EF: Red Diamond v Wicked City

===> COH <===> 6/9/2019, 9:35:20 AM <===

	Kenzo pours himself another shot of Japanese whiskey, then looks around. "It is a lovely temple here. Do you mind if I enact protocols to ensure it is not damaged?"

	Fenix arches an eyebrow, then offers a nod. "Feel free to contain the excitement to the cage, sure."

	And with that the three women that accompanied Kenzo make their way to set themselves up at three points around the cage. Anyone with Awareness will detect Magick at work as some sort of effect is enacted around the cage. Forces and Prime flavored, with maybe something else thrown in for shits and giggles. (repose)

	Chihiro watches as the women do what they will to the fighting cage, all while idly playing with that bone-looking dagger. By now her nails are clean and she is just spinning its handle with one hand as the rotating point draws a small line of blood against a finger on the opposite hand.

Ken burps, then nods his head to Kenzo once. "So let's get down to business. Said something about rumbling with one of your guys here? Is -it- even a guy?" He throws a glance towards one of the Iron Demons, eyes staring at them curiously as he looks up owing to their towering height. "Got this feeling that I'm about to get blown off by mini-missiles or some shit by Transformers over there," he remarks, giving Chihiro a stare then. He nudges Fenix and whispers. "Who's the girl?"

	Kenzo leans back in his chair. The women that cast the spell, the fix their gaze upon the pit, even as their eyes gleam and electric green. At the table where Kenzo is seate, a small hologram then emits, replicating the scene in the pit so that Kenzo can remain seated while watching the entertainment. "Remember, Wicked City gets exclusive distribution rights and lion's share of profits from the footage," he reminds.

	Fenix eyes the hologram with delight. "that's a nity idea, I'll haveta work on replicating it." Then he looks to Ken. An eyebrow arches and he looks back to Chihiro. "Wu Hong Feng, Baron of the Shu Shen, and host of the Red Diamond Court of Tijuana," he gives by way of intro. "Now you go," he adds, indicating that Chihiro should make her intro however she deems fit.

	Kurumi raises a brow at talk of 'containment' the smirk on her face perhaps says more than words might that she wishes them luck if he thinks that she can be contained. She takes another long drink from her bottle of sake and gives the demons of iron and violence another once over, "Boys and their toys," she says again before walking towards the entrance to the cage with her long cloth bundle. The Oni is apparently looking for a fight.

	Chihiro seems to be having a quiet conversation with the voices that she only hears when it is interrupted by Fenix, "Oh. You sound fancy. Plenty of money I guess?" Again she goes quiet to answer a voice's question, "...yes....I know that." She looks back to him, "Sato Chihiro. We rent ourselves out for jobs. We were directed south when we arrived in Prospect. This places would seem to have a better market."

	Fenix laughs, "Sweetie, I lose what I earn to the house almost as fast as I earn it. The house always wins." He gives a feral Chesire cat like grin.. "Welcome. Make yourself at home. And yeah, Prospect sucks. No one teaches the," he uses his fingers to mimic vampire fangs by his mouth, "any lessons in neighborliness. Down here? They're much better."

Ken's eyes practically gleam at the sight of the hologram, but his attention is moved to Kenzo over there when he mentions receiving the lion's share. He inches just past Fenix when he mutters. "You sure about this? Seems like they want all the profits off of you." Then he pulls away, eyes all on Chihiro while she speaks, and he chuckles along with Fenix. "Better market- that's one way to phrase it out," he snickers. "So what are you exactly? I'm curious." The question is tossed over to Chihiro.

	The two Demons of Iron and Violence make their way down and into the pit, staking out spots at either end. Fenix then looks to Ken and Kurumi. "Show the newbie how it goes down there, then we can open it up for her to join at the intermission."

	Waitstaff in skimpy garb bring another round of drinks and snacks to the table.

	Fenix looks to Chihiro, "Or you're free to assist Ken-boy in tag-teaming the pile of steel and wires. Your choice." He looks to Ken and nods. "No one matches the reach of distro that the Wicked City's network has. While they may get remote broadcast rights, El Fenix is ours. The publicity we get offa the distro, will drive visits in the flesh. Everyone wins."

