Description: Plaza de Toros de Acho, Lima, Peru. Constructed of classic building materials, abode and wood, the plaza, classified as a historic monument has survived various earthquakes since it was built in 1766. The people of Lima have learned that it can withstand Vega as well! As the Vega the Bull gores through the three matadors, will they be able to prevail? Watch and find out! You don't want to miss the super-secret-surprise ending either! (Winners: Birdie, Candy, and Chae Lim)
'Yes, sir... You're supposed to be the bull.'
Normally these words would end with the person saying them being crushed by a giant hand, or simply blown away with a wash of Psycho Power. Amused, though - Vega allows this thought to be aired, and even contemplates it. He has plans for Howard, so dances to the man's tune for at least a little longer - a gift to a dying man, a little jest at his expense. It doesn't matter, in the end - he knows how deadly he is, his Pwycho Power something whispered about in the shadows, the destruction in his wake something mothers use to scare their children into sleeping at night.
"Very well. This is the last time, however - Howard's had enough enjoyment at my expense. Tell him 'thank you' for the gift of challengers, though." With that, Vega steps through one of the doors into the open-air stadium itself. Almost like a gladiatorial pit, the 'ring' is set into the ground, tall walls set to contain the unruly bull from trampling the masses that cheer the matador on. In his case, Vega could leap above the wall and rain destruction down - but chooses not to, at least not yet. First, he has to teach those that will approach one thing, a message wreathed in dark energy.
Mess with the bull.. and you get the horns.
COMBATSYS: Vega has started a fight here.
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COMBATSYS: Vega has joined the fight here on the left meter side.
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As seen on a previous airing of Saturday Night Fight, Chae Lim and 'costumes' just don't mesh all that well (see heartbroken designer for further details). So, when she was handed a costume upon arriving at the Plaza de toros de Acho in Lima, Peru, she protested. What does she care if the fans have come to see a realistic bullfight in a historic setting? If they wanted that, would they not have found a REAL bull and a matador to tempt it with a red cape?
Despite her protests though, the Korean girl has been finagled into putting on the extremely showy outfit. So it is that she enters the plaza wearing a black stretch velvet bolero crop top with red trim, matching hot pants, a red ribbon choker and a hat. Draped over her right arm is a large swatch of shiny red material.
Her nose wrinkles up a little as she looks down at herself, but she offers a smile and wave out to those gathered as she steps into position.
COMBATSYS: ChaeLim has joined the fight here on the right meter side.
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Vega 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 ChaeLim
Ah, open air Stadiums. They bring a glint to Birdie's eye! He loves everyone being able to see him kick copious amounts of ass all around including those he hasn't even met. Bonus points if any debris actually strikes another dude. Carnage is a plus.
Birdie strides out, in his usual outfit. Except he's wearing two horns on his head like a bull, going really well with the whole hair piece thing. And then he sees Vega begin the bull. Birdie, of course, is a bull. Ey. He also has the horns without even NEEDING the plastic ones. But what is this talk about a matador? Him? His? Who? Who would ever dress in such a tackly re- OH HI CHAELIM. Birdie almost snorts milk out his nose without sipping milk, looking on towards the girl.
"Chick-a-dee, didn't any one ever tell ya that Holloween is next month? Shit, people are bloody dressin' up way to early." Birdie snorts, looking on towards Vega as he strides forward. BIRDIE KNOWS THAT MAN.
And he's actually on his payroll.
"Well shit. All in the family." Birdie grunts. This is going to be a lonnnggg fight. Uh... actually maybe short. Yeah, definitely short.
COMBATSYS: Birdie has joined the fight here on the right meter side.
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|-------\-------\0 Birdie
It was not a mistake that Candy was .. 'contacted'. As Skullomania could not show, NESTs took up the offer quickly. A weapon that is expendable and can be used to collect information, to learn of this monster, Vega. Candy could not say no. She knows not the word when ordered by them.. yet quite capable to most others, with the same response.
Dressed a bit oddly, Candy wears a heavy black leather coat, falling to a bit below her waist. A belt sits there as well, tying the fabric, long .. red? pants, to her body as well. A light shirt sits under the coat.. a red bullseye, for a reason, but Candy did not argue. She would never.
"Greetings." She states to Chae Lim, saying nothing else. Doing nothing else. Candy stays still, looking up towards Vega as he floats, the dark energy being .. simply shown.
Her entrance into the arena was slow, and a limbering walk. Slightly faster than normal, but not a jog or a run. Her movement become unimportant as she gazes towards Vega.. that terrible energy inspiring the machine, yet the indifference to her is shown equally. Her health .. is anything but important.
"Threat level of Vega.. Maximum." She repeats this, turning to ChaeLim. "This man is capable of terrible power. Do not underestimate him." And Candy gazes to Birdie. ".." Unidentified result. She will record this man as well, as per orders.
Gears turn as Candy wheels about in their end of the field, staring at Lord Vega, eyes focused, irii scanning, pinpointing the energy, the distance, the power felt. Everything.
Data is brought up on strengths and weaknesses as well, Candy logically assuming to know your enemy is to have beaten them.
She will think no more, as that red dressed woman, clearly Noa Seil from France.. and not Candy. She even has the beret, not mentioned earlier.
"How troubling..
COMBATSYS: Candy has joined the fight here on the right meter side.
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|-------\-------\0 Candy
COMBATSYS: Candy focuses on her next action.
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Vega 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 ChaeLim
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|-------\-------\0 Birdie
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|-------\-------\0 Candy
Ah, challengers. Vega has been looking forwards to something relatively refreshing, an exercise in power that will allow him to lay waste to a few fighters, a way to test his prowess since his 'rebirth'. It's a simple enough thing that makes him /almost/ smile, the predatory glare of a shark, his eyes pure white instead of the dark black of a shark in bloodlust. Certainly, though - there's still the same aura of danger and doom. As the three enter the arena, he flips his cape behind him, and then beckons them forwards.
