Description: Rio is challenged by G-KING to send a message about making enemies of the more independent leagues. However, Mahuizoh doesn't seem to put up much of a fight at first... but she cannot capitalize on the advantage quite enough to seal her victory! (Winner: Mahuizoh)
Rio would be treated to the same pre-fight warmups as all the other challengers who have come thus far; her own private waiting room with one wall a massive mirror, a bench, and whatever else she requested prior to arriving (Within reason!) There is a polite female attendant for Smith Global Media, who would pester and bother Rio jovially to make sure she looks good for the cameras. Nothing at all is known about the mysterious Aztech, although whether Rio truly cares is another matter entirely. The payment for simply attending is respectable, $10,000 dollars, although managing to actually defeat one of the defenders is easily four times that! Certainly one of the highest payouts still around, in exchange for a much more limited amount of challenges and far greater individual publicity. People do not come only for the challenger, they also come for the unknown warriors of old!
Eventually, Rio will be instructed to head towards the main area. The long hallway with the bright light at the end reverberates with the loudspeakers giving her fighting history, and she would exit at the most dynamic part of the introduction. The audience response to that is somewhat lukewarm, although she's hardly an unknown. Being good for the cameras, so to speak, might ultimately be what lets her stand out from the other sea of upcomers at her level.
Of course, the main central area has been turned into a casino. There's a craps table, a blackjack table, a line of slot machines, and one for roulette. The sand is covered with a fine green fabric, and all of the imported items appear to be of high quality.
Mahuizoh is presently settled on top of a middle Slot Machine, leaning down and staring at the reels. He's figured out how to make them spin, and despite the lack of payout, it appears to amuse him. "What peculiar games people play... Ah!! Three cherries!" He then hops down, expectantly standing in front of the machine. After a few moments, he bangs on the top. "Where are my cherries?!" Well, by now his love of fruit is fairly well known. Apparently payouts are disabled, but a bunch of coins would probably only irritate the peculiar Aztech even more.
"I'm a gambler, so this kind of decor is soothing to me." Rio walks into the ring, her microphone up to her lips, then blinks, and pauses, tilting her head from one side to the other. "...Huh. As a gambler, what I always ask myself is... What are the odds? I call out Bethany Cale, who has previously been endorsed by G-King. The lottery for G-King - THE MOST DEADLY FIGHTING EVENT KNOWN!" Her eyebrows furrow as she says this, and she clenches her fist, then continues, "...is drawn earlier than usual, and I'm chosen. The odds of that happening through pure chance is..." She spins to the nearest camera, and winks. "...probably just a coincidence!" She snaps her hand up towards the ceiling, and a dove flies up from her hand, the microphone gone.
She bows to Mauizoh as she draws closer to him, holding onto her hat with one hand, and as she straightens up, bright red apple is sitting in her other hand, which she holds up high.
"Greetings, Mahuizoh! It is said that the apple is the source of the knowledge of good..." Dramatic pause. Or so it would seem. As she draws closer, she's getting somewhat uneasy, and the expression on her face flickers for a moment. Even if she has no idea why, something feels wrong. She swallows, and a slight smile resumes on her face.
"...and evil. In this case, if you bite into it, you will obtain the knowledge of if I poisoned it or not. If you don't eat it, I will." She steps closer, within striking range, and holds it out to him, and tilts her head to one side. A bit of sweat runs down the side of her face, her palm under the apple feeling a bit clammy.
"What will it be, Mahizoh? Who will eat this apple?"
"Mmm?" Mahuizoh comments, taking notice of Rio when she enters the area. Indeed, there's a suffocating amount of power here. If his worth was determined solely by the aura that permutes the surroundings, then Rio would know it to be absolutely hopeless. Yet no matter how many times the battle with May Lee was watched, he certainly was her perfect equal physically. Technique was another matter, but the biggest question for the gambler... did he choose to do it, or is it a restriction imposed by G-KING? "You are the boring girl, yes... but whatever. They have me for three fights... they can do with it what they want..."
Although the presented apple is an unexpected thing, causing a small "!" to appear over his head a moment. A brutal kick dents the slot machine. Dents it? Shouldn't it have gone flying like a football and exploded into shrapnel on the wall?
