Description: It's charity time! A match was promised and the original fighters couldn't show up. Hotaru to the rescue! But even with her help, they're still one short. That's when a volunteer worker dressed like an odd little butterfly is grabbed and directed to the stage. Sometimes things aren't about win or lose, they're about having fun and entertaining people! It's a show you don't want to miss!
Showing for charity events is not an usual thing for one Southtown local. A well known, popular fighter not just in the region but around the world, the teenaged martial artist regularly makes herself available for such things, even on short notice. And short notice this was, as a scheduled participant for the event is unable to make it. That this afternoon event is happening right outside where she attends her summer classes helps her arrive before she would actually be late, in spite only finding out about the event a short while before.
Anything to get out of class, right? Charity fights can be nice. Less competative and more fun than the serious stuff she usually finds herself immersed in, it's a chance to put her skills on display and her reputation to use to help out a good cause. The only part she finds can be problematic is the way the people in charge of costuming seem to not put all that much thought into what would be practical to /fight/ in. Which is why the girl finds herself on the raised stage dressed up like a pixie, complete with a pair of colorful wings affixed to her back.
A richly decorated, blue leotard with long, oversized sleeves is accompanied by a blue, semi-translucent skirt with all manner of animals painted into the surface of it. Light grey tights, a pair of blue, clear plastic shoes, and a pink tiara complete the image. An image that flies in the face of her reputation as a serious competator, a girl that went on to beat one of the toughest fighters out there to claim a SNF title belt for a few weeks. "I feel like I'm just missing a wand," the girl muses, fussing with her hair. She almost never wears it down, but for now, her black locks rest against her shoulders.
Still, she seems to not mind the dressing up, giving the audience a friendly smile and cheerful wave. It occurs to her only after she's already on the stage that she doesn't even know WHAT the charity is /for/ this time. Hopefully they don't want her to make any kind of speeches about it, she idly ponders, resting one hand at the back of her head, giving the crowd another wave as she waits.
Community service -- that's what the little gymnast is doing, helping out with this charity event. No, she's not been in trouble and /forced/ into taking part in such things, she's actually helping out because it's one of those things that makes her feel warm and fuzzy inside. That it's a charity event for children makes it all the better.
Alexis being who she is, wouldn't attend the charity event without being in costume. She's not scheduled to fight, but she likes making the whole experience really awesome for the kids that are attending! So it is that the little gymnast finds herself fluttering through the crowd. Her costume is one of her own creation -- a simple sleeveless leotard in a bright seafoam green. Silver tights adorn her legs, tucked into a pair of silver wrestling boots that are trimmed in the same seafoam color. Upon her face is a green and purple Mardi Gras style butterfly mask that completely hides her face from view. Attached to the mask are two large dangly antennae that wobble and bounce as she walks. But the item that completes this outfit is a long, sweeping cape that encircles her body like a cloak. Silver wing-like patterns have been threaded throughout, creating a gossamer look without the material being sheer.
She's about to hand one of the smaller kids a lollipop when someone snags her from behind. "You're late! You need to get up on stage now!"
"Buh-- what!?! But I'm not here to--"
"Go! They're waiting!"
Without further adieu, Alexis just exhales a sigh. She begins to run through the crowd, careful not to trip over any children. Then she LEAPS up onto the platform, allowing her cloak-wings to flutter out behind her. Might as well make the most of a simple mistake!
Eyes as blue as the fairy tale pixie's costume blink back as the other girl makes her way onto the raised stage. It seems confusion abounds at the event today. But that's not too unusual at charity events. With mostly volunteer staffing, people filling in however and wherever they can, whether or not they're exactly qualified for the task at hand.
The be-winged girl lifts one hand up to reach behind her back and straighten out the colorful, sparkly sequin-covered wing on her right side. "Hello," she greets the masked girl, giving her a long, thoughtful look. There's something familiar about the other teen but she can't quite seem to place it yet. Seats placed in the grass around the stage begin to fill in. Nothing like a promised fight to pack folks in, each of them donating at the donation box as they enter the roped off area.
"Thank you for being available," Hotaru adds, her voice a little quieter, her mouth held up to the edge of her mouth as she addresses Alexis in a somewhat hushed tone. "Last time I attended one of these, they had me fighting volunteers from the audi-..." her voice trails off, "A-ah, forgive me. My name is Hotaru." She bows, the gesture awfully traditional for the Western fantasy pixie.
