Description: Mignon meets that Drake she was looking for, and in the end, NEW FRIENDSHIPS ARE MADE. And happiness. And Magic. And fighting! Mignon gets too big for her britches, and Drake attempts to show her just how things might end up, even if Mignon tries to show him that no, she's not helpless! But will she understand him before she charges INTO THE LAYER OF THE EVIL? Er. Gangs.
It was but a while ago that Mignon had met her tutor to witchiness, whom she never even got the name of! But Mignon listened to them, and currently, was headed straight to the address that that witch gave to her! Naerose surely wouldn't lie, especially with what she knows! She SAID she was a good witch, and even had some ways to 'prove it'. One of them .. WAS DRAKE. She mentioned him!
And that's why the Pink haired terror is in Metro! Skipping and humming to herself, Naerose was going to find this 'Drake' fellow alright, and she wouldn't give up either! Even if there was gangs all over .. and some of them were looking at her all weiiiiiird. And others harassed her ... well Mignon still skipped.
But faster. So fast some may call it ... A /RUN/.
"She never mentioned to Mignon that there would be so much eeeviiiill!!!!" Mignon say rather loudly, running through the park, the pink haired wonder causing her baubles to go piku-piku-piku and flash as she eventually trips over a bench, her body inverting and lying face up in a pile of leaves.
... PERFECT! "Mignon will never be able to be found like this.. Mignon has the best disguise!" And that's why Mignon tries to move with the new costume, taking a handful of leaves and finding she CAN'T move it like that. "Oh, Mignon thought that'd work! ... Wait, Mignon's here! Mignon did it, Mignon did it! .. Now where is that Drake guy?" Mignon stops leaping in the air for a second to look around.. and then like the genius she is....
"DRAKE!" She yells, cupping her mouth, "DRAKE ARE YOU HEEEEERE?! IF YOU ARE, MIGNON IS HERE LOOKING FOR YOU!" There! She says to herself. Everything will be just fine! Even if she WAS in a place of gangs and such and DID yell out loud she was there.
She'll be alright!
Well, whatever floats her boat. Drake is enjoying a pleasant occasion in the park, seated on a bench and trying to keep vigil over who all is where. Those gangers Mignon seems to be spotting quickly aren't quite so easily noticed by him. But no, this is not because he's deficient in his discernment abilities. He's just a bit blinded by fangirls.
Indeed! Our lovable professional wrestling model vigilante do-gooder is signing autographs while trying to keep an eye out. It isn't really working, though. He has this problem, see. Attractive girls are generally sufficient enough to distract him. Pair that with expanding his fame and pleasing his fans? Yeah.
After finishing an elegantly-signed autograph, a high-pitched sound catches his ear. A female voice.. and it's yelling for him! He perks, not unlike a dog being called, and his amethyst eyes skirt this way and that to scan his surroundings. Because, of course, it -has- to be him that she was calling for. Couldn't be any other Drake. And even though the name - meat? - comes off weird, he can't really not respond to it.
So up hops the model, pushing past a trio of girls to get a better view of the scenery. And there the yeller must be. Pink hair, expectant look on her face.. extremely girlie... gotta be. Putting on a bemused, wry smile, Drake begins to saunter in Mignon's direction. His left thumb hooks into his pants pocket, and his right hand sweeps through his bangs casually as he approaches.. right up until he greets with a boyishly charming, "Heya."
Oh no .. for a brief period, Mignon believes that he isn't going to show, that the woman lied to her and then she wasn't a good witch and now THERE ARE GANGS ALL OVER.
But then all is well as Drake appears, sauntering through, and over, to Mignon, Drake is noticed as well. And that's when perhaps it would have been the worst thing for Drake to do in the history of FOREVER. By making eye contact with Mignon, one sets themselves up for torture beyond belief!
At least, that is what Ninon might say. "Oh ... you must be .. Drake!" Mignon nods, as she bounces on her feet in place, the boots going PIKU and flashing. "Hi Drake! Mignon is looking for you, well, Mignon was looking for you, but now Mignon found you and is safe! There was all these guys all around and while Mignon can protect herself Mignon wasn't sure if that many can be protected against.. but now Mignon is saved! Yaaaaay! My hero!" Mignon cries out, leaping into the air and to the side, spinning once before coming to a stop.
"Oh, right, Mignon nearly forgot!" Taking a more serious tone, Mignon moved in close. "Mignon wanted to meet you Mr. Drake because Mignon was told you were a good guy, and knew where all the bad guys are, and that's why Mignon wanted to meet you, so that Mignon can help the world with you by making it a better place for peace by getting rid of the EVIL!" Her voice slowly but steadily speeds up and goes higher as she finishes, her voice going really high at the last word! That and she raised an arm as well, 'posing'.
"Mignon just wants you to tell her where this evil is, so that Mignon can do her best!" She nods again, piku-ing, and can barely contain her excitement, hair bouncing, body bouncing as well, and in a state of constant motion. Drake's saunter looks like he's standing still compared to her. "Soooooo, how about it? Mignon wants to know. She reaaaally wants to help!"
Drake apparently made a terrible mistake. This.. this girl is not a fangirl. This girl is hyper-active, squeaky, and loud. And this girl wants him to point her towards trouble? Something about this is just weird.
Okay, a lot about this is weird. But still.
