Description: In perhaps a fateful, and bad, encounter for Mignon, Mignon meets Surge .. the hard way. And in the end, Mignon ends up finding out why Drake had said the things he did! .. Simple. Because he really meant them. Mignon gains the high ground quickly.. and just as fast, Surge rips the rug out from under her. Then the floor. Then anything else. Until she's in a crater!
It's getting later in Metro City, about the time of the evening that the setting sun would be painting over the skies in shades of pink. The skies today aren't quite so pretty; clouded over, rain is imminent. Thunder rumbles and lightning cracks across the gloomy clouds. Yet, beyond the weather, things are peaceful.
Downtown Metro, while never the shining beacon of cleanliness, has never been a location within the city prone to much in the way of criminal activity. When Mike Haggar stripped the city clean of all major criminal forces years ago, Downtown became something of a safe haven -- or safer. Lesser gangs would not touch Downtown, knowing Haggar's presence and influence had limited them significantly. City Hall stood tall as a reason never to indulge in too much violence here. These days?
"H-hey, what're you doin'? You can't take tha--AAAAGH!!"
These days... things are a bit different.
The sounds come from a convenience store located somewhat close to the border between Downtown and the slums; mildly popular, but currently devoid of much activity while people drive home from work. People turn to stare at the sudden shouts, but other than that... no one pays much mind, beyond a few, lingering bystanders. Silence settles over the store once more, but it doesn't last. The store windows seem to shake for a moment, -violently-...
Until -everything explodes-.
The windows of the convenience store sudden SHATTER in the wake of a brilliant, explosive flash of light. Crackles of what appear to be electricity spark through the now open vents, crackling through the air as bags of potato chips and drinks go flying every which way. People stare on in shock and confusion as, out of the shop, steps a single man. Tall, thin. Eating a stick of beef jerky. A single, blue eye sweeps out around him from under the brim of a hat... and he smiles.
"Heheheh... this... heh. This is -FUN-, isn't it?" Taking a bite of his jerky, Surge steps -out- of the store through one of the shattered window panes, leaving a smoking body of the store manager and several terrified customers in his wake. Well.
HE's having fun, at least.
Bobbing around Metro City, for better of for worse, there happens to be a girl who's SUPPOSED to be studying in Seiyjun Highschool in Southtown. Well. Supposed to. Every true seeker of justice knows that you can be smart all you want, but if you let evil happen then that's worse!
Wait you mean that's not true?
Either way, she hadn't even ventured towards the slums. Mignon was told, very clearly by Drake, that to enter meant she'd get jumped and hurt and maybe even KILLED. Well, Mignon didn't believe him but WELLLLLLL. He showed her alright! He sure did.
But it seems even if Mignon wouldn't go and enter the slums, the slums are entering where she is! And that's not good! Or .. well, not good for them! Clearly.
Mignon was skipping along Downtown in Metro city, currently on a road during a later part of the day, and doing her 'rounds', to keep looking for any bad guys! Drake said there were some, and they wouldn't come there .. but if they did she needed to help! And in a bit, that candy colored head turns, her body stumbling to a stop as she blinks, looking around to where that sound was coming from.
People stare. Mignon .. keeps looking. "Where are those sounds coming from!? Mignon doesn't know where, but she'll find them!" Mignon can't tell at all! And then windows explode, a flash of light erupt outwards, and bags of snack foods, as well as a drink, erupts out.
Mignon is certainly grabbed to attention by this, and ends up collecting a free bag of chips! Catching them with her body.
Oh. And she caught a drink too. Upside down. On her head, the purple foamy slupee dripping down off her beautiful locks. "Wha ... M-MIGNON IS COVERED IN SNACKS!? Mignon certainly hopes she can dry off before it goes to her hips!" Nodding, she starts to skip forwards, ignoring such an obvious thing, until someone steps out, a tall man with a single eye and the only one leaving ..and it's FUN?
Mignon suddenly has her curiousity peaked, and hurries over a bit. "Hi!" Mignon says, waving, "Mignon heard you were having fun, and she was wondering what game it is. See, Mignon's hunting all the evil people here to help and Mignon's not sure where she can find them, so she wants to have some fun too!" She bobs and PIKU-PIKU's when bouncing, the lights on her clothing flashing.
"Ooooooh.. waiiiiiit... Mignon thinks she knows.. are you one of those evil guys? Because Mignon doesn't think that ruining a store is..." TWO. +. TWO. =..
"Y-YOU RUINED MIGNON'S GOOD DRESS!" It becomes apparent. "Mignon won't let you get away, nu-uh, nope! Sorry! Mignon's got your number now!" She bobs up and down. And is generally annoying.