Oh, oh! This is so not going to be good. There's a crowd, and her mask could fall off, and... and... SHE DIDN'T SIGN UP TO FIGHT!
Alexis nervously looks out at the crowd, wing-waves at them with her flowing cape, and then smiles a little as she fidgets with her mask to make certain it's secure. 'course, it likely does't matter, because the other girl seems to be very confident and like she's supposed to be here!
Twirling about to get a giggle from the younger people in the audience, the gymnast tilts her head curiously at the girl across from her. "I'm a volunteer," she offers, cheerfully, "but at least I'm not from the audience!" Peeking out at them from the corner of her mask, she nods. "I guess I look the part so they threw me up here!" She waits a beat and then adds, "Nice to meet'cha, Hotaru. I'm Angel Papillion," she counters, offering her persona from the Neo League in lieu of her real name.
The name isn't familiar to her, which Hotaru finds a little surprising, as she feels like she should know the girl from somewhere. "Okay, Angel," the young martial artist answers, digesting the information about her being a volunteer. That might make things awkward. She's not really sure what skill level she's dealing with here. With everything as confusing as it is, with the crowd eager to see their tamed down fight, and charity organizers running around in a state of mild panic trying to pull everything together, she's been very left out of the loop.
"We can just take this slow and easy." she states, keeping her voice low enough to not be easily heard by the crowd, trying to alleviate any of the nervousness that seems to be present in the other girl. She isn't sure how else to comfort her in emphasizing that it doesn't need to be too serious of a fight.
For her own part, she raises her arms, turning one side toward Angel, pushing her feet a little ways apart so that she can bounce lightly on her toes. "Okay, just whenever you're ready to start." She takes a breath and exhales softly, asking another question out of the blue as she continues to try and break the ice, "Do you go to school around here?" She can't shake the feeling that she's seen the girl before, but the mask is not helping in the slightest.
COMBATSYS: Hotaru has started a fight here.
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COMBATSYS: Hotaru takes no action.
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COMBATSYS: Alexis has joined the fight here.
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Hotaru 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Alexis
"Okay!" Nice and easy? Alexis can surely handle 'nice and easy', even if the little butterfly is about to be squashed by the mean? old fairy! It seems a silly pairing, and for a moment she can't help but wonder what the /real/ costume of the one on stage is supposed to be. "Just lemme fix something here..." She whisks a bobby pin from her hair, and uses it to tighten the elastic portion of the mask. There. No chance of it falling off now.
"Okay, ready!"
Taking off across the stage, she tries to have fun with this. She leaps high into the air, trying to land to the side of Hotaru. 'course, she can't help showing off with two elegantly executed airborne somersaults. When her feet gracefully touch upon the stage again, she smiles brightly. Her body pivots sharply as her left leg extends behind her. With a swift inward swirl, her leg snaps forward, cracking through the air like a whip.
COMBATSYS: Alexis successfully hits Hotaru with Petite Fouette.
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Hotaru 0/-------/------=|-------\-------\0 Alexis
The girl waiting opposite Angel is patient, showing no particular rush as she fixes the bobby pin into the mask concealing her face. She seems quite determined to keep her identity unknown! Or maybe she's just worried about the mask getting dislodged and becoming an awkward problem in the middle of the charity match? Hotaru's smile widens when she states that she's ready, the girl giving Alexis a nod of acknowledgement. "Yosh."
She holds still, waiting to see what the other girl can do. As a part time instructor at the YFCC, and teaching more serious classes outside of the intro courses offered there, she's not too bad at getting a feel for what another opponent knows, allowing her to be careful in how she deals with them in return. She watches the agile flip into the air, the girl coming down to land at her side. 'Huh,' she muses, 'An acrobat.' It's rare that she gets to see others with that kind of dexterity!
The kick that comes next, while no less graceful, is hardly gentle, catching the girl in the side, provoking a soft grunt from her. Though the strike lacks the force to send her stumbling, that doesn't mean she didn't feel it! Now that she knows that the other girl has some combat experience, she has a better feel for what she can do back. Spinning swiftly to face her directly now, Hotaru's hand snaps out, oversized sleeves trailing a little behind as she attempts to get a tight hold on the leg that kicked her before Angel can draw it back.
If she's quick enough, she'll pull back hard, attempting to threaten Angel's balance and make it easy for her to lift the leg up, up, and sweep her other leg out from beneath her and drop her to the ground, releasing the held leg only after she's dropped the other girl to the stage!
