Description: Parlez-vous -beatings-? Adira, Laila, and Kiyoko throw down in France. There's no love gained or lost in -this- battle of the beauties. (Winner: Adira)
Back in Paris again. Adira won her last time out here--that is, she and Ingrid did, though she personally feels as though Ingrid had more to contribute in that fight. But this time.. this time it's different. Adira is not fighting alongside anyone--she's on her own, against two other fighters. One she's faced before--Kiyoko--the other is new to her. New fighters... or at least fighters new to her... make the prospect of fighting more exciting -and- a little scarier, as well. Not that she would ever let that fear show.
Their arena is the Palais du Luxembourg--the Palace of Luxembourg--and it is a spectacular place. The gardens might be the most obvious of places to fight--and it is in fact there that they will fight. The wide green of the gardens have a series of platforms set up, three across, each one approximately twelve feet wide and thirty-six feet long, to form a square thirty-six feet on a side. The platforms are covered in white canvas; at each corner, bright lights shine down onto the fighting surface. There are no ropes.
Adira arrived early--scoping out the place. She was noticed, and the SNF official guided her to her position--a place where she sits now, her legs folded underneath her, hands clasped in front of her, on her knees. Her eyes are closed; she appears to be meditating. Thinking about the fight. Until her opponents arrive, she will remain there, oblivious to the growing crowds--seats out on the lawn and standing room only filling up as well.
It's going to be one hell of a fight.
Laila isn't sitting OR meditating. Instead, she is discoursing to a cameraman, explaining her reasoning about some damn thing or other, gesticulating periodically with a cigarette as she talks in rapid-fire Arabic.
"<This is so artificial; this,>" gesture at the platforms, "<This is what's killing fighting. You don't see any good street fights any more. You don't even see a solid novelty situation or a complex tactical setup. It's always a big goddamn square object. It's in the games, too. Nobody wants to have an exotic environment and use it, but that's the essence of real fighting. You have to be able to command the world, not just punch the other guy on a damn white plain!>"
She tosses her head back with an audible scoff and looks over towards Adira, her arms refolding with a faint clank of something up her sleeves. "Get out of my face," she asides to the camera man, before musing aloud, "That's someone new..." After this, she reaches up to tug her sunglasses off, tucking them into a blouse pocket for later retrieval.
France! Paris! It's Kiyoko's first time in country, and the grandeur of the old city has definitely impressed her. She's been looking around like a tourist here on vacation from the very moment she stepped off the plane. She'd been around the city during what little time she had before the event was set to begin, her excited demeanor not dropping off even a bit once she gets to the grand old palace. It's quite a tourist attraction itself, right?
The girl looks to the platforms and nods to herself, looks like the nobility will have to look up to see the fight! There's a bit of humor in that for her, and she grins to herself as she approaches. Soon enough she's within view of the other two, and she can be seen smiling and then suddenly blanching, "Oh no, it's Ms. Metal again." She shudders when she remembers the first time they met on Howard Enterprises hit show- Shurui cackling at her screams definitely didn't improve matters there. She takes in a breath and sets herself, "It'd tell you to watch out for her, but you're pretty tough, too!" Who's it directed at? Both of them, of course.
COMBATSYS: Laila has started a fight here.
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Laila 0/-------/-------|
COMBATSYS: Kiyoko has joined the fight here.
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Laila 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Kiyoko
COMBATSYS: Adira has joined the fight here.
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Kiyoko 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Laila
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Adira 0/-------/-------|
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Kiyoko 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Laila
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Adira 0/-------/-------|
When the announcers raise the 'ten seconds' flag, Laila looks over at Kiyoko for a moment, before slipping one hand up the other sleeve, resting her fingers on something and then waiting patiently for time to be called. Her eyes narrow towards the new woman, who she feels she should perhaps take the measure of, taking only a moment to call back towards Kiyoko, "Thanks."
FIGHT!
Laila draws the steel sliver out of her sleeve, twisting one arm back over her shoulder with a lazy, almost double-jointed ease as she watches the tan young woman, before twisting her hand forward with a flourish! This is a feint for when she spins the needle around in between finger and thumb, flicking it at Adira underhand with a sudden burst of motion. "Hah!"
The needle flies - it seems to pick up heat in midair, turning from plain steel gray to that whitish-gray as impurities on its surface burn and evaporate off. The force heating it helps it on its way, too, until, by the time it comes within Adira's range, the tip is glowing a dull orange-red, quite likely to sting if it should strike true!
