Description: Tony beats the crap out of Dr. Tran, and then beats the crap out of a weakened Ibuki. Shinobu's in there too. Also there's a boat on fire. It's crazy SNF action. (Winner: Tony)
Don't get seasick! The boat rocks back and forth with the high winds and waves today. It's brisk but not quite cold, thanks to some ominous cloud cover up ahead. Meanwhile, the camera crews on the shore, with their elaborate cranecams, work through their final tests, trying to keep their own perspectives from wobbling in the wind. Actual crowds are light for the most part, though some nearby buildings and boats host fans equipped with binoculars and the like. Meantime, aboard the boat...
Shinobu looks... unsteady, thanks to the constant rocking. Leaning against one of the rails precariously, she looks a little pale as she waits for the others, but then backs up, waiting to somebody on one of the distant buildings, and then fishes about in a pack at her side, pulling out a small rice cake. Taking a bite, she chews slowly, letting the beany goodness within distract her from the world moving around the boat. Then, she turns around, making her way across the deck meaningfully.
Seasickness? Pfah. Seasickness was for wimps and losers. Of course, that didn't cast a very positive light on one Mr. Tony Styles. Up until a couple of minutes ago, he was down in a lower deck, becoming intimately familiar with a toilet and losing the Shanghai Sports Bar breakfast special he plowed down some time ago. He was in an irritable mood, to say the least--he'd no doubt go looking for someone in the Howard Entertainment division to vent his frustrations on over the ocean-based location.
Ascending the steps to the upper deck, Tony wore his grimace like a badge of certification. He might go after one of the entertainment division interns later on, but for now he would have a much better set of targets to vent over: An unknown, a schoolgirl, and...Ibuki. Thoughts like that could put a smile on even the most dour individuals...assuming they're of the right mindset, anyways.
The Muay Thai Panther cracked a predator's smile, pearly whites ready to tear through whoever gets close enough.
The boat's rocking doesn't really seem to be bothering the only other girl that's a part of this matchup, and this is made pretty clear to everyone when she comes walking around from the other side of the boat, on top of the railing meant to keep people from falling overboard. And she doesn't have her arms out to the side to help balance herself or anything like that. They're crossed in front of her. She's a ninja, not a tightrope walker.
Spotting Shinobu first, since she's the one leaning on part of the rails, Ibuki stops near her and hops down. "So, I heard there's gonna be a doctor coming to this thing. You think he's gonna throw scalpels or syringes or anything like that? Cuz that would be kinda freaky."
And speaking of the doctor, resting on top of one of those 55-gallon oil drum barrel things is the amazing, the incredible, the awe-inspiring, Dr. Tran! This is no ordinary big barrel, however. This is a 55-gallon drum that Tran himself lugged, over a presumable great distance, just to have it here on the boat. This was probably a mistake, as he seems fairly fatigued already as a result. That stuff is /heavy/. Add a mild case of seasickness, and the incredible, awe-inspiring Dr. Tran...really isn't look very incredible or awe-inspiring at all.
Still, he has to make a try of this. Upon hearing the word 'doctor', he weakly hops onto his feet and proclaims, "Did someone say doctor? I'm a doctor! A real doctor!" He would probably go on, but at that point he sort of has to stagger to the railing and retch just a little bit.
Shinobu looks over to Ibuki, staring at her as she chews. Then, she swallows, her brain thinking on that. Doctor. Fighting. Scientist? No scientist fights! Except for mad scientists. She suddenly freezes, raising her arms in a half-panic as she says, "Worse! He probably has lasers... and missles!", she non-sequiturs, and looks over to Tran, raising a fist. "Don't think I'm afraid of your shrink rays!"
"Shut up."
Now, it was entirely possible that Tony meant to say that a bit louder, so much so that it would be heard by all those involved and then some. In reality, making his way up to the deck made the Sometimes-Syndicate Fighter realize that this would actually be a fairly difficult fight, above and beyond what the normal Free For All would imply. It also did a lot to cut off his otherwise booming voice, turning it into a mewling whimper that barely made it past his lips. "We're here to fight, so let's fight. Elsewise, you're just wasting time."
COMBATSYS: Tony has started a fight here.
COMBATSYS: Tran has joined the fight here.
COMBATSYS: Shinobu has joined the fight here.
Ibuki just stands there and blinks for a moment after Shinobu gives her throughts on the matter, but eventually, she starts to raise an index finger and tug her mask down to reveal the lower half of her face. She pauses to look up at Dr. Tran, and then follows him with her eyes all the way to the railing, and she's just /barely/ opened her mouth to say something, when Tony comes and interrupts by telling everyone to shut up and fight.
"...well, I can't argue with that. I hate to waste other people's time." The young shinobi steps away from the rails then, to get a little more distance from Shinobu since she doesn't particularly like to start off in close quarters with anyone at the very beginning of a fight, and starts to walk toward her former teammate. "But shouldn't you have come running up from below decks with a lawnchair or something and just gone off on somebody after saying it?"
COMBATSYS: Ibuki has joined the fight here.
COMBATSYS: Ibuki focuses on her next action.
