7:47 PM <RosyBee> Sophia slips into Jo's room.
7:48 PM <madness_> His bed's made. Untouched since yesterday. It's quite barren, save for a small note on the desk.
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7:49 PM <RosyBee> She lowers her eyes, shifting towards the bed.
7:49 PM <madness_> Looks comfy.
7:50 PM <RosyBee> * Its as comfortable as it looks.
7:51 PM <madness_> Indeed it is! Should Soph choose to flomp down on it, that is.
7:52 PM <RosyBee> She stares at it, eyes watery. And flomps down onto it.
7:53 PM <madness_> Does she sleep? The bed doesn't smell like Jo.
7:58 PM <RosyBee> Then it isn't Jo. She scowls.
7:59 PM <madness_> The pillow does.
7:59 PM <madness_> But only that.
7:59 PM <RosyBee> ~You never even talked to me about leaving before you did it.~
8:00 PM <RosyBee> ~Didn't even pass by you, for a second, to think about it.~
8:01 PM <RosyBee> She closes her eyes.
8:02 PM <madness_> A wave of unconsciousness flies over her. And Sophia's sent into dreamland.
8:02 PM <madness_> But…
8:03 PM <madness_> PERC.
8:05 PM <RosyBee> 4df+6
8:05 PM <Glacon> RosyBee: 7 (4df+6=-, 0, +, +)
8:08 PM <madness_> You wake up, Soph. But.. not in Jo's room. And you aren't really controlling yourself. There's an alarm blaring, and you(?) go to turn it off. As you look around the room, it's also barren. Though, the walls are a different color. And there's two pieces of luggage sitting open on the floor.
8:08 PM <RosyBee> "……?"
8:08 PM <RosyBee> "Wha..?"
8:08 PM <madness_> Your voice echoes in your own head.
8:09 PM <RosyBee> She just watches.
8:09 PM <madness_> The body you're currently in stands and makes its way to their personal restroom. It goes to wash its face, and when it finally opens its eyes again in the mirror, you're greeted by a familiar sight.
8:09 PM <madness_> Jo Ikuto.
8:10 PM <RosyBee> "….." ~Next dream please.~
8:12 PM <RosyBee> She scowls again.
8:12 PM <madness_> He dresses in standard Foundation fatigues, double-knotting his combat boots, heading out of his room while grabbing an FN-FAL on the way and slinging it over his shoulder. He heads to what appears to be a mess hall, where he's greeted by another person in fatigues.
8:13 PM <RosyBee> Sophia keeps watching this chain of events, so very confused.
8:14 PM <RosyBee> "Jo..?"
8:15 PM <madness_> Stranger: "You're the new guy, right? Ikuto, I think?" The stranger's around Jo's height. He's limber and lanky, about as toned as Jo, though not looking quite as strong. Or fierce. Black hair and blue eyes with slight Slavic facial characteristics define his face. He has a strong jaw and a head full of nice onyx hair.
8:15 PM <RosyBee> "Jo, can you hear me? Are you there?" ~Please respond..~
8:17 PM <madness_> Jo: "Yeah, that's me. Mind me asking who you are?" He can't seem to hear you. Or sense you. Stranger: "They call me Bunny around here. Cause I'm the fastest guy around."
8:18 PM <RosyBee> "..sure you are, now fuck off. Jo! Hello? Come on respond!"
8:20 PM <madness_> Bunny: "Welcome to the team. Go eat breakfast, then Chief's got an assignment for you down in Room 2J. See which team we'll put you in, alright?" Jo nods and shakes the guy's hand. J: "Alright. Hope I won't do too terrible." B: "That's the spirit. Go get 'em, tiger."
8:20 PM <madness_> Jo eats breakfast and heads over to Briefing Room 2J. Inside stands two men.
