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Enemy unit scan complete. Displaying preferred information on screen.

As the enemy's information appeared before him, he was surprised.

That machine has a fairly good defensive rating... Some high-quality shields. Very agile, as well. I wish I had known that before the battle had begun...

Captain Zeiger's craft was now following the opponent's movement, pivoting in its open location. After all, it could turn at least as fast as his opponent could fly in circles around him from long distance.

ERAZR-00, Left Unit, 40% Charge.

Ready CDBML-05's. Load one of my Sideslip rounds into Left Unit.

Target is still outside firing range. Continue?

Yes.

The craft was rapidly approaching, so Captain Zeiger knew it would be within firing range shortly. The craft would raise its left weapon, determine a best estimate location for the incoming craft, and fire a single missle at its target, carefully eying his opponent's reaction on radar and viewscreen, receiving live transmission orbital video feed from his ship above.

A burst transmission would appear in Ryu's cockpit.
Nice to meet you.

Ryu would watch, assuredly with some satisfaction, as the mechanical monstrosity before him was encompassed by the doombringing green blob, yet Captain Zeiger's expression remained calm.

Weapon impact. Weapon impact. Gyro stabilization compensating. Sorcerer ESMD shifting shield position to forward hemisphere; intensity adjusting to impact area.

As the ground around the VOX rumbled and partially evaporated within the enveloping blast crater, Zeiger planned his first true offensive move, live video feed working together with targeting computer calculations and FCS to give the--
Now firing ERAZR-00.
almost pinpoint accuracy, a supermassive energy beam cutting a hole through the Energy Mortar explosion, literally shoving aside the impact force that was in its way, and screaming toward the White Comet's current location. Even a mech as fast as Ryu's would likely be hit by the attack, certainly still landing from his move to safety from the AoE. By the time Ryu's computer would display information of the incoming beam, it would already be halfway there.

Zeiger now used one of the simpler functions of his craft that most never seemed to expect. The upper torso of his craft would pivot around 180 degrees, and Ryu would again be facing the "front" of his opponent.

AV Thrusters, overboost fire. Full left. Divert all stored energy from ERAZR-00, Left Unit.

As he finished his sentence, Ryu's cannons would fire, and Zeiger's mech would jet almost instantly off to the side a good distance. He would then aim both CDBML's, letting off 4 missles that would arc out and approach the White Comet from four perpendicular angles.

This battle isn't going well.

merely passed each other for another shot at their target. Ryu had misjudged their trajectory: though they had approached him from perpendicular angles, they had not approached from the same altitude. So, having missed their target, they would have done no damage, but would arc skyward and continue their pursuit. Ryu would be hard-pressed to find cover, as 4 missles with a 150-meter high-expolsive blast radius were following him closely, and would likely blow through all (and then some) of whatever cover he landed next to. The missles were also about 60% out of fuel, and they would self-detonate the instant the remaining 40% was gone.

Target is recharging Energy Mortar; at current rate of charge, weapon will reach threshold from previous charge in 54 seconds.

Scans also indicate energy storage in each of the unit's shoulders. Energy is likely to be medium caliber energy weapons of unknown type. Energy level is stable rather than increasing or decreasing; units are likely charged and ready to fire. Caution recommended.

Let's hope this will be over before that Mortar is ready...

The VOX began to approach its opponent's projected landing site, assuming it continued its current trajectory, and its CDBML's 10-second reload time had about half-passed...

Every fight presented itself with new opportunities to learn from a worthy opponent. Yes, he had fought with Maximos many times before, but each time something new came up. This time it seemed to be the black blood the shadow sprayed onto him, twice so far; the first time was enough to give him an inkling of what this blood on his body could do.

Maximos was open for an attack and Ruuvan, his blades included, were covered in blood. Earlier on, said blood had practically exploded on him and caused a significant amount of pain. So without a moments hesitation once the blood had been spilled, Ruu let his blade fall to the ground and sprang up from his crouched position to perform a close-range tackle on Max, throwing his fists into the sides of the black mass as he landed. If some nasty s**t was going to happen with this blood, the least Ruu could do would be to make sure it wasn't all on him; a mistake maybe, but now the two were back to fists.

Ruuvan was ruthless. He spared Maximos no quarter. No rest, he spared him no expense.

That was good, honestly, Maximos would do exactly the same if given the chance.

