Description: Who is more radiant? Is it the amazing Jace, an idol and beloved by people here and abroad? Is it Jezebel, the once-upon-a-time starlet that captivated the hearts of many? Or is it the statue of Apollo in all of his divine nakedness? The former two are going to put their repuations on the line before the old diety; whoever comes out ahead must surely have the god's blessing!
"And gosh darn it, I won't do it until you cover that thing up!"
The temple of Apollo, or at least, the ruins, had long been the site of countless restorations. Set near the remote town of Vassai, it is known as Temple of Apollo Epicurius. It's remoteness had played to its favor, when compared to other temples of Apollo. Where others had been raided for marble, looted for art, or destroyed by early Christians for pagan imagery, this remote temple has endured. White Marble pillars stand tall in the airy interior, where cracked tile lays abound. In the far side, a great marble statue of Apollo, the ancient greek god, stands tall. Parts of the interior were sectioned off by ropes, awaiting further restorations. Truly, the temple was gifted indeed. However, there was one thing that.
Censorship.
Dressed up in her full American regilia, Jezebel was clad in her Lightning Spangles persona. Red vest and blue jeans, the guady outfit is loaded with lightning bolts, both metallic sheen and rhinestone studs. Thumbs hooked on her gunbelt, her agent, an aging Chinese man, speaks with the very anxious-looking caretaker of the temple. In the back, the naked, restored statue of Apollo stands tall... while a craftsman hangs a fig leaf over his offending genitalia. Lightning Spangles tips her white cowboy hat, trying to explain herself again to the caretaker, her over the top drawl rolling out. "Look, this is how done see it. I leap into the air, with one of my wild Lightning kicks! The camera zooms on me, and right there, right by my head for all the kids to stare right at. What's that gonna be right by my head?"
"A tiny stone penis!"
The agent nods grimly, as the caretaker clutches his head. Lightning Spangles just sighs. She didn't WANT to meddle with art. But the fact of the matter was that she wasn't going to have her career cut short this early on by having to deal with a reptuation of having around stone penis around her. She had standards! Of course, as the rest of the SNF crew falls into place with cameras, Jezebel knew that she had some time to kill. And she would need to kill it. She considers her opponent, Jace Timmons. A bright and rising star, normally just another kid to mentor. However, there was something looming on his horizon, something she had to warn him about. It was short, had a pair of guns of a significant caliber, and was breathing sweet, sweet poison.
Bethany.
Jace Timmons doesn't keep Lightning Spangles waiting too long as he approaches the Temple of Apollo Emiritus ("or whatever") with his entourage of management and otherwise. He is taking in the sights as much as possible on his ingress into the venue, and the cuts away from his people as soon as he approaches the location of the match itself. He stops for a moment, grins wildly and asks, "What's up with all the leafy penii? Are we being sponsored by Monsanto again?" This cracks him up.
He approaches Spangles with his game face on. He takes one good long look at her, loosens his belt, and strips the sleeveless blue kimono from his chest. He folds it up neatly and tosses it to one of the stage crew. Finally, he fixes the black belt hanging from his waist and fully exposes her to his masculine wiles. He nods again to Jezebel, "Hello. I'm ready when you are."
"Well How-dee"
Lightning Spangles lets fly a whistle as she spies Jace comes walking in. "So you are Jace. Well lordy, lord, you are taking this darn serious. I can roll with it though. You gonna be my first fight on the fighting circuit, so I'm gonna make it great!" Lighnting Spangles gives a thumbs up, before glancing out at the handsome young stud. "Let me just get in position, sugar. I got a certain vision for this! I'm thinking... History!" Growing more and more excited, the woman walks off to the side, behind a pillar.
"Okay, now when we are rolling, focus it on me!"
Jezebel stands at the pillar, leaning against it. Taking a deep breath, she focuses. She was going live. It was like the old days. He own show. Inhaling and exhaling, she focuses. The fight wasn't even the biggest focus on her mind now. It was the performance. The performance. "Oh!" She exclaims, peeking out from behind the pillar. "One thing, real quick. Jace! Jace! I'll talk to you later about it, but real quick, sugar! Watch out for that Bethany girl, Jace." Jezebel slips back behind the pillar, giving a thumbs up to the crew, showing she is ready. From the pillar, another warning is sent the pop star's way from the veteran actress.
