Description: Naerose invites Maki to a Naeo League in the dream amusement park. The only problem? It's winter. The other problem? Maki is a lot tougher than Nae is! (Winner: Maki)
Dream amusement park.
When you played MOTM fighter X and you selected Naerose's stage this was one of the most likely places you would get. So it was by no surprise that the note sent to Maki in red crayon on the back of a napkin from the White Castle.. or perhaps Burger King would insist she come here for once and for all seeing if Maki was worthy of being the savior of the Naeo League. It was highly unlikely that this made much sense to Maki, or to anyone else, however to Naerose it made perfect sense. With Ken in the Naeo League it was finally Naerose's chance to claim the title of the whole thing and making it become that which she so long waited for. . The Naeo League.
Today the amusement park is well, mostly diserted, because it's winter! But that doesn't mean that it's hard to get into, infact with all the rides shut down and covered to protect them from the weather, there is little need to guard the place, but who wants to fight in the snow? So Naerose instead opt'd to break into the hall of mirrors, one of the many fun houses, and turning the lights on and getting the place heated had spent most of the morning, then convincing the camera crew that this was an official event and to come film it despite not having gotten permission from the park.. Well.. anyway. Lucky for Naerose NL doesn't want to get sued so without telling her they got permission. Anyway, the note on the napkin reads,
"Ken Masters has shown himself, but are you worthy to challenge him and change the name of the NL to the Naeo League rightfully? Find out against one of last season's biggest hitters." And an address.
It was here, in this funhouse with many a sign reading 'Naeo League' that Naerose waits, with a biiiiiiig grin on her face.
An invitation on a napkin? Surely Ken Masters himself couldn't have been involved in such a thing. You'd expect elegant paper and delicate handwriting. Obviously, this has to be someone's idea of a joke. Especially when Maki notices the bit about the 'Naeo League.' It's obvious something is going on here, something that's way too funny for Maki's taste. Yet, she decides to check it out anyway, just to see what's really going on here.
When Maki first arrives at the amusement park, she's a little wary of entering, since the whole place is completely shut down for the winter and she might be trespassing if she goes in without anyone's authority giving her the OK. Not to mention, the whole atmosphere is rather spooky given that it's completely abandoned and all. Nonetheless, Maki puts her fears aside and enters the park, looking around for where it is she's supposed to go.
Eventually, Maki finds her way to the funhouse, apparently remembering some extra detail on the note sent to her, and almost immediately, Maki is greeted by a sight that she's never seen in a Neo League battle before. The invitation didn't have a typo after all, it really is a 'Naeo League' fight. And there in the flesh is none other than Naerose. For a moment, Maki can only stare in disbelief, but then she shakes her head and says, "You must be the one who wrote the invitation to me." She shakes her head and says, "I thought it was some kind of joke, although the fact it's in a funhouse is kind of ironic in that sense.
"Nonetheless," Maki stares deeper at Naerose, "If it's a fight you want, then you're on!"
And with the detective work that Sherlock Holmes would totally be jealous of, Maki manages to track this to the source. Naerose Delphine! Indeed, she is caught red handed, at least with the crayon she used to write the note. Nl certainly has nothing to do with the Naeo League signs, all that writing, it is all Naerose's doing and while the crew looks like they'd rather be doing something - anything else, the fact is that they have dealt with this time and time again. Whenver Naerose comes up with the NL there is the lot, where everyone puts their numbers in and the unlucky few are drawn to actually run the thing. SThat being said, the scene Maki meets is by no means normal. All of the decorations were taken care of compliments of the Red Witch before hand.
"Well actually I'm not exactly looking for a fight, just I wanted to change the name officially to Naeo League and to do that I need points. Think of the Naeo League like the game of life. Success is measured only by the participants eating one another and I'm hungry." Probably Naerose is speaking of the point system, but she might be speaking literally you never know. The camera crew just groans and starts filming. You never know when these things will start.
COMBATSYS: Naerose has started a fight here.
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Naerose 0/-------/-------|
COMBATSYS: Maki has joined the fight here.
