Description: It seems paybacks are hell as Rylee fights a masked fighter that ends up being the same person she insulted at the mall weeks ago in Tiffany. A rather brutal battle where the Jinchuu champion learns the Canadian isn't all talk.
Who would have thought that getting a team would suddenly fall into Rylee's lap. It was so hard to find just one person weeks ago, but then she met Aranha and things just kinda snowballed into a full blown team from what she understands. Of course Rylee has yet to meet Tessa or Naerose yet, but she is sure they will be good fighters. Then again it also seems Aranha doesn't like the idea of the latter being on the team. It will be something that the redhead will have to look into and see if there is a way to mend things. Nothing is worse than having bad team chemistry, right?
That puts the strength of the team at four, much more than Rylee would have expected to gather. That is why she is slowing down in her little challenges that she has been making. In fact tonight would be the last one for the Canadian. This has been a fun one, though. The amusement park actually has a ring to be used where the people dressed in the sumo fat suits would bounce off one another. Instead Rylee has claimed it tonight as a wrestling ring, taking on all comers and for the most part not finding any real competition. "Oh come on. I am barely breaking a sweat." she boasts while sitting on the top of a turnbuckle and looking over the crowd. "Anyone else want a shot at me?"
Tiffany : has a sense of dramatics. Or a sense of the absurd. Whichever you prefer. That's why she approaches your wrestling ring with straight back and squared shoulders, adorned in a bright red cape that flutters in the breeze, with a wide-shouldered mantle. Over her eyes, she has a bandit's mask tied, though one with a white-and-blue motif to go All American with her cape and the American Flag-styled bandanna dew-wrapped across her hair. When you call out your challenge, she lunges for the ring, reaching out a be-gloved hand to grasp the ropes, and springs over it, doing a forward flip onto the mat.
Landing on her boots with a loud stamp, cape swirled around her, she huskily declares, "I accept your challenge!" The 'Mystery wrestler rises and sweeps her cape aside, revealing a one-piece bathing-suit/wrestling leotard of blue with a white star over the right breast. She stabs a glove in Rylee's direction, "Tonight, I am your opponent!
Of all the things in the world Rylee never expected something like this. A few drunk guys looking for a grope? Sure, all too possible. A few guys thinking they are all tough and awesome? Nope, not odd at all. This.....defies any expectation that she has. "R....Mi...." she then shakes her head. "No, not her. Outfit isn't right." she says and hops down off the turnbuckle.
She takes a deep breath and stretches out before rolling her shoulders and cracking her knuckles. "Just so you know the cape and mask thing is very early nineties. Almost as bad as Max Moon or something." she murmurs then grins as she looks over the crowd. "Just hope you aren't hoping for any U S A chants because you are far from home." Nevermind the fact she is just as equally far, but really....who cheers a Canadian on anyways? Not only that for some reason that voice is really sounding familiar to Rylee. Damn, why can't she put her finger on it right now?
COMBATSYS: Rylee has started a fight here.
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Rylee 0/-------/-------|
COMBATSYS: Tiffany has joined the fight here.
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Rylee 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Tiffany
Tiffany grasps the cape and tosses it aside, with a wild flourish, casting it out into the audience, "Wherever I go, I carry a piece of the States deep within myself. Therefore, wherever I go, home is where I am!" She falls into a sudden stance that's immediately recognizable as a boxer's readiness, and lunges forth, "And Strength is always totally in fashion!"
With that, she does a shuffling sweep forward, bringing her fists into a rapid set of jabs. Left, left, right... but it's all a feint for when she brings her strong left leg around in a snappy sweep-kick!
COMBATSYS: Tiffany successfully hits Rylee with Light Kick.
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Rylee 0/-------/----===|-------\-------\0 Tiffany
And while Rylee is taking on challengers Aranha is kicking back on the side watching as Rylee takes on all comers. It would be considered fairly odd that he hasn't been testing other fighters either but right now, the most valuable thing he brings to the table is his ability to pick up on things that most fighters miss.
