http://getter-class.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] getter-class.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] srwug_alpha_rp2012-03-28 07:39 pm
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Hayato is in the White Chalice Commons area, setting up a VR kit of the type Gainer always seems so fond of and looking a bit like your grandad when confronted with a DDR pad. Being aloof and mysterious is all well and good, but every once in a while you've got to remind the younger generation of their place. And truth be told he missed piloting. This seemed like a relatively harmless way to indulge in a bit of nostalgia.

By the time his challenger got there, he was pretty sure he had everything set up right.

[The match with Cynthia is being projected on a nearby TV. So watching is totally possible.]

[identity profile] g4merqu33n.livejournal.com 2012-03-29 02:42 am (UTC)(link)
All right, old man, is this your first time with Overbattler? I'll go easy on you until you learn the controls, but it's pretty similar to your standard Overman configuration.

[By which she means, two virtual sticks control everything.]

[identity profile] g4merqu33n.livejournal.com 2012-03-29 03:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[Cynthia's avatar appears to the side of Hayato's interface, talking with him.]

So you say. But don't forget, I'm a national-level champion at this game!

Hm...there's no proper Getter Machines in here, but maybe you'd do well with a high-speed flight type?

[Cynthia's chosen a well-balanced machine, with stats tuned slightly into more speed and melee attacks at the cost of defense.]

[identity profile] g4merqu33n.livejournal.com 2012-03-29 04:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[Cynthia shakes her head, watching her opponent flounder around from a high vantage point. She fires a warning shot, intentionally missing Hayato's Overbattler...]

Here I go!

[Then she dives towards him, the sun at her back!]

[identity profile] g4merqu33n.livejournal.com 2012-03-29 06:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[Cynthia's blade clashes with Hayato, both machines taking damage and flinching from the blow!

Cynthia de-targets the machine in front of her and swings again. Her mech won't have a starting dash before it's swing this way, and she'll strike faster. It's an advanced technique a novice would have no way of knowing about!]

[identity profile] g4merqu33n.livejournal.com 2012-03-29 08:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[Cynthia boosts up, her own Overbattler dunking Hayato's with a kick to the top of the head. She fires a shot straight down, dealing a critical hit...]

[SHOT DOWN appears on Hayato's screen, along with a respawn timer. He can choose several respawn points.]

[identity profile] g4merqu33n.livejournal.com 2012-03-30 12:23 am (UTC)(link)
[Cynthia's caught by surprise for a moment, not seeing the opposing machine until it's nearly too late! She manages to boost back at the last minute, but now her back's to a wall. Her machine's still a bit damaged from the earlier attacks, as well.]

[identity profile] g4merqu33n.livejournal.com 2012-03-31 12:34 am (UTC)(link)
[As he swings at her, Cynthia drops down, boosting below Hatato's legs. She fires back up behind him, her melee weapon catching his backside for critical damage...and bisecting him in two vertically.]

Maybe you should try a different machine...that one doesn't really seem to fit your playstyle.

[Hayato's looking at another SHOT DOWN message. He notices that he can choose beween several other Battlers while he's waiting to respawn, with different combinations of attack, defense, speed, melee, and ranged power.]

[identity profile] g4merqu33n.livejournal.com 2012-04-02 11:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Eh? The Blitz Valkyrie? No one uses that thing, it's too fast to properly control!

Newbie mistake. Ah well, it's still his first game...

[Cynthia advances on the Overbattler, firing off shots from her main gun.]

[identity profile] g4merqu33n.livejournal.com 2012-04-03 01:29 am (UTC)(link)
Wha? How can he even control that speed?

[She'll be down with another attack like that! She tries to spin, her game's computer having no issue keeping up with the machine, but her own eyes, not so much...she panics, and does an inverted barrel roll with her blade extended!]

Spin attack!

[identity profile] g4merqu33n.livejournal.com 2012-04-03 03:03 am (UTC)(link)
[Cynthia's facepalming now. Of course she knew that Getter-2 was nearly unmatched at speed...no wonder this guy could fight like this.]

