All your base are belong to us (Sara Quinn)MATURE

[Matrim Gallagher]

Matrim had left a message for Sara to meet him at Golden Gate Park. Which in itself was kind of ridiculous of him since he didn't give specifics and the park was extremely large. Though Matrim wasn't worried since he promised her he would train her with Qi, and she seemed to really like when they did that. Matrim himself was meditating in a clearing near a single cherry blossom tree. Matrim's hands were in the stereotypical meditation position with the index fingers and thumbs touching and all the other fingers extended, palms up.

"Ohhhmmmmm" He said to himself as he meditated. Of course, meditating didn't usually include having ear buds in blasting Coheed and Cambira. So you might say that what he was doing was more or less being an idiot. Of course, then he thought someone had been approaching. He had honed his senses to be able to hear past the headphones.

That and it was in a transition between songs, allowing him to hear someone approaching, "Good, you have arrived little one." Matrim said, without moving, opening an eye or turning off his music, "Go ahead and sit in front of me, much like I am now."

Mostly because the look on your face will be priceless when you see that I have a music player in my lap....

Matrim's long hair had been covering the headphone wire, allowing it to seem as though he wasn't listening to music at all.

[Sara Quinn]

Sara wandered along the path. She sighed, looking around, her fists clenching. This was ridiculous. Where the hell was he? She had gotten the note in her locker, which had very simply told her to meet him in the park. Well the park was bloody HUGE. How was she supposed to find him in a park this size- OH LOOK! There he is!!~

She changed direction, cutting across the grass to reach him. She was actually kind of excited to see him. She had had no clue whether he had transferred or not, and to get the note was great. It was nice to know he had made it safely. Even if he talked to much and left stupid notes with no directions. Stupid ass...

As she got closer to him, coming up behind him, she noticed what he was doing. He was... Meditating? Well wasn't that interesting... Silly boy~She snuck up behind him, hoping to scare him. Or something, just because it would be funny.

"Good, you have arrived little one...Go ahead and sit in front of me, much like I am now."

Sara froze. How did he...? Well that was weird... He must have heard her coming... Which was... strange. She had been walking carefully. Must have been before she started tiptoeing. Or maybe she just wasn't as quiet as she thought~ She walked around him, giving up on her plan of surprising him. She would just sit, like he asked, and see what it was he wanted.

But like hell if she was going to sit like a nerd. She dropped down to the ground in front of him, crossing her legs and leaning back on her hands. She felt her palms dig into the soft earth behind her. Man. She was going to need to wash her hands after this. Great. She eyes him. Then she noticed he had music on. Her face went slack. What the hell?!

[Matrim Gallagher]

Matrim began humming along to the song that was currently playing. It was towards the end a bit. His eyes still shut, waiting for the song to end he kept his nerdy pose. He wondered how impatient she would get with him, but he didn't mind. Matrim was wearing nothing more then jeans and an unbuttoned white t-shirt. No shoes, no other shirts, no eye patch, nothing. He felt free. In fact, this was his territory now. He laid claim to Golden Gate Park. That was his place. And to hell with anybody who thought otherwise!

The song finished rather quickly since he was at the tail end and he pulled out the ear buds, turning off his MP3 player and tossing it over in the grass behind him somewhere. He left it there, and would leave it there permanently for someone else to find. He had to spend a lot of money every year, this whole Black Card thing, it's a long story.

"Qi is your body's energy. It's your soul, your aura, your chakra, your life energy, it's your yin and yang. It's the Shaq to your Kobe," Matrim had been learning more about sports history as of recently with his title and all, "So if you are going to ask me what is your Qi, I would then ask you who you were."

Matrim then stood up, "Of course that's mostly bull crap if you ask me. I think we're all the outcome of a science experiment. Then again, I'm pretty paranoid about a few things. It used to be a lot worse, stuff like that happens when you get locked into a prison at the age of sixteen in a place where everybody has strange powers."

