Description: Brawn vs Brawn! When you put four really powerful people in one ring, EVERYONE TAKES A LOT OF DAMAGE REALLY FAST. (Winners: Haggar and R.Mika)
The SlamMasters arena is all kinds of decked out tonight - they managed to pull a full house, thanks to both the SNF event taking place tonight, and the fact that it's the September PPV event, Back To Schooled. It's a terrible name, but they love it anyway. Partway through the broadcast, a heavy drumroll rolls through the arena as, with great pomp and circumstance, the standard camera crew files out, to be replaced for one fight by a Howard Enterprises SNF crew. The pearshaped former wrestler "Mighty" Franklin White slowly makes his way to the ring as his old theme (mostly a lot of drums) plays, his signature hammer-shaped mic in hand.
He moves to the center of the ring, rebuilt even sturdier than before after the Kurow/Rock fight, and waits for the audience to calm down. It takes a bit. Then he lifts the mic, his magnificent baritone rolling out. "The Capcom Wrestling Association, in cooperation with Saturday Night Fight, is pleased to announce a special homecoming event!" The left side of the arena lights up, and the immortal A-Team theme begins to play.
"This is a two-on-two Havoc Match! Introducing now, standing at a towering 7'1", 288 pounds... hailing from Bristol, England... BIIIIIIIIIIRDIIIIIIIIIE!"
Birdie comes out as he hears his song. First his hands appear only to throw away the two curtains that hid him once before. As they flutter around, Birdie just gives the crowd his huge grin and pearly white teeth, hands wide and in the air. He's obviously prideful of who he is, as he takes slow but methodical steps out towards the center of the arena.
As he looks around towards the audience, he grasps a hold of the chain on his left hand, pulling it out as wide as it could go before, yeah that's right, licking it from one end towards the other, looking up at the crowd once more.
"Heh, heh. You're all bloody beautiful." Birdie answers as he flexes once more, even kissing his muscles. The obvious heart tattoo on his head shown towards everyone in the audience.
AND YEAH MAXIMA, you're lucky enough to be paired with him.
Considering who he's paired up against, Birdie gets a surprising amount of cheering from the crowd. He's got that Showman Spirit, and audiences just enjoy that. Birdie's theme fades down after he makes his entrance, Franklin White a statue of stone in the middle of the ring. Birdie could have decided to enter by tearing off his shirt and rubbing himself against him, and it would basically have been like that one time Gunloc showed up drunk.
"And his partner... hailing from Parts Unknown, Canada... standing at 6'7" and weighing in at..." The barest moment of hesitation. "...483 pounds..."
o/' Blame Canadaaaaa, Blame Canadaaaaa... o/'
"MAAAAAAAAAAXIMAAAAAAAAA!"
COMBATSYS: Birdie has started a fight here.
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COMBATSYS: Birdie has joined the fight here on the left meter side.
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Showman's spirit indeed. The crowd seems to eat up Birdie's posturing, and who can blame them? Many of these people are wrestling fans, and that's the kind of thing they simply eat up. His partner, however, is only remotely acquainted with the prospect of professional fighting in general, but he's finding himself quickly becoming accustomed to the primary feature of any fight -- playing to the fans.
As his name is announced, along with that split-second hesitation on his weight (clearly just some sort of error, given his height and build), Maxima doesn't hesitate to walk in, only wincing ever-so slightly at the song that plays. "Really...?" he questions to himself, rubbing the back of his head as he strides towards the arena. "Well... I guess it's kinda catchy."
Wasting no time, the massive Canadian cyborg is soon enough pulling on the ropes of the arena, using them to hop up onto the stage next to the taller, larger Birdie. Still -- as he lands, Maxima takes his own turn to flex, giving a wide wave to the crowd. "BOOYAH!!" He doesn't quite know why he said that -- it just feels somewhat appropriate.
COMBATSYS: Maxima has joined the fight here on the left meter side.
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Luckily, in wrestling, being corny is its own kind of character. The audience is really excited for this match - Maxima could probably have come out in a dominatrix's outfit and still have been cheered wildly.
And hit on.
But not by Franklin White, who patiently waits for the crowd to settle. The lights on the left walkway go out, and the lights on the right go on. "And their opponents! Hailing from Hokuriku, Japan... standing at a mere 5'5" and weighing in at 136 pounds..." Pat Benatar's 'Hit Me With Your Best Shot' starts playing, and the lights change to a crisp ROY G BIV going right down the walkway. "RRRRRRRRRRRRAINBOWWWWW MIIIIIIIIIKAAAAAAAAAAA!"
Tightening her pigtails and ensuring the pretty cerulean mask is secure, Rainbow Mika peeks her head out between the curtains. Ooooh! Looks like a really large crowd here tonight at SlamMasters! The buxom blonde is guessing that most of them are here to see the man she's been paired with. Pigtails disappear behind the curtain again and she peeks both left and right to see if she can spot the man of the hour, but she can't hesitate too long - it's her time to shine!
