Description: All is well in the Boondocks of Southtown until Mechanized Mayhem in the form of Kraken shows up to destroy everything in its path. Maki's got a hunger for Tapioca, Kaida's clothes shopping and Drake wants to head to his modeling job and Aranha just wants to go home. Too bad that the crew of the Kraken have other plans.
Without mercy, Kraken rolls in with guns ablaze.
A massively-sized crimson-colored machine of war, the large tank is the sort of thing that is a nightmare for impoverished third world nations in conflict. Concrete cracks and spiderwebs beneath its treads, the massive machine loaded to the proverbial gills with enough firepower to stop a small army.
And this sort of thing is right in the middle of the suburbs of Southtown.
Rumbling to a stop, the machine whines and groans as its turrets turn on its swivels, the machine readying itself for another barrage. Within, its commander--an older man clad in Shadaloo attire--sits in his commander's chair with eyes plastered to the display before him. Without looking up from the display, he gestures a gloved hand toward the machine's gunner.
"Fire," he says with frighteningly cold calm.
"Leave nothing standing, Gray."
"Roger," the young man replies.
The Kraken rumbles. The turrets open fire on a small neighborhood.
What the hell would someone like Aranha be doing in the Boondocks? Aranha was the type of person who didn't quite fit in the burbs. The capoeirista finds himself there after finishing up a poker game with one of his associates.
He's headed home and as he makes his trip to the bus station. He hears the sounds of machinery coming closer and as it gets closer he can see the smoke rising before the red tank comes into view.
A few questions come into his mind. 'What the hell is that thing?' 'What the hell is it doing here?'The tank finally comes into full view and then the blazing guns take out the bus stop canopy and then blows up the bust that he was going to ride back into the city. One last question pops into his mind. 'Are you fucking kidding me?'
So much for Aranha's ride home. However one last thought pops into his head. "If you're gonna take out my ride home, I'm joy riding this motha fucka."
Kaida was walking home from the mall and minding her own business, thinking about buying herself a new getup now that spring isn't all that far off. Spring is the season of rebirth and renewal, after all, so she'd like to look nice and fresh for it when it's time. Unfortunately everything she liked was a fair margin out of her current price range, so she'll have to save up her money before she can splurge on a new outfit.
But as she walks home there are suddenly new problems to consider. Problems like huge goddamn tanks rolling down the streets of Southtown. Now, on it's own that'd likely draw little more than a lengthy stare and a whole lot of confusion from the girl. But the thing is, that tank is also /firing/. Yes. A tank is shooting. In a city.
Oh hell no! "N-no way..." The first thing she does is reach over to her arm, pull up her sleeve, and pinch herself liberally. "Ita-ta..." Yes, she felt it. This is 'real'. Surreal is more like it, but seeing something like this? She just can't stand around and do nothing. She doesn't know if she can stop a tank, but she can sure as hell try!
No shouts of how she'll punish this wrongdoer for what's happening, no cliché proclamations of how she'll protect the innocent people of this city. Instead she'll just pull out her sword and /charge/. Caring about nothing else for the moment she moves as fast as her legs will carry her towards the mechanical beast, taking in deep breaths. Right now she sees one main threat: the main cannon of that battle tank. And so once she gets to the sidewalk she leaps up into the air and pulls her sword over her head. "YAAAAAAAAAAAH!" The bokken comes crashing down about as hard as she can muster, and for once in her life she wishes she had her Katana with her today. Her target? The center of the tanks cannon barrel, hoping to put a wicked nasty bend into it so that if it shoots it'll do little more than blow a hole in itself.
COMBATSYS: Kaida has started a fight here on the left meter side.
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COMBATSYS: Aranha has joined the fight here on the left meter side.
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What's going on? An earthquake? In Southtown, no less? Well, in a place like this, just about anything can happen it seems. Including the fact that Maki Genryusai happens to be in the area too. Whatever is she doing in a place like this? Shouldn't she be in Metro City doing something to help out?
Whatever the reason, Maki's walking along, possibly looking for a place to get some tapioca, when the whole earthquake starts up. Yet, it doesn't quite feel like an earthquake, but something else nearby. It's like Maki knows there's something causing this and it's not natural.
"Gotta keep my footing, dammit..." Maki thinks to herself as she struggles to maintain balance before running off in the general direction of where this whole thing is coming from... and stops dead in her tracks as she sees the giant tank there.
