Description: It's MI versus PSI atop a moving train in the Texas badlands! (Winners: Nagase and Luise)
Ahhh... Texas. This lovely Texas morning was a very clear and sunny day, although there was still a bit of lingering chill in the air. Where was this lovely Texas morn occuring? Why, at a railroad station. In the middle of nowhere. Hardly more than a wooden platform beside the rails, and a building that had seen far better days, this was the meeting spot for today's Saturday Night Fight. Just the meeting spot, mind. The fight itself was going to take place atop the series of boxcars upon the steam locomotive, that waited patiently on the tracks outside the little ramshackle building. But inside the aforementioned ramshackle building...
Nagase furiously finishes typing an entry into her blog, expression one that of concentration. Seated upon one of the little wooden benches, she finishes with one last, triumphant keystroke, and snaps the laptop she was working on shut. Leaving the laptop on the bench, (she wasn't too worried about it being stolen. It had GPS on it!), Nagase takes a final tally of the modifications she made to her costume, as she strolls through the door to head out to the platform. Ninja scarf to ward against dust... check. Goggles instead of her usual glasses... check. Bottle of sports drink hanging off of her belt... check. Good to go.
Totally ignoring any other early arrivers, Nagase crouches down low, and leaps up unto one of the boxcars, eschewing the ladders set up for convienence. Time to await the others, it seems.
Despite her many travels, Luise Meyrink has never had the pleasure of travelling to the American southwest... and given her rather urban proclivities, this shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone. However, when she found that her role in this week's Saturday Night Fight was to perform in Texas, she actually felt a little bit... happy. It would be a good excuse to go and see the part of the country described as the American Frontier: where the very landscape reflected the hopes and dreams of the people. Needless to say, arriving in the nice big glass airport in one of Texas' major cities was a total letdown in that regard.
Nevertheless, she trudges onward, renting herself a convertible and driving through the Texas countryside to the fight's somewhat remote location rather than accepting Howard Enterprises-provided transport. Along the way she stops and chats with truckers in diners, sees the vast expanses of farms and prairie, and begins to understand a little more how it is people become attached to this countryside, so different from the lush Bavarian hills she calls home.
It is this little red Sebring convertible that currently drives into the dusty parking lot of the train station where the mobile stage for tonight's fight is set to depart from, her silver-blonde hair trailing behind her as she speeds in and pulls the car to a stop. Getting out and flipping a pair of small, round sunglasses into a jacket pocket, she hops out of the car and glances at the train, espying Nagase's leap to the top of the boxcar out of the corner of her eye. Heading over, the Dancing Butterfly opts for the ladder method, a pale silver and black contrast to the browns, oranges, and greens of the Texas countryside. "Well then... that's two of us."
Momoko hails from a rural area -- she's used to seeing vast expanses of nothingness. But Texas is an all new sort of nothingness! The wide-eyed girl walks throughout the train station, finding the greatest delight in the littlest details of the train station, from the advertisements posted upon the bulletin boards, to the quaint rack of postcards advertising "local attractions," most of which are far from local.
Her companion, a middle-aged Japanese man, walks alongside her as she steps up to the platform. She's dressed for the cold, rushing wind, zipping up a lightweight windbreaker over a mock turtleneck and durable cargo jeans. "I'm not wearing those goggles, I'm not... " stresses the girl to her keeper, "They're just not stylish!" she announces, her heels grinding with each step. From the weary expression on the man's face, it's probably a wonder she even put the jacket on.
Eyeing the ladder, she gulps a bit to herself. Turning back, she offers a bright smile -- clearly moving past her earlier petulance. "I'll see you in a little while, Riki! I'm off!" And with that, she bounds up to the ladder!
The pink dynamo waves to the other competitors once she's atop the boxcar, smiling like crazy. "I'm Momoko, it's a pleasure to meet you all!" Blink. "Oh! It's Miss Yellow Jacket again!" She beams brightly, noting that she's wearing the same sort of goggles she'd considered unstylish scant moments earlier. She smiles anyway, though!
And where, you might ask, is Sie Kensou? Well actually, he got here the day before, and he's been trying the local cuisine (steak, potatoes) and you'd be surprised how easily even some weird Asian kid can fit in around here if they can out-eat entire towns. How does he not get fat? Therein lies the mystery. Anyway, basically every steakhouse between here and Houston now has his smiling photo hung up on their wall of fame. But the Psycho Soldier is here now, ready to cause a stir and kick some people in the face!
If he were more historically and culturally aware, Kensou would probably find the choice of location not that funny. Chinese people haven't had a good track record with American railroads, you know?
Suddenly, though, Kensou bursts out of the train station - a bit frantically, as it happens, since he's running behind - and vaults in a single mighty bound onto the train! He points forward, dramatically. "OKAY!! I hope you're ready t' get your asses kicked by the great Sie Kensou--Eh??" He notices, suddenly, that there's nobody standing in the direction he's pointing... So he looks back over his shoulder. Oh. There they are. Coughing into his fist, Kensou turns around to face the others properly. "Uh... You heard me. Let's whup 'em good, Momoko-chan," he directs at the tiniest psychic, with a thumbs up her way. The cold? The wind? These are concerns for lesser beings!
COMBATSYS: Nagase has started a fight here on the right meter side.
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COMBATSYS: Luise has joined the fight here on the right meter side.
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COMBATSYS: Kensou has joined the fight here on the left meter side.
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COMBATSYS: Momoko has joined the fight here on the left meter side.
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Momoko 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Nagase
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Kensou 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Luise
Unlike her partner-in-crime, Nagase didn't quite see the draw of this sort of landscape, being the sort to prefer more indoor and urban environs. Likewise the people; traditionally, ninjas have never been the more social sorts, and add the "computer addict" trait on top of a ninja, and, well... let's just say the Saturday Night Fight was lucky to have Nagase at all. Spotting Luise, the spiky-haired Syndicate retainer sniffs derisively, bringing a hand up to pull the front her ninja scarf over her nose, bandito style. "That's two of us." she admits. To Nagase's naked eyes, Luise appeared rather frail.
Ah, but here comes Momoko, too! Bringing up a hand, she pulls the unstylish goggles up to her forehead, to squint at the little psychic... ah... girl. "Oh! It's... you again!" she says, managing to sound enthused in spite of the temporary waver in her voice. Behind the scarf, Nagase chews upon her lower lip, glancing towards Kensou's mistake, but deigning not to say anything, graciously. She does sniff again, however.
