“Welcome back fight fans to the Sol Coliseum, and welcome to the first ever Konats Rumble, brought to you by our esteemed Lords and Ladies of Konats.”
“The Second round ended but with some drops off we are down to just two people. That is a bit of a surprise and as a result it took a while for the judges to come to a decision? Do we crown a winner who team did better in the earlier rounds? End it? We could not exactly tell. But how would the crowd feel without a winner. Know we all want to know who the strongest. So for my money we got two of the strongest people standing here ready to face off with each other. So let's go over them for a moment."
"First One of the Emperor's of Arcose Ise! Her team had been a rampaged through the first two rounds but Brumal one of her fellow emperor's had to take care of some business. No doubt she is powerful but lets see if she can win by herself. Everyone knows how strong Arcosian's can be! What about our other friend though? The machine Ow-1. They was just here to observe it seemed but they got themselves in the thick of things. They had reached the finals alongside Darkon Braveheart. Once agian they had something to take care of but that is alright. The Tag Teams may be broken down but that does not mean they are not the strongest! These teams made it to top with tag team power but for the finals we are gonna see their power's in a one on one battle!"
"Begin!"
Last Edit: Sept 5, 2022 10:54:32 GMT -5 by Staffbot
In comparison to the earlier days of the tournament, the final seemed to wish to display it’s importance with weather turning dark, the rain held at bay but the skies were full of dark clouds overflowing with thunder. Threatening at any moment to crash down into the arena itself.
In a turn of misfortune for both fighters, both of their partners had left. Leaving the camera pod against an Empress. She had displayed immense power in her rounds of the tournament. In fact her base form much like Zuqetta in the previous round was practically as strong as OW-1 could reach even at their full strength in cannon mode.
But if the fight would not last long, the bot had intended for it to at least be glorious. They would go down fighting if it was to the fate of certain defeat or not. They were certain the Empress had no need for the prize money but it was perhaps the prestige that was wanted in this scenario.
This may have only been their third fight. But they had grown used to re-assembly. The thin rail at the side of the camera extended, and rolled the lens of the camera as it spun and rolled back, the rail retracting into the form. A combat HUD now covered the small vision port. They scanned the Empress, taking in the passive power that was before their mechanical form.
“Empress, my designation is Observation Wonderbot 1! I wish to make this battle memorable. Even though I take the role of underdog, I have made it this far, with sufficient cooperation with Dark, and with the aid of some early resignations. But I feel this is a show of my dedication. I thank you for the battle I shall observe!” The mechanical voice crackled and rose, the static of the speaker daring the lightning down to the bot. But no reply was seen or felt.
Post by Empress Ise on Sept 5, 2022 18:01:03 GMT -5
| Ise | 172,530 PL | Ikari Form (Restrained) | | 6/6 KP | 1/6 MP | 0%/270% |
Ise was less enthused about this round than the others, part of it still held the allure, especially the fact that this was the finals and thus she was but a single victory away from the prize this tournament offered, and more importantly from making a good showing for the Empire. The problem was of course that Brumal was gone, it was not a mystery WHY he was gone to her but it still made things no less frustrating. Still though it only changed her overall plans a bit, Brumal had already helped to prepare her for the future even if they had not had quite enough time for everything.
Ise let out a sigh as she took to the arena once more, at the very least she was hoping to have a bit of fun with this last round, and surprisingly it would not be a messy two on one bout as she had expected, evidently her opponents partner had also gone missing leaving them to face the finals alone as well.
Her opponent was… odd, a distinctly nonhumanoid form it frankly looked more like a drone than anything else and while its introduction seemed to both help confirm her assumption while also making it clear the little drone seemed to possess an intellect of its own or at least had someone piloting it externally. Ise did a cursory scan of the ringside area to see if any new signatures were nearby and found nothing more than the crew that kept the tournament running as usual.
“A pleasure, are you a being of your own or an extension of someone elsewhere? If my understanding of the rules is correct I believe such a thing is acceptable, I’m just curious what sort of opponent I’m facing. I assume you have no interest in a forfeit as well considering your eagerness to act as underdog.” By the bot’s designation and presence in the tournament Ise assumed it was supposed to be watching battles, it made her curious for what purpose it did so. Perhaps it or its operator were working for an organization intent on using the battle data in some way?
