Description: Yurika has a match against Sada in Seijyun, apparently to raise the spirits of their fellow students. This'd be the first time they've actually faced one another. (The first half of this log was lost, oops)
Well, on the plus side, Yurika had absolutly no idea what it was that Sada was about to say in the first place. The pause? Noticed, but she just left it as some sort of faulter in the language as in deciding on a phrase Yurika would understand. She does smile a bit more genuinely though, as she seems to be in agreement, "I see, well I certainly hope for the best, your success would make me very happy as well."
She had no doubt that Kurow could take on Hyo, of course, but if such a style could be proven as a 'sure-fire' sword-killing technique, that'd be very entertaining, possibly even helpful. the silver-haired student then pauses a moment, gaze drifting to the greenhouse, and then back, "Would you mind terribly if perhaps we'd done something here, then? The poor girls here are a bit stressed, and I think seeing a due- or rather, a 'spar' would be good for their spirits. Charlotte is in the greenhouse, I could get it right now."
Sada wonders at this. Does she mean that? She probably wants Seijyun to look good, Sada tells herself, before tilting her head to the side as she hears the offer. "Oh, of course," she says, with a nod of the head. "I'll get ready while you go and get it!" She does this, largely, by stepping over to a decorative bench and setting down her lab book...
And taking off her jacket! How scandalous! Except for the blouse she has on beneath it, of course. After this, she starts opening up the case and digging inside of it.
Yurika then goes ahead and makes her temporary exit, the girl pausing to adress the underclassmen who were bickering to one another at this point. Of course they're embarassed to be caught by Yurika, but seeing as they aren't getting scolded, in some odd form of mercy, they're more than grateful to have a break!
The musician then makes her way into the greenhouse, and moments later walks back out with a fine mahogany(?) violin, carefully held in her arm, case held within the other, and her steps are light upon the stone walkway.. Which appearently the somewhat thin strip is going to serve as the battleground. Of course, Yurika is carful to choose an area that's more grass than flowers in case one or the other decides to throw their opponent around! Case set by her foot in which she then draws up her slender violin-bow, the girl smiles, "Well then, shall we?"
Sada was carrying the practice model with her. The chain is conventional steel, of course, but the sickle is curved blunt wood (probably with metal insets, for the sake of the weight) and the heavy weight on the long end of the chain has been wrapped in soft material. She spins the weight around once, twice, three times, going in a quick pattern before letting herself pull in the slack.
She blinks at the violin bow.
She shrugs one shoulder, then, and shifts her weight back onto one sneakered foot. "Ready when you are!" she says. Then... she waits?
The musician seems slightly taken aback, the weapon of Sada's wasn't exactly what she had expected, she didn't expect it, that is, to look quite as 'cool' as it did. Well, she could save her compliments for later, of course, as she raises her hand to tune Charlotte, her dark eyes shift back and forth between it and her opponent, "Very well.. Then if you could start us off, Miss Asai, it'd be much apperciated."
Perhaps to no suprise, the underclassman are already gathered around, standing next to one another and squealing in delight. You know that little fangirl squealing? That's what's going on right now.
COMBATSYS: Yurika has started a fight here.
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Yurika 0/-------/-------|
COMBATSYS: Sada has joined the fight here.
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Sada 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Yurika
That squealing does bother Sada a LITTLE -- mostly since it feels a little alien to her. When your voice got really deep as a child and sometimes you answered the phone and got called 'son,' it affects you!
"Certainly," she says, as she takes a step forwards. She twirls the kusari at her side several times, building up speed, and then twists her body around as she casts it out in a sweeping twist towards Yurika's legs! It is, actually, not terribly fast, but she isn't putting her every ounce of burning teenage spirit into it!
Hopefully the audience won't complain.
COMBATSYS: Sada successfully hits Yurika with Odani Foundation Art.
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Sada 0/-------/-------|=------\-------\0 Yurika
There actually isn't much for the audience to complain about just yet.
The musician appears to be in a good condition and ready to fight, giving an approving nod to her opponent and the battle begins! Sada's first move, while it may not be terribly fast, seems to be enough to be fast enough. Yurika's leg draws back slightly, but not quite far enough as the weapon meets it's mark and brings Yurika to her knees for but a moment.
