Description: Despite recent pushes by those struggling within the city to free it from its bonds, there are still certain points of contention within the faltering lockdown zone. One of these? The Southtown airport, effectively keeping anyone from entering or leaving the city of Southtown by way of air. Rather than let the city -- and his potential ticket out -- be strangled to death, Ken Masters has come to liberate the airport by force. Yet the pure American capitalist fury of Ken Masters will find itself challenged by the cold presence of his resistance -- the Shadaloo Dolls Juni and Decapre, tasked with the continued protection of one of the invading forces most valued assets. But Ken and his newfound friends aren't the only ones at the airport today...
The main airport of Southtown, luckily, has not be reduced to cinders. No, things have been fairly well maintained, despite there being very few to zero actual employees making rounds about the area. No, it's quite clear that in this place, it is all Shadaloo, all the time. That is, except for today.
Today it's all Shadaloo all the time plus one. An explaination is in order, yes..
It's quite early in the morning, sun just barely rearing it's head and the (currently) hatless, strawberry blonde Doll (and possibly another) is making her round about the check-in gates and is also on her way to meet Decapre to relieve her of her post, the area closest to one of the many guarded entrances about.
It's what you'd expect, lots of luggage scanning machines, luggage pretty much scattered all over the floor as well as some luggage cart-cars.
Aside from other personel being about in this well lit area there is a six year old kid following Juni and wearing her hat. She looks pretty skinny, as if she hadn't eaten anything in a while and her clothes are looking pretty dirty too; obviously a refugee, but what the heck is she doing there? It is a mystery to all! But after finally approaching the masked Decapre, Juni snaps her hand up to a salute.
The little rugrat mimics the taller woman's action.
And waiting at her post is none other than the odd masked Doll Decapre.
Standing around, it's difficult to tell if she's even alive. She barely moves in her post, standing painfully still as empty eyes peer out from behind her red-eyed mask. Around her people move occasionally, but not enough to draw her attention. She remains focused, unseen eyes fixed on something. Or, it's possibly she's sleeping standing up; really, it's hard to tell.
But as a familiar figure approaches, Decapre's form actually stirs. Turning her masked face to regard the redheaded Doll, the woman waits until her 'superior' has made her approach and offers Decapre a rigid salute. The woman mirrors it precisely, her hand snapping up to rest briefly at her forehead before dropping.
Only then does her 'gaze' shift to the young girl at her side. Is she smiling or frowning? It's impossible to say behind that steel mask. But either way, she offers the girl a small salute before she steps past, putting a hand upon the other Doll's shoulder as she, presumably, takes her leave.
Just another day in a Shadaloo outpost.
No one's heard word one from Ken Masters in weeks. After fighting Vega and Balrog with his erstwhile super-bro BFF Ryu, the blonde warrior got separated, and since then -- well, who knows. His disappearance may have had some connection with the rash of attacks on Shadaloo and NESTS squads and outposts in a seemingly random pattern throughout the war-torn city; the last transmission of one such outpost was "HE'S UPPERCUTTING THEM, GOD, HE'S UPPERCUTKKKGKFKKXKXKXX." No means of visual communication survived any of the attacks; survivors, covered with horrible third-degree burns.
And for his own part, Ken Masters isn't really sure who he is, either. Or, at least, he's not sure what he's become. Separated from his profound wealth, he is now deep into a harrowing psychological expedition, realizing what it means to not have billions of dollars at one's fingertips. Shadaloo telecommunications embargoes have prevented his attempts to use any of the various ATMs he's found intact, but the money wouldn't do him much good anyway, as there's nothing to spend it on; no five-star hotels to sleep in, no expensive salons to do his hair in, no fancy clothiers to horrify when he buys a fresh new gi and then rips the sleeves off.
No, this is Ken as he's never experienced himself before. Seeking some reminder of the man he used to be -- the wealthy man, the powerful man, the man with many leather-bound books -- he has cut a swath toward the airport, where he knows that the /old/ Ken -- the rich Ken -- kept a couple private jets. The passenger terminal he has entered through is now full of unconscious soldiers, mighty Shoryukens having devastated all in his path.
