Season 1 Fight 7, Donovan Dragovan Vs Shiratori Haku

[Sieg Zephyr]

The last battle area of round one came into view. The sky today was a brilliant blue, the viewpoint swinging round to reveal a calm ocean meeting the horizon. As the viewpoint turned, it revealed a solitary island central to the battle area, probably no bigger then a hanger complex, with only a few brushes and rocky formations central to it’s sandy beaches. Though uninhabited, this time the war was not the reason. This place is just the largest of the sprinkling juts of rock that poke from the sea here, the rest are more like needles and number, in the entire battlefield no more then thirty.

The ocean around the island quickly drops into murky depths, its currents swirling by the ocean and other pointing rock’s, creating streams of current swirling around them. For years this area has been marked on naval maps as a no go area, especially at night, and throughout history the foolish met their ends here. The last battle of round one was to take place here in the deceptively calm ocean, and with few stable footings available, promised to be interesting.


Contestants: Donovan Dragovan Vs Shiratori Haku
Battle Area: Rocky/Beach Island, Deep Ocean. Occasional Rocks
Start Date: 2nd October
End Date: 8th October

[Donovan Dragovan]

Donovan Dragovan, King of Lybania, touched down in his Censura. Scanning the sky, he awaited his opponent patiently and with an unblinking gaze. The drug cocktail he had taken had helped him immensely. He felt almost as good as new and every movement he made was completely steady. He felt no weakness now. No pain. He knew it wouldn't last forever, but neither had the doctor told him what his time limit would be. If that was the case, then so be it. He'd fight until he couldn't fight anymore. There would be no holding back. He had more important foes to face...

Taking a few heavy steps forward, he tested the terrain. It was uneven, but the Censura's heavy armor was evenly distributed, thankfully. Tipping over wasn't a worry. He ran a quick system's check. Arms? Functional. Legs? Functional. Weapons? Ready and waiting.

He began siphoning a little energy into his beam cannons. About thirty or forty percent would do. No need to run the risk of them overheating. Mace in one hand and the powered down Dragovan Broadsword hilt in the other, Donovan waited for his opponent to show.

[Alyster]

A slight of worried pass inside Hako's mind. Kanon might have the best control system available in the century, but that actually one problem coming from looking at the battle site. well things were not in so favorable to her as even Coco had slight serious face as the transport Carrier pass the area. putting her palm on her face, Hako can only hope for the best footing place she could get since basically the girl is just an ordinary swords woman that's usually fought on surface for her advantage. The island however is a good place for her despite the rocky steps, but the size of their battle is obviously far from being equal. "WEll... good luck" Coco voiced echoed through the intercom. "is that the best sentences you can come with..." Hako sighed a bit, she was hoping that the genius one would think of something for her, but it seems she had to depend on her own battle experience (in this case 3 times of combat training to test the cannon against Mobile Doll)

"Anyway... I'll put you up with some music... it'll pump up your spirit"

"whatever..." Hako sighed again, she move some of finger which seems to control the blinking 3D Cursor, and turn on some music. [b]"well... here I Go..."

the music Echoed through the whole cockpit, giving more lively spirit at the girl as the whole Suit was dropped from the carrier falling straight down to the island. The thrusters all over the body then suddenly burst to life, slowing the fall and eventually Holding the suit in place as the Kanon impact the ground with a small velocity but enough to scatter some rocks.

"Nice seeing you make it to the arena Your highness... so shall we begin?" Hako voiced a greetings, she recognize the opponent suit although its was slightly different, but its obviously belongs to the lybanian king.

[Donovan Dragovan]

Normally Donovan would have had some graceful saying ready. Something that would put his opponent offguard. Not today though. Flipping on his own music he keyed up his comm.

"My apologies, m'lady, but I'm in a bit of a rush right now. Let's get this over with."

Switching the Broadword to his left hand and his mace to his right, he lit the sword up in the auxiliary beam shield mode and brought his mace up. He didn't rush forward immediately, however. Instead, he held his ground and fired his 45 mm CIWS at her. Judging from her appearance, she was a melee type. She'd come to him.

Best to let her do that. Get her into his rhythm. He hunched down and readied himself. Forward, to the side, above. He'd be ready.

This post has been edited by Donovan Dragovan on Oct 1 2009, 11:01 PM

[Alyster]

"Agreed! the girl take a side step then continue to bend her body forward pushing the throttle with her feet as Kanon also do the same movement, And start running straight backup by a slight kick from the thrusters toward censura. waving it hands to the Nodachi hilt, while keeping her eyes on the enemy suit movements. keeping the foots touching the ground will help her later on do a small manuever, but the plan actually is to over smart the opponent attacks, counter movement and a simple dance with the sword, with precisions and power, a typical Japanese sword art.

[Donovan Dragovan]

Donovan briefly considering stepping into the range of Kanon's blade and trusting his armor to protect him, but he decided against it. No telling what that nodachi could do to him. Instead, he brought the mace up and down in one surprisingly swift motion, pulverizing the volcanic rock below him and kicking up a monstrous cloud of dust and ash.

