Description: The promised match between Antoine and Pullum occurs in her very own home! However friendly, it's still a serious bout. Antoine can survive the desert, but can he weather the winds?! OF FRIENDSHIP. ( Bonus : Antoine's kryptonite may be /kindness/ ).
[OOC] Pullum says, "hahahah you opened one too! I'll close :)"
[OOC] Pullum says, "opan"
[OOC] Antoine nods!
[OOC] Antoine says, "One sec."
[OOC] Pullum says, "Time to start the pose"
[OOC] Antoine says, "okay"
[OOC] Pullum says, "SOrry about that, almost done!"
[OOC] Antoine nods. Not a problem.
He had been given the finest treatment. Food that was fit for any fighter, served by Darun Mister. Lodging for the day, with Darun Mister watching over the door so that he tried nothing funny. Most of all, care of him was taken by Darun Mister - just in general, to be sure nothing unfortunate befell this survivor of the elements.
Or the woman who insisted he be taken care of.
But that would no longer matter. In the middle of the Purna estate, an open room. It is mostly empty, the roof missing, as well. Rather expansive, it seems it may have been used for her father's business over anything Pullum could have used - but now that certain things befell him, and his coma, it is used most often by Pullum, Darun and Blair.
Resting against one of the walls, Pullum waits - she promised a fight, and so did he. A bit worn, just slightly, from the other fighter, she can feel a bit of weariness - one that she is sure will pass as she gets to moving.
Despite the reputation of his ethnicity, Antoine is actually a gentleman. He isn't trying anything with the princess. Honestly? A good meal and a good place to rest is good for the traveling fighter. It was after the dinner and that he was rested that he was able to finish things up.
As the deal was a good fight, Antoine was more than willing to take her up on that challene. The middle of the Purna estate was quite breathtaking. The lack of roof allows for the sun to shine down. The expansive building is observed... Yet, he continues the walk.
The young man is starting to walk through the halls, holding the duffelbag over his shoulder. Upon his arrival towards the center of the makshift arena, Antoine turns to face her as she's on the wall. A smile brightens from the wandering fighter.
"I'm here, just as promised." He takes a few steps away from her, now releasing the duffelbag to slam to the ground.
It's certainly not the ethnicity reputation, but rather, Darun was the bodyguard of the young woman!
It was simply what was required of him. To a degree.
The wait was not particularly long, but the arrival of Antoine, the falling of his duffelbag alerting Pullum to his presence just after his words, cause Pullum to bow - smiling herself. "I'm very pleased. After all, I'm sure both of us were interested in this!" As he takes a few steps away, she pushes off from the wall, body twisting forwards as she nearly peels off the wall, stretching out - and wearing just as little as she did the day before, with only minor color changes.
"So, there's no point in waiting any longer - Come on!" She notes, winking, as she flips backwards, her body swaying back and forth - and most noticably, her rear moving to and fro.
It's perfectly fine to grab the opponents attention, riiiight?
COMBATSYS: Pullum has started a fight here.
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Pullum 0/-------/-------|
COMBATSYS: Antoine has joined the fight here.
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Pullum 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Antoine
[OOC] Pullum says, "paged Helious"
[OOC] Pullum says, "Helios rather"
[OOC] Antoine says, "Cool."
Antoine brings his hands together, extending the right fist that is shielded by the left. He takes a Chinese-form bow, before he finally steps his right leg back. Appearing on his left side, his eyes draw towards the young princess as she readies her stance. "...I promise to give it everything I have." Both palms open up, then he tightens his fist as he dashes forward.
He takes a nice stride to get the distance close between himself and the agile looking woman. He begins the movement by launching himself up enough to whip out his right leg upward and out to strike towards her chest. Then, the other leg follows through, trying to drive its way towards her stomach.
COMBATSYS: Pullum blocks Antoine's Light Kick.
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Pullum 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Antoine
Juri has arrived.
Adon has arrived.
ODROP::OSUCC::Juri heads to Thailand.
ODROP::OSUCC::Adon heads to Thailand.
Sagat has arrived.
ODROP::OSUCC::Sagat heads to Thailand.
ODROP::Sagat arrives from Asia Major.
Nagase has arrived.
ODROP::OSUCC::Nagase heads to Thailand.
ODROP::Nagase arrives from Asia Major.
As the man brings his hands together, preparing, Pullum still moves back and forth, twisting her body with a sudden thrust, now and again, of her body, towards the opposition. As he promises to give everything he has, Pullum smiles, still moving about - "Oh, I could only hope!" She happily exclaims - just as he dashes forwards.