"In bullfighting, the matador usually goads on the bull. Today, I goad you on with the promise of a challenge. Which of you will step up first, and which of you will be left standing at the end? Show me what you are made of - and perhaps Howard's medics will have something to recover after the smoke settles." With that, the (former) Dictator of Thailand, the Lord of Shadaloo beckons them all on, one hand opened, the other gathering a sphere of dark energy, intent on giving them quite the surprise...
COMBATSYS: Vega takes no action.
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Vega 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 ChaeLim
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|-------\-------\0 Candy
Threat level of Vega... Maximum? No kidding. He was the one at the center of that whole Thailand mess. The mess that this particular little vigilante of justice never got involved with. She had her own reasons for not getting involved at the time (Hello! Will to live, here!), but she still feels exceedingly awful that she wasn't able to help out in other areas.
Perhaps tonight she can correct that.
"Greetings," she offers to Candy in return, but then she allows her attention to drift completely over to Vega.
Chae Lim frowns. Goading her... with a challenge? That is almost not fair at all, seeing as she hardly ever refuses one. Sighing, she drops herself back into a defensive stance. There she waits for a moment, a serious look crossing over her face as she gives a curt nod. No bowing here, not for this one. A swath of translucent windy-energy encompasses her foot just seconds before she whips it out toward the predatory 'bull'.
Only after the kick is made does she allow herself to respond to Birdie. "Were it left up to me, I would be wearing a traditional gi right now, not this... whatever this is meant to be."
Birdie looks over towards Candy. He brings his eye brow up a little. Threat level maximum. "Yeah, well no shit." Birdie snorts, raising an arm towards him. "Just damn look at him. He's Vega. VEGA. Threat level maximum?" Birdie almost breaks out into laughter. "Well hell, alright. whatever you want to say about it."
Birdie looks over towards ChaeLim, and finds that his rather brutish way of striking at her seems to have taken a turn for never happening. Until she's well on her way. "Woah what? A traditional Gi? Uhh...." Birdie snorts, "Nah, reds your color chick-a-dee." Birdie states with a nod, looking up towards Vega with a sigh.
"Well." Birdie announces, "Might as well get this shit over with." Birdie calls as Vega gives the ultimatum. BIRDIE'LL ULTIMATUM HIS FACE! YEAH, HAHA, WHAT NOW! Watching as ChaeLim breaks off, Birdie does as well, lurching for the man with heavy strides, even if he may not be very fast. Or be very quick. He still has one thing.
BRUTE STRENGTH. And that's what he tries to accomplish everything through. BRUTE STRENGTH.
This also involves attempting to grasp a hold of Vega, and once he does, or is able, just use his leg to throw him around like a ball and chain chuck. CAUSE BIRDIE'S BIRDIERIFIC.
Information streams through the machine. Candy is filled with all of it, every bit of data sliding into place, on his actions. His movements. His capabilities. Vega has been studied before. There is never enough data on one such as himself. There exists.. truly.. no other like him.
Candy receives ChaeLim's response with little to no interest. She knows there is no use to talking, but a human must relay. Must reply. Must act their part. Part of her coding requires her to at least try to fit in.
"We will need to attack .. all at once, yes?" Her words are empty, but are delivered with accuracy, as she turns to Chae, and then back to Vega. "Otherwise this man .. he will be too much for any of us alone, no?" The machine merely mimics and uses what he has found, and at this time, Candy uses what little she is given for a stereotypical french woman.
The earlier point was an error. Clearly, threat level maximum was not meant to get out.
Chae Lim already moves in. As does Birdie.
Candy follows, attempting to catch Vega before he is capable of turning that psi on her. To accomplish this, her motion is quick, but direct, Candy dashing a bit before leaping into an arc.. perfectly flying, if all goes well, towards Vega and grasp his leg, invert him .. and have him drop towards the ground, Candy helping by pulling and hanging on, aiming to slam him into the ground.
t "Oh yes.. Quite a warrior I have heard!"
COMBATSYS: Vega dodges ChaeLim's Tidal Wave Whap.
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Vega 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 ChaeLim
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|-------\-------\0 Candy
COMBATSYS: Vega dodges Birdie's Medium Throw.
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Vega 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 ChaeLim
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|-------\-------\0 Birdie
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|-------\-------\0 Candy
COMBATSYS: Vega blocks Candy's Candy Drop.
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Vega 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 ChaeLim
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|-------\-------\0 Birdie
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|-------\-------\0 Candy
No bow? He's crushed! Vega watches the three start to move inwards, and he refocuses his energy in preperation. As Chae Lim approaches, Vega steps /towards/ the attack. Watching the way the energy forms around her limb, he seemingly eels to the side, letting it slide /just/ against his shoulder. His white eyes stare at her, and he laughs darkly. "Fascinating - I don't believe I've seen /that/ before." With that, he dismisses her, leaping up into the air in a wide arc.
He lands near to Birdie's grasping hand, Vega's fists brimming with psycho power. He /almost/ brings the brunt of his energy to bear on Birdie at that moment, the idea to teach his minion an abject lesson in overcomitting - but he refrians. Instead, he simply slides himself out of the way, seeming to disappear and reform in darkness just a foot out of reach. It's certainly a close thing - but the next warrior gets even closer.
