Description: It's unstable ground as SNF takes to the rooftops of the Metro Slums, pitting Munin and Brett in a trecherous battle where the battleground itself threatens to collapse completely underneath them. Will they make it across the tops, or will they crash and burn? (Winner: Munin)
The window blows softly as the sun is at it's early sunset. The warm, orange tint covers all the rooftops of the Metro City slums in it's fiery glow, as people in the shadows between the buildings scurry here and there as their daily habits require. They also stay far away from the buildings marked for demolition, specificly since the date of destruction is today, and the time, soon!
Meanwhile, on the top of one such building, a young woman watches this early-stage sunset with a guarded expression. One the one hand, it is very pretty, and the view is scenic here on the third floor rooftop. However, at the same time, she's about to fight an opponent, and the two of them are gonna try to beat the snot out of one another. WHILE the buildings are demolished under them, to boot!
...and Munin thought SHE was a bit crazy.
(Well, i must be if i'm willing to do it, i guess.....). Let alone whoever dreamed up this little scenario. She turns back away from the view, and towards the rest of the rooftop, the light source casting shadow along the front of her body.
Her glowing purple eyes narrow, a stark contrast to her darkend face, as she eyes her opponent and waits for the signal to begin.
Man, whose crazy idea was this? Seriously, fighting atop decrepit buildings that look like they might collapse at any moment? Just who'd be crazy enough to do this, huh? Just whose bright idea was it and where can the hate mail be sent?
...not that Brett Neuer is really of the disposition to complain like that. He's not the type to voice his displeasure so publicly, after all. He looks quite...well, no, he's not happy at all to be on top of the roof here, having had help to climb up here lest the roof collapse beneath both him and his opponent before the fight even starts. He might even be considered nervous, eyes scanning the helicopters helping with sky shots and scaffolds where the camera crew can record them from across the street.
"So...um...I guess you're my opponent. Good lu..." He starts to say, before he swears he feels a shudder in the building. "Crap, crap, crap, crap..." he mutters to himself, clutching his stick with one hand and his helmet with the other, clapping it more flush on his head. "Good luck." His feet shift warily on his wheels. This is...not the kind of fight he'd ever thought he'd ever get into....
Munin nods, crossing her swords and give a slight bow "To you too". The shaking does make her glance at the floor. She isn't TOO fond of heights herself, but with at least several floors to break her fall, and hopefully not break her, she isn't TOO worried.
The building then proceeding to fall in on her? THAT is more worrisome!
She assumes a defensive stance, weapons ready, waiting. She's getting paid, and the medical coverage if needed isn't on her tab for this, so seems worth the risk in her mind.
Once he's assured that the building won't be imploded out from beneath them before the match even starts, the Bulldog of Sault St. Marie relaxes. Mentally, he goes through the rest of his fight checklist. Helmet cinched...check. Gloves tight...check. Skates loose...check. Stick secured....check. Looks like that's everything. Then, with that, he....
Just before he finishes off his usual pre-fight routine with that psyching slam of his stick on the ground, Brett stops. That...would be a very bad idea with such unsteady ground. "Um...." He blinks a bit, coughing. Guess he'll just need to try and get his game face on without that psyche-up. "Ready." He doesn't exactly sound too sure though....
COMBATSYS: Brett has started a fight here.
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Brett 0/-------/-------|
COMBATSYS: Munin has joined the fight here.
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Brett 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Munin
A single signal flare is fired into the air, as the destruction crews prepare to set off the small charges that hold up parts of the building.
Seeing Brett seem to stop and gather himself, Munin decides to take the initiative! With a burst of speed, she jets in at a sideways angle, bringing the attack in from the side: a solid swing of one of her swords aimed at one of his arms. Disable the arm, she thinks, and disable the use of the weapon!
COMBATSYS: Brett blocks Munin's Power Strike.
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Brett 0/-------/------=|-------\-------\0 Munin
While Brett looks a tad bit lost, even as the signal to start the fight comes, it doesn't seem like his opponent has that problem. When Munin charges in and comes in with that deep slash, Brett's forced to react fast. Eyes wide, his stick comes up to catch the slash. Absorbing the strike, the reverb across his stick sends the butt of it back into his head, knocking off his helmet and jarring the hockey kid to where he's forced to reel back.
