Description: Cruise liners are massive things, with wide, spacious decks. It's upon this deck that a makeshift ring has been made: all of the lounge chairs and tables have been moved away from the bow, while the upper platforms are filled with curious seagoers. Ah, but what is a cruise without a game of shuffleboard? El Fuerte will be present, trying his best to interrupt both Elias and Hokuto with well-timed pucks. Can the Lunchadore finally crack the priest's stone visage?(Winner: Elias)
COMBATSYS: ElFuerte has started a fight here in the center.
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ElFuerte 0|-------|------=
"But I don't know how to play hopscotch!"
The sudden cries of complaint break the otherwise peaceful atmosphere that is the pleasure cruise. A strange sight too, one that matches not the tranquil atmosphere of the ship as a SNF official stands before a irate masked wrestler holding one of the stick thingimagigs that are used in Shuffleboard.
"It's not hopscoth Mr. Fuerte. It's Shuffleboard." He tries to explain scratching his head. "Listen, I'm sure you've played soccer before correct?-GACK!" That was the wrong thing to say to the Latin wrestler as he grabs the man by the neck and lifts him up with one hand showing a surprising amount of strength. "You call it Soccer one more time..." He whispers with surprising anger for an otherwise cheerful luchador "And I'll throw you over this ship. It's called Football! Comprende??"
The SNF official nods and is tossed away by El Fuerte who just sighs "Sorry, pet peeve." At least he has the decency of apologizing. "Anyways, I'll figure it out somehow. What matters most here is the lucha that will take place soon!"
Speaking of which, where are the participants? They sure are taking their own sweet time.
For one individual it isn't so much he is taking his time. It is more that he has been around, but hasn't made much noise or moved at all to where he is easy to overlook at times. Odd how that can happen when the man in question is a rather tall and well muscled priest in shades standing right on the deck waiting as he stands up straight with hands clasped behind his back. It has been a nice cruise he was invited along on by the SNF officials. His only regret is he wishes he could have brought Alice along to let her enjoy herself. Maybe it would do well to keep the devil inside of her hidden deep inside as she played in the sun. At the same time if it happened to take over this trip things could have turned out bad.
The commotion El Fuerte makes does seem to cause Elias to finally move for the first time in quite awhile. One could possible paint the guy up to be a statue at times and people might believe it. "Are we starting?" he asks in a rather deep, monotone voice as he looks over to the masked fighter then over the deck. Did he miss his opponent showing up? He was unsure who Hokuto even was until officials told him and gave a picture for reference. Perhaps he shouldn't let himself get too caught up in his thoughts and everyone was waiting on him.
"Hey--!" one fan waving a shuffleboard stick in support of El Fuerte exclaims when his stick is yanked away by one delicate hand.
"Are we all ready?" Hokuto wonders as she pushes the rest of the way through the crowd to take her place opposite Elias; the purloined shuffleboard stick rests lightly along her shoulders. She glances towards Fuerte. "We--we know the rules, yes?"
Contrary to the breastplate, gi and hakama in her old publicity photos, Hokuto is dressed in a flowing, salmon coloured blouse and blue jeans; her hair hangs long and loose, brushing the stick here and there as it's ruffled in the breeze.
Even if he has his luchador mask on, El Fuerte can be seen wiggling his eyebrows at Hokuto and Elias. Is this really a fight? With the Priest and Monk get up it looks like he's attending some kind of religious ceremony, never mind that Hokuto is wearing stylish jeans, there was a softness in the air that irked him quite a bit and the shuffleboard business wasn't helping any.
The wrestler leans back, resting the butt of the shuffleboard stick on the ground as he used it as a cane. He regards the two fighters, glancing at Elias first. "I'm not the referee don't look at me, amigo." He proclaims when he is asked if the fight will commence, not his call. Hokuto's question draws even more confusion from him, she's asking /him/ the rules? As if a /wrestler/ would anything about shuffleboarding.