COMBATSYS: Alexis dodges Hotaru's Ten Ranku-Tou.
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Hotaru 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Alexis
Agility is one of the main skills that a gymnast must possess! It's what enables them to move gracefully about, to correct a move in the midst of it, or to just pull off an amazing feat or two! This is likely same for acrobats as well, so it's no wonder that the pixie-girl is thinking this about her.
Not one for standing still at all, Alexis just smiles brightly when she sees the hand snap out at her. Instead of doing the expected and drawing her leg back, she simply drops back to the stage as swift as can be, carrying that leg right up and over herself to turn her avoidance of the attack into yet another somersault.
"Oh boy," she mutters, though her voice is still annoyingly cheerful, "You actually know what you're doing! I might just be outt'a my league here!"
Leaping up into the air once more, the gymnast dives over Hotaru. As she descends with the dive, her arms lash out to catch the pixie in a waistlock from behind before she starts to roll herself into a seated position while pulling the other girl up and over so that she would land on the stage.
COMBATSYS: Hotaru blocks Alexis' Quick Throw.
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Hotaru 0/-------/------=|-------\-------\0 Alexis
Her hand reaches through air, not managing to get a hold of the ankle she was aiming for. And from there it seems her volunteer opponent is in constant motion, dropping backward to avoid being snagged. Drawing back, Hotaru plants her feet solidly, preparing for retaliation rather than trying to chase down the speedy girl. Her lips curled into a bit of a smile, she can't help but observe, "It's nice to see such energy."
She tracks the flip into the air over the top of her, spinning around to follow it, arms raised anticipating perhaps a strike to defend against. Instead she gets grappled from the front rather than behind, which ends up working out to her advantage as she slides her right foot forward along the stage in order to prop herself up and keep from being pulled down to the ground by Angel's graceful momentum.
"Don't sell yourself short," she notes, prying herself free and taking a step back to give Angel a moment to recover herself. When she does finally move it begins with a direct charge, as if she intends to simply plow into the butterfly, but before she gets there, she drops into a slide, legs first, attempting to slip right next to her opponent. Once there, she spins on her side, right leg sweeping out as she goes for Angel's ankles from behind, attempting to trip her up before spinning up into a standing position of her own!
COMBATSYS: Alexis dodges Hotaru's Light Kick.
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Hotaru 0/-------/------=|-------\-------\0 Alexis
Drat! Seems her attempt at a quickly modified Sunset Flip didn't work as well as intended. This is why she needs further training with wrestling! Especially if she's going to allow herself to be talked into joining a federation or anything like that! Alexis isn't going to allow herself to get down over it though. She can't work out everything an opponent might do in the matter of seconds it takes them to react to what's going on. She /can/ keep in mind that what Hotaru did is likely something other people will do and watch for it in future matches.
The gymnast sets about righting herself, and just as she regains her footing, she spies the other sliding in toward her. "Meep!" This isn't baseball! Alexis isn't a base that can be slid into! Shocked though she is at the swift slide, she holds her ground, watching the legs. Once Hotaru is in position, the gymnast springs into the air in order to safely flip over the sweep. Crouching upon the stage, she looks up at the other girl. Antennae dangle and bobble a bit, and she grins. "Gotta put on a good show, y'know? This isn't just a fight, it's entertainment!"
Since Hotaru is still (hopefully!) down, Alexis leaps toward her. Mid-air, she executes a single backflip and cocks her elbow so that she can drive it down against the pixie's chest.
COMBATSYS: Alexis successfully hits Hotaru with Quick Punch.
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Hotaru 0/-------/-----==|=------\-------\0 Alexis
Her sweeping kick is avoided deftly, leaving Hotaru at a disadvantage as she's still needing to recover from the missed attack. Hands planting, she gets ready to roll backward out of lying on her back. The shadow of someone descending warns her that an attack is coming in, but she's not quite quick enough to get entirely out of the way. A squeaking gasp escapes her lips as the elbow gets driven into her chest.
She would speak up to reply, but the dive into close proximity presents her with an opportunity she decides she can't pass up on. Rolling to the side, she stays down, the wings on her back crumpling up in the process. She really didn't figure they would last long anyway. WINGS. Jeez! Not even giving them a second thought, the girl spins to the side, attempting to catch Alexis with her bare knee before /she/ can recover from her dive. Her hands extend as well to try and push off from her and buy a bit of difference in the process so that she can roll up safely to her feet.
