------------------------------- UVR2- THE DESTRUCTION CONTINUES ------------------------------- SECTION ELEVEN RESULTS ------------------------------- _The Ring_ "HAHAHAHAHA! Da BONE strikes again!" Spinal laughed maniacally. He may have had to stop punning, but he still had stupid innuendoes to fall back on! Kim Kaphwan looked at him blankly. "I don't quite get it." Spinal looked at Kim curiously. "You're kidding, right?" A pause. "No, you aren't. Damn. Okay, look..." He draped one arm around Kim's shoulder's and began whispering into his ear. Meanwhile, Hanzou was trying everything in his arsenal against Ukyo Tachibana...which was to say not very much. His projectiles were being countered, his uppercut was blocked. Launching himself into the air, Hanzou started flying at Ukyo with blades extended, knowing full well that it wouldn't work but refusing to give up. The Split Swallow Slash from Ukyo *forced* him to give up. Hanzou landed on an odd-shaped asteroid. Suddenly a strange ship swooped down... "Man. Brant, you didn't tell me we had a warp to Gradius." Over in another corner, Death and Jeffry were amiably sharing a box of cookies. MMMMMMM. THESE *ARE* GOOD... said Death. HOW DO THEY GET THE LITTLE BITS OF CHOCOLATE IN? Jeffry screwed up his brow, deep in thought. Finally: "I thought they just put them in when they baked them." BUT WOULDN'T THE CHOCOLATE MELT? I MEAN, IF IT'S GOING IN AN OVEN... Jeffry said nothing. Death suddenly realized he had overtaxed the supremely limited deductive abilities of the massive fighter. NEVER MIND. (Jeffry relaxed noticeably.) COME ON. I THINK WE'RE SUPPOSED TO FIGHT. THE CROWD ISN'T BOOING, IS IT? Jeffry looked out. "I don't think they are." ALL RIGHT, THEN. With that, Death slashed at Jeffry, who staggered and fell. Jeffry rose with a low spinkick, knocking Death off its feet; then, as the elemental force anthropomorphized into human form struggled up, Jeff grabbed and heaved. Death was suddenly treated to a fine view of the dimensional field, close up. He landed in Ghosts N' Goblins. A skeletal horse wandered up to him and whinnied fire. Death was unimpressed. OH. ONE OF THOSE. I DON'T LIKE THEM MUCH. THEY HAVE THIS TENDENCY TO SET FIRE TO THEIR OWN BEDDING AND THEN STAND IN THE MIDDLE OF IT LOOKING EMBARRASSED. Meanwhile, up in the ring... "Get it? Get it?" Spinal was slightly perturbed. *Nobody* took this long to get his jokes. Even *Jeffry* had gotten them rather quickly. (For Jeffry, anyway.) However, Kim Kaphwan was a pure-souled sort: kind, gracious, and completely lacking a dirty mind. "Could you repeat that second part, please?" _Room 245, RumbleDome Hotel_ Demitri looked around. "Excellent. Everything is in place. We go, now." Morrigan was confused. "Where are we going?" Demitri smiled. "*My* room. Number 1891." "But why?" "It's less local than the rest of the hotel...specifically why I requested a room on the top floor. They couldn't get me the penthouse, more's the pity, but it will do...it should prove quite defensible." "So we're all going?" Demitri looked around. "No, not hardly. I want to leave some fighters behind as a decoy force...it should keep the do-gooders busy for the nonce. Now, who to choose...?" Demitri was interrupted by the phone. "What is that infernal thing ringing for?" He looked around. All were speechless. He shoved Wolf at it. "Don't just stand there! Answer it!" Wolf picked up the phone as if it were made of dynamite. "Hello?" A pause. "Okay." He held the phone out to Demitri. "It's for you." "*Obviously*. Who is it?" "It's Rugal. He wants to cut a deal." _Room 528, RumbleDome Hotel_ Number 27 looked inquiringly at Rugal as the master of Blacknoah clicked the cellphone off. "Well?" "Something of a deal. In return for safeguarding his headquarters, room 245, while he prepares the ritual, we get our lives and a sizable power base in Demitri's internodal empire." Number 27 blinked. "That's it? We couldn't manage anything else?" Rugal looked at him scornfully. "He holds all the cards. He has superior manpower, immense personal power, and he has Haohmaru bound like a turkey. We aren't exactly bringing much to the table." 