Description: What does it take to make a battle epic? Fighters who won't stay down? Check. Huge explosions? Check. Costumes? Wait... Costumes? I don't recall that being a requirement but it has that too. This is probably the most violent Halloween party you'll ever come across in an exciting battle between Animals and Criminals. (Draw Match)
It's a bit of a nippy night here in the Howard Arena, though the thousands of spectators help warm things up a bit with their spirit. And Shinobu's going to need it tonight, as she seems to be dressed in a bunny suit. If she's feeling ashamed at all, she isn't showing it as she does her stretches and more literal warmups, waiting for the others to arrive. Standing up straight, she arches her back as she rubs it, and swings her arms as she yawns, looking about at the people around her. Raising a hand, she gives a simple wrist-wave, more acknowledging their presence than actually calling out to the spectators.
Let's just say this: Kensou isn't a big fan of Halloween. He's at least self-aware enough to realise that he compromises what dignity he has often enough on his own without the help of costumes, so this whole seasonal thing just makes it even worse. Not to mention, he didn't exactly grow up in a culture where the 'holiday' was recognised, either. Of course, this is Japan he's in now, and there's that whole cosplay thing to consider... And Kensou, he's a big manga reader, y'know?
Anyway, to make a long story short: Kensou is dressed up like Lupin the Third, proving he's at least got a little bit of oldschool cred. Of course, his hair is the same old hair, slicked back, rather than the legendary fictional thief's pseudofro, but who wouldn't recognise just the outfit? It's kinda goofy, but probably for the best, as Plan B - as suggested by his drunken teacher - was a white sheet with holes cut out for his eyes.
Looking /extremely/ self-conscious, Kensou ambles up to the fighting stage, and shows none of his usual exuberance as he climbs up on the stone platform. "This is the worst idea ever," the Psycho Soldier mutters mournfully, because the most /recent/ bad idea always does feel like the worst. It's a perspective thing.
If Shinobu is wearing something that's more revealing than what she normally does, Ingrid goes the other direction and wears something that's more modest, if you can call it that. She walks into the arena from a corridor on the stage level, clad in a black suit with white vertical pinstripes that could have been ripped straight from the roaring 20s. A double breasted jacket is worn over a white dress shirt and a red silk. Rather than a skirt like she normally wears, Ingrid is wearing a pair of suit pants to go with this ensemble that matches the jacket perfectly, and wears a black leather dress shoes underneath those. Sitting atop her head instead of her normal hair ornaments is a black hat with a white strap just below the rim. To complete the look of the archetypical prohibition era gangster she's has an incredibly authentic looking prop Tommy Gun held casually at her side in her right hand as she strides out and steps up onto the granite stage. She stops once she's next to Kensou and inwardly grins at the fact they're both wearing suits of one kind or another. "Looks like we got a bit of trouble, see. Better take out the trash, see." She has the accent right too... it just sounds really funny coming from her high pitched voice.
Coming from the same stairs that Shinobu entered the ring, is what looks to be a male covered head to toe in gray fur with white fur on the torso and a gray wolf mask. He raises a red goalie glove into the air with the finger tips covered in gray fur with vinyl claws. Over his shoulder he carries the mesh bag filled with soccer balls.
He dumps the contents of the bag onto the floor. He flings the bag out into the crowd. He stretches for a moment and then begins to juggle a soccer ball. He turns towards Shinobu gives her a fanged smile then he looks towards the others, "Let's get wild."
Standing up straight, Shinobu adjusts her ears, and then holds a fist up, staring across the ring. She then thrusts the fist out as if in challenge. "Yeah, whatever.", she says simply. "And don't call me trash. I'll hit you if... well... I guess I'm gonna hit you anyway." Stepping forther into the ring, she relaxes into a more casual stance, rubbing her neck. "C'mon, let's get this started."
Criminals vs. animals? It may not be robot vs. monkey, but it'll have to do for the moment!
It seems like the people who aren't Kensou are enjoying this entirely too much. Freaks. The Chinese fighter doesn't really recognise just what Ingrid is supposed to be, but apparently she's his partner, so he heaves a bit of a put-upon sigh. "Yeah yeah," he mutters, and so the Lupin the Third-costumed Psycho Soldier steps out towards more the middle of the fighting stange, getting into his own fighting stance. "Let's just get this over with." Stupid having to wear costumes. Now he really wants to win this quickly, so that he doesn't have to spend too much time in public feeling like an even bigger idiot than usual!
COMBATSYS: Kensou has started a fight here on the right meter side.
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COMBATSYS: Roberto has joined the fight here on the left meter side.
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Roberto 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Kensou
COMBATSYS: Ingrid has joined the fight here on the right meter side.
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Roberto 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Kensou
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COMBATSYS: Shinobu has joined the fight here.
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Roberto 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Kensou
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Shinobu 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Ingrid
Ingrid stands by Kensou and gives him a quick look over, and drops the Chicago accent she had taken on, "Aww... even if the costumes aren't very fun, you should at least try to have fun in the fight, shouldn't you. After all," She makes a large sweeping motion with her hand around the entire stadium, "All these people came to watch, this is the main event! I'm very excited, aren't you?" She steps forward towards Shinobu and Roberto, "Well, I'm certainly glad I didn't come as little red riding hood." She flashes them both a smile, "But I'm ready whenever you are."
Shinobu grins at Kensou, "You better get into it, or I'm gonna beat you again!" With that, she launches herself at Kensou, bursting forward with a classic kung-fu flying kick. Apparently, she's trusting in her partner to cover her, for better or worse.
