Description: Kain and Iincyo face off against Billy and Zach in the midst of a number of zoo residents, some more dangerous than others. In addition to all the damage, the animal handlers get to work overtime collecting the escapees. And it would seem that Kain is allergic to goats. (Winners: Billy and Zach)
The zoo? Well, in the end it's as good a place as any for Kain to defeat his opponents. Hopefully the fight won't result in any endangered species becoming even more endangered, though; that would be bad publicity. Kain arrives dressed in his usual white suit with blue trim. Sure, some of the animals might be dirty, but if Kain isn't going to worry about the wear and tear other fighters can inflict, he's not going to be bothered by a little thing like that.
The person Kain is most conerned with in this fight, Billy Kane, is well known to him. Beyond that... Iincyo is known to him, though her performance fighting against him left something to be desired. Although her sudden surge at the end of that fight could mean she'd been holding back, but that remains to be seen. Zach is known as a frequent competitor in the Neo League, but beyond that Kain knows little of him. The chances of him being anywhere near Billy's level are slim, however, leaving him definitely a secondary concern.
As he waits for the other competitors to arrive and the match to begin, Kain amuses himself by looking around at some of the nearby animals. In one of the pens is a large male lion, and as Kain's gaze sweeps around he accidentally makes eye contact with it. They stare at each other for a few moments, then the lion lowers its head slightly and walks away. Kain shows no outward signs of satisfaction, simply moving on to look at some other animals.
A zoo. Not the first place Zach would choose for a fighting venue, but Howard Entertainment seems to enjoy throwing the Walking Bomb into places that would be much better off without being blown up. Glen has his hands shoved into pockets as he makes his way towards the area where the fight is supposed (or so he is told) to start.
Kain is already present, and imposing looking. No sign of Billy or Iincyo. Zach frowns. He does not know much of anything about Kain, but has fought Iincyo twice already. He knows, roughly, what the young girl can do. Zach leans back against a viewing rail, his back to the zebra pens.
Hopefully Zach won't have to solo this guy. Kain is, by all appearances, kind of intimidating.
Dirty animals are more a concern for Billy then Kain it would seem, which he finds surprising given Heinlein's grudgingly good taste in pristine attire... even if he uses too much starch. There's no good blood between the pair, of course. Wanting to kill one's best friend and employer tends to put a crimper on cordial interactions, even if he has nothing wrong with the man beyond that professional need to hit his teeth in with a tire iron. He doesn't hate him, but he doesn't particularly like him in the same breath. And into the central area comes Billy, holding a length of rope. Blue denim is his standard, lacking a shirt and subtleness in equal measure. A smug smirk is given to the area. He's not given any thought on Zach or Iincyo. They are in the ‘generic blur' of fighters. People who punch other people and will never be able to throw a stone at his pedestal in the fighting world on equal terms. Why bother trying to learn?
And on the other end of the rope is a grey billy goat. It has a backwards cap, a small denim jacket, and a mean look on it's face, chewing at some grass. "This is my real partner. I'd take him over who Geese gave me any day. Goats don't take shit from anyone!" He tosses the rope aside, and the goat immediately walks off to graze some grass. Yanking out his collapsed staff, he assembles it in a flourish and assumes a loose stance. "So which of our teammates will get in our way more, do you think?" he offers, tone casual and seeming to not be giving his fight even the slightest bit of serious thought. He's not going to beat Kain to death on television if the opportunity presents itself; this is just another brawl!
Iincyo has already selected HER spirit animal.. or was that just a zoo animal? Either way, Chairperson has selected one alright. Infact, she has one on her head, roosting as she walks over to Kain to stay nearby him. Oh. This guy. This guy, who hurts much like a sledgehammer that was on fire that ALSO happened to somehow channel the mysterious power of pain through it at the same time would equal Kain.
It's kind of a big deal, really.
But Chairperson, with the peacock male on her head, is far from intimidated! Even with such a giant on her side, she is sure she could clearly help the man reach a victory! Right? ... Uh RIGHT? ...
The Peacock claws her head, as he re-roosts. "Ah.." RIGHT. Maybe not.
The peacock has a nice red banda on it as it spreads it's plumage, Iincyo looking towards both Zach and .. who's that rough billy-goat lovin' man? Who knows. Must be his partner!
