Description: A team begins to form as Rylee takes on the rather slippery fighter Aranha. In the end at least a partnership isformed by the two fighters, but will they find more to join them?
Who knew that finding some people that could be reliable team mates would be so hard? With the amount of fighters or people who proclaim to be the pickings really do seem to be very thin when you get down to it. Reliable people already have connections which leads to them pretty much already having a team while a bunch of chumps are pretenders and nothing more.
That is why Rylee has decided she is going to do this the easiest way she can think of. Punch people that think they are fighters till a real one comes out of the woodwork. The problem is that this is alot easier said then actually done. The amount of idiots that show up could make one get a headache.
There have been a few that have been outright told no while a few that seemed decent ended up being jokes. In the end the Canadian has spent the better part of an hour fighting the oncomers without finding anyone suitable. She is taking a break now as she sits on a crate with a towel draped over her head and a waterbottle in hand with a bit of a disappointed look on her face. "At this rate I'm not going to find anyone." she mumbles to herself distractedly as most people left around are idle fans just hoping to see the amazon in another fight.
Who knew? Aranha, the Dancing Spider himself could've told Rylee that especially considering his own efforts at finding team mates went bust. On the other hand Aranha didn't let people know he was testing them which might've been the reason that his own efforts fell short where Rylee's problems lie in people knowing beforehand and just not cutting the mustard, or in the case of Ayame, would've cut the mustard if he didn't already hate her guts and two didn't make two attempts to rob him(Only the second was successful by virtue of him not being conscious enough to burn the money to spite her).
With the Amazon recruiting, the Dancing Spider finally has hope of having a team to call his own. Sure he might not be the leader but that isn't really a problem for him he just cares about being able to fight in another venue.
The lone capoeirista comes to the harbor with a relaxed walk. Well walk wouldn't be accurate. It would more akin to a rhythmic swagger to the music playing in his Oakley Thumps as he approaches the tall red head. "I heard you were looking for team mates. Happens that I was as well until my search turned up nothin'. Perhaps I can help you out with that." An unspoken if we work out is there. Especially because there have been a few in the search that had the skill but not the desired attitude that he had been looking for.
Truth be told Rylee isn't even sure if she if she will be the leader in the long run, but just sitting around isn't going to find her any team mates so if she is the one to take the reigns then so be it. She has never been much of a leader type, but then again she has never had to put herself in such a position. Time will tell what will unfold and if she even can find people she can tolerate enough to join up with them.
When Aranha speaks up the Canadian raises her head and snaps out of the slight daze she was in. She reaches up to tug the towel off of her head and she looks him over with quite a bit of scrutiny. His name might ring a bell to her, but appearance wise this looks like just another face in the crowd. He did mention looking for a team himself so maybe this whole search at the harbor today won't be a total bust.
"Is that so?" she asks while standing up and then stretching a bit. She is starting to feel a bit sore, but the break was enough to get her to revitalize enough to handle someone else. It isn't like her current competition up to this point really made her put too much effort into stuff. She grins a bit and rolls her shoulders to loosen them up. "Then don't make my day a total waste. Maybe I can have some fun if yer the real deal."
"Real deal? I won't say that because talk is cheap. The proof is in the fight." And then in a relatively quick yet still smooth motion he spins flinging his own jacket to an unoccupied crate off to the side. From the spin the Dancing Spider goes into ginga, dancing as he watches the red head and gathers information about the redhead and the environment he can use. Walls, crates and cranes are all fair game for the traceur/capoeirista.
He doesn't attack right away though. The person doing the recruiting shall set the pace for this dance.
COMBATSYS: Aranha has started a fight here.
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Aranha 0/-------/-------|
Well at least it looks like the attitude is right. Not too cocky, but also willing to show what they can do instead of mouth off nonstop. The Canadian tosses her waterbottle aside and she nods. "Hey works for me. Lets get this show on the road!" she declares perhaps a bit loudly. Loud enough that those stragglers that were watching earlier start to gather back around in hopes of finding a more interesting fight than those earlier ones.
Of course jumping right into things might not be the most sound strategy, the wrestler has enough pent up energy to unleash on Aranha to just find out if he really can fight. That is why she starts things out simple in case he is like a few of the people from earlier. A quick shuffle forward before snapping one of those long legs upwards in a quick kick aimed at around the shoulder of the other fighter to start things off.
COMBATSYS: Rylee has joined the fight here.
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Rylee 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Aranha
COMBATSYS: Rylee successfully hits Aranha with Light Kick.