But standing straight once more, Yurika takes the offensive, by nearly sprinting forward, her bow lifted into the air once she's quite close and then slashes diagonaly, to smack the other girl right at the side of her neck, "Hah!"
COMBATSYS: Sada blocks Yurika's Weapon Jab.
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Sada 0/-------/------=|=------\-------\0 Yurika
The violin bow! Sada is surprised, although not hugely; her first thought was capoiera with the violin as a special disciplinary tool, like the capoeriaistas who use actual chain cuffs on their hands. She doesn't take long to react, though!
She raises the kama up to try and catch the bow; it doesn't quite work, and instead of stopping it dead, the tip of the bow slaps her neck lightly as she takes a step back. "Not bad!" she says, perhaps a little arrogantly, all things considered.
The NEXT thing she does is twist that very same kama around to slam the side of it towards Yurika's hairstyle, as if it were a police baton!
COMBATSYS: Yurika blocks Sada's Medium Strike.
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Sada 0/-------/------=|=------\-------\0 Yurika
"Hmm.. Thank you," Yurika replies, smiling and at least pretending she didn't catch a hint of arrogance in there. There's still plenty more she needs to learn about her opponent, and she'll just stick to observing for now. When Sada swings at her a second time, it appears she's ready, her violin bow raises and with an almost effortless swing, clashes with the weapon end and then pushes it off to the side. Again she strikes back, the bow held almost like a fencing sword as she jabs forward at Sada's sternum, a blur of light blue musical strings following, "Un!" draws back and then smashes the weapon flatly toward Sada's stomach, "Deux!" and then one last slash follows, the girl striking at her opponents knees, "Trois!"
COMBATSYS: Sada counters Tragic Minuet from Yurika with Asai Harvester.
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Sada 0/-------/-----==|===----\-------\0 Yurika
Sada grins as the strikes come towards her. She twists the kama around to catch those jabs - the first blurring as she twists it aside, Sada stepping halfway forwards and bouncing the second off the chain, and the third getting the twist around of real force! After moving Yurika's strike out of the way, she slams the weapon forwards, twisting it to "slash" with the blunt wooden blade up and along her chest, tending towards the left!
After this, she takes a step back, and looks faintly concerned. "I hope I didn't -" She looks towards the bow, which... seems to be intact. "Is it steel?" she asks, wonderingly.
Yurika's strikes, while precise, doesn't seem to exactly help her out completely in this instance. Her lips curl inward a moment, and before she knows it, Sada's lashing back with a very quick counter-attack! And judging by Yurika's sudden yelp, it seemed to have hurt a bit there! She staggers slightly to the left, holding her chest with the bow-holding hand, and takes in a small breath.
Sada thus far was proving herself to be very good, and she thinks now she may have a faint idea of how her opponent fights. She takes another step back, and giggles faintly, "I wonder the same thing sometimes. Let's continue.." but she doesn't make any sudden moves, instead she seeming to be concentrating on the chained weapon of hers.
COMBATSYS: Yurika focuses on her next action.
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Sada 0/-------/-----==|===----\-------\0 Yurika
Sada feels faintly vindicated -- she's not the only one who gets hit in the breast! She nods in agreement with Yurika, and twists her chain around as she steps towards Yurika. She feints a move to the right, and then does genuinely take two steps forwards, to the left --
In order to twist around and aim a quick kick up towards the side of Yurika's hip! Perhaps she's striking a blow against gothloli fashion?!
COMBATSYS: Sada successfully hits Yurika with Light Kick.
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Sada 0/-------/----===|====---\-------\0 Yurika
A strike against gothloli fashion is a sure way of letting the terrorists win! But that aside, if Sada thought that Yurika would be bested by such a simple fake-out.. Well, then she'd be very very correct. The musician's eyes don't seem to leave the girl, but as she attempts to slip off to the side, again Sada manages to land a blow on the musician, making her cringe slightly, but doesn't seem to mess up her flow too much.
But now Yurika seems to be looking to return the favor, but without any fancy footwork she twirls around and attempts to drive the fine, flat heels of her maryjanes flat into Sada's gut, "Huaah!"
COMBATSYS: Yurika successfully hits Sada with Light Kick.
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Sada 0/-------/--=====|====---\-------\0 Yurika
Sada twists herself around in order to try and avoid the furious assault of Yurika! She is then rewarded by twisting /right into her foot/. Fortunately, of course, neither of them are putting their full power into these blows.