Drake opens his mouth to speak, then pauses and closes it again. After a few more moments of thought, the mouth opens once more. Words come out this time. "I'm.. I'm assuming your name is Mignon." What cruel parents. "Where are you from?" Odd first question, but maybe it'll explain the name a little better. "Whoever you talked to was right, though. I -am- one of the goodguys. Onn'a the best, at that," he notes, smile turning a little more cocky. "But I wouldn't wanna point your towards the bad folk if you can't handle yourself. Don't want you getting hurt, y'know? Then what kind've goodguy would I be?"
Maybe a terrible mistake. Just maybe. But then, Mignon wouldn't ever get by in life if people did not commit serious mistake after serious mistake. Perhaps one of them caused Mignon to be where she is at this time! But that's enough about a serious of unfortunate events.
When Drake opens and closes his mouth, Mignon giggles, "Oh, you were stunned by Mignon's stunning charm, weren't you?" Mignon says, in all serious before .. "Naaaahhh! Just kidding, heehee!" And that's perhaps when Drake ACTUALLY speaks. PIKU. And she bounces up and down. "Yep, Mignon is Mignon alright!" She does this alot, speaking in to where Drake gives her a little moment of space to just intrude a bit into. "Oh, then she is a good witch!" She nods again, PIKU, and as his smile turns cocky, Mignon tilts her head and stops the bouncing. "Whaaaaat? You don't believe Mignon can take care of herself? Oh ... well Mignon is a witch! And she knows ALL kinds of magic, so you won't have to worry about Mignon! Especially when Granny is watching her!" And then yelling up to the sky, and in the direction of Salem. .. "ISN'T THAT RIGHT GRANNY!" She isn't dead. She's seriously trying to YELL to her granny from across the country. Before smiling back over to Drake. "And you won't be a bad guy, because Mignon isn't ever going to be beaten by Evil! Because Mignon will just never ever give up!" PIKU! And she extends a hand upwards as she leaps up. "Mignon's one tough cookie!"
Man, are all people who claim to be 'witches' screwed up in some way? Can't there ever be a normal one? ..Okay, probably not. Silly question. Drake hooks his other thumb into this other pocket, and he draws in a deep breath to exhale it again in a puffy sigh. "Be that as it may, Mignon, I'm not completely sure where to look. The slums would probably be the best place to go, but it would also be the best place to get jumped." Not that he isn't all for heroically crashing in and beating up all the baddies.. but still. He doesn't want her to rush in there and get herself mangled. She looks kind've young.
Well. If Drake thinks Mignon is screwed up, then she should see Ninon! ... She's a rather normal witch. Almost storybook like. Would THAT be normal? But as Drake draws in a deep breathe before exhaling in that cute sigh, Mignon beams. "Ooooh... you said the slums, riiiiiight? Mignon knows where to go now!" At about that point, Mignon stops listening. 'a good place to get jumped' slips right on by Mignon.
"Mignon .. will go now, and defeat the evil bad guys in the slums!" She twirls about and then skips, PIKU, a single step.
Drake. What you don't want is going to happen. Because it looks like you just told someone who seems to have a DEATHWISH or something, and is skipping straight towards danger without a care in her mind! How she lived this long is a mystery.
Drake finds himself pondering that very thing. See, folks at home? This right here proves Darwinism is false. Natural selection has failed.
"Hey!," Drake calls, stepping up quickly behind her. He goes to set his hands to her shoulders, hopefully stopping her from proceeding further. "I -said- it's a good place to get jumped! You don't want that happening. That means there'll be a pretty little pink-haired smear on the pavement come morning if you hit the slums all gung-ho. A'ight?" Yeah, Drake's just a little bit street. Or at least a little bit punk.
Yes. Natural Selection FAILED. And Mignon is able to cause such a thing to fail. SO WHAT MUST MIGNON'S POWERS BE!?
Pretty magical and amazing, that's what, and as Drake steps behind her and TOUCHES HER, stopping her from moving completely and then talking to her, it's a good way to get her to listen. And a good way to think that he's a creep and is touching Mignon, but then as she's told she'll get jumped, and that she should not go there at all alone or else she'll go SMUSH.
Blinking, and turning around, Mignon stops, and then tries to put the pieces together. And Drake would see a look of realization come to her face. "So Mignon would be a smear? ... Nope! Mignon doesn't think she'll be a smear! Mignon will do it, Mignon has to! Or else Mignon would never be able to have Peace in the entire World! So off Mignon goes! Thank you Drake, for caring about Mignon, but Mignon will be fine! Mignon has magic! And it's good enough to take any evil!" ^_^
She waves to Drake and AGAIN mindlessly hops away.
Drake has no compunctions against putting his hands on people, no. Hey, when your profession pretty much revolves around groping total strangers, it desensitizes you to it. So that thought doesn't even occur to him, really.
"If that's true, why did you sound relieved to see me?," Drake asks, one single obsidian eyebrow quirked. "Sounded like you were afraid of getting jumped -here-. You'd best re-think your plan, tootse," he calls after her. Expecting this to be sufficient, he just sets his hands to his hips again and remains stationary.
.... Mignon stops. The PIKU is no more as Mignon turns around. "Mignon forgot all about that .. she just thought that they were gangs, not evil! But now that Mignon knows they're evil, Mignon has to clean them up as well! And Mignon'll do it alright!"