Shoes crack shattered glass beneath their thick heels as Surge steps out of the convenience store. He looks well pleased, that unnervingly calm smile gracing his lips accentuated by a slow, easy stretch. As if he had all the time in the world to leave. After all -- who's going to stop him? "Aaaaah... it's gonna be a great night."
Slowly, Surge opens his jacket up -- a jacket anyone from Metro would recognize these days, with the word 'HELLRAISER' emblazoned across the back. Inside the jackets are wads of money, likely taken from the convenience store he now walks out of. As he goes, small traces of electricity crackle around his body, lancing in tiny arches across his shoulders and arms as he hunches forward. Hands sliding into his pockets, the gang enforcer seems all but intent to simply leave as people stare, aghast--
At least, until a single, shrill voice causes him to pause dead in his tracks with a single word. 'Hi!'
"Eeeeeeeeeh...?" Coming to a staggered stop, Surge's neck twists, that icy blue eye staring pointedly at Mignon as she speaks. He stares at her unusual appearance, hardly even registering her words. Not until her last, pointed declaration, when things finally begin to slide into place for her. "Yeah, I'm having fun. You're not... you're not gonna try to -ruin my fun-, are you...? Because if you are..."
As the words slip past his lips, Surge pulls his hands from his pockets. In two, simple flicks, pairs of long, jagged blades escape from compartments on the backs of his gloves with the slight -shunk- of metal. "... Such a little girl. Heheheh. How about this... I'll give you one chance to stop me, okay...?" Electricity crackles across his field of vision as the Hellraiser turns to face Mignon fully, lips parting into a full grin. He's starting to get -worked up-. "If you don't stop me... then I'll kill you. Okay? That sounds fun, doesn't it?" A brief pause, as Surge spreads his arms out wide.
"C'mon. Stop me. LET'S SEE IF YOU CAN."
COMBATSYS: Surge has started a fight here.
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Surge 0/-------/-------|
COMBATSYS: Surge takes no action.
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... There are times where one must choose which option is the best. Where one will decide for the future what is the best option now. And -"You ruined Mignon's shirt! And then you hurt these people and Mignon doesn't think that's any fun that anyone GOOD would be having, Mignon's smart alright, and she knows that!" Nodding to herself again before she finally realizes she's staring at a single eye that focuses on her completely. And her arms cover herself defensively, slipping across her chest. No, he probably wasn't look there, but he was looking AT her and clearly not listening!
And that's when /pairs of long blades erupt out from the taller, thin, man's gloves/. Mignon backs up a bit with the sudden movement, not gasping but a bit perturbed. "Mignon thinks you must not take very good care of your nails for them to be like that! And they fell off too! Bu-" Mignon's eyes go wide, and that's when he mentions that she'll be KILLED if he doesn't stop him, arms spreading wide to wait for her to come at him.
So what does Mignon do? " Y-... Yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyou called Mignon a KID!?" She stomps her foot on the ground, hmph. "Mignon is a FINE YOUNG LADY. Not a kid, and Mignon won't have to worry about you evil fun because Mignon isn't going to lose to the likes of you!" Really, kids these days, thinking they're invincible. "Mignon doesn't want to die either!" So she clearly will have to win!
And that's when Mignon twirls forwards, leaping and somersaulting forwards, "Ooosiewhoop!" What? Attempting to slam into him with her feet, before landing and them spinning around, on her legs, trying to hit him with her spinning body! "Around and around~!" It's the speed that makes it somewhat deadly.. it's certainly not her strength. She's not very strong!
COMBATSYS: Mignon has joined the fight here.
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Mignon 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Surge
COMBATSYS: Mignon successfully hits Surge with Defoliation.
- Power hit! -
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Mignon 0/-------/------=|==-----\-------\0 Surge
Mignon rants. She rants on and on, and in the first person. And all the while, Surge stares almost -blankly-, that unfocused eye twitching ever so slightly. He's not really listening, but the noise -- the -noise- she emits -- he hates it. His fingers twitch, long fingernails scraping against his palm. "... Ooooh..." he muses in a long drawl.
"Maybe I'll just kill you anyway."
He stays still. Just as promised... he gives her a single chance to give it all she's got. And does she -ever-, in a rather bizarre way. As the indignant Mignon makes her declaration and then comes -twirling- and -somersaulting- at him, Surge blinks. And then... he laughs. "... Aheh... hehehe... HEHEHEH!! Are you serious? A little girl like you shouldn't play pretend, y'know, you'll just--"
And that's when Surge gets a face-full of feet.
"Hrrk--!!" Letting out an exclamation of surprise more than pain, the strike more than perfectly sets him up for the sudden beating of fists and tiny, hyperactive body to follow. Pummelled by that spinning force that Mignon makes, the Hellraiser goes -staggering- backwards, coming to a stop with the scrape of feet across the ground and a single, gloved hand grasping his face.
