Description: The Loveable Igniz strikes, seeking out Ryu in an effort to explain and display his ever-growing divinity. The world's greatest hobo has his own ideas. (Winner: Ryu)
At the Slam Master Arena in Metro City, it was just another normal day. Why should it be otherwise? There was no one important enough to draw the crowd as Mike Haggar could, just an unnamed fighter simply going by a first name. His name, appearing places now and then, doesn't do it justice.
But Igniz, he never cared for such things. His machinations and appearances in the Saturday Night Life circuit was few and far between, caring more about his other businesses than other such problems as these. They were but training that he could test his strength against those of others.
In the wrestling ring put up, Igniz moves from his own sides, immerging without a fanfare as he makes his way forward, his cloak draped about his figure, purple and flowing, it almost seemed that whoever was inside was much less more daunting then he had let on, but this was not said case.
The god of NESTS just waited as he took his side on the arena, standing with the bar up against his back. He had only waited for his opponent. He had tried Sakura's mettle, and now must follow suit on another, her said master that came to her side afterwards.
Two fighters. Two names. One glorious battle. The promotional material promises that Igniz can indeed stand up to the legendary, if elusive Ansatsuken Master known only as Ryu. Having witnessed the culmination of the confrontation against his student, well. Ryu doesn't doubt Igniz's strength for a moment. The challenge alone would be enough to bring Ryu out tonight, flying into Metro City on one of Ken's private jets, his mind on the flashframes of battle he had seen before. While every fighter, indeed every living soul, casts its own resonance in the ebb and flow of the very current of the world.... Igniz echoes more unique still. A sour, off note that rings unnaturally at the very edges of the nomad's senses, as surely tonight as he steps under the top rope and into the ring, coming face to face with the man who would be God once more.
This time, Igniz is not turning to leave, and in that ponderous direction the Wanderer begins to see purpose - direction beyond the overlord's high-handed methods. It is an almost sick feeling in the pit of his stomach as he looks on Igniz - as if the chi of the world were at once repulsed by him, and helpless in his thrall. A thriving cyclone of malevolent force, and ill intent. The gathering storm is faced with stoic calm, the nomad a beacon in and of himself of incredible chi potential - that couldn't be more similar, yet totally different to the potent note struck by the NESTS sovreign.
The so-called Assassin's Fist Master bears no tangible malice, no cold disaffection. Indeed, the nomad is more in tune with his surroundings than ever before. The hum of the city, at once hopeful and desperate, reverberates here. The cheers of the spectators, the fervor of the arena.
Ryu closes his eyes, and he embraces it all. His hands rise, covered by padded crimson gloves (for Igniz's protection), and he tightens the long red headband tied about his forehead. He breathes deep, and the Wanderer becomes the eye of the storm - calm, focused, and as Igniz is no doubt already well aware.... capable of focusing immense destructive force outwards. Of all things, the Ansatsuken Master merely smiles calmly, and inclines his head respectfully towards Igniz, "You aren't here for titles, either." The so-named Dragon intones with grim certainty in the even toned asseessment.
As the two fighters face each other, each in the corner. Little is said. Little is exchanged beyond glances.. and after Ryu speaks, there's a single sound.
Naananaaaaaaa.. whaaaaaa whaaaaaaa whaaaaa... DUNANAAAA WHAAA WHAAA WHAAAAAA~ Nanananan .. Wha wha wha whaaaaaaaaaaa~. The old western music is played, before Mignon, dressed to IMPRESS peaks her head over the side of the sound booth.
"OH-KAY! MIGNON will be your announcer today all you happy lucky people, so Mignon will do her VERY best! Alrighty?" And then picking up a little note card.. a cheat sheet if you will.. the witch begins to read from it, squinting.
"In .. THIS CORNER!" START THE DRUMS. Drumbeats are played, where they begin slow and go faster and faster, as if something was going to happen! "The defender of children, caped warrior, masked avenger and all around good guy ... THE LOVABLE IGNIZ! His might is what's right!" DUNNNAAAA! DUN DUN DUN DUN DUUUUUNNNN says the amplifier. Mignon blinks at the card, but shrugs, unaware.
The drumbeats return. "AND IN THE OTHER CORNER! Mignon sees a really worn out guy who needs another change of clothes.. wait he's .. wow! He's a world renowned fighter? No way! I mean the other guy looks nice and seems alright but Mignon never expected that you had to look like that to be strong!" Yes the drumbeats keep playing, waning, growing stronger, waning.. TAPTAPTAPTAPTAP. As long as she doesn't finish, it just KEEPS GOING. "The world warrior, fighter of legend, head band bandit and the spinning warrior, HOBO RYUUUUUUUU!" DUN DUN DAAAAAAAAAAAA~.
And then the jaws theme plays. DUN DUN DUN DUN DUN DUNDUDNDUDNDUN.
"Today we'll be seeing these two clash ... and Mignon's excited too. SO LETS GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE!" And there's a lot of clapping, over played on the jaws music.
Then just jaws again.
"Mignon thinks they'll start anytime now so...." CLICK. Mr computer man! "LETS GET READY TO RUUUMMMBLLEEEEEE!"
Yes, the jaws music is staying there until one of them attacks.
Even as the music plays, over and over again, different tunes flare up and fall rapidly based on what Mignon had decided in turn. Much of the drums, announcer and sound clips fall on idle ears towards Igniz. Maybe it's lost on the god of NESTS, his eyes falling on another, Ryu. He certainly was the man with strong morals which Igniz had wished to fight. And now, here, he is able.
The drums keep beating as Ryu is introduced, Igniz staring out towards the wanderer from underneath his cloak, looking out even as his presence obviously is one of a calm, righteous man with no other will but to train and form order. Igniz entirely is not the same as the nomad, his own figure infused with chi to levels that normal men aren't able to comprehend. Ones that are terribly dangerous in the hands of the wrong man.
