Description: The assault on Metro City goes a step beyond just the strangely numerous anti-authoritarian gangbangers that have been springing up recently... it seems outright military-grade hardware is stepping up to bat as a trio of tanks, escorted by Decapre, roll along up to the Metro City power plant's grounds. Can Maki Genryuusai, a hero of Metro City, and her mysterious ally Munin Arshe stop this advance? Are dark days looming overhead for Metro City...?
COMBATSYS: Tanks! has started a fight here in the center.
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COMBATSYS: Tanks! has ended the fight here.
Metro City is no stranger to sieges. Rolento tried to have his fun. China, under Shadaloo's influence, took a whack at it. If you want to really grasp at straws, Haggar, Cody, and Guy themselves sieged the city when Mad Gear decided kidnapping Jessica was a great way to get one of the all-time greats of professional wrestling to do their bidding.
The fact that this sort of thing has happened does not make it any less troubling and terrifying for the populace as a whole, especially when one has something like... a tank.
Three of them, rolling over Metro City's famous bad traffic on a beeline to the power plant. The gates are quickly abandoned by hopelessly outgunned security as they cry for help, any help, to find a way to turn them back.
Then one of them shells open the front door to the inside, as if to remind the populace that this is not an elaborate prank where someone has dressed up hummers as tanks - these are actual tanks. Tanks that have somehow managed to slip into Metro City unnoticed until now (but to be fair, gang problems).
It kind of goes without saying here on a not at all great day that someone is going to have to man up and tank the tanks... but... who?
COMBATSYS: Tanks! has started a fight here as a boss!
TANKS!
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Riding atop the lead tank is Decapre. As in the previous assault on the City Hall, she is not bothering to disguise herself; she wears the peaked garrison cap, the gunmetal mask with its frown line and the glowing red eyeslots, and the snug, black bodysuit... and the red gauntlets. She is standing tall, to be sure, but as the main gun fires, she crouches.
It is not a crouch of fear--it's a crouch of readiness. Surely there will be defenders to try and stop these metal beasts... she certainly hopes so. Being defeated by Haggar might have been expected, but the taste of it? That doesn't sit well with her at all.
That first explosion clears the door, and Decapre is ready. There isn't much, she thinks, that will truly challenge these tanks... but there's always that possibility, and for that, she has to be here. Technology goes only so far.
COMBATSYS: Decapre has joined the fight here on the top side.
TANKS!
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Metro City is under siege from Shadaloo and other evil factions. And now they're trying to seize Metro City's power plant. This is getting out of hand. And as Metro City's heroine, Maki Genryuusai cannot sit by idly and just watch or wait for Mike Haggar to act. Most likely he's already got his hands full. And furthermore, Maki's not the type of girl to run away at the sight of trouble. When there's trouble, she goes in and tries to stop it!
As Maki arrives at the power plant, she can only stare in awe at the incoming tanks. Some might think of turning and running, but Maki's not going to let them succeed. She grips her tonfa tightly and glares forward. "You are big in size, but I won't back down!" Maki declares angrily.
When the fighting broke out near city hall, the events, at least in part, were observed by another figure. Munin didn't reveal herself to help there, rather she estimated that if the city WERE under attack, and if it was a serious contender, their logical next step would be the cities power supply. Cripple that, and the city becomes MUCH harder to maintain the defenses of.
If it wasn't, then nothing would happen, the ragtag groups would be likely defeated knowing Haggars rep AND Mad Gears unexpected choice to assist him, and all would be well.
That said, Munin has spent the last several hours stalking the grounds around the power plant, keeping vigil for any signs of trouble, should her paranoia pay off.
When she hears the tanks shoot their way through the front gates, she is off like a shot. A call is made to 911 about the incoming attack while she runs. She's sure it's been done, but one more wouldn't hurt.
Dropping her phone, still active and on an open line for triangulation purposes, in the bushes near the building, she comes in from the side, eyeing the situation, and looking for where to best assault the group, and assist anyone else who shows up.
COMBATSYS: Munin has joined the fight here on the left meter side.
TANKS!
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COMBATSYS: Maki has joined the fight here on the left meter side.
TANKS!
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COMBATSYS: Munin has joined the fight here on the right meter side.
TANKS!
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When Maki interposes herself into the wake of the destruction with one of her famed witticisms, the tanks do seem to come to a complete halt. Maki is a famous name, all in all. Who isn't? Who remembers how brave fighters stood against legions of trained soldiers and dangerous machines of war under Vega's command?
<< "Allow us to handle her," >> one of the tank commanders radios to Decapre, << "we will not let her hamper our mission." >>
Clearly, the commander of the tank in front of Maki does not remember this important recent historical fact as it suddenly moves towards Maki.
It stops abruptly.
