Description: The Dragon Arena has been home to many a professional fight, but it's usually along the lines of boxing and wrestling. This time, the arena is going to host a sort of celebrity cage match! Four chain-link walls, a similar ceiling, and a LOT of open space that will quickly shrink as the walls slowly close in! If one side hasn't knocked out another after the seventh round, then everybody loses! (WINNER: NO ONE)
A celebrity cage match?
A celebrity cage match with the cage made of chain-link walls?
This really isn't Reese's forte at all. The Aussie archaeologist prefers open spaces, and while it looks like the cage is roomy enough, she's got a partner for this fight. A partner whom she may accidentally hit with her whip if she swings it too far back or to the side. She'll have to pay extra careful attention to ensure she's not thwapping around her ally, because that would just be Bad(tm).
As much as Reese'd love to have a flashy entrance, she doesn't think that climbing into the cage from the ceiling would be very productive. So instead of the razzle dazzle, she just allows herself to be escorted into the cage by an official, handing him her hat as she enters.
"I'll be wantin' that back, mate, no matter how this turns out."
When it comes to being considered a celebrity, there are many fighters who would consider themselves to be celebrities based on how well they fight and how well they're known. But that's not all fighters.
And Maki is one of those fighters who does not consider herself a celebrity. She fought because she was taught her family's style of martial arts, which she later had to put into good use in order to be able to rescue her sister from the Mad Gears. Ever since those days, Maki has made herself a name on the fighting circuit, and to many is considered a celebrity, but to Maki it's just what she does best. Of course, go to Metro City and you'll find that she's like the heroine of the city. But for Maki, she's nobody else but just Maki.
While Reese allows herself to be escorted, Maki simply walks into the ring by herself, uniform worn and tonfa already donned for the upcoming fight. She does briefly acknowledge the others in the audience who are calling her name, but other than that she shows little emotion on her face as she enters into the ring.
Karin's a celebrity if only because she's the heiress to the Kanzuki Zaibatsu. Not really much of a celebrity thing, but she does go through the trouble of getting herself into fights just for kicks.
She sighs a little as she walks into the ring without the escort, save only for Ishizaki who is always at her side, and says, "Hmmm, you know, I really don't like the idea of the cage closing in on us and forcing us to lose... It's just not right."
Reese //might// feel like a douche for having an escort when no one else seems to, but she doesn't. Not really. It's not as though she //requested// the escort. Regardless, she nods to Maki before turning to Karin.
"You must be Karin Kanzuki? I'm Reese Jones, it's a pleasure to meet you." Beat. "And who says the cage is going to force us to lose, hmm? We just need to focus on the fight, not worry about the cage and take our opponent out. Think you can help me with that?" The Aussie is chipper enough, all things considered, but she's not rushing into things either. Giving the base of the cage a tentative tap with her foot to ensure that it's not going to give way, she smiles at Karin.
"We can do this." The base, at least, appears to be solid, so there is that.
"So, we have to fight fast or we'll be crushed like pancakes?" Maki suddenly smirks a little bit as she realizes what's truly going on with the cage. "Well, I can tell you now that you'll have to not only fight fast, but also against someone like me who is very fast. So, I hope you know what you're doing, ladies."
But the smirk abruptly disappears as Maki twirls her tonfa around a few times before tapping it against the cage a little. "Don't tell me you're actually going to try knocking the cage down. That wouldn't be any fun and challenging."
Karin narrows her eyes a little as she glares at Maki, and takes some time to fix her gloves onto her hands, and says, "A Kanzuki wins at everything, and I can't win if the cage closes on us." She smirks and shifts into a fighting stance, "Just be ready to lose, Maki-san."
COMBATSYS: Karin has started a fight here on the left meter side.
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COMBATSYS: Reese has joined the fight here on the left meter side.
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COMBATSYS: Maki has joined the fight here on the right meter side.
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Karin 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Maki
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Reese 0/-------/-------|
The Aussie glances at Karin, shrugs, and then chuckles. "Guess that means you can do it." Winking at the girl, she glances back to Maki. The woman is given a roll of the eyes, if only because she //knows// that type of psychobabble that's meant to throw people off their games. It's something Marius can be rather good at when he wants to be, and confusing as all get out when he does it.