In the cover, he hunched down low and waited. Kanon's radar would say he had not moved. That he was still standing just as he was. In reality though, he was preparing for her to enter the cloud. When she struck, he'd be ready to spring into her 'dead box' where her sword's swing would have the least force behind it. From there, he'd ram his shield into Kanon's body, trying to upset her balance.

All the same, he charged his beam cannons up to 80 percent now. Something told him he was in deep now, and things weren't going to be as easy as he hoped.

[Alyster]

hoping for something else, Hako however is not the kind to attack when she didn't see any chance of her to do a clean strike. as the dust reach a bulking stage covering the area, the young girl had shown an impressed look in her face, seeing her opponent doing a small exhibition of his suits raw power. the Kanon didn't even reach the cloudy dust when Hako decides to do reduces her speed by doing a heavy stomp in front of her with the right leg, reducing the velocity to mess up the timing. decides not to hesitate in her movement, Hako change the suit trajectory aiming to arcing Censura from the right side, while keeping her self away from the opponents sense of attack.

[Donovan Dragovan]

Donovan sat and, his music expired, listened. It was true that inside the dustcloud, he couldn't see Kanon any more than it could see him, but he heard the dull thud of the mobile suit's leg as it hit the ground.

"She changed direction..."

The King's mind raced as he explored the implications, even as he muttered to himself. He had no way of visually confirming which way she had turned. Nor had he any more audio cues. The rumbling came from everywhere. What he did have was his mind. He closed his eyes for a moment and put himself in Hako's position. He pictured her seeing him, shield in one hand and mace in the other, obscuring himself in the dust. Would she chance attacking from the left? No...he had his shield up and at the ready. It would be unlikely that she could get a clean hit in from the left side even if she had full visuals on her opponent. How about above? It was possible, but he doubted it. Once in the air, she had to pinpoint her opponent in the dust and make her first strike count. All that remained was the right side. His mace was a metallic weapon. If her sword was beam edged, as he thought it might be, it'd be hard pressed to stand up to it. Nor could the shield get in the way. It would be the most effective place to launch an attack...

"Well, it's just a hunch..."

But Donovan had long since learned to trust his hunches. For a gambler, there was often little else to go on. Still, he didn't want to rush out of the cloud like some overconfident fool. Instead, he flash charged the remaining 20 percent of his cannons, whipped around 90 degrees, and blasted away at the place he approximated her position.

[Alyster]

A blast of beam ripping out from the dust cloud, it certainly caught her by surprise even when she had already precisely expecting that attack since the time she make the turn. if the blast was shot 1 seconds faster, it'll probably caught her in the center of it. but now it missed her by only few inch of almost scrapping her outer layer armor, as she move the cannon in a side roll twist of the torso and followed by the whole body. although still surprised, Hako glared out a fearless eyes and a small smile of satisfaction "he bite it""

Pinpointing the accurate trajectory where the beam came from she caught a glimpse of silhouette as the cloud opens up after being ripped by the beam blast. The quick twist roll by Kanon was followed by another blast from the thrusters pushing the whole suit few more meters to follow the arc form then when reach 130 degree or arcing, Hako made a quick sharp angle turn with a small push from the leg, Charging straight into the cloud where she precisely pinpoint the censura's location. the right hands of Kanon now holding the hilt, Draws the sword and swing it with tremendous speed, Cutting Vertically with a full strength and precision. The left hand however had ready it self for another task.

Will he bite it again?

[Donovan Dragovan]

Any experienced fighter could dodge or even block a vertical slice. They were quick, powerful, but had a very limited range of damage. Donovan, however, knew this was exactly what Hako was counting on. Instead, he deactivated his beam shield, thrust out his doubly armored chest, and took the blow full on. He felt the beam blade bite deep into his armor, and the sensors said that it had cut clean through about a quarter of the way. Perfect...

Twisting his suit, he snared the sword inside the wound it had created.

"Gotcha."

The words were barely a breath from Donovan's mouth as his broadsword roared back to life and came up from underneath Kanon's arm unit with surprising swiftness. Simultaneously, he brought the mace around to crown Kanon hard in the chest.

As it stood, Hako had a choice. Her arm, her sword, or her suit.


