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Post by dovenwolf on Apr 20, 2020 2:32:00 GMT -6
As another plate deployed behind her, Josephine would take aim at the rifle turning to face her, the large beam shot rifle in her suit's hands looking much bigger than it did with the Sazabi, thanks to the Varguil's smaller size. She pointed it at the MP Nu, the top barrel of it erupting with beam energy that would head toward her opponent in a concentrated shot, opting for the single shot instead of the spread shot provided by the lower barrel.
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Post by stinger2319 on Apr 21, 2020 13:51:40 GMT -6
The ovation was making full speed towards Demios, The now black machine hadn't seemed to taken notice of the funnels or the fact that the Refined Zorin Soul had now begun to target her for an attack. Persephone had simply done what she could to put distance between her and the mobile suit to give more time to strike demios. Even if it was likely a token effort. Either way the ovation still had quite a bit of fight left in it.
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Post by akureiryu on Apr 21, 2020 15:12:07 GMT -6
Izumi was waiting for some kind of counterattack from the Ovation after she'd fired another shot at it, sure it would be enough to distract the enemy pilot. But she was surprised as she watched the now black mobile suit moving even faster toward it and away from her. "No... I have to do something," the Martian pilot said to herself as she started pursuing her opponent as fast as she could. But the damage to her Refined Zorin Soul's leg made it very difficult to try to catch up to her at all.
Remembering the weapons she'd just launched, Izumi directed the two Zorin Funnels she'd launched to follow Persephone as well, spinning and moving to try to avoid any potential enemy fire. Once she thought they were close enough, Izumi once again tried to focus in on the Ovation. She breathed slowly, knowing she needed to hit it if she wanted to try to stop it from attacking the fortress. She finally took her shot, both Funnels firing a shot each on the Ovation. She wondered if it was possible to disable the huge mobile suit now but at least wanted to slow it down to give herself a chance to catch up.
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Post by stinger2319 on Apr 21, 2020 19:53:39 GMT -6
The ovation was grazed by the second shot from Izumi's mobile suit. Striking down the right side of its backpack and what would be the right shoulder armor knocking the black mobile suit off course when it tried to evade the funnel fire. Instead now it was struck by some of the funner fire and transformed and began to fire its Gauss enhanced shield Vulcan spewing a wall of bullets that moved as the shield swept back and forth. Its right side fired a few bursts of beam fire from the somewhat concealed hyper beam saber at the second funnel. Persephone meanwhile kept the ovations thrusters pressed to the max as she began to move out of the way of several lesser mobile suits trying to intercept her.
These mobile suits were instead rewarded with the shield Vulcan and beam fire now being directed at them. many of them are able to dodge out of the way but two Gera dogas who were not quite fast enough were crippled and ejected their life pods and flew back to their mother-ship. Persephone then began speaking aiming to get the attention of whoever was chasing her. "Whoever you are in that fancy mobile suit. I'm here to make sure zeon remembers its place. We don't want another One Year war now do we? It wouldn't be healthy for either side involved."
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Post by akureiryu on Apr 21, 2020 21:03:56 GMT -6
Izumi didn't let up at all, not planning on stopping until she was able to turn the Ovation's focus back to her. She watched her shot from the Electro-Chemical Gun graze the suit before the Funnels fired on it. And those were what finally got some kind of reaction as she watched it suddenly transforming. She quickly tried to pull the Funnels back out of the way of Persephone's attacks, but the second one wasn't able to dodge the beam fire that seemed to come from nowhere, blowing up after taking a direct hit.
Still behind the Ovation, she could only watch as it fired on other mobile suits that were moving into the Ovation's path, most of them dodging while a few were immediately crippled. Izumi's eyes suddenly got bigger when she heard the pilot she was chasing after and attacking speaking to her. She swallowed hard as she heard Persephone's voice speaking to her. She was quiet at first, waiting for her to finish as she continued chasing after her. "The last thing I want is for there to be a war, either," she admitted. "But you don't get to decide how we live our lives." Considering how meek Izumi normally was, there was a surprising amount of resolve in her voice... even if it was trembling a little. But even though she was replying directly to Persephone, it wasn't just meant for her. But with the Ovation still on the move, two more Funnels were launched from her Refined Zorin Soul, joining the one that was still operational.