And then it occurs to her, as she moves closer to Drake. "Mignon understands now .. you're telling Mignon she's not strong enough! You think that Mignon is helpless, don't you ... ooooooh. You just think Mignon is a little girl!" Flailing her hands and then stomping the ground, Mignon doesn't seem happy. "Mignon is NOT a little girl! IS NOT IS NOT IS NOT IS NOT!"
And then she huffs, looking to Drake. "Mignon will show Drake she can take care of herself if she has to!"
Drake exhales another puff of air, this one to waft his bangs about in an almost aloof manner. "Kind'a," he admits to this accusation. "You stand out like a sore thumb, you look like a kid, and you're unarmed." Sure, he's fairly young himself, but still. She looks like a 'kid' to him. "And how would you do that, praytell?"
As Drake exhales and causes his bangs to move, Mignon just KNEW IT. "Mignon just knew it!" .. Well isn't that amazing. And as he even tells her that she stands out like a sore thumb, Mignon shakes her head. "No, Mignon isn't unarmed! Mignon is a witch, a really good witch, but Mignon still could always get better! Mignon has magic at her disposal, and that's why Mignon will use her magic on Drake if Drake doesn't think Mignon can do what she says!" She nods. Alot. And looks towards Drake .. and then FLIPS BACKWARDS, spinning as she lands, her legs angled .. inwards? As she stands. "Mignon isn't a pushover you know!"
Oh, good lord.
Drake's lips purse together tightly.
The lips quaver.
Finally, he just can't take it. Drake bursts into soft laughter. C'mon, she looks like she needs to hit the bathroom. The model shakes his head and sighs. "Fine. Let's see what you've got, Bitsy." Of course, he intends to go fairly easy on her. Nothing too extreme to hurt the girl with. He mostly expects her to do the exact same things as Naerose - who is still somehow more estranged than this girl.
But otherwise, he just stands there and waits to be impressed.
COMBATSYS: Drake has started a fight here.
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COMBATSYS: Mignon has joined the fight here.
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Drake 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Mignon
As Drake's lips quiver, Mignon looks to Drake. "Heeey.. what are you do-" And then he BURSTS INTO LAUGHTER. He's laughing pretty hard, and even if he does look rather cute while laughing Mignon isn't that interested in boys yet. That'll be when it's a bit farther in age. She's still young!
"W-W-W.... MIGNON IS NOT ONE TO BE LAUGHED AT! Mignon is a big girl and can take care of herself, not just a kid!" Which isn't so obvious as she runs, without the silly looking standing, towards Drake, and then as she closes the gap..
Tries to put her hands on his shoulders. "Oopsie-whoop!" She cries out, hosting herself up AND OVER Drake, "Horsie!" if possible, and then lands on the other side to aim to hook her arms around his .. and then pull him forwards and them FLIP him to the ground.
Of course, this might be ending with a thud that is... DRAKE.
And of course, she'll revert to that odd stance. Yes. Her steps PIKU still.
COMBATSYS: Mignon successfully hits Drake with Filly Throw.
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Drake 0/-------/------=|-------\-------\0 Mignon
Drake just stands there, now grinning at the girl. He's trying not to laugh anymore. Seriously. But with her all worked up? It's hard! He prepares himself to casually sidestep her attempt.. but she's taken to flight, apparently. That was a bit unexpected.
"Wha-"
Thud.
Drake quickly rolls over and smoothly rises back to his feet in the same motion, eyebrow quirked again. He looks almost.. insulted. "Uh-huh..."
And suddenly, the slender wrestler dashes in towards the female, and he attempts to... grab her by the wrist. Nothing fancy here. He just tries to yank her up, spin once, and chuck her away. Hopefully she won't hit any trees or anything. The idea isn't to hurt her.
COMBATSYS: Mignon blocks Drake's Fast Throw.
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Drake 0/-------/------=|=------\-------\0 Mignon
As Drake rolls, rising back to his feet in the same motion, Mignon is is place, as well as bouncing. "Yep! Now do you see, Mignon is strong! And Mignon will show you just how strong she can be as well!" Bouncing on her feet, this time, Mignon is ready when someone comes after her! And Drake dashing towards her.. well, as she's grabbed by the wrist, she's yanked up, but after being spun, Mignon comes down.. and catches herself, the impact causing her hands to strain, but the majority of her body to be okay! Getting back to her feet, she flips once and lands on her feet. "Ta daaaaah~!" Landing, she gives Drake a mock block kiss. "Okay then, Mignon will get serious then!" And then she runs towards him again, flipping forwards and then .. throwing a simple punch?
Maybe she is a wimp!
COMBATSYS: Drake dodges Mignon's Quick Punch.
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Drake 0/-------/------=|=------\-------\0 Mignon
Well, she seems to've caught herself well enough after that toss. Point for her, he supposes. But Drake once again takes up a casual posture, left hand setting to his hip. "One for grand-standing, at least...," he comments to himself.
And with the girl taken to the air again, his eyes track her movement much more precisely. Fist suddenly thrust out, finely-tuned reflexes kick in and he simply twists his body aside to let it whiff past. But as she lands with him standing aside from her, he snaps a punch of his own towards the back of her shoulder. It's firm and fast, but nothing that will dislocate anything. Hopefully.
