Round 4, the final battle:<br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Dullone598 (10:41:57 PM):   Angela stands opposite Wilson in the arena floor, looking predictably eager to deal out more punishment.<br/>Dullone598 (10:42:13 PM):   And over the sound system comes...<br/>CirclMastr (10:42:52 PM):   House!  "I've decided to change up the music a little bit, and to help me... well, I'm hoping someone brings me an instrument... oh, there's a piano over there, I'll use that."<br/>HomerinNYC (10:43:37 PM):   Wilson cracks his knuckles, squaring up against her, smiling. " Hope you didn't use up all that energy of yours in the other fights!" He grins. " Play it again, House."<br/>CirclMastr (10:43:38 PM):   He proceeds to sit in front of same piano and play a little ditty by Stephen Foster.<br/>CirclMastr (10:44:00 PM):   (Something like Ol' Susanna, to start.)<br/>HomerinNYC (10:44:24 PM):   " Damn it House, I said Beethoven. None of these Campfire songs!"<br/>CirclMastr (10:44:45 PM):   House shows off a bit by playing the next few bars with one hand, while flipping Wilson off with the other.<br/>Dullone598 (10:45:55 PM):   She smirks.  "And I hope your fighting's better than your teamwork."<br/>Dullone598 (10:46:32 PM):   (Circl, may as well roll Cha + Performance)<br/>HomerinNYC (10:46:54 PM):   " Hey, all the best teams have been at eachother's throats." He grins.<br/>OnlineHost (10:47:01 PM):   CirclMastr rolled 8 10-sided dice:  6 10 3 1 1 10 3 7<br/>CirclMastr (10:47:05 PM):   Jesus<br/>CirclMastr (10:47:10 PM):   Fucking 1's again<br/>HomerinNYC (10:47:28 PM):   Thankfully, you still got two successes. :-P.<br/>Dullone598 (10:48:25 PM):   The audience can't seem to decide whether to be annoyed or start cracking up.<br/>Dullone598 (10:48:50 PM):   (Ajoxer, as you may recall, you start with 2 empty hexes between you.)<br/>Dullone598 (10:49:21 PM):   "I'll have to take your word about the best teams," she says dryly, falling into a ready stance.<br/>CirclMastr (10:49:30 PM):   On the downbeat, House massively downshifts into a piano classic from... Final Fantasy.  One of 'em, anyway.  Very slow, very somber.<br/>HomerinNYC (10:50:13 PM):   " Well... I can dance to it." And dance he does, two quick, long steps taking him into Angela's space, and his knee into her chest.<br/>HomerinNYC (10:50:19 PM):   3+1/9/2, Forward Flip Knee.<br/>CirclMastr (10:50:36 PM):   As Wilson starts to move, House kicks it back up to a piano version of hip-hop.<br/>CirclMastr (10:51:29 PM):   (And so on throughout the fight, intentionally fouling up Wilson's Musical Accompaniment)<br/>Dullone598 (10:51:39 PM):   (Don't you have to be adjacent to start a Forward Flip Knee, since the 2 movement is you going up and over?)<br/>HomerinNYC (10:51:41 PM):   " House, I swear to god, if you bloody well cost me this fight, I'm going to swap all of your alcohol with Grenadine!"<br/>HomerinNYC (10:51:47 PM):   (Don't think so.)<br/>Dullone598 (10:52:20 PM):   (Hm...you seem to think wrong.)<br/>Dullone598 (10:52:35 PM):   (The good news is you're about to interrupt a move that brings her next to you anyway)<br/>HomerinNYC (10:52:46 PM):   (Well, hooah then.)<br/>Dullone598 (10:53:25 PM):   Angela launches herself forward, winding up to backhand Wilson across the face (Spinning Back Fist on 3; her soak is 4).<br/>HomerinNYC (10:54:41 PM):   " Alley-oop!"<br/>OnlineHost (10:54:47 PM):   HomerinNYC rolled 5 10-sided dice:  8 7 3 2 2<br/>Dullone598 (10:56:33 PM):   She takes a hard knee to the back, but isn't slowed down appreciably by it as she turns to face Wilson, readying her next attack.<br/>Dullone598 (10:56:45 PM):   (Turn 2 is go.  You may declare.)<br/>HomerinNYC (10:57:35 PM):   Is House screwing with my timing again? :-p.