumi 2/<<<<<<</<<<<<<<|==-----\-------\0 DeeJay
Oh, don't mistake Dee Jay's amusement for frustration... he's not giving up yet! Not nearly. She may be good, but damnit, so is he! As that deadly energy-sheathed fist hurtles in, followed by the rest of her, Dee Jay weaves to the side at the last moment, taking a clipping strike off his skull, which is quite hard, almost legendarily so! The searing crimson psi-power is rather painful, but he takes it in stride, immediately leaping up into a collision with Megumi, his right knee slamming around to crash up into her ribs, and send her right back to the dirt... where Dee Jay follows, landing in a spin, and swinging his left heel around to deliver leaning sobat after sobat to Megumi's face, chest, and ribs, each bringing him in hard with a forward jump, "Gotta push it out to the last beats!!" He shouts, encouraging himself as much as anything.
...Quite the series of hits. Megumi makes her strike, but gets kicked around pretty well in return, a trade-off that favored Dee Jay significantly. The final strike in the set has sent Megumi tumbling head over heels several times on the sand, and it takes her a second to stagger back up. She's starting to really run low on stamina, but plans to stave off fatigue's effects for a few more moments.
Megumi's arms go wide apart, then high and low, to spawn another of those walls. This one is a bit taller than her, and it also flies out several feet before reversing direction and heading back towards her.
Uhoh! It's another of those pretty, sparkly thingies. Those ones that make Megumi feel all better. Dee Jay's gotta learn that one! Grinning, he doesn't give Andou a moment's respite, twisting back to his feet and into a full charge, following up the series of mighty kicks with several quick jabs of his fists, gloved hands seeking to score a couple quick hits about Megumi's face, and rattle her a bit. Not his most effective singular strike of the night, but if he has his way, he's going to keep her off balance... and put her to the mat. The proverbial mat, that is to say... sand.
COMBATSYS: Megumi successfully hits Megumi with Restoration Aura.
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Megumi 1/-------/=======|==-----\-------\0 DeeJay
COMBATSYS: Megumi blocks DeeJay's Quick Punch.
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Megumi 1/------=/=======|==-----\-------\0 DeeJay
Megumi's wall speeds up as Dee Jay rushes in, and it overtakes her before he arrives. Megumi's posture immediately, suddenly improves, and lets her stay in close with this aggressor; the first punch is avoided by a quick head-juke to the side, the second connects only glancingly, and the final one is stopped by her arm. That still hurts, but less so than shots to the head do.
But Dee Jay is right here, and Megumi reaches in to grab at one of his hands. If she gets it, she'll place her thumb on the back of his hand, the fingers on the center of his palm, and twist sideways. It may not look like much, but it actually stands a good chance of crossing the two bones in the forearm towards one another, and flipping Dee Jay over sideways.
COMBATSYS: DeeJay dodges Megumi's Medium Throw.
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Megumi 1/------=/=======|==-----\-------\0 DeeJay
As quickly as his fists snap in, they're back by his body, and before Megumi can grab and flip him with that painful little trick, he's weaving away with a quick lean, a full rotation of his body bringing him around smoothly as he steps away from Megumi, but serving another purpose, as well.... as he twists, his foot snags a piece of driftwood, sending it sailing up and over his head, to drop in front of him and be caught cleanly as he turns back to face Megumi. Caught, and flunk quickly at her face. A fun little trick, inspired by another remarkable dancer, "They're not cutting this one down to 3:05, are they?" He quirks, still grinning. It's eerie, really.
COMBATSYS: DeeJay successfully hits Megumi with Thrown Object.
Glancing Blow
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Megumi 1/------=/=======|==-----\-------\0 DeeJay
Megumi is once again confused. "Cutting it to 3:05? I..." Incoming chunk of wood. Megumi makes a sideways leap, though it nics her in the jaw. Ouchies, but not as bad as it could've been. "I don't know what you mean?" In the meantime, she may as well buy time. Yet again with the arms going apart and high-and-low, another tall 'wall' springing into existence. Same deal as before, it goes out a little before starting to return to her...
"I mean this one's got too much to be edited for radio." Dee Jay answers, though it's an analogy that's mostly personal. Doesn't stop him from making it, though... fighting and music are just linked, for him. More of that self-sustaining energy... that stuff is really keeping Megumi the step ahead she needs, and Dee Jay takes a moment to look for his own moment, a way to seize the rhythm for himself... at this rate, it could be tricky, but he's certainly not through trying, regaining his own breath and steadying his step. She can't keep herself going like that /forever/... he's just got to find the right opening.
