Description: OR: Trucks are Heavy. Episode 1: A shopping trip goes sour for the Psycho Soldier when Katana's goons crush her new shoes. Athena fights back with truth, justice and love! Katana promptly fights back by hitting her with a truck. In the end, love conquers all when Athena stabs him in the face with enough psycho power to light up Hong Kong on New Years.
Something in Toronto isn't right. There's something just .. odd about this Semi-truck, the monstrous size of the thing one thing, the painting another. And it's tourist season in Toronto, or at least, it's beginning to peter off. But that still means tourists. And that still means alot of chances to get things, from mugging and other sorts of very bad things. Which, well, the Mad Gear Gang is more than happy to partake in. And this means very bad things.
A light sheet of snow is on the ground of Toronto, Fall approaching, but at the same time, snow not completely uncommon for Canada. The truck has to take care of what it's doing. The driver, at least, has this ceremonial task of driving through snow and not causing the other half of the gang to get sick. It is hard, but, the honor will be enough of a reward!
The small street suddenly gets smaller. The Semi-Truck turns itself across the middle of the lanes. Right in the heart of Tourist Central, the Mad Gear Gang truck sets up shop, the door on the front opening .. and out come the gang members.
Some slide as soon as their feet hit the snowy ground. The women, particularily fond of wearing little, shiver rather often. But they wear less, just the same. Perhaps they even become a sight to see themselves in this tourist central. But with the truck there, there won't be any way of getting in, out, or about.
And that's just the important thing.
Katana himself swings onto the top of the Truck, overlooking the vast tourist wealth, who the gang members are beginning to prey upon.
"Yes, Mad Gear Gang, show them not even in the far icy reaches of Canada they are sa-!" He shudders, patting himself. "Kobunnoooooo. It's coooold here, ohnaaaaiii.. Boko tse." He raises a single jitte to the air. It nearly numbs the flesh it touches. He fumbles it into the armor... which is also cold. "MAKE IT QUICK!" Ohhh. What he would not give for some hot sake!
It had been a nice day. A pleasant day, even, for Athena. A breif day of respite from her duties to go shopping. /Shopping!/ For /herself!/ A day where she didn't have to dress in those ridiculous frilly outfits or parade about like some kind of crazy moppet! But no, some man in armor had to ruin it.
And she was going to just call the police. After all, they're only thugs. But then one of them had the nerve. The audacity. The /indolence!/ to step on her Saks bag with cleated shoes, punching holes in a perfectly darling red and black dress, as well and break her matching set of pumps.
A moment of silence is had for the lost apparel, and Athena's lower lip trembles. Eyes well with tears, and she closes them. A single sparkling drop from her eyelashes splash to the ground.
"I... they..." She whispers quietly. "Those were..."
A flash of light.
A brilliant blaze in the center of the tourist center is what catches the eye at first. The bright purple burst of energy expands, swirling power blinding gang members and bowling them over as they make their mad rush through the streets.
"THOSE WERE ON SALE!"
With a powerful rush of energy, Athean rises into the air, arms over her head as a purple disc of power bursts froth from her body, morphing her street wear into her combat outfit. The shirt chinese minidress, high boots, and hairbuns KOF 2000 outfit flares to to life as she lands atop a car, and point, her finger seeking the accusation of Katana furiousl, purple eyes burning with the desire for retribution. "Evil villain that tramples the streets with your foul stench of crime!" She changes poses again, arms smoothly changing thier position so that she holds both hands up with palms open. "Horrible monster that preys on the weak and innocent!" Hands swivled, as she spreads her feet, one hand on her hip, the other held so that splayed fingers are across her face. "Miserable BASTARD to destroyed MY SHOES."
"In the name of /JUSTICE/, I shall punish thee!"
COMBATSYS: Athena has started a fight here.
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COMBATSYS: Katana has joined the fight here.
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Athena 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Katana
All is going well! Some girl getting her stuff stamped over, some old ladies having their purses stolen, and some guy forking over the drugs that were allowed in Toronto! All is well, and ESPECIALLY well for the Mad Gear Gang! Nothing could go wrong! Katana opens his mouth. He breathes in. Words are formed at the tip of his mouth, within the ceremonial mask.
And then the SKY EXPLODES. "SPIRITS WHAT IS GOING ON?!" Katana asks of the world, as a bright purple burst of energy washes past him, the truck, and some thugs in the way. It's not expected. It's not even really a good sign. But what Katana sees causes his eyes in the mask to go wide. What he sees.. is .. SOME MIXTURE OF SAILOR MOON, SAILOR MERCURY, AND A SUSHI WAITRESS. Someone .. who will understand his plight! "KONICHIWAAAAAAAAAAA~!" Katana speaks up, waving the jitte in the air. "Bono no kam awaiiiii, chung chaaaaa. Dono ko?" He communicates with the Japanese woman, or at least what he thinks is how you communicate.
