Match of the Millennium

Description: Deep in the control room, Biyu is busy cataloguing and discovering for the Sacred Order, though what she is seeing is beyond her field. With Sophia helping, however, it shouldn't take as long. Unfortunately, someone other than the NOL wants to stop the Sacred Order... and they send one of their largest warriors to do just that.

[BIYU]
This...

... this is not exactly what Biyu was expecting. She expected something, sure. After all, she -specializes- in the ancient and arcane. It is, literally, what she went to school for. But this is a bit beyond her expectations. She is not... magically active, as such, but she can tell there's some major power flowing in here.

Or maybe the words should be 'intended' to be flowing. Red is kind of a universal sign, after all.

In the olden days she would've had a notebook--in this day and age she has a tablet and a stylus and she is jotting notes with rapid pace, eyes flitting between symbols and tablet. She's fully sunk in; it's almost as if to her Sophia isn't here, although she does look up and back and forth to make sure everything is okay everywhere.

"... it's like Linear B, but..." she murmurs to herself, "... that makes it more troublesome, because..."

The muttering continues.

Of course Sophia's not quite sure what Biyu is referring to but she can sense that there's a large amount of energy present as well. Still she wonders if this amount of power will attract any supernatural beings besides herself. She doesn't fully understand the write but it's clear that something's been damaged here. That still leaves the question of what caused it as she takes her own notes. Her own tablet's a bit beat up from her fight with Kelly but it's not like she has the money to get a new one right now.

What qualfies as the control room of this vast and outrageiously out of place complex isn't that far away. In fact the entrance could be gleaned as being just up ahead with the way the statues are positioned and the widening of the hallways into a large atrium that serves as an open area before one truly encounters the heart of this place. As the rooms open up, multiple levels can be perceived that wrap around the open atrium like areas. Balconies with various outcroppings giving a birds eye view of what happens on the main platforms and hallways below. On one of these ascended levels, a mysterious and massive figure waits, shrouded in shadow save for the soft glow of his eyes and chi-tek baked into the complex systems of his military suit/ compression armor.

"Targets have been sighted." he rumbles after lifting a gigantic wrist up to begin speaking into the communicator present. "They aren't far from the control room. They haven't entered yet but I feel more comfortable engaging now. I will alert you when I have them detained. Prepare two holding cells.. Potemkin out.."

With that, the colossus emerges partially from the shadows of his hiding spot and leans over edge to peer down several floors at the two Sacred Order infilitrators as they draw closer to just beneath his position...

Biyu might be buried in her work, but long-trained senses don't get subsumed _that_ easily, and there's a pricking at her consciousness. Suddenly she stops, puts the tablet away, raises a hand to get Sophia's attention. She isn't sure why, really, consciously, until the words cross her lips, in a hushed tone.

"We're not alone here," she says, quietly, and the quiet urgency in her tone wakes her 'companion', the floating arm that she's been bound to; it comes to a ready stance of sorts, getting closer to her, starting to mirror her left arm.

And she places a hand on the grip of her saber, though she doesn't draw it just yet...

Sophia notices the rather large man and her eyes light up a bit, "An actual giant..." Further evidence of the supernatural, but he didn't look friendly and she's pretty sure she would have trouble with grappling him. Her own tablet is placed back in its case, she's pretty sure it wouldn't be able to withstand that kind of pressure. Of course she's curious about Biyu's arm as well but questions would have to wait for another time. Maybe they should get out of here while they still can.

"Hmm..it appears I've already been seen." Potemkin's deep rumble of a voice is un perturbed by this fact. He's not built for stealth, obviously and he was about to reveal himself. This just loses some of the dramatic entrance element of surprising them.

That being said, he takes a few steps forward and then leaps from his perch, plummeting a good two dozen or so yards down towards the atrium floor with all the grace of a plummeting asteroid.

His impact is thunderous, sending an echoing boom that resonates throughout the complex and that shakes the sturdy place to its core, flickering the lights and causing some currents of energy to ripple visibly along the containment units and churning gears.

