Description: Momoko demonstrates her mad capoeira skills on a convenient lowlife, while Cammy watches, and calculates.
Southtown Park, a nice area for people who enjoy being with nature or just enjoy being outdoors. There's forest, there's grass, and a lot of other things that make a park a park. Whatever season it is, Southtown Park is a great place for anyone, regardless of season. And today, it's a nice day for a Capoeira demonstration, as lead by the young dynamo known as Momoko.
A local Capoeira class was having an outdoor lesson when they came upon Momoko, who asked if she'd be willing to give a demonstration with some of the students. Momoko, not being one to say no, cheerfully agreed as she entered the rota and greeted the student she'd be demonstrating with in the traditional manner. After that, the music began and Momoko began to demonstrate with her student, who shows great skills also even though he's less skilled than Momoko is.
Already numerous parkgoers have gathered to see what's going on, and they're very much entranced by Momoko's skills. A few are even clapping and singing along with the rota.
Cammy has never heard of any truly great capoeiristas, but she's sure there are some. That she's never heard of them probably means they are missing from Shadaloo's databanks - clearly a terrible omission!
In a good mood from what she considers was quite a productive and enjoyable time with her best friend in the forests outside Southtown, definitely so when compared to the usual disaster that their time together seems to have been lately, the Doll is, by her standards, quite happy. So upon hearing the sound of music, she immediately heads over, covered up in her giant red cloak as is the norm when bumming around Southtown.
And ooo look, it is capoeira on show. With Momoko, who she actually met. She burrows through the crowd, until she is at the front row, where she can watch.
She doesn't clap or sing though, dear god, no. The Doll may be in a good mood. But remains a Doll.
Momoko doesn't immediately notice Cammy, let alone her cloak. She's too busy demonstrating with her partner as the two of them go through the lesson, demonstrating the moves in the traditional manner: The goal isn't to strike your opponent, but to dodge their manenuvers while using your maneuvers at the same time. It's a martial art, true, but it's practiced in a manner that differs from most arts. Nonetheless, the demonstration continues to go on untill the end, at which point everyone starts clapping. Momoko cheerfully shakes her partner's hand, and gleefully says, "Thank you for doing that with Momoko! I love Capoeira, yes I do!" She does a backflip at the last part to show her enthusiasm about this art. After that, she steps out of the rota to take a break, and then she spots Cammy.
At first, she's not sure what to think, but then she smiles and waves. "Hi! What are you doing here?" She asks eagerly.
"I was walking by, in a good mood, and I heard the music, so I came over to see what was going on. And then, I discovered that it was not merely music, but fighting, as well, and I am interested in fighting. More so than music.". Cammy looks Momoko up and down. "You seem to be a particularly skilled practitioner. You are demonstrating, here? Maybe you can tell me all about the art.".
The Doll then looks expectantly at Momoko with her blank blue eyes. Yes. Right now!
"Capoeira's a martial art that was invented by the Angolan slaves to protect themselves against those evil people who brought them here," Momoko explains, scowling at the mention of the slave traders. "But the bad people would kill them if they saw them fighting, so what they did was they created a style of dancing which they used as their style of fighting. It's a really interesting thing, isn't it?" Momoko says... and then she sees those eyes, and she freezes for a moment. Almost like Cammy's eyes are piercing her. "Ummm... They sing songs about Brazil and things like that, since it's part of the tradition..." Momoko seems a little troubled.
"Hmm. I have read about the slave trade. In Brazil and such. There used to be a gate in Freetown in Sierra Leone where they were let free. I have been to Freetown. It isn't a very nice place now, however. I think something went wrong, somewhere along the line." Cammy says, a sudden expert. Of course, when everybody is Lord Vega's slave then there won't be hellholes like 'Free'town. Roll on the utopian future. The doll smiles at this happy thought - really, it's been such a pleasing day.
"Yes, it is fascinating. Many arts seem to be born out of necessity. Like how tonfa were used by Japanese peasants, because they had nothing else, I guess the slaves had nothing but their bodies.". The doll arches a brow. "Something is wrong?" she wonders, curious.
"Your eyes... what is it..." Momoko seems mystified, but then she grins suddenly. "Momoko gets it! You wear contact lenses to make your eyes look like that, don't you?" She giggles. "I should've known all along!"
Cammy is genuinely bemused. "Contact lenses? umm. No." she asks, and is now all paranoid. "My eyes have gone red or purple or something?". Chasing after someone who has been infecting people somehow with a bestial rage, who knows, maybe they've got to her! Though she thought she was safe, being a psion rather than a chi sage. Still, she looks down at herself, troubled, and wraps her arms about her body with a big frown, mind turning inward for a moment as she concentrates on how she feels.
