Description: Julia is picking up trash under an overpass in Tokyo, when Sonia Romanenko shows up with an entourage from Masters Corporation's Saturday Night Fights! Of course, she's here to pick a fight... and promises Julia that SNF would send a crew to clean up if she won. Julia accepts, despite suspecting the lie... and what follows is... painful. <Winner: Sonia Romanenko.>
Japan has a major problem. A trashy one. In fact, there's a lot of trash piling up in Japan by the day. And the more it piles up, the more awful it gets. It not only looks bad, but it smells bad too, and it's presenting a health hazard to those in Japan. Something has to be done, and it has to be done fast. Fortunately, something is happening... albeit in the form of one person right now.
At a random rail overpass, which has been out of use for the longest time, trash has been piling up like one would never believe. This draws a big scowl from Julia, which is why she's taken it upon herself to gather up as much of the trash as she can. When she can't gather anymore, she plans to speak to the local citizens and try to motivate them to join her cause. For now, she simply idly gathers up the trash and puts it in a bag, idly humming to herself.
Sashaying ever so slowly down the, oddly barren, concrete stretch of this Japanese road upon which Julia finds herself... is a well-tanned, scantly clad, vixen wearing eye-catching red leather and black leather pumps. Her heavily-lidded violet eyes are filled with amusement, as her dainty hands are held behind her similarly violet, jagged, shag.
She is accompanied today by an entourage of men hired by Masters Corporation to tend to today's match-up. A match-up Julia may or may not have been informed of, but that's of little concern to Sonia Romanenko. The camera crew, announcer, and referee had followed her all the way here from the airport. The black cameras they were wheeling along were bearing the Masters logo quite prominently, the various men gathered about her also wearing shirts that clearly showed they were associated with Saturday Night Fights.
Sonia would not, ordinarily, venture so far out of her way to participate in such a meaningless fight for someone else's profit. However, she had been bored lately... due to Johann's being strangely distant. And so she had decided to sate her boredom with a little game...
Stoppping just a few feet from the woman who was so dutifully helping out the local community here... Sonia speaks up even whilst she idly plays with a platinum necklace worn about her neck with her right hand. "...Isn't this an amusing sight. Helping out the locals are you...? How /nice/." There's definitely a mocking tone here.
Julia doesn't recognize the voice at first. So when she turns around, she's not entirely surprised to find that it's a woman she's never seen before standing there. The way she's dressed, her attitude and demeanor, her hair, it's all definitely quite a one of a kind persona. But it's the mocking tone that gets to Julia, who folds her arms. "This is becoming an epidemic," Julia responds sharply. "Garbage and trash are piling up, causing health problems and turning this place into an eyesore. Something has to be done! The environment is at risk!!"
Then she notices the Saturday Night Fight personnel arriving and then she does a double-take, as she was never informed that this would be happening. "Wait a second, is this some kind of a joke?" Julia asks in disbelief. "I came here to help out, and you've come to fight with me? Who are you anyway?" Julia doesn't get into her fighting stance right away, but she does fold her arms and stare at Sonia.
Sonia's derisive grin widens a bit as the native american woman informs her of the importance of her task. And then spreads like wildfire when she expresses disbelief at the Saturday Night Fight situation which was, apparently, scheduled without her foreknowledge. /Oh well./ "I see. That does sound ever so troubling..." Her tone very clearly continues to indicate she gives less than a single shit however. "...But perhaps, you would better service their needs by fighting me. ... Masters Corporation has promised to send an entire clean-up crew out here if you should win." Lies, filthy lies. Her eyes shift ever so subtly to the announncer, who returns her gaze with a knowing smile. Its not as if it hurt them, their publicity crew would doubtlessly play it off later. "/If/ you should win..." She repeats, purposefully... though she doesn't take a fighting stance immediately. She's still toying with that necklace of hers... "I am willing if you are."
