Description: As Rugal pushes for a final sweep of the Suiryuu, Elle is reunited with her teammates to hunt down stragglers. Tenma and Marisol may hate one another, but make a remarkably effective pair as they engage Blackjack with the assistance of Momo. Unfortunately, their focus is misplaced. As the students focus on Elle, they neglect the destructive level of Blackjack muscle power and end up suffering the consequences.
In just a few short hours, surreptitious machinations have turned a strong assault on the Black Noah into a complete nightmare. While the Suiryuu loyalists have inflicted some damage on the mighty Black Noah, a series of crippling events orchestrated between R and Blackjack have turned the tide severely.
An entire landing party of Rugal's finest, assisted by Blackjack have overrun the vessel, tracking down the remaining fighters. It's a systematic and brutal affair. Strike teams have spread out across the vessel, looking for the stragglers in every nook and cranny. Nothing is going to be left behind here.
Elle is once again at the forefront of her faction. Marise played her part well, and Elle knows the ninja is likely hiding someplace, gloating over the success of the last day. Elle's boots clank down in the hold, Birdie and katana in tow.
"Keep alert," she informs her tow heavies, grimacing slightly. The scars on her face inflicted by Vice haven't yet healed completely, the claw marks crossing her face like tracks. "I don't want any folling around today, capisch?"
COMBATSYS: Elle has started a fight here on the left meter side.
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AND THE HEAVY IS TOWED... straight down to the to the Hold of the Suiryuu. From the switch on the Black Noah, Katana had not only done well, but more than well. Beyond being devoured by the chi storm head on, Katana had shown the others what it was like to feel DEFEAT.
Or, so he thinks. His wakizashi back at his site, and himself slept up and well taken care of, the Shogun of Mad Gear follows behind Elle, his sandals far different compared to her boots. But he is heavy, and his frame makes it obvious where he is going .. beyond the clanking of armor, that is.
Moving deep into the hole, Katana is certainly being led. "Alert as I cam be ... the spirits and my ancestors .. shall alert me to the smallest detail! And I shall react .. IN A FLASH!" He swings the blades around, and one of them hits the wall, clanking..
"And none .. will be .. like .. that ..." Katana coughs. "Yes.. today will be a glorious day for us .. and not for them! They will be shown no mercy .. unless they accept our superiority, and surrender!" It seems .. obvious.
Almost a non fight!
COMBATSYS: Katana has joined the fight here on the left meter side.
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Birdie follows in suit with Elle, behind and towards her left! His giant figure comes behind them both, being the slowest and presumably least agile. This isn't something to just take lightly though. You see, Birdie's a heavy hitter. All that weight needs to be flung somewhere after all.
Still, the big lug is heading down into the hole with Elle. "Yeah. Hehehe. Smash um' up good and leave no one fightin'. I think I can do something like that." Birdie is, after all, a monsterous monster of monster town.
Oh and he's big and black, but that has nothing to do with it.
Moving around the pipes and small doors, Birdie has to crouch and slouch as he makes his way through, almost like a gorilla. "Whoever made this didn't design it for me. Stupid drunk architects can go piss off." Birdie snorts, following in tow.
COMBATSYS: Birdie has joined the fight here on the left meter side.
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The plight of the Suiryuu, and ultimately its to-be-decided fate, would normally be of no concern to Marisol. Normally, mind.
But since the invasion began, she has yet to receive a full night's rest. Or any peace and quiet time to herself, at that. What happened to the halcyon days aboard the yacht-turn-ninja ship?
What wouldn't normally be her problem has since beCOME her problem. And the problem of the invaders as well. She has already expressed a certain dislike with their noisy invasion by way of fists - and she'd do it again too.
Fortunately (or perhaps unfortunately so) she has that chance. Word among the occupants of the Suiryuu had since graced the ears of Marisol, that invaders were coming again, and they were looking for anyone and everyone. For what reasons, the half-Spaniard isn't sure. But what she knows is that it's a major inconvenience.
And she's quite fed up with this nonsense.
For some reason or another, the chaos above deck has pushed the Pacific High girl down below deck. Namely, the hold, where, despite the hiss and groan of the inner-workings of the ship noisily moving, things are relatively quiet. She stands amongst a web of piping, looking annoyed but vaguely thoughtful as she peers up into them. "Pipes could be good," she considers aloud, appraisingly rubbing her chin. They make good weapons.
"But I think I like my fists...buh?"
A sound of voices emerges from behind the redhead, gray eyes vaguely bemused as she casts them toward the distance. The approaching enemy are noted, but not immediately responded to. Three on one? Good odds, but the enemy isn't a group of pushovers. For once, she quietly moves, sneaking around through the hold as she attempts to get the bearings of Elle and her troupe...
COMBATSYS: Marisol has joined the fight here on the right meter side.
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The loud clanking of Katana's armor easily masks the much softer clanking of the air vents, as Momo has once again taken to crawling through them. Elle told her to return to the Suiryuu as soon as possible, and while it took a while to do so thanks to her stolen boat being stolen, the Taiyo tennis star has finally arrived! "Looks like Traitor McArmorpants is here, too," she says as she hears the loud bragging and failing of Katana floating through the vents. "He got away before, but that won't happen a second time. Teehee..."
The much less I AM SO AWESOME voices of Elle and Birdie are not recognized by the Student Congresswoman, at least not for now, though she looks out through a grating in the ventilation shaft to watch their approach in the poorly-lit hallways.
COMBATSYS: Momo has joined the fight here on the right meter side.
