3193/WMAT CSF Maya vs Setsuko Kaminagi

WMAT CSF Maya vs Setsuko Kaminagi
Date of Scene:	12 October 2015
Location:	WMAT Arena - Northern Mountains
Synopsis:	Maya and Setsuko meet in the WMAT semi-finals!
Cast of Characters:	Maya, 255, 632
Tinyplot:	WMAT 2015

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Setsuko Kaminagi (255) has posed:
    Setsuko has had a long history of going up against opponents in the WMAT that are, for lack of a better term, disagreeable. Stecasse King and the Confederate Caster in past years, and Hisoka and T-elos this year as well. All of them have provided challenging fights, but few of them have provided any sense of respect or sportsmanship whatsoever, so on that level it's been dissatisfying for the demigod in the past.

    This year, however, has been different. First a match with Noble Six, a fellow soldier; and now a match with another staunch ally, Maya. Amidst beautiful scenery, no less. So, for once as the swordswoman waits for her opponent, standing on the shore of a lake with the camera crews circling high over head, she's calm. Almost placid. Even if she loses, it will be against someone she knows is a respectful fighter.

Maya has posed:
Maya has had a very lucky time of it with the WMAT this year normally Maya just didn't make it past the first or second round, and now here sh was in the top five now no matter what and she was facing a long time ally. She's also got a feel for Lute's new apex of power which has proven to be formidable and to make her more wary of him in the future in general. She looks about the terrain for a moment smiling it reminded her a little bit of Shell two and she smiles.

"So are you rewdy for this, Setsuko?"

Septette Arcubielle (632) has posed:
     Septette, broadcasting from the commentator's booth, chimes in a cheery synthetic alto: "Welcome, one and all, to the WMAT Semifinals match between Maya and Setsuko Kami... Kaminagi? I'm saying that right, aren't I? A-hem-nyway. Both of these contestants have been in the tournaments before, and both have done quite well this year to make it so far! But unfortunately, only one can emerge victorious. Ready, combatants?"

Setsuko Kaminagi (255) has posed:
    "I am," Setsuko replies to both Maya and Septette, turning her head slightly. A faint smile tugs at the corner of her mouth for the moment, but with a breath, she lets it fade away, putting all her focus into the fight, into the moment. Though even like this, compared to her previous matches, there is less iron in her gaze, more calm. This is a fight she can earnestly let herself enjoy. "So long as you don't go easy on me because we're allies, of course. If I win, I want to be certain I earned it."

    The demigod turns, reaching as she does to the blade at her side and drawing it out in a smooth and steady motion. She comes around into a ready stance, watching Maya for a moment... and then suddenly whips the blade around, launching a blue-white arc of divine energy towards the Junker that's just as sharp as her blade itself.

Maya has posed:
Maya seems ready as she moves to throw her cloak off so she can better see for the fight she'll turn about ot look over the demi god and grins faintly.

"I won't insult anyone here by holding back and insulting their abilities as a fighter."

She moves in but finds that Setuko is already moving in with the blade. Maya's got a real problem against those people who use swords as she's sliced into pretty hard. Setsuko would in turn get Maya pulling a card and unleashing a burst of high pressure water at her.

Septette Arcubielle (632) has posed:
     As her eyes literally glow with interest, Septette leans out of the booth, propping her arms up on the reinforced sill to get a slightly better look at the fighters. She just stares at the conflict for a moment: this sates her appetites for both novel information and combat, and it's engrossing to watch two fighters as skilled as these. Then she finally snaps out of it and reaches for the mic.

     "Oooh! First blood goes to Setsuko- I don't think Maya was expecting a ranged attack as an opener! But she's recovered quickly, and- oh, a water attack! Water can cut gemstones, but I wouldn't be surprised if our swordswoman could claim the same."

Setsuko Kaminagi (255) has posed:
    And so the battle starts, and no more words are needed. Setsuko is prepared to follow up her attack with a forward charge, but Maya unleashes a blast of water she can't quite dodge in time, so the swordswoman is forced to come to a stop. She responds by bringing Zanjintou down, a quick slash with the blade into the water blast itself - splitting it down the middle. Most of the force of it still batters the swordswoman, staggering her back a step or two and leaving noticeable bruising along her arms, but she avoids taking it head-on, which is the best she could hope for under the circumstances.