Then the woman flies into the air, her outfit changes, and even... even the warning. Such a rush! He must have met one of the true Japanese heroes.. and to think, In Canada!
But she wishes .. to punish him!? And he's a monster, and a BASTARD.... He destroyed her shoes? Oh hell. "Someone destroyed this woman's shoes." Katana says to himself, blindly. "Whoever did and is listening, Gang, you are waxing the Truck." But Katana does not pull away from challenges. "Then, with the defeat of your shoes, I claim victory! And now I will claim victory over you, Sailor Japan-woman! LET THE JAPANESE SPIRIT OF US COMBINE INTO THIS FIGHT~! HAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!"
And then he leaps upwards into the air.. and goes to tries and slam the woman into the ground after grabbing her, and take Athena STRAIGHT TO THE CURB. That's how it goes! At least, how Katana imagines it would go. But he would have LONG GOLDEN LOCKS THE SIZE OF HIM. And an AURA OF POWER. And a FREAKING HUGE SWORD.
But he is yet better.. A SAMURAI!
COMBATSYS: Athena dodges Katana's Daimyo Throw.
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Athena 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Katana
What gibberish is this guy spouting? Athena starts slightly at she sheer force of /WHAT THE HECK/ this guy seems to have. Confusion furrows the young woman's brow, and her hands drop rather undramatically to her sides as she watches Katana charge like a severely humongous Samurai.
Seriously. This guy is like seven feet tall.
As his rising shadow looms over her, Athena looks up, jaw dropped in disbeleif. He didn't look this gigantic when he was standing on the truck!
"TELEPORT!" Raising a hand in the air one microsecond before the graps reaches her. Her body shines with the light of ethereal purity as she warps forward, her psychic energies pulling against reality to cause her to phase back into existance behind Katana. "Claim victory on my /shoes/? What the heck is wrong with you, pal?" Then it hits her. This guy is an Otaku. An... American Japanese-Otaku.
Shuddering slightly at the creepiness of the concept, Athena's arms whip back, her hands already flaring with bright pink energy. "You want some Japanese spirit! Well, I got some Japanese spirit right here!" With a tight grin, her hands whip forward, launching a powerful blast of psychic power from cupped hands.
"PSYCHO SHOOT!"
COMBATSYS: Katana dodges Athena's Psycho Shoot.
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Athena 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Katana
Katana is like some kind of Samurai with a football jersey stuck together with armor all over and a ninja weapon of Jitte. None of it really meshes, but in the end, it works for him. And in the end, isn't the large football player like Samurai really just doing what he enjoys? Even if he is huge?
Perhaps!
Either way, the gigantic Samurai is charging towards Athena.. and grabs for EMPTY AIR. Landing on one foot, and hopping, Katana spins around when he hears the sound of the woman's lovely voice! Such a pure sound of a Japanese woman~. Especially her clothes. The bright pink energy swarms before she sends it straight towards Katana. And Katana.. he's so happy. "Your Japanese spirit is strong, much like you, Lady of Japan!" The powerful blast of psychic power is bounded over, Katana moving far quicker than he ever should. "But I will not let such a fight go to waste for you! I will show you my strength! As you have shown me yours!" Ewwwwwww.
But bounding over that ball, Katana is already holding the jitte back.. but it doesn't look like he's planning for that, instead, plans on kicking off the ground.. and then kicking Athena! "We are but one race, of power! KO KO DOOO NAAAEEEEE!" His gigantic sandaled, but armored, leg flies towards Athena! Aiming for her body in general!
COMBATSYS: Athena dodges Katana's Light Kick.
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Athena 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Katana
Strangeness aside, Athena's eyes narrow. Hmm. It would seem that thig guy's not a regular pushover. No, he's obviously a fighter of some kind. The strange getup should have been her first indication, but she likes to give people the benefit of the doubt that they're just regular crazies instead of full blow combat loonies.
In that case..."
"I won't hold back then! Ganbatte ne!"
The foot shoots towards her with considerable speed, but Athena's not slow enough for it to connect. She leaps backward, flipping once on her hands, then pushing off the ground to launch herself into the air.
Power explodes around her form as she tucks herself into a ball, rolling up into the sky at a considerable height. The young girl begins to spin rapidly, whirling brightly like a medicine ball of psycho-powered pain.
