Description: Naerose and Jaeger and Katana walk into a bar .. or well, are at a bar through DIFFERENT WAYS. By helicopter, box and by BUS, the competitors arrive. But who claims the beer at the end is anyone's guess! (Winner: Katana) (Punch Drunk: Naerose)
When Jaeger received his orders from NESTS outlining the details of this Saturday Night Fight, he was considerably confused. After all, what does ordering a drink have anything to do with testing anyone's combat ability?
But once deployed, there are no more time for questions. The NESTS agent isn't one to think too hard about mission parameters that he can do nothing about. Therefore, after travel arrangements were made, Jaeger was dispatched to the humid, tropical climate of Thailand via airdrop, per his usual deployment procedures: packed in a crate and launched from a passing C-130 cargo plane.
What this means, is that Jaeger arrived on the scene a few moments before his competition. Rather than simply ordering a drink, however, the mechanoid has other plans. As a wholly mechanical being, he cannot drink, and while money is definitely of some interest, he currently has the full backing of the entire NESTS corporation. Therefore, he needs nothing.
Instead, he's clambered onto the rooftop of the bar, the creaky building barely taking his weight as he sets up shop at the edge of the roof. Ghillie netting is placed over his darkly colored armored form, making him blend in a little better with his surroundings. He lay flat on his belly, and sets up the sniper rifle carefully.
You see, he's less interested in fulfilling the goals of the game set out by Howard Enterprises, and more interested in seeing how the other two fighters are resistant to getting shot in the face. Having set up camp, his goal is to make it difficult for the other two fighters to acheive theirs. And if they both should happen to fall over and leave Jaeger the last one standing?
Well, he can always pour the drink over his head in a pinch.
COMBATSYS: Jaeger has started a fight here.
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Jaeger 0/-------/-------|
COMBATSYS: Jaeger focuses on his next action.
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Jaeger 0/-------/-------|
It has been a long time since the witch had to go anywhere. Opun getting her instructions while drinking a second hand cup of coffee.. if you don't know what that is you shouldn't ask. She then sprayed said cup over the person in front of her on the bus she was in. This was going to take some work, granted she just always wanted to spray a cup of coffee, she wasn't really that surprised, or surprised at all, about the actual match rules.
The next step was simple though, get from point A to point B. In this particular case, Thailand. Wait why was she doing this? Eh, just something to do.
The witch therefore takes the normal route of transit. She mails herself. And here we are now, at a bar, in Thailand, arriving a bit early in a box labeled 'Fragile, This end Up (it was of course, on it's side) and 'Live animal'.
The witch remained inside for a while, apparently taking a nap. Don't try this at home kids.
Eventually someone looking at the box suspiciously gives it a kick, causing it to wiggle a bit.
COMBATSYS: Naerose has joined the fight here.
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Naerose 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Jaeger
GO to a BAR. In CHINA. Well, CLOSE TO JAPAN. Katana is so there. Okay while Thailand isn't so close, Katana is so there. The Shogun makes his presence known however, rather .. OBVIOUSLY. As while Jaeger could just arrive by easier ways, and Naerose mailed herself, Katana takes public transport!
No not that way. HE HIJACKED IT. The best way ever. And so there was a Bus heading through Thailand. Barreling through, Katana would have made it the easy way, causing the Bus to stop at the last second, knocking over a trashcan before hand, Katana leaps out of the door, his massive frame, although perhaps more around Jaeger's looming through the doorway as he kicks at the door, to open it!
THUNK. "Why .. do you not open for the Shogun!?" Katana asks the door, kicking it a few more times. AND THEN A FEW MORE. It breaks inwards, and Katana is lost on the fact it was a pull to open door. It wasn't really. It was just DISOBEYING THE SHOGUN.
"Bar! You will give the Mad Gear Shogun his rightful drink, so that he may claim victory over the others within this contest! The jug of beer is my nemesis, and I shall vanquish it! HIYAAAAAH!" He yells, and rushes forwards, charging through patrons, tables, and chairs!
... There's alot of beer here. WHERE'S THE RIGHT ONE!?
COMBATSYS: Katana has joined the fight here.
