PFL Nights

[Ookalf]

That's right. With all the ads around town, I figured there must be something to it.

[AmbushCat]

I know it's only been one fight so far, but do you think you're getting your money's worth out of it?

Mini-Lina: *around a mouthful of ham* What she's asking is, you're not sticking around solely because you like Pokémon, are you?

*sideways glare* That's so non-canon it hurts.

[Ookalf]

Heh. Yeah, I'd say this is worth it so far. What do you think?

[AmbushCat]

*broad grin* Sweetness in a can. Loving what I'm seeing. ...'Course, it kinda helps that I've always been a fan of Pokémon like she said, but still...

[Whatevr89532]

The lights around the stadium seats dim slightly a couple of times. To the uninitiated it seems like a random power problem, but it's actually standard "theater-ese" for "show's going to start back up soon, might want to get back to your seats."

((I recently discovered the move I've been calling "Secret Sword" all this time is actually SACRED Sword. Whoops.))

[AmbushCat]

((OOC: ))

Sooo... yeah. Maybe we can talk more later, Yoko?

Mini-Lina: Which reminds me. Have you seen my earplugs anywhere?

*annoyed sigh* Ugh. Must you be such a killjoy, Lina? *grabs a bottle of cranberry juice*

Mini-Lina: *lightly taps Aldonza's skull with the now-hamless bone* Someone has to be. *straightens in her seat*

[Ookalf]

The lights around the stadium seats dim slightly a couple of times. To the uninitiated it seems like a random power problem, but it's actually standard "theater-ese" for "show's going to start back up soon, might want to get back to your seats."

((I recently discovered the move I've been calling "Secret Sword" all this time is actually SACRED Sword. Whoops.))

(Well, they are both moves Keldeo can learn...)

((OOC: ))

Sooo... yeah. Maybe we can talk more later, Yoko?

Mini-Lina: Which reminds me. Have you seen my earplugs anywhere?

*annoyed sigh* Ugh. Must you be such a killjoy, Lina? *grabs a bottle of cranberry juice*

Mini-Lina: *lightly taps Aldonza's skull with the now-hamless bone* Someone has to be. *straightens in her seat*

Sure. We're talk more after the next match. ...Also, Lina can borrow my headphones, if she wants.

[AmbushCat]

Mini-Lina: *grin* Sah-weeeet. I'll tell you when I need 'em.

[Whatevr89532]

A moment or so later, the lights dim and brighten back to the way they were at the start of the first match, and the announcer girl appears back onstage again. "Hello again! For tonight's second match, we've got a pair of toughies that can both hit each other real hard. In the sword of justice corner, Katro!" She gestures that way, and a huge, dark-skinned muscular fellow with a Terrakion's horns on his head and a few other traits of that 'mon stomps up onstage, before folding his arms and giving a curt nod.

She nods, and then gestures the other way. "His opponent needs very little introduction. She's loud, she's proud, she's--Pájaro Verde!" A theme song starts up on the loudspeakers, and a flash of green and white seems to fly downward from the roof, swooping around before landing gracefully on the stage. Now that it's standing still, the blur can be identified as a woman in a full-on decked-out colorful masked wrestling costume strongly reminiscent of Hawlucha's appearance. It's clear she's more than human since she was just actually flying, but it's very hard to tell where the costume ends and her actual appearance begins. She gives a couple of big, overstated bows to a cheering audience, and then moves into something like a fighting stance.

Once the cheering finally dies down a bit, the pika-girl says, "Do either of you have anything to say before we start the match?"
"Yeah," the Terrakion-man says, the announcer getting the microphone in front of him quickly enough for it to pick the word up. "Why don't I get a theme song?"
"Weelll, you'll have to talk to the managers about that one," she says, over a fair portion of the audience laughing.

"If there's nothing else..?" She looks to Pájaro Verde, who just shakes her head once. "Just give me a moment to get out of your way, and you can start!" She quick-attacks off to the stairs again and begins the countdown...


((Ohh! Then I've just conflated the two in my head. All things considered, it's likely Klera was using Secret rather than Sacred Sword in those two instances, then. But now I know the other Swords definitely use "Sacred" and not Secret, so that's good.

Other news: I was delighted when I first learned about Hawlucha (by running into one in the wild and catching it), and then very disappointed when she wasn't allowed to participate in flying battles, despite knowing the move fly.))

[AmbushCat]

((OOC: ))

*humming to herself, shifting in her seat some* Mucha Lucha, Mucha Lucha, it's a way of life--- *SMACK* OW! Lina, what the h#^@?

Mini-Lina: *unapologetic* General principle. Sorry.

[Ookalf]

Mini-Lina: *grin* Sah-weeeet. I'll tell you when I need 'em.

All right, you just say the word... *Yoko nods as listens to the next fighters' intros.* Well, this ought to be an interesting match...

(And yeah, the requirements for Sky Battles are a little wonky...)

[Whatevr89532]

The instant the countdown hits "GO", the costumed woman seems to abruptly disappear to any ordinary-human eye. Perceptions capable of moving faster can see her jumping into the air and flying at her opponent, unleashing a few blindingly fast slashes (which come across to 'normal' eyes as brief green blurs that leave behind visible cuts on Katro's body). She then goes straight back to where she started and hovering briefly above the ground before landing gracefully, panting slightly from the effort but putting up a defensive stance.

Katro puts out his hands to either side, and a ring of light appears just past each of his palms, expanding, disappearing, and then being replaced by a ring of very sharp-looking rocks. He thrusts his hands forward as if throwing something from each, and the rocks begin firing themselves straight at Pájaro Verde. She darts back and forth, dodging some of the rocks, but there are just too many of them at once. When one rock hits her, she gets knocked out of trajectory to dodge another, and another, and just ends up taking several hits by the end of the barrage.

The Terrakion-man stomps forward, preparing already for another attack. When the dust clears, Pájaro has begun to glow green, and the glow is steadily getting brighter. She holds her wing-arms up in front of her in a seemingly defensive position as he gets closer. But he doesn't attack just yet, instead beginning an odd dance as he gets closer, and when he finishes he seems much stronger. Though by now his opponent's glow is bright enough that it's getting rather hard to see anything at all.

((Aerial Ace, Stone Edge, ???, Swords Dance))

[AmbushCat]

It's times like this that I honestly hate my Gensokyo curse.

Mini-Lina: Can't track her?

*dejected* Can't track her.

Mini-Lina: ... *hands over a glass bottle of cranberry juice* Here. Got this for you.

*Aldonza agreeably accepts the offering as the fight continues.*

[Ookalf]

You're not alone, at least. It looks like Katro's having trouble keeping up, too...

[AmbushCat]

Yeah. Dunno who to root for, but I'm kinda leaning towards her.

Mini-Lina: Her? How come?

*does a reasonable imitation of El Toro Feurte* Because Pájaro Verde never removes her mask.

Mini-Lina: *slumps in her seat* L-sama, that reference?