“Luckily I am not interested in ending this fight immediately, I think we can have a bit of fun with this.” Ise said as she let loose a portion of her full strength letting loose just enough to match the general output of a ‘Brute’ transformation for an Arcosian, the result was a tensing of her muscles and a marginal extension of her claws but little else.
WC: 428 TWC: 428
Last Edit: Sept 9, 2022 9:19:36 GMT -5 by Empress Ise
** NEW LOG : NAME : ISE:: PL : 86000 -> 172000 :: SPECIES :SAIYAN (ASSUMED) // SAVE LOG **
The pod observed as the empress powered up. Her base form was just under OW-1’s full power form, but the power changed, shifting up the scale, as the claws extended from the fingernails of the Empress and their muscles became taut and defined.
But they did not wish to engage in immediate combat, a discussion first. Seemingly a formality of the battles on the opposite branch of the tournament tree.
“I find it hard to accurately answer your question. For I am my own being, but I was created and heavily influenced by my manufacturer. Dr Wallace Wonder. However, he has long passed and I have had to adapt to creating my own narrative, my own function and my own contemplations.” A pause arose, perhaps recalling their past in a brief moment of reverie.
”However, there is no being I have yet to meet that has not been an extension of those they were influenced by, parents, allies, enemies. All of them merge and form a being unique. What that unique being does then is partially formed by those ties and becomes their own. I have no intention of forfeiting unless I would sustain substantial permanent damage or retirement, I intend to fight. My purpose is to witness such battles and record them for a future project. May I ask, why are you here Empress? Is Arcose under safe watch or do you require to show strength in a time of Saiyan turmoil?”
The camera pod was certainly inquisitive to their opponent’s motivations. Mayhaps the terms of their own motivations confused a few, due to being an observer and participant equally. But it was truly for the best experience and data collection.
Post by Empress Ise on Sept 9, 2022 9:35:11 GMT -5
| Ise | 172,530 PL | Ikari Form (Restrained) | | 6/6 KP | 2/6 MP | 0%/270% |
The little drone appeared quite eager to regale her with its status, at first it was a bit vague claiming it was hard to determine an answer to if it was autonomous or operated by another as it then promptly explained itself to be effectively autonomous due to the death of its creator, however the reason for that became apparent soon after as the little drone proved itself to be surprisingly philosophical, it was a curious thing to listen to though as it spoke and Ise thought on it she supposed that of all beings Androids such as this little drone were quite likely to seek deeper answers into the nature of what makes them… them
Figuring out the lines between mindless machine, puppeteered drone, and sentient Android. It wrapped things up by confirming that it was fully intent on competing against her and even confirmed that its drive was what she had surmised, though unsurprisingly it made no effort to explain what such future projects were. It WAS interesting however that apparently there were future projects in spite of its creators death.
“You may” Ise said giving a pause just long enough to make it seem as if she might take the pedantic route of not ACTUALLY answering the question and forcing the drone to ‘actually’ ask “Konats was considered among some of the more ‘important’ worlds prior to it being plagued by the storms and will certainly return to that status sooner rather than later now that it is free again, I was interested in paying a visit to see how it has fared. The tournament was a wonderful excuse to do so while getting to test my skills. As for Arcose itself, it seems you may wish to update your databases. I am Empress but at present I am not Arcose’s sole ruler, my partner in this tournament Brumal is another, and back on Arcose keeping the planet safe while we are away. Were I the sole ruler I would have ensured the right people were in place to keep it safe regardless however.” Amusingly Mint himself would still likely fall into that spot, she could see Mint not falling directly in line once she took over but he would absolutely keep Arcose safe if a threat made itself known.
“The Saiyans factor very little into what I do. You are a rather interesting being, I was not expecting quite so philosophical of a response, out of curiosity what are these possible ‘future projects’ you intend to use your data on?” Ise said slowly prowling around the arena giving the drone enough time to respond before raising her hand and releasing a series of quick energy blasts to test the drone’s reaction speed.
