01/11/05
Characters: Chun-Li, HeavyD
Southtown Village
A change from the hectic pace of the Business District, and the gritty
environs of Downtown Southtown, the Southtown Village is a far quieter
district of the city. Few buildings top over five or six stories, and most of
the population of the area live in house-like brownstone apartments at street
level. A myriad of small shops dot the area, as the Village is a center for
culture and arts. Small theaters for live performances, coffee shops,
bookstores, art museums...all are common sights.
Probably the only sliver of the city that doesn't thrive on large
businesses and tourist attractions, the Village instead adopts a laid-back
pace to things. The only exception to this is nearby Taiyo High, which makes
the entire district of the city a hotbed for youth activity.
[Exits : Hibiki Dojo, Gorin Heights Apts, West to Mall,
Northwest to Outskirts, Taiyo High, and South to Chinatown ]
It's a peaceful little evening in Southtown Village, the streets far from their
usual bustling selves as the population has apparently taken an evening to
relax. Pleasured voices ring out from street cafes and for once, there seem to
be no battles taking place to disrupt the public way of life, though... in the
City of Fighters, this is not necessarily a welcome fact. Still. The quiet state
of things is allowing one warrior to employ her efforts in domestic matters for
the first time in quite a while.
Chun-Li walks down one such cafe-lined street, bundled up in a dark blue jacket
and with her hair tied back in a loose ponytail. Hardly recognisable aside from
her incredible physique, the world's strongest woman has planned this to be the
case; indulging herself in a spot of shopping it would seem. Hanging at her
side, held in unstrained hands, are a multitude of plastic bags bulging with
everything from new underwear to basic groceries.
Whilst many people come to detest this manner of activity, the Tai Chi mistress
appears rather content - unconcerned, solitary and quite happy with her life.
It's good to get away from time to time. Unfortunate it might be, then, that
upon the breast of her jacket hangs a little medal bearing the shining emblem of
a fist...
Another such medal can be found a little further down the street. With his
usualy jacket unusually zipped up, a certain wedgehawked boxer slowly makes his
way down the same cafe-lined street. Looking back and forth, he has several
things on his mind: 1) Where he can find a decent western-styled sandwich, and
2) If there was anyone else in this whole medal thing around that he could
challenge for the tourney.
Seemingly, both searches seem futile. At least until he gets nearer to the
mysterious Tai Chi master...mistress...whatever. Despite the multitude of shiny
things around the street, the particular bit of shine that rests on her jacket
manages to catch D!'s eye. Stopping in place, he looks down at the same medal
that's pinned on the collar of his jacket, folding it in to get a good look.
"...." Realizing they're one and the same, he quickly turns around and shouts
toward the less-than-conspicuous Chun-Li. "Hey!" he shouts to her, pulling the
medal off of his collar and handing it from his fingers. "You have one of these,
don't you?"
Chun-Li naturally makes no motion toward D! as he initially passes beside her,
the woman's gaze hardly paying attention to the outside world and her movements
based upon a mental auto-pilot back to her cheap Southtown apartment. Though
this cheapness may not continue, given the high rates paid to fighters these
days... regardless, it is there she is bound. However, one does not rocket to
such skill and esteem amongst the warriors of the world by strolling about
unawares. When the boxer's cry reaches her ears, she spins around with a quiet
'hm?' of curiosity.
"One of...?" Chun-Li begins before tailing off, the question to her tone barely
audible as she wheels away from questioning. It is obvious enough now that her
eyes fall upon the man and his medal. Briefly the woman heaves a sigh, looking
downward with a rueful smile. Then again, did she not sign up for Miss Kanzuki's
tournament with intention of continuing to prove herself? When better than now,
and who better than the man before her? Certainly his appearance rings no bells,
but his aura is unmistakably that of a powerful fighter.
"Very well. I'll not refuse!" Smile brightening, the Chinese woman lets her bags
fall to either side in a messy pile, various things half-tumbling forth - but no
matter. They can be picked up later or purchased again as necessary. Shifting
forth a few paces, Chun-Li halts before her apparent opponent as she raises her
guard. One at a time, her sneaker-clad feet tap against the floor, tightening
them for action. Then, an eyebrow curves at the boxer, a half-smile lingering
about the young woman's lips. "I presume you /did/ mean to challenge me?"