"While I am a giant.." he rumbles while slowly straightening to his full height, "..I am probably not one in the sense that you are thinking. I am no supernatural being but I am a soldier who has been sent to prevent you from going any further. IF you surender now, you will not be harmed and you will come with me to speak with my superiors. If you attempt to move ahead without my say so..well..you will be still coming with me but likely not in any condition you will be pleased about."

Fully straightened up now, his muscles seem to suddenly engorge, ballooning in size and pressing visibly against his combat uniform like mountain ranges sculpted from adamant. His armored gauntlets hiss, distributing a gout of steam and his eyes brighten visibly within the darkness of his knightly helm. The very force of his muscle flex crafts a rumbling sound like an earthquake and shakes the room.

"I urge you to comply."

Potemkin well outweighs the two Sacred Order women. And yet... Biyu learned very early on not to show fear. To portray confidence, to be calm. She steadies herself from the tremendous impact of Potemkin dropping to the floor, and she looks at Sophia, a little, quick side-glance.

"Sorry," she says, "You're with the NOL? I can't comply. I have no desire to be in their clutches, and..." She looks around briefly. and quirks a little smile.

"We're too close. I don't know what possessed Dizzy to go to you guys, and I'm worried about her, but I can't turn myself--or my friend--over to the NOL." Then she draws her saber; it slides free of its scabbard with nary a scrape, and flares to life, circuit-like patterns flickering in a blue-green color along the length of the blade, an answering energy pattern bouncing from fingers to shoulders and back along the length of the golem arm, where it isn't armored.

[SOPHIA]
Sophia on the other hand looks rather uneasy about fighting Potemkin, still she can't just abandon Biyu here. She just hopes she doesn't lose control again, fighting one opponent is bad enough but she doesn't want to have to deal with both of them. That and getting captured doesn't appeal to her either. Who knows what they'll do to her. "Maybe we shouldn't fight him?" After all it could just end up making things worst.

[POTEMKIN]
"NOL?"

Well, truth be told if they do have any intel on Potemkin, it would show he's been around NOL HQ before and in the presence of some of their officers but he's not dressed as one. His uniform speaks to the bearing of a militarized russian overcoat of some sort and subtle hints of his true allegiance are planted here and there. Either way he seems disinclined to completely correct Biyu.

"You will not be taken to the NOL but you cannot remain here." he rumbles. He then begins taking steps forward, his armored boots pounding against the ground with the force of minature seismic events as he begins to draw nearer to the ladies.

"Listen to your companion." he advises, "I don't want to hurt either of you but I will not hesitate to do my duty."

[BIYU]
"No. I'm sorry, but I'm done rolling over for the NOL. Or whoever you're with. You think you can come in here and bulk up and bully us? You know, you can say that all you want, but you came in here to threaten us. I won't stand for it." Biyu looks over at Sophia.

"If you don't want to fight him, then go. I'll fight him. I'll probably lose. He might even kill me. But I won't just be a passive thing to be pushed around because this guy came in here and looked menacingly at me." Her back is up, now, and she knows it.

"Seems like everyone wants to scare us away from the secrets of Illyria. Well.. that just makes me all the more interested in finding out. So you can stop with your trying to be the nice cop."

[SOPHIA]
Sophia sighs as Biyu refuses to back down. She is a bit curious about what Potemkin is capable of it but she didn't want to experience it first hand. She wonders how she keeps getting dragged into these messes. Sometime she wishes she was still a normal human and still back in college. "I'm not much of a fighter, I dom't know how much help I'll be here." She warns Biyu that they're likely in over their heads. Still she can't just leave the other woman to be killed.

COMBATSYS: Potemkin has started a fight here.

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Potemkin         0/-------/-------|

COMBATSYS: Biyu has joined the fight here on the right meter side.

[\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  //////////////////////////////]
Potemkin         0/-------/-------|=------\-------\0             Biyu

COMBATSYS: Sophia has joined the fight here on the right meter side.