"Never trust a big butt and smile, that girl is poison."
Laughing as he is greeted with a big Texas howdy, Jace nods his head with a grin, "Hello there." He steps back and out of the way as Lightning Spangles sets up on the pillar to begin filming. He crosses his arms, made a little more difficult by the thick sparring gloves worn on to cover his fists and protect his opponents.
Jace tilts his head to the side in confusion as she shouts her warning at him, blinking no less than three times before he asks, "Who?"
%Poor dumb kid.
That's all that Jezebel can think of. She had a lot to tell him of that dangerous woman, Bethany Cale. How good guys like him, if he wanted to keep a career, should stay away from people like Beth. But she could see the producers counting down. There was no time for lectures now. Seven. Six. "I'll tell you later, Jace!" Three. Two. Lightning Spangles gets in position, before telling Jace:
"FOr now, it's show time."
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The cameras fix on the pillar where Lightning Spangles stood behind. With a bouncing bound, Lightning Spangles emerges in stride. looking right on the camera with the biggest smile. "Well Hooooooow-dee! I'm Lightning Spangles, the All-American Heroine!" Continuing to walk through the temple, the tracks on her, as she approaches the center of the temple, right before Jace. "Boy howdy, it looks like we are gonna have a riproaring fight tonight, right here in Vassai, in the Temple of Apollo! Now, I'd like to remind the audiences at home that our Saturday Night Fight tonight is not for profit, but for charity. That's right, all the proceeds will be downright donated to the imporvished people of Greece, who are just like you and I, making ends meet." Lightning Spangles finally stops in front of Jace, eyes bright, falling into the defensive stance of Tae Kwon Do. "Now, Jace, you got aword for the audience right before we get this fight going on? I know you got a darn million fans, just waiting to hear from the teenage hearthrob. Come on, Jace." The older woman winks, her winning grin just gushing over.
"Can I get a Yee Haw?"
He continues to shake his hear with a confused expression until the camera pans close enough with the movement of Lightning Spangles to include him in the frame. He drops his arms and tucks his thumbs behind his black belt, while giving the camera a toothy smile. When she finishes talking, Jace nods his head to her and responds, "You better believe we are, Lightning." He turns to look towards the camera, "She's right! We're here in the beutiful country of Greece, home of the Olympics, Aristotle and Socrates, and Souvlaki, and I can't help but be saddened by the economic conditions plagueing this land. Greece is very much a part of our world, which makes Greece's problems our problems. So during the fight, between the speedy lightning kicks and the stylish tornado whirlwind kicks, take a look around at this beautiful scenery and think about helping those who preserve these places of cultural significance." He lifts two fingers in a V for Victory sign, "We can do it!"
The camera pulls back, and Jace turns towards Lightning Spangles with a grin. He takes a step back, turning his body away from Spangles. He brings his right fist to his chin, and his left arm across his body. He narrows his eyes, watching her carefully as he waits for the ref to signal a beginning.
COMBATSYS: Jace has started a fight here.
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COMBATSYS: Jezebel has joined the fight here.
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"That's right Jace!"
Turning to the camera again, she flashes a thumbs up. "Greece truly is a historical and modern masterpiece. I would want to take a moment to focus on this temple right here. But gosh darn it Jace, we have a fight we need to take care of, and I just don't think we will have time to teach all the people at home all about this temple's history!" Turning towards the pillars away from the crew, she smiles, putting her hands on her hips briefly. "Fortunately, Disney Corporation has gratefully provided us, for this one night only, the stars of their hit new historical series every weekday afternoon on the Disney Channel, Greek Geeks!" From behind the pillars, three teenagers come running out from behind the pillars; A girl, a dark-skinned boy, and a bespectled caucasion. And all to boot, Lightning Spangles announces their names.
