Description: One fighter back from a multi-year absence. The other, a crazy woman with hockey sticks, baseball bats, and even a representative from the most incomprehensible of sports: a cricket bat. A brawl under the bridge. Who will win? Find out in the next sentence! (Winner: Lita as 'Stacy Jones')
A crowd has gathered under the bridge as money changes hands between one another and groans and cheers various other sounds of activity fill the air below the bridge. The area that would normally be incredibly dark at night now is illuminated by fires in oil barrels in various locations.
A booming voice fills the air which makes the crowd go silent. A path is cleared to the circle of human bodies as a 7'9", 583 pound massive wall of muscle with a mohawk wearing a white leopard print tank top and moves into the center of the circle. He looks down at the rest of people. "Now as our last fight of the evening, I, Abigail, am proud to present, Stacy Jones and Nahid to fight it out for our entertainment." He levels a dark stare at the rest of the people there almost as if daring them to make fun of his name. Thankfully this group of thugs know better or else this fight could've gotten cancelled really quickly.
With that a woman with brown hair silently steps into the ring of humanity wearing a maroon tanktop and gray cargo pants and a golf bag filled with assorted sporting equipment in it. This look is topped off with a steel hockey mask on her face.
If Nahid has a surname, nobody has been able to figure out what it is to announce it.
Nahid was a reasonably popular fighter a couple years ago. Since then she's pretty much vanished off the circuit, only to suddenly reappear and enter herself in this probably-not-actually-legal arrangement. But when did that bother her?
In an uncharacteristic move, Nahid did not make fun of the leopard print tank top, or the name of the guy wearing it. This is probably because he probably weighs three times what she does, and most of it is muscle. She was sitting on a barrel, occasionally thunking the metal-reinforced heel of her boot into it.
She looks over her opponent thoughtfully before she slides off the barrel, striding closer to the other woman. "This is who I'm fighting? Some other chick with a mask and a bag of junk. Afraid I'll mess your face up?"
Nahid stops about ten feet away, one hip cocked as she looks across at 'Stacy Jones'. "Or did someone already do that?" she asks, smirking. She looks at ease, unworried about suddenly being punched.
COMBATSYS: Nahid has started a fight here.
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Nahid 0/-------/-------|
COMBATSYS: Lita has joined the fight here.
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Nahid 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Lita
When Nahid talks 'Stacy' tilts her head slowly and ever so slightly. The fact that she remains silent is slightly unnerving to the rest of the crowd if not Nahid herself. If Stacy is afraid, she doesn't show it but then again, it's hard to see anything under that mask.
After a long pause, she finally speaks in a barely a whispers, "No. I just like sports." No sooner does she say this, she pulls out a hockey stick and immediately goes for two penalties in rapid succession. Swinging the blade of the stick across Nahid's face and then following up by dropping the stick low and pulling a foot from under her. Someone being helpful from the crowd shouts, "That's slashing and hooking."
COMBATSYS: Nahid blocks Lita's Random Combo.
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Nahid 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Lita
"Oh, I see," Nahid says. "You like sports and you don't care who knows - "
'Stacy' comes at Nahid with the stick. As casual as Nahid was, she expected something like that. Why would someone bring a bag if they didn't have something they needed in it? Nahid raises one arm, tensing as she deflects the blade of the stick away from her face; instead she takes the broader part in a slap across her arm, then hops the hooking strike.
"That works better on someone on skates," she says, before calling into the crowd, "Who cares?!" Nahid shifts, looking more active now as she circles around 'Stacy', looking for an opening. Eventually she either sees one or decides to make her own, suddenly surging forward to grab her opponent, spin her around twice and then spike her to the ground at her feet. "TOUCHDOOOWN!"
Nahid does not actually follow any sports except fighting.
COMBATSYS: Lita blocks Nahid's Whipping Wind Descent.
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Nahid 0/-------/------=|-------\-------\0 Lita
'Stacy' finds her self swung around but she's quick enough about moving her feet under her that she's able to remain standing. She lets out a slight laugh and then in calm voice responds, "As long as we're clear that no fucks are given."
She then takes a couple steps away and comes rushing in before lowering her body and then with explosive leap upwards bringing her shoulder into head with good amount of force and then landing on her feet in a shoulder width stance.
Inwardly, Lita hates this stance because it presents so much real estate to strike at but if she's gonna sell this persona, she has to do this properly.
COMBATSYS: Lita successfully hits Nahid with Medium Throw.
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Nahid 0/-------/----===|=------\-------\0 Lita
Nahid actually laughs. "This is a warmup," Nahid says. "This isn't serious. This is fun." She shoots a glance backwards at Abigail, momentarily. "For all you guys too, I hope! You don't get to watch hot girls do this so often, I bet."
She probably should have taken it for more than a warmup; Lita gets a solid rush in, knocking Nahid off her feet and rolling all the way back to the barrel she'd been sitting on before. Nahid uses it to vault back up to her feet, considering her options for a moment.