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Naerose 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Maki
"If you're hungry, I suggest you go to a restaurant, since you aren't going to get any hot dogs or burgers here." Maki replies sarcastically, and then mutters, "It's times like this I wish theme parks would offer tapioca as a snack as well." She then looks back at Naerose and says, "Points, you say? Well, you're gonna have to earn those points from me, because when I go into a battle like this, I intend to win at all costs!" Maki then stretches her legs a few times before jumping up and down to get the blood flowing.
Off to the side, the official in charge of the match gives the order to start the match. Maki almost immediately gets into her fighting stance, and then stares at Naerose, waiting to see just what that witch has up her sleeves.
COMBATSYS: Maki focuses on her next action.
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Naerose 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Maki
The mirrors might of played a role in this match had the crew not had to set up in front of them thus making them more or less useless, this disapoints Naerose a little, but not as much as the realization that Maki is totally going to attack her! It's like she's being mugged in New York (except no one would ever mug Naerose, likely it would end up costing the money somehow with her negative assests). Nevermind the facts that 1) Naerose called Maki here 2) Naerose started the whole thing about getting points and finally 3) She's Naerose. After a few moments of flailing in place and looking paniced it dawns on Naerose that Maki isn't actually doing anything aggressive yet. You might even call the action of watching someone a defensive action. You might also call Naeose a competant fighter - but you'd be wrong. Oh so wrong. So given the moment to observe Maki and decide that she isn't attacking, Naerose decides to do what many a person has done in the past in such a situation. Poke it with a stick. % r
When the axe murderer falls over you don't see if they're dead. yYou burn the building down. If Maki is going to not attack Naerose she had best try something a little more effective than reaching out with her broom, which is more or less a stick, and trying to poke her. Unfrotunately for reality, reaching out and poking her with a stick is literally exactly what she does. The broom handle being the stick. It's not even an effecetively aggressive poke. To say the least, it was a lame and disapointing start to this Naeo League match - not that there were many spectators.
COMBATSYS: Maki fails to interrupt Weapon Jab from Naerose with Quick Throw.
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Naerose 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Maki
Maki takes a deep breath and then watches as the witch comes at her with the handle of her broom. Typical attack, given that this is a witch we're talking about... or at least someone who resembles a witch closely. Nonetheless, this type of attack is one that Maki's seen before, and often times has countered with catching the weapon and then using that to throw her opponent over her shoulders. Simple enough, right?
Unfortunately, it doesn't work. Maki's too slow with her hands and she gets jabbed right in the stomach, causing her to briefly double over and lose her breath for a second, but then she recovers and gets back into her stance. "Not bad for an opening. Do you have any flying monkeys as well?" Maki asks, a slight, albeit sarcastic, smirk forming on her face.
"Flying monkeys?" asks Naerose. She totally doesn't get it.
The witch takes a moment to really thing about this and then decides to discard the question into the catigory (wide catigory at that) of 'I don't get it it'. Naerose shrugs and then responds, "Nah, but I have a neat trick." And really she insists on trying to press her luck, after all, she knows or should know that Maki likes to toss people doing stupid first attacks, so it is probably safe to assume that Maki will similarly do something like toss her if she does a stupid second attack. That being said, Naerose decides to show off, hops on her broom and it lifts her off the ground. Most people would think, that's amazing, but Nae on the other hand seems to not fully grasp just how cool it could be and just sort of treats it like a parlor trick.
"Here I come," she warns, to give Maki ample oppertunity to do somethign nasty to her, and then charges on her broom through the air at Maki. The problem is she sucks at stoping it and seems about to crash. . . into Maki.
COMBATSYS: Naerose successfully hits Maki with Delphine Charge.
Grazing Hit
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Naerose 0/-------/------=|==-----\-------\0 Maki
"You never saw The Wizard of Oz, apparently," Maki says, still smirking, but then her smirk vanishes as she sees Naerose preparing for something else as she gets onto her broom, and then it starts to float. Almost immediately, Maki's eyes grow wide as something inside her tells her that this is no stunt. Her suspicions turn to terror as Naerose comes at her rather fast, and Maki realizes she needs to get out of the way. Unfortunately, the speed of Naerose on her broom is a little too fast for her to fully get out of the way of.
