Description: Sean and Aislinn team off against Ingrid and Frei in this chicken chucking, power hit crazy SNF battle. (Winners: Sean and Aislinn)
Welcome to China. Take two.
The Temple of Heaven actually sits inside a compound, the inner temple at the top of a very low hill, with the Temple of Earth lying on the outside. It's a damned popular tourist place too, not even counting the sudden influx of people all too eager to serve as a rowdy crowd for this shindig. The normally reserved white lighting focused on the tall tower has been replaced with something that gives the entire affair of an outdoor disco, muted as it is by the last remnants of sunlight.
Meanwhile, Frei and Ingrid are having a bit of a... discussion. It's hard to take it seriously, however, mainly because of the fact that one of the participants is holding a bamboo and wire cage under his left arm. It contains one (1) chicken. Which clucks.
"So what I'm saying is..." Frei begins...
BEGIN SEPIA-TONED FLASHBACK:
Once upon a time in China, there was a young man. He bought a chicken. He didn't want to buy a chicken, but he didn't really have a choice in the matter. Then he walked into the street and ran into a pretty girl on a rickshaw. They said hello. This meeting was preordained. It was, in fact, Fate.
Then someone walked up and offered to buy the girl from the man, which basically threw their meeting into what could charitably be called a "tailspin".
Boy met girl, boy refused to sell girl. Boy then had the unpleasant chore of walking ten city blocks with girl carefully avoiding the question. Look at all those landmarks! Did you know that in parts of China, a character from Three Kingdoms is revered as a local god? Hey, check out that temple wall. It faces south because it represents Earth. The nine tiers of that temple have to do with the number nine being associated with the Emperor. What? Oh, he probably just wanted to buy this headband. It's real silk, don't you know.
END FLASHBACK.
Which leaves Frei and Ingrid finishing up the conversation as they wait for the event to get underway. Frei beams at the blonde, praying that the distraction is working. "And that's how I defeated the ten ninjas of Chicago and saved the president."
Oh wow, Mr. Bill, what a beautiful day in Beijing! You can't even spit to the left without running face first into sheer, wonderous -culture-. Well, when you're a tourist like Sean Matsuda, pretty much everything is culture. But it hasn't exactly been the most pleasent of trips. Currently a slightly frustrated Sean Matsuda makes his way up the suprisingly high stairwell with his teamate Aislinn, wearing his usual brown slacks and vest ensamble with a yellow dress shirt underneath.. And as he walks up, he sings aloud, "o/~ Zettai! Unmei! Mokushiroku! Shuussei touroku, senrei meibo, shi-something... TOUROUKU!"
*Insert flashback loop here, with a boarder of roses, the ones on the corners spinning counterclockwise*
Just a couple hours ago, Aislinn has arrived at the main lobby of the airport; and well, Sean being a good little partner has decided to meet up with the 'Silent Asassin' with a big grin and a wave! "HEY!" he shouts.
And then he faceplants right onto the ground finding the Gedo student toting a stuffed bear with her usual neutral expression.
From that point on, Sean hadn't been very successful in keeping up conversation with Aislinn. The times he had? Well.. There was a point where Sean had try to impress his once opponent bragging how much stronger he had been since their last match, "You can just stand back and watch me rock -both- opponents." he boasts.
"No, that strategy would not bear fruit."
"......." :|
And also there was a point where Sean had gotten lost on his way -to- the Temple of Heaven, and the Brazillian Bomber admitted, "Ok, I have no idea where we are, I think we're lost. Suggestions?"
".. I believe we bear left."
Close up of Seans face going :| ".............." He didn't talk to her anymore after that. On the other hand it got them to where they are now.
*Flashback ends here!*
And so, the Silent Assassin and the Poser Assassin have arrived, Sean tightening his gloves as he reaches the end of his war song, eyes right away picking out the familiar Frei! " o/~ Zettai, unmei, mokushiyami, mokushiroku, mokushi ku- Ka... Uh.... Shimi... .... Uh.... Your opponents are here!! Wahaha!"
The Temple of Heaven is most certainly a very interesting place to hold a fight. How the organizers of SNF managed to persuade the Chinese that no harm would come to the magnificent structure was questionable, but without a doubt there would be hell to pay if anything happened to it. This is most likely why they didn't book powerful fighters known for collateral damage, as well as a relative unknown such as Ingrid. She seems to be listening rather intently to Frei's story, and gives him an appreciative smile. "I'm impressed, I wasn't even aware that Chicago was renowned for it's Ninja, I may have to visit it sometime." She then thinks for a moment, "I still don't see what that has to do with brining a chicken to a fight, though..."
Probably for the best, Ingrid's musings are cut off by some raucous singing coming from the direction of a pair of people ascending the staircase. She turns around to face them both, waiting for the song to wind down to it's unforeseen conclusion. So many stairs for them to climb, and still, quite a few left to go, aren't there? The young woman takes a few steps towards them and stops at the top step, turning somewhat sideways to them. She then holds her hands behind her back and leans away from them at the hip and giving them a teasing look, "Hussuru, Hussuru!"
The hike was... not mercifully short. And Sean? Man, that boy can talk. She does have a bit of a smile, though, when she recalls the bear--and she gets to have a quiet laugh at Sean's expense, when she gets to tell him to 'bear' left. It's a good, fun joke, at Sean's expense. Despite the jungle and the walk and all that, she hasn't sweated much, if at all, and looks cool and calm as she arrives behind Sean, while he's humming his craptastic little theme song... whatever it means. The hell. They didn't even get Shadow Girls...
Seeing that their opponents have already arrived as she crests the steps, Aislinn shrugs off the little backpack she carried all the way here--water, of course, with food, and a communicator/cellphone to contact NESTS if she had to. And... something special. A very special item, yes indeed.
She pulls the thing out of her backpack and steps in front of Sean. She's still facing her opponents, of course, gazing at them with a neutral intensity--of course she's foguht Frei before, several times, and he should recognize her, but the new girl gets a bit of an intense look too. And then...
Then she shows the thing in her hand to Sean. A small plush ... bear. In fact, a toy of Rocky, Zangief's bear. And then she turns her head to address your teammate, as she says, the slightest sardonic tilt to her voice, "Your prize, if we win."
With a quick toss, the bear goes sailing through the air, neatly landing on Aislinn's backpack, off to the side, and then the NESTS agent faces forward, waiting for things to get started... The Temple is a beautiful place, for sure, but that isn't how Aislinn is looking at it right now--she's studying it tactically.