And now, Ken stumbles toward the outpost holding Juni and Decapre, as if oblivious to it.
He is wearing a gi made out of newspapers, held together with a belt made from sturdy cardboard. His hair is shaggy, matted and frizzed into a pseudo-afro. His eyes are bleary with lack of comfortable sleep; he has fashioned fingerless gloves out of layers of torn-up plastic shopping bags. His handsome jawline has grown a wiry, untamed black beard that matches his wild eyebrows.
"Is this..." Ken gasps, to himself. "Is this how Ryu lives...?"
And that's pretty much how it is. There isn't really a lot of communication with those particular dolls; and it looks like it's just going to be another quite morning; that is until there's a buzz in Juni's earset causing her to raise her hand and tap it. "A moment," Juni says aloud, apparently addressing Decapre, "There appears to be an uppercut situational in sectio-"
That pause is because that's pretty much when Ken arrives, in attire thats less than impressive. "-n G. Situation confirmed."
Without a second thought, the leader of sorts steps forward, her little brat in tow and then says, quite clearly, "Unauthorized personel are not allowed in this area. Evacuate the premisis immedietly." She says that, misspellings and all.
Before the masked December Doll takes her leave completely, dismissing herself of the post, something happens. Curiously, the woman pauses, long twin braids bobbing at her backside as she halts her booted step, unseen eyes hooding behind the dim red glow of her steel mask. Situation..?
Not that it takes long for the situation to come to them.
Shifting her attention to Ken Masters, former-millionaire-turned-hobo, Decapre just stares at the newspaper gi and scraggly looking man. He's almost impossible to recognize as an enemy of Shadaloo. Likely, he remains unfamiliar to the Doll.
She watches quietly as Juni steps in and takes initiative. Standing idly by with her guarded hands at her side, the woman waits for the situation to develop further before making and potential judgment.
COMBATSYS: Ken has started a fight here in the center.
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COMBATSYS: Decapre has joined the fight here on the left meter side.
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COMBATSYS: Juni has joined the fight here on the left meter side.
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COMBATSYS: Shenwoo has joined the fight here on the right meter side.
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Ken stops when Juni addresses him. Fairly towering over the Dolls, he considers their words for a moment. "No," he says, voice weary, as if he's not really sure what he's talking about or who he's talking to. "I, I have planes here. So I'm gonna go to them. It's kind of important, so... well, look," Ken says, looking from one Doll to the other. "Just don't get in my way, okay? Shadaloo goons with guns are one thing. I don't feel like beating up little girls."
Ken then casts his gaze over toward the hangars, visible from where he stands -- and sees a horrific sight. His hangar -- the one with a giant Masters Corporation logo on it -- is a wreck, caved in on one side, no doubt a victim of some scuffle or another. It's doubtful any plane has survived.
"NO!" Ken screams in sudden anger, grabbing Decapre by the mask and attempting to pieface her to the ground violently. "WHAT HAVE YOU DUDES DONE?!"
Juni raises a single brow, "'No' is not an acceptable answer," she not-so-subtly hints, though before she knows it, Ken is flipping the hell out which is just so abrupt that.. Juni is pretty much forced to respond in kind once her partner is pulled into physical action! "Cease your foolishness immedietly, you're outnumbered..... Newsperson." minding the youngling still bumming arond by her side, Juni attempts to grip Ken's shoulders from behind and fall backward, using her legs to springboard the US champion toward one of the luggage carts. Hopefully the papers will stay in tact.
COMBATSYS: Ken successfully hits Decapre with Aggressive Strike.
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Watching the exchange quietly between Ken and Juni, Decapre remains eerily silent, even as hobo-Ken seems to be wigged out and possibly on drugs. It doesn't matter to the December Doll; she begins to half-turn away, believing that her superior here has the matters handled completely. Unfortunately for Decapre, this was the biggest mistake she could have made.
For seconds after she turns her back to Ken he screeches with horror, lashing out at the Doll with unbridled homeless fury. Gripped by the skull, the mask-clad Doll is slammed into the ground face-first, a loud CLANG echoing in the otherwise quiet airport terminal. For a few moments, the young Doll does not move.
