Mecha Power

[Marika]

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Name: Mecha Power
Rank: C
Posts Limit: 3
Objective: The local scientists made a new model of a fighting mecha and would like for a mage to test its abilities in fighting. With the help of a mage they will develop a new program to fight against a mage.
Reward: 300 Jewels
Exp: 40 exp

Clover was just a small town where usually the masters met to discuss matters. It was nothing she should be concerned about nor did she want anything to do with it. The guilds are best ran by people who were into those sorts of thing. Today she was in this small village for some fun, the Mecha battle against the mages are definitely something for her and maybe she could improve something on Rikesh seeing he needs it. The panda with a bamboo stick and a straw hat always followed her no matter what, after all she was its creator. Arriving at the station she would go around to see if there aren't any cartridges to go straight to the stadium where everyone no doubt was waiting for the battle to start.

"Alright, we shall give them a lesson about mages." a hand high in the air she marched out of the station. Soon after marching outside she opened her jaws wide, there was no soul around these parts and the roads didn't seem like roads at all. "Did we get out of the wrong station?" she looked at Rikesh then opened a map. "It doesn't look like it but for real? Clover is this desolate?" the surrounding fields looked really nice but that was it, there was a dirty sign just outside, it said "Stadium 50 km". That was it, were they just supposed to walk those 50 km?

[Akimoto]

This was the first time Haru had visited Clover. It was the total opposite of everything he thought it would be like. There weren't anybody at all in his compartment. Clover was the last stop and it seemed he was the only one to get down there. Getting down from the train, he could see that he was the only person in the near vicinity. The whole station was deserted. Looking around, he finally found the exit. Once outside, he could see a faint image of someone standing beside a sign board. Thank god, there's someone here.

Haru walked swiftly towards the figure and soon he was close enough to see the lady clearly. Closing in, he gently introduced himself. Hi! I'm Akimoto Hatsuharu. Are you here to fight the mecha? If yes, we could go together. It's scary to walk alone here.

[Marika]

As soon as she turned around to the station to check if there really isn't any cartridge her eyes would catch a silhouette in the distance, it was without a doubt a man, perhaps he had a ride so she could get on too. Once he came nearer the silhouette turned into a small kid who could be around 10 or so, wait a kid? What was a kid doing here? At least he didn't look dangerous or anything, after all it was just a kid right? Rikesh calmed down a little bit after taking a stance with his bamboo stick, he would gladly fight but his programming would see it was a kid and ignore its strength. "Hi! I'm Akimoto Hatsuharu. Are you here to fight the mecha? If yes, we could go together. It's scary to walk alone here." he introduced himself, and yes she never heard of him although he was a mage too from the mecha match knowledge.

"You guessed right. I am Calyco and here is my companion Rikesh." she introduced herself in turn and then Rikesh who bowed. She had a really close look at him and doubted his age "Aren't you a little bit too young to be doing this mission?" the mechas will definitely be something and she doubted a kid could beat it. "But if you are sure we should go." she started to move towards their goal, they would be there in an hour if lucky. When they at last got to the stadium there was only one robot greeting them, they were showed the changing room and then briefed. They were to use any spell they deemed good and they were to unleash all their potential, it was all exiting. Both would go into the stadium of 500x500 m together and they will each fight 1 strong Mecha. The gates opened and she saw one of the opponents, a shiny Mecha that looked like a tank. Rik was of course just watching.

[Akimoto]

As Calyco introduced herself and her companion, Haru bowed back. It was an embarrassing situation when Calyco asked him if he was old enough. Haru laughed softly, scratching his head. I hope so. No harm in trying, is there? They then started their journey towards the stadium.

It took them nearly an hour or so to reach the stadium. When they did, there was only one robot greeting them. The changing room was quite big. Haru freshened up and got ready for the mission. Stepping into the large field, Haru noticed two Mechas waiting for them. As Calyco chose the large tank like Mecha, Haru walked towards the Humanoid one. It looked small and light. The speedy one, I guess.

Taking a stance to mark he is ready, Haru waited for the Mecha to boot. It swiftly took the offensive and came straight at Haru. He was right in his judgement. This one was the speedy one. The Mecha moved in and started striking with quick punches and kicks. Haru could evade most of them but not the last kick. He brought his hand up to guard, but he realized that wasn't enough to block it. Haru quickly concentrated his Dark Shell behind his arm to protect himself from the kick. The Mecha didn't give up. It rushed in for the next round.

[Marika]

Calyco's jaws dropped to the ground, the mecha she was about to fight looked so awesome, its design was marvelous although she shouldn't judge the thing before it was tested. Excitement took over and she released her Light Mode: One, her hair began to turn blond and eyes were shining, this was her full power. Concentrated light shined 30 m around her, it highlighted her as the main actor just like on stage. The battle finally started, tank mecha turned its cannon towards her and began to shake, from her mecha knowledge it was going to fire something really powerful. Whoa, the mecha went in hot just in the first round. Calyco ran closer towards the machine, they were just about 20 m from each other, such a blast would also damage the mecha if it was shot too close.