"Sally Ocles!"
"Ed Opus!"
"And Alex Tra!"
Giving a double thumbs up to the toga-wearing teenagers on the side of the makeshift ring, Lightning Spangles turns back towards Jace. "While we spar it out, our friends from the Greek Geeks will be helping the audience at home learn all about this Temple's rich history! Okay now, Jace, lets get it on!"
And Lightning Spangles lunges in.
The intricate kick combo shows that Lightning Spangles was not all hat, no cattle. And here came the cows: A jabbing snap kick is instantly chained into another jabbing thrust kick from the over foot. Winding the same leg high up, she slams it downward hard, before pivoting on the same leg into a sweeping, pounding roundhouse kick. A demostration of her Tae Kwon Do finesse.
But how would the hearthrob respond?
COMBATSYS: Jace blocks Jezebel's Quick and the Dead.
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Jace 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Jezebel
From his fighting stance, Jace welcomes the Disney Kids with a quick wave, "Hey, guys! I know you'll do a good job!" He turns his attention back towards Jezebel as she announces the beginning of the fight. He hardens his stands and then easily flows from foot to foot as he steps back to block and and every attack that Jezebel sends his way. First two mid-level blocks, then two high. He reaches forward, attempting to take Lightning Spangles by the vest and pull her towards him. If successful, he will roll onto his back and plant a foot into her midsection to leverage her flying backwards.
COMBATSYS: Jezebel blocks Jace's Jigoku-guruma.
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Jace 0/-------/------=|=------\-------\0 Jezebel
While Jezebel unleashes her kicks, the Greek Geeks look at the camera, and begin their spiel. First is the girl, smiling brightly just like Lightning Spangles. "Thank you, Miss Spangles! Tonight we are here at the Temple of Apollo Epicurius. Now, we had talked about Apollo's sister, Artemis, just last week. But her brother is sure a piece of work though! Where Artemis is associated with the moon and night, Apollo is widely recognized as the Greek god of the sun and light!" The dark-skinned kid nods at the girl. "That's right, Sally! Apollo was one of the most popular of the ancient Greek deities, reflecting the youthful ideal that ran throughout Greek culture!"
Meanwhile, the fight between Lightning Spangles and Jace runs in front of them.
The last of her kicks fly, as the roundhouse comes. Jezebel is well off-balanced. As her top is grabbed though, she blushes a bit. "Watch where you put those things!" She exclaims in that thick drawl, as she is sent for a toss right behind the superstar. Lightning Spangles breaks into a skillful roll, tumbling across the ancient tile, right for a pillar. Planting her feet right on the base of the pillar she places a hand on her hat, keeping it in place, as she winds up. With a passionate smile, she looks right at Jace, a hissing sound beginning to fill the air.
"WHERE EAGLES DARE!"
Lightning Spangles launches through the air, spiraling like a drill as red, white, and blue energy envelop her frame. Shooting straight for Jace, should she land a clean hit, she will just draw him up, and carry him through the air. At the apex, in either case, she will break from the spiral with an explosion. A literal explosion, in fact, with a firework pop. With the first kick, a chi spectacle in the shape of an American flag would hang behind her, as she chains a trio of aerial kicks to bring Jace back down to earth again.
For America.
COMBATSYS: Jezebel successfully hits Jace with Where Eagles Dare EX.
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Jace 0/-------/---====|==-----\-------\0 Jezebel
Jace grins towards the kids as they begin their spiel and then focuses back on Lightning Spangles. As Spangles rolls away from his monkey flip relatively unscathed, Jace is already putting his hands behind his head and drawing his knees up to his chest. With explosive power, he kicks out and arcs his back, retaking his feet and taking a few steps away to turn back towards Spangles with his guard back up. As here spinning kick drags him up into the air, a thought flashes through his mind. How does he block or somehow interfere with this without coming off as unpatriotic? Who knows...
As he tumbles through the air after taking the last of the kicks, Jace hits the ground first, landing in a crouch as he gives a wild grin towards Jezebel. He launches himself into the air towards the still falling Jezebel, raising his fist into a corkscrewing uppercut as he shouts:
"SHORYUKEN!"