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Post by stinger2319 on Apr 21, 2020 22:52:06 GMT -6
The Ovation now having taken a significant amount of damage began to have segments of armor simply crack and crumble apart it's speed still high but the Strange alien shapes eminating from the mobile suit now began to coalesce and seep into the mobile suit through it damage. This sight only visible to newtyes but to oldtypes it gave an aura of menace as the machine seemed to be as dangerous now as when it was first deployed.
Izumi could hear a laugh from persephone before she replied. The tone was one that conveyed a wicked smile and spine tingling joy. "Iv heard those words before. Are you subtly trying to imply I'm that famous Zeek? And your that saviour from axis?
You know everybody wants more war deep down. To keep the status quo going. To validate weaponizing humanity's next stage. To feel adrenaline and fear, and angst and hatred to remind them they are still alive. Even to be used!
But nobody heed to the omens of war or the cost of its fires. But I'm here to make a firebreak. Even if it means becoming a villain. But I think that was established long ago."
The ovation now seemed to be changing as persephone spoke. A set of four wing like shapes extended from the back as the damaged feet seemed to become clawed and elongated as an inky shifting insectile Visage took over the machine.
It turned as it flew still and it's eyes lit up a baleful red that cast sickly light. It's body seemed to devour the light around it making its shape stand out starkly even in the void. Some who had heard stories from old earth might even find a similarity in this sight if they could see with an entity repordly spotted around the world. Now it had appeared here above demios weaving it's wicked charms.
It then raised what was once it's railgun and fired a fully charged AP round past the Refined Zorin Soul. It flew unerringly through the battlefield. Not striking a single machine on either side. It did however pass by the bridge of the Sussex alarmingly closely as it continued on its path.
"Can't you see the Ravens and Carrion birds are circling? The flames of hell even seep through the cracks made by the use of Newtypes?
What I plan to do to demios will not even register on the scale of death and destruction caused by colony drops. If anything I will be sparing these lives from a worse fate." Persephone spoke in a reverent tone as she turned back to demios.
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Post by akureiryu on Apr 22, 2020 21:00:57 GMT -6
Izumi could see chunks of the Ovation's armor cracking and crumbling off, but it seemed like nothing was going to stop it. The only thing she could think to do was continue firing on it until it wasn't able to move anymore. But at the same time, she watched as that terrible black undulating and spreading all over the mobile suit as it continued to move. Just watching it made the purple-haired pilot shiver in her seat as she followed as quickly as she could.
But then she heard Persephone laughing at her after what she'd said. And then she heard her speaking. The tone of her voice made every single word that came out of her mouth so unsettling. And it was only worse as that black mass seemed to completely overtake the Ovation and change it into something else entirely. Something so terrible and unsettling. Izumi could feel her heart pounding and her body trembling as she sat in the cockpit of her Refined Zorin Soul, part of her wanting to stop chasing after it. Even the Zorin Funnels she'd launched weren't getting close to it as she saw those evil looking red eyes staring not at her mobile suit, but right at her.
Izumi flinched and jerked in her seat when whatever the Ovation had become fired a around from its railgun, not even realizing she'd been practically frozen in place. But the shot apparently wasn't aimed at her, blasting passed her and through the battlefield. She looked back toward Persephone as she continued listening to her, panting quietly to herself. There was a part of her that wanted to run from this... thing looming in front of her. But, at the same time, she knew she couldn't. Whatever this was, whoever Persephone was, she couldn't just run and let her keep moving toward Deimos. She swallowed hard, not backing away. "I... I don't know what you're talking about," she said as a white mass seemed to start flickering to life and growing from the back of the Refined Zorin Soul. She slowly holstered her Electro-Chemical Gun as she looked up at the Ovation. But unlike the Ovation, it wasn't completely overtaking the mobile suit. "But I... I won't... I Can't... let you do... whatever you're planning." As she spoke, that white mass continued to grow and separate behind her, taking the form of what looked like four large wings.
Izumi suddenly burst forward when she saw the Ovation turning back toward Deimos, putting as much power to her suit's thrusters as she could. The last two Funnels she had launched behind her, five of them hidden behind the large, white wings anyone around them with newtype abilities would see. The closer she got, it wasn't her piloting a mobile suit toward the Ovation; she was rushing toward it. As she approached, the Zorin Soul reached for both of its beam sabers. At the same time, the Funnels that had been trailing behind her all spread out, circling around Persephone to fire on her if she needed to. Once she reached her opponent, Izumi rolled to she side and flew passed it, igniting both sabers and yelling out as she slashed at the Ovation's railgun with both of them, trying to destroy the weapon before moving in front of her to block her way.
