Description: Difficulty: High. Primary Attack Style: Blaster. Primary Defense Style: Blocker. Overall Non-Combat Threat Index: Low.
Tertiary Target: Ninon
While not a true objective for NESTS, Jaeger's been issued the orders to engage 'targets of interest' for the shadowy organization. Whenever the opportunity arises, the machine gladly takes the opportunity to expand on not only NESTS's basic knowledge of the up and coming fighters in the area, but also to experience the new and exciting combat styles of the age.
This leads him to the village.
NESTS operatives are everyhwere in the world, looking and watching for anyone of note, so when the call comes in that there's a new face with a decent chi signature in Southtown, the call is put it.
While hardly a priority notice, Jaeger has been prepped, refueled and repaired for any mission that comes his way. Any chance to engage a new combatant is approached with gusto.
So the stench of ozone and the sharp crackle of energy on top of a building announces his appearance as the NESTS teleportation sphere rends time and space asunder, disgorging the metal monstrocity on a roof in the village.
The machine steps once to the edge of the apartment building and begins his scan, painting the laregely quiet scene below with a tactical sensor, shearching for his latest quarry. The busy evening sees a lot of night-lifers are out to have a good time on a Saturday night in the village. Ninon won't be east to spot.
But he'll find her.
The girl had found herself attracting some interest since she had left her American home behind. Aside from a few of the more flirtatious students that called Southtown their home, none of whom had experienced the lucky day they'd hoped for, she'd also found herself attacked at the mall by someone who'd never identified herself. The battle hadn't gone well for Ninon, though if asked, she would merely say that she had simply grown bored with the girl.
And tonight was a night much like most of the others she had spent in Southtown. She had quickly finished her classwork, considering it more a point of pride to do well rather then caring what her grades were. Those teachers, after all, lacked the right to judge HER performance. They were merely working there to tell her what she already knew. That she'd excelled in the tasks laid before her. She always did. Again, if you asked her, that is.
With her 'important' work done, she had hit the town. Everything was, of course, exactly how she'd expected it. She was surrounded in fools. It was something she had grown used to. From the first moment she had allowed the outside world her presence, she had been surrounded in fools. She pointedly ignores the people around her as she strolls the streets, but her eyes are still active, flitting between one person and the next. She holds little hope of finding someone who was interesting. But perhaps things will be different for her this evening.
In any other setting, the matchup would be considered ludicrous. A 6'5", 325 pound cybernetic warrior armed with a slew of destructive gadgets and created for the sole purpose of ending human life versus a young debutane with a penchant for frilly dresses would be called one sided to say the least.
Jaeger makes no presumptions.
It's a testimony to how jaded the citizens of Southtown are, then, to see this cybernetic creature hurl himself from the rooftops, and for none of them to miss a beat. His leap sending him into a shallow arc. His landing is percussive, the impact with the sidewalk cracking pavement and sending a spiderweb of fractures from the point of contact. Shards of sidewalk and debris leap up for a moment as he stands from a crouch not but a few dozen meters from Ninon as a circle of people stats to form.
They seem less afraid than intrigued. After all, anything can happen around here.
"Ninon," comes the synthesized voice from the machine, a pleasant tenor sound, polite and learned in tone. "Your abilities interest my commanders. I request that you grace me with a demonstration of your abilities."
And now the girl can official declare tonight a night unlike the other nights of boredom the city had offered her. No surprise is shown on the girl's face when she is suddenly faced with something that, in all honesty, really should be shocking. Nor is there any fear on her face. There is, however, a flicker of something that may be interest. But it quickly fades into annoyance. "How troublesome. If your superiors really cared that much, they would be here themselves. I have little interest in a messanger boy." Her own voice is soft, but she doesn't even bother hiding the conceit in it.
"But..." A sigh escapes her. "I suppose you aren't going to take 'no' for an answer, are you? You don't much seem the type to understand a response like that. So I offer you this warning. My sorcery is not to be taken lightly. There is a very good chance you will suffer..." She pauses, eying her conversation partner for a moment. "...vast amounts of damage. I trust you are prepared for this possiblity."
Like bullets, the words impact uselessly against Jaeger. He's a professional soldier who fights wars, not a fighter who clashes for the sole purpose of acquiring money, fame, glory, or the satisfaction of triumph.
Jaeger's true calling is that of destruction, death, and pain, and the vast amusement it provides him. So when Ninon's lips stop moving, he decides to act.
"You will find," he replies as a hand raises up, and panels slide away to reveal the .50 caliber revolver stored within, "that I am quite prepared for many contingencies."
Rapidly, the machine draws a bead on the young girl. As a a singularly driven mechanism, taunts and cajoles are quickly lost. If they're even registered, they've faded into the recesses of his memory to be discarded later. Jaeger doesn't put much stake in words. Movement and posture is what he observes the most. The only noise that he cares for from a flesh scrap is screams.
