And once again, I learn not to try and set release windows. Oh well.
Anyway, consider this chapter in honour of Nintendo hitting it out of the park this E3, as well as Ultra Street Fighter IV's release! (The Capcom potential for buy out is also some interesting timing...)
"HIYA!"
Blanc and Cappy immediately charged at each other, clashing with hammer and fists respectively, blue flames and white frost erupting out of the clash in short bursts. Blanc gritted her teeth as she tried to press forwards, but Cappy still had her smug expression plastered on her face, as she held her ground, showing no effort whatsoever.
"What's wrong CPU Blanc? Not playing with power like you used to?" Cappy said, tauntingly. Blanc growled in annoyance, pushing harder, only to see the Maker barely straining from the pressure.
"Holy moley, Cappy's got the moves!" shouted Neptune in disbelief.
"Well, we've always known that, sis. Don't you remember anything of Cappy? Like, what she did, or how she fought?"
"Huh? Cappy… Cappy… Cappy the C… Wait! I got one! I remember the time we discussed business! Back in the days when war reigned supreme, and my Neptitude was pushed to the brink, Cappy was there to help me through!"
"You're a useless, moronic, has been lunatic who has done more damage to her nation than any other CPU, and I expect you to be crushed to dust by Lastation within the week."
"Okay Cappy, thanks for the motivation!"
"… And she called me a freeloading waste monger after I said that, and-" Neptune paused in realisation. "Oh… So she was insulting me! So THAT's why I moved her other memories! What a jerk!"
"Moved?" Asked Noire in confusion.
"What did you think she was saying? She sounded pretty clear…" said Uni.
"Reverse psychology!" Neptune said happily, as the Lastation CPU face palmed.
"But… Cappy always talks like a jerk! Like, a super mega ultra big jerk! Her jerkiness is in every single one of the sounds she makes! If she wrote something, all the letters would be made of the word jerk!" Ram fumed.
"So you think she's a jerk?" Asked Neptune.
"She was really mean to me and Ram…" Rom mumbled. "And i'm worried she's gonna do bad things to Sis…"
"No way!" Ram said defensively. "Sis is gonna beat the jerk out of her!"
"GRAAAH!" The CPU grunted loudly, as the clash broke off, a combined ring of their respective energies sweeping away from them as they were both forced backward. And then Blanc made the first move. She stepped forth and made a large swing forwards right at the Maker.
But Cappy was unfazed. The moment the hammer was about to hit her, she quickly moved backwards, narrowly dodging the blow with a smirk on her face. Blanc's expression gained a look of shock as her opponent's smile grew more twisted.
"Too slow" Cappy smirked as she pulled her hands back and charged up a familiar move. "HADOUKEN!"
Blanc barely had any time to react as she pulled back her hammer to shield herself from the attack. As the energy ball crashed into her, she was pushed back a bit with a sting of pain, but none the worse for wear. And then she saw Cappy moving in.
"Yah!" She cried out as she kicked towards Blanc, who barely swerved around the attack. Almost instinctively, Blanc swung her hammer back round for a horizontal swing towards Cappy. But her opponent effortlessly jumped right over the swing… And towards Blanc. The CPU barely took it in as she was hit right in the face with a jumping kick, this time sending her stumbling back. The moment Cappy touched the ground, she instantly moved her body into a handstand. "SHIGI TATSUMAKI!" and delivered a spinning kick at the hapless CPU's face.
Blanc reeled backwards as her opponent's feet smashed into her face over and over, making her stumble back. She raised her head, keeping a firm grip on her hammer, and looked dead on at her opponent.
"Geze, I can see why Cappy's one of the toughest Makers!" IF said. "That fighting style… That's…"
"Shoto Style." Said Tekken, watching the fight carefully. "Cappy is one of the creators and masters of it. It primarily consists of ranged attacks, anti air and forward moves, and is capable of covering a wide variety of combat situations. It's one of the the most simple yet powerful fighting styles out there."