"..." he exhales. One, slow breath as he stares at the ground... and then grins.
"No, no... no no no no nononono..." Electricity sparks and pops around him in increasing bursts, growing larger and more frequent. In one second, he is standing, hunched over before Mignon. Before that second even elapses... he is suddenly -upon- her in a dizzying blur of speed, his visible eye snapped wide, lips twisted and contorted... and left blade seeking to slash across Mignon's stomach, accompanied by a -jolting- charge of electricity.
"THAT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH!!"
COMBATSYS: Mignon blocks Surge's Medium Strike.
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Mignon 0/-------/----===|==-----\-------\0 Surge
As Mignon slams into Surge, her tiny body bashes a few times at him! Hiya hiya! And then she lands, her legs and knees pointing inwards as she drops a bit to the ground to keep her center of gravity low! And then waits as he's staggering back. "Teedleeydeee, Mignon's doing great! Are you sure you reaaaaallly want to keep that up? Mignon's one tough cookie and she won't just.." And then the man breathes, grinning, and begins to say the word over and over and over. Mignon's getting a liiiiiiiiiiiiittle creeped out.
Perhaps the electricity sparking all around him is part of the reason. "Uhmm.. Mignon's not sure if you're okay! Maybe you should just give it up already so Mignon won't have to hurt yo-hey stop saying no while Mignon's asking you!" She clearly is a bit empty sometimes in the head. And that's when the man SUDDENLY UPON HER with such speed that Mignon eeks. "EEK!" And with her hands up, she barely pulls up in time .. and even then, the left blade slashes across her arms as she pulls them up to protect herself.. she's still tossed away by the force, being tossed from her guard and into the ground.
But she kicks right back up afterwards. "Heey.. Mignon doesn't think it's fair when you go changing the rules and telling her that she's not good at the game, Mignon's still learning how to play! So quit it!" Flailing, Mignons stops and Hmmphing and getting to her feet, Mignon, raises a hand. "Well, if you want Mignon to do better, Mignon better use her magic!" Like she should have from the beginning, totally!
And with her clothing all roughed up, as well as a few cuts, Mignon focuses, putting a single hand forwards. "Here comes Mignon, watch out! Fire!" Grinning, Mignon launches a BURNING BALL towards Surge, the chi ball flying through the air towards him!
And Mignon's not coming in closer, apparently! But she bounces, ready again... to get hit by those would REALLY hurt!
COMBATSYS: Surge dodges Mignon's Fire Ball.
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Mignon 0/-------/-----==|==-----\-------\0 Surge
One swiping slice, and yet -- Mignon proves that she is more than fast enough to react in time to the strike. Blade is met by forearms that help to cushion the blow. To Surge? ... It's an interesting, if not curious sign. Most people would have their arms hacked off in the process of trying that. And even if Mignon is blown away by the power that oozes out of his body and snakes along those blades, she looks -fine-. Which can only mean one thing.
"... You're special, aren't you...? A special little girl. Why do you get to be special...?" Surge's musings seem to almost be to himself, making no move as Mignon gets up and onto his feet. His right hand lifts, scratching at the side of his head. "You're nothing. You're a sad little pipsqueak. So why did YOU get to be special?!" The sudden outburst of anger apparent in Surge's curled lips and narrowed eyes comes with an eruption of electricity from all around him, arching across the ground in bolts of blue.
Whatever he -means- by this, of course, is left up to question. He doesn't explain himself, nor does he really have the time to. Soon enough, Mignon is exerting a sudden -surge- of force in the form of a MASSIVE ball of burning chi-fire. His visible eye snaps wide, and then, he grins. "Whatever!! I'll just beat you, take you apart, and THEN..." The ball cuts through the air, dangerously close to Surge. Threatening to smash into him. But before it can--
He's gone. In a dizzying blur of speed he is ducking down -low-, the fire ball blazing over his head as he rushes with such speed that his body seems to elongate, electricity churning all around him. "... youwon'tbespecialANYMORE!!" Words blurring together in a near incomprehensible, speedy jarble, Surge -leaps- and begins to spin in midair like a corkscrew, blazing a path straight for Mignon. He'll crash into her, intent on slicing into her shoulders and torsos with those knives as chi-born electricity will rush into her in a charging -burst-. "HAHA!"
COMBATSYS: Mignon reflects Phobia from Surge with Water Shield.