	Kurumi finishes off the bottle of sake and tosses it aside for the wait staff to clean up. Shouldering her five foot long spiked steel kanabo she makes her way into the pit as well, "So why Iron and violence? Why not steel and violence? A little outdated, no?" she asks them with an amused smirk. "Try to at least make me break a sweat."

	Chihiro tilts her head, "Oh? Not wealthy? That's a pity. We figured that this would be easy work." She comments, pulling the tip of the knife away from her figer, the trickle of blood stopping near instantly. The bloos that remains is wiped off along the narrow flat of the blade and left to dry there. Judging by the stains, this is something that is done rather often. She turns her black-eyed gaze over to Ken, "What are you?" The knife is waved in Fenix's direction, mostly as a gesturing motion, "He introduced himself and we introduced ourselves."

	The DoIaV aren't the talkative type. Do they even talk? They haven't said a peep since they arrived. Anyone sensitive to EMF might detect communications flying through the air. Thei rflat dead eyes take Kurumi in, and an effect goes off.

As the heavy-built demons saunter their way into the pit, Ken bobs his head and beckons Chihiro over with a gesture of his hand. "Me? You're about to see. Why don't you come along and I'll show you how it's done?" Chihiro is given a wink and a click of his tongue as Ken moon-walks away a few steps before turning and shuffling his feet into the pit, trailing the demons right behind. Kurumi's kanebo is noticed, but he just sucks his teeth in at the sight. "Ah, shit. Forgot to bring my own toy. Guess I'll make proper introduction of it in the tournament."

	The DoIaV then looks over as Ken arrives. The same flat stare is given him.

	Chihiro removes her absurd heels and starts towards the pit's edge. She still holds her dagger, looking down at it for a few moments. "Yes I know this might hurt...Quit laughing...." The japanese girl mutters to herself. She of course follows the other two in as a reddish-black substance starts to cover her clothes and skin.

	Fog begins to pour into the cage pit.

	Simulated (?) lightning flashes above and around the interior of the pit, at sporadic and intermittent intervals. (OOC: Anyone without active sensory enhancements will be at +1 diff to hit anything in the pit, due to fog and light and such)

	The DoIaV look over as Chihiro does her thing, taking her in impassively.

	Kenzo frowns as whatever readout was transmitted by the demonic cyborgs for Chihiro comes up ... nil.

	Ken and Kurumi? They have floating images called up hologram style, however, with little video game style 'energy/life meters' underneath.

	The three women outside the pit continue their media magicks, recording the event to do post-production on the raw footage later.

Ken clasps his hands in excitement! All of the people are in the pit, preparing whatever preparations they have before chaos begins, and Chihiro especially gets an approving glance as she morphs into... wait, did she just turn into the female version of Venom? Well, things are about to be a lot more Weaver-y now it seems. "Don't go easy on me now," Ken suggests to the demons.

	The fog and lightning in the pit add to the dramatic nature of the show! The three women adjust the hologram quality for kenzo to account for the environmental factors.

	The DoIaV move with an alacrity that does't jive with how big and bulky they are. They might as well be ballerinas with how deft and smoothly they move. Is that Michael Jackson's Smooth Criminal that begins to play in the background? No. No, its the cover by Alien Ant Farm! Kenzo hums along at his table, leaning over to peer at the holograms and eating popcorn.

DoIaV1 moves like Muhammad Ali. Or something. Its bulky blunt fist is a blur as it slams into ken right in the breadbasket. Mortals would be devastated. But Ken is no mere mortal. So he at least has a shot at soaking the impact. The sound? THE SOUND OF IMPACT IS A BOOM! Kenzo cheers and laughs, making sure the ladies are capturing close-up video of impact, and of Ken's face. Fenix makes his way over to the lip of the pit to watch.

	The Japanese women in pantsuits make sure to capture every moment for posterity! Even the raw footage is pretty awesome at this point.