    Her response is to leap high up into the air, far higher than an ordinary person, aiming to make a leap that will land her near Maya... but while she's in the air, before coming down, the demigod makes a few quick swipes with her blade, unleashing more of those blue-white energy slashes towards Maya from above.

Maya has posed:
Maya is having uite the time of it here as she fights Setsukoi and is starting to get on the move for the moment. It's not enough as the combo of upclose attacks come in at her and she's got a foe coming from above. Maya's cut up by the attacks but she's not down, her rifle swings into a clear firing line and Maya opens up aon Setuko before she startst springing trying to get some distance from her.

Septette Arcubielle (632) has posed:
     Grinning gleefully, Septette rattles off a running account: "Oooh! Setsuko gets some air with a leaping sword-projection attack... but that may have been a mistake! Maya shoots her mid-trajectory with a rifle! It looks like Ms. Kamanagi is closing in with that jump, though... Close-quarters combat looks unfavorable for Maya, here!"

Setsuko Kaminagi (255) has posed:
    Up in the air as she is, Setsuko has almost no defense against the shot from Maya, and it happnes too fast for even the demigod to parry. The shot goes right through her thigh, and when Setsuko lands, there's a hiss of pain and she stops for a split second, only to force herself to continue in a sudden lunge. She's fast, superhumanly so, and seems intent on closing range with Maya, running flat-out at speeds that could keep up on a highway despite the injury to her leg.

    And no sooner does she get in range than the swordswoman unleashes another quick, one-handed slash; this time, rather than a wave of energy, however, the Junker is going to have an actual sword to dodge, the katana blade moving fast enough to blur.

Maya has posed:
Maya gets some good shots in but Setsuko is quick to counter attack and she's stuck dealing with someone in close up combat at this point. She thinks she's going to have to use another method to fight Setsuko. She's attemping to dance back but the blade connects catching her body and cutting though the hevy leather she wears slicing into her. Oddly it's the same place Doskias got her so long ago.

She's not without counter attack opens the rifle roars to life again firing a point blank beam blast, then a pair bright blue energy wings sprout from Maya's back and she moves to take flight, trying to put some distance between them for the moment.

Septette Arcubielle (632) has posed:
     "Amazing agility on display by Setsuko, and she lands a nasty slash on the witch! But Maya strikes back with an energy beam from her rifle, and- some kind of flight enchantment?" Septette sounds momentarily surprised, but quickly recovers her tone. "Well, that's one way to get out of reach! How will Setsuko counter this tactic?"

Setsuko Kaminagi (255) has posed:
    Point-blank energy shots are rather effective when they come as a surprise; Setsuko only just manages to shield her face, the rest of it scorching her body rather visibly. "Gh-!" It's a good, solid hit, and it buys Maya the time she needs to take flight and back out of range, leaving the demigod behind on the ground. For the moment, Maya has breathing room.

    But only for that moment. First, Setsuko draws the Zanjintou up, holding it at shoulder level and back as if preparing to stab it in Maya's direction despite how far away the Junker is. But blue energy begins to flow into and around the blade, and with her left hand, Setsuko reaches up and runs her index and middle fingers along the blade from guard to tip to guard again, setting all that energy spinning, compressing it down, making it a tight and compact blue-white projectile. Her muscles tense, and-

    "DENKOUSEKKA!"

    -then the swordswoman thrusts her blade, and fires off that bright projectile. It hurtles towards Maya incredibly fast, and carries with it both piercing properties and a high impact force.

Maya has posed:
Maya is trying to keep to the air now, she know it might lessen the fact she could take more swordage from Setsuko which she fearly wants to less the chance of. Howeer she's got other attack the blast is coming to her and well she's in the air maybe this wasn't the best idea she had but it's to late now she's caguth and she drops into a downward spiral as she's going to crash and it looks like it's gong to hurt she pulls out near the ground but she's forced to keep from impacing and it leave her exposed for a moment. Maya's got anotehr fate card and hand and pillars of fire start to explode all around Setsuko.

Septette Arcubielle (632) has posed:
     "Oooh! Now the tables have turned- Setsuko uses almost exactly the same tactic against her opponent that Maya used against her leaping moments earlier. But Maya responds with her card-based fire magic! The lady of war has proven quite adaptable thus far, but how will she respond to an attack like this?" Septette leans away from the mic to get a better look, momentarily forgetting her role.