As the last 'A' of her name reverberates through the arena, she bursts out from behind the curtains. Both fists shoot up into the air and spins around in a circle. Slow and methodical steps? Hardly. This is professional wrestling, BABY! It's all about the show! It's all about the hype! It's all about the fans! Each person in the front row is greeted with a friendly wave and a smile as she bounces along on her way to the ring. Once there she takes hold of the lower rope, hoists herself up and slips under it. Springing back up to her feet once she's in the ring she sets her feet to either side of the nearest turnbuckle, hops up on the bottom rope and then pumps both arms up in the air again. "YEAH!"
There will be plenty of time later to act all squee-ish and fan-girly over the fact that she's fighting with MIKE HAGGAR! That's nearly as good as teaming up with the GREAT ZANGIEF!
COMBATSYS: R.Mika has joined the fight here on the right meter side.
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Maxima 0/-------/-------|
R. Mika gets the biggest cheers yet, though how much of that can be attributed to either her partner or her body will never be known. Signs are all over the place now, some dedicated to R. Mika, a few dedicated to Birdie, none dedicated to Maxima because he's a robot from Canada nobody knows who he is.
Finally, the moment the fans have been waiting for. Sure, the other three fighters are incredible, most of them known all over, but none of them hit quite the chord with the crowd as this man will. All the lights go out in the arena except for five - one on each fighter, one on Franklin, and one waiting by the right exit. "And her partner..." The guitars and piano of his theme start in, and the audience starts to go. "Standing at 6'10"... weighing in at three hundred ten pounds... hailing from our very own Metro City... MAYOR! MIKE! HAAAAAAAAAAGGAAAAAAAAR!"
o/' AND WE BE TAKIN' CARE OF BUSINESS o/'
o/' EVERY DAY o/'
The curtains go flying to the side as Haggar comes out, in his old green wrestling tights and orange-plated black boots, a white towel over his shoulder, sweat shining on his body from his warm-up. He reaches out to high-five people as he heads down the walkway, throwing his towel out into the crowd halfway down, vaulting all the way into the ring from the bottom rope. He gives R. Mika a clap on the shoulder before doing one lap of the ring, thrusting one finger up. He goes to his corner, slaps his chest once with each hand, and drops into his stance with a grin. No important goals. No dark grudges. This here is just a fight, and god knows Haggar needs that.
The unmoved Franklin White doesn't wait for the crowd to cool down at this point - that would be impossible. "This match is to the last man standing. The only rule is that there are no rules. There will be no referee present." His job done, the fat man lowers his mic, and makes his way out of the ring, at his own pace.
COMBATSYS: Haggar has joined the fight here on the right meter side.
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Birdie 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 R.Mika
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Maxima 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Haggar
Franklin White, announcer extraordinnaire makes his way out of the ring, and Rainbow Mika is -still- standing on the ropes pandering to the fans. Can't be helped! It's such a high-energy crowd, it's exhilarating for her! This is sooooo great! THIS IS REAL WRESTLING!
AND MIKE HAGGAR TOUCHED HER SHOULDER! (Okay, so she's got a few fan-girl issues. Least she's not asking him to sign her chest in permanent marker!)
Once the announcer finally exits the ring and the ding of bells can be heard, she springs into action. No, no... she -literally- springs into action. Feet bounce on the bottom rope, she grabs hold of the turnbuckle and climbs up to one of the middle ropes. Twisting her head to glance over her shoulder causes her pigtails to fly around in a haphazard manner, but she gives a brief nod to each of her opponents.
Then she flies backward toward the mohawk'd Birdie, buttocks first. Typical Rainbow Mika style, she's trying to catch everyone off-guard and show off at the same time. Should she actually manage to land the attack, it's done with enough force to knock someone back a few feet before she (hopefully!) lands aft-first on the ground.
COMBATSYS: Birdie endures R.Mika's Shooting Peach.
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Birdie 0/-------/------=|-------\-------\0 R.Mika
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Maxima 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Haggar
Birdie nods to Maxima, they're the good team here. Definitely not the contenders. Haggar's stealing all the spot like though. They'll have to change that, sooner or later, BUT NOW, Birdie has other things to worry about. Right after sitting through everyone's entrances. He had more than enough time to coil up his chain.
Then after the rules, Birdie can't seem to grasp anything really well. He's been in rings before, but just how it was going to start sort of confused him, at least, he looked confused. And then R. Mika charges him... buttocks first.
Well, he does what all black guys with white girls throwing themselves at you do. Take it. Actually holding his arms out wide, as she crashes into him, he tries to get his arms around her, the chain grasped with quick efficiency, trying to tighten his grip by using the heavy links.
"Heh heh... look what he have here. You're bloody spirited. I like that." He grins before he tries to literally trying to squeeze her, before raising her up and hurling her towards the mat.