"I dunno chica, all I know it's that I'm supposed to throw these things at you. Rules didn't say how." The masked luchador gets a sly grin about him then. "That said, if you find me too annoying you can always try to attack me, if you dare." Mwahaha!!
There's the sound of the bell and El Fuerte somersaults back, away from both fighters to give them room to fight.
"Buena Suerte both of you!"
The priest turns his attention to Hokuto when she shows up and he unclasps his hands. "Ahh, greetings." he comments and gives a bit of a bow. "I think our masked friend is just a bit impatient." he says to her while motioning to El Fuerte. It certainly doesn't seem to have the intensity of a fight at the moment at least. The priest's facial expression hasn't even changed at all. Then again that is part of why he was put in this situation. The officials having been trying to put Elias in situations where they can see if that expression even can change. Is El Fuerte's hyperactive nature enough to perhaps make him even quirk his lip in a bit of a smile?
"I suppose the rules are the same as any. Have a good fight and may the best fighter win." he says while taking a deep breath. His hand clench into fists and he shifts his stance. With the way his hands are raised and the movement of his feet it seems like the old man may have been a bit of a boxer previously. Right now he remains where he is and he takes in the surroundings and his focus shifts both between Hokuto and El Fuerte as he tries to figure out what each might do.
COMBATSYS: Elias has joined the fight here.
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Elias 0/-------/-------|
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ElFuerte 0|-------|------=
COMBATSYS: Elias focuses on his next action.
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Elias 0/-------/-------|
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ElFuerte 0|-------|------=
"That, I understood," Hokuto evenly replies.
It's the last thing she'll say for a while, as once Elias has settled into studying she and El Fuerte, she settles for giving Elias /all/ of her attention. Her eyes narrow a little as she studies him, taking in his enormous size, placid demeanor and boxer's stance to try and form a basic picture of what she'll need to expect from him. El Fuerte worries her less; not only is his style plainly announced to the world in his flamboyant get-up, he isn't her opponent.
Eventually - as she begins to reach some conclusions about the man opposite her - her lips press a bit tighter together; it's the only movement she'll make until she's forced to take a more active role.
COMBATSYS: Hokuto has joined the fight here on the right meter side.
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Elias 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Hokuto
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ElFuerte 0|-------|------=
COMBATSYS: Hokuto focuses on her next action.
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Elias 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Hokuto
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ElFuerte 0|-------|------=
Stealth!? What stealth!? El Fuerte prides himself on what he does and is quite proud to let everyone that he is a Luchador. It's a way of life you know?
Besides, what would he be without his traditional mask? No self respecting wrestler would ever engage in battle without such a garment, it's like fighting without a flag.
But enough about him. These fight is about these two! And it seems that El Fuerte's expectations were right, he does so hate it when he's right. The wrestler sighs slightly as he watches the two fighters just...stare...at each other, for a good long while. He fiddles with his shuffleboard stick for a moment, wonder how you're supposed to hold it and then looks up every once in a while to see how the fighters are doing. Nope, still staring at each other. But he thinks it's rude if he were to throw the first blow, so he waits, and waits.. and waits.
And waits.
Okay that's it. Maybe it's like an ant colony, you have to poke it several times for them to make anything interesting. So the wrestler tosses one Peso coin up in the air to decide who is he going to attack, nods at the result and uses the Shuffleboard stick to smack a puck in Hokuto's direction as if it he were playing Golf.
"FORE!"
It looks like Elias isn't the only fighter who starts slow. Hokuto is a unknown to him in the fact while she must be skilled he knows very little about what she can do. It seems she has the same way of thinking that he does in this case. Both are sizing eachother up when it finally seems El Fuerte cannot take it anymore and he gets this started. Elias prepares himself in case the puck comes his way, but instead it is sent towards Hokuto. He decides if he is to strike now would be the time to do so.
He starts to move forward, breaking in to a light sprint to quickly close the distance while the puck will hopefully keep Hokuto distracted. On top of having to deal with that she will soon find a quickl jab being delivered by the priest followed by a quick right cross, the latter flashing a bit from the release of energy that trails behind his fist as he aims to slam the large fist into Hokuto's shoulder.
