Description: A martial arts exhibition in Metro City is interrupted when Shadaloo's Killer Bee comes calling to film an episode of PPV reality webcast Throwdown: Shadaloo with the unwitting help of one Maki Genryusai! It's blonde on blonde, speed versus speed in the middle of the ring!
It's a beautiful day in Metro City today, and everyone's gathered in the square for a big martial arts exhibition. Practitioners of various martial arts are going to be demonstrating here for the citizens of Metro City, as well as giving tips on self-defense and places to learn self-defense as well. One of the hosts of the event is none other than Metro City's heroine Maki Genryusai, who helped defeat the Mad Gears when they overtook Metro City awhile back. Having been the one to organize the whole thing, Maki stands in the center of the martial arts ring where the practitioners will be demonstrating their styles in both solo demonstrations and sparring too.
With her microphone in hand and a big smile on her face, Maki says, "Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, welcome to the Metro City Martial Arts Exhibition! It's a pleasure to see all of you here today, and I hope that you enjoy this as much as I intend to, and that you learn something useful here too!" With that, the crowd begins applauding loudly.
Of the many martial arts practitioners who have come to demonstrate their capabilities, one is... not in any of the documentation. And yet, each person who Maki has delegated the administrative parts of this whole event to would all swear that they were told by this particular young lady that some other administrator has vouched for her. She is petite, to say the very least, with two long, blonde braids coiled into buns at the back of her head and held in place by chopsticks and a flowing blue kimono whose sleeves are pushed together before her.
Somewhere in the audience, a man with a camera hidden in his satchel is trying his best to blend in with the crowd and avoid raising the ire of the event running ninja in the middle of the ring by letting his subterfuge be uncovered; his /actual/ superiors in Shadaloo are terrifying in and of themselves, but being that he's just a normal cameraman... pretty much any and everyone is modestly frightening to his poor Ratio Zero self.
"Maki Genryusai," the kimono-clad blonde evenly calls from amongst the other competitors once the introduction has been made. "I have something very specific that I wish to laern."
Maki pauses as she hears the voice, and turns to face the woman who has just called her out. Frowning, Maki narrows an eye as she gazes over the blonde woman, trying to figure out who she is. She doesn't know anyone who said they were attending specifically to be taught by her, and the signups have been closed for a few days. However, the nearest administrator to her can apparently vouch for this woman, in that she's a part of the exhibition. But Maki still smells a rat.
"And just who are you?" Maki asks sternly, her eye narrowing even more. "I don't know who you are or why you're here, but I've no record of anyone joining the exhibition in order to learn something. There are classes that will be advertised after the exhibition, however, so if you choose to wait till after the exhibition is over, you may find what you're looking for."
What Cammy may not realize is that Maki has her tonfa on hand, but it's hidden in a manner that nobody can see it, but Maki can get it in a flash if she needs to. One of the positive sides of being a modern day ninja.
"The last living practitioner of Manchester's secret Bumblebee-style martial art," Cammy coolly replies. It's pretty much a wholly ridiculous cover, when one gets right down to it, but given that it was provided by the same people who are guilelessly turning random ambushes into reality PPV...
At least Cammy was not left to think of a cover herself, because likely, it would have been 'Cammy'.
She enters the ring by way of a dazzling vertical leap, and once her ruffling kimono has settled against her she lowers her hands to her sides; the sleeves of her robe are long and billowy enough to conceal her hands fully, even while they aren't together.
"I do not wish to wait."
Manchester's Bumble-bee style martial art? OK, now this is getting far too silly to be true. Maki's look of confusion turns to a fierce glare as she stares at Cammy, now starting to get a bit suspicious of her. Then again, who wouldn't be suspicious after a jump like that? "I'm sorry, but I'm afraid I'm gonna have to ask you to leave. I'm afraid we don't cater to people who fight with styles that belong in children's cartoon shows," Maki says, her authoritive tone showing the intentional sarcasm as well. The blonde ninja folds her arms, almost like she's waiting to see what happens next.