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Post by HeadlessSeeker on Apr 23, 2020 19:52:10 GMT -6
The beam rifle in the hand of the MP Nu went off as Ronan had finised lining up his shot. Going for the center of mass of course. It just so happened that he fired his beam rifle, at almost the same time as his opponent did. As such, he wasn't able to get a follow up shot as he had to wrench at his controls. Applying a burst from his thrusts, and some ambac maneuvering with his maneuvering thrusters the powerful beamshot scorched his cockpit. He had turned sideways in a sort of side step, but this meant the beam danced just over the surface of his hull. The paint bubbling off and the gundarium pitting. The internal temperature of his cockpit spiked as red lights blarred.
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Post by stinger2319 on Apr 23, 2020 21:16:09 GMT -6
Persephone was so focused on her objective she didnt even ralize Izumi was catching up to her. Especialy that her target was the Ovations railgun. The beam sabers slid into the mighty weapons housing anddug into its core finding that it was quite resilient. Persephone then yanked the railgun away and boosted to the side stowing the weapon as a rage came over her making the ovations eyes glow even brighter.
"That... That was the only gift my father ever left me. You have gone a step too far." PErsephones voice dripped with venom as she drew a hyper beam saber and activated the beam saber in her shield. The Crimson blades casting an eerie light over the menacing machine. It then full force boosted right at izumi firing its shield 60mm guass gun and beam fire from its still stowed hyber beam saber. The light show being given off might have been impressive any other day but now it was merely a side effect of the battle at hand. Persephone was being filled with an old tempered rage that had soked into her bones from a life she couldnt remeber. But now it was giving her a special resolve to break this opponent. To hell with the demios fortress now things were intimately personal.
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Post by akureiryu on Apr 27, 2020 21:00:45 GMT -6
Izumi was still breathing harder as she found herself now standing in Persephone's way, between her and the Fortress. She looked at the railgun she'd focused her attack on, hoping it was damaged enough now to keep her from using it anymore. And that seemed to be the case as she watched the Ovation stowing the weapon as it boosted to the side. She heard Persephone's voice and that sinister tone in it once again, but the Martian pilot wasn't going to stand down.
The purple-haired young woman could feel her heart beating as she watched the larger mobile suit drew one hyper beam saber while igniting another in the shield she was carrying. She bit her teeth together hard when she saw the Ovation suddenly roaring to life and charging at her, turning off one of her beam sabers as the Zorin Soul moved one arm in front of itself, prepared to use the shield on it for an added layer of protection. Her eyes got bigger when, instead of using its ignited beam sabers, the Ovation fired at her from its shield and from the shoulder opposite where it's hyper beam saber had been drawn from. She was rocked hard when the beam fire hit, but it was blocked from hitting her by the Minovsky Barrier the Refined Zorin Soul was equipped with, dispersing the beam even through it threw her round in her cockpit. And that only got worse when the Gauss Gun hit her shield, throwing her around the cockpit even more but otherwise protecting her.
Although she had a helmet on to protect herself, Izumi's head still smacked into several different things as she was rocked hard by the blasts, only hearing a loud ringing for a few moments as her vision blurred. But she blinked her eyes, trying to focus again on Persephone as the Martian pilot brought her still-ignited beam saber up to seemingly block any potential attacks. And she was still holding the other beam saber in her other hand if it was needed. But as the Ovation moved in closer, the five Funnels she'd launched circled around the larger mobile suit rapidly. All of them stopped at the same moment, each with a different angle on the Ovation, before all firing together.
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Post by stinger2319 on Apr 28, 2020 10:30:51 GMT -6
The Ovation was pelted with the funnel fire. It's armor already spotting repaired from the Kshatriyas assault now gave in. Damage readouts sprang to life rapidly as the remote weapons did their dirty deeds, illuminating the large gundam along with the clashing beam sabers. Persephone was even laughing now heartily as she found herself in yet another funnel swarm.
During her previous fight persephone had noticed a few INCOMS and funnels in the mix of combat. She knew these Martian Zeeks had more than a few pesky Newtypes and even today it was not too far fetched to imagine the proliferation of INCOMS thanks to modernization and electronic refinements. A token force multiplier but one that acceled in a situation as this.
"I see your holding that second beam saber back. A smart move. But I wonder what your choice will be after my next trick?! I hope your confident!"