27 grimaced. "We're in trouble." Rugal smiled. "Hardly. We can uproot him once he is triumphant." His metal hand clenched. "And then we will rule supreme, by pain and torture. Ah, 27, it *will* be grand..." Rugal strode off, smiling. Number 27 grimaced. "Grand". Hardly. It was time to leave. If there was anything left of this node after Demitri's ascension, he could come back and pick up the pieces, and negotiate a better deal than what that fool Rugal had managed. Number 27 went for his briefcase. Assuring himself that all the vials were present, he clicked it shut. Walking over to the port where Jack-2 monitored RumbleDome communications, he pressed one button. Jack-2 barely had time to blink before his electronic link was shorted, and the cyborg's safeties only just had a chance to kick in. Finally, the CEO of UltraTech slid open a panel on his left wrist. A small LED display flashed to life in front of him. Clicking a small sequence, he tapped the panel shut. One second later, Number 27 disappeared in a flash of green light rays. Rugal ran into the room. "What happened?" Jack-2 staggered to his feet. "Numbah 27, sir. He juhst disahppeahred." Rugal swore. "Coward. Well, no matter. You Instinctual Killers now work for me. Any questions?" He drew his hand across his chest. Small streaks of blood glistened in its wake. "Nope!" "No way!" "Not a rrrone." "NoNe wHaTsOeVeR." "000011110. INTERROGATIVES UNNECCESSARY. 10010011." "Hardly!" "Nuh-" "-uh!" "SCRREEEEAH!" "Was that a 'no'?" "I dunno." "Yeah, it was. I heard it say that when it wants more meat and got given a head of lettuce." Rugal nodded. "And you Rave Warriors?" Nods all around from Jack-2, Paul Phoenix, and Baek. Kuma didn't nod, but then again bears don't. Rugal nodded in satisfaction, then stopped. "I don't understand. Where is the fifth one? There *were* five of you, no?" _Sub-Basement 291-AX_ King was running at top speed. He was praying as he ran. *I helped evil to reign over good! Even if it *was* accidental! I must atone for my misdeeds...I shall find the Sakazaki person and prostrate myself before them although I won't kneel, I only kneel to God, you know, I won't prostrate, actually, but I'll bow and offer him my services as he sees fit and oh god I can't believe I did such a bad thing for just some money for the kids at the orphanage and...* _The Ring_ "GET AWAY! GETAWAYFROMME! AHHHHHHH!" Ranma Saotome was backing away frantically from Felicia. Felicia, for her part, was rather confused. "What's the matter, kiddo? I don't bite!" She added coyly, "not 'less you want me to..." (Up in the stands, an armrest was crunched in the clenching fist of Akane.) Gen-An scurried over, smiling. "Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! She bites, kid! Mmmmmm! Fssst! Fssst!" Ranma howled. "SHUT UP!" One Tenshin Amaguriken sent the little clawed hunchback over the "ropes". He landed in Freddy's Revenge. A clawed shadow fell across him. Gen-An, for some unknown reason, felt very very scared. Ranma had now broken into a flat-out run. "GETOUTTAMYWAY!" he screamed, shoving both Wolverine and Guy out of his path. He finally ran flat-into Terry Bogard. "GOTTAGETAWAYMOVEMOVEMOVE!" Terry shrugged. "Okay." With that, he grabbed Ranma by the shoulders and slammed him onto the mat just in front of the "ropes". Ranma then *bounced* over the ropes (a testimonial to the force of Terry's slam). The feliphobic warrior landed in Xevious and promptly got the living hell blasted out of him. However, being Ranma, he was only slightly bruised. Meanwhile: "You got it that time! Tell me you got it that time!" "Ummmmmmm. No, can't say as, sorry." Over in another corner, Pai Chan was having a horrible time with Ukyo Tachibana. She simply couldn't compensate for his reach. None of this stopped Lau from offering commentary. "No! No! Not like that! No, use the JUMP kick! Come on! I taught you better than that! Jump...no, not like *that*! Anyone could see he was going to slash upwards! Come on, Pai, come on...nonono! NEVER follow a duck punch with a simple standing kick, it's too slow to be effective! Didn't you ever LISTEN to me? Okay, okay, that's good, sweetie, you got him now, you're timing his