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Mignon 0/-------/---====|==-----\-------\0 Surge
As Mignon rubs her arms again, the cuts having drawn a little blood, Mignon still stands. "Ow ow ow .. that stung.. Mignon can't let him touch her again.." She says to herself, before looking up to see Surge realize something. A bit too late, yes, but at the same time what he DOESN'T want to hear. As much as they may be musing, Mignon responds alright. "Mhmmm! Mignon's a witch! Her grammy taught her, and that's why Mignon will only use her powers for good!" THIS WILL NOT HELP CALM HIM. ... Although maybe it's for the best.
Can anything calm him? Mignon's seriously getting creeped out by the guy as he keeps going on, and then she's called a SAD PIPSQUEAK. "M-MIGNON IS NOT SAD OR A PIPSQUEAK. You take that back and apologize to Mignon!" She stomps her foot again, but her anger is blown away by HIS. Her smouldering anger is snuffed out. LIKE THAT. And then as he dashes out of the way, telling her he'll beat her, take her apart.. and THEN ... oh no that's not good at all. And he EVEN gets around the fireball. The dizzying blur of speed ... how will Mignon ever catch him!?
"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK! Mignon doesn't want you to get any closer, get away!" But Mignon sees something. Chi born electricity rushes towards her from those knives as they come closer to her. But she's a witch.. and Mignon acts more on impulse than intelligence .. although this is true for her quite often.
"Help me water spirit!" Either she's crying out for help of Surge might realize .. she's actually casting again. And this time, an eruption of water between her and Surge catches him and .. well, that electricity has to go somewhere. His own force is turned against him to a point as he's held up by the watery chi, and then pushed away!
Mignon, herself, backs away .. breathing heavily.
He's still raring to go and Mignon's already tired. "Hah.. hah.. Thank you Grammy.. Mignon .. still has a lot to go through .. but she won't let this guy take her away from you, nope! Mignon's gonna pull through!" And she tries to stay chipper and perky .. but perky is hard when you're tired!
"A witch...?!"
Surprise. It's likely the best way to describe Surge as he finds himself suddenly facing a gout of water. His hands slam into -it- instead of Mignon, blades slicing into and churning the waves of chi-summoned liquid. Lances of electricity spread out from him in an unconscious effort he can't stop, and before he knows it, Surge is experiencing something he can honestly say... he has never quite experienced before.
It's almost -disturbing- to Surge, to feel his own power turned against him. This is new to him, still. All of this -power-. And to feel it turned against him, well. It's strange. It's unnerving. And more than that, it's -infuriating-.
Electricity charging back through him, Surge is sent flipping through the air, landing in a crouch a small distance from Mignon herself. "..." He blinks, looks down towards the ground. It didn't necessarily -hurt-, but. That's not what brings him to pause. "... How did you do that?" That single, visible eye suddenly JERKS upwards, staring intently at Mignon. "No one has done that to me, no one has -- no one has -- ... you're trying to TRICK ME, AREN'T YOU?!"
He doesn't allow time to respond. Electricity spurts out around his arms, encircling them as he twists -forward-, thrusting out a single hand. His intent is to simply grab Mignon by the face with those long, thin fingers and, with strength those gaunt arms shouldn't rightly possess... -lift- her straight off the ground.
"Little witch... TELL ME HOW YOU DID THAT." As his voice booms out, all that electricity encompassing his arm surges -out-. He'll just continue to channel electricity straight into her body in a constant, painful shock unless she can pry herself away. Apparently, he doesn't care enough about an answer to release her. "-Tricky witch-!!!"
COMBATSYS: Surge successfully hits Mignon with Quick Throw.
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Mignon 0/-------/=======|==-----\-------\0 Surge
As Surge is sent flipping through the air, Mignon herself is still standing .. and to watch him just be tossed away like that, well, her spirits soar. "Yep! That's why you don't get in Mignons way, mhmm... Like Mignon said before, Mignon's a WITCH! You just don't listen...Mignon isn't lying, because Mignon never lies .. and Mignon isn't trying to trick you either, even if you're a really bad man! Lying's till just bad." Mignon bounces with a PIKU PIKU. ANd the man is just nearby, crouching, and what Mignon said? It's said simply after his thrusts a single hand out, and grabs Mignon by the face. Remember all the talking Mignon did?
Replace it with "MPPPH MPPH!?" Because that's what she's saying, as she's lifted off the ground .. and then the energy SURGES OUT. Mignon's channeled energy before alright, but she's never had it rip into HER like that. And he's so close .. Mignon needs to get away!
Oh, right, also because her body is just being jolted over and over, and it /HURTS/. She's stuck in that hand, and the pain keeps getting worse the longer she stays in! So she does all that she can to the man to let her go.
WHICH IS, at this single moment in time .. BEAT AT HIM WITH HER FISTS. It's random flailing, but he's crushing the life out of the pink terror, and his hand smells, and she's going to be cooked with if this keeps up!