Persephone spoke with glee as the strange substance on the ovation had started to leak onto the Zorin soul in droplets and small drizzles. Seeping between the armor and into joints leaving behind greasy evaporating stains.
As a last act the ovations head turned and began to fire it's quad vulcan guns into the Zorin souls hand still holding it's inactive beam saber. Then it's backpack flipped up and it's beam cannons fired point blank.
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Post by akureiryu on Apr 28, 2020 21:10:03 GMT -6
Despite the size difference between their mobile suits, Izumi didn't give in as her beam saber struck against Persephone's, the two struggling against each other. She'd spotted some of the damage done to the Ovation by her Funnels, but even then she knew she couldn't stay this close to her opponent. Four of the Funnels still had enough power to fire on the Ovation one more time, so they soon began to move to find new angles to attack from.
She glared up at the large, black mobile suit when she heard Persephone laughing, her heart still beating faster as she watched her. Just like Persephone said, she was ready to use her second beam saber if an opening arose or she needed more power to fend off the hyper beam saber. With how close the two of them were, she didn't seem to notice that the unnatural substance coating the Ovation was dripping onto her Refined Zorin Soul and seeping into it.
Izumi watched as the Ovation seemed to look down at her hand before its vulcan guns started firing at it, moving her arm as quickly as she could to try to block it with her shield. But the hand had already started taking damage. Before she had a chance to retaliate, however, her eyes got bigger when she saw the backpack of the Ovation flipping up. She pulled her arm up as quickly as she could to try to defend herself from the beam cannons as they fired at her from such close range. But an attack like that absolutely devastated the shield, ruining it and breaking it to pieces. Unfortunately, the arm the shield had been on before had been badly damaged as well, quite a bit of the armor on it as well as some of the inner workings of the arm turned to scrap as well as the arm was left inoperable.
Despite the damage she was taking, Izumi stayed focused on the Funnels around the Ovation, using her newtype powers to position the four of them so each of them was aimed directly at the 'elbows' and 'knees' of each of the large mobile suit's limbs to try to end this fight before it went on any longer. The moment all of them were lined up, the purple-haired pilot fired all four of the Funnels once again before she pushed back from her, yelling out as she attempted to disengage from the Ovation. Her head was still ringing as she shook her head quickly and backed away from the other mobile suit, giving it a wide berth as she began to make her way back toward the Hessen.
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Post by dovenwolf on May 3, 2020 22:50:21 GMT -6
Josephine engaged her thrusters as quickly as she could, pushing her suit over to try and avoid as much of the shot as possible, sadly unable to fully evade as the beam shot rips through the end of the large shoulder armor on the Varguil, eliminating one of her Ambac thrusters in the process, the arm itself still seeming usable though, she'd just have a harder time with her mobility. She sent her psychoplates out, 2 of them now heading out in different directions, moving in a bit of an arc as they move toward their designated targets, the weak spots in the MP Nu's armor.
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Post by HeadlessSeeker on May 7, 2020 15:49:33 GMT -6
Ronan daw the two plates get sent out but saw that his enemy was open. He had to end this quickly and in a snap judgement he raised his beam rifle ignoring the two psycho plates. He aimed squarely on them going for the center of mass. Squeezed the trigger, and fired sending out a beam shot just before the plates impacted and embedded into the mobile suit. But more then that, Ronan realized too late he had made the wrong move. The MP Nu Gundam buckles as a shower of sparks and then flames shot out before then exploding.
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Post by stinger2319 on May 11, 2020 10:34:29 GMT -6
The Ovation was now in shambles as it was wracked by shots from the Zorin Funnels. But persephone had one last trick up her sleeve. She had started to target the fleeing machine with her last salvo of micro missiles, but the power drain from her own risky manuver had taken its tole on the FCS. Instead she took evasive manuveres and broke off. Her machine was in no condition to continoue this fight. Let alone strike demios.
This caused persephone to seethe with cold fire as she was returning to the sussex. On the way she witneseed ronans duel. Watching his machine fall she felt a kind of drain on her emotion, even though she didn't know the man the symbology of his Nu type being defeated struck a chord in her soul. This also brought persephone back to normal as she screamed in primal mixed emotion and managed to spot the enemy machine.
It took every ounce of her remaining will power to keep from starting another fight. One she would likely not come back from. But she managed to force herself to return, landing on the sussex in a heap from all the damage.
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