8:21 PM <RosyBee> ~Don't make friends with any of them, you'll get attached and then you won't want to leave.~
8:25 PM <madness_> The taller of the two looks like your everyday military sergeant. His buzz cut blonde hair is starting to grey, he's got a lantern jaw and a boxer's broken nose, but those most distinguishing of his features? The piercing blue eyes and pearly white teeth inside a mouth curved up into a friendly grin. His name tag reads C. Whittaker.
8:29 PM <madness_> "Well, well. If it isn't the rookie? I'm Commandant Whittaker, nice to meet you. The team calls me Chief, though. Expect you to do the same." The MTF Commandant points his thumb to the man on his right. "This right here's Top. He's going to be your handler for this mission. Tell him, Top." Sophia, PERC.
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8:33 PM <RosyBee> 4df+6
8:33 PM <Glacon> RosyBee: 5 (4df+6=0, -, +, -)
8:35 PM <RosyBee> "…Jo, please just stay stafe, okay.."
8:35 PM <madness_> The file's on the desk are about a certain MC&D affiliate going to check on one of his side businesses, a restaurant serving as a money laundering front. It's got blueprints and whatnot, and a list of guards and where they're going to be stationed.
8:35 PM <madness_> The other man, 'Top', is.. quite short.
8:35 PM <RosyBee> "I'm here.. I'm with you." ~Wow he's short.~
8:35 PM <madness_> He stands at 5'4, though.. He's heavy. Top heavy, to be exact. 200 pounds, with at least 3/4ths of that in his arms and chest.
8:36 PM <madness_> Just.. damn.
8:36 PM <RosyBee> "Woah…"
8:38 PM SickWolf → SleepWolf
8:42 PM <madness_> Green eyes, ginger hair, and a nose that could poke someone's eyes out, Top smiles at the new transfer. The name tag says J. Harris. And he finally speaks. His voice is lower than the Marianas Trench. "Give these a quick once over." Top slides over the files, which Jo looks over. "Right, you're going to try to take in the boss of this op right here by any
8:42 PM <madness_> means necessary. Since you're new, we're throwing you a bone and giving you a disguise as a 'business' partner of his. Good thing these guys only meet by messenger, huh? You'll have a bike, but will have to bring your own weapons. Major's got a few clothes waiting for you in package in your room, so put those on after you leave and the bike will be in the
8:42 PM <madness_> motor bay. I don't want to have a casualty happen on their first operation, so be careful. And good luck." Meanwhile, Jo blinks and heads to change, then goes off to the motor pool.
8:43 PM <RosyBee> "…he better not be a casualty."
8:44 PM <madness_> Knowing Jo.. A few goons shouldn't stop him. They've only got one gun between all seven of them anyways. And a baseball bat. And knives. But then again, it is Jo.
8:45 PM <madness_> The bike's a nice one, BMW R68. As soon as Jo pulls out into the road.. PERC again.
8:47 PM <madness_> Sophia, PERC.
8:47 PM <RosyBee> 4df+6
8:47 PM <Glacon> RosyBee: 5 (4df+6=0, -, -, +)
8:49 PM <madness_> The day's a bit bright. And somewhat cold. Not as cold as New York, though. Trees line the road Jo travels, eventually giving way to the site of.. the Golden Gate Bridge. And Alcatraz. Not a bad view here. Jo pops a wheelie, going down the hill fast. Even though you're not there, you can still feel the wind blowing through your hair, Soph.
8:50 PM <RosyBee> She smiles slightly at this, weakly. This is all so odd and confusing, but this is nice.
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8:53 PM <madness_> Not long after he crosses the bridge and takes a few turns, Jo arrives at the back of a big Chinese Restaurant. "Dim Sum For Days" is the name. Lit by a huge tan sign. There's an Asian man guarding the back lot with only an intense glare. Jo tosses him the keys, pulling down his sick shades to greet him. The man's probably a Triad, judging from the tattoos.
8:53 PM <madness_> J: "Take care of my bike." And heads inside without another word.
8:53 PM <madness_> The Triad doesn't stop him.