The demon moves with blinding speed and hits Ken square in the face! It seems that his own powers betray him by now, because that blow could've been /extremely/ fatal for him had he been a mere mortal. Luckily, he's not, but that -still- hurt bad. Ken lets out a menacing growl, almost beastly, as some of his skin is torn out by the sheer brutality of the punch, with what appears to be metal showing under eath! Is Ken a cyborg as well? Doesn't matter. What's important is, he's /definitely/ pissed off now.

	The DoIaV1 grunts as Ken lays into him! But someone's been watching Rocky IV! DoIaV1 - he's like Rocky, despite Ken's Drago-like blow. DOIAV1 - He's like a piece of ... IRON. Mikaboshi? He uses his corrupted digital currency to buy the Good Stuff (tm). Pentex prototypes, pirated Union gear. All of gets jumbled up in the Wicked City's bleeding edge tech labs.

	The 'camera' now pans to the action over by Kurumii! Let's check in on the opposite end of the pit! The DoIaV2 moves much like its counterpart. A ballerina freight train.

DOIAV2 lays a bulky fist right into Kurumii's breadbasket. Its almost as if it knows where the vulnerable points are in her body. The sound? iIf the blow on Ken was a BOOM, this one is a CRACKA-BOOM! Kirby-crackle (tm) sparks off from the point of impact. That's gotta hurt! The camera catches the impact in slow-mo! And then the sight of Ku's face. While she manages to absorb some of the brutal blow? It looks like it re-arranged some internal organs. A frown from Fenix, as he begins to Summon the rampant Yang energies from the temple, his fists taking on a bloody red sheen.

	Chihiro, or Zansatsu, as her symbiote bane is called, tries to move around behind the massive machine, and seeing as Ken just got hammered hard, she decides to go with a strike, but seeing as the indecision and smoke is a slight problem, she only manages a light graze against the behemoth, not even penetrating the armor.

	The DOIAV's head turns, not having paid attention to Chihiro/Zansatsu before. At the same time, the scent of blood washes over the pit, giving everyone a hot flash, and making any vampires' mouths water. Wood Alchemy heals (most of) Kurumii's wounds! Fenix gives a feral grin.

	Chi/Zan got DOIAV's attention, fo' sho! It lays a bulky fist into the strange looking creature. No boom here - just a wet sickening splat as it strikes the symbiote covering her lithe form.

	Chihiro reels from the hit, probably not the best idea to have tried to hit the thing before she was ready, but alas, that's what happens. The toothy, rictus smile seems to laugh quietly. Pain...It is mostly a detriment, but the sprawled out form seems to welcome it.

	DOIAV turns back to Ken, and tries to grapple the man in a hold.

	DOIAV turns away from Chi/Zan and grabs at Ken. For the moment, he still seems to be the biggest immediate threat!

	Kenzo claps his hands in delight at the chaos in the pit! The Japanese bossman in the dark suit is clearly enjoying the show.

Still on his knees, Ken roars out a beastly growl as the animalistic frenzy takes over. His body recoils as his skin ripples, muscles expanding and veins bulging, his Hawaiian shirt slowly being ripped as the man undergoes the transformation. His hair, a raven black cut short, grows thicker and longer down onto his back as the color shifts into a milky white. What was once his mouth morphs into a gaping maw, and his tanned skin becomes a pale purple. Now the creature rises, a few feet taller than Ken was, almost rivalling the demon's, and he pounces at his opponent with his bony blade that just misses its mark by a few inches! Unfortunate.

	The DOIAV moves like liquid metal! Which is to say like some T9000 or something. It dodges Ken's first blow, but the second? That one connects.

If the demon moves like liquid metal, then Ken moves like gas metal (get it?), because he's much faster than that stupid bulky hunk of iron! He swings his blade that misses its target, again, though his second strike pierces just enough into its solid armor!

	DOIAV takes a hit from Ken! And up at Kenzo's table? The DOIAV's hologram's lifemeter goes to 11/13! Damage was done! Kenzo frowns. Those things are expensive to repair! Fenix grins.

