1882/Speed Punk vs Steam Punk

Speed Punk vs Steam Punk
Date of Scene:	26 March 2015
Location:	Njorun Station - Ring of Philosophy
Synopsis:	Two different techies test their tech sparring.
Cast of Characters:	Corona Arclite, 736

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Corona Arclite has posed:
Testing out new tech was a need any technical tinkerer was familiar with so it wouldn't be a surprise if it was just the sort of thing you would find a couple of them getting involved in together somehow.

Corona was already in the Ring, using a spanner to make some adjustments to some blocky shaped construct sitting on the ground next to her. By this point a humanoid fox probably isn't the strangest thing anyone has seen.

GoGo Tomago (736) has posed:
There's a WOOSH of air, and GoGo is there, in her best supersuit and latest discs. "...Wasn't expecting you to be such a fox." she jokes as she leans back against one of the walls. "I'm GoGo."

Corona Arclite has posed:
The brief *SWOOSH* flutters her ponytail as it passes, and by the time Corona looks the speedster is already leaning on a wall like nothing happened. Smirks a little at the crack. "Ain't gonna be the weirdest thing you see, I can assure ya that," she drawls as she gets up. Spins the spanner in her hand a couple of times, then slings it into her tool belt the same way a gunslinger would holders a pistol. "Corona Arclite." She grabs the bronze-plated stetson off her device and plops back down on her head. "So ya lookin' to test somethin' out are ya?"

GoGo Tomago (736) has posed:
GoGo Tomago grins and flexes a bit. "You bet. Finished these babies up last night. Did the final check a couple hours ago, and the paint's finished drying. High-velocity combat discs."

Corona Arclite has posed:
"Well this is the place for testin' stuff then. Everything looks and acts real, but it's really a giant simulator so no one act'lly gets hurt just tweakin' their gear." Corona takes a step back to actually step up onto the device she was tinkering with, grabbing her goggles and pulling them up over her eyes. "So lets see what y'all got, missy!"

With a chuckle she kicks a lever on the device with her heel, and gears can be heard click-clacking together as the front panel unfolds out to protrude a small barrel. A whistling burst of steam plumes out of the back just as the cannon fires, giving the speedster no more than a few moments to react.

GoGo Tomago (736) has posed:
GoGo Tomago backflips, soaring over the shot. "You'll have to be faster than that!" she hoots. And she's off like a shot, almost too fast for human eyes to track. She builds up speed and leaps into the air, her eyes glinting. "No consequences? no problemo!" she says. She never feels freer than when she's going fast. She unleashes her discs. Landing, she keeps skating. The discs skim along the ground towards the turret's support strut.

Corona Arclite has posed:
"What the..." Corona turns her head one way, then the other, ears twitching back and forth. "Ya got wheels, ya should be making some noise!" But that would defeat the point of being frictionless now wouldn't it?

The disc hits the side of the turret and arcs upward, Corona yelping in surpise as she falls over the other way and hits the ground. "Speedy little varmint aren't we?" The vixen rolls back onto her feet, and kicks the device again. It retracts one cannon, only to extend upward and extrude four different barrels, whirring around to fire volleys in multiple directions at once. "But that's what saturation is for!"

GoGo Tomago (736) has posed:
The gunfire rakes across GoGo's body, denting her armor and bruising her torso. "I don't tend to make much noise unless I'm REALLY bookin' it!" she says. She builds up a little more speed before leaping into the air. "Here's a little trick I learned from the Chrono Triggers. X-Slash!". And she launches the discs, which spin around each other in a helix pattern. Once they hit (the ground or her target) they spin back to GoGo's arms, slotting right into place.

Corona Arclite has posed:
"Aw shi--" And the cuss is cut off as the spinning discs tear into her device, and the resulting steam powered explosion throws Corona across the arena as bits of gears and smoldering metal clatter about the radius.

"-- Fast and packin' a pair of throwin' sawblades. Don't see that every day." Picking herself back up off the floor, Corona pulls out one of her sidearms, that looks like some steam powered mishmash between a heavy pistol and a nailgun. "R'mind me not to pick a real fight with ya," she chuckles, even as she fires off a couple of high speed punture pointed shots.

