Description: Three fighters face off inside the International Fountain in Seattle. Roberto, Hinako, and Bigfoo- Er, Frei each give it their all, but in the end only one can emerge victorious. (Winner: Roberto)
We're here in Seattle at the International Fountain to bring you another Saturday Night Fight. Originally the purpose of this bathing fountain was for fun and frolic. Today we're short the frolic however it is our hope that the fun won't be in short supply... Well atleast not for the spectators. The fountain has been blocked off to keep spectators from getting too close to the action however there's an opening for our competitors to make their appearance.
oberto steps through the said opening dressed for the occasion wearing dark purple swim-trunks going just barely below the knee, the standard sky blue visor, and wearing his normally shoulder length hair into a pony-tail. He carries a mesh bag filled with soccer-balls over his shoulder and when he gets into the fountain and dumps the soccer balls into the fountain. After that he throws the mesh bag into the crowd. And there's a moment of pandemonuim as two people fight over the bag. He takes a moment to stretch and wait for the next opponents to arrive.
Hinako Shijou has also chosen appropriate attire for the location of this fight. Appropriate, in this case, meaning a bathing suit, and not the one she was given by Sean, thank you very much. Her purple bikini is relatively modest, as far as such swimwear goes. Sean did at least have one good point... Clothes, particularly around the center of the torso, tend to get damaged in these fights, which means a one-piece is almost certain to get ruined. Hinako has removed her beret and shoes in deference to the water, but she's still wearing her kneepads, and she's still got her fingers and hands bound up in tape. In fact, since she won't be wearing shoes, she even went so far as to bind up her toes. You'd be amazed just how much strain she puts on her feet to pull off sumo with a body like hers...
Hopping over the edge of the fountain, Hinako wobbles for a moment as she starts to slip on the wet concrete, but she quickly catches herself. It wouldn't do to fall over. Not after she showed just how cool she is by winning a sumo match against Blue Mary Ryan. She's got a reputation to uphold now! And it wouldn't do to have people thinking that she's just some ditzy clutz, especially when all her training is really starting to pay off. With that in mind she walks confidently toward the center of the fountain. In what she imagines is a confident march, anyway. She doesn't really have the presence to pull it off without it just looking cute, though.
There are certainly worse locales for a fight than the bowl of a massive public fountain in Seattle, though as he walks through the nearby area at the base of the Space Needle, Frei thinks that perhaps doing it in the depth of autumn was not a good idea. At least the mild marine climate is just going to make this occasionally uncomfortable rather than consistently ice-cold. Plus there's all the outdoor high-power portable lighting... and that stuff is hella warm. It certainly could be worse.
Pushing his way through the crowd and giving a nod to the producers as he nears the fountain, Frei peers over the lip and looks down, seeing his opponents already in evidence and grinning. Hinako he recognizes; Roberto is new, but he looks to be a nice enough guy. Getting in motion, he hops over the edge and slides down the side on his feet like a surfer before coming to a complete stop and giving everyone a wave. "Howdy hi!"
It's perfectly normal that he's covered head to toe in a dark grey, hooded cloak that totally obscures his clothes, right? Right. He even seems... plump compared to normal. Maybe he's preparing for a hard winter.
After the arrival of the other two fighters, he tips his visors to his opponents with a smile, "All the players are on the field. I guess it's time to play. Good luck to you both." He cracks his neck and faces the other two in what looks to be a goalie's ready stance. Breathing deeply as he tries to focus his mind.
Hinako is going to skip going with a traditional sumo opening. The circumstances don't really make it very safe, and it's not like it's required. This isn't an actual sumo match, after all. Instead she just slams her right fist into her left palm, then bows to her opponents. "Let's have a good, fun match you two!" And hopefully neither of these fighters are going to use attacks that can shred her bathing suit. ...And her flesh. Right, that should probably be a bigger concern, shouldn't it?
Hinako drops into her fighting stance, hunched over with her feet spread out for maximum stability and leverage, arms held out in front of her with palms pointing out. Taking on two different opponents at once isn't really something they teach you in sumo training, but Hinako is confident that she can wing it.