8:55 PM <RosyBee> Sophia keeps watching, intently.
8:56 PM <madness_> Entering from the back, Jo comes across a middle room. Sort of like a waiting room, but it's empty. The room's got a black oak table, the top covered in a fine, clear glass. There's a couch and two other doors. One of them is a worn turquoise door, and the other one being the same but leading into a room adjacent to it. The other door leads into a bigger
8:56 PM <madness_> room, right beside the first. PERC for the millionth time, Sophia.
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9:01 PM <madness_> (RosyBee)
9:01 PM <RosyBee> 4df+666
9:01 PM <Glacon> RosyBee: 668 (4df+666=+, +, +, -)
9:02 PM <madness_> o.o
9:02 PM <RosyBee> 4df+6
9:02 PM <Glacon> RosyBee: 3 (4df+6=0, -, -, -)
9:02 PM <RosyBee> (Shit)
9:02 PM <madness_> Right, you don't see or hear anything. Luckily, Jo does!
9:02 PM <madness_> Anyways, he enters the smaller room, as the blueprint implies that's the boss' chamber.
9:02 PM <madness_> And it is!
9:02 PM <RosyBee> "…….."
9:04 PM <RosyBee> "Almost there.."
9:08 PM <madness_> Inside are two Chinese men looking over a desk with paperwork. There's a sawn off Ithaca 37 on the table, wooden furniture on the pump grip. The one sitting down has a shaved head, and greets Jo with a grin. The other looks sternly at him. Boss: "Ah, Cho! Welcome, welcome." He looks to the other Triad, who picks up the shotgun and rests it in between his
9:08 PM <madness_> shoulders. Boss: "Zǒu kāi, wǒ huì jǐn wǒ de mófǎ." The obvious second in command nods, but bumps shoulders with Jo on his way out. SIC: "Next time fucking knock, puk gai."
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9:09 PM <RosyBee> ~Hmm… err…~
9:09 PM <madness_> Boss: "Let's talk business, huh? Sorry about my partner over there, he gets a bit antsy when people just barge in, you know?" The boss has a wide grin. J: "Alright! And it's no problem. I understand." PERC, SOPHIA!
9:10 PM <RosyBee> 4df+666
9:10 PM <Glacon> RosyBee: 665 (4df+666=+, -, -, 0)
9:10 PM <RosyBee> 4df+6
9:10 PM <Glacon> RosyBee: 6 (4df+6=0, -, +, 0)
9:13 PM <madness_> You realize that Jo forgot the plan. At least, it was any means necessary, right? J: "So, uh.. would you like to come see the new buildings?" Boss: ".. new buildings? What? I thought we were discussing human trafficking?" Sophia can probably sense Jo inwardly 'o-shitting' right now. J: "Right, right! The buildings for the whores, I mean!" Boss: "Oh. Not
9:13 PM <madness_> tonight, I have an appointment with a few other associates of mine." PERC AGAIN, SOPHIA!
9:14 PM <RosyBee> 4df+6
9:14 PM <Glacon> RosyBee: 5 (4df+6=-, 0, -, +)
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9:16 PM <madness_> The boss is slowly reaching under his desk. Jo realizes this too. And you can basically hear the "FUCK IT", as he grabs an ashtray from the desk and slams it over the boss' head. Jo slams the boss' head down onto the table, shaking the name plate (which says R. To) onto its side.
9:16 PM <madness_> The head slam is quickly followed by a punch to the kisser from Jo, knocking the boss on his feet and against the wall behind him.
9:18 PM <madness_> He jumps over the table, kicking him in the chest and following up with two hooks to the ribs. By now, the Triad Boss is bleeding from the eyebrow. MDEF, SOPHIA!
9:19 PM <RosyBee> 4df+3
9:19 PM <Glacon> RosyBee: 0 (4df+3=0, -, -, -)
9:21 PM <madness_> You feel ALL OF THAT. And by all of that, I mean.. Jo throws a third hook to catch TB in the right cheek, but he ducks under it.. And grabs a glass vase, which promptly slams against Jo's head. The TB delivers a front kick to Jo's chest, pushing him against the wall, but..
