Description: A sandcastle competition out on Sound Beach turns into an all out WAR when Joe Higashi decides to land himself right atop of a 'masterpiece' creation of Rainbow Mika's! Things don't go so well for the blonde femme wrestler though...
Sound Beach is normally littered with sand, but for the last several days vendors have set up shop. Vendors are filled with entertainment, food, children's rides, arts and crafts and lots of fun.
LOTS OF FUN!
All of this is a prelude to the Open Sandcastle Competition, in which only one winner will be named 'Master Champion'. Professional sand carvers from the area all are vying for the title, most of these more professional works of art intermingled with amateur contestants. One such contestant, a buxom blonde wrestler known to fans as Rainbow Mika, is working on a mid-sized structure that looks not unlike a palace from St. Petersburg.
Happily working away on it, she's got her hair down, her mask off and... *gasp* she's not in her wrestling wear. Instead, she's wearing a skimpy white bikini and is brandishing a shovel and a tiny little artists brush to work on some definition on the structure.
It's a perfect day to be out and enjoying oneself. The sun is shining, there's a festival going on, and everyone is having a whole lot of fun. Everyone, that is, except Joe Higashi. Having been cut off from the fortune he'd earned in the fighting circuit, and with his reputation currently in the gutter, Joe has had to take whatever work would take him. Today's job? Ice cream vendor.
Joe let's out a sigh. It wasn't the greatest job ever, but at least the giant ice cream cone costume concealed his identity, and no one seemed to ever have any troubles with the ice cream man! A few more hours and a couple hundred more scoops of ice cream and he'll be done for the day. It wasn't so bad really.
"Here ya go kid, triple scoop vanilla in a waffle cone." Joe hands off the cone to the skateboarding teenager and holds out his gloved hand, "That'll be two bucks." The kid smirks, hops on his board and skates away, giving Joe a rather uncultured gesture in parting, leaving the Higashi Cone standing there holding his hand out. "Hey! Why you little punk! You get your butt back here and pay the vanilla ice cream cone man what he's due!" Joe tries to sprint after the kid, but if there's one thing ice cream cone costumes were built for, it isn't speed. Balance would probably be a secondary concern as well, which Joe quickly comes to realize as he begins to teeter and totter off the path and into the sand, his costume tilting dangerously sideways until he finally comes to rest on a soft pile of sand. Whew.
Enjoying oneself? Oh! Very much so! Rainbow Mika is putting on the finishing touches, and not a moment too soon! The judges have begun to head this way, and she has several more windows to 'carve' out of the sand to make it perfect!
Vendors have been in a tizzy all day long, so when an altercation breaks out between one of them and some skateboarding brat, the buxom blonde pays no mind. Whomever the vendor is, he'll either chase the kid down or make do with a spot of lost cash.
After all this hard work though, a giant vanilla ice cream cone would be absolutely delicious!
Mika should be careful what she wishes for, though. As soon as the thought crosses her mind, there is a gianormous human-sized ice cream cone rushing her way. "H-HEY! BE CAREFU--"
Sand flies up everywhere.
The St. Petersburg castle begins to crumble.
Great big tears form in the baby blue eyes on the blonde that is in the process of dropping her shovel. Lips press together tightly and a deep frown furrows her brown beneath a swath of blonde bangs.
"I DON'T CARE WHO YOU ARE OR WHY YOU JUST BROKE MY MASTERPIECE! I SPENT THREE DAYS WORKING ON THIS! YOU'VE GOT EXACTLY TWO SECONDS TO GET OUT OF MY WAY OR I'M GOING TO BE REALLY UPSET!" Since, you know, she's not upset already.
COMBATSYS: R.Mika has started a fight here.
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R.Mika 0/-------/-------|
COMBATSYS: Joe has joined the fight here.
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Joe 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 R.Mika
For a few seconds, Joe dared to think that he had been lucky for landing in such a soft spot, especially considering how he could have just rolled right down the beach and into the ocean. As he stares upwards, his vision hindered by the bright sun high in the sky, a giant yelling shadow looms into view. He doesn't really understand what the shadow wants, but it seems to want him up and outta there quick! Not wanting to wear out his welcome, or stick around long enough to figure out why the shadow was yelling, Joe begins to roll the giant ice cream cone from side to side in an attempt to make himself vertical once more. Unfortunately, this has a rather nasty side effect of knocking down what's left of the grand palace and pounding it flat.