Setsuko Kaminagi (255) has posed:
    Setsuko darts and dashes, trying to predict where the fire pillars will be, but there's not much she can do; she comes out the other side of the attack further burned and grimacing, although if Maya or Septette look close, either can see that the wound in her leg has already stopped bleeding. Her regeneration is quick to staunch blood loss, it seems. And if Maya thought she would be safe in the air, she's made quite a mistake.

    As soon as the silver haired swordswoman is free of the fiery attack, she leaps into the air - and never comes down. Taking flight herself, Setsuko soars around in a wide, banking turn, coming at Maya from one side with a two-handed slash from Zanjintou. "Haaa!"

Maya has posed:
Maya is getting the hit and run nature of this fight and it's pretty intense it would be quite the thing to watch the replays off later. However she's more woreried about stopping it. Maya might notice that Setsuko isn't bleeding. While Maya can stop such thing she need to focus up and use her powes directly in an active manner to heal. FOr now she's looks up he attemps to bank out of harms way but it's not enough she's caguth again and he's bleeding clearly herself however afterward. She flies back readies her rifle and the housing parts revealing of all things? Missiles which launch seeking out Setuko.

Septette Arcubielle (632) has posed:
     It seems the little robot is having trouble staying in her seat, but she regains her composure enough to pull the microphone on the desk closer, at least. "Both of these combatants are showing their hands now: the gloves are off, and we're seeing what they can really do! Setsuko shrugs off the flames and takes to the air, showing that she can fly as well! She's keeping up the pressure and staying in close- but Maya manages to launch missiles from her versatile rifle, scoring a hit! They're both bloodied now, but it's hard to say who will give out first..."

Setsuko Kaminagi (255) has posed:
    Oh crap missiles.

    Setsuko soars upwards in the air, then rolls and banks over, trying to shake the missiles before they can reach her. It meets with only limited success, one of the missiles managing to get close enough that its explosion catches her in the back, causing the swordswoman to drop a good twenty feet or so before she flips around and catches herself. It could have been a lot worse, but even with her slow-and-steady regeneration, she's starting to feel the injuries pile up. But if Maya can pull out the firepower, so can Setsuko, and being airborne carries a distinct advantage in that it gives her unrestricted room for Zanjintou's true form.

    The demigod whips her blade around herself, bringing it down to her side and holding it straight backwards. The grip suddenly extends to double its length and the crossguard splits apart, expanding out as if for a much wider blade. And that's exactly what it gets. A flicker of blue light shoots outwards along the length of the katana, forming a much broader, flatter blade that extends much further out. Twelve feet, in fact, a blade twice as long as Setsuko is tall and at least as wide across as her own shoulders. Thoroughly ridiculous, but up here in the air she can use it freely.

    That's exactly what Setsuko does. She drops low, swooping down and then coming up at Maya from below, sweeping the massive weapon around for a huge rising slash.

Maya has posed:
IT's looking to be a short but brutal battle two rather towering ladies but Setuko seems to be pulling out ahead. Maya isn't planning to lose but does not mind if she does. She knows she's about at her limit but she does have a little thing for Setsuki as she spirals away ow attemps to but that just leads her to get caught in the lahs and Maya's jacket has had it at this point. It falls off cut to ribbons unable to take the weigh of the shoulder guards, she fades back comming in for a landing and looks up to Setsuko as she channels power blue flames seem to be trying to consume her body and she opens a portal of silvery energy Maya seems to fade out as hulking man whose more a giant exists carring two massive swords and launches into an attack at Setsuko. He does not strike her direcly becauses a massive shockwave of energy before he turns to exist back through the portal.

Septette Arcubielle (632) has posed:
     "The super-attacks are coming out," Septette says with palpable excitement! "Setsuko creates a huge sword out of- what is it? Aura? -around her katana, and lands a solid hit with it! Maya responds in kind, using some kind of summon- but Setsuko is still standing! The witch looks like she might be on her last legs, but I'm not willing to call this one just yet..."

Setsuko Kaminagi (255) has posed:
    Setsuko has never seen most of Maya's stronger attacks, but it's one particular case where she doesn't need to. The blue flames spark something, the swordswoman's fighting instinct screaming that this is going to be big. It's only that instinct that allows her to bring up her weapon in time, swinging the blade around and holding it in front of herself, using the massive breadth of the divine steel and turning herself sideways to hide behind it.