"Ah."
Strangely, Cammy's ruse wasn't bought, but really, the mission didn't /call/ for a long term con; just enough to get her here, where she is now. Her right hand goes to the center of her kimono, allowing a peek of a heavy red glove to be glimpsed beneath her sleeve.
"I will not leave. I do not fit that criteria," she flatly says, and with that she yanks firmly to shear the kimono away from her body and toss it aside. Her blue swimsuit/sweater/military styled Shadaloo uniform is beneath, save for her hat, which is snagged from within the ruins of the kimono as it flies away. It is daintily set atop her head after being caught.
"There is going to be an exhibition, Maki Genryusai," she says as she moves on to undo the chopsticks so that her braids can hang free.
"I do not know if you will be conscious afterwards, though."
As soon as the kimono comes off, and the uniform is revealed, Maki can only stare in horror, her eyes wide open and her jaw hanging open for a moment as she stares at this woman. Almost immediately, she realizes that this is one of Shadaloo's assassins, and then remembers seeing pictures of her and knowing that her name is Cammy. One of Shadaloo's best assassins, indeed, but the question remains, why would she attack Maki? It doesn't make sense. Then again, Shadaloo has been known to do weird stuff.
"So, you wish to challenge me on behalf of your filthy pile of crap that you call Shadaloo?" Maki asks, her tonfa seemingly coming out of nowhere and into her hand. "That's fine with me, but just so you know, I'm not holding anything back. And if you harm any of the innocent civilians here, I will paint this ring with your blood!" She narrows her eyes even more, and then gets into her fighting stance.
COMBATSYS: Maki has started a fight here.
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COMBATSYS: Cammy has joined the fight here.
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Cammy 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Maki
Maki is horrified, and Cammy... Cammy is disaffected. But then, Cammy is /always/ disaffected. She doesn't miss an inch of the modern day ninja's shock, however, nor her indignation. Nor the speed with which her tonfa is drawn and its having been hidden so well as to escape her notice. There are ample tapes of Maki, and she's certainly /seen/ them, but getting a personal look is much, much better.
So /far/, people are backing away from the ring but they haven't yet left; if anything, they are fairly eager to see the hometown hero show up someone representative of one of the forces responsible for the chaos in Southtown, and there are ample chants of Maki's name exploding amongst them.
"Perhaps," she evenly allows. "If you did draw enough blood from me to paint the canvas, it would be a learning experience after all."
COMBATSYS: Cammy calculates her next move.
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Cammy 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Maki
"Regardless," Maki snaps, "I'm not backing down from this! You challenged me to a fight, and you got one!" The blonde ninja jumps up and down a few times as if to get the blood fully flowing her body, and then gets into her fighting stance. There's no bell to be rung, no referees here, it's no-holds-barred action. Meaning that anything goes here, but then again, Shadaloo never plays by the rules... except their own.
"Here it comes!" Maki shouts as she jumps into the air and aims a sneakered foot at Cammy's chest, intent on knocking the wind out of her perhaps to give Maki a little extra time to get her next attack in.
COMBATSYS: Cammy blocks Maki's Light Kick.
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Cammy 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Maki
The sole of Maki's sneaker thuds from Cammy's chest and her big red glove in equal parts; her hand is there to offer a measure of protection, but it is less than complete, and moreover once the blow has been struck she steps quickly into Maki's personal space to try snagging her by an ankle rather than staggering backwards. Should she succeed, she will hoist the ninja up so that her uncovered knee can be jammed into Maki's torso, and then simply released and sent away with a hard forward kick.
"Sneakers. Do they give you very good traction, I wonder?"
COMBATSYS: Maki endures Cammy's Combo Throw.
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Cammy 0/-------/------=|===----\-------\0 Maki
"They give good traction," Maki says as she braces herself for the incoming attack. Her ankle is grabbed, and then she's kneed in the torso, before being sent away. But Maki saw this coming and she has a little surprise waiting in store for Cammy. For as she goes into the air, her tonfa comes out rather fast, aimed directly at the side of Cammy's face.