	DOIAV lashes out at Ken, not having enjoyed being on the receiving end of that manbeast's blade! But he whiffs and misses by a mile at least!

	Chihiro, with that silent laugh, leaps up, the damage that had been done willed away temporarily, almost as if the pain fuels her next action, which is to bring down th dagger in t the metal monstraositie's back, it biting deeper than one might imagine, the small entry wound not doing nearly enough to betray the interal damage. Now the laughter, becomes audible, pained as it is.

	Whatever juju was in the dagger activates, and wrecks the DOIAV's armo completely spider-web like cracks spreading across the entirety of its carapace. Sparks fly from its internal mechanisms, potentially temporarily blinding any onlookers, followed by a spray of the caustic fluid that fuels the internal hydraulics - one last goodbye Fuck You to its opponents.

	The acidic spray washes over both ken and Chi/Zan with a nasty sizzle-burn sound, but? The DOIAV is down! Fenix claps as his companions prevail. And in doing so? Another wave of blood magic washes over and across the pit, healing the Chi/Zan.

	Kenzo sighs. That's going to be expensive to fix. He rises from his seat and makes his way to the lip of the pit where Fenix stands. "It appears, Fenix-san, that your companions are made of sterner stuff than it first appeared." He tosses a rolled up wad of bills into the pit towards Ken and Chi/Zan - to the victors go the spoils! "I will recommend that the Wicked City participate. The initial test ratings of the raw footage were off the charts."

	Chihiro ends up draging herself to a corner where she can let herself start to heal up. That doesn't stop her from using one of her clawed fingers from the hand opposite the one gripping the dagger to poke at the damaged area to cause a little more pain as the bones knit back together.

	Fenix gives Kenzo a nod. "Just make sure you accurately cite our Court. I look forward to the suge in business once you post the post-produced content on the Wicked City's networks." And with that Fenix turns to jump down into the pit to go and tend to his companions.

Ken lets out a roaring echo in celebration of their victory /and/ to vent out his frustration at the lifeless demon. His wounds slowly but surely knit back together, though not as severe as Chihiro's, and his manbeast form dissipates as his hulking figure descends into his mortal visage. Ken lets out a huff of his breath as he collects the wad of cash being thrown into the pit.

	Fenix brings a six pack with him, tossing one to Ken before making his way over to Chi/Zan. "That was great! We are gonna get so. much. business. Like, I think that officially put us on the map."

	Given a half a minute the damage from the brutal strike Against Chihiro's form heals up. The symbiote once again sinking beneith her flesh, leaving that deceptive looking Japanese woman with the black eyes to stand up. "That was an interesting feeling. So many bones broken without losing consciousness...."

"Pity. Was hoping that short prick would join in on the fun. Guess he ain't got the balls." Ken is in the process of counting through the money when Fenix approaches with the six pack, and he catches the beer mid-air, stuffing the wad in his backpocket. He's essentially shirtless by now, and what remains of the fabrics are just ripped apart and laying on the pit floor. "She did good, too," Ken jolts a thumb at Chihiro back there, a hand reaching up to massage his own jaw. "Shithead got me good in the face. Anyway, who's next on the list?"

Chihiro moves over and holds out a hand to Ken, "Half." She says, after all, she and her little dagger did a lot of the work in bringing the thing down.

Ken gives Chihiro a side-glance as she approaches, nose wrinkling at her. Hesitantly he pulls the wad out of his backpocket and splits it evenly between the two, passing the cash over to her. "You're killing me here, woman, but you deserve it. Nice work."

	Fenix looks to Ken thoughtfully. "Once the footage get posted up, we'll see which realm shows up next, but I don't think we'll have to wait very long. I woulda invited WC first, but they needed to see someone else come to whet their appetite, so the Thousand Tears was easier. But now? Now, we are on the map." A grin, "Anyway, rest up and we can figure out next steps in a bit after I get stuff cleaned up." He looks to Chihiro, "You did good kiddo. Welcome to the club!"

===> Log ended by user <===> 6/9/2019, 1:11:54 PM <===