The trigger is pullet, and the booming reports of six shots ring out as Jaeger goes for a fast-damaging initial assault. The magnum rounds rip through the air as he targets his favorite areas: knees, elbows, head, and chest.
COMBATSYS: Jaeger has started a fight here.
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COMBATSYS: Ninon has joined the fight here.
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COMBATSYS: Ninon just-defends Jaeger's Strong Shot!
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And suddenly, Ninon finds herself with more cause for concern. It was obvious from the start that she was facing someone who was, needless to say, a bit of an atypical opponent. She hadn't expected him to employ firearms. While concerned, she is hardly afraid. It merely means that she will have to play things more carefully.
As the gun is pointed at her, the pale girl merely smiles. "And you shall find...." As the bullets are fired, a reddis aura seems to surround her and she completely vanishes from sight. She isn't gone but for a split second, but it's long enough for those bullets to pass harmless through the space she'd occupied but a moment before. "...that I am as well. Let us see who is the better prepared, shall we metal man?"
With a dramatic and entirely unnecassary flair, she whips one of her arms to one side. Energy that resembles electricity crackles around it. "My power stems from a source beyond that which normal humans can hope to attain. Do not expect me to fall to you so easily." She points the energized hand at her opponent, and a ball of electric energy flies forth from it.
COMBATSYS: Ninon successfully hits Jaeger with Demiurge Thunderbolt.
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Ninon 0/-------/------=|=------\-------\0 Jaeger
Energy blasts. A point of concern, but Jaeger's encountered chi attacks in the past. So while he's unable to bring up his left arm to shield himself from the swift-moving attack, his internal systems compensate for it, and set up a dampening barrier. As the electrical bolt passes through his heavy armor and delivers a jolt to his system, Jaeger's processors halt the blast from being far worse than it could be.
Interesting. He hadn't seen one move quite so fast. Granted, the speed probably had a lot to do with the fact that the power of the bolt was far less destructive than he had assumed it would be.
Rangefingers further analyze his target. If her assaults are swift, the rest of her capacities may be based entirely on speed as well. This causes the robot to set himself in a neutral position, examining and focusing his targeting abilities on Ninon more extensively.
COMBATSYS: Jaeger focuses on his next action.
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Ninon 0/-------/------=|=------\-------\0 Jaeger
A smile touches the young girl's face as her electric bolt strikes home. She hardly expected it to knock the hefty fellow over in one blow, but it did it's job well enough. It showed him that she isn't nearly as harmless as she appears. In her own arrogance, she confuses her opponent's momentary pause for something other then what it is. "Hmph. What's the matter? Have you already lost the will to fight? I had thought you wanted to see my abilities. Are you unhappy with the result?" Cocky to the extreme, she walks closer, fearlessly closing the distance between her opponent and herself. "Perhaps this will cheer you up."
While arrogant, she's not so foolish as to put herself close enough to let that thing get his hands on her. Instead, she casually twirls about, like some sort of goth ballerina dancer. A near invisible assault is the result, a transparent energy blade that twirls torwards her robotic foe.
COMBATSYS: Jaeger slows Melancholic Mercurius from Ninon with Spider.
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Ninon 0/-------/------=|==-----\-------\0 Jaeger
Jaeger's initial assesment of the attack leads him to beleive that it's far weaker than it is, and in response, he whips out a long, trailing length of wire from his hand. The result is that the wire strikes the incoming projectile, but simply fails to slow it down enough, or pass through it as the machine expected it to.
So far, Jaeger's position is compromised. This is rather unfortunate for him.
Clearly, a different tactic will have to be employed to deal with this target sifficiently. Prepping his systems, he concentrates on his tactical decision as he falls into a more defensive status.
When the counterattack fails to halt her assault, the girl finds her conceit growing that much stronger. It doesn't take much for her to convince herself that she's great. When it comes to patting herself on the back, she's an expert. "Whatever you were attempting, it is not enough." Convinced that her opponent is barely anything more then a giant target, she brings herself closer still. Why should she be afraid? She's Ninon Beart. This person, he is not. She's got little to fear. "Since you seem so hesitant to challange me directly, allow me to show you that I am not ineffective there, either." Though she can barely reach her opponent's face, she aims a punch upwards directly at it. A bad idea? Most definately. But she's too full of herself to be thinking straight at the moment.
COMBATSYS: Jaeger endures Ninon's Quick Punch.
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Ninon 0/-------/------=|===----\-------\0 Jaeger
It would seem that the girl has the machine on the ropes, her blasts and punches all landing solidly on his armored form. Sent reeling by the final punch, the machine is forced to step back, and re-evaluate his target carefully once more. The punch didn't really do much damage. In fact, it did about as much damage as the last two hits. Nevertheless, the attacks are starting to pile up significantly.
This calls for swift, brutal retaliation. As always, no quarter is given, nor is it taken.