She was too late, the cannon shot a powerful shell with red color, nothing she has ever seen, the shell headed towards her. Boosted by her power though she managed to put her hands together in time to create a light sphere that blocked the shell but the blast was huge it sent a shock wave too. She was knocked back a few meters from the shock wave but still managed to stay on her feet, the mecha would now change, its body lifted towards the sky then parts started to come out and slapped somewhere else on its body. It rebuilt itself into a more humanoid version of self, now it had two arms, feet and a large head, it held the cannon on its right arm.

"Interesting." she managed to say before a missile was sent her way from its left hand. She blinked and her entire body turned to pure light form allowing the missile to go through her body and crash behind with a huge blast once more that ripped off a large chunk of ground. Still in the light form she would get in the mecha. Her main goal was to find a fuel tank, it was her best shot at ending this mecha, she thought about trying a light beam on its head but figured the constructors wouldn't be that foolish to let a spell do that easily. At last she found it, there was a small hole on its armor on the left leg back, if she hit it then it will be its end.

[Akimoto]

For a second, Haru looked away from the Mecha to see how Calyco is doing. Woah! Both of them are flashy, aren't they? That was a mistake though, because the Mecha he was fighting was absolutely 'Non-Flashy'. Before even he realized it, it was behind him and what's more? It had a Katana in its hand. Shit! This thing is real fast. It was too late for Haru to dodge the attack. He had no option but to use his magic. I seriously didn't want anyone to see this. Haru shielded himself from the Katana slash by concentrating his Shadow Shell behind. Sparks flew as the Katana graced over the shield.

Next moment, Haru jumped a few feet away from the Mecha. He did a good job hiding that one within him. He is more like a Ninja than a Mecha. Haru chuckled. It was time for him to get serious. Moving swiftly into range, Haru caught the Mecha's legs with his Shadow Viper technique and threw it up high above. It seemed the Mecha wasn't programmed to have enough reflexes to comprehend his movements. As the Mecha came falling down, Haru formed the Dark Ripper around his right arm and slashed at the Mecha's left knee joint. He could have aimed straight at its head as it was falling down defenselessly, but he didn't wanna do that. Poor guys would have worked day and night to perfect this one. I don't wanna destroy it. My job is just to prove the point, he thought to himself as the Mecha fell down. The Mecha tried to get up, but with one of its joints broken, it couldn't. You fought well. Now, take it easy. UH! Why am I talking to it? It's a robot.

[Marika]

While she was in light form cruising around to find its weakness the mecha turned to the other battling pair, he extended its arm that had the cannon and was ready to fire "Oh no." she changed back to her normal form and shot the mechas arm joints and it broke off. That was seriously some luck, the mecha was going to cheat and go 2 vs 1 huh, so they can even do that, taking advantage of a situation but it turned into a disadvantage as he forgot about Calyco. She was now right below him, the fuel spot was just there for hit to shoot at, a light beam formed out of her hand and hit the space, nothing happened, the armor on it was strong. "Huh?" she prepared for another shot but it was too late, the mecha had already noticed and kicked at her direction.

Calyco blocked the kick with her hand and was sent flying back and onto the ground, her hands hurt now, the mecha was a machine after all, it should pack a punch, what was she thinking. Soon it turned towards her and a new toy emerged from under its good arm, it was a large red sword that made a hum when moved with. Whoa, if she got hit by it, it meant the end. The mecha was able to fight despite being bombarded by the heat created from her spell and a secret spell didn't work on it, as she thought, it didn't have any feelings chip. Now she wanted to take this mecha apart to rebuild him better but it was hard at this time, more drastic measures were called for.

Her hand extended towards the leg with a fuel canister inside. She added a piercing property to her next spell, it flew right on mark hitting the canister. An explosion occurred, it was a large explosion that made sure the mecha was wholly destroyed. It sent a shock wave which would send her flying and might effect the other pair as well.

[Akimoto]

After Haru was finished with his fight, he turned around to see if Calyco was done with hers. Uh-Oh! What he saw wasn't pretty. The Mecha Calyco was fighting with had turned towards him and was pointing a Canon. Damn it! I'm too exhausted to use my Shadow Shell. Haru thought of turning himself into the Liquid Shadow, but there was no time. The Canon was about to fire and Haru crouched down, closing his eyes tightly. CRASH! Haru heard a big crashing sound, but he was unharmed. Looking up he saw that Calyco had managed to shoot down its arm just in time. You are a life saver.

Haru saw that Calyco's attack didn't get past its armor and so he decided to help her shut down this devastating machine. This thing has way too much fire power and an armor too. Have to accept that the one I fought wasn't this destructive. But before he could offer to help her, she was done with the fight. Haru realized not only does he owe a thanks but also an apology to Calyco. Thanks a lot and I'm sorry! I think we should have fought as a duo, but I got carried away. Been working alone for quite a long time. Haru would then shake hands with the Scientists before leaving the stadium.