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Tony 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Shinobu
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Tran 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Ibuki
Still leaning over the railing, evidently feeling pretty crappy, Tran half turns and waves a hand weakly at everyone else in general. "You all go ahead and start without me. I...I would want to hurt any of too quickly, yeah. That's the ticket..." And then back to the railing, turning his full attention toward it. The barrel, the sad, unloved barrel, continues to sit there doing nothing. Neglected barrels are sad barrels, you see.
COMBATSYS: Tran takes no action.
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Tony 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Shinobu
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Tran 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Ibuki
Reaching back, Shinobu suddenly says, "You're right!", as she forms one of her blue bubbles in her hand. Swinging forward, she wings it forth like a baseball pitch at Tony, giving it a bit of spin. It wobbles a bit in its flight arc, its flight becoming unpredictable... before suddenly slamming down at Tony's feet. However, the burst of blue liquid energy surges towards him like a wave. Despite her seeming sickness, it'd seem Shinobu's 'in her element', in a way!
COMBATSYS: Shinobu successfully hits Tony with Petite Pop.
- Power hit! -
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Tony 0/-------/-----==|=------\-------\0 Shinobu
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Tran 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Ibuki
Well...Tony certainly got what he asked for, if nothing else. The wobbling blob of...chi, one would have to guess, doesn't even cause the Panther to pause in his speech. "Well, if noth--" The explosion, on the other hand, certainly does its job, sending the larger man flying backwards with singed slacks. As an added bonus, it shuts Tony up, bringing him to the here and now.
'Here', of course, meaning by Tran and his superbarrelofdoom. Rather than wasting time chasing back after Shinobu and Ibuki, Tony brought himself up to his knees before sparing a glance to 'the good doctor'. Muscles coiling tight for a split second, Tony exploded forward and upwards at Tran, bringing his knee to bear in what could be best described as the poor man's Tiger Crush...should one happen to follow Sagat's twist on the Muay Thai style.
Well, at least *someone* interrupted Tony when he was about to say something. Now things are even the way Ibuki sees it. Kinda. She was aiming to walk over there herself and interrupt him, but that odd Shinobu girl was faster on the draw. However, this kind of makes Ibuki feel like she walked all the way over there for nothing now, and since Tony chose to go after the good doctor, she may as well leave him to that for the moment.
So, with a little sigh, the ninja turns around and flips backward a ways into the air before slinging a kunai in a downward arc toward the other schoolgirl.
COMBATSYS: Tran endures Tony's Flying Knee Thrust.
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Tony 0/-------/---====|=------\-------\0 Shinobu
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Tran 0/-------/--=====|-------\-------\0 Ibuki
COMBATSYS: Ibuki successfully hits Shinobu with Kunai.
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Tony 0/-------/---====|===----\-------\0 Shinobu
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Tran 0/-------/--=====|=------\-------\0 Ibuki
Turning just in the nick of time to see Tony flying at him with his knee, Tran decides to start this off right, by quickly attempting to shake off his sea-sickness and charging directly at it. Things don't quite work out like he would have hoped, as Tony actually manages to fling Tran backward, into the railing, where he /bounces/ off, coming back toward Tony with a good deal of speed. And what does Tran do, struggling to manage to pull off an attack? The answer is simple. He falls onto his face, plants his hands, and causes a veritable geyser of steam to pillar upward, hopefully right under Tony. At which point Tran sort of rolls around in pain.
Noticing the kunai too late, Shinobu turns, getting hit in the shoulder. She winces, but then reaches out, grabbing ahold of the shuriken and yanking it out with a small spurt of blood. "Eh... you're a ninja!", she says, before giggling, somehow having missed that the first time around. Only a feat the mighty Shinobu could manage! "Cool!", she says, before then throwing the shuriken back. It goes far wide of Ibuki, though... but Shinobu's real pain becomes obvious with the impact. Hitting a pipe, it pierces it, making a leak... and the a blast of hot steam shoots out towards the ninja!
COMBATSYS: Tony blocks Tran's Steam Pillar.
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Tony 0/-------/--=====|===----\-------\0 Shinobu
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Tran 0/-------/---====|=------\-------\0 Ibuki
So, then...it was apparently klutz_a, klutz_b, Ibuki, and Tony fighting. Alright.
Feeling the oh-so-pleasurable contact of knee with Tran's decidedly softer bodyparts, Tony's smile re-emerges, bright and full of malicious intent. Could he get close enough to bite Tran? Oh, the wonder, the wonder. Bringing his feet back to the floor of the ship, Tony stood by and watched Tran flop before him, eyes going wide in surprise as the steam engulfs him. When the steam dies away and Tony is visible oncemore, the smile is gone, replaced with that default grimace of his. That was irritating, but on the other side Tran was just sorta lying there, waiting to be gorilla-stomped flat into the deck.
Seeing the opportunity for what it was, Tony didn't waste any time in attempting to drive his shoe into Trans back...three, four, five, six, seven times.
COMBATSYS: Ibuki blocks Shinobu's Thrown Object.