slashes, that's...NO! Didn't I teach you to research your opponents? It's one of the three R's! Don't make me tell you the three R's again! What's WRONG, honey?" "SHUT UP, DADDY!" Pai spouted off. Unfortunately, she turned to say this, and was promptly slashed up the back by Ukyo, which carried her over the "ropes". Pai landed on a bed. Everything was so huge... "A hostile!" yelled a spaceman. "She appeared from nowhere! But don't worry! I'll shoot her with my laser!" A cowboy, hiding behind a pillow, popped his head up and yelled. "THAT'S NOT A LASER! THAT'S A BLINKING LIGHT!" _Sub-Basement DY1_ Ryo Sakazaki strode into the sorcerer's complex, and stopped cold. It was quite a sight. Rose stood in the centre, weaving an incomprehensible web of powerful-looking lines into odd sigils and symbols which weaved around her scarf. The lines were crackling red energy, the same energy which Kyo Kusanagi was projecting from his hands. Ryo had *never* seen Kyo expel so much of the stuff at once. He'd assumed there was a limit to what Kyo could summon. Apparently, he was wrong. (True. There was, however, a limit to what Kyo could control.) The thick blast Kyo shot at the floor was being refined by Mudman, sitting crosslegged in a mystic-looking circle: excess was being shunted towards Donovan, who was apparently absorbing it with his mystical sword Kilshred. Anakaris hovered overhead, finetuning the flow before it got to Rose, and Rasputin stood nearby with a strange mystic-looking field in front of him, staring at it intently and occasionally shouting out an order or spitting one of the sigils with a beam of light from an index finger. Nightwolf sat next to Kyo, playing a strange whitish light across Kyo's flow of the Source. Jago/Doom, previously intent on joining in the casting, hastily revised his opinion. "Dangerous." he thought to himself. "Better to let them risk their lives. Doom will not be kept from wreaking vengeance upon the thieves of souls." It was the strangest thing Ryo had ever seen. He turned to Heavy D!. "How's it going?" D! looked at him. "Don't ask me. I just work here." Donovan had apparently noticed Ryo. "Couple of minutes! No more!" He quickly returned his attention to his sword. Ryo nodded. "Great, great. Where *is* everybody? We need Charlie down here right away! It was *his* job to take on the enchantment!" "Charlie isn't here." Lei Wulong volunteered. "But that was the plan! Where..." He paused, and turned to Yoshimitsu. "I didn't tell him, did I? I forgot to tell him." "The Yoshimitsu 2000 knows that only a knowing and compassionate pause will be acceptable at this time!" Ryo rubbed his temples and turned to Donovan. "Is there time for me to go get Charlie?" Donovan shouted frantically. "NO! It's gotta be now!" Ryo looked around. "Now. Right. Okay. Um." He examined each of his compatriots. Lei Wulong. Yeah, Lei could do it! He'd be a *great* choice! Before Ryo could open his mouth, Lei shook his head. "Nah. But thanks. Really." Okay, Lei was out. Heavy D! Yeah, D! would be *perfect* for it... D! noticed Ryo examining him and stepped backwards. "Not me, man. Magic gives me a rash." Ryo turned away, dejected. Lei looked at D!, who shrugged. "I, also, must decline, for this is not my body. It would be tomfoolery for me." Jago/Doom pointed out, and thought: "And it seems rather ill-preserving to volunteer. Better to let the noble one do it." Ryo turned once more and looked at Yoshimitsu. He then turned away without saying anything. Ryo looked at the energy. "Does it *have* to be me?" D! grinned. "Hey, you're the leader-man." "I'm *not*. Don't call me that. I'm not a leader, I'm just..." "Who cares?" shouted Donovan. "Go step on that circle over there! NOW!" Ryo ran over to the circle and stepped in it. Instantly, Rose turned around to face him. Snapping her scarf up, she stiffened it with mental power. The sigils floating around her head started traveling along the length of the scarf and clustered at the end. The cluster grew bigger. Anakaris hovered down over top of Mudman's mystic circle and began reinforcing it with his own weave of light. Rasputin did the same, striding over and adding a third weave. Suddenly, Rose