Description: As a promotional exercise for the British Army, Dudley, World Heavyweight Champion, faces off against Cammy, Delta Red's Finest, in the ring! Blows are exchanged, and Dudley is definitely impressed by the strength and adaptive power displayed by the young woman. Ropes are snapped and fists fly in this rumble between... the Best of British!
The sport of boxing is a great tradition in Britain it seems, especially now that that the world heavyweight is none other than the man of wealth and taste, Dudley! It's probably not too surprising that the army wants to capitalise on having him around, and having their top MI6 back again, especially as there is always a need for more recruits. So an exhibition match has been organised, to pit the armed forces best against the boxing champ, to be well televised and used in the latest recruiting drive.
Needless to say, as fair play and honourable combat is what this is all about, the Queensbury rules apply.
The venue: one of the classier boxing rings in London, a packed crowd, the cameras rolling, a great deal of enthusiasm for such an odd matchup. Cammy, for her part, is finding it hard to believe she's here. In a boxing ring, leaning against one turnbuckle, with her arms draped over the ropes. A hastily borrowed boxing trainer by the ringside, along with a few commandoes, and a few marketing boys from the government. The red gauntlets have been exchanged for red boxing gloves, though she still has the leotard and army boots on. "I can't believe I'm doing this." she mutters, and shakes her head. While fair play might be one of the values the army wishes to play up, she herself isn't much about fair play in street fights. But orders are orders.
Maybe there'll be a cup of brown joy afterwards to take the pain away at least.
Oh, and there's a referee. Of course.
Dudley is, amongst many other things, a patriot. Whilst he does not consider it his duty to wade in as a member of the British army - he is a Gentleman and a boxer not a soldier - he is more than happy to do anything he can to help assist his country. The World Heavyweight Champion is also not above punching teenage girls; the world is a dangerous place, and if the army think that Cammy should go up against him, then, that is their decision. He's still not totally happy about it, he'd much rather a strapping chap who can take a knock to the chin or two, but perhaps Cammy really is the best there is.
"Now now, Ms. White." The large man says, as he checks his gloves once more. "There's no need to fret. I assure you, I'm nowhere near as scary as your usual targets." He knocks his gloves together, pulling himself all the way up as he moves to the centre of the ring.
The bell chimes.
"Ladies first."
Such a gentleman!
Cammy isn't entirely sure about that. He looks huge after all. "Maybe, but I'm not exactly a boxer, usually. I think you already thrashed the actual boxers in the army in your career though." she says a little drily, as she advances towards him, and glovetaps his blue gloves. Given a handshake is not possible in these things.
The referee steps back as she then starts to prowl around him, gloves raised, not exactly in a conventional boxing stance, but this is someone who knows what she's doing in a fight even if it is a rather different style to what she is used to.
She nods, and accepts his courtesy, as she hops in, and tries to deliver a fierce bodyblow with one gloved fist. May as well start as she plans to go on.
COMBATSYS: Cammy has started a fight here.
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Cammy 0/-------/-------|
COMBATSYS: Dudley has joined the fight here.
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Cammy 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Dudley
COMBATSYS: Dudley blocks Cammy's Fierce Punch.
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Cammy 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Dudley
Dudley's guard is rock solid. Cammy's fist ploughs into both fists, and the big man moves with it, sliding across the mat. That actually surprises him a little bit; there aren't many people who are as slight as Cammy and who can pack enough of a punch to make him feel it through his guard. He gives a light grunt, and shakes his head a touch.
"Don't feel compelled to fight uncomfortably, Miss." He says, charitably. "I've dealt with all manner of styles before. If you feel the urge to kick or throw, why, I certaintly shan't blame you."
There's a twinkle in his eye as he starts to bob and weave, getting the feel for the flow of the fight. Cammy is going to be a swift one, he can tell! And she packs a whallop, too. This might actually be more exciting than he had originally anticipated!