[Marika]

Both of them were finished it seems. The blast wasn't that of a problem and there were only a few cuts on her hand and a few bruises but nothing to be worried about. "It is quite alright, you handled yourself pretty well. At least it was fun right?" she gave him a thumbs up. The scientists came into the Stadium, the expressions on their face suggested they were in ecstasy and that it was a success. "Thank you both of you, we recorded the whole fight and will analyze the data soon. If you have any need of medical attention you can see the doctor." he pointed at the man behind him carrying medical equipment. "As for the reward, here it is." the man handed them the jewels that came with the job and thanked them again before leaving. "Now, what do we do? Are you hurt?"

[nova]

--Approved--
+310 Jewels
+50 Exp

[Marika]

Since nothing much happened after their fight she would have a look around. Calyco took off from the stadium and went around it, she doubted anything would be around since this place was so desolate but she was wrong. A shiny laboratory was just behind the corner, she knew it right away just from the looks of it. There was a huge observatory up ahead, they no doubt were looking at the stars, this begged for a question though. Why would scientists that built mechas study the space? She was so into getting the answers that she haven't noticed a man approaching her from that laboratory, he was a scientists in his white cloak and glasses, a typical look of scientists.

"May I help you?" the man asked the still dreaming lady, he soon realized it was her, the person who helped them with fighting those mechas and fixed his glasses position. Calyco woke up from her trance and asked him the question "Why they were studying space?". The man fixed his glasses again and then started to explain "Well you see, building mechas we need electronics and metal, but we also need some magic resistance armor like you no doubt experienced yourself to fight against mages." he went on and on about the materials from space it was fascinating, this got her interested since if she could get that material for Rikesh she could improve him greatly.

OOC: Continuing and doing the mission again

[Marika]

They went about the materials for hours until she got regenerated from that battle and she wanted to try some more. The man lead her to his laboratory, he had a large workspace as if it was a garage of some sorts. There was just a small table at the entry, there were blueprints on the table as well as a piece of rock. The man came towards the table and picked it up "Well this you see here is a fragment of the space material we talked about. It is what reinforced the mechas armor to be able to withstand your spell." he passed the piece to her. She had a close look at it, there was nothing out of ordinary about it from just that much, it could easily be mistaken with an ordinary rock.

The man asked her to help him rebuild the mecha she destroyed and as a reward they can have a battle again. She gladly helped, it gave her an insight to its workings and on how to use the space material. It would take them a few days so they better get started. Just when they were finished she and the mecha entered the stadium from the back. This now was an improved mecha with many abilities to counter spells with, they analyzed the data from her and the kids fight to better its programing. It all started again, she was pitted with the same looking mecha, a tank like thing was positioned 60 m from her.

[Marika]

Right from the start it deployed a range of new weapons, a machine gun was mounted on it which now aimed at her. It was evident it will shoot soon, she already knew that since she helped build the machine and so released her powers. Light radiated from her, hair turned blond and eyes were shining like a ghost. Both her hands were locked together creating a sphere of 12 m in radius. The grass it touched was burnt with constant damage from those particles, the ground smelled of burns and bullets were melted as soon as they entered its radius. They were also producing a weird smell, her sphere was bombarded with bullets. While it was shooting from the machine gun a shell shot at the sphere as well, this time the sphere almost collapsed. The next shell will definitely do that.

She quickly moved towards it, bullets still hit the sphere but the next shell just missed as she started to move as fast as she could, not taking any breathers she got just in range. The machine didn't get further, it just stayed in place and the sphere begun to hit its armor, now it was able to withstand it. The sphere didn't damage it, she was amazed at how strong the material could be made, she got on its back. The machine turned around as she did get behind but she would go in circle making it turn again to catch up. It was really comical while doing it, the machine gun was now too close to shoot so it stopped, besides there weren't many more bullets to shoot with. Calyco decided to just finish it off with a strong spell, a pillar of light was released from her, she turned to pure light just to shoot herself up to the sky. The whole thing didn't last for long and when she got to her normal form the machine was in pieces.

[nova]

--Approved--

[Marika]

Everything was in pieces however something was still moving, from a closer inspection she saw a moving part, she could identify it as the core or a soul of a mecha. It became very small and looked like a spider with 6 legs on each side. It moved towards what looked like a leg, it got next to it then bit it. Nothing happened, she waited again and still nothing and so turned around to exit the building and get back to the scientist, in the end he will want to examine the core and the data collected. When she got just 5 m away from it a large explosion from behind sent her flying, when she got up and her ears stopped ringing from the sonic shock she was amazed at what she saw. Just 15 m away from her stood an identical image of herself as if she was looking into a mirror.

It seems the mecha has someone gone beyond its programming and transformed itself into her, why her though. It was only logical explanation that it was her mostly because she just defeated it and mostly its programming was to get power to fight mages no matter what. The mecha had hair, eyes and even dressed just like her. The hair was turning blond and its eyes began shining. "Oh no." she cried as she got up, it mimicked her ability, it released its power. She jumped sideways as soon as the mecha aimed its hand at her, a fast beam of light passed through where she just stood and exploded on contact with ground.