Fortunately, though, the broom gets her mostly in the side and hits her left arm, meaning she spins around a little and holds her left side (and arm) in pain for a moment before shaking it off. "So, you think you can fly? Well, let's see how ya like this!" With that, Maki takes a few running steps and then literally flies directly at Naerose with her foot outstretched in a powerful-looking flying kick.
COMBATSYS: Maki successfully hits Naerose with Hassou Kyaku.
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Naerose 0/-------/---====|===----\-------\0 Maki
True flight was an extremely rare ability, it is infact not documented as existing with any fighter Naerose knows about, but of the few who can even do a good job of faking it Naerose was among a handful. How she pulled that off was well.. something else. Unfurtunately even grazing Maki meant she still crashed, and had a hard time getting out of the way of what came next, a powerful kick that helped Naerose stay on the ground.
Trying to guard her head with her hand and broom while crouching, Naerose cries, "Ahhh!" cause she's being kicked and then flails. It is sort of like a situation where someone says, 'I'm going to do this and if yo uget hit it's your own fault'. Naerose doesn't actually say that. She doesn't even think it, but she does swing her broom in a flailing motion and frankly no one could reaonsably call it an attack, but it could still hurt if it hit someone right.
COMBATSYS: Naerose successfully hits Maki with Random Strike.
Grazing Hit
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Naerose 0/-------/--=====|====---\-------\0 Maki
Looks like Naerose is going down rather hard, flailing her broom rather desperately as well. Typical method of someone who's going down but doesn't want to go alone. Given the way that Naerose is flailing, it shouldn't be too hard to avoid the broom. However, Maki's not completely out of the woods as she moves to avoid it. The part with the straws does graze her arm, and while neatness does count, Maki didn't need to be swept up like that, especially with such force.
"You're not what I'd call a clean fighter, honestly," Maki says, tsking and shaking her head. "But I'm not here to judge you. I'm here to take you out!" And with that, Maki attempts to stomp on Naerose's back while she's down.
COMBATSYS: Naerose blocks Maki's Light Kick.
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Naerose 0/-------/-======|====---\-------\0 Maki
The beating was the thing that Naerose was trying to avoid, so instead of getting kicked i nthe face or a soft place that would hurt, the woman in red pivots to get kicked in the arm and then deals with it by gasping. You know it hurt, course what did she expect it to not hurt? Honestly, that was probably not a very realistic impression of a fight. Naerose needed to learn to be more realistic. This wasn't likely to happen anytime soon, no matter how much Maki does to kick her in the face or how many times she does it.
"En Criento!" cries Naerose and flings her palm out, an exposion occuring, local white chi, trying to blast Maki and keep her at bay. Well that was the hope anyway. The Red witch was quickly learning her attacks just wouldn't strike home the way she wanted them to, except the first one that is.
COMBATSYS: Maki blocks Naerose's End Creation.
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Naerose 0/-------/-======|=====--\-------\0 Maki
One of the things that Maki has learned in previous situations like this is that sometimes it's better to stand your ground and defend instead of attempting to run away. Maki assumes her standard defensive stance, raising both arms and bending them while using her forearms to absorb the majority of the damage. Whatever it was Naerose said, Maki isn't sure since she never really studied Spanish.
But she has studied her opponent and she has decided that it's time to give the witch a taste of Maki's signature move. Without missing a beat, Maki drops to the ground, balancing on the tip of her tonfa(!) and then spins around wildly with one of her legs outstretched.
COMBATSYS: Maki successfully hits Naerose with Bushin Senpuu Kyaku.
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Naerose 1/-----==/=======|=======\-------\0 Maki
Maki had managed to get caught by a lot of Naerose's irritating attacks, it only made sense that Naerose couldn't avoid a square on assault forever. Even if she had been tagged once, when someone took life as much a joke as Naerose tends to you have to assume that eventually that catches up to you. So Naerose has a tonfa (which sounds like food) to eat. It turns out that a tonfa was not food. Drat.
