WMAT B1 Cirno vs. ZN-MALPRG

WMAT B1 Cirno vs. ZN-MALPRG
Date of Scene:	27 June 2014
Location:	WMAT Arena - Gizard Wasteland
Synopsis:	Cirno vs. ZN-MALPRG in the first round of the WMAT, with Cecily as commentator!
Cast of Characters:	186, 351, 436

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ZN-MALPRG (351) has posed:
The crowd is excited, but one of the combatants is very much composed despite the energy hanging over the Gizard Wasteland. Zien enters the arena in a calm stride, her footsteps measured and heavy as they kick up dust with each impact. When she finds her spot at one end, she comes to a rigid halt, standing like a soldier at the ready.

It's only then that she attempts to show some gesture of humanity, lifting her head and smiling up to the crowds nearby. Her two right hands lift to wave at the audience before she lets them lower again by her side and she stares ahead for the arrival of her opponent.

Cirno (436) has posed:
The arrival of Zien's opponent comes with... a low, shrill whistling noise? Yes, that's right, that's followed by a *KATHOOOOOOM* as an egg-shaped blue pod slams into the ground, kicking up dirt and dust. It hisses as it cools, humming softly before splitting apart.

The split reveals the small fairy, mechanical attachments clasping around her body and assembling the power armor for this match. She does a flying flip, lands right outside her pod with both hands in the victory pose.

"TOUCHDOWN!" She points at her robotic opponent. "That's a six point lead to me, right away! Do your best to overcome it before I add a FIELD GOAL to my points!"

Cecily (186) has posed:
From her Vault-labeled Blackhawk helicopter, Cecily watches the proceedings from high in the sky, her aerial view and the optics installed on her vehicle of choice (as well as feeds into the other cameras around) giving her a superior view of the battle. "There's our two competitors! The Union's very own tall, triple-armed automaton, Zien! And the Confederacy's very own frigid damsel, the small in stature but big on power and sporting power armor, the ice fairy Cirno! Zien wins the coin toss and gets to act on first initiative. I look forward to seeing what the both of you have to offer, and I'm sure the crowd does as well! So many butts on the edges of their seats, they could've sold the stadium out for double occupancy! Combatants are... GO!"

ZN-MALPRG (351) has posed:
That smile fades from the android's face as she hears the shrill descent of her opponent. Zien stares unblinkingly up at the sound's source, watching it fall and fall until it smashes into the ground with a resounding impact. The android doesn't flinch at all, being mostly devoid of such reflexes, but that doesn't stop her metallic hair from billowing behind her from the pod's landing.

She continues to stare at the pod as it splits and reveals her opponent, who...spouts game terms that Zien doesn't even understand. The android finally blinks in an almost baffled way before lifting a spare hand to rub at her head. "I apologize. I did not realize I was so behind already. The highest priority is now set to evening the score."

Then she smiles again, and purple energy projects itself from her arms. A tower shield is formed on her single left arm, and a curving blade extends from her right forearms, arcing over her hands to a sharp point. The shield is lifted to a defensive position in front of her, and her other two arms are raised to curve over the shield's edge in preparation for an attack. A clear battle stance to set things up just before the fight begins.

And the moment the battle is called, Zien attacks! She doesn't move or advance at all, but instead the attack comes from her mechanical eye peering over the edge of her energy shield. A single yellow laser blasts out toward Cirno, a testing shot that will set off a small explosion of yellow energy no matter where it hits.

Cirno (436) has posed:
It's times like these that Cirno's confidence gets the better of her, huh? Because she's standing there with hands on her hips, looking triumphant already, when the explosion hits. This washes over her in a wave, blasting the tiny fairy across the arena and making her force field crackle. Worse than that, burns wrack her body, causing a short cough of what might be pain from the tiny frame. It's a horrible wound! OH THE FAIRINITY!

WHUMP goes the fey into the earth, causing her to wobbily stand up. "Ow." She looks HORRIBLY burned, but her skin seems to be crawling back into health very slowly.