Her little game doesn't seem to interest him, however. He swipes out his black charred hand, leaving a waft of blackened skin wafting down in it's wake. His speed... is absolutely on the tier that would be expected from his energy, beyond what she can likely fully register even after it's gone. He takes a huge bite out of it, chewing heavily. "If it was poison, it wouldn't work on me. Is that option #3?" he asks, but sounds amused all the same. "Gambling... an interesting concept. But for it to be made a game in such a manner... hah!"
He leaps backwards and lands heavily in a crouch upon the craps table. "I was told to hurt you badly. But I don't really care about such things. I'd rather have fun. I owe them three fights, yes... but they have no rights to tell me what to do in them...!!"
"Rio listens to that carefully, covering her mouth and widening her eyes as he tells her he was told to hurt her badly. "...No!" She drops her hand, making her large, nervous grin visible. "Oh, it's not poisoned, I'm just trying to be nice. But if I went 'hey dude, want an apple?', it would look more suspicious."
"Also less dramatic."
She glances to the camera, raises her eyebrows and shoulders as she smiles a bit, then stamps her foot. A few dark objects drop from the bottom of her pantleg. After a moment, bright fireworks fly up into the air around her. When they clear, she's holding a kendo sword, leaning it against her shoulder one-handed.
"I find gambling fun, and thought you might be the same after watching the match. Regardless, as you're just into this for the fun and to fufill a contract, so I'd hate to bore you." She points to Mahuizoh's mask, her finger hardly shaking at all. "So: what do you find fun?"
"Well. In that case..." Mahuizoh reaches behind, a pouch hidden at his lower back and covered by his ravenesque cloak. A fresh-looking pear is pulled out, although it's rather unappealing to be seen in his blood-soaked fingers of his left hand. It's tossed in Rio's direction, but if caught there's absolutely no sign of the crimson fluid. Yet if she took a single bite... she would die. Sometime. Old age, injuries, an accident, it's impossible to tell. It's certainly a death sentence at some point in the close or far future.
The fireworks intrigue the masked figure, but such hardly blows his mind. Simply because he is displaced in terms of technology does not mean he has any issue understanding that some things work certain ways. He simply doesn't care to find out why. It's not magic, but it's also not important. Rio would confirm though... this conversation isn't being broadcast. The G-KING officials, apparently, cut her mic from the very start. They have a much tighter hold on such things then Bethany Cale did; with the armored glass, it's questionable if shouting at the top of her lungs would reach anyone watching her at the moment. Smith Global Media might be a bad enemy to make, if she felt inclined.
"Strong people." is idly commented. "But strength is relative. How strong you are to your peers... not how strong you are to your world. That is how I measure people..." Suddenly, a voice can be heard echoing out from the ceiling. It is a smooth, mildly smug baritone.
"Well." Mahuizoh glances up, sounding disinterestedly confused as it continues. "You were correct in why you are here. A gesture of good will to Ms. Cale. Publicly denouncing her league and enticing others not to fight... tsk, tsk. Tell me this. Would you do the same for G-KING?"
The Aztech has finished his apple, seeming to be growing a touch impatient. That's probably very dangerous for Rio; his lack of malice is entirely due to his mood, not due to any innate goodness. She would have trouble remembering anyone in her life who felt more purely evil in the most basic, primitive level...
Rio catches hold of the pear automatically, then stares at it for a moment, her pupils tuning into pinpoints. She almost drops it, but then pulls it up to her mouth, and opens her mouth to take a bite - and the pear falling from her nerveless fingers. She just stares down at it for a long moment, panting. "That's... I don't understand what you are...."
She exhales, punching her open palm, then looks back up to Mahuizoh, meeting his eyes directly for a moment before lowering her eyes and scratching the back of her head. "It's pretty simple. I don't have any particular malice towards G-King, but it's a challenge. So I can't back down, even if I'm clearly walking into a trap." A shrug of her shoulders. "I don't see why she's upset. If anyone talks about me dissing her show, it's just free publicity."
