Description: Dr. Tran, after being unjustly discriminated against in the park, pays back the mocking laughter of the sea giant Sergio! Wait...this feels kind of familiar, somehow?
The Dream Amusement Park is starting to get less and less attendees as the weather cools down. Summer heat gives way, and people don't quite have the drive to go outside as they did before. One person who doesn't seem to mind the cool temperatures is Sergio, and with several others he's enjoying the park. The smaller crowds actually make it a lot more fun, even if it isn't quite as hot. The lines for rides are tiny, and the vendors are never out of your favorites.
The tall Italian himself is currently hopping off the Ferris wheel and moving towards one of the more exciting roller coasters. It's a new one that you just couldn't get on in the summer without waiting at least an hour for called 'The Destroyer'. The big man takes this as a challenge, and gets in line.
From the front of the line, a ruckus. A commotion. Chaos, impending. A strange sense of recursion, prehaps? Even above the crowd's general noise, omnipresent in a place such as this, one small, asian doctor is audible all the way to the back.
"What do you MEAN I'm too short to ride the Facekicker?!" There's a moment of relative silence, and if one were to look closely they might be able to see the attendant, perhaps even the weary expression on her face as she explains something for what must seem the billionth time, at the front of the line carefully and patiently explaining something to Dr. Tran.
"What do you MEAN I'm too short to ride the Destroyer!?"
It's pretty annoying. It's not summer anymore, the line is short, and yet it's -not moving-. It's still. Deader than a doornail. The line finally does begin moving, but only by virtue that everyone is just leaving for other rides while Tran makes a ruckus and holds everything up. It's because of this that Sergio makes it up behind Tran. He can't quite figure out what's going on, and then suddenly it hits him. This guy can't get on the ride because he's too short.
"A... aha...Hehe..." A short pause. "AAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Sergio's arms wrap around his stomach, and he doubles over with laughter. "HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" His laughter slows down, and he wipes tears from his eyes. And then he sees the short little man unable to ride again, and it starts back up. "PFAAHAHAHAHAHA!"
For his part, Dr. Tran spends many a frustrating moment arguing the point with the poor lady whose job it is to be custodian of this ride on this day. One could call it a hobby. He spends many an impassioned moment shouting various things, expletives and curses, occasionally taking a break to stand to the side, fuming.
It's just when he's about to break off for one of these that Sergio comes along and discovered the true nature of the holdup. And he's laughing. "AND GOD DAMN IT, hold on one second, this isn't over!" And then Dr. Tran clenches a fist, unclenches it. Clenches it again. Unclenches it. Decides it's a pretty crappy way to release anger. He spins around, grabbing for Sergio's throat, the barest handhold. It'll be followed by a somewhat awkward shove upward, and then a roundhouse kick. That ought to take care of this dumb gawker.
COMBATSYS: Tran has started a fight here.
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Tran 0/-------/-------|
COMBATSYS: Sergio has joined the fight here.
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Tran 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Sergio
COMBATSYS: Tran successfully hits Sergio with 3 2 1...Dr Tran.
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Tran 0/-------/------=|==-----\-------\0 Sergio
Sergio's just can't help himself. It's just too funny for him to contain. Tran has him at a massive disadvantage, and he's not expecting anything like what comes his way. Some shouting sure, but not this. And -especially- not from somebody who actually knows how to throw a punch. He only realizes what's going on by the time Tran has his hand on his throat. He tries to grab the hand and get it off, but his laughing doesn't just shut itself off at that point. Hell, he's still laughing by the time the kick causes his neck to turn sideways and make him stumble away into the cheap metal railing that keeps the line orderly, bowling it right over.
He picks himself up off the ground and gives Tran a look. Not laughing anymore, that's for sure. And then... he grins. "Looks like the short guy's got some pep in him. Alright half pint, lets see what you've got!" At that point he steps over the metal railing and bumrushes Tran, running in and then leaping up into the air to try and smash his foot into his chest before delivering three solid blows across his body, and finally ending in a palmstrike that stops just short of hitting and releases blast of chi, in the form of a hard jet of water. "Haah!"