Maximos was impacted by the elf, his body lurched forward, his back snapped as pressure fractures spread out from the impact point like veins on a lightning bolt, when he was infact impacted. But....Maximos had an advantage that Ruuvan did not have. Maximos had his sword, shoved forward as he was he reached his arms forward jabbing the sword into the ground. It was a grip, a platform.

The Shadow shot out his right foot smacking into the middle of the flat of the sword. So as not to wretch it from the ground.

Ruuvans fist flew for Maximos' sides, but his sideways strike was revealed by its reflection in the sword.

Maximos shot both hands outwards and back catching Ruuvan's by the wrist as he kicked off his blade with gritted teeth even as he pulled Ruuvan's empty hands forward, aiming to smash the back of his head, into Ruuvan's sharp, pale elven face. A rather vicious blow considering it would turn all the elfs forwad inertia back on itself, if it hit.

Ruuvan was close. So close. But in the moments that passed earlier in the fight, he had taught Maximos that there was no room for mercy. That in order for Maximos to land a hit, he had to work double time, and double the effort.

The Dark Sword, the 6ft, and 150lbs monstrosity that it was had been embedded in the ground in front of Maximos, so that the Shadow could shove off of it and back into Ruuvan.

The crack of there faces meeting was vicious. It sent spider cracks along the back of Maximos' head and yet another spurt of black and red to stain the Shadow's spikey blue hair and Ruuvans pale elven face.

But you see the sword was still a piece of vertical leverage, and Maximos intended to use it. Ruuvan's body had been arched back by the impact, and Maximos intended to abuse that fact. Being a tall man, Maximos had long legs, and Ruuvan a moment ago had intended to tackle Maximos, meaning the Shadow did not need to extend his leg fully to impact Ruuvan.

He extended it now, along with his other leg, to literally kick off the sword, this meant that while his head had impacted Ruuvan's face and forced it back, his back, and upper shoulders would grind along the face as Maximos kicked up, tucking his legs into his chest and rolling up and over the elves face, to land knelt behind him. It was one of the perks to having no internal organs and being light as can be.

Needless to say Ruuvans knees would miss.

And he was left kneeling on the ground, with Maximos on one knee directly behind him. And the 6ft long, 5inch wide Dark Sword directly in front of him.

Maximos shot both his hands out to his sides. Black ichor sparked from two elven blades, as they flipped and spun, and howled at the air before landing securely in Maximos grip. Maximos who in a blur of black kicked off the ground, for a very clean very vicious cross cut with both blades, across Ruuvan's back.

He had decided that it would be nicer than going straight for the neck and lopping the elves head clean off.

This attack said "Wake up." as opposed to "Your dead." And very soon afterward Ruuvan just might notice that the black blood smattered on his face had begun to crackle, and spark....

Rae just shrugged and buffed her nails on her pant leg. "I can not be all sugar all the time... I'm not exactly happy to be here, this is your world after all.. not mine."

"It can be if you let it..." Hono reached out to Rae.

Rae turned to slap her hand away with a frown "Not with you around it can not be... My name is Hono'o Raven... but your name is Hono'o Raven... I can live with being just Rae, but I hate it when they only see you when they look at me...."

Hono fought off the urge to snap back at Rae, she understood where the anger was coming from.. the main point was that her double needed to work through it. "You could make them see the differences...because there are differences if you choose to highlight them instead of hiding them.. I am more than willing to help on that front!"

Rae growled and scowled at Hono and wondered what she had to do to get through that stupid kind and calm veneer that her double was hiding behind. "I am who I am.. why the hell should I have to change and pretend to be someone else?"

Hono sighed and rolled her eyes, time for a subject side step. "...have you ever wondered what life would be like if you had a sister, I mean besides Nedyfay... a real sister, someone who knew your deepest secrets and your worst fears because they had been there with you all your life?!"

"Not really... I doubt it would have made any difference in our strange life, I mean the point is that you would be you and I would be me.. and at the end of the day we wouldn't see things from exactly the same perspective... and we would likely fight like a pair of cats in heat." It had apperently occurred to her as well even though she was in denial about it all.

"Ya, you are likely right about us fighting...but it doesn't stop me from wishing." Hono shrugged and blinked as she noticed something in the distance. "Looks like we might be able to watch a fight in progress this time, instead of just fighting ourselves..."

Rae turned to squint at what Hono was looking at, grinning happily as she recognised Maxi. "Is that Ruuvan, from the GSF?"

"Looks like it, I forgot to ask...are you still active with the GSF?" Hono smiled to herself as they found themselves moving closer to the fight between their friends without being any clearer to Maximos and Ruu.