Once Juni has made her move, however, the masked Doll rolls forward along the ground, her steel mask dented in the center a bit as she hops to her feet. One arm moves out to her side, an audible SNIKT (totally not trademarked by Marvel) coming from the red glove on the arm. She then darts forward, only to plant her forward foot and slide somewhat, the three blade-clad arm slashing through the air, sending a wave of pure red energy racing for Masters' prone(?!) form.
MEANWHILE...
Somehow, the God of Battle managed to avoid capture during the fracas at the prison; probably because at the time the guards were mostly concerned with Yamazaki's jailbreak, and honestly they weren't even sure who Shenwoo was, or what he was doing there, so the tall half-Chinese brawler got out and made himself scarce. Since then, he's returned to his apartment (in shambles), tried to patronise his favourite eating establishments (likewise, there's a /war on/) and on occasion had to knock together a few heads whenever somebody decided to cause him trouble. Sometimes it was NESTS, sometimes it was Shadaloo, sometimes it was the Syndicate, or the PTA, or who-goddamn-ever; the point is, Shenwoo is mildly irritated.
He thought things would be fun and interesting with all the chaos gripping the city, but the truth is nobody wants to have a fun fight. It's all seriousness, and people getting shot, and frankly part of the reason he became a professional fighter and crawled his way out of the Shanghai underworld was to get away from life-or-death bullshit. So, the God of Battle has come to a realisation.
He wants these people out of Southtown so he can go back to having fun and fighting strong people.
With the airport being one of the more notable strongholds - even Shenwoo can see the sense of holding onto the airport - it would be no surprise to find Shen here, if anyone else were actually privy to his line of thought. Since he hasn't actually /shared/ his revelation with anyone, though, he's pretty much just some guy showing up. And he's been punching his way through goons from the opposite end as Ken made his arrival all this time.
Quite abruptly, a section of wall EXPLODES into the terminal as a bellowing, possibly insane tattooed blond man in black leather pants and an unbuttoned purple silk shirt crashes through it and emerges from the ensuing cloud of dust. The thing is, as he moves with his fist extended, this mystery figure doesn't /stop/. He just keeps on truckin' like some kind of crazy train, engaging in a sort of impromptu running punch... Aimed right at Juni's back, thanks to the vagaries of fate and coincidence. "GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!"
COMBATSYS: Juni successfully hits Ken with Medium Throw.
Glancing Blow
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COMBATSYS: Ken blocks Decapre's Crimson Cascade.
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Ken is so occupied with his troubles -- and with throwing Decapre to the ground -- that he barely registers Juni coming at him, his wits seeming slow to come to him. Once he's aware of the gravity of the situation -- that is, once she's actually throwing him -- he tumbles with the throw, landing on his back and quickly rolling to one knee. From this vantage point he sees Decapre's burst of energy sailing toward him -- crossing his muscular arms over his face, he blocks the blow, leaving nasty little scorches on his forearms.
"Not cool, ladies," Ken says, frowning. His newspaper gi survives his movement surprisingly well; closer inspection reveals that they are in fact so old and so dirty that they sort of have the texture and qualities of burlap. It is seriously gross.
And then: Shenwoo.
"Whoa!" Ken says, turning to face the God of Battle. "Also not cool, dude -- you can't just go smashing up airports! Then you're no better than Shadaloo!" Ken swings a mighty fist toward the God's holy dome. "NO BETTER THAN THE MONSTERS WHO WRECKED MY SWEET JETS!"
COMBATSYS: Shenwoo successfully hits Juni with Gekiken.
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That -is- pretty gross. Luckily for Juni she's not really picky about that sort of thing. She's just about to continue her attack when suddenly it's Kool-Aid Shenwoo! The brat by the Dolls side, her jaw drops in shock from such an astonishing entranace and then covers her head once he lands his fist into the woman's back.. Juni's eyes cross, feeling a rather unpleasent *krik* and then goes rocketing forward, slender body slamming into one of the ticket kiosks, the lid flies right off and sparks burst from the digital screen!
Oh well isn't that great, she has to face a more eccentric Hayato.. That's going to be a pain!
