Description: Cammy and Naerose make their move and try to kidnap Ken Masters so they can interrogate him for details on rage cultists and whether he dyes his hair or not. However, there is an unexpected intervention by none other than Geese Howard...
The Village mall. Flyers EVERYWHERE state that the great Ken Masters will be here signing books and already there is a considerable line. Oh yes, there were mall cops too, but they shouldn't be a problem. Having texted Cammy about the situation literally hours in advance (Nae considers this advance notice) she's totally ready to get this done! Holding in her hand a book, with a book cover on it that is Ken's new book.. .cover, the book itself might not be the new book because the book inside the cover is not a hard cover book and totally the wrong size. In fact it looks like a phone book. The Red Witch waits in line for her turn to get the book signed. After all, what better way to get close to the great Ken Masters. This plan is fool proof. She adjusts her shades, grins really big and waits. waits.. waits..
Cammy pretty much lives in Southtown anyway - thats where all the fun happens. And today is no exception, so a couple of hours warning is no problem. The Doll is cloaked in her giant red cloak - the ultimate disguise - and nudges her way gently through the crowd to the equally well disguised and equally red Naerose. Tugging back the cloak a bit so Naerose can see her face, just in case she didn't work out who it was under there, she whispers, "Hello. Is he here, then?". Blue eyes wander down to the phone book Naerose is holding. "That isn't very subtle." she chides. "Unlike with the bush thing, we really don't want Ken to know.".
A book signing. This is the kind of thing that Ken generally would try to avoid if at all possible. Sure, people try to get him to do things like writing the next great American novel, but this time he's failed at keeping people off his back in regards to it.
However, there's a bit of a surprise as the assistants who normally would be at Ken's side for this kind of thing are running wild. Rumors slowly start to spread through the crowd about how Ken hasn't shown up yet, or how he's left because there was a large crisis. Some of the rumors are infact quite wild, but there is one that's true. Ken currently isn't there.
Of course, there are those who keen on meeting him, and true to Ken Masters ability on pleasing a crowd, he suddenly steps into the mall, shaking hands with each person he passes by. Of course he does notice the two women in red, sighing slightly as people like that generally mean trouble. Stopping before them, he offers his hand out in greeting to them as well, hoping that today can go as smoothly as possible. Here's to hoping, right?
Shake hands? Sure! Naerose reaches out to shake his hand, all grins all around and despite the fact, did you notice she's carrying a broom stick? Either a cosplayer or she thinks she's a witch. Like Naerose Delphine, the terror of NL staff everywhere. It's almost like she's forgotten about the mission their on, being taken up by the whole show of it. Really they said something about this in a movie about catching things and the thing was that you would get distracted by pinstripes. You know what? Nevermind. She turns to Cammy and says,
"Oh wow, like I just shook hands with Ken Masters! You should totally take a picture." She forgets all about protesting how much she stands out right now.
"I do not have a camera." Cammy replies to Naerose, drily. "Okay, I guess if thats how you want to play it. I mean, he cannot be that stupid, can he?". Though admittedly Rust was when she was doing her disguise thing with him. She then smiles her most winning smile at Ken Masters, from beneath her red hood. "Good afternoon, Ken Masters." she says pleasantly enough. "We are looking for clues as to who it is that is afflicting fighters with rage. We know that you are afflicted by it, and that someone important probably handled it with a fighter of your stature. Naerose here would like to use spells and such to interrogate you. You will come quietly?" she asks.
Hey, maybe he will, you never know.
Cammy's response causes Ken to frown slightly. This is not what he wanted. He wanted a day where he could not worry about problems, and try to relax. A day where people who have in the past, caused serious damage to not only himself, but those he cares about. Cammy is glanced at, only for Ken to shift his attention towards Naerose. "...What reason would you have to investigate something like that Miss White? Did your master suddenly develop an intrest in me instead?" The words are spoken low enough to where only the two women will hear it, yet they carry enough of an impact as he turns to walk away. "Ladies and Gentlemen. As much as I was looking forward to signing your books, I'm going to have to change things up some for you. It turns out that we have two of the Neo League's finest here with us." He points towards Cammy and Naerose, as the crowd slowly starts to gather around them. "It turns out that Miss Cammy White and Miss Naerose Delphine have decided to sign those autographs instead for you, in hopes that you wish to follow there matches more closely!" The crowd suddenly starts to swarm around the two women as Ken gives them a slight wave, moving to vanish further into the crowd.
It's almost as if he were telling the two 'Catch me if you can!'
What? What?! First of all, it's flattering that anyone would want to get an autograph signed by her, but that's besides the point. She's stuck in a bind and first decides, what the heck not, Ken is getting away right.. And pulls out a picture of herself winking over the top rim of her circular shades and giving the camera a thumbs up. She signs it, "Naerose Delphine" in red crayon, tosses it to the gathering crowd before saying, in a low voice, "Well Cammy, last I checked you were great at dealing focused attacks, but I don't think you have anything especially good for crowd control."
The Red witch winks and continues, "Luckily you have me here and I.. Can manage blasts, En Criento!"
And .. she extends her fingers, palm toward the ground, to see how much of the mall's tile floor she can destroy with a single blast. More over, she'll be causing a bit of tile to fly in the air, possibly enough to give herself breathing room as she runs for the nearest trash can, trying to use it as something to leap on before throwing herself to the crowd. God forbid she should actually look awesome for too long so it's unfortunate when she trips, and would face plant if not for that crowd she's so trying to get through to break her fall.
The Youtube video later will be called 'Witch Fail' as the crowd parts neatly for the face first falling witch, like the oceans parting for moses and creates a path (right over Naerose's head) for Cammy.
Cammy was about to scamper over the crowd, literally - which she could probably do, using peoples heads as stepping stones. However she's got army boots on, so that would probably cause a bit of collateral damage, to put it mildly. She's about to hop on top of some unfortunate old grandmother when Naerose saves a lot of headache (hee) and clears a path, which Cammy sprints through at top speed.