She isn't even paying too much attention... not until the visor she wears bleeps and reminds her there's an opponent. "Oh right."

'Freeze Sign: Icicle Fall.'

Producing a shimmering card, the fairy suddenly bursts with magical energy as large, glistening icicles begin to rain down at ZN, made of mystical energy that don't do /real/ damage. This is a nonlethal tournament, right?

Cecily (186) has posed:
"And Zien strikes first, but she doesn't strike out! Looks like she'll be a threat even if she's disarmed, using an optic blast while keeping her shields up! Not that her being disarmed would be a small effort, as she's triply equipped after all." The crowd goes wild, the explosion small but it clearly sets the tone for an epic fight. "And off Cirno goes, gone with the blastwave! She looks a little toasty but it'll take a lot more than that to keep her down! And here comes the ice! The Fairy of Frost is making it rain here in the painted desert, but this kind of rain only brings the hurt. Icicles away!"

ZN-MALPRG (351) has posed:
Zien lifts her head slightly from her turtling spot behind her shield when she sees Cirno flying away after her impact. She blinks, something almost like concern coming over her metallic features as she watches the fairy recover, albeit slowly. Hm. Maybe she shouldn't hit quite so hard yet.

Ah, but the fight's just beginning, and Cirno has just sent in her own attack. Zien ducks down behind her shield again, keeping the barrier in front of her as energized icicles begin to rain down upon her. Most, thankfully, crack and fizzle against her shield, and she makes use of the opportunity to push through the cascade toward Cirno. Now and then some will graze against her armored form, but she's spared from anything too direct as she plows on ahead.

The moment she comes close enough, the android suddenly lunges out with one of her arms to slice at the fairy with the tip of one curved blade.

Cirno (436) has posed:
Well, at least this time Cirno is kinda ready for it! Her force field is still cycling, so there's no obstruction, but she's back in the air and twisting aside. The blade pierces right into her abdomen and out the other side... which is a relatively shallow flesh wound for her, apparently, but quite bloody. "Wait, we're doing hand to ha- GAH!"

Right, focus Cirno. At least she's kinda dodging now? Her armor hums, and as an icy rapier forms in her right hand, she readies it into an 'en garde' position, preparing to thrust...

And then sends out twin beams of blue lasers to try to slice off some android limbs instead. Meh.

Cecily (186) has posed:
The crowd ooohs and aaahs at the pretty, if dangerous hail of magical ice. Cecily whistles appreciatively, too! "Cirno giving us a lovely show, even if Zien's shields seem to be up to the task of heating up those icy projectiles. Nothing like a good umbrella in a sudden rain. And the battle-bot is kicking it up a notch! Cirno, watch out dear, she's armored, she's quick, AND she's sharp! Look at that lunging slice!" A gasp from the crowd at Zien's curved blade swing, and a louder noise as it impales the fairy. "Ouch, that's going to leave a mark. It looks like Cirno's no real worse for the wear, though, playing it cool as she pulls her own blade. There's the swi--" she pauses, and the crowd HOWLS. "--lasers! Cirno's dropping surprise after surprise, going for a different kind of cutting action! Looks like it's going to be a close shave. Show us more of that fighting spirit, oh sprite of winter's wrath!"

ZN-MALPRG (351) has posed:
Zien enters a quick shuffle backward after her attack lands. She's not going to hang in close range for too long if she can help it, particularly when she still doesn't know her opponent's abilities all that well yet. Cirno seems to be setting up to enter melee as well, which means-

Wait. Lasers?

At least Zien is quick to react, but those beams come awfully close to actually doing what they're intended to. She quickly tucks her arms in behind her shield, though the lasers slice across and dig into the wrist of one hand, leaving behind a scorching line at the point of impact.

Yeah, probably best not to let that catch her off-guard.

Still, if Cirno wants to stay at a range, Zien can certainly keep up with that. She lets her guard down slightly once more to send another yellow laser at the fairy, but rather than shooting Cirno directly, she instead blasts an arc along the ground that passes just under Cirno's feet to tear up the earth and catch the fairy in the debris and ensuing explosions.

