Description: Urien propositions K' to battle a mutual foe; such ends in a brutal display of each other's strengths, and a pyrric victory -- outside the mutual respect!
The Adriatic stretches to the horizon, broken only by the sheer, wooded cliffs providing safe harbor to the ancient city of Dubrovnik. The rooftop of a four-story hostel provides a breathtaking panoramic of the darkening waters as the last rays of the setting sun cast brilliant hues across the sea, and draw long shadows of august structures across narrow streets. Bricks and stone make for an uneven battlefield amidst jutting eaves and interconnecting buildings, but tonight those rooftops serve as the stage from which the Beast of Flame answers a most enigmatic challenge, from a rather noteworthy source.
By the time the sun rises in the morning, the allegedly defective bioweapon will be long gone; out of Croatia, on to his next pursuit. Tonight, he waits on those rooftops, exactly where he agreed to be, and early enough to have thoroughly scoped out his surroundings beforehand. Now, K' sits with one leg propped up before him, the other dangling off the bricks overhanging a window as he smokes a cigarette and looks profoundly, utterly bored.
Meetings are always dangerous things, when it comes to the life the pair live. Renegades have a tendency to not last long, and if they do, it is on the blood, back, and destruction of others, turning them into natural disasters. Although K' might resent this life... Urien, in contrast, revels in it. Beyond the shadow of his brother, he has remained the skittering bug beneath the sight of the large dogs, Shadaloo and NESTS, working where he can with the specialized technology that in some ways surpasses even the greatest scientific minds within Igniz's own.
This, of course, means he has to be especially careful to keep that monopoly to himself. Stable elemental infusion... just what wonders could be crafted from Kusanagi blood with that piece of the puzzle? Urien has little interest in someone ELSE finding out before him.
Heavy footsteps thump behind K', as the massive figure of Urien walks in plain sight. There is no sense of anyone else, either through standard senses or instinct. No. This is a fellow lone wolf, and they do not hunt in packs.
"I have to say... you've survived longer than I would have thought. And still manage to do damage where you can. ...Impressive." He wears a finely tailored brown suit, hands presently within his pocket and wearing a wicked grin that would make even Yamazaki proud. "The enemy of my enemy is my friend. That's where we stand, isn't it? Not the strongest foundation stone..."
Lazily, he tugs at his necktie, slightly loosening it. "And I only deal with people I respect. Luckily... the only thing I respect in this world... is strength!!"
COMBATSYS: Urien has started a fight here as a boss!
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COMBATSYS: K' has joined the fight here in the center.
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K' is dressed simply-- black jeans, heavy combat boots, a white singlet. His trademark jacket is discarded nearby in a neat little pile, and even in the gathering gloom of the impending evening, the prototype wears black sunglasses. They don't prevent the flash of orange-red that flares within his eyes from reaching Urien as he rises to his feet in a too-graceful, singular leap, balancing on one foot for a moment before twisting to face his well-dressed challenger. If K' is surprised at or alarmed by Urien's approach, or knowledge, it doesn't show readily-- the Beast of Flame smirks, too toothily, and then shakes his head.
"We're buddies now, are we?" Color him unconvinced; sarcasm would drip to brickwork if it only could. "You know how many people have stood where you stand?" Telling him they're on the same side-- there's a tendril of fatigue to those notes, borne out of expectation of disappointment. Nonetheless, the intention was clear enough even before Urien clarified it, and it renews that knavish, dangerous grin. "But I get it..." The light behind those shades flares again, and one hand clad in black leather snaps to the sides, fingers curling as gouts of flame course down the prototype's fingertips, melting-- nay, disintegrating-- the leather in an instant.
"You want to /see it/!!" That conduit to the celestial fire of the Kusanagi bloodline-- K' may have no right to it, but it surges forth brightly, a coil swirling end over end like a chaotic serpent as it reaves a rippling path through the space between them.
COMBATSYS: K' successfully hits Urien with Second Shoot.