"This is not primarily for Lord Vega, this is to find out who stole Rust's address book." the doll tells Ken. From Rust to a showdown with Ken Masters, she pretty much epitomises 'dogged and relentless', for perhaps the most pointless mission she's ever been 'given'.
"...Right. And I'm supposed to go with you over an address book? Do I really look like an idiot?" Ken suddenly comes to a stop, spinning around to stare directly at the cloaked Doll. There is no way that this is going to go over easily. He knows there is something seriously wrong with him, yet he can't bring himself to trust someone who he now knows works for Shadaloo. "I'm not going to do this." He knows that two versus one is always a hard thing to do...
The beast that now resides within him however seems to have other plans, slowly starting to stir within the US Champions body. "Cammy. Run." The words are spoken through gritted teeth, even showing compassion for a person he knows is an enemy. He suddenly clutches his stomach as a visible trail of tainted chi starts to rise off his body. "I will.. not.."
Naerose manages to catch up now, thankfully the crowd was more interested in Ken, until he started to ooze tainted chai. "What's going on- Woah."
The red witch pauses, stares and then says, "Yes, this is exactly what we need. The longer he fights it the longer I can try to get a feel for this stuff. " Though honestly she doesn't have a lot of hope, it's hard to tell, but the witch does look skeptical. Chi isn't like psi energy, she doesn't know of any way it can be used to reach into someone like that. Maybe.. someone with more understanding or experience with medicine. But the red witch doesn't know anyone like that, or doesn't know she's known anyone like that. So she does her best tries to feel the chi with her eyes closed, waving a hand like trying to bring a wiff toward her, or beckoning to it.
"Talk to him or something, get him to fight it, but not too much, umm kay?"
Cammy looks over at Naerose. "See? I told you." she tells the witch, self satisfied. "And okay.". She turns back to Ken, apparently unfazed by the leaking corrupted chi. "You have to tell us who it was who did this to you. It is a person, or people, responsible for this. You must remember it. When did you first start becoming like this?".
The Doll merely stands there, talking, while the rest of the mall, at least the half with sense, discreetly backs away. "I guess he will fight soon though..." she warns Naerose. "So I hope you are fast with your spells.".
The chi starts to flow freely now as Ken starts to lose the internal struggle with whatever dwells inside him. His eyes are glued upon Cammy, like a wolf staring at its prey, knowing that it will not be as plesant of a fight as their last encounter was.
The rage starts to build up, until it's already too late to contain. Ken suddenly launches himself towards the Doll, already succumbing to the darkness that dwells within.
He is now destruction incarnate.
COMBATSYS: Ken has started a fight here on the left meter side.
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COMBATSYS: Ken has awoken to his Rage. Watch the hair.
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COMBATSYS: Naerose has joined the fight here on the right meter side.
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COMBATSYS: Cammy has joined the fight here.
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COMBATSYS: Cammy has left the fight here.
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COMBATSYS: Cammy has joined the fight here on the right meter side.
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COMBATSYS: Ken has joined the fight here as a boss!
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COMBATSYS: Cammy has left the fight here.
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COMBATSYS: Cammy has joined the fight here on the left meter side.
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"Drat, that didn't last nearly long enough." The red witch comments, "But maybe if we had him tied into a chair.." She observes the way he looks and adds, "With chains, and used some form of catalyst we could get more information. First thing is first.." She says. Raising her broom she grins suddenly and launches off toward Ken,
"Hey Cammy, you're not going to lose track are you? I mean seriously, let me beat you? That's like totally not cool!"
The witch tries to put herself in front of Ken's attack, but not to take the attack, nor to actually intercept and do anything of the sort, instead she seems to merely be trying to hide his view of her, using her chi to help boost her charge. Meanwhile she offers a hand back to Cammy and seems to wink out of the side of her shades, a gesture that Ken wouldn't see, but Cammy might, before, if the offered hand is taken, she'll give Cammy a slingshot of force to propel the bee, else, well, Cammy can make use of Naerose putting herself in the way of Ken's vision for a moment to make a sneaky attack.
COMBATSYS: Naerose assists Cammy.
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Cammy was going to hang back and watch for a bit, as is her wont, but she figures she can't let Naerose down like that. And besides, she sees a few possibilities herself... given how she has a tendency to use herself as a human missile.
So she takes Naeroses hand, and gets flung, spinning up into the air like a flying top, to come down - hopefully right on top of Ken, legs first. And if she manages to land more or less on his shoulders, when her legs have a firm grip, she'll effectively do a backflip, with Ken still attached. Smash.
COMBATSYS: Cammy successfully hits Ken with Hooligan Suplex.
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As Cammy is flung towards Ken, he doesn't quite move out of the way quick enough, only to have the Dolls rather powerful legs grab ahold of, slamming him head first into the ground. This isn't going to end well, and Ken already can see this, even if he isn't in control.
The chi however does start to swarm around his body as he quickly moves away from Cammy, his body twisting in a strange angle, only to spin his body around, bringing his right foot crashing down towards the Doll before him.
COMBATSYS: Cammy dodges Ken's Ryusen Kyaku.
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Mission 1: Success.. Mission two.. Well. That Ken, he sure is fast. Naerose is sure if she isn't careful she'll eat a face full of Ken Speed. So she seems to be devising a plan before rushing in and trying to grab hold of him from behind so Cammy can hit him maybe.
"Alright Cammy, I'm totally counting on you to do something to lay this fellow out, I mean, er, cause I'm not really.. a fighter, I'm a witch after all. Magic and stuff is my speciality, not fists, I think I'd break my wrist!" Maybe she should focus more on the trying to grab Ken, than the trying to talk to Cammy though.
"He is very good. But I am sure that the two of us will be adequate to this task." Cammy replies to Naerose, having already done her fighting data calculations from information already obtained on Ken and Naerose.
As for fighting, the doll prefers it goes on in the air it seems, as after jumping back to her feet after hauling Ken around with her legs, she leaps at him, hands reaching out for him - seeking to collide with him, grab him, and then push him backwards, hard, so he can meet floor. Again.
COMBATSYS: Ken effortlessly blocks Cammy's Flying Neck Hunt.
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COMBATSYS: Ken fails to interrupt Glomp from Naerose with Shoryuken.