COMBATSYS: Sean has started a fight here on the right meter side.
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COMBATSYS: Frei has joined the fight here on the left meter side.
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Frei 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Sean
COMBATSYS: Aislinn has joined the fight here on the right meter side.
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Frei 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Aislinn
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COMBATSYS: Ingrid has joined the fight here on the left meter side.
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Frei 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Aislinn
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Ingrid 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Sean
"Oh, you's be surprised. Ninjas all over the US. Very crafty people, Americans. Took ninjas and made them their own," Frei says blithely, grateful that the fight has arrived and Ingrid won't be asking any more troubling or problematic questions about her market value in Southeast Asia. Instead he turns to Sean and salutes him left-handed, grinning. "Hey there, Aghabawanahoogaboo!" he says cheerily.
Getting into position, he swings the chicken cage in front of him with both hands, whistling to himself and glancing at the officials, giving occasional smiles and nods to the crowd. "Hm, this should be fun." The officials give the signal! It's time to d-d-d-d-do a barrel roll! "FIGHT!" Frei, surprised and ready to go, lets go of the chicken cage! Which... flies right at Sean's face. Oops.
The chicken, for its part, simply clucks. A lot.
COMBATSYS: Sean dodges Frei's Large Thrown Object.
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Frei 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Aislinn
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Ingrid 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Sean
Well.. Sean probably stopped at a few steps to add a bit of intensity in his song. You know to make it more dramatic. He's not an -awful- singer, but his voice isn't very fitting for the song in question either. Take it as you will! Hands on his hips a moment, he looks over both of his opponents, and seems a little taken back by the cute, yet slightly alarming greeting of Ingrid, "... Uh."
Sean glances to Aislinn, just in time for her to speak again.. Something go- OH GEEZ, "Of for crying out loud!" Sean yells, enough with the bears already! I'm tired of these-" Oh wait, wasn't Frei greeting him? And.. And -how- did he even remember his God name? His head quickly turns to face the monk, ".. Eh? Wait, wha-aaaaa...."
STOP.
BULLET TIME!
The cage slowly twirls and spirals toward Sean and instinctivly he proceeds to Lean back, holding out his arms like airplane wings, leaning, leeeaning limbo style while he cries in a deep bartone voice, "N-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o!"
TIME RESUME.
As that thing then flies off and crashes to the stair-rail, the chicken BURSTS free from the cage clucking and yelling and jumping around like a maniac. On the other hand, that was a pretty poor barrel roll, "Hey man, what are you doing??" Sean cries, zoooming toward the monk, and leaps into the air, snapping a well placed jump-kick in his general direction, "I call foul! FOUL!" ...... "HAhahahahaha!"
So, it looks like her little greeting was ignored for the most part. The funny thing is, Ingrid doesn't even know the names of her opponents, and before she can even get a chance to do proper introductions a bird cage goes flying, a chicken is released, and retaliation is lashed out towards her partner. Taking this in stride, Ingrid pulls herself back up to her normal height and turns to face Aislinn, who appears to be studying the architecture with an eye far sharper than most tourists would have.
She walks in a rather quiet manner over towards the lavender haired young woman, and then makes a small motion towards Sean and Frei. "Men." What more needs to be said, really? She gives a short bow, "My name is Ingrid, pleased to meet you." There, a proper introduction. That completed, her posture changes to something that seems rather relaxed, and she smiles at the girl before her, "Well, shall we begin?"
After a four count beat from having asked the question, she is in motion, jump/diving forward towards Aislinn and rolling forward on her shoulders, arriving only a few feet away from her in very short order. She then twists herself around and plants her gloved hands to the sacred ground of the temple and twists them hard, her entire body pivoting and her long legs reaching out and trying to kick Aislinn's own out from under her and force her to the ground, Ingrid herself completing a full 360 twist and staying in a crouched, ready position should she succeed.
COMBATSYS: Aislinn endures Ingrid's Heavy Kick.
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Frei 0/-------/-------|=------\-------\0 Aislinn
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Ingrid 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Sean
Ignored? Of course. Aislinn doesn't -know- Ingrid, except by her name on the fightcard she was given, and she doesn't care to, not yet. Frei and Sean's opening exchange is observed, and that means, presumably, that Ingrid will be left to her. Well, that's fine with her; Aislinn turns just as Ingrid comes in, with that pretty little leap, forward roll, and sweep kick. Aislinn doesn't even try to defend, though the attack is slow enough that she probably could; instead she takes a half-step back as Ingrid's kick closes in.
It impacts against one leg, but that's what Aislinn was expecting; she shifts her weight, the half-sweep not enough to knock her down, and as she twists, she's lunging forward, sweeping a fist around in a backfist aimed for Ingrid's temple.
Ingrid may have scored the first damage, but Aislinn intends to make sure she doesn't take all of it without ensuring some damage in return.
COMBATSYS: Sean successfully hits Frei with Medium Kick.
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Frei 0/-------/-----==|=------\-------\0 Aislinn
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Ingrid 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Sean
Well, he wasn't exactly expecting to start the fight, so when Sean's kick comes in the monk has enough time to turn and look at it, go "...huh?" and then get kicked in the face, sprawling off onto the ground in an ungainly heap. However, in a quick couple of seconds he's back on his feet, kippuping back up and shaking out his hands. "Okay, look, he surprised me! What's a little projectile cock between friends, though?" he asks innocently, before leaping onto a banister of the many-tiered staircase and leaping at Sean with an aerial axe kick, crimson flame erupting in the path of the strike. "...sorry."
COMBATSYS: Frei successfully hits Sean with Kouen no Tsurugi.
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Frei 0/-------/---====|=------\-------\0 Aislinn
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Ingrid 0/-------/-------|==-----\-------\0 Sean
That.. That was a bad pun. That was worse than Sean's and for that Frei gets an barely passing grade. On the other hand, Sean gives a nervous laugh at that particular joke, "H- Heh, y- yeah, man, seriously. Nothing wrong with that.." Yeah, he's going to change the subject now, as he's got a flameing kick headed his way! It lands clean, the force enough to knock him back and nearly stumble over, but instead he manages to hand-spring back to his balance.
This is about a good time for an enraged chicken to seek his revenge, suddenly attacking Sean from behind and as one might expect, he screams like a girl, "Oh cri- Ow. OW! Damn chicken!" he yells, making a bolt right toward Frei, then leaps with amazing force up and OVER Frei.. Well, he doesn't manage to lose the fowl, but in the process there -is- a basketball.. Not one but two in his hands that he whips at the back of the monks head if things go his way, because this fight clearly needs more balls.