gestured with her free hand, and the sigils and symbols free-floating in the air were upon Ryo. They didn't hurt a bit. They just...tingled. In the space of a few seconds, Ryo was covered in sigils, from head to toe. Not a bare inch of skin or cloth could be seen. Rose, her job done, went over to the mystic circle and added a fourth weave to the pattern. Kyo's expellation of the Source had reached massive proportions, and the circle was no longer channeling, but rather storing. Nightwolf stopped reinforcing the Source flow with his own divine connection, and ran over to the circle, touching it and adding the power of divinity to the mix. Heavy D!, Jago/Doom, Lei Wulong, and Yoshimitsu all stepped back about twenty feet. Suddenly, the massive crackling noise filling the room was disrupted. "NOW!" shouted Donovan, and the circle suddenly became a cylinder, propelling massive amounts of altered Source directly at Ryo. The Kyokogenryu stylist was enveloped in the energy, and now even the sigils were obscured in the fiery blaze. Kyo continued to pour it on. Sweat poured down the faces of Rasputin, Nightwolf, and Rose (and it could be safely assumed that Mudman was sweating behind his mask). Suddenly, Kyo broke off his flow of the Source. The massive energy flow ceased, to reveal Donovan Bane holding Kyo's hands apart, keeping him from accessing the massive power at the youth's fingertips. Kyo struggled at first, clearly wanting to return to channeling, but after a few moments (during which Donovan spoke intently and quietly to Kyo) he slumped, and Donovan let go. Kyo wasn't the only one slumping. Rose, Mudman, and Anakaris were all unconscious, Rasputin was sitting against a wall breathing heavily, and Nightwolf was leaning heavily on the same wall. Suddenly, the flow dissipated around Ryo. In one instant, nothing could be seen; in the next, he stood there, in his familiar white gi. Except...he was different, somehow. As if he were...shimmering? Ryo's voice came out. It seemed slightly louder. "What happened?" "It worked." Rasputin's voice was hoarse. "You've been successfully enchanted." "Great. Okay. We'll need to get the mages guarded..." Rasputin shook his head tiredly. "No, Ryo, we *can't* do that. You're going to need all the manpower you've got for your final assault. We aren't important anymore. If Demitri wins, we're all dead anyway, right?" Ryo grimaced. "I don't wanna leave you down here alone. Can you and Nightwolf defend yourselves?" Rasputin shook his head. "Right now I couldn't light a candle. Nightwolf?" The Native American shrugged. "I'm not off so bad, 'cause I stepped into the weave last...plus, I *do* have my axe handy. I can probably put up a fair fight, but I'm real tired." Rasputin smiled. "There. He'll do. Nightwolf should be able to manage. Now *go*, Ryo. You haven't got a choice in the matter. Take everyone else with you and go." Ryo looked around in defeat. "Yeah. Okay. Kyo, Donovan? You coming?" Kyo nodded. "Couldn't stop me." D! looked confused. "You aren't tired?" Kyo shrugged. "Nope." Jago/Doom nodded in understanding. "The lad is a tap to an source of elemental power. He would not be tired, no matter how vast a power source he expends." He thought: "After this is done, I *must* learn his secrets, or take him as my prisoner until he is my willing servant. Perhaps at another one of these "tourneys"..." Donovan nodded. "Odd, that. But anyway, I'm coming too. Kilshred absorbed most of the excess energy, so I'm fine." Ryo smiled. "Okay, great. We'll stop off to pick up some more fighters in the Eliminated seating, then go beat up the bad guys..." _The Ring_ Magneto was continuing to have a field day in the ring. Magnetic Beams, Polaris Blasts, and Shockwaves were all tossed out with abandon. Magneto was getting so cocky, he didn't even pay attention to what was behind him. Lucky for Sie Kensou, who Hokyudyanned Magneto's back, making the immensely powerful mutant stagger forward. Sie dashed forward and capitalized on his luck with an Ietsikama into Magneto's head. The headstand-flip knocked Magneto silly, and over the "ropes". Magnus landed in Mega Man III, and promptly disassembled Flash Man in a