HeavyD smiles, giving a quick nod before re-pinning the medal onto his jacket,
this time from the front. "I did," he says, his feet shifting apart slowly, left
in front and to the side of his right. HIs hands quickly raise up, balled into
fists and rising up to chin-level. The rest of his body slowly lowers down, as
if trying to find shelter behind his arms. "Don't hold back on me, now. After
all, this whole tournament thing is meant to show your stuff, right?"
COMBATSYS: HeavyD has started a fight here.
"Then consider it accepted," The Tai Chi mistress replies with a deep nod of her
head, something near enough to the customary bow. Now she is consigned to this
impromptu bout, Chun-Li can't deny her feeling of excitement. This is what she
lives for, after all - the constant testing of her limits, physical and mental.
The latter is clearly covered already; from quiet single woman to
street-fighting amazon in the space of a few heartbeats, there's few more
drastic alterations of mindset.
Shifting her position just slightly, hands uncurling to form loose blades around
her upper body and powerful leg muscles fully tensing in preparation of
movement, she pauses then only to add one more thing before allowing herself to
flow smoothly into the stoicism of battle. "My name is Chun-Li - attack when
you're ready."
COMBATSYS: Chun-Li has joined the fight here.
As D! watches Chun-Li prepare herself, the boxer himself takes the time to get a
bit of analysis in, of her stance, of her movements, as well as her physical
attributes....no, not in that way, pervert. Making a note to take special care
of avoiding her kicks, the boxer finally gives a response back. "My name's Heavy
D!. And I'm ready." Quickly, rushing the 'Strongest Woman In The World', the
boxer makes for a quick snap of his right hand right at her face...or at least
it seems that way. Pulling his punch and his body to the side, the boxer instead
tries to pepper her sides with several rapid left hands, aiming for her ribs and
waist.
COMBATSYS: Chun-Li dodges HeavyD's Light Punch.
Aha... the name brings a flash of recognition to the woman's hardening gaze.
Heavy D!, a team leader from a previous King of Fighters tournament and
allegedly quite the talented Western-style boxer. Easing herself into total
focus as she is, there is only a brief curiousity tinting the excitement felt by
the woman, before she is prepared completely for his leading assault. "Then
come..." she murmurs an instant before he breaks into motion, then tracking his
movements with an analytical eye. An eye that does not blink with the right
feint, instead sending the correct signal to her brain as the real attack comes.
"Ha!" The barely-audible exclamation comes as the Strongest Woman in the World
flows away from the flurry of punches, flinging her form into a pirouetting
motion that carries her around to Heavy's left flank. Once there her left leg is
graced with the woman's full weight, the other rising up bent at the knee before
whipping out in a lightning strike for the boxer's head. "YA!" Should that
strike, Chun-Li follows it with a few dozen more, her limb blurring in a
machine-gun round of deadly kicks aimed to cover D! from head to toe in a
barrage of pain.
"YA! YA! YA! YA! YA! YA! YA! YA!"
COMBATSYS: Chun-Li successfully hits HeavyD with Medium Kick.
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HeavyD 0/-------/-----==|-------\-------\0 Chun-Li
Well, at least D!'s recognized. Even if the lack of recognition has changed
since becoming more and more of an SNF name, it's still good to know you're
known, ya know? Redundancy aside, the boxer frowns as he watches the woman
simply slink and spin away from his punches. Turning as she wheels toward his
flank, he tries to bring his arms down to cover his side. Alas, he ends up
taking a shot to the head instead, misjudging where the kick was going to come.
"NGhh...damn," he grunts, reeling back. Not completely phased, though, he snaps
out a hard right hook toward Chun-li, this time going even lower. That's right,
he's aiming to take out those deadly legs, or at least blunt their
effectiveness, with a hook right at her left knee.
COMBATSYS: Chun-Li dodges HeavyD's Hook Punch.
