Description: [Sada vs Eva vs Ichiro] This is the trash compactor hold of the Suiryuu. Some started out on the top rankings of Jinchuu, with the easiest assignments. Now, regardless of your former station, all are on the bottom. There is only one rule: Only when there is one person conscious will the compactor doors be opened. [Winner: Eva]
For a while, it seemed like Eva's trick on how to get on the ship worked. Aranha 'won', in a sense, yes, but after seeing the ship and meeting with Arika, Eva cared more about getting on the ship in order to help her friend investigate rather than play hard with Aranha in a battle that she could either lose or force Aranha to lose as well.
Aranha. Is he here too?
Waking up in this dump after suddenly finding a wet cloth pressed against her nose, Eva gags at the putrid smell as she comes to, covering her nose as she surveys the surroundings about her. "Is anybody there?!" Eva's panicked voice rings out. "Please, answer me."
It's not too long after that that the very ceiling above glows a bright blue, the light outlining a single kanji symbol: 'Judgement'. An unidentifable voice then booms over the sealed belly of the Suiryuu with these simply stated words: "Some of you started out on the top rankings of Jinchuu, with the easiest assignments. Now, regardless of your former station, you are on the bottom. There is only one rule: Only when there is one man conscious will you be let out of the compactor. You will fight your way free." ^t ^t ^y Simple enough, perhaps, but a muted turning of gears prove that this match will not be one person another another, but also, against time itself.
Simple enough, perhaps, but a muted turning of gears prove that this match will not be one person another another, but also, against time itself.
Anesthetic's always sort of jump-inducing, and when Sada wakes up in the stinkiest locker room in the world, she takes a moment to place where she is. She had been going back in from the cramped little 'gym' to get her kusarigama in order to head up on deck and -
The voice. She looks up at the ceiling to see that character, and her eyes go wide. She thinks of many things quickly; fury, indignation, disdain, a moment of squirming terror over whether or not they intend to actually crush them once the gears start...
But perhaps this is meant to scrape through to the nature at the core of your being. Sada's voice echoes through the near-darkness as she says two words in a firm, almost friendly tone, accompanied by some splashing towards Eva's voice.
"Hold still."
Jolting awake as he hears voices echoing from the group's newfound dank prison, Ichiro Oe shifts on the pile of garbage that had been his makeshift bed for who knows how long. Rubbing his eyes as he squints in the darkness, the Captain of the Lacrosse team attempts to attach faces to the brief voices emanating from the darkness even as he struggles to acclimate himself to the revolting stench permeating the air around him.
The last thing the young man remembers is bouncing one of his rubber lacrosse balls against the wall of his cabin that he shares with Sada in a vain attempt to keep himself from going totally stir crazy. As large as this odd ship is, it just doesn't have the open space he requires to work on his lacrosse moves, and it's driving him nuts. A small smirk rises to his lips as the kanji symbol for judgment lights up the ceiling and the mysterious voice addresses them. At least things just got a lot less boring, he thinks.
Looking around in the cool blue light, Ichiro isn't very surprised to notice Sada's presence; after all, they've been thrust upon each other since they both set foot upon this vessel. He doesn't recognize the other girl though. What are those ninjas up to? His eyes drifting from the other unfortunate fighters, the kid's face lights up as he spots his lacrosse stick, more properly known as a 'crosse', floating amongst the foul water that lines the bottom of the hellish compactor. Gritting his teeth as he slowly slides down the pile of junk, Ichiro smoothly navigates his way towards his beloved instrument, intent on readying himself before the two girls take full notice of his presence.
"This is..... this is.... what do they think they'll accomplish with this?! By fighting each other, how do we know they'll even bother to pick us out of here?" Eva teeters unsteadily on the hill of garbage, looking warily at the approaching voice. "It doesn't make sense..." Eva's eyes, underneath the influence of the lighting from above, appear almost neon blue as she settles her gaze on the approaching Sada.
... And then recongizes her. ".... I remember you..." Eva blinks. "Sada, correct?" It doesn't mean she'll trust her; they were just in one fight together. "Why did they put you in here? What did you do?" Ah, poor Eva, ready to make with the questions when most would be charging headlong into battle. She narrows her eyes sharply. "To be forced to fight.... how despicable. It's like they are encouraging needless violence. That's not adversity, in my mind."
Sada is already rationalizing her decision in favor of brutality. This is quicker, she reasons. If I knock her dumb face out NOW, we can get out of here before it squashes us down. And she won't have to smell the garbage or be grossed out any further, she continues in her mind as her sneaker-clad feet squelch steadily.
She can't track Ichiro; she isn't even aware of his presence. She certainly can't feel his fighting spirit, though she may have good reflexes if he attempts to dash in. She squashes closer, turning her head to look up towards Eva from beneath.