"I hope you've got a good plastic surgeon!" The blonde says as she goes into the air, trying to control herself so she can land on her feet.
COMBATSYS: Cammy dodges Maki's Medium Strike.
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Cammy 0/-------/------=|===----\-------\0 Maki
With the sheer number of enemies that Shadaloo has and the frequency with which its operatives of import are injured, the organization's medical care is all around rather top notch; that Cammy still bears a scar on her cheek from wounds suffered while on assignment for the cartel is a sign of something other than its being well-possessed of skilled plastic surgeons.
She waits until /after/ she has dived beneath the spry blonde ninja's tonfa strike and drawn up to her feet before actually communicating anything, however.
"Yes," is all that she says as she steps forward to try wrapping her arms tightly about Maki's waist right after the ninja's landing. "I have come to prefer my boots or rollerblades for footwear," she continues on before trying to wrench back in order to drop Maki violently onto the top of her head with a suplex.
COMBATSYS: Maki blocks Cammy's Hooligan Suplex.
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Cammy 0/-------/-----==|=====--\-------\0 Maki
"I can tell you like your boots," Maki comments as she steps back a little from Cammy, "But who the hell would wear rollerblades in the fighting arena? Unless you're playing roller-derby." And then she watches as Cammy tries to wrap her arms around Maki and suplex her, but Maki's not in the mood for assisting in a backbend today. Instead, she tenses herself and works on prying Cammy's arms off of her.
It takes a bit of effort, but she does manage to get those arms off of her. Which is good since Cammy sucks at giving hugs apparently. The blonde doesn't say any more, nor does she wait to see what Cammy has planned next. Instead, she takes a few running steps, and then suddenly flies directly at Cammy with her foot extended, almost like a direct flying kick!
COMBATSYS: Cammy blocks Maki's Hassou Kyaku.
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Cammy 0/-------/----===|=====--\-------\0 Maki
"They are vastly superior to high-heeled shoes, I have found," Cammy matter-of-factly states as she rolls herself backwards from the abortive suplex. She rises just in time to see Maki's foot coming right for her /again/, and this time she has to employ a little quick hand movement to deflect it into her chest, blunting the impact somewhat to boot by cinching Maki's ankle between her hands. It still stings, but it is far better than having a footprint across her cheek and possibly spending valuable simulation time in a dentist's chair.
Shadaloo dentists, unfortunately, do not give candy, no matter /how/ much drilling they do.
Actually, for that matter, the 'laughing gas' is something of a bust too, for Cammy does not laugh.
"Rollerblades have a great many benefits when it comes to providing mobility on the battle-field, as well," she states before pulling her hands up like a boxer might, feinting a duck to the right and a bob to the left, then swinging her right fist with enough force to potentially send Maki a few feet into the air.
Should she connect, she will make matters worse by leaping upwards, turning her back towards Maki, and cinching both legs about the ninja's waist so that she can be flipped down onto her head with a somersaulting movement. Rather like a piledriver, only delivered with the legs instead of the arms.
COMBATSYS: Maki dodges Cammy's Rebound Throw.
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Cammy 0/-------/------=|=====--\-------\0 Maki
Fortunately, having a rush of adrenaline from that last attack means that Maki can tell what Cammy's trying to do, and she's not going to let it happen. The feint doesn't work in the least bit, as Maki steps back a few feet and Cammy will wind up hitting absolutely nothing but air. Better the air than Maki.
"I suppose if you need to get someplace in a hurry, but if your leg is wounded, it doesn't work as well," Maki comments, before wiping her brow a little, and then stepping back a little more to watch her opponent. It seems Cammy's giving Maki quite the run for her money here.
COMBATSYS: Maki focuses on her next action.