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COMBATSYS: Naerose has left the fight here.
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COMBATSYS: Cammy has left the fight here.
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There is a slight look of surprise from the raging US Champion as the Doll suddenly rushes towards him once more, grabbing him and trying to drag him back down to the ground. He manages to twist at the last moment, his arms moving to brace the impact from the ground, sending a slight jarring motion through his body.
Of course, Ken still has the Witch in Red to contend with, and he quickly rises back to his feet, rushing towards the witch as she moves towards him. His body movement completely spells out his intended plan, the familiar movements to lowering his body, his quick rise towards the heavens...
"SHORYU--ACK!" This is not planned. As he moves to strike Naerose with the usually potent uppercut, the witch manages to grab ahold of him, latching onto him, completely throwing him offbalance and stumbling back towards the ground.
The Witch is attacking Ken!
And actually.. Naerose didn't fully expect that to work. In fact she didn't expect that would work at all. She's kind of just as surprised as Ken is, trying to keep hold of him and giving Cammy a cry of,
"Ahh. Right.. I .. ahh got him..? !"
In her panic, the red witch lets go and jumps back, certain of some sort of raging Ken-splosion likely to do more damage to her than him. So seriously, get some distance girl!
"Huh." She says and adjusts her shades, eyeing Ken narrowly, "I guess that worked better than expected."
She takes the moment, a slight reprieve to consider her target.
COMBATSYS: Naerose focuses on her next action.
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Cammy isn't backing away from Ken, she's seen hadoukens on the TV. She's a close quarters specialist anyway, and Ken is apparently eminently throwable given she already managed to thighs of doom him once already.
"Hold him down then. Oh, bah. You had him there for a moment." the doll tells Naerose, slightly irritated as the witch lets go.
So it's OK for Cammy to suffer kenplosions but not Naerose, is it?
As Ken is getting up from being glomped, she leaps at him again, though this time she's planning on cannoning into Ken head first rather than legs first, sending him flying, and then landing on him, so she can give him a bit of a stamp with her boots, as well as the fun of him hitting the ground in the first place.
Hopefully all of Ken's avid fans will be well out of the way.
COMBATSYS: Ken interrupts Cross Scissor Pressure from Cammy with Shoryuken.
- Power hit! -
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There's that tingling in the back of Ken's fist. This time it will ring true. The moment Naerose lets go of Ken and scampers off to evade his Kenplosion, Cammy is rushing forward to eat it head on. The US Champion regains his balance, and targets the Doll once more. This time it will ring true, and this time he will make her regret pushing him into this fight.
Ken once again moves into that familiar stance as the Killer Bee launches herself towards him, his fist suddenly surging with chi, only to rise once more towards the heavens, launching himself like a heat seeking missile towards an oncoming enemy fighter.
"SHORYUKEN!!"
It's Super Effective!
"Drat.. I thought for sure he'd come for me," Naerose mutters under her breath, watching Cammy get nailed something fierce. "Okay, well it worked okay the first time. "
"Hey Ken- Here I come for another dose of totally grabbing you and holding you down, try and stop me this time!"
Naerose is sure he'll take the bait, as she rushes, trying to catch him on his way down, arms outstretched.
WIDE OPENED!
But then changing course, she makes a line for Cammy instead, at the last moment, seemingly hoping Ken would fall for it, all the while trying to grab Cammy and give her another toss of momentum to help her out.
Either Ken might get distracted and thus help Cammy, or Cammy might actually make use of Naerose's attempt to give her speed. She totally saw this in a roller derby bout.
COMBATSYS: Naerose assists Cammy.
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Cammy gets blown away by fiery chi, her beautiful blue uniform all scorched and cindered. Fortunately whoever made it made it more or less fireproof as at least it doesn't actually burn. There is no cheap polyester for Vega's Dolls.
That said, it still hurt. A lot. She gets to her feet slowly, and groans. "Ugghhhhh. Why is it always me you have to throw towards him?" she asks Naerose as the witch is already pushing her towards Ken yet again. "Wait up, let me think." she mutters, resisting Naerose to put her hands on her head for a moment, trying to clear the cobwebs.
Besides, she has great respect for Ken's fist, and doesn't want to get too near it just yet.
COMBATSYS: Cammy calculates her next move.
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And here comes the pain!
It seems that both Cammy and Naerose have learned a valuable lesson. Ken is dangerous. Especially when Orochi is coursing through his veins. Who needs steroids when you have Orochi?
And there the two stand, weighing their options, trying to decide what the flight speed of an unladen Swallow truly is, wether it is African or European. Thusly, it is time for Ken to continue his one man rampage of destruction and annihilation. He quickly moves towards the two women, leaping into the air as his body starts to spin around rapidly, the right leg being extended outwards in hopes that both of them will learn another lesson this time.
"TATSUMAKI SENPUU KYAKU!!!"
COMBATSYS: Cammy dodges Ken's Tatsumaki Senpuu Kyaku.
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COMBATSYS: Ken successfully hits Naerose with Tatsumaki Senpuu Kyaku.
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Getting hit by the foot kick .. no the whirling. No the Hurricane foot kick is seriously not making Naerose's day. She sort of stands there. Transfixed by the attack and seems to panic, trying to raise her broom rather than , well whatever her shifty mind was initially telling her to do.
"Alright!" (doing her best Taokaka impression).
"Now I'm really mad! You're inhuman!" she exclaims, hops on her broom and shoots off at Ken, recklessly trying to grab him, drag him into the air and drop him on the ground, maybe someplace near Cammy so she can nail him. Hard to tell if she's thinking that far in advance.
Cammy blinks as Naerose suddenly shoots off on her broomstick, and chases along after her - this time with a slight detour though, so Naerose arrives first, as the Doll fans out to take a circuitous route, seeing that standing right next to Naerose all the time is a bad idea.
Hopefully the broom will hit, and then the Doll will come rushing at Ken from behind, to wrap her arms around his middle and haul him backwards over her head in a suplex.
Lord Vega loves the pro-wrestling and makes sure all his minions can show off some moves to him when he's bored.
