Description: Cammy's spectacular early lead gets chewed up slowly but surely by the monk and the fighting savant, leading to a close win for the duo. (Winners: Frei and Shinobu)
Tarfala, Sweden. A beautiful valley, if not exactly sylvan; deep, dark blue glacial waters surrounded by white-capped mountains and slow-flowing ice, grassy shores broken up by chunks of igneous rock, likely volcano-borne. A wide swath has been marked out by the SNF officials, enough room for fighters to move about in easily--probably twenty-five yards wide by as much as forty long. The air is cold, clear, and sweet, the remote area populated by few birds or other wildlife; the murmur of officials and audience--only the most diehard of SNF fans--is subdued in this rarefied air.
At one end waits Cammy White, ex-Shadaloo Zero Doll and current Pacific High student and sometime Delta Red agent. Her outfit, chosen for this SNF, speaks to that latter affiliation, though it is definitely not a Delta Red uniform as such. She had arrived earlier--much earlier, in fact--having hiked up from the nearest town. Partly it was just for exercise, partly to get a feel for the area... partly because she just wanted to be there first. So there she is, waiting, standing with her legs shoulder-width apart, her body precisely still, arms folded behind her back. She's of average height yet it may still somehow seem imposing, to look at her.
"YODEL-ODEL-EY-HEEE-HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
Yeah.
This is the sound coming from the back of an approaching pick-up truck on loan from one of the small settlements built mostly for geological survey in this part of the country, the Tarfala Valley being a prime place to study... ice and snow and rocks and stuff, I don't know. Anyhow. It's not exactly a fjord or an Alpine mountain but let's face it, Frei's lived most of his life in Asia and thus associates northern Scandanavia with women wearing horned helmets, yak porridge, and yodelling.
As the truck pulls up to the fight area the monk hops out, steps forward, and then touches his fist to that of his driver, a burly-looking Swede. "Thanks, Sven!" ("My name is Ul--" he starts to protest) "That was neat!" And then he walks toward where Cammy is standing and beams at her, waving like a dork. "HI! Aren't you cold?" he ^_________^'s.
COMBATSYS: Cammy has started a fight here on the left meter side.
COMBATSYS: Frei has joined the fight here on the right meter side.
COMBATSYS: Shinobu has joined the fight here on the right meter side.
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Cammy 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Frei
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|-------\-------\0 Shinobu
Giving up her summer dress for her school uniform... a little nostalgic, but more indicative of her 'sensei', so to speak. Walking over the rocks, Shinobu crouches, staring at the water for a moment before noticing Cammy's reflection in it. Standing up, she tilts her head. "Ehhhh? You?", she says, tilting her head the other direction. "Well, whatever.", she concludes, rubbing her shoulder as she swings her arm about, loosening up.
As Frei arrives, though, Shinobu glances over to him. "Ehhhh? You?" One might wonder if she even reads the brief on the match's contestants. "Well, whatever." She swings her other arm around, and then springs on the balls of her feet. "Let's get started, already!'
Then, without any ado, she charges at Cammy, and then leaps into the air, holding her hands close to herself before then flinging one of her trademark bubbles down towards Cammy. The blue projectile flickers in the air, wobbling back and forth before detonating on the rocks and grass, the resulting geyser of chi set to catch Cammy where she stands.
COMBATSYS: Cammy dodges Shinobu's Petite Pop.
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Cammy 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Frei
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|-------\-------\0 Shinobu
Cammy has only a few moments, really, to reply to Frei; well, she has a lot of time really, but she has to consider her answer for a bit. "Well, maybe a little, but I think the match will warm me up right quick." At Shinobu's arrival, Cammy relaxes out of her military stance--and in just enough time to be able to react as Shinobu starts up the dance, so to speak. Cammy bursts off the blocks with her trademark speed, her legs pumping as she rushes forward. She has to time a jump, to get past that geyser of chi, which blunts her speed a little bit, but she's still ready to go.
She takes a skipping hop forward, twisting around in midair and aiming to land next to Shinobu, so that she can strike with an elbow to backfist combination. As the strike starts up, suddenly her striking arm, from elbow to hand, is engulfed in a blue-white energy, not quite flame, not quite electricity... yes, Psycho Power.
The monk blinks. Well, that's a sensible reply. And Cammy seems like a sensible girl. Which is good, because he's just left looking at Shinobu with... well, not shock, as it takes quite a lot to shock Frei, but certainly something approaching skepticism.
He has a goofy smile as Shinobu's projectile wobbles right past his nose. "Oh, we're starting, then?" Cupping his hands together, the monk gathers his own spheres of blue-white energy, before grinning at Cammy and then hurling both of them at her, the twin orbs twirling about until they get near and then collapsing together to form a grenade of ice shards. "Let's hope you're dressed as warm as you say!"