No signs for Maxima? A person more concerned with things like popularity might have a bruised ego over this. But Maxima? His easy-going smile never falters as he looks out amongst the fans, slowly rubbing either of his massive wrists as if adjusting something on them -- judging from his unusual choice of attire, that 'something' could be just about anything. He realizes he's not very well known, though, having only been in the fighting circuit for a few weeks now... but that's not why he's here. He's here for entirely different reasons. Reasons that have to do, in small part, with particularly mighty individuals like Mike Haggar.
Slowly, dark brown eyes shift from his massive companion -- who looks like he could assuredly hold his own in a fight -- to Rainbow Mika, eyes seeing what no normal person could. Speed, angle, momentum of her thrust, all this data is compiled... and he assures himself his large friend will be more than capable of handling her. Even if she is attacking him with her rear.
Observing the initial clash between his partner and Haggar's, the Canadian chooses to shift his attention to the famous mayor himself. Tilting his head in a polite nod towards the man, Maxima rolls his right shoulder, left hand gripping to his forearm. "Mayor Haggar. I guess we should get started, eh? Don't worry..."
Within a split-second's time, the mysterious Canadian is already rushing across the distance between himself and Haggar. His right hand pulls backwards, muscles tensing before he simply -releases- all that tension in a straight punch aimed for Haggar's sternum, with force and feeling more like a metal battering ram than an actual, meaty fist. "... I'll try and keep things interesting!!"
COMBATSYS: Haggar blocks Maxima's Strong Punch.
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Birdie 0/-------/------=|-------\-------\0 R.Mika
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Maxima 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Haggar
Haggar has absolutely nothing to say about Mika's butt missile. The world of fighting takes all kinds, and likes to make them fight together. He isn't particularly surprised when Birdie lets butt impact body, but wouldn't anyone?
And then, here comes Maxima. Sideburns and mustache, they meet at last. The muscleman's arms cross up, the fist impacting the joined forearms and doing... distressingly little. He rocks back maybe one step before reaching out and trying to get ahold of his arm. "Planning to put on a show, son? Good! These people paid for one!" Then Haggar jeopardizes his position by sliding his legs forward to lock around one of Maxima's ankles... and back he goes, hopefully towing him right down by his arm, hurling his weight back.
The goal is to take Maxima right off his feet and onto his front, Haggar twisting around to wrap his legs around the cyborg's right arm, keeping a grip on his wrist and leaning hard to put pressure. But will it work?!
COMBATSYS: Birdie successfully hits R.Mika with Bad Scrap.
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Birdie 0/-------/----===|===----\-------\0 R.Mika
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Maxima 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Haggar
"Spirite-AIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE~!" And hurling toward the mat she goes, bouncing once as she hits. Though the sheer force of the hit is enough to leave a normal person quite dazed, Rainbow Mika gets right back up to her feet and sets her right hand to her hip, while the left rubs at her tuckus. "Heh, heh.... nice one!"
Without warning, the petite blonde rushes forward again after shooting a dazzingly toothy smile at her partner. Wow, just... WOW! She's got to try and keep her mind on the fight and not the fact that she's fighting alongside one of the world's greatest! Distracted though she is, she makes an attempt at locking up Birdie's head with her right arm.
As she tries to lock on the hold as tightly as she can, the ultimate goal is to jump forward and land herself in a seated position while at the same time driving the Brit's head against the mat.
COMBATSYS: Birdie interrupts Medium Throw from R.Mika with Bull Spike.
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Birdie 0/-------/--=====|======-\-------\0 R.Mika
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Maxima 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Haggar
Something about Birdie is that, well, trying to lock up a large man like that is pretty difficult. Taking advantage of his size, that's easier. He can already see that Rainbow Mika's rushing towards him. Thankfully, Birdie has no idea who Maxima is other than the guy who's going to beat up Mike Haggar.
This leaves Birdie with a few choices about what to do. And R. Mike gives him it. As she reaches and locks one arm around Birdie's head, the British man bucks like a bull as she tightens her grip. It hurts, but he gets out of it. "That was going to be a nice one... but not anymore!" Birdie answers as he slices down with his hair pierce. It's shaped like a birds beak for a reason. As it cuts down, he stops.
And then he forces it up, attempting to buck R. Mika up and over him, and back down to the mat. "Eeehyaaaaaaaaaah!" He grunts.
COMBATSYS: Haggar successfully hits Maxima with Quick Throw.
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Birdie 0/-------/--=====|======-\-------\0 R.Mika
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Maxima 0/-------/----===|=------\-------\0 Haggar
Distressingly little. Not that this says much; Maxima was hardly trying to put forth his full strength into that attack. Next time around, they'd get a better idea of just how much damage Haggar can take. Though it's clear just from reputation and the data Maxima receives from this man alone that he can take a physical beating -quite- well. And, finding his blow suddenly brought to a screeching halt, there is very little that Maxima can do...
... but go along for the ride that Haggar takes him on. He can't fully prepare himself in time, unfortunately; the leg take down works, and Maxima finds himself flying into the ground, -slamming- into the ground with Haggar helpfully applying pressure. It, to put it simply, hurts. The cyborg lets out a low growl as the wrestle puts him in that hold, but it doesn't last long; soon enough, the mighty Maxima is using his immense strength and mass to shove Haggar -off- of him, jerking himself upwards with surprising ease.