"Oh my... you have GOT to be kidding me! What the hell is this thing doing here?!" Maki shouts at the top of her lungs. She looks at her tonfa and realizes that thing would be like a flyswatter against that giant tank. In desperation, she looks around and finds a large crate nearby, which takes a little bit of 'oomph' to heft up, but Maki manages. Whatever's inside better not be fragile, since Maki's gonna be throwing it at that tank in a moment!
"It ain't much, but take this!" Maki shouts as she heaves it at the top of the tank, hoping to hit a vital spot.
COMBATSYS: Maki has joined the fight here on the left meter side.
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COMBATSYS: Aranha focuses on his next action.
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Isn't it grand how a day can suddenly go to pot? Honestly, it's amazing.
Drake had to make a retun trip to Southtown. He -was- in Salamenca, Spain, ready to proceed with his World Tour... only to find his mother came looking for him in Southtown with a modeling contract, and fell ill. So like the good son he tries to be, he had to return to the beach house and visit her. No sooner than he got the photo shoot information and was on his way, than all Hell seems to've broken loose.
"Not the right time, not the right time, not the right time..," Drake mutters under his breath. He's dressed for modeling, not for fighting! Moreover, it seems like things have taken a turn for the purely insane! The closest center of mayhem seems to be right in the middle of Chinatown, and firing on an unsuspecting neighborhood. Well.. unprotected more than unsuspecting, at this point.
Too many people are running and screaming for Drake to pick out any particular faces from the crowd. They're unimportant right now, anyway. It's what's causing the havoc that's interesting him: a giant tank. A giant tank very much similar to the one he and his girls faced off in Thailand. Only this time, his girls aren't anywhere to be found. Despite it all, he's well aware of what he has to do - even if the odds seem ridiculous. That tank has to be stopped.
Suddenly dashing towards the monstrocity, Drake finds himself fighting through the slew of fleeing civilians, until he finally just leaps into the air. Bare foot sets onto a person's shoulder, and he flings himself into a frontal kick aimed for the tank's upper section, hoping to knock it askew with a flying jumpkick.
COMBATSYS: Drake has joined the fight here on the left meter side.
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COMBATSYS: Kraken blocks Drake's Quick Kick.
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COMBATSYS: Kraken blocks Kaida's Random Strike.
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COMBATSYS: Kraken overcomes Large Thrown Object from Maki with Rapid Fire.
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"Sir, we have a problem."
Looking up from her console, a young waif woman glances over her shoulder toward the Shadaloo commander seated behind her. He nods somewhat, gloved digits absently tapping a few buttons on the display at his seat. As expected--
"Resistance," he mutters.
"Very well--engage them. Priorities have shifted. Refrain from targeting the area and focus fire on these fools," the commander issues, his eyes sharply narrowing as he turns his eyes back onto the display laid before him. "If they want to fight a futile fight, we'll show them how fruitless their efforts will be."
"Roger," both the female driver and male gunner reply.
Outside the crimson-colored tank, a sharp hum erupts. The machine's husk shimmers as its defenses are boosted briefly, as Kaida and Drake take a direct approach to combating the machine. At the same time, a gun swivels around and aims itself forward, right as Maki hurls a crate at the tank.
"Open fire!" the commander barks.
Suddenly the gun's muzzle growls, a series of swift fire delivered as it tears the crate apart and continues to fire at Maki.
COMBATSYS: Kraken successfully hits Maki with Rapid Fire.
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The crate was merely a desperate attempt to find something to try to hit the tank with, if not slow it down at least, as pathetic as it might be. Unfortunately, in a situation like this, Maki sometimes forgets that there are things that should be taken into account before making a move. And one of those happens to be the fact that the tank has a gun on it. A rapid fire gun no less.
"Oh shit," Maki thinks to herself as the crate gets shattered by the rapid fire, and then her instincts tell her that she's gonna be turned into swiss cheese if she doesn't do something. As if her body is acting on impulse, Maki attempts to jump out of the way, but she's not quite successful. At least one or two bullets tear into her flesh.
"Owww!" Maki cries out as she lands on the ground, stunned by the intense pain surging through her body. She puts a hand to where the bullets hit and finds her hand coming away with blood on it. Looks like the tank got a good hit on Maki.
