Post by Mister Steel on Oct 30, 2023 18:31:28 GMT -5
Steel had expected a counter-attack from Jackie, and he'd expected her counterattack to be much faster and much stronger than anything Steel could through her way. She had an opening, he blinked... and his arms were already moving to protect his chin from below with a sort of modified X-block. His hands were folded, one over the other, beneath his chin... and then the hands and his chin were flooded with ki to harden them.
Steel uses BLOCK at 20% PL, plus 5% from Barenuckle Brawler! He also adds his momentum for an extra 10%!
35% PL = 112,000 power vs 320,000!
Jackie’s blazing strike cracks through Steel’s defense with 208,000 PL in bleedthrough!
SHIELD activates, since Steel has more power than the bleedthrough, damage is reduced by a third!
138,666.66(repeating) PL is coming Steel’s way!
That’s about 43% damage!
DAM: 43/250
-2 KP
0/6 KP
-2 MP
0/6 MP
35% PL = 112,000 power vs 320,000!
Jackie’s blazing strike cracks through Steel’s defense with 208,000 PL in bleedthrough!
SHIELD activates, since Steel has more power than the bleedthrough, damage is reduced by a third!
138,666.66(repeating) PL is coming Steel’s way!
That’s about 43% damage!
DAM: 43/250
-2 KP
0/6 KP
-2 MP
0/6 MP
When he opened his eyes from the blink, Jackie's foot was already touching his palms. Steel's hands held for a microsecond, then folded, and the kick continued up into Steel's chin. He was sent flying up and over and back away from Jackie, with burned palms and a singed goatee. He hoped none of his teeth had been knocked out, because they sure felt loose when they rattled in his mouth.
And then Steel was falling, even if gravity didn't know it yet. He'd been kicked off of his flying cloud, and had no idea how to fly under his own power. So, at some point, he was going to come down... but first, Jackie's kick pushed him up. Up and up and up into the air. Above the high-rises, above the clouds, above everything...
He slowed down... then hung in the air for a brief moment.
The fall started. Down, down, down went Steel, down below the clouds, below the high-rises. The city went from a dot, to a splot, to a model, to something that was very big and about to hit Steel in the face!
Only, Steel didn't splatter onto the concrete. Instead, he got slammed into by Yogu, whose attack had lifted him into the air for a brief moment. This knocked Steel off course from the ground, and allowed his Nimbus to catch up and... well... catch him.
After it caught Steel, the Nimbus seemed to respond to a worry of his and a want... and flew underneath Yogu. While Steel was lying on it. Thankfully, this meant that Yogu wouldn't fall through the Nimbus to have a meeting with the pavement. Not-so-thankfully, this meant both men would collide into each other hard enough for Steel to have the wind knocked out of him.
"Oof!"
The pair were ferried back to the ground by the Nimbus, which puttered to a stop next to Morrigan. Steel sat up, and deposited Yogu onto the ground, gently, before standing up tall on the Nimbus. He stretched his arms and neck, felt a crick, and winced.
"Hoo boy, Jackie hits hard...."
He rubbed his goatee out of habit, and found that it had a bit of a hole in it, right in the middle of his chin.
"Aw, dagnabbit, and she burns, too! Now I gotta shave tha whole thing and regrow it, or I'll just look silly."
Steel shrugged, then looked in the direction of Jackie and Chomei... he saw the fox-man rise up into the sky and into a cloud... then he saw the ominous light glowing from within the fluffy-white bunch of water vapor that was vaguely shaped like a triceratops.
"Alright, update ta tha plan. White-haired lady, Yogu, you both stay here an' recharge yer energy. Once yer good ta go, Yogu c'n give another one'f those Kame-Kame-Ha thingies, while you-", he pointed to Morrigan, "-join me at tha front. We're still close ta the edge'f town and I don't like it. But good hustle everyone, that rebar-spear technique and that blast seem ta have done a bit'f damage. I'll try ta give ya both another opening with some love-tap distractions."
And with that, Steel was rushing forward, getting in close to deliver a few non-ki-enhanced blows. He remembered what Yogu had shouted, and what little he'd heard from the fox-man... and then he spoke up.
"Quick question fer ya Jackie, how many'f these criminals that ya've been beatin' up and throwin' inta pits and jails had families? Do ya know? Did ya ask? How many'f them struggled ta get work that paid them enough ta afford food AND a roof over their head? Do ya know, did ya ask?"
And with that, Steel was rushing forward, getting in close to deliver a few non-ki-enhanced blows. He remembered what Yogu had shouted, and what little he'd heard from the fox-man... and then he spoke up.
"Quick question fer ya Jackie, how many'f these criminals that ya've been beatin' up and throwin' inta pits and jails had families? Do ya know? Did ya ask? How many'f them struggled ta get work that paid them enough ta afford food AND a roof over their head? Do ya know, did ya ask?"
He threw more punches, more kicks, trying to keep Jackie on the defensive. But he knew his arms and legs probably looked like they were moving through molasses to Jackie. That was just how it went when the power disparity was this big. But he had more weapons than just fists, he had words, too.
"And wut about tha will'f tha people? Due process? Does tha law come from you now, or are ya just sum sorta self-appointed super-cop?"
WC: 769
TWC: 2518
No MP gain due to MP use this turn!
TWC: 2518
No MP gain due to MP use this turn!