COMBATSYS: Hotaru successfully hits Alexis with Medium Kick.
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Hotaru 0/-------/----===|======-\-------\0 Alexis
Recovery does take a while, especially when you are trying to implant your elbow into someone's breastbone. The bone on bone hit jars her elbow, causing her to wry up her expression. Beneath the butterfly mask, her nose wrinkles up. As she begins to roll herself off of Hotaru, she finds that there is a knee ramming into her midsection. These things usually don't feel the greatest, but she's hit with enough force that even if there weren't hands helping her along, she'd go skirting back along the stage.
"AIIIIIIEEEEEEACK!"
Tumbling a few times, Alexis gets to her feet in a graceful, yet slightly wobbly manner. She gives her head a shake, blonde hair spilling out from her ponytail as she does this. "It's a good thing I didn't eat lunch," she quips, her chirpy voice unwavering. Now that there's distance between them, she giggles. "Alright! Time to show you just how well this butterfly can fly!"
Running across the stage toward Hotaru, Alexis' feet leave the stage once more. This time, she's not lashing out with a kick or attempting to crash her elbows into anything. The push off of the stage just sees her going directly vertical, but once in the air she tucks herself into a roll. As she unfurls from her acrobatic feat, she comes down toward the pixie's shoulders feet first. While the landing might not be as smooth as she's hoping, the overall intention is to lock her feet against either side of the other girl's neck and use the momentum from her flip to flip again and toss the girl while twisting herself away.
COMBATSYS: Hotaru interrupts Backflip Full-Twist from Alexis with Medium Punch.
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Hotaru 0/-------/----===|=======\==-----\1 Alexis
"Yeah, I never do," Hotaru replies softly to Angel's mention of not havign eaten lunch. "Before a fight," she clarifies a moment later, lest she present herself as being on some kind of foodless diet. She draws herself up now that she's on her feet, getting into a very tight stance, her back actually turned /toward/ Alexis, watching the blond over her shoulder. She had something else in mind, thinking to kick her when the girl comes in to try and attack again, but the airborn approach forces quick improvizing.
The gymnist's feet land on Hotaru's shoulders, as the Kenpo artist makes no attempt to slip out of the way. But when the other girl tries to convert her landing into a painful toss about via the next, Hotaru springs into action, bending her knees a little before leaping up beneath the weight on her. Putting her leg strength to use, she twists herself free of the butterfly's feet, albeit with a bit of pain, and spins up into the air with Angel, arms extended out to her sides.
As she rises in that spin, she smacks out, palm first, aiming for the center of Angel's breastbone, just a little ways below the neck. The strike carries with it a fair amount of force, though the real intent was simply to drive the caped girl backward to the stage. For her own part, Hotaru continues to spiral, rising up only a little ways further before she descends, arms raised over her head as she lands in a half crouch back on the stage. Reaching over her shoulder, she tests one of the wings, only to find it too terribly crumpled up from her rolling around on the stage to be salvagable. Shaking it a little, she drops a few dozen sequins on the stage before letting it go. Pixie dust. Yes, that's it.
Here it is, boys and girls! The moment you've all been waiting for! It's the super-duper butterfly flip! And Alexis is executing it with great ease.
Right up until the graceful rotation is stopped short by a quick sound of, "GCK!"
Breathing stops momentarily from the shock of the strike, sending the gymnast to the edge of the stage with such speed that she nearly slides right off. This gets a gasp from the audience, and a disappointed noise when she seems able to catch herself on the edge and float herself back to her feet. 'course, she's doubled over at this point, peridot eyes wide under the mask as she gasps for air. She's about to raise a finger to request a moment, but then...
... she straightens up. Swiveling on a heel, she turns herself away from Hotaru, giving a dazzlingly bright smile to the crowd. Arms swing forward, causing he cape she still wears to swish as she pulls herself into a standing roundoff back-handspring. The trajectory of this flip should bring her on course with the broken-winged pixie once more, and again she's aiming for the head. Her legs shoot forward, trying to latch onto Hotaru with a tight chokehold before her body twist sharply to the side in an attempt to throw the other girl out into the audience.
COMBATSYS: Hotaru blocks Alexis' Yurchenko Toss.