COMBATSYS: Shinobu blocks Cammy's Axle Spin Knuckle.
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Cammy 0/-------/---====|-------\-------\0 Frei
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|==-----\-------\0 Shinobu
Shinobu turns her side to Cammy as she nears, bringing her arm close in to her shoulder to absorb the attack with a wince. "Good punch, but.. it's gonna take more than that!" Swinging around with her other arm, she throws out a powerful straight punch, swinging her whole body around so her other side faces Cammy. The punch a little high, aimed at Cammy's chest, but it's more controlled than her moves usually are, efficiency in form and function.
COMBATSYS: Cammy dodges Frei's Hyoushou Rengeki.
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Cammy 0/-------/---====|-------\-------\0 Frei
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|==-----\-------\0 Shinobu
COMBATSYS: Cammy dodges Shinobu's Strong Punch.
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Cammy 0/-------/---====|-------\-------\0 Frei
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|==-----\-------\0 Shinobu
Well, see, that's the thing; her clothing isn't -that- warm. Cammy's head whips back and forth, once, taking in Shinobu and then Frei. One is punching, the other throwing some sort of ice bomb... Shinobu being close, she is dealt with first, Cammy sideslipping the incoming punch, then using the gained momentum to skip and hop backwards, out of the way of the incoming projectile.
Having successfully defended, Cammy considers her options, then reaches into one of those cargo pants pockets, pulling out a sphere, roughly golfball-sized... except it's made of metal. She considers, just a moment, then whips the sphere at Frei, aiming for the stomach. It's hollow, it won't hurt -that- badly... but since Cammy can't do psionic projectiles, she has to make up for it somehow.
COMBATSYS: Frei blocks Cammy's Thrown Object.
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Cammy 0/-------/---====|=------\-------\0 Frei
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|==-----\-------\0 Shinobu
Frei blinks, then reaches out and catches it. *WHUMP*
"...ow!" So, the lesson here is that you shouldn't try to just grab those things out of midair particularly if they're made of metal because it hurts like hell. Shaking out his hand (and dropping the sphere), the monk knits his brow, then shrugs and gets back into stance, throwing his arms down to his sides, hands balled into fists. "You could put someone's eye out!" he chides, mostly jokingly, as the snow at his feet starts blowing around in the wake of the wind resonating with his chi.
COMBATSYS: Frei gathers his will.
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Cammy 0/-------/---====|=====--\-------\0 Frei
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|==-----\-------\0 Shinobu
Shinobu stops, staring after Cammy. She restracts her fist, and says, "Eh?" She looks at her fist, as if ready to admonish it for doing something wrong... but then just snaps her head up to stare at Cammy, thinking on the best way to approach a much faster fighter. She could try and tank it out like her first sensei... but she's going to have to think this through a bit. "Man, you're making me have to think about this... it's annoying...", she says, reaching up to rub her temple.
COMBATSYS: Shinobu focuses on her next action.
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Cammy 0/-------/---====|=====--\-------\0 Frei
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|==-----\-------\0 Shinobu
So far, Cammy has had more success than either Frei or Shinobu, though not much of it; the Delta Red agent is forced to pause, as both of her opponents choose not to continue the offensive. The question is, does Cammy? And the answer is, apparently, right now, 'no'.
Cammy hangs back, with a slight frown tilting the corners of her lips downward... particularly at Shinobu. 'annoying'? Is this girl afraid to think? Some sort of idiot savant? It'd be a more interesting question to Cammy were she not in the middle of a fight.
Cammy frowns at Frei's words too, but decides to just leave it be, and buckle down and watch -both- of her opponents more closely.
COMBATSYS: Cammy focuses on her next action.
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Cammy 0/-------/---====|=====--\-------\0 Frei
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|==-----\-------\0 Shinobu
Then a tumbleweed rolled by, and the audience died of boredom.
Sighing, Frei cracks his knuckles. "Alright, this is a Saturday Night Fight, not a tea party!" he says sharply, cupping his hands at his side and gathering a glowing orange-red ball of chi. "Well, if you're still not warm enough, maybe I can help you out!" Dashing forward, the monk points both palms at Cammy and intends to detonate the glowing sphere of warm Yang chi right in Cammy's face.
"Don't look at me that way. That's annoying too.", Shinobu says, taking her hand from her head as she shrugs gently. Then, she hefts up a rock from the ground, wincing as she picks it up, swinging around once before letting go, releasing it like a shotput. It wobbles in the air, and Shinobu suddenly leaps behind it, throwing out a spin kick which launches it like a bullet towards Cammy. "WaiTA!", she cries, heedless of the fact Frei just might be in the way.