Up until this point Aranha hasn't seen much that was really worth noting. People who either couldn't take a slam to save their lives or people who hopped in just as an excuse to have Rylee touch him. Those were ones that made him wish that he hopped in instead. Men were less likely to hop in on the touchy feely excuse with him.
Then he sees a blonde hop into the ring and he finds his eyebrow rising. And then he tries to hold back his laughter. When Rylee makes her comments though Aranha has to let the laughter go and then he just has to respond to it. "U S A... U S A... Sorry Rylee, but I gotta support the stars and stripes."
After that Aranha playfully sticks his tongue out at his team mate before looking at Tiffany again. Aranha got a sense of familiarity as well but for a different reason. The Dancing Spider was in Jinchuu and also had the DVD of the tournament and so he had seen her before. Unfortunately he hadn't quite connected the two.
The actual start of the USA chant makes the Canadian pause for a moment that makes her forget about Tiffany just for a moment as she smirks and brings up a hand to flip off her team mate. "Oh no hard feelings, jerk!" she calls out to him and perhaps distracting herself too much. She might be paying more attention now though when she suddenly sees the other fighter come into strike.
The amazon actually looks a bit surprised by the jabbing motions which make her raise a brow. That sort of stuff isn't really something a wrestler will do. That might be why Rylee doesn't expect something like the sweep which catches her and sends her right onto her keister before she quickly gets back up.
"Luck." is all she says and she raises those taped fists before cocking one leg forward, taking on a stance more used by a Muay Thai fighter than a wrestler. "But if you want to have fun with kicks be my guest!" With that the redhead steps forward and a long leg is brought forward, a punishing kick aimed at slamming the other fighter in the chin with her heel. "Kyaaah!"
COMBATSYS: Tiffany parries Rylee's Strong Kick!
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Rylee 0/-------/----===|=------\-------\0 Tiffany
It would help if The Masked Fighter's chin was where Rylee thought it was a moment ago. As if with a flash of insight, the curvy battler's already leaping into the air, and planting her left glove on Rylee's thigh, using the other girl's strength and momentum as a springboard to forward-flip up into the air. Once airborne, she goes into a cork-screw maneuver and descends... hopefully at Rylee's confused and parried flank. Spinning feet first, like a drill, she cries out, "Beautiful Spin!
COMBATSYS: Rylee blocks Tiffany's Beautiful Spin EX.
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Rylee 0/-------/--=====|=------\-------\0 Tiffany
This goes to show that one can't judge by appearance. Rylee seems to be totally thrown off her game for the time being, even more so when she finds that kick stopped by the other fighter. "What, oh hell no." she grunts and that firey temper seems to start rising in the Canadian. She is at least left in a good position to defend herself from the incoming attack as she turns and lowers her stance while raising an arm to take the brunt of the strike which pushes her back. Damn now she really feels like she should know this girl after hearing that voice.
At least the blonde is in closer now for the wrestler to strike in close and plant a knee into the gut of Tiffany rather forcefully as she tries to get a double underhook grasp on the other fighter and finally heft her up only to drop to her knees and bring Tiffany straight down on the top of her head if all goes according to plan.
COMBATSYS: Tiffany blocks Rylee's Tiger Driver.
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Rylee 0/-------/--=====|==-----\-------\0 Tiffany
The moment Aranha sees Beautiful Spin, the capoeirista has made the connection Tiffany from the Jinchuu tournament and this masked fighter here before him in the ring with Rylee. As a matter of fact it's the same move she used against the person who had eliminated him from the main rounds of the tournament. Of course that similarity may be a coincidence and so Aranha keeps his trap shut for now.
Aranha will instead stuff his face full of cotton candy as he continues to watch the two women fight.