COMBATSYS: Adira overcomes Cherry Red Kiss from Laila with Dragon's Roar.
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Kiyoko 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Laila
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Adira 0/-------/-------|
At the 'ten seconds' signal, Adira's eyes snap open; she rises, smoothly, to her feet. Her opponents are noted; she nods towards them, but her expression is somber, if not entirely grim. Right. It's time to fight, isn't it? The call is made and Laila is the first to act... Adira's arms are up, just as the girl brings that needle to bear, the sliver of metal flashing brightly in the light, and then even more so as she sends it sailing at Adira.
Then... it starts glowing, heating up, and that looks like an even -worse- idea... Adira sets her jaw. This is her element--chaos and unpredictability. It looks like it would hurt--so instead of blocking it, or attempting to move--she plants her right foot. It begins to glow with a crimson-red flame, a flame that is launched in an arc as she kicks straight upwards--an arc that absorbs that needle, continuing on towards Laila.
It sounds a roar, like the ripping of a sheet of cloth magnified tens of times.
Kiyoko blinks when the signal is given. Ten seconds? She really /did/ cut it close getting here, didn't she? Well, no harm no foul, right? Walking over to the platform, she jumps up and grins, getting into a fighting pose as the excitement wells up within her. Fighting in front of nobility like this? Awesome!
When Laila pulls the sliver out she tenses slightly, only to relax as she sees it flung at Adira... who handles that little situation quite nicely indeed. So they're both going to face off against one another and leave Kiyoko to herself... well, it's not exactly like that- Adira was simply doing what needed to be done. Giving the girl the chance to choose her target is hard on her- she'd /rather/ fight with Adira, but... no, instead she runs for the Egyptian, facing what fears she has directly by running straight for the mouth of the dragon.
Whatever happens with that blast of fire, the Justice student won't be far behind, immediately rolling onto her hands and trying to encircle her legs about Adira's neck before throwing her weight backwards to slam her down to the platform, getting up close and personal with the wielder of molten metal.
COMBATSYS: Laila blocks Adira's Dragon's Roar.
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Kiyoko 0/-------/-------|=------\-------\0 Laila
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Adira 0/-------/-------|
COMBATSYS: Kiyoko successfully hits Laila with Harvest Moon.
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Kiyoko 0/-------/------=|====---\-------\0 Laila
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Adira 0/-------/-------|
When her shuriken vanishes in a wave of fire, Laila is mildly alarmed. She shifts back to one foot, raising her hand up and waving it towards the flaming coming at her - perhaps trying to redirect it, or simply preparing herself for the inevitable. She lowers her head, eyes squeezing shut, as it roars past her -- and it seems to have only singed her slightly, the main victim being her hairscarf!
She reaches back to untie it, shaking her hair out as she clucks her tongue. "Not bad," she says, still focused on Adira. Her eyes narrow and her lips are drawing back in a smirk as Kiyoko is coming in from her nine-o-clock position. When she's subjected to this grasping motion, she goes limp, slamming down into the ground with a resounding thump - hurting, perhaps, less than she might. She takes a moment, though, to roll to the side, recovering herself and leaping back to her feet, eyes narrowed and looking more pissed than smirky, now.
"So!" she says, raising her hands above her head suddenly, one twining behind the other as her back arches as well. The air around her starts shimmering: "Interested in playing rough? Heh heh - aren't you supposed to bow and let me recover, before you attack again? Did you remember to bow to the national flag!?" This is aimed primarily at Kiyoko; Adira, at least, remains over -> there and has not attempted to pull her head off her shoulders with her legs. (Yet.)
COMBATSYS: Laila gathers her will.
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Kiyoko 0/-------/------=|=======\-------\1 Laila
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Adira 0/-------/-------|
Maybe she doesn't look it, but she's Japanese, too. At least half. Adira smirks at the needle-wielder, bouncing on her feet a couple times before advancing. "Thanks," she quips, as she closes in... on both Laila -and- Kiyoko. At this point she could attack either of 'em--her path suggests that either could be a target. And really, either could be. Suddenly, however, she seems to make a choice--and she steps forward.
Then she launches herself upwards, and forwards, starting to tumble through the air, tucked into a tight ball. Her goal? To land on Kiyoko's shoulders, from behind. If she does, she'll clamp her bent legs around Kiyoko's head, flip forward, and hurl Kiyoko up, forward, and then down into the ground.
