Description: Strolheim's tournament is underway, and Igniz loses no time in the process, looking for said Robert Garcia. And he's washing his car as well! That still doesn't stop Igniz from initiating the battle, even with his car right there! Does Robert's love for his car or Igniz's love for money win out?!
On the grounds of the Kyokugen Dojo, there are many common sights that the resident students come to recognize. Takuma tending his garden, Yuri blockading the hallways with shopping bags from her latest crusade with Takuma and Robert's credit cards in tandem, Ryo repairing the latest randomly inflicted damage to the dojo, and Robert washing one of his cars instead of doing something terribly useful with himself. Today is the last case.
The fact that Robert is standing outside, shirtless in a pair of jeans, and spraying his car down in preparation for what is likely a fifth layer of waxing, may come as a surprise to seasoned fighting enthusiasts in the world...when the first batch of Strolheim Exhibitions have already been announced! Sure, Robert may be a *slacker* and a terrible *goober* as well, but even he has some small shred of pre-bout discipline. So why isn't he practicing? The answer is quite simple: Robert doesn't actually know that he's been signed up. After all, why would he? Sure, competing would doubtless perform the usual role of advertising the Kyokugen Dojo to the world, but...what if he actually WON? The supposed "prize" is more than likely just an invitation into Strolheim, which would be hell on Earth. After all, Yuri wouldn't be there, right?!
Blissfully unaware of what chaos is about to unfold, the man kneels down beside the front bumper and begins to towel it off with the cheesiest of grins on his face. Already, it has a mirror shine to it that reflects more sunlight than Geese's forehead, but clearly it still isn't enough.
COMBATSYS: Robert has started a fight here.
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Robert 0/-------/-------|
A man approaches in a priests like robe, more fit to different religious events that shouldn't be seen by the light of day or the sunlight at all, the god of NESTS makes no moves to be suspicious. He has come, and for his own reasons. After all, this is where NESTS makes all of their money.
Not by beating up Kyokugen people. By winning tournaments.
And Igniz would, if anything, aim to add this tournament to the long list of ones that NESTS had won in the past. He has the resources and capabilities, and now, he only needs the will to do it. And the will he brings himself. The dull lavender robe moves with Igniz, quickly approaching the Kyokugen dojo without a slowed step or a thought otherwise.
And once there, Igniz proceeds to stop near the car. He doesn't say anything at first, rather to wait than anything else.
COMBATSYS: Igniz has joined the fight here.
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Robert 0/-------/-------|=------\-------\0 Igniz
One would be surprised at just how long they can go unnoticed when Robert's attention is held by one of his cars. Igniz being Igniz, it many not quite come as *much* of a surprise to him that he ends up waiting a good ten minutes before attracting Garcia's attention...and only when he's done polishing the bumper and in need of more wax. Standing up, he turns to the side and finds a very...interestingly dressed individual between him and what he seeks. Hmm, that's odd. Most people know better than bug him when he's busy with the car. Which must mean...!
"You must be a new student!", Robert cheerfully quips with a flash of teeth. "I'm Robert Garcia, one of the senior students around here. If you're here for your first day, you're a little early, but you should be able to find Takuma in the dojo. If not, he's probably freshening up, just wait around awhile and he'll show up eventually." Those words spoken, he takes another moment to size up Igniz while waiting on a response. Hmm, that's odd. This guy looks a little older than most of the new students. And what's this...odd sensation that has his Dragon sense tingling? It's almost as if there's some ambiguous impending doom on the horizon that he hasn't become fully aware of yet. And this close to his car?! That can only mean...!
Apparently distracted by an errant thought, Robert's gaze rises to the skyline. Huh, no rain clouds after all. He must be a little jumpier than usual today.
Student... Takuma? Igniz is much better than that! He had found Takuma to a veritable stand still, Igniz send away as the Kyokugen master barely had won over the god of NESTS. Here and now, the god manages to patiently wait ten whole minutes while Robert busily works upon his cars. It is almost as if he had been transparently waiting for the man to show his identity, or, more importantly, how alert he is.