It is not quite the length to say she /could/ escape the blow - but she chooses not to. The distance, closed, is done so quickly. She twists her body backwards, a leg coming up as his own leg whips out and upwards, the strike stopping his own - but it simply buffets his, while her leg is pained by the assault.
"Ahh! So that's how it is?" She laughs, grinning, as she twists her leg around, attempting to slide it under his own, before spinning, sending him upwards with a kick and reversing the movement, both arms slamming his body to the ground - if he isn't careful!
COMBATSYS: Pullum successfully hits Antoine with Arakul Wrist.
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Pullum 0/-------/------=|==-----\-------\0 Antoine
As his legs are quickly guarded against with her own legs, the young man lands flat onto the ground in preparations to make a follow up. Yet, he sees the movement take the aggressive turn when she maneuvers herself to slide it underneth his legs before she spins. Antoine attempts to dive towards the ground in attempts to roll away from the incoming blow. It is unfortunate that he is caught by the foot acoss the body. The impact of it causes him to wince in pain before he is caught off of the ground and he is landing hard when both arms slam him down.
An uncomfortable grunt is given. He plants his hands to the ground to pull himself up. Instead, he brings his right leg up to drive himself forward, then he whips out the left palm to strike towards her solar plex.
COMBATSYS: Pullum dodges Antoine's Strong Punch.
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Pullum 0/-------/------=|==-----\-------\0 Antoine
As he lands hard, Pullum raises her leg again, giving a quick hop backwards as he seemingly pushes himself up - and just then, driving forwards, a palm strike lunging for Pullum's midsection - the midsection that is currently undulating slightly - and as the fist nearly is ontop of her, Pullum thrusts her midsection backwards, kicking off the ground, arcing over Antoine.
As she lands, she leans backwards, rubbing up against him slightly - "You're really getting into it, aren't you?" She asks, laughing.
Then, she is in motion, "Ten'el kick!" She spins, quickly, extending a leg after the first couple to pull Antoine in, changing to a knee at the end to launch him away.
COMBATSYS: Antoine blocks Pullum's Ten'el Kick.
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Pullum 0/-------/------=|===----\-------\0 Antoine
[OOC] Antoine says, "One moment."
[OOC] Antoine says, "Almost finished getting botheed with stuff! I'll be working on pose!"
[OOC] Pullum says, "nooo prob"
Terry has arrived.
ODROP::OSUCC::Terry heads to Thailand.
ODROP::Terry arrives from Asia Major.
She is quite agile, Antoine will definitely have to kep an eye on her and catch her off guard. While she is pushing forward and actually leans back to arc over him. As she lands behind him, his eyes widens when she rubs against him from behind. "Yeah.." Then, he quickly steps forward with a single step. While making that turn, he twists his right palm out to bring it against the incoming leg in motion.
As the impact resounds from the extending leg to his palm, he brings his hand down to bring the left hand to smack against her knee that seeks to launch him out. However, he instead brings his legs together, then he steps out as both arms expand out. Like a piston bullet, the body launches closer so that he can send the palm towards her solar plex once more. The aim is to knock her off of her feet.
COMBATSYS: Pullum blocks Antoine's Moving the Mountain.
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Pullum 0/-------/----===|====---\-------\0 Antoine
It's not a surprise that she is quick - she had to be, unlike the rest of her little team, she is not the type to weather many blows. More importantly - it would be far harder to dance with a physique like Darun's.
The leg is stopped, and Pullum's momentum with it. As he brings his hand down, smacking against the knee, she is repelled - spinning backwards, through the air. As she is launched - Antoine seeks to strike. He manages it, somewhat. She is certainly off her feet, and as the palm strikes her midsection, it is not without another layer of flesh and bone between. Her arms, brought up, against his own launching her to the wall, where she kicks off it.
The feeling of numbness in her arms is not a welcome feeling, but it does not deter the smile, and continuation of the technically belly dance - it is not her rear that moves now as much, her hips circling about. "Almost, that time!"
On the third rotation, she leaps upwards, flipping forwards to land on him, legs locking against his shoulder as she bends backwards, grasping for the ground, and twisting her body to send the man rolling.
COMBATSYS: Antoine dodges Pullum's Medium Throw.
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Pullum 0/-------/----===|====---\-------\0 Antoine
As her arms guard against his own launching arm, he watches her kick off of the wall and then she leaps forward in front of him in her attempts to lock her legs against his shoulders. He swiftly moves over towards the side, swaying his whole body against the descending form of the belly dancer. His hips draw forth as he now slams his foot towards the ground.
A surge of lightning comes forth along that leg.