It is, as the organizers requested, a very flashy technique, although not, perhaps, her best path of attack... and logically, attacking Laila would make the fight faster...
COMBATSYS: Kiyoko dodges Adira's Tiger Ambush.
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Kiyoko 0/-------/------=|=======\-------\1 Laila
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Adira 0/-------/-------|
After completing her attack on Laila, Kiyoko rolls back up to her feet and moves a step away so the Egyptian can't simply reach to grab her ankle and drag her to the ground. The comments that are made to her seem to confuse her more than anything else. "Bow to the national flag? What are you talking about?" She shakes her head a little, and turns to find out where her other opponent is- a wise decision, considering that the fighter is attempting to latch onto her head in much the same manner as she had done to Laila only a moment ago.
"Eep!" She jumps sideways, dramatically, quickly and efficiently getting her way the heck out of the way, keeping her head nice and well-attached. "Close one," she comments, before immediately leaping again, this time directly for Adira her left leg coming up and snapping out at the knee to try and catch her in the side, "Yah!"
"Tch," Laila says when Kiyoko doesn't get her insightful commentary about the degradation of fighting into a stupid depoliticized tool of the masses which has no bearing to actual combat talents. Why can't people just read her mind?!
Her neck rolls on its 'bearings' and she twists her arms around, several pieces of steel falling into her hands. She raises them, breathing in as that distortion of heat in the air around her seems to fade, sinking to those with acute senses into the tips of those shuriken. Even from a distance, it may be clear; they glow brightly, though not to the point of melting. (That's what lead is for.) "You're both cute," she says as the metal heats up. "So kind and considerate to each other - it's disgusting!"
She flings both handfuls of sharpened spikes towards Kiyoko then, letting out a wordless scream as she does. They sizzle and scream as they rip through the air, aimed to slice and stab into the schoolgirl's back as Laila herself takes a step back, watching and waiting perhaps for another brutal assault at her poor, harmless neck. What did it ever do to them!?
COMBATSYS: Adira blocks Kiyoko's Light Kick.
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Kiyoko 0/-------/------=|-------\-------\0 Laila
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Adira 0/-------/------=|
Adira lands in a quick tumble, springing back to her feet; already, she's turning to face Kiyoko, that kick intercepted on her forearm. "Hnh," she replies. She doesn't need encouragement like that. Rather, it seems to annoy her a little; she keeps Kiyoko in front of her, rather than dealing with Laila again, feinting a mid-level roundhouse from her right leg, just a flicker of movement before she plants her right foot down and kicks outward, high, with her left leg.
The arc of her heel is aimed to strike Kiyoko right in the temple--it'll be a jarring hit, for sure, if anything else, a strike meant to ring her bells, so to speak. It's a double-team--but that's the nature of a free-for-all. Adira will have to deal with it soon enough, she's sure. As she kicks, she unleashes a fierce kiai, her voice echoing off the facade of the Palace.
She isn't thinking, necessarily, about winning--right now, she's thinking about survival. Survival first, and win when winning is within reach...
COMBATSYS: Kiyoko dodges Laila's The Riddle of Steel.
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Kiyoko 0/-------/------=|-------\-------\0 Laila
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Adira 0/-------/------=|
COMBATSYS: Kiyoko dodges Adira's Light Kick.
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Kiyoko 0/-------/------=|-------\-------\0 Laila
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The Tai Chi artist pulls her foot back down quickly once Adira's forearm proves to be too much for her to kick through. She quickly finds herself faced off against both of the other fighters, watching them wearily. Laila's comment gets a frown from her and she just about opens her mouth, only to abort that- she's going to need all the energy she's got to escaping.
Her eyes flick between the two of them, and suddenly she's moving very quickly. She weaves to the side as the first few shuriken come whizzing for her neck, only to stop, bend her body forward and down and reverse direction, slipping beneath the kick aimed for her head. It's still not over yet, though, the remainder of the glowing hot pieces of metal shooting towards her. She darts sideways, breaking into a full run, those final few heated projectiles whizzing just behind her.
She about faces, making sure there's not an additional onslaught ready to come out of nowhere and smack her while she's unprepared. But luckily, this time, there's no such thing. She advances on Laila, now finally able to spend at least a moment talking back. "It's possible to be courteous and still give it your all, you know? Don't most forms of martial arts drill the importance of /respect/ into their students heads, anyway?"