When it comes to anything and his car, it seems that his car would always win in attention. Igniz studies the man carefully, his prying eyes slowly moving across the man's figure, looking for anything of interest. Perhaps an abnormal amount of chi, strength he aims to hide. But he can see, for now, nothing.
"I'm afraid that I am not your new student," Igniz announces, his robe shifting around him, now turning into a cape and a battlesuit that fits his perfectly, jade black, entirely opposite of his powerful white chi that he flaunt about.
"Prepare yourself, as this you are my opponent, Robert." Igniz announces, his cape rising up as he himself hovers inches off the ground, standing with a terribly prominent smile. "I would not want to leave you unable to defend yourself." But that is far from true.
Igniz works specifically on knowledge and tactics, as many would find out.
COMBATSYS: Igniz calculates his next move.
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Robert 0/-------/-------|=------\-------\0 Igniz
Blink. Blink blink. "(Opponent?)", the man mouths to himself in confusion, before his eyes suddenly widen. "Another gym buster?!" Going immediately from surprise to disdain, the man's eyes narrow as he leaps away from villain and car, landing with feet evenly spaced in a sparring stance. "I don't know who you think you are, but you've got another think coming if you think that Robert Garcia will allow you to dishonor Kyokugen on this day!" Elbows dropping to either side of his chest, wafts of orange chi begin to travels up from the ground, spiralling around him in what would be a threatening enough display to cow the usual hot shots who think they're good enough to take on the dojo in broad daylight. "Kyokugen shall GUIDE MY FISTS."
COMBATSYS: Robert gathers his will.
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Robert 0/-------/---====|=------\-------\0 Igniz
Opponent is the word. Igniz stands tall, the many different energies he had infused upon himself searing about him, oblivious to many, but to those who have any intention of chi and how it differs, the god of NESTS is something akin enslaving said chi, infusing himself with strength that was not meant to him, and bolstering himself even stronger. He has taken much hostage to be able to rise to this level.
Progress needs a leader, and that leader is Igniz. No matter what the cost.
But today, here at the Kyokugen dojo, much of that thought is lost. There is nothing to prove, save for soft revenge upon either a student of Takuma, or a friend of Takuma. Either or, Igniz is not the man to be too particular in who he is to fight. Each and every may be useful in their own waves. Robert leaps up, Igniz barely even flinching as he poises himself, Robert getting position. The god of NEST prepares himself, raising a hand towards the heavens, an intense bright light overtaking his hand.
"Dishonor Kyokugen? I have no intention on doing such a thing. I am not petty." The overlord of NESTS states, "It is already dishonored enough." The hand comes down, the pulsating bright light flung towards Robert in a manner that causes it to slowly accelerate towards Robert, accelerating to high speeds as it aims to careen into him forcefully.
COMBATSYS: Igniz successfully hits Robert with Divine Arrow - Ground.
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Robert 1/----===/=======|===----\-------\0 Igniz
Eyes widen further as the energy wave draws near, his senses telling him well in advance of the impact of the power behind it. "Wait a minute. You're no random gym bust--" The assertion is interrupted as Robert attempts rather unsuccessfully to brace himself against the surge of light, which cuts through his leg and splits in half, searing both chest and back in a single pass. "--nnngh!!"
Teeth clenched, the man regards Igniz with slanted eyes, finally regarding him as a serious threat instead of a random hoodlum. "Alright, so I misjudged your purpose. No need to be a conceited ass about it. That's supposed to be..." Ignoring the fresh pain, he leans forward and places full weight on the leg that took the brunt of the attack, snapping a kick at Igniz from a distance that flares with an orange light at the last second - punting an orb of that same orange chi back at his mystery assailant. "...my job, damn it!"
