Description:
'poetry in rain SAKURABA' is a relatively new store. Sada knows that as she stands outside of it, glancing at her cellphone in one hand to time how long since her target went inside.
Beart, Sada knows from the Student Council's records, does not have many friends thanks to her eccentric personality and exotic dress. What few she has may be just as strange as her, and it is by gathering together the marginal elements that they may, in time, be able to sink their control more deeply into the social network of Seijyun!
However, Sada was somewhat confused when the witch in question seemed to be wearing all black and carrying a parasol. However, she figures this is probably an alternate costume, although, she thinks further, who would wear something like that during the summer?
Sada is standing off to the side relative to the store's entrance. More remarkable than the cell phone is the kusarigama she's carrying, the long chain wrapped largely around her left arm for now. The kama is held in her hand, with the weighted kusari tucked under her arm. She looks up, then, towards the lacy-frilled and blacked out windows of the shop, and continues to wait. "We'll see," she says to no one in particular, "just how good that 'white magic' really is."
It was more a way to pass the time then anything else.
Seijyun's resident witch expected to be wasting said time when she entered the establishment in question. The employees quickly learned to simply leave the girl to her own devices. If she needed help, she would tell them what to do, and if she didn't, she didn't need to be spoken to. Perhaps they were used to their customers acting in such a manner. Or maybe Ninon was just extra scary.
In the end, it was exactly as much of a waste as she'd expected. She could craft more interesing outfits then these with her own two hands. And so, after informing the store's owners that they would likely be going bankrupt due to an utter lack of talent, she simply left. It was a waste of a day, as many had been since she'd first arrived in Southtown. As she moves to leave, she either doesn't notice that she's being watched, or simply doesn't care. She's used to having people look at her funny. If she took the time to speak to every one, she'd never be able to go anywhere.
She does seem relaxed, Sada thinks, as she unfolds the chain from around her arm with a rattle. Introductions, she thinks as she steps forwards, eyes narrowing; threats, menacing comments, innuendos, exhortations to reason, demands and the like. All of them can be dealt with once the young woman in question has been brought to heel!
Her eyes narrow as there's another rattling sound, before the chain spins around, twice, and then sweeps forwards in a low angle -- heading for the bored young woman's legs. It's like a skipping rope! Except chain, and with a ten pound weight on one end, and aiming to yank Ninon's feet out from beneath her, perhaps for some unnatural purpose.
COMBATSYS: Sada has started a fight here.
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COMBATSYS: Ninon has joined the fight here.
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Sada 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Ninon
COMBATSYS: Ninon blocks Sada's Odani Foundation Art.
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Sada 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Ninon
The black-garbed girl may seem as if she has no idea that she's being watched. But she is no fool. All it takes is the sound of a chain to attract her attention. She twirls in time to see that she's under attack! Where as some people would panic at this point, the expression on Ninon's face doesn't even change. With a swift kick, she boots the chain away from her. She doens't escape from it unhurt, but you'd never know it judging by the look on her face. She doesn't let the pain show for even a moment.
"Well, and here I was thinking that today was going to be a total waste." A little smile touches her face, but it isn't one of joy. It's a cruel, mocking look, as if she thinks this person who dared to attack her is nothing more then a toy to play with. "I find myself wondering what provoked this. In the end, though, I guess it really doesn't matter at all, though, does it? All that matters is that you seem to think you can stand against me. Let us see if you have talent, or are merely a fool." With a casual flick of her wrist, she calls forth what looks like an orb of electricity, which rapidly closes the distance between the 'witch' and the girl who attacked her.
COMBATSYS: Sada parries Ninon's Demiurge Thunderbolt!
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Sada 0/-------/------=|-------\-------\0 Ninon
Sada's legs spread out slightly as she sees that orb of electricity come towards her. These moves, she thinks - these moves aren't as threatening as they seem... don't flinch! she tells herself, watching it as it seems to accelerate.