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Hotaru 0/-------/---====|===----\-------\0 Alexis
The blue pixie gives Angel all the time in the world. It can be tough recovering from a hit like that. She knows well, recalling her own experiences with such things. But she isn't just standing around shrugging or sighing either. She wants the fight to be a good one. Not just for the audience, but for the cheerful blond she's fighting. And the only way to do that is to make sure to not come across impatient or uninterested.
"You're doing good," she speaks up, resting one hand against her side where she got kicked earlier. It's not like she hasn't been taking her lumps out of this exchange either. But now there's an attack coming back her way and Hotaru moves to defend herself. Another flip in the air takes Angel toward her, leaving Hotaru deciding to stay planted in place. She follows the flip into the air, the girl trying to catch her with her legs again.
Thinking the attack to be not too much unlike the last one, Hotaru responds quickly, just in time to keep from getting twisted right off the stage as those legs clamp around her neck tightly. "Grk," Hotaru grunts, bringing her hands up to quickly grab hold of Angel's legs, spreading her feet further apart to make her even more planted where she's at, countering the strong force attempting to toss her aside with her own leg and torso strength.
Unable to say anything at all, given the circumstances, the girl's arms come up, attempting to pry Angel's legs from off her neck, turning around in circles as she does so to try and add momentum to the endeavor. And if she manages it, she'll spin around a couple more times, swinging the other fighter by her feet before simply letting go and letting her sail! Not toward the audience though... she THINKS Angel should have enough landing space to keep from tumbling right off the stage.
COMBATSYS: Hotaru successfully hits Alexis with Medium Throw.
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Hotaru 0/-------/--=====|=======\-------\0 Alexis
She is doing good, isn't she? Alexis actually seems to take that as a compliment rather than a patronizing statement like she might from someone else. In fact, the only time her smile falters at all during this match is when the pixie manages to break free of her grasp and use her like she was some sort of hammer to be spun and tossed about for the further distance -- y'know, like in the hammer toss!
Sailing over the stage with a great deal of speed, she's not even got time to tuck and roll to keep the impact from hurting so much. On the far side of the stage there is a crashing noise as her body hits the ground. This is accompanied by a squeaked out groan, and a butterfly hand touching the edge of the stage. Settling the other to the stage as well, she uses them to hold her body up while she brings her legs out to either side in the splits position, then tumbles herself forward.
"I... I'm o-okay," she manages, giving the audience a shaky grin, much to their delight.
To prove she's not down and out yet, the gymnast sets one hand to her hip and waves the other one out at the crowd. The waving arm is then held out with her hand balling into a clenched fist. Twirling her body about with a great deal of speed, she angles the back of her fist for Hotaru's head.
COMBATSYS: Alexis successfully hits Hotaru with Strong Punch.
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Coming out of the spin, Hotaru takes a moment to right herself, looking just a little bit dizzy. She hasn't really thrown someone like that before, but she's been tossed about like that in the past... sometimes previous experiences turn out to be pretty effective ideas when the right moment presents itself. Her hand comes up to rest against the side of her forehead, waiting for the dizzy spell to pass, but as Angel announces that she's okay to keep going, an encouraging smile flickers across Hotaru's expression.
She wishes she could tell the girl it's okay to stop when she's ready, but that WOULD cross the line into being patronizing in her opinion. So she simply keeps the thought to herself, hoping that the perky volunteer doesn't overdo it and stay in longer than she should. They've already given the audience their fair share of kicks, punchs, tosses and turns as far as she's concerned. They should just be happy already.
Angel comes back toward her again, spinning about swiftly and catching Hotaru in the side of the head with the backfist. That strike has enough force to send her stumbling to the side a couple of steps, wincing as she does, wishing she had anticipated that one a little bit better. "All right," the pixie states, recovering her balance, "Here comes a tough one," she warns, dropping into an extremely low stance. Her right leg is out a ways in front of her, her left leg bent beneath her for support, arms out at her sides for balance.
It's clear that she's building up for a big hit with how the girl tenses up. And then she springs, charging forward out of her low crouch. Her hands slam forward, seeming as if she's about to palm strike, only to snap out for Angel's arms instead, trying to get a tight enough grip on her wrists to hold her guard open, leaving her open to the several quick kicks that come next, as Hotaru stomps up the other girl as if running up stairs, only to leap from off her shoulders into a backflip away, aiming to come down into a landing in the middle of the stage.