9:22 PM <RosyBee> Feel all of what Jo is doing to the TB?
9:22 PM <madness_> What the TB just did to Jo.
9:23 PM <madness_> Glass vase to the head and a hard kick to the chest.
9:24 PM <madness_> Anyways, TB tries to end Jo with a sloppy haymaker, but ends up thrown over the desk because of Jo's raw speed.
9:25 PM <madness_> And Jo takes a wooden chair and slams it over TB's back, taking a piece of the leg that falls off from the impact. Meanwhile, TB's screaming in pain, when.. PERC Sophia!
9:27 PM <RosyBee> 4df+6
9:27 PM <Glacon> RosyBee: 5 (4df+6=-, 0, +, -)
9:27 PM <madness_> You hear the door opening and.. MDEF.
9:27 PM <madness_> Jo manages to hit TB once with the piece of broken chair leg.
9:28 PM <RosyBee> 4df+3
9:28 PM <Glacon> RosyBee: 3 (4df+3=-, +, +, -)
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9:28 PM <madness_> You don't feel anything harsh. Just a soft tap to your cheek.
9:28 PM <RosyBee> "……."
9:29 PM <madness_> Though, from the sound of it, and Jo's crashing to the ground, it sounds fucking horrible.
9:29 PM <RosyBee> "Oh god.."
9:29 PM <madness_> He grunts, and you can see the SIC pulling the boss away to safety before turning to JO.
9:29 PM <RosyBee> "…no.."
9:31 PM <madness_> Thankfully, Jo manages to grab a trashcan to the right of him and block the axe kick about to land on his chest with it. And he kicks SIC's support leg, causing him to take a knee. The SIC isn't able to react in time before getting smacked in the face with a trashcan and Jo scrambles up right after.
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9:33 PM <madness_> Jo and the SIC engage in a brutal melee, keeping at the same fighting skill before Jo kicks too slow and his leg is grabbed. MDEF SOPHIA!
9:34 PM <madness_> MDEF, Soph. pls
9:35 PM <RosyBee> 4df+3
9:35 PM <Glacon> RosyBee: 0 (4df+3=0, -, -, -)
9:35 PM <madness_> OH GOD
9:37 PM <madness_> You feel the shock of a fist against your thigh, which isn't so bad. But when the SIC shoves Jo against the wall, kipping up into the air and launching his knee into Jo's abdomen… yeah no, that hurts like a bitch.
9:37 PM <RosyBee> She cries out in pain.
9:37 PM <madness_> MDEF AGAIN!
9:38 PM <RosyBee> 4df+3
9:38 PM <Glacon> RosyBee: 1 (4df+3=-, -, +, -)
9:39 PM <madness_> You feel the wall crash hard against your right shoulder, as Jo is thrown over and across the desk. He throws another glass vase at the SIC who has since pulled out his gun, and.. PERC, Sophia!
9:39 PM <RosyBee> 4df+6
9:39 PM <Glacon> RosyBee: 3 (4df+6=-, 0, -, -)
9:39 PM <RosyBee> 4df+6 if you need it again
9:39 PM <Glacon> RosyBee: if you need it again: 8 (4df+6=+, 0, 0, +)
9:39 PM <madness_> Well, you hear the racking of a gun.
9:39 PM <RosyBee> 4df+6 and for that last time
9:39 PM <Glacon> RosyBee: and for that last time: 5 (4df+6=0, 0, 0, -)
9:39 PM <RosyBee> "JO!"
9:42 PM <madness_> After throwing the vase, Jo spots a window leading into the adjacent window and hauls motherfucking ass towards it. Sophia, you feel a buckshot pellet whiz past your/Jo's back as he hops onto and over into the next room. Jo falls onto some empty boxes which cushion his fall, and another shotgun round breaks the glass behind him. As he looks up, two Triads
9:42 PM <madness_> look back, shocked. They were playing a game of Mahjong, it seems.