Standing straight, Chairperson has dressed more seriously, rolling her arms for a moment as she looks on to the others. Hmmm... "I believe this will be a slightly difficult fight." "Chirp." She nods, looking about the Zoo. "But perhaps.. things just need to be changed a bit." Also chirp!
A totem animal for Kain is a tricky thing. After all, the core of his beliefs is using strength to achieve what you want, and what animal better exemplifies that than man? If it comes down to it, though, Kain could probably overcome just about any creature in the zoo through a contest of wills. Getting them to do anything other than run away afterwards, though, is the tricky part. Perhaps he'll be able to enlist the help of something that eats goats, though.
Kain glances at Billy, then glances at the goat, but doesn't say anything. He doesn't even /look/ at Iincyo with the peacock perched upon her head. He does briefly glance at Zach, then pauses. It takes senses other than sight to notice anything about Zach that Kain might consider important... but his senses are well honed. Still, it doesn't change anything. "If anyone gets in the way..." Heinlein looks back to Billy. "...it won't be for long."
"Well, kiddos, you better play together while the adults have a few words!" Billy retorts at the end of Kain's comment, flexing his fingers and cracking his head to either side. "I don't get to smack ole Heinlein as much as I'd like to. I'd rather nobody ruin the pleasure." What might happen were this ignored will be left to the imagination of the two present. It's probably a good bet Billy is more apt to divert from a fight and beat one of the lesser teammates for annoying him before Kain would. That cocky air and sarcastic friendliness isn't just for show. Twirling his weapon around, he bolts to the white figure opposite, sleekly lowering himself and breaching the short distance in a split second. Sliding the last meter, the end of his staff is thrust towards Kain's neck, attempting to slam into it and heft him up into a cackling strangle, before an attempted deposit face first.
COMBATSYS: Billy has started a fight here on the right meter side.
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COMBATSYS: Iincyo has joined the fight here on the left meter side.
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Iincyo 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Billy
COMBATSYS: Zach has joined the fight here on the right meter side.
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Iincyo 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Billy
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COMBATSYS: Kain has joined the fight here on the left meter side.
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Iincyo 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Billy
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Kain 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Zach
Zach pulls himself to sit on the rail he was leaning against when both Billy AND Kain seem to imply that it would be healthy to simply stay out of the way of the more accomplished fighters. Zach looks back and forth before bracing his feet on the rail and shoving off hard.
The launch takes him up and over the two high-card fighters and towards Iincyo and that peacock. Zach torques at the waist, swinging his left leg around in a wide arc, a trail of psychic energies sizzling in the air behind the kick that is aimed at the side of Iincyo's head. No words, no reactions. This looks like it is just going to be another fight. Business as unusual.
COMBATSYS: Iincyo dodges Zach's Strong Kick.
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Iincyo 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Billy
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Kain 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Zach
She is far from a flashy woman trying to attract a mate, but from what Iincyo believes about it, trying to keep up a hard front no matter what, the Chairperson of Taiyo believes it's as good as it will get without getting just insane, so she keeps exactly what she had hoped for, and looked towards Kain, understanding. He .. He's quite good at what he does. This is very true.
So she knows her fight may be very .. unimportant, almost, in the way of things. No words? Now that's just down right slightly boring! But she decides it would be best that, perhaps, she wasn't in the way from the assault. The heavy leg comes towards her, and Chairperson instead pulls away from the assault, the bird moving before she does to perhaps notify her.
After all, he doesn't work as a foot pillow from psychic energy after all. That's just no good!
"Just don't look directly into any of their assaults." She exclaims.. before Iincyo rockets towards Zach, having pulled back but now already erupting towards the young man with a fist streaking towards his face. That's got to be something!
COMBATSYS: Billy successfully hits Kain with Hell Drop.
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Iincyo 0/-------/-------|=------\-------\0 Billy
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Kain 0/-------/-----==|-------\-------\0 Zach
Kain attempts to duck under the thrusting staff, but all it accomplishes is adding extra force to the blow when his chin collides with the end of the weapon. And then Kain's head is forcibly pushed back up, and up even more as Kain is lifted off his feet. The physics of the situation make it one that can't last for long, but it doesn't need to. A quick twist from Billy and Kain is slammed down into the ground.