And it is at that very same moment as her sniff, that the whistle of the steam train blasts its earsplitting horn, the boxcars lurching beneath all parties involved as the train begins to flow into motion, very, very slowly at first. In response to the inital lurch, however, Nagase falls into a kneel, resettling her goggles back over her eyes. Weren't the lenses of her goggles yellow before? They seem to be red, at the moment.
COMBATSYS: Nagase focuses on her next action.
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Momoko 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Nagase
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Kensou 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Luise
The truck have started to move!
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Something has started to move, anyway; amazingly, Luise is as surefooted as a mountain goat when the train begins moving. She leans her torso back somewhat in her typical stance, observing Kensou and Momoko... and, for a second, Nagase. Three very singular auras indeed, to her particular sight, with the Psycho Soldiers in specific attracting her attention. Rather atypically, however, she doesn't begin to float just slightly as is her usual method of movement... apparently, atop a speeding train, that's not such a good idea.
Instead she turns to Kensou and gives him a slight nod. "I think I've heard your name before, Sie Kensou..." she murmurs, trying to recall. She is new to the fighting world, after all, or at least the organized fighting world. "Let's give them a good show." And with that she makes a short hop toward Kensou, her leg spinning and then arcing downward in a little aerial dance, her heel glowing with a deep midnight blue hue. "Hoh!"
Momoko either doesn't notice, or simply doesn't acknowledge, the little waver in Nagase's voice. It's so much more fun to be polite, after all! Kensou's entrance causes Momoko to whirl around with her hands raised -- but it looks like she has little to worry about: "Kensou!"
But just about then the train starts to lurch forward. Spreading her feet lightly, Momoko braces herself for the wind, nodding slightly in reply to her Psycho Soldier partner. One day... she might even be one!
But right now, it seems the person she's =less= familiar with is attacking Kensou. So that must mean it's time for her to attack Miss Yellow Jacket! "Here I come!" announces the little pink dynamo, breaking into a rapid dash for Nagase. She doesn't get too fancy with her attack though, considering her relative unfamiliarity with the battlefield: instead, she just twists into a fairly standard roundhouse once she gets into range! "Haaaa!"
COMBATSYS: Kensou blocks Luise's Angel Wing Waltz.
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Momoko 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Nagase
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Kensou 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Luise
No, it's true, the top of a speeding train is probably not the safest place to get fancy... But it is one of the /coolest/. With things decidedly underway, Kensou hardly has the chance to get into his low kung fu stance before the train is moving and one of their opponents is headed his way. He's... Completely unfamiliar with both Nagase and Luise, as it happens, but the Chinese psychic seems pretty confident regardless, grinning a bit as he watches Luise advance. "Don't need t' tell me twice," he says, and his arms come up to intercept that dropping heel, grunting faintly.
"Not bad," Kensou allows graciously, pushing back against Luise's leg with his arms and then slipping forward, twisting on one heel as he brings his other leg up, and then thrusts it /out/, in a straight-legged back kick at the strange woman's midsection. "Hua--!!"
COMBATSYS: Nagase interrupts Short Kick from Momoko with Nagase Spiral.
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Momoko 0/-------/----===|=====--\-------\0 Nagase
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Kensou 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Luise
That was terribly kind of Momoko to announce her attack. The red in Nagase's goggles bleeds back towards a yellow color as Nagase's attention snaps full upon the pink-haired wonder. Although the train was picking up speed, it wasn't quite -going going- yet, so Nagase felt it safe to get a little fancy. Remaining in her kneel as she watches the advance of the girl, Nagase doesn't quite flip away like one would suspect. Instead, she rises to a stand, holding her right arm stiff and straight down, blocking the roundhouse with that arm.
It still stings like a son of a gun, but Momoko was then off balance. And Nagase was right up close. Grabbing out with her left arm, Nagase grabs Momoko around the neck and shoulders, and then leaps up into the air with the girl. Not quite as high as she would like to, but high enough. Flipping backwards, her grip upon Momoko falls lower, grabbing her about the waist as she manuevers them both so that they were upside down, Nagase lifting a bit so that Momoko's head would strike the boxcar before her own... which it does, sending a shudder through the entire line of boxcars, although the leap, along with the moving train, moved both Nagase and Momoko "back" a car.
COMBATSYS: Luise dodges Kensou's Medium Kick.
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Momoko 0/-------/----===|=====--\-------\0 Nagase
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Kensou 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Luise
Strange? How's that for the pot calling the kettle black? "Why thank you," Luise observes in an adroit tone, flowing right through Kensou's kick by moving her hands as well, slamming one palm onto the tip of the Psycho Soldier's sneaker and vaulting over him to the other side. Motion of the train notwithstanding, it appears that the Dancing Butterfly didn't get her name for nothing; she appears to be very comfortable in the air. "That was an inventive move, yourself."
Glancing behind her over Kensou's shoulder as she steadies herself, giving Kensou time to recover as well, Luise observes with some amusement, "It appears the young ones have had a change of venue. Shall we join them?" And without waiting for Kensou to respond, she tries to answer the question for him: by snagging his arm and throwing him, laterally, toward where Nagase and Momoko ended up. Not particularly fancy or very strong, but she wasn't exactly aiming for Kensou to make a three-point landing either.
Momoko's conservative strategy seems to have been the wrong one against Nagase's tactics -- no doubt she'd learned something about the girl in their last battle! "H-hey--!" she stammers once she realizes she's been caught in the ninja's grasp -- more concerned about the wind! Even in the midst of their flight, Momoko urges, "If you aren't careful we'll--"
But it seems Nagase is careful enough, clobbering Momoko's head right into that boxcar! Dazed, her inverted body flops down to the boxcar, remaining still for a moment before Momoko springs back to her feet. Rubbing her head, she shakes her head to either side. She still can't 'read' Nagase, what's up with this? "Mmm... you're fast!" she comments, displaying her mastery of the obvious. But 'fast' is something Momoko's good with as well, as the girl suddenly leaps at Nagase, whipping into a backsault at her and kicking all the while, to attempt to catch her off-guard! "Haaaaaa!"
COMBATSYS: Luise successfully hits Kensou with Quick Throw.
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Momoko 0/-------/-----==|=====--\-------\0 Nagase
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Kensou 0/-------/-----==|=------\-------\0 Luise
Well, there goes Kensou! He tries to slip out of the way of Luise's grab, but instead he ends up hurled across the train, ending up indeed not far from where Momoko and Nagase are, though his landing leaves a little to be desired. "Owww," mutters the Psycho Soldier, but he soon hops to his feet, wobbling only a little on the unsteady footing of the moving train. All right, that could've gone better.