With Decapre on Ken, Juni is all over Shenwoo, intending to intercept Ken's attack with one of her own! She slides along the floor then pushes off the floor with her hands in such a way that she's spiraling like a she-drill toward the so called 'God of Battle'! Though he may want to watch out for the violet psychopower that's erupting from those boots of hers. Just a thought.
Hopping backwards after the psychic energy lashes out at Ken, the Doll is a little disappointed to discover that he handles it well enough. No matter, she'll just get him next time. That's easy enough, right?
Well, it would have been, had Shenwoo not entered the picture.
The wall nearby suddenly breaks apart and through it isn't the Kool-Aid Man; instead, Shenwoo, God of Battle, barges into the room and apparently doesn't stop. He makes a rather nasty punch-laced beeline right for her fellow Doll. Behind her mask, Decapre probably makes a face like >:/
A little torn now, as Juni makes her move after Shenwoo, the masked Doll stands quietly. But then, slowly, her head tilts, the mask's red eyes fixed on Ken as HE moves after Shenwoo. Following after, she attempts to hop-skip after him as red energy explodes around her gauntlet, slamming a fist forward, psi and fist aimed for the middle of Ken's back.
COMBATSYS: Ken successfully hits Shenwoo with Medium Punch.
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COMBATSYS: Shenwoo interrupts Spiral Arrow from Juni with Tenrenshou.
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After sending poor Juni a-flyin', Shenwoo takes a single turning step to bleed off the rest of his momentum, which brings him face to face with... Ken Masters. "What the..." the God of Battle starts, his expression frankly bewildered. "Are you wearing /newspapers/?" This is of course a poor tactical position to take, and so it's hardly surprising that it ends up with Shen getting slugged right in the head by the Ansatsuken fighter, the blow enough to stagger him.
He recognises Ken, at least; it's a poor disguise to hide a world-class fighter, and for a second Shenwoo forgets what he was here for, excitement sending a rush of adrenaline through his system, his heart pounding, his mouth pulling into a wide, wolfish, half-mad grin. Here's a strong guy for him to fight, and...
Wait, here comes Juni.
Looking towards the incoming drillDoll with the exact same feral expression he turned towards Ken heartbeats before, Shenwoo simply twists around and swings his leg out in a straight kick, kicking /along/ Juni and getting seared by her Psycho Power, but it's all for a purpose. The simple purpose of driving his foot right into her chin, using the Doll's own momentum against her. "Ha ha ha ha! You want some of this?! OKAY FINE!! BUT I'D BETTER ENJOY IT!"
Crazy-ass bastid.
COMBATSYS: Ken fails to interrupt Axle Spin Knuckle from Decapre with Shoryuken.
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"Hell yeah I'm wearing newspapers!" Ken shouts. "You think that Banana Republic is open with all that's been going on! OPEN YOUR EYES, MAN!" He seems even more worked up than before now that he has mentioned the tragedy that is Southtown's only Banana Republic having been destroyed in the chaos. As Shenwoo busies himself with Juni, though, Ken's Kentuition twigs, and he hears Decampre scampering behind him.
"Not so fast, Jason Voorhees," Ken says, grinning broadly as he ducks down, spinning himself so that he turns to face Decapre, twisting upward: "SHOOOOOOOORYU--"
And then Decapre blasts Ken right in the mouth, causing him to fly backward.
BAM!! That.. Oh that certainly looked like it hurt, though Juni doesn't give more than a grunt when she takes the foot to the face- No her head jerks back and she ends up sliding across the floor, barrelling into the little punk that has been insisting on on staying by her side and eventually comes to a stop. Juni looks to the brat while holding her own chin.
And then chops her in the neck, somehow knocking her out in the process. Such persistant boogers those kids are! "I'm going to need a hand with the yelling one," Juni mumbles into her earset, which seems to still be functional as she pushes herself toward the Shanghai terror.. There's a slight stagger in her steps as she's still feeling quite a bit of pain from the previous blows but she's otherwise perfectly functional! Once she's in range, she leaps into the air and scissor kicks at the mans head; which is followed by a double-leg footsweep with her balancing herself on her hands. Assuming she's managed to knock the large man down, she'd grip Shenwoo by the hair and start airplane spinning, using the momentum to lift him off the ground and sling him elsewhere!