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"We are as much colleagues as two men in an apocalypse, who have spent too long hacking to death a mutual foe to decide whether or not to turn on one another." Urien offers, almost gleefully. "But it might almost be comforting, to enter a relationship without any useless nuances of kinship outside mutual benefit..." He can remember a certain foster protege of Heihachi where such a thing existed. He'd rather not dredge up those memories, actually...
But words can be saved for later. Mutual respect in the way of battle; yes, that would be a good way to start things off. Urien throws his arms open, laughing in a somewhat manic fashion as the blast impacts him dead-on. Clothing is blown to shreds, yet beneath it is craggy bronze skin. In a ripple, chi suffuses his form deeply, hair growing white. The rest of his suit vanishes as a pillar of light erupts out, density increasing with a roar that shudders the rooftop noticeably.
"I felt that... just a little, though." And then he kicks forward, surprisingly fast for a man of his size. Sliding one foot through concrete like it were soft snow, he suddenly throws his fist forward with brutal force, aiming to slam into the false-Kyo's chest with destructive force!!
COMBATSYS: K' interrupts Strong Punch from Urien with Crow Bite EX.
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"Heh." It's a monosyllabic chuckle. A breath of amusement, at first glance, scarce and dismissive by most assessments as K' watches Urien summon forth his own power; and eat the gout of Kusanagi fire full-on. From the renegade bioweapon, the derisive note is almost a murmur of respect-- after all... "Maybe you do know what you're getting into." Twinge of reciprocal respect for strength or no-- it does nothing to dull the disdain in the prototype's voice. After all, it just means they're both insane. K' does nothing to evade the sudden, mighty charge; he simply twists where he stands, dropping his right foot back. K' does nothing to raise a defense or fall back as the thunderous stroke launches; he launches right back into it.
Like the rotorblade of an exploding helicopter the Beast of Flame unleashes that stolen, demon-killing weapon with solar intensity as he rises in a tight, high-velocity twist led by his fire-sheathed right fist, Urien's formidable fist finding firm impact across its resilient target in those first moments of ascent. The next instant, that uppercut is leading a lashing wave of fire that bisects Urien's form and launches him back the way he came, the clap of that moment of impact rattling windows and sending bricks shuddering about the conflagration.
"Oh, I do. Last time I did, I slam dunked Terry Bogard's head through a basketball hoop..." Urien says with fond regard. Indeed, neither of these men are nice. Urien is utterly antisocial to the point of complete alienation, a sadomasochist with both delusions of grandeur and an inferiority complex. A dozen psychology books could be written trying to dissect how his mind got to the present state.
And then he's ripped into, launched skyward by the blow from K'. "Hrk...!!" Both arms hang out, but it's surprisingly hard to send Urien airborne. In fact, Kay-Dash goes flying upwards past him, like he were some bronze statue of impossible density. "Hahahaha... You already did better than that useless hobo!!"
Rearing back his right arm, Urien then suddenly gathers a condensed ball of chi, whirling like heavy water atop before thrusting a fist forward and sending it screaming towards the descending K', just as he lands heavily and skids backwards in a crouch that sounds like a large anvil had just been dropped on the building as opposed to a man.
COMBATSYS: K' blocks Urien's Metallic Sphere.
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K' drops into that whorling ball of densely packed power with flexed, folded arms as he lands on one knee, slamming his guard into the midst of the blast as it crackles with the opposition, wavering and erupting about him as he shoves it aside with a snarl. It's a stinging slap, the testament to the raw power unleashed coming visibly as the crouching K' is driven backwards, sliding on that one knee for the instants it takes the conflict between inner and outer chi to resolve in his favor, Urien's blast swept side amidst tendrils of lingering fire still winking to extinguished along the prototype's arm.