Kensou does, however, look to see how Momoko is doing with their /other/ opponent, and he frowns a little. "Hey, Momoko-chan! ...Heads up!" he calls, as he turns his back to Luise - perhaps foolishly - and raises his hands up, quickly collecting power together. Forcing it to coalesce, in fact, before he sweeps his hands out with a cry of: "CHOUKYUUDAN!!" and a sphere of crackling, blue-tinged white Psycho Power appears in the air before him, already hurtling directly at Nagase. Wuh oh!
COMBATSYS: Momoko successfully hits Nagase with Folha.
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Momoko 0/-------/----===|=======\-------\0 Nagase
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Kensou 0/-------/------=|=------\-------\0 Luise
COMBATSYS: Kensou successfully hits Nagase with Choukyuu Dan.
Glancing Blow
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Momoko 0/-------/----===|=======\=------\1 Nagase
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Kensou 0/-------/----===|=------\-------\0 Luise
"If you aren't careful, maybe ~you'll~ be the one sailing off of the... whoop!" That whoop coincides with a lurch in the train, Nagase momentarily knocked off balance. Eyes growing wide behind the opaque lenses of her goggles, she sees Momoko backsaulting towards her, and knows, at that moment, that getting hit was inevitable... the flurry of kicks strikes Nagase, causing her to grit her teeth as she skids backwards on the traintop. Kensou's shout, as helpful as it may or may not have been to Momoko, manages to warn Nagase, and she flows from that skid into a preemptive backflip... a half-moment too late. The ball of energy flies past her front, catching her in it's haze.
Psycho power. She didn't know what the heck that stuff was, but she already knew she hated it. Hissing in pain, she whirls towards Kensou... and falls down upon one knee upon the train top, her scarf and tiny little ponytail flapping in the wind. She needed a moment to catch her breath, it seems. Bringing a hand up to her goggles, she taps the side of the goggles, and then flings her hand out towards Momoko... tossing the ball of fiery chi she was hiding in her hand towards her, the ball bouncing along the train top as it seeks to slam into the young girl.
Luise's eyes track Kensou's travel to the other car, and wince when the Psycho Soldier decides to take a swing at her partner instead. Feeling somewhat guilty -- after all, it really is her fault -- the Dancing Butterfly follows at a quick pace, leaping between cars and landing in front of Momoko in a crouch. Slowly rising, she gives the Capoeirista the sketch of a bow, smiling at her. "It appears we've switched dance partners. My name is Luise... how do you do?"
Of course, the response to that may be cut off, as the German woman does a passable Chizuru Kagura impression, bringing up one long-sleeved arm in a sweeping upward strike, and then down again at Momoko's shoulders, her hands extended fingertips out.
COMBATSYS: Momoko blocks Nagase's Unrelenting Fire.
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Momoko 0/-------/--=====|=======\=------\1 Nagase
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Kensou 0/-------/----===|=------\-------\0 Luise
COMBATSYS: Momoko interrupts Strong Punch from Luise with Momokonba.
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Momoko 0/-------/=======|=======\=------\1 Nagase
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Kensou 0/-------/----===|====---\-------\0 Luise
Hi, Kensou! Hi, Luise! Momoko's attention span isn't all that great -- she knew =she'd= been moved to a different car, but had forgotten to pay attention to the other two fighters. The next Psycho Soldier candidate doesn't want to lose sight of the tricksy ninja, after all!
It's a good thing, too... for Momoko's singleminded focus allows her to keep the pressure on the Iga ninja, pressing into her kicks. ... It's a good thing Kensou shouted, though, as Momoko might have been swept up in his Choukyuu Dan otherwise! Momoko backs away from Nagase, letting her take the hit ... just before hearing Luise announce her presence. "Aaah, I'm kind of busy--" she stammers, as Nagase's tossing out a bouncing ball of flames at roughly the same time! "Just one moment, please!" she stalls, hurling her hips into that fiery chi, disrupting the flames as if she were splashing into the surf!
But that won't stop Luise from swinging a punch, she realizes. "Just a moment!" she repeats more sternly -- well, as sternly as the twelve-year-old's high-pitched voice can really get -- as she addresses that uppercut! It clocks her on the chin, but it looks as if Momoko oversells it -- for as she leans back, she twists so as to land upon her hands! More pointedly, she's spinning around in something of a breakdance-like kick, twirling around like a helicopter for a good three swings! "Ya! Ya! Ya!"
Momoko's momentum can only last so long though, which is why she suddenly springs from her hands, bringing her legs windmilling around for two solid scything kicks to the shoulder! Chun-Li and Kim Kaphwan =both= have reason to swell with pride from this little dynamo's kicks! ... Even if they had nothing to do with them. "Yaaaaa!"
Well, that didn't work out quite how Kensou had planned it, since now /both/ their opponents have gone after Momoko. It's a good thing the tiny dynamo is tougher than she looks. "Geez..." mutters the Psycho Soldier, as Momoko fends off both the other women's attacks, but it's not like he can just stand around doing nothing after all, right? No, he's got to get his own hits in here, otherwise Momoko might be in some serious trouble!
Kensou rushes after the others again, going after Luise again, running low to the ground to keep his balance more easily on the bouncing train car. When he gets in close though, it's no time to do anything fancy, instead snapping off a speedy punch at the side of the strange woman's head. "Yaa-!!" Hopefully she's, uh, paying attention.
And, for the moment, Nagase finds herself ignored. Whew. Taking just the briefest of moments to catch her breath, she surveys the battlefield, tensing up a bit as the train lurches over another bump. The smoke stack in the front of the train was belching out a fair bit of smoke by now, Nagase gladder than ever that she brought the goggles and makeshift mask. "Hmmm..." she says to herself, hidden eyes glinting with mischief. Drawing a breath, she tenses as she prepares herself...
And in the very next second, she teleports directly behind Kensou, shouting, "YAA!" as she brings her knee up, hoping to strike the Chinese lad in the small of the back. Along with that manuever, her hand lashes out to try to catch him around the throat, so she can throw him to the ground in the very next motion. The very last thing she does in this rapid chain of events is flip forward, hoping to land with both of her stylish boots upon Kensou's chest, whilst he is lying on the ground.
COMBATSYS: Luise dodges Kensou's Jab Punch.
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Kensou 0/-------/----===|====---\-------\0 Luise
Momoko may be encouraged by the look of sudden surprise on Luise's face as the young girl's kicks land home, delivering a trio of punishing blows to the Dancing Butterfly's stomach that send her stumbling back across the car. However, she is fortunate enough to sense Kensou's approach even before she can physically see him, and thus the Psycho Soldier's punch shears by her head by mere centimeters as she tilts it out of the way. "Oh my. Rotating off again, it's just like a waltz."