Eventually Joe rolls over and pushes himself upright with his arms, staggering back and forth a few times until his balance is restored. Once righted, Joe comes face to face with the screaming shadow whom he finds unnervingly familiar. His eyes widen and his arms flail in the arm sockets as he tries to find a way around the crazed girl to retrieve his ice cream cart. He glances at the pile of sand, then the girl, then the pile of sand, then the girl. "Uh, sorry about that... ma'am." Joe says, trying to disguise his voice as best he can as he tries to sidestep the angry girl, which in his current state of dress makes it look like the giant ice cream cone is trying to shove her out of the way.
Costumed? It's not just some ploy by an overzealous vendor? It's actually a guy in a costume? A guy who is ROLLING AROUND AND SQUISHING THE PALATIAL SANDCASTLE THAT SHE WAS GOING TO DEDICATE TO ZANGIEF?!?!
Clenched fists settle to her hips and she's about to reach down and right the human ice cream cone when he manages to regain balance on his own. "YOU... YOU.... ARRRRRRGH!" Angered by the destruction and the way he's coming at her, Rainbow Mika quickly twists her body about. Clambering up onto the ruins of the castle, she glances over her shoulder and screws up the expression on her face to one of sheer; unadulterated anger. From her perch she launches herself backward at the ice cream cone, attempting to knock him, or it back over onto the sand with her buttocks. "YOU COST ME THE TITLE!"
Not that she would have had much chance at winning -anyhow- but no one tell Rainbow Mika that, okay?
COMBATSYS: R.Mika successfully hits Joe with Shooting Peach.
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Joe 0/-------/------=|=------\-------\0 R.Mika
When the angry girl moves out of view, Joe thought it was her way of telling him to take his ice cream cart and to get on his way. However, when he feels an impact slams into the side of the ice cream cone and his view begins to title sideways, Joe Higashi begins to realize that he may have somehow stumbled into yet another fight he didn't ask for. As he slams into the ground, the costume cracks along a seam and his creamy ice cream scoop pops off. The delicious costume part rolls down the beach and into the water, leaving Joe's head... and his identity... fully exposed.
With a grunt of exertion and annoyance, Joe stands up, spitting a clod of sand from his mouth as the rest of his costume falls off completely, leaving the kickboxer standing in his trunks atop a pile of waffle cone. Quite the site indeed. Finally able to get a clear look at his opponent, and her unique attack style, Joe's poor memory finally clicks and his jaw drops open. "Uh... ah... umm.... Not you." He rolls his eyes, sucks in a deep breath and drops into a stance, "Come on now. Calm down! It was /just/ a sand castle!"
Of course, Joe knows better than to try and talk down an angry woman. He's failed too many times at that gambit to even try again. Oh no, there's only one way to get the angry wrestler to listen to him, and that is by kicking her a few times! Joe twists his torso about, preparing to launch forward with a powerful kick. Unfortunately, Joe's foot catches on a large piece of wafflecone just as he launches himself forward, sending him into a horozontal spin with his feet flailing about dangerously. It wasn't what he had planned, but perhaps it is just as painful and convincing?
COMBATSYS: Joe successfully hits R.Mika with Slash Kick.
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Joe 0/-------/------=|====---\-------\0 R.Mika
The fight wasn't asked for? When a giant ice cream cone careens into a mid-sized St. Petersburg castle, that's about as good as issuing fightin' words! Rainbow Mika hits the sand slightly after impacting with the cone. Rubbing her tukkus she flops over onto her front to push herself back to her feet. "HAHA TAKE THAT ICE CREA--"
Blinking to ensure that the sun is not messing with her vision, she uses a hand to block out the harmful rays. Sputtering a few times she points at him and accuses, "YOU!" He may have been dressed as Son Joeku last time but she'd recognize that face anywhere.
"CALM DOWN? CALM DOWN?! YOU RUINED MY DAY OUT AT THE ANIME MUSEUM! YOU RUINED THE CASTLE I WAS MAKING FOR ZANGIEF! YOU.... YOU..."
The half-cone is launching toward her and Rainbow Mika prepares to just stand there and block it with her knee. Unfortunately, Joe's foot catches on a large piece of the wafflecone and he comes flailing at her. Uncertain of what he's meaning to be doing, she gets a foot to her chest and goes flailing backward. "AIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE~!" Right into a large sandy production of the Statue of Liberty. Buxom blonde body hits it so hard that the head of Lady Liberty wobbles atop the structure and then comes crashing down to the ground in a large splash of sand.