As soon as he's on his feet, of course, Maxima is already on the move: twisting himself forward and launching his right fist towards Haggar in a downwards punch. Yet, before that punch can carry through to completion? Maxima's wrist suddenly blossoms out into a series of arm cannons that wreath his fists. Fortunately, from such a perspective it would seem to only be a part of the suit; but before Maxima's fist can connect, those cannons release a full blast of highly-pressurized air, with every intent of slamming into Haggar with far more force than a normal physical blow.
COMBATSYS: Haggar endures Maxima's Vapour Cannon.
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Birdie 0/-------/--=====|======-\-------\0 R.Mika
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Maxima 0/-------/--=====|=====--\-------\0 Haggar
Haggar posts to his feet the moment Maxima is up as well, hopping up and curling into a ball. He doesn't particularly care that Maxima just shot steam out of his wrist - he just assumes it's chi, not particularly watching that wrist for crazy guns. In fact, that's because he's glancing over at R. Mika and Birdie - his partner is in danger!
The blow hits harder than Haggar expected, knocking wind out of his lungs, but he still manages to work it into his master plan. He sails through the air into the ropes, grabbing onto the top rope with both hands and flipping forward to brace his feet on the ring apron. It's acrobatics only a professional wrestler could perform at his size. Chest red from Maxima's hot blast, the wrestling Mayor leans back, and launches forward like a slingshot, flipping through the air and coming down at Birdie like a ton of bricks, hands knit together and slamming down at the top of that ridiculous mohawk. It's one hell of a high-risk maneuver.
"ACK!" Slicing hair? Now she's seen everything! Flying up and over the much larger Birdie, Rainbow Mika lands with a loud THUMP on the mats and then rolls quite a ways away. "OW! OWIE, OW!" Though the whining is mostly for show, it actually does look like that hurt at least a little. Whiplash if nothing else. Setting her hand to the back of her neck, she rubs it once and then slams both hands down on the mat and pushes herself back up to her feet.
"Okay! THAT HURT A LITTLE, BUT IF YOU THINK THAT IT'S GOING TO DETER RAINBOW MIKA, YOU'RE MISTAKEN!" Pausing only briefly, she balls her hands up into fists and slams them down on her hips. "I TRAIN WITH THE GREAT ZANGIEF! I'VE FOUGHT GAN ISURUGI... AND THEY'RE BOTH PRETTY BIG GUYS! YEAH! I'M GOING TO DO THIS!" Psyching herself up a bit for this next attack, she narrows her beautiful baby blues on Birdie.... and watches as Haggar sails through the air toward him. "UHHH HMMM!"
Not -really- wanting to be squished by the Mayor of Metro City, she turns her attention on Maxima. Pointing at him in a furious manner she says, "YOUR TURN!" Dashing around the ring, she sets herself in front of him and quickly reaches out to grab for his arm. From there, she tries to YANK him down to the ground and lock him up in an armbar.
COMBATSYS: Birdie endures Haggar's Double Lariat.
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Birdie 1/------=/=======|======-\-------\0 R.Mika
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Maxima 0/-------/--=====|=======\-------\0 Haggar
And even after throwing R. Mika up and over, his hair is still rather nice. Birdie grins a big grin once more, his huge lips and teeth shown really well. "Hah hah hah. You're gonna bloody get it kid if you keep trying like that!" Birdie answers. Obvious, Birdie ain't playing this fair. He's really just here to win, and nothing more.
He's a low life, he's scum. He likes to beat up girls. And R. Mika's speech makes him so very happy that he's in his line of work. And then it comes, a shadow looming over Birdie. And it's /big/. As Birdie turns out, he lets out a gasp of surprise.
"Huh..." His eyes bright and big as HAGGAR, MAYOR X-TREME comes down on Birdie like a ton of bricks. The knitted hands slamming down upon Birdie and his head, making sure that he knew who he was dealing with. The powerful blow knocks the thug backwards.
But he stays in it, the second foot back protesting as he fires himself back towards the Mayor. "What the bloody hell bloke?! You're gonna pay for that!" Birdie calls as he literally hurls himself up through the air, almost swimming, before coming down near Haggar, and attempting to bash his head into Haggar, once, twice, three times without even giving a damn. And then, on the third, he would slash all the way down the major's mighty pecs, and, with help from his hands, pull up, and throw Haggar down to the mat. "EYaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"
Hell, no one said Birdie wasn't going to be nice.
COMBATSYS: R.Mika successfully hits Maxima with Fast Throw.
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Birdie 0/-------/------=|=======\-------\0 R.Mika
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Maxima 0/-------/-======|=======\-------\0 Haggar
There's something not right, Maxima notes, in the carry through of his attack. He notes no tensing of muscles on Haggar's part, no quickening of blood pressure or anything indicating an attempt at a sane defense strategy, which means... he's intending to plow right through the assault. Instantly, Maxima begins to brace himself in preparation for what is clearly, to him, an inevitable counterassault...