COMBATSYS: Hokuto blocks ElFuerte's Small Thrown Object.
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Elias 0/-------/---====|-------\-------\0 Hokuto
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ElFuerte 0|-------|------=
COMBATSYS: Hokuto endures Elias' Sinful!
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Elias 0/-------/-======|==-----\-------\0 Hokuto
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ElFuerte 0|-------|------=
Sweeping her stick arm in a broad arc with lightning-like acuity, Hokuto sends the puck hurtling overboard with nary a thought.
And then Elias starts punching her and doesn't stop--and worse yet, she makes no move to stop it. She instead tries to move with each blow, directing his fists to her shoulders, her forearms, anything but her head or body; painful as his chi-laden strikes are, the mere knowledged that they're energized almost makes up for the colourful bruises already spreading across her forearms.
As soon as he lets up, she presses back in rather than try for a retreat; following a quick hop forward with a sharp pivot, she seeks to drive one of her elbows right into the larger man's belly to take his breath away for a few moments. There's nothing graceful about it but for the speed and form with which she executes the maneuver; there's no /room/ for grace when efficient brutality will do.
COMBATSYS: Elias endures Hokuto's Chuuhou.
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Elias 1/-------/=======|===----\-------\0 Hokuto
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ElFuerte 0|-------|------=
El Fuerte whistles seeing the puck flying away after Hokuto whacks it. "Hmm...that's not a bad idea." Perhaps swinging it on a low arch is not giving it enough force behind it, he should do like Hokuto is doing and swinging it like a baseball bat! Waddaya know? The quiet girl has some spark on her after all.
The wrestler doesn't even seem to be paying attention on the fight. He's too busy studying this strange art that is shufflboarding and how he can adapt it to suits his needs. Picking up one of the pucks with his hand, he flicks it up to the air getting his stick ready and SMACKS it flying straight for the side of Elias' head, this time with a lot more force to it!
COMBATSYS: Elias blocks ElFuerte's Small Thrown Object.
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Elias 1/------=/=======|===----\-------\0 Hokuto
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ElFuerte 0|-------|------=
El Fuerte might just be inventing a new sport if it hasn't already been done. Extreme shuffleboard. All the older people on the ship are just shaking their head as their favorite game is being made a mockery of. The younger people in the crowd on the other hand seem to like the luchador's idea and are just cheering him on while he flings the pucks at both Elias and Hokuto. The former seems to be on the recieving end at this point as a puck comes sailing his way around the same time Hokuto is coming in to strike. He manages to smack the puck away with a hand before it connects with his head, but he is left rather open and the elbow strikes home in his stomach.
It seems the priest is rather sturdy in this case and Hokuto's hope of knocking the air out of him and perhaps slowing him a moment doesn't seem to go quite as planned. Mostly by the fact the hand that didn't strike at the puck goes to grab the woman by the face as it ignites in a white flame. A flame that doesn't burn, but if he manages to grab her she would soon start to feel a bit on the drained and tired side. As if his very touch is draining her energy from her. After a few moments he would release and just push the young woman away if he manages to grab her in the first place that is.
COMBATSYS: Hokuto blocks Elias' Maximum Delirium.
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Elias 0/-------/-------|=====--\-------\0 Hokuto
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ElFuerte 0|-------|------=
/Does/ the Giant of the Cloth manage to grab Hokuto?
Well. Sort of.
His hand closes around /something/ of Hokuto's, but calling it her face would be amiss; his fingers close around the space around her head instead, repelled by the colourful flaring of her will made manifest. Pure white and cool, arctic blue chi clash in the narrow space between his hand and her head, and while skin-to-skin contact has been averted, the violence of the clash still sends painful shocks through her nervous system.
