Description: This is what happens when you open Pandora's Box people (or Jezebel's player gets ideas!), read at your own risk! ... Momoko gets hired to do a Psycho Soldiers Promotion/Stage Show at Howard Stadium with Jezebel Faiblesse and... and a bunch of extras who look nothing like the characters they were to represent. And a Pokemon. Power Rangers, Robot Fights, Fire, Fried Chicken, Old People, and Fighting ensue. No really!
It was a miracle this production came together.
The pitch was a wreck. The concept was an abberation. Half the money was probably laundered. And yet, it was the other half that kept it above water. They couldn't even get all of the members of the team. Two were busy, one was too drunk to respond, and one was very clearly a minor. But they got one. And one was what they didn't, as a bare mininum, to make it official. Not necessarily profession. But to make it official, to avoid legal trouble.
A Psycho Soldiers promotion.
It was an idea that shouldn't have worked. And yet, ticket sales were back. A full Howard Stadium, loaded to the gills with chattering fans. What was once considered a long shot, was not. Lights and cameras were trained on an empty stage, a modified fighting ring, now the home for a makeshift sound stage. Athena's latest albums pounds away on speakers throughout the stadium, as the audience finally becomes settled in. Chattering runs through it, until the lights begin to die down. The sound dies down. SUddenly, a flash of light breaks through the stadium, as smoke machines bellow out at the stage. Suddenly, lasers whip around, as a girl suddenly bursts out from the smoke on stage. The red dress lined with white lace is a little old-skool, as are the red go-go boots and shock of purple hair. But as the cry comes out from a headpiece microphone, and throughout the stadium, it is unmistakable.
"TELEPOOOOHTOH!!!"
An explosion of applause and cheers comes from the audience, as the girl strides on stage. She is a little too tall, a little too old. But the actress filled the role all too well, as she speaks with command through the microphone. "Hello everybody! I'm so glad to see you! I'm Athena! Wow, what a turn out! Hey! Kensou! Come on out here!" From the stairs below the stage, from a small, low doorway out of sight, the man comes out. Despite what the makeup could do, the blue shorted and jean-jacketed man was clearly a man, though only a younger man. Striding up, the actor stumbles a bit, holding his head in an exasperated manner. "Whoa whoa whoa! What was it my l-l-l-" The man stutters in his headpiece, eyes wide as the crowd begins to giggle. "My s-s-sweet- my baboo- my-" The stammering only earns giggles, as 'Athena' stamps her foot.
"Enough of that!"
Holding a hand over her hands, she ignores the squirming Kensou, before speaking loudly into her headpiece mic. "Now, Kensou? Where are the others?" Stumbling from the sidelines, is a bearded man, staggering as he wears green chinese clothing. Wearing a fake, bulbous nose, he carries a jug with him as he comes on stage, before chattering in his headpiece "Enough you two! I, the wise old mentor, Chin, just want to enjoy some fruit juice in peace!!" Athena and Kensou glance at each other, before erupting into playful laughter. "Hahahaha! Oh Chin! You are always drinking that fruit punch, and playing games with those pandas!" A short man, dressed in a giant, padded orange mascot suit, wanders on the stage afterwards. Face unmoving, and with a vaguely porcelin face, similar to a doll, the man cries out in a high-pitched falsetto.
"BAAAOOOOOO~"
"That's right Bao, we are missing someone!" Athena replies, putting her hands on her hips. "We have almost all of the Psycho Rangers, but we are missing our most important member." Kensou crosses his arms, pouting. "Well I don't think she is that important!" Athena gasps a bit, a spotlight focusing on her and Kensou. "Not important? Kensou, she is just as important as the rest of us!" Kensou continues to pout, turning his back to Athena. "I don't know, Athena! She is just so young, and so unserious! I just don't think she is- OW OW OW!" Kensou uncrosses his arms and winces as Athena, in a huff, pantomimes grabbing him by the ear, and twisting it. "Enough of that! Come on! Where are you, our most important member?" A spotlight comes on stage, focused right at the stairs on to it, as Athena calls out the fifth and most imporant member.
"Momoko!"
Earlier -
Momoko knew absolutely nothing of laundered money or any other such things. If she had, perhaps, there wouldn't have been a show tonight. But there was, in fact, a show to do tonight. With Kensou and Athena busy, Chin drunk as usual and far away to boot, and Bao...
Where was Bao these days, anyway? A small girl with chestnut brown hair, staring with eyes deep brown at her reflection in the bus window, blinks. The bright red bus she's on jerks to a sudden stop, with the automatic door hissing as it slides slowly open. The tiny girl, wearing a loose black top and long white cotton pants, faceplants into the back of one of the bus's leather seats and the bus driver shouts, "Howard Stadium! Here's your stop!".
Momoko winces, rubbing her reddened nose, before leaping off from her assigned seat and making her way into the isle. Why was she heading to Howard Stadium today? Well, that's the thing - she'd been booked to do a Psycho Soldiers promotional today... sans almost all Psycho Soldiers...and it was good money. Enough to keep her afloat for a while in this big city where she's practically all by herself...
Now -
*THWUMP, THWUMP, THUMP...!*
From somewhere backstage, amidst the hot colored lights and the even hotter roaring of the crowd, comes the spritely little capoerista. Darting up the stairs, on cue, and throwing herself into a series of rapid, highly acrobatic, backwards flips, she syncs almost perfectly to the beat of the all too familiar song! She's a black, white, and brown blur of perpetual motion speeding right toward the stage front! Just moments before reaching 'Bao', she leaps almost inhumanly high into and turns one last mid-air flip. Her pink ribbons, fluttering in the wind, briefly become almost invisible as she intercepts a beam of bright pink stage light. Then, she falls again... directly toward... 'Athena'...
"ATHEEEENA!!!" Momoko's cry comes over the loud speaker as gravity drags her, down, down, down, toward the impersonator and she attempts to -cling- to the other woman mid-fall! "I'm here!"
The crowd roars yet again!
"Momokoooooo~"
Such was the cry from Athena as Momoko flips in, the true Psycho Soldier finally arriving. The actors and actresses around her smile, keeping a great deal of presence as the real thing comes on stage. After all, fighting isn't the same as acting, and they didn't want her to get freaked out! As Momoko collides with Athena, the woman catches her, and immediately tries to steady her. Off the mic, she immediately speaks. "Are you okay? Okay, lets get you steady babe." She says, before shifting right back to the bright and bubbly Athena voice. "Wow Momoko! Take it easy! You are always showing off to the audience, aren't you?" Kensou gives a loud groan over the mic.
And suddenly, the lights go down.
A murmur comes across the audience, as the lights go dark throughout the stadium. A great cloud of smoke begins to manifest. Athena, Kensou, Chin, and Bao take their positions, ready to deal with the cloud. Bao points a fat padded finger towards the cloud. "BAAAO! BAAAAO!?" It cries, as Kensou nods. "I agree Bao! What is that thing?" Chin shakes his head forlornly. "It is just as I feared! A great evil has returned! It is... THE DARKNESS"
"BWA HA HA!"