Like.. Uh, toward Decapre.
Fortunately, the fist of Psycho Power is mightier than the Shoryuuken.
Smacking Ken Masters, Professional Hobo, and sending him flying, the masked Doll just slowly rises to full height with a faint grunt slipping out from her mask, eyes narrowed behind her mask as she watches the man carefully. She knows she got lucky, catching him off his guard. Next time, though, she may not be so luck--
Her thoughts are cut short when Juni mumbles her way after getting the crap knocked out of her. Frowning behind that metal mask, the Doll nods her head and takes off, braids trailing behind her. Whether or not the other Doll grounds Shenwoo, Decapre attempts to close in on Shenwoo before she lashes out with her claw-like glove--only, the claws are now extended by way of Psycho Power, which she seems intent on stabbing THROUGH HIS DAMN CHEST. Should it land the energy flickers wildly before it explodes.
COMBATSYS: Shenwoo endures Decapre's Rippling Razor.
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COMBATSYS: Shenwoo interrupts Combo Grapple from Juni with Kohyou Rengeki.
*KNOCKED AWAY*
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As the Dolls tackle Shenwoo, Ken Masters hangs back. He's a Professional Hobo, but before that, he was a Professional Winner -- and winners know when to let other people shoulder the burden, so they can barge in guns blazing when everyone's tired and clean house. Ken rests a hand against a wall of the Shadaloo outpost, rubbing his jaw from Decapre's strike, before he casually punches out a Shadaloo goon who attempts to sneak up on him.
COMBATSYS: Ken takes no action.
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Suddenly, Shenwoo is once again the target of the lion's share of attention, here. Which is okay by him, it's more fun that way. Attacked by both Dolls at once, the berserker actually fails utterly to offer up any defense against Decapre's weird energy attack; he gets pierced through the chest, the Psycho Power digging into him before exploding, and again it sends him staggering... Right into Juni's scissor kick. He's borne to the ground by that and the footsweep, crashing against the terminal's hard flooring, his head bouncing once uncomfortably, but then...
Oh, but then.
As soon as Juni grabs him by the hair, Shenwoo /moves/. He lunges up, and forward, bringing his forehead into sudden, violent contact with the Doll's face, a brutal attack he follows up with a pair of short punches aimed right at her kidneys, heavy metal rings on his middle fingers lending added weight to the blows and likely doing unfortunate things to the slim girl's physiology, punctuating the combination with a third punch, this one delivered right to Juni's face, almost exactly where his forehead impacted moments before. "Not GOOD ENOUGH!!"
Ken Masters, truely an inspiration to all! But Juni isn't going to be aknowledging that today as she's too busy taking a forehead to the face and then it's just.. Blood -everywhere-. The doll has her combination completely turned around and the way his vicious blows land, Juni basically looks like she's being completely and utterly outclassed. This, of course, is not true, but an assassin can only take so much abuse! Heavy thuds following each strike, eventually the last fist to the face sends another splash of blood from her face and Juni topples over, crashing onto a rollersuitcase, slides along the floor and finally smashes into a potted palm-plant that ends up falling on top of her. Just.... Ow.
Luckily for Juni, she knows how to kick it into overdrive. Most could be written down and out after an assault like that but her gloved hands smack onto the floor and she shakily pushes herself a bit of the floor, spitting the thick crimson out of her mouth and peers at her target with one less-blurry eye, "Nghh.."
Juni sprints forward, the Doll briefly a streak of black, and then afterward a streak of violet and black as she gets closer to the God of Battle, an aura of violet bleeding off of her like smoke. Finally she comes to a screeching halt; looking a touch different- All of her visible skin is beet red, her hands and feet planted on the floor and with a grunt-
*KA-BOOOM*
Juni, like, LITERALLY explodes with psycho power, a sphere of psychoenergy erupts violently from her body, sending her weakened form flying away yet again as a result, her wounded form leaving her no longer able to fight... For the time being.
COMBATSYS: Juni can no longer fight.
