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Post by Kup on May 18, 2011 7:46:26 GMT -5
Kup is booted and goes flying. He lands awkwardly, but recovers quickly, rolling back to a crouch. He takes a moment to consider how he's going to win this one - trying to out-tough and just beeat Omega down isn't going to work. What he needs to do is disable him. Kup decides that continuing to focus on the limbs is his best bet - as strong and as powerful as Omega is, Omega Supreme is mostly made out of cannons.1 If Kup can just render the non-cannon bits useless, he'll have a major advantage...
...Still, it's going to be long work getting through all that armor. Kup begins circling, looking to pick his next attack.
The next day...
The old man is getting tired of this slag, but he's forced to admit, if he only practices against people bigger and tougher than he is, he's going to be at huge disadvantage, so he can at least understand why he's squaring off against Skyblast right now. He's crouched and ready, but for the moment, doesn't seem interested in making the most move.
"T'be honest," Kup admits, "the idea of a 'melee jet' always did seem a bit weird to me. Maybe it's because I'm a truck." A truck's 'idea' of melee is generally 'ram into it,' but unless your name is Ramjet, that's generally bad strategy when you're a jet. Meanwhile, attempting a blade-laden flyby of a truck is a somewhat tricky matter, as the ground tends to limit manauvering room considerably. Sure, there are jets that are agile enough to pull it off, but most tend to use more traditional tactics against ground-based opponents.
1 And turtles.
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Post by Nimbus Tsura on May 18, 2011 22:11:21 GMT -5
It's turtles all the way down.
Skyblast is a contrast to Kup's other opponents in that he has a much lower damage output per blow than Kup, but he's also ridiculously hard to hit. He grins easily and replies, "Oh, Kup. I have a cannon, too, and I'm fantastic with it. That's just not the point of this exercise."
He takes a step back, summons his energon spear, and uses it to vault into the air, into a swift, fluid motion. Skyblast aims to land behind Kup and embed the tip of that spear deep in Kup's back. It's swift brutality and dance-like grace all in one.
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Post by Kup on May 19, 2011 12:40:15 GMT -5
Now that he's back to fighting the small agile sorts, it's time to revert back to his usual strategy of taking the hits he can afford to, waiting for his opponent to move themselves into striking range, and taking the attacks that present themselves. Perhaps this time, however, he'll be even more effective at it than he was before.
A spear tip deep into the back, however, is not a hit that Kup can afford to take, not this early. He twists, not enough to completely avoid the blade, but enough to keep the strike shallow, even if the wound is longer, though he continues his spin, attempting to send an elbow towards Skyblast.
He snorts. "Hnh. Cocky, kid. Reminds me of someone I know."
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Post by Nimbus Tsura on May 19, 2011 22:01:36 GMT -5
Skyblast is using his full spear, as opposed to just paired blades, because it gives him more reach and leverage, both of which are good against a bigger, stronger opponent like Kup. He rather easily removes himself out of elbow range. Win or lose, this will likely be frustrating fight for Kup, not least of all because Skyblast corrects, "I'm one of a kind."
He aims the spear tip at the underarm of the arm that sent that elbow his way and continues, "I'm not cocky. I'm better than I say I am."
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Post by Kup on May 22, 2011 20:26:25 GMT -5
Ultimately, the goal is neither win nor lose so much as to improve.
The spear-tip bites into Kup's underarm as he snaps that arm down against his side, attempting to grab the spear and hold it against himself even if it means taking injury in the process. He twists just enough as part of the same move to throw a kick back and towards Skyblast, attempting to do with longer leg what the elbow was too short to do.
"There's always someone better, kid," he observes.
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Post by Nimbus Tsura on May 24, 2011 19:37:44 GMT -5
Skyblast's goal is just to look good and make the crowd swoon.
It is a tough crowd.
He likes a challenge.
"Hah, don't be silly, old man!" Skyblast says, smirking rakishly. "That'd mean it's betters all the way up," he lets go of his spear, hoping Kup with stumble a step back from the pull, and jumps over that kick, "and the fact is, you eventually hit a ceiling."
Skyblast attempts to land his feet on the haft of the spear that Kup is hopefully holding now and boot a foot into his face.