Then that chain Ninon had kicked away is jerked up, abruptly, twisting around and through the electricity. It electrifies the chain for a fleeting moment!
Then it reaches the wooden handle of the kama and dissipates. "So," Sada says as her eyes narrow. "This is your 'white magic,' Beart? I had thought you were more impressive than that... breaking our dress code, after all. Even if justice had to wait..."
She tosses the kama in the air, grabbing it after about half a yard of chain's slid out. Then she grins towards the gothic lolita: "It's going to come now~!" Then the spinning begins! Sada twists the kama, blade-first, in front of her as she approaches, the chain seeming to blur and rattle with fury as it cuts and whicks through the air -- and possibly Ninon if she isn't careful!
COMBATSYS: Sada successfully hits Ninon with Shinryukan Correction EX.
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Sada 0/-------/-----==|====---\-------\0 Ninon
Ninon doesn't seem the least bit concerned about what this girl who's declared herself her enemy thinks of her abilities. She hasn't even begun to show the girl what exactly she's gotten herself into. But then, she says something. She says something very, very bad. "White...." Could this girl possibly be serious? White Magic? The expressionless look on the girl's face twists into anger. "White?! How could you confuse me for......for...THAT!?" She's quite ready to unleash hell upon the girl, but so caught up in her anger is she that she doesn't even notice the incoming attack until it's far, far too late. She takes the blow harshly, knocked back but not off her feet. And judging by her expression, the fight most definetely hasn't been knocked out of her.
Fortunately, goth loli dresses seem immune to such things as cutting and damage. "I shall see to it that you are properly punished for that insult!" With a dramatic twirl, she whips her arm torwards Sada. She's still distant, but naturally she's not doing it just to look fancy. A near invisible energy ripples through the air in front of Ninon and torwards her enemy.
COMBATSYS: Ninon successfully hits Sada with Melancholic Mercurius.
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Sada 0/-------/--=====|=====--\-------\0 Ninon
"Ehhhh?" Sada says during the confusion and anger. She's a bright girl - she can figure out that something's weird there. "Was the report wrong --?!" She does not, however, cease her attack.
She does seem surprised that the power of gothloli has resisted brutal slicing. This may bear investigation later, because right now light is heading towards her. It's close - she tries to lean back, but gets struck in the chest for her troubles, the invisible ripple shuddering through her body!
"Nghk," she says, before saying in dismay, "Aren't you -" The kusari is thrown! But... to the side? It hits a garbage can even as Sada points with the kama at Ninon. "--Mignon Beart?!"
THEN she twists her body around, swinging the weight, and in turn the chain, towards the gothloli from an unexpected angle!
Hopefully unexpected.
COMBATSYS: Ninon blocks Sada's Rebound Whip.
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Sada 0/-------/--=====|======-\-------\0 Ninon
Unexpected, perhaps, but not enough to catch Ninon entirely unaware. Her brief bout of anger subsided, she's regained control of her emotions. This girl must learn not to make mistakes like this in the future. The chain is knocked away with one hand, but not without harm to the girl. At this rate, she's going to have a hard time maintaining a state of perpetual boredom. "You must know nothing of Mignon if you think that /I/ am her. Mignon Beart is a child, a simple-minded creature that doesn't deserve to have anything to do with me. To confuse me for the likes of her...you must be of a lesser mind yourself. But no matter. You chose to challange me, and I will not simply let you leave now!" No longer intent on keeping her distance, Ninon moves with surprising speed considering the outlandish outfit she's wearing. She flips forward once, twice, and then a third time as she aims repeated kicks at the girl who has commited this most grave of sins.
COMBATSYS: Sada counters Ring of Ouroboros from Ninon with Asai Harvester.
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Sada 0/-------/=======|=======\=------\1 Ninon
"Your names are spelled nearly the same!!" Sada shouts in counterpoint while Ninon explains the nature most dire and grave of her sin - her sin of confusion! Now that the girl is mad, Sada thinks, we may have an advantage, as passion is easily m-
Oh crap, she's coming right for me!!