COMBATSYS: Cammy dodges Frei's Hizashi.
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Cammy 0/-------/---====|=====--\-------\0 Frei
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|==-----\-------\0 Shinobu
COMBATSYS: Cammy dodges Shinobu's Large Thrown Object.
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Cammy 0/-------/---====|=====--\-------\0 Frei
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|==-----\-------\0 Shinobu
Man. When these two decide to come in, they come in with a vengeance, that's for sure. Cammy is hard-pressed to find a good place for an offensive, here; she jumps straight up, just before that explosion of chi takes place, and then lands on the flying rock that Shinobu kicked...
...and Cammy kicks off from it, suddenly spiralling forward through the air, arms clasped over her chest, that blue-white energy surrounding her feet back to her hips, blazing brightly, shaped like an arrowhead as Cammy spins in on the girl.
"SPIRAL ARROW!!" comes the cry from the blonde, as much out of habit as anything else. Besides, it's genre convention.
COMBATSYS: Shinobu endures Cammy's Spiral Arrow.
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Cammy 0/-------/-======|=====--\-------\0 Frei
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|====---\-------\0 Shinobu
The monk frowns. He's fought some fast people before, but Cammy is almost inhumanly fast... and while Frei himself is *dexterous*, he's not particularly speedy. Frowning, he tries to think of something he can do, and shrugs. Keep fighting on, appears to be the general consensus. After all, unless he can suddenly teach himself to teleport, there's not a lot he can do by thinking about it.
Watching Cammy sail through the air, the monk sets his jaw and then follows her toward Shinobu. She'll have to have some recovery time after a move like that... and he hopes to interrupt that recovery time by striking quick and hard from above with a descending axe kick, crimson fire erupting in the path of the attack. "WATAH!"
Buckling back, Shinobu flies through the air with the impact, slamming back... but manages to kick her foot out against one of the rocks, stopping her momentum. In the moment between Cammy's impact and landing, Shinobu narrows her eyes. "Got you!"
Then, suddenly, Shinobu explodes forward, kicking off the rock so hard it tumbles back, dirt and dust flying in her wake. As she launches forward, she throws a flying uppercut at Cammy... tilted to an almost horizontal level. "Shinobu..." Those who pay attention to styles might recognize the dramatically warped form of a shoryuken, reoriented for a much more aggressive angle. "... Rocket!"
COMBATSYS: Cammy dodges Frei's Kouen no Tsurugi.
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Cammy 0/-------/-======|=====--\-------\0 Frei
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|===----\-------\0 Shinobu
COMBATSYS: Cammy dodges Shinobu's Shinobu Rocket.
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Cammy 0/-------/-======|=====--\-------\0 Frei
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|===----\-------\0 Shinobu
Well, Frei, you're right. There -is- some recovery time after the Spiral Arrow is completed. Fortunately, Cammy is very familiar with the move and she chooses, rather than to stop herself as she normally does, to continue her momentum, pushing off along the ground... sliding underneath Shinobu's uppercut, and neatly avoiding the axe kick in the meantime. It puts her a bit farther from the two than she likes, but she's lunging forward regardless, seeking to use that inhuman speed to close with Frei, to grab him by the shoulder and hip and simply lift, turn, and body toss him down to the ground.
COMBATSYS: Cammy successfully hits Frei with Medium Throw.
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Cammy 0/-------/=======|=======\==-----\1 Frei
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|===----\-------\0 Shinobu
Well, that worked better than Cammy could have hoped. Frei is particularly short and light for a guy, and it shows as Cammy all but tosses him like a rag doll into the distance, where he lands on the ground with a disconcerting *CRACK* sound. He wobbles a bit as he gets to his feet, clutching his arm, and tries to take stock. Something is seriously wrong here.
COMBATSYS: Frei focuses on his next action.
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Cammy 0/-------/=======|=======\==-----\1 Frei
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|===----\-------\0 Shinobu
Shinobu crashes down to the ground with nothing to stop her moment, landing hard as she pratfalls. Then, she slowly starts to get up, rubbing her head. She looks over to Cammy, and wipes her chin as she turns away from the fight. "Way too annoying.", she concludes, and folds her hands behind her head, staring out at the water. "Definitely way too annoying." Taking in a breath, she stares out at the water, seemingly now uncaring whether or not Cammy comes back to assault her again.
COMBATSYS: Shinobu gathers her will.