COMBATSYS: Jace successfully hits Jezebel with Shoryuken.
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Jace 0/-------/--=====|=====--\-------\0 Jezebel
The glasses-wearing teenager pipes up in a naselly voice. "This temple is doubly unique! The Apollo that this temple focused on was the 'healing' archetype of Apollo! This temple was also unique in that, if you notice, it is in very high quality! Because this temple was so isolated, it avoided a lot of the damage that a lot of the other temples of Apollo recieved! Take a look at that statue of Apollo!" The kid points to the statue... and tilts his head.
"What is that fig leaf doing there?"
Meanwhile, Lightning Spangles piles on through Jace, ripping through his guard as she brings him through the air. One kick! Two kick! And finally, the third. As she begins to drop back to the ground... she eyes the fact that Jace recovered darn quick, and was shooting back up with an uppercut. Bringing her hands forward, she tries to stop the flying uppercut... And fails. Struck right in the jaw, she lets loose a little yelp of pain, tumbling backwards as she hits the tile. "Whoa! What a mule kick! Looks like Lighnting Spangles is right on the ropes!" Stumbling side to side, she seems to be nearly struggling off a KO... before suddenly, a light come on in her head. Sticking a finger right up, she announces.
"Fortunately, there is another aspect of Greek Culture I haven't yet introduced!"
From the production team, someone tosses a bottle of some orange liquid out. Lightning Spangles perks up, snapping the bottle out of the air. Gripping the bottle, holds it up so the camera can take a gander. "Just like over in the good ol' USA, you got soft drinks right here in Greece! This real refreshing number is from Temenia, and is called Portokalada!" Unscrewing the top, she takes a long drink. Letting loose a refreshed sigh, she holds it up again. "Fruit Sodas are all the rage in Greece, and take it from Lightning Spangle's mouth; Portokalada is just the kind of drink..."Pivoting on her left leg, she lets fly a straight kick right towards Jace's direction, unleashing a small flickering yellow ball of chi. As it closes in on Jace, it erupts prematurely, exploding into a yellow plume of firework delight as Lightning Spangles finishes with a look at the camera, and a winning smile.
"To give her the kicks she needs!"
COMBATSYS: Jace overcomes Young Guns from Jezebel with Hadouken.
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Jace 0/-------/----===|====---\-------\0 Jezebel
Landing on his feet, back in his guard, Jace backs up a bit as Lightning Spangles either seems to be in the process of going down, and then recovering. There are a few times where Jace looks as if he is going to jump in, but stops suddenly. When the orange cola flies in, it takes Jace aback for a moment. Then the sip is taken and the plug is given, he tilts his head with a raises eyebrow, "Really?" He blinks, his eyebrows knitting together, "Is it that good?"
The kick explodes towards him, leaving Jace backing up on vary light feet. He takes a long and high flying backflip just as the chi prematurely explodes from the foot of Lightning Spangles. He lands, his hands already behind him collecting the blue chi from the ether. He lunges towards the chi ball flying towards him, pressing his palms flat out as he reaches the apex of his lunge.
"HAAAADOUKEN!"
A large blue fireball errupts from Jace's hands and almost immediately overtakes the chi ball. The two balls of chi errupt and epxlode together in brilliant flashes of lights. The Hadouken is the bigger of the two, however, and it splits it apart on the way towards Lightning Spangles.
COMBATSYS: Jace successfully hits Jezebel with Hadouken.
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Jace 0/-------/---====|=====--\-------\0 Jezebel
The Greek Geeks seem entranced by the fig leaf over the statue's groin. Sally is the first one to pipe up. "What do you make of it, Alex?" She asks the one wearing glasses. Alex nervously adjusts his toga. "Sally, I hate to say this, but I think Apollo here has been the victim of censoring!" Ed shakes his head, ashamed. "Well, might as well be censored! But it might be important to note that there is a difference between art and pornography-"
And suddenly, Lightning Spangles shoots a -gaze- right at the trio.