Julia turns away and closes her eyes, taking a deep breath and blowing it out as she considers this whole situation before her. Granted, it does sound kind of shady, since Julia has a sense about when people lie. It's not entirely perfect, but when Julia has an instinct, odds are it's on the right track. After a moment, Julia opens her eyes again and puts her hands on the amulet around her neck. "Spirits, give me strength," She mutters, before turning to face Sonia again.
"You still haven't told me who you are yet, but I will accept your challenge." She gets into her standard fighting stance and looks towards Sonia. "I honestly don't care whether the Masters Corporation sends anyone in. I can always find other volunteers. Even if I lose, I'm not going to let it get me down. My mother once told me that the best way to improve yourself is by losing, since you will discover where some of your weaknesses lie and how you can improve." Her eyes narrow a little more before she takes another breath and blows it out and looks towards Sonia, saying nothing more.
COMBATSYS: Julia has started a fight here.
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Julia 0/-------/-------|
COMBATSYS: Sonia has joined the fight here.
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Sonia 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Julia
Sonia's fingers finally unwind the necklace from themselves.. her right hand dropping to her side as she moves into a fighting stance. One foot is forward, indicating an aggressive intention... yet she doesn't actually seem to be doing anything except standing there oddly enough. "You don't need my name." The russian woman's husky voice comes in reply, "Names mean nothing in a fight". Obviously, she's very business-like when it comes to fighting... despite her demeanor suggesting the contrary just moments prior. "You'd best give it all your all then..." She smirks, replying to the native american woman's comments about grandmother's wisdom. She didn't really care, however, and wasn't entirely listening... she rarely did because she heard these little speeches so dreadfully often... "Come, let us see what you are made of." Perhaps she wasn't going on the offense after all?
COMBATSYS: Sonia calculates her next move.
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Sonia 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Julia
"If that is how you feel about names," Julia replies, now narrowing one eye, "Then we'll get this underway." She advances upon Sonia, steadying herself in her fighting stance as she does so. Given the way Sonia is acting and just standing around right now, something is definitely up with her, and Julia doesn't like it one bit. Nevertheless, she doesn't hesitate when she's in range as she spins around and attempts to deliver a spinning kick to the side.
COMBATSYS: Sonia blocks Julia's Light Kick.
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Sonia 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Julia
The kick is blocked, oddly well for a woman who doesn't appear to be a fighter, there's definitely a hidden strength in those dainty hands of hers. As the indian woman's foot impacts her left arm, stingingly, Sonia's left hand quickly captures the ankle of her foot. Sen then immediately attempts to pull her forward, trying to throw her balance off, and releases the foot only to dance on her feet into Julia's territory and send an elbow straight for her face. "You have an interesting style..." She comments, even as she's attacking.
The Masters Corporation crew meanwhile take their positions, the referee homing in on the two girls but staying well out of kicking range. The slightly rotund announcer belts out to the cameras in the background, "This is it! This our fight folks, Julia Chang vs Sonia Romanenko!" Well, if she wanted a name Jula had one now. Sonia had, apparently, given them a real name and not an alias this time.
COMBATSYS: Sonia successfully hits Julia with Quick Punch.
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Sonia 0/-------/-------|=------\-------\0 Julia
So her name is Sonia. Not that it matters to Julia anymore. Once the fight is underway, all that matters is surviving the fight in some form or other. Even if that means taking an occasional hit or two from your opponent. Which is exactly what happens when the elbow smashes Julia in the face, causing her to stagger back as her hand comes to her face briefly from instinct. Why does one hold the spot that just got hurt? That's anyone's guess.
"It's a style derivative of Kung Fu," Julia explains after recovering, having a bruise on her face but nothing more serious. "My mother taught it to me as I was growing up, but for the purpose of protecting myself and others, not for hurting people. She taught me that revenge is one of the worst feelings one can have." Julia then steadies herself, putting the pain of the previous attack out of her head.