[\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  //////////////////////////////]
Potemkin         0/-------/-------|=------\-------\0             Biyu
                                  >  //////////////////////////////]
                                  |-------\-------\0           Sophia

Of course Sophia is heistant to get into close to Potemkin, after all let him punch or grapple her didn't sound like a good idea. "Sorry, about this." She's not sure how much apologizing would help at this point but she had been trying to avoid fighting him. She opens her mouth before spitting acid at the giant to try and wear him down a bit from afar.

[BIYU]
Biyu will apologize to Sophia later. But this... this is too important to simply give up without a fight. And the Sacred Order isn't exactly an army. If they just go with Potemkin to whoever he's working for, it puts that much more stress on the rest of the Sacred Order. They have to drive this hulking man off if they can. Things are afoot, and the Sacred Order is scattered--and they can only rely on themselves. That there are many forces aligned against them, not just the NOL, makes that all the more necessary.

After Sophia spits, the archaelogist comes in--with her saber drawn, she lunges forward and then spins, going into a twirl, her blade cutting arcs of light as she moves, drawing a slash through the space between Potemkin and herself as she lashes out with her weapon in a diagonal cut.

COMBATSYS: Potemkin blocks Sophia's Acid Paper.

[ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  //////////////////////////////]
Potemkin         0/-------/-------|=------\-------\0             Biyu
                                  >  //////////////////////////////]
                                  |-------\-------\0           Sophia

COMBATSYS: Potemkin blocks Biyu's Quick Strike.

[  \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  //////////////////////////////]
Potemkin         0/-------/-------|=------\-------\0             Biyu
                                  >  //////////////////////////////]
                                  |-------\-------\0           Sophia

[POTEMKIN]
These two are not the only ones fueled by pure determination. Indeed, Potemkin has much riding on being victorious here. His recent official efforts have been met with defeat and the need for a personal victory as well as a mission based one weigh heavily on him. He can hardly be considered the vanguard of Zepp's forces if he cannot come through on the simple missions assigned him.

"Engaging the enemy!" he rumbles into the communication device implanted onto his gauntlets. A muffled <Understood!> resounds from the device from someone else, indicating that Potemkin is being supported by others.. but there's no time to talk or consider that as he's on the move. His massive arms raise up, crossing before him as he presses in onto the two women. The acid splash drenches across his forearms and sizzles into the metal of the gauntlets and the taught uniform and muscles beneath. He then reacts fast enough to bring his arms up, unfolding them and angling the metal to catch Biyu's saber attack with a ringing of metal and a shower of sparks. His eyes dance between the two combatants before deciding in the space of an instant to target Biyu. His immense hand turns and then reaches for her, attempting to grasp the woman before she comes out of her spin and send her slamming to the ground with a crushing throw.

[SOPHIA]
Just as Sophia thought, getting in close wasn't a good idea. Still she needs to get him to break his hold on Biyu before he can hurt her anymore. She extends her tail and tries to grapple with one of his arms to keep Poktemin distracted while she breaks free from his grasp.

COMBATSYS: Potemkin successfully hits Biyu with Hammer Smash.
- Power hit! -

[  \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  /////////////////////////     ]
Potemkin         0/-------/-----==|=====--\-------\0             Biyu
                                  >  //////////////////////////////]
                                  |-------\-------\0           Sophia

[BIYU]
"GUH!" That is the sound of Biyu's breath being forced out of her lungs by being picked up and thrown down. Not a pleasant experience. But not an experience that's going to finish her, either. She rolls, getting as much out of Potemkin's long arm range as she can before popping back up. Sophia is... doing something admirable, in Biyu's estimation; she can almost feel how much she doesn't want to be close to him.

And Biyu's expression changes. She gets serious about this fight. Fortunately, Potemkin is a big target; she spins in place, much like she did a moment ago, and lashes out with a arc of that blue-green energy, aimed to take Potemkin in the upper body. No histronic shouts of named techniques--this isn't that kind of fight. However Biyu does keep moving, staying light on her feet--and that golem arm is hovering, waiting...

COMBATSYS: Sophia successfully hits Potemkin with Medium Throw.

[    \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  ////////////////////////      ]
Potemkin         0/-------/----===|=====--\-------\0             Biyu
                                  >  //////////////////////////////]
                                  |-------\-------\0           Sophia

COMBATSYS: Potemkin blocks Biyu's Ringing the Gong.

