Description: The House of Strolheim has decided to hold is semi-bi-annual feast to honor the might of the warriors who have sworn allegiance. So instead of making themselves fight it out for all to see, they've decided to allow a Saturday Night Fight to take place right in the middle of it! So while Munin and RickKnight may find themselves surrounded by all of this, they've been told that the winner gets the honor of joining them for dinner! Glory to the winner and the House of Strolheim! (Winner: Munin)
As usual the weather was perfect in Strolheim, the few white clouds in the sky merely accents to the stretch of blue and blazing sun, a wind coming off the lake providing a some relief. The feast that is being set is an enormous affair, and gives a whole new meaning to the term 'round table'. The warriors of Strolheim are no weaklings and none fear what might come out of the battle ring, so the ring itself is made up of large rectangular tables, chairs only at the outside so that the competition inside can entertain before the feast begins. There is yet one seat to be filled near the head of the table- a position of honor for the winner of the exhibition.
Standing off to one side of the large, table circled ring is a tall American making his first appearance, a grin set on his face that is unmistakable, likely already flooded with adrenaline. Yet still he pumps himself up further, doing a bit of shadowboxing before smacking his fist into his palm and cracking his knuckles. "All right! Everybody's here. Let's get this thing started so we can put on the best show you've all ever seen!" Just because the official feast isn't started doesn't mean some of the warriors aren't drunk yet, and he gets a hearty cheer from some of those nearby.
Beside Rick stands his opponent, still astounded by the sheer size and grandeur of the Strolheim grounds. She had heard of the family, and their legendary ability, and see at a distance places similar. Never has she been present in such a place herself in recent memory, however.
This is made all the more daunting in her mind today, seeing as today she tries using her new 'style' she's been constructing for the first time in a full battle. (Here's to hoping i don't make a COMPLETE fool of myself.... ) particularly in front of their hosts.
She watches Rick shadowbox, taking note of his technique as best she can, on the offchance there may be value against him with it later. She also takes note of how he walks, where his balance tends to be and how he shifts it, and any hints of past injury for potential targets as she responds "Indeed".
She begins to wander over to the ring, smirking as the feasters revel in their alcohol. At least the crowd shouldn't be too hard to amuse, at worst. Once in position, she holds out her fist "Good luck to you".
Back in America Rick might have had reservations about fighting an opponent so much smaller than him, but now that he's making it to the big time he casts all that aside. Who hasn't seen women even smaller than this one slam enormous muscular men to the ground like they were ragdolls on TV? And on this show in particular.
As she moves to the center of the ring he follows, his grin getting slightly smaller but the fire in his eyes seeming only to grow with each passing moment. Rather than his opponent he seems to focus on the entire situation around himself, which in truth is a bit of folly, but there can be only one first time for everything.
As Munin holds out her fist his grin widens again and he steps up and taps his own against hers before returning to where he stood before and getting into more of a fighting stance, putting his weight forward and on his toes, a classical sign of aggressive intention. "And to you. Lets give these guys a fight to remember, and each other as well!"
After he taps fists with her, she too moves to her place in the ring. She stands sideways slightly hands at her sides and fingers extended in readiness. She matches his grin "All right. We go for flash, then!". Her eyes then pulse with violet light, as the sigils on her gloves begin to glow brightly, dark blackish-purple chi drifting off them like a mist.
She ponders his rough strength from the fist tap, for any rank or estimate of his potential strength she can. His aggressive stance also is a good indicator of his attack methods and technique. Hopefully she'll be able to find the holes quickly enough to compensate. She also takes light note of the terrain, considering what may or may not be viable for those 'just in case' scenarios.
COMBATSYS: Munin has started a fight here.
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Munin 0/-------/-======|
COMBATSYS: RickKnight has joined the fight here.