Even so, it makes her stagger back, eyes watering for a moment. "Ha," she says, not thinking about the probable footprint on the front of her blouse. Instead, she shifts her grip on the kama, taking another step forwards and arcing her arm around to swipe swiftly towards Yurika's shoulder!
Thank goodness she's not way taller than me, she thinks.
COMBATSYS: Yurika blocks Sada's Medium Strike.
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Sada 0/-------/--=====|=====--\-------\0 Yurika
Yurika isn't doing to well with being light on her feet, at the very moment, so Yurika's just going to have to take a moment to figure out another strategy. Sada doesn't give her very long to do this, however, and attacks once more. The musician is ready, the moment that weapon makes an effort to hurt her shoulder, it clashes once again with the violin bow, and is somewhat redirected away from her shoulder, but it at the very most brings the damage to a minimum. Her eyes narrowing slightly, the musician brings the bow then to her violin, and plays it, the instrument releasing a very pleasent sound, a sound that takes physical form in almost technicolor blue and white light. The strings and quarter and half notes come to life in the shape of a ring and aims to barrel right into Sada.. Pleasent to the ears, but not quite so pleasent to the body if it hits!
COMBATSYS: Sada blocks Yurika's Tragic Serenade.
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Sada 0/-------/=======|======-\-------\0 Yurika
This is certainly a lot prettier than a lot of the gigantic chi bombs that Sada has been exposed to. She looks briefly as if she's rather consternated by this turn of events, even if this music is sweet-sounding.
She tries her best to guard herself - a quick twisting around of the kusari brings chains wrapped around her arm and she raises it up, to try and catch those notes on the cold and soulless metal of her weapon rather than her own flesh! Some, of course, get through, and she breathes in afterwards.
She lets the chain fall with a rattling sound, twisting it around behind her as she narrows her eyes towards Yurika. "Alright," she says, "that was pretty good... But, is it your best?"
COMBATSYS: Sada focuses on her next action.
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Sada 0/-------/=======|======-\-------\0 Yurika
"My best?" Yurika repeats, smile returning to her lips, but still seems slightly shaken up, "I'd certainly hope not, but it is one of my favorites.. Perhaps this might also be of interest to you."
Noticing that Sada isn't approaching her, she sees this as an opportunity to continue her playing, the lively musical notes continuing to dance about her form with her little melody. Yurika rushes forward again, shoulder low at first and then once she's close, the music trailing behind her twirls about her like a ribbon while she leaps upward. Should the string of notes touch Sada, it'd be like getting pulled into a musical hurricane, the repeated blows would knock the girl upward as Yurika twirls around like a ballerina.
COMBATSYS: Yurika successfully hits Sada with Fatal Rondo.
Glancing Blow
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Sada 1/-----==/=======|===----\-------\0 Yurika
Those musical notes are very cute, Sada thinks in the back of her mind. Maybe her mind's guiding them, sending them into that pattern around her where others use flames or -
Oh dear.
She twists around, streaking the chain around her -- but it doesn't do a great deal, before she is swept up and into the air! "Aaah!" she cries as she can feel herself bruise lightly underneath her clothes, finding herself, at last, in midair.
She thinks she can feel her skirt flipping up, and /that/ makes her face start turning red. As she descends downwards, billowing gracefully, she spins the kusari around to build up speed, swinging it at the side of the mighty musician as she lands, stumbling, and turns to face Yurika once again!
COMBATSYS: Yurika dodges Sada's Spinning The Kusari.
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Sada 1/-----==/=======|===----\-------\0 Yurika
What's the problem? It's not like there are any boys about, but even still wanting to remain decent is certainly a fine attribute to have toward becoming a proper lady after all, nothing wrong with that. Yurika lowers as well, the gown belling out beneath her, and she has little trouble keeping her own decency.
Sada attacks once more, and it looks like fortune is with Yurika, she sidesteps in a complete twirl, and her play continues. What plan does she have in store? She isn't telling, but her melody twirls about her form, though this time in a bobbing motion as she temporarily keeps her distance.
COMBATSYS: Yurika gathers her will.