"That's an interesting way to look at it," she says, spinning the kusarigama at her side once with a loose rattle, "but -"
She hurls the weighted end forwards, but it's a feint as she dashes up the hill at a low angle. She reaches down with the (sadly wooden) kama's blade to try to hook under Eva's ankle. From THERE she aims to pull up abruptly, hard, and past the normal range of motion for that hip joint. If she passes out in agony, Sada rationalizes, we get out of here. And besides...
"I intend to win!"
COMBATSYS: Sada has started a fight here.
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COMBATSYS: Eva has joined the fight here.
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Snatching up the crosse in his right hand Ichiro pokes around the trash near it in an attempt to find one of his rubber lacrosse balls, or maybe his normal protective gear. No dice. Shaking his head briskly in disappointment, the star athlete crouches slightly and turns his attention on another pile of garbage, this one higher than the first and able to give him a better vantage point... that is, until the ceiling creeps down farther, but he doesn't have to worry about that just yet. Lunging for the side of the pile, young Oe quickly scampers up the side, scarcely making a sound as he deftly scales the mini mountain.
"No lacrosse balls," he whispers to himself as he snatches up a half rotten apple and hefts it a couple of times in his left hand. "...but this'll do." Tossing the fruit into the net of his lacrosse stick, Ichiro rests the crosse over his shoulder for now as he crouches on top of the pile and observes his opponents.
Sada he knows. She's cute, but... well. She seems a little crazier than most girls, which is saying something really. This other girl, well, she's pretty cute too, from what he can see. Short, somewhat curly hair... not bad... and she's pretty tall too! Looks like she's almost as tall as Ichiro. That's pretty intriguing...
"Gah. Get a hold of yourself Ichiro..." he whispers to himself, the sound echoing off of the enclosed walls of the compactor more loudly than one would first guess, though the sound of the machine's gears probably drowns it out. '...you have a fight to win! That's what you're here for!' he finishes in thought as his burning spirit begins to well up inside him. Now to wait a moment for the perfect time to strike. The roof is falling, but there's time yet. Ichiro is confident enough to know that he'll have plenty of time to finish the girls off before the ceiling is upon them. He hopes.
COMBATSYS: Ichiro has joined the fight here.
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COMBATSYS: Ichiro focuses on his next action.
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COMBATSYS: Eva dodges Sada's Fighting Like A Girl.
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Eva may seem dumb for not immediately jumping into the fray, but she's smart enough to keep her eyes on Sada before there's any hint of her charging in for the kill. And smart enough to stay on that hill. 'I got the high ground!' and all that jazz, even if it really isn't high and it's composed of loose refuse. Nonetheless, the kama's blade hooks only into thin air as Eva leaps up towards Sada. ".... did you really think I would trust you?"
Blue chi that echoes the thrumming light of the glowing kanji above surge down Eva's arms as she hurtles in the air towards Sada like a stone. Or, perhaps more aptly, a battering ram. They want them to fight? Alright then. Let's go all out. If they want a fight, they shall have it.
COMBATSYS: Eva successfully hits Sada with Cerulean Bullet.
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The enormous force of Eva's inner energy bursts out as she slams forwards, hitting Sada squarely in the left breast and shoulder. She's shoved backwards, kicking at the slimy garbage as she tumbles back. She digs in with the kama to slow her descent down the heap of accreted filth and lands with a splash whose details are best left unremarked upon.
She lays there for a moment, twitching. Is it so easy? No; after a whispered curse that is probably unusually vivid, she sits upright and twists the kama around, flinging it boomerang style at Eva's /other/ leg, letting chain pull itself out of her hand before grasping it tightly and letting the sickle (hopefully!) wrap around her leg before it gets yanked out from beneath her!
They don't throw broken glass into this trash pit, do they? Well, only one way to find out, really. All of this petty girl-revenge is also keeping Sada from noticing Ichiro -- which may be to his benefit all too soon!
Hah! The action between the two girls really seems to be heating up! Grinning broadly as Ichiro seems to practically sizzle with fiery spirit, the Burning Lacrosse Captain just can't seem to sit idly by and miss out on all of the action any longer! Flipping the rotten apple up out of the pocket of his crosse, Ichiro eyes squint in consideration as he considers throwing the fruit. Nah. He's just too pumped to fight from afar! Snagging the apple with his lacrosse stick, Ichiro lightly twirls the crosse in his hands as he lunges forward and races down the side of the garbage pile. "Haaaaa!" he yells out as he throws himself at Sada, attempting to check her bodily from behind even as she attempts to snag Eva with that chain of hers.
COMBATSYS: Eva dodges Sada's Snare Whip.
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Ichiro 0/-------/-------|=------\-------\0 Eva
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When Eva's body hits Sada's shoulder and breast, she awkwardly propels herself off of her sliding opponent, managing to gain her footing as she lands atop a rusty thick steam pipe. Rusty it may be, but it provides better traction and a large enough surface for Eva to stage her next immediate plan of action. And that plan? Well, whatever it is, it better be formulated now, because Sada's already at it with a vicious reply to Eva's ramming attack.