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Cammy 0/-------/=======|=======\==-----\1 Frei
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|=======\-------\0 Shinobu
Hmph. Well, Frei already said once that this was 'Saturday Night Fight, not a tea party'. So Cammy will take it to heart. She spares Frei a look, but is pretty sure he'll be alright, then turns to take off for Shinobu. Hey, if she's not going to 'care'... Cammy dislikes that. A fight like this is serious. Yeah, have fun, but Cammy was trained to take this seriously. So, when Shinobu turns her back... maybe it incenses Cammy a little, as she rushes the girl. If she gets her grab, it would probably be around the waist, from the back, and then she'll leap, arching backwards, and twist, aiming to land atop Shinobu. Rather like Hugo, actually, and his Megaton Press.
COMBATSYS: Shinobu blocks Cammy's Rebound Throw.
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Cammy 0/-------/-======|=======\==-----\1 Frei
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|=======\====---\1 Shinobu
Serious is just not in Frei's milieu. He has never been, nor will he ever be... perhaps in the very last fight he's ever in, maybe, but the monk has faced down scarier and more dangerous challenges than Cammy without losing his stride. Shinobu, though... something's clearly bugging her, and from Frei's point of view it's going to slow her down. Shrugging, the monk cracks his knuckles and then with all due speed launches himself at Cammy, fist extended. "NOT BURNING KNUCKLE!" Apparently someone rented SNF 2004 on DVD last week.
Getting rushed, Shinoub turns at the last moment... but it's too late, it seems. Caught, Shinobu is slammed back, but at the last second, she rolls out of Cammy's way, avoiding the landing. She gets to one knee, glaring. "Very, very, the most ever... annoying!", Shinobu says, and then swings her arms. "Doesn't this bore you to fight like this?", she says, rubbing her back. "Man." She then wobbles a little before turning away again, letting her hand hang at her side as she flexes her hand, popping her knuckles.
COMBATSYS: Shinobu gathers her will.
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Cammy 0/-------/-======|=======\==-----\1 Frei
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|>>>>>>>\>>>>>>>\2 Shinobu
COMBATSYS: Cammy dodges Frei's Fierce Punch.
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Cammy 0/-------/-======|=======\==-----\1 Frei
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|>>>>>>>\>>>>>>>\2 Shinobu
Cammy's retort is immediate, to Shinobu. "What annoys me is someone who doesn't take it seriously!" Eh, whatever. Clearly, Shinobu is scared. Cammy turns to face the incoming Frei, sidestepping around that flying fist and, almost in the same moment, attempting to grab Frei's extended arm and use his momentum against him, to sling him around... maybe, if she gets the hit, right next to Shinobu.
She's not losing her cool, but... she could, that's for sure, she really could.
COMBATSYS: Cammy successfully hits Frei with Medium Throw.
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Cammy 0/-------/-======|=======\======-\1 Frei
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|>>>>>>>\>>>>>>>\2 Shinobu
Aaaand once again Frei goes sailing through the air with the greatest of ease, landing face-first on the heavily rocky terrain. The sound is... unpleasant, but no more so than how it LOOKS. It's a good few moments before Frei gets back up, kneeling for a moment, and then turns back to Cammy. He's not... serious, but he is clearly Concerned. "You know..." he says to Cammy, wiping blood from his lip, "...there's a difference between taking something seriously and being serious." He stands up, forcing himself into stance and gathering his strength. "So I'm not sure what your definition of 'serious' is, but I'd think about it carefully."
COMBATSYS: Frei gathers his will.
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Cammy 0/-------/-======|>>>>>>>\>>>>>>>\2 Frei
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|>>>>>>>\>>>>>>>\2 Shinobu
Looking over her shoulder, Shionbu echoes, "Seriously?", she echoes. She looks up to the sky, as if considering that. And then she shrugs a little, and then turns about. "Are you fighting a match or a battle?" She folds her arms, and then brings her fist up, narrowing her eyes before then slipping her feet together, putting one hand behind her back before gesturing in a 'c'mere' motion with her other hand. "Or are you just really eager to become an old lady?", she then says, a wicked grin on her face.
COMBATSYS: Shinobu gathers her will.
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Cammy 0/-------/-======|>>>>>>>\>>>>>>>\2 Frei
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|>>>>>>>\>>>>>>>\2 Shinobu
Cammy's eyes narrow. "Hey, listen, I'm not doin' this out of duty or nothin'. I enjoy fighting. This is somethin' I do for fun. But I take it seriously, too!" She just hasn't had much of a chance to show her quirky, fun side. Lunging away from Frei, Cammy twists, taking two steps towards Shinobu then just short-leaping up, twisting around, trying to plant a booted foot right into Shinobu's forehead. Enough of this crap. It is no longer Fun here.