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The thing about this whole naval war is that it's constantly going both ways, isn't it? One side invades the other's ship, back and forth over and over again. Of course, the last anybody saw of Tenma Kiryuu, he was stranded somewhere aboard the Black Noah after his attempt to get away from... A few of the people who are congregating in this part of the ship, actually. What a coinkydink! But wherever one person can go, others no doubt can as well, and truth be told Tenma really had to bust his ass to get back to the Suiryuu in one piece, but here he is, rather the worse for wear...
...And really not in a good mood. Bandaged up on his torso and forearms, courtesy of Mature and Katana, the Guardian King is also down in the hold, his bokken - currently without the chi link, so it seems to be plain wood - slanted over his shoulder as he too lurks, hoping to get a drop on the invaders systematically rounding up the other fighters on the ship. He doesn't know where Hakuya or Kenji are, hopefully somewhere on the boat and beating the holy hell out of some more of these mooks, and instead he's... Rather by himself. At least for now. But the trio making their way through the hold aren't exactly stealthy, being big and in one case covered in metal bits and kind of spazzy,
The Gedo gang member creeps closer, sneaking along as best he can... But his path soon brings him to spy the backside of a familiar redhead. Oh /great/. That's just what he needs! "Psst, Red!" Tenma whispers harshly at Marisol's back, trying to get her attention. Two goons are better than one, right?
Stealth isn't exactly what Elle is amining for here. In fact, the important thing is to let people know that they're here.
Statistically, this is over. The power levels of the attackers that have landed are considerable, and the cleanup is going strictly according to schedule. Searching through this metal jungle is going to take forever, however, especially in the dark.
Elle's hand charges up, illuminating part of the hold, and she fires a bolt into the ceiling. The seals pulse once, bringing the odd blue-white light to the cavernous space. "Alright. I'm only going to say this once," she says, amplifying her voice through the subtle manipulation of sound energy.
"You can give up and get transported off this boat and just go home, or you can get maimed. Either way, you're going to have to come out. The harder you make me work, the more the friends of yours that we catch are going to hurt." The voice is dead, emotionless, flat. She recites the words like they were a missive on statistics rather than an ultimatum. And that's it. No 'what's it gonna be?', no grins, no sneers. Just a very dull look on her face and a check of her watch.
Wow. Elle can be used as a light. Katana, for a brief second, thinks about the uses of this. A clap on clap off is the first thing that pops to mind.
Better think of something else instead.
As Elle's voice ... IS EVERYWHERE, Katana stays nearby her, like a royal guard .. but Katana.. a simple shogun, guard, samurai ninja ... WHAT IS HE TO DO!? For the moment, the wakizashi stay out as he stands nearby Elle on one side, and with Birdie, probably, on the other, it should make it pretty.. much nothing used of the open space. But it's the point.
Katana, for the moment, flips out a paper fan and begins to fan himself with it, once, twice, three times .. it's rather quite nice. He would need to say little more to this.
"I wish for a fight... The Shogun would rather they do not give up like cowards! .. But if it is their choice, then I shall honor it!"
Ah, how simple he is.
Birdie just loves his job. He may be sort of self serving Momo, but when you're a thug and your entire purpose is to beat people up AND you act stupid, well, you're loud and self serving. Katana is just loud. He's great for parties. Birdie follows along with Elle.
So As Elle leads them deeper into the ship, Birdie just flat out follows, moving deeper and deeper into the ship itself. It helps Elle holds up the chi like a torch. His eye sight isn't so good. Should have wore a pirate patch.
When they get there, Birdie is a lot more alive than Elle. "Please fight though, because I want some one to punch my lights out! I haven't slept a wink in days." Birdie says before laughing quite deeply, letting the heavy chain links roll off his arm and onto the ground, clankling loudly.
He then proceeds to lick them. "Ahahaha!"
The plight of the Kiryuu boy has otherwise gone unnoticed by Marisol. Normally, this wouldn't happen - any time the boy is beaten up, it is like Christmas day! Because if there's one thing the leader of the Guardian Kings deserves, it's a proper beating. But, sometimes...there are limits. Such as being beaten up by goons.
But right now, Tenma Kiryuu is the last thing on Marisol's mind. Eyeing pipes, she considers using one as a potential weapon, but considers just keeping quiet the moment voices grace her ears. Her worries swell a little, concerns for her teammates aboard the Suiryuu gracing her thoughts...before she brushes them off. They'll be fine, she assures herself. They always are.
Hunkered behind an intricate weave of pipes and valves, the half-Spaniard girl peers out, watching out for the group of voices. The tense silence is enough to set the redhead on edge, hands gripping the pipe in front of her...before a sudden PSST erupts from behind her. It startles her - so much she turns suddenly and punches right at Tenma's face. "What the hell!!" the girl harshly whispers...before realizing it's Tenma.
For once, the girl doesn't scream or throw disgusted remarks at the Gedo boy. Instead, she offers a smirk, gray depths hooding harshly before she mutters, "You? Why haven't you run away in fear yet? And why are you even here?"
But before she can pry further, the voice of a certain woman erupts from behind them, as well as a strange orb of energy. Regardless, Marisol hunches down briefly, gray eyes narrowing as she simply listens, even going so far as to grab Tenma's arm and shove him down into hiding with her.
"Ha ha," she whispers to the Guardian King. "These guys are serious business. But they're underestimating our "friends," wouldn't you agree?"
Pausing briefly, she spares a glance to the young man nearby, lips pulled into a wolfish smirk. "Scared, Kiryuu? Or do you want to fight for once? --pfft, why am I bothering to ask you, anyway? Do what you want, Tenma. I'm going to do somethin' about this crap. I'm sick of not getting a full night's rest."
