Description: S! N! F! Guy faces off against Aislinn, the Silent Assassin, and her Blackjack teammate Ayame, a sub-in for Jaeger, in a fast-moving battle in, on and around a fast-rolling London Metro train--a fight where Guy seemingly has control until the last moments of the fight... (Winners: Aislinn and Ayame)
The London Underground is perhaps one of the most famous of city railways in existence, rivaled only by the Metro of Paris and the New York City subway system. And while there are various terminals of various sizes, the one that Geese Howard's Howard Enterprises has, in essence, bought out for this SNF is one of the largest, centrally-located in London. The train platform has been cleared; large, clear plexi barriers erected to allow spectators to watch from as close as possible without the fear of collateral damage, on three sides. The four side is the tracks, and a train's been placed there, with the doors open and a engineer at the helm with very specific instructions and a fat wad of danger pay.
The barriers have doors inset, oddly enough--sealed portals to allow for the fighters to enter. And the first one to do so is Aislinn Doyle, otherwise known as the Silent Assassin to the world at large, and NESTS Agent and Blackjack associate to the world that is not-so-large. She wears her usual fighting outfit--her NESTS outfit, though few know that, in truth--which is largely comprised of black leather. As she steps in, she's tightening her gloves, popping her neck with a few casual twists and turns of her head. She looks good, ready, and calm, awaiting the other fighters.
Her instructions were clear, too; though the fight must start on the platform, the train must be used as well... so she's already giving an eye to the train. She's done a train fight before, with Arika and a couple other people... it remains to be seen how well her style truly works in such a compact space, or how she'll adjust for it.
The crowd, meanwhile, is getting pumped; cheering vibrates the plexi, holes bored through the tops of the barriers to allow airflow also allowing some -soundflow-... and some newcomers are shocked to see what looks like a little girl there.
Oh, if only they knew...
The average age of those fighting goes up just a little as Ayame steps through the doors, sauntering over to stand next to Aislinn with a relaxed gait. Of course she knows the other girl. In fact, the slightly younger female is her /boss/ of all things. And now they're to fight alongside each other against a single opponent of all things.
The long haired strawberry-blonde's outfit is a mixture of all sorts of flavors; a bit of punk, a bit of goth, a bit of odds and ends that defy any attempt to category them... Multiple belts at her waist, one of which that jingles as she walks, as well as some chains around her neck and around one wrist, the girl definitely isn't 'silent', especially when compared to her partner for this match.
"Heya boss," Ayame grins at Aislinn, giving her a snappy salute with her right hand up near her forehead for only a moment before spinning toward the train to give the transit vehicle a quick inspection. "Okay, so, uh, the moral of this fight is Don't touch the third rail, right?" she states with a faint laugh. "Who we got, anyway? The sheet just said some guy..."
Not some guy. THE Guy.
He comes down into the subway with his arms folded, checking out the area with four of his Genin. Shaking his head, the ninja curses. "This has got to be the worst arena I've ever been to. What the heck are they thinking..." The Genin shrug... and Guy spots the fans. A few are die-hard, with one homeless beggar holding a GUY MUST DIE sign. This beggar is drawn away and beaten senseless by the Genin.
In the area cleared for the fight, Guy strolls, looking annoyed and bored. "Alright... where's the guy and the girl I'm supposed to fight? I'd like to get out of here as soon as I can..."
COMBATSYS: Aislinn has started a fight here on the left meter side.
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COMBATSYS: Ayame has joined the fight here on the left meter side.
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COMBATSYS: Guy has joined the fight here on the right meter side.
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"His name is Guy. He is a master of Bushin-Ryuu Ninjutsu. And he's right there," replies the Silent Assassin, pointing in Guy's direction without looking in said direction. Over the loudspeaker, an SNF official clears his throat. "Ahem... due to unforeseen circumstances, tonight's bout will be slightly changed; the card is now Aislinn Doyle, the Silent Assassin, and... 'Ayame'..." There's a slight pause. Ayame is the only name they were given... right. "... versus uh... 'Guy!'..." He tries to make it sound enthusiastic but he clearly is nonplussed by the lack of last names all around... ah well.
"The fighters are invited to begin whenver they wish! Fighters, good luck!" The PA snaps off with a little crackle and hot spotlights flare on, lighting that big box of an 'arena'.