She clutches his wrist in her free hand in a futile attempt at prying him bodily off of her, even going so far as to scratch at him; when it's clear that /nothing/ she could directly do to his grip has a chance of overcoming the great strength difference between the two, she shifts her expectations a little and goes low instead.
Whether or not it actually breaks his grip, she tries to bring him - or maybe /both/ of them, if he's stubborn - to the ground by hooking her right leg behind one of his knees and throwing her whole body weight against him.
Though the crowd might be cheering, or groaning depending on their age, El Fuerte remains unsatisfied. So far his attempts at interrupting the match have been seen as naught but pests, gnats to lions even, how is he to properly represent the great power that is Lucha Libre when he is forced to stand almost idly by the sidelines? Ah, but alas, he is a Tecnico and must abide by the rules.
This doesn't stop him from turning up the heat! It is after all what El Luchador does! Be it cooking or fighting, he's always looking to add that extra spice to the recipe. That's why, as the two fighters decided to turn this into a grappling match, El Furte /forsakes/ his shufflestick to pick up a puck and throw it at the tangled mess that is Elias and Hokuto wrestling. Caring not he strikes now really, he just wants to annoy them to the point where they'll do something silly, who cares about aiming in this case?
But as it turns out, aiming might have been a good idea as the puck goes flying overhead the two fighters and ricochets on one of the walls to fly directly back to the wrestler's forehead.
"Oh.....wow."
COMBATSYS: ElFuerte successfully hits ElFuerte with Small Thrown Object.
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Elias 0/-------/-------|====---\-------\0 Hokuto
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ElFuerte 0|-------|-----==
COMBATSYS: Hokuto successfully hits Elias with Shinkyaku Geki EX.
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Elias 0/-------/----===|=====--\-------\0 Hokuto
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ElFuerte 0|-------|-----==
It seems the smaller fighter is quite skilled. One can never go by appearance afterall. Even as he does his best to try and drain the young woman she manages to keep him from fully getting a good grip and instead the larger fighter is left attempting to keep his balance. It ends up being trickier than he had expected as well. He wobbles a bit and eventually he is driving down onto the deck of the ship while the puck goes sailing over both fighters and leaves the luchador dealing with his own attack.
That expression of his still hasn't even moved a muscle. He seems more than focused on the fight and really if things keep close quarters he is more than fine with that. It is time to just see how good the girl can react when given little room to move. With the situation as it is the priest just comes at to slam a big fist aimed right at the gut of the other fight.
COMBATSYS: Hokuto fails to counter Strong Punch from Elias with Goukyaku Nage.
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Elias 0/-------/-----==|=======\-------\1 Hokuto
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ElFuerte 0|-------|-----==
The answer appears to be: 'poorly'.
Before Hokuto can even get steady herself from breaking Elias' grasp, she's on all fours and gasping for air thanks to his huge fist just about folding her in half.
She will probably be feeling that for a little while.
*WHOCK!!*
El Fuerte is left seeing mariachis after the puck hits him square on in the middle of his eyes. How did these two managed to evade them so easily is beyond him. Maybe they were expecting it or something and had time to react, whatever it was, El Fuerte surely didn't have it as his own attack sends him flat on his back with arms and legs spread out. "Ay..." That hurt.
When he gets back up it would appear that he wasn't the only one that was flattened. He is greeted by the sight of Hokuto gasping for air with Elias on the ground as well, although looking a bit better. Did everyone get tossed to the ground when he was out? Maybe the way to do it is put little impact on the fighters to it just flows without interruptions, peacefully, just go with the flow.
...or he just needs to put MORE IMPACT!
As everyone knows, all dishes taste better with more salsa, so that means, fights just get better with more chaos! Right!? El Fuerte's insane reasoning gets the better of him as he tosses two pucks in the air while giving the fighters his back and jumps up, making a backwards flip and kick them both simulatinously towards Elias and Hokuto, like if he was playing socc--err, football.
"Chilenita!"
COMBATSYS: ElFuerte successfully hits Elias with Small Thrown Object.