"MPPPPPH!" That and, well, she's still noisy with a hand over her mouth .. just must more bearable. BUT. Her arms beat towards Surge to let her down! They may flail ineffectually, but it's WITH ALL HER STRENGTH that she flails ineffectually! And she can't die, because she'd be leaving alone her sis and Grammy! And that nice man. Oh and those witches .. and .. well there's a whole lot she can't let down!
COMBATSYS: Surge blocks Mignon's Quick Punch.
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Mignon 0/-------/=======|===----\-------\0 Surge
Keeping Mignon held high, Surge's once vacant gaze is now full of life, seeming to crackle with the same power that arches across his body in spurts he doesn't even seem to really be controlling. "You're not gonna do that to me -again-. I'll skin you alive!!" And considering the intensity in his expression, he doesn't really seem to be kidding around. His grip tightens, those longer fingernails scraping across Mignon's cheek...
... And then she lashes out. The random flinging of her fists is enough to surprise -him-, at least. Enough so that his grip detaches so he can lift either hand up in a defensive posture, to keep those flailing fists in line and keep her from actually hitting him. The 'witch' strikes ineffectually at Surge's thin arms, before he simply seeks to -knock- her away with the sudden, outward thrust of his arms.
"I-- I hate little kids like you! That look in your eyes, I... heheh..." Energy crackles around the Hellraiser violently as drops of rain begin to fall all around him. He hardly seems to notice, or care. "I just wanna... -RIP THEM OUT-."
A single leap takes Surge airborn, the tattered 'tails' of his jacket fluttering in the sudden onrush of wind. His lips spread in a violent grin as he descends, landing in a crouch -right- behind Mignon. Without a word, he'll suddenly come to a spinning stand, seeking to drive his knives straight across Mignon's back in a brutal 'X' cross, bringing with them a blasting charge of electricity to knock her away.
COMBATSYS: Mignon dodges Surge's Fierce Strike.
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Mignon 0/-------/=======|===----\-------\0 Surge
As those random flailing fists give her a breathe, Mignon takes it alright, and collapsing to the ground after being launched away. Rolling to a stop, Mignon takes in air with sudden fever, her lungs filling with sweet, sweet oxygen! "Hah .. hah .. You ... really .. aren't nice!" Mignon's a quick learner isn't she. "So Mignon .. won't be nice .. either!" Catching her breathe, Mignon has about three seconds to realize she can't actually stay there and get her breathe, because the man begins to yell about how much he hates kids like her.
And Mignon's hopefully eyes come in DANGER. They stare at the Hellraiser as his request hits home. "YOU WANT TO TAKE OUT MIGNON'S EYES?!" That's what tears it for Mignon, and as Surge leaps airborn, the tails of the jacket fluttering in the wind as he goes, Mignon stumbles forwards, and dives under Surge as he attempts to come down and drive his knives down her back.
That would more than 'hurt'. It would be a slaughter! "Mignon likes being able to see.. and Mignon isn't sure that she likes you too either. Especially with how much you want to hurt Mignon .. when all she wants to do is use her magic for World Peace! Mignon won't forgive you for getting in her way, nu-uh!" She shakes her head..
And then realizes, perhaps, she should be DOING SOMETHING. And not just lecturing him. The mark across her cheek stings alright. But she grabs for the leg that's closest to her.. and dives down with it, to grab it and then rip it out from under him, leaping upwards with it, "OOPsy daisy~!" He might hit the ground pretttty hard!
Or just bump it!
COMBATSYS: Surge dodges Mignon's Quick Throw.
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Mignon 0/-------/=======|===----\-------\0 Surge
He isn't very nice, she says. As he finds himself striking at nothing but air, Surge comes to a slow stand, blinking at his opponent... and then outright -laughing-. A cackling, manic laughter that fills the air in a blatantly condescending way. As Mignon comes to a stop some distance from him, Surge stretches back, gripping his head with his right hand as his visible eye looks up at the raining sky.
"You're so stupid... stupid, -STUPID- little 'witch.' Don't you know? ... You're gonna die, now. So you shouldn't fight for -peace-..."
And then, Mignon comes charging at Surge once more. As she rushes in, dives for a leg, he's simply -gone-, leaping high into the air in the ripple of cloth and laughter.
"... You should FIGHTFORYOURLIFE."
The last words slur out again in incomprehensibly fast gibberish -- a consequence of his reaction to Burn -- but their meaning should be clear as the intent that burns in that stare of the gang enforcer's. He descends once again, but this time he doesn't even seek to wait for landing. This time, as he descends... he ERUPTS in a field of electricity with the outward -snapping- of his arms. Sparks of electricity lance outward, seeking out Mignon, to crash into her and simply -fry- her with the sudden electrical storm that churns around Surge's body as he lands, crouched and -tense- in preparation.