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Post by Kup on May 27, 2011 10:21:52 GMT -5
Kup doesn't stumble back - he stands pretty solidly, and he had more been holding the spear in place than puling on it.
"And you're it?" he snorts, ducking his head down enough to take the boot to the 'crown', where armor is thicker, and snatching the spear away to upset his balance. "Don't make me laugh." He now swings the spear around, wielding it more like a baseball bat than a spear, and attempts to slam it into whatever part of Skyblast is handy.
"It's a big universe, kid, and that's true even when you're only dealing with one!"
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Post by Nimbus Tsura on May 28, 2011 20:33:48 GMT -5
"Hey, old man, when you're a star, you're in the heavens by default, and it doesn't get higher than that," Skyblast banters cheerily.
He lands on one hand when the spear is yanked away from him. He's just a little slow on his tumble, and Kup smacks into the curling Minibot as if he were a golf ball, sending Skyblast flying. There's a huge divot left in Skyblast, and his cry of pain makes it clear that the internal damage was serious.
But Skyblast soldiers on, because the show must go on, transforming before he slams into the wall, and he banks sharply to line up on a razor edge pass on Kup.
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Post by Kup on May 30, 2011 16:06:40 GMT -5
"Even stars go out. Seen it happen a few times," Kup observes almost conversationally. He dives forward into a transformation in an attempt to duck beneath Skyblast's razor wing, but is still just slow enough for the edge to shriek a shallow line on what becomes the roof of his vehicle mode. As a truck, he's not fast - not fast enough to run for cover, not fast enough for a whole not. He starts to roll, angling in an attempt to intercept rather than giving chase directly, though it's a pretty good bet he won't be in vehicle mode for long.
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Post by Nimbus Tsura on Jun 1, 2011 20:18:56 GMT -5
"Oh baby, stars go out with a bang," Skyblast declares. He transforms in mid-air, grinning, and tries to grab Kup by the gouge in his roof, trying to use his airspeed and momentum to tear the roof off this sucker.
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Post by Dinobot on Jun 4, 2011 14:52:33 GMT -5
"Stars shine more and brag less," Dinobot interjects, grumbling as he watches the back and forth. He's been nodding in satisfaction at Kup's fighting, occasionally tapping a finger against his crossed arms as he watches.
OOC: Still skippable.
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Post by Kup on Jun 6, 2011 19:43:21 GMT -5
"I'll show you bang," Kup growls, but that turns into a shout of pain as his cab is grabbed. He transforms and makes a grab for Skyblast, hoping the tough armor of his roof - now mostly on his back - slows the flighty little jet down long enough to let the veteran get a hold of him.
Later the same day...
Junkions. Blasted Junkions.
Though really, it makes sense. Their culture is more melee-oriented than Cybertronian, anyway, and their self-repair abilities make them formidable foes.
But familiar foes.
The first few blows have already fallen, though so far nothing serious enough to do damage to Kup's tough frame, or to keep Dai-Janku from putting himself back together. Kup rushes the Junkion. If he gets near enough, he'll make a grab for one of the other's hands. If he can keep the hands away from the rest of the robot, it'll make it harder for him to rebuild himself.
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Post by Dai-Janku on Jun 6, 2011 20:03:46 GMT -5
Dai-Janku barges forward - he doesn't have a real plan here, though. He figures he'll just make it up as he goes along.
Once he gets close enough to Kup, he leaps in the air, going for a full-body tackle. "AIIIYAAAHHHHHH!"
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Post by Kup on Jun 7, 2011 9:21:38 GMT -5
Kup is tackled! Largely because he's not even trying to dodge. Instead, even as he's being knocked to the ground, he makes a grab for Dai-Janku's nearest hand. Should he grab hold of it, he'll attempt to pull it off, but failing that, he'll attempt to grab (and, yes, remove) any part of the Junkion he can reach, perhaps dragging Dai down with him as he falls.
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Post by Dai-Janku on Jun 8, 2011 23:00:41 GMT -5
And down DJ goes with Kup, and noticing the odd attention to his hand, he grumbles. "Oi, I know you wanted me to give you a hand with training, but this is too literal!"
So DJ heats up his hands, continuing the grapple. He'll try to break free, or try and force Kup to break it off with Fists of Burning Justiceā¢!
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