And with that being said, Marisol stands up rather obviously, gray eyes fixed on the trio and a huge smirk on her lips. "Hello...er, Birdie? Uh, anyway." Shaking her head, she points a finger at the so-called leader, before it strays to the Shogun. He doesn't want to fight if people don't want to? So what is Marisol to do?
Why, punch Elle!
Tearing off for the scarred leader of Blackjack, Marisol swings a fist right for the woman's face - particularly, the nasty lash across her wounded eye!
What bizarre behaviour! When Marisol takes an abortive shot at him, Tenma jerks back, looking rather surprised. Who would've thought the redhead would be so high-strung? "Oh, shut up for once in your life," he replies in an undertone, with a complete lack of irony. But then she grabs him, pulling him down into 'hiding' as Elle's voice - and then Katana's and Birdie's - echo through the hold. The tall youth's mouth pulls into a frown at all three voices, since he DOES recognise them, and none of them are associated with positive memories in his mind.
But Tenma doesn't even get the chance to reply to Marisol's baseless accusations of cowardice, because the crazy half-Spaniard is going to go do something stupid, and he's going to have to drag her bacon out of the burner, /of course/. When Marisol starts haring off, Tenma is out only a moment later, slamming his injured arm against the wall to reopen the wounds there, drawing his blood again. Indeed, by the time he's following after Marisol in earnest, his bokken is alight with that violent red aura of misty, bloody chi, and his blood is spattering the ground behind him, dripping from his left arm. "I was wondering when I'd get t' see you sorry sons of bitches again," Tenma says, a hint of glee in his dark tone. Oh boy.
But since Elle is clearly the leader here, Tenma doesn't do what most would expect (i.e., go after either Katana or Birdie or, if he was feeling especially crazy, /both/) but instead he sweeps his bokken through empty air, sending a crescent of roiling red blood after Elle, timed to hit /just/ before Marisol gets there with the punching. They aren't exactly blessed with a huge amount of space here, after all!
COMBATSYS: Tenma has joined the fight here on the right meter side.
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Katana 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Marisol
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Birdie 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Momo
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Elle 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Tenma
Momo can't quite see who is beneath her thanks to the dimness of the Suiryuu's lights, but she can at least see the light gleaming off of Katana's armor. Whoever those other two people are, the tennis player will just have to... well, run away from before they can hit her back. She removes the grate from the vent, being careful to make as little noise as possible, and then prepares to jump out of it!
This is about when Elle makes her ball of chi and fires it at the ceiling. The sudden light, especially RIGHT NEXT TO MOMO'S EYES, temporarily blinds the girl. The familiar voice of Elle causes even greater confusion in the girl, and as she puts her hand out to steady herself to keep from making too much noise, her hand lands on... nothing.
"Whoops!" says the Momo as she tumbles out of the vent. In a strange twist of luck, she's heading right for her original target. This is probably a bad thing, considering that Katana's armor'll really hurt to land on.
COMBATSYS: Tenma successfully hits Elle with Dharmapala.
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Katana 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Marisol
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Birdie 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Momo
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Elle 0/-------/----===|=------\-------\0 Tenma
COMBATSYS: Elle fails to interrupt Medium Punch from Marisol with Metal Health.
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Elle 0/-------/---====|=------\-------\0 Tenma
Let it be said that the youth of today still have a lot of fight in them. As the schoolkids take the initiative, Elle is still looking for targets. The attacks come in rapid sequence. There's no real way for Elle to compensate for any of it.
The first strike slams into her, the blood spray knocking her backwards, sending her arms pinwheeling back. Then the punch to her eye drives Elle down to one knee just as she tries to ready a retaliatory bolt of sound.
The combined weight of the impacts drives her to one knee. She doesn't make a sound... just idles there as her brain attempts to compute precisely what just happened, and who exactly is going to be hurting the second she gets her bearings.
COMBATSYS: Katana interrupts Quick Punch from Momo with Light Kick.
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Elle 0/-------/---====|=------\-------\0 Tenma
Now, Birdie already sees what's going on here. Elle's getting double teamed. What a great idea. Gang pile one of them. That's so sweet!
Birdie doesn't care. Well he cares about Elle, but he doesn't care for their actions. So when Elle bursts in forward, and seeing Marisol and Tenma, Birdie just smirks. "Hey Marisol. Miss me?" Birdie's beaten and bruised from earlier, but he's not down. Oh, ho ho ho. He sure isn't.
"Hope you don't mind me showing up to crash this party so soon!" Birdie cries, looking about at first before firing himself towards the Gedo boy, attempting to break from behin Elle when she's drove backwards, attempting to stab the boy in the chest with his overly sized horn!
"GANG WAY BLOKE!"
As Momo, ON THE CEILING, or at least somewhere on it, causes Momo to steady herself and tumble outwards, Katana is unsure, exactly, of what he hears and sees.
AND THEN THE DOUBLE TEAM ON ELLE BEGINS. Katana looks on, gasping, and at that point, there's little to be said .. to do! She's on her own, for the moment, and Katana hears something. There's .. MOMO. THERE'S A LITTLE GIRl, FALLING FOR HIM.
He's sure this is illegal, even if many of what he has seen for Japan dictates that he is indeed boonful, for such a young stalker.
BUT KATANA IS NOT THAT KIND OF MAN. And as Momo crashes into him, she, instead, meets a sandaled foot to the gut, it slamming into Momo as hard as he can kick it towards her. "HYAHHH!" She does smash a bit into him, but the foot will propel her off.
"You .. DO NOT sneak up upon the SHogun, little girl!"