A fist is drawn back, and the sound of a lock being disengaged is heard. The mechanism's hand thrusts forward like a piledriver, the short distance between him and his smaller target adding to the alacrity of his assault. From his palm is a thin cord with a barbed dart at the end. If it connects with Ninon, it will spear straight into her, and Jaeger will reel her in like a fish, and land a powerful, vicious punch to her face, sending her flying in the opposite direction.
COMBATSYS: Ninon blocks Jaeger's Marauder.
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Ninon 0/-------/----===|====---\-------\0 Jaeger
Naturally, it proved to be a bad idea.
Ninon doesn't even have time to make a snide remark before the counterattack strikes her. Unable to get away from the attack, she's drawn in, but manages to get her hands up in front of her before the blow strikes home. It makes precious little difference, as the force is still far more then enough to send the girl flying. What it doesn't have enough force for, however, is to take the fight out of her. It takes her a moment to drag herself to her feet, though. It's obvious that she was underestimating just what her opponent was capable of. You'd never know it from the way she speaks, though. "Finally. I was beginning to wonder if you intended to simply stand there and suffer." The girl takes a moment to brush herself off before advancing anew. "I would not go so far as to say I am impressed, but now, I am at least not nearly as bored."
She never learns. After taking a moment to taunt an opponent who, likely, could care less about her words, she rushes right back into the fight. But this time she doesn't aim a simple punch at her opponent's head. This time she, with a hefty jump, launches herself over him, and aims both booted feet at the back of his head.
COMBATSYS: Ninon successfully hits Jaeger with Qliphoth's Void.
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Ninon 0/-------/---====|=====--\-------\0 Jaeger
Jaeger is pitched forward by the strike. This mark is much, much faster than the others that he's fought in terms of sheer attack speed. It's going to take a little bit of adjustment still. Each attack doesn't seem to do much to him, but they land consistently, and she's doing damage to his heavy frame just by the fact that every attack thus far has hit him cleanly.
Whirling about on his feet, the machine is forced to brace himself again, tracking his target and preparing himself for the next round. If he can't get a handle on this fast moving little girl soon, he's going to be put down for the count. That would simply be embarrassing.
COMBATSYS: Jaeger focuses on his next action.
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Ninon 0/-------/---====|=====--\-------\0 Jaeger
Ninon bounces away with and with a quick flip, lands on her feet. A quick spin brings her to face her opponent again with an expression of sheer boredom on her face. "Are we done yet?" She crosses her arms in front of her, and simply stands there. "I admit that I do not have anything better to do, but you are hardly doing a good job of keeping me interested. Even the last girl they sent was more interesting then you." Apparently, she is confusing this fellow's 'superiors' as the same superiors that had sent Sada after her. There couldn't be much of a larger difference between the two.
COMBATSYS: Ninon gains composure.
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Ninon 0/-------/-----==|=====--\-------\0 Jaeger
It's true that Jaeger's not making a very good showing of himself. His slow, clumsy reactions are frankly embarassing. Whether it's hubris (if hubris can be applied to a machine) or just bad luck, it would seem that the best he can manage is mediocre.
Time to change that.
The machine doesn't really answer with words. Talking at this point would be counterproductive. Instead, the rifle strapped along his back does his speaking for him. The AK-47 is a fine weapon, put together to be one of the most rugged, reliable automatic rifles to date. And as it spits a horrendous amount of bullets at the gothic lolita, blasting apart storefronts, trash cans, street lamps and fruit carts, Jaeger's main target is a little girl who just seems too fast to avoid.
COMBATSYS: Ninon blocks Jaeger's Power Shot.
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Ninon 0/-------/----===|======-\-------\0 Jaeger
Through some miracle, Ninon is not hit anywhere vital. This time there is no fancy escape from the hailstorm of metal, however, as she's struck. She's unable to prevent herself from crying out in pain, embarrassing how it is. Not many people would be able to if caught up in something like that. For the second time she's taken off her feet. She, however, does not stay down. She's too stubborn to admit defeat, even after she'd been shot. Her body is easier to repair then her pride.
"H...ha!" Her voice wavers against her will as she pulls herself to her feet. "Something like that isn't enough to keep me down, metal man. I am Ninon Beart, and my sorcery is invincible!" Her arrogant words hide the fact that, in her head, she's realized she really has to take her opponent more seriously. If she keeps playing around, she could die. This is why she doesn't rush directly back into the battle, instead taking a moment to plan how best to handle her durable opponent.
COMBATSYS: Ninon focuses on her next action.
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Continue to press the advantage. Don't let up. Never falter. Always keep your eye on the target. These aren't thinks that he was taught. No, they're things that he knows simply because he was made to know them. As Ninon's resolve falters a little simply by being shot, Jaeger decides to press the issue further.
