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Who: Yusuke Urameshi

fingerbanged & YOU!
When: IC: 8/2
Where: A really, really bad Street Fighter knock-off in ViViD
What: The past few weeks and the disappearance of a friend have been rough on Yusuke, so he's taking his frustration out in the best way he knows how-- punching things. Unfortunately, with CERES machinery on the fritz, it seems like there's new (and not entirely willing) challengers being glitched into his level of Ultra Alley Brawlers...
Rating/Warning: RATED Y FOR YUSUKE aka heavy chances of violence, bad language, blood, and everything else that comes with sticking a hot-blooded shonen protagonist in a fighting game-- also potential embarrassing outfits

[So you may be minding your own business, happily playing some innocent ViViD game such as Cybuddy Raiser or Gourmet Mother, or you're in the middle of labor-intensive RPG-style session, about to finally hit that desired stat level and take on the regional boss. Or you may even just be hanging around the ViViD Center, taking a break from the energy draining effects of the machines before jumping back into the fray again.

Suddenly, the area around you shifts and pixelates, stuttering and glitching for a moment or two, before it corrects itself, and-- wait a moment. This wasn't where you were before! Instead, you're looking out at one of these slightly grainy surroundings, while the dulcet sounds of this beautiful song blares all around you. Thankfully, your attire remains the same-- unless you're one of the unfortunate few whom the game had decided needed an outfit adjustment. But it's okay! High-cut leotards are great for kicking!

Like a large, blinking sign, the words A NEW CHALLENGER HAS APPEARED flashes above your head, before vanishing into thin air, replaced by a time slowly counting down from 90. Before you can really dwell on what those words mean, however, the loud sound of pounding feet rushes in your direction, a young man in this get-up charging towards you, fist cocked and ready to fight.

... you may want to do something about that.]

[tl;dr, welcome to the not!Street Fighter simulator! It's up to you if you want your character to be glitched into a weird fighter-game outfit, keep their normal attire, or change into some alt outfit from canon! If your character isn't a fighter, that's okay! There's handicaps in place, and, given how ViViD likes to mess with things, your character can easily be super strong or super weak given how you want the interactions to go! There's potential for final boss fights and bonus modes (as well as time-up 'draws'), so go wild! If you want to hash anything out or plot, hit me up at

Urameshi!]

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[On a meta level, it's almost hilarious considering that other titleholders of GARO wore white coats. Personally, to Ryuuga, he doesn't look all that great in white. But that's beside the point-

Ryuuga ends up swinging an arm down to block the hit - still stung, though - and steps forward himself, sweeping his front leg around to retaliate with his own side kick.]

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[With his own balance compromised by executing that kick, Ryuuga's attack succeeds in knocking Yusuke down (as well as shaving a bit off of his HP), causing him to tumble to the ground. With his reflexes, however, he rolls himself into a crouch, taking a moment to feel his injury before rushing towards his opponent again.

Drawing his fist back and keeping himself low, he aims a couple of rapid-fire strikes towards Ryuuga's abdomen, hoping to at least land a hit on him.]

[The speed that Yusuke recovers and launches the counterattack isn't fast enough for Ryuuga to fully be able to defend himself, and he takes a couple of the punches, coughing as the air's knocked out of him (and there goes a nice chunk of his HP) before a certain Madougu decides to pipe up:]

Oi, Ryuuga! You're not giving up already, are you?

[He has to fight off the urge to growl at his left hand, instead cocking his right fist back at an attempt to return a short barrage of gutpunches - if successful, he'll come in to finish the set off with a sidelong knee strike.]

[While not all the hits connected, Yusuke's pretty satisfied of the damage he's been able to deliver. Maybe if he sends one more powerful uppercut to his opponents gut, he might be able to--

And then he hears that familiar voice out of nowhere, and he can practically feel his stomach drop to his feet.

Before he can properly react, however, Ryuuga's own set of gutpunches follow through, taking the wind out of his sails before barreling him over to the side. It takes a moment for Yusuke to stagger back onto his feet, wheezing a little, mind reeling from the attack and this sudden reveal.]