COMBATSYS: Ken parries Naerose's Aquila Charge!
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COMBATSYS: Ken blocks Cammy's Strong Throw.
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Cammy 0/-------/=======|-------\-------\0 Naerose
As Naerose flies towards Ken on that magic broomstick, somewhere deep inside he knows he wants one for himself too. It's not fair that the witch can fly and he can't. However, this isn't the time for coveting ones items, this is a time for ending this nonsense and getting the hell away from here.
Once Naerose tries to grab Ken, he neatly brushes her hands aside, easily parrying and ending her plans on trying to drag him up to the sky. It's his job to send people to the heavens. Which is why he still has Cammy to contend with.
The rushing doll has something new to deal with however as she once more makes the mistake of getting close to grab ahold of him, managing to lift him off his feet, only for Ken to slip away, and spin his body violently, slamming his right foot towards her jaw.
Damn, she missed entirely, things were going bad quickly. Though one should not be surprised, and a question comes to mind.
"Hey.. Cammy, do you think he's actually more powerful this way?" Then she realizes Cammy is really busy being attacked.
"Oh darn watch out!" But it's all up to Cammy now not to get hit, Naerose meanwhile is just like.. Grr.
"Man, I knew I should of stuck to the plan, En Criento!"
She cries and tries to blast Ken with a white explosion of energy out of her palm.
COMBATSYS: Cammy dodges Ken's Ushiro Mawashi-geri EX.
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Cammy backflips away from Ken, and waits, all patient, while Ken blasts upwards with legs spinning, thinking she was rather fortunate to not be in the way of that one. When he pops back down again, the Doll is kinda ready.
Throws are clearly a bit of an issue for her so she hops in and lifts up one muscly leg, taking aim quite deliberately for a moment before snapping up a kick at Ken's face, hopefully somersaulting away from him if the kick actually connects, nice and safe.
Or, she'll run into a Shoryu Reppa. Only time will tell...
COMBATSYS: Cammy successfully hits Ken with Cannon Spike.
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COMBATSYS: Ken interrupts End Creation from Naerose with Hadouken.
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It seems that Cammy and Naerose both have learned the lesson from the last attack. Don't get within smacking range of Ken. That leads to bad things happening. Then again, Cammy doesn't seem to quite get that memo, and neatly strikes Ken with her Cannon Spike, sending him stumbling backwards.
Of course, Naerose is still sitting on that broom of hers, and decides that she wants to start a Chi war. Ken's got Chi to spare right now, and decides to send forth the other iconic move of his now ready for launch.
"HADOUKEN!"
It seems that Cammy and Naerose both have learned the lesson from the last attack. Don't get within smacking range of Ken. That leads to bad things happening. Then again, Cammy doesn't seem to quite get that memo, and neatly strikes Ken with her Cannon Spike, sending him stumbling backwards.
Of course, Naerose is still sitting on that broom of hers, and decides that she wants to start a Chi war. Ken's got Chi to spare right now, and decides to send forth the other iconic move of his now ready for launch.
"HADOUKEN!""
Wow, talk about getting thrown back. She could almost appreciate his skill with Chi if she wasn't on the receiving end. But even as she gets forced back, Naerose is also forced to acknowledge inwardly anyway, that the forms of attack they use are almost completely different. So rather than learning from Ken, she decides to press her disadvantage and move from the crazy cool looking attacks, to something much lighter. She just tries to poke him with her broom stick.
Cammy thinks Ken is on his last legs, but also pissed off, and practically burning with chi energy, so now is not the time to hold back. "Get him!" she commands Naerose, as the Doll bounds away from the fight briefly, jumping up to hand from the lip of the roof of a nearby shop in a massively improbable leap. Somehow clinging to the side as if she was a spider, one hand holding the edge of the roof behind her, she focuses upon Ken from her spot far above. "LOCK ON!".
And she suddenly charges him, in a blur of blue motion, one leg outstretched ready to kick kick kick Ken in a blur of speed. Assuming she gets that far, she finishes with a particularly vicious kick to the chin that sends him skywards, where she can grab him and bring him earthwards with some extra force than mere gravity would provide.
COMBATSYS: Ken parries Cammy's Killer Bee Assault!
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COMBATSYS: Ken blocks Naerose's Weapon Jab.
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Cammy 0/-------/------=|=======\-------\0 Naerose
As Cammy makes her way towards Ken, his arms rise up, quickly shoving her leg aside, his eyes suddenly lighting up as if the chi that is inside him is trying to break through them like some form of eyebeam. Of course, the poke from Naerose's broom is noticed in time as he puts his left hand out, absorbing the impact from it in a bit of a painful fashion.
A loud gutteral roar suddenly escapes Ken's mouth as the chi suddenly starts to burn brighly upon his right leg. His body arcs slightly as he slams the foot towards Cammy, in a slight cartwheel, only to continue the onslaught over and over, hoping that he catches her with this, to destroy her for provoking him into this fight.
And if he does catch her, well, his onslaught will continue. And continue to continue, until it is time to take her up to the heavens in a flaming spiral of destruction. (Where he will continue to wail on her.)
COMBATSYS: Ken successfully hits Cammy with Guren Senpuukyaku EX.
- Power hit! -
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Cammy 1/-------/=======|=======\-------\0 Naerose
"Not good. This sure is going badly." The Red witch says and makes a charge for Cammy.
"Sagitta minor!" cries the Red Witch, while trying to gather up Cammy. Flinging icy darts at Ken all the while, chi battles have failed for her today, the bottom line is, she has to try to SAVE CAMMY! Though, Cammy might have the energy to attack again and most likely Ken is just going to blast Naerose into oblivion, but she can't just leave the killer bee there. They actually get along!
Cammy flops down next to Ken - but spins around on the floor like a top, one last time, boots flailing in all directions, as she powers back up into the sky again kicking any who come near. Hopefully this is not Naerose as well as Ken.
But the unfortunate Doll has been bruised and seared too much to actually land on her feet, so powering up vertically she falls back down again, already unconscious before she hits the ground. Which is just as well really, as she lands on her head, in a puddle of braids and long limbs, looking a little reminiscent of a broken sparrow with everything coming to rest at an odd angle.