Again, Eva dodges to the side, the force of the kama ushering air to brush by her leg as it passes. No words of discouragement or even encouragement, however, even if the latter was usually Eva's style if this were a straight match. But this is far from it, and the girl feels that anger well up inside her like a flood of notes from Kurow's flute. Just as savagely as Sada's own attack, Eva trudges over as fast as she can manage, whirling around in a high kick aimed straight for Sada's jaw.
COMBATSYS: Sada dodges Ichiro's Strong Punch.
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COMBATSYS: Eva successfully hits Sada with Medium Kick.
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The charging of Ichiro is somewhat dampened by him announcing his presence. Sada's head whirls to the side and she ducks down low as the young man goes flying by - "This is your fault, you drunk son of a bitch!" she shouts, brow furrowing as her lips draw back from her teeth! This fierce gaze is partly disrupted when Eva's foot comes and slams her in the side of the mouth, twisting her head to the side and making her stagger with a wet splash of her legs in the water (for lack of a better term).
"Ngh," she says, before screaming, "Asshole!!" and flinging the kama around in a short series of tight loops, slamming the resulting quasi-disk of whirling chain out towards Ichiro. It seems that Eva has earned far less of Sada's displeasure!
COMBATSYS: Ichiro interrupts Shinryukan Correction from Sada with Tripping.
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"Hey!" Ichiro gasps as his body check misses it's mark and he falls into the offal. Picking himself up out of the muck, the lacrosse captain seems more than a little displeased at the state of his best school uniform coat. "I'm not drunk!" he snaps back, irritated. "And that wasn't my fault!" Usually Ichiro is a lot more up beat, but being covered in garbage juice kind of dampens your mood.
Shaking off his crosse and assuming an athletic crouch as Sada begins to swing the chain in his direction, Oe sees her attack as an opportunity to close the distance. Throwing his off-hand arm over his face as he charges towards her, the young captain grunts slightly as the chain thumps against his deltoid, but he manages to lower his arm and grab onto the chain for a moment as he pushes forward through the garbage. "Haaah!" he yells as he releases the chain and dives past her, hooking his crosse between her legs as he lets his momentum pull one of them out from under her thereby slamming her onto the wet but no less jagged ground beneath them as he passes by.
"And you have a filthy mouth Ms. Asai. Honestly! You'll have trouble finding a proper husband speaking like that!" he chides in indignation after rolling up to his feet.
And so a new challenger has appeared, and he fortunately picked Sada as his debut target. And.... it appears these two know each other?
5t Well, at least now Eva has some idea of why the two are here. She *thinks* so, anyway. Anyway.
Eva could attack Sada while she's engaged with Ichiro, but, seeing as there are no sides to this conflict, Eva's opting to go after Ichiro instead, attempting to take advantage of Sada's attack by attempting to time hers right when he's at the peak of his distraction. Stripping off her coat as she rushes in at Ichiro from the side as Ichiro berates Sada, Eva attempts to hook the coat over the lacrosse player's head. If it connects, she'll use it to entangle him in place long enough for her to deliver a mighty kick into his abdomen.
The charging of Ichiro is somewhat dampened by him announcing his presence. Sada's head whirls to the side and she ducks down low as the young man goes flying by - "This is your fault, you drunk son of a bitch!" she shouts, brow furrowing as her lips draw back from her teeth! This fierce gaze is partly disrupted when Eva's foot comes and slams her in the side of the mouth, twisting her head to the side and making her stagger with a wet splash of her legs in the water (for lack of a better term).
"Ngh," she says, before screaming, "Asshole!!" and flinging the kama around in a short series of tight loops, slamming the resulting quasi-disk of whirling chain out towards Ichiro. It seems that Eva has earned far less of Sada's displeasure!
"Hey!" Ichiro gasps as his body check misses it's mark and he falls into the offal. Picking himself up out of the muck, the lacrosse captain seems more than a little displeased at the state of his best school uniform coat. "I'm not drunk!" he snaps back, irritated. "And that wasn't my fault!" Usually Ichiro is a lot more up beat, but being covered in garbage juice kind of dampens your mood.
Shaking off his crosse and assuming an athletic crouch as Sada begins to swing the chain in his direction, Oe sees her attack as an opportunity to close the distance. Throwing his off-hand arm over his face as he charges towards her, the young captain grunts slightly as the chain thumps against his deltoid, but he manages to lower his arm and grab onto the chain for a moment as he pushes forward through the garbage. "Haaah!" he yells as he releases the chain and dives past her, hooking his crosse between her legs as he lets his momentum pull one of them out from under her thereby slamming her onto the wet but no less jagged ground beneath them as he passes by.
"And you have a filthy mouth Ms. Asai. Honestly! You'll have trouble finding a proper husband speaking like that!" he chides in indignation after rolling up to his feet.
