Description: Boxer vs. a pair of vicious fighters vs. well... Birdie. In a tense match, all sides are decimated, or nearly so, but the results are closer than you'd expect... (Winner: Vanessa)
COMBATSYS: Birdie has joined the fight here.
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Setsuka 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Birdie
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Spider 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Vanessa
It's mid-day at the Carolina Renaissance Faire, and a stage has been set up for the Saturday Night Fights event. Decked out with the side of a castle and some other medieval gear, it looks to be an odd fight, made even stranger by the competitors! The Spider stands on the stage, dressed like a Moor, with Arab-style clothing. He's used to wearing it, thanks to many intelligence jaunts in Arab countries. He stands with his arms crossed on one side of the stage, frowning.
The Ren Faire! A sign of days long past, of nerdery unimaginable, or simply an important token of history? Pretty much nobody tuning in to the SNF set here tonight cares, but the Carolina Ren Faire is getting some not-entirely-free publicity out of this, and might even get some donations for managing to get people into ridiculous outfits.
In one corner of the fighting square, there is a loud shout of surprise followed shortly by a shout of utter glee, as Vanessa's contingent of fanpersons make way for the redhead to slip into the ring. She's been made up with all the proper piratin' fixings, with a leather corset-slash-vest pushing her belly and hips in and her already noteworthy chest upward, long legs in battered breeches and a tattered blouse under the corset. She is also wearing a jaunty pirate bandanna. No hooks; she punches too much for that to be safe.
Normally the redhead doesn't get very far into the ridiculous roles SNF likes to throw out, but to judge by the way she's leading her corner of the croud in pirate shanties, apparently she likes this one.
A Renaissance Faire? Eh? Now, Birdie had no idea what he was going to do here. Wait. Wait. What could he possibly be?!
Birdie enters in a way one would imagine. He enters in a decked out knights armor. THE BLACK KNIGHT. And he has his trusty flail with him that's really really long! Yeah, that's exactly the way it is. Birdie stands, moving towards the center stage even as Vanessa and Spider get on stage. Birdie? He's a center stager. Even as he makes his way in, he hurls the really long flal out towards center stage.
"Hah hah hah!" Birdie snorts, "Aw wright. This makes it better. I got everything I need here. Hehehe." Birdie snorts. "Lets all have fun and get your ass kicked by me." Birdie announces with a shit eating grin behind the helmet. You can be sure it's there. It just happens like that. Birdie always carries that grin around with him. It's... just what he does!
Of course his hair is still sticking out of the heavy armor.
Priorities.
"... a Victorian... noblewoman." The SNF Official nods eagerly; he gestures to the costumers ready to get her all gussied up. The look in her eyes is one of pure hate and venom... the official backs up maybe three steps. Then... she sighs. "Fine. But if I can't move properly, you had best be prepared for some quick recostuming."
Setsuka is then led behind a screen... and re-dressed... and then comes out... looking the part. Fortunately, at least her hair is left mostly untouched, simply piled into a complicated bun, and her body fitted into a tight-corseted, floor-length dress, in a pretty sky-blue. She doesn't look happy, to say the least, but at least no one's been maimed. The costuming was so distracting, she wasn't even considering her opponents and her teammate.
Fortunately, she's fought Spider--she knows something of how he fights. His quick, efficient, vicious style is something she can't approve of for elegance, but the brutality is appreciated.
As for Vanessa and Birdie... she knows a little, but not a lot. Not enough. Oh, and of course, incongruously, she wears a black cord around her waist, from which her kodachi hangs, scabbard and all. They'd suggested a Renaissance-era sword, a slim saber... but this is -her sword- and she will be damned if she parts with it. Right. Setsuka puts her game face on, with a nod for Spider, as she walks out. At least the majority of the petticoats and crap are not under the skirt, and she is wearing boots, not slippers... she'll just have to be careful.
Her blue eyes find find Birdie, and Vanessa, and she just sets her lips. Control, control, it's so important to her... she has been lax, loose, lately, and she's been betraying her ideals and her style. She needs to change that, and she needs to start now.
COMBATSYS: Setsuka focuses on her next action.
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Setsuka 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Birdie
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Spider 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Vanessa
The Spider returns Setsuka's nod. The last time they fought, she diced him up like a Christmas hand. He definitely approves of this pick. He looks at Vanessa - he doesn't know her.
The Spider returns Setsuka's nod. The last time they fought, she diced him up like a Christmas hand. He definitely approves of this pick. He looks at Vanessa - he doesn't know her. But Birdie, he does know. A Shadaloo heavy, known for his lack of brains but his excess of muscle. He'll take the girl. He stalks across the stage, heading for Vanessa. His hand flashes out for her underarm, as he attempts to grab her, then shift his weight to the side, flipping her over his shoulder and onto the ground.
Birdie stands, waiting, lurking as the giant black knight looks about towards both Vanessa, Spider, and then, his gaze lands upon a damsel?! Well, Birdie couldn't even let this go through. He just had to. Had to do what was expected of him. In the tight corsetted, floor length dress, Birdie can see that this has already been chosen by fate.