The competitors all slowly looked towards Tekken in surprise. "That was… surprisingly, er… not… shy of you Tekken…" IF said, waffling through her choice of words.
Tekken immediately looked around at the people gazing at her and blushed, before shriking back into her seat. "I-I mean… It's just that… Well, i've always been good at combat. After all… I did fight Cappy last year… She may be mean, but trust me, she's one of the strongest Makers out there…"
"But she's just a Maker right?" Ram said. "So she can't be stronger than sis!"
"B-But sis can't transform…" Rom muttered back, worried.
"So what? She's already stronger than everyone else!" Ram proudly declared (The Lastation Siblings rolled their eyes). "And besides, Cappy's a jerk! And sis is a good guy! Good guys always beat jerks!" The other competitors looked at each other with looks of pity, deadpan stares and restrained laughter. Or in the case of Behemoth, beady eyed stares.
"What about in that book series Sis reads?" Rom asked. "You know, A Ballad of Frost and Flame?"
"That's fiction! This is real life!" Ram responded. "We don't live in Easteros! Plus, Captain Isys said that true allies always win through camaraderie and support!"
"Cause our reality is games! That's why people like us!" Said Neptune to nobody in particular.
Back in the fight, Blanc pulled back her hammer, as nine small, light blue orbs formed in front of her. "GEFAHRLICH STERN!" She yelled as she hit the orbs in front of her, travelling as streaks of light towards the Maker. Cappy reacted immediately, zooming right on ahead, with her arm pulled back as the light beams smashed into where she was just standing. Blanc started to swing her hammer forth as Cappy shot out her arm, palm outstretched.
"PALM STRIKE!" She yelled as fist and hammer met again. The impact made Blanc flinch backwards a bit… And then was taken by surprise as Cappy did a sweep kick at the CPU's legs, sending Blanc crashing to the ground.
The martial artist made a somersaulting kick towards the grounded Blanc, who barely rolled out of the way in time. As tried to pull herself up, she barely moved her head out of the way of one of Cappy's punches, only to get knee'd in the chest instead. Blanc grunted at the impact, immediately making a one handed swing at Cappy with her hammer. The Maker backstepped out of the way as she punched towards Blanc, who blocked the hit with her arm. As Cappy pulled her fist back, Blanc gripped her weapon with two hands, making an overhead swing at her opponent. Smirking, Cappy backflipped out of the way, and fired another Hadouken at the Lowee Goddess. It crashed into her chest… But Blanc didn't flinch, or even show any pain.
Instead, she used the momentum of the previous strike and started immediately spinning, advancing towards the martial artist. An eyebrow raised, Cappy backstepped again… And then Blanc stopped, and swung forth in a fast and brutal underhand blow.
"ZERSTOERUNG!" Blanc roared. Cappy's expression was in shock for a moment… Before a smile came over her face and she slammed her open hand into the blow. Her body flared up in a blue, fiery aura for a second… And the strike was halted.
"Too slow CPU." Cappy gleefully muttered to a shocked Blanc as she gracefully moved her other arm and delivered an uppercut right into Blanc's chest. "SHORYUKEN!" The CPU coughed up blood as the hit forced her up into the air, and back down, as she tumbled to her feet.
"That's what you are! Slow!" Cappy shouted, out, looking at Blanc, trying to hold herself up with her hands as blood dripped from her mouth. Cappy didn't give her a chance. She ran forward, and started rapidly kicking her in the face and chest, as Blanc groaned in pain. "HIYA!" The Maker yelled, giving Blanc one last kick and sending her flying backwards.
"Whoa baby!" Neptune exclaimed. "That's totally whack that she just stopped Blanny's hammer with a fist!"
"It's Cappy's special defensive technique, Parrying…" Tekken muttered, watching the fight intently. "You see her blue flames? That's her aura."
"Like a Ryukaro?" Asked Rom.
"What a rip off! That big jerk is nothing compared to a Ryukaro!" Ram fumed.