COMBATSYS: Aislinn successfully hits Ingrid with Medium Punch.
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Frei 0/-------/---====|==-----\-------\0 Aislinn
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Ingrid 0/-------/----===|==-----\-------\0 Sean
Aislinn appears to be quote the silent type, doesn't she? Perhaps everyone else may have known, but the lack of knowledge about the other is mutual between them. If she wants to try and play it cool and calculated, there's very little Ingrid can do to stop that. Having expected Aislinn to attempt to evade or block her attack, or fail in trying, she's a bit surprised when she simply takes the blow and uses the momentum to get her moving, and while Ingrid is still on her hands at that. Suffice to say, she can't get out of the way and gets backhanded right in the side of the head, the impact enough to knock her straight off her hands and cause her to fall sideways down onto the ground, a pained gasp escaping her lips upon impact.
Despite the apparent pain she's in, however she picks herself up quickly stands in her casual relaxed stance, hands held at her sides. "You're rather strong for someone of your size, I'll have to be more careful." That said, she takes a step forward towards the young woman. "But now that you have struck me, I must retaliate. Are you ready to face the power of the Eternal Goddess?" She adds a smile to the end of that, and then takes a second step, this one with increased speed as she lifts both of her hands high above her head, golden energy springing from them and welling out as she thrusts her hands downward and towards Aislinn, an attack that's executed in a way that attempts to simply saturate her opponents with the sparkling energy that leaves a long trail as her hands move.
COMBATSYS: Aislinn blocks Ingrid's Sunbeam.
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Frei 0/-------/---====|===----\-------\0 Aislinn
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Ingrid 0/-------/----===|==-----\-------\0 Sean
Apparently the answer to Ingrid's question is--Yes. Yes she is. Having taking the moment after her successful strike to right herself completely, Aislinn is quite simply standing almost not in any sort of stance at all. But that is a ruse; as Ingrid picks herself up, then comes back in on her, Aislinn raises her arms and lowers her center of gravity, placing her right shoulder in the way of the upwelling of energy. It hurts, but not too bad--there is a lingering tingle that she isn't happy with, but that's alright, it's minor. Still silent, Aislinn takes a half-step back, raising her right hand, fingers held out straight and together; suddenly, the hand is glowing with white energy, tinged with red, which pulses off the hand into a narrow, beam-like shot of electric chi that sizzles for Ingrid's face.
COMBATSYS: Sean successfully hits Frei with Basketball.
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Frei 0/-------/--=====|===----\-------\0 Aislinn
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Ingrid 0/-------/----===|====---\-------\0 Sean
Haha! That'll teach 'em! Frei lands successfully from his kick in a crouch and grins as he gets up, watching Sean carefully. "Just 'cause I like to joke doesn't mean I can't fight serious!" he calls out with a grin as Sean gets up. And then Ingrid busts out the line about the Eternal Goddess and he... looks at her out of the corner of his eye. Of course, he's met Kai Gabriel before, so this is not exactly a shock. He just wouldn't have IMMEDIATELY pinned her for the religious type.
Meanwhile, Sean wins the battle of the chicken and sends two basketballs Frei's way! In retaliation he begins... whistling "Sweet Georgia Brown". Intending to catch the basketballs and toss them back, he puts up his hands... then remembers too late he's a short white boy and gets smacked in the head with basketballs. Twice. "...ow," he murmurs, shaking himself out and getting into stance, summoning his chi. "I guess I deserved that."
COMBATSYS: Frei gathers his will.
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Frei 1/------=/=======|===----\-------\0 Aislinn
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Ingrid 0/-------/----===|====---\-------\0 Sean
Sean hasn't yet managed to completely lose the turkey though, er, chicken rather, but more importantly Frei is off his back for the time being. Not bad, not bad at all! This gives Sean time to deal with his current problem, "Augh! Man, get away from me! Beat it!" Sean yells, leaping over the banister down to the lower level, and flat out bolts across the floor, and toward the spectators that have made their way along the staircases to watch the fight. Zoom!
Meanwhile Sean thinks he's been doing an awful lot of running during his fights these days. Perhaps he should consider kicking more ass. Yeees...
COMBATSYS: Sean focuses on his next action.
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Frei 1/------=/=======|===----\-------\0 Aislinn
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Ingrid 0/-------/----===|====---\-------\0 Sean
COMBATSYS: Ingrid overcomes Stinger Shot from Aislinn with Sun Shot.
- Power hit! -
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Frei 1/------=/=======|===----\-------\0 Aislinn
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Ingrid 0/-------/----===|====---\-------\0 Sean
Definitely a yes. Taking a shot of energy in the shoulder is much easier to deal with than getting completely immersed in it, and Aislinn proves she definitely knows how to handle herself in the face of such an attack. Ingrid seems to be unphased by this, standing up once more and waiting for Aislinn to make her move. Last time she turned her own attack against her, how will she deal with this? It looks like the answer to that is to shoot energy at her and try to blast her with it, and in the face. In response, Ingrid swings her left arm in an underhand motion, a trail of energy streaming out after it while a large, brightly glowing golden ball of energy appears. The beam directly strikes the ball, but it appears that it isn't going to be enough to stop it, and even after the beam is discontinued the ball flies directly towards Aislinn, threatening to do to her what it did to her energy attack.
COMBATSYS: Ingrid successfully hits Aislinn with Sun Shot.
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Frei 1/------=/=======|=====--\-------\0 Aislinn
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Ingrid 0/-------/--=====|====---\-------\0 Sean
Interesting. Aislinn hadn't thought Ingrid would have enough time to react to that, certainly not in that manner; with that in mind, her movement was already predetermined by the young NESTS agent. What does that mean?
She gets a ball of energy in the back. Hurts, but she doesn't let it slow her down--if anything, she lunges forward, using the momentum to close with Frei--seeing him settled into a deep stance, what does she do? She leaps, high, practically curling up into a ball (no tumbling), and when she's almost directly overhead, she stomps downward with both feet, attempting to just flatten Frei into the temple floor.
She's switched targets--she expects Sean to do likewise. If he ran out on her, well... Sean will be answering to her. And he doesn't want to do that. Bears.
COMBATSYS: Frei blocks Aislinn's Strong Kick.