As Ise began circling the area, the side thrusters within OW-1 ignited and pulsed to remain at an equal distance. She did answer their questions in spite of the uncomfortable pause that did not regularly persist in most interactions. Almost requiring the bot to repeat themselves but they waited and were grateful the response was significant. A triumvirate ran the planet Arcose, seemingly one of their members always remained on the planet for security, perhaps it was simply Brumal’s turn the pod hypothesised.
Drops of rain had started to fall intermittently, laying the groundwork for a larger torrent to follow. “Philosophy comes to those who are patient. I was required to remain inert for several years. Contemplating many parts of the universe, Life and all the things in between.” OW-1 ceased speaking as it made a series of quick bursts in cardinal directions relevant to Ise to dodge the incoming blasts. A couple of dodges were slightly late, but were able to reduce the blasts to glancing blows. A pair of scorch marks were viewable on the right side of the chassis. Burns ruining the glow of the pod’s usual shine.
A response was needed, OW-1 fired a series of red lasers in a random pattern towards ise. Whilst faster than ki blasts, they were smaller.
“I see the skirmish is beginning. If you are concerned about conversation. I do not require breath. Also, my conversational unit is entirely distinct from my combat processor. Philosophy and combat in one. What higher achievement could be reached! Ha-Ha-Ha.” The laugh at the end of their monotonous statement was practiced and concise.
“My future project is one of my own design. ‘Create Beauty in Violence’. I am compiling a series of violence to show how the universe is built upon conflict. The eternal recycling of elements and Life into Death. The struggle of everyday and of course combat itself. Without these concepts their would be no concept of life. A project to congratulate the builders of this universe and to decry them for their infliction of suffering.”
Post by Empress Ise on Sept 11, 2022 3:20:32 GMT -5
| Ise | 172,530 PL | Ikari Form (Restrained) | | 5/6 KP | 4/6 MP | 0%/270% |
The little drone was proving to be quite the interesting opponent and conversationalist, it managed to even do a rather impressive job of avoiding her opening test, a few stray blasts HAD landed but even those had been mitigated down to cause minimal damage to the drone’s hull as Ise detected bits of metal being singed away by her blasts as the drones pattern intersected with her attacks briefly.
It was then that Ise realized that the drone was still producing a detectable energy signature, she had been frankly so distracted by the conversation that she had paid no mind to the revelation, most machines were a bit of a blank spot for her, at least in terms of specifics, artificial beings generally possessed a type of energy that she was not capable of reading properly which made their presence act as a bit of a void in her sensory field as it used the detection of life energy as its entire basis.
She was still of course capable of reading their movements based off of her other senses and how those entities interacted with things that she COULD read, but it was quite interesting to interact with an artificial being producing ‘normal’ energy readings. “No concern on my end, if you weren’t capable of holding up a conversation I likely would just end this a bit sooner” Ise said with a small smirk curious to see if that comment would get a rise out of the drone, or if even such a thing was possible.
The drone’s intent for its recordings was… interesting… Strictly speaking Ise actually did not necessarily even disagree, strife and conflict really were the sort of fundamental forces of the Universe, pushing things forward, but the WAY the bot had said it had a rather amusingly odd ‘feel’ to it.
“Fascinating, I was really expecting you to say you could not tell me what it was for, or perhaps that it was for something more common like ‘to build the ultimate combat entity’ which frankly may have prompted me to end this faster than I would have liked at this point considering how interesting talking with you has proven. Do you actually work for anyone at present or is your work and… I imagine maintenance?” The drone did not appear to be self repairing. “Handled by yourself exclusively?” perhaps the little drone could be convinced to join the Empire? She could certainly help expand the scope of its recordings of violence with a few of her upcoming plans.
Another pause long enough for the Drone to give an answer though if it proved too long it would eventually be cut off by Ise taking aim once again and launching another series of energy beams, these however were far more focused, far more powerful and not quite so lazily aimed.
WC: 474 TWC: 1,358
Ise uses her Light Offense, Rapid Fire! 34,506 PL incoming!
“My work is mine alone, the ki that infused my circuitry has granted me some ability to self-repair whilst being active. I no longer need to rest to repair most forms of damage. But as to my occupancy, I am free. Unbound. Alone.” As they spoke the burn marks slowly faded into the glistening silver chassis.