The masked battler endures the strike to the gut with a stoic... if distinctly uncomfortable grunt, and growls when ashe realizes that it's all part of trying top bodyslam her to the mat. This must not stand. Rylee discovers that the arms she's trying to lock up are stouter and stronger than a first glance might spot... (the girl's curviness is deceptive of her solidity) and the Masked Fighter squirms free and spins in place... up close like this, her fists are in a better position to hit than her feet, which is why Rylee's staring down a potent roundhouse punch!
COMBATSYS: Rylee interrupts Strong Punch from Tiffany with Go To Sleep.
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Rylee 0/-------/=======|====---\-------\0 Tiffany
Too many surprises. That is for sure. The wrestler is starting to realize she is going to have to go all out this time around. It is good that she hasn't had to expend too much energy on the fighters before this one or else she might be down and out already. Of course Tiffany deciding to keep the fight close quarters is just making things better for Rylee. She might be a high flyer at times, but she is always more at home in a knock down drag out close up brawl.
She takes the fist across the face while she turns her head to try to soften the blow that is landed while ducking low to drive her shoulder into Tiffany and heft the masked fighter up onto her shoulders. "Time for a crash course on why you shouldn't anger a wrestler." the redhead says with a chuckle before tossing Tiffany up into the air and then bringing a knee up to connect on the girl's jaw on her way down. "And stay down."
The Mystery Battler watches the world twist andspin as Rylee takes the bloe on the shoulder... and in turn, the challenger finds herself taking the knee and the matt on her chin. She rolls and bounces a bit, before ending up flat on her face. There's a moment where she lies there... but then pushes herself up to her hands and knees, groggily, "You've got some raw strength, Girl." talking as if she wasn't a teenager herself, "But like the flag I represent, this one Never Stays Down!" She suddenly does a forward roll which seques into a whirlwind spin and a wind-up punch, "Groovy Knuckle!
COMBATSYS: Rylee dodges Tiffany's Groovy Knuckle.
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Rylee 0/-------/=======|===----\-------\0 Tiffany
There is a bit of smugness showing back through after that. The compiment only makes the amazon flex an arm and pat her bicept. "Daddy didn't raise a girl that couldn't defend herself." she respnds then that grin widens. "Yer pretty good too." she admits and then starts to back pedal when the other fighter starts to come at her.
Obviously Rylee didn't expect Tiffany to listen. It takes alot more than that to take a good fighter down. That is why the Canadian decides she needs to kick things up a notch as she bounces off the ropes of the ring and then ducks low to run under that strike as she runs to the other side of the ring. A large leap brings the wrestler up to land on the top rope and balance on it only momentarily before leaping off of it backwards back towards the maked fighter to wrap her arm around Tiffany's neck and plant her on her head again with a rather vicious DDT.
COMBATSYS: Rylee successfully hits Tiffany with Combo Throw.
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Rylee 1/-------/=======|======-\-------\0 Tiffany
Yup... That was the confirmation Aranha needed to be certain that Tiffany and this masked fighter is one and the same. Aranha, knowing what he knows now, would have given the go ahead to Tiffany (mentally because he still would've wanted to finish the fight) joining but this is Rylee's show.
Aranha watches as Rylee ducks under the Groovy Knuckle and then leaps up to the top rope to bound off of it as she goes for the DDT. Does he let Rylee know who she's dealing with or does he keep quiet? He decides on discussing it after the fight not wanting to color Rylee's personal judgement of the Champion Proletariat.
The rough thing about being the Masked Fighter is that a lot of her combat style does involve taking it on the chin and still being intact enough to send it back to the kitchen with some extra pepper. Mixing and mangling metaphors is appropriate right now, considering that the Masked Battler's head is spinning from meeting the mat again.
The other thing about The Mystery Warrior is that a lot of her strongest moves Telegraph like nobody's business... which is why she's got to take the hits sometimes, to get close enough that her foes can't get time to react.
Rylee might find herself surprised to not that her foe is Rising from the mat fists first, boxing gloves glowing with pink, pulsating chi as they try to -slam- again and again into Rylee's face and chest. The boxing glove padding doesn't help!