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Frei 1/--=====/=======|======-\-------\0 Aislinn
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Ingrid 0/-------/--=====|====---\-------\0 Sean
It appears that Frei is back in form, though; as Aislinn's kick comes in from above he snaps out both arms, crossed and held upright over his head to basically catch her. Even as he does so, however, a flickering prismatic glow is starting to gather around his hands. The girl's acrobatic attack lands and pushes Frei back across the stone tile a few inches, but otherwise doesn't appear to have much effect. Which is a shame, because his gathering of power for a counter assault continues uninterrupted by being knocked down and out. "Oof. Hello there!"
Aislinn's fight with Ingrid had been on the edges of Frei's periphery, truth be told... but the Silent Assassin decided to bring the fight home. And Frei has never been against a mingling of the sexes. Who can object to adorable co-eds? So as Aislinn recovers from her kick, he's there to meet her, prismatically-glowing hand outstretched to deliver a hellacious energy shockwave to send her back across the 'arena'. "Hope you enjoyed your stay!"
Come to think of it, it's a little late after the fact, but there's actually some great chemistry between himself and the monk. For he -also- believes that just because someone is entertaining doesn't mean they can't fight! It would bring a tear to his eye if he weren't dealing with an enraged chicken that he actually manages to lose within the now paniciing spectators as he dashes up the stairwell.
"Woah!" as he stumbles out of the uproar, in time to see that his partner has decided to test out different waters. Well.. That doesn't leave him much choice but to deal with Ingrid, and so he does, approaching the girl from the side and greets her with a kick right to her midsection, "Err, sorry!"
COMBATSYS: Ingrid fails to counter Light Kick from Sean with Sun Upper.
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Frei 0/-------/-------|======-\-------\0 Aislinn
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Ingrid 0/-------/=======|====---\-------\0 Sean
So it's time to change opponent's is it? Ingrid is a tad surprised when Aislinn goes bounding off towards Frei while using the momentum of her attack. She begins to dart off after her, seeing Frei powering up his attack and deciding it might be a wonderful time to get Aislinn caught in a pincer attack. 'Err, sorry!'. What? Ingrid looks over towards Sean with complete surprise on her face, having forgotten about him completely in the pursuit. She does her best to defend, unable to alter her course greatly, by trying her best to slow down and turn while reaching out in front of herself with her left hand and point at the air. There's a tiny swirl of energy, and then the kick impacts her, catching her on the side of her abdomen and causing her to let out a cry and twist to the side, dropping to one knee and reaching out with both of her hands to hold where she was hit, the energy disk disappearing into nothingness.
COMBATSYS: Aislinn just-defends Frei's Fukami Reikai!
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Frei 0/-------/-------|======-\-------\0 Aislinn
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Ingrid 0/-------/=======|====---\-------\0 Sean
It is said that, in times of extreme danger, a person's life flashes before their eyes--their loves, their hates, their successes and failures. That they are treated to this review of their life just before it ends.
For Aislinn? There is no such thing. Instead, her eyes are alive with calculations, with curiosity, with the potential to try something -new-.
Aislinn puts her hands out, right into the path of the shockwave. She won't be able to absorb all of it--but she can absorb the direct assault. Her hands glow fiercely as she takes in the energy she can, converting it from a potentially devastating attack into energy used to repair and refresh. Meanwhile, the rest of the energy is rippling around her, ruffling her hair and clothing.
Aislinn's eyes snap open, and then she's taking a step forward, her arms crossed over her shoulders, hands clenched into fists; with a snapping, hissing sound, a pair of electrical 'blades' are formed at her hands, and she lunges into Frei, sweeping the blades outwards, then back in, for a two-slash dual attack.
COMBATSYS: Aislinn successfully hits Frei with Burst Rondo.
-* CRITICAL HIT! *-
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Frei 0/-------/---====|=======\-------\0 Aislinn
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Ingrid 0/-------/=======|====---\-------\0 Sean
Frei's not shocked. Sure, he has times where the future does not exactly play out the way he thought it would, but those moments are almost literally over in the span of time it takes two neurons to flicker. So Aislinn sucked up his attack... so what? He's done it to other people countless times, so there's no reason to think someone else can't do it.
Right before the assassin's blades flicker, he actually puts his fingers to his lips and taps them once. "Huh."
The result's not pretty. His shirt is a write-off, though the resulting inadvertent midriff shirt actually looks kinda good on his bishounen-y frame, with the exception of the fiery lines of either blood or burned flesh that criss-cross from the deep impact of Aislinn's attack. Apparently she found the right angle of incidence to blow through his relatively impressive auric shield.
It's not enough to stop him, though, not by a longshot. Built small, built tough. He is forced over backwards from the force of Aislinn's attack... but he snaps forward like a punching puppet, hands already glowing white-blue as he hurls his signature icy projectile at his assailant. He hadn't planned on keeping up his assault on her, but she decided to be in his personal space. "Insert ice-themed pun here!"
Oh man, he struck from the blind side, that's just not right. Sean is forced to frown when he lands, and shakes his head a bit, "Geez.. Uh.. Man, that's awkward," he grumbles rubbing the back of his neck. But what could he do, it's a fight right? And while the masses are starting to spread out in the lower section, the uproar causing uneccessary chaos within the spectators who are unaware of the chicken rampage, Sean continues his own chaos! Well, that is after faultering a moment, he will allow Ingrid a moment to stand again, but once she does that, he leaps in just like that, attempting to clutch the upper material of her ensamble, sweep his foot outward and then back sharply; executing a classic judo takedown. Though when he thinks about it, his pause only made it look more calculated. Geez. :(
COMBATSYS: Sean successfully hits Ingrid with Quick Throw.
Glancing Blow
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Ingrid 1/-------/=======|=====--\-------\0 Sean
While Ingrid is in her bent over position, she has time enough to look over and see Aislinn completely circumvent Frei's attack and then hit him with a rather nasty looking attack. Huh. As interesting as that is, Ingrid has to change her focus to Sean, who was nice enough to not punch her while she took that brief glance. How nice of him. She shakes her head a little, "No, in fact, thank you. I'll be much more careful to pay attention to the both of you rather than only one, from now on. It was a lesson I needed to learn." When he jumps forward to grab at her, Ingrid immediately leans backwards, and takes a step back, Sean's hands missing and grabbing nothing but air. Still, the foot manages to clip the back of her own, causing her to trip. She turns around and catches herself by her gloved hands, barely able to keep herself from hitting the ground fully, and then springs back up again, turning to face him once more. Ingrid reaches up to run her hand through her hair, flipping it back a little. "You know, I must say I'm rather surprised. For being so kind as to not hit me while I'm down, I surely didn't expect you to try and grab my chest."
COMBATSYS: Ingrid focuses on her next action.
