Description: Roberto goes on a reconnaissance mission brandishing a pair of make-shift soccer balls. A Shadaloo agent ends up spotting him and fighting ensues. When Roberto stops his attack by catching his fists like they are a single soccer ball, the wielder of lightning begins to freak out.
Bangkok. A nice place to avoid, a bad place to live. Being controlled by an evil organization can do that to you. At the moment, the streets are relatively quiet, however, most of the citizens hiding in their homes.
A tall, absurdly thin man in black spandex with a yellow lightning bolt across it stands alongside a small group of the less well paid and less skilled Shadaloo security forces, watching over an unsignificant road. Or... is it really unsignificant? Could this place be the site of the fiercest battle of the century?
Probably not, but it's nice to dream, right...? The man in spandex smiles, staring off towards the forest.
Roberto had came out to do a bit of scouting for the rest of his group. It was woefully made apparent that he came to Thailand woefully unprepared. They didn't have information and while the team made short work of those tanks they were caught unawares. The soccer star didn't want that happening again and so that's why he's here.
The weapons he carries are two spheres. One sphere made of twisted bits of metal, the other made of rags with twine wrapped around it and both are the size of a soccer ball. He should be able to stay hidden as long as he can keep that sky blue visor out of view.
The Lightning Guy blinks, then slowly moves his head down, observing the area. Did he just hear something? He glances over to the soldiers, and smiles. "I'm going to do a bit of scouting." There's a couple of nods and murmurs of general assent.
The man in spandex begins to walk out into the semi-overgrown ruins which are near this particular area, and walks straight towards the area where Roberto is hiding... and keeps on walking past if uninterrupted, with a focused expression, glancing around at the ground.
He refuses to believe that the lightning guy didn't see him. The fact that he moved seemed suspicious so he goes to perform this by waiting until he's passed completely and then with both balls shifted under one arm he kneels down as quietly as he can flinging the stone at a tree in the forest. If he looks away, he'll try to move to another hiding location. If Lykaio sees it for the ruse that it is, he might be in for a fight.
The lightning man who is definitely not Lykaio, really, wasn't sure of the exact location of Roberto. However, seeing the stone fly past, he quickly traces it's trajectory back towards... aha! He rushes towards the heroic young soccer player, and stares down at him for a moment. A look of... recognition? And then a smile, and he gestures for Roberto to rise. "Why are you here?"
The soccer star places the 'soccer balls' down on the ground as he slowly rises to his feet as a sheepish smile shows up on his face. "You see..." There a small pause before he continues, "You really won't believe this but..." There's another short delay as Roberto looks at the lightning man catching sight of a Shadaloo insignia. He prepares himself for fight or flight. Chances are there will be a combination of the two.
It's extremely sudden but then he kicks the twine and rags soccer ball before running off weaving to and fro through the forest as he dribbles the shrapnel ball.
COMBATSYS: Roberto has started a fight here.
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Roberto 0/-------/-------|
COMBATSYS: Lykaio has joined the fight here.
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Lykaio 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Roberto
COMBATSYS: Roberto successfully hits Lykaio with Long Shot.
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Lykaio 0/-------/-----==|=------\-------\0 Roberto
The ball smashes into the lightning man's stomach, and he falls back for a moment, giving Roberto a chance to get a bit ahead. However, he then begins to run after him, a rather strange gait at first, but he picks up speed as he rushes after him. "You're wrong, I do believe in soccer balls."
He doesn't get too close yet, though, watching his newfound opponent with an attempt at a casual smile.
COMBATSYS: Lykaio focuses on his next action.
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Lykaio 0/-------/-----==|=------\-------\0 Roberto
To be honest he was completely surprised that the Shadaloo officer didn't try to stay closer to him. But he can see opportunities in the fact that he wasn't followed. He knows that doubling back might mean that he's going into a trap. Sometimes the best way of getting past a trap is to go straight through it.
With intricate dribbling moves he closes in before going around a tree and then sliding in one foot first as fast as he can. The shrapnel ball is kicked forward in the process. Ideally when the kick is finished, he'll be able to reclaim his metal ball.
COMBATSYS: Roberto successfully hits Lykaio with Sliding Kick.
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Lykaio 0/-------/-======|=------\-------\0 Roberto
Lightning Man completely walks into the trap, and blinks as he sees the ball and foot kick forwards, then smiles slightly as he begins to move to the side. It is at this point that he notices he has already been kicked in the legs, and flails around, falling back against a tree.
The Shadaloo officer grimaces, and with a sudden intake of breath, lunges towards Roberto, both hands crackling with electricity as he tries to grab him - not for a throw, it's purely for shock value.
COMBATSYS: Lykaio successfully hits Roberto with Release Omega.
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Lykaio 0/-------/=======|===----\-------\0 Roberto
While the Sliding Kick is fairly fast on delivery it has a major flaw of being slow on recovery. He barely has time to get up before he's getting Shadaloo Shocktherapy. "AAAAAAARGH!!!" He gets up, temporarily abandoning the shrapnel ball, if not for the fact that the thing conducts electricity.