Such comes the cackle as a face is projected unto the smoke cloud. With great glowing eyes of red and purple, a mouth full of fangs is projected on, as a autotuned baritone comes rumbling through the entire stage. "I AM SHIGUMA! RULER OF EARTH! Now I have you ALL HERE! AAAAAH! FEEL all these FRESH SOULS! TRULY I will have a FEAST as I TRANSFORM all these MORTALS into DELICIOUS SUBSTANCE to FUEL my CONQUEST of THE WORLD! KYA HA HA!" Was the cackle, as Athena suddenly strikes a pose. "Enough out of you, The Darkness! You will not hurt my fans! You may have been expected only mere humans here. But you weren't expecting..."
"THE PSYCHO RANGERS!"
Athena begins to spin, as lights and smoke whirl around. As the smoke comes out, a stage hand approaches Momoko, and tugs her. "Now the thing! Hurry!" The stagehand whispers, holding out the suit. Through the smoke, the old actors step out, while the new actors step in, already suited up. The stunt doubles, as it were. As they hop in mono-color jumpsuits, adored with white helmets and colored visors. Kensou steps out first, with his own suit color. "PSYCHO RED!" He cries, as Athena comes out next. "PSYCHO BLUE!" Bao is next, with his orange suit, actor still being placed in a padded suit. "BAAAAAOOOOOOO~" And then, with their poses met, everyone waits for the fourth ranger.
Psycho Pink.
Momoko's nimble body swings, as she grips tightly to the form of the Athena impersonator. Her legs quickly attempt to wrap around the other woman's waist as was her tendency with the real Athena. Fortunately, for the impersonator, Momoko is a very light girl so the impact should not have been too great. Especially with her level of acrobatic skills!
Her tiny feet then hit the stage floor shortly after, ribbon and pink ties aflutter, before she turns away from the impersonators and offers an obligatory wavew enthusiastically to the crowd! It's right as she does this that 'Kensou's lines come and she turns a pair of inquisitive eyes in his direction.
... And then the lighting begins to die. ...
A plume of smoke soon comes, and because she's at the forefront, it provokes a bit of a cough from the girl! Fortunately, it's dark and she has the good sense to turn off her mic. Briefly. It is fortunate that she had no lines, allowing the newly arrived 'villain' to take over speaking and simply stare up at it with wide eyes. She'd been told they'd be putting on a show here today, and that she'd be pretending to fight someone 'bad'... but she was ill-prepared for just how corny it'd actually be!
Momoko's ears ring briefly as that booming, autotuned, voice comes over the loud speakers and the monstrous visage of 'Shiguma' appears. If she was supposed to look surprised, shocked, or stunned during this portion she's very authentic at this point!
Then another plume of smoke arises from the stage all around and those brightly colored lights, each the color of the suited actors who walk on stage, swirl all around. Taking her cue from the stagehand who approaches her, the girl hastily begins to pull together the spandex jumpsuit and accessories she is given... hopping all around awkwardily and putting herself through almost yoga-esque contortions... before snapping on her own white helmet with pink visor and waiting for the cloud to dissipate...
...And finally she's standing at the back now, having moved mysteriously to 'Kensou's rear, attempting to mimic their finger-pointing and poses with a serious expression.
And an invisible sweatdrop as well.
"PSYCHO PINK!" *BLUSSSHH ~*
The Psycho Rangers have arrived
Momoko's lack of lines was a feature, though not one to insult the girl. She was simply not an actor, after all! But as she comes on the stage in her pink jumpsuit, the audience does not seem to notice. Cheers come out, as the final Psycho Ranger comes out. As the team poses, the smoky form shimmers. "Your friends are not enough to stop me, Athena! These souls are mine!" 'Athena' strikes a pose, pointing at the smoke. The actress does not speak, as Momoko may notice, but the voice comes from the speakers. "PSYCHO BAAAAALL" Comes the cry, as a laser shoots out from Athena, and towards the form of Shiguma. The form shudders, dissipating briefly, before reforming with a greater glower. "You cannot hope to stop me with such powers! But nevertheless! I will have my minion do my dirty work! Come forth, my demonic mistress of darkness!"
"RITA ROTTEN!"
A high-pitched cackle pierces the entire stadium, as a low thunderous roar comes. Normally, she didn't do a heel role. But the material was too good, the promise of a fight too great. Sometimes, when you only have heroes around, it works to play a bad guy. And as long as it didn't tarnish the Lightning Spangles banner, it wouldn't be a problem. So high, from the corner of the stage, stands the hunkered, twisted form of the All-American Tae Kwon Do Actress.
Jezebel Faiblesse.
Dressed in what seems to be a feathered bird on her head, she is wearing a very low-cut, form-fitting black swim-suit with large red go-go boots. Bracelets and feathers tinges her form, though her face is adorned with black lipstick and waaaay too much eyeliner. "KYA HA HA!"Comes the cry as she carefully drifts down to the stage. "SO! Psycho Rangers?" She states, eyes wide and every motion coming with redoubled effort. Throwing her head back, she snarls. "Don't make me laugh! Come!"
"Welcome to your DOOM"
Finally, the cheap B-Movie special effects die down and shit gets -real-.
At this point, Momoko's face is still as pink as her visor. In fact, the coloration had deepened a bit more since the appearance of... 'Rita Rotten'. Her reaction is a mix of very different emotions, almost all together as one. First, pain creeps into her features as that high-pitched cackle threatens to burst her eardrums... and shortly the pain gives way to a kindling of appreciation for the lovely attire... she was a woman herself after all and the swimsuit and feathers complimented each other in an admirably beautiful, feminine, way.
...
But then, the kindling becomes a flame of jealousy! The woman's supple, shapely, form that filled out that swimsuit was a stark contrast to Momoko's own thin as rails body. Where Momoko was practically a washboard, as far as bossoms go, this woman was comparitively overflowing with supple flesh. Every little... -BOING!-... that accompanied her sashay was practically a taunt!
Before she can do much more than -think- of darting to the fore, however, 'Athena' steps toward the front and the rangers engage the 'villain' as per the script: "Are you going to fight us all by yourself? Four against one aren't very fair odds!" and Kensou chimes in, voice tainted by cheesy false enthusiasm, "Too easy!" followed shortly by "BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOO!" and a blank stare from Momoko...
"HOW DARE YOU THREATEN ME WITH THOSE THINGS!"
Well, that was awkward.
Oh, it has not even BEGUN to be awkward.
As Jezebel looks down upon Momoko and her companions, the Psycho Rangers stand by, ready to fight. Unlike Momoko, Jezebel takes pills to help deal with her body image issues, especially after that one incident with the bathroom mirror that almost kept her from coming back out of China for work. But that was in the past! This was the new Jezebel who doesn't regret every wrong she's done! Jezebel cries out, with a hearty laugh. "MOh ho ho ho ho! More laughter comes, deep chested laughter, endowed with such heartiness, before her feathered arms come forth. Sweeping her arms up, the visage below her opens its mouth wide, as the sound of fluttering bat wings. Jezebel, in her evil dominatrix swimsuit get up, suddenly swings her arms in the air. "Oh yes, Moo-mooko! I DO HOPE you are indeed FRIGHTENED by these things!"