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Frei 0/-------/---====|=======\-------\0 Aislinn
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Ingrid 1/-------/=======|=====--\-------\0 Sean
COMBATSYS: Frei successfully hits Aislinn with Hyoushou Rengeki.
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Ingrid 1/-------/=======|=====--\-------\0 Sean
Were she more kindhearted, like a certain Chinese Kenpoist, Aislinn might have stopped to see if Frei is alright; however, she remains ever-vigilant... not that it helps in this case, as her attempts to leverage her own aura abilities into a defense fail and she's knocked back, staggered by the ice grenades. Ice... she's familiar with that... and it -is- fairly unusual. But there's no time to think about it.
Aislinn continues her assault on Frei; despite the distance created by the chisplosion, she gathers herself, lunging forward and attempting to close the distance and just throw a big overhand punch at Frei's noggin. Looks something like Kyo's firey overhand punch super, but just without the fire.
COMBATSYS: Frei fails to interrupt Fierce Punch from Aislinn with Daichi Kudaki.
- Power fail! -
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Ingrid 1/-------/=======|=====--\-------\0 Sean
Reach out and touch someone! Or try to, anyway. The monk reaches out to try and snap Aislinn's hand out of midair and all but chokeslam her into the ground. It's a proven technique for dealing with that sort of attack. Except for the times it doesn't work, like now; her punch blows through the grab with a painful sounding *crack* noise and sends the monk to the floor with a heavy thud. He doesn't get up right away, and one of his fingers on the hand what tried the grabbing... probably shouldn't be bending that way. Look at it this way, though: he's too dazed to complain!
While Ingrid is in her bent over position, she has time enough to look over and see Aislinn completely circumvent Frei's attack and then hit him with a rather nasty looking attack. Huh. As interesting as that is, Ingrid has to change her focus to Sean, who was nice enough to not punch her while she took that brief glance. How nice of him. She shakes her head a little, "No, in fact, thank you. I'll be much more careful to pay attention to the both of you rather than only one, from now on. It was a lesson I needed to learn." When he jumps forward to grab at her, Ingrid immediately leans backwards, and takes a step back, Sean's hands missing and grabbing nothing but air. Still, the foot manages to clip the back of her own, causing her to trip. She turns around and catches herself by her gloved hands, barely able to keep herself from hitting the ground fully, and then springs back up again, turning to face him once more. Ingrid reaches up to run her hand through her hair, flipping it back a little. "You know, I must say I'm rather surprised. For being so kind as to not hit me while I'm down, I surely didn't expect you to try and grab my chest."
COMBATSYS: Ingrid focuses on her next action.
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Frei 1/------=/=======|=======\==-----\1 Aislinn
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Ingrid 1/-------/=======|=====--\-------\0 Sean
COMBATSYS: Frei successfully hits Aislinn with Hyoushou Rengeki.
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Frei 1/------=/=======|=======\==-----\1 Aislinn
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Ingrid 1/-------/=======|=====--\-------\0 Sean
Were she more kindhearted, like a certain Chinese Kenpoist, Aislinn might have stopped to see if Frei is alright; however, she remains ever-vigilant... not that it helps in this case, as her attempts to leverage her own aura abilities into a defense fail and she's knocked back, staggered by the ice grenades. Ice... she's familiar with that... and it -is- fairly unusual. But there's no time to think about it.
Aislinn continues her assault on Frei; despite the distance created by the chisplosion, she gathers herself, lunging forward and attempting to close the distance and just throw a big overhand punch at Frei's noggin. Looks something like Kyo's firey overhand punch super, but just without the fire.
Slippery, not bad! Sean staggers just slightly from both suprise and lacking the full power of that throw, but he nods his head in agreement, grinning pretty widely, "Uh yeah! Hey, that's one way of looking at it! Lessons are best learned in the .. field.. Of battle or something, yeah.."
That didn't sound quite as wise as he wanted it to. He shakes his head lightly, his fists raised in preperation to fight again! Until... Ingrids last words, which makes him freeze up completely. In anime, he would be a stone statue, as an arrow shoots through his head, "......... Wh.. Wha.. Wha.." he sputters, his cheeks redenning and he LEAPS back, suddenly in a much more defesive position as he waves his hands wildly, "N- No! No! It isn't like that!" he cries, "It's a perfectly legit takedowm, I mean it! i mean, you have a nice chest and all, but that wasn't my intent!" ....... "... NO WAIT."
COMBATSYS: Sean takes no action.
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Frei 1/------=/=======|=======\==-----\1 Aislinn
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Ingrid 1/-------/=======|=====--\-------\0 Sean
Ingrid reaches a hand up to tap her chin a few times when Sean begins trying to explain himself. "I see..." She looks like she's about to start speaking again, however Sean seemingly puts his foot on his mouth while shooting it with a rifle. "Oh?" The expression on her face turns to something that's clearly quite amused, and she stands where she is. "So while your actual intent wasn't to grab me, that would have just been the fringe benefit? I suppose I should probably do something about this, shouldn't I? After all, I can't just have boys thinking they can just try and attack me with 'takedown's, now can I?"
That said, Ingrid begins to move towards Sean, in slow even steps at first, and then followed by a jump, Ingrid forming two fists and holding up in front of her chest, her elbows sticking out as golden energy begins coating her form and leaving a trail of sparkles behind her. She spins rapidly as she approaches Sean through the air, attempting to whack him multiple times with spinning elbows coated with energy before landing and bending down for the tiniest moment before springing upward into the air and doing a backflip, her legs kicking out towards him as she lets out a cry of, "Yoosha!"
What with Frei's aborted attempt at counterattacking, Aislinn feels pretty lucky that the last few moments didn't go very badly for her. She's still pretty battered, but she decides to pull back, retreating a few steps, to the center of the temple grounds; as she retreats, she calls up chi, infusing her body with the energy--a completely internalized process, aided by the cybernetics hidden deep within...
This may allow Frei the time he needs to get back to his feet, but Aislinn isn't, oddly to say, a machine, and she can't just keep going like the Energizer Bunny. She needs time to recharge--though she does spare a glance to see how Sean is doing.
COMBATSYS: Aislinn gathers her will.