<< "What the hell? Run her over." >>
<< "Sir, this is a bad idea. Referencing--" >>
<< "Run her over this instant!" >>
The internal argument between driver and commander is only seen to the outside world of a tank being hesitant to do anything but aggressively nudge into Maki a couple of times.
COMBATSYS: Tanks! successfully hits Maki with Tank Buttling.
TANKS!
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Standing defiantly, Maki smirks just a little bit as the tank comes at her, intent on butting her out of the way. She smirks even more as it gets closer, and shifts one of her feet to the side. But before she can react, the tank nudges her to the ground. The nudge does hurt, but it doesn't stop her from rolling back onto her feet, now scowling again.
"You're really serious about this, aren't you?" Maki asks sarcastically, even though she knows they can't hear her. "Well, I'm gonna make you regret this!" She spots a nearby pile of rubble and grabs a medium sized rock. "Let's see how you like this!" She yells as she hurls the rock at the tank.
Right. It's amazing what technology can do. Decapre had... suffered... in her ultimately futile battle against Haggar. But Shadaloo's resources aren't good for just destroying things; their advanced medical facilities were able to get Decapre back into fighting shape in a matter of hours. Pity it's too expensive for the 'regular troops' but that's the benefit of being elite.
There's movement... yes. There. Decapre lunges off the lead tank just as it pauses, her arms outstretched--and at the peak of her leap, there's that harsh, ringing sound as the six blades--three per arm--slide from their housings.
Her lunge carries her right towards Munin, those six blades reaching out for her torso, to carve bloody tracks right down them.
COMBATSYS: Decapre successfully hits Munin with Medium Strike.
TANKS!
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COMBATSYS: Tanks! overcomes Thrown Object from Maki with Light Shelling.
TANKS!
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<< "RUN HER OVER RIGHT NOW! This is treason!" >> The commander of the front tank yells.
The other two tanks move ahead, their own teams coordinating as to how to best to surround Maki in the event that the squabbling somehow spells doom for this one tank. Militaries around the world have learned various lessons from the whole China episode and - let's face it - they're eager to put this to the test.
<< "She's moved too far back, into the range of--" >>
<< "RUN. HER. OVER." >>
The gunner, fed up with this and knowing that he has the shot anyway, goes on ahead and hits it, heedless of Maki's incoming rock throw as a shell blasts through it largely unimpeded and - really - giving Maki split seconds to react as the cannon's mighty thunder echoes through the power plant's yard and beyond.
COMBATSYS: Tanks! successfully hits Maki with Light Shelling.
TANKS!
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In her rush to get into position, Munin makes a critical error: She doesn't notice Decapre.
Until the masked commando makes a nasty gash in her shoulder, that is....
THEN she notices her!
The violet runes along her gloves begin to glow brightly, smokey black chi drifting from them. She sizes up her opponent, and the damage done, and comes to two conclusions: First, that she's in potentially deep trouble with this one. Second, she looks eerily like Cammy, the difference being the mask and the colors, but the rest..... this leads to other instantanious assumed possabilities, none of which are good.
Recalling her brief time alongside Cammy, Munin plans her techniques approprietly. Her counter-attack attempts to reduce whatever chance to evade Decapre might have, a serious of palm strikes, and a few kicks, aimed at the face and stomach, with no words spoken.
First the rock is destroyed, and now Maki is blasted with a large shell. She is sent flying across the area, and smashes into a nearby wall. She lays on the ground in pain, feeling like her whole body just exploded. In fact, as she rubs at her stomach, she yelps in pain, feeling like she might have broken a rib. She struggles to get up, glaring at the tanks.
"You haven't won yet," Maki says as she stares, breathing deeply and trying to put the pain of her injuries out of her mind. She may seem outnumbered, but she's not giving up.
COMBATSYS: Maki gains composure.
TANKS!
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COMBATSYS: Decapre blocks Munin's Charged Combo.
TANKS!
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Assuming that Decapre fights like Cammy is... wise. And unwise. For Decapre is a very different sort of beast from the Zero Doll. The series of attacks strike armored gauntlets, not flesh, as Decapre stands her ground, taking the impacts isntead of attemping to evade them.
She prefers to stay close, indeed, and that's possibly one way she echoes Cammy. But while the stance is the same, the way she utilizes her body is different. The Doll takes a half-step back, taking a short hop, kicking her right leg up--and then bringing it down for that injured soldier.
COMBATSYS: Decapre successfully hits Munin with Heel Terror.
TANKS!
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<< "I DID NOT ORDER YOU TO SHOOT." >> The commander complains. << "YOU WILL BE TRIED FOR TREASON!" >>
<< "I'm sorry, sir, but I had the shot." >>
<< "TAKE THE SHOT ONLY WHEN COMMANDED. I ASSUME SHE IS DEAD NOW." >>
The driver and gunner both look out to see Maki just laying there, panting and breathing. Their commander might actually be right - she could be dying after being in such close proximity to that shelling. Most... people don't survive being shelled.