Although Kain starts to slowly climb to his feet, it's actually a feint. His recovery suddenly becomes an attack as he twists about, pointing one leg toward Billy and then lunging sharply upwards. Black flame surrounds Kain's leg as he attempts to blast Billy up and off his feet, right up and over the railing and into one of the animal pens.
COMBATSYS: Iincyo successfully hits Zach with Strong Punch.
- Power hit! -
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Iincyo 0/-------/-------|=------\-------\0 Billy
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Kain 0/-------/-----==|===----\-------\0 Zach
COMBATSYS: Billy blocks Kain's Schwarze Lanze.
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Iincyo 0/-------/-------|==-----\-------\0 Billy
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Kain 0/-------/----===|===----\-------\0 Zach
"Wow, Kain. You gettin' rusty? I didn't expect to floor you with such a half-assed attack." Billy is dancing from foot to foot, seeming to have completely bought into the feint given his smartass grin and sudden swell of ego. But that's slapped right off his face when an eruption of flame-imbued foot is heading his way, years of experience and almost instant reaction barely sufficient to recoil backwards enough to shift his staff in the way. He's sent skidding backwards, wisps of black swirling around him as he grimaces, shaking a smoldering sleeve. "Ouch." is mulled, twirling his staff about then once more advancing. A lot of his careless nature was literally kicked out of him just now, as he swooshes the end of his staff again; going for the already assaulted throat, to twist and swing him in a long overhead arc, trying to slam him into the ground with the full height of his staff and no small amount of added kinetics behind!
Something indeed! Zach takes the fist in the face far better than Iincyo may have hoped, and is sent tumbling away from the fighting trio. He skids to a stop in a three-point stance as he looks across the way. Zach pulls himself upright and considers his next move for a moment, keeping a very close eye on Iincyo.
Maybe full-on offense is not the correct answer here?
COMBATSYS: Zach focuses on his next action.
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Iincyo 0/-------/-------|==-----\-------\0 Billy
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Kain 0/-------/----===|===----\-------\0 Zach
As Zach takes the fist, Iincyo pulls back, nodding to the bird. Oh. That went extremely well she agrees, and looking towards Zach as he stops, keeping a close eye on things .. well! Zach can take a close look at what Iincyo does next. Which is take a deeeep breathe in, hole herself onto the ground, spreading her stance and everything, and then give a sign to the bird. Which involves... glowing.
The aura about her is thrust outwards, energy vaporized for more energy, and better yet, giving her something tangible to work with, the beginnings of a light blue glow about her. She's enjoying it at least, and boy, does it help her.
Looking to Kain, she's actually surprised Billy gets the drop on him!
COMBATSYS: Iincyo gathers her will.
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Iincyo 0/-------/---====|==-----\-------\0 Billy
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Kain 0/-------/----===|===----\-------\0 Zach
COMBATSYS: Billy successfully hits Kain with Fishhook Throw.
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Iincyo 0/-------/---====|===----\-------\0 Billy
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Kain 0/-------/-======|===----\-------\0 Zach
Although Kain swings his arm up to knock the staff aside, Billy manages to slip the weapon through a gap in Kain's guard. That leaves Kain with his arm in a position to hook around the staff, but it doesn't do him much good when it's already at his throat and pushing him up off the ground. Again Kain is lifted up and slammed back into the ground, and even his stoic nature can't help a few unpleasant sounding choked gasps as he tries to get some air through his battered throat.
With his left hand clutching his throat, Kain rises back to his feet. As he does so, he snaps his right hand out toward Billy, black flame leaping forth. A chance to recuperate and think of some strategy would be welcome right now, but to achieve that requires forcing Billy to back off. Not easy, given the range at which the British fighter can strike. Will a fireball from Kain blast him back far enough?
COMBATSYS: Billy dodges Kain's Schwarze Flame.