And so a new challenger has appeared, and he fortunately picked Sada as his debut target. And.... it appears these two know each other?
Well, at least now Eva has some idea of why the two are here. She *thinks* so, anyway. Anyway.
Eva could attack Sada while she's engaged with Ichiro, but, seeing as there are no sides to this conflict, Eva's opting to go after Ichiro instead, attempting to take advantage of Sada's attack by attempting to time hers right when he's at the peak of his distraction. Stripping off her coat as she rushes in at Ichiro from the side as Ichiro berates Sada, Eva attempts to hook the coat over the lacrosse player's head. If it connects, she'll use it to entangle him in place long enough for her to deliver a mighty kick into his abdomen.
Sada hits the ground with her leg out from beneath her. There is a somewhat unseemly splash and if Sada's clothing was not already ruined, it certainly is now. Only the thankful and blessed phenomenon of nasal overload is keeping her from vomiting; that, of course, and SHEER RAGE at ICHIRO'S VERY EXISTENCE.
She rises up again, taking a step back. "You're talking to me about /husbands/, /now/," she says, glaring blackly at Ichiro -- and he may not even be able to see it in the murk of the barely lit fighting "field". "All of you Taiyo bastards are full of smart remarks, aren't you?!" Thankfully, she doesn't leap back in; perhaps she's tired of falling over into garbage!
COMBATSYS: Sada gains composure.
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COMBATSYS: Ichiro blocks Eva's Black Hook.
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"Hey, I'm just looking out for you, roomie," he says with a wry smirk. "You're going to end up a lonely old spinster if you keep up such undesirable habits!" Spinning his crosse idly in his hands as Sada stares daggers at him, Ichiro suddenly pauses as the girl slanders his beloved highschool. "What?!" he sputters as his face begins to redden with anger. "How DARE you say su-mf mngfs frms!" he finishes as Eva's coat is suddenly thrown over his face, muffling his words.
Bending slightly at the waist, Ichiro tightens his abdominals and closes his arms in front of his body defensively to try and ward off any oncoming attacks. Grunting softly as Eva's kick slams into tightly corded muscle, the young captain quickly reaches up to try and untangle himself from the girl's garment. "I don't think we've met yet," Ichiro says as he manages to free himself. "I guess we'll have to save the introductions for later," he adds as he lunges through the foul liquid and attempts to introduce his knee to Eva's stomach instead.
COMBATSYS: Eva endures Ichiro's Light Kick.
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Well, Eva does want to keep her coat. So when Ichiro twists away from her before she's able to tug her jacket back, Eva grabs for it, taking the small kick that goes with it. Wincing but pulling through the impact quickly, the girl remarks, "... I'm afraid so; our time is limited." Of course, Ichiro may recongize the emblem on Eva's blazer (that is, if he managed to get a look at it before or after his eyesight was masked by it) as being that of Pacific High.
Whether or not it'll mean anything here, though, is yet to be seen. Eva, trying to time her attack at the very moment Ichiro gets distracted by Sada, raises her knee towards her shoulder and shoots it back out towards Ichiro's side in a simple but fierce piston kick.
"You go to school with scumbags like Tenma Kiryuu!" Sada accuses, pointing her kama towards the shadow that she's pretty sure is Ichiro with dire portent. "I'll talk about your school as much as I want because I'm in a trash compactor with a glowing word coming down on me!" Her arm shakes as her voice lifts, the resonant alto starting to echo with peculiar force. "Do you know what this is?! This is some revenge fantasy - Sadako - Saw shit, right here!! And it's all because you got smart instead of letting me BEAT YOUR ASS!"
Then Eva darts in. She takes a deep breath before shouting in her best cheering spirit - and is that a faint flash of light around her? No! It must be some kind of effect of the darkness and the quirky lighting - "Get him, white girl! Throw his ass down here so we can drown him in his own filth!"
COMBATSYS: Sada assists Eva.
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COMBATSYS: Ichiro fails to interrupt Strong Kick from Eva with Cross Check.
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"Huh?" Ichiro asks nobody in particular as Sada begins to cheer on their other opponent. "What's the matter Ms. Asai? Don't you feel like fighting anymore?" he asks even as Sada launches her kick at him. Gripping his crosse in both hands, Ichiro quickly turns to try and lunge towards Sada as he leg closes in, but his forward momentum just isn't enough to overcome the force of her piston kick. "Nhhhg..." the young man grunts as he's knocked backwards to land on his rear in the garbage.
Ichiro must have garbage juice in his eyes, 'cause he thought Eva was Sada for some reason.
'Get him, white girl'? If Eva had a moment to herself, she'd probably give Sada a nervous blink at this, but... wait, she's pretty much as white as one could get here, isn't she? "... Sada will get to me later," Eva says quietly, lowering her foot after that choice strike. "You just need to go down first." Then again, Eva would certainly like to win this, if only to ensure that both her opponents survive. She's not sure if Sada would, and Ichiro... well, let's just say Eva's not a gambler.