"Inferiority has scale," is the metered, almost pleasant reply. "Even if I am inferior to you in every way, perhaps I am not that much more inferior that mere chance cannot grant me a victory."
Logic? Well, he is a machine. The war robot strides purposefully forward, unlimbering yet another gun from his seemingly endless arsenal. This time, the 9mm pistol from his hip is drawn. Slightly weaker than the nasty bullets from an assault rifle, but at the shorter range, it's no less damaging. The autopistol speaks, the hyperactive staccato bursts filling the air and scattering spectators as Jaeger tries to pour it on, not giving Ninon a chance to breathe.
COMBATSYS: Ninon reflects Strong Shot from Jaeger with Pining Arcadia.
- Power hit! -
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COMBATSYS: Ninon successfully hits Jaeger with Reflected Strong Shot.
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Ninon is getting awfully tired of being riddled with bullets here! "Inferiority is inferiority, metal man. That's all there is to it." Determined to prove her point, she doesn't waver as yet another gun is leveled at her. She's ready for it this time. She knows just what to do. Even as she was speaking, she was building the power within her body and once the bullets fly her way, she lifts one arm over her head. The result is a solid, though near invisible, barrier of energy that the bullets are unable to penetrate. That's only half the fun, however. The bullets, instead of falling to the ground, instead bound off of the defensive shield, and are flung back the way they came.
The bullet smashes into Jaeger's heavy armor, cracking the ceramic plates and dying before it hits his internal sunstrate. This is going remarkably bad, and Jaeger's forced to initiate internal repairs. While she's not really injuring him to any appreciable level... the fact that she's either able to block or avoid any sort of attack is starting to make him a little concerned.
If everyone thus far is just that much faster and craftier than he is, then he's destined for failure in the future.
No reply is given as the mechanical menace simply draws to a halt, the self repair techniques needed more time to set themselves up before he can continue any further.
COMBATSYS: Jaeger drops his guard to recover.
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Time that Ninon doesn't intend him to have. Now that she isn't being shot at, she has time to draw the distance between the two again. Seemingly unhampered by fighting in that outfit, she dashes in quickly. "I will allow you to give up if you wish! There's nothing to be ashamed of, metal man!" With a leap, she aims a solid punch right at the much taller opponent's face.
COMBATSYS: Jaeger blocks Ninon's Strong Punch.
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This time, Jaeger's defensive systems compensate properly. A heavy hand bats away the incoming attack easily, the wide arcing swipe moving with a casual gait. Fancy throws and energy are somewhat froeign to him... but punches and kicks? Easy to deal with. Being able to sustain damage that would normally kill a regular person is his forte... and a disturbing amount of the injuries heaped on him seem to simply vanish, the only indication that anything was ever wrong being the cracks and dents in his armor.
The attack was indeed fairly fast... and Jaeger begins to wonder if all her effort is placed into her defenses.
Only one real way to find out, really.
"Retreat is for those individuals who battle for the wrong reasons. I will fight until I am no longer capable of moving," comes the conversational tone. "Rest assured, however, now that I beleive I have compensated for your considerable abilities, I will now proceed with all efficiency to kill you as effciently as I am able."
And with that, he swings his hand in a wide arc. The assault is only made all the more brutal by the fact that the backhanding motion is followed up by a long, thin serrated wire. The slashing filament whips outward in a graceful sweep as he tries to rip the young girl in two with the dart-tipped razorwire cord.
COMBATSYS: Ninon dodges Jaeger's Shadow Hawk.
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Ninon is all ready to make a snappy comeback, but she's forced to defend herself before she can even speak. A quick backflip carries her away from the vicious backhand, but the wire come dangerously close to lashing against her. It almost looks as if she actually is hit, but the only victim of the attack is her outfit, as a small portion of her dress is shredded. Fortunately, there's plenty of outfit left, so she can remain modest.
"And what is your reason for fighting? My reason is simple enough. I will have the recognition of everyone around me. I will be known as someone that is better then them. I will have their admiration, and perhaps, their fear. All of these are things that I deserve. You won't kill me, metal man. You lack the ability and you lack the right. Report that to your superiors if you are able to leave this place once I am finished with you." Her words, sadly, are not barbed enough to cause any harm. This is why she couples them with a ball of electric energy, much like she opened the battle with.
COMBATSYS: Ninon successfully hits Jaeger with Demiurge Thunderbolt.
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And once again, the bolt of lightning hits Jaeger, fizzles, and causes him to halt for a moment... hardly enough to make him stop moving for very long, however. Just enough to get him to pause. "I battle because I enjoy seeing things die," comes the frank reply, which is made all the more disturbing, considering the voice he has makes it sound like someone's schoolteacher has just declared that he's joined the Nazi party and will be lining up all the non-white students for a 'feild trip'.
And if his next attack hits, Jaeger may ver well see some kind of results. Whirling cables shoot forth from his hands once again, but this time, they seek to capture the young gril by the limbs.