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Cammy 0/-------/------=|=====--\-------\0 Maki
Cammy's uppercut misses, and as if it is the most natural thing in the world she continues to step forward while reassuming her fighting stance. "Neither would walking, Maki Genryusai," she coolly observes as the ninja's form is given another quick onceover. In spite of the tonfa, Maki's actually seemed to favor kicks thus far, and so Doll Zero's eyes are focused especially on the ninja's legs as she seeks weaknesses to exploit.
COMBATSYS: Cammy calculates her next move.
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Cammy 0/-------/------=|=====--\-------\0 Maki
The more Maki looks at Cammy, the more intrigued she becomes. Just what is this woman truly capable of. And is she staring at her legs? Well, they may be fairly tough, but they're nothing compared to Chun-Li's, so it would be a surprise if Cammy were admiring her legs. But if she's watching her to see if she's going to attack with them, she might want to be on alert.
"Had enough downtime yet? Because I sure have!" With that, Maki advances slowly on Cammy, making every step forward count while keeping an eye on her opponent, and then attempts to strike Cammy in the back of the head with the shorter end of her tonfa.
COMBATSYS: Cammy dodges Maki's Weapon Jab.
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Cammy 0/-------/------=|=====--\-------\0 Maki
Cammy continues to stand stock still as Maki approaches, head canted to the side at the oddly direct and gradual approach from a woman who previously has been moving rather quickly against her. She is perfectly content to wait until the blow that she knows must be coming is made, and at that point she is blurred in motion. She leaves her feet to somersault over Maki's shoulder, the end of the tonfa grazing along her head and rustling her braids slightly.
As soon as her boots hit the ring canvas, they leave it again, and this time her legs are tucked in near to her chest as she flies like a silent and disturbed little ball. Seemingly, this is all for show, until near the bottom of her leap she suddenly unfolds her legs to try tangling them up with Maki's; her right foot goes for Maki's left knee to try and force it out from beneath her, and then both go for the blonde ninja's left leg to try cinching it in a brief but hopefully painful joint lock. It won't, if successful, last for more than the time that is required to wrap both arms around the ankle and wrench it forcefully, after which point she will spring back onto her hands to try and make her escape.
COMBATSYS: Cammy successfully hits Maki with Hooligan Combination.
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Cammy 0/-------/-----==|=======\==-----\1 Maki
Painful is truly the right word, as the joint lock causes Maki to cry out in pain as she gets caught by Cammy and then goes down to the ground extra hard. If it weren't for the fact that they're fighting on a fighting canvas, Maki might have a split-open head to worry about. As it is, it's mostly bruises and a few cuts on her body, and maybe a bloody nose, but that stopped a few moments ago ironically enough. Nonetheless, the takedown works, and it works well.
"Looks like I truly underestimated you, not that I would underestimate most of Shadaloo's soldiers to begin with," Maki says in a somewhat weak voice, but this fight isn't over yet. "I've got something just like that, only better!" And with that, the ninja glows with energy as she rushes towards Cammy and then jumps into the air, attempting to grab her while upside down!
COMBATSYS: Cammy just-defends Maki's Ajara Tengu!
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Cammy 0/-------/-----==|==-----\-------\0 Maki
Unfortunately, Maki seems to fail in her effort...
"No," Cammy says, "you could not underestimate the forces of His Majesty Lord Vega. Not if--"
Her last words are lost when she feels arms around her waist without having fully tracked Maki's motions; she saw some forward movement and she /had/ been ready to track it, but at a certain point... the ninja wasn't there. The odd and discomforting sensation of chi against her skin to go with her waist being enwrapped spur her into action. Oh, and the fact that she's being spun through the air quite against her will; that helps /also/.
Flashes of harmless purple light flare along Doll Zero's arms and forearms as she tries to wedge her hands in to break Maki's grip; they and the chi exuding from Maki clash brilliantly for a few seconds before she manages to force them free and leave herself uncontrolled.