One last nudge is given to the cage to ensure it's stability, then Reese has got the whip unfurled and lashing out at Maki in a very swift manner. Several quick, snappy attacks as she fires off a snakekiller attack on the woman's shins, trying to bring her down to the floor of the cage.
Karin hmphs a bit, and proceeds to charge in, throwing a series of punches and kicks at Maki, crying out, "I'm not going to let a mere cage prevent victory!"
COMBATSYS: Maki blocks Karin's Combo Attack.
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Karin 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Maki
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Reese 0/-------/-------|
COMBATSYS: Maki dodges Reese's Excavation.
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Karin 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Maki
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Reese 0/-------/-------|
"You're quite brave," Maki comments as she watches Karin come at her. "You're not afraid of the possibility of being crushed, are you?" Without waiting for an answer, Maki brings up her tonfa to deflect a few attacks away, while using her arm and leg to block the remaining attacks from Karin. All without breaking the slightest hint of a sweat in the least bit.
And then, without missing the slightest beat, Maki jumps over the incoming whip, somersaulting through the air and then attempting to deliver a flying right kick into Reese.
COMBATSYS: Reese fails to counter Light Kick from Maki with Artifact Snare.
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Karin 0/-------/-------|=------\-------\0 Maki
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Reese 0/-------/-----==|
Karin growls and says, "Don't think I'm not taking the cage into consideration! I'll escape it and continue the fight!" She cries out and dashes in close, aiming to grab Maki by the uniform, and tries to sweep her leg and slam Maki down to the ground.
Rather than answer the question, which wasn't directed at her //anyhow//, Reese keeps her eyes on Maki. When he sees the woman jump over the whip then somersault, she twirls the whip back toward her. Only to swing the whip back out at the flying right leg as Maki comes in with it. A miscalculation in the trajectory of the oncoming woman has the whip shooting past the leg and snapping onto one of the chains.
Giving the whip a yank to get it free from the chain without damaging it, she gets walloped in the chest by Maki's foot and goes stumbling back a step.
COMBATSYS: Karin successfully hits Maki with Yashiro Kuzushi.
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Karin 0/-------/------=|==-----\-------\0 Maki
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Reese 0/-------/-----==|
Maki shakes her head as she watches Reese get hit by her kick, and would make a comment about her bringing a whip to a tonfa fight, but she's not the type to make lame remarks like that. Besides, she's got more pressing problems as Karin grabs her by her top and then proceeds to trip her to the ground. She grunts but then pushes herself back up onto her feet quickly. "Let me tell you, this is almost like a one-on-three handicap battle, but the more harsher the odds, the better I like it. I only get better with my skills if I'm tested harshly!" Maki then attempts to deliver a backhand-style strike to Karin.
COMBATSYS: Karin just-defends Maki's Medium Strike!
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Karin 0/-------/------=|==-----\-------\0 Maki
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Reese 0/-------/-----==|
While Maki busies herself with Karin, Reese pops her neck to one side and rolls the whip up. She feels the walls of the cage move in a few inches and pushes toward the center so as not to be pinched by them as they move. It's then that she notices the ceiling is coming down on them too. Being squished from the sides is one thing. An archaeologist can get used to tight spaces, but there's something about the chainlink ceiling coming down that makes her feel like things might get a //little// claustrophobic.
"Things are getting tighter," she mutters, glancing at Karin. Then she runs forward and spins a solid kick out to Maki's side as the woman attempts to attack Karin.
Karin catches the backhand swing of Maki, easy, and hmphs a little before glancing over her shoulder to Reese, and says, "Don't worry, I've got a plan." She in the mean time leaps and aims a quick flying kick at Maki's back, saying, "We won't have to worry about the cage for very long."
COMBATSYS: Maki blocks Karin's Light Kick.
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Karin 0/-------/------=|===----\-------\0 Maki
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Reese 0/-------/-----==|
COMBATSYS: Maki dodges Reese's Medium Kick.
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Karin 0/-------/------=|===----\-------\0 Maki
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Reese 0/-------/-----==|
Maki grits her teeth as she ducks underneath Reese's incoming kick with just enough time to deflect Karin's kick away at the same time as well. "See what I mean? You have to actually hit me to be able to do some good."
