Kick 'em When They're Up, Kick 'em When They're Down
Jan spins and kicks out low at his opponent's (B1) legs, hoping to take them out from under him. The drunken brawler is surprisingly agile, however, and, half stepping, half jumping, manages to avoid the leg sweep. The alpha then attempts a vicious kick of his own, but, once again, Jan notes the full body wind-up and easily sidesteps it. The miss throws the attacker off balance and Jan takes the opening to punch him in the head. But, the punch misses, leaving both men breathing hard but essentially right back where they started, facing off, unbruised, and hoping to draw first blood (that's four rolled misses in a row, including back-to-back 20s!).
Craig misses with his follow up right hook, allowing his opponent (B3) a chance for revenge- a chance that he takes, socking Craig in the mouth, momentarily filling it with the warm, coppery taste of blood. (Craig suffers superficial facial damage: slight wound to head).)
Still reeling from the hard punch he'd just caught with his forearm, Tucker doesn't see the next punch coming. His opponent's (B6) follow up strike lands against the American's ribs like a brickbat, sending brief but intense shockwaves of agony through his torso and knocking the wind out of him. Overwhelmed by pain, Tucker's legs give out and he falls to the cobbles, completely vulnerable to follow-up attacks. (Tucker suffers temporary damage to left ribcage.)
Ana body checks the man who'd just punched her (B2), knocking him down, on her way to help Tucker. Tucker's already on the ground. His attacker (B6), driven by blood lust, is leaning over Tuck's crumpled form, starting to rain down punches on his downed opponent. From behind, Ana strikes at the man's cocked arm, trying to hit a tendon or nerve, but instead misses altogether. Fortunately for her, but not so fortunately for Tucker, the man is fixated on pummeling the target on the ground, so much so that he doesn't Ana's attack (or her proximity at all, it seems).
Lizzie moves with Ana to cover her flank. Another Russian (B5), who's hung back out of the fight until now, is stepping into the fray, moving purposefully towards Ana, who's back is currently to him. Easy prey, he must be thinking. Lizzie kicks at his lower body as soon as he passes into range, striking him hard behind the knee, and forcing him to fall to his hands and knees just behind Ana. As soon as he hits the cobbles, he's working to get back to his feet.
Anders has even more luck with his kick. It lands squarely against the man's (B4) patella, hyperextending it. Anders can feel it give. Hopped up on adrenaline (and, quite likely, bathtub vodka), the Russian doesn't seem to feel it- that is, until he takes another step, shifting his weight to that leg. His damaged knee buckles and he falls to the ground with a brief but surprisingly shill scream.
Konrad forgoes striking in attempt to take his opponent (B7) to the ground. Before the man can turn around, Konrad wraps both arms around him, pinning the man's arms to his body, and drives forward with his legs. Without being able to use his arms for balance, the Russian can't keep himself standing, and he falls to the cold, hard ground with the German on top of him.
The melee is too dynamic, moving too quickly, for Jelena to target any of her fellow Red Army soldiers without endangering their opponents. Perhaps there will be an opening, but everything is moving so quickly, and one of the pseudo-civilians has asked her not to fire.
Mariusz, well aware of his lack of street fighting prowess, hangs back on the edge of the brawl.
On the far side of the furball, nearest the docks, the eighth Russian, the youngest and smallest of the bunch, stands guard by his squadmates' rifles, cheering his comrades on.
Tactical Summary
B1: Currently engaged with Jan; unscathed
B2: Unengaged; temporarily down (wind knocked out of him)
B3: Engaged with Craig; minor damage to head
B4: Engaged with Anders; disabled (hyperextended left knee w/ probable ligament/tendon damage)
B5: Near Ana & Lizzie; temporarily down due to leg strike
B6: Engaged with Tucker, beating him up on the ground
B7: Engaged with Konrad; currently grappled in the bottom position
B8: Unengaged; guarding his comrades' rifles
Having arranged a meeting between the "merchants" and his commanding general, Major Lagunov takes his leave of the tug, bodyguards in tow. While he was on the bridge, a second UAZ arrived quayside, this one packed with six fully kitted-out Red Army soldiers. They currently form a loose cordon on the tug's landward side, for the most part facing the city. It appears that they are present to guard the tug from the rest of the 43rd Cavalry Division, not the other way around.
Before leaving, Major Lagunov informs Griet that he will send a vehicle to chauffer the tug's representatives* to the lunch meeting at 1200 hours.
*By now, it is clear that the leadership of the 43rd CD doesn't really care that there are Americans and other ex-NATO military types on board. The rank-and-file, on the other hand...
OOC: Anyway, it's set up so that whoever wants to go can go, and whoever wants to stay (or isn't posting) can stay.
Your Move.
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This message was last edited by the GM at 15:55, Sat 27 June 2015.