The Black Knight, clunking in his armor so loudly, makes his way across the floor towards Setsuka. Even with the scabard and belt and sword beneath it, Birdie thinks nothing of it. You see, Birdie is Birdie. And no other Birdie will do but Birdie. It's just the way things are. He grins as he approaches, his steps meaningful and rather complacent.
"Fi Fi Fo Fum. I'm gonna capture ya, you damsel." Birdie snorts. He's a lady killer what can he do?!
"Now if ya don't want to come with me, heh, well, okay. But you know what? I'm all for you resisting." Birdie snorts, grasping out towards Setsuka in a motion that can only mean bad things. His hand reaches, and then, once there, aims to grab a hold of Setsuka. Anything, maybe even just /her/. His hands are huge.
And just throw her away like an ogre.
Hell Birdie should have been an ogre. Wait, he ALWAYS is an ogre. Scratch that.
COMBATSYS: Vanessa counters Hymn of Solomon from Spider with Parrying Puncher.
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Setsuka 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Birdie
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Spider 0/-------/---====|=------\-------\0 Vanessa
The Spider plans to assault a pirate lass! Oh woe! Oh sadness! Whatever shall we do!?
Vanessa promptly reminds Spider of why pirates were properly feared, because she spots him coming, cocks an eyebrow, and quips, "Yaharr!" with the vigor of someone enjoying themselves. "So, ye wanna try me on fer size?"
And then she slips forward, surprisingly quick, slamming her fist into Spider's chest at high speed and high strength! "Gotta be faster than that, matey!" she jeers.
COMBATSYS: Birdie successfully hits Setsuka with Quick Throw.
- Power hit! -
*KNOCKED AWAY*
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Setsuka 0/-------/--=====|-------\-------\0 Birdie
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Spider 0/-------/---====|=------\-------\0 Vanessa
The big man is fast, surprisingly fast. To say that this floor length dress is slowing Setsuka down in turn is to understate the situation; as she tries to move, a corner of her dress gets caught, halting her movement. And making her the perfect target.
She is literally flung away; the only -good- part about this is that the dress tears, about six inches from the hem, looking ragged as it is ripped apart. The bad thing is, Setsuka gets flung through a hogshead--that's a barrel--and goes limp just a microsecond before impact, rolling along the ground. Then she rises, shaking her head... and drawing her blade.
"The hell with this," she mutters, and raises her blade... plunging it into the skirt. A quick cut-slice and then her legs are bared from mid-thigh down, showing off the incongruous boots.. as well as a nice amount of leg.
"I'm no actress... I'm here to -fight-," she growls, to herself, then she turns to Birdie. It seems an impossible distance to cross, from her to Birdie, in any appreciable manner... but she'll try. She flares blue-purple, energy limning her form... and then she seems to explode into flinders.
However, she's really re-forming, right behind Birdie... her right hand raised, a flaring blade of blue-purple Psycho Power issuing from that hand, a blade that she intends to rake along Birdie's back.
The Spider feels his ribs twang as they're struck by Vanessa's fist. Huh. That's almost exactly how he fights. Could it be...Love? The Spider scowls. Definitely not. "Not bad," he comments dryly, before swinging his left hand at Vanessa's head. He attempts to clamp onto the side of her head, before shoving his thumb roughly into her eye socket. There's no such thing as 'dirty' in the Spider's book - only victory and defeat.
COMBATSYS: Setsuka successfully hits Birdie with Oborozuki.
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Setsuka 0/-------/-======|==-----\-------\0 Birdie
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Spider 0/-------/---====|=------\-------\0 Vanessa
Birdie's CRUSHED. Not crushed but CRYUSHED. Well, not immidiately anyways. He looks up, looks down, and then laughs as Setsuka gets flung a long ways from here. A long, long ways. Birdie just laughs it off. "Gyahahahaha! Is that all. Wow, I think this armor makes it awesome." Birdie snorts with cheer, but well, Setsuka isn't gone.
Setsuka is coming back. Even her legs doesn't even phase Birdie. He's saw better. Yeah, probably. Maybe. Who knows?!
Well, but she's coming back, raising her blade and making her way towards Birdie. Well now, that's something for Birdie to think about.
And he does, for a moment. "Awww yeah?! WELL WE'LL SEE ABOUT THAT!" Birdie shouts, throwing himself into the energy that comes at him, but actually formed behind him. This only means that the blue purple psycho power given to him shoots him forward as he heads towards the closest possible person.
VANESSA.
And there he attempts to STOP. With his HEAD. By stepping on Vanessa.
YEAH. Even as he back screams at him. Woah that leaves a mark. "What the hell you doin' back there?!" Birdie shouts back to Setsuka. Choo choo Vanessa. Here comes da Birdie train.
COMBATSYS: Spider successfully hits Vanessa with Quick Punch.