Shaking his head, he claps his hand over the helmet loudly, gripping at his hockey stick anew. "Thanks...I needed that," he says in a deeper voice than before, his earlier nebbishness gone, and his eyes narrowed and focused. Guess he just needed a wake up call to psyche himself up. With his attention fully into his fight, he starts to wheel around, trying to pick up a bit of speed. Just enough for him to wheel back around and set up for a shot. WIth his weapon reared back, he snaps it up, sending an arcing wave of blue chi racing across the rooftop toward Munin.
COMBATSYS: Munin dodges Brett's Shark Crest.
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Brett 0/-------/------=|-------\-------\0 Munin
With a quick sideways step, Munin spins out of the way, smirking back "Don't mention it". She then swings both weapons at either side of his helmet as she leaps back in a backflip, to get some space, leaving an illusory chi-image of herself 'standing' in front of him, to either potentially confuse, disorient, or decieve him so he won't see her strike until it's too late!
The image vanishes if struck, or a second or two after if not, regardless of whether her attack hits or not.
COMBATSYS: Brett fails to interrupt Fierce Strike from Munin with Hurricane Check.
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Brett 0/-------/----===|=------\-------\0 Munin
Eyes narrow even more as Brett finds his Shark Crest dodged...that was fast, and frustrating too. That just means Brett has to pick up more speed though. Trying to pump his legs up and accelerate around the speedy pale girl, the hockey kid wheels around...and finds himself about to run into her much sooner than he expected. "GUhh!"
With his perception disoriented, he tries to fly in with a check...missing wide through the illusion and suddenly banged hard in both sides of his heads as her swords slam into his helmeted head, sending him reeling. That...didn't work out so well.
And then, that's when the roof WOULD decide to start collapsing, as demolition starts to begin. Brett, dazed as he is, finds himself a little too slow, and a little too disoriented to react. So when the roof beneath him starts to give way, he goes with it, a cry echoing up as he crashes into the floor below...then THROUGH into the second floor...then through there until he finds himself even further dazed on the ground floor, groaning. It is...not his lucky day at all.
Munin eyes Brett as she lands from her flip, about to attack again, when the floor suddenly starts to shake! She hears her opponents cry, and looks just in time to see brett fall! She winces as she hears him impact the first floor. Second floor. Then hit the ground.
That's gotta hurt!
As the collapsing reaches where she is standing, she leaps into the air, eyeing her fallen target, and aims her path of decent towards him! Both swords, ready to go, and falling fast! That's a high drop to stab someone from with swords! As she zips through the air towards him, those eyes of hers flash briefly as she anticipates the fight below!
COMBATSYS: Munin successfully hits Brett with Twin Impale.
- Power hit! -
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Brett 0/-------/=======|=------\-------\0 Munin
Hurt it did...sure, Brett had badding to help cushion things, but...well, you can only cushion so much from that kind of height. And as dazed as he was, he couldn't really do much from anywhere. Groaning, he tried to extract himself from the rubble below, only to find himself suddenly beset from above, swords stabbing straight through his shoulders and pinning him to the ground. "GUHaahahhhHHHH!!!"
He tries his best to wrench away, and...well, he finally manages, but as torn into as he is, and possibly concussed, he can't really do much more than lean back against an already rickety wall for support.
COMBATSYS: Brett gains composure.
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Brett 0/-------/-======|=------\-------\0 Munin
With another quick backflip, Munin is off him and a few feet away. Her smirk remains steady, as the red from Brett runs down the dark, chi-enhanced blade. Her eyes, glowing softly before, suddenly begin to glow brighter. MUCH brighter! However, she seems to wait and give him a chance to catch his breath. After all, that WAS a long fall, and a nasty hit.
She doesn't want to kill him, either. Just.... you know.....
Beat him to being unable to fight.
"Ready when you are, if you still want to fight with that injury". Despite her smirk, her tone is not sarcastic, and not at all mocking.
COMBATSYS: Munin focuses on her next action.