Just as Nagase comes in from the side, Luise's eyes flicker there -- hopefully not betraying her arrival -- and then back to Kensou. "I've no objection to a dance with you, though." Extending her arms, she windmills forward toward Kensou in a continuous, smooth spiral of hand strikes, fingers locked together and pointed forward, before suddenly leaping back and swinging her arm up in an arc. "Hyah!"
With as much as Momoko dances about in a fight, one would assume she knows a lot about dance in general. Not true! Luise's comment about waltzes confuses her somewhat, in that regard. "People spin around like that in a waltz?"
But for once... the pink girl needs a moment to catch her breath. She may be able to take a lot of punishment in a fight like this, but with no one attacking her at the moment, she takes an opportunity to step back. There's no audience that she can see, just well-placed cameras and helicopters hovering at a distance, so some of the thrill she feels from performing is gone. No need to impress an audience she can't see, after all!
And so, the barefoot girl steps into her usual dancing posture, keeping her eyes on her two opponents. "Kensou, faitoooo~!" she cheers, hoping he can make the most of his two sudden attackers!
COMBATSYS: Momoko focuses on her next action.
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Kensou 0/-------/----===|===----\-------\0 Luise
COMBATSYS: Kensou dodges Luise's Quartet of Oblivion.
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Momoko 0/-------/=======|=======\=------\1 Nagase
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Kensou 0/-------/----===|===----\-------\0 Luise
COMBATSYS: Kensou fails to interrupt Nagase Stomp from Nagase with Sunda.
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Momoko 0/-------/=======|=======\==-----\1 Nagase
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Kensou 0/-------/----===|===----\-------\0 Luise
As it happens, Kensou don't know nothin' 'bout no dancin'. But as Luise comes spinning his way, the agile Psycho Soldier manages to remain a step ahead - literally, as he keeps backing away from her attacks, cartwheeling backwards to avoid the last strike... And then, there's Nagase behind him. "Aw, shi-" he's cut off in surprise as he senses her presence, starting to whirl around but... He gets caught in the small of his back, and that /hurts/, man. Owww. So he gets caught, and thrown and then stomped on. "Hurk--!" That was unpleasant!
Dismounting from Kensou's chest with a forward flip, Nagase takes an extra moment to make sure her footing is okay. Although one couldn't tell by looking at her, she really, really wasn't finding this whole train thing very fun. Murmuring something positive to herself, she twists around, and gives her arm a little twist and a flick, dropping something sharp and metallic down into her waiting palm. One of her world-famous kunai's. Dashing off to the side, Nagase leaps over the gap between this boxcar and the next one in line, giving her hand a lazy little flick to send the kunai sailing towards Momoko. Thought you could stand on the sidelines, eh?
Hmm. That could have gone over better, but even if all it did was leave Kensou open to Nagase's attack, Luise is satisfied. Taking a deep breath, she steps back and decides to observe the goings on for now, sizing up the scenario and trying to decide where the best place to throw effort next may be. Momoko's question causes her to chuckle, the Dancing Butterfly sparing the young girl an amused look. "In the old days they did, perhaps... exchanging partners. But I meant it as a metaphor." Hopefully 'metaphor' is in Momoko's lexicon!
COMBATSYS: Luise focuses on her next action.
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Kensou 0/-------/----===|===----\-------\0 Luise
COMBATSYS: Momoko dodges Nagase's Thrown Object.
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Kensou 0/-------/----===|===----\-------\0 Luise
Why, yes, Momoko =did= think she could sit on the sidelines! It's not as if the sidelines are all that different from the battlefield when you're stuck on a hurtling train, after all.
From this vantage point, Momoko has an excellent view of Kensou getting struck from behind. "Oh no... Kensou, hang in there!" she starts, one hand clapping to her agape mouth. But her shock is short-lived, for she happens to catch the glint of a piece of sharpened metal flying her way! Whoosh! Momoko has a lot of time to prepare though, so she dives into a tumble, letting the blade whistle by harmlessly overhead.
She doesn't dally long, though, as Nagase's moving to the next car! "Come back here! There's still plenty left for you!" The smoke... doesn't seem to bother her much! Springing back to her feet, she dashes forward, closing the gap to Nagase with a leaping Au Sem mau cartwheel kick! Her legs swing down at Nagase, and if they manage to hit, she'd continue whirling about, leaping up and bringing both legs crashing down onto the Iga ninja once more! "Yaaaa!"
Standing on people isn't very nice NAGASE. Kensou rolls back over his shoulder and into a low crouch after the ninja has leapt off of him, but he's okay! He's still good. "Mmf," he mutters, rubbing his mouth with the back of one hand. He's got to get his head in the game. He's got to get /something/ done. Closing his eyes and exhaling a slow, steadying breath, Kensou turns his focus inwards. He's not on the rocking train, it's not cold and windy and probably dusty too... He's somewhere else, inside his own mind. Tapping into his deepest reserves of energy, Kensou begins to draw Psycho Power to the surface, the air around him now whipping about in a whirlwind around him, motes of blue light zipping through that miniature storm, his clothes and hair now moving in that breeze instead of the one caused by the train's movement. "Haaaa..."
COMBATSYS: Kensou gathers his will.
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Momoko 0/-------/=======|=======\==-----\1 Nagase
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Kensou 0/-------/=======|===----\-------\0 Luise
COMBATSYS: Momoko successfully hits Nagase with Strong Kick.
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Kensou 0/-------/=======|===----\-------\0 Luise
Well, DEAL WITH IT, KENSOU.
Ahem. In any case, expecting her dart to have at least slowed Momoko down, the tech-ninja takes her time in whirling around to see... MOMOKO?! Releasing a squeak of surprise, Nagase moves like she was gonna try to do something fancy to get out of the way, but Momoko's whirling feet kinda change her tune. Knocked up by the first kick, and then back down by the second, Nagase's slight body bounces off of the roof of the boxcar, and rolls... off of the train! Oh no.
Was this the end of Nagase? No, not quite. She had caught the very edge of the train with one gauntleted hand, and hung there a moment before vanishing. Just... kinda completely vanishing. By the looks of things, she didn't teleport anywhere. And that would be true. She just simply turned invisible, her gear bending the light around her. Swinging back up to the train whilst all stealthed and stuff, Momoko might see a faint silouette in the steam, or hear the subtle clomping of Nagase's boots in the fracas. /If she didn't/... well...
Nagase would sneak up behind her, grab and toss her unto her back as she "reappears", and set a hand upon the side of her face and shoulder, the Iga ninja channelling every last once of chi in her enhanced body into the little girl.
