Description: Saturday Night Fights heads to Chicago, Illinois to pit two Americans in a head to head battle! Heavy D! and Maki Genryusai, two Metro City natives, vie to determine who is the best fighter inside Wrigley Field! But watch out, as a third American, Brian Battler, has been employed to cause chaos from the outfield... with sports equipment! (Winner: Maki)
Wrigley Field, one of Chicago's most famous landmarks and tourist attractions. Even if no teams are playing, people are still known to flock here for tours of the park. Of course, the stadium isn't just for baseball games. There are other kinds of events hosted here all the time, both sporting events and non-sporting events. But today's event should truly take the cake for events that Wrigley Field has hosted. SNF has chosen this spot to be the spot where one of their fights will be taking place today, with the title of 'xTreme Sports.' And with a title like that combined with the hard hitting action of a fight, it's obvious that anything goes today!
One of the fighters taking place is Metro City's own Maki Genryusai, a modern-day ninja who is considered the heroine of Metro City, thanks to her assistance in cleaning up the Mad Gear problem numerous times. That, combined with her skills on the fighting circuit, has made for giving herself quite a name in the fighting leagues. For now, she stands off to the side, warming up a little while she prepares for the beginning of the fight.
One thing worth noting: If it weren't for the fact they're here to fight instead of playing a baseball game, one might think that Maki is attempting to try a new style of playing baseball, by using her tonfa as a bat!
And on the other side of the field? While he's hardly considered a 'hero' in the same sense as Maki, the man known as Heavy D! can be considered a sort of 'hometown hero' in Metro City as well, especially in the slum areas where he grew up. And while he's not exactly known for being connected to any sort of prowess on the field, the boxer can definitely hit one out of the park (depending on what you consider that phrase to mean in any given context).
The wedgehawked one, for th meanwhile is off shadowboxing in front of the visitor's dugout. If a pitching machine were set up, he might be tempted to use it to practice his movement and weaving. For now, though, he's just warming up in his own way, an occasional glance around to check when the official will call them over for the start of the match.
Groundskeepers are on hand to witness the event, and they aren't particularly happy by the sight in center field. A rather large assortment of sports equipment lays there, sorted into pairs... everything from golf balls to bicycles, from tennis rackets to stock cars. Most everything and anything one might weaponize from sports is represented here, but the sight which really gets their goat is an enormous Texan, sitting back in a lawn chair, swilling beer and smoking a cigar on these hallowed grounds. But Brian Battler doesn't care about these groundskeepers. All he cares about is that he gets to throw shit at people today.
Shirtless save for masses of tape and bandages criscrossing his torso to apparently keep his back together, D!'s former partner taps the ash off his stogie before flicking the cherry off of it with a massive finger. He blows on it twice, checking for signs of life, before dropping the remaining cigar into a cylindrical case and powering down the last of his tenth beer. That finished, he sets the cigar case into the fold of the chair as he stands, stretching slightly before adjusting both his cowboy hat and his sunglasses. Things seem to be getting ready to start, and his arsenal awaits.
Eventually, the official decides that it's time for the match to get underway, and calls the fighters over to the spot where he's standing. Maki's one of the first to arrive, and she wipes her tonfa briefly before jumping up and down to get the blood going in her body fully. Once that's taken care of, she looks in the direction of her opponent, and almost immediately she recognizes him. She can't entirely remember if she's taken on Heavy D! before, but he definitely does look very familiar. Either way, he's not going to have an easy time taking on Maki, that's for sure.
"I'm ready when you are," Maki says with a grin as she watches Heavy D. "I'll even let you throw out the first pitch!" She adds with a wink.
COMBATSYS: Maki has started a fight here.
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COMBATSYS: Brian has joined the fight here in the center.
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Brian 0|-------|-------
COMBATSYS: HeavyD has joined the fight here.
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HeavyD 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Maki
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Brian 0|-------|-------
Following the call to get things underway, D! makes his way over toward the middle of the field, eyes moving toward the kunoichi. He indeed remembers her from fights before, though they were a good few years ago as it was. Things are probably going to be different in this fiht regardless. Nodding toward Maki, the boxer flexes and unflexes his fists, sliding himself into a guard slowly. Eyes peer over his knuckles, the peek-a-boo guard trying to cover up as much as it can.