<< "You seem unsure," >> The commander of that tank smirks. << "Go run her over." >>
No longer able to argue this logic, the driver decides that there's no harm in running over a theoretically dying young woman. Maybe? Possibly? This couldn't backfire on them in the least.
Meanwhile, the other two tank commanders are having a good laugh with one another before maintaining something resembling professional communications conduct.
The sharp crack heard would be Decapres foot impacting with Munins already-injured shoulder, sending splurts of red, and eliciting a sharp cry of pain from the shadowy fighter. She decides to change up her game, using one hand to grab the foot and hopeflly keep Decapre off-balance long enough to move in. She comes in low, a lance of violet chi erupting from her striking hand, and aiming for the dolls stomach.
Should it connect, Munin will use the momentum to try to lift Decapre up, using the low center of gravity to brace herself, and throw her overhead, slamming her into the ground!
COMBATSYS: Maki dodges Tanks!'s Strong Runover.
TANKS!
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You've got to admit that those tank operators are mighty brazen, trying to run over a girl who's down and out. Except Maki's not down and out. Instead, she's gotten up and leaped onto the tank itself. "It looks like I'm going to have to get a bit personal here!" Maki comments as she scrambles onto the tank, trying to look for some kind of weakness.
Then she spots what looks like a panel which controls radar or maybe the weapons systems. "I wonder what THIS does!" Maki says with a grin as she attempts to smash it with her tonfa.
COMBATSYS: Decapre interrupts Eclipse from Munin with Crimson Razor.
TANKS!
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Decapre knows that, most likely, Munin does not have the Psycho Power--despite that violet color to the energy she wields. She tenses--but does not attempt to move her grabbed leg. A lithe, twisting lean keeps most of that lance of chi from striking her--it grazes across her stomach--and then she's thrown... but as she reaches the peak of that throw, she twists.
The twist breaks Munin's grip and allows Decapre to stabilize her flight--and as she does so she rakes her left hand downwards. She's too far to strike Munin physically, sure...
But a raking slash of three blood-red lines of Psycho Power flash down to cross Munin's chest, with a sharp, sizzling his, as Decapre lands on her feet... and brings her hands back up, those blades cocked and ready.
COMBATSYS: Tanks! endures Maki's Medium Strike.
TANKS!
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(OW!). This is Munins only thought in reaction to the strike. Her duster and shirt are torn, and blood is flowing freely down her chest and from her shoulder, as she staggers a bit from the pain.
Looking up, her glowing violet eyes peer over her matching-colored shades a moment before she suddenly moves in with blurring speed once again. A 'copy' of herself splits off, appearing to leap up and come in from above while she continues to charge forwards, a lance of chi projected from both versions hands.
The image leaping to the side and coming in from above is the REAL Munin, attempting to strike Decapres face, while the image comes head on, doing nothing on hit, and vanishing once hit, or after a few seconds.
COMBATSYS: Munin successfully hits Decapre with Mirror Image.
TANKS!
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<< "You did run her over, yes?" >>
<< "We... think so, sir." >>
<< "Do you KNOW SO?!" >>
They actually don't. There was no real sensation of a... crunch, or anything. The driver has many hours logged as a pilot and knows something's up when there's sounds of someone or something picking away at the hull up top, peeling away panels and poking at circuitry underneath.
The commander is, for once, on top of things. << "You! Beta. Peel her off!" >>
<< "Confirmed, Delta," >> replies another commander as one of the other two tanks wheels up to her. The main turrets have a lot of freedom of movement and - in a much newer invention specifically for these instances - a lot more velocity in their re-aiming as it attempts to swat Maki off the top of the other tank.
The tank she was just on actually responds in kind, doing its own sweep to try and have a second go at knocking her off while the third wheel in this scenario is still weighing its options, trying to track Maki's movement as if to fire the moment it has a clear shot.
COMBATSYS: Maki dodges Tanks!'s Spinning Turret.
TANKS!
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"Oh, no you don't!" Maki says as she leaps over the spinning turret, landing in a crouch. "Looks like I've got the upper hand now!" Maki says with a big smile on her face. "If any of you can hear me, why don't you come out and fight like men? Or are you really a bunch of wussies who have to use big machines to get your points across?"
A pause, albeit slightly intentional as if to make her words set in, then she says, "Oh, no response, hmmm? Well, then maybe I should try knocking?" Maki attempts to smash her tonfa into the cover of the hatch leading into the tank.
Ah. And the true measure of her opponent is shown--Decapre's head is twisted around from the strike, though the mask remains solidly in place. It was, for certain, a very good hit... but Decapre doesn't act as if she's affected. Well... it's hard to tell. The mask.
She rotates her head back and regards Munin for all of a moment--two moments, perhaps--and feints another claw strike. But her hands remain in place, mostly, having moved less than six inches, before she fires a high kick, the toe of her left boot seeking Munin's chin.