When things get a bit on the tense side between the fighters just trying to mind their own business and people invading the ship for...whatever reason, Marisol seems to ignore the verbal jab of Tenma, the undertone and its lack of irony simply shrugged off. Things are getting a little crazy down here! Time to focus on the inevitable beatings of ass and not get ahead of one's self. Just before she tears off, however, the ceiling erupts. Who is that kid?
Who cares? Maybe she'll help?
Biting lightly at her lip, the half-Spaniard just observes before she takes into action, leaving Tenma to his own machinations. Will he help her? Distantly, a part of her hopes he will. This is a fight she cannot do alone, and any help would be appreciated here. So without reservation she charges the supposed leader of this particular group, her fist swinging right for her face. It lands, just after the burst of bloody chi that crashes into the leader of Blackjack. She's dropped to a knee. For now, Marisol is contented.
"Thanks Kiryuu," the girl offers, her words barely carrying. That should suffice, right?
Hands curl into tight fists at her hips, full lips pulled into a tight line as Katana practically PUNTS the tiny schoolgirl in the stomach. A strange look crosses her face, but it is easily shaken off in favor of a cocky smirk - which fades when things break loose again. Frowning slightly, she shakes her head before she snaps her head over her shoulder.
"Tenma Kiryuu, I won't forgive you if you mess this up!"
Not that he'd CARE, mind. Regardless of consequence, Marisol turns her attention back onto Elle. "Now, where were we," she wonders, before she snaps a hand out like a snake. Her intent? To snare the leader of Blackjack by the throat, before she swings her palm forward and attempts to introduce the woman's midriff to a burst of furious dandelion-yellow chi energy!
Well, this is uncomfortable. As sandal meets gut, Momo "Oof!"s loudly and is sent skyward once more, flailing a little to regain her balance. Unfortunately, luck appears to have it in for the Taiyo girl tonight, as she once more careens into someone's upon landing. This time, Birdie appears to be the lucky man. Maybe she'll get a break eventually and be able to collect her thoughts and insult Katana.
COMBATSYS: Tenma interrupts Bull Horn from Birdie with Initial Breaker.
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Birdie 1/-------/=======|==-----\-------\0 Momo
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Elle 0/-------/---====|====---\-------\0 Tenma
Oh my, that was satisfying. Tenma isn't even bothered by the fact that he was helping his SWORN ENEMY in that assault on Elle, and no he doesn't hear her apology, so honestly Tenma thinks Marisol is an ungrateful bitch. "This is NOT the time!!" Tenma shouts back at Marisol's call to him. "Pay attention 'fore one of 'em hits you so hard your bad dye job falls right outta your hair!" No, it doesn't make sense. It's trash talk, it doesn't have to. But right now there's not much heat behind it, when usually he would be sparring verbally with Marisol as much as trying to punch her. But right now, there are bigger concerns. So right now, they're going to work together.
In other news, Satan just lost a snowball fight.
Tenma's chides about paying attention come back to haunt him though, as just as he's about to press the attack on Elle, he sees a mountain of a man - one of the pains in the ass from aboard the Black Noah, he rememebers - try to run him right through. "Son of a /bitch/," grouses Kiryuu, twisting to his side to meet Birdie's charge, pulling his sword hand back quickly to level the blade horizontally, 'edge' up and point directed at Birdie. When the thug comes closer, trying to spear him with that horn, Tenma steps /into/ the attack, which grazes a deep furrow across his chest, but not, you know, /into/ it, and at the same time he thrust his bokken out, bloody chi flaring as he stabs Birdie in the chest in turn, all blunt impact and raging chi to drive the enormous fighter back. "Get outta my face, TRASH!!"
COMBATSYS: Marisol successfully hits Elle with Moon Sling.
- Power hit! -
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Elle 0/-------/=======|====---\-------\0 Tenma
Blinded in one eye, Elle's not going to be very mobile. As it is, she's just taking a serious pounding. He hits the ground like a sack of bricks, her vaunted durability doing nothing to save her today. Apparently, the luck gods are not favoring her this evening. The woman rolls across the floor, staggering to one foot.
If she was a vengeful person, this would be when she would start cursing, spitting epitaphs. Something.
But she doesn't. The prattling, the banter. not her style. Instead, she keeps an eye on her opposition as she gets to her feet with a ratcheting cough. One eye is all she has, really. Reaching behind her back, her hands clamp down on the handle of her mace. The metal weapon is shaken out, and then is unraveled. The mace becomes a flail, and the fight is now evened up through the use of weaponry.
"Birdie," she rasps, coughing again, "Two pair." She whips the head of the flail, the chain whirling out to grasp at Tenma's torso. A powerful bolt of electricity is sent down it as she tries to shock the kid in place for Birdie's meat onslaught.
FREE, NOW, OF THE LITTLE GIRL .. Katana continues his sights, from behind the ceremonial mask, the mostly undamaged Shogun looks about. There is a Spaniard. There is Tenma. And there is ... the little girl is not his problem, especially as she flies towards Taruos' horn.
There is more of an important target.
Where were they? Well, Katana is not altogether interested in just having the leader of the group be removed of her dual! Looking on, as Elle goes for another, the Shogun takes his wakizashi .. and then dashes straight towards Marisol.
Blades flash as he gets in close, sandals slamming against the ground as he grows closer. "You, girl, are my target of this moment .. AND I SHALL SHOW YOU THE MIGHT OF WHAT YOU FIGHT AGAINST!"
A quick thrust, and Katana slides forth, blades leading, as he attempts to jam both wakizashi into the girls body, and then rip outwards, blades ripping away at the young girl. But far be it for Katana to feel something like remorse.
They are equals.. THEY ARE WARRIORS! And if there is one thing that Katana agrees with, it is to show .. NO MERCY. At all. Especially when they are capable of it.
