Description: Antoine had wandered through Southtown upon his disappearance. From there, he met with Cammy, who came to ask him a few questions. Unfortunately, something deep inside Antoine finally revealed itself... (PRIOR to 'Where Has Antoine Been?')
Southtown is said to be the Nexus for Fighters. Everyone tends to get together to battle against each other for one reason or another. Some is to be the best, others just to fight. Some that are born here have to survive.
This particular area is the Downtown district, where the whole world passes you by. In particular, the world passes by one individual who is walking through the crowds. Holding his head, a young black man in a chinese garb is trying to get out of the crowded portion.
It's giving him a headache and he's feeling pretty nauseous. He wanders along, taking a deep breath while observing the surroundings. Finding a more clear spot, he beelines near a spot in the alley.
"Ugh... I probably shouldn't had eaten that hotdog."
Cammy is often in downtown Southtown herself, it's a good place to spy on people, because it is that aforementioned nexus. Here, however, she is actually here with a purpose. It took her a little while to realise what Quon and Rust were up to, but the Killer Bee, who has her eye on Quon in particular, and is on the lookout for Antoine and Zach especially, wasn't all that far behind them on the way back to Japan.
The red cloaked doll has a few other things to attend to as well, no rest for the wicked and all, but she has a school photo of Antoine in one of her pockets, and is on the lookout. And she has good eyes. And there aren't too many African Americans of that age in Southtown, so Antoine is not the hardest gentleman to spot. Turns out that Antoine's beeline is in fact a killer beeline, as she cuts into the alley ahead of him.
"Good afternoon." she says pleasantly enough, the assassin stepping out of the shadows pretty much right next to him.
It takes a few moments for Antoine to try to clear his head. He coughs a bit, clutching his stomach before nearly puking up the lunch to the ground. Ohgod... He is taking several deep breaths, trying to recollect himself. This is very sickening.
That chi is still invading his mind, trying to corrupt him. His eyes drift over towards the pleasant lady who speaks to him. Both of his eyes widen at her sight. It is all coming back to him.
The blond-haired pigtailed girl with red gauntlets. Right now, Antoine -really- wishes he was in better form. He isn't exactly doing so well. "... You're Quon's girlfriend, aren't you?" He wipes his face. "... Sorry, not at the peak right now."
Cammy's eyes widen a little, and she blushes, very slightly. "Well... not exactly, but I suppose that is close enough. He is my good friend, yes.". 'Girlfriend', Lord Vega might not like that, so she shies away from that title still. "You are Antoine. I am surprised to see you here.". She tilts her head a little, but given Antoine is being, by the standards of Quon's friends, quite friendly, she's quite eager to confide in him before the shouting starts.
"I thought you had disappeared. See. Rusts address book was stolen, and while I do not know what names were in it, because Rust would not tell me, I thought it fair to assume that your contact details would indeed be in there, and given it was stolen I was curious if you had encountered anybody bent on mischief. You seemed especially likely to be a victim of such given you have been hard to find lately.".
Says the doll, in a torrent of words, that may be too much for poor sick Antoine. Her eyes narrow a little, and she leans forward, peering at him, not oblivious to the apparent distress he is in. "You are sick?".
"Fair enough. He mentioned a bit about you." Part of the reason he's in the mess but hey. When she mentions about being surprised to see him, Antoine offers a faint smile a bit. While she mentioned about his disappearance, he frowns slightly. "Yes, I had a lot of things going on, I needed to clear my head."
Which, unfortunately, seemed to have done no good. While she mentions about Rust's address book, Antoine shakes his head, "I actually do not have an address. I generally... travel about." Aka: Antoine is a hobo, just like a certain fighter that Cammy may be familiar with. "I hardly stay in one place. I have been doing a personal journey for some time." He runs his hand over, slowly trying to clear his mind.
"... Unfortunately, there is nothing that I..." Like a flash of fire in his eyes, Antoine winces as he hears a something in his head...
~ "... remember your true purpose..." ~
"...Nggh..." Antoine clutches his head. "..What mischief has been going around?"
"I do not know. Rust blames me for it. I have done nothing, though." Cammy replies, holding up her gauntleted hands defensively. "So I am trying to find out what, if anything, is going on.".
It seems quite clear to the doll that something is going on, and it's going on with Antoine. Whether it is connected to her suspicions... who knows. "But Rust would know how to contact you, at least?". She reaches out with one hand, gauntlet hovering just about his shoulder. "You are sick. Some sort of possession?". The psychic doll has some experience with this, having guarded Alice in a Shadaloo jail cell only last week. "Maybe you yourself are a victim of mischief. Has anything unusual happened to you in the last few weeks? Is there a gap in your memory perhaps?". Cammy is very familiar with those, too... always a sign of mischief in her experience!