As the back leg kicks off from the ground, he launches the left leg out first in an outward crescent kick, then the right follows through with the inward. This time, lightning emits from the foot to slash against her. Then, that leg will plant to the ground as his stance shifts towards the left.
COMBATSYS: Pullum dodges Antoine's Crossing the Bridge.
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Pullum 0/-------/----===|====---\-------\0 Antoine
Gen has arrived.
[OOC] Gen spectates?
[OOC] Antoine says, "Sure."
The landing is far less comfortable than she had hoped - but then, it was against the harder ground and not the man she had hoped to ensnare. "Aha! You're quite fast yourself." She notes, his whole body swaying. She twists about as a new threat emerges.
There's lightning on that leg, and it's coming towards her, tearing through the air with a harsh crackling of ozone. Pullum retreats, bending backwards at the first kick, rolling away from the inward strike after.
A leg is hooked around Antoine's as she rises, the simple attempt of trying to take him off his feet as she gets to hers, toppling him to the ground in the process, a sweep with her leg that ends into a fancy looking leap upwards at the end.
[OOC] Pullum says, "Certainly!"
[OOC] Pullum says, "I'm all about spectators"
[OOC] Pullum dance
COMBATSYS: Antoine fails to interrupt Quick Throw from Pullum with Wind Chases the Clouds.
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Pullum 0/-------/----===|======-\-------\0 Antoine
[OOC] Antoine :( @ 60 chance.
[OOC] Pullum :(
Antoine has reconnected.
[OOC] Antoine says, "Daaammnnn you, power surge."
[OOC] Pullum says, "ohnooooo"
[OOC] Pullum (
"Not quite...." Antoine admits. He is far from being agile as she is. His attention shoots towards her when she backs away from the kick. The reason for that positioning is for a technique that he had hoped to lock her in as she steps forward. His eyes watch the movement as she hooks her leg around him. In turn, Antoine is moving that leg out of place and behind her own.
Unfortunately, the intent of taking her down and catching her off-guard did not work in his favor. Instead, she quickly takes him off of his feet, forcing him to land on his back with a grunt. "Egh!" He wince to himself, rolling along the ground to get back up to his feet.
As Antoine lands on his back, a close call for Pullum as he moves to take her out of her rise, Pullum continues to ascend, free from the impac that would have left her on the ground, instead of Antoine. But she doesn't slow, nor stop. It would ruin her momentum!
Her feet press against the heated stone of the roof, crouching momentarily, bending backwards to see the man's fall. "It doesn't matter, you're quite the opponent anyways." She remarks, before kicking off, flipping backwards, a foot extended, slicing through the air behind her. A spiral follows it, and one final twist leaving her spinning diagonally, before she lands.
The wind, as she lands, moves, twisting through the air like she had, spiralling and shooting towards Antoine. Pullum, meanwhile, claps her hands, a leg raised, cheering on the winds.
Antoine has dropped a connection.
COMBATSYS: Pullum successfully hits Antoine with Kind Wind.
- Power hit! -
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Pullum 0/-------/---====|=======\-------\0 Antoine
[OOC] Antoine winces.
[OOC] Gen says, "That was not so kind."
[OOC] Antoine says, "Hhahahaha."
While he is back on his feet, Antoine brings his gaurd up as he prepares to take anything else that she is going to throw his way. Yet, she is still on the stone of the roof. His eyes driftoff, then he sees her coming down with.... a wave of energy that had manifested from her aerial sault. His eyes squint and he grits his teeth. Both arms lift up as he attempts to keep the arms crossed together to guard against the incoming wave of energy.
Unfortunately, as Antoine continues to struggle against the forces of power, he finds himself in a predictament where it braks through his defenses. "Uggghhh!" He gasps out as his body is launched off of the ground. Soaring backwards, Antoine is now landing hard against the ground. As he continues to sd aong the ground, he bounces off and lands roughly. "...Che..." He staggers up, gritting his teeth.
Slamming his fist to the ground, he seeks to continue his fight. Giving up is not an option. As he gets up to his feet, he now runs towards Pullum, he springs off of the ground, extending his right leg out with a spin for a hook kick. For a landing, he brings the leg down for a sweeping motion before he stops midway of that sweep to shoot the right palm towards her solar plex.
[OOC] Pullum says, "I guess it wasnt ;.;"
COMBATSYS: Pullum dodges Antoine's Combo Attack.
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Pullum 0/-------/---====|=======\-------\0 Antoine
[OOC] Gen says, "I will striker for you for $15 per attack, Antoine."