And her backs open, too.
COMBATSYS: Birdie endures Momo's Quick Punch.
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Elle 0/-------/-======|====---\-------\0 Tenma
Birdie's thrust is counter thrust! The blade rips into his chest, but the man doesn't stop. You should know large men like Birdie take forever to stop, to persuade to go away and leave you alone. He's not done yet, oh no. He's pushing forward like the man he is.
The chi and blade combo strikes his chest, but the man doesn't seem to just let himself get pushed. Oh no. Instead, he pushes back! "Trash? Is that the best you could bloody come up with?" Birdie spits towards the ground.
And well, Birdie tries to hold onto Tenma as the little girl bounds across the room and into his back. Trying to use it to his advantage, he fires himself forward towards Tenma, head first. What may come is many headbutts to the Gedo student. Timed perfectly after Elle launches the bolt of electricity towards Tenma.
And then, if he catches, Birdie rips down with his hair, aiming to cut the kid down, and literally lift him with it before launching him above and over him. THIS FLIGHTS FOR YOU. "EYAAAAAAAAAH!"
COMBATSYS: Marisol endures Katana's Fierce Strike.
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Birdie 0/-------/------=|==-----\-------\0 Momo
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Elle 0/-------/-======|====---\-------\0 Tenma
Ungrateful bitch? Well then! Tenma is an ungrateful bastard! Frowning as Tenma calls out behind her in response, the redhead briefly snaps a smoky gray eye over her shoulder. "Shut UP, Kiryuu, and take your own damn advice!" Honestly, that Guardian King. He's such a pain in the ass. Doesn't he appreciate the fact she's getting along with Tenma long enough to fight successfully together?!
"Honestly," the girl exhales, shaking her head in annoyance, an eye kept on the strange woman. What is she planning, the redhead absently wonders to herself. It can't be good, right?
It would see her plans - and Birdie's - involve Kiryuu. Marisol frowns, and frowns big.
For once, Marisol kind of feels SORRY for Tenma. Has Hell frozen over?
Glancing over a shoulder, the redhead takes note of the yelling Shogun. He's now HER opponent? Half-turning, the girl idly smirks. "Says you," she all but spits, eyes narrowing. Here he comes, sliding at her with a blade aimed for her body--!!
But she doesn't make a move to avoid it. No, Marisol stands RIGHT THERE as the Shogun brutally assaults her, wakizashi burying into her body before it's ripped out and causes her to stagger forward in pain. Is it pain?
"Sorry Samurai," she mutters with a toothy smirk. "Not right now. I'm BUSY!!"
Not particularly - instead, Marisol is stumbling into a charge right for Elle, a fist raised at shoulder level to punch the mysterious woman in the back of her head...
Momo falls to the ground after impacting Birdie's back, quickly rolling to her feet and looking between all of the fighters, racquet quickly drawn. "...wait a minute!" she says. "Elle? I thought you were coup'd!" She points at Katana and Birdie. "And you guys went evil!" Then towards Marisol and Tenma. "And you guys... who ARE you guys, anyway?" She's never seen them before, she doesn't think. Or if she did, she wasn't paying attention to them.
"Momo is confused!" the tennis player states, making sure the world is well-aware of her emotions. And, as per the normal effects of confusion, she settles with trying to bean someone at random in the head with her racquet-- how about Katana again, since his shogun nonsense is annoying. If he's an ally, well, she can always apologize to him later.
COMBATSYS: Tenma endures Birdie's Bull Revenger.
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Katana 0/-------/-----==|=====--\-------\0 Marisol
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Birdie 0/-------/------=|==-----\-------\0 Momo
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Elle 0/-------/-======|=======\====---\1 Tenma
COMBATSYS: Tenma interrupts Powerslave from Elle with The Sealing Sword.
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Katana 0/-------/-----==|=====--\-------\0 Marisol
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Birdie 0/-------/------=|==-----\-------\0 Momo
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Elle 1/-----==/=======|===----\-------\0 Tenma
Honestly, since getting on this boat - at least, since that fight in the weird room with Elle and Luc - things just haven't been going Tenma's way. One way or another, he always seems to end up with the short end of the stick, but today? Today the Gedo gang member is cornered. Today, he's not going to lie down without turning at least one of these jokers into a bloody smear. Birdie's attack... Hits, as Tenma shuts his eyes, and twists to swing his sword all the way back, somehow managing to keep it free of his getting attacked. Elle's flail grabs Tenma's leading arm, his injured left, and he grabs the flail right back, Birdie striking home and the zap starting to come as Tenma swings that bokken of his with every muscle in his body, letting the impact of Birdie's massive weight and that goddamn headbutt knock him out of position enough to swing the blade.
The wooden sword is so alight with bloody chi that nothing of the weapon can be seen underneath. In the split-second it takes for Birdie's hit to land, the ancient - if incomplete - technique of the Kiryuu family strikes home on Elle, an impact of blessed wood and bloody chi. But the chi doesn't stop at the flesh, it passes THROUGH Elle, striking at her spirit, striking at her very life, disrupting and briefly reversing the flow of chi through her entire body, leaving behind a cold numbness, a chill... As Tenma himself gets slashed and pitched up like Birdie was indeed some kind of a bull, smacking into the ceiling and landing in a heap behind the R-aligned invaders.
Is he out?!
COMBATSYS: Elle blocks Marisol's Red Clover.
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Katana 0/-------/-----==|======-\-------\0 Marisol
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Birdie 0/-------/------=|==-----\-------\0 Momo
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Elle 1/----===/=======|===----\-------\0 Tenma
And Elle once again takes it from both sides. This blindsided stuff is really creeping into ruining her ability to fight. As Tenma blasts her backward again, Elle is caught with a fist hurling towards her face at incredible speed. But this time, Elle's prepared for it. The hand that arcs towards her is stopped cold by the upswung mace as she braces it with her other hand, teeth gritted.