She tilts her head to one side. "Do you not want me to talk badly about G-King? That's interesting." She takes off her hat, and dusts it off, trying to keep her breathing steady. "Muting my microphone made it look worse than anything I could say, though." Her eyes glance back to that pear on the ground, and she swallows.
"The only thing I'm interested in is emotional strength. I might not be quite brave enough to bite into that pear. But, I'm going to fight you, even if I was terrified the moment I lay eyes on you. If my strength was yours, and yours was mine, would you do the same?" Her voice is quiet, unsteady, but she lifts her eyes up to meet Mahuizoh's firmly, even though it takes every bit of self-control she has.
"Hmmhmm. I am a reasonable man, Ms. Fujisaki. Consider this a friendly warning. There is entertainment, and there is making enemies. Ms. Cale is watching you closely. But she is not th
"Hmmhmm. I am a reasonable man, Ms. Fujisaki. Consider this a friendly warning. There is entertainment, and there is making enemies. Ms. Cale is watching you closely. But she is not the only person in her network. If you say no ill of G-KING... then this is merely a fight, as any other." Then the radio cuts off. After a moment, the sound of the crowds can be heard, and they seem a touch restless given that the battle has not begun. Mahuizoh appeared to not give anything said by the mysterious figure so much as an ounce of his attention, grateful when it ends. He doesn't appear to be a pawn. Someone in debt? That was the allusion, if he promised them three fights.
"Hrrm?" Once Rio begins speaking to the Aztech once more, he settles back into a crouch on the craps table. The energy around him seems to dance, as if in anticipation. "If my strength was yours... and yours was mine... would I do the same?" he repeats. Before grinning so broad, both the demon-like teeth of the mask and his true ones are bared. "That depends. Would I know your secret?"
And then he beckons, for the magician to come after him. "Entertain me, and there is no danger... my little sacrifice...!!"
COMBATSYS: Mahuizoh has started a fight here as a boss!
MAHUIZOH
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"A... a secret, huh?" Even through her terror, Rio's eyes start to shine. Hearing the crowds roar is somehow very relaxing after the previous silence - an audience of one person isn't quite her usual style.
"The odds are one in ten thousand, but if I win, please tell me your secret!" She glances to the crowd, then waves her hand dismissively. "You don't have to share it with them, of course, because then it would cease to be a secret!"
She kicks the kendo sword off the ground where she dropped it earlier, grabs it in one hand, salutes the nearest speaker - then rushes in towards Mahuizoh, swinging it two-handed towards his face like a baseball bat - or rather, towards his mask.
COMBATSYS: Rio has joined the fight here.
MAHUIZOH
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COMBATSYS: Rio successfully hits Mahuizoh with Fierce Strike.
MAHUIZOH
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"No... your odds are not nearly so minor as that..." Mahuizoh murmurs, and he sounds genuinely less then happy with that. And the very moment a single step is taken towards the Aztech with intent to attack, a reaction exactly like the one May Lee encountered takes place. The energy surrounding him mostly expels; vanishing from all ability to be sensed by chi. A very small amount streams into him in narrow crimson lines, causing a mild sigh of disappointment. "Ahh... your power isn't that intoxicating..."
However, that doesn't mean her technique is terrible. Severely underestimating Rio, he waited too long to lunge backwards. Finding his body leaden compared to what he is used to, the strike impacts him straight in the demonic face. The resulting *THUD* from her kendo sword is satisfying, and Mahuizoh's back impacts the craps table hard, bouncing off as he crashes on the other side.
He takes a moment to get up, reeling noticeably. That's not an act. She actually hurt him. That probably makes no sense at all, fundamentally. "That stings...!!"
And then he brings up his charred hand. Orange flames burst to life, coalescing into a ball before he shoots out a broad blast of flaming chi, scorching the other end of the craps table as it attempts to completely engulf Rio!!
COMBATSYS: Rio overcomes Chichinahui from Mahuizoh with Power Fling.