"Shinobu...", she calls out, but as the flying kick connects or hits, her body twisting as she flips over in a split second, aiming a kick downward at Kensou's shoulder. "... Kick!" Well, kicks, technically.
COMBATSYS: Shinobu successfully hits Kensou with Shinobu Kick.
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Roberto 0/-------/-------|==-----\-------\0 Kensou
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Shinobu 0/-------/------=|-------\-------\0 Ingrid
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Whatever! Kensou just really isn't into the costume thing, okay? No need to get all on his case about it. Once Shinobu comes flying at him though, he tries to get his arms in the way of the flying kick, but... Apparently he's too slow to block it, 'cause instead, he gets clocked but good! "Geh!" he says, because that kinda hurt.
He's sent towards by the second set of kicks, but he is not - at least not yet - actually out. Kensou grunts and rolls to the side before getting his feet underneath him, raising his hands up in front of his face. "I guess that was pretty good," he says, gathering energy quickly, forcing it to coalesce. And then, he sweeps his hands outwards, launching a blue-tinged white sphere of crackling psychic energy at Shinobu. "Choukyuudan!"
Ingrid laughs at Shinobu's proclamation, and drops into her casual fighting stance as she comes forward; she could easily veer to the side and abruptly try and kick her instead, couldn't she? But she doesn't, and she comes after Kensou instead, who gets kicked hard and then raises back up to his feet. For her part, Ingrid takes a step around Shinobu and puts her in a pincer between herself and Kensou, and while her partner throws some psychic energy at her, she levels her Tommy Gun at Shinobu after dropping into a semi crouch and pulls the trigger. ...of course nothing happens. Back with her accent she says, "Piece 'a junk!" and then simply hurls the replica towards Shinobu's back.
Roberto looks a little distracted by giant crowd but then he finally gets himself together upon seeing a tommy gun flung at Shinobu. He falls into a goalie's ready stance and he looks down at the soccer ball he was previously juggling.
He frowns a bit obviously not happy that he was ignored at this point and hoping that he can draw some attention away from Shinobu he shouts, "Hey! I'm here too you, know!" With that Roberto is kicks the soccer ball a few times before launching it hard for her head. Hopefully from this point on he can get his head back into the fight.
COMBATSYS: Kensou successfully hits Shinobu with Choukyuu Dan.
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Roberto 0/-------/-------|===----\-------\0 Kensou
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Shinobu 0/-------/---====|-------\-------\0 Ingrid
COMBATSYS: Shinobu dodges Ingrid's Large Thrown Object.
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Roberto 0/-------/-------|===----\-------\0 Kensou
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Shinobu 0/-------/---====|-------\-------\0 Ingrid
Shinobu gets double-teamed off the bat, and as she lands, she's immediately nailed, flying back... and just under the twirling prop. As she lands, she turns to Ingrid, "Man... don't take me that lightly!", she says, and then takes two quick steps before slamming into horse stance. As she does so, she flicks out her arm in a blur, throwing out a powerful backhand at the foreign fighter.
Which totally serves Shinobu right, suckerpu--Uh, kicking Kensou like that. Ingrid's unusual choice of attacks gets a bit of a bewildered look out of her partner, but Kensou the Third has other things to worry about than just whether or not he's teamed up with someone even stranger than he is. "I don't think anybody's takin' you lightly," he says to Shinobu off of her remark as she goes to punch the heck out of Ingrid. He does, however, notice the soccer ball.
This brings his attention over to the wolfish soccer player, and after taking a few running steps, Kensou leaps /over/ the fracas between Ingrid and Shinobu, launching himself towards Roberto, pulling one leg in and thrusting the other out in an oldschool jumpkick of his own. And his mighty battle cry as he does so? "Oh hey, you play soccer too?!"
COMBATSYS: Ingrid dodges Roberto's Long Shot.
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Roberto 0/-------/-------|===----\-------\0 Kensou
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Shinobu 0/-------/---====|-------\-------\0 Ingrid
COMBATSYS: Ingrid counters Strong Punch from Shinobu with Sun Upper.
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Roberto 0/-------/-------|===----\-------\0 Kensou
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Shinobu 0/-------/=======|=------\-------\0 Ingrid
Ingrid has two problems at the moment, one in the form of a soccer ball flying at the back of her head, and another in the form of the back of Shinobu's hand coming for her cheek. She quickly turns her head and twists her body to catch sight of the ball so she knows where it is and then ducks down low, the ball passing right over her head and shooting over Shinobu's shoulder. She stands back up, "Don't worry, I won't take you lightly!" She then leans forward and points her finger out in front of herself and forms a swirling disk of golden energy in front of herself. The backhand hits it first and Shinobu is suddenly frozen. Ingrid gives her a wink, "See, I'm taking you very seriously." She then swings her left arm high up into the air and Shinobu goes flying straight up, Ingrid taking a few quick steps away from Roberto and Kensou and then turning around, effectively putting Shinobu between her and them so she can keep an eye on the whole fight.
COMBATSYS: Roberto dodges Kensou's Heavy Kick.
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Roberto 0/-------/-------|===----\-------\0 Kensou
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Shinobu 0/-------/=======|=------\-------\0 Ingrid
Roberto watches as Kensou floats in foot first in an attempt to knock his fangs out of his mouth. He gracefully spins around as he moves towards another soccer ball. In that motion to move to the soccer ball it moves him out of the way of the jump kick and well away from him.