COMBATSYS: Frei has started a fight here.
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COMBATSYS: Hinako has joined the fight here.
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Frei 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Hinako
COMBATSYS: Roberto has joined the fight here.
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Frei 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Roberto
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Hinako 0/-------/-------|
Hmmm. Seems like his partners in fighting are in a decent mood. That actually reassures Frei a little bit. His last few SNF fights have been with people who have been... a little grim, as it were. Well, Sean excepted, but last week Sean had a bit of a panic attack that left the monk frankly baffled. Thus, seeing people in high spirits leaves him feeling better about it. As he nods and gives both Roberto and Hinako a smile, he hears the referee behind him shout, "GET READDDYYYYYY... FIGHT!" As if on cue, just as he does so the fountain springs to life.
Grinning, the monk shifts under his all-concealing cloak and swivels toward Roberto. "Time to get going!" With a quick spin, he reaches down and flings off the cloak, which flutters into the distance, and reveals the outfit underneath... a big, white fluffy Sasquatch costume, complete with oversize barefoot-like shoes and a hole in the mouth for Frei's face. It IS a Pacific Northwest legend, after all. Whipping his hands forward, Frei tosses a pair of blue-white spheres toward the soccer player, which merge, and then burst in a shower of ice crystals. As the frosty chi passes through the fountain, it creates nicely pretty patterns of ice that sparkle as they fall to the ground.
COMBATSYS: Roberto fails to reflect Hyoushou Rengeki from Frei with Shining Clutch.
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Frei 0/-------/------=|==-----\-------\0 Roberto
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Hinako 0/-------/-------|
When he sees the blue white spheres of energy moving towards him, his hands, glowing as they move up in front his chest. Too bad the shards of ice flying in his face. He grunts from the impact. "Man... If I knew you were going to do that... I would 've worn a wet suit instead."
Now, Roberto's teeth are chattering loudly as he steps back from Frei. Looking in disbelief that he miscalculated the targetting location by so much.
Okay, it's time to for Hinako start laying the sumo smackdown! Looking at both of her opponents, it seems that Roberto already has some trouble to deal with as he gets showered with ice shards. And Frei is concentrating on him and not Hinako, so it looks like the monk is going to be the first to feel her wrath. Only... "Your costume is so /cute/, I feel kinda bad about this... But a fight is a fight!"
And so Hinako charges at Frei, attempting to crash into him and wrap her arms around him. Normally this might be slightly awkward, given her state of dress, but Frei's costume nicely takes care of the issue. Should she manage to grab him, she'll yank him up off the ground and hurl him up into the air. How he deals with the concrete on the way down is his own business.
COMBATSYS: Hinako successfully hits Frei with Tasuki Nage.
Glancing Blow
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Frei 0/-------/----===|==-----\-------\0 Roberto
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Hinako 0/-------/------=|
Frei either expected Hinako or Roberto to come at him first, but not both. Problem is... he thought it would be Roberto, since he antagonized the soccer genius first. This has a really unfortunate side effect of putting Hinako in his blind spot. When the sumo girl comes in for a grab he makes a very, very shocked "MEEP!" and tries to do something unorthodox: Leapfrog over her! Which... isn't a smart choice. He escapes being tossed hella high, but on the other hand, Hinako clips his foot with her grab and redirects his leapfrog into the FLOOR, where he lands face-first with a splash. "...ow."
After a few seconds, however, he gets to his feet and turns around, getting into stance with a bounce that sets the costume's fur rippling. "Hahah! Okay! Nothing broken. Right. Okay." He punches his right hand into his left palm and begins to gather chi, the drops of water falling around him popping in the energized field around him. "Round two!"
COMBATSYS: Frei gathers his will.
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Frei 0/-------/=======|==-----\-------\0 Roberto
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Hinako 0/-------/------=|
Roberto is still shivering from that attack that Frei sent his way. But thanks to those oh so hot lights, Roberto will be ok soon... Maybe... He turns to Frei for a moment and speaks, "Th-th-that was a n-n-nice attack."