An ardent follower of Saturday Night Fight, the woman is not. Her own
recognition tends to come from matters of more international importance, a
relevance to her own life, or the larger tournaments which she studies at some
length as part of her constant striving for a warrior's perfection. Chun-Li
knows D! only from his KoF leadership, and respects him for this as is proper...
though this respect, if anything, makes her all the more dangerous...
After her strikes land successfully, the world's strongest woman is instantly
prepared for the next gambit by Heavy D!, and once his blow comes in to cripple
her fine assets he finds his blow only effective to the passage of air waves -
the Ansatsuken-trained young woman is no longer present, ducking low and sliding
right underneath his guard on the other side. "Sou...!" The exclamation comes
shortly before-
Whoosh! With a devastating uncoiling of strength, Chun-Li lunges directly in
towards D!'s turned chest with a double-palmed strike, carrying with it a burst
of inner energy strong enough to toss him harshly backward should the attack
connect. Despite the power within though, it is smoothly executed and allows the
woman to recoil just as quickly as she unleashed herself, settling comfortably
back into her stance and awaiting her next challenge.
COMBATSYS: Chun-Li successfully hits HeavyD with Sou Hakkei.
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HeavyD 0/-------/---====|==-----\-------\0 Chun-Li
Geez. This is looking slightly lopsided, isn't it? Despite D!'s best attempt to
recover from his low hook, the boxer finds himself bowled over by the double
palm-strike. Turning straight into Chun's technique, the boxer rolls over,
finally coming to a stop with a pained grown. "NGhh...." This is not looking
good. Deciding to take the time away from her to gather his thoughts, the boxer
simply hangs back, hoping to get a better plan together and actually hit Chun
this time.
COMBATSYS: HeavyD focuses on his next action.
When this technique connects, Chun-Li is quick to dance backward upon her toes,
maintaining her stance as she builds distance between herself and the winded
boxer. "Take your time." She intones, offering no expression beside stoicism but
bundling good nature within her words. Pausing for a few lungfuls of air
herself, she watches Heavy D! calmly for the time it takes him to gather
himself.. before offering further thoughts as she draws her hands back to her
hip.
"I won't hold back - I know you don't want that. But try to focus not on me, but
on yourself... you're too easily thrown. Ki-" There is a bright spark of light
as the Tai Chi mistress stops speaking with the final exhalation, a golden
pinpoint of light flaring between her cupped hands. Then, thrusting them forward
she completes her kiai, "KOUKEN!" A coruscating wave of blue-white energy floods
from suddenly opened palms, enshrouding this golden globe before the projectile
lashes in toward the boxer, a slight spiral in its speedy path.
COMBATSYS: HeavyD slows Kikou Ken from Chun-Li with Blast Upper.
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HeavyD 0/-------/--=====|==-----\-------\0 Chun-Li
Well...this is not going well for D!. Frowning at Chun's lecturing, he quickly
straightens up, ready to get back into the fray. Once she gathers up her chi and
snaps out the blue ball of energy at him, however, he's forced to shift gears.
Swinging upward, he tries to quickly put up a blast of his own to intercept the
attack, shouting "BLAST UPPER!" as his arm snaps out an explosive force of his
own chi. Yet, he's only able to soften the blow, the projectile barreling
through his own blast and slamming him int he chest. "GNHH!!"
And Chun-Li is directly behind it with a martial cry bursting from between her
lips, a hand lifting to her chest to basically /rip/ the sports jacket from her
torso and hurl it off to the street behind her. With a tearing of cheap fabric
it comes away even as she sprints in to close distance with her opponent, now
wearing a tight white t-shirt decorated on the rear with a black sketch of a
Chinese dragon. It would be borderline tacky on anyone else, but she pulls it
off safely... every bit the personification of the mythical beast as she dives
through the dissipating mist of the two chi attacks.
Bending low at the waist not more than five feet from Heavy D!, his dominating
opponent is abruptly moving forward whilst upside down in the air - courtesy of
an applied set of fingertips, a surge of effort and the snapping of her legs to
either side. Forming rigid striking surfaces with these mighty limbs, Chun-Li
prepares to whip about in accelerating gyrations of her body, arms tucked around
her tightly and sneakered feet aimed to suck D! in, bruise him heavily and spit
him back out.