"You're still not getting me that easily," Maki says with a scowl as she gets back onto her feet and grabs a nearby first aid kit from a shop which is abandoned due to this whole disaster. While she applies a gauze bandage to stop the bleeding, complete with sturdy medical tape, Maki keeps an eye on that big-ass tank, now starting to lose her fear and replace it with determination and courage.
COMBATSYS: Maki focuses on her next action.
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The Metro City born capoeirista watches as Maki, Kaida, and Drake begin to attack the machine. And the capoeirista/traceur is off. Making an insane dash as the guns blaze at the Ninja putting a hurting on her.
Aranha, hoping he hasn't attracted the attention of the large machine quickly climbs up and eventually gets to the top of the tank before doing something completely nuts. He attempts to stab his hand into what he hopes is weak plating and then attempts to try to rip a piece of plating off with a loud grunt. Whatever possibility of is stealth is lost for the capoeirista. But at least he has help.
A painful reverberation sets in through Kaida's bokken as the weapon is brought down upon the weapon, the metallic clang echoing throughout the area as her efforts are immediately made fruitless by active defense systems. "G-gah!" She backs off immediately so as not to get run over by the tank, hopping over to the side of it. Looks like taking a wooden weapon against a hulking mechanical beast isn't going to work so well after all.
She's pleased to see that there are others showing up to help as well. Her eyes widen a little as Maki's crate gets blasted and the urban ninja gets riddled with bullets, giving a horrified gasp. What surprises her is that despite this, Maki is still standing. "Wow..." Ok! So maybe this isn't such a fruitless fight after all? She has to keep going, has to keep trying! ...this is insane. She's going to try to cut a tank with a wooden sword. Again.
Trying to ignore the absurdity of it she tries again, this time trying to jump /on top/ of it, likely right near where Aranha currently is, and then make a powerful downward stab- at the hatch. Seriously, screw trying to break it. Break it /open/ and beat the hell out of the people inside. That'll work!
CLONG.
Drake's bare footsie banks off the hard plating of the Kraken, nearly enough to spin him out and fall over. He manages to catch himself just prior to such an embarrassing feat, however, and winds up in a crouch atop the tank. "Just like old times...," he mutters to himself.
Only at this proximity, he spies a couple others. One he recognizes, the other he doesn't. Aranha, making to clambor atop the tank.. which is pretty respectable in his eyes.. and a green-haired girl with a wooden sword.
"Sharp steel would'a helped!," Drake calls to her dryly. "Try to watch yourself, and don't get hurt!"
Drake hops to the top of the tank and dashes to its back end, looking for an exhaust vent, something.. anything, really. But what he finds are guns. Lovely guns. His amethyst eyes narrow, and he drops down to one of them. His arms open wide, and he... hugs. The gun. Yes, he hugs the damn thing. But it's certainly not gentle. He pumps as much power as he can into his grip, torquing his body to attempt twisting the muzzle of the gun in on the tank itself. "Grraahh!"
COMBATSYS: Kraken blocks Aranha's Strong Throw.
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COMBATSYS: Kraken endures Drake's Blackout.
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COMBATSYS: Kraken fails to interrupt Power Strike from Kaida with Point-Blank Fire.
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"Sir--!"
"I know!"
Once again three of four fighters descend upon the machine, assailing it from a variety of angles and mildly disarming the Kraken's driver. She watches intently the monitors, eyes wide before she whips her head around to face her commander. "O-orders??"
"Stand ground," the commander replies.
"Khalifa, lower the shields and stabilize the Kraken. We're going to try a counterattack."
"Roger."
Outside, the shell of the Kraken loses its luster as Spider attempts to pull a section of the armor off. Somehow, the machine's husk remains intact; but that doesn't save the guns. They're gripped to--but the commander within doesn't care.
"Gray--get the gun ready."
"S-sir, I can't--" Gray struggles on the controls.
"Do it!!"
Despite the efforts, the Kraken's gun doesn't swivel around in time. As result the hull takes damage; fortunately for the men and woman inside, the Kraken's armor is the stuff of legends and holds. For now.
"Damn it Gray! Khalifa, status report?"
"We're still operating at full power, sir. I'm not sure how long we can manage, though..."
Having managed to slow down the bleeding and control the pain she's in, Maki shifts her attention to the tank once again. She narrows her eyes as she stares at it like it's nothing to her. "You creeps, you think you can just come in here and start tearing this place apart like you're some kind of demolition crew? Well, you're wrong. Because I've got something to say about it!"