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9:45 PM <madness_> They rush him at the same time, with Jo spinning around and kicking the turquoise door closed to keep the SIC away. It locks shut, and Jo barely manages to block a punch with his forearm and return it straight to the jaw of Triad 1. He turns the block into a wrist lock in the blink of the eye, kicking Triad 2 into a wooden chair that breaks under him. Jo
9:45 PM <madness_> flips T1 onto the table after two solid elbow strikes to the back of the head. MDEF, Sophia.
9:46 PM <RosyBee> 4df+3
9:46 PM <Glacon> RosyBee: 3 (4df+3=+, 0, -, 0)
9:49 PM <madness_> A plate to the chest sends Jo stumbling back, but it doesn't really feel like anything harder than a dodgeball thrown by a second grader to you. Jo manages to duck under the first hook thrown by the remaining Triad in the room, then trades places with him by doing a pirouette underneath the second before they get into a grappling match.
9:49 PM <RosyBee> ~This is what he does.. fight.~
9:50 PM <madness_> Jo wins. He rolls onto his back and kicks the Triad into the China cabinet behind him. And then opens the door.
9:50 PM <madness_> And waiting for him is the SIC. Still holding the sawn off.
9:51 PM <madness_> He pulls the trigger, and Jo recoils back but.. both of them are shocked. Jo, because he's still alive. The SIC because the gun is out of ammo.
9:52 PM <madness_> Jo kicks the SIC into the wall near the hallway, where he momentarily crumples to the ground.
9:52 PM <RosyBee> "[….Jo, get the hell out of there and run already, you idiotic idiot!]"
9:52 PM <madness_> MDEF, Sophia.
9:53 PM <RosyBee> 4df+3
9:53 PM <Glacon> RosyBee: 0 (4df+3=-, -, -, 0)
9:53 PM <RosyBee> …
9:53 PM <madness_> Well.
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9:57 PM <madness_> Jo throws an empty beer bottle to another Triad's head, knocking him out immediately.. But the SIC gets up. And knees Jo in the back. And lands two perfect hooks on Jo's mug, before an uppercut sends him flying into the air. When he then lands on the glass table, shattering it and sending a few shards of glass into his back. And you feel ALL OF THAT. The
9:57 PM <madness_> pain, the exhaustion.. And it's not over. Not at all. The SIC picks up the dazed Jo, kicking him against the wall and punching him repeatedly in the face with an interchanging left-right hook combo.
9:58 PM <madness_> How you didn't pass out from that is a miracle.
10:00 PM <madness_> Before the SIC gets a kick off that would knock out Jo, Jo pulls the wooden door open to block it! He punches the SIC down to the ground with a quick half knuckled strike to the chin, then kicks the door onto his head. SIC is KO'd.
10:01 PM <RosyBee> She screams out in pain, unable to cope like Jo is able to and not passing out is very, very surprising.
10:02 PM <RosyBee> "J-jo.. keep going.."
10:02 PM <madness_> Jo limp-runs out into the main entrance of the restaurant, where he's greeted by two triads. He manages to make it to the cashier before ducking under the Triad 2 from earlier's punch. They all have knives.
10:02 PM <RosyBee> "If you can gear me.."
10:05 PM <RosyBee> *hear
10:05 PM <RosyBee> "…Stay determined."
10:09 PM <madness_> He kicks Triad 2 in the abdomen, causing him to fall, before taking out a chair from under a table and using it as a barrier between Triads 3 and 4. He kicks the chair into Triad 3's legs, causing him to stumble and fall. Triad 4 leaps over his stumbling teammate and begins slashing at Jo, prompting the Son of Violence to roll his back onto and over a table,
10:09 PM <madness_> pushing Triad 4 back against a wall with the table itself. Jo manages to dodge two slashes from Triads 2 and 3 before kicking the former in the face with a spinning back kick. He weaves around another strike, before grabbing at Triad 2's wrists to stop a knife from plunging into his stomach and catches the bloody triad with a chop to the neck. Triad 3 is
10:09 PM <madness_> toppled by a roundhouse to the neck before Triad 4 jumps over the table.