COMBATSYS: Mignon blocks Surge's Madness.
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Mignon 1/-------/=======|===----\-------\0 Surge
Gasp.
No, really, Mignon gasps. The rain is coming down rather nicely, and with Surge still pretty strong, Mignon's finding herself in a tough position, and she's barely able to keep up with him. Is this what Drake meant? When he said that she shouldn't go in there?
And as he laughs, Mignon is slowly growing soaked from the watery area. "Mignon .. Mignon isn't stupid .. Mignon's NOT STUPID!" She stamps the ground like before, in protest. "Mignon is a witch! And Mignon's .." Where did he go?
The voice drags her attention upwards as he yells out something almost unheard of, a blur of words. Meanwhile, Mignon has only one reaction. She might be able to make it out of the way. But Mignon's best bet is to prevent instead of seek to escape. Her body reacts to the chi better than a simple punch, even if her blinking arms, due to the bands, again raise up and her body takes the brunt of the blow. Yet...
The eruption of the storm courses over her wet body, even if it strikes head on, it does less because she was firmly routed. And the water all over her helped dilute it much like her own diluted his strike.
"Mignon ... can't just .. fight for herself! Mignon wants to help others... " But he's right. Being dead certainly won't HELP Mignon alright. He's toooootally right. "You're totally right.." Mignon responds, smiling wide. "So Mignon's going to have to defeat you then!" PIKU. Her movement's easily noted by that sound, as she brings back a punch, spins it once, and reels forwards! "Go away!" KA-POW... right in the .. something?
COMBATSYS: Surge interrupts Strong Punch from Mignon with Dementia.
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Mignon 1/-======/=======|=====--\-------\0 Surge
Not enough. It's just... not... -ENOUGH-. Mignon reacts with good timing to his sudden onrush of chi-electricity, but by the time he lands, Surge is already prepared. Body crouched, tense, and ready to strike. The look in his visible eye promises only pain, staring out towards Mignon with a look of utter -madness-. He's getting more and more excited, and the more -excited- he grows, the less in touch with reality he becomes.
A fact that might be obvious by the way he just laughs in response to Mignon's words. Not even giving the would-be witch a coherent reply -- at least not yet -- he instead just continues a low, unnerving chuckle. "Gyeheheheeeheheheeh..." Fingernails scraping across the ground, his entire, wirey frame tenses.
"Go away? ... heheh, no, no... you won't beat me."
The moment that Mignon begins to make her approach, with that sudden spinning and those -odd- sounds, Surge is ripping -upwards- off the ground into a sudden, violent spin.
"YOU'REGOINGTODIE!!"
Mignon's fist barely scrapes Surge's body before she is suddenly caught and taken -up- into a swirling, violent -vortex- of eletrical power. Winds whip, to spin her around and around the Hellraiser's rapidly spinning frame as he slashes into her over and over with those knives, cutting into her shoulders, stomach, torso, legs -- wherever those blades can cut into as the electricity rushes through her very being. Yet, just as soon as it begins, it ends with an abrupt stop, that chi storm -screeching- to nonexistence with enough suddenness to just fling Mignon's body away.
"C'mon. Lemme -- let me -- see you beg for mercy. It'llbefun. Riiiight?!"
The fist erupts forwards! And that's about when Surge erupts UPWARDS. And Mignon, well, Mignon would squeak in surprise but instead, there's a swirling violent vortex of electrical power, wind whipping her up and around, spinning her around the Hellraiser's body as he's slashing and ripping as well.
The electric chi causes her body to spasm a bit, and as Mignon tries to fight back, things just don't work. She tries to cry out, but the electricity roars her sound out, the slashing cutting away the words that she tries to cry out..
And when it ends completely, Mignon's tossed against the building's wall, her body hitting solidly, back slamming into it as she rebounds, lying face down on the cement, water that has been pooling catching her. "Mignon.. is .. not going to die..." She frowns and looks up to Surge. "Mignon's .. not going to give up or beg for mercy either.. Mignon's not a little kid anymore.. Mignon can do it by herself!"
Pushing herself up with her hands, Mignon .. only gets so far, actually. Her hands shake and she collapses into the puddle again. But she tries again, this time getting to her knees.. and then standing again. An after jolt causes her to stagger. "Mignon's going to do this for Grammy and Ninon.." She mumbles a bit after that, but it's her doubting herself. She never makes THAT loudly know.
"Because Mignon isn't a quitter! But Mignon's going to give you the best she can.. okay?" And then she raises her hands.