<br/>Dullone598 (10:57:51 PM):   (Yes, constantly.)<br/>CirclMastr (10:58:15 PM):   Aye, House suddenly breaks into a rickroll.  Complete with singing.  "We're no strangers to looooove..."<br/>HomerinNYC (10:58:40 PM):   Wilson spins just as quickly, leg whipping out in a Roundhouse at her. 3/9/2. He can only hope that this music is as distracting to his opponent as it is to him...<br/>HomerinNYC (10:58:55 PM):   Also, spending one Willpower to add to the damage.<br/>Dullone598 (10:59:41 PM):   She looks more than a little disturbed, but her left fist comes aglow with blue psychic energy as she lashes out at Wilson (PK-Channeling Jab on 6, response?)<br/>HomerinNYC (11:00:35 PM):   Hmmm. I'll take a chance and take it.<br/>Dullone598 (11:00:55 PM):   //roll-dice5-sides10<br/>OnlineHost (11:00:55 PM):   Dullone598 rolled 5 10-sided dice:  3 5 7 5 5<br/>HomerinNYC (11:01:21 PM):   Wheeee!<br/>Dullone598 (11:01:23 PM):   She manages to graze him, but not much more than that (1 damage; soak is 4)<br/>OnlineHost (11:01:29 PM):   HomerinNYC rolled 6 10-sided dice:  9 2 10 2 6 2<br/>HomerinNYC (11:01:34 PM):   Babam!<br/>Dullone598 (11:02:17 PM):   Angela is hit hard upside the head; she shakes her head to clear it, glaring at him.<br/>Dullone598 (11:02:25 PM):   (Turn 3, you may declare)<br/>CirclMastr (11:02:41 PM):   After the first refrain, House slams on the breaks again with another slow one, this time singing in a high-pitched chipmunk voice.  "Hey Jude, don't make it bad.  Take a sad song, and make it better..."<br/>HomerinNYC (11:03:18 PM):   " Now this is what I call a classic." He grins, and suddenly dances back, skipping back a good deal out of her range.<br/>HomerinNYC (11:03:48 PM):   Movement, 8/X/6, moving back 6 hexes if I can.<br/>Dullone598 (11:05:28 PM):   Angela whirls into the next step of her combination, practically dancing forward to deliver the attack (Spinning Knuckle on 5, and her Move with it is in fact 6; response?)<br/>HomerinNYC (11:06:47 PM):   Oh lord, how I hate this bitch. Abort to Block, down to 4 WP.<br/>Dullone598 (11:07:01 PM):   (What's that make your soak?)<br/>HomerinNYC (11:07:08 PM):   (5.)<br/>Dullone598 (11:07:16 PM):   //roll-dice6-sides10<br/>OnlineHost (11:07:16 PM):   Dullone598 rolled 6 10-sided dice:  8 2 9 9 3 6<br/>CirclMastr (11:08:11 PM):   (Pow)<br/>Dullone598 (11:08:12 PM):   Her fists slam into Wilson's gut and chest in rapid succession, and she rights herself, grinning viciously at him (4 damage total)<br/>CirclMastr (11:08:19 PM):   (I bet that staggers him)<br/>CirclMastr (11:08:22 PM):   (Er, dizzies)<br/>Dullone598 (11:08:29 PM):   (Not so much)<br/>Dullone598 (11:08:34 PM):   (Seperate hits don't count)<br/>CirclMastr (11:08:37 PM):   (Oh)<br/>Dullone598 (11:08:51 PM):   (Coincidentally, this makes multi-hit attacks crazy in Dizzy Combos, but hers is not such a combo)<br/>HomerinNYC (11:09:13 PM):   " Oooh, we are a nasty tart, aren't we?" He grins, and slams himself forward and over her with his Forward Flip Knee.<br/>Dullone598 (11:09:14 PM):   (Turn 4 time.  You are free to declare.)<br/>HomerinNYC (11:09:22 PM):   3+2/9/2.<br/>CirclMastr (11:09:23 PM):   Shifting up again, House moves into a jazzy big band number.  "I eat sophisticated food, I breathe sophisticated air, run a sophisticated comb through my sophisticated hair..."<br/>Dullone598 (11:09:56 PM):   (And stop calling your attacks before I tell you to.)<br/>Dullone598 (11:09:58 PM):   (Also, +2?)<br/>CirclMastr (11:10:04 PM):   (For blocking, I assume)<br/>Dullone598 (11:10:10 PM):   (Oh, right)<br/>HomerinNYC (11:10:12 PM):   Yeah.<br/>HomerinNYC (11:10:35 PM):   And you said I was free to declare two seconds after I typed up my attack, so I'm not too worried. :-p.