But no worry, Igniz is no mortal. He's a god. His figure unmoving even as Ryu speaks. A soft smile snakes its way across the Overlord's face, almost to stretch infinitely into the dark corners of the hood. His voice, if anything, spoke of truths. Anything the man said would proclaimed to be said, the world of god, his voice. It wouldn't do otherwise.
"Titles are a trinket set up for the simple to quest after. I have already championed my goal." He declares, his figure changing quickly, the cloak rising up about him in a split second, shifting about to form a cape, revealing the battle suit that Ryu had been so uncomfortable about as he had watched. It, if anything, is a symbol of NESTS might. The ability to give a fighter with average power abnormal strength. The ability to infuse chi and manipulate it as they saw fit. This was the NESTS credo.
As the cloak falls about, Igniz stands, looking on towards Ryu with a very prominent smile, now easily saw with the man unhooded. The jaws theme continues without failure. "Let us hope that the teacher doesn't pale to their pupil."
The battlesuit takes no time in turn, Igniz thrusting forward without care, striking at Ryu in a manner unseen in a great deal. A sword appears, in which the overload of NESTS strikes, the weapon itself disjointed mid swing as it lashes out with barbed sides, revealing itself to be a chain sword.
COMBATSYS: Igniz has started a fight here.
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COMBATSYS: Ryu has joined the fight here.
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COMBATSYS: Ryu blocks Igniz's Trans-Axial Slice.
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Igniz 0/-------/------=|-------\-------\0 Ryu
The fanfare of SNF is never of much concern to Ryu - that it happens to be an exceptionally LOUD and random fanfare this time doesn't really change that too much. Particularly when faced by a creature such as the Lovable Igniz. The nomad's dark eyes narrow, and his hands rise. His right hangs back, forging a dense fist immediately, while his left hovers forward, hand open. He doesn't shift stance greatly as their accomplishments are rattled off in... unique... fashion, taking in what he can of the remarkable power wielded by Igniz, in rather unique style of his own. The battlesuit is considered less visually and more as a confirmation of his senses - there is something terribly unnatural at work here. The will of man superceding the flow of nature, it strikes Ryu as crass indeed. Not to mention dreadfully dangerous.
Igniz's words are intriguing, but only half again as interesting as the suddenly forged weapon, the lashing whipsword crackling out, whipping through the air with the scream of metal on metal. Ryu's gaze locks on it, his muscles tense.... he has no onboard computers to guage relative force and velocity, but neither does the remarkably intuitive nomad need them. The Lovable Igniz's style may be unlike anything he's ever fought, but that is half the game for Ryu - just ask Terry Bogard, "And what might be your goals?" Ryu murmurs. At the last possible instant, the nomad moves. All but gliding into a sidelong weave, Ryu twists to slam the back of his glove against the whirring weapon, the frightfully barbed edge reaving a shallow but vicious gash in his forearm as the strike is deflected. Then the Ansatsuken Wanderer shifts... and all but throws himself in on his adversary.
Igniz's weapon is ferocious, but it extends his guard considerably. Which comes in at him faster, the retracting whip-sword or the leaping warrior in the white gi, is an argument for the ages.... but Ryu takes the high road indeed, whipping about of his own accord as his right leg lashes out, even with the NESTS overlord's collarbone, or perhaps skull. No amount of gadgetry will give him pause, it seems, as the nomad's own chi spikes, a swirling, tangible burst of wind rushing up around him as he rotates time and again with blurring, bone-cracking intensity, levelling roundhouse after roundhouse on his adversary if he has his way, the attack echoed by a fervent cry of, "TATSUMAKI SENPUUUU KYAKU!!!"
"It looks like Igniz is taking the first strike, and look at that! It's a whole yoyo of a weapon! I've never seen anything like it!" The shark music stops quickly enough as Igniz finally assaults, the blade striking outwards. THE CHAINSWORD. There's a quick CHING CHING sound, as if blades clash, when Ryu brings a glove against the weapon.
"WOW! The arm of steel deflects the blade of spikes! But is this it!?"
DUN DUN DUNNNNNN.
With Ryu beginning to spin, the spinning sound begins to be played louder and louder. A HELICOPTER SOUND. The blade piercing the air with a heavy WHUDWHUDWHUDWHUD. "It looks like Ryu is going to helicopter kick right into Igniz .. it's going to be close!"
And then the KUNG FU FIGHTING music starts going up. THESE CATS WERE KUNG FU FIGHTAAAAAN. FAST AS LIIIIGHTNIN.
COMBATSYS: Ryu successfully hits Igniz with Tatsumaki Senpuu Kyaku.
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Igniz 0/-------/----===|==-----\-------\0 Ryu
Ryu strikes forward, powering into Igniz's figure. One imagines that Igniz could easily repel him. However, Igniz chooses poorly. Even as the whip recoils from Ryu's guard, he simply isn't able to properly react. As Ryu strikes forward, spinning forward with a terrible kick towards Igniz, the god of NESTS unable to stop it. The forcefield raises and then falls all in one, forced into a retreat by the terribly strength of Ryu's kicking legs.
They batter the armor of Igniz terribly, but not enough to suitably leave Igniz open. His armor dented by terrible kicks, he can only think of a single thing this moment. It, if anything, will have to do.
"My goals are to test the strength of others." Igniz announces, "To learn from them. Is that not a noble goal?" Igniz asks, his true intentions much more sinister than he leads on, even as the Kung Fu Fighting music blares in the background from Mignon. The overlord of NESTS is charming, charismatic to a fault even, but to all but his own flock, many do not see.
Making up the distance, Igniz pays close attention to Ryu, his eyes looking patiently towards his figure in hopes of a moment. A second that he may use to his advantage. And as Ryu falls, Igniz raises a single hand. "And to test the strength of others." His hand grasps a powerful white light, infusing the very air about him with a powerful white chi before slamming it into the ground, sending large waves ripping across the ground towards Ryu in a torrent of power and strength, blinding to many, and definitely not friendly. "This fight has just begun."