COMBATSYS: Drake successfully hits Mignon with Quick Punch.
- Power hit! -
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Drake 0/-------/------=|====---\-------\0 Mignon
Her miraculous first action pales to her horrible failure on the second. As the boy tracks her motions better, Mignon sees her fist .. go past him? "Huuuh? That wasn't supposed to happe-" ANd that's when a quick punch, snapped to the back of her shoulder ..
IS FAR STRONGER THAN EXPECTED.
Perhaps it was the way she turned? Or perhaps it was the way she was standing, but the fist slams into ther shoulder and sends her on her merry way, rolling and tumbling until she stops.. and clasps that shoulder.. "Ow ow ow ..." She says, before getting up, looking to Drake. "Okay .. so you are pretty strong .. but Mignon will show you now what Mignon would do to them too!" And that's when her un-semi dislocated arm points towards Drake. "Burning flame! Strike him true!"
At the end of that hand, a sphere of red coalesces and then ignites, ripping through the air, burning, towards Drake.
... It's chi, yes, but she SWEARS it's not.
COMBATSYS: Drake dodges Mignon's Fire Ball.
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Drake 0/-------/------=|===----\-------\0 Mignon
Drake can tell from the moment of impact that his fist was launched a little too hard. He screws up his expression and takes a couple steps closer to the girl. "Hey, you okay? Didn't really mean to -hurt- yo-"
She's on her feet. Oh, look, a giant red sphere. Burning.
"Holy sh-.."
Naerose, he can overlook. No one that addled can do magic. This girl? She's quirky and a little attention-deficit, but that looks pretty darned convincing. And it's definitely not something he wants to get hit by. So Drake adjusts his stance briefly and skids to the side, allowing it to whizz past him. Here's to hoping it doesn't light up the park.
Once clear of the threat, Drake dashes in towards the girl and twists over, snapping a quick roundhouse kick towards her unhurt shoulder. He doesn't comment on the fireball. Not yet, at least. That was just weird.
COMBATSYS: Mignon endures Drake's Light Kick.
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Drake 0/-------/-----==|======-\-------\0 Mignon
As Drake looks on at the fireball, Mignon watches as .. he skids to the side and lets it whizz past him! It disappears once Mignon watches it go too far. "Well, you did you best Mr. Fire!" Mignon speaks up, smiling, before Drake dashes towards the girl, and that quick roundhouse slams into her unhurt shoulder.
She, oddly enough, doesn't try to get out of the way. Infact, she weathers the blow, and as that happens, Mignon winces. It hurts. ALot. He'll notice. It's just like the punch. But she toughs through the pain.
And now he's in close.
"Divine wind spirit!" She cries out, and then right under Drake, a whirlwind is created, whipping around in the area just before Mignon, pushing him back and trying to blow him farther away! The chi induced windstorm isn't nice either. It'll hurt!
"You're pretty strong .. but Mignon won't give up so easily, not at all!" Also? MAGIC.
COMBATSYS: Mignon successfully hits Drake with Windstorm.
- Power hit! -
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And the kick lands a bit harder than he intended. Sigh. Drake's not used to pulling attacks back! He's become entirely too used to wailing on opponents! Even in sparring! "You oka-," he starts to repeat, but then she gives some blurb about divine wind. Is that an euphamism for-
-Oh, nevermind. Drake sees it under his feet. And despite how he almost hops back out of its range by pure reaction, it catches him up and blows him back. Hard as all Hell, to boot, which actually gets a pained cry from him. He hits the ground in a tumble, and comes up in a crouch, eyes narrowed on Mignon. So maybe he's actually been going a little -too- easy on her. He raises back to his full height, fingers balling into fists, and he inclines his head, studying the girl. He'll weigh the likelihood of magic later.
COMBATSYS: Drake focuses on his next action.
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Drake 0/-------/-======|=======\-------\1 Mignon
As Drake is caught up by the wind spirit, blowing him back really hard, Mignon watches as he hits the ground in a tumble, pulling back .. and then narrows his eyes at Mignon. Mignon waves, and smiles, and as he raises to his full height and then readies himself, Mignon smiles. "Seeee. Mignon isn't a weakling! Mignon is strong, and can take care of herself! But Mignon is hurt .. but that's okay, Mignon'll be alright!"
Drake would seriously probably not expect the next thing. Although, maybe he would. Spinning around, Mignon raises an arm to the sky, and then cries out, "Mignon's not feeling so good so ... Magical Healing!" She cries. That's about when green sparklies begin to circle around her from her feet and then raise up and disappear.
Twirling around, Mignon looks to Drake and smiles. "There we go, all better~!" Piku. "Mignon is as good as new!" And ... she is too.
"One technique against me isn't good enough," Drake replies, teeth gritting a little. He has fangirls watching, after all. That was a pretty poor showing. But the girl's odd behavior just continues.. until she calls for healing.
Aw, HELL no.
With her spinning and seemingly not paying a lick of attention, Drake rushes in towards her and aims to grab the girl in a forward headlock under his left arm. His right hand makes a grab for her belt, and he attempts to hoist her into the air upside-down, hopefully knocking her out of that healing spiel. He -hates- that people can do that. Even if it's practical and this isn't any sort of big-deal fight. It's one of those things that really agitates him. All he needs is a second to simmer, really.