"I guess that's one way to win a game of Horse." If the renegade bioweapon is even slightly impressed that Urien brutalized Terry Bogard-- he sure doesn't show it, tone dismissive and unconcerned. Even Goliath falls if he's brained by the right pebble; and Bogard is far from the scariest motherfucker K' is familiar with. It breeds a certain contempt for arrogance-- at least in others. Smirking anew, the fires behind those stylish sunglasses alight and do not extinguish, surging ocherous fire burning from every pore, smouldering the surrounding brick to black from simple proximity and suffusing the Beast of Flame's being with celestial energy, the twisting intensity to his features suggesting a rush like few other drugs.
COMBATSYS: K' charges his next attack!
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No self-respecting person would be impressed at beating up a hobo. Individual accomplishments mean little; Adon took down Sagat at one point after all, but that hardly places him on the world stage. "Hah...! I've not had a good brawl in far too long...!" Crouching down, bare toes dig into the concrete, before Urien levels his shoulder forward. A moment later has him launching into a bullrush, charging headlong with a roar as he attempts to impact K' with incredible force, trying to simply use brute force and nothing more to barrel into the NESTS Project and attempt to send him flying backwards. "But don't you dare underestimate me...! I know just how hot your fires can burn. I expect nothing less!!"
COMBATSYS: Urien successfully hits K' with Chariot Tackle.
- Power hit! -
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K' says, "er sap super"
K' has run into some rather formidable hobos-- in fact, he's been a formidable hobo more than once in his life. It's unlikely he's seen the last of that lifestyle, either: powerful enemies necessitate certain precautions, particularly when one is adamant about jabbing hornets' nests. Speaking of which, Urien's eruption of force catches K' off guard despite his confidence, and his attempt to twist into this blow sends him sprawling backwards, launched end over end across the rooftops in a spray of scattering, shattering bricks as he drags five fire-wrapped fingertips in a molten path that slows his skid.
"Heh.." the prototype breathes again, grinning dangerously through bloodied teeth as he /lurches/ back to his feet, crossing the distance that Urien imposed in a flash of flame and foot. He pulls up short just inside the range of that heavy boot as it snaps upwards in a forward kick that has enough force behind it to launch K' in the air behind its delivery, the heel launched for Urien's midsection concerning, deadly: and imminently matched by the shockwave that fills the air around that onslaught, burning outwards in an all-consuming torrent of roiling napalm. "No fucking chance of /THAT/!"
COMBATSYS: K' successfully hits Urien with Empowered Second Shell.
! VENGEANCE !
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Forearms shift up in an attempt to intercept the incoming kick, but K's feet literally blow through it, slamming into Urien's shoulder. He's sent down to his knees with a grunt, before the great eruption of fire washes over him. "..." But then Urien's eyes snap open and he's grinning once more, kicking forward once more. "HAHAHA!!! That's more like it, boy!!"
Both arms suddenly pull backwards, before either hand coalesces a heavy, condensed ball of chi. And then both thrust together in tandem, magnetic resonance kicking in with a crackle of lightning as he fires it point-blank towards K' with such force that it sends him skidding backwards a couple meters. "Catch THIS... if you think you can!!"
COMBATSYS: K' interrupts Charged Metallic Sphere from Urien with Heaven Drive.
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K' doesn't so much catch the massive electromagnetic eruption as he does crash -through- it. Elbow and shoulder leading, he throws himself into that coalescent force as if going for an alarmingly brutal charging tackle. He /leaps/ the last span, coming down hard, the crackling energy surging about him even as his own force blasts its currents outwards, white hair whirling from the preternatural updraft. There's no hesitation to the charge, to the continuation of his assault: the prototype's switch is flipped, and there is only fire and violence.
The white-haired firebrand comes down hard on bended knee, and for a half an instant, it might appear he was floored by the intensity of the storm through which he passed-- but then the Beast of Flame's eyes flick upwards to lock on his adversary, pinpricks of shimmering ocher that provide the only warning to the ascent that follows, point blank. If the Crow Bite didn't launch Urien upwards, this time K' makes -sure-: his fist reaves around once, twice, again, his entire form bursting with chi that explodes around the embattled warriors like a fuel air bomb, launching both like a rocket before a final eruption surges about Urien like a fiery whirlwind, its hissing echoed by a gutteral snarl from the rogue weapon of mass destruction.