Cirno (436) has posed:
AHHH! Suddenly explosions! A few fragments ahead of the pack streak by and graze the little fairy... literally, as she does a little bob and weave that leaves ice crystals behind. It's pretty impressive, but won't stop the main wave... she leaves that to something else.

-PING!- -FORCE FIELD ONLINE-

Blue light flares from the impacts peppering the field, which blunts the attack considerably and leaves her free to retaliate. Cirno does a flip and streaks up higher in the air. "Hwaaaah! You really play for keeps! But I'm not sure what I'm supposed to hit for the field goal... so... ALL THE ICICLES!"

A spray of mystical chilling ice shoots out, multiple icicle bolts trying to shear off the armored plating of the epidermis the android sports.

Cecily (186) has posed:
"Cirno may be a cut above the rest," Cecily says with a chuckle at her pun, "But Zien's quick, even if she's got an angry slice in one of those arms now. Let's hope it doesn't cause any lasting issues, even if she won't have much trouble fighting with one arm behind her back. Yes, dears, I'm doing my best to try and limit the arm puns! And theres't the counter-attack, she's deploying that eye laser again and looks to be trying to catch our flighty fae in the explosion and shrapnel!" Another cheer from the crowd at the resulting explosion rumbles across the arena. "And look at her go! The fairy jukes, weaves, and there's the shield! Look at that explosion just get washed away like her worries as she takes to the sky with a flourish. So graceful~" More whoops and cheers rise for the acrobatic fairy until a roar comes for the sight of even more icicles! "There's more of what we want to see. A shower of ice, beautiful and deadly! Watch out, those don't just look cold, but they look like they could cut more than glass, too! Zien could be in trouble from this. Don't call it a snow flurry!"

ZN-MALPRG (351) has posed:
Oh, she has force fields too? That's going to make this more difficult if they activate at the right time. Zien files away that information for later reference, just in case it proves to be useful down the line for her tactics planning.

Right now, however, she has to deal with a flurry of icicles raining down on her. She's not nearly as lucky as she was the last few times: even as she puts her shield up, Zien suffers several hits as the icicles scrape through her durable armor, creating shears around her shoulders and sides. Nanobots immediately move in to begin repairing the damage, but those are pretty noticeable gashes. They probably won't be repaired in time to do much good in this fight.

"You are surprisingly skilled as well," she intones, shifting to the side to avoid the brunt of the assault as best as she can. "Both of us appear to be fighting at our highest capacity already."

Again she dashes in, but it's not her blades that she leads with this time. Instead, she lifts up her shield arm and lets the barrier retract again just in time for her to deliver a solid backhand to Cirno's torso to try and at least destabilize the power armor equipped fairy.

Cirno (436) has posed:
"Mmhmm!" Cirno agrees with a huff, weaving about and trying to keep on an evasive track. She is too slow to keep the dash from closing in on her, though, and the ice fairy gets a solid THWACK that sends her tumbling, then literally bouncing along the ground! Only the fact that she was in flight /away/ from the backhand keeps her from getting broken bones from that, but it's still a solid battering that causes sparks in the power armor, crackling over the damaged plating and systems.

Cirno taps her visor as she rises, waiting for it to reboot and provide targeting. "Well um... I guess I can just do-" Her side-armor pops off with an explosive *POOF* to reveal two cryorockets that steak toward the android as Cirno takes off into the sky again. The rockets leave little crystallizing trails in the air, lingering long after launch, but they explode just fine! Just into a burst of sub-zero temperatures, that's all, flash-freezing anything within range.