"Now hold on a minute!" She begins, throwing back another sip of the soda. "Mmm.." She groans, before focusing on the Greek Geeks. As Jace surges back with a Hadouken, she raises up a leg, attempting to deflect the energy blast with her own kick. Unfortunately, the blast of energy consumes her, making her stumble back. Off balanced, and distracted, an amatuer might call for a retake.
But this was LIVE baby!
Turning back to the three teenagers, she seems to just boil over. "You three ought to ashamed of yourselves! You are using the P-word right on live TV? What would your producers think! Or Disney! We had to make it international, and acceptable to children at home! There is a difference between art and... that thing. But you can see all the beauty of the art just fine, while covering up the naughty bits!" Lightning Spangles pumps a fist in the air, shaking her head.
"You all ought to be ashamed!"
Taking one last sip of the bottle, she screws the cap back on, and with a deft toss, sends it right to Jace. "Sure is good! Go ahead! Take a sip yourself! If they don't believe Lightning Spangles can enjoy a refreshing drink from Temenia, how about we get the opinion of international pop star Jace!" Lightning Spangles turns to the Camera, and gives a wink, as she continues to fire herself up with a fiery passion.
Of AMERICA.
COMBATSYS: Jezebel gathers her will.
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Jace 0/-------/---====|=======\=------\1 Jezebel
Watches the hadouken from his throwing pose right until it makes impact, he straightens up and realizes his opponent is now going back and forth with the Disney kids regarding the nude nature of the statue. Extending a hand, he catches the soda out of the air just as deftly. He unscrews the cap, turning the bottle over and finishing it up in a few gulps before he lowers the bottle with a look of consideration in his eyes, "It's crisp and very refreshing! Less carbonation than you would think from a cola." He then gives the final verdict, "It's good!" He puts the cap on the bottle, tossing the empty towards one of the stage crews.
He looks towards the statue and then to Lightning Spangles, "Did you engineer Leafgate, over there?" The joke, of course, being a reference to the Watergate scandal. He laughs, and then asks, "Lightning, did you happen to actually... y'know... look at the statue before you said anything? I mean, really look? That's a statue of Apollo on what was obviously the coldest day in Hades. You wouldn't even be able to see anything on the screens at home in high def. I mean... It's not like it was me fighting naked."
He glances towards the camera, giving a small smirk and a knowing nod.
He then adds, "There's no shame in this. It's the human body, and at the risk of treading into hippy-talk territory, it's a beautiful thing." He reaches down to his belt, running finger through the knot as he is raising an eyebrow towards Spangles. He lowers his voice suggestively as he offers with false innocence, "Wanna see?"
COMBATSYS: Jace gains composure.
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Jace 0/-------/----===|=======\=------\1 Jezebel
The Greek Geeks find themselves flanked by Jezebel, and while they outnumbered her, they weren't expecting to be... lectured. Sally is the first to speak up. "Hey! It's just a fact of history and humanities! Nudity can be really tasteful sometimes!" And to their surprise, they get support from Jace from behind. For better or worse, it seems. Sally suddenly begins to blush as Jace talks about himself fighting naked. Lightning Spangles, on the other hand, just rolls her eyes. "Why, no thank you, Jace."
"After seeing the statue, I think my expectations are too high for you!"
Lightning Spangles lets the stings take their toll on Jace as she readies herself for the next assault. Shooting in towards Jace, she sticks a thumb in the air. "Looks like a kid like you needs a quick lesson in how things run around Lightning Spangles! This is a fight for the whole family, Jace, not one of your heartthrob singles!" Reaching in to grasp Jace by those naked arms, she will suddenly infuse him in with a red aura of chi, lighting him up. Throwing both of her legs into the man, she would roll backwards, tumbling back with her legs into the teenage superstar. Legs wound back, she would then launch him straight up in the air, still ablaze with the energy... until he reached the apex.
Where the energy would explode into burst of red chi.
"YEE HAW!"
COMBATSYS: Jace endures Jezebel's Good Bad and Ugly EX.
