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Post by Vocado on Oct 1, 2018 19:34:44 GMT -6
Vocado frowned as his strike met resistance, ultimately being thwarted. Clearly he was holding back too much. He needed to pressure her more; show her what an Oozaru could really do! As she taunted, he stepped forward again, clenching his furred fists. "I'm simply getting warmed up, my dear! I wanna savor this for as long as I can after all!"
Turning for but a moment, King Vocado wondered how defensive he'd need to be of his pod. Letting it stay unguarded was simple enough in a battle against grunts, but a skilled fighter like Ramen might take the opportunity to strike his only source of offense. He needed to take care-- and weigh his options when it came time to defend his pod.
Taking the opportunity, it seemed Ramen had tossed an energy bullet at his face, but the King responded in kind. Opening his maw wide, he released a massive wave of violet Ki. Massive enough to vaporize her feeble attack, before barelling down toward Ramen again. It was just as vicious as his last strike, if not more! Would the Fiesty Fighter be able to avoid his awesome power?!
KP: 1/3
Fired [N1] Galick Gun (flavored as Mouth Beam)
33% Power for a damage potential of: 85,800!
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PL: 217,000
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Post by Ramen on Oct 1, 2018 19:58:50 GMT -6
THE BOREAL HAS LANDED
| Ramen's PL: 210,000 (Base 70,000 - x3 Modifier) |
The blast of violet energy forced Ramen back onto the defensive again, but as before -- she refused to actually move out of the way. Instead, she thrust her fist out towards the beam in what had rapidly become a bad habit of hers. As her fist collided with the oncoming wave, it detonated point-blank, a cloud of smoke and debris billowing from the impact spot. There was no sound coming from the dissipating clouds for several, long moments, but when the area had finally cleared it revealed a stretch of scorched land, with the human still upright in the center. Her fist was coated with blood from the reckless block, with cuts opened on her forearm -- but beyond that, she looked to be in surprisingly good form for someone that just took a shot from an oozaru.
"That was almost a good blow," she called, shaking her still-vibrating hand. "But if that's the best you can do, this fight is already over."
The blow had shaken her in truth, but that wasn't something that she really intended to show. If Vocado believed he was getting the upper edge, he would capitalize on it. Instead, she needed to keep him guessing, and keep him worrying. Without his scouter, she might even manage to fool him as to her maximum power output... she stepped forward suddenly, beginning to race along the ground towards her opponent. Her eyes locked dead onto his tail as a familiar red orb burst to life in her hand. She aimed it as she ran, closing one eye as if she was juuust about to throw it... but the toss never came, and her target certainly wasn't that tail.
She thrust the orb down towards the ground as she pushed off, the ki impacting into the ground and setting off a massive explosion, which sent the redhead flying upwards at full-force, with more momentum than she could have ever hoped to build with ki flight alone! She tucked her chin and shut her eyes, using herself as a projectile! If Vocado took the bait, she might well crash head-first into his chin, with enough force to send them both sprawling.
Ramen takes moderate damage, but returns by using her [N1] Red Crush to launch herself like a projectile!
69,300 PL damage incoming!
KP 2/3 > 1/3
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Post by Vocado on Oct 1, 2018 20:37:25 GMT -6
The Ape couldn't help but smile. Finally, he'd done actual damage! The rush got to him, and he was starting to feel really overconfident. Winning here would be a breeze, and easier still would be taking Vegeta! He just needed one last push, and he'd beat her down! Of course, his mental celebration was short-lived, as for when the dust settled, Ramen revealed she'd barely been harmed. "Don't toy with me, girl! I know that hand is hurting. How much more can you use it, I wonder?"
He didn't have much more time to taunt, as Ramen moved into her own attack, summoning another energy ball, she ran sidelong across the battlefield, aiming to get a good shot on Vocado's tail. He sneered, and rushed forwards, aiming to snatch her up before she could get the chance! But it seemed she was planning on just that, as the moment Vocado closed in she tossed her energy ball straight down, using it as fuel to propel her own body like a bullet! Gasping, the Oozaru had no time to react, and was clocked in the jaw, sending him flying up into the air, before slowly drifting back down.