Rather than fall head first, however, Cammy tries to push down on Maki's wrists to give herself a little bit of lift to facilitate her legs wrapping around the ninja's head. If she cinches them in, she'll then flip counter-clockwise to plant Maki on her back, and after wrenching forcefully with her knees and thighs, Cammy will release and scamper away in a low dash before drawing upright again.
COMBATSYS: Maki blocks Cammy's Flying Neck Hunt.
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Cammy 0/-------/----===|===----\-------\0 Maki
"Lord Vega can go to hell, for all I care!" Maki shouts, angry that one of her favorite moves failed. But her anger turns to readiness as Cammy comes at her once again. The blonde ninja plants her feet firmly as Cammy wraps her legs around her head, causing a bit of difficulty breathing, but not taking her down. Instead, Maki manages to free herself from Cammy's clinch and stagger backwards a little. Now showing definite signs of being worn down, with her fighting stance slumped over and one of her legs showing a slight hint of injury, Maki is definitely losing this battle big time.
But she's not going to surrender. Especially not to one of Lord Vega's goons. Instead, she focuses on breathing deep, getting air into her lungs and trying to regain her ability to fight.
COMBATSYS: Maki gains composure.
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Cammy 0/-------/----===|==-----\-------\0 Maki
"Yes", Cammy softly says as she daintily brushes herself off and stands stiff and upright. "Terrible Lord Vega can do as He pleases. He could go to hell and annex to His many holdings, if He so desired." Her crystalline blue eyes are narrowed the slightest bit on Maki as she says this, and it's probably about as close to proper dislike as she's likely to show to /anyone/.
She sprints low along the ground with that, leaping at the last moment and tucking her legs in as if preparing for a soccer-styled slide kick. However, she instead lands in a low crouch, snakes her leg out in front of Maki's seemingly injured one, and lashes out with the edge of her hand towards the back of the ninja's knee to try making moving about that much more uncomfortable.
COMBATSYS: Maki dodges Cammy's Fierce Punch.
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Cammy 0/-------/----===|==-----\-------\0 Maki
Tut tut, even if a leg is injured, it doesn't always mean it's out of commission. And when you're trying to keep it from getting hurt, sometimes you manage to forget about the pain and get it out of the way. In this case, Maki twists to the side, meaning that Cammy ends up hitting nothing but air once again, while the leg is free of impending danger for the time being. And that's not all Maki has planned either.
"Nice try, but no cigar," Maki says with a slight smirk as she attempts to grab Cammy from behind and then slam her into the canvas. "Let's see how you like it!"
COMBATSYS: Cammy blocks Maki's Quick Throw.
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Cammy 0/-------/---====|==-----\-------\0 Maki
Cammy kind of rolls limply with the impact of that throw, keeping her limbs nice and loose to make springing up with no worse than a few stinging bruises feasible.
"I do not smoke cigars; emphyzema would make a poor combatant of me," Cammy says as she daintily adjusts her little garrison cap. She leaves out the little detail that her driving instructor was a fanatic for them, and that they are thus associable with smashing through safety glass and bouncing along asphalt for her.
It's less traumatic than one might /think/, really, but the negative association has kept her from even being curious.
Once more, her eyes are scanning every inch of Maki as she continues to dutifully keep tabs on the ninja's well-being and methods as the fight wears on. She is getting more difficult to handle as she gets pushed against the ropes, which is reasonably noteworthy, if not /unique/; it means that she will have to work that much more to finish the woman once and for all.
COMBATSYS: Cammy calculates her next move.
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Cammy 0/-------/---====|==-----\-------\0 Maki
"It's an old expression," Maki says, wishing that she could do a face palm without looking like an idiot. Apparently, Cammy doesn't quite understand some of the expressions that are commonly used in everyday life. But does that matter to her? Not really. The only thing that matters is knocking Cammy out, no matter how difficult the odds may be. Or, at the very least, inflicting a sizable amount of damage on Cammy.