It was a skilled attack, but Decapre doesn't go down that easily.
COMBATSYS: Decapre successfully hits Munin with Light Kick.
TANKS!
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The injuries are taking their toll. A feint like that should have been seen easily. Alas, this is not the case, and the boot smacks into Munins chin, sending her head backwards in whiplash. Despite the pain, Munin tries for an on-the-fly turnaround of this circumstance.
Using the momentum of the strike, imitating a move she's seen Guile use, she attempts an impromptu flash-kick aimed at the reciprocating location: the chin. Shadowy afterimages are left in the wake of her movements as well. Granted, this isn't the actual move technique-wise, having little to none of it's power, but it should hurt if it can only connect....
Munin can at worst hope for the best....
COMBATSYS: Tanks! fails to interrupt Genkou from Maki with Quick Concentrated Fire.
TANKS!
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COMBATSYS: Munin successfully hits Decapre with Medium Kick.
TANKS!
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<< "Delta, target has not been removed." >>
<< "We sort of figured this out because SHE'S STILL HAMMERING OUR HULL. >> Delta's commander spazzes out. << "Open fire upon her immediately!" >>
<< "Negative on that, Delta." >> Speaks the more even-handed commander of Beta. << "Risk of friendly fire too great." >>
<< "FIRE!" >> Demands the Delta commander as Maki threatens to tear open the hatch and deal with those inside. The gunner responds largely by just firing a shell into thin air at pretty much nothing in hopes this fruitless gesture that follows the letter of the command - if not the implacable spirit of it - will not get him another accusation of treason while the other two tank commanders are working out their strategy of how to exactly remove Maki.
Tempting as it is to shoot the Delta team anyway.
Decapre's head snaps back; the impact sounds like a gunshot, thanks to the mask. But it stays in place. It's as if she needs it so much it just won't come off... Her body follows, a moment later, as she arcs backwards... and then she flips in midair and lands. Her eyes flash--or the eyeslots do, as if responding to her emotional state. The crimson glare washes over Munin briefly, and then her hands--her gauntlets--are glowing with a hazy red energy, shot through with darker purple.
She yells, but it comes out... flattened, made artificial--a vocoder in the mask--as she strikes with both claws, raking them outwards for Munin's chest, and then, momentum still surging for her, snapping her body around, throwing herself downwards, using that momentum to surge into the air, the heel of her right boot seeking Munin's chin.
Her intent? To finish this interloper off.
COMBATSYS: Decapre blitzes into action and acts again!
TANKS!
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COMBATSYS: Munin blocks Decapre's Razing Arrow.
TANKS!
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COMBATSYS: Munin fails to counter Cannon Spike from Decapre with Shadow Strike.
TANKS!
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As Munin recovers, she blinks as she sees the eyes light up, moreso in this case. (THAT'S never a good thing....).
Bracing herself, she deflects the clawed onslaught, wincing a bit as the blades make small cuts in her sleeves, then tries to move in to counter attack. Unfortunately, she underestimates the speed of the second attack, and rather than intercepting it, takes it in part, staggering her back. With so many hits to her head, she's starting to get woozy, and the gardens are beginning to spin....
"What's the matter? You're too afraid of being beaten by a girl?" Maki asks, grinning sarcastically. "Well, just take your time, I'll be here for awhile!" She mock-polishes her tonfa and then gets back into her fighting stance. "I'll give you another chance if you wanna come out and play now."
COMBATSYS: Maki focuses on her next action.
TANKS!
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Flipping backwards from the kick, Decapre... does not continue the attack. That red haze? It envelops her, intensifying, like rage unleashed, given visible form. And indeed, really and truly, it is.
Behind that mask, Decapre's teeth are bared in a snarl, blue eyes are slitted in intensity... she isn't even checking to see what the tanks are doing, not that it isn't obvious. If those fools can't take out one ninja, well, boys love their toys too much.
Decapre will take out one and then help work on the other.
COMBATSYS: Decapre gathers her will.
TANKS!
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When Maki decides to go posing and preening - and presumably by getting off the tank while she does so - the three of the tank commanders give aside glances to thin air that somehow, one way or another, has their gazes coincide to some central direction in which their eyes all roll.
<< "Is your precious risk of friendly fire gone now?!" >> Asks Delta commander.
<< "Affirmative." >> Replies Beta commander.
<< "We can fell her in one quick, unified strike," >> Speaks Alpha commander, << "her folly appears to be in her arrogance and preening. We had anticipated this reaction of hers and positioned ourselves accordingly." >>
<< "Do I get to say it?" >> Delta commander says in a particularly giddy manner.
<< "No." >> Alpha commander replies. << "Fire." >>
And so, the three tanks - their main guns leveled on Maki - all fire once at a central point which is to say... her.