MAHUIZOH
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Rio flips backwards, tossing her kendo sword high up into the air, then pulls out two hands of cards. As she lands, she hurls them both at Mahuizoh's oncoming fireball, when it's just a couple of feet from her. Most of them are burnt up in the flames, naturally, but their slashes through the air disperse the firey energy a few inches before it hits her, and a few of them continue onwards towards the Aztech man - but now, they're on fire. "If you use some sort of power absorption, it's going to be useless. I don't have /any/ stuff like that."
"Anything you want from me if you win? I'm not going to eat a pear or anything, and of course I don't know your true plans, but even a move with a tiny pawn like me might not be useless, depending." She reaches out to catch the sword, then reaches a little further because her hurried throw was off - but it still lands in her hand.
COMBATSYS: Mahuizoh dodges Rio's Power Fling.
MAHUIZOH
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A sort of lazy lean to the side avoids the cards; it's impressive that they managed to barrel through the assault, but they don't seem particularly menacing to him otherwise. But there's a mild irritation from Mahuizoh now, as he looks at both his hands, flexing them slowly. "This... I don't like this power..." Rio doesn't taste good to the mysterious Aztech? Well, she's likely doing better then she thought possible, otherwise! But he blinks at the following, before letting out a 'tch'. "Power absorption...? Why on earth would I choose to do this to myself...?"
And then he's rushing forward, movements looking peculiar and wild like a quickly slithering snake. His bloodied hand yanks out his obsidian sacrificial dagger, before in a rush forward he strikes out, a jagged blow aimed towards Rio's chest. "But it is true! In my ambition... your only use would be as a sacrifice!!" Apparently he's beginning to get used to his new limitations. Whatever state he is in now, it's not apparently one without some repercussions!
COMBATSYS: Rio blocks Mahuizoh's Medium Strike.
MAHUIZOH
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"Then your ambition isn't very nuanced!" Rio knocks aside the dagger with her sword, causing it to instead stab into her forearm. She adds in a much quieter voice, "Do you want to be stronger merely for the sake of stronger?" She takes a step back, and as moves away from the dagger, some of her sleeve is torn away by it's edge, revealing a steel vambrace there, with a bloody spot from where the dagger has pierced through the steel.
"If you're somehow copying me, you might want to keep away from chi moves. Trying to channel that stuff made me sick for months." She jabs repeatedly at Mazuioh abdomen with the tip of her sword as she crouches lower and lower, then she swings the weapon at his legs, trying to sweep him off his feet.
COMBATSYS: Rio successfully hits Mahuizoh with Random Combo.
- Power hit! -
MAHUIZOH
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"No." Mahuizoh states immediately, with no hesitation. "If I wanted to be weaker then nobody, I succeeded long ago!!"
But he's having a lot more trouble then he expected from Rio. She has been at her supposed level for ages, and has mastered countless techniques to use on her peers; with no true sense for himself, it gives her a dominating advantage over Mahuizoh. He manages to defend somewhat successfully until the sweep, impacting his ankle and sending him crashing to the ground in front of her. One in ten thousand? At this point, that doesn't seem to be the case at all. "Hahaha... oh my. You might end up beating me."
And then he lunges upwards, right hand flaring with flame. That bloodied arm is quickly ignited, before a series of brutal slashes are unleashed at Rio, burning crimson that seems to be two layers of chi expertly woven. He shows no sign of having trouble manipulating it! At the apex he shoots forward, trying to grasp Rio by the face to heft her into the sky, before hurling her down in another explosive fireball!
COMBATSYS: Rio interrupts Teo-Micqui from Mahuizoh with Coyote's Invisible Fang.
MAHUIZOH
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Rio falls back before the fire, the various burning slashes cutting into her flesh. However, as his hand comes forwards to grab out her face, she swings out her arm, and a blade flickers out of her sleeve for a moment as she cuts her arm, throwing off the impending fireball and making it hit her shoulder instead.
"Sacrificing yourself for others, sacrificing others for yourself... both of these things are what all of society is made up of. And they're pointless! If you act in such a web of obligations, your dream-world will be just the same as this world, even if you achieve it." She smiles, and lifts up her sword over her head in a two-handed stance, pointing it at his chest as she takes a long step back. "You lack imagination, Mahuizoh. You're fighting for dreams that died a thousand years ago."