"Just so long as we keep the fight, good natured. Like GENTLE..."
"... People!"
COMBATSYS: Dudley focuses on his next action.
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Cammy 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Dudley
"You are most generous, sir.". Cammy has been briefed on Dudley, and knows that he is a true gentleman after all. But the army guys were quite intent on demonstrating that they obey the rules. Presumably even in the field. "But I've got my orders. We'll see how it goes, but there will be nothing below the belt, I assure you.".
Seeing how Dudley is now weaving around, and focusing upon her intently, she prowls up to him, the huge gloves looking out of place on such a slight person. But as he noticed, slight or not, she does hit quite hard, and the leotard does little to cover up all her muscles.
Or anything else, really. The next punch she has to leap up a little, as she aims for Dudley's chin, right on the corner, a classic jaw shot. Like she's seen on Rocky.
COMBATSYS: Cammy successfully hits Dudley with Fierce Punch.
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Cammy 0/-------/------=|===----\-------\0 Dudley
Dudley attempts to bob out of the way of the shot, but Cammy really is very quick, and her blow packs quite the punch! It sends Dudley falling backwards, to stretch the ropes of the ring for a moment. He really had not been expecting such a slender girl to pack such a tremendous punch! But she IS the army's finest. Even though he'd prepared himself for her to be tougher than she looked...
To his credit, he rallies quickly. Coming in low, he uses the momentum from the stretched ropes to add more power to his blow, sliding forwards and into a very powerful forwards-lunging blow. The punch is aimed straight at Cammy's mid-section, aiming to extend the full reach of the arm, in order to force her backwards so that he can recover his footing and height advantage. The time for talk has, at least momentarily, passed!
COMBATSYS: Cammy blocks Dudley's Ducking Straight.
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Cammy 0/-------/------=|====---\-------\0 Dudley
Cammy is somewhat heartened by how Dudley goes reeling back like that, she hardly ever throws an actual punch - though she is quite capable of doing so if need be, as he, and everybody else watching, just found out. But then he bounces back off the ropes like the professional he is, and is coming back at her.
No jumping around like a coward was part of the orders, and besides, even if she was jumping around that would probably be quite hard to dodge. So she lowers both arms, covering her midriff, and Dudley's fist slams hard into them with a painful crack.
"You hit hard, sir..." she observes, as she nimbly slips around his arms and hops up into the air, doing a quick 360, before she slams a punch into /his/ midriff, with the extra power imparted by her spin, rather than the ropes.
COMBATSYS: Dudley interrupts Axle Spin Knuckle from Cammy with Cross Counter.
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Cammy 0/-------/--=====|=======\-------\0 Dudley
Dudley gives the slightest nod of his head to Cammy as she compliments his punch. "One does not become Heavyweight Champion without learning to throw a good punch!" He replies, cheerfully. What might be interesting to Cammy is how he is watching her, though. Dudley isn't in a life or death firefight, but his eyes are tracking her trajectory with complete seriousness. The blow that comes in is observed right down to the last moment, and just as it connects with his chest, Dudley's eye glints.
"CROSS!"
And he steps into the punch, bringing his fist around with him to slam into Cammy and send her hurtling away. The Spin Knuckle packed quite a punch... but Dudley *knows* punches, and he knows how to deal with them.
"COUNTER!"
And he wipes his bruised jaw with the back of his glove, nodding seriously. That is far more satisfactory.
Now it's Cammy's turn to be bounced off the ropes, as the tiny girl goes flying. While leaning on the ropes Ali style, she looks down at the marketing boys, who seem very happy with thow things are going, with a glare. Oooh this better be worth it.
As then she's bouncing back off the ropes, and headed back towards the Duds. "And fast as well!" she says, hoping the bruises will wear off fairly soon. She raises her gloves again, circling him for a moment, looking for an opportunity.