"COME FORTH, MY MINIONS!"
And suddenly, from below stage, several men in what could generously be called black body-suited with bat masks comes out, as Athena's music begins to pump and play. Rolling and tumbling across the stage, the other psycho rangers share the same rough and tumble moves. Throwing stage punches, taking hits, even Bao breaths what seems to be bubbles out at the minions. But the fighting seems to go at the sidelines, as Jezebel takes those gogo-booted steps towards Momoko, looking as intimidating as possible. But she speaks away from the mic, away from the speakers, and straight to Momoko. A stern, somewhat drawling voice right to Momoko, but with a hint of kindness.
"You ready to do this? Make sure you keep it flashy, kid!"
'Moo-mooko'... the mispronounciation didn't bug her very much, in fact the 'moo moo' sounds coming from that busty actress looming above 'Shiguma' seem to amuse her in a way. A narrowing of the eyes and somewhat sly smile enters the pink-suited teenagers features. It'd be awfully hard to see for the deep pink of her visor and the glare of the overhead lights though!
A small giggle comes shortly as well.
Momoko did, of course, have her means of dealing with her body image issues but it was decidedly nmore innocent than drugs. She had a habit of drinking LOTS and LOTS of milk and eating... just about anything within arms reach. Especially if it was sweet. But her boundless energy made all of her consumption practically for naught. Hence the ire that full body of Jezebel's draws.
Soon those dark minions crawl forth (okay, run forth) from beneath the elaborate stage and Momoko immediately hunkers down and assumes a standard capoeira Ginga - which for the ignorant might appear to be some strange form of repetitive dance step. From one side to the other, the small girl sways like a tropical bannana tree in the breeze in time to the upbeat pop track coming from the stage's loud speakers with her arms held at face level. Forward, back, side to side...
...But the 'monsters' do not charge her, instead engaging the stand-ins as per the script. This leaves her momentarily confused, but not for too long... as that 'moo moo' cow sashays up to her and engages in a friendly manner that belies her ignorance of Momoko's one-sided childish grudge.
"I am ready if you are, lady! Momoko doesn't play around though!"
COMBATSYS: Momoko has started a fight here.
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Momoko 0/-------/-------|
For Lightning Spangles, they were more trouble than they were worth.
Oblivious to Momoko mostly-harmless breast obsession, the minions are knocked down by the team of Psycho Rangers, as the audience watches with bated breath. But Momoko was the real fighter here, not the stunt men and women. As Momoko gets into her little dance, Jezebel unleashes another. "Play around, says the dancing brat! Well! Then! I will show you that I am not playing games either, squirt!" Rita Rotten had nothing good to say about Momoko.
But Jezebel gives a wink.
Jezebel suddenly takes a long, forward leap, flipping in a single stride through the air. Landing with a tumble, she rolls towards Momoko on the ground, before striding back upright... and leading a swift roundhouse kick from the right. The kick is soon followed by a second roundhouse kick, switching legs into the left into the right. Swapping again, Rita Rotten gives a sweeping kick straight up with her right, hanging it into the air just for a moment....
Before smashing it down hard with a heel drop.
COMBATSYS: Jezebel has joined the fight here.
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Momoko 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Jezebel
COMBATSYS: Momoko blocks Jezebel's Quick and the Dead.
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Momoko 0/-------/-------|====---\-------\0 Jezebel
Had Momoko more maturity to her, perhaps she would have realized the trouble those things could be. But, childishly simple as she is, they held an entirely different meaning: they were status symbols, and they were status symbols she did -not- have! Making it worse was her height, she would forever literally have those things hanging over head...
"This isn't a dance! This is Ginga!" the much smaller girl clad in bright pink spandex declares, before swaying defensively onto her left foot and blocking that first kick with a surprisingly sturdy right arm. From there the second is ducked under, with Momoko nimbly leaning back and letting the leg sail right over her helmeted head. The heel drop, however, catches her quite off-guard due to the recovery time her particularly showy dodge requires. It catches her right in that white helmeted noggin', eliciting a tiny yelp from the comparitively little girl, and forces her to stagger backward a bit clutching her head.
Suddenly Athena's music pounding through the stage speakers was not so pleasant, even if it WAS Athena's music. Loud, rhythmic, thumping and headaches do not mix!
"Ugh...!" comes a soft groan, before Momoko levels a defiant stare at 'Rita Rotten', "Bad girls always lose! I'll show you!" and then performs what appears to be a sideways cartwheel, with legs fanning out dramatically as she rolls from one hand to the other. Using this movement to attempt to position herself at 'Rita's side, she then drops onto her hands and attempts to perform a wide sweep with her legs in hope of taking her foe's legs right out!
COMBATSYS: Jezebel blocks Momoko's Quick Throw.
CSYS: This exciting moment brought to you by Captain Spaulding's Museum of Monsters and Madmen!!
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Momoko 0/-------/-------|====---\-------\0 Jezebel
If Momoko had more maturity in her, she wouldn't be in this mess.
Each kick comes with pure flash, and just enough substance to break on through. As the final heel drop crashes down, Rotten Rita was standing astride, stepping up and forward, returning back her center. For all the stylistic flare, Jezebel was far from unskilled; a lifetime of Tae Kwon DO proved that. Of course, a lifetime of state fighting had a downside, which was growing very clear as the cartwheel begins. Jezebel prepares for a kick, but instead gets a grab. Her chest heaving hard right above the Psycho Soldier's head, she falls down to the ground... and suddenly overplays the impact. Slamming herself down harder, she forces herself to bounce, and with it, a careful roll towards the edge of the stage... and off it. Momoko could have felt her preempting the throw; what was meant to be a little trip, was being played up as an arena-destroying chuck.
And the music cuts out.
The other Psycho Rangers freeze in place. The minions, likewise, suddenly stop moving. And a large super-sized screen, generally used for projecting fights and close ups, blinks to life. A bearded, bald clown, wearing a star-spangled top hat and bow tie, suddenly appears on the mega-screen. Holding a horn, he honks it a few times, before bellowing out in a thick, southern accent. "Well howdy folks! It's your old pal Captain Spaulding! And I'm one of your sponsers in this here power ranger throwdown! I'd like to take a moment to remind y'all that my old Museum of Monsters and Madmen is on tour through the old Orient! See the living Spider Man! The three-headed ape! And best of all, learn about the fearsome Freeman, the murderous slasher that has killed hundreds! And if that didn't whet your appetite, The best god-damned chicken in the Pacific Rim!" Spaulding suddenly focuses on something off camera. "What? What the hell do you mean I can't curse? Yes, I know there are some god damned kids out there! Why the fuck do you think I am trying to talk about my chicken? Kids love chicken and shit? Now what the hell do you-"
The camera feed suddenly shakes, and cuts out.