"Actually, I think the people behind Pocketed Monstrosities got the idea from Cappy and other Shoto users…" Tekken said, causing Ram to pout. "Anyway, she uses her aura to enhance her attacks, as you've seen. But one of her most dangerous techniques is what you just saw. Her parrying. It allows her to absorb the force of an attack, physical or energy, through proper channeling of her aura. She takes no damage or pain, and she can immediately attack back."
"Then how come she didn't parry before now?" IF asked. Besides to be a showoff of course…"
"It requires very tight concentration and timing. The person's aura needs to be focused at JUST the right time, or the parry will fail." Tekken noted.
"Blanc's experienced with really heavy attacks, and Cappy can just nullify them? Oh man…" Said IF, getting worried about the CPU's chances. She looked at the twins, as Ram was beginning to look slightly concerned…
Desperately getting to her feet, Blanc swung her hammer at the ground, spawning a massive eruption of icicles, right in front of the charging Cappy. "WEISS ZAHNE!" She yelled, gritting her teeth.
Her eyes widened however, as she caught a sight to her right. Cappy, in the blink of an eye, sidestepped the icicle blast, her form blurring as she moved towards her. Blanc lifted her hammer, to do something to stop her opponent, but it was too late. Cappy zoomed up to her and delivered a Palm Strike right to her chest. "Slow and clumsy, CPU Blanc!" She remarked at the pain stricken Goddess.
Blanc gasped out in pain as she flew backwards, but Cappy wasn't done yet. Her aura flared up, a burning blue, the energy flashing around her as she sped up, and delivered a grounded uppercut, crunching right into the CPU's back trusting her up into the air. Another burst of aura and Cappy followed suit, leaping up, and spinning herself counterclockwise to deliver a somersault kick to her chest again. Her face wincing in pain, Blanc shot right back down to the ground, smashing into a crater on the ground.
"Get up!" Cappy shouted, as she pulled the CPU off the ground, battered and bloodied, leaving her hammer on the ground. "Your lesson isn't done yet, has been!" Blanc's eyes fluttered open to the sight of Cappy's twisted smile. "You need to get a reality check!"
"Sh… Shut… SHUT UP!" Blanc yelled as she immediately punched Cappy in the face, causing her to lose her grip and stumble back. "SHUT YOUR DAMN FACE!" Blanc roared out, as she let loose another haymaker at Cappy's stomach, scoring a clean hit. Blanc didn't let up, trying to deliver another punch right into Cappy's face… But this time the Maker moved her head away.
"I wanted to make sure you did have some strength in those barbaric swings." Cappy smugly said, as blood dripped from her nose. "And i'm going to show you how a REAL fighter uses their strength!" She cried out as she spun out of the way of another one of Blanc's punched, and immediately kicked her on the flank. As Blanc cried out in pain, Cappy followed up with a fierce punch to the chest, driving her fist in. Blanc tried to fight back with another punch, but Cappy caught it, pulled her forwards, and then elbowed her right in the back, flooring her in the process.
"I've been putting up with your stubbornness for as long as I can remember!" Cappy cried out as she picked up Blanc, and immediately slammed a fist into her. "You know know how long i've wanted to do this to you!" The Maker delivered a hook to Blanc's chest, and then immediately got into a handstand, delivering yet another spinning kick flurry to the CPU's head, making her twist around with every hit. As Cappy halted the attack and got back upright, she gave one last kick right to Blanc chest, sending her tumbling back.
Cappy watched on satisfied, as the Lowee Goddess was kneeling on the ground, trying to hold herself up. "Look at you, CPU. It's pitiful how clumsy a so called 'goddess' like you can be. I'm the one that's grown with the times, while you're stuck in your frozen mind and land!" The Maker began slowly strolling towards her. "Do you want to see real strength? Then i'll show you! " Cappy pulled her fists back, charging up a glowing sphere of energy. The blue aura surrounding her body flowed into the orb of energy as it grew into a pulsating sphere of burning blue energy. "SHINKU… HADOUKEN!"