He would then yawn and stretch, "AAAAAAAaaahhhh alright.. much better. Ok, rules are.. no shoes. Alright? If I'm barefoot, you're barefoot. Don't like getting down dirty and rough? That's between you and Travis," He said, taking a few steps away from the tree, "When you're ready just go ahead and attack me."

He was acting somewhat relaxed about this fight. Not because he thought he could beat her, or that he was getting comfortable with beating her so many times. But instead it was because he was in general relaxed in this place. He could die in this park, he felt at peace in it. Which was something very strange for Matrim.

[Sara Quinn]

Sara continued to sit and stare at Matrim as he hummed along with whatever song he was listening to. She was getting annoyed. If he didn't hurry up and do something she was going to RIP those damn things out of his - OH. There we go.

He pulled out the earphones and tossed the MP3 player behind him. Sara watched it land in the grass and she turned to him, her expression shocked. What the hell was wrong with him?! That was a perfectly good MP3. Maybe... It was broken. Yes. That had to be it, and that was how he heard her coming. ~Mhm~ Then he started to talk. She listened to what he said raptly, but she couldn't keep the thought out of her mind of: Wow... Where does he come up with this shit? He talks a lot... I'm hungry... ~Yes... Poor Sara was hungry, and hunger tends to cloud the mind.~

He stood up as he continued to talk. She took in what he was wearing, surprised to see that he was barefoot. And his chest was uncovered. Well, she really should have known better. Common, this was Matrim they were talking about. The guy who chose to fight on a beach. She looked down at what she was wearing. Sweats and a tank top. Well a tank top once she took of her jacket. She wasn't going to fight in her ~pretty new jacket~

"When you're ready just go ahead and attack me."

She looked up at him. Damn him and his... weirdness... Sara hated making the first move. She pulled her feet out from under her and took off her shoes, followed by her socks, then pushed herself to her feet. She felt the cool earth under them, and it made her feel like a kid. She took of the jacket and put it on top of her shoes, setting everything off to the side. Then she looked at him, taking a stance. He would be expecting her to go in for her typical trip. But she noticed something. When she switched it up, her attacks hit.

So she ran at him, making it appear as though it was her typical trip move. But the moment she was in range, she shot her right fist forward into his stomach. She would have gone for his face, but she knew he would have seen her arm come up before she had time to do that. So she went for a simple jab to the stomach. See? She was getting good at this~

Then, if it connected, as her body continued to move, she would turn her back to the left, quickly dancing around him, her fist pulling out of his stomach until she was behind him, facing his back. Her left hand would move up, grabbing his hair and pulling downwards, and her right knee would shoot up into his back. This time, she wasn't going easy on him, she was sick of losing to everyone.

[Matrim Gallagher]

I sure as hell hope she's ready for this......

Matrim thought about it, not moving, not going an inch. He even had his eyes closed for a second as she was getting her shoes off.

If not.... I'm sorry Sara.....

What Matrim was about to put her through would be hell. It would be damaging, and it would be brutal, but he had to get her to unleash her Qi. That's what they were here for. Sure he had never held back on her from a physical stand point, but his attacks were always not very lethal or permanent damage based. He took a breath in soaking up all the peacefulness around him, and then he thought about it all.

Luke.... Michaella..... Kane Hikari.... Artemis Chekov.... Lunari Awren.....

She punched him in the stomach, he lurched forward as she danced around him.

The Paladins.... Marquise.... The Conscience.... Andrew Black.... Marquise a second time......

She pulled on his hair, bringing her knee up towards his back. Matrim turned his body around, he bent his arm at the elbow, and his elbow would most likely collide with her knee, and he would roll off of the side of the knee. If her hand was still holding onto his hair it would probably tug her down a bit, and hurt him. He landed on his right knee and left foot, his left hand touching the ground to balance him as he looked up at her. His eyes weren't happy, they were completely cold.

Takuya.... Lina.... Abel.... Aldon....

"Last but not least......" He said to himself in that brief moment, he pushed off of that left foot, his right hand would shoot up to grab her face on the outer edges, he would clamp down tightly enough to put so much pressure that it hurt to be held like that. The push off of his left foot would put him into a full out run with Sara along for the ride.