Antoine cannot remember much. He wants to, but nothing is coming up. Everything is rather just frizzled. It's like static playing in his head. For a moment, Antoine is taking several deep breaths, trying to relax his chi. Even if there is the corruption in the chi, Antoine is still trying to calm down.
...Eventually, he manages to calm, leaning his back against the wall. He sweats, trying to just let everything pass by. When he looks over at Cammy, he makes no effort to stop her from holdin against his shoulder. "...Possession? Not sure..."
While letting the world converge as one again, his eyes dart over towards her, "...Uncertain. Just been training and feeling sick, I supose..." He shakes his head, "... Don't remember what exactly happened, I'm afraid.." He just recalls training and there he as, watching his friends' match before he left.
"Ah!". Cammy leans forward even further, blue eyes fixed on him in an intense gaze. This is surely the best lead she's found yet. "I knew it. If you are in Rust's address book, this must be it. Something happened to you, but you do not remember. These things are very possible. I know. You do not remember when the sickness began? What is the last thing you remember when you were not sick? Tell me. You remember meeting anyone?".
She looks a bit self satisfied, but then shakes her head, noting, "Rust will never change his mind anyway about me, even if it becomes obvious I had nothing to do with his stupid address book.".
Hah, Antoine in Rust's address book. Getting a hold of Antoine is a little difficult, save for e-mail. Thankfully, e-mail is universal. She speaks to him again. However, for some reason, she sounds very distorted. Antoine had been able to hear her clearly until just now. His hand moves over towards his chest, clutching against it and he takes a deep breath.
"What I saw...."
Heart beat.
Heart beat.
The flash of a silhoutte briefly draws in his mind. However, that fades away as the perversion of the chi manifests. This time, when Antoine starts puking out blood onto the ground.
It looks quite messy at this point. ...The blood and the bile lets out a steam, almost acidic-like.
"Nnggh..."
Cammy is actually quite fascinated by the acidic puke. "Hmm." she says, apparently not really concerned by this at all. "Dr Senoh, he could help, I am sure." she mutters aloud, oblivious to the fact that Dr Senoh is mad, mad, mad, and bad as well. "You remembered something." she adds, gaze going from the pile of upchuck back to Antoine again, the psychic doll having got a vague hint of what runs through Antoine's head.
"Maybe I can help you. Someone has done something to you. Has Quon met you yet? He was looking for you. You should not be wandering around on the street. It might be dangerous... to you or others around you. And if I can help you Rust might like me again.".
The selfishness behind altruism isn't all that hidden in the Doll. "Maybe... I should take you to Quon's dorm?" she asks, a little hesitantly.
Inversion. Everything inverses.
Then, everything becomes red in his eyes. Antoine finally starts to clutch his head and he pulls away from Cammy. While tearing away from her, his head shakes violently before the eyes flash red.
"GRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!"
His head lifts up, a feral howl erupts from him as he finally takes a hunched stance. Shaking his head violently, his eyes hone in towards Cammy as his teeth become feral.
COMBATSYS: Antoine has started a fight here.
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Antoine 0/-------/-------|
COMBATSYS: Antoine has awoken to his Rage.
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Antoine [E] 0/-------/-------|
COMBATSYS: Cammy has joined the fight here.
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Cammy 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 [E] Antoine
Cammy hasn't seen much like this before - Alice was the closest, but her demon was cold, calculating, not a berserker. Antoine seems to have a berserker inside him, though!
She takes a few steps back, glad of having time enough to shuck off her cumbersome cloak - it looks like claret is imminent, and the cloak isn't the best thing to fight in. "Fascinating." she whispers, thinking Lord Vega is going to love this, and she might be able to help Quon out as well! Gauntleted hands raised, she narrows her eyes, looking to get the measure of her foe.
COMBATSYS: Cammy calculates her next move.
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Cammy 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 [E] Antoine
The eyes are blood-red. Antoine can feel the lingering rage taking over him. The mission is known: Fight for strength. Strength is what matters. Kill his enemies and do the bidding of his master. The master wants the blood.
Antoine is sizing Cammy up, walking around her with his back hunched. The eyes are not unlike an animal. After the initial size-up, Antoine is quick to leap into action. He starts sprinting over towards the woman, leaping off of the ground to get momentum into the air. He lunges himself downward, slamming the heel of his right foot against her face.
"GRAAAH!"
COMBATSYS: Cammy dodges Antoine's Heavy Kick.
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Cammy 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 [E] Antoine
Cammy narrows her eyes, tensing up as Antoine rushes at her, in a very straightforward, perhaps even mindless, attack. This sort of thing is easy for the doll to deal with, she waits until the last moment, and then abruptly executes a single cartwheel, crossing from one side of the narrow alley to the other, just far enough for the foot to miss.