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Sada 1/-----==/=======|=======\-------\0 Yurika
Sada is briefly at a loss as Yurika does not strike into her clever trap; however, she remembers what her grandfather taught her. If they do not strike towards you themselves, demolish them on their own ground. She twists the kama around as she grasps the kusari near its base, gathering up some chain beneath her arm.
She runs, then, towards Yurika, letting go of the kama and letting it fall to the ground as she tries to run swiftly around her -- fast enough, perhaps, to grab the sickle before it hits the ground! Which would not be very remarkable, if it wasn't trailing the chain, which she proceeds to yank to the side.
COMBATSYS: Yurika blocks Sada's Medium Throw.
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Sada 1/----===/=======|=======\-------\1 Yurika
Well there's a reason why Yurika isn't striking again, it isn't going to work with the strategy she already had in mind! And she hoped for the love of god it was going to work or she'd be in some serious trouble. Even in her seemingly open position, though, she's hardly completely defenseless! When Sada yanks her chain (lol), Yurika doesn't get caught up too far, tossed slightly into the air she shakes out her feet, managing to scramble free as she catches herself on one hand, and gets back into standing position.
They say if at first if you don't succeed.. And she follows up on that. Again Yurika closes in, jerks down slightly, and the play resumes, the peaceful melody with a not-very-peaceful intent. She rockets upward, the whirlwind of music again taking life and attempting to drag Sada into the assault!
COMBATSYS: Yurika successfully hits Sada with Fatal Rondo.
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Sada 2/<<<<<<</<<<<<<<|-------\-------\0 Yurika
That whirlwind isn't that threatening! Sada thinks as she boldly steps forwards --
Sada is wrong.
The music sweeps her off her feet in a literal and UPWARDS way, and she twists around as the raw sonic assault whirls around her. She can't quite tell why it hurts and stings - but it does! She can feel her legs turn to what she hopes is purely metaphorical jelly -- and then she's descending again.
Once again, at least, this whirling, skirt-lifting ride gives her a moment to think, and she doesn't waste more than a tiny fraction of it in cursing big blasts. She lets go of the kama, letting it fall - it doesn't reach the ground ahead of her.
She then whirls it once around her head, the full three meters of chain rattling and whistling as they pick up speed; on the rear portion of the second swing around, and just before she crashes into the ground, she sweeps it over her head and towards Yurika! Hopefully, the added movement arm and momentum of her own descent will clock Yurika and her hairstyle upside her head pretty vigorously!
COMBATSYS: Sada can no longer fight.
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Yurika 0/-------/-------|
COMBATSYS: Sada successfully hits Yurika with Mataemon's Punishment.
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Yurika 0/-------/---====|
And to the ground again, Yurika goes, as she straightens up and her music seems to finally come to an end. Today we have learned that Music, is indeed, The Weapon. However Sada doesn't appear to be done just yet, with her weapon twirling like mad, it's clear she's not going to go down without a fight!
Her eyes widen just slightly as she thinks she sees it approaching, after all it didn't seem very quick but alas looks can be deceiving. Yurika is hit so darn hard by that technique that her brain spins, she sees stars, and she twirls around (not under her own strength) before crashing to the stone floor onto her side, and feels where she was hit throbbing like crazy, "Nnngh.."
All and all, it was a rather embarassing match for Yurika, she just didn't look very cool. But the spectators at least seem impressed, giving a polite applause when the musician is to her feet once more, looking a bit tired, and uncertain if she actually defeated her opponent.
Sada lands rather bonelessly as well. (The kusarigama rattles to the concrete path a moment later.)
Sada is, however, not long before she pushes herself to her feet (and to adjust her skirt's hem). "Wow," she says, a bit vaguely. "That was..."
She trails off for a few moments, as if to shake butterflies from her head.
(Instead, one LANDS on it.)
The violinist tucks her bow under her arm, and rubs lightly at her head. It was still most definatly hurting, and without a doubt she was going to have to help herself to a cup of tea. Yes, that would be very nice right now, but for the time being, she'd better wait until Sada wakes again to invite her along as well.
Though the butterfly is a cute touch. It's enough to make the elegant fighter smile, despite being slightly disgruntled. Just slighty.
COMBATSYS: Yurika has ended the fight here.
Log created on 18:41:39 05/05/2007 by Yurika, and last modified on 02:28:44 02/09/2009.