- Power hit! -
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Setsuka 0/-------/-======|==-----\-------\0 Birdie
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Spider 0/-------/---====|===----\-------\0 Vanessa
COMBATSYS: Vanessa counters Strong Kick from Birdie with Puncher Vision.
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Setsuka 0/-------/-======|====---\-------\0 Birdie
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Spider 0/-------/---====|====---\-------\0 Vanessa
Vanessa has attacks coming at her from two fronts! What can she do about this...
She brings her arms up to deflect Spider's attempt to rip out her eyes, which manages to stop him from actually inflicting deadly harm, but Vanessa still gets quite a bit of pain out of Spider's thumbs in her eyes, and the redhead breaks character entirely to squawk, "Jesus christ, what the hell!?" and back off, glaring at the Spider. "Go get a copy of the rulebook, sparky! God damn!" She paws at her eyes, to get the pain out of her system, and then looks over as Birdie shows up.
Unfortunately for Birdie, Vanessa is now in a bad mood. The Boxing Queen skates forward as Birdie charges at her - slipping in, past his guard, moving too fast to be seen easily, and planting her fist right in his solar plexus in a particularly brutal blow.
Setsuka is now Breaking the Rules(tm). That is, she doesn't look remotely Victorian--though she might be the vision of some tricked-out Japanese victorian ninjas-and-guns manga, or something... something not particularly popular, though, as a genre, so unless some manga artist is smoking the good stuff...
Birdie is not lookin' too good right now, but Vanessa is looking quite excellent. She's been very good in this fight, so far... and perhaps it's time to see if one can't change that. After all, in order to win, Spider and Setsuka need to defeat -both- Birdie and Vanessa.
There's only a moment of consideration before she makes her decision. Vanessa is, indeed, a speed-based boxer, and Setsuka pulls a similar trick--a step forward turns into a blurring dash, and then Setsuka comes out of it, snapping a hand out for Vanessa's throat.
Her goal is, actually, fairly simple--to grab Vanessa's throat and pull forward and down, utilizing momentum to make the boxer faceplant painfully.
The Spider laughs at Vanessa, a rare gesture that comes across as mean rather than mirthful. With Setsuka focusing on Vanessa, the Spider changes to Birdie. "Hey, big and ugly," the Spider says. He raises his guard as he steps around Birdie, circling briefly, before his hand flashes out at Birdie's throat with a finger thrust.
COMBATSYS: Birdie interrupts Hand of Samael from Spider with Murderer Chain.
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Setsuka 0/-------/--=====|======-\-------\0 Birdie
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Spider 1/------=/=======|====---\-------\0 Vanessa
There is something to be said, even as Vanessa thrusts Birdie back by a powerful punch towards the solar plexus. It topples Birdie backwards, sending him to grasp a hold of the dent now in his armor and smack right up against a tree. "Wow, bloody hell you've still got it, chick-a-dee." Birdie snorts with a laughter.
And Spider comes.
Big and ugly? Hey he's a black knight today. He's supposed to be ruggedly handsome! And even as Spider aims to aim a jab at Birdie's neck, it connects. Half way. The other half never makes it. Spider's arm is in a metal sling.
It's not the happy, healy kind either. It's chain. And Birdie's a pulling, throwing up Spider into the air. "Alright bloke, you asked for it! Next time tell me I'm hand some, you bloody git!" Birdie cries, aiming to drop spider into the ground like an anvile as he pulls.
It's none too pretty.
COMBATSYS: Vanessa blocks Setsuka's Yamikaze - Nage.
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Setsuka 0/-------/--=====|======-\-------\0 Birdie
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Spider 1/------=/=======|=====--\-------\0 Vanessa
Vanessa emits a low, unhappy sound at Spider, because that was /dirty pool/, and as ruthless a fighter as Vanessa can be, going for the /eyes/ is just...just...
...She rounds on Setsuka, abruptly, seeing the girl come at her. The redhead's eyes narrow, and she sets herself in a boxing stance, sliding slowly back into role. "Ya har!" she jeers, hoping the crowd didn't get a mouthful of her cursing out Spider like that (a futile prayer). "The lady wants a crack? Well--"
Her arm snaps up, catching Setsuka's punch on a forearm. "Not a bad idea," Vanessa grins. "But lemme give ye some lessons in the 'sweet science', eh?"
And then Vanessa's free hand rises up, snapping forward toward Setsuka's neck with a sudden, hard blow!
COMBATSYS: Setsuka fails to counter Medium Punch from Vanessa with Light Kick.
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Setsuka 1/------=/=======|======-\-------\0 Birdie
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Spider 1/------=/=======|======-\-------\0 Vanessa
She snatches forearm, not throat--most disappointing. Vanessa's return punch... and her willingness to play the role... well, one is irritating--the other is actually dangerous. It isn't as if she doesn't see the punch coming--Vanessa is a boxer, and that is easily observable after even just ten seconds watching her fight. That she should be attempting to punch Sets is of no surprise at all.