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Katana 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Jaeger
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Naerose 0/-------/-------|
Jaeger is used to soldiers, and is getting used to professional fighters. One of the things he's learned is that not all of them are particularly sane. It appears that the more powerful they become, the less tenuous their grip on the threads of reality. Or perhaps that's just the nature of the game. Jaeger's still a relative greenhorn to the fighting world.
He waits. And waits more. So far, there's no sign of either of the two other fighters stamped on the card for tonight's match.
That is, until a ruckus is heard from next door.
Jaeger's loathe to give away his position, but lifts himself only slightly, just in time to see Katana assault the bar next door, which is an indoor bar as opposed to the outdoor setting listed by Howard Enterprises.
If the machine could sigh, he would.
Oh well. No sense in actually doing anything strategically intelligent now. The machine stands, still covered in the camo netting, his red eyes giving his position away to anyone who happens to be glancing at the roof. Heavy footsteps take him across the sloped wooden planks above as he catches sight of the ranging Katana through a window in the bar across the street. The man's movements are wild and unpredictable, and what's more, he's wearing a helmet.
Oh well. You have to work with what you're given. The rifle is brought up to his shoulder from a steadied kneeling position, and Jaeger fires, aiming the crosshairs at the Shogun's mask.
Dun dun duuuuun duun dun dun duuun duuuuun. Do you know what song that is? If you time the dun's right you should get the complete main theme to metal gear solid! If you got that right then you probably know what is happening next. It's stealth mode. There is totally firing going off but so far no question marks or exclamation marks. Just a perfectly ordinary box making a perfectly ordinary trek across toward the bar, through the bar, toward the drinks. It was making slow progress, weaving around tables, bumping into chairs and occasionally just getting distracted by something cool. Oh hey, nuts.
*Eating nuts . . . . . . . .*
COMBATSYS: Jaeger successfully hits Katana with Power Shot.
- Power hit! -
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Katana 0/-------/-----==|-------\-------\0 Jaeger
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Naerose 0/-------/-------|
As the rifle is borught up, Katana is still kicking the door and heading in! And that's about when Jager fires for the mask. As the bullet travels through the air, Katana .. doesn't realize what's going on, hears a bullet, and raises his armored hands for obviously where he expects the bullet to travel.
THE FACE.
He's not fast enough, and it slams the iron mask hard into Katana's face. "HRRRUAAAGH! YOU WHEREVER YOU ARE, TO ASSAULT THE SHOGUN IN SUCH A COWARDLY WAY, WILL BE DEFEATED."
He turns around, looking towards where the bullet came from.. the red eyes. WELL. He's some kind of demon or something as well? NO WONDER. And this is why Jaeger would see a charging Shogun rushing towards the man, wakizashi and all HUEG man coming closer by the second. "BOKO NAI WAY!" And then his wakizashi rip outwards to tear into the COWARD of a man! Slashing straight forwards!
COMBATSYS: Jaeger fails to interrupt Medium Strike from Katana with Shadow Hawk.
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Katana 0/-------/----===|==-----\-------\0 Jaeger
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Naerose 0/-------/-------|
The incoming raging Shogun is considered for a moment. The man moves fairly quickly, having to basically run out of the bar, then up a wall to attack him on a roof. That talent alone is enough to make Jaeger take a moment to pause.
As a result, the machine can't raise up a proper counterattack or defense.
The initiation of response procedures come in just a split second too late. Before Jaeger can lurch himself forward into a shoulder ram and interrupt Katana's charge, twin blades slash away at his heavy armor. The damage isn't extensive; Jaeger's suffered worse. However, the sheer speed and tenacity of the man is enough to take Jaeger aback.
Clearly, he's not dealing with anyone approaching normal.
There is fighting going on, the witch can totally tell. Call it a sixth sense. Actually it was one of her first senses, namely hearing and oh yes sight. She can see out of one of the hand holds of the box that two of the enemies were fighting. Nameless faceless enemies who wore masks so the people who made the game didn't have to draw individual faces for everyone of them, or a generic face. It was perfect really. She was totally in a game. And these nuts, besides being tasty and free would give her health back. Nevermind she had thus far evaded notice and didn't actually need any health.