Her eyes narrow for a moment as she pushes back, snapping the club once more to it's flail state, stepping back as she slings it around.
The weapon crackles with power as Elle begins to turn it, circling. She doesn't have a lot of strength left in her, but she's going to try to make this shot count.
The flail whips out to snag Marisol by the arm. If it connects? Chaos. Elle will whip the girl around the room like a tetherball, slamming her against the deck, the wall rigging, the ceiling and everything inbetween before snapping the electrified weapon so that she flips and rolls towards Katana, so that the Metro City Shogun can finish the job.
COMBATSYS: Katana blocks Momo's Strong Punch.
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Katana 0/-------/-----==|======-\-------\0 Marisol
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Birdie 0/-------/------=|==-----\-------\0 Momo
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Elle 0/-------/-------|===----\-------\0 Tenma
"No. You are not busy. AND YOU WILL EAT MY BLADE." Katana slams both wakizashi into the girl, her stagger forwards when they're ripped out.
And the best she could do .. is to keep assaulting Elle? "I .. Katana ... SAY IT IS SO. Do you know of who you speak!? .. I will not simply let you ignore me!" And that's about when she says.. SORRY?! There is no sorry .. THERE IS BATTLE, OR NOT. And there is not such a thing as a 'not right now'. Not when the Shogun has challenged you.
And as Marisol launches towards Elle.. Momo falls to the ground and explains she's confused, Katana is noticed as Momo launches upwards, with a punch. The Shogun turns, armoring of his hands facing her.
And Momo hits a wall of metal, clanging as the assault nearly bounces off. "I cannot deal with you, right now, child .. THERE IS FAR MORE IMPORTANT THINGS! This woman .. I will not let her simply ignore I, KATANA, SHOGUN OF THE MAD GEAR GANG." And turning, the electricity appears to attract Katana's attention. Because Elle tries to snag Marisol. If Marisol is whipped around the room, or if she isn't, it doesn't matter. Katana's charge is the same. Sandals hitting the floor, he puts all of his speed towards Marisol. "You .. WILL NOT BE RID OF ME SO EASILY."
If she's rolling/flipping/or standing, Marisol will be leaped towards by Katana, wakizashi slamming towards the girls form. "DAIKYOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOU!" Katana cries out, and if the rest of the assault goes through .. the blades would pierce, and then Marisol would be ran against the ground as Katana charges her. "BURNIIIIING!"
And then tosses away, like nothing, towards the wall.
WATCH THE POINTY METAL BITS!
Birdie just wonders who would actually use his attack to get a one up on someone. Do you REALLY hate the person so much that you would do that to yourself? Obviously, he guesses. But that's not the point right now. The point is that Birdie isn't done dealing with Tenma.
As Tenma falls down, Birdie is out for blood. He doesn't grab him. His chains do.
"We're not done yet bloke." Birdie snarls as he lashes out with his chain, attempting to surround the lad with the heavy links and actually squeeze. "Just a little bit more." His grunts as he tugs on the chain, aiming to grab a hold of Tenma and send him flying. Really flying. Into the ceiling again.
COMBATSYS: Elle successfully hits Marisol with Slayer.
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Katana 0/-------/-----==|=======\==-----\1 Marisol
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Birdie 0/-------/------=|==-----\-------\0 Momo
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Elle 0/-------/-------|===----\-------\0 Tenma
COMBATSYS: Marisol fails to interrupt Daikyou Burning from Katana with Bee Sting.
- Power fail! -
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Katana 0/-------/----===|===----\-------\0 Marisol
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Birdie 0/-------/------=|==-----\-------\0 Momo
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Elle 0/-------/-------|===----\-------\0 Tenma
Is Katana talking? Marisol doesn't seem to be paying much attention to the Shogun, and otherwise ignores him in favor of pressing her attacks against Elle. And anyway, it seems as if little (and thoroughly confused) Momo is being a suitable distraction for the Shogun. So what does Marisol do? Why, she just stands, waiting for Elle to retaliate - and retaliate she does. Snared, despite her best attempts to otherwise just stand there, Marisol is slung around like a tether before she's released.
If anything, the girl looks more annoyed than pained as she's sent rolling across the ground.
And right for Katana. Who is yelling. And try as Marisol may to punch the man with a sharp pointy burst of chi from her fist in the balls, it would seem those blades pierce her offenses. Snared, she's dragged across the ground and thrown into the wall. Quite literally! She makes a minor dent, stuck there for a brief second before she falls free and hits the ground with a thud.
"Ow," she mutters, rising up and idly rubbing her head. "What a fuckin' pain. Really. Hey Tenma! Don't go dying on me already! God!"
Momo is... deflected? How can this be!? Katana shrugs off her racquet-to-the-head with a raised arm. And then he leaves! This is extremely ridiculous. In fact, the only thing MORE ridiculous is the childish way that the tennis player reacts to this turn of events. "No Momo is confused and being ignored! Momo will not stand for this!" She immediately turns on the closest person-- looks like Birdie this time --and jumps onto his back! Her weapon is brought around and held against his neck, pulled tightly back like some sort of garrote as she hangs off of him. "Pay attention to meeeee!" she demands.
COMBATSYS: Birdie successfully hits Tenma with Quick Throw.