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RickKnight 0/-------/------=|======-\-------\0 Munin
As the two get ready there is a rousing speech given to the feast goers. Not wanting to interrupt Rick lowers his voice to just where Munin could hear it, "That sounds like a plan. Flash it is." He grins again, twisting his forward foot in the grass to get a better push off spot. His eyes are drawn to the now glowing sigils on her gloves and the energy that slowly wafts off of them. "Our styles are probably very different... this is going to be fun."
The speech begins to come to a close and Rick almost seems edgy, so eager is he to get started, and when two arms are raised into the air and a loud shout of, "Let the battle begin!" is given he's off like a bolt, immediately using his created foothold to charge in like a sprinter, leaping to the air and coming down almost directly on top of Munin, his fist pulling back midair only to slam forward like a piston as he comes down, trying to land a blow directly to her jaw. "Rrah!"
COMBATSYS: Munin blocks RickKnight's Medium Punch.
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RickKnight 0/-------/------=|======-\-------\0 Munin
Munin smirks as he comes in. Basic and telegraphed. She stops the strike with her forearm with a soft grunt of exertion.
Tilting her head slightly, she quips "I do hope that isn't ALL you've got. This might be a very short fight". She gives a quick wink, as if to say 'play along'.
Hoping this may confuse him as well, she ducks low, coming in with one fist right towards his gut. Meanwhile, the other hand goes to grab his shoulder. Meanwhile, she watches for him to start to move out of range, ready to change trajectory at a moments notice!
COMBATSYS: RickKnight interrupts Eclipse from Munin with Jet Kick.
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RickKnight 0/-------/---====|======-\-------\0 Munin
Rick takes the shock of the landing with his legs, not even dropping into a crouch as his fist likely does little more than bruise Munin's arm. At first the only response he gives her wink is a grin, staying in close and practically towering over her, especially as she drops low to punch.
Opposite of her expectations he doesn't move to back off, the punch hitting his stomach with full force, as she goes to grab his shoulder he spins around, slipping out of her grip and pivoting on his right foot in a quick, practiced motion. His left leg extends and he shoves off hard, his foot slamming into her chest just below her neck as he surges forward. "Jet Kick!"
He pulls his leg back just in time to make a landing, and once more he takes an aggressive, forward stance, hopping from side to side a little in order to make himself a less obvious target, "It's definitely not. You have good technique, but you're going to have to try harder than that to overcome me!"
Munin blinks as he closes, knowing exactly what that means. Sadly, she is unable to respond in time, and the blow lands clean to her chest, sending her back several steps and wincing hard.
THAT definately hurt!
Grinning ferally, she nods "Ok....". She moves in, splitting into a pair of identical images, one going left, the other going right. The glow in her eyes begins to intensify, and The fake one, going left, vanishes within a half-second, as the one coming from the right tries to slip in his guard "... Then try THIS!". The chi builds, and suddenly EXPLODES in a burst of violet energy, point blank. Though she expects it may only slow him down, hopefully it will put him off balance enough to give her an advantage!
COMBATSYS: RickKnight endures Munin's Eyeshadow.
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RickKnight 0/-------/-======|======-\-------\0 Munin
Rick's eyes flick back and forth between the two images, having a hard time distinguishing between the two and, worse, not knowing of the fake isn't also able to attack him. By the time it disappears it gives Munin the time she needs to close on him, but it also tells him where the pain is going to be coming from.
He has to stop for a moment when her eyes start glowing, however, pausing for the briefest moments before realizing what's about to happen. Feeling he has no time to throw up a proper guard he simply closes his eyes and braces himself, letting the energy blow over him. Mid explosion he drops his right fist and seemingly as soon as the energy dissipates it comes shooting up, the man aiming again for her jaw with a blow powerful enough to knock her into the air, should it hit.
COMBATSYS: Munin counters Driving Upper from RickKnight with Shadow Strike.