COMBATSYS: Tran dodges Sergio's Breaker.
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Tran 0/-------/------=|==-----\-------\0 Sergio
Sergio just keeps it up. Dr. Tran's face is stern, set after sending Sergio stumbling. He thinks, for a moment, that that was the end of it. It's not, obviously. In that instant, Tran expects a dude to be super pissed and try to beat the shit out of him. He's not, obviously. Well, whatever.
Ducking nimbly to one side, Tran avoids the initial kick, and then continues to weave back and forth through Sergio's follow up strikes, finally backflipping away from the final blast of water. He lands heavily in a three-point position, before slowly straightening, making no move to go back on the offensive just yet. "More than you, in humor and fighting, I'd say. Goddamn short jokes." Tran tilts his head, then...stands there. Sergio, being good with this sort of thing, can probably feel the chi build up, though.
COMBATSYS: Tran gathers his will.
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Tran 0/-------/--=====|==-----\-------\0 Sergio
Sergio's really not the kind to get pissed from getting decked, or picked up, smacked, and kicked in this case. His whole life has been spent getting decked by random people for the things he's said or done. The Italian lets out a short laugh when Tran says he's got more in him than he does. "You might be fast, but you're not tough enough to think you've got more fighting power than I do." He grins in a very cocky manner, and it widens when Tran begins drawing energy. "And I'll prove it to you right here. You just made a serious mistake."
Sergio drops down into a low stance, an imitation horse stance to be exact, and draws his right hand back. If Tran is good at sensing chi building up, he'll feel a crazy amount of it about now. The ground rumbles...and then suddenly rends. A massive flood of water bursts up from the ground, a torrent large enough that it might seem like an underground river decided to break to the surface, massive hunks of pavement coming up with it, the whole mess rushing towards Tran. "HAAH!"
COMBATSYS: Tran blocks Sergio's Whitewater.
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Tran 1/-------/=======|=------\-------\0 Sergio
The wave of water washes wrathfully upon Tran, crashing over him and hiding him from view for a moment or two. It was pretty huge. However, when it recedes...there's Tran, looking a little wetter, a little more irate, and generally worse for the wear. "That's supposed to impress me?" He spits a small jet of water to the side, and then begins walking toward Sergio.
He grins back at Sergio, cracking his knuckles as he does so. "It's not a bad start, but if I can handle it, it's nothing to brag about!" Maybe a little more self-deprecating than neccesary, but the point remains. What is the point? The point is that Dr. Tran's fist is going toward Sergio's face.
COMBATSYS: Sergio fails to interrupt Quick Punch from Tran with Old Faithful.
- Power fail! -
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Tran 1/------=/=======|==-----\-------\0 Sergio
Sergio quirks an eyebrow when the man takes the brunt of the attack and weathers it just fine. Well, that's one way of dealing with it! The Italian reaches a hand up and rubs at his chin, contemplating this small man, who so far seems to be pretty damn tough for his size. "It was, yea. Most people are impressed." A simple statement.
Tran goes to simply sock him in the face, and Sergio decides to show him some more of what he's made of. His hand thrusts into the air... and a fist comes and smashes into his nose. His nose that had the shit beat out of it not three days ago. "YEEOCH!" His hand had begun to shoot into the air, but suddenly it comes down as he staggers backwards, covering his face. His teeth grit, blood running down from his nose, and he drops into a brawling stance. "Ok, enough screwin' around."
"Screwin' around? You call trying to squish me with a tidal wive screwin' around? Gimme a break." Shaking a couple stray droplets of blood off of his hand, Tran lets Sergio stagger back again, watching with a sour expression on his face. He sighs, wearily.
Raising a hand to his head, he shakes it slowly. "God, did I really used to be like that? Christ, it's annoying as hell." Moving forward again in a spurt of motion, Tran stomps downward toward Sergio's foot, trying to pin it, before following up with a quick series of punches aimed directly at the chest. "Clearly, I have to show you something really impressive!"
COMBATSYS: Sergio blocks Tran's Strong Punch.