"SIS!" Ram cried out in terror as Blanc took the blast right into the stomach, ploughing right into her and bursting against her body in an azure burst, sending Blanc flying back, and landing right on her back with a crash, her face bruised and bloody, her clothing frayed and torn, with a charred circle in her chest. Her hat, blown off in the attack, came floating down away from it's owner, and right in front of Cappy, who casually stepped on it without even looking. Rom immediately looked away in fear. All across the stadium, the crowd reacted with a shocked gasp, seeing the Lowee CPU get downed with so little effort.
"Did she really take out the Goddess of Lowee?"
"Can't believe that a Maker was so strong…"
"Lowee's a joke!"
"Guess she's nothing without her Goddess form…"
"What a shocker folks! We may be looking at the biggest upset yet!" Playmore cried out. "Is this it for CPU Blanc? Has the Queen of Ice been shattered without effort?"
"No she didn't! My Big Sis would never go down that easily!" Ram cried out, gritting her teeth in rage as she looked at her sister, unmoving on the ground. Rom was clinging to her twin sister, her eyes starting to water…
"Give it up crybaby. Every CPU will fall someday, and it just so happens time ran out for your sister. It seems that Makers, REAL Makers," Maker X boomed with a glance at her angered fellow Makers. "Can best those sorry human sides the so called goddess take."
"Pssshhhh… That's totally bogus mystery Maker!" Neptune said People always say my time has come all the time, and yet I still keep on trucking! I got whooped by the other CPU's and fell out of sky, and I was okay! I got trapped in that super nasty anti energy prison by those ASIC losers and almost got melted by poopy water, and I managed to survive!"
"SILENCE YOU STUPID, ANNOYING-" Maker X paused for a moment when it saw everyone around staring right at her. "…Luck. That's what is was. Luck. All a dumb CPU like you has is luck. You're too dumb to have any other good skills!"
"She's not entirely wrong." Noire thought to herself.
"Ha! Jokes on you! I have lots of other stats besides luck!" Neptune proudly declared.
"And a dumb sister who's better than her!"
"My best stat is Strength! Which means I-HEY!" Neptune cried out as she realised what Maker X had said. Her jolly expression turned into a cross stare. "Are you dissin' my little Neppy? Cause I think you just called my little sis a dummy!"
Maker X didn't say anything.
Back in the arena, Cappy turned away from her fallen opponent. "Just as I thought 'Lady' Blanc. In the end, you were just a slow, clumsy, but ultimately fragile, brute. I told you so, but of course you didn't listen. You never do…" The Maker smugly said as she walked away.
"Neither do you."
The voice immediately got Cappy's attention as she sharply turned around, to see her Blanc slowly, but smoothly, with no visible signs of pain, pick herself up and get back to her feet. "So Cappy, what was that about me being fragile? Figure that an arrogant bitch like you would shoot your mouth off-"
Snarling in rage, Cappy immediately ran forward and uppercutted Blanc right in the jaw. But to her horror, the Maker's fist didn't launch her victim. It simply stopped, as if hitting solid rock. Cappy, her expression twisted in rage and shock, looked at her opponent, with a cold, furious glare.
"I can learn, Cappy. I can learn much more than you would ever think. Even from idiots like Neptune."
She summoned back her hammer right to her hand and swing it upwards. Cappy barely reacted in time, and crossed her arms to block the hit. She felt the force vibrate through her body, sending a chill down her spine. As she refocused on Blanc, she saw her carry the momentum of the swing right down to the ground, slamming the the hammer into the earth.
"Heyyyy, she totally snagged my weapon summon trick! Lowee can't do what Planeptune can!" Neptune cried out.
"WEISS ZAHNE!" She cried out was the wave of ice shot towards Cappy, this time freezing her legs to the ground. Blanc wasn't done yet, as she began to start spinning again, preparing for another Zerstorung attack.
"Ah! Damn you!" The Maker cried out. "HADOUKEN!" She released another energy ball, bigger than before, in an attempt to stop the spinning CPU. However, to Cappy's shock, despite scoring a hit, Blanc powered through the attack.
"UWAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!"