Finally, the official raises his hand...and throws it down, a sound signaling the beginning of the match. And D!, to his credit....doesn't shoot in recklessly. He instead takes the time to slowly circle and gauge Maki, knowing not to underestimate the kunoichi. Instead, battleplans are drafted in his head, feet slowly shifting as he closes in gradually.
COMBATSYS: HeavyD focuses on his next action.
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HeavyD 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Maki
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Brian 0|-------|-------
"What to use, what to use," the large man mutters to himself as his eyes scan across the collection of random equipment. So many fun and interesting things that can be used to hurt people... Brian finds it hard to choose what exactly to start with. Then he sees a set of golf clubs, and he smiles. His memories flash back to taking Lucky Glauber to a driving range and pelting the ball collecting cart with hard drives. One ball of Lucky's wedged into the protective grate... and Brian's next ball shot that sucker through. Gave the guy in the cart a concussion. Oh, good times.
Yes. The clubs. Brian retrieves the driver, a nice, lightweight, well balanced and expensive 1-wood. Methodically, he retrieves two bright orange balls from the bag, as well as a pair of tees, and steps past his pile to get a good spot to set up.
COMBATSYS: Brian takes no action.
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HeavyD 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Maki
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Brian 0|-------|-------
"So, you don't want to take the first pitch, huh?" Maki asks, cocking an eyebrow. Shrugging, she says, "Well, if you don't take your chances, then someone else will!" She grins a little more as she brings her tonfa up to a level where the both of them can see it. "I suppose, then it's 'batter up!' And the first batter just happens to be Yours Truly!"
As soon as that's said, Maki brings her tonfa backwards a little, setting up a good solid swing with her tonfa. After a moment, with a yell, she swings that tonfa directly at the side of Heavy D's head. If he doesn't look out, he'll be really seeing stars... and not the kind that play at Wrigley Field either!
COMBATSYS: HeavyD blocks Maki's Medium Strike.
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HeavyD 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Maki
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Brian 0|-------|-------
D! had a feeling the kunoichi would come in if he passed up the chance. He was counting on it, honestly. Keeps him from breaking his own defenses and gives him a way to gauge her approach. As Maki comes in, he turns slightly, orienting himself as he waits for the stroke to come. When the tonfa swings, So too does D!'s body to catch the blow, stopping it on a meaty forearm that guards his temple.
The shot forces his feet to slide back for support...but not so much from the force, really. Instead, it's to brace his body for the counterattack. After turning aside the tonfa strike, the wedgehawked one turns the other way, body twisting and muscles stretching as he puts hsi full body into the coming shot. "HHNN!!!" Arm cocked, a sharp, sudden right straight punch strikes out, aimed directly at Maki's collarbone. Will his earlier patience pay off, though?
Staking the first tee into the ground, Brian sets one of the balls onto the small wooden spire, pocketing the other and gently clenching the other tee between his teeth as he steps away. Checking his grip on the club, he shuffles into stance, takes a good look at his target, then pulls back to swing...
A tremendous whoosh is heard from the Texan's direction as he totally misses the ball in his initial swing. Grunting in frustration (and some soreness), he takes aim at Maki once again and lets his swing rip... To a thundercrack of a hit. But Brian's no professional golfer (obviously), so shanking a shot is normal. This time, the ball pulls away from his intended target just a little, and instead seems to be heading straight for the midsection of his former partner, D!. Oops.
COMBATSYS: Maki blocks HeavyD's Straight Punch.
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HeavyD 0/-------/-------|=------\-------\0 Maki
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Brian 0|-------|-------
Does Heavy D's patience truly pay off? That depends on how you (and he) look at it. As it stands, Maki can see the incoming punch from a few feet away, and immediately brings her opposite hand (opposite her tonfa, that is) up to protect her collarbone. Her arm deflects the punch away, albeit with a little pain as a result. At least, though, she's not holding her collarbone and reeling from the impact of what could've been a nasty punch.