Rotten Rita rises up from off stage, and is holding a bucket of chicken. "CURSES! That Captain Spaulding knew my TRUE WEAKNESS! Chicken!" Jezebel takes a bite from the chicken, winces, and hands the bucket aside to a stage hand. "But it will take a lot more than high quality chicken from tasteful roadside attractions!" Striding up, a ball of shimmering, violet energy fires out, hammering out at blazing speed straight for Momoko. Should she get struck, nothing will happen for a moment... until the energy explodes in a puff of crackling sparkles and flames.
Fireworks.
COMBATSYS: Jezebel successfully hits Momoko with Young Guns.
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Momoko 0/-------/-----==|====---\-------\0 Jezebel
Momoko had, rightly, assumed that the girl's ignorance of her techniques also meant that she would be caught off-guard by her Rasteira de chao. Instead, however, her opponent demonstrates her exceptional martial skill by turning Momoko's takedown into a theatrical performance!
Rolling around on her feet and hands, bottom out, whilst looking between her legs in the direction Jezebel fell - Momoko catches sight of that bearded clown as he appears on the screen opposite her. The moment she finishes her Role, she immediately falls back into the Ginga... still swaying in time to the pop music which has dramatically decreased in volume by now. She wanted to be ready for practically anything Jezebel might try to throw at her...
...As the commercial drags on, however, she finally ceases mid-sway and stops to regather her focus and take a breather. Apparentally she'd be listening to this for a while. ... It's right at about the time the clown starts shouting obscenities, the reality of what she'd gotten heself into dawns. If this dime-store fiasco got any worse, she'd could legally be accused of tarnishing the Psycho Soldiers brand. She could already hear Kensou's lecturing.
-Sweatdrop-
...And THEN, 'Rita' leaps back onto the stage with a bucket of chicken and just... makes it. Momoko's face contorts into a look of mild disgust behind her obscuring visor as she tears into the chicken in front of the entire stadium. Blegh! Momoko -liked- chicken admittedly but the almost barbaric, rushed, eating is a major turn-off! Kind of like... Kensou...
Kensou is getting far too many unflattering cameos here tonight.
Soon 'Rita' passes off the chicken and it's right back into the game! A burst of colorful energy screams toward Momoko and the little girl attempts to assume the Negativa and lean underneath. She miscalculates the timing, however, and it costs her dearly... for when that starburst finally explodes like a firecracker she is blown backwards through the air! It is only perhaps because of her being as practiced at recovery maneuvers as she is that the girl successfully rolls out of the air and lands upon her feet like a cat. She then skids back, back, and finally comes to stop before focusing her eyes on 'Rita' again... and doing nothing else for the time being. That blast had managed to burn right through her spandex suit, exposing the black fabric of the shirt beneath. And it definitely knocked the wind out of her!
COMBATSYS: Momoko focuses on her next action.
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Momoko 0/-------/-----==|====---\-------\0 Jezebel
Improv was a difficult art.
Jezebel had to think fast with the throw. Fast meant practice. Practice meant instinct. Instinct said tuck and roll, and keep control of your falls. To that extent, she did well, only having a bruise or two. But as Momoko struggles to recover from her energy blast, Jezebel continues to sweep her arms, every motion milking the giant cow. "Enough! This is getting too dangerous!" The woman cries, before turning back to her Shiguma. The cloudy face toughens up as Rotten Rita brings up her hands to offering, energy burning over her form. "MASTER SHIGUMA! I BESEECH TO YOU!"
"MAKE MY MONSTER GROOOOOW!"
From the far side of the arena, a great rumbling is heard. From a lower section of the arena, a colossal form begins to right. With a great, demonic face like a bat, the lights are kept low on it, to hide its somewhat cheap frame. But instead, glowing eyes burn brightly from the poor lighting, giving it a sinister look. Jezebel sweeps her arms, body glowing brightly from her own chi, giving her a wicked effect of violet, red, and yellow. The Psycho Rangers gasp as they see the monster, striking a pose as Kensou stammers. "It's too big Athena! We can't fight this!" But the Psycho Ranger shakes her head, sweeping her arms into a new pose, pointing to the side. "Stop your whining, Kensou! As it so happens, I thought something like this would happen!"
"To the Giant Robot Kaoru!"
From the other side of the arena, a giant float is rolled in of the Psycho Soldiers biggest fan, with a long rope pigtail, giant glasses, and a obscenely disporpotioned chest with abnormally low cut clothing. Her waitress outfit struggles along with wheels, as the three other Psycho Rangers strike a pose. Standing at the base of the float, a spotlight focuses on Chin, who points at the monster across the Arena.
"Go forth, Psycho Rangers, and use the Psycho Bomber!"
The Psycho Rangers rush along off the stage, before Bao turns back towards Momoko. "BAOOOOOO~" He cries, as Kensou stops, and turns back to the true Psycho Soldier. "Bao, now is not the time to get sentimental! We are the only ones that can ride the Kaoru! And besides, this is Momoko's fight. She is the only one strong enough in spirit to fight Rita Rotten in unarmed combat!" Athena nods, giving a salute to Momoko. "Kensou is right! You fight Rotten Rita, Momoko! While the rest of us keep the monster occupied! We believe in you, Momoko!" And with that, the trio enter the float.
Leaving Momoko with a still-glowing Jezebel to deal with.
COMBATSYS: Jezebel burns with the AMERICAN SPIRIT!
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Momoko 0/-------/-----==|=======\-------\1 Jezebel
Momoko is unprepared for what actually comes as 'Rita', burning with brightly-colored chi, sweeps her arms and advances toward the great cloud with a monsterous face projected upon it. She was expecting her opponent to actually engage her once more, but instead another stage performance follows for which Momoko is a hapless, confused, and somewhat embarassed spectator. Soon, after the swimsuit-clad woman beseeches what is essentially a stage effect, a rumbling noise comes as a metallic hatch engages to one side of the arena and what can only be described as a mechanical monstrosity arises from the floor. ... And the gathered spectators roar with an excitement that threatens to drown out the foreboding, dramatic, music that momentarily heralds its arrival.
Oh here we go.
Momoko visibly palms her colored visor, taking her eyes off of her opponent briefly, as the other 'Rangers' dart toward a float of an overly large, nerdy, female in a waitress outfit being rolled in on wheels! Okay, okay, Momoko still watched Hello Kitty! occasionally, and understood that this show was mostly for the kids but what??!
Anyway... Momoko seems to barely regard the actors spouting feigned inspirational words at her at this point. They all just slide right over the awesomely shiny white helmet of hers as she gets back into the swing of the fighting by throwing herself into another Au, cartwheeling her way toward her opponent in that swift and articulate way that she does, and then dropping to her hands... pushing off the floor and into the air with all of her strength... and then throwing a high, sweeping, roundhouse with an accompaniment of bright, blue, stars!
"Your opponent is me!"
COMBATSYS: Jezebel blocks Momoko's Aumada Materu.