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Frei 1/------=/=======|=======\======-\1 Aislinn
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Ingrid 0/-------/=======|=====--\-------\0 Sean
How nice for everyone that they're getting a chance to get to know each other, while Frei lies on the ground, bloodied and broken. He can't be shocked, but he certainly can be bewildered. He's tough, despite his chocolately outer shell... and that's why he's a little dazed by just how much pain he's in at the moment. He doesn't attack -- where would the energy come from? -- but instead simply pulls himself to his feet, grimacing as he flattens his bad hand to the ground for support and instantly regretting it. Gritting his teeth, he takes the offending finger, squeezes his eyes shut, and simply YANKS it back into place. He doesn't yell, but instead shakes a little, and gets back into stance, summoning his own chi. "When you've hit rock bottom, nowhere to go but up, I guess," he says in a dreamy, distracted tone.
COMBATSYS: Frei gathers his will.
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Frei 1/-======/=======|=======\======-\1 Aislinn
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Ingrid 0/-------/=======|=====--\-------\0 Sean
COMBATSYS: Ingrid successfully hits Sean with Sunrise.
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Frei 1/-======/=======|=======\======-\1 Aislinn
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Ingrid 1/------=/=======|=======\=------\1 Sean
Sean's eyebrow twitches, and he's... Brought to a point of speechlessness. Really, what -can- he say to get himself out of this little jam? ".... Uh," he squeaks weakly, taking slow steps back still; his hesitation is quite costly though, as he can't bring his hands up in time to defend himself from her rather acrobatic kick; WHAPOW! He actually goes tumbling back from the impact, flumping onto his stomach as a result. This kind of power can mean only one thing... INGRID IS RAGING.
"... I... I.. I gotta go," he sputters, suddenly scrambling on his hands and feet toward the not-quite-scuffle toward Frei and Aislinn instead. He doesn't like this game anymore! "AISLINN! SWITCH!" he cries, almost in a begging tone.
COMBATSYS: Sean gains composure.
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Frei 1/-======/=======|=======\======-\1 Aislinn
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Ingrid 1/------=/=======|=======\-------\0 Sean
Raging? Actually, there's a look of look of calm amusement on her face as she continues through her flipkick and lands back down on the ground. And... Sean is trying to run away? Hmm... "Oh, I don't think so. You don't think you're not going to get away from me that easily, do you?" As he's scrambling, Ingrid bends forward and makes a quick dash, catching up to him rather quickly and then bending down and reaching for his legs, attempting to grab one of them and then twist her body around hard at the hips to try and throw him in the opposite direction. "To think you made such a good first impression, I'm disappointed in you!"
Aislinn was all ready to go to town on Frei, like she had been--but then Sean calls for help. Now, normally, she'd ignore such a thing...
But Sean is, at least for now, her teammate, and as such she can't. So, reluctantly, she turns from Frei and heads for Ingrid, just in time to see her grab for Sean's feet. Whether she hits or not, or if he dodges, Aislinn waits until he's clear, then reaches into her jacket, pulling out a heavy metal disk that she skims low, aiming to use the metal frisbee-ish thing to damage Ingrid's leg--at best, cracking into a knee or a sensitive spot on the thigh, at worse hobbling her for just a few moments... It's simple, and she'd rather use a piece of the temple for greater weight, but she does what she can.
Apparently Frei's not the only person who very much needed a break from the action. As much as he doesn't like leaving things unfinished -- and he and Aislinn were looking, for a moment there, to possibly be putting the 'finish' back in that sentence -- he can't let Sean suddenly doubleteam the blonde either. So he does the best he can, making a sideways skimming dash along the ground and coming across Aislinn's back, facing Sean, before thrusting both hands at him and detonating a sphere of golden-red chi right in the Brazilian's face, wincing as he moves what is certainly a broken finger. "You seem kinda tense, man," he offers as an observation.
COMBATSYS: Ingrid successfully hits Sean with Quick Throw.
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Frei 1/-======/=======|=======\======-\1 Aislinn
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Ingrid 1/-----==/=======|=======\=------\1 Sean
COMBATSYS: Sean blocks Frei's Hizashi.
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Frei 1/-======/=======|=======\======-\1 Aislinn
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Ingrid 1/-----==/=======|=======\==-----\1 Sean
Hooboy, as if things couldn't get any worse, it is -painfully- obvious that Sean doesn't want any part of Ingrid anymore.. There's just something about how.. Calm she is that really really unnerves the Brazillian Bomber. It's admittedly worse than Hinako's open outrage! "... What no!" he cries back to Ingrid, cheeks still flaring. The timing seems a little odd, but when Ingrid manages to grab a hold of his leg, he's just so frantic that he's able to resist the momentum, reaching out weakly toward Aislinn for help. Instead, Frei comes to his aid by blasting him in the face, he forced to cross his arms in front of him and steel himself up enough to take some of the 'oomph' out the blow.. Then he yells to the monk, "YOU THINK??" Wait.. He forgot something..
FLING! There goes Sean tossed back by Ingrids simple throw and crashes onto his back again, legs kicking upward a moment, and then he raises his hands up in a 'T', "W- Wait.. Wait come on, Time out! Time out, I said I wasn't like that, look look!" he picks up a red and white basketball, showing it to the white haird girl, then WHIPS it like a dodgeball to toward the side of Frei's head, "I'm fighting him now see? Se-- YEAH! GET'ER AISLINN!"
COMBATSYS: Aislinn successfully hits Ingrid with Thrown Object.
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Frei 1/-======/=======|=======\======-\1 Aislinn
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Ingrid 1/---====/=======|=======\==-----\1 Sean
What, you mean he's /still/ trying to get away from her? Goodness gracious! She continues to look calmly amused as Sean begins declaring that he is fighting Frei and no one else, and begins walking towards him when she notices the metal disc flying towards her. Looks like she didn't learn her lesson, did she? She tries to sidestep it, but isn't quick enough, the disk hitting her directly in the side of her knee and causing her to fold like a house of cards and fall over. "Wah!" She hits the ground and rubs her knee, giving Aislinn a look. She looks down at the disk, and then smiles rather brightly, "Thank you, I really could use something like this right now." She picks it up and then gets to her feet, and then throws it Frisbee style for Sean's back. "Catch!"
Hmph. If she's to be ignored, then she'll do her best to, as the saying goes, 'make an impression'. How? Well, there's the simple expedient of a foot. Aislinn continues her headlong rush towards Ingrid, booted feet thumping against the ground; it's only at the last moment that she puts on the brakes, transferring momentum from her forward movement into a quick front kick that aims her toes right into Ingrid's stomach. Probably not a lot of impact behind that, but there should be some decent speed. Here's hoping that Sean can continue to handle the momentary dual assault from Frei and Ingrid.
COMBATSYS: Frei blocks Sean's Basketball.