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Tony 0/-------/--=====|===----\-------\0 Shinobu
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Tran 0/-------/---====|==-----\-------\0 Ibuki
Ibuki kind of smacks a hand to her forehead just after landing and hearing Shinobu just suddenly come to the realization that she's fighting a ninja. Did she pull the mask down too soon? Was it really so confusing? These and a few more questions are still running through her head when her kunai is thrown back at her, and her hand is still sliding down the length of her face and obscuring her vision a bit, so if the ninja knife would have been aimed more directly at her she probably might have been in trouble, but as it is, with her hand covering her face like that, the rush of steam that blows out of the pipe only really startles the shinobi. Her face is saved from getting a painful steambath by her wristguard.
Whenever she brings her hand down though, her vision is a bit obscured by all the hot vapor that's still whisping around in the air. "Man, I didn't even *realize* we were on a steamboat. What the hell." She waves her hand around in front of her face to try and clear it then, and when that doesn't quite do it for her, she decides to do it with her feet instead, coming out of the cloud of mist with a whirlwind of kicks as she heads for Shinobu.
COMBATSYS: Tran dodges Tony's Strong Kick.
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Tony 0/-------/--=====|===----\-------\0 Shinobu
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Tran 0/-------/---====|==-----\-------\0 Ibuki
The way things are going, it behooves Tran to move his ass out of the way. Damn, but this just isn't his bag of tricks. It's pretty obvious Tony's much, much better than him, so he's left with one option. Plan Hellboat! Rolling out of the way of Tony's kicks, towards his barrel, Tran comes up on his feet and flashes a smile. It seems the massive pain has helped with that little seasickness problem, because he looks downright perky, now. Putting a hand on the barrel, steam start coalescing around the top of it. "It's time to get this show moving! Make it interesting! I hope you're all ready, because it is /on/ now!
At that moment, steam erupts from underneath the barrel, just as it did under Tony moments ago. The barrel takes it much more poorly, fair exploding, releasing its contents to rain all over the deck. Said contents? Gasoline. A few gasoline soaked rags tossed in for good measure. Extremely flammable! Taking a lighter out of his pocket, Tran holds it up and just smiles. "Trust me, this'll be awesome."
COMBATSYS: Tran takes no action.
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Tony 0/-------/--=====|===----\-------\0 Shinobu
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Tran 0/-------/---====|==-----\-------\0 Ibuki
COMBATSYS: Shinobu blocks Ibuki's Tsumuji.
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Tony 0/-------/--=====|====---\-------\0 Shinobu
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Tran 0/-------/---====|===----\-------\0 Ibuki
Realism? Well, everybody knows all pipes contain steam - it's in the movies! So it's obviously scientifically proven. So!
Shinobu raises her arms, taking the blow on them as she buckles a little. "If I win... you have to show me a special nin secret!", she declares, as if that's some mind of Law of Fighting. Then, she charges forward, trying to catch Ibuki as she hits the ground. As she skids to a halt, she lashes out with a flurry of left-handed punches, creating a storm of indiscriminate strikes. "Yayayayayayaya!", she calls out, trying to overwhelm Ibuki before she can respond!
The smell of gasoline plus the rocking of the boat briefly overwhelmed the Muay Thai Panther, moreso than the unleaded rain that the collection of fighters were subjected to. There was little for him to do but put his hands up and hope that someone else would handle doctor psychopath while he...well, retched. Dropping to his knees, Tony didn't have anything left in his stomach to give up, but it didn't stop the dry heaving. Maybe Tran had something to fix stomach ails...like dry land or something.
COMBATSYS: Tony takes a breather.
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Tony 0/-------/--=====|====---\-------\0 Shinobu
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Tran 0/-------/---====|===----\-------\0 Ibuki
COMBATSYS: Ibuki endures Shinobu's Rumble Punch.
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Tony 0/-------/--=====|=====--\-------\0 Shinobu
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Tran 0/-------/---====|=====--\-------\0 Ibuki
Ibuki was still a fair enough distance from her target when she started the series of kicks that the majority of them were wasted before she got within range to even graze the strange girl with her heel, but that last one at least came close enough to get blocked. With her spinning finished, the ninja stands in front of Shinobu, taking somewhat measured breaths as she listens. "Well... I might. But you'd sort of have to prove to me you *can* keep a secret first."
And then, it just almost looks like she let every single one of those punches hit her because she was carelessly chattering and didn't see it coming, but such was not the case. She was just waiting for her opening, and her foot was already brought back to the ready position for driving it up under Shinobu's chin at the last second. She may have gotten a little battered around at first, but she *does* sort of know how to roll with a punch or two.
Flick, flick, flick. Tran plays with his lighter for a moment, still grinning widely. This is gonna really give the folks watching at home something to...uh. Watch. Anyway. Holding it up high like a beacon of light, Tran flicks the lighter one last time and a small flame rises from it. And then he bends down and set it to the gasoline. As you might expect, the fire spreads quickly, racing across the ship in a sort of random pattern, dependant on where all the gasoline actually came down.
It seems that Tran's sort of neglected the fact that he's still on board a ship that's quickly catching fire, though, as he's in as much danger as anyone else from the flames. Well, details, details. Burn, boat, burn! Letting out a whoop, Tran shouts out, "This is nothing to a hero and a doctor like myself! Haha!"
COMBATSYS: Ibuki successfully hits Shinobu with Kazekiri.