She heads for the Egyptian at a run, "But if you want me to just up and be a jerk, fine!" Once she's close she begins swinging her arms in circular motions, trying to jam her middle and index fingers into pressure points, going specifically for the ones at Laila's wrists. If she can't throw her metal around, she'll be at a pretty massive disadvantage, right?
COMBATSYS: Laila blocks Kiyoko's Autumn Leaves.
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Kiyoko 0/-------/-----==|=------\-------\0 Laila
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Adira 0/-------/------=|
"Yeah, respect," Laila says with a smirk as Kiyoko dashes towards her. "Respect for weakness and turning a fighting style into a stupid piece of modern dance!" She crosses her arms up at the last moment, which means that those jamming fingers hit her in the inside of the elbows. This, judging by the wracking sensation on her face, /does/ hurt, even if it does seem to fail at the primary duty of 'disabling her from further throwing'. As for the rest --
She hurls herself at the girl, then, arcing one leg around to try and sweep one of Kiyoko's legs out from beneath her, accenting it shortly thereafter with a press from the hip to send the girl spinning, hopefully, down to the (supposedly) harsh and (theoretically) unforgiving mat. "Hah!"
Laila seems to be doing an excellent job of drawing aggro off of Kiyoko--Adira wonders if the two have some sort of personal history. It's kind of amusing actually, although Adira isn't feeling... well, she isn't feeling left out exactly but she's certainly a third party right now. Still, it's a fight, and she's gotta do what she's gotta do.
So she takes off at a fast lunge--maintaining her balance--and just as Laila tries to sweep Kiyoko off her feet (aww), Adira leaps. She saw Chun-Li do this once and she thought it looked really interesting, and kind of fun--she stamps downwards, once, attempting to pretty much bury her heel into Laila's head.
If she hits, she should have enough momentum to spring away and land safely--if she misses, well, then she'll be landing much more closely. It isn't something she'll necessarily be adding to her arsenal for every-fight use... but...
COMBATSYS: Kiyoko dodges Laila's Combo Throw.
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Kiyoko 0/-------/-----==|=------\-------\0 Laila
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The girl rolls her eyes at Laila's words, "Yea, go ahead and tell yourself that. There /are/ people who can get away with having that kind of attitude, but they're all way stronger than any one of us." Her fingers do find purchase on Laila, but without hitting the correct marks it's mostly a wasted effort, even if getting repeatedly finger jabbed hurts anyway.
Kiyoko hasn't exactly forgotten Adira, far from it, but the words coming from the oldest of the fighters assembled here have her somewhat angry. Besides, if she wants fighters to be mean and nasty, double teaming her is a pretty effective way of bringing that about, isn't it?
Hoping to make her eat her own words, the girl slips around beside her as Adira goes over the top and tries to headstomp, she's going to try and take advantage of the distraction by trying to grab her by the shoulders and rip her backwards while placing her left leg against the back of her ankles and kicking upward, intending to slam her down onto her back.
COMBATSYS: Adira successfully hits Laila with Light Kick.
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Kiyoko 0/-------/-----==|====---\-------\0 Laila
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Adira 0/-------/-----==|
COMBATSYS: Laila blocks Kiyoko's Quick Throw.
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Kiyoko 0/-------/-----==|======-\-------\0 Laila
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Adira 0/-------/-----==|
The Chun-Li Emulation Technique SEEMS TO HAVE WORKED. The foot hits Laila in the side of the head, evoking a peculiar and unattractive facial expression best rendered as @o< from her as she stumbles to the side, her body providing adequate spring back for Adira to recover and prepare herself for further brutality!
She is off balance enough that Kiyoko's maneuver works almost exactly as planned. The slam move hits her in the back, making her arch as she makes a noise that is, in this case, best rendered as "gkk!" before hitting the mat, mitigated largely by her rolling to the side and letting the force dissipate in motion that does /not/ terminate in her precious body cavities.
She twitches for a moment, before pushing herself to her feet again and turning around, eyes narrowed, at Kiyoko. "Oh, so you're saying... if we were /stronger/... we could drop the pretense, huh. Just what I'd expect from a tournament bitch!" Of course, should she talk? This is, after all, a tournament. However, hypocrite or not, she's pulling another pair of metal skewers out of her blouse, these ones darker and seeming heavier. She taps them twice, quickly, on her knee; their tips glow - but it's a duller sort of glow, less obvious and... actually melting them, it seems.