As Candy latches onto his leg, Vega moves /with/ her, blunting the impact of the woman. Narrowed white eyes stare directly at her, and a curious look grows in his face. It's nothing special yet, just a tingle at the back of his head, experience telling him something that he doesn't catch. Simple enough, he sets it aside, into the back burner, to deal with it. Carried to the ground, he looks between the three, with Candy still hanging onto his leg. He laughs then, and brings his hand up, psycho power swelling as he tries to latch onto Candy's head. If he's able to get a grip on her face, he'll peel her off of him - and then blast her point blank with that evil, awful energy, tossing her aside afterwards.
Fascinating? Chae Lim looks at her foot as it whiffs through the air, tilting her head slightly. Yes, perhaps it would be fascinating to him. Either that or she's missing a great deal of sarcasm from the man. Whatever it is, she's not going to let it distract her too much. This is a fight. A fight that should be extremely serious. No time for chit-chat, no time for...
Wait a second. Red? Her color? The Korean girl grins at that, albeit briefly. "Thanks. I think so too," she says to Birdie before once more focusing on the enemy bull.
While Vega seems to be retaliating against the odd girl, Chae circles in behind him. Her foot launches out with a quick thrust kick as she leaps into the air. "YAH!"
Birdie be taunt a lesson!? WHAT THE HELL IS THAT. It must be a bus. Only busses actually teach him lessons.
But he barely even moves after he misses, just watches Vega fly up and away from his assault. He almost blinks, just knowing almost too well that Vega, if anything, was going to do that. Well? That's fine. Birdie just watches for now.
And oh, he watches. Watches as the psycho power thrums against him, decides, hey, Birdie's not dying today, and then turns towards Candy. And he does turn towards Candy. It's almost a rather relaxing thing to see, Candy being moved to be grasped by Vega's powerful head. That's a great thing to watch.
So Birdie... WATCHES.
"Man, am I missing some popcorn."
COMBATSYS: Birdie focuses on his next action.
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Vega 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 ChaeLim
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|-------\-------\0 Birdie
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|-------\-------\0 Candy
COMBATSYS: Vega successfully hits Candy with Strong Throw.
*KNOCKED AWAY*
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Vega 0/-------/------=|-------\-------\0 ChaeLim
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|-------\-------\0 Birdie
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|>>>>>>>\>>>>>>>\2 Candy
Vega moves with her. The blunting impact, as narrowed white eyes stare towards her .. Candy does not realize that she is in trouble. Her sensors are on, but such psycho energy is powerful .. and yet, a machine like Candy is incapable of truly knowing the danger.
As Vega attempts to catch onto Candy's head, the android has no way to respond beyond pulling away.. all motion moving to try and .. pull away. Retreat. Vanish. Candy cannot weather such a force. Her programs resonate this response. The slim chance is calculated.. and with so little effort from Vega, if she exerts anything but the same, it is a losing fight.
Candy's body pulls backwards as the hand reaches towards her head. He may feel .. nothing.
There is no 'mind' to this object that he holds. It's almost pathetic, to him. An army like Candy could possibly go against him .. and yet meet with the exact same fate as she does today. Held outwards, it's brutal, the machine fighting, trying to slide away.
None of that happens.
She's launched away, the body launched in .. two different types. The body is slammed backwards.. and the flame follows. The hologram shatters, the one carefully prepared to make her seem human in the least, the rest done by the scientists.
That is no human.
Oil leaks from the damaged wounds, before it .. rises, Candy standing up, slowly rising, sparking, the blue and grey machine not ready to give up. Quite yet. "Y-Y-You." She repeats, stuttering. Logic circuits firing in tandem. "Will not Get rid of me.. so EasilY nO?" Her words are slightly odd as well.
She still moves, however. Perhaps.. just enough.
Before she pulls back, energy pooling up as the machine uses the broken solid light, pulling it backwards, into herself, before suddenly having it erupt outwards so soon, different sharp tendrils lancing, attempting to seek Vega's chest, and bury them into him.
It is all she can hope for.
COMBATSYS: Vega blocks Candy's Blue Screen Of Death.
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Vega 0/-------/------=|-------\-------\0 ChaeLim
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|-------\-------\0 Birdie
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|=======\-------\1 Candy
COMBATSYS: Vega interrupts Medium Kick from ChaeLim with Psycho Wave.
- Power hit! -
*KNOCKED AWAY*
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Vega 0/-------/----===|=======\==-----\1 ChaeLim
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|-------\-------\0 Birdie
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|=======\-------\1 Candy
Don't worry, Birdie - Vega will be with you in /just/ a moment.
As Vega hurls Candy away, he's already preparing himself for what comes next. That Candy's 'mask' is shattered is a surprise, the niggling little voice in the back of his head finally getting through as he touches the 'mind' inside. Or at least, what little of it there is. Interesting, interesting. Vega didn't know that windup toys were allowed to fight within the arena.. But this one, he has no compunctions in crushing. After all, he /knows/ who this toy belongs to - and he'll be sure to remind 'it' before he destroys 'it'.
However, he has more important things to do /just/ yet, and as the machine rushes him, and tries to imbed something inside him, he brings up his defenses, hands reaching and grabbing the tendrils that spike at him. He holds them at bay, though they cut and spark at his hands. It's not enough to do more than stymie him for a moment or two, and then he pushes them down and to the side. Away - but leaving his back exposed to Chae Lim.
Or is it?
As the foot comes in, Vega swipes a hand callously and casually behind him. It's not an attack meant to contact with Chae Lim's foot, no - instead, the wide and wild arc of psycho power that /explodes/ behind him is left - a wave of energy that Chae Lim will run into instead of himself. A veritable font of psychic negative energy, crafted to sap will, to place doubts in otherwise strong fighters.. How will they overcome it?!
Robots in disguise.