Except a second is a bit too much to ask. If caught up, he hops into the air and attempts to drive the top of her head against the ground in a hard suplex.
COMBATSYS: Mignon blocks Drake's Strong Throw.
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COMBATSYS: Mignon successfully hits Mignon with Magical Healing.
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As Mignon replies, teeth gritting a little. "Well.. I have alot of techniques, so don't worry about it!" Mignon replies happily, grinning as she turns aroun-
"Oop!" And that's about when Drake grabs her as she braces herself, and as she is hoisted and then slammed into the ground. Her body, however, makes this easy to twirl out of. As Drake hops up into the air and drives her her into the ground, she slips her hands out.
And then they help push her head out from hitting the ground hard, Mignon being launched up and out of the hold like some kind of pop-rocket.. and with some nice wrist strain as well. "Ow ow ow .. Mignon is certainly hurt.. but she's feeling better, much better! Mignon thinks she's ready to keep going!"
And that's when she sees him angry. "Oh .. did I anger you? .. Oh Mignon is sooo sorry but Mignon's not sure what she did .. but Mignon will fight hard to make it up to you!" Flipping forwards, Mignon spins over herself before she leaps into the air after two flips, and extends a hand towards Drake as she flies towards him. "Mignon's coming at ya! Here she comes~!" And FIST FIRST too!
COMBATSYS: Drake counters Strong Punch from Mignon with Blackout.
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Drake pops the girl like a jack-in-the-box. Man, this 'fight' is weird. He's certainly getting a feel for how she operates. But he's instantly back on his feet with a kip-up, gaze trained coolly on the young girl. "I really hate that healing stuff people pull," he notes. He then pauses and sighs. "..Doesn't matter in a case like -this-, I guess." See? He just needed a second to simmer. Something about that healing sets him off like a hurricane, most of the time.
But then Mignon is attacking again. Going through the air.. again. And holy cow, can that be any more telegraphed? Drake's head cocks to the side as he watches her draw in towards him.. right up until her fist nearly strikes him. At that precise moment, his opposite hand lashes out and grabs the offending wrist, suddenly twisting it over and guiding the arm behind her back. This movement draws the airborne girl in coser to him - and indeed, right up against him. At this exact moment, his other arm joins the first around her waist where her attacking arm has thus been trapped, and the streamlined musculature along his arms begins pumping fiercely. Poor Mignon has found herself in Drake's Blackout hold. Yes, it's a bearhug... but it's a particularly well-executed and excruciating bearhug, thus it gets its own unique name.
The ever-tightening hold brings the two all but face to face, Drake's amethyst eyes locking onto her browns. "Don't push yourself too hard," he advises mid-squeeze. "I'm trying -not- to hurt you." Though she apparently can take a lot more punishment than he thought. Either way, she can just repair herself as needs be, it seems.
"Oh .. really? Then Mignon won't do it again! Promise!" Mignon responds. She didn't know, but he was WORRIED about her! "Mignon did it because Mignon didn't want to see you unhappy about hurting her!" She says as she spins.
And then Drake's head cocks to the side .. and his opposite hand lashes out and grabs her wrist alright, twisting it over and guiding the arm behind her OW! She cries out at this. "AIeee!" Before the other arm an d Mignon .. is HELD CLOSE TO DRAKE?!
Her eyes go wide as she looks straight at Drake with her arms behind her back. She can bend pretty well.. she has to with what she's been pulling, but at the same time, crushing her against his body! "Nghh.. Don't .. worry about .. Mignon .. Mignon can .. do it.. and she'll .. be fine .. but .. crushing!"
But, on one side, Mignon .. has a chance now! "Water ...up!" She calls.
And then around Drake, an eruption of water leaps into existence around her, which just MIGHT break the hold! It's a sudden burst of water, and erupts from the ground out of nowhere .. must be /magic/.
COMBATSYS: Drake dodges Mignon's Water Shield.
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Drake continues crushing the little could-be witch. And when she sounds like she's starting to get too hurt from the crushing, Drake decidedly loosens up. Again, the idea isn't to -hurt- the girl. Sure, he's done gone and used one of his special techniques on her.. but it was appropriate. Kind've remind her that she isn't dealing with a patsy.
But then she's yelling something about water. The word that sticks with him, however, is the word 'up'. Drake immediately releases the girl and hops back, right in time for the water to rush up and miss him. He cants his head, bangs drifting outwards from his face. He turns aside and sharply snaps out a sidekick aimed for her torso. Nothing terribly hard, again - quicker rather than tough. But hopefully it'll be enough to push her back, or over.
COMBATSYS: Mignon dodges Drake's Light Kick.
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Well. Mignon wasn't going to believe that Drake is a patsy, Drake's proved he's anything but a patsy! And this is no different, especially as Mignon watches Drake leap back, Mignon collapsing to the ground and getting wet. Yep, that water is corporeal to a point! And Mignon is now pink AND wet.
And then she has a lick going towards her!
Rolling out of the way, Mignon likes that .. yeah that's a good idea! Getting OUT of the way! Mignon .. really hasn't tried it much. Maybe she should? "Mignon's got a new plan, so don't think Mignon is out of it just yet, okay? Mignon's coming through!" And then she dashes as Drake..
And then grabs for that leg that kicked out, attempting to grab it and cat pounce it out from under him! "MEooooooooOW!" ... What?