COMBATSYS: Ken dodges Naerose's Sagitta Minor.
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Cammy 0/-------/-------|=======\-------\0 Naerose
COMBATSYS: Ken parries Cammy's Reverse Shaft Breaker!
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Cammy 0/-------/-------|=======\-------\0 Naerose
That's one down, and that leaves one to go. Of course, Naerose is just prime for the picking this time of year, or so one is told. Of course, Ken decides it's his turn in putting this one down.
Ken rushes towards Naerose, suddenly ducking down low as if he were once more going for a Shoryuken, but this time, allows it to fall short, aiming for just a regular uppercut, or so it seems. If that single uppercut lands, then like Cammy, Naerose is on for a vicious assault of kicks that will seemingly never end, until she is drug upwards into the heavens by the more well known attack that Ken uses.
"SHINRYUU KEN!"
COMBATSYS: Naerose endures Ken's Shinryuu Ken EX+!
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Cammy 0/-------/-------|=======\=====--\1 Naerose
Seeing Cammy get up again gives Naerose a positive feeling. She thinks, yeah, I can take this guy. Inviting him to hit her, sure that she'll be able to hit him back (nevermind that the train that hits her has an effect of sending her totally throw away) But still.. Forget this, she'll give it all into one glorious final attack. Later she might discover just how pointless all of this effort actually was.
"This is it.. En Criento En!"
And for those wondering if end creation was a projectile, it isn't. But this one is.
COMBATSYS: Naerose can no longer fight.
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COMBATSYS: Ken effortlessly blocks Naerose's End Creation End EX.
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Magenta Naerose says, "sagitta minor, sagitta major"
Cammy is lying on the floor, looking impossibly damaged, but she twitches a bit, and the backup power cells or something are engaged, as the doll slowly but surely rises to her feet once again. "Blah." she gets out, not at her happiest. She shakes her head, braids twirling, to try and clear it, and then advances upon Ken, signature move at the ready.
"The rage must make you stronger, this is a most unexpected outcome." she observes, clinical and calm to the last, even in the face of getting hobeat, and hobeat bad.
She then seems to go into a faint in front of Ken - but the faint is a feint, as she leaps towards him, hands slamming out at the last minute to try and slam him backwards into the ground.
COMBATSYS: Cammy successfully hits Ken with Flying Neck Hunt.
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Two done, and all is done, or so it seems. As Ken moves to wander off, that blasted Cammy has to go and ruin this by rising up once again, catching him off guard and slamming him once more into the ground. It seems that finally his body is starting to give out, and there is a slight moment where it seems like he'll stay down, but where in the world is the fun in that?
He once more rises to his feet, a loud gutteral roar escaping his lips as he eyes Cammy, his fist clenching tightly as he suddenly spins his body, arching in a cartwheel as his right foot suddenly moves towards her collarbone, hoping to take her back down once again.
COMBATSYS: Ken can no longer fight.
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COMBATSYS: Cammy dodges Ken's Ryusen Kyaku.
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Cammy drops down low onto the ground, the kick flying by over her head, only hitting a braid - braids that already a bit more black and sooty than blonde, right now, as it is. And then she stands, feeling bad. Really bad. "Ow. I appear to be quite badly hurt." she observes, looking down at herself, poking a few ribs tenderly. But able to walk at least, she decides.
Glancing over at the downed Ken, she then trots over to Naerose, and squats down next to her, nudging with one hand. "Wake up, it's over. I suppose we should move fast now before cops turn up or something.".
After all there was just an epic rumble in the mall, there's probably been a fair bit of incidental property damage.
IT's hard to see if Naerose is awake or asleep, with those shades on. Still eventually she does say something, "They.. think .. it was an exhibition.. You know.. Thanks to Ken's Flashy bit before. They won't call the cops for some time yet." The Red witch uses her broom and starts to pick herself up. "Best thing we can do now is .. play along." She winks over the top of her shades, unable to stand up without her broom. Looking terrible.
"Lets here it for Ken Masters!" she shouts and surely people watched. Surely they will cheer. Meanwhile Naerose coughs and says under her breath, "Aw man this totally sucks." Shouting hurts.. A lot.
"Ahh.. right.. umm.." She starts then grins, or tries to grin and says, "We'd.. all like to thank you for watching this special edition of Naeo League!." Cough.
"Autographs will be available.. From Ken Masters himself *Cough* After we get him in back to clean up. We appreciate your patients. "
Then under her breath to Cammy, Naerose says, "Do you think you can carry him? We should probably hurry." She glances at the various mall employees and murmurs, 'If they bought that, maybe we can convince one of them to help us."
It seems that the Doll has finally managed to succeed where her cohorts have failed in the past. An Ansatsuken Master has finally fallen to an Agent of Shadaloo. Unfortunately for Ken, it seems that he is truly down for the count this time, unable to defend against whatever it seems that The Witch in Red and the Killer Bee have instore for him.
Cammy shrugs at Naerose. "I suppose." she replies, before limping over to the downed Ken, reaching out to grip one of his wrists firmly, and then hauling him over one shoulder in a firemans lift, looking faintly comical given the size difference.
Tromping slowly back over to Naerose, her spirits have improved somewhat apparently as she offers Naerose a rictus grin. "And on top of everything else. We can find out if he dyes his hair." she notes, having had an unhealthy, autistic sort of fascination with that great Question for some time now. "Lets get out of here. Maybe you are right, but I don't like cops." she whispers.
COMBATSYS: Cammy has ended the fight here.
Most of the people who had their shopping trip interrupted by the volatile all-out throwdown in the middle of the mall... well, they likely either turned and went BACK the way they came, or crowded down near some cover to boggle at the spectacle before them. One thing is certain: this new Ken Masters is not a subtle gentleman. He is, however, observed by two more subtle gentlemen by this point. It's difficult to say precisely when they showed up, all identical black suits and opaque sunglasses in any weather or lighting condition. They've been chatting on earpieces, but it's lost to the calm, professional murmur.