She doesn't want to be where she's standing right now.
COMBATSYS: Maki dodges Tanks!'s Strong Concentrated Fire.
TANKS!
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Of course Maki wouldn't want to be standing there. She just jumps out of the way, landing on the back of the tank and shaking her head. "I'm sorry but that's not going to work, I'm afraid," Maki comments. "If you want to keep using your big guns, then you're going to have to do better than that."
Then Maki spots what looks like the periscope. "Hey, I wonder if this thing spins around?" She asks as she swats at it with her tonfa.
As Munin stands gathers her bearings, she too is struggling, both against the same bloodthirst to a smaller extent, as well as darkness at the edges of her vision....
Her purple-tinted shades were knocked away in the last hit, so when she does look straight on at Decapre, her glowing violet eyes are quite visible when they suddenly gain in their own brightness as she actually speaks "If that was your best.... let me show you MINE!".
She shadows around the pair darken and congeal, closing in and enveloping them! The only sight visible, for a brief moment, is those bright, glowing eyes of Munins in the darkness. Then Munin SCREAMS, as violet light suddenly emits from her mouth, her teeth silhouetted by the brilliance! In the seconds that all this happens, spears of shadowy chi stab towards Decapre from the darkness all around her!
Moments later, the shadows fade, revealing Munin, eyes dimly glowing, looking very tired.....
COMBATSYS: Munin successfully hits Decapre with Iron Maiden.
- Power hit! -
-+- CALCULATED HIT -+-
TANKS!
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Maki 0/-------/=======|==-----\-------\0 Munin
COMBATSYS: Tanks! endures Maki's Weapon Jab.
TANKS!
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Maki 0/-------/=======|==-----\-------\0 Munin
Decapre is impaled by the shadowy chi lances, and that... is very bad for her. She crumples to a heap after that, as if dead; Munin might even be allowed to think that she's defeated her. Until, that is, Decapre shifts again. She rises once more, and those glowing eyeslots are flaring red constantly now, drawing after-trails in the air as she returns to her feet. Fortunately the kind of pain that chi entailed wasn't the kind to physically break her; her body screams in pain, but that is all funneled.
Funneled into a rush, as Decapre springs forward, that haze reappearing around her arms, her blades, her body blurring, rushing forward. Once she closes with Munin--she starts raking those blades across Munin's position, again and again and again, both arms lashing until she lashes outwards with both--a finishing strike.
COMBATSYS: Munin fails to counter Razing Barrage from Decapre with Terminal Response.
TANKS!
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COMBATSYS: Munin can no longer fight.
TANKS!
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The Delta tank just can't seem to catch a break as Maki goes into pure mischief as opposed to really bringing her strength to bear to take down these three tanks as she jabs a tonfa through one such opening they use to actually get a good view out of it.
<< "I cannot see!" >> Cries Delta commander. << "Did she do what I think she just did?" >>
<< "Probably, sir," >> The gunner sighs. They had that perfect shot too, it's almost like she was baiting it!
<< "Sir," >> The driver says, << "there's a low overhang by that gate, should I just... back into it and hope she stays there long enough so I give her a concussion, or..." >>
<< "JUST DO IT!" >> Delta commander screams.
The other two work out a plan of attack in silence from the screaming of the Delta team. Alpha decides to move alongside Delta as it moves in reverse, as if rearing back a turret in case Maki tries to get smart or clever while Delta accelerates to try and bang Maki's head from up against a hanging piece of front gate or some such.
COMBATSYS: Maki dodges Tanks!'s Quick Ram.
TANKS!
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"Why don't you guys just come out and fight with me instead? Because I've been going extra easy on you!" Maki blows on her tonfa. "Seriously, I was hoping to have some of your blood on my tonfas, but since you want to fight inside your tank, then I'll just have to hit you harder."
Maki jumps over the tank's incoming attack and lands on the back of it. "Oh, what's this?" She asks, finding another panel. "Maybe I should figure it out with my tonfa!" She attempts to hit it very hard. As in harder than she generally hits.
The claws come in again and again, and despite Munins attempts to counter, it is for naught.
When the barrage of strikes ends, she is still standing. Barely. She is covered in blood from all the injuries and cuts, particularly her arms and chest. Her face is swollen and bleeding from impacts. Her ability to keep track of things is at it's near-end.
If what she suspects Decapre to be is true, then best not to risk capture. Her eyes suddenly FLASH with a bright light, filling the area, making it impossible to see her for a split second. When it fades, the only thing left behind are the purple-tinted shades, knocked off by Decapre in the fight, and a pool of blood. Most suprisingly, 3 different trails of blood go off in 3 different directions! Which way she went to escape is difficult to tell.
Meanwhile, in truth, Munin is not far away, hidden out of view behind a wall, unconscious.