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Elias 0/-------/----===|=======\-------\1 Hokuto
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ElFuerte 0|-------|-----==
There was a flash where the priest saw he might be in trouble, but perhaps his experience is paying off in this case and he was able to stay just one step ahead of the younger fighter. Not only that even if he is a man of the cloth it certainly doesn't seem he is holding back. To do so would be disrespectful to most fighters and he would not chance insulting someone. Then you have fighters like El Fuerte who are hard to figure out. Not that Elias is trying to figure the luchador out. In turn that is probably saving his sanity.
His attention is only on El Fuerte for a moment due to the puck coming his way as he is getting up. He shifts to keep it from hitting anything too damaging and he takes it to the ribs which causes him to fall back to a knee for a moment before fully picking himself back up. He staggers back a few steps to put distance between himself and Hokuto, but then he steps forward while bring a fist forward to punch the air. Of course the fist ends up bursing into flames. Flames tha fly off of said fist and form a circle of flame that seems intent on slamming into Hokuto.
COMBATSYS: Hokuto endures ElFuerte's Small Thrown Object.
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Elias 0/-------/----===|=======\=------\1 Hokuto
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ElFuerte 0|-------|----===
COMBATSYS: Hokuto blocks Elias' Holy Flare.
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Elias 0/-------/---====|=======\=------\1 Hokuto
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Painful as it is, all Hokuto can do with the incoming puck is roll back onto her heels and duck behind her forearms to let the black disc bounce from them instead of her skull; her protective stance proves beneficial when white fire licks against the bruises already forming on her skin. The heat elicits a grimace from the young woman, but it's no obstacle to her finding her feet again.
Nor, apparently, to tracking the puck that rebounded from her body as it falls end over end towards the deck; as soon as it's level with her, she whirls in place to crack it with her shuffleboard stick. Like a tumbling bullet, it races to collide with Elias' forehead and perhaps buy Hokuto a little bit of time.
COMBATSYS: Hokuto successfully hits Elias with Small Thrown Object.
Glancing Blow
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Elias 0/-------/--=====|=======\=------\1 Hokuto
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Hahah! Both pucks land solidly against their targets, some more than others, but still do they land! Not only that, but it has more or less the effect El Fuerte wanted. Elias goes all out trying to land a fire punch to Hokuto and this one does the unthinkable by grabbing one of the falling pucks and throwing it at the priest! Oh!! It's glorious! To think that a prim and proper fighter like her would debase herself to use such underhanded tactics! It's such a great sight that El Fuerte just /has/ to celebrate!
"GOOOOOOOOOOL!!!"
He seems to be slightly confused on what sport he's participating at this point.
COMBATSYS: ElFuerte takes no action.
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Elias 0/-------/--=====|=======\=------\1 Hokuto
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ElFuerte 0|-------|----===
All is fair in the end. He did just attempt to strike Hokuto with flames so really in the end a puck being sent towards his face isn't so bad. He starts to move out of the way, but the larger fighter isn't so quick on his feet as alot of fighters are. The puck glances off an arm as he attempts to raise them both to try and protect it from hitting him head on. It looks like things could have been far worse in that case and Elias is left with just a small bruise forming from where the impact was.
He holds back for a moment and seems to consider his actions. In the end he might have just been trying to fool Hokuto in this case that he is going to give her a short moment for a breather. He is soon closing in again and he feints with a quick jab punch aimed at the young woman's shoulder.
COMBATSYS: Hokuto interrupts Quick Punch from Elias with Kyaku Hougi EX.
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Elias 1/-------/=======|=------\-------\0 Hokuto
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Just parrying Elias' feint sends pain shooting through Hokuto's shoulder; that, however, is where the bad news ends for the young woman.
After catching his wrist against her stick and narrowly averting further disaster, she steps forward and lashes out with a sharp whack against the side of his head. With that step and each that follows, a ring of hazy blue chi spreads from her and the boards shake beneath her; the chi expulsion mostly serves as a visible marker for the extra force her focused spirit lends to the flurry of rapid thrusts that follow her initial swing. Each blow is another shot at turning the tables, another attempt to bring the larger man low and punish him for trying to utilize his God-given advantages before they overwhelm her.