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Momoko 0/-------/-----==|=======\===----\1 Jezebel
The audience is at the edge of their seats.
Giant robot lumbers towards shadowy monster, thundering away. On the stage, Momoko stares down Rita in close combat. As the Psycho Rangers aim their guns, it cuts away to the screen, with a cross-section of the three rangers at their stands. "Kensou! Checking in!" "Athena! Checking in!" "BAOOOOO! Bao!" "Okay Kensou, I'm going to charge up the Psycho Bomber" "Okay Athena, I'm really to handle the load!" The great robotic chest of the Karou groans loudly, as it begins to arm the bombers.
But meanwhile, on the ground.
As Rita finishes her charge, the woman casts a glance right towards Momoko. "Oh!" Comes the cry as she lowers her arms, and crosses them before her. Holding stationary, this almost seems like a good idea when dealing with the tricky, intricate Momoko. It almost falls apart as the roundhouse comes with dangerous power, charged violently by Psycho Energy. A painful squeak comes from Jezebel as she is sent flying backwards, rolling with the impact with her overblown clumsiness. Staggering up though, he arms were.... raw. Ennervated. Flinching as she hangs them loose in front of her, she still tries her best to keep up the act.
"How RUDE!"
Taking some steps towards Momoko, the woman is sneering wickedly. "Little girls should learn to wait while I infuse myself with the pure powers of darkness! Come! Shiguma! Blind her sight!" As if he was real, the fog begins to cast over the stage, concealing both Momoko and Jezebel. Obscuring both of the fighters, cackling comes from all the speakers, echoing along as if she was moving around swiftly. A shadow takes to the air. Suddenly, puffs of light flash in the clouds, with the pops and crackles of fireworks and explosions. Something was happening in there, that was clear.
But what was happening to Momoko?
COMBATSYS: Momoko interrupts Sundance from Jezebel with Thrust Kick.
CSYS: This exciting moment brought to you by 'Second Wind' Retirement Home!!
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Momoko 0/-------/----===|=======\====---\1 Jezebel
Momoko feels her kick make contact with 'Rita's arms solidly, the smacking sound of flesh against flesh rings out for absolutely no one to hear amidst the cacophony of performance noise. The small, spandex-suited, high schooler grits her teeth briefly as she feels her opponent's chi wash over her limb in the brief moment of contact. Chi and Psycho Power are utterly opposed, and the sensation that results from the energy exchange never feels good. It burns, and it stings like pouring alchohol on an open wound but only so much worse. Fortunately for Momoko, she is nowhere near as adept with her power as her idol Athena or even Vega - so there is no notable psychic backlash for her.
Instead, she goes tumbling in the opposite direction of her opponent after the impact and is forced to pull herself to her feet. And whilst she struggles to her feet, her opponent - really, the stage crew - is already plotting devious methods to bring about her 'demise'.
And more than anything else, obscuring her vision with thick, dreary, smoke while simultaneously attempting to suffocate her as well! Buddha, did the smoke HAVE to be so thick that it was like one of those tiny little cafes on seventh street? You know, the coffee shops with the chain-smoking salary men during rush hour? Holy crap, what a refreshing reminder she is now in Japan again!
-Anyway-
Coughing like mad as the clouds of deathly choking pour out from the stage vents, the girl is absolutely unable to even remotely track her opponent. Finally she just decides to - momentarily - stop breathing and begins to sweep the cloud with her eyes and what little bit extrasensory perception she might possess. She's looking for shadows, or anything really, that will help her figure out where 'Rita' had vanished to. ... And then, just when she thinks she might be screwed... she spots the flashing lights through the clouds. Acting on pure intuition, assuming whatever was coming would be another energy attack, she decides to attempt a miracle.
Guessing at the trajectory of the assumed projectile, she darts a little ways from where she was standing and drops to her hands again. With one gigantic effort, she thrusts herself off the floor with her hands - feet first - hoping to hit her opponent from a side angle and thrusts a heel twoward her intended target. ... Less than a moment later, the bright pink blur comes rocketing out of the cloud at the 'mistress of evil' and... skirts that chi projectile en route! A large section of her backside gets burned thoroughly off this time, including part of her shirt underneath, and her flesh is seared. The pain of coming into contact with her opponent's chi - again - has her gritting her teeth all the way until her heel kick finds its target.
And then... there's a brilliant flash that illuminates the stage again. And it's not the Psycho Bomber firing!
The massive LCD screen in the sky glows again and from the arena's speakers a serene music plays. It's a flute solo, and it brings the sound of peace, and utter tranquility... a peace that is shortly interrupted by two elderly japanese men's screams growing steadily more distinct before the first of the pair hobbles slowly across the rolling green plains in the backdrop. The man in brown robes is still screaming, his weary voice broken occasionally by a wheeze, when after about seven steps another old man waving a wooden cane hobbles onto the screen - apparentally chasing him. And yes, he's screaming too.
An energetic, blonde, young man appears suddenly from the bottom of the screen sporting a well-tailored suit, "Come on down to the "Second Wind" Retirement Home! We're the largest and most successful retirement home in all of Southtown! In all of Japan! We have, " he motions to the screen side, stepping aside so that several views of the retirement home grounds, interior, old people playing games, and old people sleeping can share the shot, "Lovely, well-maintained gardens to enjoy a quiet evening, beautiful and decadent interiors, games, and more than a dozen other ways for you or your loved ones to relax! Our well-trained staff..." and he drones on and on about the home's features thoroughly while those two old men chase each other in the background... screaming still barely distinct.
From somewhere off camera, an old lady's voice can 'just barrely' be heard shouting 'DON'T POKE ME THERE' somewhere in the background perhaps indicating it's a green screen he's standing in front of somewhere in the house. The volume of his voice suddenly is raised, drowning out even the old codgers, and the sales man offers a winning smile, "...so come on down, or drop off your tired, weary, or utterly unwanted relatives! You'll be glad you did!" And then a heavenly voice sings, "SECOND WIND RETIREMENT HOME!!!" ... and the screen goes black.
This was almost better than the clown.
Since children are the target audience, the Second Wind Retirement Home naturally doesn't bode well. There are even some sobs from the audience, as the action pauses for the advertisement. The screaming rises again as the screen goes black. Not from the speakers, no. But from the same corner the giant monster had come, going louded and louder as the old men suddenly reappear...
.... Running across the arena!
As the pair of old men bolt across the arena, the hatches open from Karou's chest cannons. Extending out are nozzles, already hissing with smoke. Athena's voice is heard. "Psycho Bomber is armed and ready!" "BAOOOO BAOOOO~" Kensou's voice responds. "Okay, Bao! It's time to use the Kaoru's ultimate technique! I hope our fans remember that they can get their own Kaoru at any local toy store, armed with the exact same firepower!" The turrents begin to glow red hot, before they suddenly erupt with blasts of fire, blasting straight into the black form of the monster. The monster catches fire.... and continues to remain on fire. The screams come, but soon there are people on the ground moving. It wasn't supposed to catch. This was the eve of a disaster.