The strike is true, and Mahuizoh staggers past in obvious pain. He's obviously nearing defeat, despite every prediction from the gambler. The world can be surprising, even when it includes monsters such as him. But he's laughing now, lapping his own genuine blood from burnt fingers. "You are highly opinionated, sacrifice... for someone making so many assumptions about me. If you already judged my motives, then I suppose my secret isn't important to know..." Whirling around, he savagely whirls out his leg, aiming to impact in her side with his bare foot. As hard as he can muster, as he is now! "But I'm a bit trickier then I seem... are you getting tired yet?"
COMBATSYS: Rio dodges Mahuizoh's Light Kick.
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"Oh, that? I was trying to get you mad so you'd reveal more information or fight more seriously if you had the power to do so. Also trying to distract myself from fear by talking!" Rio readies her sword, then blinks, and barely jumps out of the way of his foot. "I guess that was a failure, though. I am truly curious about your secret if you'd be gracious enough to share it."
"That said, prepare yourself!" She readies her sword, and then suddenly rushes forwards, aiming her arm at Mahuizoh's neck to knock him to the ground, then repeatedly striking his body with her kendo sword should that prove successful.
COMBATSYS: Mahuizoh dodges Rio's Savage Combo.
MAHUIZOH
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The intent of the assault is rather clear to Mahuizoh, but he still lunges backwards from it without any apparent difficulty, landing upon the scorched craps table once more. "Ahh. Mind games...? Do I seem the type who would fall for such? I cannot fault you for trying, I suppose... but I am attacking you as seriously as I can manage! Hahaha!" He then slowly begins to simmer with energy, allowing it to flow through his body as he grins at Rio toothily. "You are interesting. You do not use your raw power. BUt you use tricks... and techniques... that is precisely what I am weak to!! Yet in a battle of attrition, sacrifice, you are likely to lose. Worry about my secret if you manage to clinch your victory!"
COMBATSYS: Mahuizoh gathers burning flame in his right hand, entire body seeming to whirl with heat.
MAHUIZOH
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"It's true, long fights aren't my forte, and you seem to have some sort of ability to repair damage to even that mask. I guess I'll have to end this quickly." Rio takes a kendo stance, and closes her eyes. Well, almost closes her eyes. She's just squinting very narrowly, keeping her eyes on Mahuizoh, although she appears to be merely focused on her breathing.
She quirks an eye open for a moment. "Even a failed mindgame can be quite informative on what sort of opponent you're facing. If you know yourself, and you know the enemy, you will often win."
She almost-closes her eyes again, and resumes the breathing exercise.
COMBATSYS: Rio comes up with a CUNNING PLAN.
MAHUIZOH
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"Mmmhmm." Mahuizoh replies, seeming to purposefully not reveal anything further on what Rio is saying. He's scratching at his mask, which has another crack in it from the opening slug that she leveled against him. "I pity you, though. You'll never know the true intoxication of power... the kind of power that could rip the world in half... I suppose that is the greatest gift my Gods granted me. Even if they lay dormant in these ages, forever more!!" His right hand lifts, and again a spark of fire whirls. It grows and grows, becoming a massive sphere of scorching heat that makes the audience gasp and turn away for a moment. Leaping backwards, Mahuizoh then hurls it straight towards Rio, as it sparks and whirls intently, aiming to impact her with explosive, all-consuming force!! "Feel free to think me delusional... I prefer it...!!"
COMBATSYS: Mahuizoh successfully hits Rio with Huehuetoetl.
- CRAZY Hit! -
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Rio's eyes blink open as Mahuizoh starts to create a whirl of energy. "What the-!?" She starts to quickly move to one side, but it's just hurled at her current location, and it's too big to dodge. She flies through the air, and barrels into a slot machine, slamming into it hard and dropping to the ground.
She just lies there for a moment. Is the match already over?
Slowly, she stands up, and kicks the sword back up to her hand. "Even if I don't have that power, even if all I have is tricks and techniques... it's enough to split the world in two if I want! Prepare yourself!" She rushes towards him, raising her sword over her head, and screaming at the top of her lungs!