Aislinn smiles, sardonically, and glances over at Ayame, briefly, before inclining her head towards their opponent. As for her? Power is flowing from her, up and around, in the form of red-white tendrils of crackling energy, a blazing creep of energy that is pretty visually impressive...
COMBATSYS: Aislinn gathers her will.
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Whirling around on her toes to face toward Guy as he enters, Ayame listens to Aislinn's explanation. His NAME is Guy, huh? "Bushin-Ryuu Ninjutsu, eh. Don't think I've fought anyone with that style before," she admits quite openly while the official struggles with the roster of no-last-name-fighters.
The doors are closed, locking the trio behind the plastic barrier to begin the violence whenever they so please. The girl glances toward Aislinn, watching the red-white energy coming up around her as she gets ready to build up for something bigger. Grinning a little, Ayame turns to face Guy, empty hands coming up in front of her before clenching tightly. "This looks kind of unfair, to me, but I've been in enough of these to know when they make it a two on one, that one is no slouch. So don't think you're going to get any kind of break!" she warns the young man.
And then it begins. It takes a little bit longer to get started than Aislinn's build up as Ayame's brow furrows, the girl digging deep to concentrate on a task that is far from easy for her. But it becomes visible eventually, brown and green energy swirling up around her feet at first only to build up around her body up to the level of her shoulders. The disturbance tousles her hair as she pulls from the world around her, building up for something big herself. "aaaaAAAAH!" The exclaimation comes unbidden as she tries to maintain the mounting power.
COMBATSYS: Ayame gathers her will.
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Everyone has the "visually impressive" maneuver... to the point that Guy is actually sick to death of show-offs. Nearly every fight he's been in since he came back onto the world stage has had someone in it doing something colorful. And so, the ninja begins... as the trains start to arrive...
Ayame is completely ignored, her Dragon Ball Z-esque powerup given no mind as Guy sprints over to Aislinn. His speed is pretty high, and it may even be a start that causes folks to gasp, but the fact of the matter is that Guy covers a ton of ground in a short amount of time. Once there, though, his basic attack is thrown out at the girl. A test of sorts. A sneaker finds its way flying through the air at Aislinn's face. Simplicity in practice as the doors to trains open, and loudspeakers announce the 9:00 train to Wherever.
COMBATSYS: Aislinn endures Guy's Light Kick.
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Fast, indeed. Aislinn never lets her eyes leave the young ninja master, however; and she hardly seems surprised by his speed. She, after all, does her homework and stays in school. Reading up on and being informed about the latest and greatest fighters is only natural for her; it's as much a hobby as it is a job. (Maybe that makes it a jobby.) In any case, when that kick comes... she's ready for it--though it may not seem so with the way it hits dead on.
But while it's hitting, Aislinn isn't moving; she throws her arms up, seeking to grab Guy's extended leg before he can pull it back--though he -is- fast. And here comes the first part of her own 'secret orders'--she spins, quickly, aiming to toss Guy into the train through the open doors.
As quick as she is with that, the real followup comes just a moment later as Aislinn moves quickly of her own accord (assuming, of course, that she is successful in tossing Guy through the doors), bearing down on him with an extended elbow, prepatory to thrusting it into his sternum.
The swirling energy around Ayame dies down slowly as she finally ceases to draw it in, allowing it to fall down over the ground where it spreads out and fades away, Ayame exhaling softly at the conclusion of the effort that went into it. But now she's watching Aislinn deal with Guy's incoming attack and striking back at him and Ayame knows she needs to jump into action as well.
Reaching into the pouch at her side, she fishes out a half-foot long metal tube. Tossing it into the air with a spin, the tube expands out into a full six foot long metal staff made of titanium. Highly sturdy yet light weight, the girl catches it on its way down and then rushes in, charging for Guy.
The sweep is quick, aiming for his ankles, as she tries to sweep him clean off his feet and make it all the easier for Aislinn to get a bead on him. She knows the purple haired girl can hit like a truck from personal experience...
COMBATSYS: Guy blocks Ayame's Medium Strike.
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COMBATSYS: Guy endures Aislinn's Medium Punch!
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Quick on his feet, Guy is well aware of the impending reaction to his kick. He feels it land, and he, too, is in motion. Raising an arm to block the strike, Guy manages to deflect much of the weapon's impact, before he's flung into the train. He grabs onto one of the poles in the train's car, and tries to swing around for a quick counter. This fails, and he bangs his leg on the seats.