No prizes for guessing the warcry... "SPINNING BIRD KICK!"
COMBATSYS: Chun-Li successfully hits HeavyD with Spinning Bird Kick.
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HeavyD 1/-----==/=======|=====--\-------\0 Chun-Li
Now this seems rather ridiculous. D!, for all his skills, looks like a sheer
rookie in the face of Chun-Li. Unable to take advantage of the time CHun-li uses
to remove her jacketand rush at him thanks to her earlier projectile, the boxer
finds himself still flatfooted once she starts to spin wickedly with her whole
body, kicks snapping out at his chest and head. Sucked into the vortex, he's
spat back out with one final strike to his cheek. Dumped onto the ground with a
groan, the boxer grits his teeth, looking up as he tries to figure out just what
he's doing wrong. Finally, getting back to his feet, he levels a dull glare at
Chun-Li. No way he's not leaving here without at least one hit on her. "Nghh..."
With a quick dash forward, D! attempts his best, grabbing at Chun-li's shoulder
with one hand and readying a hard punch with the other, cocked fist.
COMBATSYS: HeavyD successfully hits Chun-Li with Reverse Stomach Buster.
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HeavyD 1/---====/=======|======-\-------\0 Chun-Li
Well, it's about time. Having a good grasp on Chun's shoulder, the boxer lifts
her up into the air, off her feet. Then, with a quick snap of his arm, he drives
several hard, pounding punches into her stomach, once, twice, thrice...until
finally, after about the 7th punch, he lets go, dropping her on her face and
slumping down. Even if he got his hit in, he's definitely on the far worse end
of this deal.
The one issue with the Spinning Bird Kick, given all those possible issues such
an unorthodox technique might have, is this; the recovery time. Chun-Li gets her
desired result in severely battering her opponent, but on unwinding from the
series of strikes to land in a tight crouch - she finds herself caught before
she can rise to her feet. "...!" Blinking quickly she twists her body away,
attempting to break the hold, but to no avail. It is the woman's turn to be
chewed up and spat out.
Rising after a moment, she spins to her feet with a grace that might well be
aggravating to her foe, snapping up a guard and then pausing to smile slightly
at D!. "That was better... but I'm not prepared to just /give/ this away," a
glance goes to the medal that - at some point - she has apparently transferred
to the front of her t-shirt. How quick IS she, anyway? Sneaky rike ninja. Mai
would be proud. "Come on!"
Darting forward seemingly unperturbed by the grinding she just took, the world's
strongest woman gets herself right up in Heavy's guard with an attempt to snag
him by the scruff of his neck. Should she get a grip, she'll heft him just a
short distance into the air, spinning about in a fluid motion to then hurl a
devastating thrust kick to his chin, propelling him away with another fresh
bruise. "HYAA!"
COMBATSYS: Chun-Li successfully hits HeavyD with Strong Throw.
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HeavyD 2/<<<<<< ///////////////////// ]
HeavyD 0/-------/=======|=======\=------\1 Chun-Li
Here it comes. Sensing an upsurge of energy as D! gets to his feet, Chun-Li is
waiting having reassumed her ready stance... and frowns just slightly as she
concentrates firmly upon her defences. When the boxer lunges in, she certainly
seems prepared - meeting each of his strikes with each a deflecting palm, a
sidestep or simply a tilting movement of her body. All the while her gaze
remains locked on his, as if reading the intent within him. To an extent, this
is exactly what the young woman is doing. But...
Suddenly she falters, a slight opening in her defence opening Chun-Li up for the
final bursts of Heavy D!'s explosive flurry, the succession of blows staggering
her back a few paces. Briefly winded, she's forced to retreat another step
further to avoid the ending to her opponent's combo, drawing in a deep breath
before offering him a nod of respect. The difference in their skill levels may
be clear - but respect is due. That was close.
Shortly after this gesture, the Tai Chi mistress is once more prepared to
deliver pain, and tenses herself for a hopping step toward the boxing champ, a
twist of her body so she stands side-on to him, and finally... her right leg is
once more unleashed in a vicious kick, this time another gyration accompanying
it to form a graceful roundhouse. "YAAA!"