Her last thoughts before oblivion being that at worst, seeking her out will distract Decapre long enough for whomever was attacking the tanks to finish them without the masked fighters intervention.
COMBATSYS: Tanks! Toughs Out Maki's Power Strike!
TANKS!
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Hmph. Remove one from the field of battle. That's good enough--she'll need medical attention soon. Those claws drip with blood, as Decapre turns to regard the fight between the tanks and the ninja. And if that doesn't sound absurd...
But, first, she needs to recover; her opponent certainly took its toll on the Doll. Covered by the night, Decapre goes to one knee, and draws an ampoule of... something. Without hesitation, she jabs the thing into her upper arm; there's the barest hiss of compressed gas. And then she waits for it to take effect.
COMBATSYS: Decapre drops her guard to recover.
TANKS!
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<< "This is Alpha Commander," >> They speak, << "and you are not to leave your vehicle under any circumstances." >>
<< "SHE'S ATTACKING OUR ENGINE!" >> Delta commander screams, << "IF SHE SO MUCH AS SNEEZES ON IT WHO KNOWS WHAT'LL HAPPEN, SHOOT HER NOW!" >>
<< "Don't worry." >> Alpha Commander reassures. << "So long as she's overcommitting herself... if you can reach her with the turret, we'll try and take her off. Beta's lining up a shell for what we believe to be where she might attempt to escape to." >>
<< "...I was thinking the same thing!" >> Delta so was not. Delta Commander has no vantage point at all in his seat, but now he's just getting the gunner to swing the turret around as much as he can just to try and bat Maki off while she's working away at the thing.
COMBATSYS: Tanks! successfully hits Maki with Broad Turret Sweep.
TANKS!
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Maki's arrogance has gotten the best of her, and she gets knocked off of the tank and onto the ground. She lets out a small moan as she pushes herself back up, trying to catch her breath as she does so. "Damn, I sure hope Guy isn't going to see that, otherwise my father will always ridicule me about becoming the new master of our martial art style." She spits on the ground, shocked to find some blood in that as well. "Great, just great."
Maki still doesn't let that get her down, though. Instead, she finds something to stand on, giving her a slight boost from the ground. "Time to show them what I'm made of," Maki comments as she summons her power into her body. Then, with a yell, she launches herself at the top of the tank, attempting to strike it with a very fast flying kick.
COMBATSYS: Maki successfully hits Tanks! with Tesshin Hou.
TANKS!
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<< "Confirmed hit," >> Alpha commander communicates, << "We're going to pull ahead for distanc--" >>
<< "WE RUN HER OVER NOW!" >> Delta commander, too stupid to live, moves aggressively to cut off the Alpha tank from moving in to intercept or assist.
<< "No! Pull back, pull bac--" >>
It's too late. Maki is done playing around, and the Delta tank sparks and catches on fire as Maki strikes through and - with all proper dramatic flair - sees it explode.
The Alpha tank rattles, caught in the blast of Delta's fiery end as the commander frantically tries to get his panicking driver to hold course and keep moving back.
<< "Delta, come in, Delta... Delta, come in," >> Beta drones in.
<< "Delta is down. Cover fire! Keep her away!" >> Alpha commands, emotion in his voice as he realizes that Delta just highlighted the folly of sending armed vehicles against superhuman fighters, and now the two of them are paying the price in being down a tank... not to mention Alpha's not looking good in the wake of that nearby explosion, with charred armor and some missing plate.
Another good strike like that, Maki...
COMBATSYS: Tanks! successfully hits Maki with Light Shelling.
TANKS!
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Shells? Maki prefers the ones that Sally sells by seashores as opposed to these ones. The blast comes at Maki, knocking her onto the ground again, and this time she yells out as she hits a weakened part of her body. "It's a good thing," Maki mutters to herself, "That the Metro Medical Center takes care of me for free. I'm gonna need a bit of surgery after this..." Maki stands as best as she can, but she's slouching to the side, her tonfa arm hanging limply. "Dirty bastards, I can't believe they came this far."
But even when she's badly injured, Maki won't go down that easily. "You can't keep me down. You may win, but I'm gonna do my damn hardest to make sure that I leave my mark on you!" Maki shouts as she grabs another piece of rubble and hurls it at the tank.
Right. That feels better. A temporary solution--she'll have to go back into the tank, so to speak, to recover fully... but there is a mission here...
And Maki does for one of the tanks. Tapping into her radio circuit, Decapre talks to the tank commanders. <<One subject neutralized. Coming in for backup on the second.>>
And that's pretty much all she says before she starts running, tracking on the Bushin-Ryuu ninja, and then, once she's close enough, jumping up and then... driving forward, at an angle, aiming to slash Maki across the back as she goes.
Her movements aren't totally silent, of course--the pounding of feet on concrete and asphalt, the rush of air as she passes--but she doesn't need to be silent.
COMBATSYS: Maki successfully hits Tanks! with Thrown Object.