He spends a few moments juggling, the soccer ball. He performs a quick step trap before approaching Kensou again, "Yeah, I play soccer for Taiyo High." After he speaks he dribbles from side to side and then when he gets close enough he kicks the soccer ball up and makes a quick turn before throwing kick just under the ball so it bounces up into the air as he attempts to slam his heel into Kensou's stomach.
Shinobu hits the ground hard, and stands back up, tumbling back... before then springing forward at Ingrid, her hand curling into a fist. "Man, you don't have to be so annoying about it..." She makes for a moment as if she's going to launch her attack at the blonde, but the flicks her attention quickly to Kensou, leaping at him, and then launches a flurry of punches with her left arm. "Yayayayayaya!", she cries out, throwing punch after punch at the psycho soldier in a blurred flurry in midair and as she touches down, trying to barrage him with sheer spirit.
COMBATSYS: Shinobu successfully hits Kensou with Rumble Punch.
-* CRITICAL HIT! *-
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Roberto 0/-------/-------|=======\-------\0 Kensou
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Shinobu 1/-------/=======|=------\-------\0 Ingrid
COMBATSYS: Kensou interrupts Heavy Kick from Roberto with Sunda.
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Roberto 0/-------/---====|=======\-------\1 Kensou
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Shinobu 1/-------/=======|=------\-------\0 Ingrid
Twisting around once he lands past Roberto, Kensou tries to keep both of his opponents in sight, especially as both of them are coming at him at once, and getting in rather close, too! He stands his ground against Shinobu's punches, which proves to be a mistake, as he gets /completely/ pummelled by her attack. Seriously, seriously badly. Ow.
"Geez, persistent, ain'tcha?" Oh, but Kensou also has to worry about Robert trying to kick him in the stomach. That's a problem. He lunges /into/ Robert's kick, letting it clip him - which hurts, but it could've been a lot worse - and thrusts a hand out to tap Robert in the sternum, open-palmed... At which point he fires another blast of Psycho Power, this one sending the Taiyo High soccer player flying away. "Haa-!!"
Well! Ingrid seems to have been left completely alone this time, and her partner got the bum rush instead of her. Is this a tactic they're trying, or just coincidence? In either case, she leans forward and runs quickly towards the group and tries to sneak up right behind Shinobu, who just laid a powerful punch on Kensou. Definitely has to cover her partners back better. If she had stayed in between them she might have been able to do something, but not so much when Shinobu was closer. So she tries her best to get the brunette's attention back, lifting her hands up and then swinging them down towards her while her back is still turned, sparkles of golden energy rushing out and leaving a large stream of 'psycho power' to try and completely engulf the young woman.
Roberto says, "OOOF!!!" Roberto grunts as the blast of Psycho Energy sends him away rolling away in a ball of pain. Sending the soccer ball he was playing with while attacking Kensou flying wildly to the side. "What the..." He rises to his feet and shakes off the painful sensation before heading back towards then past Kensou with clipping elbow as he moves towards another soccer ball."
COMBATSYS: Ingrid successfully hits Shinobu with Sunbeam.
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Roberto 0/-------/---====|=======\-------\1 Kensou
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Shinobu 1/----===/=======|==-----\-------\0 Ingrid
Shinobu gets nailed from behind, falling to one knee. She looks over to Ingrid, and hmphs, tilting her head. "That's pretty... but..." Standing, she brings up her fist, and as she turns, makes the turn into a powerful hook. "... stop attacking me from behind! It's annoying!", she adds, as she tries to catch the "rookie" off guard, and stun her as much as strike her.
COMBATSYS: Kensou blocks Roberto's Quick Punch.
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Roberto 0/-------/---====|=======\=------\1 Kensou
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Shinobu 1/-----==/=======|==-----\-------\0 Ingrid
With Roberto charging at him again, Kensou isn't exactly blessed with a lot of options... He could try to get out of the way, but for some reason, his timing's been a little off thus far. It might be because he's embarassed because of the costume, who knows? The point is, thus far his head really hasn't been where it should be. Instead, he lets Roberto's elbow smack against his guard, and he staggers away a little - but it could've been a lot worse. In response, the costumed Psycho Soldier reaches behind his back! But for what?! ...It's a meat bun, of course, as he pulls it out and holds it dramatically. "Now it's time to get serious!" Kensou declares, before scarfing it down. What?! He was hungry!
COMBATSYS: Ingrid dodges Shinobu's Strong Punch.
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Roberto 0/-------/---====|=------\-------\0 Kensou
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Shinobu 1/-----==/=======|==-----\-------\0 Ingrid
For now it seems like Kensou is able to fend off Roberto's attack... and eat a meatbun... while Shinobu is caught off guard by her flanking maneuver. "Always got to keep an eye on both opponents! I learned that my first time on Saturday Night Fight, and I'll never forget it!" Shinobu comes at her with a rather devastating looking punch, and rather than trying the same trick twice, Ingrid bends down backwards and does a backflip, keeping her legs low and rolling on her stomach and then popping back up to her feet, the fist having sailed over her head. Ingrid then steps forward once Shinobu's fist is safely past and tries to take advantage of her exertion, figuring that a punch that hard will require some recovery time. She reaches out and tries to grab the opposite shoulder that Shinobu punched with and then pull hard, trying to continue her rotation while sticking her leg out and trying to trip up her footing and throw her to the ground.