COMBATSYS: Drake parries Mignon's Quick Throw!
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Drake's foot.. whiffs! Well, that was fairly impressive. Then again, all she did was roll. But the next thing he knows, she's grabbed ahold of his boot. Instead of letting her just pounce at him, Drake jerks his boot back and yanks the girl right along with it, flinging her to stagger past him off balance - and most importantly, with her back turned to him.
Drake steps back onto his left leg, hands chambering at his sides and gathering his will along his arms. He then suddenly drops into a low forward stance on his right leg, hands rocketing out in a double palmheel strike aimed for the girl's vulnerable back. The moment his arms are fully extended, the gathered energy erupts around his hands in a dazzling bright white explosion of concussive energy.
COMBATSYS: Drake successfully hits Mignon with Whiteout EX.
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COMBATSYS: Drake has saved the state of this fight.
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COMBATSYS: Drake has left the fight here.
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COMBATSYS: Mignon has ended the fight here.
Mignon can do it! Mignon can do anything when she puts her mind to it!
with the miiinor teeeenssy weeensy exception of when bad things happen. Like when Drake comes leaping in towards Mignon, and Mignon kicks of the ground before -WHAM - the palmheel's slam into Mignon's back and send her crashing forth through the park along the grass!
The pink one is sent .. tumbling through the grass! "Ook! Eek Ow! Oop! Aieee!" Before she lays sprawled out on the ground. But shaking herself off, Mignon rises again, looking to Drake and pointing. "Owww... Mignon guesses you really ARE pretty good at this. But Mignon isn't bad at it either.. Mignon's not out of tricks yet!" Bounding towards Drake, she kicks off the ground, flips forwards, and then sends a single foot straight towards Drake! Kay, so it's both of them.
And there's aLOT of Piku's.
COMBATSYS: Mignon successfully hits Drake with Light Kick.
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Drake 1/----===/=======|=======\-------\1 Mignon
Drake simply raises to his full height again, standing casually once more. "So you keep saying," he notes. "But you realize if you didn't fix yourself, and if I -really- was trying to mess you up..."
Well, hopefully she realizes what he's saying. Because he doesn't actually get a chance to get it all out there. No, instead she's clubbing her feet into him, staggering him back a couple steps with a grunt. "Still not done?"
Without waiting for an answer, Drake closes the distance quickly and attempts to grab her wrist. Hoisting it up, his foot goes to set against her hip.. and he tilts aside, yanking hard on the wrist and pushing upwards with the foot to vault the girl over into the ground again.
COMBATSYS: Mignon blocks Drake's Fast Throw.
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Drake 1/----===/=======|=======\-------\1 Mignon
As Drake responds, stating casually that he's /not trying/, Mignon looks to him, and tilts her head. "Waiiiit.. are you telling Mignon .. THAT YOU'RE HOLDING BACK!?" Mignon gasps, and as she flips off of Drake, onto the ground, and then lets Drake close the distance as he attempts to grab her wrist. Well.. It works, and as he sets her foot against her hip, Mignon doesn't just stand there, but pulls her body oddly, kicking off the ground, and while she's vaulted.. she lands some what unscathed on the ground. "Mignon is here trying her hardest and then you tell Mignon that you aren't trying at all!?" Mignon stomps the ground once and fumes.. "And you're just not TRYING!?" Mignon doesn't believe it. "Don't lie to Mignon .. you're trying and you don't want to admit it! Mignon's sure of it .. Mignon isn't that easy to lie to!"
And that's when she picks up something from the ground. It's .. a rock. YES! A rock. A simple rock.
And then she more or less weakly throws it towards Drake.
"You could at least tell Mignon you're going easy on her!"
COMBATSYS: Drake dodges Mignon's Thrown Object.
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Drake 1/----===/=======|=======\-------\1 Mignon
"I'm not sissy-fighting you," Drake admits. See, he's not -all- about his ego. He really -is- a nice guy. "But no, I'm not going all out on you. I don't wanna injure you." Pretty simple logic, he thinks.
But then, there's a rock zooming in towards him. Drake's expression twists up into a frown, and he tilts his body just out of the way to let it whiz past. "C'mon, now even -you- aren't being serious. If it makes you feel better, yeah. In those terms, I'm going easy on you."
But then Drake is dashing in close to her... only to fire off a quick reverse punch from the left hand, aimed to strike her shoulder again. Shoulders don't get injured too easily. Assuming he hasn't knocked any out of joint or something.
COMBATSYS: Mignon endures Drake's Quick Punch.
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Drake 1/----===/=======|=======\==-----\1 Mignon
As Drake dashes in close to her, a quick reverse punch slamming into her shoulder. The ones that Drake has been hammering through out the battle, actually, and while she doesn't collapse from the strike things are beginning to be worn. Mignon moving back when struck, but holding her ground, her frail body being tossed a bit from the strike.
"What?! .. M-MIGNON IS being serious! And you're going easy on Mignon? Well .. Mignon is going to have to show you just what Mignon can do!" Her body, while being warped about, however.. does do something odd.
A single hand raises upwards above the pink hair and then the hand begins to flare. Perhaps with Chi, but something is created above her head quickly, and it spreads out of the areas as well.
Drake might find it hard to avoid it. "Here we go~!" She cries out, before smiling to Drake. "Bye Bye!" She claims, as with both hands now she points it towards Drake.