But wait! She doesn't come crashing back down on him, like she usually does! No, she unraps herself at the last minute, firing off a burst of power from her fingertips once again as she lands on top of the Mad Gear truck! "Psycho Ball!
COMBATSYS: Katana dodges Athena's Psycho Ball.
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Athena 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Katana
Well. Katana might sort of be a full blow combat loony. But he has Mad Gear Gang at his heart, and ... is also a Japanophile. Too bad for Athena, at least! "Give it everything you have, so we may fight with everything!" As Athena leaps backwards, flipping on her hands and launching into the air, Katana looks as the power explodes outwards, launching a medicine ball of psycho power, and her, down towards Katana...
But then unraps herself, a burst of power from her fingertips as it bowls towards Katana.. but today, she gets a gutterball!
In feats of either skill or just plain blind luck, Katana charges this as well, kicking off the ground, slipping on the sidewalk, and sliding under the medicine ball before he touches the tire of the truck, Katana kicks off of it, launching himself up onto the hood as he takes out his jitte again. "JITTE- MEDIUM STRIKE!" He cries out, before thrusting himself and his jitte up towards the dodgy, Psycho weilding Japanese warriorette!
"While your strength is true, and strong, mine is more truer and stronger!" His dashing slash punctuates his words!
COMBATSYS: Athena dodges Katana's Medium Strike.
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Athena 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Katana
Rusty, rusty, rusty! Master Chin told her to spend more time practicing! How is she missing such a big, ungainly target? Athena doesn't have time to think about the question any further before a thrusting weapon shoots for her face. While it may be a 'medium' attack to Katana, Athena's head is about abdomen height to the man, meaning the weapon would go stright into her /face/.
Dropping down into a crouch, Athena's getting a little worried. If he takes a hit even half as well as he voids them, she's in severe trouble!
Drastic times call for drastic measures. Using her own psionic powers to increase her normally average strength, she wraps her arms around the bigger man's waist. "HNK!" Is the shork grunt as she bursts off a short blast of psi energy not to blast the man, but to help her lift him off the ground so that she can fling him away from her and toss him off the truck.
"Well, here's half of what I got! Take this!"
COMBATSYS: Katana fails to counter Strong Throw from Athena with Shiraha Catch.
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Athena 0/-------/------=|====---\-------\0 Katana
As Athena coats her psycho energy over her arms, grabbing the man and flinging him away, he tried to grip the woman's arm, to toss her off and away! But such things do not actually happen! Though he tried, things did not go the Shogun's way, and he's not only flung far, he's flung hella far, psycho energy causing him to go slightly farther than he ever should!
Landing on the ground, slamming into it more like it in the concrete, Katana pulls himself back up. Such a strike.. it was rather strong, and he was harmed to a point that it was not so easy. Not anymore. But he was hardly defeated! Not just yet!
Jitte spinning in his hands, he laughs a bit! "Now that's the strength I was expecting from the Japanese, much like me! This will certainly be interesting! Hahahaha! Come at me again!" He holds the jitte again. "Or I'll come for you!"
Alright then. He asked for it!
Athena leaps into the air, keeping her arms and legs straight and down as she whips through the air with a twirl. "You'd better call back your thugs before I'm forced to administer a spanking to you in public, armor butt!" Boots tap lightly on the ground behind Katana, and she stablizes her battle stance.
With a deft motion, Athena's hand is already crabbing the back of Katana's heavy armored padding. It's not hard to find some kind of handhold, since he's practically covered with all manner of armor with easy to grip surfaces!
Then comes a sensation. Invisible crawling power seems to wrap ahold of the man. "Here we go! Get ready!"
"Super Psychic Throw!"
And with a quick motion, Athena turns around, piroutte-ing once, twice, three times as she gains momentum, and then tries to /hurl/ Katana clear up into the air. If this were an anime, he'd probably disappear into the sky with a twinkling light, if it connects!
COMBATSYS: Katana fails to interrupt Super Psychic Throw from Athena with Tengu Walking.
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Athena 0/-------/---====|=======\===----\1 Katana
As Athena leaps into the air, and Athena grabbing the back of Katana's heavy armored padding, he begins to try to move. He squirms. And as the power wraps ahold of the man, Katana still keeps trying to move. As he's gaining momentum, he's also trying to break free. But to no avail!
Up.. up UP into the sky, Katana flies, energy surrounding him.. ENERGY!? The chi burns, and as he twinkles upwards, Katana disappears. "MAD GEAR GANG, UP UP AND AW-.. I'm FALLLLIIIIIINNNG!" He, ate least, tries to strike her with the jitte on the way down!