Kiyoko may recall this, if dimly. Laila lunges in, this time in a downward arcing slam of her spike-armed fist, aiming to cut into the girl as well as smear hot lead over her dress - and ideally into the flesh beneath! Of course, this may just throw sizzling droplets to the arena floor...
Wow, now Adira feels almost bad. After all, Laila's taken the brunt of the damage in this fight. Kiyoko's barely been touched, same with Adira. But she's not about to kick -herself-. So, instead, she turns, offering a lopsided smirk to Kiyoko. The girl mentioned wanting to be a 'real fighter'... so she'll get it. No holding back. Not that Adira was before... lunging forward, however...
She'd go for something spectacularly aerial, like a Tae Kwon Do-like demonstration, and in fact she throws herself into a spinning leap, rotating through five hundred forty degrees--the precursor to a perfect tornado kick.
Only, she simply lands, using the momentum built up to snap out a quick, low kick for Kiyoko's legs. She knows the girl is a little fragile... it shouldn't take too much to take her down--assuming that she can be hit.
COMBATSYS: Laila successfully hits Kiyoko with Twisted Metal EX.
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COMBATSYS: Adira successfully hits Kiyoko with Snap Kick.
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Kiyoko follows through with her attack as Laila gets stomped on, and then takes backs off for a moment. When the woman stands back up and speaks, she actually snerks, "Tch, you don't have a clue- that's not what I meant at all. Being strong doesn't mean being a jerk is any better, it just means you're not going to get your ass kicked for doing it!"
And what happens next, well... Kiyoko's had this coming for a while, considering all the jumping around she's been doing. Seeing the metal melt has her gritting her teeth, very much hating these attacks of Laila's. The molten metal is swung downward, and Kiyoko tries jumping away again- but this time she misjudges, and doesn't act quickly enough. The metal melts onto her as it cuts, cauterizing the wound it makes, though it doesn't /feel/ any better. Clenching her teeth to keep from screaming this time she tries to get away from Adira's kick, but only as an afterthought, stumbling slightly and falling to the ground after the kick smacks her in the legs.
She frowns, and pulls herself back up to her feet. She looks over to Adira, "I'm not trying to ignore you or anything- you're really fun to fight and really strong at that... but I /really/ want to kick her ass right now." Funny how when she says that she doesn't go in to attack, but instead just stands ready and glares at Laila.
COMBATSYS: Kiyoko focuses on her next action.
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Kiyoko 1/------=/=======|=======\-------\1 Laila
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Adira 0/-------/-----==|
"I'm right here, you bitch!" Laila shouts as she throws away the melted shuriken, gesticulating with one gloved hand at Kiyoko. Her eyes narrow as she circles around, then, glancing momentarily at Adira as if to convey a silent desire to be allowed to do this.
"If you're going to insult me, do it to my face! You want to kick me in the ass?! A kick in the ass for you!!" she shouts, taking an actual step back and then lunging forwards, foot swinging forwards in an inefficient and overwrought but potentially rather painful kick aimed to hit Kiyoko - yes - right at where the divine lord Susano-wo split Kiyoko.
"Hey, that's okay, Kiyoko. I understand that. But this is a free for all. We're all valid targets." In her own way, she's warning Kiyoko about the dangers of tunnel vision... but Adira's dealt with that before and she will have to again. She truly does understand, you see. Part of her struggle has always been to harness her rage, not have it harness her. To ride it like a wild bronco and not be trampled underneath it. But yeah, it -definitely- seems personal...
Adira justkind of shakes her head a little, and darts forward again. Time to go all out? Or just time to switch targets? Probably the later--Adira suddenly leaves the ground, flying in a long, low arc... for Laila. Tucked into a ball, at the top of her arc she stabs out with her right heel, thrusting it for Laila's shoulder.
That heel--and the accompanying leg--are bathed in that crimson fire.
COMBATSYS: Kiyoko interrupts Strong Kick from Laila with Vernal Equinox.
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"Yeah, I know. You're probably going to win if we keep beating on each other, but winning isn't as important to me as having fun- and it's pretty trying to have fun with this psycho swearing at me and trying to brand me all the time." The purple haired youth then turns to face Laila, "I know you're there, don't worry."