Her speed, however, is more worrying--and even as the assassin is throwing her arms up to deflect Vanessa's punch, intending to deflect and attack in one motion... the punch is landing, drawing a pained, rattling gasp from Setsuka's mouth before she can control it. She staggers back, briefly placing her hand over the bruise that's already beginning to form.
The Spider blinks as he sees the chain wrap around his arm. "Oh sh-" he begins, before he's sent flying through the air and comes crashing down on the ground, the boards on the stage below him buckling and snapping. He pulls himself up to his feet, his Arab head dress gone and replaced by his closely shorn black hair. He frowns, before seeing his team mate get clobbered by Vanessa. He charges at Vanessa, swinging a nasty chop at her arm pit, aiming for the scapula (shoulder bone).
Vanessa's PYUNCCHHHHH sends waves of power through Setsuka, which easily aims to counter it. But isn't able to. Birdie, however, is just looking around for now. What could this monstrocity such as Birdie be looking for?! WEAKNESS.
And he might see some over there by Vanessa. Just maybe. With his eyes upon the boxing wonder, Birdie's aiming to, once more, give her a little thing to worry about. And it might not just be Spider.
The BLACK KNIGHT begins to pick up speed, head down, as he moves. Moves wildly as he goes right towards Vanessa. Towards Vanessa with something to prove. And that thing to prove is how insanely strong he is. By giving her the only thing he can. HIS HEAD.
Of hair. "Hey, chick-a-dee. Don't forget about me yet, hahaha!" Birdie cries, CHOOO. CHOO.
COMBATSYS: Spider successfully hits Vanessa with Quick Punch.
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Setsuka 0/-------/-======|=====--\-------\0 Birdie
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Spider 1/------=/=======|=======\-------\0 Vanessa
COMBATSYS: Vanessa blocks Birdie's Bull Head.
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Setsuka 0/-------/-======|======-\-------\0 Birdie
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Spider 1/------=/=======|=======\-------\1 Vanessa
And then the world is bad for Vanessa. The Boxing Queen fairly easily skips away from Setsuka's retaliatory kick, the woman gliding away from the Victorian Maiden with surprising speed - and right into Spider's chop to the arm. She squawks in pain, because THAT HURT, but she doesn't have any real time to dispense justice for it because she needs to deflect Birdie, which she does by snapping her forearms up to intercept Birdie's mighty skull once more. It pushes deep into her defense, but Birdie doesn't break through. Which is good! Vanessa's being pressed here...this is becoming difficult. She needs to take action. But what action!?
In the current situation, she's left with little choice. "Oh, how could I forget you," she grins at Birdie. "You're so /big/!"
She shifts her stance, separating her block into a grab at Birdie's shoulders with sudden ferocity, and HURLS him over toward Setsuka and Spider, with all the strength she can muster!
COMBATSYS: Birdie blocks Vanessa's Medium Throw.
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Setsuka 0/-------/-======|=======\-------\0 Birdie
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Spider 1/------=/=======|=======\-------\1 Vanessa
Birdie's thrown?! Birdie's thrown. Even as the giant Dark Knight, Birdie can be thrown. Even as he weighs a lot, Vanessa manages to overpower the sheer force of gravity upon the ground. Birdie, meanwhile, gets tossed into the air.
rBut he isn't willing to give it all up. Landing correctly due to his SHEER WEIGHT, Birdie lands amongst Setsuka and Spider, the ground shaking under his strength, "WOAH. Hey, chick-a-dee. COOL IT. I'm supposed to be beaten' you up or some shit." Birdie snorts.
This is a hell of a fight.. and Setsuka is... well, frankly, she's -not sure- what to do. This is... distressing to her, to say the least, but she keeps herself under control. Her thinking, as of late, has been starting to change, and she eyes her opponents with wary eyes. She still has her skilled eyes, though, and she's appraising both opponents. "Spider," she utters, to the man, "We need to take out the large man." She doesn't explain how or why she thinks this--but first off, he's closer, and that makes him more dangerous in a matchup of this type.
That said, she turns towards the large man...
And strikes with her blade. She comes in low, slicing for one massive thigh, seeking to make a debilitating slash across his leg, to open him up and make him bleed...
It's risky, going for power over speed, but just chipping away him won't help.
COMBATSYS: Birdie has left the fight here.
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Setsuka 0/-------/--=====|=======\-------\1 Vanessa
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COMBATSYS: Setsuka has left the fight here.
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Spider 1/------=/=======|=======\-------\1 Vanessa
COMBATSYS: Spider has left the fight here.
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As Birdie is roughly flung toward him, the Spider waits for the brawler to entire his web of deceit, lies, and broken bones. As Birdie comes at him, the Spider's arm snaps out to catch Birdie's armored arm and lock it. He growls lowly, before bringing his hand down on Birdie's elbow with crushing force. "Let's see you fight without an arm," he hisses in Birdie's ear, his breath smelling like cheap tobacco.
COMBATSYS: Birdie dodges Spider's Barak Zev.