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Rylee 0/-------/-------|=------\-------\0 Aranha
Aranha attempts to rock away from the kick from to the shoulder and evading it fully instead of taking one of his more safer options of moving his forearm in the way. That likewise probably wasn't the best of ideas however at the beginning of the fight he can afford to make a mistake here and there. It means he can gather more information on her.
Even if the attack landed and did hurt, he still has to respect the kick and so he spins away from the attack before coming back in with an attack of his own. He leaps up into the air with a spin and then while coming down lashes out with a kick of his own across the side of the head. As for the smile? That ain't going anywhere, yet.
COMBATSYS: Rylee blocks Aranha's Medium Kick.
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Rylee 0/-------/------=|=------\-------\0 Aranha
So far things look to be off to a good start at least. The guy can take a hit too without crumpling. That means this might just get interesting yet if she is lucky. Her leg snaps quickly back down so she is steadied on both two feet in time to deal with Aranha's attack. Her arms raise to absorb the force of the blow as she is rocked back on her feet. This also leaves her in very close to her opponent which can always be dangerous when around someone well versed in the art of grappling.
She reaches out to try and grab the other fighter by his left wrist or somewhere around that general area and get a firm grip on it. If she manages to keep hold she rolls to the side to dive to the ground, throwing her weight in it as she yanks pull Aranha off his feet and fling him to the ground before coming out of that roll back onto her feet a fair distance away.
COMBATSYS: Aranha blocks Rylee's Fast Throw.
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Rylee 0/-------/------=|==-----\-------\0 Aranha
Getting tangled up is the bane of a capoeirista's existence if only because their fighting style is more aesthetically pleasing if they can keep moving. He doesn't have quite the speed to avoid the wrist grab but he does have the presence of mind to go down as the grappler goes down to minimize the impact. He plants a hand on the ground taking the impact there before launching himself in a one-handed cartwheel to get himself back on his feet.
He then moves towards Rylee swaying to the beat of his sunglasses before dropping into a handstand and walking towards her snapping kick after kick down on her head.
COMBATSYS: Aranha successfully hits Rylee with Inverted Flurry.
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Rylee 0/-------/----===|==-----\-------\0 Aranha
See the wrist snapmare handled in a way actually brings a small smile to the face of the wrestler. It is nice to find someone with the agility and awareness to handle that move so well. She could always appreciate a good fighter that can mix speed with power which judging by the force of the earlier kick he can put some oomph in his strikes. She really doesn't have time to give any words of apprecation since Aranha is quickly moving in to attempt to attack again.
Her arms come up in an ill attempt to block the first of the kicks, but her footing slips up as she starts to backpeddal which only ends up leaving her rather open to the strikes that come down across her head. She almost falls right the hell over but manages to keep her balance long enough to steady herself and then stagger forward as she hops a bit in an attempt to plant her foot on the other fighter and push off of it as she swings her other leg upwards in a awkward roundhouse aimed to slam into the back of his head.
COMBATSYS: Aranha blocks Rylee's Shining Wizard.
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Rylee 0/-------/---====|===----\-------\0 Aranha
Aranha had something else in mind when he originally flooded her with that series of kicks. He was about to tilt out of the handstand and reach for her ankles but he finds the plan had suddenly changed when in the process of reaching for her ankle she steps on his shoulder to give her a boost while she swings her foot in a roundhouse for his head.
Given that he was already crouched on the ground he doesn't really have time to move out of the way and so he raises one hand to cover up while the other goes to the ground. Upon impact with his forearm the capoeirista moves with it in a small, compact cartwheel, his knees pulled downward as he goes to the side.
After that he turns so his back is facing Rylee though that isn't to say he's not looking at her. He looks dead at her before shooting at her, legs split open before snapping close to perform a scissor leg takedown on her.
COMBATSYS: Rylee fails to interrupt Quick Throw from Aranha with Go To Sleep.
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Rylee 0/-------/--=====|====---\-------\0 Aranha
The people that were watching are actually starting to get more into the fight as an occasional cheer for each fighter is heard. Unlike the previous ones this is starting to turn into something interesting now that someone with true talent has taken up the challenge the wrestler had laid down. Even if those kicks still have her feeling a bit swimy, Rylee is still smiling even if it is a slight one at the moment.
Her kick didn't quite connect how she wanted it to, but when she touches back down on the ground she finds Aranha coming in low to take her off of her feet. Long arms reach out in an attempt to grab him when he comes towards her, but she midjudges her timing and he slides through her grip. There is a rather loud curse when she is downed and a the air is knocked out of her. "Tch....yer good."