Of course, Surge would be expecting some kind of object of course. He saw a water shield, a fireball, and her spinning. What else could she possibly do? Well.. Mignon closes her eyes. She can't look at him.. too scary. Faint trails of sparkles pull up from her, and upwards, swirling around her and upwards into that hand. Eventually the spiralling energy becomes a single strand emanating from her chest.. about where her 'heart' is, and raising her second hand, Mignon causes the energy to widen, before she takes it in both hands and spins around once before launching it straight towards Surge.
She's a 'white mage', after all.. and well. They have their own way of taking care of people like him! "You won't hurt anyone again.. not for a while!"
That is, however, if he ends up caught in the quickly moving, wide, white ball of energy that erupts on the first thing it touches.
Holy's a bitch afterall~!
COMBATSYS: Surge dodges Mignon's Heartful Present EX.
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Mignon 0/-------/-----==|=====--\-------\0 Surge
The best she has. Surge's lifting brow is hidden behind the wide brim of his hat. His amused smile is not, stretching out the corners of his thin lips.
"Ooooooh...?" he wonders aloud. Electricity sparks between his thin fingers. "Let's see your best, you -special- -little- -witch-."
Fingers twitching, Surge gives a slow crack of his neck, the sickening sounds accompanied by an 'aaaaaaaah' of relaxation that escapes his lips. He seems to be -stretching- himself, maybe in preparation, or maybe just out of boredom. But, considering the intensity in his stare, the reason behind it is likely not the latter. That single eye keeps an entire focus upon Mignon, watching. Waiting. -Preparing- with the crackling pop of electricity snapping out from his legs, sparking through the puddles around him. And then -- it comes.
There is a mild spark of interest in Surge's eyes as he sees the white, shimmering light. It's -- it's... "How pretty. So... this is what special people can do, eeeeh? Pretty little lights..." He seems almost mesmerized by the churning of white 'magic.' It's convincing, save for the jerking of his arms to either side of him. His gaunt frame tenses in a subtle gesture as that white energy ERUPTS forward, cutting through the air on a hot path towards Surge. His mouth gapes open wide. The energy strikes, generating a huge -explosion- of power, that sudden eruption rocking the ground. Debris rocks out from all around. But, if Mignon looks? ... She'll find a fallen, partially melted lampost. Nothing else. No body. No 'bad guy.'
"Suchprettylights."
Likely, because the 'bad guy'... is right behind her.
Where once Surge was feet away from her, he is suddenly -behind- Mignon in the blinking of an eye, gazing almost admiringly towards the site of the explosion. "But pretty lights..." His right hand lifts, swings down. In his grasp? A chunk of concrete, aiming to SMASH it over the side of Mignon's head brutally. "Aren'tenough."
COMBATSYS: Surge successfully hits Mignon with Random Weapon.
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Mignon 0/-------/-======|======-\-------\0 Surge
She can't look. She can't look! She has to though finally, and with the launch of the giant ball of chi that explodes on the ground. Debris rocks out. And Mignon does finally look. And what she sees, opening one eye, then the other, she looks around. A partially melted lampost. A chunk of things gone. But there's something missing.
What .. was it again?
And then it speaks up, Mignon's eyes going up. W-what? Mignon wasn't able to take care of this evil? She wasn't able to deal with it? Mignon turns quickly to face him, but that's not fast enough, as he's swinging down a chunk of concrete that comes down towards her.
The watcher on's would get a pleasant view of a rather young girl having a huge chunk of concrete slam into her body and head, sending the young witch sprawling, her slurpee stained dress now having something .. far worse to stain it. Blood's not hard to spot on her, especially with her pink attire. The flashing lights aren't as much.. maybe they're some sort of display .. or maybe she's just not BOUNCING as much anymore.
"Hah... Grammy ..." She cries out, sprawled out on the ground. And then .. forces herself up again. FOR MORE PUNISHMENT.. at least, that's how it seems.
"Mignon's .. not done yet..." And pointing a hand out in the storm, winds whip up for her as well, Surge being barreled down upon .. BY A SURGE... of wind, the winds whipping and ripping towards Surge, blowing water droplets as well as small pieces of debris towards him.
Looks like the witch can control a laaarge variety of things. But it's not really helping her, is it? "Divine wind spirit! Please help..." She ads, very low to the end... she's not doing to well!
COMBATSYS: Surge dodges Mignon's Windstorm.
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Mignon 0/-------/=======|======-\-------\0 Surge
Mignon is trying, that's for sure. But in a situation like this, trying just doesn't always cut it. A part of Surge finds her persistence a little bit amusing. At this point, Mignon should probably be thankful his amusement is overriding his annoyance.