Roberto makes another run towards Ingrid with the soccer ball on his feet. The ball darts back and forth between left and right feet, inside then outside of his left foot, outside and then inside with his right foot. He then moves forward with an intricate pair of step over moves on the soccer ball before stepping on top the soccer ball with a spin move before throwing a high kick at her, finishing the move with his most of back towards her as he uses his body to shield the soccer ball away from her.
COMBATSYS: Ingrid successfully hits Shinobu with Quick Throw.
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Roberto 0/-------/---====|=------\-------\0 Kensou
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Shinobu 1/----===/=======|===----\-------\0 Ingrid
Shinobu gets knocked to the ground, and slowly stands up. "Man... did I do something to you?" She stands up, and narrows her eyes. "Well, whatever, bring it on!" She brings up a fist, narrowing her eyes. "You're gonna have to start doing better than that to bring me down!", she says, thrusting the fist fotward in challenge. "Haaa!"
COMBATSYS: Shinobu gathers her will.
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Roberto 0/-------/---====|=------\-------\0 Kensou
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Shinobu 1/=======/=======|===----\-------\0 Ingrid
COMBATSYS: Kensou successfully hits Kensou with Meat Bun.
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Roberto 0/-------/---====|=------\-------\0 Kensou
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Shinobu 1/=======/=======|===----\-------\0 Ingrid
Mmm, that really hits the spot! As Kensou finishes devouring his meat bun, he does a happy little dance, and some of the visible damage he's taken already just... Disappears. /That/ is nutritious food. "OKAY!" he declares, briefly striking a more dynamic pose. "Now let's get down to business!" Of course, everybody else has been down to business for a while. Kensou just works on his own schedule, you know? He rushes at Roberto, who seems rather preoccupied with a complicated soccer maneuver against Ingrid; Kensou's intent is to get all up in his business with a set of punches, aiming two body shots before trying to hit him right in the jaw with the heel of his palm - even if he has to come at the soccer player from the side. "Yaa-!!"
COMBATSYS: Ingrid fails to counter Thrust Kick from Roberto with Sun Lower.
-* CRITICAL FAIL! *-
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Roberto 0/-------/=======|=------\-------\0 Kensou
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Shinobu 1/=======/=======|=======\-------\1 Ingrid
"You didn't do anything to me, Shinobu, I'm just trying my best, and I'm sure you can appreciate that." Ingrid gives her a smile, and then hears feet approaching her. She sees Roberto coming for her and thinks she has it made. He's coming quick, for sure, but she should easily be able to take a step forward and catch whatever attack he's going to throw at her in a disk of swirling energy. Unfortunately, about the worst thing that could possibly happen happens. That Tommy Gun she through at Shinobu earlier is still there, on the ground, and she steps right onto it, her eyes suddenly widening as she pitches forward and falls, face first, right onto Roberto's foot. She lets out a very pained sounding loud scream, and is thrown backwards at incredible velocity, flying right past Shinobu and crumpling in the corner of the stage. It takes about five seconds before she even begins to get up, but once she does it's relatively quickly. "Well, that was a mistake." She lifts a hand and brushes her hair back over her shoulder before reaching up and touching her forehead, and wincing.
COMBATSYS: Roberto blocks Kensou's Strong Punch.
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Roberto 1/-------/=======|=------\-------\0 Kensou
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Shinobu 1/=======/=======|=======\-------\1 Ingrid
It's a good thing Roberto did turn when he threw the kick. It was what enabled him to see Kensou's punches coming and so he catches the body shots on his arm before tilting his head out of the palm strike's path. Now Roberto is shielding the soccer ball from both opponents as he spins towards Kensou's flank and flips the soccer ball into the air. The ball drops down and does a quick spinning jump kick as if he's kicking at the soccer ball but he goes just above the soccer ball bringing his foot across Kensou's face grunting as he performs the kick.
Rubbing her head, Shinobu oddly relaxes out of her martial pose. "Well, if you just wanted t'fight against me, we can do that later." And with that, she moves towards Kensou, ducking and rolling before then rising up into a powerful uppercut, apparently aiming to follow up on the small opening Roberto gives. It isn't much, but she'll take anything she can get... considering how things have goes so far. "Haa!", she kiais simply.
COMBATSYS: Shinobu successfully hits Kensou with Strong Punch.
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Roberto 1/-------/=======|====---\-------\0 Kensou
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Shinobu 2/<<<<<<</<<<<<<<|=======\-------\1 Ingrid
COMBATSYS: Roberto successfully hits Kensou with Heavy Kick.
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Shinobu 2/<<<<<<</<<<<<<<|=======\-------\1 Ingrid
Things are about to go badly for Kensou. Though he sees both the uppercut and the jumpkick coming from a mile away, and it /should/ be easy to avoid them, the Psycho Soldier just zigs when he ought to zag, getting punched in the jaw and kicked in the face. Ow, and ow! Well, so much for his having gotten his head in the game, huh? However, the Chinese fighter isn't completely taken out of it just yet, and after a moment to recover, he's back on the attack. He's not about to just lie down and do nothing, after all! It's Roberto that he goes after again, looking more intent and serious than he has thus far, rushing with a high feinting punch and - when Roberto hopefully goes for it - he then crouches way low and kicks /straight up/, hoping to take the soccer player off of his feet with a boot to the face! "Hyaaa-!!"
Ingrid begins moving forward towards the fight again, just in time to see Kensou get simply pounded by the combined forces of Shinobu and Roberto. Where it looked like Ingrid and her partner held a massive advantage only a moment ago, now things are either completely turned around or very close to even. The young woman suddenly stops her rushing and slows down, calming herself visibly and looking at them all. She then strides in slowly and confidently as Kensou goes for Roberto with a powerful looking kick, and tries to place herself between Kensou and Shinobu. "Perhaps, but I'm aware of my tactical situation. I will not have my teammate double teamed; if you want to get to him, you'll have to go through me first."