Sada takes a step back, pulling the kusari-end of the kusarigama closer to her body and leaning aside from the incoming kicks. She pulls them aside, literally, from hitting her at the last moment; the blade of the sickle is raised, aimed at thigh and calf, biting in and pulling the blows out of the path that leads them into Ms. Asai. This, sadly, stings.
"You're powerful, aren't you!" Sada concludes, taking a quick step back and hopping up onto a park bench to try and gain the high ground. This may be foolish.
Ninon takes having her legs snagged by blades surprisingly well, particularly when her enemy retreats a moment later. She glares upwards at the chain-wielder, eyes filled with annoyance. "You don't seem qualified to judge that. You couldn't even tell me apart from 'her'." Ninon may not be frothing at the mouth, but it seems that Sada found a sore point to poke at from the first moment she'd met Ninon. Foregoing any fancy manuvers this time, Ninon simply rushes her, aiming a swift punch right for one of her foe's kneecaps. Thanks for putting them in such an easy access area!
COMBATSYS: Sada dodges Ninon's Quick Punch.
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Sada 0/-------/=======|=======\=------\1 Ninon
Those kneecaps are the property of Kurow Kir-
Sada takes a quick jump to the left, crying out, "I've never met you! I am in a different section!" Her eyes widen as she looks down towards Ninon, the power of a furious Gothic Lolita not quite cowing her but certainly earning a certain amount of respect. Inwardly, Sada is not certain how to react here; on the one hand she seems to be out-fighting Ninon, and on the other hand it is remarkably close.
"I apologize," she says a moment later, remembering her manners perhaps. Her head tilts to the side and she continues, "But, we will have to have our conversation --" The kusari is held out to one side, whirled around and slung downwards -- /well clear/ of Ninon, meant only to make her jump!
At the same time which Sada draws one leg back and aims a savage kick at the durable corsetry on Ninon's chest. "-- after we've settled this!!"
COMBATSYS: Ninon dodges Sada's Heavy Kick.
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Sada 0/-------/=======|=======\=------\1 Ninon
And it came very near to working, too. Except Ninon doesn't leap over the chain at all. Instead, in a brief flash of reddish light, she simply is no longer there. She hasn't gone very far, however, as she appears directly behind Sada's bench perch. "I am beginning to grow tired of this game. Do disappear, will you?"
She raises both hands over her head and suddenly, the area explodes. A pillar of light blasts upwards, surrounding Ninon, and utterly destroying the bench. Sada will find herself no better treated if she doesn't have her wits about her.
COMBATSYS: Ninon successfully hits Sada with Silence of Mercurius.
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Sada 1/----===/=======|=------\-------\0 Ninon
"Ha!" Sada cries out at the disappearing, whirling around to the side. "I've seen that trick before, and y-"
Her eyes flick towards Ninon.
Then, explosions come. Sada is sent flying, landing right in front of the EGL boutique with her clothing smouldering. The chain lands near her with a rattle, coming to rest half-coiled around her legs. She twitches, once, lifting her head with apparent difficulty...
Actually, she's remaining still deliberately. Ninon's witchy senses may detect a ruse, but then, could a normal girl, even a crazy one with a chain with stuff on it, survive that much explosion?
COMBATSYS: Sada focuses on her next action.
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Sada 1/----===/=======|=------\-------\0 Ninon
Perhaps, perhaps not. But there's one way to easily find out! "Come now." Ninon approachess not the girl, but the trash-can she'd rebounded her chain from earlier. "Am I to expect you to be defeated so easily?" Loathe though she may be to touch something so beneath her, she grabs the can's loose lid. "Get up. I'm not done being entertained yet. Come on, don't waste my time, girl!" Like an olympic discus champ, she flings the can's lid at her fallen enemy. It's not a particularly vicious or dangerous attack, but it should be enough to prompt the girl into getting up. That is, of course, unless she really WAS that easy to defeat.