"So I'm not doing this out of vengeance or anything like that. I'm just doing this because they're here for this," She then adds. "So, let me show you one of my favorite techniques." She attempts to do another spinning technique, except she seems to be going towards Sonia. After she spins, hoping the movement will get Sonia off-guard, she attempts to deliver a swift high-aimed kick and then an uppercut in swift succession.
COMBATSYS: Sonia dodges Julia's Hunting Tomahawk.
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Sonia 0/-------/------=|==-----\-------\0 Julia
Sonia dances away swiftly after that elbow connects, falling back into her fighting stance behind the woman while she recovers. She wasn't pressing the attack too hard yet, still very much in the mood to toy with Julia a bit even if she did start the fight off rather quickly. She just stands there, absorbing the speech that follows as Julia recovers from her elbow and turns around ready to fight her again. Kung Fu... that explained the familiar feeling. But Julia's particular style was not something she had experience with... so she'd have to improvise until she could see enough of her movements to figure the woman out. This was yet another reason she did not aggress... she /wanted/ Julia to attack her again...
And that's exactly what she gets, right after the woman finishes talking... the native american spinning swiftly into her territory just as Sonia did with her a moment ago. The upwards kick is, if barely, negated by a solid push from Sonia's left hand and the uppercut is avoided narrowly soon after... Sonia leaning back as the thrown fist skirts her dainty nose. "How boringly slow you are..." the russian taunts, before leaning back in and giving Julia a taste of her own medicine... a blurringly fast axe kick aimed straight for her jaw.
COMBATSYS: Sonia successfully hits Julia with Elegant Axe.
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Sonia 0/-------/------=|=====--\-------\0 Julia
There may not be an actual axe aimed at Julia, but with a kick like that, especially with heels on, it can hurt like an actual axe. Julia finds her jaw taking the brunt of that attack and notices some blood coming from her injury, but it doesn't faze her in the least bit.
"It seems you are faster than I am, but even speed can be stopped with the proper technique," Julia comments. She stares at Sonia again, but doesn't do anything for the time being. It seems like she's intent on seeing what else Sonia has up her sleeves.
COMBATSYS: Julia focuses on her next action.
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Sonia 0/-------/------=|=====--\-------\0 Julia
So the table's turn.
As Sonia brings her leg high, smashing her heeled foot into the native american woman's chin with a spray of crimson, she looks a bit surprised as the woman just shrugs her attack off. She isn't surprised she's deciding to go on the defensive however.
She was a reasonably smart fighter apparently...
Placing her right leg back on the ground again, Sonia smiles the fakest and most sickening sweet smile... a sharp contrast to her continually derisive tone... "You have good eyes." This is, of course, not a compliment. Any fool could see Sonia was probably the faster of the two by now.
She then taps a crimson painted nail lightly against her chin, pondering whether she should incorporate knives here. From this distance, he could probably score an easy... painful... hit. But even though a select few spectators sitting at home to watch these fights might have an inkling as to how dangerous she was... she wasn't certain she wanted the entire world to see just how dangerous she coud be.
So, in the end, she opts /not/ to use the knives. Instead, she darts straight into the other woman's territory and tosses herself into the air at her opponent... intent to wrap her legs around Julia's neck. If she does? She'll whip her upperbody downwards and drag the woman head over feet through the air, slamming her down on her back in a classic frankensteiner throw against the concrete.
COMBATSYS: Julia interrupts Serpent Flip from Sonia with Palm Explosion.
- Power hit! -
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Sonia 0/-------/---====|======-\-------\0 Julia
Want to do something like that to Julia? Yeah, right. She knows some wrestling moves herself, and that one isn't going to faze her that easily. Instead of being caught off-guard, Julia focuses on her right hand, letting her mind power it up a little, before going in with a swift palm strike. And it does hit Sonia too! For the first time, Julia manages to hit Sonia.
Of course, just as Julia hits Sonia, she's already started to jump, so her leg hits Julia, knocking her back a little. "Looks like I caught you that time!"
OOF!