*Nut eating complete*
Once again the box starts to move across the floor, looking only really a little out of place, with the moving thing, a little less out of place when she stops, somewhat more out of place when she bumps into a wall, headed the wrong way for the bar now. It was easy to get turned around when you were in a box. And then just like that, she finds herself where she started.. How lame. The trip begins anew.
Running up a wall? Katana can so do that. Basically he just pushes his might into his feet and blades, having climbed the wall like some kind of AMAZING SWORD MAN. Well, he can walk on his wakizashi. He can probably climb up the wall much like that as well.
And as the split second passes, Jaeger charging into Katana's blades, the wakizashi are swung with enough force to send him packing! At least, that's what he thinks.. and then, as Jaeger seems to hold back for a moment, Katana holds his wakizashi out one more time. "You ... to think you would not pay for what you have done!" Katana seems to take it 'seriously'. "The spirits have told me, and my ancestors watch over the Japanese land! I will show you the heart and soul of a true warrior!" And that's when he takes out a paper fan. Fanning himself, he continues. "For a true warrior is created through fighting and honor!" And then he stops, seeing a box move. "...The spirits speak!" He drops the paper fan towards Naerose, and raises the wakizashi once more.
"And they have told me, to box you in with my swordsmanship! PREPARE YOURSELF!" He once against charges on the roof, sandals hitting the shingles as Katana brings both of the wakizashi forwards in a fierce strike, starting low .. and then doing some sort of leap up wards to bring them across Jaeger's body! He saw this before, he just forgets where!
COMBATSYS: Jaeger interrupts Fierce Strike from Katana with Phoenix Hawk.
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This time, Jaeger's prepared. The wirling swords are watched carefully, and the heavy machine steps back a few inches; just enough for the blades to spark across the tank plating that he wears. The razor tips spark bright contrails across his form, but do very little damage as Jaeger takes stock, wtaches the blades, and then sees an opening.
The machine raises his sniper rifle, and quickly jabs it towards the man's chest. It's more calculated to toss the enemy off balance more so than injure him. The opening is widened, and a metal hand shoots out to grasp Katana by the shoulder.
"I suspect," the machine says in a polite, clipped tone, "that you may very well be insane. I suggest visiting your physician for a professional diagnosis." The hand is drawn back, pulling Katana with it, before thrusting it forward with a release to hurl the Shogun off the roof with a simple motion to send him tumbling towards Solid Naerose.
"Until then, I shall make little concession for your mental disability. All targets are equal in my eyes. It does, however, make your brain an unappealing target. I shall endevour to content myself with the rupturing of other key internal organs, out of respect for your condition."
And with that, Jaeger leaps off the roof, metal boots crashing to the wooden deck, sending what people that haven't fled from the scene already scattering like rats from a sinking ship.
The witch had no idea what was crashing her way of course. That was mainly because she couldn't see it. For the last few moments and really it wasn't much longer than that, she had busied herself with a chair. A simple chair, but a chair none the less. It was causing her problems in that it was high enough that she couldn't' see the top from the hole in the box and she couldn't see the legs because she was peering from between them. She just kept bumping into it over and over and over again.
"Dratit," she cursed from inside the box as she bumped into the chair, a flying Katana coming ever closer. When you word it like that though, it sounds dangerous, BUT NOT HALF AS DANGEROUS AS KATANA THE MAN IS.
At long last the witch manages to just start to go around the chair before suddenly the fight is at her box-step.
As Jaeger raises his rifled towards his chest, Katana looks towards him as he is hit barrel first by the weapon, before Jaeger grasps him by the shoulder, before the hand thrusts Katana off the side of the roof, hurling him off the side of the roof, hitting a table, and landing right nearby the box that Naerose is in, painfully hitting the ground. But the box talks, and it's moving yet. "HYARRGH. Spirits.. I hope I have not crushed you .. but now .. I NEED YOUR AID!" He responds, bringing himself to his feet.
And to Jaeger, before he does something Jaeger will most likely regret, Katana has a few words. "Hahaha... I an far from insane. My spirit is burning with power, and my right as a Shogun of Mad Gear .. will show you just how disabilitied my mind is!" HYAAAAAH!