And yes, the walls are closing in a little, but it's not enough to cause Maki to panic just yet. In fact, Maki simply turns to face Reese, ignoring Karin's comment about having a plan. "And as for you, let's see how you like some of this!" Maki attempts to grab Reese and throw her against the nearest cage wall.
COMBATSYS: Reese blocks Maki's Quick Throw.
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Karin 0/-------/------=|===----\-------\0 Maki
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Reese isn't thrown into the chainlink wall so much as she skids along the base of the cage toward the wall as it tightens in on them again. She just smiles at Maki, and shrugs her shoulders. "I've had worse."
The little insult about not being able to //hit// the opponent is one that Reese allows to roll off her shoulders. She just reaches out for Maki's shoulders in order to throw her against the side of the chainlink wall -- much in he same way the woman just attempted with her.
Karin growls as Maki seems to expertly not get too badly hit, but she figures the ninja will get it eventually. She narrows her eyes and charges, "GUREN KEN!" Driving one palm forward, then the second, then swinging her leg straight up and calling out, "MYUJIN KYAKU!" Aiming to smash it up into Maki's jaw.
COMBATSYS: Maki blocks Reese's Quick Throw.
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Karin 0/-------/------=|===----\-------\0 Maki
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Reese 0/-------/----===|
COMBATSYS: Maki dodges Karin's Guren Ken.
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Karin 0/-------/------=|===----\-------\0 Maki
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Reese 0/-------/----===|
Maki skids like Reese did, albeit sliding a little less than Reese did. And as for Karin, Maki simply dodges out of the way without the slightest hint of exertion from her. She shakes her head as she faces Karin and says, "No no, that's not going to work. You have to do it like THIS!" Maki suddenly spins around like a whirlwind while balancing on her tonfa, a single sneakered foot held out in an immense spinning kick.
COMBATSYS: Karin just-defends Maki's Bushin Senpuu Kyaku!
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Karin 0/-------/------=|====---\-------\0 Maki
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Reese 0/-------/----===|
Again the cage wobbles, again it tightens the space in which they can move. It's getting to be awfully close quarters in here now. Reese is fairly certain they're going on five rounds of being prodded toward the center of the cage. She //considers// attacking the cage. She really does consider it. Then she sees Maki going after Karin and changes her mind.
Arms reach out to grab Maki again, this time to toss her up toward the ceiling, and slam her to the base of the cage. It's non-flashy and slightly disappointing to the archaeologist that she's doing things like this, but there's little room to draw the whip out and flash some fancy attack at the crowd.
Karin raises her hands up and blocks the spinning kick, once again fairly easy, and replies, "Hmph, I wouldn't have let you catch me that easy, if that's how it's done!" She then backs up a couple of steps and leaps up into the air, whirling her palms and aiming to strike down upon Maki, "RESSEN HA!"
COMBATSYS: Maki dodges Reese's Medium Throw.
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Karin 0/-------/-------|====---\-------\0 Maki
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COMBATSYS: Karin successfully hits Maki with Ressen Ha.
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Karin 0/-------/-----==|=======\-------\0 Maki
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Reese 0/-------/----===|
"You think I'd do that too?" Maki asks as she leaps out of the way of the incoming attack from Reese, but landing right in the path of Karin's incoming attack. This hits Maki a bit harder than she's used to, causing her to stagger backwards and reel a little in pain as she shakes off the dazedness from her stun. "All right, I made a mistake there, but everyone makes them!"
Turning to face Reese, Maki says, "And as for you, I think it's time I let you have some time with me!" Maki attempts a swift uppercut-style attack with her tonfa aimed right at Reese.
COMBATSYS: Maki successfully hits Reese with Genkou.
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Karin 0/-------/-----==|=======\-------\1 Maki
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Reese 0/-------/-======|
Cracked on the chin with the tonfa, Reese staggers back all of two or three steps before hitting the cage wall. Things are getting //really// tight now. Barely room to reach out and swing a //decent// kick or punch around, let alone bring out a whip. But that's what she does. Unhooks the whip from her belt and snaps it once at her side. She's //very// careful not to accidentally hit Karin with it.
Then she's lashing it out at Maki's ankle, giving a swift yank on it in order to hoist the woman up and drop her on the back of her skull against the bottom of the now very small cage.