Sonia is, quite unexpectedly, caught by surprise as her attack is skillfully interrupted by a hard palm strike to her backside that throws her to the ground before she even has time to finish the maneuver. Clearly, the russian assassin had underestimated her opponent!
Rolling along the ground deftly in a defensive maneuver away from Julia, Sonia finally springs to her feet in a squat a few feet away. Her eyes were filled with a mixture of surprise and resentment. "..So you did..." Sonia groans, slightly, stretching her bruised back muscles upward a bit and then rolls her shoulders. "...I suppose it's for the best, ... " She continues, before standing slowly again. "It'd be rather boring if you just rolled over and died, hm?"
That said, she then darts forward immediately... rolling along the hot concrete ground toward her opponent and then springs up again... bringing a foot encased in smoky chi into another high kick for the woman's head.
COMBATSYS: Julia auto-guards Sonia's Serpent Tooth!
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Sonia 0/-------/--=====|======-\-------\0 Julia
"I'm not going to die here today! And neither will you! I'm only here for the fight." Julia retains her stance carefully, keeping a stern eye on Sonia as she waits for her next attack. When she rolls towards Julia, the Native American girl is on high alert, prepared for just about anything. When that heeled shoe comes towards Julia's head, she catches it and tosses it to the side with little effort whatsoever. "I've caught onto your tricks, it seems."
Julia's not content to rest on her laurels though. Instead, she's going to keep the pressure up on Sonia. "My style is based off of Kung Fu, but I've adopted some unorthodox maneuvers as well." She rushes in and attempts to grab Sonia by the stomach and then spin around to behind her.
COMBATSYS: Sonia dodges Julia's Quick Throw.
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Sonia 0/-------/--=====|======-\-------\0 Julia
Sonia's kick is near effortlessly deflected by the native american woman, as she proves quite effectively she won't fall for the same sort of attack twice. "Damn...!" Sonia curses lowly, even as the woman attempts to grab at her stomach and maneuver behind her.
Julia taking the time to boast about having caught onto her tricks, however, would cost her... as Sonia's lethally fast analytical mind has enough time to figure out what she's trying to do and mount a defense.
In the form of a simple conterattack, a forceful elbow is sent behind her toward where she expects Julia will be moving to. "That may be, but you still haven't bested me yet...!"
COMBATSYS: Julia blocks Sonia's Medium Punch.
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Sonia 0/-------/--=====|=======\-------\0 Julia
"Don't you mean, I haven't beaten you yet?" Julia asks as she brings her arm up to knock the elbow away from her face. "Even if I haven't won yet, that doesn't mean you've won either." She rubs her arm briefly, but otherwise doesn't let the impact get her too badly. "This fight will go untill one of us can't fight any longer."
Julia punctuates the last part with an incoming spinning technique, again trying to catch Sonia off-guard, before attempting to launch into a double uppercut combination.
COMBATSYS: Sonia parries Julia's Tequila Sunrise Elbow Smash!
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Sonia 0/-------/-======|=======\-------\0 Julia
"No, bested." Sonia replies, annoyed. There was still zero chance of this girl winning in her mind, even if she did get a few fortunate blocks in. Her luck would run out eventually. Such was the arrogance of Sonia Romanenko: international assassin and major league bitch.
As the girl moves away from her, rubbing her arm after the elbow's impact, Sonia turns around and assumes her usual defensive stance... hands open and arms pulled close... ready to deal with anything the woman might throw at her. "You don't have a prayer, frankly..." The prideful russian fighter continues, softly, even as Julia begins to spin into her territory again.
...and Sonia dodges this uppercut the same way she did the first, leaning back away from it and letting it sail past her face. Then she responds with an attack of her own, leaping into the air and throwing a knee directly for Julia's chin and then... seemingly defying physics... does a front flip n mid-air and attempts to kick the girl to the ground should the first hit connect.
COMBATSYS: Julia blocks Sonia's Serpent Slash EX.