Alpha.....

Matrim would let out a scream if this had worked, and he would continue running to a tree not too far, and thrust her into the tree, attempting to smash her head into it, high above where her feet would touch the ground, and he would pin her there. Matrim had unleashed it... he had it held inside of him buried there, his intent to kill.

[Sara Quinn]

The punch to his stomach landed, and Sara danced around him, grabbing into his hair. Everything was going to plan, it was perfect... Until he spun around as her knee was pushing upwards. His elbow glanced off her knee, and disrupted her attack. He dropped, pulling her down slightly with him. She looked down at him, her eyes meeting his. She dropped her hand form his hair and took a small step back from him. There was something wrong here. His eyes didn't look right... He had never looked at her like that before and it scared her slightly.

"Last but not least......"

In a small voice, she spoke out, questioning him, but was cut off. He pushed off his foot, his hand slamming into her face. She cried out in pain as his hand clamped down, squeezing her head. Her hands flew up to grab his wrist, and then she was pushed off her feet. She thought she heard him scream, but it might have been her, she couldn't tell, her mind was just so clouded in confusion. The next thing she knew, her head exploded in pain and everything went dark. She came back quickly, realizing his hand was still on her face. She could feel something wet in her hair, and she assumed it was blood. Her body felt heavy. Extremely heavy. There was nothing under her feet. Strange. And then it came back to her, the image of his eyes in her mind.

Her hands flew up to grab onto his wrist. She didn't even bother trying to pull it off, she only wanted to get some of the pressure and weight of her body off of her neck. She kicked out with her knees beginning to panic, and kicked them upwards, planting them both on him and pushing against him hard. She wanted him to let go of her, put her down. This wasn't funny, he was scaring her. Her knees bent, planted against him, and pushing outwards, and her hands began to claw at his wrists. She knew she needed to calm down, but she couldn't, her mind was acting on instinct now.

[Matrim Gallagher]

Matrim had mimicked Matrim Aldon's death claw technique. The one he had used on Matrim. It was enough force to cause Matrim to black out, as he was lifted into the air by one hand and had his head squeezed. He tried his best to remember that moment, a flash of the memory kicking in.

"Boy-o, I said this to your da' when I met him for the first time in the hospital. You are in for a world of hurt."[/i]

Matrim remembered the red haired Scottish bastard. How he had left his family, abandoned Matrim when he promised to adopt him and raise him with his wife Emma, and their daughter. Matrim almost had happiness, he almost had a family. And when that bastard showed his face again, he pretended like none of it happened. Matrim felt her scratch and knee, and push and struggle, so he threw his right arm back and outward, releasing her as he did so, she would be thrown onto the soft grass, and depending on how she landed she may have rolled for a bit.

Matrim stood where he was, his teeth clenched, his fists gripped. He had been suppressing his anger, his old memories. All the things that pissed him off about his life.

"Scottish bastard...... you left me......." Matrim said to himself, his eyes were tearing up, but not from sadness, if anything he exhibited nothing other then rage. And right now Sara was his punching bag. "I'LL GET YOU FOR THIS!"

Matrim would run towards Sara whether or not she was up. If she was standing up he would kick his right leg straight up towards her jaw, if she was still down he would kick her with the inside part of his right foot. Matrim was beyond pissed. He wouldn't fight holding back and being conservative, he was doing something he almost never did which was an all out offensive. He only did this for sport with fighters in close ranged combat. Never in a wide open spar. But he had to do this, he had to get Sara's Qi to manifest.

[Sara Quinn]

Sara clawed and kicked at him, grunting in frustration. Her mind was completely blank except for the thought of escape. She just wanted him to put her down. What the hell was wrong with him, this wasn't like Matrim. And thankfully, he did, although not as nicely as she had hoped. He threw her off to the side. She landed on her side and rolled once, stopping on her stomach. She tried to catch her breath quickly. This wasn't good... There was something wrong here. She knew it, she just didn't know what. She lay there, trying to collect her thoughts, not moving. Her neck and head hurt. That had been brutal. She pushed herself up slightly, her eyes searching for him. "... Matrim...?"