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Tony 0/-------/--=====|=======\-------\1 Shinobu
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Tran 0/-------/---====|=======\-------\0 Ibuki
COMBATSYS: Shinobu dodges Tran's Large Thrown Object.
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Tony 0/-------/--=====|=======\-------\1 Shinobu
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Tran 0/-------/---====|=======\-------\0 Ibuki
Getting smacked, by the kick, Shinobu is up and in the air... and out of the blast beneath her. She hits the deck a little distance away, and wincing, she crawls back to her feet. She smiles widely. "Don't worry! I won't tell anyone I beat you!", she says with confidence, and then makes a horse stance, pumping her arm and making a fist as the surf bursts up behind her, powered by the invisible forces of... drama! "Show me your best move!"
COMBATSYS: Shinobu gathers her will.
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Tony 0/-------/--=====|=======\====---\1 Shinobu
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Tran 0/-------/---====|=======\-------\0 Ibuki
COMBATSYS: Tony endures Tran's Large Thrown Object.
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Tony 0/-------/=======|=======\====---\1 Shinobu
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Tran 0/-------/---====|=======\-------\0 Ibuki
Not as ninjatastic as Ibuki, nor as blindly lucky as Shinobu when it came to the sudden conflagration that threatened to overtake the ship, Tony knew before the lighter did Tran's work for him that he wasn't going to get out of the way, wasn't going to realistically stop the blast from overwhelming his defenses in his current state. No, he was going to have to do this the manly way.
Rising back to his feet, Tony extended his arms, greeting the flames as it washed over his form and licked his clothing away. The man was on fire, and he'd have to do everything under his power to keep from panicing, to keep from jumping overboard and just calling this thing a loss. As the flames abated, Tony maintained his position, hands out, lips curling into his nasty, sadistic smile.
"That it, son?"
Channeling his inner Kain, it was a good thing that he fought the pseudo Sith Lord, got a good look at his M.O...it certainly helped seal performances like these away, like he didn't even feel the flames. "I'm going to maul you now. I suggest you do everything in your power to stop me."
Declaration made, Tony begins to advance on the Doctor, hands raising back into a middling guard, Fists tight and ready for action. When enough distance was closed, Tony weaved his upper body low, curling down and around before driving his knee up with blinding speed for Tran's chin. Win, lose, or draw, his other knee follows suit, looking to take Tran's head cleanly off of his shoulders with a vicious 2-hit combo.
COMBATSYS: Ibuki dodges Tran's Large Thrown Object.
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Tony 0/-------/=======|=======\====---\1 Shinobu
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Tran 0/-------/---====|=======\-------\0 Ibuki
Ibuki flips backward with the remaining momentum from the powerful kick she threw out at Shinobu, and just barely manages to stay in the air long enough that the rush of flames doesn't quite manage to singe her either. "WHAT THE-" Her eyes go a little wide as she looks over toward the now clearly crazy doctor as she once more lands a few feet from the girl she's still trying to deal with first, and stops to remark, "Okay, so he *is* doing freaky stuff afterall, isn't he?"
The ninja then has time enough to watch Shinobu's odd sort of special-effects taunt, and can't help but scratch her head a little. "Uhh... I kinda think I just did? That kick was always my favorite. And I'm not too keen on doing it two times in a row, even if I could probably get a little more air with it if I tried again."
COMBATSYS: Ibuki focuses on her next action.
COMBATSYS: Tran successfully hits Tran with Large Thrown Object.
COMBATSYS: Tran dodges Tony's Panther Assault.
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Tony 0/-------/=======|=======\====---\1 Shinobu
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Tran 0/-------/=======|=======\-------\0 Ibuki
Shinobu blinks in surprise. "You can't do any better than that? You seem pretty strong...", she says, looking a little confused as she stands up straight, scratching her head. But, she returns to Serious! mode, and holds a hand out to her side. Forming one of her bubbles like earlier... she then makes a fist, creating a burst of blue energy. Her hand drips with blue, fluid chi as she goes into staredown mode against Ibuki over the flames, waiting for the young ninja to make a move.
COMBATSYS: Shinobu focuses on her next action.
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Tony 0/-------/=======|=======\====---\1 Shinobu
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Tran 0/-------/=======|=======\-------\0 Ibuki
Unfortunately for Tran, he can't seem to be quite so badass as Tony is today. As he catches on fire...well, frankly, it's hot, and it burns. And Dr. Tran just can't take the heat. Running around, flailing in a most undignified manner, it's almost completely by accident that he dodges away from Tony's attack, his running path carrying him toward Ibuki and Shinobu. It's about that that he gets the bright idea - he uses steam, steam equals water, water puts out fire! Starting to make steam form around himself, closing his eyes in concentration...hang on a second, he's still running around, blindly now. Tripping on small piece of whatever, he goes flying forward vaguely in Ibuki's direction, covered in fire and steam chi in what could very well turn into a tackle. If Ibuki's the clothes, Dr. Tran is the iron! Sort of ruins the little stand off there maybe, but oh well. This is good stuff. Are the cameras getting it all?
With Tran running off to join the womenfolk, that left Tony thrashing something we like to refer to as THE EVERLIVING HELL out of the air. It's not nearly as satisfying as, you know, actually hitting someone, but it'd at least look impressive on the cameras. Now...hopefully, he didn't just screw himself out of a better booking on next week's show. That would've truly disappointed him.