- Power hit! -
-+- CALCULATED HIT -+-
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RickKnight 1/-----==/=======|=======\-------\0 Munin
This is precisely something Munin had been both expecting AND waiting for! She ducks, an illusionary image left standing straight as she had been as she comments "Suprise!". The blow connects, and passes harmlessly though, the illusion, which abruptly vanishes on being struck!
Meanwhile, after ducking, Munin rockets past Rick, sending the palm of her hand into his stomach, but with a twist! The runes on her left glove become extremely bright, and a 'blade' composed entirely of black and purple chi extends from her palm for a moment as she does this, and though it cannot cleave flesh as a blade does, it's passage through his body would still burn painfully, adding to the strength of her strike!
She stops a few feet from him, at the rear. She raises her hand with the chi blade, and clenches it tightly into a fist dramaticly and for all to see, the 'blade' snuffing out and the gloves intense glow ceasing and returning to normal.
Where normally the feeling of fist against jaw would cause Rick to jump high into the air the feeling of nothing it all confuses the hell out of him, especially as he sees his fist go right through the image. Before he realizes what's happening a blade of energy stabs straight through him, and for a moment all he can do is wrap his arms around his gut, dropping to one knee.
"Rrgh... you're a lot slipperier than you look," he comments, pulling himself back up. He looks at his arms after unwrapping them, relieved to not be seeing a large red stain covering his arms. Turning back to face her he walks up, a bit more carefully than before, weaving back and forth before throwing a quick kick with his right leg out towards her hip, hoping to jack it up a bit to keep her from being able to slip away unseen so easily like before.
COMBATSYS: RickKnight successfully hits Munin with Light Kick.
- Power hit! -
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RickKnight 1/-----==/=======|=======\-------\1 Munin
Glowing violet eyes lock on him, Munins body braced to leap out of the way of whatever attack comes "Slippery is a good way to sum me up". His timing, sadly for her, catches her just as she shifts her balance, leaving her unable to move in time, and the blow lands cleanly to her lower hip, knocking her off balance a bit!
She does her best to take advantage of it, though!
Lowering herself slightly at the knees, she leaps up, bringing her leg up and over in an overhead kick, brought down hard in case he brings up his guard, foot trailing chi behind it!
COMBATSYS: Munin successfully hits RickKnight with Medium Kick.
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RickKnight 1/--=====/=======|=======\=------\1 Munin
Sometimes coming in slowly can throw people off after you've been chasing them down like a mad hound. Unfortunately that also can go both ways. Having dealt with a bunch of misdirection only moments before he narrows his eyes as her legs come up, and steps forward into the kick, expecting it to be another image, only to get smashed down by the power of the overhead kick, once more forced down to one knee.
"Gah! You fight well. I haven't quite figured out your tricks yet... but neither have I shown all of mine!" There from one knee he pushes off and lunges at her, trying to grab at the leg she stood on for the kick and yank it out from under her, twist his body, and fling her bodily away from him.
COMBATSYS: Munin dodges RickKnight's Quick Throw.
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RickKnight 1/--=====/=======|=======\=------\1 Munin
After landing, Munin is quick on the draw! As he goes to grab her foot, she simply lifts it back, leaving a brief chi-image of it behind. When he grabs the image, it vanishes. "Oh, i wouldn't imagine you have yet.....".
With a smirk, since her leg is already drawn back, she kicks hard, aiming for his chin! As she does so, she smmirks ".... that makes two of us!".
COMBATSYS: RickKnight fails to interrupt Fierce Kick from Munin with Destiny Crusher.
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RickKnight 0/-------/-======|=======\-------\1 Munin
Rick can't help but grin when she notes that she also has tricks left up her sleeve. Especially when she comes in with a hard kick- it's exactly the sort of opening he was looking for.