Chae Lim gapes as the holographic image dissipates and reveals the machinery underneath. Even so, she cannot allow this to distract her for too long. Her mind must stay focused on the threat, not the special effec--
That isn't a body her foot is crashing against.
The first clue would be that it's EXPLODING and sending her flying across the plaza to the booing of the gathered fans. The second is fact that her body skips a little as it ragdolls backward and then tumbles to a stop near one of the extruding wooden pieces nearby. Using this to pull herself up, falls once as her both her mind and body wrack with pain from the attack. Taking a few deep breaths, the Korean matador whips the swatch of red material to the side and then nods.
It hurts to move, but perhaps she'll manage to pull this off. With the material fluttering at her side, she calls, "Torro, torro!", and begins to rush forward. Swinging it in front of her she charges at Vega and only shifts the cloth at the last second -- as she fires off three snappy roundhouse kicks at the man, each one accentuated with the word, "Ole!"
Birdie really needs popcorn now. With ChaeLim's face being ripped off with a mass of Psycho power, and Candy's face being ripped off with even MORE PSYCHO POWER, Birdie just watches in wonderment. What the hell was supposed to be going on here again?
Oh right, they're supposed to be kicking Vega's ass. WHY IS VEGA'S ASS UNKICKED. Birdie knows one good reason but that reason is completely negated by the facet of FRIENDS(tm) RAINBOW COLORS. Of course friends that explode in brightly colored... colors also makes everything equally interesting. And when Birdie just looks towards Vega, he moves in response.
Moving right towards Vega with his heavy links, aimed at sending them sprawling, linking around Vega's figure in time to grasp ahold of him. And if Birdie actually grabs a hold of Vega? Well, THEN he can start throwing Vega all over the place and using him as the best ball and chain ever.
Until then, Birdie will keep trying.
"Uhh... right! Both of you chick-a-dees! I got a lesson for ya. THIS IS HOW YA DO IT!"
There is no complete connection. The tendrils of light vanish as they fail to get past the guard that Vega puts up so carefully. An unfortunate failure against calculated risks. There was no better choice, truly. Candy sparks still, her motions slow. Obvious. The robot wounded. Oil still slicks along her, and the frail machine actually moves towards Vega now.. her body almost sliding on this oil as she tries to speed up. Tries to catch up to Vega.
It is a difficult proposition.
Watching as Chae Lim is sent flying across the plaza, skipping in motion, and tumbling to a stop.. Candy records it all. She doesn't make a motion to get her up. She doesn't make a motion to cause her to rise once again. Candy merely turns back towards Vega, bringing out one of the tonfas she carries around, and dashes.
"We will all need to assault him at once." The logic behind it is based on past exercises which Vega had been an willing .. but not aware.. test subject. SNF allows anyone to watch.
Especially machines capable of catching information in the blink of an eye.
Spinning around, the tonfa is swung towards Vega, aiming for his chest, as it's thrust forwards, the machine pistoning it's hands forwards.
COMBATSYS: Vega dodges Candy's Medium Strike.
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|=======\-------\1 Candy
COMBATSYS: Vega dodges ChaeLim's Ryuusei Raku.
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Vega 0/-------/-----==|=======\==-----\1 ChaeLim
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|-------\-------\0 Birdie
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|=======\-------\1 Candy
COMBATSYS: Vega endures Birdie's Bandit Chain.
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|=======\-------\1 Candy
'We must all attack him at once!' How right you are, Candy, how right you are.
vega, as it may have been seen, has many different failings within SNF. In his defense, 'toying with enemies' is usually not one of them. He does, however, tend to subject all he fights to his mighty mind. In this case, he's still left one warrior untouched - and now, that warrior is going to be dealt with.
Chae Lim and Candy are first, however. The Korean girl's leap towards him is intense, speedy - but Vega has prepared himself for it. One, two, three, each kick is edged around, meeting air or a closed fist. He's winded by the end, and staggers backwards a bit from the effort. Narrowed eyes judge the attacking power, and when it coes around again, he's certain he'll be truly ready. He feels Candy coming behind him - though it's more the absense of sensation than anything physical, a 'blank spot' to deal with. He pulls back, just short of the impact of that pistoning machine hand, and looks at the woman. His voice drops, a message for her and her alone. "I remember you. Never pretend to be the Alpha again. This is your and yours /only/ warning." Then, Birdie..
Vega does not move from Birdie's charging motion. He allows the British Brawler to grab him in the meaty paws, and then to chuck him up and down. Dirt flies up and down in the air as he's thrown against the grownd, then chucked away. From the dirt and dust, laughter ensues. Dark and evil, it hangs in the daylight..
"Ha.. ha ha ha... No, Birdie.. /THIS/ is how it is done..> PSYCHO CRUSHAAAAA!" With that, Vega leaps from the dust, engulfed in purple and black - aiming straight at the tall man, using his bulk as the center-point for one of the most feared weapons in his arsenal. The Psycho Crusher...!
Edging around each roundhouse kick? Chae Lim has seen skill... and she has seen this. Whatever THIS happens to be, it is beginning to frustrate her a tad. Doe brown eyes narrow upon the evil-doer, focusing on him and only him. Her 'playmates' have gone forgotten. The crowd, though heard, is no longer seen by the Korean girl. She would give some speech about how he is a vile man, and that good will triumph... but she's more interested in how actions speak louder than words at this point.
With this in mind, she unleashes a fury of kicks and chops. Two snap kicks, followed by two quick chops before spinning into three more swift roundhouse kicks. Dropping back into stance, she fires off two thrust kicks. Everything is ended with a vertical kick, however, leaving the girl preparing for the worst.
COMBATSYS: Vega successfully hits Birdie with Psycho Crusher.