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Iincyo 0/-------/---====|===----\-------\0 Billy
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Kain 0/-------/-======|===----\-------\0 Zach
The pressure is on for Billy; he's gained momentum, and he'd best keep it. As Kain's hand lifts after the battering assault, there's an obvious tension through the other man. And he immediately ignores all reasonable responses. Heinlein had compensated for his position, for his inertia, it was rather perfect in every way. But his staff skews any equations – he slams it upon the ground, using it as leverage to hurl himself sideways. Still, one sleeve ignites into black flame, smothered by his roll thereafter. He can't be brazenly cheeky. That was too close for that, and a slim chance that only worked due to not hesitating. "I think you're off today. Don't you like animals?!" Twisting his body backwards, he suddenly launches out his own staff, breaking apart through the intervening distance in a rasp of separating chain segments, flickering like agitated serpents between the air. Trying to plow into Kain while he's still situating himself, and send him flying into the lion cage amidst a gout of napalm-like flame, moving to encompass him and only extinguish when contact is broken...
Zach frowns as he watches Iincyo get her proverbial motor started. That won't do. Not at all. Zach brings up both hands, right slightly behind the left as he takes quick aim at Iincyo.
His hands glow purple for a moment, flashing brightly before loosing a small sphere of psycho power that flies at Iincyo incredibly fast!
COMBATSYS: Iincyo blocks Zach's Warning Shot.
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Iincyo 0/-------/--=====|==-----\-------\0 Billy
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Kain 0/-------/-======|====---\-------\0 Zach
And as she does this, she is well aware of the sudden Zach attack as he launches the flashing glow towards the girl, the small sphere still causing her to slide backwards from all the darn force! Now that's some amazing force. Yet as Zach does that, the girl, Iincyo, doesn't stop her assault. Infact, even after the assault, Chairperson is running towards Zach, obviously hindered by the amazingly painful ball of psycho energy, as she kicks off the ground, the peacock flying it's bright and colorful feathers to put Zach off guard!
"Blind him!" She calls to her feathered friend, whom tries to distract via the dance of the peacock.
Why?
Because there is a slow as hell assault coming right for Zach! She spins as she launches off, jacket following her.. but will it be enough?
COMBATSYS: Kain blocks Billy's Blazing Cane Thrust.
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Iincyo 0/-------/---====|===----\-------\0 Billy
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Kain 0/-------/=======|====---\-------\0 Zach
Thankfully, there's only so many times Billy can thrust his staff out toward Kain before Heinlein adjusts to the timing. Not enough to get out of the way, but at least this time he's able to strike the staff when he swings his arm up to knock it out of the way. The fire flashes against his arm, and there's still a solid thunk from the impact, but better his arm than his torso or his throat again.
Obviously Billy isn't going to let up... so it looks like Kain is just going to have to try going on the offensive in an attempt to wear down the Brit before he himself succumbs. As his arm lowers from knocking the staff away Kain starts running toward Billy, quickly covering the distance between the two of them, though perhaps not more quickly than Billy can snap his staff back to normal length. Regardless, Kain lashes out once he closes in, attempting to drive one glowing blue fist into the pit of Billy's stomach, following it up by a hook to the jaw.
COMBATSYS: Billy counters Fierce Punch from Kain with Fire Dragon Pursuit Cane.
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Iincyo 0/-------/---====|=====--\-------\0 Billy
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Kain 1/-----==/=======|====---\-------\0 Zach
The weapon is yanked back rapidly once contact is made; it's retracting initially at the same speed as Kain's advance, face flickering in concern. Before he wrenches his arm, twisting the wrist. A proverbial second gear is kicked in, visibly and audibly changing as it suddenly snaps together. Grinning in a way only a touch relieved, he shifts it forward and catches the fist cleanly. This isn't like the surprise kick; all of the inertia vanishes within the pliant wood, and for a split second Kain is completely vulnerable with Billy in a dominant position. Unsurprisingly, this is all he needs. Cackling madly anew, he begins to more or less beat the living hell of of Kain, breaking his staff apart once more for added length. Myriad blows to the upper body and face are done with both ends before he reassembles with a flourish, final smack attempting to send him backwards upon the ground. "A shame this wasn't a title match...!!"
COMBATSYS: Zach interrupts Heavy Kick from Iincyo with Third Stance.
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Iincyo 0/-------/=======|=====--\-------\0 Billy
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Kain 1/-----==/=======|======-\-------\0 Zach
Such tactical sneakiness such as distractions and blinding tend to work better when they are not announced. The bird moves in, and Zach pulls his hand back. Purple energy seeps out of Zach's frame, only to wrap around him as if to support him somehow.
He hears Iincyo's jump. He can tell, roughly, where she is in her jump from the fights the two have had.