A few heartbeats pass, and then she lets out a held breath. "...No. I feel fine. Nothing is wrong, I think.".
"No, they're blue... But they look so unusual." Momoko then smiles at Cammy. "So if you feel fine, then is there something you wanted to do? You wanted to see my Capoeira, huh? Well, I'll be giving another demonstration shortly if that's what you wanted?"
Cammy gives Momoko a funny look. "They are supposed to blue." she tells her. "I will look in a mirror later though, maybe." she relents. "Strange things have been going on in this town lately. It is best to be cautious.", the doll explains, and then looks around the park, suspicions building.
"Another demonstration... alright. Maybe one with actual fighting in it next time?" she asks, though her blank gaze is no longer upon Momoko, but looking over the park, for anything out of the ordinary.
"Wait... you wanna fight with Momoko, Cammy?" Momoko now recalls Cammy's name, and she frowns a little. "I dunno, you're bigger than Momoko, but even then Momoko's skills aren't one to be reckoned with!" She now grins widely. "Momoko's not a kiddly-diddly-doo, despite how she looks!"
Cammy shakes her head. "Not necessarily, no." she says hastily. "I do not normally fight anyone unless told to, or attacked. Though I will suffice if you have nobody else, I think it would be better if I was not personally involved, so I can watch. And you are right. I am much, much bigger than you.".
She peers at Momoko, noting, "You are not even a teenager yet.", a little disparagingly. Cammy is definitely a teenager. Or so she thinks. Maybe she's just two, and grew really fast. She wouldn't put it beyond Dr Senoh.
"Hey! Momoko may not be a teenager, but she's no little girl!" Momoko looks furious at Cammy's insult. "Momoko's taken on many people bigger than her!" She then looks toward the school again. "What do you want? Do you want Momoko to actually demonstrate the martial art like a real style?" She folds her arms. "If that's what Cammy wants, Momoko can oblige!"
Cammy raises her hands, defensively. Nobody is going to be able to say the Killer Bee picks on twelve year olds, if nothing else. "If you really insist, I will try the dance thing. Or, you can try it with one of the others you have here. Someone is surely skilled enough for a real street fight, no?" she asks, glancing over Momoko's shoulder (easy enough with the height difference) to peer at all the other people in her little troupe.
On the other hand, maybe she's underestimating Momoko here. After all, tiny Japanese schoolgirls have a tendency to be lethal.
"Well, if it's a street fight, then I suppose we can do this." Momoko says, looking around eagerly as she takes a moment to have a drink of water. After all, fighting can be dehydrating, and Momoko knows the importance of staying hydrating when exercising. "I'm sure there's someone around here who's willing to spar with Momoko!" She looks around, and then she thinks she sees someone...
COMBATSYS: Neil has started a fight here.
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Cammy looks around the park. "Hmmm." she says. Most of Momoko's crew seem a bit. Well, a little bit too friendly. The Killer Bee may have said that she didn't want to rough up Momoko, but on the other hand, for it to be a real demonstration, there has to be something of a real opponent!
To that end, she points across the park to a rather unwholesome looking young man - thin, tattooed, early twenties, stubbled, with black hair, a torn cheap coat and jeans, and the sort of air of someone who might shiv you in a back alley if you're not careful.
Is this really an improvement over Cammy? "Neil! Come over here." the doll commands. And Neil, who being a bit of a scoundrel and lowlife, has actually heard of Cammy, and so trots over, wary in the extreme.
"Uh. What do you want?" he asks, trying to be the big man, but being fearful as well.
"Fight her for more and I'll give you some money." the doll replies, which causes Neil to brighten.
"Thats all? OK..." he says, looking over Momoko. "Hey, I don't want to get into trouble with the cops, nobody likes a punk who beats up little girls...".
COMBATSYS: Momoko has joined the fight here.
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Momoko 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Neil
"Momoko's not a little girl!" Momoko snaps. "Momoko's a dynamo who is a master of Capoeira! And Momoko isn't afraid of you!" She grins widely. "If you wanna take on Momoko and see Capoeira in action, then Momoko will gladly oblige you!" She gets into her fighting stance and says, "Come on, big guy! Momoko's ready!"
COMBATSYS: Momoko focuses on her next action.
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Momoko 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Neil
Neil has seen a few Japanese schoolgirls in his time. He knows a tough talking one is quite possibly one of the most deadly adversaries to walk on two legs. On the other hand, there are lots of normal schoolgirls too, and it's probably wise find out what she is, before he starts... cutting. There's street fights, and there's assault with intent, after all.