Cecily (186) has posed:
"We all know what Santa Cirno is bringing for Christmas.. and that's pain!" Cecily exclaims, "Those icicles are diamond sharp, slicing some serious rifts in Zien's armor. Those vulnerabilities are going to hurt in the long run if her self-repair subroutines can't patch them up quickly enough. It's getting fast and furious, and Zien's looking to close the gap again. Arm up, shield down, and OH! That's five across the face, but for a target Cirno's size, it's five across -everything-! It's a backhand, but it's not underhanded." The crowd OOOHS at the backhand strike from the automaton, a mixture of cheers and winces in equal measure, but all in good spirits. "And down she goes, smacked down to the ground! Looks like you really can't kill the metal. But what's this?" A collective gasp and holding of breath, then a cheer! "The fairy doesn't just rocket around, she's got rockets of her own! Up she goes, and there's a pair of cryo-missiles! Our Mistress of Winter really knows what sort of gifts to give to chill the heart!"

ZN-MALPRG (351) has posed:
She didn't have it set up before, but with her shield down and the space opened up between herself and Cirno, Zien can fill that slot with another blade. Now she's equipped with three, but as she realizes, she's going to have to prioritize dodging if she wants to endure this. If those icicles were enough to tear into her armor, who knows what more powerful attacks can do?

As Cirno recovers, the android stands in a braced posture, monitoring the fairy and trying to read her next move. Will it be more icicles? Lasers? Or-

Wait, rockets?!

Zien probably should've expected that. As it stands, she tries to shift to the side, but not quite fast enough. The rockets explode upon impact, freezing one of Zien's legs in place against the ground! That's going to be a hit to her mobility, no doubt.

As she tries to wrench her leg free from its icy prison, the android lifts her head to look directly at Cirno from across the area. Rather than simply shooting one blast, she instead shoots several explosive yellow lasers at the fairy one after the other, keeping up the pressure as she tries to break free from her immobility.

Cirno (436) has posed:
Crackle. Zzzkt! The Azure Wing is usually pretty reliable, but that initial hit really clobbered the force field system. "Uh oh," Cirno mutters just as the field goes down again... right BEFORE she has a slew of lasers just slice into her, criscrossing over her small frame and searing burns into the plating of the armor and her flesh beneath! A short, shrill SQUEAL rises up, much more pained than the last. At least they aren't actually /fire/ but it still hurts horribly because it's hot!

Sputter! Cirno actually slams into the ground at the end, the laser barrage having thrown her off course enough to fly right into the ground. So she's coughing up dirt when she lifts her head, spits, then another card appears.

'Freeze Sign: Minus K'

Another flurry of projectiles! These are... sluggishly moving, though. Yet they do move, and in erratic patterns, hard to track. Also, the floating bluish blobs of energy explode if ZN gets too close, resulting in a scattered minefield of freezing cold. Hopefully they'll get over there before ZN frees herself.

Cecily (186) has posed:
"All eyes here are glued to the fighting! People are having trouble keeping their hands on their nachos! And there's the impact! Looks like Zien's got eyes in her leg, since it's glued to the arena now too! That's not how you're supposed to do it, dear. Shake a leg. Er. Shake -that- leg. Shake it off!" Another rise from the crowd, "At least she makes a servicable gun turret while she's stuck in place. Those optical blasts would make a certain superhero jealous, and she's got the advantage of advanced mechanical targetting arrays too, I'd bet!" At the impacts and the damage, the crowd collectively makes a pained sound, sympathy for the damaged fairy. "I don't think Cirno likes the heat, but that's probably a given, with her elemental attunement. Come on, little one. You've got the get up and go, don't tell us it got up and went! There's the return, and she's on the defensive now. Slow energy ... blobs? Are those blobs? Is that a technical term? They look like blobs... and it looks like a minefield! A chilly one! Watch your step Zien--when you can step, that is... if she can't get moving, those slow spheres of sub-zero scission will find you first!"

ZN-MALPRG (351) has posed:
Zien finally gets her leg free with a last twist and a yank, shattering the ice and forcing her to stumble slightly to the side once she's released. /That/ could have gone really poorly. She'll have to hope Cirno doesn't do that again, or at least that she doesn't have a chance to take advantage of it-

Like she's almost doing now. Zien doesn't have a second to rest, as that flurry of bullets comes over her not even a second after she stumbles free from her trap. The android's attention is forced entirely on the defensive now as she ducks, twists, and weaves through the rush of bombs, unable to get a good target on Cirno through the blue energy everywhere. For a moment she turns her attention on a much larger target nearby, specifically one of the smaller rock spires near Cirno, and she launches an explosive beam at its base to send it toppling onto the fairy!