Zach grins a bit as Iincyo's foot shoves hard against his chest. He sweeps his readied arm up and forward as if to signal, or maybe herald, the spike of psychic power that lance up and out of the ground. Zach slides back a bit from Iincyo's kick. Newton, however, does far worse to the schoolgirl. Iincyo is sent flying back towards one of the monkey cages with jarring impact!
As Zach strikes out towards her, the spike of psychic power is nothing compared to what she's felt before, yet it still allows her to be struck, causing her to be jarred by the assault, and in the end, causes her to crash backwards.. but this doesn't stop Chairperson at all. Nothing will stop her until she's out cold!
As such, the girl suddenly kicks to her feet before taking off like a shot, running towards Zach with all of her might, dashing towards the boy before taking a fist backwards .. and then instead flips forwards, aiming to stay low to the ground and smash into her leg with a heel, and set him up ..
The peacock is follows as well!
"Haaaaaaah-!"
What could it be!?
COMBATSYS: Iincyo successfully hits Zach with Lecture Attack.
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Iincyo 0/-------/-------|=====--\-------\0 Billy
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Kain 1/-----==/=======|=======\=------\1 Zach
As the kick slams into Zack's leg, he might feel a shoot of pain, and cripple him for a moment while Iincyo begins her BRUTAL ASSAULT OF PAIN.
"Ha... AH! IT's been so long since I fought so... your style is too showy, it's a bit too offensive based, and I could see through it completely!" She announces. Could she really? Who really knows. However, she certainly did believe after assaulting her with both assaults he'd be out of it .. and believe it or not, that's certainly how she sees it! Because Zach looks a bit weary afterwards to her.
Two palm strikes, glowing, slam towards his chest, then a leg against his side, the peacock strutting about the two of them as she smashes his chest once more with a glowing knee, raising him before a roundhouse kick to send him away.
It'll be sure to knock the wind out of someone!
"If it was just a teeny bit different from any last fight, I'd be surprised... but so far I'm not."
After a sound thrashing from Billy Kain flies backwards, crashing down on his back a short distance away. Things are going... poorly. How can a mere minion of Geese Howard manhandle him like this? Something is seriously wrong here! Unforunately, the only way it can be fixed is for Kain to get back up and fix it himself. Easier said than done, perhaps, but Kain still has a few tricks up his sleeve.
Kain cups his hands together as he rises from his feet, a glint of blue light appearing between his palms. If looks could kill, the glare Kain shoots the Brit would reduce him to ashes, but Kain doesn't need to kill with a look. Not when a giant sphere of flaming blue chi springs into being in front of him as he points the palms of his hands toward Billy. The orb shoots out toward Billy, promising quite a blast if it hits. And considering all the animal pens around, there aren't that many good places to land after being launched by an explosion.
COMBATSYS: Kain successfully hits Billy with Himmlische Seele.
- Power hit! -
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Iincyo 0/-------/-------|=======\=------\1 Billy
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Kain 0/-------/------=|=======\=------\1 Zach
Hmm. Troublesome. Billy knows he has dominated the early portion, but without finishing the deal such accomplishes little in the long run. His encounter with Igniz highlighted the need to seal the deal while they are still disoriented. Discretion is usually the better part of valor, rotating his staff in a flash of bolstering fire and moving to block it. Ha ha. Billy you are stupid. The result is much like trying to block Jiro from making out with you; it's going to happen and you just can't stop it. He skids backwards two meters, before his expression obviously forecasts how bad an idea this was, still like making out with Jiro. An eruption of black fire entombs him with a startled cry. It's enough to send the whole zoo in an uproar, and his poor goat flees. Nobody human could survive that, but Billy is half cockroach. It sure as hell hurt, but it didn't put him down; Through the smoke and blackened crater he rises up with a heavy cough, clothing smoldered and skin singed. "Ouch." is offered, before he starts boosting his own energy. "Damn. You're not happy with my ass kicking. Alright, then; I'll just finish you off...!!"
COMBATSYS: Billy gathers his will.
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Iincyo 0/-------/-------|=======\=====--\1 Billy
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Kain 0/-------/------=|=======\=------\1 Zach
Zach is hammered by Iincyo's assault, and the roundhouse kick sends Zach flying away. The arc takes him out of sight, but a savvy camera crew manages to stay with the surface-to-air wanderer as he crashes down in a strange exhibit. Zach stays on the ground for a moment, trying to catch his breath when he feels the ground shifting just past his head.