"I'LL GET YOU FOR THIS!"

Her head swung to the side towards the sound of his voice. What...? Get her for what? She watched him run at her, unable to move, to confused and scared to make her body move and run. She had never seen him like this before, and it was frightening. He looked so... mad.

He kicked her in the side, sending her rolling again. She clutched her side, curling into the fetal position. That had hurt. Badly. Her whole torso throbbed with pain as her body worked through the initial shock of getting kicked. She groaned, tears coming to her eyes. Oh fuck... He wasn't kidding around, he was going to kill her if she didn't do something. She forced her eyes open and pushed her self up, trying to ignore the pain. It was hard, but she could do it. She needed to. Unsteadily, she gained her feet, keeping her eyes on him. This time, if he came at her, she was going to try to fight back.

[Matrim Gallagher]

She may have gained her feet, but Matrim stood completely still, he was fixated in a trance, and for some reason he just wouldn't hunt her down quite yet. He stood where he was, not moving from the spot. His grip on his fists tightened as he looked towards her.

He remembered every bad moment in his life, "You put the chip in my head Solly, you put it there and it burned, it burned my memories. For a part of my life you took her away from me.... I almost lost her.... I almost lost her memory....."

Solaris, the once human, now A.I.......

His grip tightened, "You bit him.... you made him bleed.... you took Alex away from me......" Matrim was gone. He had lost himself in his anger. His mind was unstable, something Sara didn't know about Matrim was just how mentally unstable he was. He had brought this upon himself, but he had no idea he'd get this lost in it. Especially with him not having someone around to talk to about his problems. All his stored up anger was being shown here.

Marquise.... the wannabe vampire-freak with the transformation Qi.....

Matrim was remembering all of them. And while his actions didn't make sense, one thing was for certain, Sara would definitely have some questions when this was all over.

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[Sara Quinn]

Sara watched him, her stance defensive. After a few seconds, she realized he wasn't coming after her. There was something wrong. He looked like he was... In a trance or something. She slowly straightened. He didn't seem to be moving except for his fists which were clenching. She was kind of scared of him. What the hell was wrong with him? She wondered if he was going to be ok.

Sara took a tentative step forward, a little afraid of him suddenly attacking her. She gave a nervous little laugh. "Matrim... This isn't funny... I don't know what you're trying to accomplish but... What...?" She paused, he seemed to be saying something, but she couldn't quite hear him. She took another step forward, this time curious.

He said something else, and she still couldn't quite hear him, but it didn't sound good... He sounded like he was angry or sad. He looked like he was crazy. She didn't know what to make of this, this had to be some sort of joke... A test of sorts.

She didn't know what to do, but one thing was for certain, he was scaring her. And she didn't like it. She had never known Matrim to be so... crazy. He was usually so happy go lucky and fun... He had never attacked her like that before. This had to be some sort of test. Whether it was or not, could he fault her if she chose to attack him? No. She was defending herself. She saw an opening and she took it. That was all. Nothing against him and... whatever he was doing.

She ran at him as fast as she could, closing the distance. When she was close enough, she came to a sudden stop, planting her left foot in front of her and threw a kick with her right leg at his side. Because she had no idea what he was doing and if he would attack, or how the kick would affect him if it landed, she quickly pulled her leg back and moved into a second attack. When her foot touched down, she stepped forward, drawing her right fist back and slamming it forward towards his abdomen.

[Matrim Gallagher]

When there is nothing left to burn......

Matrim's fists ignited, the fire was familiar. He had used this against Ryuu in their fight together, and Matrim was more then ready to use his Qi against her, she attacked and since he had remained motionless for the most part it was a given that the attacks connected, but he did tighten his abdomen when she punched there. With his hands on fire he sent a punch straight for her face, a right hook to be exact, which would be followed by a left hook, and to finish it all off Matrim would bring both fists together high in the air, and bring them both down hard to crash them against her shoulders. His left fist aimed for her right shoulder, and his right fist for her left shoulder.