[     \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  ////////////////////////      ]
Potemkin         0/-------/---====|=====--\-------\0             Biyu
                                  >  //////////////////////////////]
                                  |-------\-------\0           Sophia

[POTEMKIN]
Potemkin is not unimpressed but not unsurprised either.

"The Sacred Order's reputation is well deserved. You would have less bullseyes on you if you made wiser choices and did not simply act with your hearts on your sleeves." he comments.

Sophia's tail wraps about a forearm seemingly as thick as a suspension bridge cable. Potemkin is practically immovable however, biceps bulging to the size of a buick as he flexes and pulls in on her, seeking to yank her back in his direction .. but he is sufficiently distracted for a moment.

Again Biyu lances in and Potemkin pivots, bringing his monstrous body around and flexing harder then super alloys, sparks flying as the blade glances off of him again.

"This is pointless!" he declares with confidence, "Surrender!"

His massive arm swings back around, one finger pulled back as he braces and takes aim at Sophia. An instant later a massive finger flick whips up, creating a sonic book like blast of air pressure that ripples out away from him like a bullet and hurtles at the woman in an attempt to knock her away and loosen the grip of her tail.

COMBATSYS: Sophia auto-guards Potemkin's F.D.B..

[      \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  ////////////////////////      ]
Potemkin         0/-------/----===|=====--\-------\0             Biyu
                                  >  //////////////////////////////]
                                  |-------\-------\0           Sophia

[SOPHIA]
Sophia is heavier than she looks and knocking her way isn't as easy as it looks. She swings to the other side as continues to grapple onto Potemkin's arms and squeezes tighter. If he can't use his full strength then Biyu should have an easier time fighting as well. Still this was taking a great deal of effort on her end.

[BIYU]
Double-teaming this guy is the only way this is going to work out. Biyu and Sophia will have to learn to function as a team, and they'll have to do it on the fly. On Biyu's end, that means learning to time and target her attacks to avoid hitting Sophia, and reading the intent behind her actions to beter coordinate.

For right now, however, it means this--shifting her saber to a reverse grip in her right hand, and, from the distance she's at, throwing what looks to be a left straight. Now, that would obviously not be close enough to hit--not from Biyu's distance from Potemkin. However...

The distance -does- allow for her golem arm to strike, mirroring her movements--a thick, armored fist being sent straight for Potemkin's meaty chest. It's probably where he can absorb the most damage--but it's also the biggest, and easiest, target.

COMBATSYS: Potemkin endures Sophia's Epic Tail.

[         \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  ////////////////////////      ]
Potemkin         0/-------/--=====|=====--\-------\0             Biyu
                                  >  //////////////////////////////]
                                  |=------\-------\0           Sophia

COMBATSYS: Biyu successfully hits Potemkin with Power Strike.

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Potemkin         0/-------/-======|======-\-------\0             Biyu
                                  >  //////////////////////////////]
                                  |=------\-------\0           Sophia

[POTEMKIN]
A habitual habit in underestimating opponents has plagued Potemkin of late. A tendency to hold back and then suffer the consequences of not perceiving more rapidly the potential of his opponents in regards to their ability to damage him. That coupled with the location of this little skirmish has led to him holding back a touch. Location is an important factor here though. So little is known of this vast complex and with the control center literally just on the opposite side of the goliath, a misfire, wrong move or damage to the facilities could have..unfortunante results.
But when Sophia slams him down yet again, after so easily resisting his last assault and Biyu comes in for yet another strike against his massive physique as he pushes back up again..the proverbial gloves must come off if his mission is to have a chance for success. The tenacit and skill of these Sacred Order soldiers is proving to be problematic.

"Howargh!!!" bellows his bass voice, vibrating through the massive halls as he rears his towering body backwards and then suddenly slams it forward, wholesale, towards the ground with the force of a falling mountain. His impact triggers an earthquake and a rolling shockwave that ripples out away from him to seek to embrace both attacking women in its rolling thunder. The entire complex rocks and the lights flash, tendrils of chi energy crackling their way up the conduits and gears briefly. So much for that previous care.