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Tran 1/------=/=======|==-----\-------\0 Sergio
"Yea, screwin' around. As in not trying hard enough and messin' up because my head's not in the game." He stretches his muscles a bit and moves back into his stance. Sergio fails to comment on Tran's aside about himself, and simply waits for the attack to come. The stomp on his foot hits, but the tall man just grits his teeth. His arms come together after that, though, and the fists just seem to bounce off the strong limbs. "Hmph."
He takes a few steps backwards after that, and sort of shakes his head. "You really aren't that tough. Pretty stupid of me to let you wail on me before, but enough of that. I'm not someone who can just be walked over."
COMBATSYS: Sergio gains composure.
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Tran 1/------=/=======|=------\-------\0 Sergio
Taking a few steps back, Tran considers what Sergio's said. After a moment, he comes to a sure conclusion and he breaks into laughter. "Man, you don't even know what screwin' around really is. Lemme tell you." The doctor leans forward, wagging his finger.
"This, here? This was screwin' around. Everything up to here. It isn't anything. Now, though..." Tran opens his arms wide, invitingly, staring Sergio down. "Now's the cheesy part where I tell you I'm gonna unleash my true power. Better be ready."
COMBATSYS: Tran focuses on his next action.
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Tran 1/------=/=======|=------\-------\0 Sergio
"Tch." Sergio shakes his head a little, "What do you think you can do to me? I mean, given enough time you might be able to wear me down, but by then you'll be too hurt to even think straight." He laughs, "Not that you don't seem to know what's goin on, you can fight, sure, but not on my level." He cracks his knuckles.
"Allow me..." He then rushes forward, his right fist going back as he simply surges forward towards Tran and throws an incredibly vicious right hook towards the center of his face, water streaming out from behind the limb, "To demonstrate!"
COMBATSYS: Tran dodges Sergio's Fierce Punch.
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Tran 1/------=/=======|=------\-------\0 Sergio
"Big words, big guy, but you're not doing a whole lot to back them up." Tran's got what is best described as a shit-eating grin plastered across his face at this point, as he takes a half step back and then twists about, letting Sergio's waterful fist fly straight past his nose. "Like I said though, this is the part where it gets fun. Try to keep up, if you can."
With that said, the doctor's body erupts. Steam comes gushing out from underneath his clothing, making it billow outward. If it were possible, his grin would get even more shit-eating at this point. It really can't, though, so instead Tran just steps forward toward Sergio, twisting and driving forward all in one motion, putting his entire body behind one outstretched, steam-trailing fist.
COMBATSYS: Sergio dodges Tran's Fierce Punch.
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Tran 1/------=/=======|=------\-------\0 Sergio
Sergio nods along as Tran talks big and wears a grin not unlike the one that was on Sergio's face at the beginning of the fight. "Try to keep up, huh?" The steam that begins flowing out of Tran brings a grin to his face. "Hah! Nice trick." The fist comes in for him, and Sergio twists his body to the side, the fist, and Tran, missing him by inches. "So you can put a little oomph in your punches, huh? I can respect that. I'm not sure if you've noticed though, but I've been doing it the whole time!"
He quickly reaches inside his shirt and randomly produces a six foot length of rope, flinging it forward towards Tran. As it twists in the air a vortex of water forms around it, almost like a little tornado, if it were wind. It swirls about as it heads for the good Doctor, rope at neck height in order to strangle him if it hits, the water of course being worrisome as well.
COMBATSYS: Tran blocks Sergio's Whirlpool.
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Tran 1/----===/=======|==-----\-------\0 Sergio
"You've been doing it, but I'm doing it better!" Still emanating steam from every pore, Tran just stands there, waiting for the lasso to...well, lasso him. It wraps neatly about his neck, and starts to do its work, choking and chi-blasting all at once. For a few moments, anyway, before the doctor goes all DBZ on it. Lowering his hands to each side, he releases another powerful blast of steam, essentially blowing it clear off of his neck.
Rubbing at the spot for just a moment with his hand, Tran dashes forward again, fist raised. "If you think this is good, wait until I really pull out all the stops!" And then bam, another shot at Sergio's chest.