Because the water is causing his balls to float.... The soccer balls... Get your mind out the gutter! Anyway because they're floating it changes the way he delivers his attack.He hooks his foot under one of the soccer balls lifting it into the air and as it drops downward hooks his foot around the ball and sends it towards Frei as he tries to hammer it as hard as he can towards his chest. "Uraagh!!"
Eep! Hinako does not want to be in the way of a fast moving soccer ball. Sure, it doesn't seem like it'd be /that/ dangerous, but if Roberto uses it as part of his fighting style it's got to sting quite a bit, at the very least. She veers away from Frei, leaving the Sasquatch to deal with it as he will. And that brings her closer to Roberto... With two opponents, should she be splitting her attention up evenly between them? Hinako's not sure, but it seems like the polite thing to do.
And so Hinako charges toward Roberto, reaching out in an attempt to get one hand under his arm, and get her other hand on his shoulder. If she can manage that, she attempts to use the leverage to knock him forward off his feet, and send him crashing face first down into the concrete. ...She /does/ think she's doing the polite thing, right?
COMBATSYS: Frei just-defends Roberto's Long Shot!
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Frei 0/-------/=======|==-----\-------\0 Roberto
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Hinako 0/-------/------=|
Oh, Roberto. You've unleashed the Pun Beast. Now we're never gonna get it back in its cage.
As Frei notices the soccer shot coming at him at the speed of WHOAMG, he just grins. Last time this didn't work. Last time, it was Sean whose balls slapped Frei in the face, one after the other. But this time he's ready. And he's got that furry costume on for hella padding. Hunkering down, the monk claps the big furry paws of the costume together just as the fountain water stops spraying, and then shoves them forward in a goalie pose. "I saw this once on Telemundo!" he says gleefully, and just as the soccer ball is about to impact he snaps both hands forward and... catches it.
There's a moment of silence.
Suddenly, Frei cheers, jumping up and down! The crowd goes wild! And he says, out loud, "I had NO IDEA I could even do that!" He seems as surprised as anyone. It's irrational exuberance style! He leaps up and down! He... lets go of the ball, which goes flying toward Hinako! Whoops.
COMBATSYS: Roberto blocks Hinako's Kake Nage.
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Frei 0/-------/=======|====---\-------\0 Roberto
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Hinako 0/-------/-----==|
Roberto is a tad too slow to react. Maybe he didn't recoil quickly enough from his shot. Maybe he was too stunned at Frei's save. Maybe he was just caught flat footed Whatever it was, it meant that Hinako DID get her hands under his shoulder and does send him falling forward but... he does get his hand forward and keeps significant amounts of damage from occuring.
Roberto uses the hand positioning to give him enough stability to return the attack in the form of a strong kick towards the stomach. Hinako probably should be glad he's not wearing his cleats.
COMBATSYS: Hinako Toughs Out Frei's Thrown Object!
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Frei 0/-------/=======|====---\-------\0 Roberto
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Hinako 0/-------/-----==|
COMBATSYS: Roberto successfully hits Hinako with Heavy Kick.
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Frei 0/-------/=======|====---\-------\0 Roberto
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Hinako 0/-------/--=====|
A soccer ball that wasn't even thrown with Killing Intent (tm) is no real matter for a skilled sumo! ...Also, Hinako doesn't actually even see it, since she's concentrating on Roberto. But she's concentrating so intently, and so hunkered down into position that it doesn't seem to bother her at all when the ball bounces right off of her head. She's somewhat more bothered, however, by Roberto's foot slamming into her stomach, even if it only manages to drive her back a short distance.
But no matter! Hinako pushes forward with a shout, trying to knock Roberto's leg away as she attempts to crash right up against him, wrapping her arms around him. But she's not trying to throw him, oh no... If she can manage to get a hold on Roberto, she's going to drag him quickly along with her over to the center of the fountain, where she'll slam him right up against the fountain itself with all the force she can muster.
Well, it wasn't as if Frei was trying to hurt Hinako, and in fact even if he had been he doesn't exactly have a punishing physical power, so he's not surprised to find the blonde sumo shrugging the attack off (and is, in fact, a little relieved). However, he's watching Hinako and Roberto go at it like real fighters and decides he can't just sit on the sidelines like a jerk the whole time.