COMBATSYS: Shinobu fails to counter Light Kick from Cammy with Spin Crasher.
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Cammy 0/-------/--=====|>>>>>>>\>>>>>>>\2 Frei
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|>>>>>>>\>>>>>>>\2 Shinobu
"You don't look like you're having any," Frei observes conversationally, twisting a bit as Cammy rockets past him for Shinobu, already gathering another pair of blue-white spheres in his hands and deciding not to go very far, tracking Cammy with his eyes and waiting for an opportunity to strike that won't put Shinobu at risk. The second such an opportunity arises, he lashes out with both arms crossed, Athena Asamiya-style, looking to put the chill on the blonde fighter a ssecond time. "So, what would make this more fun?"
Reaching in, Shinobu tries to grab the kick... but the force of the blow bats aside her hand and sends her flying back. She blinks, looking even more stunned, and then just sits there. She then looks up to Cammy, staring, and then says simply, "Why can't I hit you? You're angry... and... I've thought it all out... and..." She gets back to her feet, looking a little abashed. "... I don't understand.", she says with an embarassed grin.
And then, there comes a Frei from stage right.
COMBATSYS: Cammy dodges Frei's Hyoushou Rengeki.
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Cammy 0/-------/--=====|>>>>>>>\>>>>>>>\2 Frei
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|>>>>>>>\>>>>>>>\2 Shinobu
Cammy spares Shinobu a thin, somewhat feral grin as she lands her kick despite Shinobu's best efforts. "Maybe," she replies, with surprisingly little malice in her voice, "It all comes down to skill!" Not that Cammy is particularly adept at or fond of tooting her own horn, but she -is- good. As she proves; the last word is emphasized, with a little grunt, as Cammy crouches and leaps, simultaneously arcing over Frei's attack and aiming to counterattack him in turn with a flying chop to the shoulder.
"Maybe if you two were a little more into it! It's like fightin' lifeless dolls!" Yeah, there's not a little bit of irony in that statement, but hey. Cammy DOESN'T REMEMBER that. Seriously. She's better now.
If there's any group of people that Sakura Kasugano would be lumped into, it's definitely 'die-hard SNF fan.' She's one of the few in the audience here, and it's in no small measure because three acquaintances of hers are fighting. Doesn't matter that it's in the mountains -- that's what her thick parka's for.
And here... well. She's been giving moral support all along. Really. She hadn't shown up late at all, and she's totally not just walking into the audience just when Shinobu gets a taste of Tae Kwon Leap. "Oof," she mumbles to herself, before throwing up a fist in encouragement. "HANG IN THERE, SHINOBU!" It's important to support your students every now and again!
COMBATSYS: Frei blocks Cammy's Fierce Punch.
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Cammy 0/-------/--=====|>>>>>>>\>>>>>>>\2 Frei
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|>>>>>>>\>>>>>>>\2 Shinobu
That comment does not sit well with Frei. He actually frowns. It's unusual, and to the people who know him a little... weird. It's rather like suddenly being bitten on the ankle by a friendly, shaggy dog who would never do such a thing in his life. "Sounds like you're shifting the blame around," he says simply, catching Cammy's punch on his forearm... and, if he's lucky, shift his grip around her wrist and slam her into the ground with her own momentum. Not that it will work, but he can hope. "So what's the real reason and not just the quippy trash talk that sounds good on a business card reason?"
"....." Shinobu /has/ tried her best. And yet, she hasn't even touched Cammy. "That's how it's gonna be, huh? You're just mean..." She sighs, and rubs her neck. "... just another fighting monster." She then narrows her eyes, and then looks over to Sakura, raising a hand with a dull expression, before then rushing at Cammy with a loud cry. No subtlety this time, no firm plan. She's just trying to ram her shoulder into the older girl in a fierce block block, and try and throw her off balance as best she can. It's a desperate, telegraphed kind of move, only really dangerous in the fact that it's a almost too dumb for one to expect it to work.
COMBATSYS: Cammy dodges Frei's Medium Throw.
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Cammy 0/-------/--=====|>>>>>>>\>>>>>>>\2 Frei
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|>>>>>>>\>>>>>>>\2 Shinobu
COMBATSYS: Shinobu successfully hits Cammy with Strong Punch.
- Power hit! -
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Cammy 0/-------/=======|>>>>>>>\>>>>>>>\2 Frei
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|>>>>>>>\>>>>>>>\2 Shinobu
Cammy evades Frei's grip, and narrows her eyes at Frei. "Don't," and her voice holds a firmness that means she will brook no further attempts, "try to psychoanalyze me during the fight." Or after, really. Cammy's had enough headshrinking to last a lifetime. She hits a bad patch of ground and slips, which gives Shinobu enough time to crash into Cammy and catch her, throwing her to the ground. Hunh. Cammy gets back up, naturally, rubbing her chest, and her grin turns a little more open. Maybe she's surprised. But maybe it was a good attack and Cammy underestimated Shinobu. The fight's far from over, after all.