COMBATSYS: Ryu blocks Igniz's Ideon Blade.
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Igniz 0/-------/-------|====---\-------\0 Ryu
"It depends on what you hope to do with your knowledge. A man who places himself, power above all else can do nothing but harm." The nomad observes as he lands gracefully out of the gravity-defying flight, touching down on lithe footing as he watches the fallen overlord intently. Just because he knocked back, winded momentarily.... Ryu is not foolish enough to think that Igniz is not immensely dangerous, still. He proves it as the Slammasters arena is all but rent asunder, the protective matting ripping in a ragged-edged canyon as the reinforced base of the ring (accustomed to such as Haggar) is revealed in chi-fueled fury. The sudden surge of raw, angry power is impressive indeed - the Ansatsuken Wanderer studies it intently, intent gaze taking in as much as he can about the volatile energy.
The white-hot blast finds Ryu crouched, braced against it, the waves erupting around him, the ring blasting bits of itself into the first rows of the audience, the intensive strength flaring up all around the steeled nomad. The so-named Dragon shoves through the punishing tidal wave of power, standing despite the rampant intensity of the assault, and levelling his gaze on Igniz once more.
"The pursuit of power for its own sake? Surely your goals are deeper than such self-righteous presumption." This man reminds him of Gill. All noble words that ring harshly to ears that hear the sound made by their spirit.
COMBATSYS: Ryu focuses on his next action.
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Igniz 0/-------/-------|====---\-------\0 Ryu
And then as IGNIZ gets struck, there's a soundclip. YATATATATTATATAA. Like from the FIST OF THE NORTH star. And then as Igniz is finally kicked, another sound bit is played! "BAMPH!"
"It looks like Ryu has him on the run! But is this it? Will Igniz be forced into a corner.. or .. WAIT! I THINK I SEE SOMETHING! Mignon can't believe it! It's.. It's ... OH NO! A GIANT DEATH BEAM!" And then the sound of Darth Vader, huffing into his mask.. before the sound of the Death Star! BZOOOO-BOOOOM. Especially as it strikes Ryu. "KAAAMEEEEHAAAAAAMEEEEEEEEEHAAAAAAAA!"
There's then a bunch of laughter. "MOOHAHAHAHAAHAAAAAAAAAAAAA! MOOOHAHAHAHAHA!" Like from Halloween. "Is that the end for Ryu!? I can't see ...OH!" And then Ryu is there, parting the RED TIDES OF ENERGY, and there's a quick 'HAAALLEELUJAH' from the speakers, before Ryu pushes himself through and stands there.
A heroic tone is played now, in which Ryu is successful in standing up against the now portrayed Darth Igniz! "And it looks like .. Ryu is tired!?"
There's a snoring sound as Ryu just holds back. "Or perhaps ... there's more! MIGNON CAN'T WAIT!"
HEROIC MUSIC STILL GOING!
The Overlord of NESTS listens to the wanderer even over the multiple sound clips of NORTH FIST STAR ACTION and KAMEHAMEHAS. Each in their own right are entirely great. But here, standing, Igniz does listen to what Ryu has to say. Momentarily. A thought of which is right and wrong occurs not even briefly. The wanderer is taught rather well, morals and strength. It will be different.
"What will I do with such knowledge? You of all should know." Igniz announces with a grin. "My methods are practically divine in nature, using my resources, I am to build my strength even further." The god of NESTS exclaims. "There is no reason why I shouldn't declare them to you. To hide it would be suggesting that I even consider you a threat. I do not." Ryu's momentary delay does nothing but allow Igniz a more practical amount of movement. One he shall use to his best, even as he can tell the wanderer is eying him closely. Let him. Igniz shall not let it hamper him.
Moving closer, the god of NESTS floats forth, hovering above the ground a small deal as he makes his way forward, closing in on Ryu quickly. "You know very little about me, as does the whole world. But I'm sure that you will learn my name very quickly when the time comes, and chant it to the heavens."
Even as Igniz is moments about, he lashes out, his arm almost disappearing as he strikes, the blow sent at dizzying speed towards Ryu's torso even as he rest, aiming to grab a hold of the tail of the so called Dragon and use it to deliver a dizzying blow to said teeth.
COMBATSYS: Ryu interrupts Medium Punch from Igniz with Shoryuken EX.
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Igniz 0/-------/----===|=======\-------\1 Ryu
Oh, of course. Make himself a god. That just allays all of Ryu's fears, totally. 100%. He's all cool with Igniz now. Or maybe just the opposite of THAT.
There is little time to retort immediately, as Igniz is immediately in motion. The charge closes the distance remarkably quickly - the fist blurs forward, difficult to avoid, indeed. Luckily for Ryu, he doesn't move to avoid it. All of the Wanderer's focus remains on his adversary, and he all but throws himself into Igniz's charge. The overconfident Overlord's gauntletted fist skips painfully off his skull as the nomad drops into a crouch... but the glancing pain does little to abate the forward momentum, or what follows, "SHOOOOOOORYUKEN!!!"
Like a shot from an artillery cannon, Ryu's legs flex, and he rockets skyward. From 0-60 in the blink of an eye, a crimson-gloved fist leads the high velocity ascent, driving a brutal, legendary uppercut up Igniz's chest and directly into his jaw, rather abruptly reversing the powerful crimelord's offensive. In the blink of an eye, Igniz is likely launched clear, and Ryu is twisting a graceful pirhouette at the apex of his mighty technique. He lands likely far more steadily than Igniz, dark eyes locking on his opponent once more, "Mad tyrants rarely forsee their own downfall." The nomad observes, still maddeningly calm about the entire affair, "There are many in this world who can, and will stop you, Igniz. It is the way of these things."