...but of course, that moment of shifted attention means that her very large frame stumbles in its navigation of the minefield. Zien backs up and smacks one right arm right into one of the bombs, sending her staggering forward from the force of the blast as ice coats her arm and sends that arm blade into a flickering destabilization. Not quite as dangerous as having her foot trapped, but that's not damage she can just shrug off; now she needs to get the arm broken free!

Cirno (436) has posed:
Rocks fall! Cirno doesn't die though! A few bounce off the rebooting shield and drive her downward, slamming her into the ground, but... the spire? A shimmer of magic and a sudden drop in temperature has a large icy brace crystallizing underneath it, with Cirno holding out both arms to help herself focus. "Nice try! It's something I might have tried. But it's just rock, you know!"

Of course she can't attack like this... or can't she? Four pieces of her armor split off and orbit, forming 'attack bits' with... well, mounted lasers unsurprisingly. They lock onto the partly-immobilized form and begin to open fire with rapid shots and lances of blue light, which is notably not cold, and notably firing faster than lasers should be able to without overheating.

Cecily (186) has posed:
"And there's that leg shake. Zien's wrenched herself free, and she's off to the races with another eye-laser blast! Looks like she's having issues with target recognition from all the energy though, her shot goes wide. Or maybe that was intentional! Rocks fall, everyone dies? Let's hope not, but that toppling spire is going to ruin someone's day. Timber!" The resulting explosion earns a reserved cheer from the crowd, but breaths are held as the rock spire's base is hit and starts to list. "Watch your back, Zien! Those energy mines are no joke. Looks like another limb is frozen but while she can't play the piano for the moment, she can still dance, and that'll keep her on the move!" The fox dangles her legs out of the side of her helicopter, watching from on high with a grin.

"Cirno isn't disarmed by this, and has the situation well in hand, even if she gives the ground a greeting she won't soon forget. She's taking care of the collateral damage, bracing the falling spire with a -lovely- show of crystalline architecture, but it looks like she's stuck there for the moment..." The vixen trails off, then the crowd murmurs as those laser bits break off and form up. "...but our frosty gal knows how to accessorize!" More shouts and cheers, "And there's the unload, lasers -everywhere-. Looks like we're not waiting for night to fall for the light show, but don't be blinded by it! That barrage of energy is fierce, and it looks -hot-!"

ZN-MALPRG (351) has posed:
Well, that didn't work as planned. Seems like direct attacks are the best way to go with this opponent...whenever Zien manages to get herself freed, at least.

The lasers rush toward her, and while she may be dealing with some freezing, Zien is at least not frozen in place this time. She manages to do an admirable job of evasion this time as the lasers graze past her and burn into the ground and surrounding pillars.

At least until she gets hit. That puts a damper on her progress.

One laser in particular smashes right into her frozen arm, and while it's helpful in that it helps break away the ice, it's still a laser that scorches through her armor and burns a hole into the bicep region. Electricity sparks in the scorched hole and nanomachines rush in to try and close it up, but Zien isn't stopping for a moment.

Her hands lift this time and rise up toward Cirno. A purple, flickering outline appears around the stones the fairy is trying to support. Gravity suddenly shifts and increases dramatically to hopefully send the rocks careening toward Cirno.

Cecily (186) has posed:
Noises of concern are drowned out by cheers. "Looks like Zien is showing off some sweet, sweet dance moves. Come on dear, you can..." Ooof goes the crowd! "...do it. Even as a few lasers smash into her, and that frozen arm looks like it's down for the moment. Will she need it? What tricks does she have up her sleeve? If. She had sleeves. At all." The fox laughs, "Anyway... looks like there's a gravity distortion on that falling pillar, Zien intent on ruining Cirno's lovely artistic addition to the local environment and crush her in the process."