As he began to fall, his mind raced. Was this it for him? His head was throbbing, and his body ached. He could fall asleep now, and forget about all this. Let the superior fighter take the reigns. It'd be so simple to pass on to Otherworld-- Wouldn't it? "NO!"
He blurted out the words furiously, and stretched his massive hand out, catching the ground and stopping his momentum with a surprisingly dexterous handstand. Pushing off the ground, he somersaulted to his feet, and allowed his energy to pulse outward. "I won't lie down like a dog and die, Ramen! This is my Kingdom to rule, and if you want my crown, you'll need to pry it out of my coffin!!!"The King of Saiyans, filled with boiling rage, charged forwards, pushing himself past his limit. As every inch of his body filled with Ki, he could feel his muscles tearing and bones cracking. He didn't have it in him to expend so much Ki, but he did it anyways. "You wanted my best, right? Well here it is!" He jumped upward, spinning in the air, before clapping his hands as if they were the head of an arrow. Soon, his massive form dropped from the sky like a fuzzy javelin, aiming to smash right into Ramen and end this fight one way or another!
Took some damage from Ramen's N1
KP: -2/3
Took major damage from using DIG DEEP
Used DIG DEEP to activate [SIG - Homing} Relentless Barrage!
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Post by Ramen on Oct 1, 2018 20:58:25 GMT -6
THE BOREAL HAS LANDED
| Ramen's PL: 210,000 (Base 70,000 - x3 Modifier) |
Ramen fell to the ground after her attack, landing heavy in the dirt. The attack left her somewhat dazed, but she quickly shook her head and scrambled back to her feet, racing to put distance between herself and Vocado. When she looked back, he was already moving back to his feet with surprising spirit. The Vocado she was facing now was nothing like the Vocado that had turned to her in distress earlier. She skidded to a halt and twisted back to face him, adopting her previous fighting stance -- her bloodied hand was out to guard, but it still shook and wavered, the damage taking its toll on her even now.
Then, Vocado began to gather energy into himself, no doubt planning another attack. But this time, it was different. Unlike his previous two attempts, she could feel this power, tremoring in her bones. It still wasn't enough to match the Arcosian from earlier... but it just might be enough to threaten him. As her opponent launched himself into the air, she twisted around and summoned up another spark of ki into her palm. She hurled the blast, a greatly reduced version of her Red Crush attack, fired too hastily to charge to full -- the blast hurdled towards Vocado's space pod, threatening to send it up in flames with a sudden crash.
But despite her plan, the blast wouldn't actually hit the pod fast enough to stop his attack. Instead, she was forced to leap as the oozaru came crashing down towards her. Although she avoided being squashed, the attack hit her full-force, sending her hurdling away like a ragdoll. She crashed through a rock formation, cutting clean through it, only to land hard against another formation right behind it. This time, the formation stopped her momentum -- but with a sickening crunch.
As she rolled onto the ground, her armoured chestpiece practically fell off of her. But that wasn't what cracked -- as she stood up, her arm fell limp to her side, still bleeding heavily. Something in there was broken. But through it all, the redhead was still standing...
... if only just.
Ramen uses her armour! +x1 to her defensive PL, which ends up at 280,000 for the post. She takes significant damage from Vocado's signature and ends up breaking her arm. Owie.
[N1] Red Crush fired at Space Pod.
KP 1/3 > 0/3
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Post by Vocado on Oct 1, 2018 21:09:46 GMT -6
His adrenaline peaked as he fell earth-ward, smashing into the dirt and sending Ramen flying. It would have been the last strike needed to cinch this victory, if only he was that little bit stronger! As he wrenched his hands from the dirt, he felt his body shudder. It was a strange sensation, but it happened again, and once more. Perplexed, he looked around, noticing only now that Ramen hadn't missed her blast in the scuffle.
She was aiming for his space pod.
"C-crap... No! This can't... End..."