Without missing a beat, Maki jumps onto a nearby car and then jumps from there onto a nearby rooftop. From there, Maki plans her next attack towards the tank.
"Get ready! Cause here it comes!" Maki shouts after a moment of contemplation, before jumping directly at the tank off the rooftop, with her leg outstretched. She's flying at the tank's turret quite fast, possibly attempting to give it a little more 'turbulence.'
Kaida's singleminded focus may well have almost gotten her killed just now. Weapon raised, she plunges it downward and makes a rather nice dent in the hatch, though she's sad to see that it held. If she knew that she was about to get shot for her troubles? She'd likely be jubilating right now rather than feeling somewhat annoyed.
She does bear witness to the acts of the other two fighters around her, however. "Hey! You two! If you're able to pull metal off this thing and bend it, could you give me a hand trying to rip this hatch open? If they need a tank I bet the people inside this thing would go down fast! I'm not sure if I have the strength to do it with my sword." Then, it occurs to her. There's something no one has tried, yet.
Jumping off of the tank (just in time to avoid Maki's kick and give her room on top!) she stands to the side, "So it'll take punching, kicking, and stabbing just fine. But lets see how it holds up against Chi!" She then runs back up to the tank and pulls out her second sword as her body suddenly coats itself with energy, from the tips of her swords to the bottom of her feet, a white 'aura' surrounding her. Trying to attack the tanks treats she lashes out, giving a grunt as her swords swing, hoping that she can disable or at least slow it down as her charged weapons bash into it, "Shining Slashes!"
Gun wrenched to satisfaction, Drake gives it a cocky smile. "Heck yeah. Try firing -that- one now," he taunts the metal construct. The teen model starts towards the other turret, fingers splayed and looking ready to give it the same treatment... when yelling catches his attention. Sure, yelling is going on all around him, but this yelling is direct, focused. His head turns to spy Kaida addressing him and, presumably, Aranha.
"Didn't make much headway with that against the last tank," he reflects.
eyes shift to Aranha momentarily...
...And he shrugs.
"Then again, this is a whole new tank!"
Drake leaps into the air and overturns his body, angling his elbow out to smash it against the top hatch of the Kraken and hopefully warp the lid. Following the impact, his hands grasp for any opening or indention to take hold of, and he rears back with it, straining the muscle through his body to apply considerable force.
Aranha finds himself muttering swear words as his hands don't quite find purchase through the mighty shell of the Kraken. The capoeirista figures his best chance of breaking through the shell is to keep attacking that one spot.
"Funny you should mention that. I was already thinking the same thing." He raises a glowing hand as it becomes covered in blue energy web with a bit of a mischievious grin on his face and then he moves to join Drake as he slaps the palm down to leave a blue chi web and then he rises again to stomp the tank, attempting to loosen the hatch. If the whole thing is tough make your own weakness.
After the stomp he turns to Drake. "Since you've fought these things before, or something similar, any advice?"
COMBATSYS: Kraken blocks Drake's Savage Grapple.
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COMBATSYS: Aranha successfully hits Kraken with Malicia.
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COMBATSYS: Maki successfully hits Kraken with Hassou Kyaku.
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COMBATSYS: Kraken dodges Kaida's Shining Slashes.
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The machine is again at the mercy of the four fighters, relentlessly targeted as the treads of the machine slowly grind against concrete. Within the deep confines of the Kraken, the machine's grizzly commander clenches a gloved hand and slams his hand down onto the arm rest of his chair.
"Khalifa, Gray--ready the shields!"
"Yes sir," his subordinates reply in unison.
Outside, the red tank shudders as the unified efforts of the fighters more or less pay off, though Kaida's attack is met only with empty air as the machine rolls just BARELY out of her weapon's way.
"Tch--damage report."
"Operating with full power. Shields have taken damage, but still operable. Turret three is damaged, and the armor is operating at roughly seventy percent. We're still all right, but..."
"Don't finish that, Khalifa."
"Er...y-yes sir."
"Gray, are the shields ready?"
"Yes sir."
"Engage!"
With a sudden rumble, the red husk of the Kraken suddenly shimmers...before it suddenly erupts with a discharge of energy that explodes outwards in a furious display of power, forming a sudden shield-like bubble of offensive electricity around the Kraken.