Instead, Katana slams them into the cement, as well as his helmet. He stops, straight, before collapsing.. and then forcing himself back to his feet. "I'm .. still okay... For ... JAPAN ... we fighting ... waiiii... desu no kun chaaaaaan. Oni chaaaaan? Are you there?"
She knocked the not stupid of him apparently.
Athena stands over Katana, hands on her hips, face set in a very stern expression. Bright purple eyes stare at him as if she could somehow see him through his armor. "Alright, pal. Call back your good squand and tell them to return the stuff they stole, and now!" Her finger points accusingly at him.
"I'm not going to sit here and lecture you all darn day about how terrible you're being!" The finger wags a few times, "But, um... robbing and stealing and driving around in a truck isn't the Japanese way! I should know!" A hand in placed on her chest.
"See, the Japanese way is now in consumer electronics and automobile sales, so if you /really/ want to be Japanese, you'll start wearing a suit and a tie, and get a respectable job so you can provide for a family!" Eyes narrow as she poses dramatically, pointing into the air as her eyes gaze into the distance.
"If you wish to be Japanese, then you shall listen to my pleas!"
COMBATSYS: Athena gains composure.
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Athena 0/-------/-----==|=======\===----\1 Katana
As Katana lays on the ground, he's out of it .. he feels himself slipping. But Katana is sometimes a crafty one, as she talks about how things are different for the Japanese way. She talks about consumer sales. About shirts, ties, respectable jobs. Listening to her pleas ... will Katana?! Will the Shogun .. be bested through logic!?
"Tell me more of this." Katana says, tiredly, standing still. She points into the air. But it looks like Katana .. is still on guard? Perhaps he feels that it's a mistake.. Perhaps he feels that things.. that she is tricking him! Either way. He still seems at odds.
"Is it .. not really? The way of the Samurai.. the Shogun and through such acts to regain the Mad Gear Gang's glory.. could it all be for not?" Katana seems lost in thought. Something is catching his attention, at least, it is holding it. And it seems to be Athena. "Tell me then. More of this." Katana asks of her.
"Even if I am Japanese, your thinking intrigues me! I must hear more!" Maybe she won him over!
Katana's weapons are put to the sides.
COMBATSYS: Katana focuses on his next action.
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Athena 0/-------/-----==|=======\===----\1 Katana
Well, now that she's been called out on the question, Athena really doesn't have much more than that. She scratches her head thoughtfully. "Well, I'm not really sure. But I do know that there's not a whole lot of samurai around, and a lot of car salesmen, so odds are the Samurai did something wrong."
"Look, just give the stuff back and stay here so that the police will arrest you."
She folds her arms across her chest, and shifts her weight to one foot. "Or else I'll punch you in the face until you're laying on the ground, grabbing your face going 'Oh no, a pop star punched me in the face!' Because so help me, I'll punch you in the face."
COMBATSYS: Athena takes no action.
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Athena 0/-------/-----==|=======\===----\1 Katana
Katana's plan is working perfectly. And as Athena goes on, thinking about what the answer was to whatever question is asked.. Katana was stalling for something. "Hah. The Samurai did nothing wrong! Perhaps it was the only thing right about their actions! And Mad Gear will return nothing! The Japanese are a proud race, and would never fall to such a thing as surrender! They would do all their actions to succeed! And they would use everything.. and your punches, while strong, are nothing compared to what I can do to you!"
"Prepare... FOR THE MIGHT OF JAPAN!" Katana gets in his stance, Jitte ready and everything, before he advances on Athena.
3.... 2....1..
From behind Athena, that truck she was ignoring, has started up. It has backed up as well, the semi not coming installed with the backwards beeping, actually having it removed. And then .. well. The Semi kept going while Katana had stalled.
Athena, so focused on Katana, may not notice until too late that there is something very wrong. Perhaps it would be the sounds of air moving quickly. Perhaps it would be the feeling of something causing the ground to rumble.
OR it could be the AWESOME HORN that was installed on the Mad Gear Gang Truck, WHICH IS BARRELING RIGHT FOR ATHENA.
No seriously.
COMBATSYS: Katana successfully hits Athena with Run Your Ass Over.
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Athena 0/-------/-======|==-----\-------\0 Katana
Athena turns around.
There is a truck.
And she gets hit dead on by it.
Words do not describe the anger in her eyes right before she gets embedded into the grill of the massive tractor trailer.
The damage is intense, but not the worst she's ever encountered. A good moment is needed for her to figure out exactly how she's going to get out of this. Glowing hands pull apart the front of the truck, psi induced strength and a grim look in her eyes voicing her anger more than her words could, really.