COMBATSYS: Ingrid focuses on her next action.
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Shinobu 2/<<<<<<</<<<<<<<|=======\-------\1 Ingrid
COMBATSYS: Roberto endures Kensou's Heavy Kick.
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Roberto doesn't buy the feinting punch and it doesn't appear like he's making any pretense of buying it either. On the other hand makes no attempt to move out of the kick's way either. He just moves just enough so the kick doesn't hit dead center but rather to right side which turns him around so his back is towards Kensou. The wolfish striker flips backward throwing a furry foot at Kensou's in the process.
Shinobu folds her hands behind her head, ears flopping in one direction, and replies simply, "I don't really need to go through you..." She reaches down, picking up a pebble, and tosses it once in the air before rearing back for a throw, and mid-motion through the throw she catches the rock, flcking it at Ingrid lightning-fast. "Meteorite Assault!", she says, grinning a little but looking quite serious about the appellation. But it's not much of attack - clearly, it must be part of a plan... well, not really. It's probably more a part of her whimsy.
COMBATSYS: Kensou dodges Roberto's Bicycle Kick.
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Shinobu 2/<<<<<<</<<<<<<<|=======\-------\1 Ingrid
However, Kensou has a few other ideas about just how things should go. As such, he flips to the side, out of the way of Roberto's fuzzy kick, landing spryly on his feet despite the injuries he's taken thus far in the match. From that position, he once again closes quickly with Roberto, skidding his feet along the granite stage as he reaches out to try and grab the soccer player by the front of his costume. If he manages that, then Kensou falls backwards, pulling Roberto with him... And both of his feet come up, burying themselves in the midsection of the 'wolf', as he then uses them to throw Roberto over and /away/. "Hua-!!"
COMBATSYS: Ingrid dodges Shinobu's Thrown Object.
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Roberto 1/-----==/=======|=======\-------\0 Kensou
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Ingrid tilts her head to the side and the rock flies right beside it, a smile on her face, though the rock does knock her hat clean off her head, having hit the rim. "That was close." She bends down low and then springs up in the air jumping up and over Shinobu's head and then whipping out with a fast slap for her cheek. But that swing misses, and Ingrid then dives forward and positions herself between Kensou and Shinobu once more, staying low and twisting around on the ground, expecting that Shinobu turned around when she jumped over her, and dives for the back of her knees, slamming her full weight into them in an attempt to bring her to the ground again.
COMBATSYS: Roberto blocks Kensou's Tomoe Nage.
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Shinobu 2/<<<<<<</<<<<<<<|=======\-------\1 Ingrid
If it wasn't for the mask it would look like Roberto was a bit disappointed that his kick missed Kensou. Instead Roberto looks like a combination of pissed off and hungry.
Kensou pulls Roberto and throws the soccer player over. While up in the air Roberto twists in the air bringing a gloved hand downwards to slow down his movement. He skids along the ground on his knees. He quickly gets up to his feet and spends a moment rubbing his knees. Yes it hurt but he came out of it a lot better than it could've turn out.
"Whoa that was close..."He charges towards Kensou and spins around him using a quick hip toss to put Kensou on the ground.
COMBATSYS: Ingrid successfully hits Shinobu with Strong Throw.
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Roberto 1/----===/=======|=======\-------\1 Kensou
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Shinobu 2/<<<<<<</<<<<<<<|=======\-------\1 Ingrid
Shinobu falls over, crashing down as her legs go out from under her. It's a bit uncharacteristic for her to flop around this much... the bunny suit must contain a DEF down attack. Scrambling to her feet, she doesn't even look to Ingrid, though. She may be able to smack Shinobu around, but she can't come between Kensou and Shinobu at this point. Springing forward, Shinobu launches herself at Kensou, bringing her fist up and downward, trying to double-team Kensou into dreamland. She's obviously operating more on fumes than anything else... explosive fumes, mind.
COMBATSYS: Roberto successfully hits Kensou with Quick Throw.
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Roberto 1/---====/=======|=======\=------\1 Kensou
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Shinobu 1/=======/=======|=======\-------\1 Ingrid
COMBATSYS: Kensou interrupts Strong Punch from Shinobu with Senki Hakkei.
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Roberto 1/---====/=======|==-----\-------\0 Kensou
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Shinobu 2/<<<<<<</<<<<<<<|=======\-------\1 Ingrid
With a faint grunt of frustration as Roberto manages to avoid the worst of the damage from his throw, Kensou hops back up to his feet... Just in time to get hip-tossed by the soccer player, like a big putz. "Guh!" he says, because it kinda hurts. However, it doesn't hurt as much as what it looks like Shinobu is planning to do to him as she rushes forward like that, getting around Ingrid. Kensou, of course, doesn't blame his teammate... Shinobu is a slippery one, he knows that. "Not this time!!" he shouts, and he lunges /into/ the bunny-costumed girl's attack. "EAT THIS!!" And yeah, he does get punched, but not as hard as she was probably hoping... Especially when he unleashes a gigantic blast of Psycho Power with her at point-blank range, the force of which sends him skidding back afterwards. Who knows /what/ it does to poor Shinobu.