You know, this whole scenario feels slightly familiar. Minding his own damn business, strangely dressed individual walks up and introduces himself, possesses an uncanny level of power that he's only seen a handful of times in his life...why is it always when he's washing his CAR?!
COMBATSYS: Igniz reflects Ryuugeki Ken from Robert with Nega Genesis.
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Robert 1/-------/=======|=------\-------\0 Igniz
It's because your car deserves better, Robert. You car deserves much better.
But the god of NESTS barely moves, floating rapidly as he looks upon Robert. The god of NESTS makes no acts towards him after the energy washes into him, the terribly searing light finding Robert and taking him down. Garcia may find his opponent to be a hard one to crack. Given that Igniz would never let up, unless of course, he had wanted to see something.
This may or may not be one of the cases.
Robert continues to push the assault, realizing his mistake, and the god of NESTS smiles. Obviously for good reason, as he has yet to see what the man is entirely able to provide him. In many terms, the Kyokugen fighters may be able to turn the fight around, but until then, Igniz is entirely happy about keeping him off his comfort zone.
The orange light comes.. and is ensnared, a white, immaculate light springing up from thin air as Igniz merely motions towards him, allowing the strike to go on unheeded.
"I am sorry, I should have thought better about that," He pauses, "But you should have as well." The strike, upon being thwarted by Igniz's field, is sent back, re energized and bubbling with a concoction of both energies.
COMBATSYS: Igniz takes no action.
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Robert 1/-------/=======|=------\-------\0 Igniz
COMBATSYS: Robert endures Igniz's Reflected Ryuugeki Ken!
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Robert 1/--=====/=======|===----\-------\0 Igniz
This surge of mixed energies, in turn, crashes violently back into Robert, who stands grimly firm despite the powerful wash of chi that detonates and scorches the very air he breathes. "Maybe...I should have, yes." The words are strangely cold considering how only moments ago, Igniz was facing a happy-go-lucky guy whose only care in the world was a well-polished car and whether the girl with the cute butt back in the dojo could be persuaded to go somewhere with him tonight. Yes, even the thought of Yuri's butt has been discarded for the moment...a true sign of just how seriously the playboy fighter is taking matters into consideration now.
Little surprise, the reason why that powerful chi exploded over him without any ground given was due to the emptying of the fighter's mind, and the gathering of convicion for what would follow, both forearms suddenly snapping up to cross in front of the Italian's face. "Kyokugen-ryuu Ougi!"
The rustle of the dojo's grass is a second slower than the man who travels the space between himself and the strange assailant in the blink of an eye. Just as quickly, the assault begins. Punch, punch, kick...a sudden onslaught of blows, a move shared between the strongest practitioners of Kyokugen yet singularly unique to each fighter in its execution, the Kyokugen Dragon's fighting instinct drives the flurry faster than even his own mind can keep up with, the words coming from his mouth fuelled with the eagerness of a previously unseen battle lust. "Take that! And that! AND THAT!!"
Heedless of whether or not Igniz is managing to deflect the blows, the man presses on, at last ending crouched before him. But it's still not over. "And suck on some of THIS!" Springing upward into the mystery fighter for one last attack, he flips backward in mid-air with a cutting forward kick that follows with a powerful crescent surge of orange chi.
%Landing on his feet in a crouch once more, then and only then does the battle lust leave Robert...to the searing pain of his freshest injuries. Delicious.
COMBATSYS: Igniz blocks Robert's Ryuuko Ranbu.
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Robert 0/-------/-------|====---\-------\0 Igniz
Oh, what is this? Is this Robert coming towards Igniz, even after the violent wash of energy that had devastated him? His own chi flaring up against him? Oh it is. It most certainly is. The Kyokugen dragon pounces upon the god of NESTS, rampaging into him as one might expect, striking with blows meant to dent and crumble even the strongest armor into scrap. But it does not meet armor at first.