A moment later, a large bird face appears in his field of vision. The ostrich stares at Zach. Zach stares at the ostrich, then grins. Glen gets up, taking a moment to knock the dust off of himself before throwing a leg over the bird's back. Once he is on, Zach throws a loop of string around. The ostrich takes part of it between his beak, and Zach gives the string a little flick. The large bird takes off like a shot, easily vaulting the fence surrounding the field.
The fully grown male ostrich is nine feet tall, and weighs about three hundred pounds. They can also run at speeds exceeding fourty miles an hour. That is about as fast as the average thouroughbred horse. Psychic energy washes across Zach's upper body, collecting in his right hand before sweeping up the limb to form stylized armor. The reaction, however, is not complete, as some of it preceeds the rider-mount pair. The energy spins and twists, forming an archtypical cavalry lance.
Zach spurs the bird onward in an attempt to simply spear Iincyo as if this were some kind of jousting event!
COMBATSYS: Zach successfully hits Iincyo with Burst Strike.
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Iincyo 0/-------/-======|=======\=====--\1 Billy
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Kain 0/-------/------=|-------\-------\0 Zach
As Zach slams towards her in a joust like state, Iincyo is slammed backwards by the assault. It's somewhat obvious that what he did was completely based on all power, so Iincyo, with her head a bit dizzy, knows that she would have liked to avoid such a thing. It doesn't always work however, including how she slipped upon the ground as it occurred. But with her being struck, she nods to the peacock, and with the last of her energy, hurls herself towards Zach zipping along somewhat quickly, and intending to make the next attack certainly count.
Her arms, and body, slide forwards.. but the blow is much harder than normal, intending on using Zach's own strategy against him!
But who knows!?
Well now, that's a bit better. Sure, there's still work to be done, but blowing up Billy goes a good way toward achieving Kain's objective. Unfortunately, it seems Billy is going to require Kain to press the assault, and he's ready for it. Even so, Kain cracks his neck and begins striding toward Billy. The surge of energy isn't enough to scare /him/ off, oh no.
Suddenly Kain puts on a burst of speed to close the remaining distance. As Kain draws close he twists his body, sliding to a stop and kicking straight out with one leg toward Billy's torso. Kain's got a bit too much momentum built up to stop if this misses, but it does mean that Billy should hopefully find it difficult to deal with.
COMBATSYS: Billy counters Strong Kick from Kain with Ifrit Crisis.
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Iincyo 0/-------/-======|=------\-------\0 Billy
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Kain 0/-------/---====|-------\-------\0 Zach
There's an almost quizzical look on Billy's face as Kain approaches, forecasting his intent in a way that cannot be a feint; if it were one, it'd be such a blatant tactical error he'd of been better off with a generic punch. Well, he's willing to oblige such an offer, suddenly cutting off the flow of his energy and hurling his staff in the other man's direction, with a sort of manic panic like he just realized the danger in the power focused behind that foot. Given it misses, he can only recoil as it crashes into his stomach, genuinely shivering in fear. Or can he?! Crash, indeed – Billy twists at the last moment, only grazed by the black fire with a sudden smirk. He whips out a second collapsed weapon, unfurling it... and Kane strikes Kain with his cane. A lot. Each is bolstered by fire, surging into a final uppercut as he sprouts out a schmorgesborg of new staffs in blatant disregard for physics – then slamming it down, summoning a geyser of flame to return the favor given just prior. "IF YOU WANNA THROW THE FIGHT, I'LL TAKE IT!!"
COMBATSYS: Zach dodges Iincyo's Wind Stance.
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Iincyo 0/-------/-======|=------\-------\0 Billy
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Kain 0/-------/---====|-------\-------\0 Zach
Zach tugs on the makeshift reigns, leading the ostrich to swerve to the side. Both bird and rider avoid the harm Iincyo had intended for the pair as the ostrich slows to a trot as Zach hops off the mount. He pats the large bird on the flank, and the ostrich takes off at a jog.
Zach leans slightly away from the highschooler, strecthing his limbs wide as energy flares to life around him. He gives a short kiai, completing the stereotypical image of a fighter rallying his strength.