"Not bad," she says, sounding almost good-natured, as she seeks to grab the now near-by Shinobu and simply ground the girl with a suplex.
COMBATSYS: Shinobu fails to counter Medium Throw from Cammy with Quick Punch.
- Power fail! -
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Cammy 0/-------/=======|>>>>>>>\>>>>>>>\2 Frei
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|>>>>>>>\>>>>>>>\2 Shinobu
"I'm free to psychoanalyze who I want," Frei says with a shrug, flexing his fingers and holding his right hand behind his back, a flickering prismatic glow starting to gather around it. "Though I wouldn't necessarily call that psychoanalysis. I didn't suggest that your fighting style is a result of your lingering problems with your father and your need to avoid him leading to an evasion-focused style." Oh, you foolish idiot savant, you.
Of course, he could just be using the psychobabble to hide the fact that he has steadily and impressively gathering chi of all types in his right hand, which he suddenly thrusts forward at Cammy with impressive speed. "But hey, what do I know?" The prismatic haze resolves into a single burst of light, which becomes a massively powerful invisible shockwave rippling through the air at the blonde fighter, the ground below the blast point cracking.
Shinobu gets grabbed, and she tries to twist around and catch the fall with her hand. Then there's a snapping sound with the impact, and Shinobu's hand goes entirely the wrong way before her head then hits the rocks and soil, and she collapses unceremoniously, moaning. Then, she starts to stir, glaring at Cammy as she slowly rises again, seemingly heedless of her injury.
COMBATSYS: Frei successfully hits Cammy with Fukami Reikai.
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|>>>>>>>\>>>>>>>\2 Shinobu
Oh yes, Frei. That's good. Keep running your mouth. That's the way to go. Cammy narrows her eyes, making a move to avoid the wall of energy but failing; like Shinobu's power punch, this deals a good amount of damage, and now Cammy shrugs off her jacket, by now ruined. When she said 'don't'? She meant, 'don't, or I'll take it badly.' Cammy spares not a glance for Shinobu and her potentially broken wrist, choosing instead to lunge forward, clasping her hands together and whipping them out in a horizontal poleaxing motion, aimed for the side of Frei's head.
COMBATSYS: Cammy successfully hits Frei with Fierce Punch.
- Power hit! -
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|>>>>>>>\>>>>>>>\2 Shinobu
Cammy does get her punch, for sure. It impacts solidly, with a particularly nice crunching sound, sending him backward a few steps. It sounded pretty nasty. What it absolutely fails to do is shut him up, which nothing short of his untimely demise will probably ever accomplish.
Cupping his hands to his chest, the monk starts gathering another golden orb of energy at chest-height, glancing at Cammy. He's still smiling. "Or maybe that as a child, you had a particularly bad experience with an eggplant. No! Eggplant parmesan. So now whenever you see cheese, or that rich purple fruit, you go into a killing rage and leave a bloody swath in your wake?" The orb completed, Frei hurls it at Cammy where it wobbles through air much like Shinobu's earlier projectile... and when it gets close the entire affair goes up in a huge explosion of red, gold, and orange chi fireworks. "...am I close yet?"
As Cammy turns away, Shinobu tries to make a fist with her dangly hand, but then just winces, her fingers twitching for a moment before she grabs ahold of her wrist, wincing as she pulls it back into place... something she does on a disturbing basis if one were to watch too many SNF videos of her. But then, her eyes widen as she sees the conflagration, the fight and her pain forgotten for a moment. "Oh, pretty...", she says, staring at the detonation.
COMBATSYS: Shinobu gathers her will.
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Cammy 1/-----==/=======|=------\-------\0 Frei
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|>>>>>>>\>>>>>>>\2 Shinobu
COMBATSYS: Cammy dodges Frei's Hizashi Ronde.
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Cammy 1/-----==/=======|=------\-------\0 Frei
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|>>>>>>>\>>>>>>>\2 Shinobu
Yeah, uh, Frei. You might really want to stop that. Because Cammy's eyes are narrower now, and she easily sideslips that projectile, lunging forward to clear the blast zone. See, talking about her past, either fictional or historical, practical or theoretical... she doesn't like it. It's that intimation 'maybe I know you', even if they don't. Shinobu is given a pass for the moment as Cammy aims, quite simply, to just shut Frei up.