Again using the dark jacket that's tightly held in one hand, Eva leans in whip the jacket at Ichiro's face. If this disorientates him enough, he'll be unable to withstand the event that comes next as she whirls that fist around to make an actual punch.
Sada feels the hot blooded fury of her ancient ancestors roar up into her heart as Ichiro mocks her; she can see him well enough to find an outline, and so she strikes as best she knows how. Instead of cheering on Eva further - who probably won't appreciate it, being a gaijin - she twirls the kusari around again, once, to build up speed. /Then/ as Eva lunges in with a brutal fisting, she whips it forwards to try to play chain over Ichiro's upper body and yank him forwards, into the punch - or into the slippery garbage!
COMBATSYS: Eva successfully hits Ichiro with Sfumato Punch.
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COMBATSYS: Ichiro interrupts Rebound Whip from Sada with Cross Check.
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"If we'd have had time to be properly introduced you'd realize that my burning spirit will not let me quit!" Ichiro informs Eva passionately, standing his ground as she moves to attack him. Unfortunately, the jacket whipping him in his face distracts him just enough enable the girl to deliver a stiff punch through his defenses that sends him stumbling straight towards Sada!
Raising his crosse horizontally near his chest, Ichiro manages to brutally mash the crazy girl in the face with the metal shaft of his lacrosse stick, both the girl's chain and her punch glancing harmlessly off of the teen due to their close proximity.
Glancing up at the ceiling now that he doesn't have to worry about Sada for the moment, Ichiro looks over to Eva and shakes his head regretfully. "I'm sorry about Ms. Asai's words, miss," Ichiro apologizes "She seems to be obsessed with me. It's somewhat embarrassing," he offers with a somewhat bashful smile in the grim lighting of the trash compactor.
"... It seems to be the theme here with all of us present," is Eva's reply to Ichiro's own as she pulls back from her maneuver. "I wonder if it's meant or if it's merely coincidence." She *still* doesn't know exactly why they're down here with her, either. Perhaps, if she wins, she'll be able to figure it all out, and thus put together some more pieces of this strange puzzle.
But for now, it's time to keep her wits up and her fists bared. She doesn't say anything to Ichiro's comment, not daring to make any move that may set Sada's sights on her. Since the numbers are odd here, it's best to make sure you stay on someone's temporary good side until you have to face them. So, instead, she comes at Ichiro and hooks her foot around his legs, aiming her foot to hit at the level of his Achille's heel. If she's fast enough to make it succeed, he'll definitely be unable to counter with that nasty attack of us. At least, that's what Eva's hoping for, anyway.
"Your burning spirit can kiss my ass!" is Sada's reply to Ichiro, even though she wasn't being addressed - but that brutal strike sends her flying backwards once more with an audibly vocalized 'nghhh!' of pain. Something sounded wet in the impact itself; is she hurting more than the light lets on.
But she doesn't relent, either. She scuttles, almost, drawing the kusarigama up and ascending one of the smaller hills of filth and refuse that has accumulated... and she even crouches down, hesitating for a moment, before plunging her hand into /something/, searching, exploring...
She calls over her shoulder as she does so, mentally telling herself 'anything to win!', "So, why do YOU think you're here, white girl!?"
COMBATSYS: Sada focuses on her next action.
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COMBATSYS: Ichiro interrupts Medium Throw from Eva with Quick Throw.
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Frowning in thought as Eva poses the question about them being there, Ichiro shrugs his shoulders lightly and watches Eva's foot lash out towards his legs. "...yeah, now that you mention it..." he replies as he lashes out with his lacrosse stick which he hooks behind her own leg, the leg that is now supporting the entirety of her weight. "...this whole situation is pretty creepy..." he adds as he tips the girl off balance even as he tumbles to the ground himself. "...I guess I've been too caught up in the fight to really give it much thought so far," he finishes as he easily rolls to his feet, his coat and pants so thrashed and soaked with garbage that he doesn't really seem to pay the trash water much mind. "The ceiling looks about halfway down so far. These guys mean business I guess..."
"Ght!" The interceding throw on Ichiro's part still manages to catch Eva off guard. "... Guh..." Now *she's* full immersed in the horrible goo, for once. Still, slowly, Eva gets to her feet, eyes darting warily around her as she replies, "My opponent and I were forced to get aboard by skirting the boathouses and cranes on the dock. I would have been able to do it, but not as quickly as my opponent."
Eva suddenly dashes ahead to attempt a sort of two-punch combo, hitting one fist at Ichiro's cheek and following it with an uppercut. "It was either make him miss getting on the boat and us both losing, me losing, or us working together. I chose the last one. The tournament became less about winning and more about helping a friend who was on there." Whether or not he intersects her attack, Eva then asks, "What about you two?"