Blanc smashed the screaming Maker right in the chest with her big swing, smashing her right out of the ice encasing her feet as she tumbled backwards like a ragdoll. Blanc's cold expression stayed as she summoned up another group of energy orbs, sending them at the Maker. "GEFAHRLICH STERN!"
As she staggered to her feet, Cappy immediately saw the streaks of light heading right towards her, and immediately crossed her arms to block as they shot into her, one by one. She grunted out from the sting of it… But quickly focused, and as the last was about to hit her, she trusted out her palm, disintegrating it with a red flash of aura, as she used the rush of adrenaline to speed towards Blanc with another Palm Strike Combination, She got closer and closer. Blanc was seemingly winding up another move, but the CPU had seemingly run out of time. She trusted out her hand as the two were enveloped in a white burst of energy.
"Kalte…"
As the light faded, and Cappy's eyes focused back into the world, she looked at her arm. She expected it to be against Blanc's stomach. It almost was… But was encased in an icy shell, coating the CPU's body.
"…Rustung"
Cappy was speechless, absentmindedly tugging at her arm through the shock.
"You'd be surprised how much I can learn." The goddess coldly said as she glowed an icy blue.
"YOU-"
In that instant, Blanc unleashed a blizzard at the Maker before she could get a chance to break free. As it faded, Cappy was left encased in an ice shell, her face twisted in horror and rage. Wasting no time, Blanc broke off from the ice, and prepared to swing her hammer, and delivered an upper swing to the block of ice, launching it into the air. She fired off another Gefahrlich Stern volley, and this time, they all met their mark, each one punching a hole through the block of ice, cracks forming from each hole as the shots juggled the ice block in the air, before finally falling to the ground and shattering open, leaving a battered and bruised Cappy, frost caking her body, as her outfit was torn, leaving bloody scars in their wake, panting in agony on the ground.
"STUBBORN… USELESS… WORTHLESS…" The Maker stopped panting, as her body started to shake, veins bulging, and her aura began to flare up, fiercer than ever, surrounding her body in an azure blaze. Small streaks of dark purple flickered in the energy.
In the audience, Nepgear's eyes widened in fear as she caught a glimpse of the aura. "It's like Tekken's eyes…" She thought to herself before she looked at the Maker in the stands. Tekken was on edge.
"Tekken…" Nepgear asked, her voice shaking. "Does Shoto style cause… That?"
"Her aura is very powerful. It's a technique that requires a lot of emotional control to fully master. But it has… consequences…"
"Are they like…" Nepgear looked at Tekken, a tense, fearful look in her eyes. "N-Never mind…"
Back in the match, Cappy was still struggling with her aura, before she strained herself, forcing them to die down. "Nggggrrrr… YOU…. GYAAAAHHHH!"
She fired another Hadouken at the CPU, crackling with flames, Blanc swerved around it as she started to spin again. "TANZERINE TOMBE!" The Lowee Goddess cried out as she span right towards her opponent.
"SHIGI TATSUMAKI!" Cappy cried out in rage, as she spun towards Blanc herself. The two collided, foot meeting face and hammer meeting chest as they were both knocked out of their spins.
The two looked at each other while on the ground, and immediately got to their feet, charging at each other. Blanc struck first, trusting the pole of the hammer into Cappy's chest. The Maker spat out blood from the impact, as Blanc swung down at her. It was in vain, as Cappy recovered in time, and parried the strike, before sacking Blanc's face with a roundhouse kick. "Try and tank that you bitch!" She cried, before moving in to continue her assault… Only to get smashed by Blanc's hammer as the CPU immediately started spinning again, the impact knocking the Maker into the air.
"ZERSTOERUNG!" Blanc yelled as she prepared to deliver a finishing strike to the airborne Cappy… But as the maker spun in midair, Blanc caught her expression. It was one of utter anger, as tendrils of dark purple energy sped around her head. In the surprise of it all, Blanc didn't catch the Maker pulling her hands back.
"DIE!"