Dusting the sand off her shoulders and giving her head a shake to dislodge wet chunks of the structure she's just destroyed, Rainbow Mika remains in a crouched position and shoots out a low chop toward cone-Joe's shin area. The desired effect will -hopefully- knock him off balance so that she can actually do some damage to him.
COMBATSYS: Joe blocks R.Mika's Quick Punch.
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Joe 0/-------/-----==|====---\-------\0 R.Mika
It's rather amazing that Joe managed to land upright after his clumsy attack, but somehow it happened, and somehow he's actually ready for Mika's counter attack when it comes. Just as the low chop is bearing down on his delicate shins, Joe kicks up a piece of plastic waffle cone just in time for it to absorb the entire attack. Unfortunately, the attack sends the hard piece of plastic into Joe's shin, causing the strange-haired man to say a colorful four-letter word as he hops about on one foot.
"You know what? I'm tired of the Pigtail Girl Army trying to ruin my life!" Joe clenches his fists tightly as he brings his hand up, wiping a bit of sand from his nose. It really would be a cool-guy pose if he wasn't threatening a watery-eyed blonde girl who was just innocently building a sand castle. It's a good thing Joe doesn't care what the general public thinks of him otherwise he might not be doing what he's doing now. What is he doing? He's lunging forward, pulling his powerful fist back and throwing it forward in an attempt to put his fist right in Mika's face. Not the people's favorite by a long shot.
COMBATSYS: Joe successfully hits R.Mika with Strong Punch.
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Joe 0/-------/-----==|======-\-------\0 R.Mika
A fist in the face really isn't Rainbow Mika's favorite either. Knuckles crack against her nose, causing the baby blue eyes to just widen in surprise before watering up again. It's a natural reaction to such a hit; as is bringing one's hands up to one's face to check for blood. And blood she finds aplenty. Streaming down through the fingers of her cupped hand, the blood trickles down. Shifting her hand she goes to pinch the bridge of nose to stop the bleeding.
"JOO GNO WUT? I'M FICK OF JOO TRYIN TO RUIN MYF FUM!" It's really hard to talk when you've got a potentially broken nose and blood dripping everywhere. So, Rainbow Mika figures that the time for talking is now officially over and she growls.
That's right. The tiny five-foot-five-inch woman growls. It's just oh-so-intimidating. Rather, it -would- be intimidating if several nearby men weren't snickering at the whole site. "HEY!" Glowering at said men, the buxom blonde makes a nasally 'hmph' sound and snaps her attention back at the destroyer of castles.
Releasing her fingers from the bridge of her nose, she rushes toward him. Not so quickly as all that, considering the unexpected blows she's taken already but she's fairly quick for a girl that's trying not to pop out of her bikini. A tackle would be much too good for him, so as she draws closer her arms shoot out as though to give cone-boy a bearhug. But this is not to be. Should she manage to grapple him up, Rainbow Mika simply lifts him and tosses him toward the ground -away- from other carvers sculptures.
COMBATSYS: R.Mika successfully hits Joe with Fast Throw.
- Power hit! -
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Joe 0/-------/---====|======-\-------\0 R.Mika
The busted nose and large amount of blood flowing from it makes Joe flinch. He actually felt pretty bad about hitting the girl that hard, even if she deserved it for... well, whatever it was that she had done. As the angry girl growls and rushes forward, Joe tries to growl back to at least seem like he was intimidated, or at least paying attention. Unfortunately, he had expected some sort of strike, but instead he gets picked up and thrown to the ground. It wouldn't have been all that bad, but his face slams right into a small plastic bucket that a little girl had just been using to build a small mini-castle. The resulting crash causes Joe's nose to start bleeding, and the little girl whose mini-castle was just ruined to start crying, loudly.
Joe stands up and faces Mika, kicking the plastic pain bucket out of the way as he wipes the sandy blood from around his mouth. "Happy now?" Joe tilts his head from side to side, working out the kinks as he prepares for his next attack. The bloodied Higashi lungest forward a step, his shoulder dropping before he brings his right arm upward in a powerful uppercut. The force of his fist's passing stirs up a small sandstorm that immediately heads towards Mika, destroying castles and fun all along its path. Unfortunately for any other fun and castles involved, Joe brings his left hand up in another powerful uppercut, sending yet another vortex towards Mika.
COMBATSYS: Joe successfully hits R.Mika with Double Hurricane Upper.