And she's seen how boxers fight! She can perhaps use some of her skills at holds and locks and such to advantage after all. She glances over at the referee, and then ducks low and slips right up to Dudley, trying to get one arm tangled up with him, while her free gloved fist starts beat beat beating at his chest. She knows this fine - until the referee breaks them up anyway.
COMBATSYS: Cammy successfully hits Dudley with Combo Throw.
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Cammy 1/------=/=======|=======\===----\1 Dudley
Dudley has to hand it to Cammy. She is very capable as a fighter, particularly one who is fighting out of her element! Whilst he attempts to slip free of her clinch, he doesn't manage to do so before he's taken a few painful blows, and the referee is breaking them up anyway. He hrmphs, and shakes his head. He had presumed that his advantage in home ground would be enough to make this a vertiable cakewalk, but it seems like he may actually be facing a defeat!
Which is fine, so long as he doesn't embarrass himself completely, of course. If Cammy wins fair and square, well, that'll be a feather in her cap and no mistake!
He straightens up, and mops his brow with the back of his gloves whilst the referee ensures both competitors are the regulation distance apart. "Good show, Miss White. Very good show."
COMBATSYS: Dudley gains composure.
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Cammy 1/------=/=======|=======\==-----\1 Dudley
"Thank you, sir. I'm not sure if that move was borderline or not, but I do see boxers doing that all the time, so I believe it's legit.". She waits for the referee to indicate that the match is back on, before raising her red boxing gloves again. And Dudley seems a little reticent right now.
Or is it the proverbial TRAP!? She's cautious, having had punch met painfully with punch before. She prowls up to him just like she did before, hoping to fake him into another clinch, but she actually hangs well back, and tries a jab aimed at his chin again, from maximum range. Though her arms are quite short, he probably has the advantage there, but no doubt he has a few vicious punches to deliver from up close if he's ready.
COMBATSYS: Cammy successfully hits Dudley with Quick Punch.
- Power hit! -
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Cammy 1/------=/=======|=======\====---\1 Dudley
"Quite legitimate, Miss White."
The boxer's arms come down, but she goes up. He had been expecting a low strike, but Cammy just keeps hammering at the chin, doesn't she? The blows hammer into him, and he stumbles backwards yet again before he can regain his footing. He grunts, and shakes his head. Embarrassing himself does indeed seem to be a more and more prevalent concern!
But so long as one conducts oneself like a gentleman, even a loss is a victory!
Dudley presses the assault in a sudden burst of speed. Where before he had been trying to beat Cammy with strong blows, now he delivers a rapid series of strikes from the left, the right, dancing forwards to try and pin her up against the turnbuckle. The sudden shift onto the offensive is a fairly blatant attempt to seize the momentum of the fight, but perhaps it may be surprising enough to actually succeed!
COMBATSYS: Cammy dodges Dudley's Rapid Combo.
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Cammy 1/------=/=======|=======\====---\1 Dudley
Cammy gets swarmed up against the turnbuckle, but she slips one way, and then the other, and then turns on side on, almost instinctively. Dudley manages to punch the air, and the turnbuckle, and then a different turnbuckle, but never quite her somehow.
But she's clearly being pressed quite badly. So she tries to go into a clinch again, if only to get the referee to get him off her so she can get out of the corner. Of course, she goes for a few more body punches on the way. In fact, such is her enthusiasm to get out of the corner that she practically runs straight into him, and for a few seemingly interminable seconds they are pretty much body to body, smushed together.
And her in a leotard. Ooer. Is /that/ a legit move?
COMBATSYS: Dudley interrupts Combo Throw from Cammy with Rocket Upper.
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Cammy 1/---====/=======|==-----\-------\0 Dudley
Like the true gentleman that he is, Dudley is not one to be distracted by the womanly wiles of his opponents! Even when those womanly wiles come from a young woman like Cammy! In fact, perhaps that is the very reason that Cammy's insistence on getting in his personal space does not occur to him to be anything more than an attempt to gain the upper hand in battle.
Dudley's eye has that glint again, though.