"Ooowww." whines Naerose and then decides to stop fighting on the ground, picks herself up, eyes Maki and then gives her a taste of Naerose style treats, icicles style.
"It's winter outside, so Sagitta Minor!" exclaims Naerose, and makes no sense, cause her move is more celestrial then earthy. The flurry of ice shoots off at Maki while Naerose twists the opposite direction - apparently trying to avoid further pain cause that not-food tonfa was no fun to get struck by.
COMBATSYS: Maki dodges Naerose's Sagitta Minor.
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Naerose 1/-----==/=======|=======\-------\0 Maki
While Maki does agree that sometimes even the best fighters need to chill out once in awhile, there are better ways of doing so. And those icicles look more like a painful way of it. Not to mention, it's nowhere near Christmas, so those things are totally unnecessary.
Fortunately, Maki's focusing on those gives her plenty of time to dodge out of the way, leaving those icicles to go elsewhere while leaving her unscathed. And without missing a beat as always, Maki rushes at Naerose and attempts to slam the shorter end of her tonfa into the side of her face.
COMBATSYS: Maki successfully hits Naerose with Medium Strike.
- Power hit! -
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Naerose 1/-======/=======|=======\-------\0 Maki
It was time to get serious because no matter how hard Naerose tried to deny it, clearly Maki was intent on using that Tonfa to feed her tonfa and tonfa isn't food. It's a lot worse, it's a painful stick things that makes Naerose wish she didn't just get fed Tonfa! Still now that Naerose has perspective (and something to cry about (which she does)). There is another issue at hand.
"Wow you're tough." The witch complains and reaches to fix her shades, eyeing Maki carefully. Now what. She doesn't seem to have a weakness for speed.. But maybe.. The witch reaches into her hat, pulls out a can of red bull and just chucks it at Maki. When she opens it later it's going to be all sorts of fizzy.
COMBATSYS: Maki blocks Naerose's Thrown Object.
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Naerose 1/-======/=======|=======\-------\1 Maki
Red Bull gives you wings, yeah, Maki knows all about that nonsense. But she's not entirely in the mood for having a drink right now. She simply deflects it away using her tonfa, although the impact does cause her to bend her arm slightly the wrong way. But that doesn't faze her too much.
Stepping back a little, Maki says, "You're quite the fighter, you know that?" But does little more than take a few moments to catch her breath.
COMBATSYS: Maki gains composure.
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Naerose 1/-======/=======|======-\-------\0 Maki
While Maki takes a break and compliments her Naerose decides to go for FULL POWER and presses her attack ahead, giving a brief smile in response to the bit about her not being a total let down, the witch moves closer and says,
"Thanks, but sorry, I wanna see if I can't get the real groove in here, so here goes nothing." And Naerose shows Maki a second explosion of energy, pure damage style hoping that maybe she can catch an easy tag while Maki takes a moment not attacking. This has it'd down sides being that one, Maki's already seen this move, but it could be effective, who knows.
"En Criento!" Naerose shouts, giving ample warning about what she is going to do before doing it.
COMBATSYS: Naerose successfully hits Maki with End Creation.
Grazing Hit
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Naerose 1/=======/=======|=======\-------\1 Maki
Maki sees what Naerose is up to once again, and thinks that she can avoid it once again. But this time, her timing is slightly off, and she finds herself just getting hit in the side by the blast. It does hurt, but given how bad it could've hurt, it's not as bad. But it does prompt Maki to attempt to deliver Naerose a personal gift... in the form of a shoulder grab, followed by a tonfa blow to the stomach, and then a takedown!
COMBATSYS: Maki successfully hits Naerose with Armed Combo.
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Naerose 2/<<<<<<</<<<<<<<|=======\-------\1 Maki
And it succeeds. Maki grabs Naerose, decks her in the stomach, and then puts her down on the ground! (Getting right to the point folks.)
FULL Pw-Ochchhg.