COMBATSYS: Sophia endures Potemkin's Slide Head.

[            \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  ////////////////////////      ]
Potemkin         0/-------/=======|======-\-------\0             Biyu
                                  >  /////////////////////////     ]
                                  |=====--\-------\0           Sophia

[SOPHIA]
Of course not even Sophia can avoid that and the shockwave sends her onto the ground. It takes her moment to recover from the impact, and Potemkin didn't even hit her directly. It also confirms it would be best to keep her distance between them as she pulls herself back up. Green energy begins to discharge from her hands in the shape of a snake before shooting towards him as she tries to make him sluggish.

COMBATSYS: Biyu endures Potemkin's Slide Head.

[            \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  ////////////////////          ]
Potemkin         1/------=/=======|=======\=------\1             Biyu
                                  >  /////////////////////////     ]
                                  |=====--\-------\0           Sophia

[BIYU]
Because of course he can cause seismic waves by slamming his body into the ground. That's more than just being big, though. Even for a being of Potemkin's size... to be able to do that is unusual. Fortunately...

Fortunately Biyu's a little unusual herself. She assumes a sort of tackler's position, and as she does, her golem arm folds in in front of her, almost like a shield, bent at the elbow as she charges forward. The impact slams into the arm--and slams the arm into her, and both that and the feedback from the impact hurt--but it lets her keep going, not having to brace herself or get knocked back by that shockwave. And... two can play at that game. Sort of.

She plows through that wave, then skids to a halt, raises her left arm, hand clenched into a fist, then slams it down, almost as if she were banging ona table during a particularly heated debate.

The arm, of course, follows that movement--only it's aimed to slam down onto Potemkin, not a table.

COMBATSYS: Sophia successfully hits Potemkin with Bedtime Story.

[               \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  ////////////////////          ]
Potemkin         1/----===/=======|=======\=------\1             Biyu
                                  >  /////////////////////////     ]
                                  |=======\-------\0           Sophia

COMBATSYS: Potemkin blocks Biyu's Fierce Strike.

[                \\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  ////////////////////          ]
Potemkin         1/----===/=======|=======\==-----\1             Biyu
                                  >  /////////////////////////     ]
                                  |=======\-------\0           Sophia

[POTEMKIN]
Strength. Physical strength that is only capable of being understood by a handful of individuals in the world. It belies his tremendous size but is indeed drawn from it. Either way, said strength seems to be amping up even more as Potemkin braces himself and turns his attention back to Sophia just as the energy blast rips into him and blasts into his combat suit. Portions of it and shorn away, revealing the brown vastly muscled flesh beneath. He's no robot it seems. But he also hardly slows down as instead his attention is pulled back to Biyu as she rushes him. The two work well together it seems. one is the tnak. One is the mage..and appaently the damage dealer at that. Right then and there he decides that Sophia is the one he wants.

"You are doing well. Switching to full combat form." he rumbles as his muscles bulk up even larger, splitting the seams ofhis uniform and straining his armor wildly from the freakish display of physical brute size.

And then he dashes. A blurring of movement that sends him rushing past Biyu and lunging in at Soophia with both of his huge arms drawn back. Sparks skid along the ground from his booted feet as he plants himself and bears down on her like a falling building just before thrusting both of his colossal arms forward infront of him, his massive fists enclosing in to try and either smash Sophia between them or impact against her with the force of his body should she manage to duck away in time.

COMBATSYS: Sophia auto-guards Potemkin's Hammer Fall.

[                 \\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  ////////////////////          ]
Potemkin         1/----===/=======|=======\==-----\1             Biyu
                                  >  /////////////////////////     ]
                                  |=======\-------\0           Sophia

[SOPHIA]
Sophia screams and her tail goes up to protect from being smashed by Potemkin. She's completely shocked as manages to prop him up enough to avoid being crushed. Still she knows that she knows she can't support his weight for long and does her best to push him off of her. Adrenaline rushes through her body as she tries to avoid losing her cool.

