Description: ABANDON SHIP! Except the Suiryuu's only lowered one lifeboat. Just one. Women and children first! Sada's female... and a minor, so she's both. And Zach, well, Zach is kinda short so he counts too. Yet as they drift over the ocean, it becomes very obvious that a little lifeboat is not really the safest place to be. The Suiryuu and Black Noah are shooting at each other, and they're caught in the middle. But this is where they have to fight... [Winner: Zach]
Sada had something of an adventure getting up into the ship's decking and onto the lifeboat at the direction of one of the crewmen. Others in the small lifeboat can likely tell it was an adventure because she is in her bra and panties, plus some sneakers tied up without socks, combined with her characteristic kusarigama. She looks over towards the boat after splashdown into the water, the explosions and searing lights of firing fuses casting peculiar shadows over her already slightly stained face.
Then someone shouts from the ship, and Sada's head looks back in that direction. Zach, seated not far from her, can see the matted mess of the ringletted coif that has been steadily disintegrating during her time on the Suiryuu.
'start fighting,' the crewman shouts, waving his arms. 'Loser gets left behind!'
Sada, a week or two ago, would have laughed at this. Then she got shoved into a trash compactor to fight after she did not savagely beat her designated opponent to a bloody pulp. And so, the half-naked girl turns around, the red light from the Blacknoah's cannons gleaming in her eyes as she says, calmly, "Nothing personal."
She snaps the weighted end of her kusarigama back and starts spinning it, the ten pound weight on the far end whirling through the air before she slams it down towards the very-slightly-taller young man's shoulder with crushing force and a savage shout.
COMBATSYS: Sada has started a fight here.
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Sada 0/-------/-------|
COMBATSYS: Zach has joined the fight here.
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Sada 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Zach
COMBATSYS: Sada successfully hits Zach with Spinning The Kusari.
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Sada 0/-------/------=|===----\-------\0 Zach
Zach simply nods, and is not looking a whole lot better himself. Cuts, bruises, tattered clothing tell the tale of Glen's trip to the lifeboat. He pulls himself to his feet, and wonder what it is about girls wielding odd weapons today.
The chain hits with a meaty thwack before clattering to the ground. Zach takes a half-step back and dips dangerously; there is not a lot of room here. He regains his footing, and raises his arm up. Purple light bathes the boat, crew and fighters before coalescing into a basket-ball sized sphere, which is promptly fired at Sada!
COMBATSYS: Sada fails to slow Blast Ball from Zach with Odani Foundation Art.
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Sada 0/-------/-======|=====--\-------\0 Zach
Oh God it's coming right for her. Sada takes a step back, whipping the chain around - but while she has lots of space to work with, which is ideal for the kusarigama, she also has the swaying seas to deal with. An enormous red burst not far away, and the waves it produces, makes Sada stumble forwards /right towards the ball/, which sinks into her bare skin and makes her let out a hellacious shriek.
As the kusari splashes into the ground, she staggers back, breathing heavily. "So, you're one of those assholes with Evil Energy!" she shouts. "Don't think that you're going to be able to beat me in with your stupid tricks, white boy!" She waves the kama in the air, suggesting perhaps that Zach should come and get some in a more direct and close-up fashion.
"Evil? I wouldn't call it that, as much as I wish I didn't have it," Zach says musingly. "And really, did you have to call me white boy? That's just mean."
Zach slides a foot forward, starting to slowly edge his way across the boat towards Sada. He ponders for just a moment, before shifting his weight up, then down violently, attempting to cause a rocking in the boat before charging in and throwing a punch at Sada's stomach.
If anime teaches anyone anything, it is that women fold like a paper airplane under a good gut punch.
COMBATSYS: Sada parries Zach's Strong Punch!
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Sada 0/-------/=======|=====--\-------\0 Zach
Sada drops her weapon... surrender?
The fist comes towards her and stops abruptly, caught between her hands as she lets her teeth draw back in a grin. Muscles that were less clearly defined stand out slightly on her arms as she sinks her fingers into the hand for a moment, leaning slightly inwards.
"You think you're going to throw me that easily, just by making the boat rock?" She then twists around to duck her arm underneath Zach's armpit, which is perhaps the one opportunity he has to break free before, with a shout, Sada slams herself backwards, pulling on Zach's arm with the intent to dislocate his shoulder joint with the dissonant impacts!
COMBATSYS: Zach dodges Sada's Fighting Like A Girl EX.
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Sada 0/-------/=======|=====--\-------\0 Zach
Zach does, in fact get his arms free during Sada's move. It happens so quickly that it might seem like Zach may have ghosted free. He spins as Sada keeps going behind him. He shrugs gamely. "Thought it worth a shot," he quips.
Right before he fires an almost decent back kick at Sada's shoulder. Seems like he has been watching and learning from some people.
COMBATSYS: Zach successfully hits Sada with Light Kick.
- Power hit! -
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Sada 1/------=/=======|=====--\-------\0 Zach
WHACK
Sada staggers forwards as she grasps her shoulder, breathing in and out rapidly as she tries to force the pain back down where it came from. Don't let it take over; it's just transient! She kneels down quickly, picking up her kusarigama again, and narrows her eyes towards Zach for a moment.
She doesn't straighten up, instead saying in a drawling, near-singsong tone, "Yare yare da waa," as she whips the chain out in a low arc, nearly clipping the edge of the lifeboat, towards Zach's high-speed legs.
COMBATSYS: Zach dodges Sada's Snare Whip.