Capoeira while not without their own take downs, is more of an in out affair than for someone with a grappling background like Rylee. As a result the moment he takes her off of her feet he pulls away from her in the interest of keeping moving, knowing fully that it was probably a good thing that he slid through that grasp of hers. "Thanks. You ain't bad yourself."
The Dancing Spider still has a few problems though. There's still much he hasn't learned about the Redhead Amazon and so it may just come down to having to take a few more risks to see if he can draw the information out of the other fighter. With a few clicks on his sunglasses he changes the music on his shades and then comes back in a handstand before leaning out of it and twisting as he drops so he can land with his back facing downward as his heel is driven down on her stomach.
COMBATSYS: Rylee interrupts Strong Kick from Aranha with Crossface Armbar.
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Rylee 0/-------/--=====|======-\-------\0 Aranha
The amazon is starting to get up when there is a moment she realizes she might have an opening that she didn't expect to see. Dealing with the capoeira style isn't really something she is used to, but when Aranha is moving into that handstand the redhead dives forward instead of getting up fully. The way she collides into him is rather awkard, but her hands find hold of one of the other fighter's arms when they go rolling down onto the ground in a rather tangled mess.
There is nothing pretty or stylish at what she does with that arm. What it is is very painful to the owner of it when it gets wrenched in a direction it shouldn't be. To Rylee's dismay she just doesn't get the torque she would normally get by adding pressure via pulling back on the chin, but the rather sloppy engagement between the two fighters makes it too problematic to get the hold slapped on correctly.
Finally she lets go to try and untangle herself and roll away on the ground a fair distance so she can try to get to her feet, hopefully much faster than Aranha so she can be prepared for whatever he might have in store for her next.
It maybe sloppy but it was effective enough to both stop his attack dead and put some hurt on him. He probably should be grateful that the hold wasn't put on fully especially considering the fact that what he did feel was extremely painful and will make doing the attack involving handstands a lot harder for him.
As a result he needs to use more stand up based attacks than he has been using all fight. First of all, there's a stack of crates close to where Rylee is. With that in mind Aranha stops dancing and actually breaks into a run as he bounces from crate to crate until he's at the top of the stack and then right after, he drops feet first on top of the wrestler. If his descent is not alter in any way he will drop into a roll to distribute the weight evenly and keep from injuring himself with impact on the ground.
COMBATSYS: Rylee blocks Aranha's Sky's the Limit.
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Rylee 0/-------/-======|======-\-------\0 Aranha
%Pick a part that would cripple an opponent and keep on it. That is a good fundamental that works really in any fighting sport and not just wrestling. If anything at least Rylee might have done enough to limit the twisting and flipping to an extent. She doubts it is enough to cripple his arm for the rest of the fight, but at least it is something he might have to keep the weight off of for awhile.
Instead of finding herself having to defend against some other form of kick, the wrestler is met with Aranha running of to go crate climbing at a rather quick pace. She starts to rush in that direction thinking of kicking one of the bottom crates to cause him to lose balance, but instead she is met with Aranha decending down on her before she has a chance to do so.
Arms raise once again to absorb that blow as knees buckle under the weight of the other fighter before he leaps off into that roll. "Worse than some of the luchas I've known." she says quietly to herself as she reaches for one of the crates nearby and she hefts it up and then slings it in the direction of the other fighter. "Catch!"
COMBATSYS: Aranha negates Large Thrown Object from Rylee with Web Shot.
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Rylee 0/-------/-======|======-\-------\0 Aranha
Aranha doesn't even have time respond to the mention of Luchas(or wouldn't have have if actually heard it) before the crate is thrown at him. Hell he barely had time to look up to see the crate coming.
Aranha jumps away from the grappler in an attempt to buy himself some more time spinning as his hand glows blue before he lands. Continuing the spin even as he touches down to the ground he whips his hand outward, and with a backhanded release sends a blue spider web of chi right for the crate. The energy web collides with the crate, pushing against it before the crate drops to the ground. "No, thank you. The gift is greatly appreciated though." A playful smile on his face as he looks at the other fighter.
Really something bulky like a crate isn't something Rylee really expects to hit when thrown. If anything it was to serve as a good distraction so she could dash in close again. A sound strategy except Aranha handles it alot differently than she expected. She sort of glances side to side as if others saw what happened as well then she gets a rather confused look. "Well....that wasn't really something I thought I'd see." she admits.
This is no time to let herself get too distracted though. She needs to remember not to leave herself open like she just did momentarily. Instead the Canadian rushes forward again, a few long strides take the amazon closer to her target before she leaves, a knee extending to plant into Aranha's stomach while an arm seeks to encircle his head before she tries to fall backwards and use her momentum to drop the other fighter on the top of his head.