TANKS!
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Maki leaves a mark on the already damaged Alpha tank, all right, as the rubble pierces the hull and decides to embed itself in something that looks important given all the sparking and the flames.
<< "Alpha, confirmed you have sustained critical damage," >> The Beta commander comments in their backwards movement. << "Regroup to point 736, we will move towards the weak sid--" >>
<< "Negative." >> Alpha commander tries to maintain composure as the ammunition loader is desperately trying to do some quick patchwork to prevent themselves from being smoked out. << "We're receiving assistance from our operative. We're... maintaining position." >>
<< "...Affirmative." >> Beta does not quite agree with the call, but with both of them choosing to play the distance game and Decapre in close quarters, there is not much either of them can do but watch and strategize based on movements and the results of the skirmish between the two.
<< "We will be primed to fire," >> Alpha commander speaks to Decapre over radio, << "speak when you require further fire support and can clear yourself." >>
They may not have much time to really get it all together. They may have only one shot...
COMBATSYS: Tanks! focuses on its next action.
TANKS!
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COMBATSYS: Maki dodges Decapre's Medium Strike.
TANKS!
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Meanwhile, Maki's left her mark on the tank definitely, but now she has a new problem. Decapre has decided to launch an attack on her with a fierce looking slash. "Oh, no you don't!" Maki exclaims angrily as she jumps away, turning to face Decapre. "So, you want to interfere with this? You're a fool to be taking me on." Maki grips her tonfa, a bit difficult given how she's low on steam, but when you're determined to keep the bad guys out, then that's another story.
"I don't know who you are, but I am Maki Genryuusai, the next in line to be the master of the Bushin-Ryu Martial Arts style, and the heroine of Metro City." She brings her tonfa up. "You, however, are just another obstacle in my way! Now move along!" Maki then attempts to strike Decapre with a swift horizontal strike.
COMBATSYS: Maki successfully hits Decapre with Medium Strike.
TANKS!
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There's no answer from Decapre. After all... she already knows who Maki is. The dossier is available to her. The strike crashes through Decapre's guard, flinging her backwards, and the assassin Doll finds herself flipping over again, coming to a skidding halt. Again, she knows, in detail, the measure of her opponent. But she has to help out, because otherwise, Maki might stop them here... and that is -not- in the plans.
Staying at a distance, Decapre reaches to her waist--and then whips her right arm around and out. Light catches on the razor-sharp edges of an arrowhead-shaped blade, hurled at the ninja--at the least, she'll keep her busy...
Decapre's choice to stay distance works out for the best for the two remaining tanks. They both inwardly consider risk vs. reward - blow the entire load of heavy explosive ammunition for a sure kill and make it harder to go about properly securing the power plant, or play it safe and risk allowing Maki a chance to catch a second wind to overcome both the key operative in the attack... and the tanks?
<< "I believe we should do this now." >> Beta commander speaks.
<< "She's... just cleared the safe range. All right." >> Alpha commander rings it off to Decapre to try and stay at a very specific range so that they can go about the business of...
...how can one describe the sheer volley of rapid-fire high explosive shells raining towards Maki, anyway? It... could be described as a sheer volley of rapid-fire high explosives shells raining towards Maki, and that is about all that can be said as a sinister shadow is cast by the oncoming shells that threaten to carpet bomb Maki out of existence!
COMBATSYS: Maki dodges Decapre's Thrown Weapon.
TANKS!
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COMBATSYS: Maki dodges Tanks!'s Hell Barrage.
TANKS!
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One attack to dodge is enough, but two is even more, especially when you're low on power like Maki is. But she somehow manages to avoid both of them with the greatest of ease. In fact, some might wonder if she's secretly got an energy injection she's hiding somewhere or if she's just that talented. Honestly, she's been doing this for years, so it's only natural to her.
"You two present a good challenge to me, but regardless of who falls, at least I'll have stepped closer to my ultimate goal. Not to mention, protecting Metro City is also an important role I have." She steps back, watching both opponents carefully as she tries to keep from passing out.
COMBATSYS: Maki gains composure.
TANKS!
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There's something in Decapre's posture that shows utter disdain for Maki's considerations. Something about the arrogance with which she speaks that makes Decapre almost dismiss the blonde ninja in front of her. She doesn't -quite- turn her back on the ninja... but there's the same sort of dismissal of her.
Still. She does represent a threat. Decapre closes the distance again, striking out with feinted shots, a low kick, a couple of claw strikes, and then, hopping upwards, looks to tag Maki behind the ear with the toe of her right boot. Painful, maybe disorienting, if not powerful.
COMBATSYS: Maki fails to interrupt Light Kick from Decapre with Bushin Senpuu Kyaku.
TANKS!
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They can't really see through the cloud too well, but the flash of red clothing still clad to /something/ moving is all the signal that both of the standing tank commanders really need.