Neither move to intercede in the effort to drag Ken away. A large, American man with a tightly ponytailed growth of blonde hair and a suit of fine Italian fabrics custom-tailored to his rather strong frame, on the other hand, moves to intercede directly. It's almost a pity there -aren't- Neo League cameras rolling, as the exiled King of Southtown comes to Ken's... aid? "I don't think Mr. Masters wants to go anywhere with you... ladies." Icy eyes pass from Cammy to Naerose, familiar to the Killer Bee, no doubt. "He needs help. Don't tell me you're working with Shadaloo now." There's a quiet 'hmph' and a shake of his head as Geese scoffs from Naerose to Cammy.
"Shadaa...who? Shadawho? I don't think so.." Naerose says, while leaning on her broom, then in a loud whisper she asks Cammy, "Hey, do you know who this guy is? " She frowns, looks at Geese, looks at Ken, she was sure that whole show would work back there a moment ago. Apparently it isn't working and she'll need to resort to something more drastic, unfortunately she doesn't really have quite the strength to throw anything else around right now.
"Wait, wait wait, you don't think he wants to come, but you'd be like totally cool if he did? Watch this. Hey Ken, do you want us to take you someplace you can rest up?" She places her hand around the back of Ken's limp head (as established in a previous pose) and makes it nod, utterly unconvincingly.
"See?" she asks.
"He is a very dangerous and competent fighter. Better than Ken Masters.". Cammy glances over at Ken. "Maybe not better than he was just now, I am not sure. Beyond that, I do not know.". She hasn't had time to hit up the databanks just yet.
"We are trying to help him, and Naerose does not work for Shadaloo." Cammy tells Geese, thinking maybe diplomacy is the best option here. "He has been afflicted with some chi poison by people who stole Rust's address book. And I need to find out who they are, so Rust knows it wasn't me who stole his address book, paranoid and judgmental man that he is. Maybe Ken knows.". It's amazing how that conversation with Quon where he said 'find out who did it then' has spiralled completely out of control, something not lost on the doll. She half turns to Naerose, with a thunderous frown. "Quon and Rust better appreciate all of this. Or I will be very put out.".
"Very compelling, very compelling." Geese verbally applauds Ken's performance in expressing 'his' desires. There's a moment's further study on the pair - he has people to do research -for- him, and they have people, too... perhaps there's some new familiarity with those he's intercepting. "I already know of his condition. You are... not equipped to help him." There's a small half-smile at that, a hint of tooth shown, tone deep and even. If insistant. "And I already know who to look for." Or, he's a very capable poker player.
"We simply do not have time for the two of you to bungle around playing girl detectives. Mr. Masters.. does not have the time." The even, albeit mirthless smile spreads slightly, for a moment. "There's a car waiting out front, be in it..." those cool, calculating eyes track from Naerose, to Cammy, "... or don't." He approaches the former, extending one thick arm towards the potentially nefarious witch with an arch of one brow, "I'll take him from here."
The Red witch listens, looks at Cammy, then looks at Ken. She gives a helpless shrug as if to indicate giving the choice up to the killer bee. They went through a lot of trouble to get Ken, but ever the optimist someone seems to be offering her a way to get the information for free (as if they didn't pay for it). Though it never occurred to her to go by the name of Girl detective. She seems to make a mental note before saying,
"Well if you think this fella is as capable as that fella." She nods her head to indicate Geese first, then Ken, "In that case I think ah, probably we don't have a lot of choice." She grins, looking the sort to be terribly easy going.
Cammy glances down at the 'resting' Ken, and then back to Geese. "Hmm. My mission parameters are clear. They do not involve protecting Ken from you. I am really only interested in who is to blame for poisoning his chi, and that of others. After we obtained that information we would have let him go anyway. If you will tell me who it is and why they have done it, then I will exchange Ken Masters for this information.".
She frowns, and half turns, reaching out for Ken's mop of blond hair, running a few strands between thumb and forefinger. Maybe hoping that the dye is so crap it rubs off on her hand or something. If it is dye, it doesn't, in any case, and she lets out a soft sigh. Maybe the Question will not be answered today, after all.
Girl detectives, indeed. There's something of a double-take at the apparent mission he's actually /interrupting/ here, but in the end Geese just chuckles momentarily, a low sound, and nods once to the Zero Doll. "I don't know who took... your friend's address book." Howard observes, apparently with little patience for the issue, but bearing that coached-calm edge nonetheless. "But if they're tied into what's happened to Ken Masters... you're looking for a cult. Of men, and those who are still mostly men." Geese smiles a bit at this, a bemused, somewhat unnerving gleam in his eye, a man who apparently enjoys the odd ghost story.
Geese takes a few steps towards Cammy, eyeing the much smaller blonde thoughtfully a moment, eyes finally narrowing for dramatic effect, as he whispers low, "They want to awaken something that makes your Master's psychic might look like the tremor of tadpoles on a quiet pond." It's something to look into, at least. Howard moves to retrieve Ken from Naerose, a bit less awkward in supporting the other fighter's weight, to say the least, "Go to the car." The Syndicate boss offers evenly to Naerose. ... apparently, someone -does- have a similar sense about when other forces beyond his own might start responding, regardless of any arrangements.
And... Naerose goes to the car? She didn't have any way to get around here anyway, except her scooter and frankly wasn't feeling up to sitting on the thing. Before leaving though, she tosses another picture to one of the people in the mall. It's a picture of Naerose giving a thumbs up and a big smile, signed in red crayon. She's really all about this whole being minutely popular thing. Though surely such a signed photograph will only cause dismay to anyone who actually holds it. She glances at Cammy, not sure if she's supposed to come or what. No matter, they exchanged cell numbers. She goes to the car.
Cammy hesitates a bit, but starts to tromp off towards the car herself, still with Ken draped over her. After all, she wants to be near Naerose if the S hits the F, and it looks like the Red Witch is running out on her here! "Well, okay." she replies to Geese, pondering. "Can you not give us any names or locations, though? We need more leads, ideally. Like... who poisoned Ken. We can then find him. And break his legs or something.".
Investigations, the assassin way.