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Sonia 0/-------/=======|=======\=------\1 Julia
"You're getting a bit ahead of yourself if you ask me," Julia comments as she finds she misses entirely, but not giving up either way. "You may have me worn down, but I don't give up!" She takes a deep breath and blows it out once again. "Your arrogant attitude will eventually be your downfall if it doesn't lead to that today." Gritting her teeth, Julia prepares to defend herself against Sonia's incoming attack, and uses her arms to deflect Sonia away, although those legs do hurt.
"It seems like the more I fight, the more I'm losing," Julia comments as she finally feels the pain. "But my mom told me to never give up!" She recalls the story of the time her mother was walking home in a desert and thought she was going to pass out, untill she saw her friends up ahead, and found the strength to push forward with a burst of strength. "I can do this," Julia says to herself.
COMBATSYS: Julia gains composure.
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Sonia 0/-------/=======|=======\-------\0 Julia
Sonia lands, gracefully, on the concrete after her failed attempt to knock the girl out just now. Seems she only managed to batter her a bit. How frustrating...
"...It isn't arrogance, girl. It's called experience." Sonia replies, annoyed. "I have close to twenty years of it, and I do not lose too very often..." This is a mixture of a bluff and a half-truth however. Sonia was usually well-prepared for her fights, making sure to rig the outcome in her favor if at all possible normally. But this girl was an unknown. She was only just now learning about her... an unusual situation for the assassin. "Well then, come!" She falls into a defensive stance again and waits... "Show me that spirit then." Of course, this is far and away from an attempt to allow the girl to demonstrate her spirit and more about seeing if she can manage to find an opening somewhere...
COMBATSYS: Sonia takes no action.
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Sonia 0/-------/=======|=======\-------\0 Julia
"No matter how much you have experienced in life," Julia says as she opens her eyes again, "There will always be times where you aren't perfect. Even the best of the best have lost here and there. So don't get ahead of yourself." Julia approaches Sonia again as she continues. "I can tell you want to see more of my fighting skills, but this is not just a show. This is an attempt to improve myself so that I have a method of protection against those who are attempting to destroy my homeland."
The next attack Julia shows Sonia seems simple enough, but it's one of many that she's used in the past to defend herself. It's a rushing jab that seems simple enough, but it's fairly quick.
COMBATSYS: Sonia blocks Julia's Lashing Arrow.
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Sonia 1/-------/=======|=======\-------\1 Julia
The rushing jab is caught in an open left hand, the sound of flesh smacking against flesh can be heard as Sonia's dainty fingers clamped down on the fist to try and anchor the girl in place. "That's all good talk, dear... but the results don't match up with the reality." And Sonia Romanenko's entire life revolved around results and outcomes. As this fight drags on, she's slowly improving her knowledge of the girl and slowly improving her odds of victory. As far as she's concerned anyway. "This has been a very amusing little fight..." She continues, once again demonstrating great arrogance with her assumptions. "I'm going to end it though."
And as soon as she finishes, her right fist suddenly explodes with smoke gray chi she'd been gathering as she talked. That right hand is balled into a tight fist and thrown... aimed so as to plow straight through Julia's chin and into the air if it hits... as Sonia's body rises up off the ground into an uppercut which somewhat resembles a Shoryuken and a single pillar of chi expldoes from the ground beneath the pair.
COMBATSYS: Julia blocks Sonia's Guardian Mercy EX.
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Sonia 0/-------/-------|=======\=------\1 Julia
Even if it's supposed to be like a Shoryuken, Julia's not about to let it hit her that easily. She steadies herself for impact, deflecting Sonia away as best as she can, but also staggering backwards at the same time. Yet, even though she's getting winded, she still refuses to let Sonia get her that easily.
"You can end it if you want," Julia says, now starting to sound a bit fatigued. "But it's not happening right away. In fact, I think I'm going to prolong it just a little longer!" Julia pulls her hand back, along with her other hand, and focuses her power into her fists, then steps forwards, attempting to punch at Sonia with both of them.
COMBATSYS: Sonia parries Julia's Heaven Cannon!