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Joe 0/-------/--=====|=======\=------\1 R.Mika
If the fact that he ruined her sandcastle, her day and pretty much keeps interfering in her life wasn't enough to pinpoint exactly who he was; the hurricane move does it quite well. The vortex of sand goes whipping toward the buxom blonde she's unable to get out of the way. It sends her; some sand; some castling implements; some castles themselves all back about twenty feet as they come crashing down out of it.
Crawling out of the mess before a wall of sand decides to descend upon her head faster than she can say 'There's No Place Like Home'; Rainbow Mika frowns. "YOU'RE A JERK, YOU KNOW THAT?" This comes as she wipes sand from her face; sand that has glued itself to the blood that was there just moments ago. Running forward, jumps over a small sandcastle that remains (though immediately afterward a wave crashes against the shore and destroys it anyhow) and lands in the water. "THIS ISN'T OVER!"
Baby blue eyes peer about the beach looking for the no-good cone-man and when she spots him, she runs toward him. Bare feet leave indentations in the sand where each step lands. Upon reaching Joe, she makes a grab for him and then proceeds to attempt to lift him high overhead before lobbing him at the incoming waves.
COMBATSYS: Joe dodges R.Mika's Medium Throw.
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Joe 0/-------/--=====|=======\=------\1 R.Mika
Joe dances back on forth between his left and right feet as Mika rushes him, trying to figure out the best way to avoid what he was sure was going to be a painful retribution. Thankfully, it looks like the girl's attack wasn't quite as well-aimed as she may have thought and he merely steps to the side, his feet stomping down into the middle of a carefully crafted sand mermaid. It's a horrible tragedy, but Joe doesn't really have time to think about it. He's got deal with this crazy blonde before she does that thing where he ends up on the ground and in a ton of pain... again.
Joe Higashi's foot slams down into the sand mermaid, destroying what was left of it as he launches himself into the air towards Mika, his leg extending as he tries to jump kick her into the waves she had been trying to toss him into! "Had enough yet?!"
COMBATSYS: R.Mika blocks Joe's Heavy Kick.
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Joe 0/-------/--=====|=======\==-----\1 R.Mika
Hunkering down low in the sand when she spies cone-man launch himself from the sand mermaid, Rainbow Mika manages to stop the kick with her forearms. Lucky that she dropped down; otherwise she would likely be swimming right about now. As much as she wants the sand off of her body and to try and get the BLOOD off of her WHITE bikini, she'd much rather attempt to damage this one.
No thought is put into the next thing she does, which is simply to raise her fist upward as he continues to come at her. Even though it's not a -strong- hit, if it meets it's mark it'll hopefully leave him curled up in a ball on the sand. Oh, he should know where she's punching even if she's not aware of the aim she takes. It's a cheap shot were this a normal fight and she was paying attention. One she'd not normally make, since it's directed at an oh-so-sensitive area.
COMBATSYS: Joe blocks R.Mika's Quick Punch.
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Joe 0/-------/-======|=======\==-----\1 R.Mika
Joe can't stop what's coming for him, and the only thing that saves him from complete and total pain is how his legs clamp down around Mika's arm as she inadvertently tries to take a jab at Mini-Joe. He leaps away, a rather large bruise already forming on his leg from the strike as he lands in the sand, kicking his feet in annoyance at the uppity blonde girl. "What do you think you're trying to do? That's just not right!" Joe pants heavily, the jumping around, punching and kicking finally catching up with him.
"Fine... have it your way." Joe was done with this fight already. His costume was broken, the deposit on it gone right out with the tide. He was going to lose yet another job, and Lilly was going to give him 'The Look' when he got home. He hated the look. He hated it a lot. It made him feel small, and Joe Higashi really hated feeling small. Joe hunches down slightly and begins to focus his energy inwards, his powerful aura stirring up the sand around him.
COMBATSYS: Joe gathers his will.
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Joe 1/-----==/=======|=======\==-----\1 R.Mika
Unable to hear his thoughts about how small he feels (there's something to be said there considering that last attack; really there is!), Rainbow Mika is unawares of all the trouble she's causing him. It's not even her fault, really! It's his! If he weren't such a shoddy ice cream vendor, he'd not have wrecked her St. Petersburg castle; all of the other artistic sandwork and a little girl's bucket!
Just like everything else in life; it is ALL JOE'S FAULT!