However, it's all the means to an end. Guy's not ready to pull the fight into the train, at least not on someone else's terms. Metro Citizens watching on television, as well as Guy fans, will recognize the tucked roll leap that carries Guy behind Aislinn... or rather, just above her, where his momentum suddenly stops. One elbow points down towards Aislin, the arm making a fist, and the other arm grabs that fist for extra aim and power. Suddenly, Guy's plummeting towards Aislinn, with his elbow aimed at her head.
COMBATSYS: Aislinn blocks Guy's Bushin Izuna Hiji.
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Ayame 0/-------/---====|===----\-------\0 Guy
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Mmn. Not quite the effect she'd hoped for; but it'll do. This time, when Guy comes at her with that dropping elbow, Aislinn is not nearly as inclined to take the damage; quickly, she brings her forearms up to cushion the blow, with nary a wince to telegraph how painful it was. But it -was- pretty painful; she searches for separation from the ninja, kicking back, away from him, using the pole to launch herself back to one end of the 'train'.
All aboard?!? The train have started to move! There's a lurch as the engine starts up and then the train is chugging down the tracks... slowly at first, but quickly building up speed. The wobble introduced makes Aislinn hesitate, just a moment, as her internal gyrostabilizers adjust for the movement of the train, predicting and anticipating further motion; in a moment, she's rocksteady again.
That done, she raises her right hand, clenching it into a fist, an aiming it at Guy like she were Megatron from that cartoon Transformers. And maybe she is, because just thereafter she's firing a lancing beam of concussive force at him; it looks like nothing so much as an honest to goodness sci-fi style laser blast in white.
Whew, this guy is fast, Ayame muses as Guy defends against her attack and goes back after Aislinn all the same. The trains have started to move though and Ayame isn't interested in being left behind! Turning to make a leap forward, she tumbles into the railcar and comes up on her feet, whirling around to face Aislinn and Guy.
While her partner goes for the direct approach, Ayame attempts to slip in an attack from behind, bringing her foot up with a swift, boot clad kick toward the small of the ninja's lower back!
COMBATSYS: Guy dodges Aislinn's Diamond Flare.
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COMBATSYS: Guy endures Ayame's Light Kick.
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Ayame 0/-------/---====|====---\-------\0 Guy
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The train begins to move, and it takes all of a few moments to get his stability. At that point, he notices Aislinn beginning the motion of her attack. Bracing for what seems to be a damaging attack, he instead decides to rush Aislinn, leaping over her attack at the last moment. This does put him in line to see Ayame's attack incoming, but rather than move, he decides to absorb the hit. The positioning can't be much better.
Ayame's right there, and it'd be hard to attack Aislinn, so... why not move Ayame down to Aislinn? Hands reach out to take a hold of Ayame. If possible, Guy will hip throw the girl down towards Aislinn, and make this fight a bit more close-ranged.
A shame, that... that technique is particularly tiring for the young NESTS agent. Perhaps in time she can refine it to be less draining... clearly, something is going to have to happen here. With Guy finally going after Ayame for a moment, Aislinn is just going to have to hope that the young woman can afford to stand up to the ninja master for a while; she desperately needs to regain some of that lost energy, somehow... and to let her self-repair nanites do some work. If there -is- any order, it is, well... silent. Or nearly so. She expects Ayame will know her plan and be able to adjust...
In turn, if Ayame is having trouble (and undoubtedly, facing a man like Guy, she will be) then Aislinn will have to be prepared to leap in as well to help fend him off. And she will be, soon. Truly. It's just that going into battle fatigued is a bad idea, and it's early enough that Aislinn can afford the break in pacing... or so she thinks, anyways.
"Don't die, Ayame," offers the Assassin, as she watches Guy try and toss the blonde towards the lavender-haired girl.
COMBATSYS: Aislinn gains composure.
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COMBATSYS: Ayame fails to interrupt Medium Throw from Guy with Harvest's Reaper.
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Guy is leagues ahead of Ayame in talent and the girl is figuring that out rather quickly as he doesn't seem to care one bit about her incoming kick... in fact, he has no trouble turning it to his advantage, it would seem. Turning around to face the teen fighter, the girl braces with her staff, ready to dish out one of her more potent attacks in order to show the American ninja what she's made of.