With the smash of concrete against Mignon's unfortunately fragile body, the young witch goes faltering forward, crashing into the ground. Some might feel some sort of pity for her at this point. Such things, though, are beyond the capacity of Surge's demented mind; the Hellraiser chuckles a light, eerie laughter as he slowly advances upon Mignon. Midway through, he even begins humming. Something light-hearted. Something -fun-. Because that is exactly what he's having.
Slowly, Mignon comes to another stand. He blinks, and squints at the girl, leaning in to stare intently at her. "What's this? Canyoustillfight?" His words slurring more regularly now as his excitement grows, Surge's head tilts to the side, tilting in a curious gesture similar to a dog that doesn't understand what's going on. "That look is still in your eyes. Why? You're not better than -me-."
And then, Mignon erupts in a raging storm of wind. Surge's eyes snap wide as the chi-laden onrush of wind cuts through the air towards him, and, in a singular moment... he simply LEAPS to the side, falling into a roll as electricity trails out behind him, falling just beyond the wind and all that debris. "You... you... YOU'RE NOT BETTER THAN ME! I'M BETTER! I'LLSHOWYOU!!"
Landing in a crouch, Surge almost immediately SLAMS his fists into the ground, his blades piercing concrete over, and over, and over. As he does, electricity courses across the cement... before beginning to erupt just underneath Mignon's feet in a series of massive, chi-fueled lightning bolts of power, accompanied by Surge's shrill, unnerving voice shouting out incomprehensible gibberish.
COMBATSYS: Mignon fails to reflect Lunacy EX from Surge with Water Shield EX.
- Power fail! -
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Surge 0/-------/------=|
COMBATSYS: Mignon can no longer fight.
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Surge 0/-------/------=|
Surge leaps to the side of the raging storm of wind. Mignon's gaze is distracted, swimming. Her head was jus struck by concrete. There's not much that keeps her up. But she staggers, putting her foot out once again to firmly place her there. And as he leaps to the side, falling into a roll as electricity trails behind him, Mignon is barely able to make out the electricity.
But she does. "Mignon... Mignon cares.. too much to just give up." She squeaks out, breathing hard, before Surge slams his fists into the ground, electricity coursing through the ground. Massive chi fueled lightning bolts and his loud voice.
Mignon tries once more to prevent herself from being turned into horrible squishy mess.
Raising her arms again, the water shield rises. "Water.. up!" But her control is far, far too decayed. And she's soaked. The water funnel tilts slightly in a way that it shouldn't, making contact with her, and she notices.. about when the lightning bolts catch to her. Mignon, and the lights attached to her, are lit up from a brief second before she's tossed backwards from the force, the shield dissipating as Mignon collapses back against the ground. Finally, Mignon sees her vision swimming. And her bouncing, and annoying sounds, are certainly mostly silenced. But she forces herself to her feet. "Mignon ... won't give up..." And then .. even if SHE doesn't, her body does, and perhaps .. not too pleasantly, Mignon meets concrete again, giving her a few seconds of swimming consciousness again. "Ninon, remember sissy loves you, 'kay?" Before even her noises finally end. Except for breathing and such. That keeps happening.
"..."
As Mignon collapses once more from the power that Surge channels through the ground and into her very body, he says nothing. The life and madness once present in that visible, icy blue eye have dulled considerably, until all that is left is that vacant stare that looks forward, as if Mignon no longer even existed in his world.
"See...?" he questions to no one in particular, lifting a hand up. It crackles with electricity that he can't supress, chi snapping across his palm. "See?! I'm better!! I'm stronger, aren't I...?! Yes. Yesss. I'm so much stronger now. No one can beat me anymore, not even you 'special' people... hmmmm?" Slowly, that eye drifts down towards the rising Mignon, a frown creasing the Hellraiser's thin lips. At her words, his body tenses, as if in preparation, and for a moment insecurity and even -paranoia- tinge his gaze.
Until she collapses, anyway. When she finally falls again, he blinks, stares in silence. And then, "... Heh! HAH! You're a funny little girl, aren't you? So determined...! I'll let you live." He emphasizes the 'let you' of the statement as he turns, his blades retracting back into those compartments as his right hand fishes inside his jacket pocket. "Mmmm. Get stronger. We'll have more fun, little witch. And then, when I'm bored with you... I'll gauge out those determined eyes of yours. Heheheh! It'll be -somuchfun-!"
His laughter slowly dies, and Surge turns Pulling out a stick of beef jerky, he bites into it, smile broadening.
As he walks away, he whistles happily, to the tune of 'Singing in the Rain.' A good day, indeed.
COMBATSYS: Surge takes no action.
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COMBATSYS: Surge has ended the fight here.
Log created on 21:43:25 10/07/2007 by Mignon, and last modified on 02:45:07 10/08/2007.