As Igniz Simply stands there for a bit .. Mignon responds as expected! "Woah! Look at them stare each other down!"
There's a bit of a samurai flick vibe, and the music fits it, what with the little staring sounds played.. a dripping of sweat!
"I'm not sure we're up to such action .. but look at that! He's moving closer.. and .. OH BOY! Igniz sends a whallop towards the great Ryu!" And the fist, sent straight towards Ryu ... well, Mignon's nearly blown back in excitement!
And then comes Ryu. THWOCK! BAM! PUNCH!
"UPPPERCUUT! C-C-COMBO BREAKER!" Many different buttons are pressed to show the response of the wanderer towards Igniz... it's going well for Ryu it seems! "Like a shot!" PEW! BANG! "He's off, up into the air! WHAT CAN IT BE!" LOOK, IN THE SKY, IS IT A BIRD? A PLANE? IT'S SUPER MAN!
DUNNN DUN NAAAAH!
And then what comes next is with Ryu landing, and as Ryu speaks.. Mignon adds in. "It's .. It's just going so well for the run down looking man .. maybe he's really rugged! But can the lovable Igniz finish it .. or is this the end for the Lovable one!?"
WE ARE THE CHAAMMPIONS begins to play. OH YEAAAH.
Mid strike, Ingiz isn't even allowed a decent strike as he lurches towards Ryu. The wanderer is too quick, leaving Igniz entirely in awe as he heaves his figure into the body of Ryu, allowing Ryu a most improbably opening that he had attempted to close before it was too late. It's too late officially as the wanderer strikes ducks before striking upwards, the burning uppercut driving into Igniz's figure as he's sent backwards, allowed no room to breath as he stands, looking towards Ryu in a moment untimely way. He's none too happy at the moment, and aims to change everything before it's too late. And he's looking entirely for a way to do that. One way, or another as the wanderer lands. His smile is still there, watching intently.
"You think I'm a mad tyrant?" Igniz asks with a soft laugh, "I'm a god. I have created life, given birth to my creations and gifts to those that don't even deserve them. And i am the mad tyrant?" Igniz asks in a soft laugh, looking up as his armor is beaten in many places, his figure somewhat bloody from the strikes.
Even as the WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS begins to play, it doesn't break Igniz's focus. For one reason or the other, of course. The narrator's voice grinds on and one, but Igniz has yet to break and swear, or even curse it. It's at the back of his mind. It's cute, if anything.
COMBATSYS: Igniz focuses on his next action.
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Igniz 1/-------/=======|=======\-------\0 Ryu
"Men are not the gods of others." Ryu answers simply, unphased by Igniz's confidence in his own manifest destiny, "To exert your will over those you see with a 'lesser' destiny makes your destiny a foregone conclusion indeed - but not in the way you think. It is a one-way road into a dead, dead end that you walk." The nomad sounds almost saddened by it, really. Where others would judge Igniz, rant and rave about JUSTICE, and attack him with mass vehemence, the Ansatsuken Wanderer responds to the mightly blonde overlord with.... pity? Sympathy? Perhaps even some measure of understanding... while one would not know it to look at him, the Ansatsuken Master does indeed know what it feels like to hold life in his hands, and possess the power to exert his will over... almost anyone.
To choose not to, well. That is the puzzle, isn't it? The fight is anything but over - but the outcome isn't what is important. On that, Igniz and Ryu can agree - the belt is a shiny trinket, a pittance created by those who value the wrong things. On everything else, well...
The Wanderer wastes no time in speech, he bolts forward in an instant, rushing and seeking to break Igniz's guard with alarming intensity. A sudden lunging feint, and he's grappling in, seeking to grip that lumbering yet surprisingly agile and accomodating battlesuit, and leverage his own weight and strength backwards...
with clear intent to send Igniz -sailing- clear, a leg kicking up to his medsection in an attempt to give him a sudden, highspeed flight on Air Ansatsuken, courtesy of the world's most recognizable sacrifice throw.
And then there was IGNIZ. DUN DUNN DUNNAAAA! As Igniz stands there, Mignon now changes her tune! "It looks like Igniz is the one on the ropes, now! It's all or nothing it seems.. but the man that's well groomed doesn't seem to be doing too well! What could happen! I CAN'T WAIT!" Mignon cries, grinning, keeping herself on the edge.
But then Ryu begins to bolt forwards, rushing, aiming to break the guard and then to leverage and send Igniz sailing! But Mignon can't see this full on!
"LIKE LIGHTNING!" There's a thunderous roar! "Like Thunder!" Same. "Ryu jolts forwards like he was born too! It's an amazing sight!"
There's a few random calls of HYAAA from the sound, before Dwop wop waaaaaaaa. Plays.
It seems .. like Mignon hit the wrong button. ALL IS WELL.
COMBATSYS: Igniz fails to counter Tomoe Nage from Ryu with Void Genocide.
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Igniz 1/----===/=======|=======\==-----\1 Ryu
Even as Ryu lurches forward, aiming himself to break into Igniz's guard, the god of NESTS aims simply to push him aside. Nothing fancy. Nothing terrible. Even as Ryu lurches forward, breaking into the gods radius, Igniz isn't able to stop him in time. Ryu just continues forward, striking into Igniz's features as the strike doesn't go off in time. And then, hurling him into the air and backwards, the heavy battlesuit bouncing before it comes to a terrible rest.
Igniz floats upwards, unhappy at the outcome, but at the same time, unable to truly do anything about it save for taking it in stride. It was a minor setback that would not matter in the long run. The data he would accumulate was much more important than stupid trophies such as the belt. If anything, he would be better off without it.
As he stands, pained and unable to make any true retort, he just smiles. "For one so wise you are so foolish." Igniz announces, still floating there, unable to quick, unable to let himself quit. He will succeed, if all else fails, even if it means that, in time, he will learn to adapt to different skills and moves that would strike at him.