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Jace 0/-------/---====|=======\==-----\1 Jezebel
Tilting his body to the right, he lifts a finger to point towards Sally, "She knows." He then straightens up to look towards Jezebel, raising his eyebrow with a grin, "Oh really? I don't think you know what the word 'expectation' means." He laughs, returning to his guard as she rushes him. He is charged and then launched into the air, sailing fairly hair until the chi explodes all around him. He lets out a powerful yell, arching his back as the chi courses through him and then explodes outwards.
When it disappates, something seems to happen. He hangs in the air a moment longer and the air around him seems to ripple. Seeming of its own accord, the wind itself sweeps around Jace as he extends a leg out. The gusts propel him into a corkscrew dive as his leg kicks up a tornado around him as he heads down towards Lightning Spangles from above. All the way down, he can be heard yelling:
"TATSUMAKI SENPUU KYAKU!"
COMBATSYS: Jace successfully hits Jezebel with Tatsumaki Senpuu Kyaku.
~~ Alluring Hit! ~~
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Jace 0/-------/--=====|=======\=====--\1 Jezebel
Sally suddenly turns BRIGHT red, hiding her face. Ed and Alex stare at her, eyes wide. "Sally, no, you don't mean-" But the thought isn't explored any further as Lightning Spangles sends Jace shooting straight up into the sky with a hooten and a hollarin'. When the pop of the explosion erupts over head, Lightning Spangles strikes a pose, saluting the camera. "That sure was Good and Bad, but where is the Ugly?" The popstar's response, however, is to go rocketing back down to earth, well before Lightning Spangles can fully react. Twisting around, she looks dumbly up to the sky, eyes wide... and she throws up a leg, to try an parry the oncoming kick.
And then, awkward ensues.
Lightning Spangles doesn't quite block the downward kick. In fact, upon closer observation, it seemed that her legs were now wrapped around his torso, and visa versa.For a brief moment, pelvis meets pelvis. The drawl disappears, and she whispers softly to her opponent. "Uh, Jace. I think... yes, I think we are tangled up here."
"But looks like I was wrong."
Tumbling away, she blushes through her freckles, still shaking off the energy that Jace was bringing. "Woooo-weee! That sure was something! But uh, can we cut that from the take? What do you mean you can't?" Lightning Spangles continues to blush bright red, clearly taken off guard by the sudden raw sexuality from Jace. Naturally, her 18-35 year old demographic will LOVE it, and have already taken to arguing about the pairing between the two. Still in a daze, Jezebel lets fly a short jump, hopping in the air as she lets loose a swift, spinning kick around towards the pop star.
Feeling rather squishy
COMBATSYS: Jace blocks Jezebel's Spin Kick.
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As Jace hops on one leg to right both himself and Lightning Spangles, he is laughing riotously. He drops his voice low, just for the two fights as he asks, "Freudian slip?" They extricate their torsos from each other, the laughter fading from Jace as the spinning kick comes towards him. He steps forward, taking the kick on his glove and sliding his leg behind Lightning's posted leg. He gives a firm shove with his shoulder, attempting to take her down to the ground with the leverage of his lead foot.
The grin doesn't fade.
COMBATSYS: Jezebel endures Jace's Quick Throw.
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Jace 0/-------/-======|=======\=======\1 Jezebel
For a brief moment, the darkness flashes before Lightning Spangles eyes. The laughter was growing personal, the shadows was going back. She didn't like being touched like that. The black period after the accident surges back. The desperate roles. The exploitation. The shadows of her past are driven back by a light. Jezebel might have been crushed by the past. But Jezebel didn't matter.
Because she was Lightning Spangles.
Lightning Spangles surges back with a fiesty grin. As the spinning kick is caught. As he slips a leg behind hers, she seems to grin, her body already alight with blue chi. Letting Jace hurl her to the ground, she seems to move in place... and just like that, recoils back with a ground explosion.
With a boot heel aiming right between the legs.