(( I feel I should qualify this action so there is no misunderstanding. Going into this fight, I had previously assigned the shields of a strength equal to that of 8 or so hits from a metallic weapon. I changed that to 2 hits for Kanon's beam nodachi. The chest area she is striking currently bears two metallic shields and, as such, can withstand 4 strikes from the Nodachi. Thank you for your time. ))

[Alyster]

(I can't believe this, I love swords!!! XD)

"No, Gotcha!!!" in the midst of that confusion because of the dust the heavy pressure and metal clenching sound, Hako grinned widely as she saw the man really bite the worm as her katana Strike Censura's Chest. From its bulky appearance anyone could guess that it has crazy protection from its armor, and for that time she had already expected that the King would sacrifice its armor just like a king sacrificing his knight for victory.

at the same time when the edge of the nodachi make contact she change the grip to the left hand, pushed deep and straight, while at the same the right hand activate the beam shield and the anti-material claw, and reduces the impact as the claw actually grab the broadsword waving underneath and using its impact force to pushed Kanon body as it also do a twisting roll movement, the impact however had give enough pressure to the left hand to slightly damage the joint, but still it's in tolerable range of damage. Sticking and slightly tackled the whole body to the censura's body. all those movement were done in a continues movement after the vertical strike, and the twist actually causing her to avoid the hammer impact by closing her range deeper beyond the arm angle and the hammer reach.

bursting her thrusters to life with its maximum output, the movement instantly continue into an attack pattern the right arm that was holding the nodachi dragging the hilt downward as it tries to position into upper diagonal direction. as the torso now pushing the Censura backward, the blade rips the outer part of Censura's chest as it swing up in diagonal direction. Steadying and kicking with left leg the diagonal swing of the Nodachi in the right hand continues into full 360 degree diagonal upward swing when it escaped from the chest armor, as Censura flew backward from the force of kanon tackling with full thrusters output. and obiviously Hako had already match the timing with opponent backward movement with sword swing so it won't miss as Kanon body also move the same direction.

This post has been edited by Alyster on Oct 3 2009, 09:38 PM

[Donovan Dragovan]

Donovan grunted as his massive machine was thrown back by Kanon. It wasn't enough to upset his sense of balance though, and he quickly regained himself. Deciding that he'd done enough running, he lit up his own thrusters, exchanged his weapons between hands and rushed Kanon.

Igniting the broadsword which was now in his right hand, he brought it up to block the other mech's spinning sword strike. A machine less powerful couldn't hope to do it, but the Censura was designed around two things. Power and Armor. He could hold it. In the meantime, he charge his beam cannons once more.

Bringing up his mace, he struck hard with it using his left hand. This time, he aimed for her legs, trying to destroy her balance.

Despite all this however, Hako had best pay attention to what he wasn't doing. Namely stopping. Despite his intended block, strike, and charging, he had no intention of putting the brakes on Censura. Eighty tons of gundanium was on a collision course was a much smaller machine that was already in mid-action.

There was no taunt this time from Donovan. Just sheer determination.

[Alyster]

the attacks were blocked, sparking beam light can be seen as that two heavy strike collide. but that movement wasn't the end of Hako's attack. the spin was stopped but it actually pushed her instinct to do more, the heavy weight and Censura's broadsword helps her to maneuver as this loosen her bond with the ground, Hako used the sword as a pushing point to continue "dance" as the thrusters pushed her to the side avoiding a direct collision as it scrapped her armor and pushed Kanon Away to the side.

as the girl watch the heavy bulky suit went through the collision line, Hako keep thought to her self that she wouldn't want to get hit by that rampaging large 'bull'. after stabilizing her suit again, Hako taking a striking stand, Aligning her swords horizontally and equal with Kanon sights, bending the knee with the right leg in front, she lwoered the body into Piercing style.

[Donovan Dragovan]

Donovan didn't even flinch as Kanon spun around him. He was expecting it and, frankly, would have been disappointed if it had been that easy. He didn't stop to face her, however. Instead, he rocketed out towards the other side of the island. Seeing a an appropriately sized boulder, he blew past it and, swinging around, swung his mace as hard as possible in a backhanded motion.

The boulder exploded into pieces and the razor sharp pieces careened towards the currently motionless Kanon like obsidian shuriken blades. Shuriken blades the size of motorcycles. Twisting, he waited for her to dodge the deadly shrapnel. When he did, he'd decimate her with his twin beam cannons...

[Alyster]

it was actually a surprising move, utilizing the rock like a shotgun bullet loads with obsidian shrapnel instead of metal ones. there's a simple way to avoid the attacks actually but for some reason Hako decides not to used it since it will change the outcome she preferred. the girl make a move to the felt while swinging the sword to block the incoming Solid rock, with that she manage to avoid the blast of rock, but it seems that it didn't over yet. The slight spark of the lights from the shoulder told her swordsman instinct for the incoming danger, and like it not she seems to trust that just in a nick of time. The Kanon stomp hard with the right leg and the front boosters burst to live stopping her movement only a several inch from the heat wave, close enough for her to gulping. some of the heat corroded the outer layer as now her armor is getting thinner.

it seems that thing didn't goes as she planned. the man is good and obviously that heavy bulky suit is better than average mobile suit. well she wouldn't expect her to be on this pressure at the beginning of her appearance, but it couldn't be avoided. Balancing her suits again. the girl quickly continues her dash straight toward the standing Censura. She flipped several of her motion controller then holding the Nodachi with both hands. lining the edge facing the ground, Hako had prepare for a combination attack and routing the energy for some crazy way of attacking.