Karin grins widely and glances at the cage as it closes in on them, before calling out, "Reese-san, I think it's time to break the cage!" With that, she dashes in again, and swings an elbow up, aiming for Maki's jaw, "HA!"
COMBATSYS: Maki dodges Karin's Strong Punch.
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Karin 0/-------/-----==|=======\-------\1 Maki
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Reese 0/-------/-======|
COMBATSYS: Reese successfully hits Maki with Artifact Snare.
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Karin 0/-------/-----==|=======\=------\1 Maki
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Maki is caught by Reese after moving out of the way of Karin's incoming punch. She gets back up but with a bit of difficulty as she does so. "You two are giving me a good fight, I like that. But I don't think you want to destroy the cage, do you? No, you want to defeat me!" Maki drops into a crouch and attempts to foot-sweep Karin.
COMBATSYS: Karin blocks Maki's Strong Kick.
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Karin 0/-------/---====|=======\==-----\1 Maki
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Reese can admit, both have merits. Breaking the cage and beating Maki would be fun, but they can guarantee that Maki loses by //not// breaking the cage. So, the Aussie doesn't attack the cage.
Instead, the whip is snapped back to her hip as the chainlink walls and ceiling close in on them, effectively wrapping them tight like a Christmas present. Then she sets her hand to one of the guns at her hip and quickly unholsters it. As soon as she's got the gun in her hand, she aims it at Maki and fires. A double shot of chi comes from the barrel, forming a sharp, pointy arrowhead that's on a collision course with their opponent.
Karin goes wide eyed as Reese goes after Maki rather than the cage, and she yells at the other woman, "Reese! Go after the cage! I'm not going to go for a total loss!" She growls and growls before charging at Maki, and tries for a desperation move, making a grab for her again, and tries to drive a knee into Maki's gut, before throwing her down once! Then lifting and throwing her down again! And then lifting one last time and trying to whirl into a 360 degree whirling slam throw thingy.
COMBATSYS: Maki blocks Reese's Projectile Point.
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Karin 0/-------/-------|=======\==-----\1 Maki
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COMBATSYS: Maki dodges Karin's Kanzuki-ryuu Ranbu.
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Karin 0/-------/-------|=======\==-----\1 Maki
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"What's the matter? Sore loser?" Maki asks as she dodges both attacks with ease, albeit showing some tiredness in her voice. "Want me to make it feel a little better? Then HERE!" Maki attempts to grab Karin and deliver a few kneestrikes in close quarters.
COMBATSYS: Karin counters Kneestrike Hold from Maki with Yasha Gaeshi.
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Karin 0/-------/-------|=======\===----\1 Maki
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"That really isn't very nice, Miss Genryuusai," Reese says to the other woman. "After all, it looks like we're //all// about to lose." And chances are, they're all going to be sore about it. Chainlink enclosures aren't going to do much damage, but it's going to be a rather uncomfortable situation being as how the walls and ceiling close in again, causing the Aussie to fall to her knees and tilt her body to the side a little to keep her head from being squashed completely.
"Hey!"
One of the officials comes over and begins pressing a button that will stop the cage from crushing the three of them together and creating a beast of a mish-mashed fighter. "Seven rounds! No winners! Someone help me stop this cage from moving inward!" Someone else comes running out and flips a switch and presses the button again which causes the cage to stop moving in, and gives the women all a tiny bit of breathing room once more.
"Ah well," Reese replies to Karin and Maki, "Better luck next time, mates?"
COMBATSYS: Reese has left the fight here.
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Karin 0/-------/-------|=======\===----\1 Maki
At least Karin has the Moral Victory when she catches the knee strike, and flips Maki over onto the ground, and hmphs as she gets ready to attack again... Except the cage closes up and squishes them, without really hurting. it is not comfortable though. She growls and mutters, "We should have just destroyed the cage."
Maki gets up after being knocked down and finds herself in a bit of pain. Nobody won today, but at least Maki wasn't KO'ed either. "Hey, look on the bright side, maybe next time you'll be able to get me in a fight where things aren't so tight!" No smirk though, which adds to the deeper sarcasm as she limps out of the fighting area.
COMBATSYS: Maki has left the fight here.
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COMBATSYS: Karin has ended the fight here.
Log created on 16:51:29 11/13/2011 by Reese, and last modified on 09:50:25 11/14/2011.