"Groovy Special!"
COMBATSYS: Rylee interrupts Groovy Special from Tiffany with Crossface Armbar.
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Rylee 1/--=====/=======|====---\-------\0 Tiffany
Jeeze what the hell is this? She is acting more like a superhero than anything else. Yelling out all her move names and all that reminds her of some sort of game persona. "What the hell, are you Captain Falcon with tits?" she asks and barrels forward into what might be a rather big mistake. THose fists are alot more painful than the wrestler had expected and she takes her share of bruises, though in the end is it worth it?
Finally the strikes end when the boxer misses with one punch and that arm gets gripped by the wrestler. Down onto the mat Tiffany goes again right on her stomach with Rylee trapping that arm in hers as the free hand reaches to rest on the chin of the masked fighter. Right then is when Rylee rolls to put torque on the neck and upper back, a motion that is not too pleasant before Tiffany is finally let go and Rylee gets back to her feet a bit shakily. Those blows seem to have taken a bigger toll than she let on at first.
The Masked Battler takes half-a-moment to snap off a boxing-mitted salute in Rylee's general direction, "I wish." she quips, impishly, "He has an awesome car!" Without anything more than that, she weaves forward, and pivots on her curvacious hip, bringing her long and strong leg around like a lead bar of pain at Rylee's thigh and pelvis. As curvy as she is, that's a lot of momentum for her to bring!
There's a difference between seeing that move on TV and seeing that move in person. As he watches Rylee charge in he knows what she's about to do and knows it's a bad idea. "Rylee, you don't wanna..." It's too late for Aranha to warn her since Rylee did what he was afraid she would do.
He watches as the glowing fists pound the Canadian. And yes, while Rylee was still successful, he can say without a doubt that no it was not worth it.
Aranha goes back to munching his cotton candy once again. Shaking his head. Aranha makes a note to try not to get hit by that attack in particular if he should ever face off against her.
COMBATSYS: Rylee interrupts Heavy Kick from Tiffany with Ura-nage.
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There is a smirk at the quip returned her way and Aranha's words really do fall onto deaf ears anyways. When the Canadian gets into the zone there isn't much really that reaches her ears till she is done throwing her opponent around like a dog that rolls about playing with its favorite sock. She is also rolling on a big adrenaline high at this point. The ring is her domain and she isn't going to have some masked unknown wrestler take it from her.
Despite taking such a beating the Canadian is all smiles as she keeps her footing when Tiffany charges at her again That kick lands cleanly but then an arm comes around to keep it pinned at Rylee's side while the wrestler slinks her arm under the arm of the other fighter and then quickly falls backwards in a snap-suplex type maneuver that throws Tiffany right across the ring and onto the ground in a harsh manner. "You had enough yet?" the redhead asks while panting heavily and getting back to her feet. Damn she is going to be sore in the morning between this and from being cut up the other day by Diana.
The Masked Battler is snapped off her feet and flung across the ring. Her body literally Bounces off the mat, and in a daze in which one can almost see stars floating around her skull, she rebounds to her feet and into the wrestling ropes. Hopefully, Rylee doesn't see this coming.... for the Mystery Battler uses the elastic of the ropes to give her more kinetic energy and flings herself across the ring at Rylee. Quietly, she utters, "Not yet."
Not so quietly, she calls out, "Groovy Puuuuunnnch!!" as her pink-chi laden fist comets toward the wrestler's face!
COMBATSYS: Tiffany successfully hits Rylee with Groovy Punch.
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At this point the Canadian is rather hoping she finally did enough to the masked fighter. She is starting to feel worn out all over and is amazing that she isn't passed out at this point. Of course at this point she is sort of focusing on two fighters instead of one due to fatigue. That isn't going to stop her from trying to keep fighting. As long as she can stand up she can grapple afterall.