"We'll have to see what he knows when he wakes up. I'm afraid I'm a very poor psychic, myself. Unless you just want random targets that might be connected? There's plenty of that out there." There doesn't seem to be much actual dismay, there, smirking instead as he eyes Cammy's course. 'The car' turns out to be a pair of thoroughly equipped, if not particularly notable rather new black luxury sedans, waiting a short distance from the mall exit nearest the little uproar. Here, there is the attempt to seperate the pair - Cammy and Ken into one car, Naerose, with Geese, into the other.
Magenta Naerose is sure that would of worked.
Somehow, even though he won't really remember what all just transpired, Ken starts to come to in the backseat of a car next to a blonde woman he really doesn't know that well. A quick bleary glance is given down to his clothes, and immediatly he notices just how screwed up they really look. The first reaction that would come to mind is 'What the...'
Ken's eyes finally finish adjusting and realization kicks in, a rather bruised and battered Cammy is sitting next to him, and his body feels like he's just been beaten around by a wrecking ball. There's no telling how long they've been driving, or how long Ken's been out, or just what kind of time Cammy has had alone with him, but this is a bit of a surprise for the US Champion, as a faint recollection suddenly starts to come to mind. "..I thought I told you I didn't want to do this...?"
Cammy is not exactly nervous per se - the doll doesn't get nervous. On the other hand, she is a little wary, after all, she's being driven off in a strange car that apparently belongs to the organisation run by the guy in the other car, who she already knows is a Very Dangerous Man, possibly even more so than other very dangerous men she knows like Sagat.
(Not more dangerous than Vega of course, she is secure in the knowledge that he is the greatest man who ever lived after all.)
And Naerose, who isn't really dangerous at all except to people's sanity, is stuck in the other car with him. So she's spending much of the time looking out the window just to see that the witch is OK and hasn't been strangled or something. But this attention is spoiled when she hears Ken stir next to her, so she turns to look down at him sprawled out there on the back seat. "I am sorry, I do not understand what you mean. But I am glad you are awake. Now, with the rage beaten out of you for a while, perhaps you can tell me who inflicted this on you. You must be able to remember. You must have fought someone, and been afflicted during the fight. That is what my information suggests.".
The Doll is always so very singleminded.
"So.. Vega now has you guys on some form of drugs?" Ken doesn't seem to have any clue as to what Cammy is talking about, nor is he happy at all about being stuck in the back seat of an unknown car with someone from Shadaloo. "So.. care to explain to me just what in the hell you want with me, and why I'm in the back of a car? Or will I have to leap out of a moving vehicle to find my answers?"
"It's nothing to do with Vega." Cammy replies, a little exasperated. "According to the man in the other car it's to do with some cult. And I told you what I want with you. Something happened to you, which poisoned your chi, I am sure you aware of the symptoms of this. It's been happening to lots of people, not just you, some organisation is behind it. Not Shadaloo, before you start talking about that again.". These do-gooders, so annoying.
"So, tell me. There was a fight, you were afflicted during the fight. Who did it to you? That will give us a lead on these cultists.".
"And.. why exactly should I tell you anything? So you can go off and team up with them?" Yeah. Not trusting Cammy whatsoever seems to be what Ken's saying with his actions. "I don't remember. I remember there was a match at my arena, and after that.. Lots of things are vague." His options for escape are rather limited at this time, and considering he's already rather sore, leaping from a moving vehicle isn't going to be the wisest thing he's done in some time.
"Well, you are all hurt and vulnerable in here for starters, and for seconds, this man in the car opposite over there will kick your ass." Cammy points out to Ken, indicating the car containing Geese Howard with one finger. "He arrived after we knocked you out, he is very interested in you for some reason. As he was happy to give us information I surrendered you to his care, especially as I thought you might be uncooperative. Why he is interested in you I am not sure, but I don't think you really want to be in his clutches, for he is a cruel man from what I have seen. This man, in front of us..." she adds, pointing to the driver of the car they are in, "is one of his men it seems. I am not here myself entirely voluntarily, though I suppose it wouldn't be too hard to escape, I can run very fast after all. But I need that information, and besides, I am curious who this man is and what he wants."
"Has anyone ever told you that you have a crappy poker face?" Ken slowly sits up and glances out the back windshield of the car, not really sure of just where exactly he currently is. "You're rather beat up yourself, so I don't see you managing anything other then a hit before you start whining like Ash over breaking a nail." He winces slightly as his body starts protesting the movements, "Who is in the car behind us?"
"I don't even know who Ash is, and I am not lying." Cammy tells Ken, shaking her head. "Everybody always assumes I'm lying, or have some sort of ulterior motives. No, not always. I have told you everything. Really, I tried to talk to you before about this rage thing but you were uncooperative then too, and so now we come to this.". Do-gooders, so irritating!
She glances over at the other car. "My friend Naerose, and this powerful warrior I mentioned before. He runs all this.".
She taps the driver's shoulder in front of her. "Hello, sir." she says pleasantly enough. "What is the name of your boss?".
Sometimes the best way to get info is simply to ask!
"Geese Howard." The driver offers back casually, "Has a proposition for you, Mr. Masters." Apparently, Cammy's query prompted a scripted response meant for Ken. The car's course drifts quickly down several Southtown streets, lost down a residential span that never quite regrew after the invasion.
"Wait. What'd you say?" This causes Ken to fully sit up and stare at the driver. "He's dead." It seems that there are larger things at play then just a couple of thugs running around shoving bits of Orochi into fighters across the world, and now Ken is caught up full force in it. He turns to stare at Cammy, the look on his face a mixture of numerous emotions, the most prevelant being shock. "If it's Geese, give me your phone right now then." The words are directed to the driver as his mind starts to race a mile a minute.
"Oh, I heard of him. I thought he was dead." Cammy says, settling back into her seat, and eying Ken with a somewhat self satisfied look. "See? Maybe you believe me /now/." she mutters, with a shrug, and goes back to looking out the window at Geese's car. "Naerose is stuck in there with him, too. Mmm, that is very bad for Naerose. But I guess Geese really does want to talk, given we're all in these cars.". And then the doll smiles, unable to contain her enthusiasm. "Lord Vega will be so interested in this information!".
