Quarter Finals - Pin VS Jala

Pin strode out into the Arena once again, this time forgoing any fanfare or grandstanding. His pistol was holstered, his helmet on his head, and he remained quiet. He hadn’t realized just how quickly he’d grow tired of the constant posturing in this tournament. Even with his last match having been refreshingly casual, he had a feeling that it would be the only one of its kind in this tournament. Instead, now he went to battle against a woman whom he promised he would defeat.

He hadn’t known Chai for long, but he had quickly grown fond of the goat boy, and Pin wanted to keep that promise as well as he could.

He stood, awaiting his opponent, running a brief diagnostic check on his various software and hardware systems. He had to give it to the Vargas, they knew how to keep a machine up and running. All systems were quickly found to be go - hell, some of them were running better than when he’d arrived at the tournament grounds. He’d have to touch base with the mechanics that had helped patch him up and learn their secrets. It might help him back out there in the real world.

For the first time, Pin had to admit that he might not win this thing. His first opponent had been all talk, but Chai had kept Pin on his toes throughout their entire fight. If he hadn’t surprised the Zoanthrope at the last second, things might have gone differently. He had no idea what this woman, Jala - not the same Jala he knew, not the Queen mother, but rather some other Saiyan warrior, was capable of. Still, he knew she was no more powerful than he was, at least by whatever metric the Vargas were using to construct their tournament. He had to hope that his skill and cunning would bring him through this match, that he’d make good on his promise and move on to whatever opponent was next.

So he stood, and he waited.

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Jala [U10]

Pin sneered under his helmet. This woman was already rubbing him the wrong way. Arms crossed, talking about how easy the previous fights were, and Pin thought he heard her mutter something disparaging about the SSE. Even if he hadn’t made a promise to Chai, he’d want to break Jala’s teeth. She led in with two questions, all while building up her energy.

“I’ve met a Jala in my universe, sure. She didn’t look a lick like you, though. Doubt she’s your counterpart. Why?”

He didn’t really care why she asked about her Universe 15 doppelganger, but keeping her talking would keep her organic brain’s focus split. Another advantage of being a machine that he’d have to come to terms with losing - machines were great at multitasking.

“What am I fighting for? You mean in general, or here at the tournament? That’s a real broad question. I’m here for the same reason you are. There’s something in my life that needs fixing, but can’t be fixed through conventional means.”

As he spoke, he began to charge energy into his shielding array. He had no idea what sort of technique this Jala might throw her power into, and while he was confident he could overpower it with something stronger, he didn’t want to blow that much energy right out of the gate. Instead, he’d just keep pace with her own swelling energy, and let his shields sort it out once she made up her mind.

“What are you gonna wish for? I hope it’s something more interesting than power.”

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Charging [N1] Geodesic Energy Field (Tier 1 Barrier), 33%!

Jala [U10]

Great. Another opponent who had really only come to the tournament to fight, whose wish had been nothing but an afterthought. And her wish, for -someone- to get strong enough to kill a tyrant? What sort of dishwater bullshit was that? To wish for someone else to solve your problems? Pin would have spat, had he not been wearing his helmet…and if he had spit.

“I’m sick of being someone else’s doll,” he said, “I came here to change the very nature of my own existence.”

And then, of course, the woman before him entered the Super Saiyan state. He wasn’t surprised, really - any Saiyan in this tier of the tournament would have access to that form. Still, he found it more irritating than intimidating. In his experience, most Saiyans became all but insufferable when they attained that golden aura. Would he be the same when this was over? He couldn’t be certain.

“I was built ready,” he said. He considered entering his Overdrive state, kicking off his limiters and going whole hog. Instead, he reconsidered - he wanted to have his full wits about him for this match. Overdrive would cloud his judgement. Rather than become the ravenous Momma’s Boy, he chose to bring in something new - the literal big guns.

From outside the arena, a claxon rang out. Something was launching. Out in space, a machine detached from Pin’s personal ship, the Pixie Blue. Normally, it would hurtle through space and enter the atmosphere of whatever planet Pin was on, landing beside him. However, rather than have it potentially destroy everything in its path, Vargas technology picked up on the launch and simply transported it through space, placing it next to Pin. As its limbs and head outstretched, so too did the arena to accommodate for its size. In moments, a great metallic ape - the Roboozaru - stood beside Pin, its cockpit open and waiting. Pin took to the air and stepped into the cockpit. He sat, and as the doors closed the machine plugged itself into his own mechanical body, transferring control and powering the giant robotic suit.

“And so was he.”

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Continued to charge [N1] Geodesic Energy Field, now 66%!

Transformed into the Roboozaru!

Jala [U10]

Pin rolled his eyes as the Saiyaness rambled on and on as if her words meant anything, as if anyone wanted to hear her talk. He wondered if this was her plan - to bore him to tears through unending conversation and no action.

Finally, when she noticed the Roboozaru, she seemed to be knocked out of her rambling and seemed to consider the battle once more. She began to charge something different, something a bit stronger. If he wanted to keep pace with it, he’d need to step up his own charging pace. He increased his maximum shield capacity by a factor of one, and his power core immediately began to siphon greater energy into the Roboozaru’s shielding array.