After a dozen or so blows, she disengages by pushing the end of her staff against his chest and using the momentum to spring backwards; this still doesn't leave her more than a few feet away, but it's preferable to being nose to nose with him.
El Luchador winces to that! That looked lit hurt. El Fuerte thinks that maybe it wasn't such a idea to rile Hokuto in a way where she starts using her environment as a weapon, the young woman has proven to be deadly with the shufflboard stick staff.
Speaking of which, this seems like the perfect time to throw more pucks at them, but it seems like El fuerte has ran out of them for the moment.
"Oh all the lousy service." Curses the wrestler as he goes to find more ammunition.
COMBATSYS: ElFuerte takes no action.
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Elias 1/-------/=======|=------\-------\0 Hokuto
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ElFuerte 0|-------|----===
The attempts to overwhelm the younger fighter usually pays off in the end for Elias in most battles. In this case it seems Hokuto seems to have had enough of the brawling tactics the priest has brought to the fight. Elias didn't seem prepared at all for any sort of counter attack, let alone the powerful strikes used by the young woman as she drives him back and eventually off his feet. He is breathing heavy by the time she springs away and he is rolls onto his back before sititng up. "Impressive." It isn't too often he speaks in a fight, but has been awhile since he has been hit so hard.
As he rises to his feet the flames he can summon start to come back. On top of that they are growing stronger and not just covering his hand. In this case it is going up both his arms by the time he is fully standing up straight again. With both hands clenched tight into fists he brings his arms back then thrusts, them both forward. The first ring of fire was pretty impressive, but this one is almost a downright inferno as it twists and turns as it flies straight for Hokuto.
COMBATSYS: Hokuto interrupts Maximum Holy Flare from Elias with Chuugeki Hou.
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COMBATSYS: Hokuto can no longer fight.
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At first, Hokuto tries to outrun the inferno; this soon proves to be ineffectual because they are on a ship, and where the hell do you even go to escape something on that scale, on a ship?
So once the futility of her strategy sets in, she changes it: after planting her foot on a beach chair, she twists her body to dive /through/ the flames to catch her opponent unawares with a blow aimed at the center of his chest.
Not surprisingly, she has to catch herself on the butt of the shuffleboard stick afterwards, and while she doesn't collapse... the complete lack of even a token attempt at a combative stance suggests that she doesn't have it in her to fight any longer.
And this is where El Fuerte decides to return with a load of pucks. "Okay! I'm ready!!" Or he would except Hokuto is now kneeled on the ground having been turned into one sizzling enchilada. "Aw man!!" What a wasted effort!" Sighs the luchador and tosses his pucks letting the SNF officials play a game of pick up.
He can certainly say Hokuto thinks fast on her feet. When he thought she would easily be down and out she finds a way to fight through the unleashed flames and slam into the chest of the priest. It is enough for him lose his concentration as he staggers back several steps and goes to a knee. There are wisps of smoking coming off his arms and he seems almost as if he is going to stay where he is as well, but finally seems to find the strength to fully stand back up where Hokuto doesn't seem to have anything left in her tank.
While El Fuerte is upset things seem done the priest is rather thankful. The fight took more out of him than he expected. "You are very skilled. It was a pleasure." he tells the younger fighter as he gives another bow. Not only will the victory help create more revenue for his shelters, but at the same time fighting someone of Hokuto's skill help him in his quest to regain his old form. He still has awhile to go, but he has to do it. He knows one day he and Vega will meet again and he wants to be prepared.
He doesn't say anything else as he turns about. Any medical attention is waved off as he steps away. A nice bit of rest and a glass of wine will help ease the aches in his bones and muscles well enough.
COMBATSYS: Elias has left the fight here.
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Log created on 20:07:12 11/22/2011 by Elias, and last modified on 09:09:58 11/23/2011.