Kensou's sudden drawing in of power attracts Luise's attention; she's fighting more and more people with the ability to center themselves so of late, and is somewhat curious about it. Reflecting on the issue even as she closes with Kensou, the German considers that her focus on flowing from one state to the next, unhindered, makes such a thing beyond her.
"Well, now that we've both had some rest," she says to Kensou with a good-natured smile, "shall we start the second movement?" Spinning, the Dancing Butterfly aims a quick kick at Kensou's shoulder, then turns and in the same motion snaps a second kick in a downward stomp directly at the back of his calf, intending to knock the Psycho Soldier over. "Hup... hyah!"
COMBATSYS: Momoko fails to interrupt Stealth from Nagase with Bananeira Dois Golpes.
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Kensou 0/-------/=======|===----\-------\0 Luise
Momoko is immensely pleased to know that her kicks landed true! ... But she's a bit alarmed at seeing Nagase tumble right over the edge! Frown! The girl's got a good heart, though, she can't just stand by and watch while the nice ninja girl goes over the edge! The young capoeirista dashes to the side of the boxcar, peering over the edge, and... well, she sees nothing! "A-re...?" she queries to no one in particular, blinking her eyes. She can =sense= something, sure, but acting on it's another story. Figuring she can hedge her bets, the girl twists to her right, hoping to hurl herself into a handstand with which to kick the presence behind her.
That's when she's stopped by Nagase's hand, which the girl didn't know was there. "Aaah?!" squeaks the younger girl -- just before she finds herself the conduit for the vast majority of Nagase's chi reserves! The girl's a bit sturdier against Psycho Power, but this chi stuff is still quite foreign! "AAAAAAH!" she howls, flying back from the impact, but rather than spinning right back to her feet.... well, she's rather busy collapsing to her knees, curling her hands around herself. Is she actually =smoking=, or is that just a present from the locomotive's smokestack?
Regardless, she's still breathing. "I-I'm okay..." she stammers, finally pushing herself to her feet after a moment. That =hurt=, but she's not out yet!
COMBATSYS: Luise successfully hits Kensou with Light Kick.
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Momoko 1/--=====/=======|==-----\-------\0 Nagase
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Kensou 1/------=/=======|===----\-------\0 Luise
In his current position, it should be easy for Kensou to defend against those attacks, right? Except... He doesn't even make an effort to, instead standing his ground... Figuratively speaking. Unfortunately, whatever he was planning doesn't work again, as he instead gets kicked twice by Luise, which sends him sprawling, and a little too close to the edge of the train for comfort. "W-whoa," he says, shaking his head a little. "Lady, you're pretty weird," Kensou adds as he pushes himself up, looking over at Luise...
...And then Kensou takes off like a shot, directly at Nagase again. For the first time in his life /he/ has a sidekick instead of just being the sidekick! And he's not going to let some weirdo ninja kick her butt! "HEY, FREAKSHOW!!" Kensou calls out towards the ninja, rushing up behind Nagase in the aftermath of her crushing attack on Momoko. He skids to a halt a few feet away, balancing himself as best he can despite the train's motion, thrusting his right hand foward, arm straight, palm open; his left hand braces his right arm at the shoulder, and then, if all goes as planned, he unleashes a sudden, spherical blast of Psycho Power, centered right on Nagase. "--EAT THIS!!" Hopefully it doesn't blast /both/ of them off the train!
COMBATSYS: Nagase dodges Kensou's Senki Hakkei.
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Momoko 1/--=====/=======|==-----\-------\0 Nagase
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Kensou 0/-------/-------|===----\-------\0 Luise
That habit of Kensou's of shouting out warnings to his opponents was really working to Nagase's advantage. She was learning! Instead of doing something like whirling around and going "What?" at the "Hey freakshow" business, Nagase's first and immeadiate reaction is to throw herself to one side, hitting the boxcar in a roll. The ball of psycho power comes sailing at her anyways, and Nagase pops up from that roll in a fairly high up vertical leap, the large ball of doom sailing off into the sunset. Likely to hit some cow in the distance.
And the train chugs on, and when Nagase touches ground again, it is on a boxcar back, the girl looking a little wobbly as the impact of the landing makes a small indent in the thing. Rising slowly up from the kneel she landed in, Nagase's goggled and masked face turns completely towards Kensou. And oh... her glasses are red again.
COMBATSYS: Nagase focuses on her next action.
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Momoko 1/--=====/=======|==-----\-------\0 Nagase
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Kensou 0/-------/-------|===----\-------\0 Luise
Oh dear. Luise just got called weird. Not that it's the first time, of course. Let's face it, wear blue lipstick and butterfly hair ornaments long enough, 'weird' is probably the least of your concerns, epithet wise. But it does stick in her craw a little bit as Kensou dashes off to punish Nagase for attacking Momoko... which leaves Luise herself open to attacking Momoko. Ducking in quickly, the Dancing Butterfly drives a very quick tap at Momoko's shoulder, hopefully opening her up for a second, more powerful knife hand to the tummy. "Oh dear, am I really as weird as all that?" she asks.
COMBATSYS: Luise successfully hits Momoko with Quick Punch.
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Momoko 1/=======/=======|==-----\-------\0 Nagase
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Kensou 0/-------/-------|====---\-------\0 Luise
Momoko smiles faintly as Kensou's most favoritest move whistles innocently past the Iga ninja. It's really not a good day for the Psycho Soldiers, is it? Still woozy from that last surge of chi, Momoko coughs lightly from the smoke. At least it's still a =fun= fight, right?
Momoko is not, however, one to tell someone they're weird or not. Even if they ask. Most people can't handle the truth. Especially the ones who really are weird.
The pink dynamo does hesitate for an instant, though as the words sink in. She'd heard Luise coming, of course, and attempted to twist out of the way, snapping her knee up to meet the knife-hand. ... She was a bit slow on that, and gets punished rather harshly for the effort. Flying backwards, propelled by both the strike and the rushing wind, she finds herself about to fall between the two boxcars! But a last-ditch kick allows her to spring back onto the boxcar from whence she fell, panting heavily.
When she rises to her feet, though, it might be a bit more obvious what she's planning -- as a rather bright orb of pink energy is right between her hands! She points her hands at Luise, an enthusiastic smile upon her face as she nods back. Not much on words -- but she does have one to offer as the pink blast, several orders of magnitude larger than Momoko herself, rockets out to the Schmetterline fighter.
"ESPER!!!!"