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Katana 0/-------/----===|===----\-------\0 Marisol
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Birdie 0/-------/-----==|==-----\-------\0 Momo
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Elle 0/-------/-------|======-\-------\0 Tenma
Hate? Hate's a funny thing. But does Tenma /hate/ Elle, or even anyone here right now? Probably not... He just saw an opportunity and went for it. Unfortunately, it was a much more painful opportunity than he'd anticipated. Tenma doesn't even try to avoid the chains - if he even could in this position - and instead he gets well and truly caught, swung to collide with the ceiling, which hurts. And then he hits the ground, which hurts too but not as much.
And then, with the last of the juice he's got, Tenma pushes himself up. He does not look best pleased. "Red," he says. "You better send these sorry losers packin'." Because he's not going to be able to do much else to help her after this. He rushes directly for Elle, and once he gets close enough to the guitar-packing affect-less lunatic, he takes a swipe at her. Blood in the water, take out the leader, however you want to see it, he only has eyes for Elle. His slash is slowed by the damage he's taken, but he uses both arms to put all the force he can behind the blow, and when he finishes the arc of the downwards slash, he quickly reverse the blade and slices back /up/ at Elle, creating a shallow V-shape. "GRAAAH!!"
COMBATSYS: Tenma can no longer fight.
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Katana 0/-------/----===|===----\-------\0 Marisol
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Birdie 0/-------/-----==|==-----\-------\0 Momo
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COMBATSYS: Tenma successfully hits Elle with Ungyou.
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Katana 0/-------/----===|===----\-------\0 Marisol
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Birdie 0/-------/-----==|==-----\-------\0 Momo
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Elle 0/-------/-----==|
The sword comes for Elle, and as it does so, Elle can't avoid it. She tenses up, trying to keep on the defense, but after the amount of damage she's suffered, there's no way she can possibly keep moving. But, as the sword slashes across her body, Elle does have one thing to say.
"I was the worst target for you to pick on," she says with a hiss of breath. "And my boys are meaner than I am."
The slash draws another hacking cough from Elle, and she closes her eyes. Not much energy left in her. The white haired mercenary backs away, and her one clear eye searches the area, looking to assess the area one last time. "Momo! Beat feet... I'll explain later. Your money's in my cabin..," Elle's voice trails as she slams agains tthe bulkhead, blurry eyes making things hard to see. She braces herself against the wall, head turning one last time.
A hand is raised, and then, the last of her energy is released in a powerful bolt of incandescent lightning as she tries to barbecue Marisol.
COMBATSYS: Elle can no longer fight.
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Katana 0/-------/----===|===----\-------\0 Marisol
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Birdie 0/-------/-----==|==-----\-------\0 Momo
The sharp pointy burst of chi ... Katana, in his fury, will not have such. NOT HAVE SUCH.
Because dear god would that hurt.
Instead, Marisol's slammed into the wall. And Katana, looks upon to Marisol. "Do you see, now, the might of the Shogun!?" Katana stands, VICTORIOUS. At least to himself. He's really getting a strong of victories lately. Something, clearly, is wrong.
But to ignore that for the moment, Katana's wakizashi, perhaps bloody by now, are not idle. The little girl, however, is choking Tauros. Well. That's interesting. But not enough to Katana. The girl will be dealt with.
Katana, however, still has his target. And that target is going to continue to be pressed until Katana feels that she learned, THE HARD WAY, or until one of them lies bloody on the ground. "So, girl, your friend has fallen ... and you will be the next!"
It seems, simply, that causing Katana to have his attention grabbed.. is a very bad thing.
Feet slamming against the metal once more, he slides across the ground with more thrusts, but this time, there is .. A NAME. "JIGOKU!" A single thrust with one wakizashi, attempting to slam her up into the air, and then another to rend across her form, a completely offensive assault. "SCRAPE!"
Really. Katana is just throwing himself at Marisol now.
COMBATSYS: Birdie endures Momo's Throat Racket.
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Katana 0/-------/----===|===----\-------\0 Marisol
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Birdie 0/-------/---====|===----\-------\0 Momo
Momo comes for Birdie. Birdie's unable to stop Momo from climbing up from his back, but he can use Momo for something, so when she chokes him, he doesn't stop her. At first at least. She's hard to get a hold of, being a small tennis player from Taiyo High after all. They're usually fast. "Nrggh. Chicken-little I don't think any blokes going to pay attention to you." He grunts as he finally pries her loose.
And since he did, he does the only thing that comes to mind. After seeing Marisol help take down Elle, well, he throws Momo, racket and all, at Marisol powerfully. He heaves it forward without a moment to lose. It saves him the trouble of actually looking for an object.
"PAY ATTENTION TO HER MARISOL!" Birdie calls, even shouting her name, while playing hot Momo with Marisol. He's not getting caught!
COMBATSYS: Elle successfully hits Marisol with High Voltage.
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Katana 0/-------/----===|=====--\-------\0 Marisol
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Birdie 0/-------/---====|===----\-------\0 Momo
COMBATSYS: Katana successfully hits Marisol with Jigoku Scrape.
- Power hit! -
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Katana 0/-------/--=====|=======\-------\1 Marisol
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Birdie 0/-------/---====|===----\-------\0 Momo
COMBATSYS: Marisol fails to interrupt Large Thrown Object from Birdie with Red Clover.
-* CRITICAL FAIL! *-
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Katana 0/-------/--=====|===----\-------\0 Momo
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COMBATSYS: Marisol can no longer fight.
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Katana 0/-------/--=====|===----\-------\0 Momo
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Birdie 0/-------/--=====|
Tonight is NOT MARISOL'S NIGHT.
But that's okay, right? At least she'll get herself some z's. That's always a plus!