All at once he throws himself forward at her, entire body rocketing in close with both legs extended, trying to smash his feet directly into her chest, willing to take a blow to the chin in order to make it happen. "DESTINY- "
That's as far as he gets, because to his abject horror he /misses/. So caught up in the moment he didn't calculate his trajectory right, and rather than trading blows he simply causes her leg to smash into his jaw much harder than it otherwise would have. He hits the grass and slides along it, groaning some and picking himself up with green and brown all over the front of him, and he even has to spit out a few blades.
Finally, he grins. "Haha! It looks like you may want this more than I do... but I'm not done yet."
Munin tilts her head, smirking "Well, we DID agree go for flash! What would have been better than a kick to the jaw?".
As he stands, she politely waits for him to be on his feet "Though the idea of a good meal is appealing, i'll admit.....". She then abruptly blurs forwards, sending a palm strike at his chest! Maybe not the most effecient move to do, but definately should appeal to the crowd for it's straight-forwardness.
COMBATSYS: Munin successfully hits RickKnight with Aggressive Strike.
- Power hit! -
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RickKnight 1/------=/=======|=======\===----\1 Munin
Rick pulls himself back into his fighting stance as Munin waits for him, and this time when she comes in with her high speed palm strike decides to go for a more prudent course of action, lifting his arm and trying to just take the blow with it. But he's more hurt than he had thought, and as the powerful strike hits it his shoulder shoots with pain he wasn't expecting, his arm knocked aside and leaving his chest unprepared for the blow that comes.
It bowls him over and sends him in the dirt once more, the man groaning a bit. "Damn... and I wanted to see if their cooks were any good, too." He staggers heavily as he tries to get to his feet, nursing his hurt shoulder some, "You've got me... but we said we were going for flash, and I wont go down until my legs will no longer carry me!"
He straight up charges her, knowing it may be a stupid decision, and tries to land two hard body blows to her stomach before dropping low for a high, leaping uppercut...
COMBATSYS: RickKnight can no longer fight.
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COMBATSYS: Munin fails to interrupt Terminal Impact EX from RickKnight with Iron Maiden.
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The combination lands, and as the uppercut lands it sends Munin high into the air along with Rick, who at the apex of their flight reaches forward and grabs her, catching her in his powerful grip as they both come back down to earth. They spin head over heels as they fall, and as they reach the ground Munin's head is planted firmly into it in a bone jarring impact.
But Rick is no better off than before, and stays down, laying on his back with arms splayed. Though the pain he still grins a little, "Well done. At least I put on a good show for them. Heh heh."
A nod is given, as Munin acknowledges that they did indeed agree on flash!
She at least TRIES not to disappoint!
She braces herself for the charge, her body quickly being enveloped in black, shadowy chi. After the first two blows, she attempts to grab his hand and stop him before the uppercut!
She is a might too slow, sadly, and is hit full on by the whole chain of attacks!
After he is done, she slowly pulls herself up, woozy due to the impact to her neck. Always dangerous, those.
Once she is sure it isn't going to be more than pain, she smirks, looking down, and offering him a hand up "Nice one yourself. Definately a nice finish".
Turning to face the table, she raises a clenched fist, chi flowing through the runes of her glove brightly as she does her best to put on a look of victory, and prompts a mix of cheering and amused laughter!
With that done, she heads over to the table to commence feasting! Fighting is hungry work, after all!
COMBATSYS: Munin has ended the fight here.
Rick is quick to accept the hand, gathering his weight up under himself and using it to help pull himself back on his feet. For a moment he looks her over, perhaps in an odd way, and then grinds. "Clearly the correct fighter won this battle. I'm far too filthy compared to you to join a grand feast!" He gives a hearty laugh, "Enjoy yourself. I hope to make a better showing of myself, the next time we meet."
Just before going over, Munin turns and gives a thumbs up to Rick "I look forward to it!". She gives a wink, and readies herself for her next battle, an arena she is altogether unused to: a formal dinner setting, and potentially complex table etiquette!
Log created on 20:09:59 07/18/2012 by Munin, and last modified on 10:08:46 07/20/2012.