All by himself, Tony...slumps over to the side once the Panther Assault maneuver comes to it's conclusion. Three combatants all in close proximity to one another meant that there was beating afoot, and Tony wanted a quiet moment to take it all in.
COMBATSYS: Tony focuses on his next action.
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Tony 0/-------/=======|=======\====---\1 Shinobu
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Tran 0/-------/=======|=======\-------\0 Ibuki
COMBATSYS: Tran successfully hits Ibuki with Hot Press.
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Tony 0/-------/=======|=======\====---\1 Shinobu
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Tran 1/-------/=======|=======\-------\1 Ibuki
Ibuki brings her hand back down from the side of her head, and starts to shrug a little bit as she keeps a close eye on the other girl. "Well, there is one move, but it kinda uses up the majority of my kunais. If I plan on staying in this fight much longer is just kinda seems like a bad idea to toss them all now, y'know?" The is just completely blindsided just after asking her question, though. She didn't hear Tran coming, so she just got run right over. "Owowow that's hot get it off!!!"
The ninja goes rolling around then and tries to both put out the flames that spread to her clothing as well as climb onto Tran's back hopefully before he manages to get back up off the deck and try to SNAP HIS FRIGGING NECK.
COMBATSYS: Ibuki successfully hits Tran with Kubiori.
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Tony 0/-------/=======|=======\====---\1 Shinobu
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Tran 1/---====/=======|=======\==-----\1 Ibuki
And indeed, as Dr. Tran starts struggling to his feet, Ibuki comes along and CRACK! It doesn't sound good. I mean, damn. That must be some serious dislocation all up in. It's enough to make anybody wince, really. Happily for Tran, though, he's not so pathetic that such an attack would outright kill him! It only hurts really, really, really freaking bad, that combined with the fire making him scream like a little girl. As a matter of fact, as he flops to the floor again, it looks like it hurts too much to turn his head, judging by the stiffness of his shoulders up.
Rolling away, still mildly on fire, Tran finally calms down a bit, ceasing the screaming, and pretty much envelops himself in steam, working his fingers up to his neck, giving himself a nice little fire-putting-out massage for the win.
Shinobu looks surprised at the sudden break in the faceoff, and slumps. "And I was looking so cool and everything...", she whines, and then looks over to Tony. "Eh? You're still here?", she says. Meanwhile, her brain is hard at work figuring out the logistics of it all. Ibuki and Tony are both in strong positions, but Dr. Tran could swing things around, too. Her hand still dripping chi in slow droplets, she sweeps it across the field slowly, as if seeking out a target. Narrowing her eyes, there's a sudden 'burst' as she hat flies off, her hair flowing outward and her dress fluttering about her as the moisture about strengthens her own chi.
COMBATSYS: Shinobu gathers her will.
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Tony 0/-------/=======|>>>>>>>\>>>>>>>\2 Shinobu
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Tran 1/---====/=======|=======\==-----\1 Ibuki
Yes, Tony is still here. Don't mind him.
While Shinobu was making her survey of the land, Tony was just concluding his. Granted, it would appear that they've both come to the same conclusion--Tran's gasoline-fueled antics aside, he was likely the weakest link of the quartet. That left Shinobu and Ibuki...the girl who shot him with bubblegum chi, and...the ex-teammate.
He likely didn't need to stop and survey things to know who his next target would be, but the few moments worth in reprieve helped the Muay Thai Panther put together an appropriate plan. That plan would involve the remainder of Tran's barrel. Picking up a hefty portion of it, Tony charged forward, eyes bulging and blood drumming in his ears as the ninja became the whole of his world. Throwing the barrel-chunk her way, Tony didn't stop running...looking to crowd Ibuki in in the process, hopefully limiting her options somewhat.
Maybe.
COMBATSYS: Tony successfully hits Ibuki with Large Thrown Object.
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Tony 1/-------/=======|>>>>>>>\>>>>>>>\2 Shinobu
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Ibuki was too busy rolling away from Tran and trying to get to her feet to really do much in the way of stopping Tony. That and, well, she wanted to get back to answering Shinobu's question for her. It was rude of her to just go off on Tran like that, and now that she sees the state she left him in she does feel kinda bad about it. So should she repeat the action after Tony damn near kills her with that big twisted hunk of metal? Nahhh... because if he keeps this up, she won't get a chance to show the other girl probably /ANY/ more moves before she gets knocked the hell out.
"Ungh... " she groans as she gets shakily back to her feet and glances toward Tony, just before she goes lurching forward, and soon all but disappears as she goes running -so fast-, right for Shinobu, with a big black kunai in each hand. Should she get there fast enough, she plans to drive them right into one of the schoolgirl's sides as she passes and inevitably ends up slamming into the boats railing since she doesn't quite have air brakes to save her the trouble. "Kurae!" is the only word she yells, and it's probably the only one she can right now with how she just got the wind knocked out of her seconds ago.
COMBATSYS: Tran successfully hits Tran with Steam Therapy.