"Trying to bean me now, are you?" Maki says with another slight smirk. "Afraid that's not going to work! Because when I get beaned, boy do I brawl!" She steps towards Heavy D and attempts to utilize the incoming ball as a distraction while she attempts to administer a quick kick to the side of the stomach.
COMBATSYS: Brian successfully hits HeavyD with Sudden Fling.
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HeavyD 0/-------/------=|=------\-------\0 Maki
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Brian 0|-------|-------
COMBATSYS: Maki successfully hits HeavyD with Light Kick.
- Power hit! -
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HeavyD 0/-------/----===|=------\-------\0 Maki
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Brian 0|-------|-------
Sadly, for all of D!'s focus on Maki, he seems to overlook the special nature of this fight. He's too narrowed on his deflected right straight, pulling his arm back in quickly to try and settle himself into a guard again for Maki's next attack.
The kick comes toward his stomach, and by all means, he should've reacted well to it...if not for the sudden thwack of a golfball to the side of his head. Not quite his temple, thankfully, but its enough to stall him and let Maki bury her kick straight into his stomach, much deeper than expected. "NGHHHNN...." Teeth gritting, he tries to regain his composure, making note that he REALLY is going to have to have a ilttle....talk with his 'friend' Brian. Not that he hasn't meant to in ages.
For now, D! refocuses on Maki, jaw setting as he reels back for a little distane...and then snaps his arm up swiftly with an uppercut, hand glowing slightly and throwing out an explosive, expansive scatter of chi in Maki's direction.
Snickering in the stands stops when the enormous Texan turns towards the crowd looks at them all disapprovingly, then eyes a javelin for a moment before turning his attentions back past the ivy-covered walls. It's all fun and games until a former NFL linebacker pins your stomach to a wall at velocity, after all, and they quickly realize that was his intent. They turn their attention back to the fight, and moments later, Brian does the same. Looks like he pinged one off of D!. Oops. Oh well. Guess that bit about "chaos" in his job description for this bout was correct.
Reaching down, Brian spears the second tee into the turf, topping it with the other ball he pulls from his pocket. Much more carefully, he lines up his shot, takes a nice, decent swing and actually sends this one flying straight and true. Amazing.
COMBATSYS: Maki dodges Brian's Sudden Fling.
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HeavyD 0/-------/----===|=------\-------\0 Maki
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Brian 0|-------|-------
COMBATSYS: HeavyD successfully hits Maki with Blast Upper.
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HeavyD 0/-------/---====|====---\-------\0 Maki
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Brian 0|-------|-------
"Sorry, but I never was too into golf," Maki says as she quickly ducks down out of the way of the incoming golfball. Hopefully it'll hit someone else instead of her, even if it's the hot dog vendor. As long as it's not her. Unfortunately, the same can't be said for the other situation.
Maki's crouch causes her to come back up right into the path of the incoming chi uppercut, knocking her off of her feet and causing her to land on the turf hard. This causes her to use a few choice words as she hits the ground. Glaring upwards at Heavy D, Maki slowly picks herself up off of the turf, dusting herself off. "You're sneaky, you know that?" She says with a scowl, obviously done making jokes. "Let's see how you like some of THIS!" And with that, Maki drops onto the tip of her tonfa and begins to spin around wildly like a whirlwind, one of her feet extended and aimed at Heavy D.
COMBATSYS: HeavyD Toughs Out Maki's Bushin Senpuu Kyaku!
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HeavyD 0/-------/=======|=====--\-------\0 Maki
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Brian 0|-------|-------
Maki remains down for less time than he was really hoping for, but Heavy D! adapts as he needs to. Pushing in and still trying to take advantage of the small window he created with the Blast Upper, the Metro native comes in sharp and low. The vaulted, pivoting kick Maki snaps out to intercept him strikes high on his shoulders and head, but it doesn't daunt him.
In fact, he continues to muscle through, trying to plow in and snap out a low rushing hook to break Maki out of her attack. Quickly, he shifts in with another low dash, moving to the side to attempt another upper and send the kunoichi up and away with the fast rushing combo.