COMBATSYS: Aranha dodges Rylee's Combo Throw.
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Rylee 0/-------/-======|======-\-------\0 Aranha
"I'm glad that I could provide a surprise. Hopefully it's still fun for you." That smile of his continues to shine bright as he watches Rylee come back in and then when knee comes in, Aranha handles even that differently from how most people would expect him to handle it. He doesn't sidestep the knee but rather, he dives past it and her slipping right behind her.
When he lands, his hands are on the ground with the elbow of the side closer to the ground pressed against his rib cage, his head just barely off the ground, and his legs pulled in close to his body. At least they they're pulled in until one of the legs launches out with a kick to the back of the knees.
COMBATSYS: Aranha successfully hits Rylee with Short Kick.
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Rylee 1/-------/=======|=======\-------\0 Aranha
Swing and a miss! The Canadian finds her prey ducking away when she goes to knee him and soon finds herself having to land on one foot a bit awkwardly. She just barely gets the second foot touched down on the ground as she starts to turn to meet that kick head on, but the strike is a quick one and the amazon actually lets out a bit of a yelp when she goes down and falls on her ass.
"Plenty of fun..." she mumbles some as she climbs back to her feet. Perhaps this whole rushing in madly thing isn't the best idea now that she is getting a feel for what Aranha can do. She takes a few steps away from him while shaking her head to clear the cobwebs. She takes a deep breath and decides to see what happens if she lets him come at her for once. The wrestler plants both feet on the ground and holds her hands out while motioning for Aranha to come at her. "Though I think the real fun is about to start."
COMBATSYS: Rylee gains composure.
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Rylee 0/-------/-======|=======\-------\0 Aranha
"The real fun's gonna start soon, huh?" He says as he watches the Amazon beckon him in. He can't help but get the feeling that he'll have a trap waiting to spring on him the moment he goes in. However, he wants to see what his opponent is capable of so while normally he'd hold off on rushing in this time he does so in order to see what he has in store for him.
Of course that isn't to say that he rushes in stupidly. He's going into the trap fast and hard with one of his most reliable attacks, whipping a blue glowing roundhouse, followed by a likewise glowing spinning jumpkick and finishing with a backflip kick driving a final chi engulfed kick down upon her.
COMBATSYS: Aranha successfully hits Rylee with Aggressive Dance.
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Rylee 1/------=/=======|=======\-------\0 Aranha
A trap just might be in store for Aranha when he comes in. If that is the case the Canadian really has to work on her delivery of unleashing surprises when she instead finds herself changing plans the moment she sees chi flare up from the incoming foot. She just doesn't seem to have the speed to avoid it like she was trying and instead she finds her clock thoroughly cleaned by the three strikes. The final one has the force to knock her down onto her knees and she would probably have ate dirt if not being able to catch herself on her hands.
There is a slight mutter that is on the incoherent side and Rylee just stays slumped there for a moment before raising her hands off the ground to slap them back down onto the hard surface. "All right. Screw this..." With that being said the wrestler pushes off her hands and feet to hurtle towards Aranha, attempting to slap into him and heft him up onto her shoulder.
COMBATSYS: Aranha blocks Rylee's Spiral Hell.
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Rylee 0/-------/------=|=======\-------\1 Aranha
Aranha spins around the moment that third kick lands. However since the recovery from that combo leaves a lot to be desired and while any of his other moves probably would've given him an adequate amount of time to dodge, he finds that he just doesn't have that luxury. Rylee is just moving too fast. All he can do is bring up his hand when the slap comes before moving out of the way of the grasp.
Aranha takes a moment to shake the pain from his arm, after all, that quite possibly hardest slap he has ever felt. "Ooooh wee!!" After that the capoeirista is in motion again before lashing out with a powerful roundhouse kick. If that first kick should land, he'll spin around with a second kick that hooks around to the back of the head pulling her to ground face first.
COMBATSYS: Rylee interrupts Face Down from Aranha with C-4.
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Rylee 0/-------/---====|===----\-------\0 Aranha
If anything it looks like Aranha has the redhead's temper unleashed at this point so it is probably best he manages to avoid the attempt to grasp for him. The bigger mistake may be the fact he comes back to strike at her while she is a bit prepared for an attack this time. There is also the sense of her not really caring about that first kick hitting her rather solidly when she comes in to meet his attack.