And then she charges right back. Nahid looks like she's just going to barrel into 'Stacy', but at the last minute she goes low, throwing her body into a low slide, foot first. She plows up dirt and broken rocks from her passage.
COMBATSYS: Lita interrupts Heavy Kick from Nahid with Overhead Strike.
* Attack Of Opportunity! *
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Nahid 0/-------/=======|====---\-------\0 Lita
That charge looks like it going to be nasty. The most sensible thing for 'Stacy' to do would be to move out the way to crouch down. To not just stand there and let it come to her. It takes a forced calmness to hold her ground before that drop into a slide begins and that's when she lifts her hockey stick violently brings it down on her collar bone. Nahid's foot connects with her's a fraction of a and she falls down hard on her side. Thankfully that mask is covering up for the fact that the woman under it grimacing.
She makes her way up to her feet and glances at her hockey stick which has completely broken under the force of such a heavy strike. With a shrug, she tosses it aside and pulls out a pair of baseball bats.
'Stacy' hits like a truck. Nahid is tough - it's a little like attacking a wall, in some ways - but even she feels blows like that.
Nahid's collarbone doesn't break, but she feels for a moment like it might be about to. It's certainly enough to knock her down again, forcing Nahid to stand up gingerly. One hand reaches up for her shoulder, as if checking it. "I felt /that/," she admits, with a bit of a rueful sound. "Still, doesn't mean you can count me out yet!"
Nahid maintains her distance, surprisingly. She breathes, settling herself, letting her own psychic control of her body flow through her. Nahid tenses her muscles, then relaxes, energizing herself and forcing all her muscles to their full potential; she jerks her head left, then sharply right, popping her neck loudly.
"/Now/ I'm ready," she clarifies, with a come-and-get-it beckoning gesture with her left hand.
COMBATSYS: Nahid enters a meditative state.
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Nahid 1/-------/=======|====---\-------\0 Lita
If not for that goalie mask she's wearing, the fact that she was able to give her opponent pause would've been enough to put a smile on her face. The world at large would have to settle for the emotionless look that only a mask like that could bring. Letting her get her mind together however would be bad very bad.
The walking sporting goods store moves in at brisk pace and then she tilts her head again for just an instant. She then takes a swipe at her knees with one bat as a fishing swing. Then she steps forward following up with a horizontal swing with both bats to Nahid's abdomen. A loud grunt can be heard from behind the mask.
COMBATSYS: Nahid dodges Lita's Fierce Strike.
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Nahid 1/-------/=======|====---\-------\0 Lita
Thus energized, Nahid definitely seems ready to go again. She's light on her feet despite clearly wearing steel-toed boots, bouncing from one leg to the other while she waits for 'Stacy' to approach.
And approach she does, though slowly enough that Nahid gets impatient. Still, she forces Stacy to come to her, taking a step backwards once or twice toward the fallen barrel.
When Stacy finally /does/ attack, Nahid bursts into action. She goes forward, almost shoving herself at Stacy - but this is because Nahid has, with surprising delicacy, stepped /on top of/ the bat swung at her knees and used it to launch herself over and behind her opponent.
From behind 'Stacy', Nahid attacks suddenly; planting her feet in her new position and tensing her entire body, Nahid delivers one colossally strong punch toward Lita's back, driving her entire force into just those few knuckles. "Want to try /that/ one again?"
COMBATSYS: Lita blocks Nahid's Rooted Mountain Heart.
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Nahid 1/-------/=======|=====--\-------\0 Lita
The masked fighter can only gasp as she watches Nahid run up her bat and leap over her. Fortunately for her, the surprise is short lived and she manages to spin around fast enough to cross the bats in front of her to intercept the fist.
The fist never connects... The shower of splinters from /both/ bats, however, do. Perhaps the mask did do her some good after all.
The baseball bat handles also get tossed aside, right next to the broken hockey stick and then she comes in with a pair of swift jabs and then following up with a straight. "Can't. You broke my bats."
COMBATSYS: Nahid endures Lita's Medium Strike.
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Nahid 1/-----==/=======|======-\-------\0 Lita
Nahid just stands there this time, feet planted so she can move her body in the proper manner for her style. "Good. Maybe now you'll fight me straight-on!"
Nahid only starts to move when Lita attacks, and even then at first it's minor. She circles at the jabs, letting them hit her ribs with dull thumps as she maneuvers for position. The straight is almost enough to knock her backwards...
...but not quite enough. Grinning in an almost feral manner, Nahid maneuvers right through the blow, accepting the pain to get herself the proper distance. From here she starts to deliver a veritable hail of punches, accelerating her blows even as she lets out a wild yell, showering Stacy with upper-body strikes from her position of strength and intending to force her back under the barrage.
COMBATSYS: Nahid successfully hits Lita with Avalanche Fist Cascade.
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Nahid 0/-------/-----==|=======\-------\1 Lita
The mask fighter hisses when she sees Nahid move in, pretty much jockeying for position with every punch that the masked fighter landed. The only proper conclusion she can come to is that what is coming in is going to be brutal. She focuses and attempts to get a boxing guard up but then fists come raining in. The punches come to fast and too furious to guard but she manages to roll with them, turning and twisting with each one. Though she can't stop them from coming in, she can at least do some damage control.