If Brian was close enough to Maki to have heard that, he would've responded. As it stands, he's in the outfield, they're in the infield, and life continues as normal. For his part, the Texan tosses the club behind him nonchalantlyas he starts looking around for something else to be used against these two. That's when he eyes a pair of round, granite blocks with a flat bottom and a handle on the top. Those familiar with the sport of curling know what these suckers are, but Brian's out in the dark regarding these. All he knows is that they're large, heavy and about to be airborne.
Stepping over to them, Brian picks up the first and judges the heft versus distance. Hmm. This'll be tricky. He's never been all that good with trajectory, but he'll give it the ol' college go. Heaving the thing towards the two, Brian hopes it'll crash into one of them. It's looking good, at least, that it'll disrupt the fight a bit. Meteoric strikes from large rocks don't tend to make people stick around.
COMBATSYS: Brian successfully hits Maki with Power Fling.
- Power hit! -
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HeavyD 0/-------/=======|=======\=------\1 Maki
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Brian 0|-------|------=
COMBATSYS: Maki blocks HeavyD's Ducking Combination.
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HeavyD 1/-------/=======|=======\===----\1 Maki
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Brian 0|-------|------=
Maki's familiar with curling, but she's not entirely up for being hit by one of those things. In fact, she'd rather avoid it as best as she can. But try as she may, even though that may be a heavy object, it's not always easy to dodge it. In fact, she tries to move out of the way but moves right into the path of it! It hits her, and it hits her hard. She staggers sideways and groans a little as her vision becomes very dizzy. Somehow, during all the confusion of what happened, she manages to raise her arms to protect against any incoming attacks, which is useful since she manages to block Heavy D's incoming attack, which was going low, but Maki happened to drop to one knee as she lost her balance.
Now finding herself in a somewhat unbalanced position, the blonde-haired ninja steps backwards a few steps and tries to catch her breath while shaking the stars off of her. This major headache and a pain in the arm are just a couple of the things that are annoying Maki today. Not to mention, the fact it seems to be a two-on-one situation doesn't make her feel any better either.
COMBATSYS: Maki gains composure.
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HeavyD 1/-------/=======|=======\=------\1 Maki
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Brian 0|-------|------=
....well, it's probably good that Brian's aim tended toward someone else this time. Those curling stones would have been a problem, as judging by Maki's state afterwards. Somehow though, it still doesn't help Heavy D! get in another hit on Maki, his Ducking Combination stopped against Maki's guard despite her current state.
Eyes turn warily toward the outfield to look in Brian's direction, if only as briefly as possible. He doesn't want to get distracted enough to get torn apart. Instead, he powers forward, trying to power through Maki's guard with several sharp, rapid, and repeated jabs. All pressure right now, nothing TERRIBLY risky...yet.
Well, that seemed to work pretty darn well. Brian waited to see how things might turn out regarding his pitch distance and arc, and it by the looks of it, he couldn't have been more on target if it was laser-guided. Excellent. With his target dialed in, he shifts slightly and bases his next throw entirely on muscle memory. Yet another fifty pound rock goes sailing into the air with a grunt, careening, this time, towards the boxer, who likely gets to see this thing take to the sky as his gaze turns towards the former linebacker. Will he, too, find part of his skull flattened by the meteoric fall of a curling stone? Only time will tell.
At least that time is rapidly approaching. Very rapidly.
COMBATSYS: Maki dodges HeavyD's Rapid Combo.
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HeavyD 0/-------/=======|=======\=------\1 Maki
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Brian 0|-------|------=
Having caught a bit more of air into her lungs means that Maki's dizziness has faded a little bit. The pain is still there, and she's still bleeding a little, but at least she's regained some of her fighting ability into her once again. And even though she's badly beaten, Maki doesn't give up untill she knows it's over.
"I may not win," Maki says through gritted teeth, "But I'm not gonna let you win that easily either!" With that, Maki attempts to demonstrate how fighters who wield a tonfa do an uppercut. They do so by swinging it in an upwards arc while keeping a very firm grip on it.
COMBATSYS: Brian successfully hits HeavyD with Power Fling.