COMBATSYS: Kaida auto-guards Kraken's Killing Field EX!
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COMBATSYS: Aranha blocks Kraken's Killing Field EX.
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COMBATSYS: Kraken successfully hits Drake with Killing Field EX.
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COMBATSYS: Kraken successfully hits Maki with Killing Field EX.
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"Hrrrrk!"
Drake wrenches on the top of the tank, back arched, eyes squeezed shut and teeth clenched. But he can feel it's gradually working. Him, putting that wirey muscle to work, Aranha pumping it with that funky energy of his... it's getting somewhere! Maybe, just maybe they'll pop that stupid lid off and bonk the driver's head around!
WHEN SUDDENLY!
The Kraken appears to say, *Zap yo' ass!*
The massive jolt of electricity literally launches the pesky supermodel from its top, sending him into a high arc through the air. "Aaaauugh!" He hits the ground hard and heavy, splayed out, supine, and even smouldering. After several seconds, he groans and shifts onto his side, right hand setting to his head while he balances himself on his left elbow. He shakes his head slowly, completely dazed and attempting to bring himself to bear again. "Y-.. yeah.. the hatch.. never works.." Cough. "Ergh.."
COMBATSYS: Drake gains composure.
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One moment Maki finds herself attempting to do her imitation of a human missile on the tank, and then the next thing she knows she's got a huge ass field of energy coming her way. Time for her to be elsewhere... now.
Erm, rephrase that.
Time for her to move out of her before that field gets her. But unfortunately, that's not gonna happen to her. Instead, she's gonna be hit by that energy and go flying onto the ground down below... smashing into a nearby parked car as well. Landing on her side, Maki's eyes are half open for a moment, fluttering like she might lose consciousness. But then she manages to push back onto her feet, albeit with great difficulty.
"Looks like you're tougher than we all anticipated," Maki whispers under her breath. She can't attack now, she's too busy trying to catch her breath and regain the ability to fight.
COMBATSYS: Maki gains composure.
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Whiff! The swords cleanly miss the tank as it inexorably rolls onward. A little shiver of momentary rage runs through Kaida a she realizes that she managed to miss a slow moving target of that size. Next time, aim for the /front/ of the treads, damnit! But being down on the ground is a rather large perk, rather than on the tank named Kraken, because it's charging its shields for an offensive rather than defensive use. Not that she isn't in range, but...
As the electricity lashes out around her it tears into the white chi surrounding her body and deflects, energy ripping about the air around her but not managing to penetrate that thin barrier of chi. She knew there was a reason she created that technique! "Alright, looks like chi is it's weakness, if it couldn't get through that. Guess I know what to do, then!"
And that is to prepare herself for an all out energy assault on the beastly tank. While everyone else is busy recovering from getting the crap shocked out of them, she stands there as the aura of energy fades, a sword in each hand, and focuses herself inward. A light wind kicks up around her, and then suddenly becomes visible as not wind but chi, white energy swirling around her limbs and body as it flows from the world around her and into her body. "This is more like it..! Give me a few more seconds and that thing's toast!"
COMBATSYS: Kaida gathers her will.
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Aranha would love to say his 'spider sense' kick in but he's not even aware of what's going on until the rumbling can be heard and felt under his feet and then the traceur beats feet. His plans will have to be abandoned for later.
Aranha's body moves in blur as he begins to dash across the top of the tank and then leaps off bouncing from gun to gun like a rogue pinball as he attempts to get away. Near the bottom he ends up coming to the realization that he can't quite get away in time and so he balls up at the last moment before the glowing energy blasts him away sending him flying but when he lands he rolls to his feet. With a shout he runs back up to the base of the tank. "I'll try to keep this thing occupied for a bit. Try not to hold off for too long guys!"
With that he runs up bouncing back up to the top kicking off from gun to gun but this time attempting to damage it as he makes his path back up.
COMBATSYS: Aranha successfully hits Kraken with Sky's the Limit.
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"Status?"
"Sir, we're all right for now," Khalifa replies to her superior, breathing a light sigh of relief. "The shields held them off for the most part. It would appear the targets are being passive. Possibly due to suffering major damage? I'm not sure."
"I call that a success," Gray replies, grinning from his controls.
"We're not finished yet," the commander growls. Both subordinates go quiet.