... but it never comes. Instead, Haggar goes barrelling for... Maxima's teammate? Well, -that- could potentially be bad. But, before Maxima can have a chance to even do so much as assist his partner, he finds himself suddenly being attacked?! Brown eyes snap to the side, spotting Mika as she rushes across towards him. Seeing the sudden exertion in her speed, the force applied by muscles to move even -faster-, Maxima knows that with how she exerts herself that there's simply no way he can present a defense in time. And so, he just stands there... and waits.
It comes quickly, at least. Just as predicted. Mika grabs onto his arm, and yanks enough to provide a dull sting... but there's something to be said for trying to throw someone to the ground when they way nearly five hundred pounds of solid metal. For Mika's efforts, Maxima staggers once, twice -- but does not fall. And before she can move away, he seeks to capitalize on her sudden furious onrush, surging forward with one knee slicing out to -slam- straight into her gut with untold force. "Alright then -- your turn, too! HMPH!!"
COMBATSYS: Haggar counters Bull Revenger from Birdie with Power Swing.
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Birdie 1/------=/=======|=======\-------\0 R.Mika
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Maxima 0/-------/-======|====---\-------\0 Haggar
Haggar is like some kind of beef meteor as he crashes down on Birdie, the entire ring quaking with his impact. He bounces away, killing his momentum against the ropes of the ring and coming back into his stance, beckoning Birdie on. "Hey, punk! Daddy's home!"
He lets Birdie come for him, which he does with great alacrity. The Brit flies into the air, and the crowd pops as they see the Mayor set himself, right arm tensing up. His hand stabs out, clamping right onto Birdie's face, the opposing momentum just stopping him dead in the air. He doesn't even get a chance to slump before the big man spins around, drives him once into the turnbuckle nearest him, and then whips him around right past Maxima and R. Mika into the far turnbuckle. It's a wonder the damn thing stays up. "Hooyeah!"
COMBATSYS: R.Mika blocks Maxima's Light Kick.
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Maxima 0/-------/-======|====---\-------\0 Haggar
Hands slam down to her stomach to stop the full force of the knee from slamming into her. The impact still causes her to double over slightly and back up a few steps, but Rainbow Mika just grins. "GUESS IT WAS!"
For a few seconds, she just watches in amazement as the ring quakes. Grounding herself, she keeps her footing and lets out an almost girlish squeal and she hops up with a tiny fist-pump. "YOU GOTTA TEACH ME HOW TO DO THAT!!!" (Oh, yeah, that whole fan-girl thing is kicking in again!)
Affording too much attention to her partner is probably not the best. Utilizing that little hop, she jumps in the air again and spins around. Before landing, she shoots her right foot out toward Maxima with a loud, "HIIIIIIYAAAAAAH!"
Haggar literally obliterates Birdie. The larger man expected Haggar to be slow, but unlike it, Birdie doesn't even get to move. Haggar just beats the living crap out of him. With the hand on his face, Birdie stops in fear of breaking his neck. It's a sharp pain in his neck as he stops, and soon, more pain will follow.
As he's grabbed, he's spun around really fast. You can almost picture the large man's face flapping in the wind that the Mayor applies for him. And then the man literally beats him against the turn buckle. Some serious damage is done, pushing Birdie to his limits. It knocked him just there, just enough to finish him.
But he's not done yet. He's got one more change to deliver anything to 'daddy'. "Bloody h-hell. You're gonna pay for that!" Birdie calls as he hurls himself towards Haggar, like a rampaging rhino, he beats across the ground, head down, aiming to stick it right into the Mayor's chest, aiming to take him against the opposite turnbuckle, and throw punch after punch into the big man.
Afterwards, he slumps. If it fails or not. Haggar is truly powerful.
COMBATSYS: Maxima interrupts Light Kick from R.Mika with Maxima Lift.
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Maxima 0/-------/=======|====---\-------\0 Haggar
Well... jeez. That's no good, is it? Maxima stares in almost stark -disbelief- as Haggar just plows through Birdie with that tremendous assault and Birdie, by some freakish miracle of luck, remains in the fight -- if only just barely. It's enough to pull his attention off the encounter between himself and Rainbow Mika for just a second. Unfortunately, though...
... a second isn't quite enough. As Mika leaps through the air and strikes Maxima in the chest, she might notice... he doesn't move. The effect is like striking a brick wall laced with titanium; she may, in fact, be doing more damage to her foot than to him. But before she can complete the carry through to deliver the full force... Maxima is swiping her out of the air with two massive hands. "Hey, you're pretty fast!"
It is without further ado that the Canadian cyborg lifts Rainbow Mika clear over his head, and then swings her DOWN, slamming her straight into a single, upraised knee before throwing her through the air like a ragdoll. "HMPH!!"