COMBATSYS: Sergio interrupts Medium Punch from Tran with Whitewater.
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Tran 2/<<<<<<</<<<<<<<|==-----\-------\0 Sergio
Doing it better. "What." Sergio stares at Tran. The steam blasting his attack away after it connected was pretty sweet. He has to admit that. However, as far as overall use of energy goes...doing it better? "You've got to be kidding yourself. You think what you're doing is even in the same league as me?" He cracks his neck from one side to the other. "Time for a demonstration."
Tran dashes towards him and slams a fist towards his chest, and Sergio simply thrusts both hands into the air, straight up. The moment the fist connects, the ground just explodes around them, a massive surge of water tearing up from the ground around them both, enough to lift the pair of them up off the ground and into the air as the fist hits him.
Sergio lands on the ground rather rough, but ends up rolling over his shoulder and getting back up to his feet rather easily, turning around and giving Tran a grin that most definitely eats shit.
Rest assured, Sergio, the shit-eating has /just begun/, and when the shit clears, it's going to be evident who has eaten the most.
Wait, what?
Moving on, Tran essentially gets taken off guard, launched, battered, bruised, and generally assaulted. It hurts pretty bad, he has to admit. After it's over, of course, and he's lying on his back a short distance away. Yes, that's a pretty good shot. However. HOWEVER! Dr. Tran knows that he can do better. Rolling over and pushing himself up, hanging somewhat limply, the suavest secret agent ever to walk the earth does just that, in Sergio's direction.
"Now we're in the big league, bucko." The steam starts to gather, grow thicker around Tran. Thicker with /awesome/, as he slowly advances. It gradually coalesces, swirling about his chest, up his arms, down to his fists. It pools, balling up, until Tran's fists are obscured by twin balls of roiling white power.
Then he throws one upward at Sergio's chin. It goes boom, filled with enough explosive force to send a grown man, just like Sergio, flying upward into the air. Whether it actually does or not, Tran will afterward follow up with another punch, a straight shot that should send Sergio shooting back. Once he comes back down, that is.
COMBATSYS: Sergio dodges Tran's Here Comes Dr. Tran!.
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Tran 0/-------/---====|=====--\-------\0 Sergio
Sergio shakes his head at the line Tran throws out at him. He watches him carefully, especially as his fists become covered in an incredible amount of energy. Tran comes in towards him slow, and then here comes a crazy uppercut. Sergio, however, throws himself to the side in desperation, managing to avoid the attack completely, the second punch wailing on the air.
Even if it missed, Sergio can still tell just how much power was packed into that thing. He shakes his head a little, knowing it might have been curtains for him if that had connected. "Yea, you got power, I'll give you that. But you're still behind me. I think you can see that now!" He grins at Tran, and then walks forward slowly, dropping down low and lowering his right fist before launching up into the air in a clearly ripped off jumping uppercut, water trailing behind his fist. "Water Dragon Punch!"
COMBATSYS: Tran endures Sergio's Strong Kick.
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Tran 0/-------/=======|======-\-------\0 Sergio
Off-balance after his whiff, Tran falls to one knee, his hand impacting the ground. It goes boom, even if it wasn't in Sergio's face like originally planned. It's still pretty hard for him to see, although he manages it regardless. It's not like Sergio is anything less than completely obvious with anything he does. When he crouches down, Tran just watches him, and when he comes ripping upward, Dr. Tran /takes it./
It slams into his chin, snapping his head up and to the side, but he doesn't move back a step. "Save it for when you feel it."
That said, Tran ducks forward with a groan, going into a springing somersault that ends with his feet moving directly toward Sergio like some kind of steamy rocketship.
COMBATSYS: Sergio endures Tran's Strong Kick!
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Tran 1/------=/=======|=======\==-----\1 Sergio
Sergio is left hanging when Tran takes the hit full on the chin and manages to just stay there with his head twisting. He's not even back on the ground by the time Tran is rolling forward and then blasting towards him. And the kick lands too. It hits perfectly, smashing into him dead on. They sink into Sergio's stomach, whose eyes widen from the pain. But, oddly... that's all the reaction he gives! They're both linked together by Tran's feet, flying backwards through the air as Sergio powers through the pain. And then, suddenly...