He also blame the music that plays. Obviously that's the entire reason he missed it!
"For one so learned you are blind." Ryu answers, rolling back to a crouch, and swiftly, fluidly to his feet out of the throw. He rises to face Igniz as the overlord levitates upwards, "Perhaps that is why you must seize what you cannot possess naturally.... but it is nothing that can be held. You cannot mold that which is ever fluid, Igniz. You will only be ruled, deluded by the quest!" Again, if anything... Ryu seems to want to /convince/ the singleminded blonde. It's tragic, really. The warrior's white gi speaks to discipline, purity of purpose... a path that can be difficult indeed to follow, but one must never hesitate to try, "Never will we submit to you - ever will there be those who fight, until there is nothing left of you. No matter how many you stop, no matter how much power you steal, no matter how many techniques you learn."
For Ryu's part, he mirrors the aspect of Igniz's interest in Sakura as he thrusts both hands forward, palms splayed, opposing. Instantaneously, rampant waves of blue-white chi pour from his fingers, surge from his palms, rushing together in a coruscating, flaring mass of superheated fury, the luminescent blast fired from Ryu to Igniz in the blink of an eye, the focused blast echoed by a cry of, "HADOOOUKEN!!"
Now, Igniz finally moves.. and this movement begins with a flip of the cape ... it doesn't go well. "OH!" Mignon cries. "Is he just going to take that!?" The witch isn't sure what to think! "Mignon's not used to this!" She cries, gasping as the chi vanishes. It's interesting.. but odd.
And then there's a BAM. OOF. BAP! BOOF! BANG! A little loop whistle.. and then there's Igniz crashing to the ground afterwards.
And then the sound of Wile E Coyote crashing into the ground with a little smoke.
And then of course, Igniz gets back up. There's a bell, a boxing bells, as the NEXT ROUND tm begins. And Igniz is looking a little punch drunk!
"Maybe the hobo is better than Mignon thinks..." She adds, now sitting back in her chair. "Really better..." She taps her chin, nodding. Hmmm. And then she presses a button. As Ryo surges white chi, a HADOKEN launching forwards, "It's .. IT's ..."
AND THEN MIGNON NEARLY LEAPS OVER! "MAGIC! MAAAGIC! MIGNON KNOWS THAT'S MAGIC!" She cries, and then presses the 'I dream of Genie' button, and the DUN DUN dun da da da da~ Music plays, with the nose twitching sound and magic sound as well!
Oh my!
COMBATSYS: Igniz reflects Hadouken from Ryu with Nega Genesis.
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Igniz 2/<<<<<<</<<<<<<<|=======\=------\1 Ryu
For many, fighting is about testing skill and strength, winning, triumphing. Succeeding over those that have conquered many in turn to conquer them. This was not so, as NESTS had shown many times. Even with the RADICAL sound effects that clog his ears, from BELLS, WILE E CYOTE and even things Igniz isn't really sure about. And then magic is declared. 'Magic'. What is this magic? Igniz isn't quite sure, but certainly there is an explanation for such things. One of them is that Mignon is simple.
There are others that are even worse. Backed into a corner, Igniz does not move at first, allowing Ryu to strike once more, unmoving even as he speaks. As the strike comes. He's certain that, sooner or later, he will be able to deal with such attacks in time. But he must wait. Be ready for when it comes.
"A quest? Deluded? What you suggest is that I did not have divine right. A suggestion that is entirely lacking in weight." Ryu's hands splay forward, aiming to send a blast of white blue chi hurling towards Igniz. With a wave of a hand, a vortex of white immaculate chi arises, the Hadoken striking, being overwhelmed, and shot back towards its master in tow, sent to meet Ryu without a moment to lose.
"Such power would not stop me. To think that I would be defeated so easily is entirely impossible. Do you take me for a fool?" Igniz asks plainly. There is little more than needs to be said.
COMBATSYS: Ryu Toughs Out Igniz's Reflected Hadouken!!
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Igniz 2/<<<<<<</<<<<<<<|=======\====---\1 Ryu
Simple? There is nothing simple about the craziness blasting out of the loudspeakers over the SlamMasters Arena. It's a fortunate thing, at least for him, that Ryu always tunes out the announcer /anyway/. All that's important is the fight, his dangerous if lovable opponent. Clearly, Igniz's ego has rather thoroughly gone to his head. Ryu doesn't seem surprised, but it does shift the tone of the match slightly as the retort is spoken. If that's how he wants to play it....
Ryu's eyes narrow, studying that barrier of opposing chi, the manifestation of energy shields having quite fascinated him before... now he gets to witness the repulsing barrier up close and personal, as the shredded remains of his Hadouken bounce back at him with alarming speed. Ryu's course is already chosen, and there is little chance to shift it now - the Wanderer steels one shoulder, shifts sidelong, and all but tackles through the wave of searing blue energy, the whiping eruption washing over him as his momentum carries him through, feet touching down beyond the repulsed Hadouken.
It's momentum that doesn't stop there, it doubles, then redoubles as Ryu sprints forward, throwing all of his weight into a sudden, ferocious twist of his upper body. It brings his left fist rushing around in a ferocious uppercut levelled on Igniz's ribcage, meant to steal the overlord's breath, and stun him momentarily - though he would have only scant facets of that moment as Ryu seeks to come about, dropping low and firing himself skyward, led by the opposite fist. It's an assault that perfects the previous uppercut - a pronounced display of singular power, a strike meant to topple giants. Or perhaps, would-be dieties.
"SHOOOOOORYUKEN!!!!"
As Igniz begins to get back into the fight, Mignon begins to peer on. Eyeing the action, Mignon watches... as the blast of MAGIC is sent back towards Ryu! "THWOCK!" The cry of a tennis racket comes forwards. THWOCK indeed!