"Maybe they're punishing us for working together," Sada says nastily as she finds what she's looking for. She doesn't pull it out just yet, though, instead adjusting her posture.
"That's the pattern, if you can CALL it one," she continues. She's not stupid, at least. Venal, evil, wicked, and mean, yes! Stupid - no. "We all decided we were going to help someone else out, or try to be clever! They just want us to obey."
She draws it out - a skull. The skull, more pointedly, of a swordfish; it's ridiculous. The jagged toothy nose would make a horrible weapon. It would break, possibly leaving agonizing barbed toothy bits, if struck against tender warm flesh. And this is perhaps exactly why Sada lunges forwards, leaping up the hill to try and slam it down like a literal sword -- hoping her raw force can break through Ichiro's guard techniques before the bone breaks and shatters in her hand!
"I don't know about you guys," she shouts as she runs, "but I want to punish the asshole behind this -- and I can't do that if I lose!"
COMBATSYS: Ichiro Toughs Out Eva's Medium Punch!!
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COMBATSYS: Ichiro fails to interrupt Random Weapon from Sada with Cross Check.
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COMBATSYS: Thundercleese restarts a saved fight.
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Frowning in thought as Eva poses the question about them being there, Ichiro shrugs his shoulders lightly and watches Eva's foot lash out towards his legs. "...yeah, now that you mention it..." he replies as he lashes out with his lacrosse stick which he hooks behind her own leg, the leg that is now supporting the entirety of her weight. "...this whole situation is pretty creepy..." he adds as he tips the girl off balance even as he tumbles to the ground himself. "...I guess I've been too caught up in the fight to really give it much thought so far," he finishes as he easily rolls to his feet, his coat and pants so thrashed and soaked with garbage that he doesn't really seem to pay the trash water much mind. "The ceiling looks about halfway down so far. These guys mean business I guess..."
"Ght!" The interceding throw on Ichiro's part still manages to catch Eva off guard. "... Guh..." Now *she's* full immersed in the horrible goo, for once. Still, slowly, Eva gets to her feet, eyes darting warily around her as she replies, "My opponent and I were forced to get aboard by skirting the boathouses and cranes on the dock. I would have been able to do it, but not as quickly as my opponent."
Eva suddenly dashes ahead to attempt a sort of two-punch combo, hitting one fist at Ichiro's cheek and following it with an uppercut. "It was either make him miss getting on the boat and us both losing, me losing, or us working together. I chose the last one. The tournament became less about winning and more about helping a friend who was on there." Whether or not he intersects her attack, Eva then asks, "What about you two?"
"Maybe they're punishing us for working together," Sada says nastily as she finds what she's looking for. She doesn't pull it out just yet, though, instead adjusting her posture.
"That's the pattern, if you can CALL it one," she continues. She's not stupid, at least. Venal, evil, wicked, and mean, yes! Stupid - no. "We all decided we were going to help someone else out, or try to be clever! They just want us to obey."
She draws it out - a skull. The skull, more pointedly, of a swordfish; it's ridiculous. The jagged toothy nose would make a horrible weapon. It would break, possibly leaving agonizing barbed toothy bits, if struck against tender warm flesh. And this is perhaps exactly why Sada lunges forwards, leaping up the hill to try and slam it down like a literal sword -- hoping her raw force can break through Ichiro's guard techniques before the bone breaks and shatters in her hand!
"I don't know about you guys," she shouts as she runs, "but I want to punish the asshole behind this -- and I can't do that if I lose!"
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"...yeah, Ms. Asai and I were fighting and well..." Ichiro replies as Eva's punches fly towards his face. "...to make a long story short, I felt bad about ruining her clothes, so I decided to call off the fight and let her off the hook," he explains with a warm grin, his eyes shining brightly with an intensity that almost seems to verge on the edge of madness as Eva's punch combination smacks against the his cheek and jaw. "Heh heh," he simply chuckles, the blows barely even causing him to flinch. "Isn't that right Ms. Asai?" Ichiro asks, spinning on his heels as he hears her battle cry behind him. His eyes widening in shock momentarily at the sight of the sword fish skull, Oe quickly raises his cross in an attempt to drive the lacrosse stick through the ersatz sword and into Sada's head. Sadly for Ichiro, though, the skull blade proves more rugged than he though, and his crosse is batted away even as the bone bites into his shoulder. "Gaaah!" he cries out in surprise and pain as blood begins to seep though his torn school coat.
"So they punished all of us for choosing another route. That's totally against the premise they seemed to lay out...." That blue gaze of Eva's narrows. "But I don't think winning this fight will entitle us to getting any sort of revenge. Perhaps, when we get out of this, we can help each other get our disagreements aired. But, for now..."