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Tony 1/-------/=======|>>>>>>>\>>>>>>>\2 Shinobu
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Tran 1/---====/=======|====---\-------\0 Ibuki
And it should be no surprise that, after the steam and the massaging, Tran's feeling quite a bit better. The fire's out, some of his pain's been eased...only one thing left to take care of, really. Reaching up to his head, there's another loud crack as he twists his head in the opposite direction Ibuki did. This seems to have gone to a far more positive effect, as afterward Dr. Tran rolls his head around, grinning once more.
Swinging his arm around, as if he were Popeye preparing to deliver a massive punch, Tran announces happily, "Alright! It's time to show all of you just what being a real american hero doctor is all about!" Swinging his arm forward, a thin blade of steam goes boomeranging upward, curving in a long arc at Tony, and then what's this? It's another one, coming from a different direction! Shut up, of course it's not at all ripped off from Guile or someone. See? It curves! Curving makes the difference!
COMBATSYS: Ibuki successfully hits Shinobu with Yami Shigure.
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Tony 1/-------/=======|>>>>>>>\>>>>>>>\2 Shinobu
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Tran 1/----===/=======|====---\-------\0 Ibuki
As Ibuki strikes Shinobu, the young girl blinks, saying, "Eh? She missed?", seemingly unhurt. Then, she swings her glowing towards Ibuki. "This is it!", she says, before then suddenly vanishing... and then her chi-infused fist then strikes out in a straight punch towards the kunochi as she reappears near the girl, moving with a fluid mobility not obvious from her other, much more clumsy assaults. But the very, thin, clean cut at her side then opens, spraying out blood dramatically as she makes her strike to try and blow Ibuki right off the deck.
COMBATSYS: Tony dodges Tran's Real American Hero Cutter.
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Tony 1/-------/=======|====---\-------\0 Shinobu
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Tran 1/----===/=======|====---\-------\0 Ibuki
Yes...it was true. Curving made all of the difference in the world, seriously. Had Charlie or Guile thrown that, he'd be totally pwnt. Thanks to the power of curving, all Tony had to do was move forward to avoid the dual-cutting action of the real american hero...or something.
Regardless, the blasts of chi and the loud proclamation alerted Tony that Dr. Tran wasn't out of the running yet...and that was something that needed to be fixed. Moving after Tran, Tony's counterattack is dreadfully simple in comparison: Once range has been established, Tony moves to drive a hook elbow through the side of the doctor's head.
COMBATSYS: Shinobu successfully hits Ibuki with Final Finish.
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Tony 1/-------/=======|====---\-------\0 Shinobu
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Tran 1/----===/=======|=======\-------\1 Ibuki
As the strike lands, all the chi on her fist slams into Ibuki, forming a vertical puddle on her... and then it detonates, as if an enormous vibration echoes through the pooled chi, multiplying Shinobu's force over and over. A "squash-head" attack, in a sense! But rather than cooly step away as she typically does, she then suddenly buckles over, as the blood sprays forth from the wound at her side, staining her white dress. "Atatatata... ow..."
Ibuki drops the kunais just before she's attacked in return, and that really seems to be all she has the time to do before Shinobu's punch comes in and strikes her right in the chest, since, she was still trying not to go tumbling over the railing after running so fast across the deck of the ship. "OOPH-" For a moment, she starts to resemble some of the other fighters in this match with their earlier seasickness as she doubles over, holding her sides. And then all of that chi that just pooled up on her explodes and sends her staggering backward with her arms in the air. That made her just a little bit mad. The way that worked, it almost reminded her of getting an explosive tag stuck to her, and she always hated whenever that happened. "Rrrrrrgh... " So now she was growling, and somehow, she was still up on her feet, even without something to lean her back up against, and after just a brief moment of swaying from side to side, she started to limp back over toward Shinobu.
COMBATSYS: Ibuki focuses on her next action.
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Tony 1/-------/=======|====---\-------\0 Shinobu
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Tran 1/----===/=======|=======\-------\1 Ibuki
COMBATSYS: Tran fails to interrupt Fierce Punch from Tony with Pressure Blaster.
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Tony 1/------=/=======|====---\-------\0 Shinobu
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Tran 0/-------/-======|=======\-------\1 Ibuki
His attack missed? Crap. Tony the goddamn truck is coming right at him? Crap, again. What's a real American Doctor to do? Tran's answer to this question is clearly WRONG, because as steam starts to build up around him, Tony gets to him before he can do anything and elbows the hell out of the side of his head. Tran goes down, hard, sort of just crumpling to the deck, rolling around in pain. Oh, that stings so bad.
"Ehhh? You're still here?", Shinobu says again, looking surprised that the ninja withstood her attack. But! She's hardly finished. A final drop falls from her hand, and then Shinobu focuses on it, catching it as it becomes another bubble. "This is it...", she says, looking up at Ibuki. "... for real." And then, she steps forward... and then goes to simply /shove/ the explosive bubble at her this time, point-blank. The fact that Shinobu is in the going to be in the blast radius, however, doesn't really seems to bother her.