10:10 PM <madness_> Jo jumps onto the counter with the cashier register behind him, turning around and catching Triad 4 with a fancy hop transferring into a front kick. Fighting multiple enemies is his element.
10:10 PM <madness_> .. uh oh. MDEF, Sophia.
10:10 PM <RosyBee> 4df+3
10:10 PM <Glacon> RosyBee: 5 (4df+3=0, +, +, 0)
10:10 PM <madness_> Thank goodness.
10:11 PM <RosyBee> She can't handle much more pain.
10:12 PM <madness_> Jo manages to block Triad 3 and 4's knives by pulling Triad 2's knife in the way, barely stopping both of them inches before his eyes. Then he gets kicked by all three of them at the same time in the gut.
10:12 PM <madness_> It feels like someone's tickling, Soph.
10:12 PM <madness_> you, Soph.*
10:13 PM <RosyBee> "No…"
10:13 PM <madness_> Jo crashes against a table, then grabs a plate from it and smashes Triad 3 in the face with it. He goes down, KO'd.
10:14 PM <RosyBee> Sophia frantically yells at him to get up.
10:14 PM <madness_> Triad 3 is KO, not Jo
10:15 PM <RosyBee> He crashed down for a few moments >.>
10:17 PM <madness_> Triad 4 slashes at Jo's face, but he leans just far enough away to spare himself the pain, taking off his leather biker coat in the process. Triad 4 then lunges at Jo's stomach with the knife, but Ikuto wraps his leather jacket around the triad's arms, and dislocates the poor man's arm at the elbow. The knife falls with a large clang and Jo kicks Triad 2 in
10:17 PM <madness_> the face with yet another spinning back, then launches Triad 4 onto a table. The table breaks, and Triad 4 is KO'd.
10:18 PM <madness_> Jo picks the knife from the ground before Triad 2 can recover and.. slashes him twice across the chest before stabbing into it. The crowd, enthralled by the action, starts running out the front doors of the building.
10:18 PM <madness_> Meanwhile, Jo enters the kitchen, still looking the Boss, To.
10:19 PM <madness_> Instead…
10:19 PM <RosyBee> "Jo.. you're hurt.. please.."
10:19 PM <RosyBee> "Just get out."
10:19 PM <madness_> MDEF Sophia.
10:19 PM <RosyBee> 4df+3
10:19 PM <Glacon> RosyBee: 0 (4df+3=-, -, -, 0)
10:19 PM <RosyBee> …
10:21 PM <madness_> You feel a slice across the arm, and a great deal of blood starts pouring out. Not enough for death by exsanguination, but it still hurts like getting cut by a goddamn knife.
10:21 PM <RosyBee> "FUCK FUCK!"
10:21 PM <madness_> SIC is awake again.
10:22 PM <madness_> And grins at Jo, before going in for a volley of slashes. He barely manages to duck and weave back before any of them hit.
10:22 PM <RosyBee> "Jo… please don't die.."
10:23 PM SleepWolf → SickWolf
10:23 PM <madness_> The SIC shatters two wine bottles to the right of the two knife fighters, causing some glass and cooking wine to go into Jo's eyes. He's fighting dirty. The nerve.
10:23 PM <madness_> Jo is only disoriented for a second…
10:23 PM <RosyBee> "F-fuck you."
10:24 PM <madness_> He tries to slash at SIC, but… MDEF, Soph.