Regardless of her success, the woman sinks low with the completion of the
motion, falling into a crouch with hands raised protectively and mind focused
upon what may be the last gambit of this short and vicious match-up. No further
words are offered - she is too lost within focus and adrenaline.
COMBATSYS: HeavyD blocks Chun-Li's Medium Kick.
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HeavyD 1/------=/=======|=======\=------\1 Chun-Li
For once, D! manages to actually intercept one of CHun-Li's attacks. Despite his
flurry being brushed aside enough that he barely hits her at all, D! manages to
stop short the kick she aims at him. How?...well, mostly by keeping his flurry
up. One lucky punch manages to stop her strike at the ankle, causing his wrist
to jam a little....but still, he keeps it up. Hopefully, he'll get a few more
solid hits this time.
COMBATSYS: Chun-Li interrupts D. Crazy from HeavyD with Sen'en Shuu EX.
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HeavyD 0/-------/----===|=======\==-----\1 Chun-Li
Chun-Li remains in the crouch she ends up in, if anything slightly more prepared
after feeling the boxer so effectively guard her strike. Eyes cold and hard,
though shining with the light of battle, she seems once more in tandem with the
crazy assault she's presented with. The first couple of blows are deflected from
within this crouch, the woman raising alternate hands to parry away the boxer's
wild fists. Rising to her feet whilst still happily knocking hits away, Chun-Li
then gives a small smirk as she sees an opening... but how does she use it?
Not right away, it would seem, her gaze riveted to a single point at mid-level
upon the man as she starts to back away from his lightning assault. Left, right,
up, down, her rigid palms blur with the speed and vigour of mounted defence, and
then, without warning the Strongest Woman in the World leans to one side on a
dramatic incline, slamming one palm to the floor and using this leverage to flip
herself into an impossibly tight somersault. As she comes around, her right leg
lances out at full extension to slam D! with a kick from head to stomach -
blasting him away with its force.
A gambit of this sort means Chun-Li does absorb the last blow sent her way, and
as a result her landing is perhaps a trifle unsteady, but on flowing to her feet
with a deep intake of breath.. she knows only too well that this has all but
proved the undoing of her opponent. Still. Exhaling and resuming her stance, she
remains ready; just in case.
Alas, D!'s flurry is stopped cold, even worse than before. Barely able to get in
a clean attack, his combo is stopped cold by the flipping kick Chun-li drops
onto him, throwing him back into the street with a skid...and there, after the
last bounce or two off the pavement, he stops, unmoving. Looks like he was
pretty well and beat up, wasn't he?
COMBATSYS: HeavyD takes no action.
COMBATSYS: HeavyD can no longer fight.
Oof. Apparently Chun-Li underestimated the strength of her final motion, and
from her position she watches D! bounce away with the a faint wince each time he
hits the pavement. She may have promised she wouldn't hold back - but having her
bold challenger conscious would have made her feel a little less.. awkward about
what happens next. But, rules is rules, right?
Pushing herself to her feet with a small gasp of effort, the bruises from
Heavy's few landed blows already flaring up with mild reminders of his muscle
power, she proceeds to meander over toward her abandoned shopping bags. Smiling
to herself, the world's strongest woman roots around in one and apparently finds
what she is looking for - pulling out a bottle which she carries back over
toward the boxer. Setting it down upon the pavement beside him, she then drops
onto her knees and turns him over gently. Fingers locate, and remove, the medal
upon his jacket. Her trophy for the evening. And his? It's an energy drink she
thinks might help.
"Yatta..." Chun-Li chimes with a shake of her head as she stands up, pocketing
the acquired medal in her black track pants and turning away from D!. Regardless
of the relative ease of that match compared to her others, she goes away with
respect and admiration for her fallen foe - having the resolve to challenge her
under such circumstances said more than enough for his fighting spirit. The fact
he kept going until the very last only reinforces this. So, still perfectly
content with her evening, the slightly bruised Tai Chi mistress fetches her
shopping before heading on home...
Who knows what tomorrow will bring?
COMBATSYS: Chun-Li has ended the fight here.
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