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Brett 0/-------/-======|=------\-------\0 Munin
Yeah...this isn't going well. This isn't going well at all. Brett seriously needs to get a game changing moment here. Leaning against the wall still, he watches Munin start to glow brighter, frowning at the sight. That is...not good. He really needs to think this through. He can't let her charge...whatever it is she's charging up.
Unfortunately, Brett's style is pretty simple, no matter how you get down to it. And as true to his usual style, he just goes for it and charges straight toward her. Even with the rubble and debris around him, he gets at least enough speed that he can pitch forward into a full body flip, trying to crash his heavy skates straight into the woman's head.
COMBATSYS: Munin counters Falling Star EX from Brett with Shadow Strike.
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Brett 1/-------/=======|===----\-------\0 Munin
Brett is watched carefully. Based on his gear, she expected this, but when he tenses a moment before his charge, she's only that much more sure of his tactics. When he gets close, she suddenly splits in two!
Both 'versions' of her, one going left, the other right, mirror one another, half-swinging, and half simply holding the blade out, as he charges past into the edge with his own velocity! While one is a mere distractionary chi-illusion, the other is very real, as is the blades wielded....
That...didn't go as planned either. In fact, this fight hasn't gone anywhere near as planned for poor Brett, who's been made to look like a complete fool from the start. He hasn't even TOUCHED Munin yet, and just when he thinks he might get a shot in, she completely splits up on him, and suddenly he's flying into the blades of his own accord, carved up and crying out in pain as the swords bite into him.
A gutteral sound comes, as Brett tries to remain on his feet and avoid simply passing out right there. He can't let it go like this...and so he moves forward again, this time trying to simply plow into Munin with Elbow after Elbow, hopefully hitting her at least ONCE to where the elbows turn to punches...and punches give way to a final high check with his stick.
COMBATSYS: Brett successfully hits Munin with Broad Street Barrage.
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Brett 0/-------/-------|=======\-------\0 Munin
Munin quickly shifts to evade, suprised he recovered so fast. Sadly, this is not to be, and she is pummeled handily. The check at the end sends her flying, a trip stopped by a large pile of rubble. Sharp stones are also an ouchie when flung into, but not as much.
With a slight hop, she comes in high, then low, going for a trio of quick strikes, while staying light on her feet, just in case. She needs to keep him off his game, which so far seems to have been working.
COMBATSYS: Brett blocks Munin's Charged Combo.
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Brett 0/-------/------=|=======\-------\0 Munin
At least Brett finally got a hit in. Thank god. Still, the fight is a serious uphill battle, even as he manages to pummel Munin away into a pile of rubble at the ground floor. The assault took some out of him, leaving him slumped over in a heap after that final check. "Guh....huh...."
At least this time, however, when Munin leaps in and tries to assault him with that set of strikes, he's prepared to meet them, stick trying to meet each and soften the blows even as they reach over and cut him regardless of his blocking.
Hissing in pain, he whips out his stick on a whim, trying to wrap the blade around the back of the swordswoman's neck and yank her down with a hard pull.
COMBATSYS: Munin dodges Brett's King's End.
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Brett 0/-------/------=|=======\-------\0 Munin
Even so badly hurt, he's fast! Munin definately gives him credit for continuing the fight in addition to this fact. However, she sees where he intends to go with the stick, and ducks as he yanks, the stick flying over her head. Without waiting, she stabs upwards with both blades from her crouch, aiming one at each side of the ribcade, hoping to maybe do a small bit of lunch damage, to wear him down faster, though with his gear she doubts the blades may go through far. Either way, she estimates no perminant damage to him.
COMBATSYS: Brett interrupts Twin Impale from Munin with Hurricane Check.
- Power hit! -
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Brett 0/-------/----===|=======\==-----\1 Munin
This time, Brett throws caution to the wind. Even as he misses with that attempted yank, he pulls his stick back, and with a sudden bore through, he slams his stick and elbow into Munin, trying to bowl her over even as she stabs up at him. And despite the bite of those blades, he's able to pull a full pivot, driving around and slamming into her again with a hard slamming tackle straight into her once more. Looks like Brett's starting to wake up finally.