... with a kick to the face. (hush.)
COMBATSYS: Frei blocks Cammy's Light Kick.
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Cammy 1/-----==/=======|===----\-------\0 Frei
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|>>>>>>>\>>>>>>>\2 Shinobu
The monk's hand moves with impressive speed. Not the superhuman agility that Cammy has displayed so routinely in this fight, but certainly a short burst of remarkable dexterity, catching Cammy's kick in his right hand. It stings, for sure, but certainly less than taking a kick to the face. And he doesn't stop smiling. "Hm, this IS fun. I wonder what my hidden secrets are." He lets go of Cammy's foot and makes a quick grab for it before she can retract it, looking to adjust his hold, then rather unceremoniously swing her into the ground, motes of green light erupting from the point of impact that has been enhanced by earthen chi. "Perhaps I'm like that guy in the Manchurian Candidate. Like, somebody starts singing 'What a Wonderful World' and I am hypnotically compelled to buy every green t-shirt in a 10 mile radius."
Shinobu then makes a proper fist with her left hand. "Don't forget about... me...", she says, trailing off, and then frowns, shooting Frei an annoyed glance that mirrors Cammy's look. Then, shaking her head, she rushes at Cammy, taking her 'good' hand and throwing it into a flurry of punches. "Yayayayayaya!", she finally cries, resorting to her trademark flurry of random, hypervelocity and hyperinaccurate punches, hoping that the law of averages works out into Cammy taking the pain.
COMBATSYS: Frei successfully hits Cammy with Daichi Kudaki.
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Cammy 1/----===/=======|==-----\-------\0 Frei
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|=======\=======\1 Shinobu
COMBATSYS: Shinobu successfully hits Cammy with Rumble Punch.
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Cammy 1/--=====/=======|==-----\-------\0 Frei
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|>>>>>>>\>>>>>>>\2 Shinobu
Bounced and punched. Cammy's fight is turning bad, and she knows it; but it isn't as bad as it may seem, and her two opponents are far worse off. Still, and all, she's not about to let up; she twists around, flinging another kick at Frei's face, doing her best to just be ready for whatever else she needs to be ready for from Shinobu; it's a bit of a gamble, given that Shinobu's been preparing herself for a while, but calculated gambles are what Cammy is all about.
COMBATSYS: Cammy successfully hits Frei with Light Kick.
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Cammy 1/--=====/=======|======-\-------\0 Frei
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|>>>>>>>\>>>>>>>\2 Shinobu
Frei has enough presence to turn his head just so that he takes the hit on the side of the head rather than the front. He's still smiling as he takes deep breaths, flexing his fingers. "And perhaps Miss Ootsuka is secretly from a colony of aliens living in orbit around Neptune, the advance guard sent to find out our culture and report back to her alien masters!" He rushes forward with one last burst of speed, intending to plant his foot on Cammy's shin, then her shoulder, then kick off with purple-glowing feet, a bolt of lightning arcing out of the sky right for the blonde fighter as the monk kicks off (well, if he kicks off). Spiralling down the side, he lands in a crouch, and the drops in a heap, splayed. "...man, OW."
COMBATSYS: Frei can no longer fight.
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Cammy 1/--=====/=======|>>>>>>>\>>>>>>>\2 Shinobu
Rushing at Cammy, Shinobu narrows her eyes, knowing that even weakened, Cammy has a serious edge. She skids to a halt, and sighs, before raising her hand towards Cammy. "Stand around like a doll, huh? Not taking this seriously? I'm gonna make you eat your words...
Rushing at Cammy, Shinobu narrows her eyes, knowing that even weakened, Cammy has a serious edge. She skids to a halt, and sighs, before raising her hand towards Cammy. "Stand around like a doll, huh? Not taking this seriously? I'm gonna make you eat your words..." She closes her hand into a fist, and then her dress and hair flutter with chi, as if caught in a firm current rushing through her. "C'mon, show me your best!"
COMBATSYS: Shinobu gathers her will.
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Cammy 1/--=====/=======|>>>>>>>\>>>>>>>\2 Shinobu
COMBATSYS: Cammy dodges Frei's Tenrai Enbu.
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Cammy 1/--=====/=======|>>>>>>>\>>>>>>>\2 Shinobu
Cammy skips out of the way of Frei's final assault; he's out, she knows it, and so he gets no further attention from Cammy. There's no reason to. As far as Cammy is concerned, Frei is mission accomplished. As for Shinobu... Hmph. Cammy lunges forward, once again, reaching out for Shinobu's shirt, and if she gets the grab, she'll draw the girl in for a headbutt, then will tighten her grip and lift the girl up and around for a straight up power slam.