~ Cruel hit! ~
*KNOCKED AWAY*
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Vega 0/-------/----===|==-----\-------\0 ChaeLim
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|>>>>>>>\>>>>>>>\2 Birdie
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|=======\=------\1 Candy
Birdie finds that his own assault own fuels the fires of Vega's determination.
Is this awesome? Y/N.
N.
Birdie is fired away by his own assault. If anything, he could have done without it. Well, not his own assault. But Vega throwing himself into his assault. Now that is something that you just have to be crazy to do!
It's even crazier as Birdie aims to move directly into Vega's strike, trying to put his body into Vega's strike, trying to make the best of it. As expected, Birdie fails. It hurts, conciderably, driving the british brawler backwards as he skids across the ground, his body being taken over by ravenous red ants that bite and eat at his flesh, or what seems like it anyways. Birdie raises up in defiance. And he just completely sizzles and swazzles. He's hurt. Bad. BUT HE WILL NOT GIVE UP.
"Ha... hahah.... Yeah.. yeah.. pick on the big guy huh." Birdie snorts, "Well Vega, ya didn't hire me for no reason after all." Birdie grunts, bleeding profusedly from every orrafice known to man.
"Well... uhhh... I dunno." Birdie scratches is head. "We'll figure some shit out later when I can locate my spleen." Birdie announces as he leaps towards Vega once more, even after the horrible crazy destruction he was on the other side of. Well, Birdie has that too!
Well, maybe. EITHER WAY. Birdie tries to head butt Vega into oblivion... "YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!" Birdie bellows as he makes his way forward. Oh no!
The tonfa's strike fails. An expected failure, Candy admits, due to what she has seen before. The man is just too fast for her, least she has time to prepare. Her thoughts.. her coding.. flows through. She cannot retreat. She is not made to think of such. Her thoughts focus on the information she may yet receive with functioning. Vega speaks.
Candy replies, mechanically, as if Igniz has planned. "Error: Your request has been ignored. You do not posses the necessary position to request that." It sounds .. just a bit like the phone, when you fail to die a number, and should put the phone down and try again!
Threats do not reach ears that do not truly hear.. but simply record.
The Holy Grail of Information, then, is coming right towards Biride, given by Vega, as he charges. The eyes of the machine flash, however. Flickering over Vega's form. Energy is dissipated quickly. Alot of energy, more than Vega has.
"He put everything into it." Candy notes to the video recording, pinpointing the flaring energy which might back it.
She can see Vega's motions, process his actions and while unable to fully 'deal' with him, Candy is effective at reading off what she sees. "He must be tired. Strike now."
And Candy follows her own advice, braking into a run before kicking off the ground, body going into a spin as she attempts to slam into Vega with her feet, once after another, before landing, a chunk of metal, rapidly revolving.. is sure to ruin anyone's day.
COMBATSYS: Vega dodges Candy's Lay Spin.
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Vega 0/-------/----===|==-----\-------\0 ChaeLim
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|======-\-------\0 Birdie
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|=======\=------\1 Candy
COMBATSYS: ChaeLim successfully hits Vega with Hou'ou Tenbu Kyaku.
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Vega 0/-------/---====|==-----\-------\0 ChaeLim
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|======-\-------\0 Birdie
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|=======\=------\1 Candy
COMBATSYS: Vega blocks Birdie's Bull Revenger.
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Vega 0/-------/---====|==-----\-------\0 ChaeLim
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|======-\-------\0 Birdie
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|=======\=------\1 Candy
In the midst of the fight, Vega finds himself the center of attention. Alighting near Birdie, the others closing in on him, he finds himself truly happy. Win or lose, he's dealt with their power, and given them something to think about. Were he to be truly 'efficent', he would have crushed them long ago - but instead, he simply accepts what he wishes to do - to give each a reminder of Shadaloo's mark. The mark of /evil/. He laughs in the maelstrom of attacks that rake in, and moves to deal with each. Birdie's first, the Bull rushing in, head first. He meets Vega's head with his own, the Shadaloo lord putting the heavy part of his forehead into Birdie's headbutt, blunting the strike instead of allowing it to hit his nose, or the soft parts of his face. It's enough to keep himself from suffering too much pain, though he's bloodied. Candy's leap in is sidestepped, allowing the metal monstrosity that acts like a human to crash into the ground - and then he turns towards Chae Lim.
And steps /directly/ into her rushed offense. Kick and chop catch him off-guard, knocking him back from the other two fighters. Each impact rocks him further and further back, and as he comes to a still, his chin is exposed, catching the final veritcal leap directly. He's staggered, dizzy - but still standing.
"Good, good - but you all act so cowardly. You attack, but do not commit. Show me this commitment that you can have. /Come and fight/!!" while he says this, he's sucking air in, recovering his speed, preparing to step into the battle again - the bull having been tormented by the matadors, but still full of fight...!
COMBATSYS: Vega gains composure.
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Vega 0/-------/----===|==-----\-------\0 ChaeLim
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|======-\-------\0 Birdie
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|=======\=------\1 Candy
And the bull strikes, doing the taunting that the 'matadors' are supposed to be taking care of. The Korean girl ignores the taunt, caring more about watching the 'animal' still more than anything else.
But there is one thing that does draw her mind off of the quarry.
The large 'chick-a-dee' man seems to have been hired by Vega in the past. This information has her almost turning toward Birdie to wreak justice upon him. As she drops into stance again, it takes a lot of willpower to not turn on her 'teammate'. She can talk to him later, because right now they need to work together against the greater evil before them.
Whirling around, her hand lashes out at Vega. Nothing fancy. Nothing over the top. Just a heavy-handed chop angling in toward his collar area.