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Sonia 0/-------/------=|=------\-------\0 Julia
As Sonia comes back down from the air, landing on her feet again a few feet away, she adopts a severely annoyed expression. This girl SURVIVED that powerful chi attack! Most people would have at least been blown skyward, but no... this girl is still standing theie with her feet firmly on the ground... even more battered but still very much able. She was clearly descended from the cochroach, just like Vyle!
"Y-..." the russian woman barely stops herself from losing it, exhaling softly... even as a heavy slab of concrete that got hurled skyward comes crashing back down next to her. "Clearly, I am having a bad day..." She stomps a heeled foot, channeling her anger into the ground... fracturing it. "Fine."
That's pretty much all thats said afterwards as Sonia darts toward the woman again, hands lashing out to grab any available article of clothing she can managed to and attempt to toss her over her shoulder toward the street.
COMBATSYS: Julia fails to interrupt Medium Throw EX from Sonia with Palm Explosion.
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Sonia 0/-------/------=|==-----\-------\0 Julia
Julia isn't about to be thrown away that easily. Unfortunately, her attempt to knock Sonia away fails, as she mistimes it completely and is thrown to the ground. She lands with a grunt and it looks like she might be out for the count. But then she pushes herself back up, albeit with a lot of difficulty. She's badly bruised and injured, but she still manages to continue to keep going. "You thought you had me, but you haven't gotten it yet!"
*CRACK*
The concrete cracks, and then the top layer collapses, beneath the woman as as she's hurled to the ground by Sonia's counter-throw. Yet, no sooner does she hit the ground and she's moving agin... simply refusing to die. Truly, descended from cochroaches.
Sonia scowls, even more annoyed, as the girl just keeps going despite the russian assassin's savage beating. Despite her annoyance, Sonia thinks to herself privately that it's a shame such a fighter is only the wrong side of the ethical boundaries. Spirit like that was very useful.
"...Indeed." She replies, allowing the girl to stand back up despite her frustration. "You have, at the very least, proven that you are a fighter..." ... if an annoying one, she finishes mentally.
Then, as the girl finishes standing, Sonia whirls into her territory one more time... this time aiming a pointed elbow toward an exposed temple in an attempt to finish her.
COMBATSYS: Sonia successfully hits Julia with Quick Punch.
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Sonia 0/-------/-----==|====---\-------\0 Julia
Try as she may, even as she deflects Sonia's elbow away, she uses the last of the reserve energy in her tank. She gasps for air, and struggles to keep her balance, but it's no use. In one last effort, she attempts to deliver a knee to the stomach before going down for one last time.
COMBATSYS: Julia can no longer fight.
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COMBATSYS: Julia successfully hits Sonia with Light Kick.
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The elbow is delivered with all of the speed she could muster, and yet, the girl still musters the strength to deflect it. Annoying Sonia further. But then... she suddenly launches one last knee aimed for Sonia's solar plexus and knocks the wind out of her before falling to the ground unconscious.
Sonia collapses to her knees shortly afterward, gasping for air.
"WE HAVE A WINNER, FOLKS! SONIA ROMANENKO!" the announcer shouts in the background to the cameras, completely ignoring either woman as the referee inches in to check on the combatants. In all of the furious fighting, either they were very quiet or Sonia had subconsciously drown them out as its only now she hears his footsteps approaching.
He checks up on Julia first, motioning for medical personnel nearby, and then walks over to place a hand on Sonia's exposed shoulder. "You alright?"
"Don't touch me with your filthy hands." She replies, knocking his hand away with the same hand she was holding her gut with a moment ago.
Standing to her full height again, she stares down in silence at the fallen girl. Were the cameras not around, she'd probably kick her until every bone was broken. Instead, she simply opts to walk off... with her hands behind her head again. "...It's been fun, send Ken Masters my thanks."
Log created on 18:16:47 07/21/2012 by Sonia, and last modified on 23:18:59 07/21/2012.