The barrage finally stops and there's a trail of kicked up dirt from the origin of the barrage leading to where the two women are now standing. "That was Marquess of Queensbury..."
Then she grabs Nahid's wrist and turns as she performs an arm wrench in order to bring her to the ground face first.
COMBATSYS: Lita successfully hits Nahid with Close Quarters Catch.
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Nahid 0/-------/---====|=======\=------\1 Lita
"Who the hell is Marquess of Queensberry?" Nahid doesn't need to know these things. She's not a boxer!
Unfortunately for her, her constant pressure has left her out of position afterwards, and she's starting to get a little tired from her constant flurry of attacks; Nahid is a bit of an easier target th an she would like to be. Lita wrenches her arm, and twists.
Nahid goes down. She lands face-first, but somehow manages to twist even before 'Stacy' lets go of her arm; she wrenches half-free and elbows back viciously, then tries to rise, bulling her way back up by raw strength if necessary.
Her shirt and jeans are dirty, to say nothing of her face. "Dirty pool," she scolds, though she doesn't actually seem serious; she's grinning, teeth very white. "Keep going!!"
COMBATSYS: Lita dodges Nahid's Strong Punch.
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Nahid 0/-------/---====|=======\=------\1 Lita
"That was Judo," She says in reference to the arm wrenching takedown. When that elbow swings back, the Masked fighter hops backwards letting the elbow hit nothing but air but although the mask covers it up you can practically hear the smile in her tone of voice. "And this..."
And then she charges in low going for double leg takedown.
COMBATSYS: Nahid fails to deflect Seeing Red from Lita with Solitary Peak Palm.
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Nahid 1/-------/=======|-------\-------\0 Lita
"... is Mixed Martial Arts!" Upon dropping Nahid on her back, Lita goes into a mounting position and proceed to deliver hammer fist after hammer fist down on Nahid's face and torso delivering as many shots as she is able. "This is what they call in MMA the ground and pound."
After delivering one last hammer fist, she rises back to her feet and backs away with her guard up.
"What can I say? I love sports."
Nahid clambers up to her feet after the elbow misses, but she doesn't get to stay there long. Nahid at least sees 'Stacy' coming in with another charge in, this time low.
Nahid's hand tenses, stiffening painfully as psychic power runs through her fingers. They keep jittering, as if she can't quite hold it all in, but can't let it out in the colourful blobs and beams many of the other psions favour.
She palm-thrusts - but misses, Lita coming in too low. Her fingers relax, the tension lost, as Nahid slides across the ground for several feet with Lita on top, slamming her fists into Nahid's face and torso. She tries her best to suffer through them, twisting to make it a little more bearable, but is only half successful.
Battered, it takes Nahid a few moments to rise - in fact, she stays down for a moment, somewhat dazed, before suddenly flipping to her feet. It's at least half a ruse - she's /forcing/ herself to stay up. "Tell me," she says, before pausing a moment to catch her breath. "Tell me, was that good for you too? Because seriously, the last time I had anyone trying to paw my chest that much was on a date."
She may be trying to put Stacy off her game somehow. It's kind of hard to tell.
The masked fighter guard drops for instant. She tilts her head. It's hard to get a sense by just appearance alone whether it's confusion or disbelief. Meanwhile the mostly forgotten crowd erupts with cheers and wolf whistles at Nahid's commentary.
Meanwhile, Lita gets back into her stance once more before slowly approaching and once she gets in close, she pulls out a cricket bat and goes for a full swing right for her chin.
COMBATSYS: Nahid fails to interrupt Fierce Strike from Lita with Quick Throw.
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COMBATSYS: Nahid can no longer fight.
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Nahid said it as much for the crowd as 'Stacy'. She does stuff like that sometimes. She grins into it for a moment.
But not long, because Lita is coming for her again. Nahid suddenly lurches forward, grabbing at Lita's arm, trying to yank her off balance and possibly stomp on her once she has.
Because her vision is a little blurry from the hit to the head, though, she misses. Nahid grabs nothing at all and takes the cricket bat to the head. She manages to turn her head enough that it hits the side of her face and not her chin.
It's still enough to send her staggering back, dazed, to land with a thump. Her eyes /really/ refuse to focus on Lita now, and she sounds almost drunk, voice slurring, when she says, "Ow. You and your stupid sports toys."
'Stacy' looks at the cricket bat for a few moments more before finally, regarding the psionic fighter once more.
She slips the cricket bat in her golf bag before turning and silently walking away and then pushing her way through the crowd.
While she did use weaponry during the fight, she had proven to herself that she could fight without her signature sword. Sometimes she wonders if she might lean on it as too much of crutch.
As for Abigail, and perhaps the crowd that had watched this fight, there will be a lot to talk about tonight.
COMBATSYS: Lita has ended the fight here.
Log created on 15:31:59 05/08/2013 by Nahid, and last modified on 20:04:37 05/08/2013.