She fired out an energy ball, not blue, like normal, but the same dark purple colour as the aura tendrils. Blanc felt the fierce burning pain wash across her face as her attack came to a stop. Trying to focus her eyes, a blurred figure started zooming into view. Blanc realised, in that split second, she had to act immediately
"K-KALTE RUSTUNG-" *SLAM*
The fist of Cappy collided right into Blanc's chest, glowing with a white light thanks to her spell, as she was launched up.
"Metsu."
The ice armour finally materialised around Blanc's chest, only for her to be caught on landing by another uppercut, the force making a deep crater in the cold substance sparing Blanc from the worst of the pain, but still leaving her unable to stop what was coming next.
"Shinryuu."
Cappy delivered one final uppercut to Blanc's chin, fiercer than all the ones before. As Blanc gasped in pain, she pulled it away and smashed it into her chest again, cleanly smashing through the ice shell around the CPU's body.
"Reppa."
"Wh… What.." Blanc squeaked out.
"METSU SHINRYUU-REPPA!" Cappy triumphantly called out as she drove herself upwards in a blue, flaming spin, drilling her fist upwards into the CPU's body, engulfing her in flames as they climbed higher, the remains of the ice armour instantly evaporating. "MY ULTIMATE ATTACK!" The attack reached it's peak, as Cappy gracefully fell back down, while Blanc, smouldering all over, slammed into the ground. The Maker looked at her opponent with a sneer.
"Wait, 'Destroying Divine Dragon Destroyer'? Geeze! Only someone like Cappy would come up with a name like that! " Said Noire, annoyed.
"Maybe it's because it destroys something so hard, it like, destroys the destroyed thing it's become?" Neptune pondered.
"That means it's already destroyed to begin with." Uni said blankly.
"No, it makes it even more destroyed!" Neptune said defensively. "It's just that destructiful, cause it's destrucity is MAX!"
"Destrucity will never die…" Behemoth said, as a tear rolled down his eye.
"Yeah, what Mr Chicken said!" Said Neptune. "Wait, I don't get the tears."
"Made up words do not qualify as logic, Neptune!" Noire snapped back.
"Well, things can be destroyed in increasing ways, so maybe the second destroying part means that the thing gets destroyed more? O-Or something like that…" Nepgear muttered in thought.
"It's already destroyed, why do you need to destroy it more?" Uni said back.
"Well, maybe it's just that powerful? That it can destroy things that are already destroyed?" Nepgear stuttered out.
"MY SISTER'S GETTING THE CRAP BEATEN OUT OF HER AND YOU PEOPLE KEEP TALKING ABOUT DUMB STUFF!" Ram howled out over the others, holding her teary eyed sister beside her.
"Oh yeah, Blanc's totally getting owned." Neptune said. She paused in thought for a moment before her eyes widened. "OH GOSH BLANC'S TOTALLY GETTING OWNED!" She cried out.
"Man… I think i'm actually feeling sorry for her for once…" Noire said, looking at her battered fellow CPU…
"Wait for ittttt…" Whispered Neptune to her sister.
"B-But it's not like I care if she loses! Survival of the fittest and all that!" Noire snapped, as the Planeptune siblings began giggling, as Uni rolled her eyes.
"Can you still even move CPU?" Cappy said, cautiously taking a step forward. "Do you think after everything i've done, you could honestly have survived that move? Do you have any idea of how many opponents i've beaten with that move?" Cappy's smile turned down, as Blanc slowly got to her feet.
The CPU was breathing heavily, her jacket, littered with tears and scorch marks, slumped off her shoulders and down on the ground, showing the extent of the damage she took. Despite it all, she looked up at Cappy, not saying a word.
"WILL… YOU… JUST… FALLLLL!"The Martial Artist charged howling at the CPU, prepping her feet for one final attack.
Time almost seemed to slow down for Blanc, watching Cappy charge towards her. Her plan was a gamble. All or nothing.
"So I guess I can be too brutish in battle. I suppose you can actually make a good point Cappy. Maybe if you weren't such a bitch, i'd respect you for being honest. You're a damn tough bitch, i'll give you that."