COMBATSYS: Haggar dodges Birdie's The Birdie.
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Maxima 0/-------/=======|====---\-------\0 Haggar
"Hey, you said that one already! If you want to make it in this business, you need more charisma than that!" Haggar waits until Birdie has nearly slammed into him, and then he jukes to the side, hands on Birdie's back, attempting to shove him into the ropes where he will OBVIOUSLY just fall over after that assault. Right? "Hey, drop me a line so I can visit your hospital room!" The crowd near the ring eats that line up - a classic post-match taunt.
The Shadaloo punk dealt with (or so he thinks), Mike Haggar shifts targets back to the other one, who is currently smacking Mika around by more or less standing still. Well, that has to be dealt with. The ring shakes as Haggar bounds over in a few big steps, clearly announcing his approach, but we won't know whether or not Maxima can do anything about it until after Haggar has come up behind him, hands slamming at his sides, trying to pin the Canadian in place so that he can drive his skull into the other man's, several times.
R.Mika says, "YEOOOOW!" No hiding the fact that -that- hurt immensely. "WHAT'RE YOU MADE OF? SOLID STEEL?" If so, he's no Superman! Rainbow Mika only has a second or so to lament about her foot before she's lifted hiiiiigh into the air. Swung down toward the knee, she braces her stomach for the attack, but unfortunately for the buxom blonde the impact hits first. Taking a deep breath, she finds herself flying across the ring again. This is accompanied by another loud, "AIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE~", after which she hits the ropes, bounces back and lands on rear on the mat. Kipping up to her feet, she glances around the arena. Eyes settle on Haggar, and she nods. While he makes his move, she waits. A tiny flash of blue can be seen near her hands before she starts to run across the ring toward Maxima once more (since, Birdie is apparently down for the count). A trail of blue shadow Mika's follows behind her as she rushes forward. Leaping up, she attempts to start things off by slipping behind him. This is then followed by a sharp elbow slam which will hopefully knock the monstrous Maxima down to the mat. But there is a much larger goal that she has in mind. Should she manage to hit him at all, Rainbow Mika leaps up onto the nearest post and executes a backflip with which she's got every intention of landing on him in a typical moonsault maneuver."
"YEOOOOW!" No hiding the fact that -that- hurt immensely. "WHAT'RE YOU MADE OF? SOLID STEEL?" If so, he's no Superman! Rainbow Mika only has a second or so to lament about her foot before she's lifted hiiiiigh into the air. Swung down toward the knee, she braces her stomach for the attack, but unfortunately for the buxom blonde the impact hits first. Taking a deep breath, she finds herself flying across the ring again. This is accompanied by another loud, "AIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE~", after which she hits the ropes, bounces back and lands on rear on the mat. Kipping up to her feet, she glances around the arena. Eyes settle on Haggar, and she nods. While he makes his move, she waits.
A tiny flash of blue can be seen near her hands before she starts to run across the ring toward Maxima once more (since, Birdie is apparently down for the count). A trail of blue shadow Mika's follows behind her as she rushes forward. Leaping up, she attempts to start things off by slipping behind him. This is then followed by a sharp elbow slam which will hopefully knock the monstrous Maxima down to the mat. But there is a much larger goal that she has in mind. Should she manage to hit him at all, Rainbow Mika leaps up onto the nearest post and executes a backflip with which she's got every intention of landing on him in a typical moonsault maneuver.
Birdie rolls on out of the ring, indeed moving quick enough to actually strike, and then fall through as Haggar pushes him. He crashes onto the ground, leaving a nice imprint as he breaths heavily. Very heavily. He can't keep the facade up forever. Haggar would kill him. So instead, he turns his head, only to look underneath the ring.
He can totally work with that. Crawling slowly towards the edge of the ring, he reaches under the curtain, before grabbing a hammer. As he does, he hefts it up, pulling himself back into the ring as he looks towards Haggar.
Once there, the crowd is probably crying out towards Haggar that HE'S RIGHT BEHIND YOU. HE'S NOT DOWN. This is where Birdie wraps the hammer in the chain links, and begins to spin it, releasing the large hammer to the back of Haggar's back.
UNLESS THE CROWD TELLS HIM. Which they will. BUT WILL THE MAYOR SEE IT IN TIME?! Suspense!
COMBATSYS: Maxima endures Haggar's Repeated Headbutts.
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Birdie 0/-------/------=|=------\-------\0 R.Mika
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Maxima 1/-----==/=======|======-\-------\0 Haggar
COMBATSYS: R.Mika successfully hits Maxima with Sardine's Beach Special.
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Birdie 0/-------/------=|=------\-------\0 R.Mika
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Maxima 1/-======/=======|======-\-------\0 Haggar
There's something to be said for being struck by two people at the same time. While Maxima has the wherewithall to see the two incoming attacks, there is one issue: they're both coming FAR faster than Maxima can keep up with. Rainbow Mika's, in particular, comes at blazing swiftness. Before he can even acknowledge that she's come upon him, there is a single, surprisingly powerful elbow that SLAMS into the cyborg, sending him staggering forward with -just- enough force to send him to his knees. The moonsault that follows brings Maxima SLAMMING down into the ground with a painful, oddly -not- meaty crashing sound, with enough force that the entire arena shakes ominously. "... ugh... ow."