GoGo Tomago (736) has posed:
GoGo Tomago grins as she brings up her discs. "Not just sawblades. Shields too." she says. It's not PERFECT, but it lets the sidearm fire slide along her face, nicking her and drawing blood as it cracks her helmet. "Not a bad shot!" she laughs. Not wanting to hurt an ally, she aims to just graze her, giving one of her discs a quick toss at Corona's center of mass.

Corona Arclite has posed:
When the disc is thrown at her Corona twists to punch it with the plated knuckles of her work glove. It deflects the disc but the recoil of hitting something with so much momentum snaps her arm backwards with enough force to almost twist it off as she stumbles back. Not to mention the big gash it left in the protective plate. "Multipurpose is always good in the field." With a hff she reachs back to pull the large hammer off her back and clench the handle, causing the microgenerator built into the head to crackle to life. "Let's see ya get 'round this!" She hits the hammer to the ground, sending a shockwave of ionized energy radiating out from the impact.

GoGo Tomago (736) has posed:
GoGo Tomago managed to land at JUST the wrong moment, catching the full force of the shockwave. Rather than resist it directly, she rolls with the blow, letting it shove her up to her maximum speed. The wind roars as she clicks her discs into overdrive. She winds up going straight for Corona, her discs leaving a trail of sparks... And then she stops, clapping her hands and feet together. This will leave her vulnerable for a moment, but it's one of her strongest attacks. All four discs go flying straight for Corona!

Corona Arclite has posed:
On the upside, using her hammer to club a disc works a lot better for Corona than her fist did. On the downside, she smacks one disc. The other three plow into her unhindered because she can't swing back as fast as GoGo can make those discs fly! Sparks shower through the air as they rip through the various bronze and steel-alloy plates her outfit is fitted with for protection, leaving a scattering of scrap in their way. But Corona recovers from the battering quickly, and puts her own agility to use while GoGo doesn't have her wheels. She darts in and swings her hammer like an uppercut with just enough force to toss the other girl off the ground. Then grabs it in both hands, pulsating energy sheating the head as she extends it to the full length, and heaves it up to swing down and hit GoGo extra hard into the ground.

GoGo Tomago (736) has posed:
GoGo Tomago gets lifted into the air and slammed back down. Her armor cracks, though it seems to be slowly repairing itself. The damage is done though, and GoGo gets the wind knocked out of her. "Damn. Should have waited until you were further off balance." she says. She dedicates the next few seconds to not only building up speed, but getting well out of range. She uses her speed and range to her advantage, launching a series of light attacks. Not all will hit, but those that do will sting!

Corona Arclite has posed:
Corona Arclite smirks a little at that. "Live an' learn, miss. The discs are wicked but ya left yerself wide open." She moves one hand farther up the shaft of her hammer and holds it in front of herself to at least keep any of the discs from slamming into her midsection again. But even deflecting off the weapon they buzz past her shoulders and sides, leaving damage in their wake. Then she slings the hammer to her back once more, pulling out her sawed-off instead. "Don't think yer gonna be safe at a distance just cuz yer fast!" She cocks the action and then flips it over into her hand proper, chamber spinning to life with a whine as she fires a barrage of shearing hot protectiles at GoGo. Much like a normal shotgun it's not going to hit as hard at a distance, but Corona is counting more on the scatterblast leaving the speedster less move to maneuver out of the way.

GoGo Tomago (736) has posed:
It's at that point that GoGo drops to the ground. Not just to her knees, but flat to the ground. The projectiles miss any vitals, but they still shear across her back. Snapping up to her feet, she goes up a wall. One disc is thrown, missing Corona by a good two feet.

GoGo curses as the shot goes wild, throwing the other one right at Corona's face. THAT one gets easily shot or deflected away. But then there's a clicktaktak from behind Corona as GoGo jerks her undiscd hand. The disc bounces off the far wall and comes across the battlefield at the back of Corona's knees.