What?! Vega easily stops his headbutts?! But... but he had so much more to come! Shadloo's mark is there all right, Birdie can feel it because it's infused upon his body. Among other things of course. Like tatoos. He is part of Shadaloo, but he's fighting Vega on more of a whim than a real purpose. He wants to see how strong he is!
And boy he's strong.
Well, he's sort of glad that Vega is there. Then he can try to gain power from him!
Wait.... Vega can't ready minds, right? Right? Oh god lets hope not. That's all Birdie things for a moment, looking upon Vega with a rather cold stare. And then he snaps back out of it.
"Oh. Right. Where am I again? Oh, yeah. Uh." Birdie blinks, looking towards Vega as he rests across the ground. He even gives Chae Lim a thumbs up and a shit eating grin because he's so nice. And then he charges Vega's resting body! Aiming to STRANGLE HIM.
WITH A CHAIN.
Candy does crash into the ground, rolling backwards, unable to continue the assault due to her unstoppable momentum.. but she does not literately crash, her body catching and pulling her upwards. A machine does not willingly toss itself off the edge. It would need to not see the edge to be fooled into jumping.
In the same way, Candy lands, and watches Chae Lim take on Vega, as well as Birdie. Both assaults connect.. in different ways. Candy can tell Birdie has done most of the damage, but there isn't anything to prove it beyond sight .. as it is almost all undone. Candy's gaze does not leave Vega.
And as Vega continues to challenge them, her directives.. she must follow them. For when she is ordered to do something no in the parameters..
Candy does not act correctly. Two different directives clash. She must fight. She must not listen to unauthorized targets. They battle it out in her head, for supremacy, for a one up on the other in the code lining.
Fighting is ingrained.. after complete loyalty.
The machine stares at Vega, eyes scanning him once again, the machine blinking as it falls back into a stance, sparking yet, oil dripping no longer. All leaks have been 'sealed'.
But she does not follow his commands. "No."
"Unauthorized access unallowed from Target Vega. Request denied."
COMBATSYS: Candy focuses on her next action.
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Vega 0/-------/----===|==-----\-------\0 ChaeLim
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|======-\-------\0 Birdie
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|=======\=------\1 Candy
COMBATSYS: ChaeLim successfully hits Vega with Medium Punch.
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Vega 0/-------/---====|==-----\-------\0 ChaeLim
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|======-\-------\0 Birdie
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|=======\=------\1 Candy
COMBATSYS: Vega blocks Birdie's Bad Scrap.
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Vega 0/-------/---====|==-----\-------\0 ChaeLim
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|=======\-------\0 Birdie
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|=======\=------\1 Candy
Discretion /is/ the better part of valor. As is teamwork. Vega has never been good at it, himself - perhaps that's something he should work on sooon. The Dictator leans forwards as Chae steps towards him, trying to deflect the impact of the chop that comes in, but her hand slips through his guard, catching him on the throat. He's staggered briefly - but recovers quickly enough to get most of the way free of Birdie's stranglehold. His head twists this way and that, and then he leaps away, freeing up some space 'tween himself and his opponents.
"Good enough - now it is time." With that, he hauls himself to his feet, and brings his hands forwards. He forms a ball of energy within his grip, and then pulls back. At the last second he spins it forwards, throwing it towards Candy - giving her something /really/ to focus on. The power in it should be enough to put her out of comission - in the end, it really doesn't matter - he's just trying to put the monstrosity that walks like a man out of comission.
A thumbs up and a grin? Definitely not what Chae Lim was expecting... however, it means Birdie is off the hook for now. No point going after the man if he's willing to help at the moment, right? Right.
The crowd of fans continues to cheer and holler as it seems that the trio of matadors are actually managing to damage the 'bull'. This leaves an actual look of surprise upon her face when her chop manages to slip through Vega's guard. Doe brown eyes widen momentarily, though she blinks in order to replace the stern, serious look. Likely best if she doesn't let the man know she wasn't actually expecting that to work.
Skirting to the side of the skirmish, the Korean girl simply lifts her right foot up. Then she slams it downward as hard as she can. Not only is she attempting to hammer Vega's foot to the ground of the plaza, but to send him flying backward with a small explosive burst of chi that causes a large shockwave of energy to follow.
Vega doesn't assault him. There's a silver lining to every cloud after all Birdie supposes, his strike softened only due to Vega actively cbreaking through of it, leaving Birdie falling backwards with a whole bunch of chains in his hands. So much, even, that Birdie topples backwards, running into a wall of the arena and then falling directly over.
There, here sort of tries to get it off of him. Being such a weighty chain, it really doesn't want to come off. But he tries anyways, trying, trying, trying. And he finally decides.
Aw what the hell. Just sit here and watch Candy get Vega'd.
Yeah, that's the idea.
LBD
COMBATSYS: Birdie gains composure.
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Vega 0/-------/---====|=------\-------\0 ChaeLim
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|=====--\-------\0 Birdie
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|=======\=------\1 Candy
COMBATSYS: Candy reflects Psycho Shot from Vega with Access Violation.
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Vega 0/-------/---====|=------\-------\0 ChaeLim
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|=====--\-------\0 Birdie
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|=------\-------\0 Candy
It has not been incomplete jest that Candy has been programmed to not follow a genocidal man like Vega. Vega is a threat, and Candy, generally, lacks what some of the NESTs creations have. She lacks the years of care, of therapy, of effort put into her creation. K9999, while a 'failure', was successful enough. Kula is anything but a failure. A prime success.
Candy truly was never meant to be built to fight. But the idea had come up. And it had stuck.
And today, she looks upon a ball of energy.. a psycho energy filled ball that flies towards Candy. Her irii catch onto the orb, the sphere flying through the air, growing closer by the second. But a machine, capable of processing data at such speeds.. works far better than a human, even when overtaxed.