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Setsuka 0/-------/--=====|=======\-------\0 Birdie
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Spider 0/-------/------=|=======\-------\1 Vanessa
COMBATSYS: Birdie dodges Setsuka's Power Strike.
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Setsuka 0/-------/--=====|=======\-------\0 Birdie
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Spider 0/-------/------=|=======\-------\1 Vanessa
There are very few things that could be said of such circumstances other than the old chiche of race having to do with jumping high of course.
The Black Knight that is Birdie struggles backwards as he looks up towards Vanessa. He huffs, he puffs, and he near blows the whole place down. This doesn't stop Birdie from being one mad thug as he gets a look at Vanessa.
"COM'ERE YOU!" Birdie snorts, eyes piercing out as he struggles to fight the weight of the armor.
In his moment of percieved weakness, both Setsuka and Spider descend upon Birdie, one cutting out with a powerful blow towards Birdie's back leg, the other aimed to catch his armored arm and break it with crushing force. No one is sure what happened next.
Birdie grew three times faster than day, exploding forward in what some may call terrible rage, right towards Vanessa without care or precaution. The thugs figure escapes both strikes that linger upon his heels as he moves towards Vanessa, "I DON'T HAVE THE BLOODY TIME FOR YOU TWO," Birdie grunts, "She's goin' first!" Birdie cries, rearing back a fist to send it soaring towards Vanessa's 'femine' figure.
Even if he punches right through a barrel of ale. Which he does.
COMBATSYS: Birdie successfully hits Vanessa with Medium Punch.
- Power hit! -
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Setsuka 0/-------/--=====|=======\-------\1 Birdie
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Spider 0/-------/------=|=======\===----\1 Vanessa
Vanessa's brilliant plan to divert Birdie away from her by throwing him over ----> there works great...except she seems to have made him unhappy. She'd figured the two-man team would be able to hit him enough to distract him...but no. Birdie rips out of the way, slamming toward her. Vanessa's too surprised by Birdie's successful evasion to do much - especially when he punches /through/ a barrel of ale to get to her, landing his enormous fist in her gut. She doesn't go flying, but she does gasp in shock at the sheer pain of it, staggering away. How much of it is playful exaggeration and how much is genuine pain is questionable...
...until Vanessa looks back up at Birdie, smiling meanly. "Going first, am I?" she murmurs, clenching her fist. Sparks of energy glow around it, and then she rears back, putting her entire body into the blow as she calls, "NOT UNTIL I GIVE YOU SOME O' THIS, 'ME HEARTIE'! HAAAAAAAH!" She throws her full weight into it, a single, powerful thrust punch leading right into Birdie's body - surrounded by a massive whirlwind of chi!
Birdie turns out to be somewhat faster than Setsuka could possibly expect, given his size. Then again, perhaps it's her own injuries slowing her down, too. In any case, her blade cuts nothing but air, and yet she's spared retaliation--Birdie considers Vanessa the bigger threat, and Sets honestly can't argue against that right now. Vanessa takes a punch to the gut, and were she the type, Setsuka might wince...
Instead, she takes the moment to collect herself. Perhaps not the 'smartest' of moves, but at times, one just needs a moment, to put things back in perspective.. to be able to formulate plans, to see what's happening, what will happen, and what has happened, to piece the world together.
COMBATSYS: Setsuka gains composure.
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Setsuka 0/-------/---====|=======\-------\1 Birdie
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Spider 0/-------/------=|====---\-------\0 Vanessa
The Spider blinks as Birdie surges out of his grasp. He frowns, and follows after Birdie, hoping to take advantage of the fact that Ari is being ignored. He steps up behind Birdie, and jumps up to get around the tall man's neck, before wrenching his head to the side with a twist. "Tell Beelzebub that the Spider says hello," he whispers in Birdie's ear darkly.
COMBATSYS: Vanessa successfully hits Birdie with Puncher Finish.
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Setsuka 0/-------/---====|=======\=======\1 Birdie
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Spider 0/-------/-------|====---\-------\0 Vanessa
COMBATSYS: Birdie interrupts Strong Throw from Spider with Bull Revenger.
- Power hit! -
*KNOCKED AWAY*
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Setsuka 0/-------/---====|======-\-------\0 Birdie
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Spider 1/------=/=======|====---\-------\0 Vanessa
Birdie's momentum makes it impossible for him to recoil as fast as Vanessa does. She's a boxer, he's a wrestler. He's used to people momentarily incapacitated to come back up to haunt him. Vanessa's used to come right back, recoiling like a snake and striking out like one too. An all too useful skill when fighting Birdie.
The large thug full in armor isn't even able to throw himself into the assault, he's just fed a dish of Vanessa punching him so hard that he's driven backwards powerfully, Birdie's armor denting with the increaced velocity and terrible blow that connects from Vanessa pirate. So hard in fact that the armor is broken, sorn and torn apart by the very wind chi that burns over him, ripping all of his armor off leaving him with just the chain.
And his underwear and white tanktop.