Outside, the Kraken is once again attacked, Aranha's kicks delivering a swift blow to its weapons. The red tank groans and rumbles as the man hops along, slowly crawling backwards on its treads.
"Ready 'that' gun," the commander coolly states.
"S-sir??"
"Do it, Khalifa! That is an ORDER."
"R-roger."
A large gun emerges from within the Kraken's main turret, a large length of steel jutting outwards and humming with energy. Winding itself up, the machine readies its shell...
"If they want to hide, we'll bring the fight to them. FIRE!!"
With a loud FWUMP a shot is fired, a massive piece of artillery aimed right for Kaida.
COMBATSYS: Kaida blocks Kraken's Long Shot.
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D-don't take too long!? Was that a joke?! Drake's over here lookin' like fried chicken! Extra crispy, even!
But be that as it may, he had no intentions of staying down. As long as that thing is moving or firing weapons, he can't let it be. It was a breather. That's all it was. Just a breather to collect himself and get back to business.
Drake gives his head another shake, this one more firm to snap-to. He rolls back onto his shoulders, and kips up to his feet. His initial kick didn't seem to do a world of good against the machine, but... this time, he's going to do it -right-.
Focusing in on his first target, Drake rushes in at the Kraken again. As he draws near, he blocks out the world around him - the other fighters attacking the tank, the tank's retaliation, the destruction around him, all of it. His focus rests solely on the tank and his own body, pulling his muscles into a springloaded intensity. The moment the distance is closed, he hops into the air and twists his body over, thrusting his right foot out at in a butterfly kick the frontal wheel of the tread on his end - with every intention to crush it under his heel. The force of the blow should be sufficient in launching Drake higher into the air, specifically to meet the main cannon of the tank - whereupon he twists over to deliver a second butterfly kick at the side of the nozzle, hopefully forceful enough to warp it.
Now having regained some fighting ability within her body and her lungs, Maki decides it's time to take this giant behemoth on once again. This whole four-on-one thing is like Jack the Giant Killer, only with four Jacks instead. Nonetheless, Maki's done taking a break, she's going to teach the tank commanders that you don't come to where Maki is and expect to come away unscathed if you wreck things.
"All right, no more down time," Maki says as she gets back onto her feet and heads towards the tank again. "I'm gonna teach you that you should never underestimate your opponent, no matter how small they may be!" Maki jumps onto the tank and attempts to swing her tonfa in a huge uppercut-like strike at the main turret.
So Kaida is standing there, minding her own business and drinking up the energy of the world, when all of a sudden this tank goes and shoots her.
No, seriously, that actually happens.
It's impossible the cannon turning and aiming directly at her, and her eyes widen hugely as she realizes what's about to happen. That's it, she's dead. She's never going to survive this, there's just no way. All she can really do is hold swords up in front of herself in a cross pattern as it belches out a plume of fire, a massive shell slamming into her. It hits, it explodes.
For a brief moment Kaida can be seen as a tiny speck trailing smoke out of the radius of the explosion of the blast, bashing into a wall some thirty feet behind her in the mall, bricks flying as her body cracks some and crushes others.
It takes her five whole seconds to realize she's still alive. Her clothes are torn to hell, she has cuts, bruises, and is bleeding all over. But she's alive. ...and still able to keep going, her muscles tell her. To the teen, this is a completely surprising turn of events. So she /can/ fight this thing and survive! And it just pounded her with it's main cannon, and she lived! Emboldened and filled to the brim with confidence, she pulls herself from the wall and, once again, charges. "Alright! Here I come! You're going to get it now, you stupid hunk of metal!"
And it's not even going to have to wait for her to get over there, because as she runs her swords light up with energy and she does exactly what she promised a moment ago, swinging them in turn one after another and sending a paired set of white blasts of concussive chi screaming in towards the tank. ...though they have /quite/ a lot of distance to make up. "Twin Moonlit Swords!"
He's at the top and relatively surprised that the tank hadn't taken the bait of the lone traceur confronting the red tank. To be honest, he's actually somewhat glad because it gives him a few opportunities he didn't have before.
With the guns at the top at least a little damaged it allows for Aranha to have a bit of breathing room. With something that one might consider a bout madness, he starts singing in Portuguese from the diaphragm letting his voice carry across the suburban battlefield. And as he sings he seems to get more and more pumped up as time continues. He plans on riding this bout of inspiration to the very end.