Ise’s energy was greater than OW-1’s and by far exceeded his maximum, whilst it seemed as in previous rounds they wished to inhibit their capabilities for battle. “Why do you not maximise your powers? This is not meant as an invitation nor a taunt but a genuine inquiry. You could ‘end this faster’” The bot parroted back “Is it to drive a sense of fairness or to extend the battle into a more thrilling position?” The concept had not yet occurred to them that someone may wish for equality in this style of competition
As the Saiyan charged her attacks he could see the flow of ki accumulate at her hands, much more than the mere few blasts previously fired. They raced through the air and called for a response. Which the bot was more than welcome to provide. The lens of the camera extended on a small wooden rail to act as a shield, anyone who looked past it could see the series of cogs, wires, and other mechanical and electronic components. However, at this distance the lens encompassed the frame of the rest of the pod and shielded it from the series of blasts. It looked to harness the energy in some form but it was unsuccessful.
The rail retracted, returning the bot to a full and complete form.
Medium Defence || Do you stare back? USED! Power: 30% = 31500 vs 34506 = FIZZLE! KP Cost: 3 KP Variants: Reflective
PL: 105000 HP: 250% KP:6-3=3 MP:5
Resources: Tactician, Overdrive, Locked and Loaded A/D, Absorber Module
Post by Empress Ise on Sept 14, 2022 14:32:24 GMT -5
| Ise | 258,795 PL | Ikari Form (Less Restrained) | | 3/6 KP | 6/6 MP | 0%/270% |
Ise’s head tilted as the drone answered her question regarding if it was operating alone, presently without any organization presiding over its actions, she would have to eventually look into its creator, Doctor Wallace Wonder, not a name she was familiar with but one she would have the Empire look into as the drone proved itself QUITE interesting as she noted that the portions of its hull that had been destroyed were slowly patching back up. Ise wondered if the bot had any limits to its reconstructive powers, was it thinning itself elsewhere to gain the mass or converting its energy into matter to do the job?
Ise grinned as the bot asked her about her current power, namely why she was restraining herself, curious on if she was doing it out of a sense of fairness or for the thrill, of the two Ise would lean more towards the idea of it being for the thrill though the answer was a bit more complicated. “Neither entirely, the fairness of it plays little factor to be honest, if I wanted things to be fair I would have matched your power rather than simply doubling my own.” Ise said with a grin.
Her attacks lanced at the bot and to her surprise it managed to defend quite capable of holding back her attacks, she did no appreciable damage to the bot once their techniques finished clashing meaning that she would need to ramp things up just a bit. “Thrill I suppose plays a factor, I enjoy a good fight though not enough to risk a loss on a stage such as this” Ise says, giving a gesture to the arena as a whole, a sea of various life patterns and power signatures almost all dreadfully dull to her senses.
“But mostly I do it to get a chance to really gauged what my opponent can do, in some cases because I need to understand them better for the fight, but for others it is out of a curiosity on their general potential, the Empire is always looking for talent. Had I gotten the chance I would have extended an offer to my last opponent, just as I am weighing the benefits of offering you one as well.” Ise grinned as she let a bit more of her full strength flow out causing a few cracks to splinter the arena floor around her.
“Think fast.” Ise’s hand snapped up once more a single finger extended toward the drone and a single beam of energy lanced out from it aiming to strike it dead center only slight effort made on Ise’s part to generally avoid where she was hearing its ‘voice’ come from in hopes the attack would not irreparable damage whatever it used to speak.
WC: 463 TWC: 1,821
Ise ramps things up with a Breaker Lance! 103,518 Pl incoming!
** LOG UPDATE : ISE :: PL: 172000 -> 258,795 // SAVE LOG **
OW-1 knew that to get this potential position offered, they would need to show their willingness to make sacrifices. So with the damage calculated, as the bot once again traced the lines that the ki was travelling down the lengths of Ise’s arms. Or in this case arm. To a single point at the tip of their finger. A substantial blast was forming. One that could easily best the camera pod but one that would not render it useless.
In what may appear as a surprising choice, OW-1 rushed towards the blast, the internal calculations had been made, the precise position of the blast would race through the bot in unessential systems and be repaired later, whilst some form of offense would also need to be shown. A support network as powerful as the Empire would be worth the pain.