The sphere actually doesn't /go/ anywhere; it rages in the air in front of Kensou for a few seconds, before it finally breaks down and bursts, the residual force shedding off of it as it collapses, like a shockwave... It's enough, at least, to send Kensou tumbling backwards, though Nagase seems to be speedy enough to have avoided it entirely. "Tch," mutters the Psycho Soldier, his irritation starting to get to him... He really hasn't been doing very well today.
But what's he to do now? The hairs on the back of his neck stand up in the moments before Momoko suddenly launches her own huge blast of Psycho Power, and he turns to Nagase. "Y'know, you look pretty hungry," he says to the ninja, calling out over the rush of the wind. He reaches behind himself as he says this, producing a bun, seemingly from nowhere. Magic trick? Teleportation? Who knows! But he bounces it on his hand a few times, and then... He whips it right at Nagase's face. "Here!" Of course, it's not one of his meatbuns, he'd never share those with an opponent; it's a pizza bun, full of piping hot cheese and tomato sauce and bound to bust open on Nagase if it connects!
COMBATSYS: Nagase blocks Kensou's Thrown Object.
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Momoko 0/-------/----===|===----\-------\0 Nagase
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Kensou 0/-------/-------|====---\-------\0 Luise
Whoops. Still, Nagase did perform a mighty leap over the big ball of energy deal earlier. In any case, the pizza bun comes flying towards the Iga ninja, and she whips up a hand to try to catch it. "You know!" she shouts, "I kinda a-...!" The bun burst upon contact with Nagase's hand, throwing tomato sauce and such everywhere. The good thing about her wearing that big yellow jacket and stuff, is it tended to insulate against stuff like that. Add to that the sauce getting on her EXPENSIVE GOGGLES, and such... but where it really kinda stung is the bits where the piping hot filling hit the rest of her face, leaving burns and such.
"Ow...oooooow!" Moving frantically, Nagase lifts her hands to rub the sauce off of her goggles and face, the wind adding a bit of sting to the now-tender skin. "That... that actually hurt! What kind of fighter are you?" Nagase says in disbelief. Clutching her fist, fiery chi brings up a red aura around her hand, burning the leftovers of the cheese and stuff in her hand. "Maaaaaan... this is gonna take -forever- to get out!" she whines, throwing the ball of flame towards Kensou, where it bounces, Mario-style, in his direction.
COMBATSYS: Luise reflects Esper from Momoko with Treacherous Ballad.
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Momoko 0/-------/----===|===----\-------\0 Nagase
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Kensou 0/-------/-------|====---\-------\0 Luise
Oh dear. It's Momoko's own bitchin' big beam of psycho power. Luise's eyebrows go up even before the pink blast is fired off; she can sense the ambient gathering of Psycho Power and knows something big is headed her way... but perhaps that's working to her advantage, the Dancing Butterfly already gathering her own power to respond in kind... well, sort of.
As the burst nears her, Luise spins her hands in front of her in a tight circle, a disc of deep blue psycho power forming in the wake of her motion with an audible sound of a chiming arpeggio. As the pink beam smashes into the shield, much of it is simply dispersed off to the side harmlessly, but a good deal of it is instead reflected back at its originator in force, sparks of blue from Luise's own Psycho Power flickering around the returned beam. "I hope you can dance to your own rhythm, my girl!"
COMBATSYS: Momoko dodges Luise's Reflected Esper.
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Momoko 0/-------/----===|===----\-------\0 Nagase
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Kensou 0/-------/-------|====---\-------\0 Luise
Kurow heads to the Atlantic Ocean.
Rolento heads to the Atlantic Ocean.
... That was unexpected. Momoko's not having a whole lot of luck with her ultimate Psycho Power attack! ... But that's why she's training with Athena and Kensou, now, isn't it? Momoko seems alarmed, mouth gaping wide as her blast comes rocketing back towards her... but she's still in this! She leaps to the side, diving into a tumble as her pink -- and now somewhat blue -- blast whistles past. Momoko pushes back to her feet, sparing a moment to wipe her brow with the back of her arm, watching the torrent of energy sail by. "Ara... that was close!"
But can she =dance?= That remains to be seen!
But she waves her hand for a moment. "Sorry, Miss Yellow Jacket looks lonely over there!" Or maybe Kensou just needs help getting through to the ninja! Regardless, it seems Nagase might just be the recipient of a flying kick, as Momoko twists into a Raiz, torso nearly parallel to the ground as her feet spin like a sawblade at the Iga ninja! "HAAAAA!"
COMBATSYS: Nagase successfully hits Kensou with Unrelenting Fire.
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Momoko 0/-------/----===|====---\-------\0 Nagase
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Kensou 0/-------/-----==|====---\-------\0 Luise
Shingo heads to the Atlantic Ocean.
Ha ha ha, that's pretty slow, Kensou can totally get out of the way of that! Clearly. Or... Maybe not. Misinterpreting the bounce, Kensou instead ends up dodging right /into/ the ball of flames, and it... Hurts a little. But the Psycho Soldier grits his teeth with determination, and continues on forward, even though he's kind of on fire, and as he gets closer to the ninja he ducks down, crouching low to the ground. What could he possibly be planning...?
Just what that is, is this; Kensou then lunges up /out/ of that crouch, throwing his right fist out and up in a hugenormous uppercut, hoping to strike Nagase either just before or at the same moment Momoko's kick hopefully does as well! That's how it's all going in his head, anyway, you know? "Hyaa-!!"
COMBATSYS: Nagase dodges Momoko's Medium Kick.
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Momoko 0/-------/----===|====---\-------\0 Nagase
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Kensou 0/-------/-----==|====---\-------\0 Luise
COMBATSYS: Nagase interrupts Fierce Punch from Kensou with Hyperdrive Nagase Spiral.
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Momoko 0/-------/----===|=======\-------\0 Nagase
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Kensou 0/-------/--=====|====---\-------\0 Luise
Alright. This whole... teamwork thing Nagase was facing was not really tops on her list. Gritting her teeth beneath the scarf, she anticipates just how the others are going to attack her. As Momoko does her little sawblade kick thing, Nagase kinda throws her feet out from under herself, kicking up off of the boxcar to push herself into a lazy sorta flip that leaves ~her~ parellel to the ground, Momoko passing beneath her. Frankly, she couldn't quite dodge the uppercut aimed at her, so that clocks her right at the side of the face, her eyes shutting closely tight against the pain as she reaches out with grabby hands towards Kensou...
...and grabs him. And once she has him in her greedy little clutches... well, up she teleports, teleporting both herself and him a good ten feet above the boxcars. Grabbing the Psycho Soldier, she manuevers them both so that they are both head-down, rocketing down towards the line of boxcars again... and this time, when Kensou's head strikes the roof of one of the cars, the sound of tearing metal and splintering wood heralds them going /through it, and into the box part of the car itself. Thankfully, they don't go any deeper than that, Nagase disengaging from Kensou with a flip.