"You.. bloody bitch." Birdie snorts, barely standing, his figure thrown backwards through the ground itself, driven through the earth despite the powerful punch, his feet driven into the solid dirt as the two large foot holes seem to point out.
To make things better, Spider comes up from behind him. The two hands easily make contact, added with the man on his back. But as Spider aims to wrench his head, Birdie's head is wrenched, but not without Birdie using the momentum to deliver the worst head butt in history, knocking the wind out of Spider for even a moment.
And there, Birdie gets to attaching a chain. With this chain, Birdie attaches it to Spider's neck, wrenching it once, across the air and towards the ground, and then pulling up, Birdie lurches it towards the other side of the ground, the chain releasing as Birdie puts a little OMPH into it. "EEYYAAAAGHHHH!"
Beat up, brutalized and bleeding, Birdie still stands. And he ain't happy.
Vanessa punches Birdie so hard that his armor explodes, prompting her to supply a pleased, "And /that's/ a proper sea breeze, yeh?" slipping back into character with a grin. She bobs a little, getting ready for Birdie to try and blow her up again in retribution for the strike, but he doesn't - can't, because he has to detonate Spider in the face with his forehead. Vanessa is quietly very pleased that that was not her. She looks around, trying to decide what to do...and the choice seems inevitable. While Birdie recovers and Spider stands himself back up, there's only one real choice remaining! Vanessa takes it - sliding across the distance toward recovering Setsuka, she chirps, "Ya harr! Thought ye could hide, didje?" once again having fun with the battle. She glides forward, moving quite quickly, feet seeming not to even need to move, as she streaks up on Setsuka and drives one fist down, leaving a bright trail gold chi, and then follows up with an uppercut and a similar trail, while Vanessa calls, "HELLION!"
COMBATSYS: Vanessa successfully hits Setsuka with Forbidden Eagle.
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Setsuka 1/------=/=======|=====--\-------\0 Birdie
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Spider 1/------=/=======|=====--\-------\0 Vanessa
Setsuka... is not particularly happy about this. Vanessa's punching is a terrifying thing; the glowing energy trails that come with the smash-uppercut combination... She raises her forearms to block. But the impacts... the impacts are incredible. Vanessa blasts Setsuka's guard open with the smash--and the uppercut snaps into her chin and flings her backwards. Her jaw might be broken... if she's lucky not too badly.
Despite all that, when she is falling, she flips her body around, landing on her feet. She doesn't speak--she *can't*... but her actions will speak for her, as she suddenly lunges forward. Actually, a lunge isn't quite what it is; she motions as if she's lunging, and then she's a blur... coming out of it nearly to one side of Vanessa, her right hand glowing, flaring with bright purple-white energy aimed for her stomach...
The Spider manages to lock down on Birdie's head, before Birdie slams his head backwards into the Spider's face. His nose breaks in a splash of blood, leaving the Spider stunned enough for that chain to wrap around his neck. He's slammed into the ground twice, and left laying on the ground. As he sees his partner brutalized by Vanessa, he swings one leg out to lock behind her ankle, before the other does a kicking stomp at the side of her knee.
COMBATSYS: Spider can no longer fight.
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Birdie 0/-------/-======|=====--\-------\0 Vanessa
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Setsuka 0/-------/-----==|
Birdie, who is left to deal with such people as Vanessa and friends, makes his stand. And his stand is a get go. Birdie just looks towards Vanessa and Setsuka, watching as Vanessa go after Setsuka as you would expect from a boxer. Birdie... sits here, looking across both Vanessa and Setsuka as he gives himself something he needed so badly.
A bunch of ale, that's what. Ripping the lid right off a barrel, Birdie begins to chug it down. Chug chug chug chug. Even as Spider moves towards Vanessa, Birdie takes this time for a little R and R.
Or should we say B and B. Beer and ...barrels. Yeah!
"Hehe. Bloody 'ell. She punches hard."
COMBATSYS: Birdie gains composure.
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Birdie 0/-------/---====|=====--\-------\0 Vanessa
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Setsuka 0/-------/-----==|
COMBATSYS: Vanessa dodges Spider's Barak Zev.
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Birdie 0/-------/---====|=====--\-------\0 Vanessa
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Setsuka 0/-------/-----==|
COMBATSYS: Vanessa blocks Setsuka's Yamikaze - Kuu.
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Birdie 0/-------/---====|======-\-------\0 Vanessa
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Setsuka 0/-------/-----==|
As Setsuka flashes by Vanessa, she'll feel a light slap at her stomach--and a glowing bomb of Psycho Power will be left behind. A *whoosh* sound and another slap and there'll be one on her back... and then a third *whoosH* and a third bomb, right on her chest.
And then Setsuka comes to a stop, and points a finger at Vanessa, like she were aiming a gun.. and then each of those 'bombs' goes off, in succession, in a quick one-two-three, creating brief storms of cold, electric Psycho Power.