Rising up with a kick. she reaches the apex up, exploding again with a crack of a firework. Whether or not Jace evaded the first blast didn't matter, because Lightning Spangles was rush straight back down to the ground with another kick, like a thunderbolt. Jace was gonna have to move fast he if wanted to avoid her ire.
That is, if he has any feeling left with his ires.
COMBATSYS: Jace endures Jezebel's High Noon.
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While maybe finding his own laughter poor humor, it was never really personal. Indeed, it's never personal with Jace who never lets anyone get closer than arm's length. Figuratively. The rising kick takes him square in between the legs, illiciting a yelp from the pop star and a low grunt. He doesn't move to block the kick coming downwards either. Rather he lets the hit land clean and grunts through it. The impact blasts him back several feet, his body turned away from Jezebel with his hands cupped at his sides.
The air around him seems to become supercharged, which Jace's hair even standing up on end as a blast occurs in his direct vacinitiy. He turns back towards Jezebel, lunging forward with his lead leg and pressing his palms out flat.
"RONRI!"
A small, slow moving hadouken leaves his palms and moves towards Jezebel. It is followed by a second, faster moving one.
"AIDORU!"
A third and a fourth fireball of blue chi follows, gaining on the others at an even quicker pace.
"HAAADOUKEN!"
The last two fireballs leave his hands and converge on the others. In perfect harmony, they all catch up to each other at exactly the same moment, coelescing into a fireball that carries the power of all six and the speed of the last two.
And it's heading right towards Jezebel!
5r
COMBATSYS: Jace successfully hits Jezebel with Ronri Aidoru Hadouken.
~~ Alluring Hit! ~~
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Oh that was gonna suck.
Lightning Spangles lands on both feet, having driven hard into the kid, she realized that Jace was rolling with those punches. Stumbling on the ground, the teenage popstar was building up for a massive fireball. Thrown far off balanced, and left stumbling, she realized that there was nothing that could be done to stop it... Until suddenly, from the crew, there was a barking.
"Thunderbolt?"
She suddenly calls out. A German Shepard, sterling in profile, stands tall at the edge of the audience, barking loudly as the first of the fireballs suddenly smashes hard into the chest of Lightning Spangles. Tail wagging, he looks as the second fireball is built up... and bolts into the arena. Lightning Spangle throws up a hand, gripping the other with her chest... while the second fireball strikes her hard in the same place. "No, Thunderbolt! Don't!" But Thunderbolt, Lightning Spangle's trusty sidekick dog, suddenly leaps in front of the third and fourth flurry of fireballs, blocking it with its very body with a high-pitched yelp.The woman, falling to her knees, clings to her chest. "Thunderbolt! NoOOO!! You didn't have to sacrifice yourself. You didn't..."
And then, Lightning Spangles realizes her top was in tatters.
Clutching her partially exposed chest, she scrambles behind one of the pillars. Belting out a call, she almost yodels out for Alex, the Greek Geek teenager. "Hey! Kid! Get in here!" Alex, turning bright red, nervously approaches the pillar. "What do you want, Miss Spa-" Suddenly, the boy is snatched by a pair of hands. Drawn back behind the pillar, there is a loud scream. 'M-m-miss Spangles!" Was the cry, before the actress emerges from behind the pillar... wearing a toga just a bit too short for her, and a little snug in the front.
"Sorry about that folks, wardrobe malfunction!"
Waving at the cameras, she gives a thumbs up... before shifting her attention back towards Jace. Thunderbolt, playing dead, lays on the ground, still smoking a bit. Such a well trained stunt dog. But Lightning Spangles had a look of utter vengance on her face. "Okay, junior, you could have done a whole lot, here in Greece. But you had to gone and her a woman's best friend! It looks like it is time to start really taking off the gloves!" Rushing forward, she closes back into Jace, a frantic frenzy filling her. Still a bit bound by the together, she lets slip a thrusting kick right for the center of the popstar. For herself. For Thunderbolt.
For JUSTICE.
COMBATSYS: Jace interrupts Thrust Kick from Jezebel with Tatsumaki Senpuu Kyaku.