<br/>Dullone598 (11:11:43 PM):   (I saw it as I was hitting Enter, before I minimized the window)<br/>Dullone598 (11:11:49 PM):   (In any case...)<br/>Dullone598 (11:13:17 PM):   "What's a --"  Angela grimaces, raising one arm to deflect his knee as he flips over her.  "-- dammit, do I look as dumb as Blade?"  (Block on 8, soak is 7)<br/>OnlineHost (11:13:32 PM):   HomerinNYC rolled 2 10-sided dice:  10 5<br/>Dullone598 (11:14:03 PM):   He clips her lightly, but she rolls with it, coming up to face him again.<br/>Dullone598 (11:14:25 PM):   (Now is the time for all good men to declare their turn 5 actions.)<br/>HomerinNYC (11:14:27 PM):   " No, Blade is hard to top, but I assure you, you're making a very good effort." Wilson grins.<br/>CirclMastr (11:14:46 PM):   Kicking it up hard again, House improvises a sort of pop/big band/polka version of hip-hop.  "I'll take you to the candy shop.  I'll let you lick the lollipop...."<br/>HomerinNYC (11:14:51 PM):   He then dances back again, this time confident in his ability to outrace any goddamn Spinning Knuckle moves, dancing 6 Hexes back.<br/>Dullone598 (11:16:43 PM):   (what's your speed?)<br/>HomerinNYC (11:16:55 PM):   8.<br/>Dullone598 (11:17:29 PM):   She just barely misses him as she lunges forward, foot ablaze with energy (PK-Channeling Forward on 8; you are now 4 hexes apart).<br/>Dullone598 (11:17:49 PM):   (Turn 6.  You may declare.)<br/>CirclMastr (11:19:25 PM):   House suddenly just stops to tap out a few notes.  "La, deedeeda, deedeeda, my pretty one..."<br/>HomerinNYC (11:19:34 PM):   He drops down to all fours, and with a croak- Wait, wrong movie. He flips himself forward, cartwheeling fast into her face, landing with a resounding thud in her face, before kicking off and rebounding a couple of hexes away.<br/>HomerinNYC (11:19:58 PM):   Rolling Attack, 5/8/7. Another WP, down to 3.<br/>Dullone598 (11:21:57 PM):   She grits her teeth as she sees him coming, readying to strike back (Spinning Knuckle on 3, soak is 4)<br/>HomerinNYC (11:22:42 PM):   You know, I'll be landing with a hex between us- Is she allowed to move after being hit?<br/>OnlineHost (11:22:52 PM):   HomerinNYC rolled 4 10-sided dice:  8 3 2 3<br/>Dullone598 (11:23:02 PM):   She can use all the movement she has left.<br/>HomerinNYC (11:23:18 PM):   So... Rolling Attack is useless?<br/>HomerinNYC (11:24:25 PM):   Bleh.<br/>Dullone598 (11:24:29 PM):   In this specific situation, where her total movement happens to match exactly the initial distance between you plus the distance apart your attack leaves you?  Sure.<br/>HomerinNYC (11:24:32 PM):   Well, this is going to mightily fucking suck.<br/>Dullone598 (11:25:05 PM):   If you'd like a moment to pray to the dice gods, feel free.<br/>HomerinNYC (11:25:13 PM):   Yeah, I guess I'd better.<br/>HomerinNYC (11:25:29 PM):   Go for it.<br/>CirclMastr (11:25:47 PM):   Everyone knows there's only one: the Random Number Goddess<br/>Dullone598 (11:26:39 PM):   //roll-dice10-sides10<br/>OnlineHost (11:26:39 PM):   Dullone598 rolled 10 10-sided dice:  1 7 5 7 9 8 9 8 3 10<br/>HomerinNYC (11:26:46 PM):   Oh for christ's sakes.<br/>Dullone598 (11:26:59 PM):   Fucking hell, RNG, can't the man get a break?<br/>CirclMastr (11:27:16 PM):   Hey, I didn't get a break in two tries yesterday.<br/>HomerinNYC (11:27:29 PM):   It's 6 damage.<br/>HomerinNYC (11:27:35 PM):   Sure, I'm stunned, but I've still got four more to go.<br/>HomerinNYC (11:27:48 PM):   Oh, no, wait.<br/>Dullone598 (11:27:49 PM):   Four more, really?  I thought you'd already taken 5?<br/>HomerinNYC (11:27:52 PM):   I'm fucked already, because she'd done four.<br/>HomerinNYC (11:27:55 PM):   Screw you, Circl.<br/>HomerinNYC (11:28:03 PM):   I blame this all on you, I'll have you know.<br/>HomerinNYC (11:28:18 PM):   With Musical Accompaniment, I could've out-maneuvered her.