In the moment when Cammy's body touches his, Dudley ducks, and he springs upwards with sudden, bone-crushing force. Critics have accused Dudley of being too reliant on uppercuts... but...
"ROCKET UPPER!"
When they can be delivered with such masterful precision, can it really be a weakness?
BAM. The world goes dark.
The next thing Cammy knows is that her head is pounding. And then, right after that, she realises that the pounding is not her head (though that pounds too, in a different way), but the referee, counting time. She stirs, and groans, and reaches for a rope. This boxing lark is not for her, she decides, as she slowly gets to her wobbly feet. But she does manage to get up, with the help of the ropes anyway, and she shakes her head, braids flying around a bit, to clear the cobwebs.
After a moment, the referee looks satisfied she's not going to keel over just yet. Fight!
COMBATSYS: Cammy gains composure.
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Cammy 1/----===/=======|==-----\-------\0 Dudley
Dudley is not the sort to press the offensive when his opponent needs time to recover. This actually is one of his weaknesses, but, such is the cost of being a gentleman, and it is a cost he is more than willing to pay. The crowd are cheering and braying, but, surely they don't expect a man such as Dudley to continue to pound a girl into the mat - even one as strong and capable as Cammy!
Instead, he carefully recovers his guard, and waits to see if Cammy does come at him again. "In your own time, Miss White." He says, gently. Unlike most, this isn't a crowing brag, but a genuine opportunity to allow her the time she needs to comfortably return to the fight. Nor is he so crass as to suggest she might want to give up; surely no soldier would!
COMBATSYS: Dudley focuses on his next action.
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Cammy 1/----===/=======|==-----\-------\0 Dudley
Cammy of course isn't going to give up! When the army gives you orders, you carry them out or die trying! Fortunately that hopefully won't be necessary here. "Thanks..." she says, voice now a little more tired than before. Being beaten about like that does leave its mark.
She raises her boxing gloves again, and gamely tries to jab at him again, this time aiming low. She's been going for the face plenty, he must be getting used to that by now. So she aims just above the belt, at the belly, after a feint high with her right hand. Her left hand hits just as hard, so no problem!
COMBATSYS: Dudley blocks Cammy's Quick Punch.
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Cammy 1/----===/=======|===----\-------\0 Dudley
Dudley's guard is swift, and comes down to block the thrown punch. The feint is read masterfully; such is the eye of Dudley! Now that he has had the opportunity to read Cammy's body language a little more, it is possible that he knows what she is going to try and do before she even does. How she's adapting to this fight is interesting. The self-imposed limitation is clearly taking its toll on her style. In the future, he may have to try and ask for a fight under more fair conditions. If she had free access to all her tools, he may have been beaten already!
Dudley follows up the advance with a swift right hook. The punch is clean and true, and aims to crash into the side of Cammy's jaw, where his uppercut had taken the bottom. After all, he's now quite certain that he's taken enough body blows to have lost on points. If he is to give it his all, he is going to have to aim to render the young woman unconscious.
COMBATSYS: Cammy blocks Dudley's Hook Punch.
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Cammy 1/---====/=======|====---\-------\0 Dudley
Cammy may have her limitations - orders - but she's apparently quite capable of putting up a decent show of a boxing match against even the world heavyweight champion! And the crowd is loving it, which is the main thing.
Cammy herself maybe less so, as she raises her thin arms again to withstand another battering from Dudley's giant gloves. But she's still fast enough to fend him off, so he strikes forearm rather than jaw, much preferable. She's trying to fend away his arm with the same motion as the block meanwhile, and tries to deliver an uppercut of her own as they are fairly close, gloved fist starting down by her side, and swiftly travelling more or less straight up to clock him below the chin, hopefully knocking him back a little.
COMBATSYS: Dudley dodges Cammy's Fierce Punch.