Really, fighting in such a confined space has it's minuses. "Antoine. I suppose it is pointless to speak with you?" she asks, coldly clinical even in combat, even as she hops forward, spinning in the air as she goes to jam a fist out at his midriff. That does tend to give even raging animals pause, if it connects.
COMBATSYS: Cammy successfully hits Antoine with Axle Spin Knuckle.
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Cammy 0/-------/-======|=======\-------\0 [E] Antoine
The young man takes a dive towards the woman, seeking to make purchase with the foot towards her head. However, he gets nothing but air. This makes a graceful landing to the ground before he lands on all fours. This confined spaces has its pluses. It's perfect for the animalistic tendency to take over and surround her.
When Antoine launches out towards Cammy, however, he receives the spinning fist out towards his stomach. He coughs up before he staggers back. Clutching onto his head, he hisses before he releases a growl.
He extends his hands back, then he steps forward and releases a burst of energy. This chi, however, has a corruptive nature about it. Any plants that would be around would wither from the proximity of the deadening chi. The malevolent forces can be felt through the psychic energy. It seeks to ravage the senses of the psionic fighter.
COMBATSYS: Cammy dodges Antoine's Roaring Guardian.
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Cammy 0/-------/-======|=======\-------\0 [E] Antoine
Cammy doesn't like the idea of being hit by polluted, corrupted chi - she isn't really very sensitive to chi, psi is her thing, but even she can feel it's evil malevolence. But she remains calm - she has some evil malevolence slumbering inside herself, after all. She leaps up high into the air, as vertically is about the only escape route, the chi searing the wall beneath her.
She kicks off at the wall at the apex of her leap, to give her some forward momentum, and comes down - hopefully right on top of him! Curling up into a foetal ball just before she hits, she hopes to bowl him over in a tangle of arms and legs, taking him on a ride with Air Cammy before leaving him a crumpled mass on the floor, with both of her feet on his chest.
Assuming it works. This move... rarely does.
COMBATSYS: Cammy successfully hits Antoine with Hooligan Suplex.
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Cammy 1/-------/=======|=======\=======\1 [E] Antoine
The burst of chi explodes, yet Cammy is not there. This alarms the animalistic young man as he finds himself where he is in the midst of fighting this strange Killer Bee. He growls while the chi continues to bleed out its residue. And yet, when she kicks off of the wall to come down on top of him, he reaches out to struggle against him.
He is, however, tangled up an taken for a ride with Cammy before he is left as a crumpled mess. Both of her legs land out towards his chest. However, Antoine seeks to grab both of her legs.
Should he get a hold of them...
COMBATSYS: Cammy dodges Antoine's Perfect Storm EX.
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Cammy 1/-------/=======|====---\-------\0 [E] Antoine
No grabbing the legs! It's Cammy who does the leg grab things. She leaps off of Antoine quickly when she realises what he's up to. "I do not wish to hurt you unduly." she tells him, backing away from him, and sure that she's messed him up quite badly by now, hitting him with her most painful moves. "Given you are Quon's friend. It seems I have no choice, though. I hope you do not hold grudges like Rust does." she says, as she skips forward. One leg snaps up, and she drives one boot up at his chin as he rises - assuming she hits him, she uses the kick to push herself backwards, bouncing away from him in a somersault and landing on her feet a goodly distance away.
COMBATSYS: Cammy successfully hits Antoine with Cannon Spike.
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Cammy 1/-----==/=======|=======\==-----\1 [E] Antoine
No dice.
He could not get a hold of Cammy. This fight has been a lost cause. The master needs him. However...
...Antoine is trying to remember who he is.
While Cammy had done a good job roughing Antoine up, he continues to charge ahead, not heeding any of the warnings. Growling, the monsterous man staggers back and charges forward. While Cammy launches out towards him with the charging boot, Antoine brings his arms up.
She belts him pretty good. The impact sends him rolling across the ground. Upon the quick recovery, Antoine sees that this fight is a lost cause. So, tactical retreat is necessary.
He is down on all fours as he runs-pads off. He is moving as fast as he can to lose Cammy, going from wall to wall..
Cammy sees Antoine has had enough, which is good. But he's running off, which is not good! "It's not my fault!" she calls out at the fleeing monster-man, seeing that she's going to have trouble keeping up with someone who seems to be able to run naturally on all fours like some sort of werewolf. "I did not do that to you!". Maybe Antoine will remember these words, probably not. It's more for her own benefit, really.
And she has to email Quon to tell him what she has discovered! Especially given she knows he's looking for Antoine as well. "Nice to meet you, Antoine." she finishes, back in normal volume, as he vanishes from sight.
She steps over to reclaim her cloak. Clearly, a lot of interest happened just now, and she's sure Quon will want to know. She's even sure Lord Vega will want to know. Two birds, with one stone, the doll is happy.
Log created on 19:13:50 02/26/2011 by Antoine, and last modified on 10:24:25 03/07/2011.