Tendrils of solid light slide forwards, spinning around the psycho ball, swallowing them around. Every second on her internal clock marks the passing of one hundred or so calculations, attempting to contain this, and somehow, send it returning back towards Vega.
The ball comes closer, almost impacting upon Candy. The calculations are nearing their finish. Candy actually wishes it was faster. A thought she will forget she ever had, or is capable of, in the mass of data.
Contact. The Psycho ball reaches the last chance point, and the last decimals are just finishing.
The flashing .. appears, the repeating pattern in decimals caught, stopped, and used the moment before the ball should plow into .. and through her.
Instead, it's rolled about, Vega's psycho energy being curved about, around, back towards the megalomaniac, the psycho energy biting into Candy's system, causing a devastating feedback effect.. but the turn around is already complete. Candy has sent the assault back towards Vega, and it rolls on the solid blades of light that weave into the air, around the psycho ball .. and follow it backwards, the ball now covered in a glass like pattern, the solid light giving it a sharp look, as Candy's system cools down from the sudden burst, as she staggers backwards.
The processors rest for a moment, reserve pools finally empty.
And as she looks up .. she realizes this is common throughout all the fighters. It will end soon. But how is uncertain, Candy reflects.
COMBATSYS: Candy successfully hits Vega with Reflected Psycho Shot.
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Vega 0/-------/---====|=------\-------\0 ChaeLim
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|=====--\-------\0 Birdie
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|===----\-------\0 Candy
COMBATSYS: Vega interrupts Haki Kyaku from ChaeLim with Psycho Wave.
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Vega 0/-------/--=====|=======\======-\1 ChaeLim
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|=====--\-------\0 Birdie
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|===----\-------\0 Candy
He's losing the fight, slowly but surely. The warriors are wounded, weakened - but still able to battle. Vega himself is sure that this will end soon enough, and accepts what he's been given as the fate he has to choose. He's decided how to fight, and the consequences of that will be his and his alone. The 'bull' has gored each in turn, but the matadors still exist, still stand.. still strike.
Candy's impact slams into his side, the reflected echo of his own power less than a trifle to deal with. It knocks him just a half-step to the left, straight into Chae's foot stomp. It crushes against his arch, and his foot sinks into the ground.. But then she is /right/ next to him.
Dark energy forms around his hands, and he laughs directly into her face as his hands come down /again/, thick waves of Psycho Power exploding between them. He's still stuck, trapped where he is, weakened and worse - but he's left his mark on all three of them. That, in the end, will be enough no matter the outcome. "AGAIN! FIGHT HARDER!"
As the dark energy explodes, it sends the Korean girl to the ground. Weakened? Worse for wear? Most definitely. Toppling backward, she lets out a surprised scream of pain, her hands skidding along the ground until she's able to stabilize herself. Fight harder? Still the man taunts them. Still he makes demands.
Has she got enough energy to get back up an see this challenge through until the end?
Weary eyes shift between the robot and the large man. Hands press against the ground so that she can push herself up. She falters, dropping back down. Flipping herself over, she uses her legs as leverage and finally staggers up to her feet. Eyes close after she stands, but it looks like Chae Lim still has a little bit of fight left in her.
Focusing the remainder of her energy into leaping toward Vega, she again unleashes a barrage of kicks. Spinning and twisting, her foot lashes out almost continuously until she's almost unable to move any longer. Then? Well then she brings her leg up, and then down in a heavy overhead axe kick.
Vega fires into Chaelim, dark energy striking into her without a moment to spare. Birdie, looking towards ChaeLim and Vega, now seeing Vega himself under fire as ChaeLim attempts an overhead axe kick.
Birdie gets into position, making his way towards the woman in question. He moves towards Vega seeing an opening. He can do this, he can tell. Vega is there, and Birdie, he's moving right towards him to get in the final blow! Oh yeah, that's what he's doing.
Ignore the fact that he grasps at Chaelim's leg, attempting to grasp the woman out of the air even with the overhead axe kick, aiming to just pick her out of the air with one of his massive hands.
And just whip her across the arena. Into the ground, into the wall, into the everything. Birdie didn't mind.
"TIME TA FLY, CHICKADREE! HAHAH!"
The robot is running a bit too slow now. Her motions, quite predictable. Her actions, all noticeable, but Candy cannot, and will not, pull away from a mission when she has been set upon it. It is helpful that she is capable of being lost, and then replaced with a new body, using the same data.
Her memory is a black box. And it tends to see much use, with some of the fighters, and their capabilities.
But her motions pick up. Her legs pistoning against the ground, launching her in a single, speedy leap across the Spanish ring, towards the bull, her arm pulling back, before being pistoned towards Vega's neck, the machine trying to simply grab at the Chin.. literately the chin, as it covers the neck, and bring it and Vega down forwards.. through her own collision or through throwing him to the ground.
She has no worries of Vega, nor his reprisal, nor Birdie or Chaelim. She stands still, ChaeLim, despite the damage. Much data is recorded on her exploits as well.
But her focus, and most of her processing, is towards Vega. He is a man of mystery.. and has been able to avoid most of her scanning .. quite easily, so far.
COMBATSYS: ChaeLim successfully hits Vega with Ho'ou Kyaku.
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Vega 0/-------/-======|===----\-------\0 ChaeLim
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|=====--\-------\0 Birdie
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|===----\-------\0 Candy
COMBATSYS: Vega interrupts Medium Throw from Candy with Psycho Wave.
- Power hit! -
*KNOCKED AWAY*
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Vega 1/-------/=======|===----\-------\0 ChaeLim
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|=====--\-------\0 Birdie
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|>>>>>>>\>>>>>>>\2 Candy
COMBATSYS: Vega can no longer fight.