    Even that doesn't save her entirely; when the demigod lowers the Zanjintou again, shifting it to one side, her arms are both smoking, her wounds only worsened by the blast from the Junker. Her shoulders are visibly rising and falling from the mounting damage and the exertion alike. But she's still in the air, and the massive weapon in her hands still seems to give her no difficulty in swinging it around.

    And she certainly is swinging it around, from the look of things. The silver-haired warrior lifts the weapon over her shoulder, and with a flickering ribbon of blue light the blade transforms again - shortening slightly, but widening at the end, and curving itself backwards in an almost winglike shape. "Zanjintou...!" She brings it around herself, a diagonal sweeping cut that turns itself into a spin. "DAI!" Faster and faster it goes, becoming almost a whirlwind or a sawblade with the way she spins herself. "SHAAA!" And then finally she whips it around one last time and releases, transferring all that momentum into a spin. "RIIIIIIIN!!"

    It's like watching an 8-foot boomerang arc through the air, taking a wide turn and coming at Maya from the side. At the same time, Setsuko flies forward at full speed, rushing in to close the gap while her swordarang provides a distraction.

Maya has posed:
Maya has been fighting hard but she's sagging maybe she's sitll worn down from Sicon or more liklely Setsuko's just brought her A game which is better than maya's current lumits she's not about to lay down an die but she's clearly near the end of her rope here. She does attempt to get back into the gam bue the massive blade catches her sliuces into her and it's more painful this time given the loss of a about a third of her armour given the jacket's loss and now well she's about down.

"Impressive."

Is the only thing Maya has to say before she starts to channel magic again and this time the very earth near her as she comes in to land, rips free and goes flying at Setsuko.

Setsuko Kaminagi (255) has posed:
    Down Maya goes before Setsuko can reach her, leaving the demigod a chance only to grab her weapon out of the air, letting it return to its katana form at last with a snap and a rush of air as the massive blade disappears. She's already turned to hurl herself downward at top speed when Maya unleashes a chunk of earth at her; the swordswoman whips Zanjintou up, unleashing an arc of energy to split the flying earth as it comes at her - but while that spares her from taking a direct hit, the pieces don't spread far enough apart in time, with the result that they slam into her arms.

    And dislocate both of them.

    "Ghk!" THAT one hurts. And it leaves Setsuko unable to swing her weapon. But she can't afford even a brief delay against Maya. This is an opponent who, if she has even a moment of spare time, can bring out some hefty firepower. So the demigod resolves herself to just deal with dislocated shoulders for the moment, and keeps on going, straight down towards the Junker.

    She's still got two working legs, after all. And plenty of momentum to put behind a single, descending kick from above.

Maya has posed:
Maya is on the ground and breathing raggled now, her strike worked but it's not enough to stop Setsuko. She knows she can't delay against Setsuko it would mean well? Things would go badly for her and she takes the hit fromt he kick right in the chops. She snaps back reeling from the strike but she's standing barely after, her vision's ab it blurry though as Maya moves forward moving to attempt a depserate attack now with the butt of her rifle and attemps to use it as a melee weapon against Setsuko.

Setsuko Kaminagi (255) has posed:
    SMACK. The rifle takes Setsuko right across the face, causing her to stagger back several steps. She's taken more than enough hurt over the course of the fight that even her healing factor can no longer keep up, but at the very least it can prioritize keeping her conscious for a little longer. Even with her arms dislocated, she's still got a grip on Zanjintou, but at this point it's pretty much useless. There's really only one option the demigod has left now that she's on the ground and in close with Maya.

    No arms? Feet on the ground? Time for a headbutt.

Maya has posed:
Maya is one to fight to the end but well even she has her limit as the Demigod headbutts Maya Maya just had too much she lets out a groan and collapses int a heap at Setsuko's feat, she's breathing but she's not getting up after the univeral Krogan Greeting, nope she's down and somewhere likely the other fates are very amused at this fight...

Setsuko Kaminagi (255) has posed:
    Only once Maya seems to be down for the count does Setsuko stop to fix her shoulders, using the ground for her right shoulder, and her right hand for her left shoulder.

    Both of them come with some rather loud growls of pain.

    For several seconds afterward, she just crouches there, breathing heavily and letting her body's regeneration work on the pain, but finally she stands up and sheathes her sword. And then crouches down to carefully pick Maya up, so she can take the Junker to the med techs on site.