You have to set yourself on fire......

"It's not meant to be funny," Matrim said, he had a moment of awakening with his Qi igniting, "Either give it your all or go cry in a corner. Fights get serious, and sometimes they do end in death. If you can't accept that then you don't deserve a Qi. It's not a crutch for you to lean on, it's not some super power you show around willy nilly. Qi is showing your true self, you're true colors. It's honoring an opponent, it's giving it your all," He said, "So stop trying to beat me, stop trying to make sense of my attacks, and stop hoping for a miracle. Stop trying to use Qi and use it!"

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Constitution: 40 [-2 every other post]
Charisma: 35 [-5 Cha for ignition]
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[Sara Quinn]

Sara had been so intent on her attack she hadn't noticed that he had initiated his Qi. She continued with the attack without pause. She had expected him to be pushed away with the kick, but he wasn't, he seemed to keep his balance, and when her punch connected with his abdomen, she found the muscles tightened and hard. Which meant... Shit... He was back.

Before she could back away, or run, his fist slammed into her face. She knew immediately that something was wrong, but in the speed and heat of the moment, she had missed it. And then, before she could contemplate what had happened, another punch landed. She was thrown back a couple steps for the force, her jaw stinging and throbbing from the force of his attacks.

Sara was aware of the stench of burning hair. Then she felt the warmth and tingling pain of having been burned. The pain intensified, and her hands moved towards her cheeks, completely forgetting about Matrim in her attempt to find out what had happened, and stop the pain of burning. This left her open, and his fists slammed onto her shoulders. Her legs collapsed under her, and she dropped to her knees, letting out a cry of pain as she was burned again. She could feel her clothes searing and melting on her shoulders.

Her hands finally found her cheeks. They were raw and sensitive, numb, yet painful. Very painful. He had burned her... She looked up at him, questioningly as he started to speak. She had been going to cut him off mid sentence and ask him what the hell was going on, why he had burned her, and then she saw his fists. She was shocked. Her heart was beating out of her chest. She was screwed if she didn't do something.

And the things he was saying... It was just pissing her off. She could feel the anger inside her rising. Like it was that friggin' easy to just use Qi. If it was, she would have done it already. Her fists clenched as he lectured her. She needed to get away. She was to close to him, as soon as he was done, he would hurt her with those flames. She needed to get away from him. But there was no way she could get away quickly enough... She really was screwed. And her face... She wasn't vain but... still... her face...

"Stop trying to use Qi and use it!"

She glared up at him. "I can't!" In her anger, her hands raised and slammed out at his legs to push him away. As soon as her hands connected something strange happened. Just before her hands touched him, she could see a strange greenish... wind? flowing over her arms and hands, the feeling of a little breeze all over her body, almost like the green air was everywhere. It was like everything was in slow motion as she watched the wind flow over her. It didn't scare, just confused her. She felt it at her palms, and as soon as her hands touched him it... burst outwards, at Matrim.


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STR +5, DEX + 5 (sorry, no point in putting this in my stats, itll just confuse people right now =D extra notes, just in case, 'cuz its the amazing first time using Qi post, the wind covers the body until the Qi is deactivated, same with the Stat increases as they are a result of said wind *nods*)

[Matrim Gallagher]

"I can't!" She said, and Matrim felt the energy, he felt it because it touched him. He saw it, it was Qi, and it pushed him back, he felt the wind of it. He smiled, realizing she was an elemental of sorts. It felt like a wind element, and as Matrim was sent back, his bare feet dug into the ground a bit, his toes attempting to cling to the grass but not getting to do so. He was sent back pretty decently, but it wasn't exactly what Matrim would call a very strong attack.

"Shows what you know," Matrim said, cracking his flaming knuckles, "That right there, what you just did, was a Qi. It felt like wind element, but I don't know if that was just pure Qi you sent at me, or Qi manipulating the wind element. Either way, not a bad Qi to have."