[OOC] Gen says, "You can win this fight in $30 or so, totally worth it."
[OOC] Antoine laughs.
[OOC] Antoine says, "Man. I still have yet to hit her. XD"
[OOC] Antoine says, "blocks don't count."
Apparently, cheering on the nature of things you cannot see, is a certainly strange but also viable attempt! She may cheer, but the sight of him gasping, launched off the ground and landing rather hard as he once more meets it, isn't exactly what she desired to see - but perhaps it just comes naturally.
"I hope you're not too hurt. But even then, please don't worry. You'll be taken care of." She claps her hands again, together, on the other side - as Antoine springs off the ground. Pullum's not too bothered by the assault, skipping forwards to meet him, swaying to the side, bending under the assault, hair flipping backwards at the sudden thrust - but as he shoots his palm outwards, she twists around, quickly.
An elbow is brought around to smash towards his chest, before she twists away just as suddenly, a backfist with a bit of extra momentum from the twist following it up.
[OOC] Antoine says, "okay, damnit. Time to be brave."
COMBATSYS: Antoine fails to interrupt Strong Punch from Pullum with Heaven Descends to Earth.
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Pullum 0/-------/--=====|=======\======-\1 Antoine
[OOC] Antoine says, "Hahahhaha, nope."
[OOC] Gen says, "Confucius say: Dodge attack reduce damage."
[OOC] Pullum says, "Honestly he's doing the right thing, potentially. I mean a direct hit on me will result in my life just vanishing."
[OOC] Antoine says, "Yeah. Sadly, can't do too much when she has been able to dodge a majority of my attacks. XD"
[OOC] Antoine says, "only ones of 'damage' were from blocking."
[OOC] Gen says, "Some days that's how it goes, heh."
This young fighter... he has not been doing too hot. Nevertheless, he does continue to move. After all, his opponent is fast, he just has to act hard. Catch her when she is not expecting it.
That is the plan.
"No worries. Just keep going." Antoine smiles. When she brings the elbow to strike towards his chest, and an upcoming backfist.
He plans to cut her off right in the middle of that with a shooting palm strike. However, the hand that strikes the chest catches him off-guard, stunning him in time to let loose a backfist towards the side of his head. He winces, losing his footing before he staggers.
A shooting palm strike lances right towards her, but Pullum manages to pull through, staggering the young fighter, and letting her get off scott free from the pam strike. Once more, that is.
Swaying back and forth, she looks onto the man, still smiling. But she's also thinking. What can she do - of course. "Alright, I'll keep going. It's a friendly match, no matter how it's fought." She claims. Pullum sometimes surprises herself, and today is no exception.
In a rather risky attempt, Pullum skips twice, forwards, flipping over Antoine's head - barely missing it.
It's easy to see coming, and her legs, as she falls behind him, go to link around his neck, yanking him to the ground as she would roll with him, launching upwards out of the roll no matter the outcome - well, almost any outcome.
[OOC] Antoine says, "Welp. Time to attempt something, damnit."
[OOC] Antoine says, "Even if this will fail... this is -too perfect-."
COMBATSYS: Antoine fails to interrupt Strong Throw from Pullum with Sundering Heaven.
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Pullum 0/-------/-======|=======\-------\1 Antoine
[OOC] Antoine says, "Apparentlly, the game doesn't think so. @_@"
[OOC] Pullum ._.
[OOC] Pullum just keeps throwing slow things for eternity
"...Yeah!" Antoine agrees, noticing Pullum skipping forward, then she flips over his head. That was when Antoine is attempting to seize the opportunity. With her in the air, Antoine opt to launch off of the gorund and actually interject her attempts of persuing things further by flying towards her direction. Then, his right leg will be drawing out to lash out against her stomach.
...Until the legs link around his neck and he is yanked towards the ground. Landing harshly with a thud, Antoine is now finding himself rolling along the ground. "Guh..."
[OOC] Pullum says, "clearly its time for the SURE KILL tm"
Antoine leaps upwards, trying to move, to interject into her overhead arc - but he comes a bit short, the leg lashing out. But not fast enough, as Antoine crashes to the ground, Pullum coming out, somehow, once again smelling like an arabian 'princess' would. "You're just a tad too slow... Maybe you're still a little exhausted from the desert... I was surprised you recovered so quickly from it."
"You're still making me world for it. A single mistake and it'd be all over..." But so far, that hasn't really come to pass, has it? She goes from looking over him, as he rolls to a stop... to leaping into the air. "You've got quite the style, so let me show you what I have!" She flips backwards, kicking against the roof again into another backflip, thrusting her chest out as she reaches her desired height. "Drill Purrus!"