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Frei 1/=======/=======|=======\======-\1 Aislinn
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Ingrid 1/---====/=======|=======\==-----\1 Sean
Oh man. Not another damn basketball. Knitting his brow, Frei reaches out a hand and just... swats it out of the air. This proves to be a big, big mistake because he does it with the hand with the broken finger, something he instantly regrets, wincing in pain and shaking his hand out. "Ow, ow, ow, ow..." he mutters, sounding... almost annoyed. He rounds on Sean and reaches out to snag him by the collar and flip him into Ingrid's attack. Practically nothing useful about the attack from his standpoint, but maybe it'll help her out. "That hurt, damnit."
COMBATSYS: Frei successfully hits Sean with Fast Throw.
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Frei 1/=======/=======|=======\======-\1 Aislinn
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Ingrid 1/---====/=======|=======\===----\1 Sean
COMBATSYS: Sean overcomes Large Thrown Object from Ingrid with Hadou Burst.
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Frei 1/=======/=======|=======\======-\1 Aislinn
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Ingrid 1/---====/=======|===----\-------\0 Sean
Plink! Goes the basketball. Grump goes the Matsuda, and DIE goes the Ingrid! Sean for a moment thought he was able to get away but... Well not if -Frei- had anything to say about it. When Sean's snagged, Sean asks, "H- Hey! Who's side are you on anyway!" fling, "... Oh right.." he slams hard on his feet though, knees buckling a bit, and double-takes at the disc headed his way. He has a choice... A basketball.. Or something bigger?
Sean's been learning, the chi gathers about him a bit faster, wind whisping about his form as he draws his hands back, forms the orange orb of energy, then bursts it forward in time to not only destroy the disk, but it's path continues toward Ingrid, "Ha HAH!" he cries. "... NO! DO OVER!"
COMBATSYS: Sean successfully hits Ingrid with Hadou Burst.
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Frei 1/=======/=======|=======\======-\1 Aislinn
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Ingrid 1/=======/=======|===----\-------\0 Sean
COMBATSYS: Ingrid counters Light Kick from Aislinn with Sun Upper.
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Frei 1/=======/=======|>>>>>>>\>>>>>>>\2 Aislinn
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Ingrid 2/<<<<<<</<<<<<<<|===----\-------\0 Sean
Hopefully Aislinn didn't need that disk, whatever it really was, because now it appears it's just little bits of metal scattered all over the temple g rounds. What this means is that there's now a huge orange orb flying at Ingrid, and she has very little time to deal with it. She lets out a small breath to focus herself, taking the tiniest fraction of a moment to turn her eyes towards where Aislinn is, and then bends down and attempts to do an acrobatic backflip out of the way of the oncoming energy. It just isn't enough. She get's the height, but not the speed, actually coming back down and landing /in/ the blast of energy, obviously having made a slight miscalculation in trajectory, the explosion erupting around her and throwing her backwards. She hits the ground hard, a rather loud pained cry coming from her lips.
But Ingrid is a supreme master of herself, and is able to work through the pain, because if she doesn't she's going to get clobbered. She tucks into a tight ball and rolls backwards away from Aislinn, giving her just enough time to collect her wits about herself, standing back up and quickly pointing forward with her left hand just as the foot is coming towards her.
Just in the nick of time, a swirling golden disk of energy appears and stops the kick cold. At that moment, Ingrid lifts her arm up into the air, and the effects are clear. The disk disappears as the energy wraps itself around Aislinn and flings her high up into the air, leaving Ingrid to let out a small sigh of relief. That one could have been the end.
Well, ow. Clearly Ingrid is not to be underestimated. As Aislinn comes crashing down, she narrows her eyes--that hurt, that hurt a lot, and now Ingrid has her full attention. Aislinn shakes her head, as she gets back to her feet, choosing to maintain her attention on Ingrid. Yeah... she didn't like that much; she landed heavily and it hurt quite a bit. As she stands, she narrows her eyes at Ingrid... taking a stumbling step backwards...
Which appears to be a fake of some sort, as she leaps into the air, bending herself backwards, hands clasped together; a blazing blade of her white-cored, red-tinged chi forms, easily a meter and a half long and half a meter wide at the base, narrowing down to a point; as she descends, she brings the blade down to try and cleave Ingrid in twain.
Frei's philosophy has always been 'be as water', if you could boil it down to one or two words. Flow around and through situations with ease. Don't force yourself. He wants to be the still pool of clear water. Right now he is feeling rather more like the grass-filled lukewarm slosh of an inflatable kiddy pool. Something is seriously awry.
Aislinn is... well, Aislinn, you'd have a better chance getting a microwave to crack a smile. Sean has become John Malkovich, apparently, and Ingrid is... too calm to be real. Where'd the fun go? And you can almost see the Rube Goldberg map in his head tracing the mouse trap backwards. Fun = what? Shiny colors? Songs? Balloon animals? Orca costumes?
He makes a decision.
"o/~ At first I was afraid, I was petrified! Kept thinkin' I could never live without you by my side!" An orange-gold ball of energy coalesces in his hand. He holds it out, palm up. "But then I spent so many nights thinkin' how you did me wrong and I grew strong. And I learned how to get along!" The ball races around his body in a complex pattern before leaping at Aislinn. "yadda yadda yadda OH NO BUT I!" And on cue, the ball explodes into a massive burst of colorful chi fireworks. "I WILL SURVIVE! AS LONG AS I KNOW HOW TO LOVE I KNOW I'M STILL ALIVE!" Apparently, he's triggered this fireworks display to strobe like a disco ball. Whoa.
Sean... seems to be saved for the time being.. On the other hand, it's at the cost of what looks to be his partners health, "... Oh geez, this isn't going ot end well," he mumbles.. He'll just have to forget about his Hadou Burst incident for now, his attention returning to Frei, "Hey, HEY! Don't leave me with -her-!" he yells, chasing after the monk and practically DIVES at his side. This of course is a tackling motion, and should he get that to connect, and slam Frei to the ground, it's followed by two swings at the mans head, "I'll have you singing a different tune, pal! BOOYAH!"
COMBATSYS: Aislinn successfully hits Ingrid with Lightning Blade.
-* CRITICAL HIT! *-
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Frei 0/-------/-------|>>>>>>>\>>>>>>>\2 Aislinn
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Ingrid 2/<<<<<<</<<<<<<<|===----\-------\0 Sean
Wow, simply wow. Ingrid is, in truth, very moved by Frei's little bursting into song. Why is this? Because he is simply being true to himself, very, utterly, and completely true to himself. It's not only obvious by what she sees, but what she feels. Being empathic she can very literally /feel/ what he does, along with the others, and having this overwhelming sense of self wash over her is very heartwarming.