COMBATSYS: Sada slows Thrown Object from Ninon with Sling Whip.
- Power fail! -
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Sada 1/---====/=======|=------\-------\0 Ninon
Sada jerks the chain up suddenly! It arcs towards the trash can lid as it's flung towards her, banging it with a terrible metallic clank!
And managing to toss it up in the air so it falls on her from a slightly different angle. Sada grunts once, rising up towards her feet and brushing off her shoulders. "Hmf," she says, shaking her head once. "So, then... what IS your name?"
The question seems to throw the girl into another fit of rage. "You know enough to know my sister, but not me? You constantly seek to insult me, it seems. I see no reason to answer your question. If you care enough, you will be able to find out on your own. That is, of course, assuming you still care to once I am finished with you." Hoping not to give the girl a chance to gain the range advantage a second time, Ninon rushes torwards her adversary. Her attack isn't very flashy, but is performed in a style that proves her status as an EGL, as she rapidly closes the distance between the two and aims to jab Sada in the collarbone with her dainty little fingers. It'd hurt more then it sounds!
COMBATSYS: Sada counters Strong Punch from Ninon with Cut Trapped Grain.
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Sada 0/-------/---====|====---\-------\0 Ninon
"Nnnnnhhh-"
Sada's chain abruptly whips around and forwards, briefly wrapping around Ninon's dainty foreleg. While bound, the kama whips up again, slicing two quick slashes along the forearm that had been aimed right at Ms. Asai's collarbone with intent to brutally shatter!
After this, Sada ducks down and rolls aside, straightening up - and trying desperately to remember the girl's name. What was it?! Filet? No - it was LIKE Mignon! Ergh... Was this a plot by Yurika to kill her?!
What am I thinking, she corrects herself a moment after. Yurika's my friend! She'd never make a mistake deliberately. "You should be flattered..." she says, crossing her toes (her hands are occupied) that this will pique the loli's interest.
Ninon is having a hard time maintaining her superior attitude. As her arms are shredded, a wince, a simple little display of pain, touches her face. It's brief, but it's there. She's beginning to lose control of the situation and she knows it. That brief little flash is the only hint of this, however. Hiding her pain under a mask of arrogance, she doesn't immediantly charge back into battle. "Flattered?" She crosses her arms in front of her corset. "I fail to see how exactly you are 'flattering' me, nor why I should accept your flattery. Explain."
COMBATSYS: Ninon gains composure.
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Sada 0/-------/---====|===----\-------\0 Ninon
"Hm hm hmmmm," Sada laughs, or more properly chuckles, as she tilts her head forwards. Her eyes close for a moment -- as she desperately composes the story in her head.
Then she looks up, voice seeming more sonorous now. "My mission had been to destroy the one known as 'Mignon Beart'. It seems that we have, at least, our enemies in common..."
That's the name. Ninon! "You would be, then, the one named 'Ninon' Beart... please forgive my rudeness." She chuckles, in what is clearly fake and forced. "I believe there was a mistake in our observers. They will be punished for their errors!"
(No ice cream for Momo this week.)
COMBATSYS: Sada takes no action.
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Sada 0/-------/---====|===----\-------\0 Ninon
Judging by the look on her face, Ninon doesn't entirely buy the story. And there's one good reason for it, too.
"While I approve of her being assaulted, I fail to see why. She is no threat to anyone. She is nothing but a bothersome child who can do no one any good, least of all herself. Crushing her utterly, while probably amusing, is pointless. It would be like stepping on an ant. Your explanation is not to my standards. Tell me, why would you even care enough to go after her?" She neither confirms nor denies if she is indeed Ninon, though her familiarlity with Mignon is proof enough.
COMBATSYS: Ninon takes no action.