Corona Arclite has posed:
Holy crap she's quick with the reflexes. Down and up and attacking in rapid fire. Maybe not so precise, or so it seems as one attack goes wide and Corona ducks the second shot at her head. She holds out her sawed-off with one arm as she takes aim. "Now I got ya--awk!" Only to topple over backwards as the 'missed' attack comes back to wipe out her knees from behind. Sneaky little varmit, too. With a huff Corona pulls one of the canisters from her belt, and as she gets up wings it in Gogo's direction, then snaps around to shoot her own gun at it. It causes the capsule to explode, sending a shower of molten hot metal globs raining down at the speed demon.

GoGo Tomago (736) has posed:
Holy shit! Blazing Hot Metal! GoGo starts backflipping, only getting a little splashed by the liquid metal. Her hand discs sizzle out over the battlefield... Except for one, that goes right through one of the blistering metal globs. It... Comes out, and GoGo breathes a sigh of relief. But it's still going right for Corona! "HEY LOOK OUT!" she yells. Zooming forward at top speed, she hits Corona around the waist, tackling her out of the way.

Corona Arclite has posed:
Corona Arclite OOFs as she's tackled fast enough to send both girls skidding on the ground. That was a bit too close for comfort! Corona lets out a weezing huff afterwards, the save knocked the proverbial wind out of her. "Thanks. That woulda been unpleasant even with the simulator."

GoGo Tomago (736) has posed:
GoGo Tomago takes a deep breath, and looks over at where the disc has buried itself almost all the way into the ground. "Sorry about that. I didn't break anything when I tackled you, did I?"

Corona Arclite has posed:
Corona Arclite grabs her hat from the ground and puts it back on as she sits up. "Nah, I'm fine. Don't break easily even if I am small." She gets on her feet and brushes herself off. Then glances over towards the disc as well. "Was it s'pose to do that?"

GoGo Tomago (736) has posed:
GoGo Tomago shakes her head. "No... Last time it did that, I was pushing my suit to its limit and it cut through a couple inches of heat-dispersing minirobots. You good to keep going?"

Corona Arclite has posed:
"Welp, that's why we test stuff ain't it? Maybe the hot metal fizzled somethin." Corona shrugs a bit. "But iffen it ain't a problem..." Keep going? The wry vixen gives her answer in the best way possible. Which is just turning quickly and trying to slug the taller girl with one fist. The metal guards on her knuckles at least make up a little for the fact that she's not exceptionally strong on her own.

GoGo Tomago (736) has posed:
*CRACK*

That's the sound of GoGo's nose snapping. "OUCH. Goddamn!" she says, skating backwards. "If I thought you had that much fight left in you I wouldn't have given you the chance!" she shouts. There's a couple of sensitive areas on the body, and GoGo's DONE playing fair. Her discs go flying. One goes high, the other goes low, and here's GoGo coming in behind them with a blow to the solar plexus.

Corona Arclite has posed:
Corona Arclite snickers a bit at the retort. "I can be fulla surprises when I need to be." She ducks the high disc and kicks the low one away with the steel toe of her boot, sparks flying as the plating is sheered in the process, which isn't too pleasant to have spraying up against your leg.

When GoGo follows up with her own strike though she gets a up close example of just how nimble the foxgirl can be as Corona ducks under the swing, and then jumps on the skater girl's back as she passes. Then comically pulls her hat off and waves it over her head like she was riding a broncho instead. "Yeeehaaah!"

GoGo Tomago (736) has posed:
GoGo's reaction is pretty typical... Or A-Typical. She reaches back and grabs Corona's hands, keeping her in place for as long as she can. "Boy howdy. If you're gonna take THIS bull by the horns, you best be in for a ride." ... ... Damn it, she needs to spend less time in Pony Village. But she starts booking it, accellerating faster... And pushing her speed to the max. "This one I like to call the cheese-grater." she says. Zooming towards one of the walls, she flips her back to it, pressing Corona against it at at speeds over 150mph.