And then he poses, body ready as Jaeger lands onto the wooden deck and perhaps even through. "Spirits .. now is when I need your AID!" And that's when he grabs the Naerose box. And that's when he hefts it up with his wakizashi on either side.. and then leaps up into the air.
"COME WITH ME, BOX SPIRIT, AND WE WILL DEFEAT THIS FOE! HACHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
Blades, boxy Naerose, and Katana .. FLAM TOWARDS JAEGER.
Slam, really!
COMBATSYS: Jaeger fails to interrupt Deep Strike from Katana with Shadow Hawk.
- Power fail! -
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Katana 0/-------/-======|=====--\-------\0 Jaeger
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Naerose 0/-------/-------|
Well this is upsetting. Apparently the myth of retard rage is alive as well, and Jaeger can only take pause, attempting to interrupt the incoming attack with a series of slashing whip-blades. However, Katana's method of attack is to close in too fast for the cutting wires to do any damage. Instead, they are deflected by Katana's armor, leaving Jaeger open for the attack.
The twin blades ram into his body, slashing into delicate internal systems and slicing into power conduits, the result being a severe loss of immediate functionality. All Jaeger can do is let out a garbled squawk from his voice box as running lights flicker and threaten to die as he lurches back, attempting to get enough time to contemplate his siutation.
THIS NEVER HAPPENED IN METAL GEAR!!!!! @@. The box spins and she can distinctly hear a voice calling to the spirits of boxing? She didn't see any boxers out there, but she was pretty sure that whatever was happening she totally didn't like it. There is a moment where she just screams the same way someone screams when they are being held over someone's shoulders and spun around like a top. This is Naerose. She is the top. Then it comes to an abrupt end in the form of Jaeger. Who isn't really human? Damn those NESTS and their fake people. They're not as soft as real ones, the witch is soon finding out, but for all she knows, she was hit against a hard table and besides, the witch doesn't even know what NESTS is, or that it exists. She'd be pretty sure if you mentioned the name to her that it had something to do with eggs and eggs = Awesome.
The box doesn't take well to the impact and part of it BLOWS OPENED WITH GREAT SOUL! Leaving red clad legs flinging out followed closely by a pair of red glad arms punched through the sides, not on purpose though, it was the force of impact. Finally a red witches hat pokes out the top, but the witch remains otherwise in the box, clinging to the facade to the grave. Now she looks like a midget witch retarded Kobun Cosplayer. (See Megaman Legends). Oh and it hurt.
The armor about his body is not just for show, as Jaeger learns, the slashing whip-blades being knocked away by the armor about his body, and that's when Jaeger is drove into like a pile of bricks, the twin wakizashi meet their mark, and that's when Katana thrusts them further, AND slams the box towards Jeager's shoulders! With the blades within Jaeger's body, and the box smashing against his frame, Katana is sure of victory!
And as Jaeger lurches back, Katana has a moment of peace and calm! Which is broken as the box SCREAMS. He wasn't sure why, but the spirit.. was .. IT NOT HAPPY?! And after Naerose is impacted and BLOWS OPEN, red clad legs and arms through the sides.. and a witches hat. She's now a box witch, hiding in it, and nearby. "... The Box Spirit... gave itself to help me in this troubled time .. and for that.. I WILL NOT LET IT GO TO WASTE!" He kneels nearby the box witch spirit who is all X.x and mumbles, perhaps asking for safe passage, or maybe MORE POWER. Whatever the case is, when Katana stands again, the mask with the huge dent in it's front looks towards Jaeger. "Now ... DAIKYOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" He yells, leaping into the air once more, wakizashi attempting to clip into him and drive him against the ground with his already weakened state. Jeager would not meet rest while Katana was on the attack! His large body would try to force Jaeger to the ground, massive shoulders lowering before he charges forth like some kind of bull, dragging/plowing Jeager against the wooden floor, the friction building up before he launches him up and away. "BURNIIIIING!"
"This .. is for the Box Spirit's great sacrifice! BOOONOOKAHN!" He finally stands afterwards, breathing hard.
COMBATSYS: Katana successfully hits Jaeger with Daikyou Burning.
- Power hit! -
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This could be going better. Jaeger's not really on his game today. The repeated attacks smash against defenses. As Katana'as attack launches Jaeger's heavy metal body into the air, the machine can only reflect on the meaning of hubris. Perhaps he set Katana aside a little too soon.