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Within moment Decapre's fellow Doll is grabbed and all but turned into a fine red paste by Shenwoo, the gesture earning him a blank (because she is wearing a mask) stare from the masked Doll. She watches behind the red glowing eyes of the mask as the other Doll manages to pull herself to her feet and make one last stand. Then, slowly, she looks back to Ken punching out a random Shadaloo guard.
It would appear the Shenwoo is the greatest threat.
With that in mind, Decapre moves for Shenwoo, her form a rippling blur of black and red Psycho Power as she seeks to close in on the God of Battle. Zigging and zagging, she tries to throw the man off his guard with some fancy, distracting footwork before she reappears --above?! Yes, above; falling freely, she attempts to rake her gloves' glowing, Psi-imbued claws down his front and leave a nasty gash from head to hip.
Ken Masters recovers from his momentary daze, glancing around himself to realize that in the moment it took him to catch his breath, he knocked out a half-dozen Shadaloo soldiers encroaching upon him. "Dang," Ken says, scratching his hair, which feels rigid and greasy, and stays matted after his hand leaves it. Looking over, Ken then realizes that more dangerous game remains afoot -- Decapre and Shenwoo, the God of Battle and the Doll of Leftover Parts.
"Whoa, dudes, save some for me!" Ken charges forward, fists so tight that his knuckles whiten underneath the ragged layers of shopping-bag plastic. "I owe this freaky little Shadaloo chica some major pain for what happened to my /JET/!" Ken swings his hands back, fists opening, fingers curling and twitching as powerful chi brews beteen his palms. Skidding to a stop on bare, callused feet, Ken slings a bright fireball:
"IT WAS A GULF STREAM /FOUR/!"
COMBATSYS: Juni successfully hits Shenwoo with Psycho Streak.
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COMBATSYS: Shenwoo endures Decapre's Dreadfall.
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"Heh heh... Huh?" Shenwoo's raspy chuckle is cut off when he sees that Juni is doing... Something, abruptly erupting in Psycho Power. The God of Battle, caught rather offguard, ends up standing there like a mook and getting hit full-on, the overwhelming blast sending him off of his feet, searing the berserker badly and leaving him looking extemely surprised. Well, he wasn't expecting /that/, but whatever, right? Getting back up to his feet, Shenwoo turns to look in the direction of Ken, and his grin returns as he points at the other man. "Just let me finish this one off, then I'm coming after you!" the brawler says, though there's no malice in it. Ken's strong, Shenwoo wants to fight him.
It's perfectly logical.
Decapre's assault, however, complicates things; Shen whirls to face her and her fancy maneuvering though he ends up getting slashed by her Psycho Power-imbued claws, red blood spilling onto the floor of the airport terminal.
And he just... Doesn't care.
For a second, Shenwoo's wolfish grin gets even wider, rictus-tense, and his pupils contract minutely as he meets Decapre, cut face to mask. And then, the man just plain goes batshit crazy. With a bellowing roar, Shen's hand lashes out to grab Decapre /by her mask/ and bear her to the ground, intent on smashing her head hard into the floor; after that, he aims a vicious kick at her side and midsection, powerful enough to send the Doll a-flyin' towards the nearest solid object... And Shenwoo /follows/, unleashing a barrage of further strikes, mostly with his fists, before punctuating the entire thing with a completely ridiculous headbutt, his face meeting the Doll's mask in a tremendous impact...
...And /coming out of it less hurt than her face does/.
COMBATSYS: Shenwoo can no longer fight.
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COMBATSYS: Ken successfully hits Decapre with Hadouken.
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COMBATSYS: Decapre endures Shenwoo's Bakuma Assault.
*KNOCKED AWAY*
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Well, this can't be good.
Slashing Shenwoo as remorselessly and brutally as possible with her razors AND Psycho Power, there's a look of surprise behind the masked Doll's ...mask as Shenwoo doesn't buckle beneath the young woman's fury. He stands, bloodied and battered and a mess--and he's too. Damn. Fast!
There wasn't a chance for her to move or defend herself; instead, the Doll is forced to endure the strike, gripped by her face, that steel mask BUCKLING beneath his strength. Behind, Ken slings a bitter fireball, which painfully collides into her back, leaving a scorched, sizzling mess across bare skin and frays her leotard. It's the worst pain she's ever felt. And it only gets worse!