It was one of those victories that came at a gcost, the top of the hill of power just meant now you had to make your way down and Naerose had a long climb ahead of her. First she needed to get up offt he ground and then take care of Maki, which was probably going to be no easy feet.
"Ogh. Okay, here goes.. nothing.." The witch says and then looks down, notices the can of Red Bull.
"Hey, don't mind if I do." She picks it up, opens it up and it sprays EVERYWHERE, it's like the fountain of red bull, but enough is left in the can for her to drink. Looking ridiculous, with Red Bull dripping off the brim of her hat and off her face, the witch licks her lips and decides, it's time to make a move. She hops on her broom and shoots off at Maki, laughing like smoeone on a sugar/caffiene high despite being pretty banged up. She tries to grab Maki on her way past to drag her across the flooor.
COMBATSYS: Naerose successfully hits Maki with Aquila Charge.
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Naerose 1/-------/=======|=======\====---\1 Maki
Naerose is really loving her Red Bull. Maki would join her, but she's not thirsty right now... except for victory of Naerose. But when you're as hyper as Naerose is, riding on a broom can be very hazardous. Apparently, Naerose doesn't believe that you shouldn't drink and then drive. Especially on a broom, since poor Maki ends up getting caught and dragged across the floor. And _THAT_ really hurts!
"Unnngh!" Maki screams out as she goes across the floor, her back now feeling like it's just been burned severely by something. After she's done being dragged, Maki lays on the ground for a moment, stunned by what just happened. Then, she somehow sits up and then forces herself back onto her feet.
"Maybe they should put you on Red Bull, since you charge like a bull!" Maki says in a somewhat strained voice as she steps back a little, trying to regain a sense of where she is.
COMBATSYS: Maki focuses on her next action.
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Naerose 1/-------/=======|=======\====---\1 Maki
Naerose can do that too, she can watch Maki and wait for a move. So she does, the witch stands back, fixes her shades and just remains there sort of taking the moment to re-assess her situtaion. "Umm put me on red bull." Naerose imagines product plugs, Naerose selling Red Bull,
"Hey do you think they'd pay for that cause I could totally go for some cash." Indeed cash was a good reason for the witch, she liked money. A lot.
COMBATSYS: Naerose focuses on her next action.
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Naerose 1/-------/=======|=======\====---\1 Maki
"I can't tell you, I'm not the type of person to ask. But if it's money you want, I'm sure there are haunted houses that are looking for help." Maki cracks her knuckles a little before slowly advancing on Naerose. "I think it's time that we ended this once and for all, though. One of us is going to fall, and it's not going to be me, I can assure you that."
And then, without any warning, Maki rushes at Naerose, attempting to deliver a flurry of tonfa strikes and kicks in a swift combination technique. This could end badly...
COMBATSYS: Maki successfully hits Naerose with Bushin Gou Rai Ha.
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Naerose 1/-======/=======|-------\-------\0 Maki
And Maki lands each and every blow rapidly, meaning that the fighter has used her skills to their maximum extent. What will become of poor Naerose?
DX.
The end is neeear. Actually the blows were just too much for the Red Witch, she can't handle the abuse, instead she tries whining as a defense but when that doesn't work she resorts to the failsafe tactic of just playing absolutely dead. Not moving, just snoring, really really loud. There was no way she could get a hit in good enough to do a great deal of damage, but worse yet, she was fast asleep. However there is a silver lining (not so much for the witch) but the crew, Maki spreads hapiness around the world that these people, the poor souls of working on the set of a NL fight that they can finally go home and spend time with their families. The witch meanwhile will probably continue her crusade to make the NL the Naeo League. But with so many big names, could this be just not her year?
COMBATSYS: Naerose takes no action.
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COMBATSYS: Naerose can no longer fight.
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Maki looks down at the witch, only to see that she's, strangely enough, snoring. Shrugging, Maki decides to leave Naerose to the medical crew while the official declares her the winner. She doesn't pose in any way, though; Instead she heads off to be treated for her injuries.
COMBATSYS: Maki has ended the fight here.
Log created on 14:17:30 01/28/2009 by Naerose, and last modified on 23:07:25 01/28/2009.