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Jace straightens up after the large fireball collides into both the woman and the dog, his eyes widening, "Holy crap! Is that dog ok?" He straightens up, taking a few steps towards before realizing the less than dressed state of the cowgirl. He takes a few steps back, turning around as she grabs the Disney kid and de-togas him. He whistles innocently as she changes, then comments, "It's drafty in here, isn't it? I didn't really notice until I took my kimono off. Don't you agree?" When she pops back out, he resumes his fighting stance, bouncing on the balls of his feet. He carefully watches Lightning Spangles now, feeling a very crucial point in the fight coming up. When she charges, he crouches and then leaps forward. He spins through the air with a leg extended, shouting:
"TATSUMAKI SENPUU KYAKU!"
The thrust kick does take Jace right in the center, but he is spinning so quickly that it bounces off and through before it can do too much damage. The tornado kick is relentless, however, at this range. Three or four times, the leg is there to make impact. When his momentum dies out, he lands on his feet, his serious eyes locked on Jezebel with caution and concern.
Thunderbolt, still playing dead, watches his trainer from the sidelines. When the cameras are away from him.... the dog suddenly perks up, and runs back to the sidelines. Where he gets a delicious treat from his caretaker.
All the magic of the movies, people!
Unfortunately for Lightning Spangles, her magic was just about to run out. As she unleashes that thrust kick, her startling heroic moment is stopped dead cold as Jace erupts with a cyclonic kick. The woman lets loose a gasp in pain, turning with the first kick... but not enough to keep her up with the next three. As the final kick comes, she starts to stagger around, punch drunk. "Whoa! Ugh! Oh!" Came the cries, as she leans against the pillar. Wincing, she struggles to keep up. To keep standing. "Welp. My time is up, junior. I don't have enough to win it, Jace."
"But I got enough to finish it."
Pushing off the pillar, she unleashes a quick kick in the air, unleashing a tiny blue ball of chi right for Jace. Should it hit the teenager, it won't explode; though Jace will feel the hairs on the back of his neck raise up. A second kick is unleashed, bearing white energy, and finally, a third. Each hit will fail to explode, though should Jace build up, he will start to glow with chi energy. Turning around for her flurry of blasts, she crosses her arms, staring at the camera. "Meet me at the hotel resteraunt later, Jace. I can forgive you for this fight." Falling to one knee, and then the second, she collapses on the ground, still clutching herself, while looking into the camera. "But for what you have done with that Bethany girl..."
"Your unforgiven."
The chi explodes behind Lightning Spangles, whether or not it consumes Jace. Erupting in a flashbang of a fireworks spectacle, it takes the shape of a flag. But not the American flag, no. INspired by the locale, it is quite obvious what form this flag was going to take.
A flag of Greece.
COMBATSYS: Jezebel can no longer fight.
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COMBATSYS: Jace blocks Jezebel's Unforgiven.
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Jace seems relieved that the dog is up and moving. He laughs at the big of movie magic and then focuses his attention back on Lightning Spangles. He throws his arms up as she begins to pummel him, taking the impacts on his strong forearms. Then his world explodes into a Greek flag.
With a growl, Jace pushes his way through it, breaking up the chi and the flag with pure power. He emerges through the other side, facing the camera for a moment. He turns his head to the side, raising two fingers in the V for Victory sign that he is well known for. The crew rushes the fighters, checking them over quickly. It's clear that the one who came out of this the most unscathed was the dog.
The fans who have gathered to watch are cheering, and the Disney kids are a wreck. One is naked, one is horribly embarassed and the other is just confused. They are ushered away by their handlers and Jace moves to meet his. After a brief conversation, he walks back over to Jezebel, crouching in order to speak between the two of them, "Alright, I'll meet you at the hotel resteraunt for breakfast tomorrow." He stands, turning to walk towards where his kimono is resting. He looks over his shoulder, calling back behind him:
"Then maybe you can tell me who the heck this Bethany person is!"
COMBATSYS: Jace has ended the fight here.
Log created on 15:19:41 05/12/2012 by Jace, and last modified on 11:12:34 05/16/2012.