...then stops about ten feet away, pauses for a moment, then hurls the sword at him.
COMBATSYS: Mahuizoh blocks Rio's Medium Fling.
MAHUIZOH
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"No, little sacrifice..." Mahuizoh states, when Rio mentions her own planet-splitting strengths. A feeling of ecstacy sweeps over the Aztech's form, trembling hand scratching the side of his mask. "I meant that... literally..." A vision of Oro, the tiny man viewed harmless by most. The greatest energy he has ever tasted in his long life. But then Rio is going to more depserate measures in his eyes, rushing forward before simply flinging the sword. He catches it with a grunt in his right hand, before a burst of fire disintegrates it. "What's this...? I already told you psychological maneuvers don't work on me...!" He then rushes forward, having no fear or compunctions about engaging Rio at a closer distance. Again his blade dances between his fingers, before he goes low and slashes at Rio's legs, trying to hobble her slightly before hurling himself backwards!
COMBATSYS: Rio blocks Mahuizoh's Quick Strike.
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"So did I! Even if it's an impossibility, it's not beyond my power! I refuse to believe otherwise!" Rio falls into a low crouch to block the edge of his blade with the side of her own knife that just appeared in her hand - it's more of a standard combat knife. She rushes in after him as he springs back, trying to keep close as he rushes backwards. "Don't worry, though, I have no intention to kill you." Her voice is extremely serious, almost to the point of self-parody. "Or even to destroy this world."
She swings the blade towards his arm, then spins her arm up and to the side, aiming the pommel towards his mask.
COMBATSYS: Mahuizoh parries Rio's Quick Strike!
MAHUIZOH
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"Hahaha! Think what you will!" Mahuizoh seems amused by the answer, if nothing else. But he has mostly adjusted to the current level he's become... even if it's a good deal lower then he might care for. Although Rio is indeed extremely talented at her techniques, the attempted feint was seen through. His left hand grasps her wrist, twisting it away and causing the strike to only cut the air... before he strikes towards her back with his blackened right one, trying to grasp and yank her overhead. A moment after, a great ball of fire would burst into being, trying to scorch her from head to toe before she'd be hurled in the direction of the roulette table!! "You said you were going to finish me... but you are attacking like a kitten now. Was the start your strongest, and you are still putting on air...?"
COMBATSYS: Rio fails to interrupt Tona-Tiuh EX from Mahuizoh with Magician's Subtle Cunning.
- CRAZY Hit! -
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COMBATSYS: Rio can no longer fight.
MAHUIZOH
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Rio smirks as she's disarmed, and as he grabs her arm, another knife appears into her free hand to slash across his belly. "Stuuuupid! You left yourself wide open!"
As her blade is about to hit his stomach, though, she's hit in the back by his hand, wrenched back out of range, hurled up into the air, and then toasted before being hurled into the roulette wheel, which is quickly transformed into smoking wreckage. She mumbles something incoherently, her face twisted as she reaches her hand out towards something, then her arm goes limp and falls back to her side.
The very moment that Rio is hurtling through the air, the sound of rushing chi fills the stadium. That ominous cloud whirls around him once more, although in a heartbeat he lands heavily amidst the wreckage, crouching beside Rio. "Hmmhmm... you lost your wager!! Although it was fun... I thought you might get me...!! Such ruthlessness from a sacrifice. I like it! Fine!! You can help me in my ambition. When I need it..." Slowly he stands. The wounds that were inflicted seem to have massively receded; there are still marks there, but it's as if he switched into the body of a much stronger fighter, who wouldn't have been as injured. Again he repairs his mask with a slow, searing brush of his blackened fingers. The announcers declare that Mahuizoh has won his second defense, as he sheathes his sacrificial dagger. "You had best keep your word~..." And then in a burst of speed, he rushes away, quickly vanishing into his tunnel once more and leaving her in the midst of the broken items until the medical team arrives!
COMBATSYS: Mahuizoh has ended the fight here.
Log created on 12:54:42 08/01/2012 by Mahuizoh, and last modified on 17:36:57 08/01/2012.