If Jaeger manages his grab with the thin lines, he'll start to spin rapidly. The force of the rapid turning will turn the world into a massive blur as he'll attempt to crash the young woman into a store front at the height of his spin, hopefully doing the damage he's looking for.
COMBATSYS: Ninon blocks Jaeger's Battlemaster.
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Ninon isn't quick enough to escape from the assault. A noise that sounds almost like disgust escapes her lips as she's entangled, but it quickly changes to something else once she's treated like a top. It sounds just a tiny little bit like panic, but she'd never own up to that. Even in her panicked state, however, her mind is still running. Just spinning her around like this isn't going to do anything but make her dizzy, it can't hurt her. That means that there can be only one thing her opponent is planning, and when she's released, it isn't unexpected.
Thinking ahead is what prevents her from crashing throw the store's window. Her response looks a little bit awkward, but is certainly much less painful then what COULD of happened. Twisting herself around in midair, her legs strike the brick beneath the store's window instead of the window itself, and she rolls away. Unfortunately, she rolls away into perhaps the only lamp post that HADN'T been destroyed by gunfire, facefirst. ".......OW!" There's no hint of arrogance in that tone of voice, simply pain and perhaps a little shame. She should of already defeated this fool! This shouldn't be taking so long!
It takes her a few moments to put her mask of calmness back on. But by the time she gets back to her feet, she's already back to her old self again. "I must say, I have most certainly underestimated your abilities. I take back my previous words, I am impressed, though only a little bit. Most would of realized they were outmatched by your. Your stupidity is greater then any I've ever born witness to. I applaud it." She steps forward, seeming to of already forgotten being flung against a build mere moments ago. When she gets close, she unleashes another punch. This time she aims it for his main body. She's tired of having to jump to hit him in the face, any gentleman would lean over for her.
COMBATSYS: Jaeger blocks Ninon's Quick Punch.
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Hrm. Despite having 'hit' the girl, she seems less damaged than he'd hoped. That being said, he withdraws his weapons, and once again steps back to give himself some space. The little girl is not just fast, but resiliant. There's a distinct gap in capacity that he hadn't assumed.
If this continues, there'll be nothing more to do but to beat a hasty defensive battle. All the can expect right now is a stalemate as the best possible outcome. If he's lucky, that is. But that doesn't mean he can't change the stakes of the game.
But for now? The droid once again focuses on his target. "The limits of my intellectual capacity have yet to be tested," replies the machine. "Although I suspect it's rather one sided. I am good at killing soldiers. That is my forte."
COMBATSYS: Jaeger focuses on his next action.
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If there was one advantage the robot clearly had over his petite opponent, it's that she tires easier. Her attitude can't hide the fact that she's begun to slow down. Predictably, she maintains an air of superiority. "I am no soldier, however. I am a sorceress. I suspect you have not killed many of us before. There are precious few of us left the way it is." There's no sorcery in her continued assault, though. She launchs a simple, though swift, kick at her opponent's side. It's not all that dangerous, it's more as if she's simply looking for weak spots. That armor has to have one somewhere!
COMBATSYS: Ninon successfully hits Jaeger with Light Kick.
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Jaeger seems ti shakes as the kick strikes. Apparently, the machine doesn't seem to take to this attack very well, and the blow crashes through armor paneling.
What's more interesting, however, is the fact that the shaddering armor seems to explode outward, sending ceramic plates every which way. Jaeger then shoots backward at an incredible speed. Apparently, he's blown off his armroed shell for something a little less cumbersome. While it doesn't save him from being damaged, it does make him much, much faster, a fact that shouldn't be lost on Ninon at all.
He's changed the ball game. Instead of a heavilt armored, slow moving tank, she's witnessed to a lighter, faster machine with a thin steel laminate armor.
Despite the clean hit, however, he's still quite durable, and as he makes a full paced run at nearly 30 miles per hour, he whips about and tries to land a powerful kick to the girl's chest, his foot reaching out to simply pound a metal boot into her chest.
COMBATSYS: Ninon dodges Jaeger's Heavy Kick.
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On the bright side, maybe the girl could cause some damage now. On the negative side, she has a boot headed for her chest. There's not nearly enough paddng there to take that blow unscathed! So she does what anyone with decent reflexes and a brain would do, and gets the heck out of the way. Even with less armor slowing her foe down, she still manages to get out of the way. The height difference works in her advantage this time. As the kick is aimed for her, she leans backwards, holding herself up on her hands and lets the blow pass harmless over her. And then, with one leg, she unleashes a quick in a place that, were her opponent any normal man, would probably cause horrible, horrible pain. She's aware that it isn't so for this opponent, but that just take away her desire to aim a shot right at his robo-groin. It just feels right!
COMBATSYS: Jaeger parries Ninon's Light Kick!