COMBATSYS: Aranha gathers his will.
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COMBATSYS: Drake successfully hits Kraken with Lunar Eclipse.
- Power hit! -
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COMBATSYS: Maki successfully hits Kraken with Genkou.
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COMBATSYS: Kraken dodges Kaida's Twin Moonlit Swords.
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"S-sir this is really b-bad!"
Outside, the Kraken once again sustains considerable damage as the fighters once again converge upon it. Within the red tank, Khalifa and Gray panic a bit at their controls, their displays flashing red as the cockpit within dims to an ominous shade of crimson. Glancing over her shoulder, Khalifa sports a heavy frown as she looks to the commander.
"S-sir, we can't hold out much longer. Our systems are failing rapidly--we've lost two of our weapons, and there is a real danger of a breach in the hull. What do you want us to do..?"
Leaning back in his chair, Gray smoothes his hair back as he mumbles over and over to himself, blue eyes wide and horrified as he watches the damage reports scroll by on his controls. The commander, however, remains eerily silent.
"Sir, please. We need your order."
"..."
"Sorry to get out of place here commander," Gray manages, glancing back. "But we're kind of fucked."
"Understood," the man offers in response, his tone grim.
"We were given orders to destroy, and destroy we must. If they won't relent, then neither shall we."
Khalifa and Gray look to each other before they hang their heads. Gray lifts a rosary from his suit, giving it a kiss and muttering a soft prayer while his female counterpart just tries her best to be strong and not cry. They know what's going to happen.
Leaning over, the commander flicks on the external speakers.
"Think of this as a parting gift for your meddling. Enjoy the destruction to your homes. Goodbye."
The speaker clicks off. There is nothing more to be said.
The machine begins to rumble ominously, the crimson husk of the Kraken shuddering and flickering a wide range of red hues like the epidermis of an angry octopus. The flickering gets faster and faster, a noticeable heat emanating from its shell. Its actions are impossible to predict...
And then?
/Boom./
The Kraken explodes, vaporizing its pilots within, and possibly everything without. Houses in the immediate block shudder violently, some falling down to their foundations. And when the smoke clears there will be nothing left of the Kraken, save shrapnel and a massive, smoking crater left as a reminder:
This is war. There will be casualties.
COMBATSYS: Kraken successfully hits Kraken with Mass Grave.
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COMBATSYS: Kraken takes no action.
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COMBATSYS: Kraken can no longer fight.
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COMBATSYS: Kaida stops Mass Grave from Kraken with Grand Refusal - Moon's Punishment.
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COMBATSYS: Kraken successfully hits Drake with Mass Grave.
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COMBATSYS: Kraken successfully hits Aranha with Mass Grave.
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Drake knows what's coming. On some level, he knows. From the moment he lands atop the tank in preparation to keep the heat of his attacks comin', he feels the shuddering. It's the same thing he felt when he and the Shooting Stars confronted that tank in Thailand.
Momentarily distracted by the voice crackling over the speaker, Drake's eyes widen. "You crazy son of a-"
And there it goes. The tank erupts into a catastrophic explosion, launching the young supermodel off and through the air heavily. He smashes against a house, nearly caving the wall in from the impact, and recoils off to hit the ground hard. Smouldering once more, he pulls himself onto his left elbow, just enough to weakly lift his head and peer at the wreckage that was once the tank terrorizing this part of town. His vision is blurry, unfocused... but he can make it out just enough.
"D-.. damnit... my head a splode..."
COMBATSYS: Drake takes no action.
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COMBATSYS: Kraken successfully hits Maki with Mass Grave.
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Kaida's aim is pretty off today. The chi blasts sail over the top of the Kraken and eventually fade and disappear, the girl shaking her head a bit. Maybe she should have made sure to get way closer. Or... or maybe she should have just pulled out all the stops and /really/ blasted it? Regardless, the others seem to be punishing it rather badly after it focused on her and blasted at her with its artillery cannon.
Then things get really, really bad. The speaker warns of onrushing doom, and then the tank begins to glow pretty colors and, "No! They wouldn't!" They would. As the tank explodes she holds one of her swords up in front of herself and spins it by the hilt, a barrier of white energy forming in front of her. "Moon's Punishment!"