[BIYU]
It's fortunate for Biyu that Sophia is here. Really fortunate--not only does Potemkin have to divide his attention, meaning he isn't focusing on just one of them, but she's also been remarkably successful at hindering and avoiding the big man.

Staying close to keep engaged with Potemkin, she switches her stance; instead of leading with her left, she leads with her right--coincidentally, where that glowing saber happens to be. She runs it through a quick flourish, sweeping it in an arc around her, then darts forward, attempting to take advantage of Sophia's attempt to push him away--that sword crackles through a pair of swift, slashing uppercuts, cutting blue-green crescents like the moon just as she closes with the big man.

That discharge is bleeding out through those patterns, lending an unearthly glow to her complexion, but that fades as she completes the technique.

COMBATSYS: Potemkin blocks Sophia's Strong Throw.

[                  \\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  ///////////////////           ]
Potemkin         1/----===/=======|=======\-------\1             Biyu
                                  >  //////////////////////////    ]
                                  |=======\-------\0           Sophia

COMBATSYS: Biyu successfully hits Potemkin with Dividing the Wind.

[                  \\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  ///////////////////           ]
Potemkin         1/----===/=======|=======\=------\1             Biyu
                                  >  //////////////////////////    ]
                                  |=======\-------\0           Sophia

[POTEMKIN]
It would seem that his ire has been earned.

"I've underestimated you both. But no more." rumbles Potemkin with the fairest hint of anger growling in his voice as he braces his body against Sophia's efforts and then eldritch technique from Sophia slashes into him, enveloping his form cutting flashes of light that rip through the air and sing with the energy of her blades..

To leave the colossus looking effectively unharmed. His muscled engorged and enlarged and bulked to hardness akin to the strongest of super alloy. Both efforts to crush him and cut him falling and failling against his flesh though his uniform is shredded and a sudden burst of chi like energy blasts forth as his compression technology is damaged and his strength begins to surge towards levels he finds difficult to control.

"For your own sake..I must end this quickly.."

With that he suddenly yanks on Sophia's tail, intending on pulling her entire body towards him and then grasping for her with arms capable of enveloping a semi truck cab.

"HEAVENLY. POTEMKIN. BUSTER!!"

If he grabs her her she finds herself hurtling into the air with the goliath, astride his back as he flips higher and then drops back down some distance away from Biyu with explosive chi energy in his hands and his muscles stretching her meccilessly into a backbreaker. The chamber shakes and roars vioently from the impact.

COMBATSYS: Sophia endures Potemkin's Heavenly Potemkin Buster!

[                   \\\\\\\\\\\  < >  ///////////////////           ]
Potemkin         0/-------/-----==|=======\=------\1             Biyu
                                  >  ///////////////////           ]
                                  |=======\====---\1           Sophia

[SOPHIA]
Sophia's luck runs out as Potemkin ends up managing to grab her and slam her into the ground quite hard. She winces in pain as she tries to pry herself free from his grasp, she certainly doesn't want to give him a chance to do that again. She takes several gasps as she catches her breath before she takes a huge gulp and exhales a large spray of acid attempting to drench the giant in it.

[BIYU]
"SO--" Biyu only barely stops herself from shouting her companion's name--if for no other reason than maybe he doesn't KNOW their names and that's one more thing he'll have to report if this doesn't go their way. "Dammit--!" That energy builds again, the arc of her saber flaring into greenish life as she concentrates on it, the action almost unconscious.

When she brings that sword around again, cutting a gigantic circular arc around her, she throws off another blast of energy--a large, almost full circle of it, brighter at the leading edge, hissing audibly as it cuts through the air, although that is probably less audible than her wordless growl-shout as she unleashes all that power.

Biyu is trying to give Sophia some cover as well, to force him back so that she isn't prone at his feet, although it's hard to say that it would expressly be possible to be OUT of his reach on a battlefield like this.

COMBATSYS: Sophia successfully hits Potemkin with Toxic Treatise.

[                   \\\\\\\\\\\  < >  ///////////////////           ]
Potemkin         0/-------/-----==|====---\-------\0             Biyu
                                  >  ///////////////////           ]
                                  |====---\-------\0           Sophia

COMBATSYS: Biyu successfully hits Potemkin with Sounding the Bell.