His body shrank and shrank, until he was just a regular Saiyan again. The smoldering pile of scrap that was his space pod spat sparks and flame in its crater. Suffice it to say, his ship looked like what Vocado felt like on the inside. Speaking of his insides, it was only now that the pain he'd caused to himself to fire off that attack was coming to him. His whole body tensed, and he gripped his arm from the searing, self-inflicted pain.
He took in sharp breaths through grit teeth. Despite all the pain, and the pit he now had in his stomach, he was going to keep fighting. He wasn't going to be a scared little boy, even if this was the end of the line. He'd fight to the last swing, and keep going after that.
He took a step forward through cracked earth, stumbling with each trudging step. Ramen seemed so far away now, but maybe that was a good thing. It gave him time to think; time to take a breath. Trying his hardest to keep his very real bravado up, he forced himself over a large pile of rubble, before accidentally tumbling down its side. The King shouted in pain, but he wouldn't let this be the end. Not yet, anyway.
Forcing himself up again, he continued to step forward. Each footfall sent a jolt of pain up his body, but he ignored it. He wouldn't give Ramen the satisfaction.
"You haven't won yet. I won't let you win. Not now, and not ever! You got that, you... Damn... Punk?!"
KP -1/3 KP
Pod destroyed! Oozaru Deactivated. New PL: 52,000
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Post by Ramen on Oct 1, 2018 21:59:44 GMT -6
THE BOREAL HAS LANDED
| Ramen's PL: 210,000 (Base 70,000 - x3 Modifier) |
Ramen couldn’t help but smile at the sight of Vocado continuing to march towards her. After it all, he was continuing with the fight - in the face of an opponent who now hopelessly overpowered him. An opponent who had outsmarted him. There was something brave about this Vocado. The scared shell of a man that the Arcosian had left behind had been stripped away, leaving something else behind.
It was King Vocado. And he was walking straight into death.
“You’re foolish if you think you can turn this fight around,” Ramen spoke up, lidding her eyes and letting out a ragged breath. Although she wasn’t in fighting shape, she was in much better condition than her opponent. Battered, beaten, and now stripped of the greatest weapon he had to bring to bear. She had one good arm, and more than enough power left over to vaporize her opponent. She had won the fight, after all. By all Saiyan law, power now loomed within her grasp.
“You fought to the very last, but you haven’t beaten me. And now you can’t. You can rest knowing that you’ve lived up to the title of Super Elite, King Vocado. But experience has won the day here.”
She raised her good arm towards Vocado as he drew nearer, aiming her palm towards him. Soon, familiar red ki sparked to life in her hand. It wasn’t like her earlier attacks. After all the pain Ramen had been through, she had never unleashed her full power on Vocado. But that was about to change. Crimson lightning coursed around her fingertips ass the orb grew in power, the rest of Ramen’s energy flooding into the growing attack. The force it was outputting grew rapidly, such that even Vocado, without his scouter, would be able to feel the power it was letting off. Tremors shook the ground. Heavy winds swelled around them.
Vocado would find himself staring down the barrel of an executioner’s gun. The crown might find itself once more drowned in blood.
Ramen shut her eyes as the energy blast reached its peak, her body beginning to shake and strain under its power. A single release was all it would take to put a swift end to the wounded Vocado and his claim to the throne. His fate coursed through the energy in her fingertips.
But the crown had never been Ramen's aim.
The energy in her palm faded suddenly, and she let out a relieved gasp of air as the energy -- which she did not truly have to spare -- returned to her. The crimson light faded, and everything fell still. An eerie silence fell upon the land, with the wildlife in the area having run long ago. When she opened her eyes, she faced right towards Vocado. An enemy, now spared from execution.
“Remember everything you felt during this fight," she spoke. "Remember where you started, and where you ended up. Remember the feeling of death about to take you, and the defiance you showed in the face of its certainty. You will need it in the days to come, if your Kingdom is going to survive. There is no shame in defeat, so long as your fighting spirit remains. Learn from your mistakes, and work harder. You need to be the strongest among us to deal with the threats all around us... and that lurk behind your back. You are, and must remain, King Vocado."