Her momentum suddenly reverses, downwards, a spiral of the chi from before coating her legs as she spirals downwards like a real drill, to deliver the final blow of the battle, somehow speeding up faster than just gravity would account for!
COMBATSYS: Antoine fails to interrupt Drill Purrus from Pullum with Immovable Mountain.
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COMBATSYS: Antoine can no longer fight.
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[OOC] Antoine says, "Hehhee."
Takuma has arrived.
[OOC] Pullum says, "It was a nice try."
[OOC] Pullum says, "Live on the edge sir"
She is quick. He has to figure out how to catch her off-guard. That is the matter of dealing with this quick footed girl. Nevertheless, Antoine was on the ground, trying to think to himself on how to deal with her. Go head on? Charge right in? No. It is the matter of making her pay for charging in at him.
She has been taking the aggressive, but he realizes he has been going on the defense. So, let's make that a good offense.
When he gets back up, he sees her flip backwards and kicking against the roof again in a backflip. As she reverses downward like a drill, Antoine is taking a deep breath as he shuts his eyes.
She is coming down...
~ Concentrate. Take it slow... Focus your power. Take your stand. ~
Antoine slams his foot down to keep his stance, then he attepts to shoot both of his hands out to clash with Pullum. This time, a clash of energy occurs between both parties.. However, Antoine loses that battle as the drill pierces through his stance and nails him towards the ground. A crack is made upon the surface as he gives out a loud grunt. "ugh!" He rolls onto the ground, his eyes furrow. "...I still have a long way to go."
[OOC] Gen runs off to RP a little more, himself.
[OOC] Gen says, "Thanks guys"
ODROP::Gen goes somewhere else.
It's a final stand, and as Antoine slams his foot down, both of his hands raising to clash - she actually stops for a moment. It almost seems like she'd stop - but she pierces through, pinning him to the ground before flipping off. She sways back and forth once more, but her sudden movements, and rhythm, stop as he doesn't seem to get back up. He doesn't seem to be able to fight any longer, either.
His words make that certain, if she wasn't sure.
Skipping over to him, she bends down, reaching for his hand. "I think you're more skilled than you credit yourself with." She claims, not worried about the floor being cracked. Things... happen when you fight indoors. That, and it's not stylized. What with the wear and tear from nature and some sandstorms, it was mostly worn down.
She pulls him up, or tries to. "I've got a long way to go myself. But I've got to get there." She doesn't hint at what, or why, though.
COMBATSYS: Pullum has ended the fight here.
The hand is offered out to him. The fallen warrior. The young man merely shuts his eyes and grows a smile. "Thank you." He re-opens his eyes as he reaches for the hand offered out to him. While being pulled up, he force his muscles to let him up. "You performed admirably as well. You're very agile. It was hard to keep up with you." He shuts his eyes, drifting his gaze out beyond the reaches of the building. "... Yet, my journey will have to continue about another day." He laughs, turning to face Pullum, "I have not quite gotten a chance to finish seeing the culture of the place and the people here.
"I'm glad to hear it." But from the way she feels, it's easy enough to realize she did well. She doesn't feel worn, numb, or any number or things she could have felt. Just a bit tired from the constant moving.
"I have to keep moving after all. I'm sure if I stop, I wouldn't be able to keep going after awhile." It's hard to fight an uphill battle, from her single experience in one, she has found. Her arms are grasped behind her back, and she looks on to where Antoine glances, turning about, interested - but it's nothing.
Oh. She turns back to him, as well, Pullum nodding. "Yes, I think it'd be best to let you rest before you go anywhere." But how to get him there?
What looks to be a statue with a /fantastic/ moustache moves, rising. Darun Mister stands tall, a shadow over Pullum. "Darun will see you around if you need any help." She adds, smiling brightly - as Darun crosses his arms. Perhaps she simply doesn't understand how it might look. She does understand, though, just how good a bath would feel right now.
"..Hrm." Antoine lowers his head a bit, considering the winds. He should be good by the time he leaves. He needs to survive the harsh nature. ...Another place seems to call for him, so...
However, what seems to be a mountain of a man moving, Antoine's eyes widen before he looks up at Duran. "Hello again..." When he looks at Pullum, the young fighter nods. "Thank you, Pullum." He offers her a wave, then he turns to face Duran. "...Ready whenever you are."
[OOC] Antoine says, "...and... scene."
[OOC] Pullum says, "Mhmm!"
Log created on 20:55:22 10/19/2010 by Pullum, and last modified on 02:20:31 10/23/2010.