Much like the surprisingly resilient Shinobu not too horribly far away from him, Tony couldn't help but be surprised and amused by the fact that his opponent was still standing upright. It was a disturbingly solid hit, further fueled by Tran's miscalculation on the counterattack. Tony was feeling good, enjoying the practice...perhaps too much so, since this was generally the portion of the show where he started making mistakes, and bad. Overconfidence was the end of him, overconfidence would be the end of him if he ever got around to solidifying his challenge for King's Muay Thai Emperor(because calling her Empress insults an entire country, mind) title.
So, then, the obvious solution would be to curtail the overconfidence. Pulling his arm back into his guard, Tony sucked in a deep, steadying breath. Eye on the prize and all that. Eye on the prize...
...a prize Tony won't take his eyes off of until the absolute last moment, as the Muay Thai Panther drove his head in for a collision course with Tran's own, hopefully rattling some of that Doctor knowledge free in the process.
COMBATSYS: Ibuki overcomes Petite Pop from Shinobu with Kasumi Suzaku.
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Tony 1/------=/=======|====---\-------\0 Shinobu
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Tran 0/-------/-======|-------\-------\0 Ibuki
When Shinobu comes to deliver that last little bit of liquid explosive, Ibuki simply isn't there to sign for it any longer. She's already around back and overhead, raining down iron death on the unsuspecting girl with what looks like the last of her strength, as well as the last of her kunais. To make things worse, said kunais seem to be incendiary, and the deck of the boat is still on fire in quite a few places thanks to Dr. Tran.
COMBATSYS: Tony successfully hits Tran with Quick Throw.
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Tony 1/-----==/=======|====---\-------\0 Shinobu
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Tran 1/-----==/=======|-------\-------\0 Ibuki
And that's simply too much for Dr. Tran to take. Unable to effectively defend himself against Tony, the headbutt nails him right in the forehead, sending him staggering backward. Barely able to focus, it seems Dr. Tran has but one thing left to do; go down fighting in a manner befit that of an American Hero!
Unable to really say anything heroic because his head hurts so much, Tran makes a weird little grunting noise and then lets loose with what he was trying to unleash moments earlier. He may not have lasers or missiles, but he does have a bigass torrent of steam, which kind of looks like a laser, I guess. Also it's heading straight for Tony.
COMBATSYS: Tran can no longer fight.
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Tony 1/-----==/=======|====---\-------\0 Shinobu
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COMBATSYS: Ibuki successfully hits Shinobu with Kasumi Suzaku.
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Tony 1/-----==/=======|=======\-------\0 Shinobu
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Shinobu tries to flee, but gets rained on with the shuriken... and stumbles forward. As she does so, though, she falls forward towards the landing Ibuki, her head set up to smash right into the ninja's gut. It looks awfully accidental, but is it really? Tough call, but it looks like Shinobu's out for the count.
COMBATSYS: Shinobu can no longer fight.
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Tony 1/-----==/=======|-------\-------\0 Ibuki
COMBATSYS: Tran successfully hits Tony with Pressure Blaster.
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Tony 1/--=====/=======|-------\-------\0 Ibuki
Well...that sucked. Overconfidence was a killer, and Tony knew it would inevitably catch up with him...it just so happened to be here and now. The gout of steam caught Tony about as flush as it ever could, scalding the larger fighter and soaking what little of his clothes through that weren't already burnt or...soaked with gasoline. "Ng! Goddamnit..."
Stumbling backwards, Tony ends up landing on his backside as Tran hits the ground, apparently(thankfully) knocked out. Now he just needed to worry about the pair of girls--er, girl. Shinobu was knocked out, and Tony missed it. Damn. At least it left things where he wanted them--Ibuki and he would finally have a conversation of sorts.
"You lied to me. You lied to Taigen. I'm feeling real good about taking your head off."
Well, there's a pleasant opener if there ever was one, isn't it?
COMBATSYS: Tony focuses on his next action.
COMBATSYS: Ibuki dodges Shinobu's Monkey Mistake.
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Tony 1/--=====/=======|-------\-------\0 Ibuki
Ibuki has enough sense not to stand still after landing from her flip in spite of how fatigued she is. It really doesn't take all that much effort to just step aside when someone charges at you, or... falls at you, anyway, so she manages that fine. And then when it looks like Shinobu's out of her hair, Ibuki finally starts to drag herself back over to Tony, just in time to hear him welcome her with that threat.
"I did. And I don't blame you. But orders are orders, and that's what I was told to do." she pants out, obviously still trying to catch her breath. And then she clears her throat, and goes on to say, "But you know, I can't believe it took you that long to figure out. Did it ever even look like I knew Muay Thai, seriously?" shutting one eye as a little pain shoots though her back from where Tony struck her earlier with that huge peice of barrel. When she's finished speaking, she stands herself up a little straighter, and pulls one last kunai out from behind her back, spinning it on her finger and then catching it to hold it up at eye level.
COMBATSYS: Ibuki focuses on her next action.
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Tony 1/--=====/=======|-------\-------\0 Ibuki
"No, but then I'd only seen you twice. Once with Taigen, and once...shit, on TV I think. It's been long sitting on the backburner, it's been left to sit and mold and grow cancerous." Standing to full height, Tony drilled one of his fists into his waiting palm before letting them rise into a high guard. "This is a purging that's been waiting for a -very- long time."
And with that said, Tony marched inexorably forward, not so much moving forward as he did lurch menacingly until he convinced the burnt deck of the ship to just play along.