10:24 PM <RosyBee> 4df+3
10:24 PM <Glacon> RosyBee: 0 (4df+3=-, 0, -, -)
10:24 PM <RosyBee> …
10:31 PM <madness_> Jo tries to go in for a few slashes, but SIC catches his wrist and elbows Jo in the spine, following with a light slash to the back. Thinking he has this fight in the bag, SIC goes for a quick front kick to throw Jo off balance, but he swiftly dodges instead! And the SIC's leg is unable to retract, since it lands in the sink. Ikuto takes this opportunity to
10:31 PM <madness_> sink his knife into SIC's tibia, going straight through. Jo slides his knife (which is still in the bone) straight up to SIC's knee, then rips the blade out! It cuts SIC across the chest in the process, before Jo stabs into his foe three times in the heart. SIC falls with a few death yells, and… PERC, Sophia.
10:31 PM <RosyBee> 4df+6
10:31 PM <Glacon> RosyBee: 6 (4df+6=0, -, 0, +)
10:34 PM <madness_> He pants and pants and… Sophia. You can feel his blood lust rise along with the adrenaline levels. Jo leaves his knife in SIC's body and… Everything slows down tenfold. Jo turns around, spotting a fat cook holding a cleaver. And the cook is so scared that he drops the cleaver. Jo moves on to the parking lot, yelling out in rage. "TO!" He searches around
10:34 PM <madness_> for the Boss, the only thing answering him being the clatter of footsteps behind him. Great, more Triads.
10:34 PM <RosyBee> "…oh no."
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10:38 PM <madness_> There's blood dripping down from Jo's forehead down onto his eye, which he wipes off. He cracks his knuckles, and faces the gangsters. A car sits behind Jo. Triad 1 makes a come back, but he's brought some friends. Three other friends, in fact.
10:39 PM <RosyBee> "……."
10:39 PM <RosyBee> "Jo.. please..#
10:39 PM <RosyBee> *"
10:45 PM <madness_> Jo does a foot fake, then jumps into a spinning roundhouse that knocks Triad 1 away momentarily, before he blocks Triad 5 and 6's punches, using both his forearms in the process. He uses the arm blocking T6's attack to punch T5 in the face, creating some distance, before he elbows T5's mug with the same limb. T7 tries to use a front kick to knock back Jo,
10:45 PM <madness_> but he turns around and grabs at it, then uses his free arm to elbow him in the balls. Jo trips T7, then nails T1 with a jab-hook-side kick combo, launching him against the car and onto the ground. T5 does this terrible attempt to try and tackle Jo, but Jo nails him in the spine with his elbow, grabbing him by the stomach and tossing him into a window of the
10:45 PM <madness_> car. He unlocks the front door, then pulls it open. And puts T5's head to the door, slamming it repeatedly before kicking it into T5's skull. The poor Triad's blood paints the blue car, and.. MDEF, SOPHIA!
10:50 PM <madness_> Paused, continued tomorrow
10:52 PM ⇐ Sax, Complete_Zero, LadyKatie and LilySleep quit • Soulless → Soulless|Dreamin, DiePotato → @SlepPotao, SickWolf → SleepWolf
12:18 AM → Prior joined ⇐ Nioki, RosyBee and @SlepPotao quit
3:18 AM madness_ → napness_
3:19 AM ⇐ &Nemi quit ↔ Sax popped in
5:23 AM ⇐ You disconnected: Connection closed for inactivity
11:06 AM → madness_, LadyKatie, Sax, Complete_Zero, Lily and &Nemi (promoted to admin, opped) joined • RosyButt → RosyBud, MobileFae → Fae, Dishlan → Quinlan, SleepWolf → SickWolf • Channel mode: +sntr
12:40 PM ⇐ Sax quit ↔ Aphex_ nipped out
1:16 PM <madness_> Sophia, MDEF!