Despite being armored like a tank, he simply can't take this level of punishment for any extended period of time. What started to look like a victory is rapidly appearing to be little more than a crushing defeat.
The machine clatters to the ground, motionless, reflecting on what went wrong.
To be defeated by such a berserker... well, that's how the ball rolls. Not everyone can have a glorious end. "I shall not concede defeat, but I demand the professional courtesy of an honorable execution."
COMBATSYS: Jaeger takes no action.
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Katana 0/-------/=======|=======\-------\1 Jaeger
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COMBATSYS: Naerose successfully hits Naerose with Deep Strike.
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Katana 0/-------/=======|=======\-------\1 Jaeger
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Naerose 0/-------/--=====|
Now it might not make sense to all you viewers out there what just happened to Naerose, and it certainly doesn't make sense to her. The impact of Jaeger as facilitated by Katana will be played by the character of Naerose. In her lurid dreamstate she hears something, in Japanese. Then all of a sudden her shades snap opened and she's like WOAH, yes she's wearing her shades under the box.
"The creator of Metal gear.." she says to herself, in awe, in the box, it sounds like garbled gook outside of the box. She strains to see what is going on. Raiden (as played by Jaeger currently) is clearly about to be executed for ruining Metal Gear Solid two, by the creator of Metal Gear Solid.
"Ooooooo!" she exclaims in rapt excitement, all of the wonderfully drawn out plot unfolding before her very eyes. Who cares if the games made you spend a ridiculously long time listening to two voice actors talk with a graphic of some sort of crazy com system, making a vast majority of the game rest on the same level as a radio drama. It was popular, and though Naerose had never personally played Metal gear solid, she was pretty sure that what was unfolding here was sweet. . Except..
"Wait! You can't kill Raiden, if you do that then.." she considers a moment, "Then who will they make spin off games about?!" It was the best she could do, in truth though, it occurred to her just then that if Raiden was beheaded or something, that'd be pretty gross and she's probably lose the free beernuts she just had. Oh, that and she wasn't sure she wanted to watch those videos about real life executions. Nope, snuff film wasn't her bag of chips.
As Jeager's heavy metal body is launched into the air and then slamming to the ground, Katana looks on as the machine .. does not rise, clattering to the ground finally. Katana himself looks upon the fallen man, and he speaks up after it is all over. ..
Katana is currently spinning his blades in his hands.. and in a rare moment of success, does not end up tossing them out by mistake. "You have fought well ... but you do not wish to continue fighting. You demand too much. A warrior .. will fall in combat. A Samurai like myself...," Doesn't he mean Shogun? Or wait, he must have switched. "Would never strike a warrior who has fallen." And as Naerose scurries over to speak up to what is happening, talking about how he can't kill Raiden or else there won't be spin off games.. Katana gasps. "That would be wrong of me .. so I will not do it on both levels.. I would never give a death to an honorable man who has fallen from an honorable fight, except if he earned it by fighting to the very end! And it would be far better if the spinoff had allowed him to die .. but only to have survived, now stronger, better, faster, and more likable, learning how to care for others and picking up a lovable side kick during the path." Katana stays over Jaeger, having decided. "The Box spirit has spoke.. the box spirit will not be ignored." Katana stands, blades in his hands, massive meat mountain staying above. "But ... I will now help myself to a hearty drink."
UH OH.
COULD HE BE!?
HE'S WALKING OVER. "The Shogun has grown thirsty!..." If Jaeger or Naerose want to stop Katana from his current interest .. now would be the time to strike, while his back is turned!
COMBATSYS: Katana takes no action.
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There appears to be a new target on the horizon. Katana loses his attention momentarily as Naerose speaks, the red eyes focusing on the strange woman gushing about something. Creators? Metal Gear? Jaeger doesn't play video games, and frankly even if he did, Naerose's statments are borderline crazy as well.
Clearly, this is a test of his mechanical sanity rather than power or skill. His ruined, smoking form makes a harsh ratcheting sound. He has two avenues of attack available now. Katana's a heavily armored berserker who has tured his back. Naerose on the other hand, looks like a slightly more destructable target, armored only with a cardboard box-suit.