The explosion racks against the field of energy, and she's driven backwards, pieces of tank battering into the hemisphere of chi. It begins to flicker and fade, but with a renewed effort she grits her teeth and shoves her arm forward, reinforcing it with her other until finally the devastation subsides. Behind her is an apartment building. It's almost completely destroyed, save for small parts of the first and second floor in a circular area, serenely undamaged. She drops to her knees. "...we failed..."
Almost immediately, when the first signs of the impending explosion show up, Maki jumps off the tank and attempts to get a safe distance away. But then the rumbling gets deeper and deeper, and then the inevitable explosion occurs. And it's a big one, too.
Maki is sent flying again, this time whacking her head and her back against a nearby lamppost. The blonde-haired ninja looks downward with her eyes closed in a seated position, almost looking like she's been knocked unconscious... or worse. But then, her eyes start to open again and she looks up, trying to get her bearings...
"What? Oh my... No!"
Maki's eyes fill with tears as she sees the horrific aftermath of the explosion, with various buildings severely damaged if not destroyed, and all the chaos and carnage as a result. And given that not everyone probably made it out.
"No... NOOOOOO!" Maki drops to her knees and then lowers her head, sobbing uncontrollably as the tears flow like a waterfall from her eyes. She'd wanted to stop the tank, yes, but with all of these innocent casualties? Not what she intended in the least. She feels like a total failure...
Aranha's singing, while it was pumping him up, it didn't help him to notice the fact that that it was preparing for something big until the speakers turn on cutting off his song. His eyebrows raise first out of a slight confusion and then his eyes widen taking on a look which isn't quite fear but cautious respect for the power that the tank could bring and this time, he makes an all out dive to get the hell away.
He takes one step, two steps, and then his becomes a world of pain as he's caught in the epicenter of the explosion that takes out most of the surrounding buildings. His body wobbles as he attempts to return to his feet. The clothes on his body are in tatters are covered in ash and blood with shrapnel buried on to the surface of his skin. "I just wanted to be left alone... I wanted to go home enjoy my winnings and show up and blow up the bus I would've taken home and the one time I knew the cops would not bat an eye lash at me jacking a ride... They fucking blew it up."
The capoeirista's priorities are fucked up. Just wait until he hears how many children were caught in that explosion.
Drake takes a moment more to pull himself up to his knees, forcing the extreme amounts of pain and wear on his body out of his mind in favor of something else: helping to local civilians. "HEY!," he calls to the others. "W-what are you guys doing!? We stopped it!"
Drake pulls himself up to his feet, wobbling slightly as he attempts to regain his bearings. "The rest of this area's safe, and you can bet they're plenty grateful for stopping it! So quit moping and get to work saving what people you can! There could be survivors around here!" It's not intended to be crass or mean - just decisive and no-nonsense. He's been in this kind of situation before. Delaying doesn't bode well for the citizenry.
And so, Drake turns to push into the house he bashed against to ensure the residents are fine before likely heading towards some of the far worse off buildings and residences.
COMBATSYS: Drake takes no action.
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COMBATSYS: Drake has left the fight here.
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Maki still can't stop sobbing for a little while. All of this carnage could've been prevented in her opinion. It's like a nightmare come to life, one worse than Metro City's. One that nobody should have to live through. Yet, Maki just lived through it, and the emotional scars she'll bare will always be worse than all of her physical scars in one lifetime.
"No, No..."
Maki sobs a little more before getting onto her wobbly legs and starting to hobble off to find medical treatment someplace. All the while, hoping she can keep her straight face a little longer.
COMBATSYS: Maki takes no action.
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COMBATSYS: Maki has left the fight here.
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COMBATSYS: Aranha takes no action.
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COMBATSYS: Aranha has left the fight here.
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Kaida doesn't seem to hear Drake at first, staying in her slumped position for a long while. But eventually she responds, standing back up to her feet and putting her sword back into her belt. She takes a breath, and then begins to try helping the survivors of that blast as much as she can. "That's right... if we hadn't done what we did even more people would have gotten hurt. It could have shot at many more innocent people before destroying itself like that." It took a moment, but she realizes that if she lets herself sink into despair now that she might not ever be able to get over it. And she's right too. Little does she know, this is only the beginning.
COMBATSYS: Kaida has ended the fight here.
Log created on 19:12:31 02/18/2009 by Aranha, and last modified on 14:06:33 02/20/2009.