The blow that strikes Urien is suitably cataclysmic. The unbreakable object meets the ultimate spear. Completely defenseless given the force levied into hurtling the ball of energy, Urien is struck clean and dead-on by the other man. Indeed, it takes as much effort to actually hurtle the shredded form of Urien into the air as it does to fully execute the technique, but at the apex of the final kick his form descends, crashing heavily upon the ground like a discarded statue. Torn into by K's full rage again and again without reprieve...
One hand slams into the ground, and then the other. "Oye... yer ringin' my bell pretty good here..." Obviously out of it, Urien gets back upright, blood seeping out of wounds etched into his metallic-colored skin. "Hahaha... maybe... I'll lose?!" Eyes are wild and manic, before he's burst into a run once more. But this time he kicks forward and upwards, launching at a sharp angle with abrupt speed intending to leverage that incredible mass and ridiculously large forehead into an explosive headbutt right into K's face. If he's going down, he demands a bit more blood first...!!
COMBATSYS: Urien successfully hits K' with Dangerous Headbutt.
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It's like two freight trains that will not stop colliding-- time and again, immovable object crashes into irresistable force. Which gives way seems to be to the flip of a coin, and this time it's K' who folds, his attempt to match this iron golem of a man headbutt for headbutt and stand his ground against Urien's continuing onslaught gifting him with a sharp gash running the length of his forehead as he reels in a vicious spray of blood. "Bet it's been... known to.. happen."
The renegade prototype spits blood and spittle to the side and crawls back to his feet defiantly, half-shattered shades flipped closed in his left hand, as the right is coiled at his side. A flare akin to the heart of a star erupts between the tips of his fingertips, coruscating about itself in tendrils of demonslaying flame, its heart a fierce sphere of solar flame that seems to consume its own resonance with ever-building intensity. "You want to give NESTS three black eyes, give me a way and I'll tell you when and where." He's not much for extensive, extended negotiations, K'. "Since this shit is getting almost respectable."
COMBATSYS: K' charges his next attack!
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Urien simply pants in place, blood dripping upon the ground. His tongue lolls out, drawing some of K's own heated crimson from the explosive headbutt. He simply remains where he is, standing in place with arms limp at his side. "I know something you don't, boy... ...The legal assets of NESTS. You've been missing a whole slew of nice, round bellies to slice open." He pats around his nearly naked form, before looking backwards at the charred remains of his clothing. "It's in a steel USB drive. It probably survived." Spitting heavily to the side, his stance spreads, arms opening invitingly. Energy begins to hum within him, fingers wildly crackling with metallic chi. "Now... let's end this, boy... with one last hurrah. Shall we?! Come!!"
COMBATSYS: Urien focuses on his next action.
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K' smirks when Urien aligns himself, makes his invitation. He knows a trap when he smells it; this one reeks. Nonetheless, the Beast of Flame readily-- eagerly, even-- springs that trap. He doesn't charge, he //launches//. It's like his feet never hit the ground, like his whole passage is carried by the all-consuming heart of flame he holds in his grasp like he was born to it. In a flash, that warhead armed with starfire crosses to Urien, it threatens to blast not only into him, but --through-- him, a singular fire-wreathed fist threatening to rip the granite-hewn in twain, to literally explode him off of his feet. If it so happened that Urien was thrown from their birds eye battlefield in the process, well; that's not K-Prime's problem, thanks. Urien can take it-- and K' knows the inverse is truth in its equal.
COMBATSYS: Urien fails to reflect Empowered Heat Drive EX from K' with Aegis Reflector.