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Cammy 2/<<<<<<</<<<<<<<|====---\-------\0 Dudley
Dudley steps backwards as Cammy's punch comes upwards, and for a moment the pair make a fine tableau. The experienced boxer is drawing his fist back, and the young blonde fighter is soaring upwards. It doesn't last long of course. As reality doesn't tend to allow time to slow down to appreciate these finer moments for a long time, all too soon Dudley is reasserting himself and throwing his fist straight forwards at Cammy.
It is not as wild and strong like Cammy's had been, but the way he leans his body forwards, straight back, jaw raised, hair shining with perspiration and teeth clenched tight... there is a heroic *truth* to the punch. A truth which demands to be known!
That Boxing is the world's most Gentlemanly sport!
COMBATSYS: Dudley successfully hits Cammy with Straight Punch.
- Power hit! -
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Cammy 2/<<<<<<</<<<<<<<|====---\-------\0 Dudley
A heroic truth. And as Clubber Lang might say, that truth is /pain/.
She's a little off balance after her uppercut - it's probably the first uppercut she's ever thrown, she muses - and is a little bit off balance, when Dudley lunges forward with a might fist aimed right at her.
And she flies backwards, to hit a turnbuckle, and sink to her knees there. If not for her arms caught up in the ropes, she's probably have faceplanted. As it is, she struggles to her feet, even as the ref is coming over to see if she's still conscious or not. "Ow." she says, and runs her tongue over her teeth. Thank god, they are all still there, she won't look like Mike Bison just yet.
"Okay..." she breathes, getting to her feet again and waving the referee off. "Game on.".
Oh my. There are three Dudleys. Her heart sinks, as she realises she is outnumbered.
COMBATSYS: Cammy gains composure.
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Cammy 1/-======/=======|====---\-------\0 Dudley
Dudley considers Cammy pretty seriously for a moment. He knows how hard he just hit her, and he really doesn't like to press the attack when someone is getting their feet back under them. It just isn't the done thing. But, she has said to 'game on' (which he believes the kids these days say to mean 'I can continue to fight', though he isn't totally sure). It would be disrespectful for him not to acquiesce to her request.
If Cammy is going to go down, it is his duty to make sure that it is in as flamboyant a manner as possible!
"Very well Miss White. I shall give you no less than my very best!"
Suddenly, Dudley is moving. Ridiculously fast, his right arm trails behind him, and at the last moment, he swings the full momentum of the charge into it. All of the lunging force that he can muster brought to bear against the Delta Red agent. It is telegraphed clearly; and yet, even this is likely little comfort. Whilst it is easy to see coming, the sheer power packed into that fist could stop a small car dead in its tracks!
"FOR QUEEEEEEEN!"
And all of that power is surging right for Cammy's mid-section.
"AND COOOOOOOOOOUNTRRRRRRRRRRRRYYYYYYYYYY!!!"
COMBATSYS: Cammy full-parries Dudley's Haymaker Punch!
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Cammy 2/<<<<<<</<<<<<<<|=====--\-------\0 Dudley
Something of Cammy's style lingers on, as she tenses up, leg muscles bunching up. The urge to jump is great, but no acrobatics, boxing isn't a damn trapeze act, as the colonel said, so she goes low instead. So low in fact, she practically just sits down right there in the ring, and Dudleys fist trashes the turnbuckle she was just leaning against most effectively.
But there is more! As Dudley approached and Cammy dropped low, she was already planning the riposte, her own fist powering towards Dudley's middle. "Yes, sir! For Queen and Country, Dudley!" she says crisply, her voice rather quieter than his - but quietly determined!
COMBATSYS: Dudley endures Cammy's Fierce Punch EX.
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Cammy 2/<<<<<<</<<<<<<<|=======\-------\1 Dudley
Dudley is mildly surprised to find that he has inflicted grevious property damage on the turnbuckle. Indeed, it shows on his face, as he punches the ring apart with one stunningly powerful blow. Well. The army did want good promotional materials, right? It is difficult to think of something that could look more inspiring.