"I won-" she starts to reply to Aislinn's warning, swinging out with her staff, the length of it flaring red with energy... as she launches herself right into his grasp and gets sent hurtling down the length of the train toward her partner where she lands upside down over a set of the seats. "Ugh..."
She flops off of the seats and onto her feet, her left hand coming up to rest against her head, "Okay, that wasn't exactly what I had in mind..." Shaking her head, she lowers herself back into her ready stance, trying to swallow back some of the embarrassment from that mishap. "I'll get him next time," she asserts.
That next time might not be too far off as Guy dashes in. It appears that Aislinn is trying to compose herself and give out orders. That signifies a leadership quality, and that means someone more than willing to force his or her teammates to work as a cohesive unit. That means they're more efficient.
We can't have /that/, can we?
Rather than continue to be flashy, Guy instead decides to go back to basics once more. Closing in on Aislinn, he throws out a token kick. There's more speed on it than anything, but a kick is still a kick.
Over the loudspeakers, the conductor makes an announcement in a stiff British accent. "For your viewing /plesure/, we will soon be crussing pahths with the number five from Lundun."
COMBATSYS: Guy successfully hits Aislinn with Light Kick.
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Once again, Guy's aim is true; even if he thinks that kick is just speed, it still has impact to it, and it sends Aislinn bouncing back against the door of the train, the impact rattling the door, denting it in... another good impact and it's likely going to send whoever takes it from one car to the next... Hmm. That's a thought. Aislinn turns, and kicks the door, once, hard. It's more than enough to pop the latch and send the door banging against the wall of the flextube that connects the trains. But she doesn't stop there.
She reaches up, and literally rips the door off its hinges--and gripping the door by the close edge and through one window, she rears back, aligns the door with the center of the train, and -hurls- it forward like a wide spear-like thing, at Guy's head-height... and behind it, she's running. Not forward, but -back-, towards the next car, which she'll slip into as she goes. It's up to Ayame and Guy whether they want to follow or not...
Guy comes charging in, going after Aislinn this time, and Ayame braces herself, having finally gotten back on her feet. But for all her skill with her staff, the interior of the rapidly moving train just really isn't working out too hot for it at the moment. Pressing a button near the center allows the weapon to collapse back in on itself, becoming just a half-foot long again, letting her stuff it away back into the pouch she uses for carrying it.
With the staff put away, it's time to resort to other methods of dealing damage. Such as knives! Sliding her hands down to her belts, Ayame slips out two butterfly knives which she flicks open in a flash as Guy strikes her partner.
Aislinn sends him a gift in the form of a door in the next moment before deciding to take the fight to the next car and Ayame decides to use the moment to try and slip in two swift slashes at Guy's side, one toward his stomach, the other more toward his lower back, hoping that he'll be distracted with tracking the other Blackjack operative and not able to react in time.
COMBATSYS: Guy blocks Ayame's Medium Strike.
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COMBATSYS: Guy dodges Aislinn's Large Thrown Object.
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Hey look! A large door! The ninja rolls under the large, flying object with a grin on his face. Instinct tells him that there's an unaccounted for attacker, so he turns... just in time to see the attacks coming. An arm protects his stomach from the worst of the front damage, but he is already moving by the time the second swing comes in.
Guy spots his initial prey leaving and decides that it's time for some theatrics. Sprinting to the gap in which the door has been torn, the ninja snakes /out of the train/ and onto the roof of the train. He crawls down the car, moving to the roof of what he believes Aislinn's car is, and decides to take a moment to breathe. Of course, that other car is coming... and if he wanted a true escape, it'd be that... but maybe he can pull something off.
COMBATSYS: Guy gains composure.
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No pursuit... hmm. And then... she hears something. Steps above the train... Aislinn slows to a stop, her feet planting on the floor of the hurtling train. Guy may think he's disappeared... but Aislinn knows better. She's equipped to handle situations like these... listening with more than human ears... watching with more than human eyes. This is her life, her milieu... her purpose.
The Terminator is a hell of a machine... for Sci-Fi. And maybe someone had that in mind when they designed Aislinn, because while she may not look like the Terminator she can be just as relentless and calculating... Whatever Guy has in mind... she's preparing her response. Her jaw moves imperceptibly, as if she were giving orders or at least speaking... but to whom? Well, Guy probably can't see it anyways, and over the sound of the train, he probably can't hear it either...
COMBATSYS: Aislinn focuses on her next action.