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"AEGIS--" Urien roars, as K' begins to move forward. He then thrusts forward a hand, and a great shimmering wall of energy flashes into being... right behind K'. It misses, close enough the burn of the chi likely melts the back of his shoe in the charge. "REFLECT--" And then the first slams home, hitting Urien dead center. But his entire body explosively compressed at that moment, and instead of flying backwards his feet dig into the rooftop. It felt like punching solid steel, the flesh where K' hit burning bright white. "Ha... hahaha... almost... f-felt that...!!" His eyes are nearly rolled into the back of his head; he's managed to lock the explosive chi in by reinforcing his body, but it's clear that the moment he relaxes, it's going to shred him apart. "C-C'mon... hit me... like you mean it...!!" He's literally a dead man walking, as it was, but there's not an ounce of defeat in his expression. Indeed, like the living dead, he seems entirely intent on ripping K' down with him!
To his credit, the renegade bioweapon doesn't so much as blink as that technique nearly floors him. He takes that moment to look back after he slides to a halt in the wake of that shot not so much off as through Urien's port bow. In that moment, white brows rise, though the low whistle is likely all but inaudible in the aftermath of that detonation, as the shimmering wall dissipates in the wake of a supernova. It's as much for the spectacle as Urien's defiant resilience-- almost respectable, indeed.
"So what, Stoneman, when I break -your- bones you stagger around a bit before the little bits chip off?" The Beast of Flame's solution to his opponent's unnerving, unnatural resilience: he's a smartass about it. He apparently thinks this is a cartoon. He does indulge Urien's request to be struck again, however, pivoting on one anchoring heel to launch the other foot into the air, almost nonchalantly kicking a plume of flame across the rooftops, the flash of their passage quick-fusing the red and white brick into a smooth, molten channel.
COMBATSYS: Urien just-defends K''s Eins Trigger!
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"...I said not to underestimate me..." Urien growls out. He then whirls up his hand, infusing it with metallic energy. K's foot is caught dead on, snuffing out the flames against an infusion of swirling black entropy. Doubling over, he then vomits up a surprising amount of blood, fire ripping through him from the punch to his midsection. "Hrrk.... haaa... hahahahaha!!!" He then suddenly launches himself into the air, whirling upwards before descending with brutal force, both of his knees aimed towards K' with the intent to impact him like a meteor and drive him straight into the ground. "I'M NOT FUCKING DEAD UNTIL YOU PUT ME IN THE COFFIN, BOY!!"
COMBATSYS: K' blocks Urien's Violence Knee Drop.
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"Fair..." K' throws an arm up as his fire is doused, "... ENOUGH!" He's driven to his knees, his arm rattles from the impact, but he rolls clear of it and leaves Urien to crash to bricks once more, landing only on the roofs as the Beast of Flame comes back to his feet off the rattled titan's flank. He draws a deep breath, and the trademark flames are, for the moment, visible only in the prototype's unnerving inferno-like gaze-- there's no mistaking the renewed surge of power within him, however, muscles tensing all over his body as chi is summoned up one more time. At least once more than he expected to need to.
The renegade bioweapon breathes deep, he actually sweats and it has nothing to do with the celestial heat he wields-- those brutal flames that scarcely touch him. ".. Cough up a little more blood..." he derides without real malice, little better off himself. But it buys K' instants; and tests his adversary and would-be ally. "And tell me again like -you- believe it."
COMBATSYS: K' charges his next attack!
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"...Well. I never did like... bleeding out alone." Urien states. He stamps down his foot, before slowly assuming a more brutal stance. And then he kicks forward, rushing with speed that belies his immense size. Cackling madly, he whirls into a brutal straight kick, intent on using the incredible reach of his massive body to slam K' right in the midsection and attempt to send him hurtling backwards. But regardless of success, his body spasms with another sudden explosion of fire; eyes go white, blood spatters from his mouth and nose, and he's limp. ...Whether he also gets demolished in the midst of passing out, his immense willpower no longer able to stem off the damage, is another matter entirely.
COMBATSYS: Urien can no longer fight.
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COMBATSYS: K' fails to interrupt Stab Kick from Urien with Empowered Minutes Spike.
COMBATSYS: K' can no longer fight.
Log created on 02:15:21 08/13/2014 by Urien, and last modified on 00:14:51 10/23/2014.