fit of murderous rage before destroying the whole of Flashtown. Sie pumped his fist. "YES! YAHOOOO!" He was interrupted by Guy coming over. "SorryIcan'ttalklongbuttheyneedyouontheoutsideso..." Guy Rising Spin Kicked the young Chinese Fighting King over the "ropes". Sie Kensou landed in Open Ice. Mark Messier was at a loss. Guy, reacting to some previously unknown sixth sense, then jumped straight up; just in time for Hsien-Ko's fist to miss hitting him and slam into the "ropes", causing a mild case of electrocution. Guy landed as she collapsed, then flipped behind her. As she rose, he slammed her with a four-hit chain combo, ending in a roundhouse which slammed her over the side. She too landed in Open Ice. Mark Messier goggled. Meanwhile: "PLEASE tell me you got it that time. Please." "Look, just once more. I'm sure I'll get it in time." _Sub-Basement BR-25C_ Robert Garcia winced. Mai had run off with an unconcious Yuri (although, of course, Yuri had beaten the living crap out of her first, and Robert was fairly sure that Mai had been seriously limping on her way out) and left Andy Bogard for Robert. Andy was managing nicely, but the simple fact remained: until one of them pulled out a big blow, nobody was walking away from this fight. They were simply too evenly matched. Right now, Andy was Choretsudaning him. Robert dearly wished he could pull that trick with the log that had become famous in internodal tourney lore. Suddenly, he had an idea of his own. Collapsing to his knees, he pretended to be in pain. "Please...Andy...no more....hurts..." Andy smiled. "I know, Robert, and I *am* sorry, but believe me, it's for the better good. When we take you to meet the mistress, you'll be thanking us for it. However, until then, I can't let you leave. So, I'll just Choretsudan you one last time...maybe I'll do the flaming one. You deserve at least that much." Andy walked back. Robert continued to breathe heavily, nearly lying down. Andy turned around and saluted. "Sayonara, Robert. When you wake up, you'll be in a brand new world, and you'll love it, I promise." Andy launched himself into the Flaming Choretsudan. The flying fiery being launched towards Robert. Robert quickly rolled backwards, just out of the arc of Andy's attack, and began a familiar motion. As Andy landed, angered at Robert's deception, his eyes widened as he realized what Robert was doing. But there was no time for him to react. "HAOHSHOHKOHKEN!" The wave of energy knocked Andy back into a wall and out cold. Robert staggered over to Andy. "Better world, my ass." He started off for the Eliminated seating. He'd need help to get Yuri back. _Room 245, RumbleDome Hotel_ "So, are you going to enslave Rugal?" Morrigan inquired. Demitri shook his head. "No. Too much trouble to bother, and I must leave immediately. But I *could* use some more agents. Heihachi!" The gigantic Rave Warrior came forth. "How many more of your company are present in this hotel?" "There is the mighty Sumo Ganryu, the Devil Kazuya, the kickboxer Bruce..." "Good enough. Take Morrigan around to them and any others you can think of so she can introduce them to the proper side. Meet us in my room, 1891...and *please* don't anger me by being late..." _The Ring_ "So, that means..." "Yes!" Spinal was ecstatic. "And so, the joke is..." "YES!" Kim Kaphwan's face screwed up. "That's *disgusting*!" He slammed Spinal with a roundhouse kick, following it up with his stylized Flash Kick. Spinal went flying over the "ropes". The Instinctual Killer landed in Duck Hunt, where a small dog ran off with his leg. Kim nodded. "Serves you right for being so dirty!" He then noticed M. Bison shooting off Psycho Shots at Ken, who was responding with fireballs. The gigantic madman was screaming something about "there's only one of you this time! HAHAHAHAHAHA!" (Kim was almost completely sure about the HAHAHAHAHA part.) Noting that Bison was standing right next to the "ropes", Kim formulated a plan and jumped up. The next thing Bison knew (after seeing Ken connect with his Psycho Shot most pleasingly), his entire world was filled with feet stomping his face. "YATTAYATTAYATTAYATTAYATTA!" Kim followed his stomping atack with