[                   \\\\\\\\\\\  < >  ///////////////////           ]
Potemkin         0/-------/-----==|=====--\-------\0             Biyu
                                  >  ///////////////////           ]
                                  |====---\-------\0           Sophia

[POTEMKIN]
"Hrngh!" rumbles Potemkin as he ducks slightly to the side to attempt to avoid the spray of acid that comes rushing his way from the serpentine woman. However his size works against him and a good chunk of his left side and left handed gauntlet gets caught by the acidic barrage, searing away more of his uniform and burning into his exposed flesh. Sparks fly as the bullet casings on his gauntlets fire off, sending rushes of chi-energy blasting off to the sides of both of the grappling combatants..

The searing energy from Biyu also strikes, cutting into his billboard wide back and racing along his physique with a crackle of energy that sends lightning tendrils racing along his body and also through the sensitive gear workings of the shaking and trembling complex. Potemkin grimaces.

This is not going well.

"Hmm." is all he rumbles though as his vast body continues to bear down on sophia. He then hauls backwards, huge hand grasping about her tail as he attempts to hurtle her around and swing her once, twice, three times and then again about and against the various pillars and the ground before finally releasing her in a violent toss back in Biyu's direction.

"The Sacred Order invaders are proving tenacious." he rumbles into his sparking commlink. "Inform the President we may need to ready alternative methods!"

COMBATSYS: Sophia dodges Potemkin's Repeated Slams.

[                     \\\\\\\\\  < >  ///////////////////           ]
Potemkin         1/-------/=======|=====--\-------\0             Biyu
                                  >  ///////////////////           ]
                                  |====---\-------\0           Sophia

[SOPHIA]
Of course swinging Sophia around isn't likely a whip, she's going to do her best not to get to smashed into the pillars. She sticks her arms out to avoid making direct contact with them. She even avoids manage to hitting Biyu when she's hurled at her. Still that's certainly one ride she doesn't want to take again. it looks like she has no choice but to get in close if she's going to stop him. She opens her mouth once again, but this time acid doesn't come out but a rather long and thick forked tongue as she tries to latch onto Poktemin

[BIYU]
This guy just won't give up, will he? But Biyu understands that, oddly; her own stubbornness is a major facet of her personality. Probably why they ended up fighting, since Biyu isn't inclined to just 'surrender' herself to anyone. Too many fresh memories... in any case, Potemkin is focusing entirely on Sophia now, and that just won't do.

Once again she commands the arm, reaching back with her left hand, then throwing it forward--hand open--and then closing it at the full extension of her reach. The arm, of course, mirrors that--grabbing for one of Potemkin's arms. But not just to grab--if that happens, if she does gain purchase on his arm, she'll twist sharply to her left, flinging her arm wide, and that mirrored motion would hopefully be strong enough to sling Potemkin into a wall. Face-first, side-first, back-first... doesn't matter.

COMBATSYS: Sophia successfully hits Potemkin with Thesis Statement.

[                     \\\\\\\\\  < >  ///////////////////           ]
Potemkin         1/-------/=======|=====--\-------\0             Biyu
                                  >  ///////////////////           ]
                                  |=====--\-------\0           Sophia

COMBATSYS: Biyu successfully hits Potemkin with Medium Throw.

[                     \\\\\\\\\  < >  ///////////////////           ]
Potemkin         1/-------/=======|=====--\-------\0             Biyu
                                  >  ///////////////////           ]
                                  |=====--\-------\0           Sophia

[POTEMKIN]
A sound almost like a generator starting up can be heard, as the the whole place in it's entirety comes to life! Runes built into the walls, long forgotten in meaning, start to glow as power is restored! The entire place rumbles, as the walls and ground begin to shake! Dust, dirt, and the odd loose rock fall from the ceiling as the ancient machinery comes to life anew!

So he's distracted now,

"What's happening?!" As the chamber begins to roar to life once more, Potemkin bellows into his commlink but then is taken full on by the attacks of the Sacred Order duo. Again he's forced to fall back. The literal tongue lashing driving him into the waiting attack of Biyu whose assault sends him slamming back against a wall, violently, with chi flaring, sparks flying and the area shaking.