"Sorry 'bout that, Hinako-chan!" the sasquatch singsongs as he rushes forward at her, hoping to use her attack on Roberto as a distraction and give him the edge he's going to need to pull this off. "Man, this costume is inspiring, though!" From the dash he suddenly flips forward, doing a full somersault in midair and looking to bring both big 'feet' down on Hinako from above. Instead of his usual fire, however, this time a cascade of frost follows in the path of the strike. Apparently, fountains resonate with particular types of chi. "HNNNNGRAGH!" Frei roars. Poorly.
COMBATSYS: Roberto dodges Hinako's Strong Throw.
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Frei 0/-------/=======|====---\-------\0 Roberto
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Hinako 0/-------/--=====|
"Yikes!!!"Roberto shouts as he sees Hinako reaching out for him. Who knew soccer would be so useful? Apparently Roberto did since when Hinako goes to grab him, he quickly scrambles to feet and then just dives out of the way in dramatic soccer goalie fashion.
Not allowing her to get her mits on him in the first place in a way this sets her up better for Frei's attack and so he lets it happen but when Frei lands, Roberto does a similar dive in his direction using it to take his feet from under him. If the grab is successful, Roberto will quickly roll to his feet to give him a nice little kick.
COMBATSYS: Frei successfully hits Hinako with Kouen no Tsurugi.
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Frei 1/-------/=======|====---\-------\0 Roberto
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Hinako holds up her arms over her head as Frei comes crashing down, but it doesn't do all that much good against the frost coming along with his feet. Goosebumps rise up over Hinako's body as the temperature around her suddenly drops, and it's enough to make her drop her guard for a moment, allowing Frei's comically oversized costume feet to connect with her.
With Frei already on the way down, though, and with him right there, it's not too much of a stretch for Hinako to reach out and try to help him the rest of the way down. All the way right down to the concrete, actually. Frei may not have been /intending/ to land on his face, but hey, sometimes things just work out that way.
COMBATSYS: Frei blocks Hinako's Kake Nage.
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Frei 1/-----==/=======|====---\-------\0 Roberto
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COMBATSYS: Roberto successfully hits Frei with Mundane Save.
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Frei 1/--=====/=======|=====--\-------\0 Roberto
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Hinako 1/-------/=======|
That pair of attacks works out better than either Roberto or Hinako could have expected they would. Why? Because Hinako's attempt to drive Frei into the ground has the unintended but fortuitous effect (for his opponents) of driving his face right into Roberto's waiting hands... and Roberto's followup crash and kick is that much more powerful for the power Hinako inadvertently gives it. Frei hits the ground HARD and goes rolling off to the side in a little white furry heap. "...ow."
However, you can't keep a good cosplayer down. Springing back up, the monk grins beneath his fuzzy suit at both his opponents. "Using each other as hazards doesn't seem fair!" he shouts with a grin. "I'm gonna have to get more 'serious'!" You can hear the finger quotes. But as Frei drops back into a defensive stance, his fighting spirit hits its peak: the fountain behind him erupts in a dazzling display of water again, the field of Frei's aura causing it to burst into rainbows around him as if shot through a prism. It sure is shiny. "Bring it on, kids!"
COMBATSYS: Frei gathers his will.
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Frei 2/<<<<<<</<<<<<<<|=====--\-------\0 Roberto
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Hinako 1/-------/=======|
If bringing it on is what he wants, then Roberto has no problem giving it to him. Roberto turns his visor backwards as he heads towards another one of his soccer balls and kicks it up, juggling it on his thighs as he moves towards Frei. With a sudden movement, Roberto dives forward into the water heading the ball a moment before submerging.
The ball flies towards the sloping wall... But is Frei safe? Not really because while Roberto is underwater, he's reacing for his legs and will attempt and lift him and throw him back and away as far as he can.