Cirno (436) has posed:
"Hah! Take that!" Cirno is saying. Then alarms screech in her visor and she registers a sudden change in gravity nearby. About then, the brace she made cracks, splinters, and crumbles so that the spire slams right atop her, the childlike fey vanishing in a cloud of dust and crumbling rock with a tremendous *KTHOOOOM*!

All is silent for a few moments.

Then, the middle of the fallen pillar frosts over, freezes, and shatters to reveal a panting Cirno, her wings shattered and one arm limp at her side, showing jagged bone. The fairy is... giggling as she snaps the compound fracture into place, a dazed look in her eyes which clears a moment later as the pain shoots through her at last. Even muted by the cocktail of painkillers constantly in her system, that brings her focus back.

"I didn't know you had that. I'll have to research your structure sometime," she mumbles in a distracted tone, as if oblivious to the horrific damage her body has taken.

That's when ZN might detect a small warpage of spacetime, just as Cirno says, "You can have this back, by the way." 'This' is apparently the section of frozen rock that fell atop her, now suddenly above ZN and tumbling down atop her.

Cecily (186) has posed:
KTHOOOOOM! The crowd gasps and cheers and howls in equal measure. "And there's the rock! Down it goes! Is Cirno alright? That's a lot of stone for a little fairy! Too much dust for the cameras to see... wait, there she is." Another sympathetic sound from the crowd. "That's a bone. She's... giggling? Oh dear, I think something else broke. But she's still up and at it!" The crowd recovers when Cirno recovers and a rising cheer (and some honking) expands throughout the arena! "And despite being toppled, that stone spire is still in play. I guess you really can't stop the rock! Let's hope Zien is up for playing catch because that frozen hunk of Papaya Island terrain is a bit frozen and heavy for a souvenier..."

ZN-MALPRG (351) has posed:
Zien is given a moment's pause after Cirno is abruptly silenced by the crushing pillar. Concern briefly comes over her expression, or at least something like it, until Cirno breaks free and looks perfectly fine, given the circumstances. At least Zien thinks so. Machines suffer injuries like that all the time, and Cirno seems to be taking it well too!

"I was installed with a gravitational manipulator when I was granted this chassis," she replies conversationally enough. "Though I do not know if you would be permitted to investigate the designs-"

Oh there's suddenly a chunk of frozen stone falling down on top of her. This is...not a good thing.

Zien tries to lift her hands to stop the hunk of rock before it crashes into more sensitive electronics, and the ensuing burst of frozen stone obscures her own form for several moments after the impact. When it finally fades, it seems Zien hasn't escaped without injuries of her own: one hand and forearm are completely mangled by the impact, lifted slightly higher than the others in her attempt to block the rock segment. She pauses to look at the twisted metal and assess the damage, then turns her attentioin back to Cirno. "That was unexpected."

Well, she has two arm blades still, and she'll make use of them. The war android rushes toward Cirno again, but this time she ducks down with her arms held together. A twist of her body brings her arms low, then swings up once more to deliver a powerful smashing uppercut with her strength backing the energy blades along her forearms.

Cirno (436) has posed:
Cirno also has a quick reply, "Oh, I just manipulate spacetime. I call the system the Nineball. It's calculating right now, act-" WHAM! THe uppercut with blades impacts her torso, the blades slicing into the armor sharply and piercing right through! Blood EVERYWHERE! How can one tiny girl take this much punishment? Even Cirno seems to have felt that, coughing wetly.

Her visor -DINGS- softly. "Calculations complete."

Abruptly, Cirno vanishes entirely, appearing far above and coughing blood. With a gesture, she summons a massive icicle again. "A-as I was... saying," she wheezes, clearly suffering from blood loss now.

Then she vanishes again, another crystal summoned. And another, and another, for a rapid star-shape formed. With one last chilled wave, all five of the icicles warp and twist, 'sliding' in a strange and elongated manner that twists all around to plunge toward the android that nearly gutted her a moment ago.