Vanessa isn't sure what to expect out of Birdie. She's busy dealing with the concentrated efforts of the other team, which is pretty impressive. Spider leaps out at her, but Vanessa's too fast on her feet after her attack on Setsuka; the redhead slides aside, moving too fast to really see clearly as she skates clear. But there's no time for her to make any smart remarks, because Setsuka makes her own comeback, sweeping in with that blast of energy aimed at Vanessa's belly. The redhead puts up her dukes and prepares to take the pain, catching the psycho power blast on her arms rather than her stomach, and pushing through it as best she can - deflecting a lot of it to one side, taking most of the blast in braced areas that won't be as badly affected. Still, this isn't good.
She has to take action - Birdie's recovering, and Setsuka's pressing the attack...who can she afford to go after...?
She clenches her fist, preparing herself, and then dashes forward - toward Birdie, fist reared back! She has an idea...can she pull it off? She's going to try! She drives in and leans forward, sweeping at the genuinely-costumed Arthurian knight with a hard punch!
If it's any consolation, she has the courtesy to let Birdie at least mostly finish his booze before she hammers him.
COMBATSYS: Vanessa successfully hits Birdie with Hook Punch.
- Power hit! -
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Birdie 0/-------/-======|=======\-------\0 Vanessa
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Setsuka 0/-------/-----==|
Vanessa's fist slams into Birdie's chest?!
And it does hammer him. And Birdie is hammered. Oh blimey! Birdie is just driven backwards and sent without a moment's notice thrown backwards. But there are just times when sure bets fail terribly. These are one of these moments. Birdie was sure that he could stop her assault. Block it and just thrust himself forward without a moment to spare. He's driven, but he's not done.
Birdie snorts, picking himself up as he throwns himself towards Vanessa in an attempt to ensare. "If I can't win," Birdie snorts, "Haha, then no one wins!" Birdie cries, grunting powerfully as he attempts to thrust the chain directly into Vanessa's neck. And from there, well, he'll strangle her! With his chain, and well, he wobbles a bit. Because Birdie's wobble hard. His fate, for now, is unseen.
These titans are slamming into each other like crazy. Setsuka is... well, let's be honest; she's dwarfed in power and skill. This is... not unusual, as far as Saturday Night Fights go, but is no less dire a situation for it. She doesn't want to get close. So she doesn't.
Ignoring the pain in her body, she turns towards Vanessa, sets her jaw... and grasps her blade.
*SLASH*
An arc of blue-purple energy flares in front of her, hovering for a moment...
*SLASH* And Setsuka cuts across it, forming a cross, which then flares out at Vanessa, the twinned slashes of Psycho Power reaching out for the boxing woman's... back, likely. But her torso, in any case.
COMBATSYS: Vanessa blocks Setsuka's Kokuu Juuji.
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Birdie 0/-------/-======|=======\-------\1 Vanessa
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Setsuka 0/-------/-----==|
COMBATSYS: Vanessa counters Bad Scrap from Birdie with Parrying Puncher.
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Birdie 1/-------/=======|=======\=------\1 Vanessa
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Setsuka 0/-------/-----==|
Vanessa's master plan to divert attention away from shattering her fragile bones seems to have failed. Rather catastrophically, at that: Now Setsuka is sitll pressing the attack, while Birdie rises to meet the day with all of his tremendous might!
Setsuka's attack needs to be dealt with first, Vanessa knows. The Boxing Queen throws up her arms once again, the chi blast pounding into her. Vanessa would've /liked/ to be able to deflect the blast entirely, but she doesn't have enough room in the ring - the psycho power blast hurts, but Vanessa has learned how to roll with energy blasts, even if that strange form of chi is always more puzzling to the boxer. She grits her teeth, in pain, and scoots away as soon as she can, skirting back, back -- Birdie comes at her with his chain, and Vanessa has only a split second.
She uses it. The high-speed boxer spins on one foot, sweeping in toward Birdie's guard as he raises his arms, and drives her fist, hard, into his gut one more time! "Not that easy, matey," Vanessa jeers.
Setsuka shakes her head. This is... not a good position to be in. Perhaps Birdie will spare her and attack Vanessa as well; for now, however, she has to consider the opponent who is still standing. In order to win--to survive--she'll have to risk much. Risk big, win big, as they say... and so Setsuka sets herself... and goes into her blurring lunge once more.
This time, however, when she comes in, she pulls up short, appearing in front of Vanessa, already slashing outwards with her blade, the arc glittering brightly as it reaches out for Vanessa's torso. It's a risky move, but... she doesn't have the time to slash carefully at Vanessa and take things at her pace.
Birdie is moving to just to strangle the hell out of Vanessa.
Now, Birdie can just see somethings up here as he charges, Vanessa's PAUNCH sending Birdie backwards even as he came, driving him even farther into the earth as he came. Now, Birdie usually isn't that much of a wealking to just take a punch like that and stop fighting. But after fighting for so long, you have to just get going. And Birdie, with his face so punched, could not keep it up anymore.
Birdie lumbers forward, eyes on Vanessa yet still.