Phew. Dealing with two opponents is more tricky than Hinako thought it would be! All this running back and forth, having to watch your back to make sure that nobody's getting the drop on you... Really, Hinako prefers one on one fights. Or maybe team fights, because then at least you've got somebody watching your back. And Hinako may be willing to charge into many things, but even she is somewhat hesitant to rush somebody who's making that sort of display. It's not like she /enjoys/ being blown up.
So for the moment, at least, Hinako hangs back, slowly moving back and forth, approaching ever so slightly, as she waits for some sort of opening to show itself. The chance to take a bit of a breather doesn't hurt, either.
COMBATSYS: Hinako gains composure.
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Frei 2/<<<<<<</<<<<<<<|=====--\-------\0 Roberto
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Hinako 0/-------/-======|
COMBATSYS: Frei blocks Roberto's Strong Throw.
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Frei 2/<<<<<<</<<<<<<<|======-\-------\0 Roberto
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Hinako 0/-------/-======|
Roberto's attack is unorthodox, and thus it takes Frei a bit by surprise. However, the monk is in a primarily defensive stance and thus when the soccer player latches on to his legs, he's able to prepare himself for the his landing, righting himself in midair and landing on the concrete on his feet. Soaking up the kinetic energy of that attack takes some effort, but it hurts a lot less than eating Roberto's throw the hard way.
"Not bad! Pretty sneaky!" he says cheerily, complimenting Roberto. Still, he can't sit around all day giving people better self-esteem. Cupping his hands to his side, the monk gathers a ball of oddly purplish-white energy as he rushes Roberto, then thrusts his hands forward to deliver a blast of chi once again influenced by his costume. Which is to say, it's a form of light which basically looks like a big white snowman.
COMBATSYS: Roberto reflects Hizashi from Frei with Shining Clutch.
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Frei 2/<<<<<<</<<<<<<<|=======\-------\0 Roberto
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Hinako 0/-------/-======|
Having experience as a goalie has it's advantages. Good reflexes is one of them. So this time when Frei shoves the snowman in his face. Roberto's hands begin to glow and creates a vacuum that draws the snowman in at first but then all of a sudden, the goalie shoves the cool light form of the snowman back at the man dressed as a Big Foot. The grunt as he catches and the shout he gives as he pushes it back are all that can be heard from the teenager.
Now, with both of her opponents focused on one another, seems like a good time for Hinako to venture back into the fray. She charges toward Roberto, careful not to get in the path of the glowing snowman as it shoots back and forth. She tries to get at Roberto from the side, then lashes out with a quick combination of palm strikes to the torso. Those are mostly meant for disorientation, although they're hardly gentle. But the real goal is to knock Roberto around enough that Hinako can grab him by the shoulders and hurl him down against the base of the fountain. "Hyah!"
Well, that hurt. Frei has never liked having chi attacks stuffed back in his face. He may be tops at defending against such energy, but that doesn't mean he wants to do it, either. It's... disorienting. Having the burst of creatively-shaped yang chi chucked back in his face, the monk stumbles back a bit, oofing. "Yeah, that stung..." He does give Roberto a smile of approval, though. Who'd have thought a soccer player would have such facility with chi?
Cracking his knuckles, he doesn't throw out any more pithy comments, though, instead deciding that how is the time for action! Like Tran! Although... Tran + action usually = traction, so perhaps not the best influence. Regardless, the monk rears back, spinning his fur-covered arm in a tight, continuous circle, before running forward and lashing out at Hinako with a straight punch to the tummy. "HNGRAGH!" Again... your voice is not suited to that, Frei.
COMBATSYS: Roberto dodges Hinako's Combo Throw.
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Frei 2/<<<<<<</<<<<<<<|=======\-------\0 Roberto
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If Roberto been /just/ a goalie, there's a good chance he might of eaten those sumo style pimp slaps followed by the throw, but if there's one thing he's learned as a striker, it's that sometimes the best way to hold onto the ball is to not be there when the tackle or in this case, the attack comes. He spins around the first slap.
He smiles in acknowledgement of Frei's remark but it doesn't last for long because as he spins he gives a nice soccer style tackle. In otherwords, Roberto moves to Hinako's flank and rams his shoulder into hers. "Umph!!"