COMBATSYS: Hotaru successfully hits Alexis with Shin-Jou Tai.
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A tough one, she says.
This may prove to be a bit of an understatement.
Alexis watches as the pixie drops into a low stance, figuring for some sort of pounce-attack -- which is where her mind drifts as she starts to think about Tigger, and how great a costume that could've been, what with her bouncing about all over the stage!
In the whole second or so it takes to think of this, she misses that the girl in front of her is tensing up. Staggering back a step as she's charged at, the gymnast blinks. Okay! Not what she was expec-- ack!
The feinted move is ducked under, but as she gets out of the way of the palm strike she's wound up with her wrists snatched. As she tries to jerk her arms away, the first of the kicks strikes causing her body to want to double over. Hotaru has other ideas though, and as the pixie runs up along the butterfly the gymnast steels herself for what's going to come /next/. Her body hits the stage back first. Sliding along it, she groans. For all intents and purposes, it looks like the little butterfly has been swatted out of the air and smushed beneath a boot.
Coughing, she rolls over and pushes up to her feet. This takes a great deal of energy, because she's having to push through the pain. Her breath comes out in ragged gasps, but she manages to get up.
Then her body starts to wobble.
Both hands reach out in an attempt to grasp Hotaru's shoulders for balance. At the same time, she's attempting to yank the kenpo artist down into a piledriver position.
COMBATSYS: Alexis can no longer fight.
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COMBATSYS: Alexis successfully hits Hotaru with Arabian Frontflip.
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With the last vestiges of her energy, Alexis tightly locks her arms about the other girl, giving her a small yet somewhat crushing bearhug. Inhaling deeply, she jumps into the air, Hotaru in tow. Reaching the highest hight she can without using a vault or other means to get increasingly higher, she performs a 180° flip rotation. At the very peak of this rotation, she pulls herself into a front flip, tucking her body around that of the other girl just before driving her head against the stage.
Things don't end there though, for in order to finish this off with a display of skill, Alexis flips herself over the Kenpo artist once more, landing upon the stage on her feet. 'Wings' spread wide, and she gives a victorious little smile, making the younger members of the audience clap and cheer.
Immediately after this she crumples forward, her head dangling over the edge of the stage. She's still breathing -- a good sign. She's still smiling too -- not that anyone can see her face when she's down like this. The only thing she's /not/ doing is getting up.
Landing, Hotaru hesitates, watching the other girl get up. She just introduced Angel to one of her more well known techniques - one she's practiced to the point of being extremely fast and rather punishing coming from a fighter of her stature. It seems to have left its mark, however, on the poor butterfly. Standing up straight, she doesn't budge at first, just watching to see if Angel can get to her feet at all. When she does, she seems a bit wobbly, and the reach for Hotaru's shoulders is mistaken, at first as a need for support, which the black haired girl is not about to deny her. "Carefu-" she starts, only to realize her error in judgement the instant Angel takes the opportunity to pull her forward, off balance.
"Erk," she grunts, finding herself being crushed a little before suddenly pulled up into the air. It's not too hard to achieve height with the two feather weights being able to lift each other reasonably well. Driven back down, her head hits the stage, laying Hotaru out flat for a long moment, arms sprawled out at her sides as she finds herself dazed from the impact.
It doesn't last, however, as she plants her hands and rises into a kneeling position after a moment, hands coming up to rest on her head, wincing visibly, "Haha, ow! That's quite a technique- eep." she squeaks as Angel drops forward to the stage, head resting over the edge. Pushing herself back up to standing, the blue pixie pulls off her now cracked tiara and squints at it. Costuming might not be happy about that and the ruined wings, but what can she do about it?
Crouching down next to Angel, she checks to make sure that the other girl is breathing, "Hey, you did really good. Thank you so much for filling in at the last moment." She stands up straight then, looking out into the audience, "Don't you think, everyone? Let's hear it for our brave volunteer, Angel Papillion!" Provoking a round of applause and cheering, Hotaru takes a few steps back, then slips off the stage in the midst of the excitement. With an exam scheduled in an hour, she can't hang around and talk to the other girl as long as she'd like to. But at least she has a name. "Papillion," she repeats thoughtfully. "I wonder where she's from." And with that thought, she disappears back to costuming, hoping to escape before she gets too hounded for autographs or photo shoots!
Log created on 22:40:54 08/05/2008 by Alexis, and last modified on 13:08:02 08/06/2008.