Beaten like a two-dollar piņata, Decapre is sent flying into a wall, only to be pursued and brutally beaten some more. When Shenwoo finally relents the girl falls to the floor in a bloodied, beaten heap, the mask half-hanging off of her swollen face. Is she...dead? It's entirely lik--
Oh wait, no. Decapre begins to pull her body off the floor, glowing with a fierce blood-red aura. Her mask falls off, hitting the floor with a surprisingly loud clang and THUD, revealed a half-scarred face that looks VERY SIMILAR to Vega's Killer Bee Cammy. But that is the least of her concerns; right now she needs to take out Masters.
And she intends on doing it. Racing forward, the Doll throws her body forward feet first, her form glowing with red energy as it spirals into the blonde. Should it hit the young Doll will spike a leg out and kick him in the stomach before launching herself upwards--only to descend with a vicious tear of claw and psychic energy, to carve him like a Thanksgiving turkey.
COMBATSYS: Ken effortlessly dodges Decapre's Spin Drive Slasher.
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"--!" Ken is shocked by Shenwoo's collapse; he hangs back a moment, adjusting to a defensive position as he realizes just what a formidable threat these Dolls are compared to the average Shadaloo soldier (another of whom he has just rendered unconscious without noticing; he looks down to see that he has a grown man in a sleeper hold, and unceremoniously drops him to the ground).
This defensive posture gives him the fraction of a second he needs, though, to see Decapre's wild assault coming -- and as she rushes him, he draws on the strength of his ancestors and all of their ridiculous American wealth, shutting down his active thought processes and letting the cleansing sensation of being phenomenally rich guide him. Ken steps to one side, letting Decapre pass by harmlessly -- as if she presented no more threat than a Koosh ball thrown by an invalid. "You know," Ken says, "I'd get some elective surgery instead of that mask. I mean, it's gotta smell like your lunch from a week ago, and condense up so much -- ugh, gross," says the man who is wearing newspapers.
"But at least you can see what you've got coming to you -- with your own eyes!" Ken hunches low, drawing one fist back, massive arm tense and coiled. Then, the American champion does a low dash forward, surging with violent momentum until he bursts upward, flame trailing his fist as he twirls: "SHOOORYUKEN!"
COMBATSYS: Decapre fails to interrupt Shoryuken from Ken with Crimson Cascade.
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COMBATSYS: Decapre can no longer fight.
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Ken Masters, Beverly Hills Ninja, manages to employ some fancy footwork and outright AVOID the vicious assault from the (formerly) masked Doll. Now that her scarred face is free her expressions are visible, blue eyes widening with disbelief as the blonde just sidesteps like a smarmy jerk! And then he has to just go an insult her face. Like that's her fault! Blame Vega, you insensitive jerk. :(
As Ken crouches and begins to pull off his trademark uppercut and flames combo, the silent Doll just holds her ground, her glove-and-claw arm suddenly erupting with flaming Psycho Power. As he launches upwards she attempts to lash out and send a waves of pure energy roaring at him--only to find his meaty, greasy, hobo hands slamming VERY PAINFULLY into her jaw. So potent is the strike she literally flies up and hits the ceiling, sticking for a second before she falls and hits the floor.
Now, for certain, she is unconscious like her fellow Doll Juni.
Evil 0. God of Battle 0. Hobo-Ken 1.
Ken dusts himself off as Decapre falls, and looks around. "Hmm," he says, as he looks down at Shenwoo's prone body, considering stealing his clothes. But he ultimately decides against it. "Nah, dude," he says to himself. "He probably uses like Crazy Warring Heart detergent, it'll dry my skin out like whoa."
Thwarted again, Ken wanders off, the airport saved. He does, however, steal some of the Dolls' sandwiches from their Shadaloo brand mini-fridge on the way out. Dude's gotta eat.
COMBATSYS: Ken has ended the fight here.
Log created on 21:31:31 05/15/2009 by Decapre, and last modified on 03:54:04 05/19/2009.