He would charge at her, "I can stop trying to kill you now, so let's lighten the mood up," Matrim said, his hands were still on fire as he charged the short distance, but as he drew his right fist back he would instead step down hard on his left foot early, shooting his right foot straight up towards her chin in an attempt to throw her off. It was pretty easy for someone to get confused and not see the attack coming, but Matrim wanted to see more of her Qi. He wanted to see what it did to her, every single aspect of it, the good and the bad.

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Constitution: 38 [-2 every other post]
Charisma: 35 [-5 Cha for ignition]
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[Sara Quinn]

Matrim was sent back, away from her when her hands connected with him. It had been like a small explosion, but it hadn't affected her, only him. The only she had noticed was a slight backlash in her hands and then he had been pushed away. She looked down at her hands, to shocked to realize that she had an opening to move, to get back from him and gain her feet. She watched the strange wind move over her arms, lightly running her hands through it. It didn't scare her, strangely. Only confused her, but at the same time, filled her with awe. She had done it. She had activated her Qi. But... What did it do?... It had pushed him away from her, but, was that it? Well in her mind, that was pretty bloody useful! See if anyone ever choked her again!

She heard him speaking, but only barely registered what he was saying, to caught up in watching the colors move over her skin. It was like a camouflage now. He wouldn't know which strike would cause him to be pushed away. This was... Amazing!

She looked up at him, a smile on her face, her excitement apparent, only to see him charging at her. Her face dropped into confusion. His hands were still on fire, and that scared her. She didn't want to be burned by him, but she didn't know what to do. She didn't know how to use her Qi to stop this, so it was back to being physical.

He drew his right fist back, and she flinched, tensing for the punch. But instead, his foot planted early. She knew what this was immediately. She had done this often enough. Sadly, she realized to late, and couldn't stop it, but she could lessen the damage and use it to her advantage. His foot connected with her chin and her head flew back with it, following the foot instead of being led by it. She used the momentum to help flip her body back, somersaulting backwards. She landed crouched, ready to attack.

There had been something strange as well when she had flipped. Like it was.... easier to move like that. Between the heat of the moment and the stinging in her chin, she barely had time to consider this, and simply pushed off her feet, to catch him before his leg completely landed. She wanted to avoid his hands at all costs, so she needed to make sure that she was in and out quickly for attacks.

She stayed hunched, at waist level, and planted her left foot. She threw a quick jab with her right hand at his abdomen. Then, with the momentum of the punch, rotated her upper body on her left foot and kicked out at his side with her right foot. If everything went to plan, she would then throw herself off to the left side before he could grab her again, landing on the grass on her side, and trying to gain her feet quickly.

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STR +5, DEX + 5

[Matrim Gallagher]

(OOC: This is gonna be a pretty lame post. I apologize ahead of time.)

Matrim smiled as his hit connected, and when she went to punch him he would bring his right leg down, aiming to bring that leg crashing down on her shoulder as she punched. Her punch itself would connect, if she managed to stay up after the attempt to bring her down with his leg he would bring it back to the ground, and when she went to kick his side she would find his left fist blocking the kick, attempting to grab onto the leg that attacked.

So, assuming the leg drop didn't bring her down and assuming that he grabbed onto that leg, and assuming (you know what they say about assuming...) that his right leg itself was back down to the ground without any trouble, he would not let go of her leg, he would then throw that right fist he had drawn back, aiming to slam it into the center of her chest. He would not let go of her leg, but he would comment, "You're quicker, your attacks are a bit stronger, but you are still kind of predictable."

He would smile and say, "Here's your chance to give up. Mind you this fight is different then other ones we've had. Qi fights can get fatal. So giving up is not always the worst thing, you came out of this fight learning a Qi ability, and you came out of it knowing mine. So, do you concede?"

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Constitution: 38 [-2 every other post]
Charisma: 35 [-5 Cha for ignition]
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