But then, as it's launched backwards, Mignon watches with bated breath... and then the magic is GONE. That's when Ryu tackles through it. "HE'S OUT OF CONTROL!" Calls a familiar Football announcer. "HE COULD GO ALL THE WAY!" And Mignon laughs a bit, grinning as she hits another button. "Oh .. look at this! IS THIS IT!? Ryu looks like he's going to the FINAL stretch!" There's a zoom of race cars before there's another noise.
This time .. A TRAIN. CHOO CHOO!
"Will Igniz stop the train, or does Ryu really think he can, think he can do this!"
COMBATSYS: Igniz counters Shin Shoryuken+ from Ryu with Brutal God Project+.
+ Epic Hit! +
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The train goes Choo Choo. A lot of things go Choo Choo. Ryu most definitely goes Choo Choo as he speeds forward towards Igniz's rib cage. Even as Igniz had thought that Ryu would have been bested by his own projectile, it seems that it was a misprojection, Ryu hurling himself through the ghostly wafts of his own Hadoken, pushing himself terribly to thrust himself forward, not even stopping as he rips through.
The momentum is terrible, Igniz calculates it, and his strength that comes behind it is entirely boosted by the CHOO CHOO sound effect. A train that will stop at nothing as it strikes Igniz, blast into him, and simply explode brightly. This would be what happens. But Igniz does not accept such a fate, lurching forward as if he was speeding across the ground, his hand grasping for Ryu's neck as he throws his weight into the ribcage strike, which never even makes it there. It strikes out, Ryu's clavicle now seized by the Overlord of NESTS with no intention to stop.
Instead, he uses his own strength against him, slamming the wanderer into the turnbuckle of the arena, crashing him there in a terrible stop. "You continually mock my strength." Igniz announces, "With your words of... wisdom." Igniz begins, the world almost slowing down as Igniz leaps back, striking out with the same chainswords across the front of Ryu's outfit, coiling it back on the strike until he catches it. The fiber of his cloak races out, aiming to puncture Ryu, over and over again with their strikes, the thing needle point fibers doing more than any knife could, no matter how sharp, each striking as Igniz folds his arms over his chest.
"You do not know what true power is." Igniz announces, all four amplifiers rising up as it aims towards Ryu, each glowing brightly with large wisps of white chi in their grasp before striking out towards Ryu with one, single strike. Igniz himself finally raises his arm, a powerful white ball glowing brightly manifests.
"Let me show you the power of a GOD!" Igniz booms, the white orb thrust fully into Ryu's chest, forcing it as it expands even greater about Ryu's form, eventually engulfing him as it strikes out, such power seeking even the area about it as it brilliantly lights up the arena, blinding the audience for a few seconds before disappearing, Igniz floating, watching the aftermath. If there was an aftermath at all. His smile, however, is unchanged.
It's a train that turns rapidly into a trainwreck. His offensive suddenly stopped, Ryu knows he is in for a world of pain, indeed. Slammed about, and finally all but -exploded-, Ryu's white gi shreds about his chest and shoulders as he's blasted backwards, crashing like an out of control bulldozer through the remnants of the arena, and back against the partition between the warriors, and the crowd. He dents the metal harshly, wedged into it rather uncomfortably. It takes the nomad several grueling moments to drag himself up, out of the mess of shrapnel. Blood runs from several wounds, bruises rise on his chest, his lip split, he simply eyes Igniz as intently, confidently as before, "I know your definition of power, all too well." Ryu answers with a grim certainty, "I have heard words like yours, all too often."
The nomad draws a deep breath, trying to shake off the impact of that devestating, all-out combination, "If that is your best, your strength is as hollow as your words - echoes of madness from hundreds just like you, and hundreds more to come. The struggle is timeless." Ryu smiles slightly, despite the agony wracking his body. The world's foremost hobo centers his own chi, settles his spirit... prepares himself to fight, as if starting right from scratch, "Your divinity is overrated." The Ansatsuken Master beckons Igniz forward, twice quickly.
COMBATSYS: Ryu gains composure.
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Igniz 0/-------/-----==|==-----\-------\0 Ryu
Mignon's jaw drops as she watches. She presses one button. The atom bomb one. The explosion happens before Mignon even realizes it, and Ryu is crashed into the wall, and blasted over and over and over and over. She just watches. It's quite a sight.
She just keeps pressing the door knocking button. The door just is knocked. Over. And over. And over. And then when it's opened, POW, a sound byte of RIGHT IN THE KISSER. TO THE MOON ALICE! Whistles and all SORTS of BAM, POW, BIZZAM! PEW PEW!
Mignon then, of course, watches as Ryu come out of it, and begins to play the 'mat tap' of wrestling. 10! 9! 8! 7! 6! "Looks like he's still lively!" She calls, grinning, before sitting back.
Then, eye of the tiger is put on. "After Igniz's stunning turn around, Ryu tries to keep himself standing .. but we'll have to see just how effective that is!" She cries. "It could be anybodies game still!" Or is it!?
Ryu speak, many words that echo turth about Igniz, truth that the god of NESTS will never agree to. Even as Ryu slowly drags himself up, Igniz makes no immidiate movements, awaiting now Ryu's strike. But he doesn't. The warrior drags himself up to slothfully rest instead of continuing to assault to an end. Something Igniz is not very happy about. He, himself, is feeling a little sluggish. Something he won't very well move to stop anytime soon.
With an opening ahead, perhaps it would best to simply strike, destroy Ryu before he could move. But instead, the god of NESTS makes no forward movements, instead, allowing Ryu to simply rest for the moment. Something Igniz, for once, does not mind.