COMBATSYS: Zach gathers his will.
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Iincyo 0/-------/-======|=------\-------\0 Billy
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Kain 0/-------/---====|====---\-------\0 Zach
As Zach pulls away, swerving to the side, the man leans away, and begins to grow in energy, it flaring about, and Iincyo .. well, as she shoots by, it should be to no surprise that she doesn't actually slow down. Instead, she points to the peacock.. and then picks him up, carrying him in a battle charge straight towards Zach.
She dashes forwards, aiming to crack open that guard that Zach has, a stance much like the one she had just used.
She's intending to simply remove the guy, even IF he's gathering energy!
She never goes on the defensive after all!
Once again Kain endures a vicious thrashing and is sent reeling back from Billy, battered and bloody. For a moment it looks like he's going to fall again, but just before he topples over backwards Kain manages to right himself. He slumps forward, face toward the ground as he takes a deep breath. He then slowly stands up, wiping some blood from a scalp wound away from his eye. Heinlein's got no banter for Billy, though, despite his taunting.
Kain clenches his fists, and a moment later golden light flares out from between his fingers. He then thrusts his hands out and brings his arms together, pointing his palms toward Billy. The light grows brighter, then suddenly erupts outward in a massive beam of raw, golden chi. It rips a furrow through the ground as it blasts through everything in its path on the way toward Billy. And it looks like it's going to blast right into the edge of the gorilla enclosure, possibly freeing some angry primates.
COMBATSYS: Billy blocks Kain's Himmlische Macht.
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Iincyo 0/-------/-------|===----\-------\0 Billy
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Kain 0/-------/-------|====---\-------\0 Zach
"Nothin' to say?" is jeered towards Kain, Billy wiping some blood from the corner of his mouth. Given he's only been hit once, it's truly testament to the fact that the number one cause of losing to Kain is Kain hitting you twice. But he's more then confident that the victory is now his, flexing his hand and panting lightly at the exertion. Sheesh... most people would of already been on the floor five minutes ago, and he's still coming. Of course, he's not about to let it go that easily. Lunging aside, he swings his staff with a started curse, deflecting a portion while it flings him away; the rest blows up the hapless primate facility. The angry creatures stampede out, heading right towards Iincyo and Zach. They should have fun with that... not. As for Billy, he's once more rushing towards Kain, planting a foot atop the back of one of the gorilla and shooting forward; sliding to a stop a couple meters away and lashing out an upward-angle strike, collapsing to three segments while aimed at Kain's face. "Get DOWN!" is demanded. Really, now. How rude, the whole not being defeated thing.
COMBATSYS: Zach blocks Iincyo's Wind Stance EX.
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Iincyo 0/-------/-------|===----\-------\0 Billy
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Kain 0/-------/-------|=====--\-------\0 Zach
Zach brings his arms up, deflecting most of the strike that Iincyo brings to bear. A quick glance out the corner of his eye warns Zach of the stampeding chimps. Time to get clear, or something.
Zach slides in low, closing with Iincyo before slamming a shoulder into the smaller girl to send both fighters airborne. While in the air, Zach spins and throws a hand forward. Psycho power reacts instantly to the call, rushing forth. Either Iincyo will simply be smashed with it, or dashed to the ground. Either way, it will hurt if it connects!
Zach yells out "POWER DUNK!" as he executes the technique. That ought to get Billy's attention.
COMBATSYS: Zach successfully hits Iincyo with Second Stance.
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Iincyo 0/-------/----===|===----\-------\0 Billy
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Kain 0/-------/-------|=====--\-------\0 Zach
COMBATSYS: Iincyo takes no action.
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Kain 0/-------/-------|===----\-------\0 Billy
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|=====--\-------\0 Zach
COMBATSYS: Iincyo can no longer fight.
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Kain 0/-------/-------|===----\-------\0 Billy
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|=====--\-------\0 Zach
As she's struck in the end, Iincyo ends up dashes against the ground. Smashed into it, failing to get out of the way, the girl finds it hard to keep fighting .. and shakes herself off, before staggering off the battlefield with the peacock, petting it.
Honestly. Stealing things! That's not nice at all.