A smirk came over her face as she slid her hand up right below the hilt of her hammer, before she took a deep breath, ready to end the fight.
"It seems there are some things I can still learn…"
And at that moment, Cappy stuck at Blanc with a storm of rapid kicks, every impact blasting out sparks of energy with every hit.
And every one of them hit the flat of Blanc's hammer.
Focusing herself, Blanc calmly, yet swiftly moved her Hammer into every kick, blocking the impact. She felt the tension of the situation. Her body wasn't going to take another hit. But even still, she managed to stop every strike coming at her, as Cappy wound up for a finishing kick. Instead of blocking it like the others however, Blanc thrusted instead.
As foot and hammer clashed, a quick spurt of energy surged out… As Cappy fell backwards from it, her face twisted in horror, as she saw Blanc smiling, winding back her hammer.
"TANZERIN TROMBONE!"
She smacked her hammer right into the Maker's side, as she spun forwards, hitting her with every rotation. As her spin came to an end, instead of striking downwards like she usually did, she smacked Cappy upwards, directly in the chest.
"YEEEEEEEEAAAAHHHHHHHH!" Cappy howled as she flew through the sky, the scream echoing throughout the stadium, before finally crashing limply to the ground, her aura burning out. The crowd was silent for a moment, before erupting into cheers.
"K.O! Now that's what you call a comeback everyone! I've never seen a battle like that! Looks like even the combat queen herself couldn't handle the cold! The winner is, CPU BLANC!"
"You did it sis!" Ram cheered happily, Rom beaming happily beside her. On the arena itself, the medics were already coming out for Cappy. Blanc meanwhile, strolled casually to her jacket, picking it up and slinging it over her shoulder. Then, she walked over to her dusty and scuffed up hat, picked it up, dusted it off, and placed it back on her head, before walking towards the the exit.
"Hey sis!" Ram cried out, dragging her sister behind her as she got out of her seat. "Wait up!" Before anyone could raise a protest, the two jumped over the barricade and started running towards the exit.
IF smiled at the sight of the twins running after their sister. "So 'Maker X', guess you were full of crap! What do you have to sa-" IF looked behind her… But Maker X was nowhere to be seen.
"Oh thank goodness she's gone!" Compa cried out in relief. "I mean! Uhhh… I wonder why she's gone…?"
"It's okay Compa…" IF said reassuringly… But her suspicions about the Masked Maker were getting stronger by the moment…
As Blanc left the sight of the crowd, alone in the empty hallway, she stopped. She heard the footsteps and voices behind her, and began to regret what was about to happen.
"Ram… Rom… I'm sorry. Even I have my limits…" The thought went through Blanc's head, as her body gave out, as she lost all energy in her muscles and crumpled to the floor. To the shock of her sisters looking on in horror behind her.
"S-SIS!" Ram cried out in horror.
"BIG SIS! NO!" Cried Rom as the two ran to their sisters' side.
"What's wrong sis?! You looked fine! Wake up! Wake up!" Ram cried out in anguish. Alongside her, Rom was desperately casting heal after heal, but her sister wasn't waking up.
"L-Lady Blanc!" Cried a voice from someone rushing down the hall, a folded stretcher under her arm. "Lady Blanc, you need to get into a ward immediately! Even you can't… Oh no!" Exclaimed the woman as she saw the CPU's crumpled body. "Lady Ram and Rom… You poor girls…"
"N-Nurse Bliss! Ram said through her flushed and tear gushing face. "What's wrong with sis?"
The Nurse got in closer, inspecting the fallen CPU. "… You don't need to worry children, she'll be okay. She'll just need a lot of rest after all the punishment she took." She smiled at the two's concerned expressions. "Even your sister needs to recover from fights like that… Do you want to help me get her onto a stretcher?" The twins looked at her and nodded. The three picked up the fallen CPU, and placed her on the stretcher. Rom paused for a moment after the got her on.
"Sis… Please be okay. I… I wish I could be as strong as you…"
"Hey, come on Rom! We need to help out sis!" Said Ram.