“I can wait all day, meat,” Pin said, his voice sounding out from a loudspeaker somewhere on his mobile suit’s body, “Don’t need to eat or sleep or any of that. You just take your time and I’ll be ready once your courage finally shows up.”

Pin was hoping to goad an attack out of Jala sooner than later, if for no other reason than because this whole ‘talking and charging’ shit was excruciatingly boring. He didn’t come here to talk shit and wave dicks, he came here to fight.

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Dropped charge for [N1] Geodesic Energy Field

Began charge for [UP2] Geodesic Energy Field - Now 66%

Jala [U10]

Somewhat unexpectedly, Jala dropped her charge, instead choosing to attack with a series of basic ki blasts, aimed at the Roboozaru’s face. Pin raised an eyebrow. He wasn’t sure what she was planning, but he raised the Roboozaru’s massive arm to knock aside the ki blasts. No reason to just let them land as intended.

She then launched herself headlong into the Roboozaru, unleashing another version of the Super Saiyan form before throwing a flurry of punches and kicks. Clearly she expected the giant machine to be slow and made of paper. It was neither. As she delivered her melee attacks, Pin maneuvered the Roboozaru’s hands to intercept them. Of course, this meant dropping the charge on his shield array and accepting that the chassis and paintjob was going to need a touchup, but he wasn’t too concerned about that.

“Finally, you’re DOING something. You’re not doing anything EFFECTIVE, but its something at least!”

The Roboozaru’s mouth opened and from its throat extended a long, silver barrel. Something shifted within it with a metallic SHUNK sound, and then it fired a line of purple ki energy at Jala. He didn’t load too much energy into it, just a basic energy blast, but he followed it up with a pair of surprisingly fast punches and a vicious bite of the Roboozaru’s massive, metal jaws.

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Dropped charge on Geodesic Energy Field!

Returned fire on Jala [U10] !

KP 3/3

Pin watched as Jala backed off and started screaming, flaring her power and kicking up quite the cloud of dust. Something felt off about this - she wasn’t charging anything, and she’d already shown her Super Saiyan form. Was she trying to ascend even further? No way she was that frustrated with this battle.

When her power all but fell off of his scouter’s array, he smiled. Clever, clever girl. He’d met warriors who could manipulate their power signatures in the past, going unseen almost in the same way that an Android might. But that was just the thing - she was pulling this trick on an android. An android with very fancy technology at his disposal.

The same sensory array that he’d installed in his helmet was installed into the Roboozaru itself, and so Pin began to cycle through the various spectra of light that he could sense. It wasn’t long before he spotted Jala, creeping through the dustcloud to try and get behind him. But to what end?

“Where...are you?” Pin said, playing along with her plan. Better to let her think she’d found some sort of advantage.

When she leapt in, her power flaring, he wasn’t surprised. When she tossed a ki blade towards the cockpit door, he wasn’t surprised. Instead, he brought the Roboozaru’s bladed tail around in a wide, sweeping arc. The blades spun as he used them to knock the ki blade aside before it could strike its target. He did note that this left a decent nick in the edge of one of the tail’s blades - impressive.

She dropped her power back down and tried to use the dustcloud for cover once more.

“You can’t hide forever, girl.”

Pin piloted the Roboozaru to face away from Jala, fully presenting its back to her.

“Eventually...”

With that, he kicked one of the Roboozaru’s legs up, and followed with the other. The Roboozaru fell backwards towards Jala, and Pin stuck it’s elbow out at her to strike first. He’d learned this move from Habana, who watched entirely too much galactic wrestling.

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Pin used UT1 Multi Visor to track Jala's movements!
Pin defended against Jala’s ki blade!

Pin is delivering a giant robot-sized The People’s Elbow!

KP 3 / 3

Jala [U10]

It seemed Pin had oversold his inability to find Jala, such that she managed to see through his trick before his attack could properly land. He didn’t take it too hard - he was piloting an enormous robot, after all, so it was a bit more difficult to give a properly nuanced performance. As the Roboozaru’s metal body descended towards the arena, its sensors picked up on a spike in energy - Jala once again taking on that Ultra Super Saiyan form as she approached. She clearly hoped to deal a significant blow against the machine.

Pin, however, knew this form. He’d been around enough Super Saiyans and studied up what was known about them enough to know that while the Ultra form was stronger, it lacked speed and stamina. And while the Roboozaru was one hell of a big target, it was designed with maneuverability in mind and was in the hands of a very skilled pilot.

“There it is,” Pin said, “There’s that Saiyan fury. That impotent rage when your dick isn’t the biggest in the room. Such a waste of energy, it’s astounding.”

The Roboozaru’s mouth opened and fired a blast of energy at no target in particular. At the same time, Pin kicked it’s thrusters into full burn, turning the giant metal robot in mid-air. The result looked like a rather unorthodox mid-air backflip, just barely managing to dodge the bulked-up punch of his Saiyaness opponent. Pin followed this backflip with an upward kick of the Roboozaru’s giant leg, hoping to catch Jala off guard and send her reeling back through the air.

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Pin narrowly avoid’s Jala’s attack through some creative piloting!

Pin attempts to punt Jala like a football!

KP 3 / 3

Jala [U10]