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Not this time. With speed on his side now, Jaeger's operating at a different level. The swift, nimble assault that would have slammed easily into his heavily armored frame only crosses empty air, and Jaeger's body is already hurtling through the sky in a seamless backflip that has him pressing against a building with his haunches.
What a difference losing a hundred and fifty pounds of cobham plating makes.
In the moment it takes for him to sink back along the wall, a vicious, serrated combat blade snaps forth from his forearm where his left arm sheild once was. The gleaming chrome blade is a streak of lightning as the droid shoots forward, sweeping by the hapless young girl as he tries to rip the cutting edge across her body with considerable force, skidding to a stop behind her, all the while throwing up sparks.
COMBATSYS: Jaeger successfully hits Ninon with Tomahawk EX.
Glancing Blow
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There's a brief moment of surprise on Ninon's face when she strikes empty air. She hadn't expected it to make much difference. But she is apparently quite wrong as she's suddenly charged. Unable to bring herself back to her feet in time to escape from the slash, she does her best to do so anyway. She's knocked away by it, but in the end it's probably best that her balance was poor at the moment. It saved her from being sliced in half, instead merely giving her a vicious gash on one side. Her black outfit is now stained with hint of red. She might of liked it, if the red wasn't coming from HER.
A little thing like being nearly cut in half couldn't possibly improve her attitude. "Fool. Don't think this will make the difference you expect it to!" Her calm seems to be cracking a little bit, but it doesn't stop her from rushing right back into the fight. Her assault comes in the form of a pair of flipping kicks. The first is a forward flip designed to hit the combat droid's head downwards. And the second is a backflip designed to boot him in the face after the first had done it's job.
COMBATSYS: Ninon successfully hits Jaeger with Ring of Ouroboros.
Glancing Blow
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The first hit strikes!
The second hit... doesn't.
The droid isn't going to stick around to simply be beaten across the face and shoulders. Heavens no. Instead, he bolts backward in that split second between the first and the second attacks. That's how rapidly he's moving, disappearing in a mere eyeblink. The combat droid whirls about once again, and finds himself in the clear once more.
Another pass.
Ground chews up under his feet as his fist rears back. The crumbled pavement and smashed road sprays up under his feet in a roostertail of debris. Though the attack is short and light, he expects it to be disorienting enough to cause some damage, pushing ninon father into a defensive posture.
COMBATSYS: Jaeger successfully hits Ninon with Quick Punch.
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Ninon 1/-----==/=======|=====--\-------\0 Jaeger
The difference in speed seems to be catching up with her. As her second kick is dodged, the girl once again finds herself caught by surprise. She hasn't adjusted to the fact that he's not just a giant target anymore. She lands gracefully from her backflip, but the grace doesn't last for long as the counterhit speeds torwards her.
The girl attempts to get herself into position to defend from the assault properly, but in the end, the girl is given a hefty blow that, while it doesn't take her off her feet, leaves her reeling. She doesn't have the strength to launch much of a counterattack afterwards, but she isn't going to allow herself to be defeated so easily. "Not good enough! You may be quicker now, but in the end, you'll still fall." The blow she counters with isn't very strong, but she obviously hasn't lost the will to fight yet.
COMBATSYS: Jaeger dodges Ninon's Quick Punch.
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Ninon 1/-----==/=======|=====--\-------\0 Jaeger
Ninon's simple punch shoots inches away from it's mark, and would have hit save for split second timing on the droid's part. The machine jinks hard to one side, and is turning it into a back flip, side roll, and then a forward leap. From heavy metal monster to pure quicksilver, Jaeger has his bases covered.
"Your will to fight is most impressive," respondes the machine in even tones. "I am impressed with your sttrength and resiliance. You have a tenacity that most do not. I would respect you, but your human tendencies for presumption are abhorrent."
With that, the droid whips forward again, hopping forward and pulling off a picture perfect snap kick to the girl's face, attempting to bash in her nose with the heel of his metallic boot.
COMBATSYS: Ninon blocks Jaeger's Light Kick.
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Ninon 1/----===/=======|=====--\-------\0 Jaeger
For the first time since the battle started, Ninon begins entertaining thoughts that she may not be able to defeat this opponent after all. Even though she'd defended herself this time, it still hurt. It's getting to the point where she may not be able to handle it much longer. Naturally, her words don't show it. She is able to get her hands in place to prevent her nose from being broken. This, of course, does nothing to stop the sheer force of the attack, and she's still knocked off-balance, though quickly corrects it. "My will is not something so easily shattered." It's stubbornness more then anything that is preventing her from fleeing already. Her wounds are getting to the point where she can't simply ignore them anymore. Without wasting any more breath on taunts, she flicks her arm outwards, summoning an attack that Jaeger likely remembers from earlier, a transparent wave of energy before her.
COMBATSYS: Ninon successfully hits Jaeger with Melancholic Mercurius.
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Ninon 1/---====/=======|=======\-------\1 Jaeger
...and then Jaeger makes a mistake.