Whoops. It looks that while Ingrid was able to take Shinobu down to the ground, Shinobu was the quicker at getting back to her feet, and was able to rush Kensou while she was down. She picks herself up and begins to move for a retaliatory strike... when Kensou goes and does it first. Oh, wow, that was brutal. And it really does look like she's in dire straights from that one. But Ingrid has to maintain her focus; if Kensou is going to rush on after Shinobu, Ingrid really has only one truly effective tactic. She moves forward quickly past Kensou and towards Roberto, who had just managed to hip toss her teammate. "I don't think we've had much of a chance to introduce ourselves to each other, Mr. Wolf, but perhaps now we can?" She then smiles a bit, "I see you like to play with that soccer ball of yours; but I haven't seen you use it all that much. Maybe I should change that." She winks at him a little, and then swings her arm underhand, a trail of energy trailing her hand as a large glowing ball of golden energy forms and flies out towards him.
COMBATSYS: Roberto reflects Sun Shot from Ingrid with Shining Clutch.
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Roberto 1/---====/=======|==-----\-------\0 Kensou
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Shinobu 2/<<<<<<</<<<<<<<|=======\-------\1 Ingrid
Roberto was expecting Kensou to go after him and was actually a bit surprised that Kensou attacked Shinobu with that blast of Psycho Energy. Even still he moves into his ready stance when he realizes Kensou left him alone.
Even still Roberto hadn't forgotten about Ingrid and so he watches as Ingrid throws a blast if energy at him. His hands glow faintly as he moves them between himself and Ingrid's energy drawing it in and then sends it back at her his mask turning into a hungry looking smile.(It would've looked good natured if it wasn't for his mask... I swear) "Hello. I'm Roberto Miura, striker and /goalie/ for Taiyo High's soccer team.
Shinobu gets up, a bunny ear now falling over her face, looking a bit torn. By all rights, she should have fallen over by now. But... it seems she's not so quick to lose. Rushing towards Kensou in an unsteady run, she just leaps at him, looking to tackle him down. Looks like Shinobu doesn't want to fall down alone. What's more, the bunny suit manages to make the move much more risque. Of course, that could be a tactic too... presuming she really did think that hard about things.
COMBATSYS: Shinobu has reached second wind!
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Roberto 1/---====/=======|==-----\-------\0 Kensou
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Shinobu 2/<<<<<<</<<<<<<<|=======\-------\1 Ingrid
COMBATSYS: Kensou dodges Shinobu's Quick Throw.
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Roberto 1/---====/=======|==-----\-------\0 Kensou
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Shinobu 2/<<<<<<</<<<<<<<|=======\-------\1 Ingrid
However, Kensou doesn't really want to be victimised by Shinobu's risque throw. Now, if it were Athena... Then he'd think about it. As it is though, not so much. Instead, he just flips back out of the way, and lets Shinobu land however she's going to land, which isn't particularly clear from his perspective. Since she's probably going to try getting up, well, Kensou's going to try and forestall that by flipping at her, one leg stuck out in what will, if it hits, be a very painful axe kick to the back of her neck. "Hyaaa--!!"
COMBATSYS: Ingrid dodges Roberto's Reflected Sun Shot.
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Roberto 1/--=====/=======|==-----\-------\0 Kensou
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Shinobu 2/<<<<<<</<<<<<<<|=======\-------\1 Ingrid
Well, that was a sight to behold. Roberto manages to punch Ingrid's energy straight back at her. She blinks once and then dives to the side, rolling away and then picking herself up deftly and safely away from the energy. "Well then, it's nice to meet you, goalie for Taiyo High's soccer team. That was a fairly impressive feat you managed right there. Takes a step forward and raises her hands above her head, just as she did to Shinobu's back earlier, "But I'd like to see you try that again," and then moves them down and forward in a line, once more her golden energy pouring out from her hands and threatening to completely surround her opponent.
COMBATSYS: Roberto endures Ingrid's Sunbeam.
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Roberto 1/=======/=======|==-----\-------\0 Kensou
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Shinobu 2/<<<<<<</<<<<<<<|=======\==-----\1 Ingrid
Roberto looks as though he's actually entertaining the thought of trying that again and brings his hands in front of him as though he was about to repeat the reflection. Sometimes it's better sacrifice body in order to move things in the right direction.
Roberto looks at his hands his gloves torn and battered. Well Ingrid did say that she wanted to Roberto use his soccer ball and so he runs to yet another soccer ball and sends his furry foot flying at a soccer ball. On impact the soccer ball glows as it flies at Ingrid. The moment it gets near Ingrid, the soccer ball explodes with a massive burst of chi.
COMBATSYS: Shinobu dodges Kensou's Heavy Kick.
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Roberto 0/-------/---====|==-----\-------\0 Kensou
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Shinobu 2/<<<<<<</<<<<<<<|=======\==-----\1 Ingrid
As Shinobu does start to get up, she narrows her eyes, springing back like a... y'know... before skidding back into a crouch. She breathes hard, but there's almost a visible wavering about her as her chi exudes from her. Her pupils narrow to pinpricks, and then stands up straight, looking a little crazed as she grins widely. "Isn't this great?" She opens her palm, smacking her fist into the open palm. "C'mon, give me your best!"
COMBATSYS: Shinobu gathers her will.