Before he knows it, though, the ground shudders anew and Haggar is upon him and Mika. Seeking to move up and likely push Mika out of the way -- fortunately for her -- Maxima is introduced face-first to Haggar's forehead in a series of debilitating headbutts that CRASH into him over, and over, and over. Oddly, despite the force apparent in the strikes, Maxima's nose doesn't start gushing blood; there is, in fact, no sign of it, which might be odd...
... except that the Canadian isn't intending to give Haggar any time to ponder over the oddities of it all. Instead? As soon as that last headbutt connects, Maxima's feet EXPLODE in a sudden, surging onrush of artificially generated chi, giving him enough propulsion to simply rocket him straight into the air. The explosion is such that, if Haggar is in the blast radius, it's going to sting more than just a little bit. What's more odd, though, is that Maxima is almost literally flying, rocketing through the air until his head nearly scrapes the ceiling. Twisting in mid-air, the fact that chi seems to be blazing from his feet like rocket boosters is a bit more apparent as he uses that thrust to send him BLAZING downwards, enveloped in a thick coat of golden energy.
"BUUUUSSTAAAAAAAAAAH!!"
There's just about a split second before Maxima comes crashing into Haggar like a five hundred pound massive meat machine meteor, for the love of alliteration around the world, with a crash that is going to make the entire arena rumble as if in the midst of a violent earthquake.
COMBATSYS: Haggar Toughs Out Birdie's Large Thrown Object!!
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Birdie 0/-------/-----==|=------\-------\0 R.Mika
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Maxima 0/-------/--=====|=======\-------\1 Haggar
COMBATSYS: Maxima successfully hits Haggar with Bunker Buster.
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Birdie 0/-------/-----==|=------\-------\0 R.Mika
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Maxima 0/-------/--=====|=======\======-\1 Haggar
Haggar's link with the crowd has been honed to a near supernatural empathy over his years of pro wrestling. When pockets of them yell that Birdie has gotten back up and is behind him, he reacts instantly, spinning around, seeing the hammer, and just snatching it out of the air. Just snatching it! It's his goddamn hammer now! THANKS, BIRDIE THANKS FOR THE HAMMER.
And then Maxima lands on him, nearly bouncing the entire arena up off of its new concrete-and-steel reinforcements. Haggar comes rolling out of the burst of steam and energy, a huge cut streaming blood from his back, but far more adrenaline than any man has a right to hurling him back to his feet, against the ropes right next to Birdie, and flying straight at Maxima. Too much BURNING SPIRIT to switch targets at this point.
Mike Haggar comes off the ropes like an avenging god, mustache almost brimming with power as he hauls both hands back, leveling a solid blow at Maxima's head while he's still landing. He does it while still a couple of feet away... because he still has the hammer.
"HOOYAH! NOW THAT'S TEAMWORK!!!" Rainbow Mika scrambles up to her feet, a toothy grin tugging at the corners of her lips. "YOU ROCK, MIKE HAGGAR!" (The fan-girl in her just couldn't resist any longer, it had to come out at some point!). It has now become apparent though that Birdie is like one of those bop-bags, and has no intentions of staying down. The toothy grin fades, and a somewhat more serious expression prevails upon her face. "Ahhhh... hmm." Seeing as there's a hammer in play, she doesn't really want to get between -that- and Maxima accidentally.
"YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOWN FOR THE COUNT!," she accuses of Birdie. Then she does what any self-respecting wrestler would do - she goes after him. Bouncing across the ring, she sweeps in behind Birdie. "HAHA!" At which point she tries to lock him up in a belly-to-back waistlock, lift him up (despite his size) and fall backward by bridging her back and legs in the hopes of slamming Birdie down to the mat head first.
COMBATSYS: R.Mika successfully hits Birdie with German Suplex.
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Birdie 0/-------/---====|=------\-------\0 R.Mika
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Maxima 0/-------/--=====|=======\======-\1 Haggar
Birdie is German Suplex'd. He's too tired to actually get out of the way. He tries to stop it, but it just isn't happening. Lifting him and locking him in a waist lock, he pulls him up, and over, and then finally down into the mat, head first. It hurt. The ground shook with the strength in which Birdy landed. If it was cement it would crack.
Still, Birdy gets up, kneeling forward. He's endured way too much to actually keep fighting any longer. In a last change bid, he throws himself at R.Mika, aiming to connect with her, bull horn first, and weakly propel her towards the ground, using only his own body as the power.
But still, he's thrashing. He never goes down without a fight.
"Bloody... well bet... I ain't goin' down that easy." He forces himself.
And then he finally gives in, this time, OUT FOR REAL.
COMBATSYS: Birdie can no longer fight.