<br/>HomerinNYC (11:28:21 PM):   But noooo.<br/>HomerinNYC (11:29:25 PM):   Well, out by round 6. Whee.<br/>HomerinNYC (11:30:24 PM):   Wilson looks a bit surprised at finding himself looking up at the ceiling. " I admit, I'm not used to getting on my back this early in a relationship, I really think that we should take some more time."<br/>HomerinNYC (11:30:25 PM):   He says, rather scrambled.<br/>Dullone598 (11:30:43 PM):   (Look on the bright side: any time he messes MA up is one less time I feel obligated to find an excuse for it.)<br/>CirclMastr (11:32:05 PM):   House punctuates the defeat by playing a little 'pratfall' chord.<br/>Dullone598 (11:32:59 PM):   Angela exhales heavily, flicking her wrist to get the blood from Wilson's nose off it.  "Not too bad," she admits casually, though she doesn't move to help Wilson up.<br/>HomerinNYC (11:34:08 PM):   He gets to his feet. " Well, shows me to underestimate my opponent." He smiles, nose freely flowing blood, as he offers his hand to the woman, clearly not expecting her to shake.<br/>HomerinNYC (11:34:36 PM):   (BTW- I checked it out, I rolled 15 dice, she rolled 21, I got 7 successes, SHE GOT THIRTEEN.)<br/>CirclMastr (11:35:02 PM):   (The RNG was on my side)<br/>Dullone598 (11:35:37 PM):   She does shake his hand, though she feels the need to squeeze excessively hard.  "I guess you two were better competition than I expected."<br/>Dullone598 (11:35:47 PM):   At least she doesn't apply her psychokinesis to the handshake.<br/>HomerinNYC (11:36:32 PM):   " Good to hear. Perhaps we'll meet again some other time, and on that day, I hope that my regular piano-player is on the job." He smiles, giving her a quick little salute, before heading back to the ring.<br/>HomerinNYC (11:36:53 PM):   He very pointedly doesn't kick House in the throat. " Well, that was blood painful."<br/>Dullone598 (11:37:25 PM):   Angela stalks out of the arena.  Nobody is cheering for her victory, but she doesn't seem to care.<br/>Dullone598 (11:37:48 PM):   Megan just shakes her head.  "House, what was the point of that?"<br/>Dullone598 (11:39:07 PM):   She mostly just looks relieved that nobody is too messed up, though.<br/>HomerinNYC (11:39:47 PM):   Wilson smiles. " Oh, we can't blame him, you know how House is willing to do quite a lot to get into the pants of some of the competitors." Wilson says cheerfully, holding an icepack to the back of his nose,<br/>HomerinNYC (11:39:48 PM):   his head tilted up.<br/>CirclMastr (11:39:50 PM):   "I was trying to get on her good side so she'd actually speak to us and maybe end up helping us out.  But he fucked it up, but good."<br/>CirclMastr (11:40:25 PM):   "So have fun randomly guessing what's going on instead of, say, being able to find out."  Rather upset, House departs.<br/>Dullone598 (11:40:32 PM):   "She has a good side?" she queries.<br/>HomerinNYC (11:40:54 PM):   " House, she's a bloody Shadoloo Ler Drit nutjob. One, she's almost certainly being taught by M. Bloody Bison or somebody he has trained, and two, if she has a good side, we're not going to get on it by talking nice."<br/>CirclMastr (11:42:35 PM):   Ah, but he's already out the door.<br/>Dullone598 (11:43:14 PM):   Megan sighs.  "Well, nobody's hurt too bad, and we did make decent money tonight."<br/>HomerinNYC (11:44:42 PM):   " That which does not kill us, Megan." He grins, tapping the side of his head. " Anyway, I think House is feeling a tad delicate. He could probably use a bit of comforting."<br/>HomerinNYC (11:44:55 PM):   " I'm going to help the others get the piano loaded up." He goes to give a hand to the others, loading things up.<br/>Dullone598 (11:46:00 PM):   She shrugs.  "He...probably just needs some time to cool off.  I guess."</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>