And then launches that hunk of burning chi, made to look like a Meteor, towards Drake. "Meteo Stri-wooooa!" From the force? Mignon's launched back as well, her own body rolling and rolling and rolling, stopping against a bench.. although not like, jamming straight into it.
"Owiiiee Ouch Ouch...." She rubs her back .. still, however, Drake has a METEOR flying towards him.
That's certainly trying alright!
COMBATSYS: Mignon successfully hits Drake with Meteo-Strike.
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Drake 2/<<<<<<</<<<<<<<|==-----\-------\0 Mignon
Drake just exhales a sigh. Should he have been going all out on her? Is that really what the upstart wants? ...Well, even if it is, it isn't what she's going to get. Even if showing a degree of self-control is, like, taboo for all professional wrestlers, Drake keeps himself set on -not- doing anything to really hurt Mignon.
Even when a big freaking meteor starts towards him.
Eyes go all huge, and Drake starts to bound out of its way.. but it's just too large, and is moving just too fast. He's struck, and hard, tumbling head over heels before ending in a heap. Some fangirls are.. are -laughing- at him, others are looking a bit concerned and frightened. But even still, Drake's going to maintain his self-control. He pushes himself back up to his feet, now standing rather shakily.
"And I'll bet you can't pull -that- off again, can you? I'm still standing..," notes the abused model. "..So where would that leave you if you got jumped?" Drake rushes Mignon again, attempting to just grab her by the collar of her shirt to hoist her up into the air, then promptly slam her down. Against the bench. A mite bit harder than he's been, but still with enough control to hopefully not injure her.
COMBATSYS: Mignon interrupts Medium Throw from Drake with Lightning Bolt.
- Power hit! -
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Drake 2/<<<<<<</<<<<<<<|====---\-------\0 Mignon
Well. No. Mignon couldn't do THAT again.
But she can still put all her effort into it! As Drake lands in a heap, Mignon watches as he stands shakily.. now's her chance to show him she's not just a push over .. and he's asking her where would that leave her if she got jumped! "Mignon has alot of plans!" Mignon responds, especially as the model leaps forwards, rushing Mignon.
Mignon, meanwhile, had pulled herself up and dusted herself up when YOINK, Drake grabs her by the collar of the shirt, and hoists her in the air. It's about then that Mignon had prepared for what she does next. "Mignon .. Mignon would do this! Thunderr booooolt!" She cries out, before slamming both hands, while being hoisted, into the chest of Drake.
He'll feel a pulse of something alright, and this time, it'd be chi! .. Or magic as it were. Before the electricity grabs a hold of him. As she's swung down, Mignon would launch Drake outwards, to send him tumbling like she had before! And Mignon also hits the floor, face first.
But it WAS better than hitting it face first at a faster speed! Picking herself up again, Mignon begins to gasp. "This .... this .. Mignon guesses peace ... might be hard .. to do alone." She's already tired .. and Drake's been going easy on HER.
... "Maybe Mignon .. SHOULD have someone go with her.. Mignon doesn't know if she can do it alone." Well. If Drake wanted her to figure out she can't. Well.. he may have finally beaten some sense into that pink lined head of hers.
Kasplode. What the hell just happened. The heroic wrestler blacks out.
Drake only comes to after he's lying on the ground, and he [pushes himself to sit up. He squints across the grass to Mignon... then looks around. His fans are departing. All thinking less of him now. Thinking he's been beaten by some little kid. Man. Now -that- sucks.
Still, he might've managed to save Mignon's life by doing this. So he tries not to let it get to him.
After several more seconds, he grits his teeth and pushes himself up to his feet. He wobbles a little, then faulters to a knee. He could push himself to attack her again, he knows it. But that would be spiteful, and pretty much opposite the message he's trying to convey; he's not a bad person. He doesn't need to beat her down the rest of the way just to make himself feel better. Besides that, she sounds like she's starting to get the picture. "Startin' to get it now?," he asks, voice a little labored from strained breathing.
COMBATSYS: Drake takes no action.
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COMBATSYS: Drake can no longer fight.
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As Drake is launched and Mignon breathes heavily, she wonders a bit.. oh no, is he okay?! Her body fatigued, she's not so perky, but she still tries, her walk still as weird as ever as she goes over to Drake on the ground, as he pushes himself back up and faulters to a knee. And then asks her if she's starting to get it.
Long story short, in that head of hers, Mignon IS getting it. At least. In this place.
She'll still keep going another time. Drake had to hammer the idea loose a bit. Usually, sometimes that just doesn't happen all that much! "Mignon's getting it, and Mignon wants to know if you're okay too! Mignon only wants to help people also, and Minon's sure you want to help them too but Mignon doesn't want to have hurt you because that means that Mignon stopped peopled fro-" GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASP "-m being helped and that means Mignon is actually HURTING people but you were so strong so Mignon's going to follow you for a bit and help you and then you and Mignon can help all the people in here, YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!"
And she bounces up and down in place, having self-inserted herself into helping Drake against THE EVIL.
Which he told her. Perhaps this is a good thing. Perhaps this is a bad thing. But one thing is true. Mignon is smiling. OH HOW SHE SMILES. And that smile won't wear off easily!