Guess you've finally shaken the rust off, eh?

[Cynthia's trying to keep up and predict Hayato's movements, but she's just wasting ammo at this point, firing at thin air.]

[identity profile] g4merqu33n.livejournal.com 2012-04-04 05:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[Congrats. You're the first person since Gainer to make her see the respawn screen. Cynthia groans and rethinks her strategy. She didn't have the reflexes to match that speed, or she'd probably be as scarred up as Hayato was. Maybe she could tank it?]

Let's try this, then.

[She changes units to the Steel Lotus, a super slow overbattler that focused on defense and throwing out large amounts of low damage danmaku. It's the closest thing she can think of to a hard counter, though it's hardly something she's used to using.]

[Spawning on the ground, she lets loose in Hayato's general direction, filling the air with anti-air beams. This game's just become a bullet hell.]

[identity profile] g4merqu33n.livejournal.com 2012-04-05 08:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[Cynthia's forced to keep moving back, and finds herself suddenly closed in. Her ammo's starting to run low, as well. How does he keep dodging?!]

[Her spellcard attack is ending! There's a narrow gap you could slip through!]

[identity profile] g4merqu33n.livejournal.com 2012-04-11 10:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[That shouldn't even be possible! He'd attacked from outside the game area?!]

[Cynthia grumbles as her machine goes down. The game had probably bugged out from Hayato's raw speed and erratic brainwaves...]

[She sighs. There was only one choice left...who knows, maybe she'd be able to handle it with the piloting she'd recently been doing.]

[Hayato's facing a carbon copy of his own Blitz Valkyrie now. It's pink to differentiate.]

It's the last round, first to 3 points wins it. Don't you dare hold back, old man!

[identity profile] space-mcgyver.livejournal.com 2012-03-29 02:42 am (UTC)(link)
Didn't know you were a fan of video games.

[Lowe wasn't present at the wedding, instead using the peace and quiet to mark as many units in the hangar with his name as possible do some regular maintenance work. But now he's done, and he's here.]

[identity profile] space-mcgyver.livejournal.com 2012-03-29 08:30 am (UTC)(link)
Heh, well said! Just don't expect to beat all the champs right from the start... the ship seems to be crawling with them, by the way.

[identity profile] space-mcgyver.livejournal.com 2012-03-29 06:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Speaking of which... I don't mean to pry, but any reasons you're not piloting anything anymore Commander?

Any reasons I can know and won't force you to kill me, that is.
Edited 2012-03-29 18:21 (UTC)

[identity profile] space-mcgyver.livejournal.com 2012-03-29 06:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Getter doesn't fuck around, does it.

[identity profile] space-mcgyver.livejournal.com 2012-03-29 06:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[Man, that struck a nerve - and reminded Lowe of that one time when he almost smuggled Kei to Shin Getter's hangar. Wonder if Hayato knows about this...]

Well, yeah. Still, as long as it's on our side...
saikyocivrobo: (ominous glasses push)

[personal profile] saikyocivrobo 2012-03-29 01:03 pm (UTC)(link)
That's one person I didn't expect to play a video game.
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[personal profile] saikyocivrobo 2012-03-29 05:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Are you playing alone, or looking for some fools to beat down soundly?
saikyocivrobo: (bein' bishie)

[personal profile] saikyocivrobo 2012-03-29 06:40 pm (UTC)(link)
And the result? Somehow I don't think she was disappointed.
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[personal profile] saikyocivrobo 2012-04-03 07:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, if you want to fight against someone else, there are also people who haven't spent their whole life playing that game. Like me.
saikyocivrobo: (ominous glasses push)

[personal profile] saikyocivrobo 2012-04-04 03:36 am (UTC)(link)
Well, if you'll be looking for more people to play with one day, you know who to call then.
saikyocivrobo: (:|)

[personal profile] saikyocivrobo 2012-04-04 04:38 am (UTC)(link)
Touche...