"Your words are meaningless, degrading yourself to denounce my superiority. A move often taken by the weak and feebleminded. You cannot see my power. But I will show you it, none the less." Igniz exclaims, grasping a ball of immaculate chi once more in his hand before hurling it towards Ryu, slowly approaching before speeding up directly before it strikes, aiming to strike powerfully into Ryu's side. "You disrespect me in my presence? Unforgivable."
COMBATSYS: Ryu dodges Igniz's Divine Arrow - Ground.
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Igniz 0/-------/-----==|==-----\-------\0 Ryu
"You are the one so concerned with your relative rank in the world, Igniz." Ryu observes calmly... as coolly as he can looking down the barrel of a loaded weapon like the overlord of NESTS while dreadfully wounded. Each passing moment breathes more determination into the King of Fighters, however... each breath he takes, each chance to find an opening in Igniz's remarkably powerful, unconventional technique. Another onslaught like before, and he's done for... but Ryu doesn't sense the capacity for another such assault. Still, the one that comes is dangerous in its own right. The surging white chi accelerating across the distance between them in a heartbeat - and blasting through the space Ryu had occupied, exploding in a shockwave of luminescent energy against the barrier, further rupturing the metal, and generally making a brilliant, blinding firework for the crowd to ooh and ahh at.
Ryu? The Ansatsuken Master leaped high - up, up, and over the sweeping projectile. The graceful, high velocity jump carries him clear of the white hot blast of energy, and arcing in on the lovable Igniz with alarming force. At the last possible moment Ryu executes a classic, forceful flying kick, his bare foot shooting downward heel first, one arm flexing up to his side, the other shooting out parallel with the foot, shifting his entire weight behind the strike as his left leg curls up beneath him, balancing the all-out aerial assault, "HAAAAAAAAH!!!"
Truly, Igniz's words are alarming, nonetheless: what -has- this mad scientist been up to? If his claims are to be believed...... perhaps Ryu has indeed been in his self-imposed exile too long.
And Igniz stands.. and Ryu .. stands and .. OH IT'S THE TIE BREAKER!
DUN DUN DUNNNNN. "Mignon can't see who's winning, but it looks like Mister Ragu.. Er Ryu is doing his best! At taking in the flowers!" There's a sniffing and then a aaaah! "But Igniz won't have any of it, and attempts to burn him WITH the flowers! And it looks like he thinks he's a god!"
HAAAALELUUJAH.
And then Ryu leaps high. HIGH. "I believee I can flyyyy~" Plays! And that's because Ryu is flying above. "Like a bird in the sky, Ryu takes flight up, up UP AND AWAY! If anyone had any doubts he's a bit of a superhero, he could be some kind of Super man!"
It's true he's being some kind of monster today!
But as Ryu strikes!... Mignon pushes ANOTHER button, and ..
A duck quacks. And then a dog barks .. .. AND THEN FIREWORKS!
"Oh .. oop .. MIGNON'S SORRY SHE'S PRESSING THE WRONG BUTTONS!"
She just begins to hit them randomly, and Ryu's strike is accompanied by Mozart.
Mozart with FINISH HIM of course.
COMBATSYS: Igniz dodges Ryu's Strong Kick.
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Igniz 0/-------/-----==|==-----\-------\0 Ryu
Even as Ryu leaps into the air, coming down powerfully as he strikes out with feet, a flying kick right towards Igniz's features. He could easily stop it, but for how much? Igniz could not say. He had to deal with it, sometime, and perhaps right now. Even as Ryu makes a move, Igniz follows up in turn, leaping upwards, the battlesuit allowing Igniz to escape the strike even as he lands, the ground thumping as he stops.
"I am concerned? Do I look or act concered, Ryu? If I had cared I would have exposed myself to the world." Igniz exclaims, floating yet still as he overs bove Ryu as he speaks. The god of NESTS will not hurl himself downward yet, instead, he will await.
"What you believe is false. Your order you suggest is nothing but fabricated by the many around you. How you can be so blind, I do not understand. I have picked apart the secrets of life, strength, even age. I can defeat whatever the world throws at me, and you stand here telling me I know nothing." This immidiately causes Igniz to grin, for him, it may be the funniest thing he can imagine.
But it doesn't last long as Igniz comes down, aiming to strike Ryu directly on, the battlesuit letting go as Igniz fires off a quick strike towards Ryu's figure, attempting to knock him backwards a good deal.
COMBATSYS: Ryu blocks Igniz's Medium Kick.
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Igniz 0/-------/-----==|===----\-------\0 Ryu
Ryu flies through nothing but air - landing hard to the ground, knelt on one knee. it isn't the worship Igniz so desires, but it is a stay of the pronounced execution - another chance to change the course of the battle. The wearyness he senses in Igniz makes the Overlord no less deadly, the quick motion followed up by a renewed assault. Crossed arms meet the forward kick, the potent assault dully thudding against the King of Fighters' resilient guard, his bare feet sliding back over the broken flooring, "Your ready spewing of your delusions only confirms them. Perhaps you will see before your power consumes you..."
Ryu shoves off the guard, leaping backwards only a short span, as his hands tuck to his side and thrust forward in the same graceful motion, "HADOOOOUKEN!!!" a surging flow of meteoric chi erupts from his palms this time, burning with crimson fury as they roil about, the conflaguration summoned suddenly and projected forth at Igniz, a lavalike blast of pure, not-quite-molten fire chi, blackening the punished ring as it passes, and surges in at Igniz himself.
There's that pokemon missing sound, the WHIFF of wind as Igniz slides to the side! Or rather, upwards. But with Igniz firing off a quick strike, Mignon gasps! .. And Ryu takes the shot, arms meeting the kick before Ryu stops them! "Woah! Look at that! Mignon's surprised how they can keep going! .. Mignon's getting .. tired... from just... watching them..." She adds in, before she gets comfortable in the chair ... and then leans forwards on the buttons, opening the intercom.