"Go ahead, do what you will, but I'm ready for ya!" Maki says as she advances on Cammy quickly but carefully, minding her bad leg, and then swings her tonfa upwards at Cammy's chin, almost like doing an uppercut using her tonfa.
COMBATSYS: Cammy dodges Maki's Genkou.
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Cammy 0/-------/---====|==-----\-------\0 Maki
It's the minding of Maki's leg that tips Doll Zero off as to it being time to get out of the way, and so she ducks and rolls to the side, hops to her feet beside Maki, and says curiously, "It is a strange expression; there are people who do not smoke cigars."
And then she shouts, "Cannon Spike!"
Without much in the way of warning, she is leaping towards Maki, her feet poised for Maki's chin once she has turned herself upside down. She will, if allowed, soar a great ways into the air, forcing the cameraman below to strain to keep her in frame, and then she will land in the ring again.
COMBATSYS: Maki blocks Cammy's Cannon Spike.
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Cammy 0/-------/---====|===----\-------\0 Maki
"Damn you, stop moving around so much!" Maki yells as Cammy gets out of the way. The blonde ninja glares at Cammy, who just doesn't seem to stay in one place for long. It's frustrating Maki, since this was supposed to be an exhibition for martial arts, not a demonstration of how Metro City's heroine gets her butt kicked! But unfortunately, it's looking rather grim now that Cammy's got Maki on the ropes, and there's no sign of her slowing down. Not to mention, Cammy's just warming up it seems.
Fortunately, Cammy's call of 'Cannon Spike!' seems to act like an alert to Maki, who gets into a defensive stance and then uses one of her arms to knock Cammy off to the side a little. Without missing a beat, Maki moves to face Cammy and then attempts to kick her in the back while she's still recovering from that move.
COMBATSYS: Maki successfully hits Cammy with Light Kick.
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Cammy 0/-------/-======|===----\-------\0 Maki
Perhaps it's because her back was presented, but that kick seems to have been /quite/ a bit more forceful than the last several sustained, so much so that Cammy has to roll a short ways to recover her balance after being forced forward. Her eyebrow is just barely arched in curiosity as she stares across the ring at Maki, looking especially curiously to the leg she's been intermittently working over. Perhaps her choosing impromptuly to turn her attentions elsewhere was a mistake, and if so... it's one that Shadaloo's Killer Bee will seek to rectify here and now.
Wordlessly, surges forward, left hand extended to grab at Maki's injured ankle so that she can be flipped a short ways into the air, perhaps with a quick palm strike aimed at the ninja's thigh on the way down to make things worse for her.
COMBATSYS: Cammy successfully hits Maki with Medium Throw.
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Cammy 0/-------/-======|======-\-------\0 Maki
Maki makes a bad mistake, trying to dodge with an injured leg. The blonde gets caught and goes up into the air, yelling as she does so, and when she's hit in the thigh, she cries out in pain also. She lies flat on the canvas, eyes barely open, looking almost like she's out cold. But then, her eyes flutter and then she opens. She rolls onto her stomach, groaning as she does so, as her stomach is now apparently injured also. She is forced to use her tonfa to prop herself up as she attempts to get back up. Despite a couple 'false starts' Maki does make it back onto her feet, although it's painfully clear she's running out of steam.
"You're a dirty fighter, worse than the Mad Gears," Maki grumbles with a deep scowl. "Even if you do beat me, I'm still gonna remember you and get my revenge against you." Maki doesn't say anything else. She just concentrates on breathing once again, hoping to prolong her ability to fight.
COMBATSYS: Maki gains composure.
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Cammy 0/-------/-======|====---\-------\0 Maki
"Will you?" Cammy wonders aloud. "Maybe. Mike Bison says so too. Perhaps you and he will find me at the same time. And perhaps the outcome will be the same as now." With that, she pounces to try pressing her front to Maki's, and as she seeks a grip about the ninja's waist she softly notes, "There is nothing dirty about me, Maki Genryusai. Everyone who is watching can learn not to show their weaknesses to their opponents."