Eva sweeps in on Ichiro's front like a hawk swooping in for an attack, those black leggings obscuring whatever gunk (or damage, for that matter) she might have recieved up to this point. Her foot glows a vivid blue as she leans her upper torso back and pivots on her bent left leg, attempting to slip an outstretched right leg behind the lacrosse player's legs in an effecient but souped up sweep. No stabby motions here; she'll try to get her win by blunt force alone. Whether she wins or not, they all will need to bounce back from this as soon as possible.
"We'll have to show them that we can fight when we feel it's neccessary."
"Hurry up while he's off balance!" Sada shouts in her deep, almost commanding voice as she seems to detect that faint hint of weakness in his actions and tone. The skull is thrown away and she whips the kama up, raising it above her head with a terrifying gleam in her eye. She ducks in further, forwards, as --
She can see Eva move. She aborts her current motion, tossing the kama up where it hooks into a niche between compactor plates, looping the rest of the chain around her arm and then diving down, aiming an elbow drop right at Ichiro's midsection. "HAAAAA!" she shouts, eyes bugging wide as she does this; she's hoping that the combined offensive will take the man down!
Also, elbow-dropping people is fun, she reasons.
COMBATSYS: Ichiro endures Eva's Pale Brush.
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COMBATSYS: Ichiro fails to interrupt Strong Punch from Sada with Savage Grapple.
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"Yeah, we'll worry about that later!" Ichiro replies as Eva's foot lashes out at him. "Right now I've got a fight to wi-" Ichiro is cut off by having his leg hooked out from under him and upending him into the much. "Nnnhh..." he groans as Sada shouts in her oddly deep voice and flies at him with a savage elbow drop. The faint blue light seems to become even fainter after Ichiro's body is punished by the elbow strike, or maybe his vision is just starting to go. Either way it's bad.
The thing is, all of them are fighting to win. However, in an odd way, Eva is beginning to feel better about the possibility of winning or losing now, in respect to her two opponents. They both seem to be the sort to not just leave a person in the rapidly shrinking room, so, for now, the girl will just focus on fighting hard instead of letting despair and fear of death creep into her thoughts.
And she still focuses on Ichiro, not wanting to earn the ire of Sada just yet. They can save that for the eventual showdown, once Eva manages to land a few more possible hits on Ichiro. Attempting to keep her attacks fast so that she can avoid having him surprise her, Eva goes in for a quick jab in the young man's kidneys, attempting to wear him down with effective and standard attacks rather than expend any more precious resources for some of her more elaborate attacks. She'll need to stop stressing her body for now.
"What's wrong, Oe?!" Sada shouts as she straightens up from the elbow drop, yanking herself up on the chain and pulling herself up into the air. She looks down, grinning with a somewhat unpleasant manic energy on her face - the dim light is hiding it, which helps to some extent and hurts to another. "Are you not feeling as confident now! Why don't you tell us -"
She pulls herself up further, grabbing hold of the kama - she doesn't let go, though, perhaps waiting for the crushing ceiling to lower her instead? Perhaps she wants to let Eva finish him off. "Tell us just how much we're HOT for you, now? You must have had HUNDREDS of girlfriends, right?!"
COMBATSYS: Sada focuses on her next action.
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COMBATSYS: Ichiro Toughs Out Eva's Jab Punch!
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Gritting his teeth as he's punched in the kidneys. "A TRUE... ATHLETE... NEVER QUITS!" Ichiro grunts as he ignores the pain and manages to drag himself into a crouch. "...and though my confidence may die, MY FIGHTING SPIRIT NEVER WILL!" he finishes as he springs towards Sada, attempting to tackle her to the ground where he will straddle her chest and try to beat her about the head and shoulders with his crosse, wailing on her savagely until he runs out of the energy to continue. That is, if he manages to pull off his maneuver before the darkness closes in.
COMBATSYS: Ichiro successfully hits Sada with Unnecessary Roughness.
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Ichiro 0/-------/-------|=====--\-------\0 Eva
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Isn't that a little.... much? Eva frowns at Sada's malicious taunting of Ichiro, but figures against doing anything. After all, they're getting short on time. "You fought well," Eva says in regards to Ichiro as he lays there, then turns her attention back to Sada, still reacting to Ichiro's last attack. "You coordinate well also. However, it seems that, in order for us to survive, we will have to fight each other now. I pray we finish in time."
God have mercy on them all, on this cursed ship.
Without a moment to spar, Eva fluidly leaps into the air, whirling her leg around in an attempt to hit Sada in the side before she lands back into the mucky sludge of the pit.
COMBATSYS: Sada counters Medium Kick from Eva with Asai Harvester.
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Sada tries to leap back from the incoming fury of strikes from the staggering, falling Ichiro, bringing the kusarigama with her -- but it doesn't work, not entirely. She raises the kama, shielding him from making a direct blow atop her head that might stun her into unconsciousness, but when he falls, she sinks to one knee, head tilting back for a moment, mouth agape like a dead fish.