Given all of that, one might imagine Tony was preparing himself to deliver some most righteous pain to Ibuki's person. They'd be right...but they'd also be wrong. Instead of throwing a blow meant to take someone's head off, Tony's hands flew out for the sides of Ibuki's neck, drawing her in and clasping should he happen to be successful. From there, he'll introduce her to a pair of quick, stinging knees.
COMBATSYS: Tony successfully hits Ibuki with Clinch Maneuvers.
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Ibuki gives a little nod of her head and seems to just stand there and wait for Tony to come at her. She doesn't have the energy to take herself to him, and what little she did have she probably wanted to save up for hitting him with, not walking. "Well, like I said, I expected it to happen someday. I just kind of wonder if Taigen would be as mad if she were here for this too."
And of course, as soon as she gets that last sentence out, her kunai ends up clattering harmlessly to the ground as her old teammate grabs her by the neck and pulls her in for those two painful kneestrikes. Yeah, Muay Thai was always painful, and she hadn't been subjected to it for quite some time. "Ugh- gk..!! D- did you really want it to be this short though, Tony? Seems kind of lame to me... "
And then just as she passes out, she tries to catch a hand onto one of Tony's shoulders, one that she doesn't hold for very long. Her hand just kind of relaxes and goes sliding downward before she can quite get any kind of grip. But regardless, just before her hand falls comepletely away from him, somewhere abouts his hip, a small burst of bright blue chi blossoms out from her palm.
COMBATSYS: Ibuki can no longer fight.
COMBATSYS: Tony interrupts Raida from Ibuki with Unrelenting Fury Chain.
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"Short? This? No, this is plenty good."
Ibuki by all accounts should've hit the ground, most assuredly. Her last attack was exactly that, a last attack--and Tony knew it. He might've been the Muay Thai Panther, but hanging out with Syndicate Sharks like Yamazaki lent Tony a certain kind of bloodlust...a good nose for the blood in the water and a taste for assault above and beyond what was necessary or even prudent. Ibuki didn't hit the ground...not yet, because Tony wouldn't allow it. Clasping thick fingers around the comparatively slight shoulder of the ninja, he hefted her back up to her feet and then some...right in time for the explosion of chi.
It hurt, certainly, drawing a pained wince out of the kickboxer before he delivered the first punch, snapping it into the lower end of her ribs. "Don't talk to me about Taigen, not like she was just some kinda mark for you." The second jab goes into the same spot, knuckles smashing into the ribs with the hopes of breaking them, turning them into powder. "She was a forgiving soul and a good woman, a good person...too forgiving for her own good." The third blow goes high, hooking around into the side of Ibuki's face. Wheather or not she was conscious was irrelevent, since she could likely catch it on the replay when she wakes up.
"She was forgiving. I was vindictive...I still am." The blows start to rain in a bit faster now, alternating high and low, drumming off of the side of her head and tenderizing ribs on each go. The words continue, bordering on monologue but broken up into a syllable beating thanks to the incessant rain of blows.
"But I know.../Forgiveness!/ I could...I /should/ kill you right now! /I/ should break you apart! /Throw/ you in the /ocean!/ Forget /you/ existed!" The last strike draws a wince out of Tony, possibly hurting his own fist on the human beating bag before him. Shaking his head, Tony's assault only stopped briefly before he switched to knees...and elbows...and ending with a hard throw against the railing that was supposed to prevent people from going overboard, likely denting the old brass with her body.
Ibuki was barely hanging on as it was after Shinobu blew her up that first time. She should have just given in to that voice in the back of her head saying things like 'Okay, time to lie down. You're done. Let's go. Hit the deck already.' right then, but she kept going. And it was probably just so Tony could hit her one time, just like he did right there. She didn't care if it was something humiliating like a pimpslap that knocked her out, or just getting hit with some overlarge blunt object like he had already hit her with once tonight. But she knew one hit was all it would take, and that's why it was really all she expected. She had completely *forgotten* that she'd heard about Tony choking the life out of opponents once they were already all but punched into a coma. Maybe it was because she'd never seen it firsthand, but now she was getting to /experience/ it firsthand, and she'd know for next time. Assuming she, you know, survived being held up like a punching bag and pummelled to hell and back before getting slammed into the railing so hard that her back dents it. For someone as light as her to be able to impact metal with their body, that meant there was just an insane amount of force behind the hit. And now there's of course blood everywhere. On her, on the rails, on the deck below her, all over Tony's knuckles... How could the offcials not see that it's time to step in before they lose a fighter for good?
It was actions like these that made fighters like Megumi absolutely hate him, though at least this time he didn't use a knife. No, no, for this a knife was too...impersonal. Bare knuckles, elbows, knees...only the human weapon would do here. Security seemed awfully lax for a long, long time...but then again, when being punched silly, a second can seem like an eternity. Eventually, though...the kickboxer's fury abated, and Ibuki's body was left to bleed...or be tended to by emergency personnel. Whichever.
With all other fighters down...Tony had enough of the ship. "Get me off of here," comes the demand to whoever might happen to be nearby. "We're done here."
Log created by Tran, and last modified on 02:25:25 09/05/2005.