Noting the sand moving around him, Rainbow Mika narrows her eyes. That can't be good. Maybe she can nip it in the bud before he's able to hurt her any further. Jumping toward him, she attempts to clench her hands onto his shoulders in a rough manner before slamming her head forward. Once. Twice. Three times... and then another just to be on the safe side. Dizziness -should- theoretically settle in on his poor noggin and if it does, there's more to come. Primarily, Mika setting them up to brainbuster suplex which would have her locking him up in a facelock before jumping up and falling onto her back while driving his head into the sand.
COMBATSYS: Joe endures R.Mika's Rainbow Dynamite.
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Joe 1/=======/=======|==-----\-------\0 R.Mika
Girls don't headbutt. It's generally a rule in the fighting circuit. Girls just don't headbutt. Unfortunately for Joe, it takes three solid headbutts to drive the idea home that girls may occasionally headbutt, and when they do it is going to hurt, a lot. Joe stands there after the third hit, his head spinning from the assault, hoping that was it. Unfortunately for him, the end doesn't come until his face is buried in the sand.
Like some sort of strange ostrich, Joe lays there with his head in the sand for a few moments before finally emerging, his hair a nice sandy color and his face bright red with anger. Joe screams something incoherent and rolls towards Mika, stopping just short of hitting her before standing up quickly, both fists raised into the air almost in triumph. The whole move, combined with his pent up energy unleashes two large tornados around him, and his opponent. The sand whipped up from the wind obscures the pair from view of the audience that has gathered around. Who will still be standing when the winds die down? Most everyone isn't rooting for Joe, that's for certain.
COMBATSYS: Joe successfully hits R.Mika with Double Cyclone.
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Joe 0/-------/---====|=======\-------\0 R.Mika
Uh oh. Maybe Rainbow Mika has taken her anger a little too far. Hands slide down to her sides after she picks herself up from the sand. Contemplating whether or not she should hoist the angry cone-man from his ostrich hole in the sand; she's about to reach down and draw him out of hiding, when he pulls himself out. The sand does wonders for his hair, but it clashes horribly with the red of his face.
Screaming makes her jump back, but she's not able to do it quite quickly enough. Obscured from view, she juts out her lower lip in a rather exaggerated pout and it looks like she's about to be down for the count.
No one is going to survive the cyclone!
Sand whips against skin and considering her bikini'd attire there's quite a bit of skin for the grains to cut into. The cyclonic power actually leaves tiny lacerations upon her arms and stomach as she presses toward him despite the ultimate pain that is coursing through her body.
Another wonderful day destroyed by this costumed man! When will it end? And -why- does she have such bad luck with ice cream? Seriously! Every time she wants some, she finds herself beaten up; pushed out of the way by a crowd or almost obliterated by a humongous ice cream cone! It's totally unfair!
It must be a ploy by the milk marketing board!
Forcing the remainder of her energy into this final attempt at giving the vendor what he deserves, Rainbow Mika calls out, "YOU'LL GET YOUR JUST DESSERTS! WAIT AND SEE!"
'course, she's graced with a mouthful of sand for her efforts, but she's not stopping there. Springing up into a forward handstand she tries to calculate where he is and use the momentum of her body to push him forward. Doubtful that she'll manage this thanks to all of the sand, but should it work she'll try to lock him up with her powerfully muscular legs and then flip him over onto the sand before simply passing out. She valiantly tried to defend the remaining sand structures, but it looks like Joe has wiped a vast majority of them out.
From the looks on the faces of the judges, both of them are about to be in a world of trouble - if, that is, anyone can break through the sandy cyclone and scream at them.
COMBATSYS: R.Mika can no longer fight.
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COMBATSYS: Joe endures R.Mika's Paradise Hold.
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Joe 0/-------/=======|
It is Joe's turn to eat sand yet again today, and it really isn't the best tasting sand in the world. He stands up, ready to sock it to the dangerously powerful blonde, but it seems she's finally stopped fighting back. Joe moves towards the girl to check on her, but a thrown water bottle stops him short of leaning down. He turns around, only to find more and more drinks, food wrappers, and all sorts of other trash is flying his way. The crowd doesn't seem to like the outcome of the battle, and no matter what kind of nice guy face Joe puts on, the crowd is getting angrier and angrier. He looks over his shoulder at Mika, "Sorry... gotta run!" And that's just what he does. Joe takes off running through the crowd, trying to make it to his car before the crowd can string him up for pounding the crowd favorite into the sand. Even when he wins, Joe loses.
COMBATSYS: Joe has ended the fight here.
Log created on 21:41:17 07/05/2007 by R.Mika, and last modified on 14:10:40 07/10/2007.