But that was nothing compared to what was happening on the ground.
As the two old men bolt past the stage, the smoke gradually begins to clear, the explosions of fiery sparks helping scatter the smoke. On her side, stunned into a tumble, was Rotten Rita, groaning a bit as she rises up. Almost instictively, she adjusts her top with a sleight of hand, making sure all the furnature is in the room. No nip slips here! With everything together, she is already looking towards Momoko, sneering. "Bah! You got lucky, little girl! " She states, tossing her dyed purple hair aloofly. Crouching down, she spreads her form up, building up her energies for a fierce pounce. "But lets see how your luck holds up when I carry out my ultimate technique! Let the darkness consume me!"
"WHERE DEVILS DARE!"
Taking to the skies, she begins to whirl through the air, spiralling like a flawlessly thrown football by the Denver Bronco's star quarterback, Peyton Manning. A rainbow of energy surges around her as she attempts to barrel through Momoko. If she is successful, the woman will snap out of her pounce with an aerial roundhouse heel drop, followed by a second roundhouse kick before landing.
Landing right next to the two old men.
COMBATSYS: Momoko blocks Jezebel's Where Eagles Dare EX.
CSYS: This exciting moment brought to you by Joudan Cake Counter!!
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Momoko 0/-------/--=====|=======\=====--\1 Jezebel
What a fiasco this show has become.
Whilst the mistress of darkness hits the stage floor clumsily, rolling from the momentum imparted by Momoko's heel kick, the young capoeirista too plummets from the sky and crashes into the stage floor with a thud. Her fall was somewhat less graceful even than her opponent's clumsy display, perhaps salvaged only by the fact that she quickly springs to her feet again. By now, both sides of her rose pink spandex uniform are thorough burned including her shirt beneath to some extent. If she weren't still wearing that spandex suit, she herself might be having something of a wardrobe disaster.
There's a visible crack in that crystal-like rose visor as she stares in morbid fascination at the scene happening behind Jezebel that only now comes to her attention. ... One of the mechanical monstrosities has caught fire, and civilian spectators nearby begin to scream in horror and flee from the thing. Slowly, as the flames continue to devour the outer portion of the golem, which has long since ceased to move, the smell of burning rubber and smoke too begins to arise from the special efffcts stunt gone horribly wrong. Shortly, crews are spraying the monster with fire extinguishers and hoses. Despite all of this, for some odd reason the stadium's fire suppression system itself doesn't activate! ...It's a mixed blessing, really, if it started raining in here the show really would be canceled!
Unsnapping the fasteners from her utra shiny head ornament, Momoko tosses it to the stage floor shortly after recovering her senses. She then shakes out her messy, chestnut brown, mane drenched with sweat and eyes her opponent across the way. Sleight of hand though it may be, Momoko catches the woman quickly adjusting her top and once more her face is pink with a mix of embarassment and envy! If this woman lost her top here, it'd be a headliner for the ages here in the land of the rising pervs. But, for Momoko, it would at best be cause for her being dragged off stage quickly. "You're the only one who got lucky!" Momoko fires back, defiant, falling into her Ginga again, "I'll really beat you this time for sure!".
Despite having said this, it is not Momoko who goes on the offensive first! Instead, she is forced to deal with that odd maneuver by her opponent - the initial hit of which she practically eats! The charge sends her skidding, knocking the wind out of her and possibly cracking ribs. Or at least threatening to! She recovers quickly however, leaning away from that heel drop and blocking it solidly with both arms - and act which affords her what will later be serious bruising - and finally rolling around on the ground underneath the last roundhouse.
No sooner does it sail over her head, and she leaps to her feet again... preparing to go on the offensive. ... A thing stopped shortly by a comically long, wooden, cane being used by a stagehand to grab Momoko quickly around the neck and drag her backstage swiftly.
"GACKK! ... Hey!" comes an annoyed cry as the cane is unhooked from her neck. The stage hand produces a pair of decorated cakes, one vanilla and one chocolate, and a third strawberry cake sits on a table nearby. "Listen! We can't do our usual advertisement routine right now, will you take these cakes from Joudan Cake Counter and... do something interesting with it?"
Something interesting indeed...
Shortly, the spritely little capoeirista comes wheeling back out from the stage with cakes in tow. No, more like flying really. She's frigging performing a cartwheel, followed shortly by an acrobatic flip, all whilst juggling those three cakes! The lights in the stadium dim again, a singular white spotlight falls on Momoko, and she lands solidly on foot just in time to catch cakes in both hands and balancing the third on the side of extended foot! "Hello everybodyyyyy!!! ~", the cutesy little highschooler practically squeals into her mic. "Sorry for the interuption! But I just waned to tell you all how much I just LOVE cakes! Especially chocolate cake, don't you? ~ <3"
The crowd roars at the prompt, whistling and clapping briefly, and then it dies down again...
"I just love cakes, especially cakes from Joudan Cake Counter located on Main! I just can' fight evil on an empty stomach! ... You know what else I love?" She waits, again, at the prompt foqr the audience to reply before continuing... "SHARING!!! Sharing is LOVE! ~" and with the said, she kicks the strawberry cake into the air again, beore launching both the chocolate AND Vanilla cakes at 'Rita' somewhere off-stage who is very shortly illuminated by another stage light! She then performs a handstand, catches the strawberry cake out of mid air and gives the cake tray a swift kick in her direction too before righting herself ad licking cake off of her fingers. "Yaaaay, cake!"
COMBATSYS: Momoko successfully hits Jezebel with Thrown Object.
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Momoko 0/-------/--=====|=======\======-\1 Jezebel
Fiasco?
Fiasco had not even begun.
Kensou's voice roars over the speakers. "Don't worry kids! This is all part of the plan! It is just how strong the Psycho Bomber is-" Suddenly, the flaming float explodes, blue flame erupting into the air.... and onto Karou. The smiling waitress fan of Athena ignites swiftly, her face paint curling almost immediately as her painted features begin to melt. Suddenly, the turret begins to rapidly misfire jets of flames out. The jaw of the Karou float unhinges, firing off a stream of white suds, putting out some of the flames... but only some.
SUDDENLY CAKE!
Back on the stage, Jezebel takes the first cake right in her face. The cake splatters all across her face, the icing spreading to her shoulders and hair. "GRAGH!" She declares, before her chest and hips take the other two cakes in turn. Covering in sweet sweet crumbs and cake juice, she tries to wipe it off her body, only managing to spread it around more across her body. "Oh no, this cake is just getting EVERYWHERE!" Jezebel exclaims, as the old men suddenly keep running past her. "DANG NABBIT I AM GONNA GET YOU OLD TIMER!" And suddenly, everything is interrupted.
"Welllll HOOOWDY!"