Then that leg comes up and heads towards Sada, the seemingly unaware girl turning her head to look stupidly towards it. It comes closer, closer, closer yet, on a track to strike her and send her sliding into murky oblivion --
At the last moment, the kama whirls out in a sudden looping strike, throwing Eva clear and onto the nearby mound of garbage. She rises to her feet, pulling the far end of the chain in and shouts, with renewed fury, "The only risk is that you may be too tough for your own good! Come on -- Show me your strength, without his interference!" Blood is running from the side of her mouth, but it's hard to tell that, clearly.
"G-ah!" Eva yelps as the kama hits her square on in a calculated move, sending her into a not-so-comfy bed of refuse. That will *definitely* leave a bruise, but, true to Sada's words, Eva's a little too tough to go down immediately. She's not as acrobatic as Aranha, as quick as Ichiro, but she is, in a sense, very hardy.
"...." Wincing as she forces herself to her feet, trash falling off her, Eva remarks, "I will only do so because I am forced to." Nostrils flare as she slowly lets out a breath, calming jittery nerves as her coat is taken off, seemingly to free her movement. "Let's do this, then." Instead of tying it around her waist, Eva comes straight at Sada once more with that coat, viciously flicking it against the other girl's face before closing in with a fist into Sada's gut.
COMBATSYS: Sada dodges Eva's Sfumato Punch.
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Sada's main advantage is the kind of athletic body you get when you swing around a ten pound weight at high speeds for hours each day, as well as doing deep knee bends. She breathes in through her nose, not even noticing the stink - but the ceiling's too high now for a proper jump in, and she looks forwards at Eva.
She grins, then, wide enough to make her cheeks dimple. "I wish I'd gotten you," she says, perhaps to rub it into the stunned Ichiro, and then that fist comes flying towards her. Sada answers it by leaping backwards, landing in a crouch and whirling around the kusarigama's weighted end to one side. It whistles as it builds up speed, crashing through glass bottles and destroying cardboard as the weight builds up speed - and then it loops around like the end of a huge pendulum towards Eva's legs!
A moment later, wrapped around her or not, it jerks back and Sada twirls it around with a peculiar motion of both wrists, and then the kama, leading with the thankfully-wooden blade, arcs forwards towards the poor tender (and probably dirty-by-now) face of Eva!
COMBATSYS: Sada successfully hits Eva with Mataemon's Punishment.
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While this fight has been rather.... electrifying, Eva can't quite share the same enthusiasm as Sada. In fact, her face saddens then, that blue gaze looking at Sada. "... this tournament... it only wants to see bloodshed, doesn't it...?"
It's not as if Eva's distracted just about now; it's just that, well, Sada is *quick*. Those knee bends have to count for something, and that something is that this tactic works like a charm despite Eva's attempt to evade or guard against it. The second part is just as painful. Wood the kama may be made of, but it *still* hurts. Blood and spit arcs into the air from the impact as the kama knocks against the Italian-American's skin, knocking her back and she coughs from the pain.
Enough with it. Eva'll attempt to end it now. Steadying herself, the girl wheels in towards Sada and whips her leg out in an attempt to deliver a series of three brutal piston kicks along Sada's body, lightning fast and precise like the bite of a slit-eyed snake diving in for a strike. "Ngh!"
COMBATSYS: Eva successfully hits Sada with Carmine Crush.
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The furious incoming strike makes Sada tense to leap out of the way - but it's too fast! Like the legendary onslaught of the Dragon Feet, Sada's side is subjected to brutal thrusting kicks that make her let out a yelp of pain, sending her staggering back and raising her weapon for a moment in defiance.
"D, damn," she says finally, eyes widening. "You were holding back all this --!"
And then she keels over, groaning weakly. If she isn't unconscious she's damned close, and she certainly has quite an interest in feighning it, based on how close that damn compactor is!
COMBATSYS: Sada takes no action.
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COMBATSYS: Sada can no longer fight.
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Eva 0/-------/----===|-------\-------\0 Ichiro
Ichiro stirs slightly from his prone position in the muck, lifting his head briefly before his eyes roll back in their sockets and splats back into the garbage stew.
COMBATSYS: Ichiro has left the fight here.
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When the third leg strike is placed, Eva pulls away, frowning at Sada's defiant gesture. ".... Save your strength. We'll fight again, someday." Looking up at the ceiling as it closes down, she narrows her eyes and pauses to wipe the blood from her. "Stop the ceiling. Now. The match is *over*. We did what was asked and fought."
It may not have been just because she asked, but, soon afterwards, the ceiling slows to an uncomfortable range over the three's heads. Shaking, Eva lets out a small sigh of relief. ".... That was too close...." She then looks over at the unconscious Ichiro, adding, "... In this situation, if I was holding back... it would be cruel."
Log created on 21:05:35 09/05/2007 by Sada, and last modified on 06:02:52 09/14/2007.