That second kick doesn't turn out quite as well due to the grappler getting ahold of his leg when he spins about to just yank him upwards into the air. His world might be a blur for the next few seconds due to while he is going skyward he is snagged by the arm this time and swung back down to where she hooks it under his shoulder and the other arm over it to sort of keep him from landing on the ground and instead being held against her. Of course this ends up being a bad place to be given Rylee then leaves her feet, gaining a good amount of air as the amazon backflips and slaps Aranha onto the ground with her landing on top. "Told you the fun was beginning." she says with a bit of a grin and she lightly slaps the top of his head with a hand before rolling away and slowly getting to her feet. All that extra exersion might have just knocked as much air out of her as it did him.
As the first kick lands there's a bit of satisfaction on his face until he sees that look on her face. Perhaps the trap took a bit longer to spring than he originally expected. Needless to say he's already in the motion for the second kick and his leg is caught well before he could adjust and he finds himself whipped around, and then taken for a for a crazy roller coaster ride to only feel himself slammed and then to have the redhead slam down on top of him.
While the orientations are quite familiar to him, the lack of ability to control them causes him to be quite sick to his stomach. As a matter of fact, he stumbles around looking green and those watching might wonder if he's gonna throw up any moment. Well instead he throws a kick, somewhat wild because of his dizziness but still not lacking for power.
COMBATSYS: Rylee dodges Aranha's Strong Kick.
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Rylee 0/-------/---====|===----\-------\0 Aranha
Aranha isn't the only one who is starting to look a bit random in their movements. At least for the moment it seems more like two drunks stumbling about and trying to fight than two seasoned combatants trading blows. Of course the difference is both fighters still have some awareness to not be totally plowed with everything thrown their way. That or it might just be really dumb luck that allows the Canadian time to stagger back away from the kick when it is lashed out here way.
She is rather glad the first few people before Aranha were just chumps trying to act tough. If she wasted any more energy on them she might have been down for the count already. She tries to press her attack now that she does have Aranha at least dazed by the looks of things. She reaches forward to grasp Aranha by the shirt again and then fall backwards while kicking her feet up to plant in his stomach. Really in all honesty it might not be the best place to hit a dizzy man as she attempts to monkeyflip the other fighter into a pile of crates.
COMBATSYS: Aranha dodges Rylee's Strong Throw.
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Rylee 0/-------/---====|===----\-------\0 Aranha
The moment of being dazed does quickly pass fortunately for the young capoeirista he finally gets his bearings and not a moment too soon considering the fact that Rylee is reaching out for him once again. Aranha doesn't want to find out what's in store for him so he hops back barely out of range of the grappler, before dancing back in with a pair of elbows and then grabbing the back of her knees as he thrusts his head into her abdomen, then pulling her feet from under her.
COMBATSYS: Rylee fails to interrupt Bad Beat from Aranha with Go To Sleep.
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Rylee 0/-------/=======|===----\-------\0 Aranha
COMBATSYS: Rylee can no longer fight.
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Aranha 0/-------/----===|
A bit of an annoyed grunt escapes from the Canadian when she fails to catch Aranha once again. Here she thought he was dazed enough that something like that would have been simple to deal with. Instead she is finding herself having to adjust her stance to follow the movements of the other fighter and try to keep from leaving herself an opening.
Though given the situation she also decides to go for broke when Aranha comes in to elbow her and given him being in close she goes to duck low in order to try to throw him onto her shoulders once again. The problem is with that is she wasn't paying enough attention and that first elbow clocks her right on the forehead. The headbutt is also enough to knock the air out of her and it isn't long before he has easily taken the amazon off her feet again.
She doesn't look too ready to move either as she closes her eyes and tries to regain her breath. Eventually she lets out a small chuckle as her lips draw into a slight smile. "Not bad at all." she murmurs and then holds up a hand offering to shake while she is still downed. "My name is Rylee by the way. I think we will work together just fine."
After releasing her legs, Aranha rises to his full height (which is significantly shorter than Rylee) as he gasps for air as well. In his mind he begins to wonder what the match would've been like had she not been fighting beforehand, chumps or not.
After one audible gasp for air followed by a sigh of relief he then sees the hand offered, and he grasps it to shake it first and then helping her back to her feet. "I go by Aranha. I'm glad you'll have me aboard."
And Aranha is glad to join up with her. She satisfied all the requirements he had of people he was willing to have on his team and then some. Of course there is a bit of concern as well. Aranha knows that he also comes with some baggage and he hopes that it doesn't affect the team.
Speaking of which, Aranha has another question on his mind. "Anyone else on the team?"
COMBATSYS: Aranha has ended the fight here.
Log created on 21:58:01 04/13/2008 by Rylee, and last modified on 22:45:33 04/16/2008.