Laila charges her, and the girl sets herself, "Want me to insult you to your face? Fine. You're a jerk, and you just ran right into a trap like a moron!" Green energy flares up along her hands and she twists about, slicing them through the air and causing crescents of energy to hang there- three of them to be exact. They form up as a single cohesive whole and then the entire mass shoots forward, crashing into Laila and rocking her as she charges. It's not enough to completely slow her down, though, and Kiyoko still gets hit harder than she'd have wished, causing her to stumble backwards while gritting her teeth. Still, it's mission accomplished!
COMBATSYS: Laila blocks Adira's Tiger Hunter.
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Kiyoko 0/-------/----===|=======\=======\1 Laila
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The glowing wads of energy slam into Laila as she swings her foot forwards, ripping at her clothing and making her cry out in pain even as her foot connects with its own relentless imperious force! If much less so. She staggers back, gasping for breath, and then lets out a harsh, cackling laugh. "I'm a jerk, huh!? Why don't you call me a BIG POOPIE PANTS, little girl!?"
Then she's struck in the shoulder with a flaming kick completely out of left field; she really should be focusing better on Adira, but even so, the fire engulfs her briefly. She rolls with the impact on the tournament ring, rolling halfway across it before coming to a halt, trailing soot behind her and twitching for a moment on the ground. Is she defeated?
Maybe not. She pulls herself up, trembling, and narrows her eyes at the half-Japanese woman. "Yeah," she says, letting her arms slump down. Her hands raise, then, filled with shuriken again - "You're ALL valid targets!!"
She starts hurling the weapons in a twisting pattern, left then right then right again then left and then left three times and then ALL of the ones in the right hand; half of them sizzle with searing heat as they fly, and the other half don't, the entire stream of screaming metal aimed towards Adira!
COMBATSYS: Laila successfully hits Adira with The Riddle of Steel.
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Wait, shit. That were words for Kiyoko, NOT Laila. Oh well. Adira didn't think about what her words might mean as far as Laila goes. But... well, she's right. All three fighters -are- valid targets, no lie.
The stream of metal finds its mark, for sure; Adira screams, perhaps giving Laila a bit of satisfaction; her gi is torn to shreds, and it falls apart on her. Fortunately she's wrapped underneath, and those wrappings, while also torn, keep her decent.
Other than the sizzled, burnt cuts on her body.
"Gh--god damn..." she mutters, under her breath. Now, it's only natural to go after Laila, isn't it? Adira runs forward, attempting to close the gap again, leaping upwards, kicking out with a dual drop-kick attack for Laila's chest.
Probably the 'wrong idea', given how far she was rocked back by the stream of steel, but... it's only a natural reaction.
The violet haired girl simply rolls her eyes at the cackle that is produced because of her words, and shakes her head. She wasn't going to just start swearing like a sailor because someone was making her mad. That'd put her on Laila's level, and right now that's not something she wants at all, annoyed as she is. Still, blasting her with that outlet of energy sure did feel good. Right now she /still/ feels like going over and beating Laila up some more... but with Adira attacking her? She's confident enough in the strength of the girl from Gedo to get the job done. Besides, she's only sent one lousy kick at her.
And she's certainly tough, handling the heated metal pretty darn well- far better than Kiyoko could have. So it's time to finally switch targets. So she rushes in towards the two others, attempting to take advantage of the fact that Adira's attention is firmly on Laila in order to come up behind her and throw a hard, disabling side hand chop at her elbow. Sure, it's not exactly an uppercut to the jaw, but if she hits that joint would hurt like a bitch if she tried using it.
COMBATSYS: Adira successfully hits Laila with Fierce Kick.
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The drop kick does seem to serve its purpose well as Laila staggers after exerting herself for that attack. She looks up at Adira, folding her arms up, raising them, perhaps trying some kind of a cross block -
It's no good! She's struck with savage dual-legged force, hard enough to knock her near to the ground. She unfolds her arms, shifting herself to try and rise to her feet again - and something gives up, all the accumulated bruises and contusions and searing blasts of flame catching up with her as she slumps down to her knees again, keeling onto her side with a groan a moment later.
She will, perhaps, crawl off when time or her everything's pain permits.
COMBATSYS: Laila takes no action.
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Adira 0/-------/=======|===----\-------\0 Kiyoko
COMBATSYS: Laila can no longer fight.
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Adira 0/-------/=======|===----\-------\0 Kiyoko
COMBATSYS: Adira fails to interrupt Strong Punch from Kiyoko with Dragon Hunter.
