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First Brawl: Round Two, FIGHT! [Action/Video]

[Agent Chun-Li was not going to be amused, at all. Suddenly waking up, sopping wet, was not her idea of a good time. And she couldn't help but shake the feeling that this was not the first time. She drowsily stirred, trying to shake off the heat of the hot spring and blearily make her way to out of the water. What is my life she thinks to herself, looking around the oddly familiar bathhouse for some sign of where she might be. Grumbling, she roots around until she finds a towel and thankfully her qipao had been folded up on a nearby table. On top of a familiar looking book...with her name written on it.

THAT got a low groan...and the detective flopped down to review.]

Ugh. Luceti.

[Not long after that, a Video came up over the network. Now dressed, dried and with her hair done up in proper ox-horns, the Interpol Agent coughed and stood before the camera, arms clasped in front of her.]

Good afternoon everyone. My name is Agent Chun-Li, and for those of you who remember me, hello!

If you don't, then allow me to introduce myself. I'm a police officer from Interpol, and I spent some time here during the last summer it seems. Back home I spend my free time teaching kung-fu and other sorts of wu-shu. I'm originally from Hong-Kong, but I've spent a lot of time travelling the last few years. Keeping busy with work, you know? My memory of being here before is pretty clear now that I've had the chance to go through the journal again, so don't hesitate to contact me if you want to talk or you need help.

I'm hoping not too much has changed in town, I can definitely remember this place having some really good food. And...I've gathered that it's getting getting into November so I guess that means it's going to get cold soon? Anyone who's been here through winter mind telling me what I need to be prepared for? I don't usually get outside the cities too much back home.

Anyway, it's nice to be back I suppose. If you see me wandering around town, don't be a stranger, alright? I don't bite.

[Chun-Li bows politely and cuts off the feed. She can be found around town, at the Clothing Shop, Item Shop, various restaurants, the Welcome Center, and the Smithy to collect her bracelets as well.]

(ooc: Tag her wherever you like, around town, at the hot springs, over the journal. I'm cool with whatever, break all the time you want!)

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Yep. Hard lessons stick where easy ones don't.

Marco, have you ever learned how to really fight, and not just brawl?

What's the difference?

Control. Grace, speed, skill.

And you think I'm lacking in those things?

I think you could benefit from learning better control. You're a strong guy, and I'll bet you're fast, but...something about you says that you rely entirely on brute force.

[Smirks and holds up a single finger of blue flames.]

I doubt there are many people with better control than I have.

Otherwise I would have tried to kill Akainu when I had the chance rather than simply protecting my own.

[Chun-Li smacks his finger and rolls her eyes]

Not like that, Marco. Self control is one thing, but controlling your body is something entirely different. You're too confident in your powers and brute force.

What happens if you're stuck in a Shift that takes them away and you have to protect someone? Like Sabo, or Ace. Maybe even me?

Edited 2012-11-10 20:05 (UTC)

You think I can't?

When the refugees were here I barely had any of my devil fruit and I still fought. Same with getting caught in seastone.

I think you'd do a lot better if you trained with me.

I could use someone strong to help me with that, too. I can't get better myself, if I'm just showing kids how to fight. And you won't either.

[Oh, he sees what you did there.]

I guess I could work on getting better, but training isn't usually my thing, eh.

Lazy. I'm not budging on this one.

[She gives him a jaunty grin]

If there are zombies and other bad guys out there, we all need to get better.

I've fought zombies before, you know.

[He's just being stubborn now just to see how serious she is about it.]

Apparently these were different, by your own admission.

[But she takes a different tactic]

And I'd feel a lot better knowing we were both in the best shape we can be in. I need guys I trust to watch my back.

[Yeah that instantly works. He doesn't even care that it's a tactic.]

Oh. Okay. [Rubs the back of his neck.] I'm not sure... mah, that is... it'll be tough for you to find a way to teach me. Or even just spar me, eh?

My fighting comes down to three things. [Holds up fingers for each one.] Protecting my nakama, avoiding enemies, or killing. Usually in that order.

So far the only person I really trust myself to fight, I mean, really fight is Ace. And even then, he knows I try to hold back. [Which in itself is another issue.]

Lucky for me, you've got no idea how strong I am.

[She gives him a look. Talking to a woman who can smash a car with her feet, after all.]

And I've got a way for us to fight and let you go full bore. We'll do it in the battle dome, with the power cap cranked up. That means no super-powers. Because that's what I'm going to teach you. How to do more than fight like that.

[Control.]

[Sighs.] I told you, I've fought in seastone and without my devil fruit before, eh?

Haki is...

[Back to hesitating. He want to say he just doesn't want to. Which is true. The idea of getting stronger is exciting, but he's not sure he could really bring himself to fully kick someone with haki -- or even just at full strength, unless they really pushed him into it.]

[He stops evading for a moment and fixes her with a dead serious look.] Kicking someone I like is really hard. Either I have to trust their strength so much that I know I can't damage them, and do something I'll regret, or I have to not care.

Of all my brothers, Ace is the only one I'll kick. Not because he's the strongest, he's just the most reckless. If I don't kick him, he'll do something crazier and worse, so I have to trust that, and trust him to hold his own.

Otherwise figuring out how much I can kick someone before they'll die, or how much is too light, it's a pain. It's a lot of control, and that's fine, but getting me to stop holding back is going to be a lot harder for you than you think.

Even without devil fruit. I wasn't Pops' right hand man by not knowing how to fight. If anything, fighting seems like all I know.

[Chun-Li's face twists in annoyance]

I'm telling you we're going to train in the Battle Dome. Where you can't use Haki.

And it you think for one second you can't kick me, then you've got another thing coming.

I've told you before I'm the world's strongest woman. I fight guys twice your size and win.

[She's a bit angry now, you challenged her as a competitor, really. And it's patronizing. THAT's a trigger]

I've seen you fight during that shift, but you've never seen me fight. But I guess for you to have any respect for my strength...

Edited 2012-11-11 21:07 (UTC)

[Quick as a bird, she slips behind him in a blur, almost too fast to see...her chi focused into her palms...and she slams them into Marco's back]

KIKOSHO!

[A thunderous burst of energy propels him forward, through the wall and out into the hall. She knows HE can take it, but she assumes a fighting stance to prove her point. Chi was like Haki, and she felt he was sorely underestimating her. And it pissed her off!]

It's not about size! My brothers are five times my si--

[/KICKED INTO THE HALL.]

[Marco just calmly dusts himself off and returns, as deadpan as ever.]

Nor haki.

It's about the difference between aiming to kill or at least maim. Do you think you're so strong there is no absolutely no chance I could hurt you? Do you think I'd take such a chance with my father either? He was the world's strongest! It's not about pure strength.

[She irritably launched herself at Marco, landing neatly on his shoulders, grabbing a fistful of his hair and jerking his head up to look her squarely in the eyes.]

I think that you're patronizing me. Pain is HOW you get stronger. You won't kill me. You're not that strong.

And if you ever talk down to me like that again, we're going to have problems.

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