With the howl and screech of metal and the spray of super hot grease, oil, and gasoline, Athena reaches in, and leaps back.
With the engine block of Katana's truck grasped firmly in both her hands, the fan still spinning wildly.
Her eyes focus on Katana, bruises on her arms and face already showing up on her fair skin.
"You, little mister, are so, so going to regret what you just did."
And with that, she runs forward, and tries to crush Katana with an engine black bigger than she is.
COMBATSYS: Katana counters Random Weapon from Athena with Shiraha Catch.
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Athena 0/-------/=======|===----\-------\0 Katana
As Athena gets hit dead on, Katana brushes his hands off. Well, that's all he needed to do! And all is well. He'll just pry the girl off of the front and .. he hears something being ripped apart. And then, there's an engine block, that was once in his truck, NOT IN HIS TRUCK. AND ATHENA IS CARRYING IT.
She even tells him he'll regret it.. but in truth, Katana sees the ripped apart truck.. and just can't contain himself. "You ... THE MAD GEAR GANG TRUCK! .. YOU WRECKED .. my TRUCK!" The Shogun leader of Mad Gear will NOT LET HER FILTHY HANDS TAINT HIS MACHINE ANY LONGER.
As she tries to crush him under it, he catches it, but his strength, and speed, in this instance are enough to over power her. His hands catch the burning engine, still hot, and he still pushes forwards, slamming it forth and shaking Athena off of it, dragging her onto the ground with it as he rushes to try and put it back, or move it closer to the truck's mangled front.
"And you will regret what you did as well! JAAA-HAKK-IRI!"
And Athena is smushed under the weight of the engine block. Way to go, Athena. Some superhero you are.
There's still no time to waste. It turns out that this, like most supervillains, can't be trusted. Blasting the engine block off her body with a burst of psychic energy, the warrior or truth and love finds herself staggering to her feet most ungracefully.
"Summoned by heaven! By Earth! And by the loss of /really cute shoes/, I AM ATHENA! I AM THE PSYCHIC SWORD THAT CLEAVES EVIL!"
Twirling about for another costume change, the damaged and grease covered outfit disappears in a burst of light to be replaced by her KOF 99 outfit of shorts and hoodie. And then a psychic blade flares to life from her hand.
And then, she tries to stab him in the face with it.
COMBATSYS: Katana fails to interrupt Psycho Sword from Athena with Daikyou Burning.
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COMBATSYS: Katana can no longer fight.
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There is only so much that Katana is capable of, and here is where his actions, and attempts, fail him! As she cries out for her victory, Katana charges, jitte's reaching out .. but no. He charges right into the psychic blade .. but his don't make it. The Ceremonial mask, however, while wounded, does not break off. It would need repairs, but perhaps the face under it, covered in blood, won't really be all that happy either.
Staggering backwards, Katana cries out. "So .. it is you who are truly stronger.. you have earned.. the victory! Such strength... we are the best!" Why does he say 'we' anyways, when clearly he doesn't really mean .. yes, he does mean Athena and him are 'the same'.
At this point, Katana finally staggers back and collapses onto the ground.
The Mad Gear Gang look at the truck. At Katana.. shove him into that truck, and then begin to PUSH FOR ALL THEY ARE GOOD FOR. The truck, oddly enough, actually begins to roll. And while rolling slowly, it is certainly MOVING.
REVENGE FOR THE SHOES ... is complete.
Sure, the /shoes/ are avenged. But what about /justice/? Athena's got a strong sense of that as well, and it's not about to be denied just because she beat up Katana. Oh no. Heavens no. No a thousand times.
Her delicate jaw sets with righteous fury, and purple eyes narrow once more.
"And where," she asks as she teleports behind the group of Mad Gear gangsters, "Do you think you're going?"
Bodies fly in all directions as Athena begins to utterly thrash the low ranking horde, 'ninja weaponry' clattering to the floor and football pattind shattering under petite fists.
When the scene of carnage is over, Athena stands upon a six foot mound of unconcious bodies, huffing, puffing, her clothes in disarray... but victorious!
But to what end, Athena? WHAT END?
Especially because now /she/ has to take them to the mounted police on her own. Faced with the daunting task of filling the broken truck with Mad Gear gangsters, she does so... and then stares up at the ruined tractor trailer.
With a grunt, Athena starts to pull the truck down a busy thoroughfare.
Being a superhero. Times are tough.
Log created on 22:42:15 08/31/2007 by Athena, and last modified on 07:47:39 09/01/2007.