So it happens like this: Marisol sees that burst of electrical chi stuff hurled at her, and it's pretty slow at that. But damn the hold and its pipes - with little room to move around successfully in, Marisol's attempts to duck and weave end up with her crashing forehead first into a set of pipes before she's smacked by that jolt. It's a prelude to pain!
For you see, Katana's wakizashi again hit the redhead, a spray of red erupting in a glorious display as she's struck. Dazed and somewhat confused, the girl turns sluggishly, and before she can charge forward to plow THROUGH (sorry Momo!) the girl and get to Birdie, she underestimates how heavy Momo is.
Struck fiercely, the girl collides into Marisol, sending her stumbling AGAIN and smacking her head against the piping of the hold. Knocked stupid, Marisol's smoky eyes blink sluggishly as she stares into emptiness with a tiny Asian tennis player on her lap.
Those eyes distantly observe Tenma, and the faintest, weakest of scowls crosses her lips.
"D-dammit T-tenma," she stammers, barely conscious. "You f-fucked it up..."
And then she's out like a light. Whatever her fate may be...well. She isn't concerned anymore. She is asleep for once - she'll deal with the messy details later.
"THIS DOES NOT COUNT AS ATTENTION!" Momo yells at Birdie as she's plucked off of his back and hurled at Marisol, knocking her the hell out. When Momo lands on her lap, the tennis player tries to blink the dizziness out of her head, then looks around. She caught Elle's final words, sort of, something about her paycheck being in the Blackjack leader's room.
"You..." she says, climbing out of Marisol's lap and getting to her feet, remarkably uninjured considering how much she's been thrown around-- must be a part of being a little kid, impact immunity. "You're lucky Momo has no idea what's going on," the Taiyo student says, pointing dramatically at Birdie and Katana. "Or you'd be in SO much trouble!" And with that, Momo bravely runs away.
To break into Elle's room.
But that's neither here nor there, really.
Well. That was messy.
It takes Elle a second or two, but eventually, she manages to stand, shakily. A ratcheting cough once again fills her lungs. "Christ," she mutters, steadying her hand. She looks around, blinking her lone, non-blurry eye. This is going to need some serious repair. Between Vice and Marisol, Elle's going to need surgery.
"Birdie, Katana. Stop fucking around and pick up the bodies. And where the hell is Momo? Is she gone?" The little girl hopefully has run. Elle actually liked the kid, oddly enough.
TONIGHT MAY NOT BE MARISOL'S NIGHT.
But hot damn if Katana isn't on FIRE, and not the chi kind. The spray of red coats the wakizashi, as well as some of his armor and shirt, before he rushes past. The blades are put away as the woman falls.
YES. He is imitating a samurai movie.
And then, turning around, Katana looks down to Marisol. "You fought well, young one, but you should have given up when she had told you to. It would have saved you much suffering." And afterwards, Katana breathes in. He did not need to draw into his inner strength.
Perhaps, perhaps, he is actually .. disappointed. "You and that man .. do not get along well." Katana comments to the unconscious woman. And as Momo points to him finally, after crawling off of Marisol, he shakes his head. "Perhaps, little girl, but now .. will not be that time. Tauros and I will take in this victory! For now." And scooping up Marisol, Katana hefts her over his shoulder, blood against it. "Yes, Elle, this body shall be deposited! The spirits were with me today.. and my ancestors smiled upon me." Taking the body, Katana puts Marisol down within a nearby cell.. she'll have a companion soon. And, well, "The little one? She was only .. slightly harmed. But she retreated. TAUROS AND I .. were too much for her to stay!"
LIE OR TRUTH, YOU DECIDE.
Birdie looks towards Momo as she goes sailing and literally beams Marisol. That's going to leave a mark. As it sends her back and down, Birdie feels like he dodge some kind of bullet. And then Momo actually gets up after it. "Heh. Sorry small chick-a-dee. Didn't mean no harm." He takes a step back when she threatens him. It might be that he's actually scared of Momo, or the third person is really freaky.
Either way, Birdie's moving towards Tenma's fallen figure, actually grabbing a hold of it and slinging the man over his shoulder. Unless Tenma has a death grip on his sword Birdie isn't taking it with him. He just listens to Elle for now. "Yeah, yeah. Give me a minute, alright? The little girl can leave a damn stinging sensation." He grunts before trudging towards Katana and dropping of Tenma in the same cell as Marisol.
Birdie didn't do so bad either. But he still burns with pain ow.
"...Tauros? No, never mind. I don't want to know," Elle says as she hobbles over to Birdie. "C'mere, Bebop. Give me a hand. Can't see real well out of my left eye," she explains as she motions for Katana. "Alright. Let's get the Captain and Tenille here into a holding pen, and get me back to the Noah."
She's going to need some medical care soon.
Overall, the mission was a success, even if Elle did take an egregious amount of damage. Hopefully Tran will be on hand to take care of the worst of it. She's going to need an actual surgeon, however, to regain sight that actually means anything in her left eye, though.
"I'm putting out the general order. Leave Momo alone. If you see her again, tell her I want to talk with her. Make sure she gets safe passage wherever. I still have a deal with her that hasn't closed yet."
And with that, Elle motions forward. Lots of things to still take care of. Thankfully, most of them are administrative.
Momo is most certainly gone by now, having bolted through a nearby doorway and disappeared into the air vents again. She's found them to be a lot faster than maneuvering the battle-filled hallways, especially considering how many of the ship's halls have collapsed due to extensive battle damage.
COMBATSYS: Momo has left the fight here.
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COMBATSYS: Katana has left the fight here.
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COMBATSYS: Birdie has ended the fight here.
Log created on 22:19:29 10/20/2007 by Elle, and last modified on 19:52:02 10/22/2007.