Of course she isn't probably standing much longer when Tiffany comes forward and brings that fist around in a powerful strike. Seems like Rylee is just paying attention to the right one since she gets nailed straight on by that powerfuly blow that knocks her back into the ropes hard and knocks the air out of her. As she bounces off she staggers forward and arms reach for Tiffany for perhaps one last attempt to put the masked fight down. That or she may just fall down flat on her face. If the latter is the case stick a fork in her, she is more than done.
COMBATSYS: Rylee can no longer fight.
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COMBATSYS: Rylee successfully hits Tiffany with Canadian Destroyer.
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The large hands of Rylee clap down on the shoulders of the masked fighter and push Tiffany down before arms are wrapped around the waist of the doubled over fighter. It is a bit of a sloppy move given Rylee is pretty much out of it due to the last blow, but she manages to have enough spring her iner step to leap upwards to flip about herself and Tiffany and drive the other fighter down headfirst onto the mat before just sort of sprawling out herself. Yeah, she's down for good too.
The Masked Battler tries to dodge. Really, she does. But momentum is too great & equalibrium has decided to call it an early day out. Rylee's strong arms lift the Masked Mystery of Monumental Mashing off her feet and slam her head first on the mat.
She ends up splayed out on her back, eyes describing a double-swirl behind the mask. A moment or two passes, and she finally manages, "The US Mystery declares it a draw. Canada retains its independence." She tries to move... decides against it, and adds weakly, "Would someone help me with my mask, please? I want her to see this."
Aranha steps up to the fallen women and then glances to Tiffany and then to Rylee. "I don't think that's necessary. For two reasons." He moves closer to Rylee and inspects her though, truth be told it's nothing he didn't already suspect when he saw her take that shot.
"One," Aranha continues, "I'm not sure she's in a position to see anything for awhile. And two, I already know who you are." He then moves over to the mask and then smiles, "Though if she were still awake, I'm sure she'd say, 'Welcome aboard, Proletariat Champion.'"
Aranha then reaches for the mask and helps Tiffany remove it before leaning back to extend a hand to the boxer. "I go by Aranha and this is Rylee Ogden. Nice to meet the lady who beat the person who beat me in the tournament."
Tiffany rises shakily to her feet, with legs made of jello. She's not fighting anymore right now... barely able to stand, "Oh." she emits, "You saw through my disguise." Well, duh!
She shakes her head, looking puzzled.... voice back to normal, minus some steadiness, "Dodged at the end when I shoulda blocked. Still making rookie mis-" she bats her eyes lightly, "Welcome... aboard? Aboard what?" She tries to point a glove at Rylee, and winces at the pain, failing, "I just wanted to show her I'm not a dumb ditzy bimbo she can make fun of in the mall!" Then, she has to list against something... either Aranha or a turnbuckle, or she'll be out flat on the mat again.
"I mean we were doing this whole thing..." Aranha's arms shoot out to catch the blonde before she falls down again. "To find fighters for our team in preparation for the Team Tournament and Team League that's approaching. Most of the people she was fighting were chumps or pervy chumps."
Aranha gently guides the Pacific Cheerleader to the turnbuckle before continues. "You on the other hand made the cut. Though it's up to you as to whether or not you'll join."
Tiffany considers the idea, as she leans against the turnbuckle with Aranha's help. She bites on and sucks lightly on her swollen lower lip, "I..." she thunks her mitts lightly against each other, and finally, finishes, "I'll do it. I'm sure it'll wipe the smug grin off her face when she finds out."
Soon Aranha beckons the medical staff to provide assistance because if it was just one fighter or the other, he'd have no problem carrying a woman to the medical tent. The fact that it's more than one makes things a bit more complicated.
Eventually Aranha helps one of them to the tent while the staff helps the other. Contact info is exchanged and the other fighters are then left to clean up. One of these days, he's going to have to fight Tiffany and see how he does.
Log created on 19:04:26 05/05/2008 by Rylee, and last modified on 23:34:02 05/05/2008.