With that, she goes for a simple overhead slam by wrenching up and twisting at the waist to try and force Maki onto her back with a thunderous collision. It's not especially bad for her legs, mercifully, but a sore back is nobody's friend.
COMBATSYS: Cammy successfully hits Maki with Quick Throw.
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Maki's caught and learns in a heartbeat that dodging with a bad leg is a bad idea. Having an injured leg is bad enough, but a bad back is awful too. In fact, Maki's in so much pain right now that it's even a wonder that she's bringing herself back up onto her feet, albeit very slowly, to try to finish this. But when you're Maki, you never give up.
Even if that means focusing all of your inner power into demonstrating your signature move. In this case, Maki suddenly shows a quick burst of energy as she spins around on the tip of her tonfa with her leg extended (it's her good one, don't worry!)
COMBATSYS: Maki successfully hits Cammy with Bushin Senpuu Kyaku.
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Cammy lands among a number of would-be exhibitors when Maki's foot impacts soundly with her midsection. Having been a bit caught up in the unexpected demonstration of combat on a higher level than just about any of them are likely to engage in, they nearly don't come to their senses and move the hell out of the way when Doll Zero crashes; fortunately for them, though, she smacks against the asphalt outside of the ring, leaving all the other martial artists totally safe.
Well. Except for a rather portly and nearly nude Samoan man who's /right in Cammy's face/ and pumping his fist as he chants for Maki to finish her off. He is quite surprised to find himself hefted overhead once the little blonde English clone has scurried suddenly to her feet, and even /more/ shocked when he is flung towards Maki like a large, unexpectedly muscular missile.
If targetting a weakness wasn't dirty fighting, /this/ probably qualifies.
COMBATSYS: Cammy successfully hits Maki with Large Thrown Object.
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That is dirty fighting indeed, and Maki just isn't sure how to handle such a situation. Her instincts tell her to dodge, but when you've got a bad leg among other things, that's a bad idea. Granted, Maki completely forgot about that earlier today, but in situations like this, you tend to forget things easily... again.
The giant man slams into Maki, causing her to slam into a nearby turnbuckle, and while the man falls out of the ring, Maki finds herself falling to the canvas again, albeit landing on her hands and knees.
Somehow, she manages to gather her fighting spirit and turn out one last attack. An attack in the form of her flying swiftly at Cammy with her good leg extended in a flying kick. After that, though, it's lights out for Maki!
COMBATSYS: Maki can no longer fight.
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COMBATSYS: Cammy blocks Maki's Tesshin Hou.
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After Maki connects, albeit with Cammy defending against it, the blonde fighter goes to the ground and doesn't get back up. She's definitely out cold. As a result, numerous people rush to help her, while others start booing Cammy.
Boos, jeers, and balled up garbage all roll right off of Cammy's back once she has recovered from being pushed to her knees due to the strain of absorbing the force of Maki's kick with her armoured bracers. Earlier, this might have been manageable, but that was before she was dropped unceremoniously onto her back.
Shadaloo's Zero Doll is among the people striding towards Maki to check on her, but she has no intentions at all of helping her to her feet; instead, she just kind of leans forward to look down at her for a few seconds before straightening and walking towards her cameraman, who fortunately for /him/ has not really been tied to this whole business for the crowd, in spite of looking incredibly nervous and ready to leave.
"I warned her," she says to the cameraman as the two walk - well, Cammy walks and he kind of jogs - towards a big black car that pulls up alongside the staging area. No doubt there is a production team already working to add voice-overs, do proper editing, and generally be sure that this particular episode of Throwdown: Shadaloo will be ready to be streamed across the internet to paying viewers as the two climb into the car and are driven away.
"Perhaps Lord Vega will reward me with sneakers."
COMBATSYS: Cammy has ended the fight here.
Log created on 19:54:18 06/12/2009 by Cammy, and last modified on 23:44:53 06/12/2009.