So Neil hangs back.
Cammy, for her part, takes a few swift steps to one side, so she can watch in peace and curiosity.
COMBATSYS: Neil focuses on his next action.
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Momoko 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Neil
"All right, here comes Momoko" Momoko says as she gets more speedy in her stance. "It's time to show you what Capoeira is all about!" Her stance looks like a dance in itself, which is the purpose of it of course. Momoko swiftly dances towards her opponent, and then lets out a martial arts yell as she jumps up a little and does a sideways spinning kick.
COMBATSYS: Neil blocks Momoko's Light Kick.
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Momoko 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Neil
Oh, Neil's kinda panicking now, as the little girl clearly knows what she's doing, with a tiny martial arts yell and a kick which... ouch. It may have hit him on the forearm, but it still hurts. It Has Power.
So, this is serious. He reaches under his coat, pulls out a flick knife, and slashes from top right to bottom left across Momoko's body. At least he's not going for the face!
COMBATSYS: Momoko blocks Neil's Knife Slash.
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Momoko 0/-------/-------|=------\-------\0 Neil
"Hey, no fair using weapons!" Momoko shouts as she watches the blade come out. "That's not how you're supposed to do it!" When the blade comes at her body, Momoko attempts to deflect it away, although the blade does graze her arm, causing a little blood to come out. "Ouch! That hurt!"
Momoko looks up at Neil and glares. "Momoko doesn't like people who cheat! Momoko's going to punish you for that!" She drops onto one hand, and then lifts herself up into what looks like a one-handed handstand, and then attempts to deliver a swift kick with her right foot, dropping back into her stance if she succeeds.
COMBATSYS: Momoko successfully hits Neil with Au Batido.
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Momoko 0/-------/-----==|===----\-------\0 Neil
"Ohhhh.... shit!" Neil exclaims, as Momoko does all this ninja stuff - one handed handstand? What the hell? Oh no, it really is a schoolgirl killer! He backpedals furiously, trying to get away, and he does a pretty good job too - fast on his feet, is Neil - but not fast enough, kicked right in the centre of the chest, and hard, too.
He staggers back, coughing, to dig out another switchblade from under his coat - this time he hurls it at Momoko rather than get any closer!
COMBATSYS: Neil successfully hits Momoko with Knife Throw.
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Momoko 0/-------/----===|====---\-------\0 Neil
"Hey, stop it!" Momoko yells, trying to dodge out of the way, but the knife cuts into her side, causing her to bleed a little more. "OWWW!" Momoko cries out in a childish manner, contradicting what she's been saying about her being a kid. "That's not fair! You're not a true fighter!" Momoko rolls towards Neil, attempting to grab his legs with hers, and administer a takedown, Capoeira style.
COMBATSYS: Momoko successfully hits Neil with Medium Throw.
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Momoko 0/-------/---====|======-\-------\0 Neil
Neil gets grabbed, and despite being considerably bigger than Momoko - well, the bigger they are, the harder they fall, and so he eats dirt.
While wriggling around on the grassy ground, he tries to surge to his feet, grabbing the much lighter Momoko by one foot and hopefully upending her on the way.
Cammy, meanwhile, watches, with great curiosity. "See?" she offers from the sidelines. "This is so much more interesting than that dance you do. That is like a kata. This, is the real thing.".
COMBATSYS: Momoko blocks Neil's Quick Throw.
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Momoko 0/-------/---====|======-\-------\0 Neil
Momoko is grabbed by her bare foot, and it does hurt a little, but when she goes into the air, she recovers quickly and says, "That was fun! Momoko loves flying!" She grins widely, and then says, "Time to go again!" Momoko does yet another rolling attack on the ground, attempting to roll into Neil and then deliver an outstretched kick after she's done rolling around!
COMBATSYS: Momoko successfully hits Neil with Phoenix Arrow.
- Power hit! -
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Momoko 0/-------/---====|=======\====---\1 Neil
Neil gets rolled in to, and ends up tripping over his own feet in his haste to get away. While in mid trip, he's given a truly punishing kick on the way down, which leads to some rolling and thrashing and gurgling from the unfortunate punk.
Well, it could be worse. He could be fighting Mike Haggar.
He's still got a bit of fight in him though, as he draws out a blade from under his coat, and starts stabbing furiously at Momoko, the metal edge a blur. Stab stab stab. Nothing like some cutting.
COMBATSYS: Momoko interrupts Slice and Dice from Neil with Bananeira Dois Golpes.