As Rom rushed over to the end of the stretcher and picked it up, a small smile came over Blanc's face as she felt herself being hoisted up and carried away…
It's time for another OC Bio!
Maker Cappy (Based on: Capcom)
Main influences: Street Fighter.
Appearance wise: Chun-Li
Fighting Style Wise: Chun-Li, Basic Shoto style (Ie: Ryu, Ken and Akuma) and Wesker.
Personality: One of the oldest and most revered Makers in all of Gamindustri, Cappy has been renewed for her abilities in robotics, martial arts, demon researching, movies, politics, street fighting, anti bio terrorism, biology, anti dinosaur fighting, business, law practise, and many more skills. However, with these skills comes her massive ego. She is very self absorbed and arrogant, full of her own renown and success. In recent times however, her arrogance has caused her to make damaging decisions, and strained her relations with the other CPU's.
Appearance: When she isn't fighting, she wears dark blue business suits, or business shirts. When she is fighting, her battle outfit is a shiny blue and gold outfit. The top is a gi made of glided silk, sleeveless, exposing her arms, covering her chest, stomach and down to her midriff, while the pants are form-fitting around her hips and legs, but cut off at the ankles, with a strap being the only thing on her bare feet. Her eyes look narrower than most of the other characters, and her hairstyle has twin hair buns, just like Chun-Li.
Preferred/Dream English VA: Laura Bailey.
Conception: Cappy was a bit of a rough conception. When I started Nep Arena, I knew I HAD to get a Capcom rep in the tournament. There was no way I was going to leave out one of, if not THE biggest fighting game dev in the business out of a story focusing on fighting game elements. And given Capcom's recent… Reputation, I wanted to make her the heel of the Maker characters. All of this helped me to form her character.
For her battle outfit, I wanted to have it more resemble Chun-Li's costume from the Street Fighter Alpha games, out of personal preference, but also having some Gi part, since Shotos and all.
For her moves, she uses her own variant of the Spinning Bird Kick, mixed with the Tatsumaki Senpukyaku, called the Shigi Tatsumaki, or Bird Tornado (Shigi is a Japanese Snipe Bird). Her Dashing Palm Strike, is partially inspired by Gouken's Senkugoshoha, but is also mixed in with Jake Muller's Palm Strike Melee Combos from Resident Evil 6. Which in turn came from Albert Wesker. I wanted to have some Resident Evil influence in her. Finally, her ultimate move is the Metsu Shinryuu-Reppa, a mashup of Ryu's Shin Shoryuken and Ken's Shoryuureppa and Shiryuuken. As Noire pointed out, it's translation is a bit ridiculous~
Finally, one little thing I will bring up, when I was starting up the fic and including Cappy.
What I didn't know is that there was an ACTUAL Capcom Maker, albit one who never made it past concept art for Victory. (But she is being featured in the Noire game). She's named Bio and themed on Resident Evil. I was surprised at her existence, but I figured that because her design didn't really scream 'fighting game', it saved me the hassle of having to shoehorn those elements in.
But of course, as people keeping up with Neptunia news know, they then introduced Leefai in the Noire game, who is essentially a Street Fighter Maker based on Chun-Li. Oh dear. Honestly, if I had made Nep Arena with those two Makers in mind, I likely would have had a group of sisters to represent Capcom, with some OC ones mixed in as well, like a Phoenix Wright or Darkstalkers themed Maker. Still, I like the creative freedom I have with Cappy. And like Platinum, we'll see more of her deeper secrets, which you may have guessed from this chapter if you know your Street Fighter mythology. But just to make it clear, Cappy is a good person deep down, and is capable of great things. She just needs to get a reality check and control her ego.
And before I go, Blanc's OC attacks!
Weiss Zahne: (German for White Tooth)
Kalte Rustung: (German for Cold Armour) Blanc uses her ice energy to create a shell of ice around her body to use as armour. Used for last ditch protection, it can be used to trap attackers by surprise. She can't move with it, but is able to break the ice away.