COMBATSYS: Frei successfully hits Hinako with Fierce Punch.
- Power hit! -
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Frei 2/<<<<<<</<<<<<<<|=======\-------\0 Roberto
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COMBATSYS: Hinako endures Roberto's Strong Punch.
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Even with two guys charging at her from different directions, Hinako stands her ground. She can take it! Well... Mostly. The punch from Frei does cause her to double over with an audible 'oof', but she's slightly better prepared for Roberto's attack. She leans backwards as the soccer player slams into her, and allows the impact to drive her back relatively easily.
But that's only because she intends to return the favor, in spades. She launches herself right back at Roberto, intending to slam her own shoulder into him, driving herself right into his center of mass.
The monk actually gets a look of surprise as the punch he'd thrown lands with way more force than he could have hoped for. Maybe it was the spinning? Either way, he pulls back and shakes out his fist afterwards, Vanessa-style... that hurt. It's also left him much closer in to the battle than he would have liked, but he's quick on his feet, ducking around Hinako as she and Roberto square off and glancing around.
Espying one of the nearby flumes through which the water is being delivered to the fountain, he grins and gets an idea. Waiting for one of the cascades to go up and around, he aims at one coming in a downward arc and, leaping up, blasts it with a burst of ice chi, freezing it solid... and then he lands on it, Tarzan-sliding down toward Roberto and then leaping at him, head first, surrounded by a blazing halo of silvery-white light. "CANNNNONNNNBAAAAAAAAAAALL!"
COMBATSYS: Hinako successfully hits Roberto with Oo-ichiban.
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COMBATSYS: Roberto just-defends Frei's Gekkou Nocturne!
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And when Hinako's shoulder connects with Roberto's chest, she explodes into a storm of body shaking palm strikes. All across his torso, and with a few snapping up to strike the soccer player in the face, Hinako's hands blur as she throws out blow after blow for several long seconds. She then throws out a double-handed strike to the stomach before yanking Roberto up off the ground and sending him for a nice, although brief, flight through the air.
'OH MY GOD!!!! IT HURTS!!!!' Are the thoughts running through his head as Hinako smacks him up. The painful experience just seems to last forever until the flight. It is that brief flight into the air that saves him from receiving the chi enhanced headbutt from Frei by just tossing him up and out of the way. While in mid air, Roberto twists his body landing near the top edge of the bowl. He runs along the edge of fountain as he eyes a soccer ball that happens to be on the edge of where the water meets the sloping bowl.
He dashes down towards said ball letting the incline lend him speed. He then pushes off the slope at the moment kicking the ball right in between the sumo wrestler and the sasquatch. As it travels towards its target the ball begins to glow filled with massive amounts of chi. When the ball gets there, it becomes a chi bomb bursting with a wide range explosion of energy.
COMBATSYS: Hinako blocks Roberto's Blazing Strikers.
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When the soccer ball suddenly begins to glow, Hinako knows something bad is coming. She plants her feet firmly on the ground, crosses her arms in front of herself, and prepares for impact. Just in time, too, as the explosive wave washes over her, causing her to rock back on her feet. Something like that could have caused unfortunate clothing mishaps if it had hit cleanly. Turning toward Frei, Hinako reaches out in an attempt to grab the monk by the arm. "I'm not really fond of explosions so why don't you go deal with him?" She smiles brightly, then tries to twist around, yanking Frei off the ground and hurling him in Roberto's general direction.
COMBATSYS: Roberto successfully hits Frei with Blazing Strikers.
- Power hit! -
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COMBATSYS: Hinako successfully hits Frei with Strong Throw.
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Welp, it looks like nobody wanted Frei in the fight anymore. Roberto just beats the ever-living hell out of him with his energy ball, which sails him right into Hinako's grip. It alters the trajectory of her throw, thankfully for Roberto, by hurling him into the side of the fountain, which cracks heavily from the impact. He doesn't get back up. He's lucky if he's even still breathing.
COMBATSYS: Frei takes no action.