Pausing to observe his handiwork on the girl, he fails to properly calculate the necessary motions needed to avoid the barely visible energy. The signature appears on his heads-up display split seconds before he's able to do anything...and the droid is blasted off his feet, tumbling end over end. The reduced armor leaves him at a poor position to defend himself from the assault.
Still, the machine is unbowed.
He raises his arm slowly as he scrapes to his feet, sparks flying from his battered frame. The limb slowly begins to unfold, recessing into his torso slightly before expanding outward and becoming more boxlike. Slamming down to one knee for stability, Jaeger finally points the destructive device at Ninon.
The launch box of the micro-rocket launcher bursts into furious activity, the roar of small jets filling the air as a small swarm of micro-explosives rip towards the small girl. Should they hit? Well... it won't be very pleasant at all.
COMBATSYS: Ninon blocks Jaeger's Veritech - Alpha.
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Ninon 1/-======/=======|-------\-------\0 Jaeger
One day, Ninon will get to fight a NORMAL fighter. So far, since coming to Southtown, everyone's used weapons against her. Missles is a new experience, however. One that she is not going to enjoy a great deal, judging by her expression. It's a look of undisguised shock. She's actually having missles launched. At her. This wasn't the sort of thing that she expected when she chose to come to this city. But the shock is not enough to prevent her from taking action.
The missles are half way to her before she takes it, however. It's a desperate struggle to avoid being caught up in swarm of explosives. She fires several small energy shots in rapid succession, detonating a few of them. Before they can reach her, she blinks out of sight, only to, in an act of irony, reappear in their path a second time. A nearby garbage can is booted into the mass, taking several of them out, but also filling the air with shards of metal. In the end, she is unable to completely escape, and with an almost pitiful cry, vanishes into the swarm. The girl that emerges from the cloud of dust kicked up is one that looks very much unlike the one who'd been boredly strolling the streets earlier. Her fanciful outfit has been entirely ruined. This is the disadvantage in fighting in an outfit best suited for a doll.
No arrogant words or taunts escape the girl this time. She can't afford to waste the breath. It's sheer force of will thats keeping her on her feet now. She raises a hand definetly at her enemy, but no attack comes forth. She simply can't muster it.
COMBATSYS: Ninon gains composure.
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Ninon 1/--=====/=======|-------\-------\0 Jaeger
As Ninon suffers his missile barrage with all the unpleasantness that such an attack affords, Jaeger is busy doing a systems check and seeign exactly how much more he has before he'll be forced to take cover and retreat. The answer? Not much. The chi blast all but shorted his systems, and there's not much fight left in his frame, though the mind still insists that he battle until death is reached.
The indignity of being forced to leave now is almost intolerable, and yet...
"Let us end this!" He states. "Statements of inferiority aside, I shall do my best to end your existance. It is my function, my clarion call, and my duty! And more importantly..."
A pause.
"It is my hobby."
The roar of jets can be heard as Jaeger goes in for his final strike. It's all or nothing on this run, and if he can't manage to cause any appreciable damage to the point of outright knocking her down? Well, there's just no more energy left in the machine to continue.
He leaps at her, his hand transforming back into a simple launcher as opposed the the missile weapon, and as he flips over her, he fills the air with small grenades. The round weapons drop from the sky as Jaeger lands behind her. Should he succeed, the grenades will blast her off her feet towards the machine, where Jaeger will kick her into the sky, hopefull having her land someplace far away. Like Iowa.
COMBATSYS: Ninon endures Jaeger's Cyclone.
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Ninon 2/<<<<<<</<<<<<<<|=------\-------\0 Jaeger
It looks as if it's the end for the battered gothic lolita. She's launched into the air without much protest. She doesn't even seem as if she's trying to get out of the way as she's launched torwards Jaegar. And she's booted into the sky just as he'd intended. Clearly, all has gone as the combat droid had expected.
That is, until she doesn't come down.
Laughter fills the sky and it's source is Ninon, held aloft by an eerie red light. "Yes! I agree, metal man! I grow tired of playing this foolish game with you!" With a snap of her fingers, she summons a fireball above of her, which she flings down from her airborne position.
This, in itself, isn't so bad. What is worse is that it doesn't stop at just one. Each new ball of fire is accomponied by another taunt. "You thought you could match me! You thought you'd beat me? Ninon Beart, heir to the power of the Beart family? Should you survive this, tell your superiors! Tell them that I grow tired of their games. Tell them that if they care to speak to me, they should do so personally!" Soon the air is filled with fire. Any bystanders who were stupid enough to lot leave when Jaegar filled the air with missles probably are doing so now! "As for you, I have only one word." She holds one last fireball over as a sinister smile touches her face.
"Goodbye."
COMBATSYS: Jaeger dodges Ninon's Ebony Moon of Hecate.