And the pain was excruciating. During their repairs they began to feel. The cold of the dirt, the loss of their creator, the uncertainty of the future. But up to this point nothing as painful as this.
A screech exploded from the bot as the laser found purchase and made its way through. The lower left of the cannon had a clear puncture that went through to the other side. Daylight would have been seen through it if not for the darkened skies. All it revealed was the scorch on the wall behind.
A small cannon popped out of the top of the bot, and fired a blast into the skies. A red orb illuminated the clouds and seemed to set off the rain. Thick heavy pellets of rain started to pour down. The orb slowly occluded by the rain and skies. But it would return and fall to the Earth atop Ise’s position.
The bot continued it’s push, it fell slightly out of it’s path as it reacted to the laser faltering towards the floor but catching itself and launched itself towards the saiyan empress again.
Breaker Lance taken straight to HP PL: 105000 HP: 151%
Support beam of Locked and Loaded fired! 30% = 31500 Fired at Ise
Post by Empress Ise on Sept 16, 2022 11:50:46 GMT -5
| Ise | 258,795 PL | Ikari Form (Less Restrained) | | 5/6 KP | 6/6 MP | 12%/270% |
Ise was intensely curious how the little drone would react to her Breaker Lance, she had specifically raised her power to a degree that the attack would be immensely dangerous to the bot but was unlikely to simply outright destroy it, especially considering its already displayed self repair capabilities. What Ise had not expected was that upon the launching of her attack the drone rushed AT it.
That was certainly *A* response, Ise supposed she hardly had any room to think such a tactic was foolish considering she routinely did much the same against her opponents, however she had the distinct advantage of knowing that Saiyan biology reacted very well to an intense and dangerous battle, taking risks and getting hit hard were advantageous to her as long as she knew when to eventually stop taking such risks.
But to her knowledge few if any machines could emulate such things, though considering the drone let out what sounded like a pained scream upon being struck by her lance Ise had to wonder if perhaps it was possible, or if the drone had simply made a terrible error, also interestingly the scream implied that either the drone wished to make it seem it was more injured than it was.
Or its creator had been rather cruel by programming a sense of pain into it that apparently could not be turned off? Or perhaps the drone had simply neglected to do so.
Her Lance had thankfully been aimed true and not actually ‘killed’ the drone even if the drone had done quite a lot to make that more likely by rushing headlong into it, they appeared to even be able to keep going on as it launched… something into the sky prompting the budding storm she had been feeling to finally begin its downpour.
Interestingly she could feel the surge of energy from the drones attack directly interacting with the sky above, likely the clouds, the strange attack was not purely to cause a rainstorm as the attack came raining down on her alongside the rain itself while the drone made a direct attack at her front, with a confident smirk Ise allowed the raining attack to crash against her shoulders and back only raising a hand to block attacks from directly striking her head and hair.
While her free hand reached out to grab the drone as it rocketed at her to catch the drone letting it impact against her palm. “Very nice, was that simply good timing or did your attack genuinely cause the storm to start up? I could see quite a lot of use if you have some amount of actual ability to influence storms like that.”
The pain was excruciating, a hole had ripped through their form like butter. A burning sensation ran through the processing unit of the camera pod and alerts of serious damage flared up within the firmware. But they had to press on, meanwhile, their attack seemed to do about as much as a kick to an old generator.
“My attack seems to have dislodged some of the stability in the atmosphere. Not an intended effect but certainly was caused by my attack.” It was true that the storm was due to start based on the barometric data, but the attack seemed to start it early. Thunder and streaks of lightning now filled the clouds. The lightning never dared to leave it’s high height
The tension rose but OW-1 had already run the calculations, a loss was almost inevitable, but perhaps it was not truly a loss if they gained something from the situation. They needed to continue to prove themselves.
Calculations or no, there was still a fight to continue. One they wished to try to make a good showing of themselves. Were it not for their determination they may have already yielded, but they decided another blast like that would be too substantial to ignore and would force a surrender. To save themselves from destruction.
It would drain significan resources but their next attack may actually incur some form of damage to the powerful Empress. Hopefully enough to impress.