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|===----\-------\0 ChaeLim
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|=====--\-------\0 Birdie
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|>>>>>>>\>>>>>>>\2 Candy
The Korean girl has spunk. Determination and strength - she reminds him of someone he'd fought long ago, and the style is.. close. Master Kim's student, and Master Kim as well. Hnn. This is filed away, as Vega attempts to sidestep outside the boundaries of the kicks. Each finds it's mark, though - impact upon impact, he's struck and battled. He feels his body begin to give out, to give up on it's desire - but he holds firm. He'll step back in another second, and pummel them all the more..
And then Birdie leaps to attack Chae Lim. Rage fuels his eyes, Vega's body going stiff and straight, shoulders suddenly tense with anger. /Interfereing/ with his fight, showing his loyalty to Vega in a stupid match?! This is insanity! This is.. Birdie, sadly. As he rushes the man, Vega simply /turns/ from the fight, dismissing it. He's done here - and with the man's attempt to attack Chae, he calls out over his shoulder. "Kill him, if you can. This no longer interests me." He begins to walk away from the fracas - but stops only briefly, as Candy attempts to grab him. Instead, Vega treats her to /another/ explosion of psychic power, engulfing the robot in his might, and walking away as the machine attempts to deal with the influx of 'data' it's been given.
He's done here. What happens after, he does not care.
COMBATSYS: Birdie successfully hits ChaeLim with Quick Throw.
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|=======\-------\0 ChaeLim
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|>>>>>>>\>>>>>>>\2 Candy
Fatigued, injured, wearied... and she still manages to make each kick strike true! Master Kim would be proud if he could see her now... although there is a very good chance he would tell her that her behavior was quite foolish, pushing herself as she did.
Chae Lim is given very little time to celebrate her small victory during this challenge, however. As her foot comes down for the final blow of the axe kick, it's grabbed. Jerking her head to the side to see who is causing the intrusion, she spots the large man. Eyes narrow upon him, and a single word is hissed out between her teeth.
"You."
Trusting her instincts is still something she has yet to learn fully, but after this? She'll be more aware of the entire situation and take heed of information as its given. Sometimes the biggest threat is not the one you have to worry about, and taking care of an easier target can do just as much damage as focusing all of your attention upon the greater of evils.
So it is that she is thrown across the plaza, her little black hat flying from her head and out into the crowd. That gets a small cheer, but then a lot of booing (but then more cheering as it seems the bull has been defeated!). Her limbs flail all akimbo as she sails toward the edge, only her body falls short of hitting anything with substance. Dropping out of the air, her body crashes to the ground. There she lays for a moment or two... yet Chae refuses to let things end like this.
Screaming both with pain and anger as she forces herself to her feet once more, the Korean runs toward Birdie as quickly as she can -- which, with her injuries and tired body is not exactly FAST. Drawing closer to him, she chambers her knee in front of her body then snaps her leg forward with a harsh vertical kick. After the attempt though, her body gives out and she simply crumples to the ground, unable to do more than maybe injure him a little.
COMBATSYS: ChaeLim can no longer fight.
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|======-\-------\0 Birdie
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|>>>>>>>\>>>>>>>\2 Candy
COMBATSYS: ChaeLim successfully hits Birdie with Kuu Sa Jin.
Glancing Blow
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|======-\-------\0 Birdie
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|>>>>>>>\>>>>>>>\2 Candy
Birdie is hit?! May day may day, even as ChaeLim strikes out towards Vega, her victory. HER VICTORY. Birdie tears it all away. Or at least becomes an ass for doing it. ChaeLim's instincts were right, and even as Vega goes down pissed at Birdie, Birdie's just being Birdie. And he's attacking the guy whos attacking Vega.
In this case, it's a girl. It's still acceptable.
Turning about, Birdie can see her screaming angry and frustrated, even with all the boos and such, Birdie manages to throw himself up as she knees his legs, sending him toppling forward towards the ground, face first. He strikes just a little, and Birdie, poor Birdie, just stays down. Oh boy. That's...
Birdie just lays there. It feels good not to be psycho crushered again.
Oh wait he just earned another one.
PLAY DEAD. PLAY DEAD.
COMBATSYS: Birdie has left the fight here.
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|>>>>>>>\>>>>>>>\2 Candy
Candy's motions have been completely defined by her programming beforehand.
None of which was ever written to deal with one such as Vega. A master, capable of tearing apart her body in a few motions. And so he does. A wave of power, an explosion of psycho energy, swallows up Candy. Crashing against the wall, Candy hits the wall, immediately short circuiting, body crashing to ground, a spasm of oil and electricity, as the machine seems .. defeated. Clearly broken.
But the electricity continues, the short seemingly bringing new life.. an attempt at it at least.. back.
The whirring begins once more, the program restarts, and the familiar message begins.
Rebooting...
COMBATSYS: Candy takes no action.
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|>>>>>>>\>>>>>>>\2 Candy
COMBATSYS: Candy has reached second wind!
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|>>>>>>>\>>>>>>>\2 Candy
The machine whirrs to life, Candy's eyes slowly opening, body pulling away, off the ground, from the assault from Birdie. Her gait is still odd.. and her motions are slow and clunky at best, but the program continues on to the end.. and this time, Candy is capable of taking herself off the field, ending the fight as well..
It seems, through perhaps luck .. or a lot of calculation .. she has survived the encounter with Lord Vega in one piece.
And with .. most of the information intact as well.
COMBATSYS: Candy has ended the fight here.
Log created on 21:10:31 09/29/2008 by ChaeLim, and last modified on 09:45:50 09/30/2008.