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Her attempts to leave him a few slash marks are defended against pretty well, leaving Ayame in the dust as he takes off to pursue Aislinn. Exhaling, the girl flips one of the knives closed and returns it to its sheath. The other one she keeps out, however, as she leans forward and chases after Aislinn. She's not going to leave her partner all by herself after all.
She's approaching the gap when she pauses, getting information that she might be interested in. Smiling faintly, the girl flicks the second knife closed and puts it away too, pulling her staff back out of the pouch at her side. By the time she's worked her way up to the top of the train where Guy is the staff is back to its full six foot length.
"A sneaky one, I see," the girl remarks as she charges along the top, aiming to stab the weapon out at him as she gets in close. A simple jab, nothing fancy, though she lingers in that pose for a moment after executing it.
COMBATSYS: Ayame successfully hits Guy with Weapon Jab.
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Guy hasn't tested his footing, but he doesn't have the time to now as the dagger comes in. Before he can move, he feels a flash of pain... and now things get very, very interesting, because a bit of rage seems to take hold of the ninja, and he rises. "Fighting an unarmed combatant with weapons... no honor. I don't mind hurting you so much anymore."
"Hurt" is an operative word, however, because the ninja's attack is not only dangerous for his target, but it's dangerous for him. Guy throws caution to the wind and aims a kick at Ayame's gut. If this kick connects, it gets used as a springboard for Guy to backflip away from Ayame, hitting her again with his other foot as he flips. Of course, if Guy messes this up, it could be the end of him... but he's outright /pissed/...
COMBATSYS: Guy successfully hits Ayame with Kamaitachi.
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Hmm. Guy's attacking Ayame... and his back is open. It's a tempting target, almost -too- tempting. The Silent Assassin stopped just about two-thirds of the way into the currently-used car; she can see the interplay happening through thermal vision. Right, it's time to try something. She centers herself, crouches... and -leaps-. What the cameras catch, the ones inside the car, is a blur; Aislinn smashes through the roof of the train... coming up just a couple feet from Guy's back.
Of course, if she doesn't do something about her momentum she's going to find herself either splattered along the car or falling off of it--so she snaps her hands down as she bursts up, firing both feet out in a flying dropkick for Guy's back as she pulls herself around and down, using the broken lip of the hole she just made as an anchor.
Power flares around her feet as she kicks, that red-white electricity making another appearance around her feet and calves, to add just a touch of nasty sting.
As her jab hits home, Ayame starts to shuffle backward when Guy turns on her. He looks, uh, less than thrilled. Oh yeah, the weapons thing. People tend to get really worked up about that part. Ayame flashes Guy a bit of a coy grin, trying to give him the best 'innocent' look she can muster, but he doesn't seem to care much about that as he steps in and delivers a knee to the young fighters stomach, crumpling her forward from the pressure.
"Guh," Ayame gasps as she starts to slip forward, only to have him backflip away and strike her chin on his way back, knocking her clean off her feet and onto her back. If she didn't have the entire length of the train car behind her she might very well have slid right off as she lands, slipping several yards before coming to a stop, her hand still gripping her staff tightly.
Coughing, the girl rolls onto her side, left hand gripping the polearm while her right hand goes to her mouth, wiping away flecks of blood on her lips. "If you're trying to argue..." the young helion remarks as she pushes herself back to to her feet a little unsteadily, "That your feet aren't deadly as any weapon, I," she coughs, shaking her head, ignoring the blood at her lip now, "beg to differ."
Her hands grip her staff tightly as she holds it in front of her defensively, making no attempt to advance on him for the time being. Maybe she's really thinking twice about getting anywhere in range with that guy. "That wasn't so bad though. I've had worse. I bet you can't do it again," she smirks as she adjusts her hold a little. Okay, maybe she isn't too smart after all.
COMBATSYS: Ayame focuses on her next action.
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COMBATSYS: Guy dodges Aislinn's Medium Kick.
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No one who has feet could feel an impact like that and not get the hell out of the way. Guy turns to face Aislinn and dodges backwards from the attack. He takes a look at Ayame before turning, and notices her intent on focus. An idea sparks into his head, at about the same time the two trains begin to pass each other. He has little time.
Guy takes to the air and begins to spin. His stronger leg, the left one, is used for this attack, which should give him a good chance to throw two women onto that other train. The leg shoots out, and the Shotokan and Ansatsuken stylists watching at home start to cry foul. Guy's own Hurricane Kick-like maneuver, and his own Signature, has just been unleashed on the pair.