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Roberto 0/-------/---====|==-----\-------\0 Kensou
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Shinobu 2/<<<<<<</<<<<<<<|=======\==-----\1 Ingrid
She really wants him to give her his best? Kensou doesn't have a whole lot more left to give, honestly, but he's not the sort of person to just go and give up... No, instead, he runs right at the chi-flaring Shinobu, as fast as he can... And once he gets close, he then tries to run up /onto/ her, putting a foot on her midsection and then sweeping his other in a wide arc meant to clock her right in the head! But it's not just a normal kick, oh no, as that foot is currently alight with blue-tinged white Psycho Power, leaving a trail of energy behind it. "Uryaa-!!"
COMBATSYS: Ingrid dodges Roberto's Blazing Strikers.
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Roberto 0/-------/---====|==-----\-------\0 Kensou
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Shinobu 2/<<<<<<</<<<<<<<|=======\==-----\1 Ingrid
Things are really heating up now, and the way things are going Ingrid knows she's going to have to do her best if her team is going to be able to pull a win from this close match. So in an attempt to save her bacon, she bends down and leaps backwards in a backflip, her arms crossed over her face to protect herself in case of the worst happening, and hopes for the best. In truth, if the ball had have gone much further before exploding it probably would have gotten her, but she's just quick enough to escape the blast radius, dropping to the ground and letting out a relieved breath. She doesn't have time to contemplate, however. She begins running forward immediately, proving that she is actually very quick on her feet if it needs further proof, and runs right through the remnants of the explosion towards Roberto, somewhat hoping on the fact it would have obscured her from her vision, attempting to appear out of nowhere from any remaining smoke and flash blindness and slam into him after a dive, hoping to catch him at the waist and bring him down.
COMBATSYS: Roberto blocks Ingrid's Quick Throw.
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Roberto 0/-------/---====|==-----\-------\0 Kensou
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Shinobu 2/<<<<<<</<<<<<<<|=======\==-----\1 Ingrid
He's incredibly stunned. His mouth gapes open in shock when he sees Ingrid springing out of the smoking remnants of his soccer ball attack. Ingrid grabs Roberto by the waist and unfortunately for her, he spralls on her diving grapple and so while he ends up on the ground, he goes to the ground on his terms and a lot less painfully than Ingrid originally planned. While Ingrid is occupied with taking him down, Roberto brings two fists down on her back.
COMBATSYS: Shinobu counters Ryuu Sougeki from Kensou with Spin Crasher.
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Roberto 0/-------/---====|====---\-------\0 Kensou
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Shinobu 2/<<<<<<</<<<<<<<|=======\==-----\1 Ingrid
As Kensou nears, Shinobu raises a hand, and then suddenly springs in response, catching his outstretched leg and vaulting over it. As she does so, she twirls into a spin kick aimed at his head, striking hard before landing back on her feet, exhaling harshly as she does so. "That /was/ cool... thanks!", she says with her manic cheer, eyeing him for a moment to make sure that's all he's got.
All Kensou's got? Just about... But he's got just enough left in him for one last attack. The edges of his vision darkening after that kick to the head, Kensou manages to catch himself just before he hits the ground, his arms crossing at the wrists; he then uses that to propel himself back /at/ Shinobu, whirling around as he does so, trying to catch her with a series of spinning kicks. At this point, it might not do any good, but... "Ryuu Gakusai!!" And either way, he's going night-night after that.
COMBATSYS: Kensou can no longer fight.
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Roberto 0/-------/---====|=======\==-----\1 Ingrid
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COMBATSYS: Ingrid counters Strong Punch from Roberto with Sun Lower.
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Roberto 0/-------/-======|=======\===----\1 Ingrid
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While Kensou is making an incredibly noble last stand, Ingrid is trying her best to deal with Roberto. She knows she's in trouble the moment she gets down on the ground and he's still right on top of her, so she pulls her legs in and flops backwards quickly, putting herself on her back and in a much better position to do what she does rather well. All it takes is pointing in the correct direction, and smack! The fists end up hitting a disk of energy instead of Ingrid herself, Roberto getting flung high up into the air as she pushes her arm forward quickly and then springs up to her feet. She begins backing off of both him and Shinobu, because a quick look showed that Kensou wasn't going to be getting back up. She'd have to stand her ground alone. "This should be fun," she says, an honest smile on her face.
There is a loud thud and then a few seconds of silence before Roberto slowly rises to his feet, moaning in a combination of pain and dizziness. He sways as he continues his path towards Ingrid. He turns around and flips backwards bringing a furry foot into her face. Normally he would land on his feet but the soccer player just doesn't have the energy to bring the revolution around completely and so he falls face first incapabable of getting up again.
COMBATSYS: Roberto can no longer fight.
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Shinobu 2/<<<<<<</<<<<<<<|=======\===----\1 Ingrid
COMBATSYS: Shinobu dodges Kensou's Ryuu Gakusai.
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Shinobu 2/<<<<<<</<<<<<<<|=======\===----\1 Ingrid
As Kensou rushes in on her, Shinobu leans to the side and twirls, weaving back away and turning towards Ingrid. "I'm not bored anymore.", she says, tilting her head, and then exhales once more as Kensou collapses. She holds up her fist once more, grinning toothily. Slipping her feet together, the bunny-clad girl folds one hand behind herself, opening up her fist as she makes a simple "C'mere." gesture.
COMBATSYS: Shinobu gathers her will.
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Shinobu 2/<<<<<<</<<<<<<<|=======\===----\1 Ingrid
COMBATSYS: Ingrid dodges Roberto's Bicycle Kick.