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
And then she rolls, before ALARMS begin to pick up because she hit the alarm button. "AAAAAAAAAAAH MIGNON IS U P MIGNON IS U P!" She cries, flailing, hitting more buttons. There's a laser cannon shot, like from transformers, and Ryu's Hadoken launches forwards!
"Is THIS it!? IS RYU GOING TO END THE MATCH!?" Mignon's not sure! She's not sure at all! "Mignon's surprised neither are tired, look at them go, it could go on forever!"
COMBATSYS: Ryu successfully hits Igniz with Shakunetsu Hadouken.
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Igniz 0/-------/--=====|=====--\-------\0 Ryu
Even as the time seems to move past, Igniz isn't able to entirely able to escape the strike as it comes. And it comes, entirely too quick, striking Igniz powerfully as he attempts to bring up the forcefield, unable to stop Ryu from crushing forward and destroying everything in his path! Well, partially true. The fireball still crashes into Igniz, bringing him towards the ground as it smashes into him. The god of NESTS looks defeated, but he still stands.
"You are arrogent." Igniz announces, "Your strength is only limited, as is mine, but soon you will see that no matter what you think, that you are wrong." The god of NESTS states, "You do not know what strength I can muster, but you will see in time." Igniz, on the brink of defeat, barely stands. His suit burned in with energy from Ryu's strike, his movements unmoving yet still as he keeps himself poised towards Ryu. And in a turn of thought, he no longer carries himself about.
He simply moves, his figure blindingly striking towards Ryu, even as he's a good distance away. Igniz's cape rises without a thought, responding to Igniz's whim as he spins powerfully, throwing himself at Ryu like a spinning top with serrated edges, attempting to pick him up and juggle him powerfully in the air.
COMBATSYS: Ryu interrupts Cape Sweep from Igniz with Joudan Sokutou Geri.
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Igniz 0/-------/--=====|=======\=------\1 Ryu
"I have seen time and time again, and heard more stories than I care to relate!" Ryu retorts, even as Igniz writes off his warnings as the Wanderer's own pride. Let Igniz find out for himself... the hard way, for everyone involved. The only regret is the people besides the Overlord bound to be hurt along the way, "I care not about relative strength - more power does not make any person more right or wrong, more wise or foolish. If anything, its tendency is to devolve those who grip it too fiercely." Yes, he's looking RIGHT AT YOU, Mr. Lord of NESTS. The whipping cape is threatening - enough to drop him, perhaps, but Ryu does not flinch nor move away. Rushing forward a step, then two, the bladed garment clashes harshly with Ryu's upper body, cleaving out a chunk of skin along with a long, deep crimson gash off his left shoulder as he twists, and all but throws himself threw, in at his adversary. One foot touches down, and the other bends upwards, coiling towards his body... only to -shoot- out in a potent thrust, crossing the last of the distance between them forcefull to deliver a singular, crushing blow to Igniz's midsection, "Hyaaaah!" the force of the kick is enough - along with the dangerous battlesuit's offensive - to send Ryu back, kicking off the impact to land in a crouch, breathing heavily indeed.
And as the cape begins to sweep, Mignon plays some beautiful dance music followed by a record scratch followed by the sounds of PISTONS. Courtesy of Ryu's FEET. Mignon then stands up. "AND THAT'S THE GAME! .. Er Show! Igniz may still be able to equal it out ... but it looks like Ryu's taken the gold today!" DUN DUN NAAAAH NA NA NAAAAAA!
Then Mignon sits backwards, and finaaaally finds the kitten purr sound.
It's pressed and held, a loud.. LOUD LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUD purring across the battlefield.
It goes perfect with the others.
Igniz's battlesuit twists as the kick strikes. He made plans to attempt to stop that, only to be stopped simply by Ryu's strike. To put it nicely, Igniz could not get around Ryu's assault, as the only way was to turn his own attacks upon him. Something that doesn't happen very often for Igniz, but still, the god of NESTS thinks nothing of it. Ryu had seen much, but Igniz, he has seen much more than Ryu today. He will use what he learned, even as the battlesuit begins to fade, its power drained.
Defeated and sent backwards towards the side of the ring, Igniz makes no movements at first, instead a soft laugh. "You will see how wrong you are in due time. For now, I will leave you with this to thank you for your participation." Igniz exclaims, raising a hand before softly creating a bolt of energy that moves powerfully towards Ryu, attempting to leave him with a burning reminder of who he had dealt with.
Igniz recoils into where he can, disappearing in the sweep of a cape. Where could he have gone? That is an excellent question. Not even the ANNOUNCER will know. EVER.
COMBATSYS: Igniz can no longer fight. Is this the end of lovable Igniz?
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COMBATSYS: Ryu dodges Igniz's Divine Arrow - Air.
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Such a polite and dignified, charming fellow, that Igniz. It's hard not to love him, isn't it? ... Ryu has his doubts, to say the least. The final exclamations of the announcer, a final charge of raw energy, and a parting threat. Igniz is certainly living up to Ryu's expectations thus far, the would-be god doing little to sway the nomad's resolve. Of course, if he doesn't get out of the way of that crackling bolt of power, he's in for a whole different kind of swaying. Leaping sidelong, the Ansatsuken Master tumbles into a roll, coming up in another three-point crouch off to the flank, as Igniz makes his hasty exit. Typical.
Ryu frowns. Ryu frowns big, and clenches his jaw, rising slowly. So he held the belt... showed this maniac he was capable of standing up to him one on one, regardless of technological advantage... but what would be the cost, and what would the future hold? Surely, it is not the end of NESTS or its nefarious leader - and the interest he's shown in Ryu and his disciple is not the only concern tonight's events raise. He turns, slowly, and makes his own way to the exit. He's going to need some serious rest indeed to shake off the impact of Igniz's brutal, unnatural strength.
Log created on 18:42:38 09/05/2008 by Ryu, and last modified on 14:56:24 09/08/2008.