The machine contemplates for a moment, trying to figure out of there's a good way to utilize this new turn of events to his advantage. Then, a conclusion is made. Jaeger bursts forth from his amrored shell, the extra armor plating clattering to the ground as a silver blur shoots forth from the shell. He doesn't care about Katana getting a drink so much as making sure that he causes as much carnage as possible.
Jaeger's fore skeletal form tears up the ground beneath his feet, shipping around Naerose with a fist drawn back. "Excuse me," he states, "but I'm afraid I'm going to have to punch you across the room now." All talk of honor and execution having disappeared, Jaeger attempts to belt the red wicth clean across the open bar into Katana. Odds are the armored Mad Gear leader won't take any damage, but it'll keep him from taking the drink that he needs to 'win'.
How's that for multitasking?
COMBATSYS: Jaeger successfully hits Naerose with Strong Punch.
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Excuse me kind sir, would you happen to have any .. I totally can't spell that mustard, but if you do that would be great, you know what? I'll eat it straight out of the container, free food is free food, even if it isn't you know, great.
The box-witch thing goes skidding, rolling and then hits her mark, that is, she gets hit into the bar with a scream of
"Blaaarrtggglee!" and then some glasses crash down on her hat head and the box is looking really dented all over and now it looks less like bad Kobun cosplaying and more like just someone homeless hiding in a wrecked box.
"Ohhhh... not my day.." she says and then checks the glasses to see if they had anything in them, even a drop. They didn't. Damnit! But the witch can't let that go unanswered, she's gonna hit someone.. but first, the shades reflect light as she looks around to see who is available.
COMBATSYS: Naerose focuses on her next action.
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Jaeger's attempt works well. His punch causesthe red witch to belt clean across the room alright, as the box-witch thing hitting the bar and causing the drinks to collapse .. Katana will need to wait for them to repour! Who KNOWS how long this could take!?
And for what happened, the witch had to be thrown there somehow. Which is why katana looks back to Jaeger. "So .. YOU STILL HAVE SOME FIGHT!" Katana says out loud, his face rather happy under that mask. "And to toss around the box spirit to get your way .. you must be serious.. it is good to see that you have grown far serious about this!.. And I will not let you down, either." TO THE FIGHT. Katana has never actually been unhappy with involving himself into battle!
And Naerose is seen crashing, Katana still sees her as a box spirit. Even IF she's kind of .. broken now. A bit more than he remembered her being broken, at least.
"Now, see my skill! JIGOKU!" He yells out, before his body rips towards Jaeger.. who is more skeletal now. But he refuses to let the sight terrify him! It's more like upsetting him, really. And he thrusts forwards with one of his hands, the wakizashi attempting to scrape against the man, and then he repeats the action with the other! "SCRAPE!" He's moving faster than before, even.
Maybe he gets more dangerous as time goes on!?
COMBATSYS: Katana successfully hits Jaeger with Jigoku Scrape.
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It appears that Jaeger is simply being outclassed today. Having failed even the most elementary of reactions, the attack viciously tears away at what remaining systems still actually function on the machine. Katana's simply too unpreduictable for Jaeger to properly handle. The weapons shatter circuitry and destroy motors that keep him working at optimal condition.
He hasn't suffered this much damage since his reactivation and placement into service. Still, the machine's not to be outdone just yet.
Staggering backward, the droid raises both of his hands. Normally, Jaeger goes for widespread destruction and devesation, but Katana's earned this particular attack. Aiming carefully, Jaeger lines up his sights as his arms undego rapid shifts, the remaining armor plating shifting as the limbs transform into weapons. The battle machine drops to one knee wot settl himself.
First, Jaeger lobs a series of grenades at Katana, the silver spheres dropping to the large man's feet in a desperate attempt to launch him airborne. The silvery spheres detonate with pure pressurized force.
Should they hit, Jaeger will raise his other arm, and launch a multitude of micro-missiles, the small rockets filling the air like a swarm to blast Katana back into the Stone Age, where his caveman antics belong.