COMBATSYS: DeeJay focuses on his next action.
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Megumi 0/-------/------=|==-----\-------\0 DeeJay
COMBATSYS: Megumi successfully hits Megumi with Restoration Aura.
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Megumi 0/-------/------=|==-----\-------\0 DeeJay
Megumi is essentially making a trade-off here. Mental stamina for physical condition, though it's mostly in her favor. She's not totally fired up with energy, but she is pretty solid by now and decides to go on the attack, running to meet her 'wall', go through it, and on towards Dee Jay. "Ohh...okay." It's never occured to her that these fights may go on the radio, but...heck, baseball does, and so does boxing. Makes sense.
She's charging in, and this move is much simpler than the last; she's just trying to lean a shoulder in low and tackle Dee Jay to the ground roughly. No follow-ups to it, just a tackle attempt.
COMBATSYS: DeeJay parries Megumi's Medium Throw!
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Megumi 0/-------/------=|===----\-------\0 DeeJay
She still doesn't quite get it, but hey... Dee Jay's not enjoying this any less because of that little facet. He's going to keep pushing right up until the track fades off... which is to say, he just can't see straight anymore. His reaction to Megumi's tackle is a bit unorthodox, but certainly effective, as he drops backwards, throwing his weight away as both hands set to that leveled shoulder, so that Megumi basically just pushes him back in the sand. A side-effect of the rather cunning deflection is that he's still point-blank, and ready, as the technique ebbs, and he tries to use Megumi's momentum against her rather powerfully... sure, she's managed to avoid this one so far tonight, but he's going for broke here! That counts for something! Wham-wham-wham-wham, four fists fly in, carrying a tremendous charge of silvery energy with them, aiming to take that physical condition right back... from her face! Grinning as he weaves into the rhythm, Dee Jay is certainly impressed... but far from intimidated.
COMBATSYS: Megumi blocks DeeJay's Machinegun Uppercut EX.
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Megumi 0/-------/-----==|====---\-------\0 DeeJay
Megumi clearly needs to try something new. Blatant takedowns aren't working any more, and Dee Jay nearly got in a clean retaliation to 'reward' her repetition. She's coiling back from Dee Jay as he fails to go down, and the first punch nails her cleanly, rocking her head back...but the second and third are blocked with her arms once again, and the last one is knocked aside so as not to damage her at all. Now it's time to try something different, by reaching for the hand that isn't punching her, and trying to grab its fingers. The idea here is a very basic submission hold, as Megumi tries to get the palm turned skyward and the hand raised, while the fingers are bent in and downward.
COMBATSYS: DeeJay blocks Megumi's Fast Throw.
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Megumi 0/-------/-----==|====---\-------\0 DeeJay
Dee Jay isn't gonna let his poor fingers be crunched quite that easily. He /needs/ those, damnit! As his fingers are bent, a quick twist of his wrist and tug corrects most of the painful pressure and frees his hand from Megumi's grip, immediately moving to capitalize on the point-blank proximity of his opponent once more. His right leg snaps around, even with her ribs, as he attempts to plant a sturdy spin-kick against her gut, landing with a twist to follow through into a deep leaning slam of his heel as he brings his left leg around, aligning that finalizing kick with Megumi's skull.
COMBATSYS: Megumi fails to counter Double Rolling Sobat from DeeJay with Flood Reversal.
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Megumi 0/-------/-======|======-\-------\0 DeeJay
Megumi plans the same defense as the last time she saw this technique. These spinning kicks. This time though, her failed defense is mostly her own fault, an extension of her fatigue as opposed to losing footing on odd terrain. The first kick comes in, and she spins away from it...then there's the second one, going at her head. She tries to catch it at the ankle, just a split-second too late. POW. Right in the face. Again. Lots of head-hits; people must like targeting that.
Megumi's sent crashing flat onto her back, and isn't getting up. Well...not getting completely up. Showing enough movement that she's not considered knocked out, however.
Hey, Dee Jay's a kickboxer. Kicking is what he does. The head happens to be a good target, a lot of times. It's certainly serving him alright here, despite his opponent's incredible resilience. He pumps a fist in the air as she falls away, a holdover from his days in the kickboxing ring, when there'd be a count despite her clear attempt to rise. For his part, the Southern Comet gives Megumi that moment, partly because he wants it himself. A few deep breaths, a crack-ing stretch of his neck, and Dee Jay fist-thumps the sides of his skull, grin returning as he prepares himself for however this finishes playing out.
COMBATSYS: DeeJay takes a breather.