She survived it.
<< "That was all the HE rounds." >> Beta commander laments. << "That is a tactical failure." >>
<< "Failure is not tolerated." >> Alpha commander speaks, though he too has failed... so far. << "However..." >>
<< "However what? We're out of our sure-fire anti-personnel ammunition." >>
<< "My tank is already gravely damaged." >> Speaks the Alpha commander. << "My crew is already tearing apart anything that looks remotely capable of being shot out of a cannon." >>
<< "That's... not how it works." >> The Beta commander scratches his head.
<< "We have no time to worry about how it works, therefore..." >>
Therefore, random scraps of machinery are suddenly fired at Maki from the Alpha tank at chaotic, imprecise angles owed to the fact the things being put in the barrel aren't... made to be fired out of the barrel.
COMBATSYS: Tanks! successfully hits Maki with Thrown Object.
TANKS!
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Bad news. Maki attempts to knock Decapre away with her signature whirlwind-style spinning kick, but it backfires and she gets knocked into the path of the incoming attack from the tank. Now even more injured than before, and even in pain trying to steady her tonfa arm, Maki thinks that this is the best time to pull out. In spite of her failure, she knows she can't win every battle.
"You can do what you want..." Maki sputters, "But you will remember me and my name... and when I see you gain, you will pay!" Maki staggers off as quickly as she can, albeit with great difficulty.
COMBATSYS: Maki has left the fight here.
TANKS!
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COMBATSYS: M.C. Power Plant has joined the fight here.
TANKS!
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<< "Target confirmed having retreated," >> Speaks Beta commander, who is actually really surprised that the Alpha tank actually managed to fire completely inappropriate ammunition with some degree of accuracy (let alone not blow itself up).
<< "Excellent." >> The Alpha commander steeples his fingers. << "With the order to destroy the Power Plant... I have already thought of a workaround to our lack of ammunition." >>
<< "You're... going to ram the tank into the deepest recesses of it, aren't you." >> Beta commander, suddenly genre savvy, is so shaken by this idea that the driver thinks to have the tank pull back slightly to represent flinching. (This will get him a reprimand later.)
<< "Affirmative. Just get us a concrete brick, will you?" >>
...
...
No more than ten minutes later, the entire Alpha tank team is saluting their soon-to-be late war machine as it flames, sputters, and otherwise looks the part of an unstable deathtrap ready to explode at any moment. The crew gives the mighty soulless war machine of our modern times one final salute before the driver drops in the concrete brick and then crawls the hell out of dodge as the tank wheels its way into the Metro City Power Plant.
Something eventually does catch fire in there and explodes in a particularly inconvenient place. The power immediately goes out. The Beta tank and the on-foot Alpha crew stare incredulously at the mostly-intact structure (aside from maybe one collapsed wing) as the lights all go dark all around them.
"...Close enough."
COMBATSYS: Tanks! knocks away M.C. Power Plant with Heavy Ramming.
-* CRITICAL HIT! *-
TANKS!
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Indeed, the power plant is critically injured by the indiscriminate ramming of the tanks; huge sparks and a flash of energy as all the power in the city vanishes, outside important backup generators in places such as hospitals. The damage is colossal, and if occupied by Shadaloo forces, might be impossible to fix in the near future... Metro City's future looks -- BLACK INDEED.
... her job here is done. Decapre watches Maki leave--her orders not to pursue--and then she sees what the remaining tanks are doing. <<Decapre is leaving the mission site. Mission accomplished.>> With her own difficulty, now that the adrenaline rush is fading, Decapre heads out to the rendevous point. She needs medical attention, herself...
...but she won't ask for it over the radio. They'll know when she gets there.
COMBATSYS: Decapre has left the fight here.
TANKS!
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COMBATSYS: M.C. Power Plant has left the fight here.
TANKS!
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COMBATSYS: M.C. Power Plant successfully hit Tanks! with Collapsing Rubble.
TANKS!
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'Close enough' to have not only the power plant collapse, but in fact the very ground they're standing on.
"Sir the groun--"
"I KNOW! RUN! RUN!" The on-foot Alpha team takes off running away from the encroaching collapsing ground, not knowing how far down a fall they're looking at as they barely outrun the destruction.
The Beta tank, having held position, cannot move fast enough to avoid the fall - and what a fall it turns out to be, given the great exploding ball of fire that follows just behind the surviving Alpha team as they all dive off the premises for safety.
At which point, the Alpha team - on foot, look to one another.
"Sir, how do we explain... that we just lost all three of our tanks in the process?"
"We don't." The Alpha commander attempts to keep his composure given the pounding in his chest. "Let's... find... another. Yes."
COMBATSYS: Tanks! has ended the fight here.
Log created on 20:10:40 08/12/2012 by Rust, and last modified on 09:20:45 08/13/2012.