a quick thrust kick, sending Bison staggering backwards into the "ropes". (*Zorch*) Bison stagered forward, smoking slightly. All he saw then was Kim standing there, and then leaping in... "YATTAYATTAYATTAYATTAYATTAYATTAYATTAYATTAYATTAYATTAYATTAYATTA YATTAYATTAYATTATTAYATTAYATTAYATTAYATTA!!!" Bison, not to put it too bluntly, was in Kick Hell. The final upsweeping kick knocked him over "the ropes". He didn't appear anywhere. The DimensionCam showed blackness. "BRANT!" "He's in the Psycho Combat Stage of Mortal Kombat III...apparently Noob Saibot is kicking the crap out of him. One sec. I'll turn the volume up..." Suddenly, from the DimensionCam shot arose a great clatter of beating and screaming. Birdman relaxed. (In Room 245 of the RumbleDome Hotel, Demitri grimaced. "You're here. Good. Now hurry along. You're coming with us.") Over in another corner, Felicia was somehow managing to beat up *both* Shang Tsung and Wolverine at the same time. (Her task was made easier by the fact that Shang Tsung and Wolverine had discovered a mutual loathing for one another, and were focusing sheerly on beating the crap out of one another.) One final Rolling Flash sent the pair of them (still kicking and punching at one another) over the "ropes". They landed in Punch-Out. Glass Joe carefully avoided their brawl, muttering something about his sacroiliac joint. "You are no matchworld for the power of the Outworld, mortal!" "Outworld? That Sean Connery movie, bub? Shaddap and fight!" Ken, meanwhile, was now pounding on Jax. "Nice arms, weenie! Can't fight with 'em, though! But you can morph 'em? Does that make you popular with the ladies?" Ken grabbed the staggering (and incidentally not-answering) Jax and picked him up. "Later, loser!" (Jax, for his part, was realy out of it. He'd been distracted for *ages* by Kano's appearance at the Rumble, and had had to be escorted back to his quarters twice by Security when he went off looking for the criminal. Jax was also mentally compiling a note of apology to the bellboy with the eyepatch.) Suddenly, Ken felt something pulling at his backside, as he tossed Jax out of the ring. (Jax landed in Countdown. The killer cyborgs all gave him a wide berth.) "Hey! Take your hands off me! You know who I am? I'm Ken! THE Ken! As in Masters! As in..." Terry heaved and tossed. "Look, this *obviously* is a mistake. If you want an autograph I'll be more than happy to accomodate yooooooooooooooouuuuuuuuuu..." Ken also landed in Countdown. The killer cyborgs did *not* give him a wide berth. Terry muttered to himself. "He was a shmuck in his youth, too. Damn." ***** FINAL TALLY (53 voters): ---------------------------- TERRY BOGARD (KOF95)- 41:12 (ratio=3.41) GUY (SFA)- 43:15 (ratio=2.86) FELICIA (DS2)- 39:14 (ratio=2.78) KIM KAPHWAN (KOF95)- 37:17 (ratio=2.17) UKYO TACHIBANA (SS2)- 36:18 (ratio=2.00) JEFFRY MCWILD (VF2)- 31:23 (ratio=1.34) **************LINE OF SURVIVAL************* KEN (SFA)- 30:24 (ratio=1.25) RANMA SAOTOME (R1/2HB)- 30:24 (ratio=1.25) SIE KENSOU (KOF95)- 29:24 (ratio=1.21) WOLVERINE (XM:COTA)- 28:25 (ratio=1.12) M. BISON (SFA)- 28:25 (ratio=1.12) PAI CHAN (VF2)- 22:31 (ratio=0.71) DEATH (TK)- 22:31 (ratio=0.71) JAX (MK3)- 22:31 (ratio=0.71) GEN-AN SHIRANUI (SS2)- 22:31 (ratio=0.71) MAGNETO (XM:COTA)- 21:34 (ratio=0.61) HSIEN-KO (DS2)- 16:37 (ratio=0.42) SHANG TSUNG (MK3)- 15:38 (ratio=0.39) SPINAL (KI)- 13:40 (ratio=0.32) HANZOU (WHP)- 10:43 (ratio=0.23) BONUS MATCHUP: ROBERT GARCIA and YURI SAKAZAKI (KOF95) tie with ANDY BOGARD and MAI SHIRANUI (KOF95) by a score of 23 to 23 with 7 abstentions. (We kid you not. We were just as surprised. Wow.) ELIMINATIONS: Terry, Guy, Felicia, Kim, Ukyo: 2. Jeffry, Ken, Ranma, Sie: 1. CURRENT ELIMINATIONS LEADERS: Haohmaru 13, Guy 12, Athena 9, Rose 8, Silver Samurai 6, Mai Shiranui 6. YES, WE GET IT ALREADY: 21 votes making comments about how they were voting based on Death's name. The joke has been done. To death. (Sorry. Couldn't resist.) See you next round. Chris "Birdman" Bird Brant "Bird's birthday was Feb.9. I let him beat me at Tekken" Rogers Scott "Didn't get him anything" Johnson Austin "Didn't get him anything either, and I wallow in shame" Loomis