Okay okay okay, so here we are, on the ground, hardly able to see, but she can clearly see things exploding. So there is only one aim here, get the F out of this place before it explodes and the whole bar is no more. Oddly enough, that's totally probably what is going to happen. So in an attempt to not help the place explode, Naeroes grabs the nearest weapon she can, which happens to be a post holding up part of the structure, which she breaks, making it free so she can hit that fellow with the boomboom boom.
The structure begins to rumble and shake and wilt with the combined explosions and Naerose taking part of it apart. The box then charges.
"AAAAAA!" it cries, in a scream of attack and frankly a scream of get me the heck out of here. It tries to run Jaeger clear over , probably getting blown up in the process.
COMBATSYS: Katana blocks Jaeger's Elint Legioss.
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As Jaeger learns the problem that many, MANY, have faced while dealing with Katana, Katana would learn why many who face Jaeger have problems as well. Katana's blades would cut where he would need to. And the damage done .. well, Katana had apparently kept ramming himself into Jeager long enough that it seems to not matter how tough one is.
Perhaps Jeager had not expected him to keep putting his spirit into everything he did. And all of his force. But that's when Jaeger opens his hands, aiming towards Katana as the armor plating shifts and transforms, the battle machine dropping to one knee .. and then grenades are launched towards the ground. And launch him upwards. And then there would be micromissiles, filling the air to blast Katana into OBLIVION.
But what happens?
Katana breathes in. "So ... IT HAS COME TO THIS! Give .. ME EVERYTHING YOU HAVE!" He yells out, before preparing for the onslaught. His body prepares, armoring coming forwards as Jaeger slams into him with the weaponry. The missiles, the grenades, all things crash into Katana, one after another, but he holds his ground, his armor withstanding the blasts, preventing shrapnel and explosions from tearing into his flesh.
And when it's all over, the smoke would clear.. and Katana would remain. Damaged, but alive. "You fight .. very well. It has been perhaps only the box spirits will that I have done so well .. but as the Shogun of Mad Gear .. I... AM NOT DONE!" Although having been blasted backwards a bit, Katana leaps onto a table that has been overturned, and then spins about, bringing his foot towards Jeager, sandal slamming towards his midsection! "HAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!"
It is not particularly graceful, but the torn Shogun, body beaten and ripped by Jeager, yet stands. His shirt is even barely hanging on from the mass blasting!
COMBATSYS: Jaeger dodges Naerose's Deep Strike.
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COMBATSYS: Jaeger dodges Katana's Light Kick.
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Jaeger's not done yet. Despite his more or less miserable showing this fight, he's still got his wits about him. Nevertheless, he's not about to go making any proclaimations about the fight just yet. So far, there's two things coming at him, both of them needing immediate attention.
The first thing is Naerose, fleeing the excess devesation Jaeger's assault has wrought, the stray missiles blasting into the front of the bar, destroying the facade and the concussion grenades filling the air with scores of debris. As she charges him, Jaeger leaps, grabbing her by the shoulder to vault overhead.
Then, the machine attempts to land his knees on Katana's head, squeezing with inhuman strength. Should he succeed, the droid will do a simple backflip, sending the massive Mad Gear leader into the ground like a pile of bricks.
So Naerose totally thought that would work, she would get out of the place, it would collapse and then she could get on the first mail boat back to where ever she was just before this all started and deny any involvement in the devastation. That is untill... She finds herself flung through the air with the greatest of ease! Wow, this totally sucks for the witch as she is flung toward Samura clad Katana. So like is he just a sword under all that stuff? The world may never know. Still, she hopes not to hit anything sharp.. And gives Jaeger something parting like too on the way. Take this, like totally! That is.. her heel. That'll show him.
COMBATSYS: Katana counters Strong Throw from Jaeger with Random Weapon.
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As Jaeger has had minor problems, it is because Katana has dealt with .. many different members of Metro City's best. Cody, Haggar, Guy. All of them have beaten Katana into .. something that is capable of things you would not believe of. Far beyond it, really. So when Jeager flips through the air with the excess damage spilling about, Katana watches as the man comes down.. and then reaches for something close by. It's a table.
A table .. will do.
"You have shown me such strength! But the might of the Japanese Shogun, Katana, is not to be trifled with either...I hope that one day .. it will be another such glorious battle!"