Drake doesn't really know what to make of that attitude of hers. Man. She has energy, and a ton of it left to burn, doesn't she? "I'm fine," he insists, despite how beaten he looks. "Not gonna die or anything." But now she's wanting to follow him around? This causes the model to blink those amethyst eyes at her a couple times. "I.. I, uh.." Strange. "What would your parents think?," he asks. "I mean, I do really dangerous things. I lead the Shooting Stars into Thailand and helped pave the way for their freedom. If you follow me around, there's no telling what trouble you could get into!"
She DOES have a ton of energy! Although that may be because she usually doesn't end up using it much and where as Ninon seems to have NONE she seems to just be overflowing. "Oh, that's good! Mignon was worried. Mignon doesn't want to hurt anyone unless she has to."
Nodding, Mignon then smiles when he asks what her parents think. "Grammy would so TOTALLY back Mignon! And her parents would be proud of Mignon as well, like when Mignon left her home! They were so happy and proud! They threw a going away part and everything!" Mignon nods, Piku-ing in place. "But Mignon doesn't mind, Mignon can take care of her self and MIGNON IS READY FOR ANYTHING!" She leaps into the air cheering. "Mignon's no push over you know, she's a never giver upper!" Landing, she rocks a bit. "Sooooo.. Can Mignon join now? Mignon is sure that if Drake is okay, then Mignon will be fine, and Mignon will be able to help take care of Drake and other's too with Mignon's magic!" Yeah. That healing sparkly thing. ON DRAKE'S SIDE.
This can't fail.
Drake eyes Mignon intently. Is she being serious? Or did her parents just basically throw her out on her aft? "No kidding. You can take a hit better than some, I'll give you that," he notes. "But..." He hesitates, frowns, and plops over to sit on the grass, peering up at the girl. "You're.. wanting to join me," he says, just to make sure he heard it right. "As in.. me-me? Or the team I lead?"
What? Mignon is ALWAYS serious. For her at least. Mignon wouldn't lie, and Mignon already mentioned that she had a going away PARTY. Clearly, party means good things. "Yep, Mignon's one tough cookie! And Mignon is going to school in Japan, but Mignon is here for a bit! When evil is there, Mignon has to go get it!" She nods, smiling, before Drake plops on the grass and looks at her. "Mignon wants to join the group AND Drake! Mignon thinks that she can help him a whole lot, as well as the group, and that way Mignon isn't going to go SPLAT like you said!" Skipping in place and then twirling around once.. "Mignon's is just so happy! She's finally found a way to help get peace, and it'll be with others!"
Drake just stares at the pink-haired girl. Man. The tabloids would have a field day with this. World's most eligible bachelor, team consists of nothing but nubile young women... and then comes a pink-haired little girl.
But that's not important. What's important is where a person's heart is.
"Mignon... are you sure this is what you wanna do? If you join my team, you'll have to take my directions.. and being a part of the team also means joining the fighting world. You know.. Neo League, Saturday Night Fight.." He's giving her the readers' digest of it all. She already seems to know what the main goal of the team is...
And as many would say, Mignon has a big heart! And it's in the right place for her to want to do this, alright. Perhaps it's a perfect place for her heart to be in for it!
And as Drake asks, Mignon plops down nearby, one last Piku as she rocks a bit, sitting, sitting oddly as well. "Mignon is sure that she wants to join your team! Mignon can follow directions!" Except those that involve her own goals as well, which means while he KNOWS where she is at times, she also might go for things herself. "And Mignon can fight more .. Mignon would need to get a bit better if she wants to help!" It seems that Mignon seems to have no problem with it. But then, Mignon isn't one to simply give up cause it's a litttle teeeny weeeny bit hard. "Mignon is going to do all she can!"
Drake continues to stare at Mignon for a few more seconds after she explains herself, and he exhales a soft sigh. "Never thought someone your age would wanna actually do what -we're- doing out there. Gimme a little bit of time to think about it, okay?," he asks. His eyes return to the girl. "I can tell you mean well, and your.. err.. magic.." Whatever it is. "..seems pretty potent. And we could use a medic." He glances aside, then finally just pushes himself up to his feet. "I'll be sticking around for a couple more days, at least. I'll get back to you by then, if you're still here. That cool?"
Yeah, he hates Healers... when in sporting fights. Outside of that, though? They have a practical use. He'll just have to not get so annoyed with it as quickly.
Oh, that's okay, Mignon just won't do any healing in sporting fights that Drake is in! Mignon can understand that. But Mignon wouldn't let herself get beaten up when she might get HURT. Or someone else even! And as Drake stares and sighs, Mignon pulls her legs in close. "Mignon is certain she wants to do this, but Mignon isn't going to rush anyone! Take your time!" She seems happy enough, eyes like ^_^ constantly because that's Mignon.
"Mhmhmm. Mignon's magic is really useful! And she's happy to help people with it! I bet Ninon will be proud, too." No she won't. She'll be happy Mignon's away. "Mignon will be helping mop up bad guys, but not going into the slums! Mignon promises this, okkaayyyyy! And yep, Mignon likes it! Toodallooo~!" Leaping to her feet, Mignon begins to look and skip towards a lace to sleep. "Now.. where will Mignon sleep tonight!" Let's hope it's not the street! She'll have bad memories.
Log created on 20:12:36 10/04/2007 by Mignon, and last modified on 21:17:15 10/05/2007.