COMBATSYS: Shinobu counters Combo Throw from Cammy with Final Finish.
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Cammy 2/<<<<<<</<<<<<<<|===----\-------\0 Shinobu
Shinobu suddenly gathers her palms together, cupping them as she focuses on her chi rapidly. As Cammy lunges for her, Shinobu raises the sphere, which rapidly bursts into the size of a soccer ball, spinning and swirling as it diverts Cammy's grab, sucking her arm in like a spinning ball. The savant fighter leaps, and then...
The ball detonates in a swirling mass of chi and power, becoming like a maelstrom as Shinobu is sent tumbling away, rocks and dirt being cleared away in all direction as the landscape is nicely marred. As she lands, she rolls, and slowly starts to get up, waiting to see what might emerge from the resulting mist. "... did that... do it?", she gasps, watching.
Shinobu's counter-technique sure does hit hard! Cammy is sent flying, and bounces along the ground a couple of times... is she down? Is she out? Slowly, Cammy raises her head, laughing weakly. And... god of gods, getting back up. "Not bad," she rasps, "again... but I'm not down yet..." She is, however... waiting.... perhaps beckoning to the girl.
COMBATSYS: Cammy gains composure.
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Cammy 1/-======/=======|===----\-------\0 Shinobu
"How did you get so strong?", asks Shinobu. She doesn't wait for the answer, through, dashing at Cammy with rapid steps, leaning low to pick up a rock quickly. "Earth Strike!", she calls out, and then swings the rock at Cammy's head. As far as attacks go, it really doesn't deserve its own name. But a name it gets, nonetheless.
COMBATSYS: Cammy fails to counter Strong Punch from Shinobu with Cannon Spike.
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Cammy 1/-------/=======|==-----\-------\0 Shinobu
Strong? Cammy never really thought about it. Well, that's a lie, she has thought about it a lot. She doesn't get a chance to reply, though, as she's brained by a rock... she staggers back, with a grunt. Again, not fun.
"Ahhh, you're pretty tough.", Shinobu says, looking a little crestfallen. "Am I really gonna have to win like attacks like these?" She sighs, and then gives a hard look, hopping back as she then wings the rock at the ground. "Earth Cannon!", she says as it bounces once, tumbling up from an unexpected angle.
COMBATSYS: Shinobu successfully hits Cammy with Thrown Object.
- Power hit! -
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Cammy 1/------=/=======|==-----\-------\0 Shinobu
Yes, Shinobu, it appears you will. However--Cammy isn't going down -just- yet. She lunges forward, wobbly but still up, and when she reaches Shinobu, she stops, crouches, then lunges upwards, corkscrewing through the air, a wide field of pure psi energy forming around her, following her upwards. If it hits, it'll most certainly carry Shinobu up with her.
COMBATSYS: Cammy can no longer fight.
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COMBATSYS: Shinobu blocks Cammy's Reverse Shaft Breaker.
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|====---\-------\0 Shinobu
Blinking, Shinobu raises her arms, but then, suddenly, her heel hits a rock, and the blow sends her back onto her butt rather than sending her flying. She watches Cammy flying up, and then flails in panic - "Waaaa!" - as she tries to get to her feet, and make sure Cammy doesn't crash down on her head... by catching her. It may be foolish, but it's pretty clear Cammy's headmeats have been rattled enough for one day.
COMBATSYS: Shinobu has ended the fight here.
Cammy, were she awake, would perhaps be grudgingly thankful for the catch. But she isn't, so she is instead carted off by the medics--though she's not too far out of it, she wakes up after a few moments and struggles off, delivering several sharp slaps to well-meaning hands. "Off!" she cries, then staggers off the stretcher. She glares at Shinobu for a moment, then smirks. "Nice job," she says, before staggering off. Delta Red has medics she trusts.
From the audience, Sakura was getting a little weirded out by the tensions among the normally high-spirited fighters... a close fight would be enough to get anyone stressed out!
... She's glad it's over, at any rate. "Way to go Shinobu! Good fight, everyone!" She'd jump into the ring if she could, but she rationalizes that she probably hogs the spotlight enough as it is, and stays more or less with the peanut gallery, until the cameras shut off at least!
... Not that she doesn't give a weird look to Cammy though. "... huh."
Turning her back on Cammy, Shinobu shrugs. "Whatev-" She pauses, and looks over her shoulder with a simple, plain "Thanks." She turns to Sakura, and nods with a smile, waving... before one of the SNF medics catches her in mid-collapse. She may not have lost, but it's a victory she'll be feeling for a little while, at least.
Log created by Cammy, and last modified on 14:55:22 09/17/2006.