And that's when Katana pulls something from behind him.. the last remaining table.. and he grabs the legs..
And slams it into Jeager, launching him back upwards from where he came from. "HNNUGH!" It took much effort as well.. but he gave it everything! And afterwards, he pulls out that fan again.. or well, a copy, and begins to rest from his exertion. "For those, however.. who touch the mask. There will be no mercy."
Koko-noron-bah?
Jaeger just can't get a break today. Every single thing he's tried to do has basically been met with failure. That concerns him deeply. As amachine, 'practice' is largely pointless. All he needs is a simple download of information, and he's good as new. However, there is the looming spectre of obsolecense that hovers over a being like him. If he's no longer capable of performing his function, then Jaeger is most likely going to succumb to being recycled by NESTS.
The thoughts distract him, and as a result, the table smashes clean into him, battering what little functionality he has left into redline. He doesn't have a lot of time left. While he'll be able to move, his systems demand he return to the NESTS pick up point for evaluation.
Judging from his performance, that evaluation won't be good. The idea of being packed up and put back into storage is truly the only thing that can put fear into the killing machine.
Bested by a mental invalid. How embarassing.
Still, Jaeger's not about to give it up yet. He's still got some fight left in him, and his red eyes pulse brightly with the intent to cause murder. Unfortunately for Naerose, there's only one person near him to which he could conceivably cause that to.
As the kick shoots towards his damaged form, Jaeger lobs a grenade high into the air, the metal sphere clattering to the ground behind the woman as he charges. If he times it right, the explosion will hurl her up into the air as Jaeger rears back an arm. The sound of a retractable metal blade rings through the air as he tries to shishkebab the airborne target before finally being forced to go on standby mode for NESTS extraction.
COMBATSYS: Jaeger interrupts Strong Kick from Naerose with Spartan.
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COMBATSYS: Jaeger can no longer fight.
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So that wasn't expected, she expected to you know hit or something and no getting hit herself, instead she gets flung and then air juggled as if she were a 2d character and all that stuff. So maybe Jaeger goes into standby mode, but Naerose has a standby mode all her own, it's called sleep. She's literally asleep before she even hits the ground, but that doesn't stop her from still manging to be partially inside a box. Sure the box is trashed and most people would of never fallen for it the first time, but she wasn't most people, neither was Katana. now the box was broken down, ready to go into the recycle bin save for one small feature. The witch inside. She was still there. And snoring loudly, now might be a good time for a freshing drink. But does beer refresh? That was the Howard's evil plan! Get people all tired from fighting them give them alcohol which dehydrates you.
As Jaeger is launched upwards, Katana sees the Box Spirit come towards Jaeger. And he had set it up. As Jaeger launches more grenades and then slams an arm forwards, trying to shishkebab the spirit, Katana looks away as he hears two bodies fall slump. Jaeger falls to the ground .. and then as Naerose goes down too, Katana gasps. "The Box Spirit... he .. HAS KILLED HER!"
Then he distinctly hears the sound of logs being sawed. And then looks towards the Red clad woman. Katana shakes his head. "The Box Spirit.. will sleep until I need her again! Perhaps the box spirit and the bathhouse spirit know each other. Elle had hired some rather odd individuals after all. "Rest then, but for now .. the Shogun will have his prize!" He pads across the broken and blasted battlefield, before he thrusts out a heavily armored, and blasted, hand, and grabs the plastic beer pourer, before taking it, and with the mask still on, spills it into the mouth hole.
Most of it goes into his mouth, but it also spills all over him. Perhaps that was the point. "Ahhhh... Sake .. is a great thing!" Moving back to the bus, Katana wobbles a bit. "You two .. have been warriors that make me proud... I will never forget you, and your spirits! But the Shogun's power .. is beyond simple tricks!" At least, that's what he believes, as he goes to drive a bus drunk to a Mad Gear Safehold and then CELEBRATE.
Yeah he'll be crashing a few times. Oh well!
Jeager had shown him strength comes from various sources. And one of them.. spirits!
COMBATSYS: Katana has left the fight here.
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COMBATSYS: Naerose has ended the fight here.
Log created on 13:34:55 09/29/2007 by Katana, and last modified on 10:10:25 09/30/2007.