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Shinobu 2/<<<<<<</<<<<<<<|=======\===----\1 Ingrid
Roberto comes at Ingrid and throws a nasty bicycle kick out at her, but she ducks low and slides forward across the ground, actually skirting under kick and then picking herself back up to her feet neatly as he crumples to the ground. She then turns to face Shinobu. She then crosses her right arm over her waist and rests her left elbow on her right elbow, and rubs at her chin a bit, "Hmm, I bet you'd like that, wouldn't you. I imagine we're both worn down quite a bit from this fight, but I'm still enough in control of myself that I'm not going to rush in on you so easily." She walks about leisurely and goes back to her Tommy Gun, spinning it around, "I imagine you know what I'm going to do next." She lets out a little laugh, and then simply flings it at Shinobu's form.
COMBATSYS: Shinobu interrupts Large Thrown Object from Ingrid with The 37th Chamber.
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Shinobu 1/------=/=======|>>>>>>>\>>>>>>>\2 Ingrid
Shinobu then rushes at Ingrid, the gun whacking against her head as she comes near. Wobbling, she falls forward... before planting her hands on the ground and then reorienting into spinning ground kick, before then inverting into a handstand as she whips out with both legs, smacking Ingrid repeatedly with her heels, and then shoves herself off the ground to flip over into a powerful heel kick. Collapsing onto her butt, she winces, and then slowly begins to pick herself up again.
Perhaps making literal the idea of telegraphing her attack wasn't quite the wisest move to make, despite the cool calm she had done it with. Truthfully, Ingrid wasn't expecting that at all. She gets simply pounded by Shinobu, kicked off of her feet and then battered repeatedly before finally falling to the ground in a lump. This time she gets up much more slowly, however, and winces a little from the pain, holding her stomach and trying to stay balanced. Sure, she hasn't been hit more than twice in this fight. ...but what a painful two hits they were. It's all she can do to even stay upright, it seems, but she's not done yet, at least.
COMBATSYS: Ingrid gains composure.
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Shinobu 1/------=/=======|=======\======-\1 Ingrid
"I'm not gonna lose so easily...", Shinobu breathes, looking a little more worn at this point, but far from out. She steps back, exhaling and raising her eyes to meet Ingrid's. She slams into a horse stance, thrusting out a underhanded punch. "... if it's too much, you can just stop." She closes her eyes, looking a little more sober. "Don't, though."
COMBATSYS: Shinobu gathers her will.
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Shinobu 1/--=====/=======|=======\======-\1 Ingrid
Ingrid looks at Shinobu and nods, "Oh, I know that, but I can't very well give up now. I may be down, but I'm not out." She smiles, "And until I'm unconscious, you had better not underestimate me." She takes a resolute breath, and then smiles, "Well, I suppose it's about time we through caution to the wind, isn't it?" Suddenly, a large symbol appears around her in golden energy, the symbol normally held on her hairpieces, but she isn't wearing those today so it's the first time it's seen in the fight. She then holds her hands up at chin height with her palms facing up dull looking sphere of golden energy appears in her hands, about the size of her head. She then 'blows' this towards Shinobu, and sends her a wink.
COMBATSYS: Ingrid successfully hits Shinobu with Sun Burst.
- Power hit! -
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Shinobu 2/<<<<<<</<<<<<<<|======-\-------\0 Ingrid
Shinobu throws up her arms, and the resulting flash of sparkles and shine is blinding... but as it clears, she's already up again and rushing at Ingrid. In her hands is a soccer-sized blue sphere of swirling, fluid chi. "That was cool!... but here I..." Then, she thrusts out the mass of chi, finally expending her talent for the first time this fight. Hit or miss, the mass then erupts into a watery cyclone, throwing Shinobu back and away from the explosion as she tries to finish Ingrid off with all she's go. The destruction rages in the center of the ring before then dissipating into a mist of chi and moisture.
COMBATSYS: Shinobu successfully hits Ingrid with Final Finish.
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Ingrid does her best to try and dodge away from the water Chi, but she's winded just too much to be able to pull it off. It slams into her and swirls her about, flinging her up and then allowing her to slam into the ground hard, a cry of pain emitting from her as she hits. Of course she's now soaking wet as well, not that it much matters in this case. She isn't able to pick herself up fully, but does pull herself to one knee. "I'm not through yet... just one more try..." That symbol erupts one more time around her, but this time it isn't a sphere of energy that forms in her hands. Instead, she simply points at Shinobu, and a swirling disk of energy appears right on top of her.
COMBATSYS: Ingrid can no longer fight.
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COMBATSYS: Ingrid successfully hits Shinobu with Sun Delta.
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And the attack hits true, one way or another Shinobu isn't able to avoid it, and the energy takes hold of her, Ingrid giving a small little salute to her with a smile on her face as the energy tears at Shinobu and slowly raises her up into the air, probably a good 20 feet, before releasing her to drop. When she's about 5 feet off the ground Ingrid summons up every last ounce of energy she has left and clenches her fists, holding them up above her head and then whipping them out and extending them towards Shinobu, a truly massive version of her Sun Goddess symbol burning into life around her and searing her some more; maybe just enough to keep her from standing back up. That last effort, however, has completely spent Ingrid, and she collapses forward from her knee onto the floor, "Not until I'm out..." And now, she's out.
COMBATSYS: Shinobu takes no action.
COMBATSYS: Shinobu can no longer fight.
Shinobu hits the ground hard, falling on her back as she stares up at the sky. Apparently, moving just isn't working out for her anymore, but she just laughs a little before passing out quickly, before the medics rush on in to cart the fallen fighters away. All fall down.
Log created by Roberto, and last modified on 17:09:09 10/31/2006.