The mega-screen returns back to life, with the same clown so long before back on. The difference between that his suit was now seemingly stained with raspberry jelly. "I'm back kiddies, now that mean old producer went nappy-bi when I smashed his dumb little skull right in! Now let me remind you all, to try my fried chicken! BYUK BYUK BYUK!" The man clucks loudly, as the jets of flames erupt from the giant Karou's chest, as suds vomit from it's mouth. "BYUK BYUK BYUK! BYUK BYUK BYUK!" Rotten Rita doesn't bat an eyelash at this madness.
In her mind, this is was all part of the show!
"BYUK BYUK BYUK" Continues the clown as an icing-covered Rita surges towards Momoko with long-legged strides. "Your CAKE, as SWEET and DELICIOUS as it may be, will not SAVE you from your fate! It is time to share with you the most powerful of the shadow technique! The ultimate! In ROTTEN RITA TECHNIQUES!" As she closes in on Momoko, she winds back a leg, building up a surge of energy as she focuses hard on Momoko..... and as she is upon her, she unleashes a single, powerful kick to knock her high into the air...
COMBATSYS: Momoko interrupts A Few Dollars More from Jezebel with Banaeira Dois Golpes.
CSYS: This exciting moment brought to you by Himaruya Landscaping!!
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...Launching Momoko straight up towards the deep night sky with an explosive punt.
Suddenly, Rotten Rita turns towards the audience.
Dropping the Rita Rotten voice, she suddenly perks up with a bright, cheery tone, holding out a single cake-covered finger as she flashes that winning smile. "I'd like to remind you all, with the crab grass spreading around this fine city, that good groundskeeping is hard to come by. If you are looking for controlling your weed problem, removing annoying limbs and trees, or simply making your lawn look neat and trim, try Himaruya Landscaping! Himaruya Landscaping! It is the choice of Kyokugen Karate-"
Cake indeed.
As all three of the cakes hit their mark with precise accuracy, the littlest Psycho Soldier smirks privately whilst sucking the last bit of chocolate cake from her thumb. "...Mmm... ~" Tasty cake AND successful catty mayhem all at once? It was delicious! It was so delicious, in fact, that despite the chaos erupting in the stadium all around - she seems content to just stand there a suck her own thumb. This doesn't serve to help her kiddy image at all really.
'Welllll HOOOWDY!'
That awful clown's voice suddenly comes over the loudspeakers again, erupting like thunder and somewhat drowning out the screaming. The tiny brunette cocks her head toward the television, looming just overhead, brown eyes fixing curiously to that smudge of jelly on his suit. His callous mention of his rather violent retaliation to the show's producer provokes Momoko to - reluctantly - pull her thumb out of her mouth and frown. "...What an awful man..." is what practically falls out of her mouth just seconds before a possibly angry 'Rita' charges her and plants her boot firmly in her sternum!
A spray of blood comes from the comparitively tiny girl just before going airborne, previously injured ribs now probably thoroughly broken.
Yet, despite the enormous pain she was in, and despite all of the madness she'd been forced to endure so far tonight that would have rightly made a lesser person give up... Momoko does not. Early into the kick she had attempted to position herself such that she would fall head first coming back down despite the time she had. For most people this would be a possibly fatal way to fall. ... But upside down was Momoko's element. As she speeds back toward the ground near her opponent, who is in mid-speech at this very moment, Momoko attempts to perform a signature move she usually did from a handstand... the Banaeira Dois Golpes - two heel kicks powered by Psycho Power thrown from an inverted position aimed directly at the back of the other girl's noggin'!
After which, she promptly hits the stagefloor with a roll.
Angry?
Gosh no, Jezebel wasn't angry! She was having a blast! Rita the character was angry, of course. But Jezebel wasn't angry in the least! She was only hoping Momoko was having as much fun in this scene as she was! She doesn't normally play a villain, but she felt she was filling out the role all too well! And the outfit too, for that matter. But her salepitch was from a very happy woman.
Until Momoko returns to earth.
SMASH goes the heel right into Jezebel's skull, breaking her squarely out from her spiel, and right into the ground. Smashing her face hard into the cold stone stage, she actually moans in pain briefly. As she rises up again, a bloody nose mingles blood with cake. Tears build up in her eyes, mixing mascara with cake. Everything was mixed with cake. But as she struggles up, she collapses the first time. And then, the second time, her eyes struggling to focus.
But the audience wasn't worried about that.
They were worried about the maw of the melting Karou, now spasming open and shut, open and shut. Fire continues to spray out, suds continue to vomit out. But now, a new sound was coming. A halting, high-pitched laughter. From her feet, the Psycho Rangers were now fleeing from her feet, as 'Kensou' cries out from the speakers. "Okay, no, this isn't right! Something is wrong! She is laughing! She isn't programmed to laugh! WHY IS SHE LAUGHING?!" And all the time, from the giant screen, the clown continues to cluck.
"HA HA HA HA HA"
"BYUK BYUK BYUK BYUK BYUK"
And Jezebel rises up the third time, this time with the help of the two old men. One of them may have copped a feel. The other wipes of some icing to eat it. As Jezebel rises up all the way, the two men pause a moment, staring at each other. And suddenly, one of them smashes the other with a cane. "HAH! GOTCHA!" Was the cry as Rotten Rita stumbles forward, before striking a pose towards Momoko. "Ready! Okay face I am technique girl, foolish!" She sputters in a daze, her eyes NOT quite focusing properly. Stumbling side to side briefly, she suddenly rushes Momoko in a staggered gait. She swings her leg around, raising it straight up high, before letting it smash down hard in a bone-breaking heel drop.
"SHADDOOOOOOOW KICK!"
COMBATSYS: Momoko interrupts Heel Kick from Jezebel with Iyan~.
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Momoko may have truly been the heel, tonight. Her obsession with being catty to spite the much more full-figured woman she was fighting was, to say the least, a bit extreme. Momoko usually got along well with other women, but every now and then one shows up that's bouncing all over the place...
And those green eyes of jealousy come out.
Well, a girl has to have her quirks afterall! Rolling swiftly across the ground away from her opponent's feet in a defensive maneuver, the brunette then shortly attempts to push herself up off the ground. But it isn't without an enormous amount of pain that she dooes so. In the process of rising to her knees, an overly large, pink, hair ribbon matted with blood and cake falls to the ground and her long mane spills into her eyes and everywhere. Though she usually kept it bound up, making it seem to be shoulder-length at best, it becomes apparent it is actually quite long - easily long enough to reach below her hips.
"Uuungh..." a pained groans comes, as Momoko forces herself to her feet despite her body's complaints and even outright refusal to cooperate. She stumbles just a bit, nearly slipping in a bit of blood she lost earlier, before finally managing some semblance of a fighting stance. It isn't Ginga though, fuck swinging around like that with busted ribs! Clutching her sides, she exhales before replying to the other woman's dazed statement through the haze of her own weariness. "...W-what? You want me to do w..." ...and then it becomes blatantly obvious what her intentions were as she darts forward like a drunkard and swings that leg high.
Another heel drop.
"UGH!" That kick finds its way into the area near her shoulder, despite a weak attempt to dodge and Jezebel's dazedness, and forces her down to one knee again. You could probably her the shoulder complain, audibly, with a crack or two from that one.