Except possibly Cammy smashing Dudley right in the guts afterwards.
Although Dudley is pushed backwards... defying all logic, he grips Cammy's fist, and brings her with him as she powers into his middle. Those boxing gloves can exert quite the grip when they want to, and the end result is that Dudley and Cammy wind up in the center of the ring, whilst the ropes snap and tumble around them.
He does not waste any time, though. Cammy has proven herself to be quite a frightening opponent when allowed to get the upper hand, and instead, he aims to recover some of those points he'd lost out on earlier. With Cammy up close, he goes for three swift jabs with his left at Cammy's face, before bringing his right around for a powerful body blow.
COMBATSYS: Dudley successfully hits Cammy with Rapid Combo.
Grazing Hit
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Cammy 2/<<<<<<</<<<<<<<|==-----\-------\0 Dudley
Cammy is kinda concerned about not getting punched in the face, which as far as she's concerned is largely what boxing is all about. When the blows come raining down up high, she's focused mostly on them, hurriedly trying to slip around him. But the body blow is unexpected, and clips her on the side just as she's turning, some of the force being transmitted to her ribs painfully.
But she's not done yet. There is a hint of desperation in her movements now, as she uses the blow to her ribs to propel her around in a spin, lashing out with her fist at the last instant in a body blow of her own, with all of her force behind it.
COMBATSYS: Dudley interrupts Axle Spin Knuckle from Cammy with Cross Counter EX.
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Cammy 2/<<<<<<</<<<<<<<|===----\-------\0 Dudley
If there is one word that could describe Dudley's style, it is 'consistent'. There have been boxers who have punched harder - Michael Bison, curse his name, is likely one of them - and there have been boxers who have punched quicker. But Dudley is the master of gauging his opponent, and controlling the flow of the fight. When he sees Cammy preparing for the windup, his eye glints all over again. She had tried this once... the outcome is certain!
"CROSS!"
And Dudley steps into the attack, which seems to hit him at an odd angle, stealing much of the momentum as he returns the favor with a powerful shot to Cammy's ribs; mixing up the traditional jaw-shot, because really, it would be terribly unfair to shatter the girl's pretty features.
"COUNTER!"
Dudley hasn't even yet breathed out - he's half expecting her to just get up again and keep coming... he has been remarkably bad at judging just how much force is needed to keep her down, after all!
Cammy would be grateful that he left her face intact, if she was able to actually string that number of thoughts together. As it is, she's knocked up into the air, and as she comes back down again, she lunges at him with her glove, going for his jaw again. She should have kept on the jaw the entire time, at the beginning of the fight that was most productive.
Whether she lamps him or not, she staggers past him and eventually, slowly, crumples to the ground. The referee runs over, starts counting! And this time she's not getting up.
It's only an exhibition, but either way it looks like Dudley's boxing belt is not under threat from her any time soon.
COMBATSYS: Cammy can no longer fight.
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Cammy looks like she's in need of a cup of brown joy.
COMBATSYS: Dudley blocks Cammy's Fierce Punch.
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Dudley's gloves intercept the intended lamping, and as Cammy crumples to the ground, he carefully straightens himself up. The light can clearly catch his slightly labored breathing, the glistening sweat on his brow. Cammy has worked him right down to the wire, and that was using a very limited set of her own abilities! It is highly impressive!
As the bell rings to signal KO, Dudley produces from about his person a single rose. It is a beautiful specimen, and he closes his eyes as he sniffs it. The crowd are cheering for him, but all of that is really secondary to enjoying this moment; as the adrenalin dies down and he enjoys the contented feeling of a fight well fought.
"Keep it classy." He tells the crowd, as he tosses the rose up and over his shoulder, to land on the unconscious young woman.
"And join the British Army."
COMBATSYS: Dudley has ended the fight here.
Log created on 15:38:33 05/08/2012 by Dudley, and last modified on 18:06:14 05/08/2012.