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Megumi 0/-------/-======|======-\-------\0 DeeJay
And yet again not pressing the attack. How odd. Megumi gets to her feet, and flicks her wrist off to the side. It's time to end this. What happens next is fairly straightforward. While Dee Jay backs off to gain his bearings, Megumi leaps into the air, planning to land her legs on his shoulders and take him down. From there, the plan is a simple, fairly brutal attack; grab his head and raise it, then slam it to the ground, repeating it as much as she can. Presuming she even gets the takedown at all.
COMBATSYS: DeeJay blocks Megumi's Rebound Throw.
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Megumi 0/-------/-======|=======\-------\1 DeeJay
Hey, Dee Jay's just an easygoing guy who loves to fight... even when it really, really hurts. She lands on his shoulders, as intended, but he twists with the roll to the dirt, mostly out from underneath her and working to unentangle himself from the jumble of limbs as he lands, and gets his head slammed off the beach. That stings, but he's still tumbling away, twisting clear of the younger fighter's reach as he rolls into a crouch, pushing back to his feet as he whips an uppercut through the air in front of him, once more drawing a ragged line of golden chi through the air, the razor of energy whirling end-about-end as it slices the air between himself and Megumi, perhaps giving Dee Jay a bit of breathing room.
COMBATSYS: Megumi dodges DeeJay's Air Slasher.
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Megumi 0/-------/-======|=======\-------\1 DeeJay
Megumi rolls away as well once it's obvious she's not going to get her way on head-banging Dee Jay. As he swings her uppercut and makes his chi-wave, Megumi avoids it by leaping over it, back towards him once more. The intent here is pretty simple, a dive with her hands held out to try and plow his head down to the sand.
COMBATSYS: DeeJay parries Megumi's Medium Throw!
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Megumi 0/-------/-======|=======\-------\1 DeeJay
Dee Jay dances aside, twisting to follow Megumi as she sails right past him, her attempt to return his skull to the ground not quite what she was going for, but it works just fine for him. He lets out a long 'Phew!' of air, and whips his fist around, once more following Megumi's trajectory with a blade of chi, his uppercut sending a golden arc whirling out from his body, seeking to slice into the younger fighter's landing spot quite effectively, "I'm not done yet!!!" He promises, perhaps just a bit stubbornly. But hey, he's still up, and he's still ready to go. Tap gloves, FIGHT!
COMBATSYS: Megumi dodges DeeJay's Air Slasher EX.
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Megumi 0/-------/-======|=======\-------\1 DeeJay
Megumi definitely needs to give up on the diving and dashing takedowns; Dee Jay has proven he's /quite/ able to deal with them. "I know," is her response to Dee Jay's defiance as she rolls sideways, just underneath his chi wave. Megumi tries something new, thrusting her palm forward at the air between the two of them. A vaguely baseball-sized red sphere forms in front of that hand, flying towads Dee Jay...but also just off to the side, as Megumi plans for it to go past him.
And then have it explode behind him, as her hand clenches into a fist.
COMBATSYS: Megumi successfully hits DeeJay with Burst Orb.
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Megumi 1/-------/=======|=======\===----\1 DeeJay
Though he weaves aside, that exploding blast catches him in its radius, searing energy ripping into his back and staggering Dee Jay forward. For a moment, it looks like he might faceplant right into the sand, but instead, he stumbles a few steps, and rights himself, shaking his head briskly as he attempts to steady his footing in the sand, centering his vision on Megumi. Were there two of her, just a second ago? It brings that smile back, mostly, though the pain certainly puts a damper on everything but the Jamaican's spirits, "Guess you're not... either." He breathes out, managing a hearty chuckle.
COMBATSYS: DeeJay focuses on his next action.
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Megumi 1/-------/=======|=======\===----\1 DeeJay
Megumi reaches into her pocket as Dee Jay is disoriented, and takes time to regain his bearings. "You're pretty good, but...I really want to win this. I need to know I'm improving before I go to help Metro City tomorrow." It would seem she's packed a rock in her shorts, as that's what comes out of her pocket. It's given a quick toss towards Dee Jay, aiming to return the 'favor' he keeps visiting on her; targeting the head.
COMBATSYS: DeeJay overcomes Thrown Object from Megumi with Large Thrown Object.
- Power hit! -
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Megumi 1/-------/=======|=======\==-----\1 DeeJay
"Win or lose, I'll keep dancin' my best beats." Dee Jay replies, grin widening once more as she draws out that rock. He knows what's coming, and it gives him the half-instants he needs to act, spinning as his eyes survey the sand, and he snaps up a larger piece of driftwood in his fist, snapping it around in-line with the rock... which impacts the wood with a hearty CRACK!, sending the makeshift projectile hurtling back at Megumi full bore, and leaving the Southern Comet holding a mostly-splintered piece of wood, which he discards to the side, "Batter up!" He calls, still grinning.