One may ask how she's capable of such, but simply, she has something to do! There's quite alot of things to be taken care of at school, and she can't allow a little boo boo get in the way of it. Some may say it's Sunday, but it's clearly a perfect time to take care of anything that hasn't. Like work!
COMBATSYS: Kain dodges Billy's Sparrow Drop.
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Kain 0/-------/-------|===----\-------\0 Billy
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|=====--\-------\0 Zach
Well, it looks like Kain is on his own now... Hopefully the gorillas will district Zach for a bit, while Kain attempts to deal with Billy. It's going to be a bit tricky to deal with both of them, especially since Kain's head is still throbbing from some the many times it's been struck by Billy's staff. Getting flanked could be difficult. At least he'll get the chance. The staff comes sweeping up, but Kain is no longer there. This is a very good thing, for the sake of his face.
It also means that Billy is, hopefully, briefly overextended. Kain's already in fairly close after Billy's strike, so it's a simple matter for Kain to pivot on his left foot, swinging his right leg up. His foot explodes into black flame as it continues on a path right toward the center of Billy's face.
COMBATSYS: Billy interrupts Medium Kick from Kain with Whirlwind Cane.
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Kain 0/-------/----===|====---\-------\0 Billy
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|=====--\-------\0 Zach
Ah... Kain is rather close. This would be disastrous to most people who were forced to rely on sheer range; but Billy is all about adaptation, and most importantly a lack of weakness. Yanking back his weapon, there's no getting away from Kain's up close and personal tendencies. Instead he begins to violently spiral his weapon, and as he's kicked in the side a rapid fire series of impacts is given right back for the trouble, crashing into Heinlein's face, chest and arms. He's sent flying backwards, doubling over in pain; but which of them came out the worse for wear is debatable, when he knows for the fact the other man was only a couple inches from defeat...!
Zach simply stares at Iincyo for a moment, when he realizes that he is about to be buried in a mountain of gorrilas. His eyes go wide, as he leaps clear of them, landing on top of the cage Billy and Heinlein just wrecked in order to cause the situation.
Zach then clasps his side as he gasps for air. Fighting Iincyo is never easy, and she really took it out of him, as always.
COMBATSYS: Zach gains composure.
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Kain 0/-------/----===|====---\-------\0 Billy
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|====---\-------\0 Zach
Kain stands still after once more taking a beating. It seems for a moment that he might actually have lost conciousness on his feet. There's a blank look in his eyes, and he sways slightly. Then he blinks and his eyes refocus. He takes a staggering step toward Billy, then pauses to blink again. Kain gives his head a quick shake, then shoots Billy a glare as he bursts into a run. His vision is blurring, but he's still got a little bit of fight left in him.
Conciousness is already starting to fade as Kain leaves the ground, but he retains enough sense to contort his body into the proper position to slam feet first into Billy, with black flame engulfing his feet. After that, though, it's unlikely that Kain will be getting back up. It's a good thing the gorillas have already run past. And started causing a commotion, judging by the shouting.
COMBATSYS: Kain can no longer fight.
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|====---\-------\0 Billy
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|====---\-------\0 Zach
COMBATSYS: Billy dodges Kain's Schwarzer Stob.
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|====---\-------\0 Billy
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|====---\-------\0 Zach
Eyes widen at the last attempted strike from Kain, and Billy just barely manages to leap aside from the sheer area of that surging black fire. He remains tense and prepared, panting to himself before waiting and being very, very sure that Kain is not coming back up. Slowly he raises back to his feet, resting his staff upon his shoulder and rubbing the back of his head. "Whew. Almost got a workout..." He then looks back towards Zach. For long moments he just squints, looking to be considering something. But whatever it is he dismisses with a wave of the hand, beginning to trundle off of his own accord. "The hell did my goat run off to..." is grumbled, trying to conceal the mild limp. He's more then happy to only fight Kain twice a year!
COMBATSYS: Billy has left the fight here.
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|====---\-------\0 Zach
The squint does not go unnoticed by Zach, who is more than happy to let Billy hobble off. Nothing to mentioned of it, really. Zach simply sits down on the cage and waits for things to die down a bit before rolling off to the ground, and walking away towards the exits.
COMBATSYS: Zach has ended the fight here.
Log created on 17:42:55 06/08/2008 by Kain, and last modified on 13:20:13 06/17/2008.