KP 0/3 > 1/3
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Post by Vocado on Oct 1, 2018 22:30:51 GMT -6
He felt it in his bones long before his mind allowed him to realize it, but he'd failed. No amount of confidence or planning could pull him back. He'd wasted too much energy too early, fought too recklessly. It was like a child holding a gun, and he'd fired his bullets at the wall behind his foe. Even still, as Ramen charged her final blast, and the Ki pulsing out of her caused Vocado's hair to stand up on end, he did not stop advancing. He was to die a warrior, no matter how foolishly he fought.
"Enjoy the crown while it lasts, you traitorous oaf."
But the end never came. In its stead was a lesson. Ramen lowered her hand, and the Saiyan King let go of the breath he didn't know he was holding. He listened to her words with all the strength he could muster, and was more annoyed than anything at first. He lost for a simple test? Only a child would perform so poorly. Then again, he supposed he was only just grown himself.
"So... That's it, then? You wanted to fight me tooth and nail to toughen me up? Maybe teach me a lesson or two?" He scoffed, and continued his advance. "You're a real piece of work, you know that? I should kick your ass for lying to me-- Guargh!"
Only now was the real pain setting in. His adrenaline was rapidly fading, replaced by the stone-cold reality of his failings. Falling to a knee, Vocado tried to stand, but had nothing left in his legs. Instead, he sat down, sighing in defeat. Maybe he wasn't strong enough to beat her today, but he'd find the strength in the future. In the meantime, he wouldn't let his shortcomings be his downfall. He'd improve. In a way, he supposed it was a good thing he fought now rather than later. He might have driven himself mad with fear otherwise. Now though? Well, that mask of confidence had become reality. He'd be the king he needed to be when the time came... Or so he hoped.
"To be honest, I'm not sure if I should kick you or thank you. I suppose you can choose what you prefer."
The King looked up at the sky. Thanks to the three suns of Namek, he hadn't the faintest idea what time it was. Either way, the green sky was stunning... Almost as stunning as Ramen.
He hadn't noticed it before, but thinking back on that Arcosian's words, she was quite a beautiful woman. Maybe he saw it only now thanks to some slight head trauma, but it was hard to ignore now. Perhaps in another life they could start something, but he had obligations. A political marriage was his only true option, should he ever get that far. Either way, he supposed, marrying into an accord with Earth could work, if Ramen had any sort of claim to Earth's armies, that is.
Turning away to hide his sudden flushed face, Vocado sighed, unable to fully focus thanks to his injuries. "Perhaps now is a good time to rest. We'll talk more when we're both fully conscious."
It was then that his wounds had overtaken him. With one last, half-hearted wave, Vocado slumped over, falling into unconsciousness.
Attempting to Exit... by passing out.
Vocado gains [RACIAL] Saiyan Pride! The next time he fights Ramen, he'll have +x2!
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Post by Ramen on Oct 1, 2018 22:42:15 GMT -6
THE BOREAL HAS LANDED
| Ramen's PL: 210,000 (Base 70,000 - x3 Modifier) |
"I mean, I would settle for a shrug and and a nod," she replied, clearing her throat. "When this happened to me, I was pretty annoyed... well, for a few seconds at least."
Vocado took the ploy about as well as she could have expected in all honesty, but she didn't have to worry about arguing the point for long. After turning from angry to tired in a matter of moments, the King collapsed into unconsciousness. She couldn't quite say what was going through his head in those last moments, but she suspected it had something to do with just how he would pay her back for this. She fully expected to find a much more game Vocado set for another fight, one of these days. That day, she might well find herself bested.
But today, she could claim one of the most dangerous victories of her life. Although her body ached and she desperately wanted to follow Vocado's example and collapse over, they needed to get back to base sooner rather than later. She made her way over to the Saiyan, grabbing him by the back of what was left of his tattered cape and hoisting him up over her shoulder as best she could. The entire flight back was going to hurt.
"You might be mad," she told the sleeping King, reaching up to give him a little pat on the shoulder with her good hand -- which meant balancing him there unheld for a moment. "But right now, I think it's Nashua's wrath I have to fear..."
Bringing home a bloodied King was going to take some explaining. Maybe she should make something up..?
Ramen exits too, bringing Vocado to safety.
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