It meets Igniz's four potent fields of force, chi fields slowing down Robert's powerful strikes into blows that barely cut the surface of his strength. The chi upon the punches and kicks slowly disappear, some orange flames still making it towards Igniz's figure. Most of the power is thrust upon the god of NESTS leaving him entirely sated from the assault. It, if anything, was an incredible show of power on Robert's part, only making shallow dents and strikes upon the Overlord of NESTS armor. To his name, it still is powerful, but much less so.
Igniz breathes, his smile across as the shields shatter, disappearing for the time being. "I think you have overextended yourself, Garcia." Igniz announces, aiming to prove to Robert that he is entirely true.
His eagerness to do battle, and his battle lust propel him into the god of NESTS awaiting clutches. Nothing good may come of this. Each and every chi amplifier upon Igniz's battlesuit flare to life, four in all rising into the air as they face towards Robert Garcia. Four terrible powers all begin to charge at once, Igniz immediately crossing his arms.
"You have chosen poorly." The god of NESTS echos, all four orbs thrust first at once, aimed to erupt directly into Robert's awaiting figure, thrust directly into battle, and in turn, Igniz's trap. One that he has been setting this entire time.
COMBATSYS: Igniz successfully hits Robert with Chaos Tide.
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Robert 1/-------/=======|-------\-------\0 Igniz
There's little chance of throwing himself out of the way. Damned if he does - damned if he doesn't. Robert makes the attempt anyway, for what little good it does him - all four orbs collide and wrack his form with energy, what a would make a lesser man howl in pain, but to his credit...the Kyokugen fighter bears it with a bleeding lip from clamping his jaw shut to show for it. When it's over, hunched over onto his knees, he staggers upright shakily and looks Igniz straight in the eye. "...Heh heh. Yeah, you're powerful. You can also eat me." He extends his middle finger, one eye obscured by mussed up and bloody hair, but a grinning sneer plastered into his face all the same. "I've still got kick left in me, and despite pretending to be a dumbass I'm sure you're smarter than that. You want to see what I can do...but you know what?" Adrenaline still keeps him on his feet. He doesn't have long, but he knows he has one last gung-ho assault left in him all the same. But he does something strange. He calms himself. He closes his eyes, takes a deep breath, and just...empties himself of the fight. It's all too eager to flow out of him at once, that saying power that so many people spend a greater part of their lives fighting for, that ability to keep on going in the face of all odds to take the win...he just lets it go. Because it's his already, and because he can. And because there's someone to spite. "...Fuck you!"
Still grinning like a madman, Robert Garcia simply crumples down to the ground in a heap, a smile on his face even in unconsciousness. That huge swell of gathered chi, energy waiting to be unleashed...just vanishes into thin air.
Well. That was certainly odd.
COMBATSYS: Robert takes no action.
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COMBATSYS: Robert can no longer fight.
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Igniz 0/-------/-------|
Robert throws his best at the god, but Igniz fails to falter, only to return with something entirely powerful. Perhaps in a momentary second, the god of NESTS may forget. But here, Igniz stands, looking down towards the man that gives him the middle figure, and telling Igniz to eat him.
The god of NESTS, if he was a bitter man, would have continued the assault. Garcia looks ready to continue... but he fails to do so, instead of lashing out, dropping towards the ground with a grin, Igniz already bringing in means of protecting himself only to disperse them in turn.
"You are different one. Each of you Kyokugen warriors are eccentric." Igniz announces, turning away, beginning to leave as his outfit once more shifts, turning instead back into the cloak that once obscured all but his smile.
"Good bye, Robert Garcia. I have a tourney to win." Igniz declares, beginning to stride forward, quite sure of himself, almost too sure. However, for one that things he is a god, this thinking is normal. Nothing will stop him as long as he believes it.
COMBATSYS: Igniz can no longer fight. Is this the end of lovable Igniz?
Log created on 18:13:55 09/26/2008 by Igniz, and last modified on 12:59:16 09/28/2008.