~ Cruel hit! ~
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HeavyD 1/-----==/=======|=======\=------\1 Maki
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Brian 0|-------|-----==
COMBATSYS: HeavyD interrupts Genkou from Maki with D. Shadow.
- Power hit! -
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Brian 0|-------|-----==
Unfortunately for D!, eyes pull off from Brian, just as the second stone flings out. Just as he was recovering from the fact that his jab set was evaded so quickly, the boxer finds himself crashed into by the giant curling rock, plowing him aside and for sure cracking a rib or two. That was...well, not totally unexpected, it seems. Cruel, but balanced fate.
However, despite the wreckage he's left in, blood as well as dirt kicked up by the actual landing of the curling stone, D! still has his wits about him. Such as wehn Maki comes in to swing out that upward strike of her tonfa toward his chin. Eyes seem to glow in determination, as he charges forward, the strike clipping his chin but not holding him off as he rampages forward with a wild, chi-charged combo, trails left behind his strikes as the chi burns through the air like a negative. Finally, one last strike plows forward, driving D! in with a lunging, shadowed straight that drills right into Maki's midsection.
At this point, Brian lets loose his deadly projectile and doesn't even bother to see how it lands. The fact that there's two sounds of Large Heavy Object Impacting Softer Object means he hit someone. But he's already off to his next target. Yes, friends, it's another devastatingly large object... in this case, a canvas heavy bag filled with sand. D! should be very familiar with this particular object, having pummeled dozens of it's bretheren in his many years on the Earth. Someone put a smiley face on this one. Aw. Cute. Mr. Smiley Happy Punching Bag now has a chance to enact revenge upon an oppressor of it's kind!
Reaching out for the chain, Brian grips the top O ring in a meaty paw, wrenching it off the ground and spinning it over his head. Slowly at first, but once he brings his other hand up to help with the spin, it gains momentum. Pivoting his own body around adds to speed and momentum until the canvas sand missile is unleashed upon the world, arcing in towards D!.
The smiley face is somehow, silently, screaming.
Let's just get right to the point, shall we? Maki's uppercut attempt is really cut off abruptly by Heavy D's counterattack to her stomach. And boy, when one gets punched there, it sure does hurt. But when you're hit with an attack like that, it does more than just hurt. In fact, Maki's surprised she didn't lose her lunch when she got hit. She did, however, feel her whole body get racked from the blow, and she staggers backwards quite a bit, and then staggers forwards. This time, though, there's no mistaking it that Maki's run out of steam. Heavy D seems to have beaten her.
However, one thing Maki is known for is her sudden last-strike attacks, and one of those just happens to be one of her most devastating combination techniques which she generally seems to save for near the end. And that looks like this might be the time she's choosing to use it.
"I'm not going down ALONE!" Maki shouts as an aura of chi surges around her, and then she dashes at Heavy D, attempting to deliver a flurry of tonfa strikes and kicks at a very fast rate of speed. Once Maki's done, though, she's definitely going to find herself flat on the ground.
COMBATSYS: Maki has reached second wind!
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HeavyD 0/-------/------=|==-----\-------\0 Maki
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COMBATSYS: HeavyD dodges Brian's Power Fling.
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HeavyD 0/-------/------=|==-----\-------\0 Maki
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COMBATSYS: HeavyD blocks Maki's Bushin Gou Rai Ha.
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HeavyD 0/-------/----===|==-----\-------\0 Maki
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The D. Shadow took quite a bit out of the boxer...but hes hardly in dire straits yet. At least any further than that curling stone left him. That's a good thing, because the pair of attacks he's forced to contend with are bad enough.
Maki's chi charge puts the boxer on notice, shoring himself up and weathering the powered assault that the kunoichi sends at him, backing up once it lets up....and staring down a flying sandbag sailing straight for him. "CRAP!" he shouts, suddenly ducking forward and charging in again, if only to avoid getting bulldozed again. And while he's heading Maki's way, the attack he sends out is hardly on the level of the chi-powered combo earlier. Not to say its not dangerous though. A sharp left to the ribs, even in passing, is nothing to joke about.