"NOT. DONE. YET." Birdie grunts as he bleeds, thrusting himself forward in a last ditch effort to give Vanessa a head. A BULL HEAD. With horns. His mohawk.
Afterwards Birdie is down no matter what, IN DA DIRT.
COMBATSYS: Birdie can no longer fight.
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Setsuka 0/-------/-----==|=======\=------\1 Vanessa
COMBATSYS: Birdie successfully hits Vanessa with Bull Head.
Glancing Blow
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Setsuka 0/-------/-----==|=======\===----\1 Vanessa
COMBATSYS: Vanessa blocks Setsuka's Yamikaze - Zan.
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Setsuka 0/-------/----===|=======\===----\1 Vanessa
SETSUKA's in a bad position? Vanessa's not in great shape either! The Boxing Queen has to act fast, with Setsuka reaching for the full-on attack and Birdie hell-bent on ripping her open. She takes a risk, shifting her weight to slide away from Birdie -- too slow. He catches her as she scoots away, hammering into her chest and forcing the busty boxer to emit a pained "WHOOF!" as Birdie's mighty melon cracks a couple ribs and rips off some skin and, much to the delight of onlookers, rips her bodice open a fair bit before Vanessa pulls herself away, grumbling. She moves to yank it back together...and then shakes her head, flashing a grin at the crowd.
The sly look at the crowd looks like it should distract Vanessa from reacting to Setsuka...but when Setsuka comes at her, Vanessa looks back up at her, grinning a little, and swinging her arms up, she takes that blade head on, catching a few cuts on her forearms but not allowing Setsuka a telling blow! The Boxer slips back and away, slowly skating backwards...and when she manages to get just enough room, she holds up her off right hand, showing a spark of bright gold around it. "Not done yet, lassie!" Vanessa calls, momentarily forgetting that that's a Scottish kind of thing, and then slashes her arm up, sharply, sending a looping hurricane shooting downrange toward Setsuka!
COMBATSYS: Setsuka dodges Vanessa's Gaia Gear.
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Setsuka 0/-------/----===|===----\-------\0 Vanessa
Hurricanes? This is an unexpected and -wholly- unpleasant moment for Setsuka. Clearly, there is only one way to go for this--only one possible method to avoid this madness. That is... Setsuka aims herself, swordpoint first, and dives -into- the storm. She actually comes out spinning, her clothing shredded in a fetching and altogether too revealing manner--
--and by happy(?!?) coincidence, she appears to be aimed right for Vanessa, blade first. If she manages the strike, it will be a strike right through the meatiest, softest part of the abdomen, Vanessa's stoamch.
Not a fatal wound, by any means, but certainly not fun...
COMBATSYS: Vanessa blocks Setsuka's Power Strike.
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Setsuka 0/-------/----===|===----\-------\0 Vanessa
Vanessa's eyes widen. Someone just rode right through that technique!? "What!?" the Boxer gawps. She's too surprised to put up a proper defense; she ducks to one side, and on reflex, Vanessa slides her arm up in the way of the attack. The blade's strike slices off skin on her arm, but fails to impale the boxer. Vanessa growls unhappily at Setsuka, and as the black-haired woman shoots by, Vanessa reorients herself, and takes a chance of her own - rushing up, and emitting a loud boxer's sniff as her right hand snaps upward in a vicious uppercut that may well catch Setsuka right in the throat!
COMBATSYS: Setsuka fails to counter Uppercut Punch from Vanessa with Oborozuki.
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Setsuka 1/------=/=======|====---\-------\0 Vanessa
COMBATSYS: Setsuka can no longer fight.
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Vanessa 0/-------/--=====|
She had her moment of glory--now it's time for Vanessa to have hers. It should be 'easy'--Vanessa is tired, a lot more tired than Setsuka is, who has been careful expending her resources, as she always is. She's ready. She is--
--she's punched in the throat, and like all the blows she's taken in the fight, it's an epic one. Her throat is almost crushed; she had just been raising her blade, prepatory to... well, the world may never know; Setsuka's eyes bug out for a moment, there's a choked, rasping cough, and suddenly she drops to her knees, her blade clattering to the ground.
She reaches for her throat, frantically trying to gasp for breath, but something's wrong; though panic swims in her eyes, she masters it, and--in what can only be termed a moment of self-presaervation... slams her hands into the sides of her neck. There is a muffled, awful *pop*, and then the swordswoman is drawing breath again.
And then, unceremoniously, she passes the hell out, because that was something that no one should ever have to do...
Vanessa makes the last hit, and then watches with some worry as Setsuka has to struggle to resume breathing. The Boxing Queen looks over, signalling the SNF officials that she's alright and to get the medics on the field.
She chuckles to herself, grabbing one of her gloves in her teeth and yanking it off, before muttering, "God, I need a drink."
COMBATSYS: Vanessa has ended the fight here.
Log created on 22:16:16 10/25/2008 by Setsuka, and last modified on 17:41:07 10/31/2008.