But, once again, Momoko proves her stubborness by refusing to stay down. Instead of just giving up, which she probably should at this point, she once again forces heself to stand and with possibly the last of energy - LEAPS - into the air at Jezebel and attempts to latch onto her head and neck with those strong legs of hers, "IIIII...". Once there she, almost ruuthlessly, -twists- her hips and attempts to jerk Jezebel's head and neck in a direction it's REALLY not supposed to go, "...YAN! ~" and falls right off. The whole vocalization is, normally, fairly childishly cute for this move... but this time it's far more tired than normal.
Exhaustion.
Despite the chaos unfolding in the arena, the audience was cheering. As the other actors are evacuated from the arena, the Karou continues to laugh. The Smoky Visage of Shiguma winks out as the smoke goes from grey to a choking black. Finally, an explosion rocks the entire arena as the head of Karou explodes into a scatter of soapy suds, scattering across the stands and the stage.
The laughter, however, does not stop.
"HA HA HA HA"
"BYUK BYUK BYUK BYUK! "
As one of the old men gloats over the unconscious form of the other, Jezebel gurgles in pain as she receives a loli on her head. Jerk where it goes my butt. That's a NECKBREAK move. Momoko was totally using an assassination technique on Jezebel. FORTUNATELY for Jezebel, thanks to her blue film experience, she had a very limber neck. As her neck cracks loudly, she suddenly shifts back into focus.
And in pain.
"MMMMPH!" Is the cry as Momoko finally releases her opponent, Rotten Rita choking as her head is twisted in a funny angle. "OW! That was.... INTENSE!" She exclaims, as suds begins to wash over her. "Now you've done it, child! Let finish this!" Eyes shining brightly, she lunges in with her arms, attempting to scoop up Momoko... and to whirl her around, grabbing her by her forearm and thigh. If she gets that grip, she will spin her around once or twice, like a game of airplane, until she gives her a little toss in the air...
And would finish with a single, sharp kick right into her solar plexus before she hits the ground.
COMBATSYS: Jezebel successfully hits Momoko with Hang 'Em High EX.
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SPLAt!
The suds spewing from Kaoru manage to find their way into Momoko's long, messy, mane from quite a ways away. Despite the utter chaos of the arena, due to her injured state... Momoko barely even notices. She just rolls sideways after attempting to massage Jezebel's spine and then rolls back onto her knees before pushing up to her feet again.
Standing would be a subjective term for what she's doing next. It's more akin to stumbling really. Momoko's legs shake under the force of what little weight she has, muscles almost ready to say 'Fuck this, I'm out', but despite that fact she's still moving... plodding slowly forward almost lost to a daze as her opponent finishes her own recovery and attempts a well-deserved revenge on the little acrobrat. So dazed is the girl that, briefly, she barely realizes Jezebel had grabbed her....
Until the sudden sensation of violent spinning jars her back to reality with a yell, "....AAAAAAAAAAHHHH!", and she goes airborne again! This time, however, she cannot muster anything akin to a defensive maeuver or a retaliation. Instead, she gets a foot planted into her solar plexus which knocks the air right out of her before tumbling across the stage and... blacking out.
...And there she lays for a few moments, completely and utterly unmoving. It would seem that by all rights Jezebel had taught the catty little high schooler her place!
...But being imbued with Psycho Power can sometimes make even impossible to recover from knock-outs possible. There comes a brief glowing of light blue energy that consumes her form. At first, it's quite bright and violent... but it soon settles to a dull, throbbing, appearance. ... And Momoko slowly pushes herself to her feet again. Driven only by sheer, petty, desire NOT to lose without taking that big breasted COW with her, she staggers and then cups her hands at her waist. A burst of rainbow colored light explodes from her palms, forming a sphere, which she thrusts toward Jezebel. ... And a huge, violent, wave of rainbow-colored Psycho Power EXPLODES in her direction! "EEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSPPPPPPPPAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!"
Hit or miss, however, as that burst of violent Psycho Power dies down... Momoko falls off the stage. Really, and truly, down.
COMBATSYS: Momoko can no longer fight.
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COMBATSYS: Momoko successfully hits Jezebel with Esper~!.
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Downfall.
The final kick comes into the little girl, with Rotten Rita pumping a fist in the air. "Kya ha ha! I have you!" Was the cry from the character. The laughter begins to die from nightmare robot Karou, whose frame collapses, black smoke erupting in a cloud around the arena. The audience gasps, however, not at the fear of a serious accident happening. But because MOMOKO was DOWN! Was this it? Was the fourth favorite member of the Psycho Soldier finally doomed, defeated by a previously unknown evil?
But then, she glows.
The frame of Momoko rises, to a grinning Jezebel who seems to be just READY to receive. The character, however, could not be prepared. "What? How can this BEEEEE?" She cries, milking an invisible cow as Momoko unleashes FAR MORE POWER than what Jezebel could have been expecting. Taking the blast full on, she scrapes across the stage, not tumble. Flat out scrapes. Her frame slows down at the edge of the stage, her arm in a funny angle, her body twitching. And yet, through the disturbing numb feeling that was consuming her body, she manages to muster her last words. "I HAVE BEEN SLAIN" Was the feeble cry, into the mic. And with that, Jezebel collapses, her nervous system mostly extra-crispy, her spinal column probably dislocated, and her body broken. For that was the end of this fight.
Or was it?
As the chaos dies down, the actors and stage hands come out, staring at the ruined remains of everything. The laughter was done. Even Captain Spaulding seems to glance down from the screen, though that very notion would be absurd because he is not actually in the screen. And yet, it is actor Kensou that approaches first, surrounding the stage where Momoko and Jezebel lie in critical condition, unconscious from their assault. And there, he holds out his hands. Stuntman Kensou approaches, taking it, and soon, the others. They all form a chain of held hands, circling the stage. And steadily, they rock back and forth, beginning to sing.
"Da hoo dorais
Fa hoo dores!
Welcome Fans, It's Athena's Way!"
The clown looks down from the megascreen, eyes wide. "What the- How could it be so? It came without ribbons!" The clown suddenly grabs a stuffed Bao from off camera, staring at in the eyes. "It came without tags!" The clown turns back, staring into the camera. "It came without packages, boxes, or bags!" And what happened, then? Well, in Southtown, they say - that Captain Spauldings small heart grew three sizes that day. And then - the true meaning of commericialism came through, and Captain Spaulding found the strength of *ten* Spaudlings, plus two! Flexing his arms, he dropped the stuffed Bao, and clutches a bucket of chicken in each of his arms. With with a twinkle in his eye, and just a smirk, he tells the audience at home, just how he worked.
"Well frankly Y'all, I won't mince it;
That's all of this, is just horseshit!"
COMBATSYS: Jezebel gives y'all a free turn!
COMBATSYS: Jezebel can no longer fight.
Log created on 19:56:04 05/06/2013 by Momoko, and last modified on 05:03:38 05/09/2013.