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Adira 1/-----==/=======|===----\-------\0 Kiyoko
The recovery on that drop-kick is pretty savage--that's why Adira doesn't use it much. As she's turning back around and rising, not feeling a return attack at her back--she is confronted with Kiyoko. She tries to lunge forward, but something--fatigue, a random factor, good timing by Kiyoko--and she's struck in the elbow.
To be sure, it's very, very painful. It almost stresses the joint enough to put it out of commission. She won't be punching anytime soon, that's for certain. Then again...
... she doesn't punch -anyway-. So it doesn't hinder her as much as Kiyoko might think. Still, she winces, turning to face Kiyoko. "Ready to fight now?" she asks, perhaps rhetorically. Laila... well, she seemed prejudiced but there's probably something that explains that. (Insanity?)
Kiyoko's eyes widen when Adira follows through with her dropkick, and then suddenly turns around to rush at her. It's almost like the writing's on the wall for her... and then the side of her hand connects with the elbow painfully. That, folks, is why you follow through even when things are looking bleak!
"Yea, I'm ready." She looks down to Laila, "Y'know, it wouldn't be so bad if she would have just stopped taunting me."%For better or worse, Laila's out of the fight and now it's just her and Adira. She's a bit behind... but not terribly so. The girl nods, "Okay, you got me last time, but this time it's going to be different."
She steps towards the young woman and pulls her right arm back before swinging it in a fast circular motion, two fingers suddenly pronging forward as she tries to poke her fingers painfully into Adira's neck- her carotid artery to be specific. Truth be told Kiyoko wasn't capable of making terribly powerful strikes, so she constantly targeted very vulnerable spots to try and make up for it. Only problem is that most fighters are trained to protect those spots rather well.
COMBATSYS: Adira endures Kiyoko's Quick Throw.
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Adira 1/-----==/=======|====---\-------\0 Kiyoko
They are--but Adira doesn't move. She -lets- Kiyoko get in close. She doesn't even wince as that pressure point is applied. She grits her teeth, and clenches her jaw, the muscles jumping. Between those clenched teeth, she simply remarks, "We'll see..."
Kiyoko might be confident, but Adira is too; she is, after all, deliberately allowing Kiyoko in close. The reason? Well the reason is simple--she wants to introduce a knee to Kiyoko's stomach. Like she believes--the girl is 'soft'. That is not to say that she is easy--
--just literally soft. Adira is a hard kind of person. This is how she's lived--how she's trained. By being tough and strong.
COMBATSYS: Adira successfully hits Kiyoko with Light Kick.
- Power hit! -
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Adira 1/----===/=======|=======\-------\0 Kiyoko
The girls words are tough, but Adira is quickly able to prove that at the very least, she's tougher. The pressure point assault is all but ignored, despite the pain, and a quick knee is thrust up towards Kiyoko's stomach. Attempting to deflect it by raising her own leg to prevent damage, she's too slow to react, caught off guard by the ease with which the other is able to shrug off her strike.
The knee buries into her stomach, and Kiyoko is doubled over, made almost unable to do anything but lean from the pain of it. She stumbles backwards and away, trying to keep from completely falling to the ground and just barely keeping herself up. "Nngh... you're tough." She moves back forward once she has a moment to recover. She rolls onto her hands like she did the very first move of the fight against Laila, and tries to wrap her legs about Adira's neck before throwing her weight backwards to try and lift the other girl up off the ground and then slam her back down to it. It might work, it might not, but she's got to try something.
COMBATSYS: Adira blocks Kiyoko's Harvest Moon.
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Adira 1/---====/=======|=======\-------\1 Kiyoko
There's little resistance as Kiyoko rolls onto her hands and headscissor-locks Adira. She's seen this move--once before, at least--and she knows better. In fact--she even -helps-. That is to say, she actually pushes off when Kiyoko starts to lift and throw. It seems like an odd choice, but what it really does is, it lets Adira control her rotation--instead of landing flat on her back, she's able to twist around, mid-flight, and land on her feet.
There's still a tremendous amount of impact, but absorbing it on the legs--especially Adira's strong legs--lets her stay up. Then, she's kicking outwards with her right leg--attempting to sweep Kiyoko off her feet. (Or her hands. Whichever she's still on.) First she sweeps--then she brings that right leg up, axing it downwards towards Kiyoko's stoamch, a rather brutal type of attack, to be sure...
COMBATSYS: Adira successfully hits Kiyoko with Slipping Axe.