Munin recoils as the blow hits solidly, unable to stop her attack in time to take an alternative course of action! She rolls with the impact, rolling away before flipping up onto her feet. She wipes away some blood from her nose, which is dripping the stuff rather freely, as she takes a deep breath, continuing to watch him for clues to give away his next move.
COMBATSYS: Munin gains composure.
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Brett 0/-------/----===|=======\=------\1 Munin
With Brett starting to finally roll, he's not exactly about to let up. He doesn't want to give Munin the time to recover, and not about to let her try and take the momentum back. Unfortunately, what this also amounts to is a rather predictable charge forward yet again....at least, that what it seems like, but instead, Brett speed by, despite all that debris. He's not running away though, no, no, no...and as he pivots about, he tries to come in, extra speed behind him as he tries to slam the heel of his stick straight into Munin's gut.
COMBATSYS: Munin blocks Brett's Medium Strike.
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Brett 0/-------/----===|=======\==-----\1 Munin
Twin swords swing up in a crossblock, stopping the majority of the strike cold. Munins arms do bend with the impact, and she slides back a bit, but she stops the hit from connecting and causing serious damage. She stares up at him from over their weapons, glaring, making eye contact. Suddenly, her eyes EXPLODE in a burst of violet chi, point blank range, too! Blindingly bright, and being chi, potentially burning him in the process!
COMBATSYS: Brett dodges Munin's Flashbang.
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Brett 0/-------/----===|=======\=------\1 Munin
It's...probably a good thing then that Brett was speeding by even in the midsts of that strike. What this means is that even as Munin guards it, and the point-blank explosion comes, Brett is already skating away. That momentum is a good thing, you know, keeps you moving.
And momentum seems to definitely turned to Brett's favor now He isn't ready to let this go to waste, either, finding the cleanest line through the debris back toward Munin as he skates forward, driving himself down and low as he extends one skate out in a rolling kick straight to Munin's shin.
COMBATSYS: Munin endures Brett's Light Kick.
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Brett 0/-------/---====|=======\===----\1 Munin
Munin winces as the kick connects squarely with her shin. Owowowowow is her only thought, but it's time spent lining up her own attack! She swings down with the flat of one blade, aiming at the inside of his non-kicking leg, where all his balance is, hoping to diminish that balance!
COMBATSYS: Munin successfully hits Brett with Random Strike.
- Power hit! -
-+- CALCULATED HIT -+-
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Brett 0/-------/=======|=======\===----\1 Munin
Unfortunately for Brett, he slowed down far too much to avoid that stroke, and when it comes to the back of his grounded leg...well, he comes crashing down. Sad to say, he won't be going anywhere now that he's down, especially with him falling straight on the back of his head.
Of course, with his balance whipped out from beneath him like that, there's still the chance of his flailing leg snapping out and crashing back into Munin, if she's not at all careful.
COMBATSYS: Brett can no longer fight.
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Munin 1/----===/=======|
COMBATSYS: Munin counters Falling Star EX from Brett with Double Vision.
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Munin 0/-------/-------|
A last ditch attack, again as expected. Her form begins to shimmer, and as his kick comes in as he falls, his foot passes right through her, as one would think would happen if a desert mirage were touched. This image vanishes after being struck, and if he still has coherance, he sees her nowhere to be found before him.
As he falls back, however, there she is, behind him. Her sword edge quickly flicks to his throat, holding there without cutting, as she waits to see if he will still get up, or is done.
Seeing him bleary and seeming to be losing consciousness, she pulls the blade away, and calls the medics over as she flicks the blood off her swords, and sits down to clean them, as well as recover her own bearings. She may have won, but this guy hit like a damn truck!
Alas, Brett falls, without getting in anything, and he lands, he has a good minute or so to feel the grounds vicious embrace as his head crashes into it. As conciousness starts to fade, he feels the blade against his throat, groaning and listless. He's only able to stay conscious long enough to watch Munin pull the blade away, before he finally drops unconscious completely.
This whole fighting thing is just not working out, it seems....
COMBATSYS: Munin has ended the fight here.
Log created on 20:11:54 04/23/2012 by Brett, and last modified on 15:17:48 04/24/2012.