The problem with this, is that Aislinn is coming in to attack her. She simply stands there like a statue, and the lavender haired young woman brings her blade of energy down straight through the top of Ingrid's head and down through the rest of her. Luckily, it wasn't a real, metal blade, or Ingrid would likely need to be rushed to an emergency room for surgery. As it is, she simply gets smashed to the ground while letting out a very loud, very sharp scream of pain. She /really/ wasn't expecting it this time. And because of this, it looks like she's all but blown the fight, looking over towards Frei, giving him a weak "Sorry..."
She tries to pick herself up, but it's simply not going to happen, her arms and legs giving out from under her. She's fading fast, and almost completely disabled. Maybe her massive success will somehow distract Aislinn, but... there's still that sense of self in the air. Ingrid's own sense of self is very powerful, and right now she can't just let herself go down without just trying something to help, even if it's futile. She half crawls herself in a turn towards Sean, and then holds her hands up in front of her face, while lying prone, and struggles to form her energy one last time, a small, dull sphere forming between her hands, which she then 'blows' towards Sean, hear head falling into her open hands afterwards. She's out cold.
COMBATSYS: Ingrid can no longer fight.
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Frei 0/-------/-------|>>>>>>>\>>>>>>>\2 Aislinn
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There's nothing like the undeniable pleasure of feeling a strike hit home, truly and powerfully. Aislinn knows, the moment she makes contact, the blade of energy intangible but none the less painful for it as it passes through Ingrid, pouring a heavy dose of chi into the girl. And... she's out, clearly... her final attack not aimed as retribution but in an effort to defeat Sean. It's an interesting choice, and one Aislinn can accept. To this end... with one opponent down, Aislinn would like to see if Sean can handle Frei--it would appear that Sean has the advantage, but such things can change all too quickly, especially with whatever Ingrid's got going on...
COMBATSYS: Aislinn blocks Frei's Hizashi Ronde.
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Frei 0/-------/-------|>>>>>>>\>>>>>>>\2 Aislinn
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Oh yeah, and Frei's incoming explosion of power? It's blocked, though the impact sends her back a few feet. She decides to leave things be, for now. Because her player is dumb and posed without thinking.
COMBATSYS: Aislinn takes no action.
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Frei 0/-------/-------|>>>>>>>\>>>>>>>\2 Aislinn
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COMBATSYS: Frei blocks Sean's Sean Tackle.
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The disco continues. Sean's tackle is met head on by Frei all but pushing his good hand into the top of the Brazilian's head and shoving him off to the side as he starts dancing to the rhythm. Somehow, the Howard Enterprises people have dug out a karaoke tape of the song and are frantically trying to match it to the monk's place in the lyrics. Frei simply stays in place, continuing to dance/sing, letting his chi continue to create multicolored sparkly disco lights all over the place. Who's Ingrid, again? "o/~ I've got all my life to live, I've got all my love to give, and I'll survive, I will survive, hey heeeeeeeey..."
COMBATSYS: Frei gathers his will.
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COMBATSYS: Sean negates Sun Burst from Ingrid with Hadou Burst.
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Frei 0/-------/-======|>>>>>>>\>>>>>>>\2 Aislinn
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Sean hmns, good defenses there, Sean was more than sure that he would take Frei down and out, clearly he's tougher than he looks.. But we have deduced that already! Rather clumsily staggering off to the side from Frei's deflection, he spins around, and eyetwitches, ".. Why you.." Oh... Energy headed his way? Sean glances to the sparkly danger-ey energy headed his way. He grins a bit, fist clenched and drawn back and a visable burst of chi roars around him.. It's.. Really brief but it's there, and exherting a bit of his own energy again, he unleases another massive hadou-burst from his palms; the projectiles colliding, tug-of-warring, and then eventualling fizzling out. His fingertips wiggle, and then he grins, ".. Man, that could have been bad, that was close."
Perhaps it's time to end the fight. Aislinn realizes that Sean must, by necessity, use up his energies in negating Ingrid's attack, and her goodwill only extends so far. So she turns to Frei, then.. just blurs out of existence, it seems, lunging forward and fading out, only to reappear in front of Frei, practically on top of him, her hands clasped together, thrust forward in front of her like a battering ram aimed for the center of his chest.
COMBATSYS: Aislinn successfully hits Frei with Sniper Thrust.
- Power hit! -
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The song comes to an abrupt halt as Aislinn punches Frei in the chest so hard he flies backwards into one of the banisters for the stone stairs leading up to the temple. Lucky for the stairs they're sturdy and Frei is light, so they don't break. Unluckily for Frei he hits them with his head and drops the ground instantly. He doesn't move nor get back up after.
COMBATSYS: Frei takes no action.
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COMBATSYS: Frei can no longer fight.
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COMBATSYS: Aislinn has left the fight here.
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COMBATSYS: Sean has ended the fight here.
It seems that's about the end of that! Sean rests his hand at his ribcage, cringing slightly as he glances to Aislinn. Yeah, she'd have to make the attack for him, it just.. Well. he needed a moment! But man, he just -had- to cringe when Aislinn delivers the final blow that looks like it very well -killed- the guy. In fact, the moment Frei hit the stairs, the air is filled with many upon many bell chimes, and a hail of rose petals whisp up into the air, carried about and swirling about the main floor.
It's an unusually dramatic way to signify the end of the match, Sean's jaw dropping as he looks around while the announcer whom had just been chilling out declares the winner of the duel, "Woah!!" he yells, until he looks over the banister and all questions are answered.
Down below there are still floods of people running away from the renegade chicken, the ruckus having caused one of the vendor carts carrying roses to fall over and explode, while another cart that was selling various sized bells was caught up in the explosion as well and knocked everything over. "... Sorry!" the chinaman yells to Sean.
"........ Nah man, my fault." Sean replies in turn with a thumbs up.
Aislinn stops the moment she hits Frei, kicking up a swirl of dust and backwake; a very dramatic way to end the fight. Aislinn drops her arms, and looks to the officials; once the win has been signaled, Aislinn turns towards one of the temple exits, any of them, and just... walks. She had to walk -here- with Sean. She wasn't about to walk back. However.. she does stop by to get her stuff, and she turns, and silently throws the bear to Sean. A reward for a job well done.
Sean says, "........
FIN"
Log created by Ingrid, and last modified on 13:51:38 10/21/2006.