COMBATSYS: Megumi dodges DeeJay's Large Thrown Object.
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Nice shot. Megumi's rock is sent back as quite the 'fastball' at her, and she wisely dives aside from it. "...Yeah. Not bad at all." She's a little quiet and reserved in her overall mood, but definitely impressed with how he responded to her thrown rock. Then, she vaults towards him, trying to go overhead. Instead of trying to shove Dee Jay down, Megumi is inverting in midair and thrusting her hands down at his collarbone region. If she gets it, Megumi's hoping to use the rest of her momentum to carry him down to the ground and swing her legs downward to land safely. All an ideal-case-scenario, though.
COMBATSYS: Megumi successfully hits DeeJay with Flood Reversal.
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Down goes Dee Jay, hitting the sand hard once again, and spraying up a nice little cloud of it around him thanks to the force of it. The air leaves his lungs heavily, and blackness lurks about the edges of his vision, but the kickboxer isn't going out quite like that. With a sudden, final burst of energy, Dee Jay lurches out of his sprawled position, all but teleporting in on Megumi. It's not quite as precise as it could be under other circumstances, but that doesn't stop the Southern Comet from levelling uppercut after uppercut at the younger fighter, almost as if he was going to go on for as long as he can get away with. Faster and faster they come, each accompanied by a brilliant blast of chi, the kickboxer's form trailing dark hues of excess energy... which will eventually peter out, if let to run its course, and he'll topple face-first into the sand, groaning lightly, but chuckling nonetheless.
COMBATSYS: DeeJay can no longer fight.
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COMBATSYS: Megumi blocks DeeJay's Climax Beat.
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Megumi lands from her flashy takedown, turning and fully expecting Dee Jay to have a little more in him. He does. Punch, punch, punch. Megumi brings her arms up in a desperate block to protect her face and upper body, driven back, back, back...and eventually seeing a small gap in the attacks, grabbing an arm and slinging him to the ground to seal the deal.
Very close outcome. Megumi is panting, gasping for breath as she waits to see if Dee Jay will get up. He's conscious, and that's good from a humanitarian standpoint...but bad from a combat perspective. Eventually though, Megumi is announced as the winner, and her posture sags forward in relief. "Ugh. Guess that answers it...maybe I can make a difference there tomorrow." She's not one to gloat in victory though, instead walking over to offer Dee Jay a hand up. "Sorry for not doing introductions earlier, but...ah...who are you? I don't think I've seen you before." And she sounds rather curious about the identity of her opponent, too.
COMBATSYS: Megumi has ended the fight here.
Dee Jay waves a hand dismissively, waving off any help up, "I'll just stay here a minute." He offers, muffled, into the sand. He's audible, but a bit out of it, "They call me Dee Jay." He manages by way of introduction, though. He's not going to run down his accomplishments, but she certainly could have heard of him... his albums have sold well the globe over, and his run as the Southern Comet wasn't unimpressive, either. But for the moment... he's beaten, and he's just going to nap here. Thank goodness for that natural, Caribbean tan. The sun can kiss his ass.
Megumi doesn't press the hand offer at all. If he wants to lie down, that's cool with her. "Huh. Hmm...oh, I've heard your name a few times here and there. Musician of some sort?" She thinks that's right. "That's...kind of cool. Guess this whole dual-career, multi-talent thing really does work." For a few moments, she was very casual and relaxed. Dee Jay wasn't angry at how the match went; that helped her own mood significantly. But...
"...But I need to get going. Heading back to Metro tomorrow," Yeah, nothing like announcing one's 'military' plans in front of a camera. "But...could I see you sometime later, maybe?" Now she's back to her more quiet, reserved demeanor. But at least it's nothing Dee Jay did to trigger it.
Hey, Dee Jay visited Metro himself... almost had a reason to stay, too. But in the final analysis, he's a musician, not a crusader, and he's not about to take on terrorism without a bit of prodding. There are plenty of folks ready and waiting to decide which cause is 'right' and deserves their fists, right? Like Megumi, here! His upraised, gloved hand gives a flimsy sort of wave, its energy sapped by the looming near-unconsciousness and general ouch that dominates Dee Jay right now, "Watch your back, and you bet... SNF guys have my agent's number." Which is the least exerting way of giving her some means of contacting him available just now. Not taxing = good, right now.
Log created by DeeJay, and last modified on 06:13:16 09/28/2005.