"I am withdrawing!" Potemkin rumbles, "The scenario has dramatically changed."

But first things first. His method of withdrawing seems to be to go 'through' our laides as opposed to away from them. he lunges forward, a sudden wall of translucent crackling chi energy blaring to life around him before rushing forward at Biyu, seeking to stun her with its furious energy.

He surges right behind it. A blazing wall of chi fire burning to life around him, emboldened by his mountain shaking strength. His dash hurtles in like a freight train turned into a fireball. Neither stopping or slowing should he hit her or not.

COMBATSYS: Biyu blocks Potemkin's Giganter Bullet Kai.

[                          \\\\  < >  ///////////////               ]
Potemkin         0/-------/-----==|=======\-------\1             Biyu
                                  >  ///////////////////           ]
                                  |=====--\-------\0           Sophia

[BIYU]
There's something unique about facing down a living Mack Truck. Especailly one that's pulling an aura that makes him look like he's a comet falling through the atmosphere. Biyu mutters a curse--a quick one, in Chinese--and throws her arms up. But... the impact. What an impact! What -power-! The guard almost doesn't matter at all; Biyu is blown away by the charging Potemkin.

What saves her is training and automatic reflexes, allowing her to soften the impact against the wall, taking it on her side, rather than flat in the back or hitting face first, tilting herself to roll with it ever so slightly before she falls, landing on one knee and both hands. She isn't sure what his game is--but he's leaving, or at least... he's not stopping. That's... good enough, for now.

[SOPHIA]
Sophia retracts her tongue and gasps as the ruin comes to life. She doesn't attack Potemkin as he retreats after all she had wanted to avoid the fight to start with. Plus she's sore enough as it is and she wants a chance to write down what she's learned without getting knocked out again. She leans over and offers Biyu a hand up first though.

[POTEMKIN]
*KATOOOOM*

Potemkin's impacts against a level just under the one the battle took place on, having launched from one of the ledges to land sturdily on a platform that makes its way between two re-activated turning gears. He skids back a few paces after he lands and then straightens up and looks back up at the level where the two Sacred Order women busy themselves recovering from the fight.

"Mission failed." he reports, sounding throughly disappointed, into his communicator. "The complex has become active again and I don't now how. Inform President Gabriel immediatly. We dont' know what the effects will be! My suit and gauntlets are in need of repair. I can't continue the battle.."

He takes a few steps back and then turns, jogging with slow rumbling footfalls along the platform in search of the nearest ecit.

[BIYU]
Biyu takes the hand and smiles at Sophia. "Thanks. He would've absolutely destroyed me if you weren't here..." Of course it registered almost immediately that the complex has become active, in part if not in full. "Something happened..." She looks around.

"We need to warn the rest of the Sacred Order that there's a third party involved... and I need to stay here to figure out what's going on, what happened... I'm no engineer but... I'll do my best. Sophia, I hate to ask this, but ... can you go tell the rest of the Order what happened?" She looks truly apologetic for asking so much of her companion, but... needs are needs.

[SOPHIA]
Sophia nods at Biyu as she helps her up, "I couldn't just leave you behind even if I didn't really want to fight." After all she has enough people after her, spe doesn't need the Sacred Order as well. "Yes, it wouldn't hurt to gather more information about what's going on here." She wonders why Potemkin was so intent on protecting this place, hopefully she hadn't caused too much trouble for him. She can't help but to wonder if he was holding back a bit, if that were the case she would hate to see him at full strength.

COMBATSYS: Potemkin has left the fight here.

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                                  |=======\-------\1             Biyu
                                  >  ///////////////////           ]
                                  |=====--\-------\0           Sophia

COMBATSYS: Biyu has left the fight here.

                                  >  ///////////////////           ]
                                  |=====--\-------\0           Sophia

COMBATSYS: Sophia has ended the fight here.

Log created on 01:00:36 04/04/2018 by Biyu, and last modified on 23:57:31 04/08/2018.