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Roberto 0/-------/-----==|====---\-------\0 Hinako
COMBATSYS: Frei can no longer fight.
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Roberto 0/-------/-----==|====---\-------\0 Hinako
Roberto breathes a big sigh of relief as Frei sails right by him. He breathes deeply as he looks towards Hinako as he slowly moves towards her. He doesn't need to say anything as he takes to the air. He sways for a moment before making a sudden jump into the air, attempting to grab Hinako as he makes his way up into the air. If he does actually get a hold of her, he'll push her away with glowing hands as he returns to earth.
COMBATSYS: Hinako fails to interrupt Shining Save from Roberto with Gasshou Hineri.
- Power fail! -
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Roberto 0/-------/---====|==-----\-------\0 Hinako
Hinako holds her ground for a moment as Roberto leaps into the air toward her. Wait for it, wait for it... And then she suddenly leaps right up towards him as he comes down, her arm extending as she prepares to grab him by the neck. Her plan doesn't quite work, however, as Roberto's hands close on her, blasting her with his chi. Compared to that, the impact with the ground isn't so bad, even though Hinako bounces a few times as she rolls away before finally coming to a stop on her hands and knees. She does manage to climb back to her feet, but she's looking a wee bit unsteady now.
Roberto slowly gets up on his feet. He's looking the worst for wear as well. He's panting as the star striker ambles towards her. The movements are slow and laborious until he's finally close to her again. Then there's a quick movement to her left and then he slides under the water foot directed towards her ankle in a slide tackle.
COMBATSYS: Hinako dodges Roberto's Sliding Kick.
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Roberto 0/-------/----===|==-----\-------\0 Hinako
Hinako may be getting worn down, but she's not out of it yet. She quickly hops to one side as Roberto comes sliding in toward her, letting his kick slice through the water without touching her. It's hard for her to get a particularly good grip on someone who's on the ground like that, and although she could heft him up over her head, she's not sure she could keep up with the struggle he'd surely put up.
Keeping that in mind, Hinako just attempts to snare Roberto by the shoulders before he can get up. She'll then heave him back along the path he came. Not lifting him particularly high, and not slamming him down particularly hard, but still sending him crashing down on his back on the concrete, if it works. Hopefully that'll be enough to knock some more of the fight out of him.
COMBATSYS: Hinako successfully hits Roberto with Kote Nage.
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Roberto 0/-------/-======|====---\-------\0 Hinako
Roberto is surprised. He's surprised by the fact she managed to get out of the way of his sliding kick. The only thing that's more surprising is that he's sent sliding backward. He gets up to his feet. And takes a short moment to shake things off before he moves towards her. This time he decides to keep things basic gives her a quick punch. The kind of he'd use to knock away an incoming shot directed towards the goal. He lets out a breath as he releases his fist.
COMBATSYS: Roberto successfully hits Hinako with Quick Punch.
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Roberto 0/-------/-======|=====--\-------\0 Hinako
Hinako starts leaning to the side as the punch comes in and she almost makes it. Almost. Roberto manages to clip her in the side of the head, leaving her briefly seeing stars. She really doesn't have the strength left to even stay on her feet much longer. Wobbling, she reaches out for Roberto, trying to clamp her hands onto either side of him, then yank him up and over her head.
COMBATSYS: Hinako can no longer fight.
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COMBATSYS: Roberto dodges Hinako's Medium Throw.
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And when her hands don't manage to close on Roberto, Hinako continues moving forward... and down, as her legs finally give out beneath her. She splashes down in a puddle, and doesn't appear to be in any shape to be getting back up anytime soon.
Roberto performs that slide tackle again. This time it isn't with the intent of hitting her. This time it's to get out of the way of a chick that has no good intentions for him and so he slides right between her legs so he isn't there when she reaches for him and not there when she falls down. After the referee announces that he has won, he plops down to the ground right next to her. He'll be taking a few moments to catch his breath. If she's ok by the time he's done catching his breath it's all good. If she's still out cold, he'll offer his assistance to get both her and Frei out of the sloping bowl.
Log created by Hinako, and last modified on 12:45:47 10/21/2006.