1:17 PM SickWolf → AbsentWolf
1:18 PM <RosyBud> 4df+3
1:18 PM <Glacon> RosyBud: 4 (4df+3=0, 0, +, 0)
1:23 PM <madness_> It feels like someone patting you on the back, but.. Probably not what Jo feels. He's smacked by a wooden baseball bat right in the upper back, but quickly recovers and jumps onto the trunk of the car. T8 enters the fight, swinging a baseball bat wildly. Jo jumps over one of the swings, which hits T6 and sends him out of the fight with a nasty concussion.
1:23 PM <madness_> Ikuto jump rolls onto the roof of the car, kicking T8 away in the process, when T7 climbs onto the trunk. T7 is drop-kicked into a few boxes of glass bottles before he can do anything to Jo, knocking him out as well.
1:24 PM → Nioki joined (~moc.rr.ser.eniam.A28F3BDA-CRInys|alliztahc#moc.rr.ser.eniam.A28F3BDA-CRInys|alliztahc)
1:27 PM <madness_> T8 tries to take out Jo's legs with a wide swing, but he does a backflip onto the hood of the car, then another back on the ground. Before the triad can get out another strike, Jo does a spinning twist kick to disorient him, before having to focus on defending against a barrage of palm strikes and punches from T1. He'll block them all and create some
1:27 PM <madness_> distance, before.. MDEF again, Sophia!
1:27 PM <RosyBud> 4df+3
1:27 PM <Glacon> RosyBud: 4 (4df+3=0, +, -, +)
1:27 PM <madness_> Another light pat on the back!
1:29 PM <RosyBud> Soph just watches with absolute horror on her face as all of this unfolds.
1:34 PM <madness_> Jo's hit in the exact same spot as last time, and he yells in pain. He turns around to face T8 who's preparing an downward strike to bonk Ikuto in the head. The triad misses, but Jo grabs the baseball bat and twirls it out and away from his grip, throwing it into the face of T1, who's barely getting up from the kick. Ikuto delivers a powerful side kick to
1:34 PM <madness_> T8's chest, sending him flying into the front windshield of the car and out of the melee. All that's left is T1. He tries to catch Jo in the face with a left hook, but Jo catches his arm over his shoulder and dislocates it. The remaining Triad yells in pain, before Jo silences him with a palm strike, which transitions into a throw towards a metal trash can.
1:34 PM <madness_> A sickening crack and the bending of metal follow, as T1's neck breaks against the trash bin.
1:35 PM <madness_> PERC, Sophia.
1:36 PM <RosyBud> 4df+6
1:36 PM <Glacon> RosyBud: 4 (4df+6=0, -, -, 0)
1:40 PM <madness_> You and Jo both see Boss To limping off towards the gate. Jo grabs his keys off T5's body, then drives the motorcycle off to meet him. He stops right in front of To, who gets into a fighting stance. You can feel Jo's grin spreading, as he gets off the bike and goes into a simple boxer's stance. He does a foot fake that looks like he was about to throw a hot
1:40 PM <madness_> step roundhouse, so To does a back kick to counter. In actuality, Jo does a cut kick to throw the shorter man off balance, then knocks him down and out with a brutal sliding front kick that sends him head first into a brick wall.
1:41 PM Aphex_ → Awayphex_
1:42 PM <madness_> Jo pants, then grabs the unconscious boss and slings him on his lap as he drives all the way back to Site. Sirens blare in the distance, but he's already gone.
1:43 PM <madness_> One last PERC, Sophia.
1:43 PM <RosyBud> 4df+3
1:43 PM <Glacon> RosyBud: 2 (4df+3=+, -, 0, -)
1:43 PM <madness_> .. is that PERC or MDEF?
1:48 PM <madness_> Okay, well you notice that the sun's shining. That's about it. Jo's debriefed in a bed at medical and congratulated by Chief and Top on his success. Apparently, another team member was there the whole time, overlooking the fight with a sniper rifle to make sure Jo wouldn't get hurt too badly. By the way, he's on 1.0 health. Barely.
1:48 PM <madness_> And now.. everything goes white as Jo passes out on pain killers. You wake up back in his bed.
E-5: Operation Rook