Woo, slightly dizzy. Brian staggers for a moment, hearing only one massive thump, the shattering of wood and the spray of sand to denote his failure as a human being... well, his failure at turning his former teammate into a whimpering fleshbag, at least. But he did cause a lot of extraneous damage that SNF organizers are going to have to repair quickly, as there is a game tomorrow night. Not that it particularly matters to Brian, as his only concern at the moment is that there is a second bag here.
Dizziness when filled with good ol' American Lager isn't a good thing, so when the Texan yanks this bag off it's grassy settlement, he uses a much more appropriate method of delivery. Grabbing it by the chain, he hefts it up, grabbing it at the bottom before swinging it up a few times like a pendulum before lobbing it upwards, letting it sail towards it's intended target in a much more bomblike fashion. Even if it doesn't hit, they should both be getting sand in their eyes. And nose. And mouth. And shorts.
COMBATSYS: Maki dodges Brian's Power Fling.
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HeavyD 0/-------/----===|==-----\-------\0 Maki
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COMBATSYS: HeavyD successfully hits Maki with Medium Punch.
Glancing Blow
> Determined Hit! <
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Even when her attack is blocked, it's still capable of doing a bit of damage. That's why Maki isn't too deterred by the fact that Heavy D managed to absorb the incoming attack. But what really may come as a shock to everyone is the fact that somehow, the chi does more than propel Maki into Heavy D. It gives her another boost of strength to get back on her feet. In fact, she completely avoids the incoming fling from Brian thanks to her energy boost. Unfortunately, she can't avoid the shot to the ribs. But somehow, Maki skids backwards on her feet but doesn't fall down. Her stance shows a bit of weakness, but this burst of strength has got her going once again.
"I told you, it's not over yet!" Maki says with a grin as she takes another moment to catch her breath, obviously intent on keeping this going as long as possible.
COMBATSYS: Maki gains composure.
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HeavyD 0/-------/----===|==-----\-------\0 Maki
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The burst of sand everywhere from the second sandbag makes the fight quite..interesting. Between the push Maki managed to give herself thanks to her attack, and the ruptured landing sandbag, it makes quite the mess of the fighting area, and makes it only that much more difficult to fight. While Maki uses the time to rest, however....D! tries to push in and take the offensive himself.
Despite the now suddenly uneven fighting ground, the wedgehawked pugilist pushes in, not about to take it in stride after he managed only the glancing shot with his strike. Gritting his teeth, he comes in, boots digging in for speed as he tries to barrel forward and aim another hook shot to Maki's ribs, this time with a bit more force put behind his punch.
Well, both are still standing. Both are still fighting. Both aren't looking exactly the best, but they're standing. It is, after all, Brian's job to change that, so, well, it's time to get serious. Maybe.
The Texan had noticed a pair of things earlier that might be of use. The crowd has noticed those things as well, as they were used to shut them the hell up earlier... And now, they seem rather appropriate to use. Stepping casually over to the elongated sticks of death, Brian plucks both javelins out of the ground and sets them on his shoulders. Throwing them individually may lead for more accuracy, but accuracy is hardly his game here. More things thrown into the mix equals more entertainment, which leads to better ratings. So, with a single step forward, the former linebacker sends the two spikes downrange towards both combatants.
A coupla years ago, he'd have been ejected for spearing. Now, there are cheers instead.
COMBATSYS: Maki dodges Brian's Medium Fling.
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COMBATSYS: Maki dodges HeavyD's Hook Punch.
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Maki catches her breath and finds herself with more ability to avoid the incoming attacks. First, the javelin goes very wide, meaning it hits nothing but turf, while the hook punch hits nothing but air. All the while, Maki is still on the move. She jumps into the air and attempts to grab Heavy D! by the neck and shoulders while in an upside down position.
If she succeeds, she'll do a one-eighty flip in the air, and then throw the boxer to the ground... all while still in the air!
COMBATSYS: HeavyD blocks Brian's Medium Fling.
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HeavyD 0/-------/---====|==-----\-------\0 Maki
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COMBATSYS: HeavyD fails to interrupt Tengu Daoshi from Maki with Rolling Soul Driver.