Do you blink? Launched at Ise! 100800 Transform Boost to x6 MP boost to 80%
Post by Empress Ise on Sept 21, 2022 3:59:36 GMT -5
| Ise | 517,590 PL | Ikari Form | | 0/6 KP | 0/6 MP | 12%/270% |
It was unfortunate that the bot had not completely caused the storm but the fact it had a direct influence was something that had potential, she was finding herself rather fond of what the little bot was capable of and more importantly how persistent it was, even when faced with an attack that so severly damaged it they were still willing to push on and Ise could even feel its power surging higher, it was a sort of tenacity that even a good number of ‘real’ beings lacked and had Ise quite interested in recruiting the bot.
Fondness aside however Ise was not interested in taking a more substantial hit and her visor had already given her a few pings on how close the fight was drawing to the time limit, it really was unfortunate that the Finals were not given the full time needed to ensure a victor was found but arguing over the rules was not something she had considered worthwhile especially with no real contacts on Konats to use to influence things.
And so Ise would show off a bit, more importantly show the bot that it had impressed her as it released was was likely its strongest attack, pushed beyond even its usual power limits, Ise smirked as she took to the air slightly to avoid causing TOO much damage as she first released all restraints on her power releasing a wave of energy outward from herself that was swiftly followed by a second even stronger pulse as Ise pushed her own power further.
“I like you little bot, you’ve earned a bit of my respect! So I’ll show you a truly serious response!” Ise wore a wide vicious grin as her power snapped and swirled around her as she once more pointed a single finger at the oncoming attack. “Siege Lance!” Ise called the beam concentrating at the tip of her claw before firing forward as a thin line, it pierced through the bots attack in an instant and quickly cleared the distance to the bot itself, Ise however pulled back on the technique at the last moment, detonating it in front of the bot rather than letting it pierce through its shell to explode within.
If he estimates were right the bot would ‘survive’ ideally all of its critical systems were more heavily protected and it could once more continue its self repair.
WC: 399 TWC: 2,669
Ise goes to her full power and then further beyond! She then uses a Siege Lance! 2 MP spent on Burning Ki to raise KP to 6 4 MP spent on transformation boost raising Ise to 517,590 Siege Lance raised to 90% due to Overflowing Power: 465,831 Siege Lance vs Do You Blink? Remaining Power: 365,031 coming at Ow-1
The rain pouring, lightning crackling and thunder rumbling above. The thunder grumbled out a desire to let the lightning shatter the ground, the rain taking minuscule amounts of rock off the wall and to the arena floor. All of them desired to fall to the earth.
OW-1 at this point had no intention of following their interest. After firing their blast the bot had broken away from the Saiyan Empress, attempting to keep them on their toes, but it was to be of no use. Ise had been easily able to keep up with the manoeuvres the pod attempted to complete.
Only then had they noticed that Ise had powered up.
** LOG UPDATE : ISE :: PL: 258795 -> 517590 :: OBSERVATION : OH NO // SAVE LOG **
Not only had her strength been unleashed but much like the camera pod’s just moments ago, it had been pushed to its limits by force of will. The blast to follow was expected however it was also completely impossible to defend against. OW-1 had limits, hard limits that had now been found.
They expanded their form, some of the interlocking metallic plates popped open and seemed to be trying to draw in some of the power from the Empress’s powerful blast but it was to no avail. The power that flew towards them was far beyond their capabilities. The absorber module within OW-1 threw back a novel’s worth of errors as it shut down to protect itself.
The blast didn’t make contact, that was a strange feeling. But it lasted only for a microsecond as the wave of the explosion hit the outside of the bot’s form, the plates not yet reconnected. Some were shunted violently away from where they should reside. The cannon that was formed from the inverted lens, cracked and became askew. The pod was flung backwards next. Flying against the damp back wall.
As it made contact, the repulsor module within its form came loose. The violent whiplash shook other modules loose too but not so much to incapacitate the bot but it was enough to cause a familiar malfunction. OW-1 felt the familiar sensation as their repulsors fired randomly at full strength. Sending them careening into the sky, over the city and out into the wilderness of Konats.
Perhaps to find a new hole to bury themselves in and repair.
HP:0! KP: N/A MP: N/A
Resources: Tactician, Overdrive, Locked and Loaded A/D, Absorber Module