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Momoko 0/-------/-======|====---\-------\0 Neil
"Just give up with your knife already!" Momoko yells as she sees Neil attempting to slash her. She flips into a reversed handstand (as in facing away from Neil) and then attempts to deliver a one-two kick with her heels. She makes contact, but so does Neil. The capoeira girl drops to the ground, bleeding a little more, but then gets back up and dusts herself off. "No good!" She says with a grin.
Well, at least he hit her. Neil is playing for pride, here. Time for something sly. "Lots of good fighters use weapons..." he tells Momoko, bloodied and bruised. Maybe they do but its doubtful he himself is a good fighter...
He suddenly ducks in, tries to trip Momoko, and then while she's down, give her a cut with the blade. Oh yes, it's all about the claret. One day he'll be like Balrog when he grows up.
COMBATSYS: Momoko fails to interrupt Trip and Slash from Neil with Light Kick.
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Momoko 1/-------/=======|====---\-------\0 Neil
"Come on!" Momoko yells excitedly, thinking that she's got this down pat. She watches as Neil comes at her, and attempts to kick him in the face as he goes down... but her timing is WAY off. She goes down to the ground and finds herself getting stabbed, which causes her to yelp in pain. "Awww... Momoko's hurt!" She cries out, trying to force herself back up as she's in a bit of pain right now.
Oho, Neil senses victory now. He tries to climb atop the nimble Momoko, so he can hold her down, and stop doing this running around dodging and dancing, which is so unfair. "I'll show you unfair!" he mutters to her, given all this insulting his beloved knives have been on the receiving end of.
And he goes for a punch, aimed square at Momokos jaw, one which would fell an average man. Maybe even an above average schoolgirl. Assuming it hits, of course.
COMBATSYS: Momoko dodges Neil's Crushing Strike.
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Momoko 1/-------/=======|===----\-------\0 Neil
With a punch like that, Momoko can see it coming from a mile away. Heck, even Glass Joe could've dodged a punch like that! Momoko drops to the ground and rolls underneath Neil and says, "You missed me!" Momoko says, before leaping over Neil again, to face him, and then attempts to leap onto him and wrap her legs around his neck. If successful, she'll twist her legs in a submission type of maneuver, before dropping them to the ground. Of course, she'd be falling with him so she can roll away... if it succeeds, of course.
COMBATSYS: Momoko successfully hits Neil with Iyan.
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Momoko 1/------=/=======|=====--\-------\0 Neil
Neil is caught, and struggles mightily. Mightily at first, anyway, as with oxygen cut off from his brain he soon begins to become enfeebled. "Ahhh! Get off! Get offff!" he cries out, trying to throw Momoko off of him, before he blacks out.
Cammy meanwhile watches, barely having moved a muscle the entire fight, aside from the ones directing her eyes that is, watching the show with clinical detachment. Mostly Neil having the crap kicked out of him, in truth, though that's interesting, it's the offensive parts of capoeira she has not really seen yet after all.
COMBATSYS: Neil can no longer fight.
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COMBATSYS: Momoko dodges Neil's Desperate Grapple.
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Momoko does another backflip out of the way, and then watches as Neil goes down for the count. "Your fighting skills don't match up to my Capoeira!" She grins and then turns to Cammy, still grinning. "So what do you think? Capoeira's really cool, isn't it?" She still does her dance-like fighting stance, albeit weakly.
"Mmm, I suppose. It certainly looks distinctive enough." the doll replies to Momoko, not having even one percent of the enthusiasm that the schoolgirl has. "But interesting, yes. Grapples and holds, as well, you see, you do not see things like that in those dancing demonstrations you capoeiristas seem to enjoy doing." she notes, indicating the crowd and the music players, which is still going on.
"The dance is only the small part of it.". Cammy, of course, is more focused on the breaking faces part of it.
"Indeed, the dance is part of it. That was how they practiced, by making it look like they were merely dancing. In actuality, it was just their way of making the bad people not realize they were learning to fight!" Momoko explains. "It's a style of dancing, and it's also a fighting style when used properly..." With that, Momoko goes off to get a drink of water and rest.
COMBATSYS: Momoko has ended the fight here.
Cammy stays put, watching Momoko head off. For someone knee high to a grasshopper, she certainly took Neil apart pretty easily, aside from a couple of minor stabs. She shakes her head at the downed punk, and walks over to him. Hands on hips, she looks down at the semi conscious thug and shakes her head, tutting. "D minus, must try harder." she tells him.
Surrounded by incompetent Shadaloo troopers in her daily life, she knows how to talk down to the underlings. And with that, she walks off herself.
Log created on 14:26:19 03/08/2011 by Cammy, and last modified on 16:56:49 03/08/2011.