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Maxima 0/-------/--=====|=------\-------\0 R.Mika
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COMBATSYS: Maxima fails to interrupt Random Weapon from Haggar with Maxima Lift.
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|=------\-------\0 R.Mika
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COMBATSYS: Maxima can no longer fight.
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|=------\-------\0 R.Mika
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|=======\=======\1 Haggar
However powerful the blow might be, Maxima knows as soon as he impacts the arena floor that it's not going to be enough to take Haggar out. The explosion is massive, and really, it's only by some twist of luck that Rainbow Mika and Birdie aren't caught up in it too. In the aftermath, it leaves Maxima crouched and panting, shaking his head and muttering something to himself as he comes to a full stand. They're not done here, he knows. They're not...
... and Haggar is coming at him with a hammer. He can see the man, and not only that, but sense his approach coming from a mile away. He twists around, to rush in, and intercept Haggar just before that hammer can strike...
... But it seems luck isn't on Maxima's side today. Despite the speed at which Maxima moves, and despite the other man's comparatively slower pace, that hammer still strikes the Canadian head on with the oddly metallic sound of metal striking metal. Despite the force inherent in Haggar's attack, though, Maxima doesn't go down. He staggers back once, twice, and shakes his head. "... Whew. That... that hurt. We should... guh... talk sometime, Mr. Mayor..."
And after teetering for about two seconds, Maxima finally collapses to one knee with a resounding thud, clearly out of the fight, if only barely.
Haggar nearly takes Maxima's head off, the solid wood of the sledgehammer's handle cracking all throughout its length. Haggar drops the sledgehammer to his side, grinning despite the obvious pain on his back. That cut is wicked, already coloring a chunk of the mat red. "Just look me up whenever... Maxima, right? I won't be hard to find. I'll be cleaning this city up again."
Haggar remembers just then that Birdie is apparently still up and kicking, and crouching low to grab and throw, he whirls around and takes a step forward. But what unfolds before him?!
COMBATSYS: R.Mika dodges Birdie's Bull Horn Final.
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|=------\-------\0 R.Mika
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"ARRRRRGH!" Birdie really -is- a bop-bag! Look at him trying to throw her again, even though he's supposed to be down!!! Rainbow Mika just looks at him and then tosses herself in a sideways roll to get away from him.
In a great showing of maturity, she sticks her tongue out and thbbts it at him playfully. Leaping back up to her feet, she glances toward Maxima and... it looks like he's out. She glances toward the mayor and nods. Then she waits to see if Birdie makes another attempt at getting up before she does a tiny little fist pump... but is that it? Did they win? Does she have to make an attempt to pummel Mike Haggar now?
Rules were, last man standing... but she's not about to just -leap- at him and continue fighting.
Birdie sort of finally just plops on the ground. Twice downed and now for good, he just lays there. Today was not one of his days.
Obviously the crowd was booing him.
Well, Last Man Standing is just a ruleset! Collectively, each team is one 'man' whether or not any members are lacking man parts. The man at the bell, next to the commentators (who have been flipping out the whole time), are still giving Maxima and Birdie a chance to suddenly stand up and spit absurdly powerful attacks around. This is, after all, fighting. These things happen.
But when Haggar steps forward and pulls R. Mika's arm up, almost lifting her off her feet, and thrusting his other hand up in his signature win pose, the man goes ahead and hits the bell, and the crowd goes nuclear. "Mighty" Franklin White's voice rolls out, though he isn't actually visible this time. "AAAAAAND THE WINNERS: MAYOR MIKE HAGGAR AND RAAAAAAINBOW MIKA!"
o/' TAKE GOOD CARE / OF MY BUSINESS / WHEN I'M AWAY / EVERY DAY, WHOOO o'/
Though he doesn't look away from the crowd, Haggar speaks to R. Mika. It's inaudible outside of the ring, but his voice is hard to smother in any noise. "Not bad, kid. You keep practicing, and maybe you'll fight better than me soon enough."
COMBATSYS: Haggar has left the fight here.
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COMBATSYS: R.Mika has ended the fight here.
Yeeep! Arm in the air, standing on her tippy-toes so that she doesn't get lift right off her feet and is left dangling in a victory pose, Rainbow Mika grins. "OH! OH! YAY!" They won! She knew that they won, but it's been announced! It's official! She's... getting a compliment?!?!?
Unlike Haggar, Rainbow Mika turns away from the crowd. She gets her arm free from that victory pose and she gets this extremely stupid grin on her face. Nothing like telling the girl with extremely high dreams and aspirations that she might one day be -better- than Mike Haggar! Unfortunately for him, the whole fan-girl thing takes over and she nearly GLOMPS at him. "OH! THANK YOU MIKE HAGGAR! YOU ARE A VERY GOOD TEAMMATE! I HOPE TO MEET YOU IN THE RING ONE DAY AS AN OPPONENT!"
Log created on 15:50:43 09/09/2007 by Haggar, and last modified on 06:19:30 09/12/2007.