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Sada 1/------=/=======|=====--\-------\0 Zach
Zach hops the chain lightly, allowing it to pass underneath. He doesn't say anything, but he is getting a very Go-Go Yabari vibe from this girl in a way.
He hasn't even landed when he tries his next gambit, slamming a palmed beachball of psycho power on the girl's head.
COMBATSYS: Sada dodges Zach's Impulse Flare.
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Sada 1/------=/=======|=====--\-------\0 Zach
Sada answers this by the simple expedient of rolling forward, along the 'aisle' of the lifeboat; the psycho power strikes the trailing chain but does not, it seems, enter Sada's own personal hitbox. She tsk tsks a few times as she comes to a kneeling halt across from Zach, one eye half hidden by her draping hair. "So if it's not evil energy," she says -
The whip snaps up, suddenly, bouncing like some kind of possessed object from the bottom of the boat up towards Zach, twisting as it goes. "What IS it?"
COMBATSYS: Sada successfully hits Zach with Rebound Whip.
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Sada 1/-----==/=======|=======\=------\1 Zach
Zach is sent tumbling across the raft as the chain strikes squarely. He slides to a stop before taking his feet. He shakes his hair free from his face as he gasps for air. "Still trying to figure that out," Zach says sagely, "As far as I can tell, it is not very different from your kusari-gama. Something that requires practice to use right."
COMBATSYS: Zach gains composure.
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Sada 1/-----==/=======|=======\-------\1 Zach
Sada rolls her eyes slightly. "My kusarigama is an honorable weapon of the ancient history of my nation," she says, pointing the kama towards Zach for a moment as she takes a crab-walking step forwards, still crouched. "What are YOU using, anyway? It's glowing energy crap - and I've seen it before!"
Then she stands up abruptly, aiming a spinning roundhouse kick towards the side of Zach's tender personal noggin!
COMBATSYS: Zach dodges Sada's Heavy Kick.
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Sada 1/-----==/=======|=======\-------\1 Zach
"But in the end, it is a weapon. It, by itself, is not good or evil." Zach ducks the kick, glancing at the foot as it passes overhead. "It's the one that uses it that determines everything." Zach twists in his crouch, swiveling on his lead foot.
"And yeah, it wouldn't surprise me. I'm not the only one who wields their soul as a weapon," Zach states.
Zach places both of his palms close to Sada's torso, but not touching. He leaves that for the five foot circular column of royal purple psycho power, which seems like it might launch the Seijyun student into the drink.
COMBATSYS: Zach successfully hits Sada with Burst Stream.
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Sada 2/<<<<<<</<<<<<<<|-------\-------\0 Zach
"What are you," Sada says, thinking perhaps that Zach is planning to use the ancient technique of gently caressing your opponent's breasts in order to throw her off guard, when instead she is greated with an enormous column of bright violet light that seems to burn into her every nerve, as well as sending her flying back.
She screams, trailing the chain behind her, and snaps it up with her last effort as she reaches the crest of her rising arc. With a hateful look towards Zach, and another scream, she snaps it forwards, sending the entire morass, all twenty-plus pounds of weapon, chains, weight, sharp edge and all, towards Zach's center of gravity!
Shortly afterwards she splashes down.
COMBATSYS: Sada can no longer fight.
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Zach 0/-------/-------|
COMBATSYS: Zach parries Sada's Mataemon's Punishment!
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Zach 0/-------/------=|
Zach's eyes narrow as the chain comes in. He knows he has one chance at this. Yes, he blasted the girl off of the boat, and yes the blast was intentional. However, he does not plan on getting blood on his hands in order to win this tournament.
Time slows in Zach's perception. He hopes that Sada, like most weapon-users, maintains a death grip on their weapon. He hopes he is fast enough and strong enough to pull this off.
His hand snakes forward, snatching not the weight, but the chain out of the air. The weight swings at the end of his fist as he keeps his grip tight. Muscles tense and energy courses through his arms as he gives the weapon a very insistant tug, as Zach tries to pull Sada back onto the boat.
Victory is a good thing, but not at the cost of a life.
COMBATSYS: Zach has ended the fight here.
The kusarigama comes up without anyone attached to the edge.
Yet, nobody floats to the surface, and nobody seems to be firing on the lifeboat. The ocean and the noise hides seaspray and waves, but if you're beneath the water it must be safe... right?
Zach's eyes go wide when he fishes up... nothing. He never was good at fishing. He searches the waves with his eyes, hoping to find the young girl. If Zach can spot Sada, he is confident enough in his swimming ability to jump in after here.
"oh man oh man oh man where are you girl," Zach whispers intently. He's not about to let the girl drown.
There's a faint hint of black hair moving with what appears to be determination and power towards - or rather, away from - one of the ships. Why would you want to go /towards/ the attacking ship? Maybe she's going to kill them all instead of drowning.
Zach looks around quickly, his eyes siezing on a life preserver. He picks it up, checks the rope's knot for tightness, and starts spinning it over his head. One, two, three wide circles nd Zach flicks his wrist, launching the circular floation device just ahead of that black hair that he spots.
Something is shouted back towards Zach, followed by a renewed rate of swimming on the part of the young woman, who seems to be having no real problems making headway against the waves.
She really IS heading for the Blacknoah, isn't she?
Zach blinks. So long as she thinks she can make it. Maybe she =does= have a plan. A pretty dangerous one if at all, but who is Zach to get in her way?
He pulls the float in, and nods to the crew, who take the boat back to the Suiryuu.
Log created on 17:29:38 10/05/2007 by Zach, and last modified on 20:41:47 10/05/2007.