He doesn't want the Shadaloo soldier enjoying that result for too long. As a matter of fact, he drives a pair of balled fists right into the Lightning Man's chin.
COMBATSYS: Lykaio auto-guards Roberto's Strong Punch!
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Lykaio 0/-------/=======|====---\-------\0 Roberto
A flash of bright light, and some electric power seems to cushion the blow of Roberto's punch. The Shadalooian smiles momentarily, lowering his hand. "Sorry about that." Once again, a friendly, easy tone, quite out of tune with his recent actions. then another bright flash of light as he pours power into his hands and links his fingers together, aiming his own double-fisted blow towards Roberto's stomach.
COMBATSYS: Roberto reflects Penultimate Skill from Lykaio with Shining Clutch.
- Power hit! -
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Lykaio 1/------=/=======|====---\-------\0 Roberto
And when those pairs of fists move towards him, his hands happen to be quicker than his opponent's allowing him to catch both fists in his own glowing hands. "No... It is I that should be sorry. But the way I figure you probably won't let me get away without a fight."
After that, the glow of his hands intensifies as his grip redirects the electicity back into the soldier's hands. He eventually realeases the hands and steps back as he shifts into a stance that to resemble a goalie's ready stance.
Lightning Man freezes when Roberto grabs his hands, and just stares, until he notices the electricity crawling back upwards. He convulses steadily, grimacing as if used to such pain, until he is let go by the goalie. He gives him a severe frown. "Even for gods... is it really neccessary to go so far with risque attacks?"
A shake of his head in grandiose disapproval, and then he suddenly rises one leg with a kick at the goalies legs.
COMBATSYS: Roberto endures Lykaio's Light Kick.
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Lykaio 1/------=/=======|=====--\-------\0 Roberto
He lets the kick his leg letting out a slight hiss before he combines physical and verbal response in a seamless act swinging a leg harder at Shadaloo's Lightning warrior "I am no god. I am a soccer player" He then follows it up with a knee to the gut as he continues his attack "As a goalie I see something coming, I try to stop it. Perfect example being that attack." He then finishes with one more kick. "As a striker, I try to control the situation. And by the way I don't swing that way so don't whine about me being risque just because I stopped your attack, okay?"
COMBATSYS: Lykaio auto-guards Roberto's Heavy Kick!
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Lykaio 1/------=/=======|======-\-------\0 Roberto
A series of flashes of light and the oddly dressed man seems to be defending the attacks with some movements of his arms, and then lowers them after the last kick, electricity slowly seeping back into his hands. "Know I am not pleased to hold your hands at all!" The Shadaloo agent narrows his eyes, and falls to one knee, placing a hand on the ground.
For a moment, nothing happens.
Then there's a sudden electrical shock which surges up through the ground under Roberto's feet, calling torrents of lightning down from the clear blue sky towards the goalie.
COMBATSYS: Roberto reflects Adamant Thunder from Lykaio with Shining Clutch.
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Lykaio 0/-------/-------|======-\-------\0 Roberto
Roberto glances down to see the lightning come up from under his body. After that his reflexes begin to take over but that doesn't stop him from commenting on it. "Something comes in..." He leaps back with those same glowing hands from before drawing the lightning into his hands forming it into a soccer ball sized ball of energy and from this, the lightning man could probably figure out how that ball of shrapnel was formed. "And then I stop it."
After he says that, he sidearms the ball of lightning right back at him. "Get over it! If you don't want your hands touched don't throw punches. And if you stop throwing punches, why are you even here?" He holds the follow through for a moment before saying as he drops back into his stance. "You're wasting both my time and your own."
COMBATSYS: Lykaio auto-guards Roberto's Reflected Adamant Thunder!
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Lykaio 0/-------/-------|======-\-------\0 Roberto
Lightning Man blinks as Roberto absorb the ball, then catches it in his hands as Roberto tosses it back at him, frowning at the slight sizzling from the electricity. After a moment, he shrugs. "Holding hands with a man doesn't make me happy... But your fighting skills are impressive. I have not seen anyone your age reflect that attack." He tosses the shrapnel ball back to Roberto, and attempts a smile. "You have defeated me." And with that, he turns to walk away.
COMBATSYS: Lykaio takes no action.
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Lykaio 0/-------/-------|======-\-------\0 Roberto
"There are plenty of martial artists out there that utilize attacks that capture your hand to inflict damage. You won't get far if you remain fixated on that. You're distracting yourself and stunting your growth as a fighter that way." He laughs for a moment as he shakes his head in disbelief. "Why am I even giving you advice? You're an enemy and I'm not exactly qualified to call myself a fighter." After that he moves to pick up his twine and rags 'soccer ball' and then he walks away.
Log created on 02:01:38 06/14/2007 by Roberto, and last modified on 19:21:55 06/20/2007.