COMBATSYS: Aislinn counters Bushin Senpuu Kyaku from Guy with Plasma Reverse.
- Power hit! -
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Hm. So far, Guy's been in -command- of this match--taking damage only when it suits him for the most part. That is about to change. Aislinn crouches low--actually, she's already crouching, so the first spin of the kick misses her cleanly, and then she shoots her hands out. It's unorthodox, but this kind of improvisation is why she was created... her hands clamp on Guy's lowered leg and she suddenly releases a surge of her electric chi into his body.
The surge takes only a moment--but Guy might feel the effects even so, as the discharge floods his body, firing searing pain along his nerves, forcing muscles to spasm, and generally making life unpleasant for the man.
COMBATSYS: Ayame counters Bushin Senpuu Kyaku from Guy with Final Solstice.
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As Guy takes to the air to try and spin into the two girls he is met with decisive counterforce from the both of them, with damage coming from Aislinn's chi and Ayame powering up her entire staff with a flaring, vibrant red aura just as his foot comes in. Deflecting the ninja's leg, the girl launches into a flurry of strikes, swipes, aimed at his sides, back, and knees, in an attempt to do extensive damage to his ability to remain so mobile as he has been throughout the fight.
In the end the girl takes one final mighty swing, attempting to bat him over toward the passing train in the seconds that remain before it will speed out of the way. "Come on, Aislinn," the girl remarks mid-swing, "We're not done with him yet!"
Suddenly, damage, and lots of it.
The botched attempt at showmanship causes Guy to take a load more damage than he anticipated, and this sends him flying across the cars onto the roof of the starting car. He lays there for a moment, and it does seem like perhaps the women have won... but no, as Guy struggles to his feet, there's only one thing showing on his face: rage.
Staggering at first, but then walking, and finally running, Guy makes his way back to the car that the pair is on. No words. Heading for Ayame, Guy's mouth clenches in determination, and without sound from the ninja, his arms reach out in a cross-grab...
COMBATSYS: Ayame counters Bushin Musou Renge from Guy with Bright Renewal.
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It seems the crafty staff user isn't finished with Guy yet, either, as the young man comes running at her to give her a savage beatdown for the hassle she's caused him. Ayame smiles faintly, the red chi that laced her staff pouring off of it, dropping against the roof of the train like a liquid before fading away as she no longer focuses on maintaining it. She went all out with that last attack, so channeling anymore chi into the weapon is out of scope for her right now but...
That doesn't mean the titanium pole still isn't put to use. As Guy sprints for her, Ayame retaliates, jabbing the staff out into his stomach as if to try and slow him down. Of course his momentum pushes back against the weapon, but Ayame lets it slip through her fingers intentionally... so that once the greater length of it is behind her back she can twist her entire body around swiftly and slam the side of it into his ribs as if she was swinging a bat rather than a bo staff.
"I think that's about enough out of you!" Ayame calls, twirling around to finish the swing, letting the momentum bleed out of her movements with the turning step. Idly she twirls the staff over her head then plants it down at her side, clanging one end of it against the roof of the train.
COMBATSYS: Guy takes no action.
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COMBATSYS: Guy can no longer fight.
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That's literally it for Guy. The last thing he registers is making a mental note to find and completely destroy Ayame. With that being said, he falls to the ground, slumping through the hole caused by Aislinn's dynamic entry into the rooftop world of trains. Of course, ninja never stay in one place long. The Genin had made their way onto the train early, and were merely waiting for either a go signal or Guy's victory... or defeat. He is collected by four men, and the five of them vanish into a void of smoke.
The announcer, however, has something left for the speaker system. "K.O. WINNER: Aislinn and Ayame!"
Ah, teamwork... Guy just exploded, up on top of the roof. And Ayame's going to explode him again, just as the Silent Assassin is rising to her feet. Yes... she's going to like having a similarly-minded fighter on her side. With everything done and gone, Aislinn simply hops down through the hole she made, awaiting the train's stoppage.
After all, they are approaching the next stop. "You'll get a bonus for this fight," she remarks. She believes in rewarding good performance, and punishing poor performance--and this was definitely a good performance from Ayame.
COMBATSYS: Ayame has left the fight here.
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Log created on 21:37:54 02/04/2008 by Aislinn, and last modified on 16:57:20 02/05/2008.