A sigh escapes Luise's lips as she watches everyone dogpile poor Nagase. Twisting to face the Psycho Soldier double team, she blinks in surprise to find the ninja giving Kensou what-for. Hoping to ease her suffering a little, the German woman focuses on Momoko, trying to close into the Capoeirista's guard and then send her skyward in a graceful twirling corkscrew uppercut. "I guess it's time to fly... like a butterfly!"
COMBATSYS: Luise successfully hits Momoko with Requiem for a Moth.
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Momoko 1/-------/=======|=======\-------\0 Nagase
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Kensou 0/-------/--=====|====---\-------\0 Luise
Dogpiles are fun though! ... Besides, it's not like Nagase and Luise =haven't!= C_C/
Momoko tries to lean back and pull her upper torso out of the way of that uppercut, but no, she's clocked right on the chin! The capoeirista goes flying up into the sky, accordingly! ... She'd make a horrible butterfly though, as her limbs are flailing all over the place. Not very graceful at all.
But she may be able to go out with a bang at least -- by emulating her idol and inspiration! She's already airborne, so all that's left is for her to start spinning in a ball, glow pink with Psycho Power, and hurtle herself down at Luise! "PHOENIX... ARROW!"
And maybe she'll even get to kick her too!
COMBATSYS: Momoko can no longer fight.
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Kensou 0/-------/--=====|=======\-------\0 Nagase
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Uh oh, that's not good. Kensou is rather surprised to find himself inside th actual box of the car, and he's pretty disoriented at that, shaking his head a little. Guh. "All right... I guess that was pretty good," the Chinese psychic says a bit woozily. "I'll havta get serious now. Y' should feel honoured, 'cause I'm gonna show you my SECRET SUPER CERTAIN DEATH ULTIMATE TECHNIQUE!!" Kensou makes this declaration with his hand behind his back, dramatically producing... Another bun?! But this time... /He/ eats it. DELICIOUS!
Nagase prepares herself, tensing up as Kensou reaches behind his back like that. The meatbun comes out, and Nagase's eyebrow goes up. Behind those goggles, she's rolling her eyes, trust me. "Weak. Trust me, stay in here and just... pretend to be all done, alright?" she says, voice reverberating in the confines of the box. After she says that, she leaps forward, planning on using Kensou's head as a stepstool as she bounces her way back up outside of the box, through the hole they made.
COMBATSYS: Momoko successfully hits Luise with Momokonba EX.
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Kensou 0/-------/-----==|=======\-------\0 Nagase
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One of the major problems with Luise's signature attack is that it has a bit of a wind-down period, where she floats back to earth. Momoko, in her wisdom, takes advantage of this by plowing into Luise at high speed with her last-ditch maneuver, sending both young girl and older fighter crashing to the roof of the boxcar. On the plus side, it stops Momoko from falling off the train... mainly by landing on top of Luise.
Unsteadily getting to her feet, the Dancing Butterfly rubs her side... that girl packs quite a wallop when she's inclined! Gently resting Momoko on the boxcar, Luise looks around for the other combatants... and finds Kensou and Nagase engaged below. "Well... someone's been busy," she chirps, before dropping down from the ceiling and aiming a quick Chun-li-esque stomp kick at Kensou's shoulder.
COMBATSYS: Kensou successfully hits Kensou with Meat Bun.
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COMBATSYS: Kensou dodges Nagase's Light Kick.
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COMBATSYS: Kensou dodges Luise's Light Kick.
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Kensou 0/-------/-----==|=======\-------\0 Nagase
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Meatbuns, it should be noted, are a tasty treat that can't be beat. Especially in Kensou's case, as they seem to work a strange and terrible magic on the Psycho Soldier. As he eats the bun, his Psycho Power flares up, energy coursing through him, easing the injuries he's taken in the battle. Revitalising him. Filling him with vim and/or vigor! And when both Luise /AND/ Nagase try to jump on him, their feet catch... Nothing at all. Why's that? Because Kensou has dropped to the floor... And from there he pushes himself up off the ground, whirling like a human tornado, legs a-kickin' at both his opponents simultaneously. "RYUU GAKUSAI!!"
COMBATSYS: Nagase dodges Kensou's Ryuu Gakusai.
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Kensou 0/-------/-----==|=======\-------\0 Nagase
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Nagase's feet don't find footing. This was bad. Snapping up her hands, she catches ahold of the lip of the hole, using it to swing free of Kensou's rising kick. Just in the nick of time, too. Releasing her grip, she flies over to one of the corners of the boxcar, twisting around and breathing a sigh. "Shoulda listened to me..." she murmurs, hands rising to pull up her goggles, revealing her red eyes, and pull down her ninja scarf, revealing her face. Snapping a hand to the side, another kunai falls into her grasp, and she flings the shiny metal dart over towards Kensou.
COMBATSYS: Luise endures Kensou's Ryuu Gakusai.
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Hm. Apparently the meat bun is Kensou's way of stealthing his Psycho Power use. Luise can't detect it until it's too late. He's already a whirlwind of physical power coming right at her as she descends... and there's no time to get out of the way. So she doesn't. Instead, Luise angles herself AT Kensou, wincing in pain as his attack -- which hits with no small amount of force -- hits her quite hard. But it also puts her in a perfect position, almost floating side by side with him in midair, to counterattack.
And counterattack she does. "Listen to the fugue of the stars!" she shouts, twirling in midair with her arm extended, fingers pointed and already glowing with a bright white light. At the apex of her spin she suddenly scythes her hand at Kensou, the white glow becoming an impossibly long blade of pure starlight that looks like it would cut both him and the boxcar clean in half... a good thing it's Psycho Power!
COMBATSYS: Kensou dodges Nagase's Thrown Object.
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COMBATSYS: Kensou blocks Luise's Fanfare of Hope.
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Crap, incoming! Kensou isn't sure what to make of Nagase - he can't decide if her speed or her mouth is more irritating - but he doesn't have much time to be a smartass back. Not even having time to land yet, he twists in midair to avoid the kunai, and then his eyes widen as he sees and feels Luise's attack, crossing his arms in front of himself and taking the 'blade' against his forearms, riding the force back into the wall of the boxcar. Ow, ow, ow! But surely, nobody could survive so much DUST.
Except, that is, for Kensou himself, who suddenly explodes out of the cloud of dust, lunging into the air after Nagase. Just one, solid hit. He'll feel so much better if he can land one good hit that she can't do anything about. "Haaa--!!" Kensou shouts, snapping a fist at the ninja's face, with blurring speed!