Cecily (186) has posed:
"Hmm. Well. Perhaps I was wrong. Looks like you can stop the rock after all!" Cecily's warm, cheerful voice rings out. "Though one should probably be advised against it, it looks like Zien's taken some serious damage from trying to play catch with a frozen boulder. It's good to see her legs working just fine, however, and even with the mangled arm, she's still got the blades to fall back on. Into the fray she goes, on the warpath with those edges of energy!"

Another collective wincing noise from the crowd, "And right into Cirno those blades go... it's a grudge match! But she's taking these hits like a champ, especially for one her size. It's the rule, don't judge anyone here by their size! She looks to be slowing down a little, but..." As she trails off, the crowd emits a hushed but very clear 'oooooooooooooh!' "Warping time and space for fun and profit, it seems! That's a lovely show of ice, and a lovely show of potential pain, too! Cirno giving us another wonderful view of her ice-manipulating powers, but it looks like she's manipulating more than just ice. Will these frigid spears be the end of Zien's evening?"

ZN-MALPRG (351) has posed:
Yet again, Zien bounces back once her attack hits and sends Cirno flying. Something of an expected outcome, and while she's braced and prepared for whatever the fairy follows up with in the next few moments, she feels confident. Her calculations say that she has a good chance of winning this match at this rate, and it's only a matter of time before-

...before she gets cocky and suffers the wrath of an angry fairy of ice.

The android doesn't even manage to evade in time. She's promptly run through from several different directions, each icicle skewering through her torso and making her jolt abruptly from the impact. She blinks, her wounds sparking and sputtering, but...she's not quite out yet.

"Your tactics continue to be unexpected," the robotic woman intones. Her two spare hands lift again, and no doubt Cirno's systems will be warning her about another gravity spike soon. But this one isn't going in any single direction as the purple outline appears around Cirno and spreads wider. No, this one has Cirno herself as the epicenter of the gravitational field.

It may not be the most flashy of attacks, but it's sure to be devastating if it hits properly. Stone after stone rushes toward Cirno from all angles to smash into her, gradually forming an orb that hovers in the air...before Zien's arms fall at last and the field disperses, letting the heavy rocks tumble to the ground along with Cirno herself, if she managed to get caught in the core.

Cirno (436) has posed:
"AHAHAHAHAHA- uh oh." Cirno's laugh is interupped by the Azure Wing pinging an alarm again, which tells her that her foe isn't disabled after all. That's not a good sign. "What are you up to now?"

CRUNCH!

Cirno doesn't get to make any more comments after this, as the little fairy has a rock in her mouth. And then more in several other places, clustering together and crunching against her bones and armor in increasing weight.

THUD!

When the mass of rocks falls apart from the field dispersing, Cirno is laying in the middle, broken and crushed but still breathing. Already healing, in fact.

Cecily (186) has posed:
"That's a series of icy impalings that are making me shiver from all the way up here, Zien is getting filled with spears of frozen mass and generating her own little sparky lightshow. It's brutal and frighteningly effective, even against the sturdy android! I don't think -anyone- here wants to be in her shoes. If she had shoes," Cecily whistles out. "The Zienkabob is still going, though, and she's showing no signs of stopping until this is over!" The crowd is going wild, Cirno's attack being flashy AND effective, truly a crowd pleaser!

"And this might be it for our frosty fairy friend. Those gravitic sensors are going wild and those rocks are coming from -everywhere-. There's a lot of rocks out here for this, too," Cecily calls out, leaning out of her helicopter and peering straight down. "And it looks like Cirno is surrounded, getting a close encounter with more of the local geology than anyone probably has any desire to. She looks crushed, but still alive. It appears that we have a winner tonight! ZIEN!" The crowd erupts with more furvor than they had all match, cheering, wooping, tossing confetti, throwing bootleg miniatures of Zien and Cirno up in the air in celebration.

"Let's hear it for our Cirno for putting up an impressive and entertaining fight! She may have lost the bout, but she's shown us all how beautiful and lethal winter can be and seriously brought down the temperature here in the Gizard Wastelands. Now if I could only get one of those little Cirno plushies for myself..."