>>5225939As if on cue, you see mom manage to get back up, but Shao is already up close and putting more pressure on her, and even with Launch back out of combat, it’s not looking good for mom. She keeps trying to recover and restore her stamina, but this focus on it just doesn’t let her up. Even as she defends herself, Shao’s able to exploit the prior damage to just keep her off-guard. And right as Lazuli tries to help, Shao knocks your mom into the air, and then axe kicks her at the ground, just in time to block an attack from Lazuli. Yeah… mom’s down for the count now.
You and Pantea quickly think on how you might counter that. Honestly… Pantea seems the better choice. She’s got not just years of experience on you, but more actual training with conventional martial arts. It’s not that you’re BAD either, but you have shortcomings that others might be able to exploit. So, there’s the plan. You let Pantea deal with Shao, supporting her where needed. You also try to see yourself mirroring her movements when the two of you need to attack together. Not… the easiest thing, but you actually manage to do it! Yeah, this works! You can see yourselves taking Shao down, and that just leaves Launch…
Though back with the fight, you see that as Shao and Launch get ready for another combo… Lazuli holds a hand up. “All right. We’re done.” she declares, stopping the two. Lazuli goes to help Chi-chi up. “Can’t beat you both on my own. Sorry Chi-chi.”
Mom lets out a pained laugh. “H-heh… nice… nice try… huh?”
Oh. Hrmn. Guess that’s it.
“That’s an admission of defeat from Lazuli! LAUNCH AND SHAO ADVANCE TO THE NEXT ROUND!” Pilaf declares.
Dad and Maple go to help mom recover. You next see 19 and Chiaotzu talking a bit as they head towards the ring. Well, next round’s coming up…
>A. Check up on mom, see how she’s doing>B. 19! Hey! Good luck with your match… not that you’ll need it, of course>C. Wonder how Guldo and Recoome feel about this outcome, talk with them before your match>D. Something else?