"Just relax, Mr. Masters, we'll be at the meeting shortly." There's a degree of apprehension there, as if realizing he's addressing a potential bomb. The driver just continues heading to the destination, "You just finished a nasty fight with this one and her friend, we'll let you get cleaned up and figure things out."
"Relax?" The words almost seem to cause a vein to start twitching in Ken's forehead as he slumbs back in the seat, glaring at Cammy fully now. "Somehow, I've got a hunch I should blame you entirely for this. I'm rather beaten up, stuck in a car, with some crazy guy claiming he's taking me to see Geese. Who I'm rather sure was quite dead last I checked." Yes Ken. It's logical to blame the girl who is also caught up in this mess with you.
"No, he is not dead. I fought him. He is very powerful. I didn't know who he was at the time, though." Cammy replies, glancing over at Ken a bit irritably. "Why not blame me for the sun going down as well?" she says, a trace of bitterness in her voice. "You seem to be blaming me for everything else too.".
Her poor braids are all seared and scorched from the earlier fighting, so she starts running them through her hands, trying to get all the soot off so they actually look blonde again. Alas, no time for a shower, it seems. "I guess we may as well wait until we arrive at wherever we are being taken. And you can think on my words perhaps, a bit less heat of the moment suspicion and a bit less quiet thought seems appropriate right now.".
"AND YOU'RE THE ONE TO BLAME FOR THAT TOO!?" Ken screams the words dramatically, only to grumble slightly as he runs a hand through his own hair. "Gee. This is great." He reaches down to dig around in his pants pocket and pulls out a rather demolished cellphone, sighing slightly at the sight of the poor piece of hardware. "Driver. How long until we reach our destination?"
"No I'm not. Geese would have found you anyway. So. Tell me who it was who infected your chi now. You mentioned it was a fight, you know who it was. A name? I will find him, and break his legs for you." CAmmy offers. "Wouldn't you like that?". This is bargaining par excellence going on here.
And then he runs his hand through his hair, and she assumes a curious look. "...do you dye your hair?" she wonders, leaning forward to stare at it intently, looking for dark roots or something.
"Of all times..." Ken just stares at Cammy, rather dumbfounded at the fact that she really wonders if his hair or dyed or not. "Considering I've a rather reliable alliby for this question, that answer is no. Considering that I spent a good portion of my life being beat around by my master up in the mountains.. I never had time to dye my hair. It was blonde then, and it's blonde now. There. Happy?"
Ironically enough it's hard to remove ideas when they get into Cammy's head. Maybe it's an evolved response to try and resist the constant brain reformatting, who knows. She backs away a little, no longer staring quite so much - but she assumes a suspicious look instead, glancing at his eyebrows. The look says 'Yeah, right.', though she says nothing.
"So... who poisoned your chi, then?" she asks, now that Ken is in a question answering mood.
Never Give Up.
"Tetraphobia. That's the team name. It was an exhibition match between myself and two of its members. That's all I can really remember. I..." Ken shakes his head slightly as if its starting to hurt if he tries to force himself to remember the finer details. "I'm sorry. You don't deserve all of this crap I'm giving you. I just don't see a reason in trusting anyone who is apart of Shadaloo. If you weren't a member of it.."
"That will probably be sufficient information. Finally. Thank you." Cammy replies, and lets out a little sigh. "That was not so hard now, was it? And this is not about Shadaloo, as I keep saying! Only in passing, perhaps.". In that she'll be filing a report to Vega of course. "You know Howard Rust, I think, he fought in the tournament after all, you talk to him and you will get an extremely twisted and suspicious account of what I have already told you.".
She leaves Quon out of it, he's too scaredy to sic people like Ken Masters on.
The destination, in this case, is an old but well-kept theater that once housed plays and forums, stories and songs. Now, it's all but abandoned save a scattering of hidden security. Ken and Cammy's car would pull up around the back, when it arrives, met by a tall, bald man in sunglasses who converses in a brief murmur with their driver, "My associate will take you to meet a man who can help you find those you're looking for." Their chauffer offers plainly. "And I'll show you to your meeting with Mr. Howard, whenever you're ready Mr. Masters."
Ken reaches into his pocket once more and pulls out a rather crumpled business card and hands it towards Cammy. "This is for you. Not your master. You get to decide what you do. If you ever want away from him, I'll help you."
Of course, Ken starts smooth out his shirt, wishing that he didn't look like he was beaten senseless (When in reality he was). He nods towards the bald man in sunglasses. He sizes the guard up, only to pull his shirt off and hand it towards him. "Give me your shirt. If it is Geese I'm going to see, I'll be damned if I go in with a shirt that screwed up on."
Cammy takes the card, and tucks it into the neck of her odd turtleneck leotard - where else is she gonna put it, no pockets after all! - and frowns at Ken, insulted that her loyalty is questioned. "I am sure your contact details are on file somewhere but maybe this will be helpful. But do not insult me again. Lord Vega is a great man. One day, you will see it, when the world is one." she tells Ken, with a nod.
And then she climbs out of the car, as it's come to a halt. "Very well..." she says to the bald guy, a little suspicious herself, but these people all seem so very civilised, and the Doll does appreciate civilisation.
The driver looks a bit uncertain about Ken's request, eyes shifting from himself to the Orochi-addled Mr. Masters, frowns, and trades shirts, shaking his head. It's a close enough fit, though the Syndicate soldier sticks to his own jacket without a shirt, now.
The theater itself is clean, but not exactly updated or well appointed at the moment. It remains dimly lit, its halls inhabited only by some of the Syndicate's top talent - in this case, a mostly legitimate sort of talent. Even if 'bodyguards' are a secondary concern for a man like Geese Howard. ... or either of his new guests. Ken would be guided by the driver to a box set of seats overlooking the stage from on high. ... while Cammy would be led in a different direction, towards the long corridor of dressing rooms that creep underground beneath the theater.....
Log created on 20:02:54 03/26/2011 by Cammy, and last modified on 20:21:35 04/02/2011.