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Adira 1/--=====/=======|=======\===----\1 Kiyoko
Kiyoko isn't aware that anything is wrong until she suddenly jerks to a stop, Adira's landing catching her by surprise. She's left in a terrible position, leaning halfway over with her legs still around the other girl's neck. She tries to escape desperately by shoving off with her legs, and she even manages that, only to have her arms kicked out from underneath her. She collapses downward, only to have a heavy axe kick smash into her stomach, already sore from the knee from earlier, and propel her downward even faster, smashing her neck sideways in painful fashion.
She flops to the ground after that, and lays there breathing for half a moment. Only half, though, as any longer and Adira'd be likely to take the opportunity to stomp on her. She rolls back up to her feet, away from the other fighter, and takes in a deep breath. "Okay, here we go..." She launches herself at the other fighter, shooting quickly forward before jumping and trying to land feet first on her chest, trying to twist around after impact, if there is one, and wrap her legs around the her neck and attempt to retry what she did not moments before, flipping backwards and slamming her to the platform below. Only if it works she'll use the rebound from the impact to flip back up and repeat the process- several times, in fact.
COMBATSYS: Adira endures Kiyoko's Winter's End.
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Adira 2/<<<<<<</<<<<<<<|-------\-------\0 Kiyoko
Once again, Kiyoko finds little resistance, as she is kicked in the chest--and then grabbed by Kiyoko's ankles. Once, twice, three times? More? She goes whirligig around, getting slammed into the canvas. It's painful, sure as shooting--painful as hell. Adira doesn't defend herself, though... because she's concentrating. Calculating. Analyzing. It isn't a conscious process, but it's happening all the same... and she finds her chance when she's thrown for the last time.
Slapping her hands down, ignoring the pain in her injured elbow, Adira performs a fast kippup, rising almost instantly, far faster than anyone could expect. Just as quickly, she adopts a flamingo-style stance, standing on her left foot and in perfect balance. And then, even more quickly...
Her right foot shoots out, lashing out like a shotgun, firing several, whipping kicks out at Kiyoko in the space of a mere few seconds. It is truly superhuman speed, her foot seeming to strike almost simultaneously with each other strike.
COMBATSYS: Adira successfully hits Kiyoko with Whip Storm.
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Adira 1/-------/=======|=====--\-------\0 Kiyoko
If Kiyoko wasn't expecting Adira to be able to simply power through the pressure point attack, just imagine how surprised she is when Adira shoots up immediately after being struck with her most powerful move. She's completely unprepared for the super fast recovery, and even less so for the lightning fast strikes that come out afterwards. A desperate attempt to evade them is made, but in the end it's all for nothing. The kicks smash into her, jerking her body around as each successive one hits, only to throw her away at the end from all the combined force.
She hits the ground after her little airborne excursion and slides across the canvas, friction keeping her from going over the edge. The girl is so much slower to pick herself up than before, her vision blurring in and out from the sustained pain. She's only got one more shot at this, and she has to make it count. Shaking her head to try and clear the fog, she charges Adira and jumps at her, holding her legs out to try and kick her again...
COMBATSYS: Kiyoko can no longer fight.
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COMBATSYS: Adira blocks Kiyoko's Winter's End.
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Adira 1/-----==/=======|
She -just- saw this. But she doesn't mind Kiyoko taking a last shot. However, this time, she isn't going to just stand for it; she performs the same defense she did last time. Of course, she also gets thrown -higher-... but she does land on her feet. Briefly. She's tired enough that she falls on her butt thereafter...
But she -is- able to get up. She's tired, damned tired... so she's glad to hear the announcer shout, "AND THE WINNAH! ADIRA!!!" in a really bad imitation of an American announcer's accent. For a moment, she considers going over to Kiyoko... or Laila... but Laila crawled off, and Kiyoko... is probably out. So instead, she accepts her victory, bowing to the crowd, then turning to walk off. She's stubborn enough that she'll treat her own injuries, thanks.
Kiyoko is left hurt and exhausted, collapsing completely to the ground once her attempt to take Adira down with her fails. Her arms spread out and she lays there panting. She lifts her head up, thinking to congratulate the Gedo student on her victory, only to see that she's walking off already. She'd like to talk... but for now that's just going to have to be good enough. She's so tired right now that maybe it's just as well she doesn't try to push herself any farther, and just lay back and rest.
Log created on 18:43:18 04/26/2008 by Adira, and last modified on 21:19:22 04/28/2008.