FWOOSH!
The area around them just /explodes/ with a massive outpouring of water, their movement making them look like a some sort of Italian American watercomet flying above the ground, the amazing amount of chi pouring out from Sergio becoming enough to completely and utterly engulf the area once the entire mess lands in a massive splash, as if the worlds larges raindrop just hit the ground.
COMBATSYS: Tran reflects Forty Days and Forty Nights from Sergio with -Q- is for Dr. Tran.
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Tran 0/-------/-------|====---\-------\0 Sergio
Now, Sergio might notice that despite his massive outpouring of chi, Dr. Tran is still up and going strong. He is like some kind of steam-powered dynamo. Now, the reason this is important should be pretty clear in the continuing exchange between the two of them. Dr. Tran's feet are embedded in Sergio's face as they arc through the air, almost gracefully...
And then it all goes to hell as Sergio brings on the waterin'. With all that flying around, Dr. Tran is in trouble. Or at least, he would be were it not for his DARING PLAN.
It's one of those odd moments of clarity, you see - like the world is moving in slow motion. Tran can feel Sergio's chi rushing forth, swift and powerful. It bursts forth and surrounds the both of them. But something's wrong. In the center, where the both of them are locked together in combat...it's a lot hotter.
Steam erupts once more from every inch of Tran, pushing outward against both the water and Sergio, blasting it back with sheer, manly force.
When it clears, Tran lands roughly, panting. Groaning, he pushes himself back up to his feet, and looks over toward Sergio. "Now who's behind who, dipshit?"
It's very impressive. Somehow Tran managed to blow through his water with enough steam to keep from getting hurt. Oh, he singed Sergio a bit too don't forget that. The Italian picks himself up off the ground after the entire mess hits, and looks at Tran while breathing hard. "That's a nice trick, but I'm still a thousand times better than you'll ever be." He cracks his neck from one side, and then to the other. He then moves forward and reaches out for Tran, attempting to grab him by the shoulders, twist him around, and then wrap one big beefy arm around his neck and squeeze, putting him in a powerful headlock before pressing his free hand against the small of Tran's back and blasting him away with a shot of water.
COMBATSYS: Sergio successfully hits Tran with Riptide.
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Tran 0/-------/---====|=====--\-------\0 Sergio
Tran tries, make no mistake, but after everything...yeah, he's getting pretty worn out. Once again, Sergio takes him more or less completely off-guard, nabbing him and manhandling him. The final blast of water knocks Tran down flat on the ground. Groaning, he pushes himself up just far enough to get his face out of the dirt. "A thousand times better? Don't make me laugh. I...urg..."
While bantering is great and all, the doctor needs to save his strength. He needs every ounce to bring out the last vestiges of chi he can muster, gathering on his hands once again to the exclusion of anywhere else. Pushing up to his knees, Tran brings his hands together, doubling them up and forming a single steamy sphere that's twice as large.
Then he swings it around and tries to clean Sergio's clock with it, before collapsing again.
COMBATSYS: Tran can no longer fight.
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COMBATSYS: Sergio fails to interrupt Here Comes Dr. Tran! from Tran with Whitewater.
COMBATSYS: Sergio can no longer fight.
Sergio is pretty trashed after all that's been laid on him in the fight. Tran picks himself up to his kneesand comes after him, and Sergio know's he's in some deep trouble. He's just too damn tired to jump off to the side like he did before. In essence, he tries to throw power at the problem and make it go away. This time, however, it's just not going to work. Tran's fists come in and blasts him away, flinging the Italian a good distance away until he smashes into a vendors stand.
As black begins to rim his vision he tries pulling himself up while saying, "Alright... fine. Only a hundred times better. Ugh." He then collapses, and passes out cold.
Log created on 00:31:53 09/18/2007 by Tran, and last modified on 05:11:20 09/18/2007.