Y...You! What the hell are you doing in here?

I don't know!

[He shoots another glare to Zaruba, taking a moment to catch his breath as he settles back into a neutral stance.]

One minute I'm finishing a delivery, the next I'm in this weirdo getup! And everyone wonders why I don't want anything to do with ViViD...

[Yusuke tenses for a moment, shooting a wary look at Zaruba, and then Ryuuga. Their last encounter in ViViD wasn't the best, and if it was in fact glitching, it was something to be worried about. ]

Jeez, and here I thought it was just the stuff CERES was testing that dragged people in here...

[There wasn't really a lot of time to mull it over, however, and Yusuke brusquely nods towards the floating counter above them.]

Like it or not, we're gonna have to duke it out. I'm not really all that eager to find out what 'game over' is in this level, and I've been getting pretty tired of dying here.

[Ryuuga's gaze flickers upward, settling on the timer. Well, he knows how it is being on a time crunch, it's an unfortunate side-effect of the armor. He looks back to Yusuke and nods, letting out a long-suffering exhale.]

Alright, fine. [And with that - he's rushing at Yusuke, planting a foot and twisting around for a roundhouse kick. Surprisingly, despite his current getup, it doesn't seem to limit his mobility as much as he was fearing, so small victories?]

[Yusuke lets out a long exhale too, forcing it through his nose like a bull letting off a snort. He wasn't that thrilled about this either-- Ryuuga set him on edge, and not in the fun, risky way, and fighting him felt like it was going to bring up some unwanted memories. But they were here now, so it couldn't be helped. One thing was for certain, though: he definitely wasn't going to use his abilities. No need for Ryuuga to get any more bad ideas about him.

He shifts into battle mode once more as Ryuuga rushes him, thinking up a plan on the fly as usual. As his opponent moves in for a roundhouse kick, Yusuke takes it, tensing his thigh as Ryuuga's leg impact it. Moving quickly, he shoots his own leg up the same moment Ryuuga executes his strike, hoping to hit his face with a high kick of his own.]

[To be fair, it's a mutual feeling of unease, but for the moment they could put it aside.

Maybe.

Hopefully.

Even despite the wardrobe change that placed the Garoken right at his hip, he's not drawing it. This wasn't like last time, he had to keep reminding himself of that. Even then, there's only one person around here that he knew of that deserved getting hit with the blade, and even that person's under a very shaky truce with him.

He does end up getting clocked in the face with a foot, though - shaving off a decent chunk of HP - and he staggers, though there is the attempt to recover coming in.

Follow-up into a combo y/n?]

[The sword at Ryuuga's side wasn't unnoticed, and Yusuke had to give him some props for not bringing it into play already. It probably would have been easier to cut him down than duke it out one on one, but maybe this was a show of faith on his part... or so he assumed, anyway.

But after his kick strikes true, he does follow up into a combo, pivoting on his foot once it reaches the ground to try to land a hit on Ryuuga's side with his other leg. It was to more or less get him back into range, so he could aim a right jab somewhere near the other man's face.

Hopefully Ryuuga can counter it somehow!]

[A show of faith would be a good way of putting it. (which is doubly hilarious considering who's costume he's stuck in) Besides, it had been a while since he just did a straight fist-fight.

Though he's probably regretting being okay with that at this point - the second kick has him nearly doubling over, but he sees the punch coming and sucking in a breath, he ducks under it and pushes forward to attempt a forearm smash into Yusuke's side, nothing flashy at this point.]

[And because Yusuke was so focused on getting the punch in to Ryuuga's face, he was completely off-balance when the other man goes in for the side-smash, the sudden hit knocking him off of his feet. He tumbles for a few steps, his HP shaved down just a bit, and he hastily attempts to right himself before moving in for another strike.

However, before he can make his move, the ground beneath him rumbles ominously. Is it another glitch? Is there another challenger butting into the match?

... no, it's just a huge geyser of water bursting up from down below, causing Yusuke to skitter back a few feet.]

GAH!

[Gotta love those stage obstacles!]

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