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Sada 0/-------/---====|===----\-------\0 Ninon
"Hm hm hmmmmm," Sada kind-of-laughs again with a slight shake of her head. "It's true," she says, "that she isn't a threat, in her own self, and at the present time, to anyone except a supply of box lunches."
She extends the kama, pointing towards Ninon. "But," she says, "her words might taint the youth of Japan. By forcing them... onto a path that leads them away from a true understanding of nature, and embracing Western ideals out of disgust at the very idea of a spiritual understanding..."
She brushes back a lock of her hair, with a little sigh of disgust. "As you can see, she might... pose a threat, if only by the sheer magnitude of failure and disgust within her."
COMBATSYS: Sada takes no action.
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Sada 0/-------/---====|===----\-------\0 Ninon
"You are aware...." Ninon smiles just a little bit here. "...that we are FROM the west, right? Or did your researchers also forget that? It seems you really should have them beaten. Regardless, I could care less about your concept of 'spiritual understanding'. Mignon is annoying, and I hate her. I hate having her talk to me, I hate having her be around me, I hate having her affiliated with me in any way, shape, or form." She twirls about, her back to Sada. "I am no longer amused by you. Unless you have something more interesting to speak about, do not waste any more of my precious time. I have ways I would rather spend it then listening to the likes of you." She does not yet, however, start to move away.
COMBATSYS: Ninon takes no action.
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Sada 0/-------/---====|===----\-------\0 Ninon
"But you are in our country," Sada points out, although she makes a mental note to smack Momo about this later.
She then feels her eyebrow twitch at the sight of the girl turning around. She knows it for what it is! She's doing this to try and make her feel bad - angry - furious - violent. It's probably a trap! But being called in that way - and so brazenly and openly!
She realizes it's a bad idea while she's in the process of taking the bait. "Hey!" she shouts, pointing with the kama again. "Don't turn your back on me when I'm trying to be your friend! Arrogant bitch..."
She snaps the kusari forwards, using it as a weighted whip to try to grab Ninon's feet out from under her! Of course, this didn't work so well the first time, but clearly now that Sada is both bruised and angry, it will work perfectly.
COMBATSYS: Sada successfully hits Ninon with Tangle Whip.
- Power hit! -
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Sada 0/-------/---====|======-\-------\0 Ninon
It could be a trap! Or it could just be Ninon being arrogant and cocky. Either way, it seems that if it was a trap it was a poorly prepared one as the girl is dragged off her feet by the chain lash. She doesn't stay down long, however, rising with a spin and an annoyed look on her face. "You do not know when to quit, do you? I told you I no longer found you interesting. Shouldn't you be leaving now?" Arrogant even in defeat, she raises both hands in front of her, and the air itself seems to catch on fire. And of course it's headed for Sada. This is a diversion more then anything more. She would never admit to it, but she's found herself outmatched. "We shall finish this another time, Japanese girl." The 'witch's' voice can be heard over her flames, and through the heat haze, her form can be seen retreating. She isn't going to be killed by some foolish street thug! Sada will be made to pay, but she will be made to pay when Ninon has fewer bruises and open cuts.
COMBATSYS: Ninon can no longer fight.
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COMBATSYS: Sada endures Ninon's Salamander's Embrace.
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"I don't care what you find -"
FWOOM.
Sada's kusarigama is raised up to guard her face and most of her midsection, the flames licking at and (ew!) singing her hair as she's forced to stand there, shuddering for a moment, at the raw and undeniable sensation of the flames.
She twitches once, then relaxes as she lifts her head up, blinking several times. By now, Ninon has retreated into the crowds of the mall, and Sada is not acute enough to catch her.
"Hmf," she says finally, looking over at the destroyed bench and then moving back down (coincidentally enough, in the other direction). "Not as bad as I'd thought..."
COMBATSYS: Sada has ended the fight here.
Log created on 01:12:36 07/22/2007 by Sada, and last modified on 06:07:32 07/22/2007.