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Unfortunately, the tides seem to have turned dramatically. Where once Maki looked to be beaten, now she seems the fresher of the two, and D! is slowly being worn down. His charging hook finds itself evaded easily, and the miss forces D! on his heels, unable to avoid the javelin flung his way. The best he can do is punch it out of the air, leaving a splintered half to swat him sideways rather than spear him.
With that only chipping him down further, D! is off balance enough that when Maki flings herself above to try and grab him by the shoulders, he's unable to muster a counter attack to stuff her approach before he's pulled over. Lifted up, he ends up spiked into the ground, hammered in a painful slam to the ground that leaves him crumpled and groaning in the scattered sand. Not good....not good at all.
What next, what next. Javelins, curling stones, heavy bags, golf balls... Surrounded by materials, Brian finds himself in quite a pickle. There's almost TOO MANY choices! It's like being a starving person in the middle of a grocery store at night. What do you eat? The first thing you can get your hands on? The tasty delicacies you've always wanted to try? So much. So, so much to choose from. But, what shall Brian use?
Brian's choice is made utterly by accident, as he steps forward and his toe comes to a swift halt by the heavy roundness of a bowling ball. Nodding thoughtfully, the Texan lifts the first of two up, getting a good, level grip on it and stepping past other obstacles. He lines himself up, takes two steps forward, swings his arm back, then forcibly wrenches his arm forward with all his might to send the ball careening through the air, bouncing twice before making it to it's intended target... Maki's ankles.
COMBATSYS: Maki dodges Brian's Medium Fling.
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HeavyD 0/-------/----===|===----\-------\0 Maki
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How much longer can Maki go on like this for? Apparently, for quite a while, since she shows no sign of slowing down whatsoever. The bowling ball misses her completely, and Maki gives a quick raspberry to Brian before turning to face the stunned Heavy D. She doesn't wait for him to get up, she decides to help him up...
So she can administer a shoulder throw!
COMBATSYS: Maki successfully hits HeavyD with Medium Throw.
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HeavyD 0/-------/-======|===----\-------\0 Maki
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Brian 0|-------|----===
Unfortunately for D!, he /can't/ keep going for too long. And Maki's tireless energy seems to finally catch up with him, as the sudden shoulder toss comes just as the boxer tries to get up...and this time, as the boxer crashes into the ground rather painfully, he doesn't get up.
He tries, at the least, conscious enough to at least attempt to pull himself up and keep the fight going. But eventually, he drops down, his body refusing to respond and eventually just sprawling out painedly, maintaining a conscious grimace as he seems to finally admit defeat.
COMBATSYS: HeavyD takes no action.
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Maki 0/-------/----===|
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Brian 0|-------|----===
COMBATSYS: HeavyD can no longer fight.
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Maki 0/-------/----===|
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Brian 0|-------|----===
Stepping back around the various materiel he's using as ammuntion, Brian hefts the second bowling ball and turns to take aim... only to see his former teammate's body refuse to let him get back up. Mrph. Dropping the ball into the turf and shaking his head, the Texan instead turns back towards the chair he abandoned earlier, weaving between stacks of equipment until he gets to his destination. Picking up the cylinder, he extracts his cigar, places it between his teeth and extracts a Zippo lighter. A snap, a flame, a few drags and the cigar is once again lit. Leaning down again, he retrieves the last remaining beer in the cooler beside the chair and pops the cap off. Cigar clenched in his teeth, he tips his hat to the crowd... and then saunters his way towards the dugouts. His job is over.
Meanwhile, Maki has seen Heavy D get attended to by the medical personnel, meaning that she is free to leave the fighting area and get treated for those injuries. Despite her weak stance, she still manages to wave to the crowd as she heads off the field. A come-from-behind victory for Maki is something that should prove that she doesn't give up untill she's truly down and out... and you never know when she's gonna get back on her feet at the last second!
COMBATSYS: Maki has left the fight here.
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Log created on 15:56:24 08/08/2009 by Brian, and last modified on 18:12:16 08/10/2009.