COMBATSYS: Kensou successfully hits Nagase with Jab Punch.
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Face set into a hard sort of look, Nagase begins to cough, so thick was the dust. Gosh, she wishes she kept her mask on. Eyes watering, Nagase opens them wide to see... erk! The fist hits her across the face, snapping her head to one side as she feels the toll of all the abuse she had taken thus far. Gritting her teeth, she dabs at a spot beneath her nose, and levels her red eyes on Kensou.
"No... no... not done yet~!" she hisses, and reaches behind herself, drawing her panda-headed ninja-to from it's scabbard. Setting that in front of herself, she shouts and charges Kensou... and should she strike him, a rather curious thing may happen. Kensou would be surrounded by no less than three blurry Nagases, (although it's kinda hard to see in all this dust, anyways), each one kicking, punching and slashing at him in tandem, most attacks passing through him harmlessly, but enough were real attacks. But which one was the real Nagase?
COMBATSYS: Nagase can no longer fight.
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Kensou 0/-------/-======|==-----\-------\0 Luise
Luise is forced to admit, she's surprised as Kensou's tenacity... and his willpower, to blunt her assault so. Her face contorts into a wince when Nagase seems to finally lose her last bit of stamina, the German sensing the fighting spirit leaving the girl's body... and for a moment, feeling slightly unnerved about the ninja's mental sense.
She should press the attack... she really should. But Luise is getting tired, and has taken quite a beating in the last few minutes of the fight. So instead she pauses, reevaluating the situation and thinking carefully about how she should proceed. "You're a most challenging opponent, Mr. Kensou," she adds, smiling. And she is happy... she's met so many young people lately that are driven, talented fighters.
COMBATSYS: Luise gains composure.
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Kensou 0/-------/-======|-------\-------\0 Luise
COMBATSYS: Kensou dodges Nagase's Mirage Assault.
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Kensou 0/-------/-======|-------\-------\0 Luise
"Hah... Hah..." Kensou breathes raggedly, after knocking Nagase away... But then there's suddenly a trio of ninjas around him?! Crap! There's really only one place to go under the circumstances - up. Kensou leaps straight upwards, twisting in midair to put a foot against the ceiling, then kicking off of /that/ to end up behind where Nagase presumably has been... But luckily it seems like she's done now. "G... Geez," he mutters, partially doubling over, putting his hands on his knees, trying to catch his breath. "Yeah well... I ain't been doin' my best, I'm pretty sure a' that," the Psycho Soldier responds to Luise. Intense.
COMBATSYS: Kensou gains composure.
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Kensou 0/-------/---====|-------\-------\0 Luise
That earns a chuckle from Luise, who rubs her side a bit... the place where Momoko not once, but twice put the hurting on her. "You say that, but this symphony's been playing for some time now," she says tightly. Luise isn't interested in taking any more blows from Kensou like the one she walked right into, that's for sure... but she can't just sit here like a fool forever. "Alright... time for the coda, to the big finale!" Rushing forward, the Dancing Butterfly uses her ample speed to blur at Kensou, practically gliding over the top of the boxcar to get to him, and drive a sharp knife hand into his side. Speed is of the essence!
COMBATSYS: Luise successfully hits Kensou with Quick Punch.
- Power hit! -
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Of course, Kensou... Has no freakin' clue what Luise is talking about, all this musical stuff. When the woman comes at him like that, the Psycho Soldier apparently has something planned, because rather than try to get out of the way, he actually holds fast against the attack... Which proves to be a mistake. The knife hand hits home, and it hurts something fierce, but the Chinese fighter grits his teeth, and leaps /forward/, into Luise. His knee raises, and his elbow juts out, and Kensou attempts to strike Luise with both. "Yo-!!" Twisting at the waist, he then aims to strike with his other knee, towards Luise's kidney. "Yaa-!!" And then, if that all worse, he continues twisting, extending his first leg, moving to try striking Luise in the side of the head with that heel. "Uryaa-!!"
COMBATSYS: Luise counters Ryuu Renga from Kensou with New Moon Nocturne.
- Power hit! -
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Kensou 1/------=/=======|==-----\-------\0 Luise
Her words may sound insane, but Luise has got the sharp perception of a fighter when it counts. As Kensou's rushing attack comes at her like a bullet, Luise actually closes her eyes for a moment, trusting to her inner eye rather than her outer one. She reaches out, feeling Kensou's aura -- flaring with determination -- and like a homing beacon locks on to him.
She quickly snaps out a hand, intercepting the first knee and, through a combination of Psycho Power and good old fashioned leverage, brings it to a dead stop. "Ritardando!" Reaching out with the other hand, before Kensou can fall, she snaps his other leg up, holding him in midair. "A tempo..." And finally, with an effortless-looking one-armed toss, she sends the Psycho Soldier *straight up* into the air. "And finale!"
Aw, fudgesicles. Kensou is rather rsurprised to see himself in the air, after all those attacks. ...And then, he's falling dowards. The Psycho Soldier drops directly at Luise, nudging himself just a little bit with his own power to control his descent at the person who sent him upwards in the first place. He's basically done, he can feel it, darkness creeping in at the edges of his vision. There's almost nothing he's got left to give... Except for one thing. As he drops towards Luise, he holds both hands out in front of him, and in a single, final desperate strike, he creates another immense blue-tinged white sphere of Psycho Power, intending to center it right on Luise. "HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-!!"
Succeed or fail, when the sphere breaks down, Kensou gets tossed away, landing on the roof of the train again, out like a light!
COMBATSYS: Kensou can no longer fight.
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|==-----\-------\0 Luise
COMBATSYS: Luise blocks Kensou's Senki Hakkei.
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|====---\-------\0 Luise
The shock of that incoming blow registers on Luise's mental radar a second before it actually happens, and she whips her hands up over her head in... not exactly a panic, but certainly a sort of controlled hurry. Crossing her arms against her face, the massive burst of Kensou's psychic energy crashes against her personal defenses, white and blue energy from both psions spilling off to the side in a fantastic light show. Her face contorts with the effort, but Luise manages to spare herself the brunt of the assault, reaching out to guide Kensou safely to the boxcar roof instead of letting him drop like a stone.
Luise brushes a hand across her forehead as the train driver applies the breaks at a signal from the SNF camera people, and gives a wave to the crowd at the station as it pulls in and the announcer gives her and Nagase's names. For herself? The Dancing Butterfly bows to her opponents regardless of their state of wakefulness. "That was a marvelous dance. Thank you all."
Log created by Luise, and last modified on 06:03:59 03/29/2007.