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Ninon 0/-------/---====|=------\-------\0 Jaeger
Death.
Jaeger cannot die. He's not alive, therefore, the best he can do is cease to be.
That's part of the reason why humans interest him so much. The other part is really because he likes the way their hearts pop when he squeezes them into so much semi-gelatinous goo. Squish! Pop! Oh, what fun Libya was!
But that's neither here nor there. What the real issue is now is the giant flaming balls of death being flung at him from the sky. The massive sphered of deadly energy blow crater after crater into the ground, easily dwarfing Jaeger's deadly missile salvos by a considerable margin. And she complains of his guns and weaponry? How much more deadly can a bullet be than a flaming burst of power?
The nimble robot ducks, swerves, leaps, jinks... everything and anything to avoid the torrent of power...
And in the end, stands resolute, sparks flying across his frame.
Red lenses stare up at Ninon. A hand is raised. And a finger is shaken.
With an explosive burst, microjets lift him off the ground, and Jaeger shoots forth to slam his palm into the young fighter's face to end this battle.
COMBATSYS: Ninon interrupts Quick Punch from Jaeger with Qliphoth's Void.
- Power hit! -
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Ninon 0/-------/--=====|====---\-------\0 Jaeger
Ninon's dramatics, ruined! She'd be more annoyed if she wasn't in horrible pain right now. She doesn't take the time to voice her annoyance, instead preparing herself for the incoming attack. Right before it hits her, her energy aura carries her up and over the rocket man, giving him as hard of a boot to the head as she could manage. With that, she starts to fall. She lands on her feet, but it's a struggle to keep her balance. It's obvious that there's not a whole lot of fight left in her. Yet she doesn't look as if she's going to give up, either. She glares defiantly at the robot. She's weakened, but not defeated. Not yet!
Jaeger is bowled down and over. Systems are critical, and the damage is near the poing of systems shutdown and automatic retreival by the busybody teleporation beam. That means he has to make this last shot count above all else.
Jager's body can clearly take little more of this hideous amount of punishment, but the fact is that he's already moving in to end this denotes the fact that he doesn't care. Win or lose, he's going to inflict whatever damage he can on this girl before the hungry beam comes to take him away.
Shooting across the ground, she moves to grab the girl by the neck. If he succeeds, he'll fling her into the air, and then start taking potshots at her flying form, the micro crockets built into his parrot-mount shoulder cannon that flips up detonating flak rounds on his target as she descends.
If it hits.
COMBATSYS: Jaeger successfully hits Ninon with Spartan.
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Ninon 1/------=/=======|====---\-------\0 Jaeger
Poor, poor Ninon. The results of the attack are....unpleasant to say the least. She just isn't made to stand up to high explosives. She's just a girl in a frilly dress. Or she was until SOMEONE ruined it, at least. She simply doesn't have the energy to escape as she's grabbed. No fancy tricks allow her to escape as she's tossed into the air, and no special techniques save her as she's struck time after time before finally being allowed to hit the ground. For a moment, it seems that it truely was a battle to the death. There isn't a bit of movement from the girl. But slowly, she raises herself to her feet. "How dare you...how DARE YOU!" She's battered, bruised, and in no condition to fight. But she's still trying anyway.
Using energy she COULD be using to flee for her life, she instead squanders it on one final attack. "I...I told you I would not fall so easily..." A visibly shaking hand raises over her head. "I told you that I...I am not so weak." She can barely control her voice the pain is so intense. "I told you that you would not defeat Ninon Beart.." As she speaks, what energy she has left begins to form into a ball over her head. It rapidly increases in size until it's nearly have as tall as the girl herself, and just as wide. "My power cannot be dismissed so lightly. Begone!" The very effort of flinging the projectile takes the girl off her feet. It does not look as if she will be getting up under her own power very easily.
COMBATSYS: Ninon can no longer fight.
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COMBATSYS: Jaeger dodges Ninon's Rage of the Demiurges.
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All for naught. The droid, though very much drained of energy and heaped with damage has enough wherewithall in his mind to quickly do a lateral shift, avoiding the energy burst whish whizzes by and hits an awning, causing it to explode. The entire marketplace is ruined, by stray machine gun shots, pistol shots, errant rockets, and those concussion grenades didn't help eiether. Ninon added the giant ground craters, though.
Jaeger would capture the girl for further study by NESTS. However, in his condition there'd be no real assistance should she wake in transit home.
Jeaeger steps back as the brilliant corona of the NESTS transport beam flares to life. "I salute your courage and tenacity. Your attitude could use some work, however," he says as he's enveloped bu the surge of energy tearing time and space. "Perhaps we shall meet again on the battlefeildm where I can properly slaughter you and your family..."
"Ms. Beart."
COMBATSYS: Jaeger has ended the fight here.
Log created on 23:41:22 07/28/2007 by Jaeger, and last modified on 00:34:29 08/16/2007.