Corona Arclite has posed:
How many times has 'sparks flying' been used today? Because it hasn't stopped being used, as GoGo uses a very aptly named technique to drag the smaller vixen against the wall. Abrasive burns are bad enough as is, going at almost racing speed? Even worse. Finally she has to wiggle her hands out of her gloves to get free of Gogo's grip and fall off.

Meeting the ground is only slightly less pleasant. But she's a stubborn little cowgirl, beat up as she is. She takes out the extendable chain launcher she made to use in place of lasso (rope don't work well on heavy machinery) and with a burst of pressurized force fires it at the speedster's legs to try and snare one to trip her up.

GoGo Tomago (736) has posed:
GoGo is sent flying, letting go of Corona and smashing into the far wall with a crack. Her armor's nearly done for, but her discs are still working! Grabbing the end of the chain, she yanks on it, hoping to bring Corona to her. "Overclocking. Let's see if I can end this." she says. Her disc is against the ground, throwing out sparks as the edge heats up to a blistering inferno. Not as hot as the molten metal, but still hot enough to leave a pretty heavy mark if it hits. "WOMAN..." and she slams the disc against Corona. "UP!" *boom*

GoGo Tomago (736) has posed:
GoGo Tomago's disc explodes in her hand, the heat and the sudden impact too much for it.

Corona Arclite has posed:
Corona Arclite lets out a whoop as GoGo wipes out fast and hard. "Who says you can't apply physics to fightin!" That worked out really well, using her own momentum against her.

Except Corona doesn't think of letting go of the chain launcher in her excitement. Said excitement turns into a yowl of surprise as she's heaved towards GoGo by it. The overclocked disc slices through the chain easily, and hits Corona with enough force across the chest to hurtle her away again and crash ungracefully into the ground. Her hat floats down to land next to her a moment later. Then she lays on top of it as she rolls over and weezes. "Note t'self. Install quick releace on chain launcher... Oow..."

GoGo Tomago (736) has posed:
GoGo Tomago looks about out for the count. Banged up, punched up, with a broken nose... She rolls over and stares at Corona. "That was amazing." she says, crawling over and fist-bumping lightly. "I mean goddamn. We need to fight some bad guys some time."

Corona Arclite has posed:
Corona Arclite fumbles for a moment to pull her goggles off. Then reach over to return the fist bump... and then flop back down again. "Woo boy, ya sure pack a whallop for a speeder. I'll rock a rodeo with y'all any time."

GoGo Tomago (736) has posed:
GoGo Tomago rolls up to a sitting position, and spits out a tooth. "And you pack a punch for a... Well whatever you're supposed to be." she says, giving her new friend a smirk. "You drink?"

Corona Arclite has posed:
That question isn't even finished before Corona has fetched an old fashion looking flask from one of her belt pouches and is unscrewing the cap. "A girl's gotta know when to kick back a shot or two and shoot the breeze." Offers the flask over. "Cactus Jack. Brimsteel specialty." Mostly because cactus juices is about the only thing the planet has that can be fermented.

GoGo Tomago (736) has posed:
GoGo Tomago tips back some of it... And nearly chokes. WOW. That's. "Good god. Is this what your people drink? I have to introduce you to sake at some point."

Corona Arclite has posed:
Corona Arclite shrugs a shoulder. "Work with what we got... granted, this is kinda the cheap stuff." She throws back a long guzzle herself before continuing. "I've had a flask of high quality booze blown out of my hand enough times to know to not waste it on the field!"

GoGo Tomago (736) has posed:
"Whoa hold up. We shouldn't be drinking on an empty stomach!" she says. "Let's get some snacks. THEN we can go get plastered. I'll introduce you to my friends."

Corona Arclite has posed:
Corona Arclite tucks the flask back into her belt and grabs her hat before getting up. "Ya got a good point there." Gives GoGo a pat on the back as they walk out. "Sorry 'bout the nose... Heh. I got really good ears and still couldn't hear ya movin'. Let's get some grumb and ya can tell me more 'bout your fancy wheels."