Poison’s story summary:
Summary
The story begins with Poison’s return to Metro City. The first thing she does is stop by the Bay Side to visit Roxy and Abigail. After exchanging pleasantries with them, Poison decides to test Abigail. His strength was impressive enough for Poison to consider taking him on tour, and she was sure he wouldn’t run off in a cowardly fashion like Hugo. Roxy isn’t so sure about the offer because Abigail has been putting most of his focus into managing the shop.
Poison isn’t really convinced that Abby has the intelligence to manage anything, much to Abby’s dismay. Roxy doesn’t agree and instructs Abby to show Poison his customer friendly smile. Eventually Poison realized that she was being selfish about the whole thing. She gives Abby an apology before saying her goodbyes and leaving.
Still eager to find talent for her organization, Poison decided to visit City Council to test Mayor Cody. Once the scuffle ends, Poison is still in shock that someone with Cody’s background would ever consider being a Mayor. Cody admits that it’s something that merely happened, but the idea of being turned into a star was intriguing in itself.
He asked if Poison could make him another offer when his term as Mayor ends in a few yrs…before being interrupted by Lucia. The Metro City Police received a report of the Mayor being attacked by a thug, which is chalked up to be nothing more than a “conversation” reminiscent of the good old days. Cody then left Lucia to deal with Poison.
Lucia recognized Poison from her pro-wrestling tour with Hugo. She could tell that there was a dispute between the two before warning Poison to not cause any trouble. In that moment, Poison came to the realization that, no matter what walks of life people come from, there are things that are simply out of their control.
Some people are destined to live life a certain way. Hugo is all raw power and nothing more, so he’d only excel at fighting. A thought that had Lucia immediately think of Cody. Despite how Poison spoke of Hugo, she doesn’t have any negative feelings towards those who aren’t particularly skillful or intelligent. Realizing that she’s rambled on too much, Poison leaves the area.
Later that day, she’s approached by a gigantic fellow. Hugo. Poison isn’t too happy that the blockhead is crawling back to her after abandoning her. On the flipside, his return means he’s at least braver than those who choose to avoid a difficult issue permanently. Poison gives Hugo a second chance before proclaiming that she will not go easy on him.
Lucia’s story summary:
Summary
The story begins with Lucia receiving a phone call in the office. There’s a visitor there for her. Annoyed that she won’t be able to enjoy her noodles, the thought is immediately forgotten when she’s greeted by the EX-Mayor, Haggar. He’s there to talk about the Mad Gear. He believes they’re working with the opponents on city council to bring the Mayor down. Haggar isn’t entirely sure if this rumor is legit or not, but he’d rather be safe than sorry. Lucia goes to snoop around Abigail’s shop to find any suspicious activity. Nothing stood out, so she decided to confront him directly.
Abigail can’t understand why the people in the city are so crazy, or why everyone wants to harm him even though he’s doing no wrong. His place is legit and it isn’t very welcoming to cops. Roxy gives this idea pushback because Lucia’s presence alone could encourage more customers to come to the shop. Lucia plays along with Roxy’s suggestion, which confuses Abby even more since he doesn’t believe the shop is unsafe enough to repel people. Both Lucia and Roxy believe it could be Abby’s face that’s scaring the customers off. Abby’s reaction is enough to get a laugh out of the two women before Lucia takes off.
Abigail’s business doesn’t appear to be problematic, so he’s cleared. With no other tips, Lucia thought it would be good to warn Cody about the rumors. As she comes across him, Zeku quickly vanishes, and the two acknowledge one another. Lucia insists that she’s there to talk to him as a friend rather than the Mayor before the two have a little sparring match.
Cody compliments Lucia on not losing any of her moves. The little exchange was enough to remind him of their days taking on the Mad Gear. Lucia is just happy that becoming the Mayor hasn’t softened Cody up, as the slightest drop of his guard could make things go crazy pretty fast. Cody knows the inference is about his city council opposition, though Lucia isn’t too keen on his discrete meetings with strange people at night. He heeds her suggestion and thanks her as the two leave.
Returning to the office after a long day, Lucia freaks out seeing her spoiled instant noodles. The only time she’ll help someone going forward is if they bring her noodles beforehand.
Honda’s story summary:
Summary
The story begins with an excited Laura getting a good look at the Japanese Sento inside of Honda’s bathhouse. Diving in was a foregone conclusion before Honda quickly stopped her. Before getting in the tub, she had to put her hair up. It’s simply good manners to do so.
An excited Rashid was prepared to dry his body off with his infamous gale once he was finished bathing. Honda, however, was not open to this. Drying your body off well is important, but not to a point where one could summon a tornado in the changing room. That was off-limits.
Ryu decides to meditate inside of the shower, drawing Honda’s attention with the quickness. It’s meant for relaxing, not training. Ryu is next shown relaxing in the bathtub instead. Menat, Laura, Juri, Ibuki, and Mika are then shown having fun drying themselves off after taking a dip in the Sento.
Honda succeeded in Re-Opening his Sento. With the popularity of his Sento combined with his sumo abilities, Honda was confident it’d become a worldwide phenomenon.
Honda’s Alpha, SF2, SF4, and SFV endings:
Shadaloo data for Poison, Lucia, Honda:
That should be everything.
