WMAT A1 Ariel vs. Mel

WMAT A1 Ariel vs. Mel
Date of Scene:	27 June 2014
Location:	WMAT Arena - Spinach Wastes
Synopsis:	The child unicorn Ariel fights with the tiny tanky terror, Mel, in a surprisingly violent match for the Round 1 A Bracket!
Cast of Characters:	29, 219, 231, 232, 359, 395
Tinyplot:	WMAT

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Ariel (219) has posed:
A breezy day in the SPINACH WASTES today announces the upcoming battle! It's a clear sky, so no rain to worry about at least, and Ariel has arrived! A pleasant-looking adventurer's garb is what she's wearing, a tunic and cloak, and she is... otherwise unarmed! She wouldn't know how to use a real weapon, anyway. She does have one of Amalthea's spare shields, though. With Diea in hibernation at the moment, this is it!

"Hello everyone!" Ariel waves to the stands, then she turns and smiles to her opponent. "Hello! Please enjoy yourself and may the best... uh... construct win!"

Mel (29) has posed:
It was not but days ago that Mel was here, up in the stands set upon these rolling green hills. Standing high above, calling out every move two combatants made enthusiastically and cheering them on as well while entertaining the raucous crowd. Now, as the mid-day's sun warms her artificial features, she finds herself standing on the battlefield herself - facing an unknown opponent.

She's dressed, for the moment, in her usual black and white military suit. Her rose-colored, shortly cut, bob and singular black eyepatch probably make for the most distinctive features of her face. The suit? That salmon-colored tie certainly stands out too.

"Yeah...", the diminuitive doll replies, "...I wish you the best of luck."

In the back of her mind, judging from her tone at least, she probably thinks she herself will be needing it.

Amalthea (395) has posed:
There is a unicorn in the stands. Kuklos ka Amalthea Amalthea Schmendrick-Fortuna is here and she has a huge cup of beer in one hand and a giant tofu dog in the other. Her eye is bloodshot red. "THAT'S SCHMENDRICK-FORTUNA!" She howls at the announcer box.
"ARIEL YOU BETTER NOT LOSE TO AN ACTION FIGURE OR I AM GOING TO BE VERY 'SON I AM DISAPPOINT' WITH YOU."
She doesn't mean that. The Baseball Dad in her is just beginning to rouse.

Elasaid Hood (359) has posed:
Sitting up in the hoverplatform commentators box thing, Elasaid is leaning on the desk, "Alright folks, it looks like our combatants are enterin' th'field. Pri-- y'know, I'm jus' gonna call her Ariel. She dunnae look like much of a princess, but looks can be deceivin'! She's bein' a good sport about it too."

The crowd raise a cheer as Mel appears, obviously remembering the pink-haired Shinki. "Well, little known she might be, but that wee lassie's got a crowd followin'! Alright, our combatants are in the arena, drinks are on sale an' the sun is ridin' high..." a pause, then Elasaid shouts back, Just As Loud. "I CORRECTED MESELF ALREADY!" cough.

D (232) has posed:
The most melancholy of figures sits in the stands as if he's by his lonesome, looking as disaffected as possible in spite of all the screaming cheer going on around him. The man's typical apathy is made all the more startling by the sharp contrast of the person he sits beside. That's right -- Hunter D is right next to Amalthea, a stoic shadow to her Baseball Dad enthusiasm.

He sighs to himself, and hopes the fight will be worth the pain.

Ariel (219) has posed:
"Eheh, good luck to you, too! I guess we should get this started." Ariel smiles brightly and flicks her hair back to get into a ready stance. All noble and prepared! But before she can...

"A-ah! Um... you should probably just ignore my mom," she says in a low voice that Amalthea hopefully can't hear. Awkward shuffling.

Right, back to the battle! "Mn... sorry if this hurts!" Genuine apology, too! But that doesn't stop her from charging forward suddenly and... flicking one hand out, her horn glowing and sending a surge of light down her body and to the fingertips, which let loose a brief arc of electricity.

Ellestaria (231) has posed:
Munch munch. On the other side of Amalthea, looking much more composed, is Ellestaria. Munching popcorn. She holds out the bag to Amalthea and D, then says mildly, "Try to calm down, I'm sure she'll do fine. She isn't a warrior, remember." Lest is dressed in a lightweight pair of shorts and a sleeveless top, which looks decidedly un-Atlantean, but is comfortable.

Mel (29) has posed:
Mel glances, briefly, over to the announcer for this fight. She manages to crack a private grin at the girl's commentary. A lot of personality, this one, she thinks. There's perhaps a bit of kinship to be found there, too, given her obvious military theme. She then trains her optics on her opponent again, with not a word said otherwise.

She's just waiting for things to kick off now.

The comment about her 'mom' gets a raising of her left eyebrow though. "...Heh, you should be happy someone cares enough for you to yell." It's not condescending, but just a touch amused. The Shinki certainly would be...

...Then, suddenly, the fight is on - and Mel has but only a moment to draw out her tungsten steel Exoframe. But a moment is all a Shinki needs. There's a brief glow that encompasses her form, and then - she's grown a couple of inches and put on a lot of extra weight.

The elecric shock does to a robot about what you'd expet it too, causes temporary convulsions and paralysis as her system locks up briefly. Fortunately, she's also made of plastic and that doesn't conduct very well. "...Oooow." There's a hissing of air escaping her mouth, then with another flash of light... a machine pistol is leveled at her foe followed by spray of tiny bullets. "...Here we go."

Elasaid Hood (359) has posed:
"And they're off! Ariel leads the charge with an electric based attack! I wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of that, especially if I were as wee li'l a lass as that Shinki!" the crowd go 'Ooooo' as the lightning zaps Mel. "That's gonnae leave a mark, I think! But our wee lass isnae gonna take that layin' down! In fact, she's put on her armour an pulled a weapon! Lookit them wee bullets fly!"

Ariel (219) has posed:
Wee bullets are still bullets, and Ariel lifts her shield the moment she spies some aggression. Several of them pting off the round metal barrier, but a few zip past and into her shoulder, jarring her a bit and marking the pearly hide. "Ah!" Yeah, she makes a whinny like that of pain, but it's hardly the first time she's been hurt by now, so it doesn't slow her circling around.

Ariel quickly makes some gestures, focusing her will to form mystical energy around the crackle of her electricity. The idea is to make a net of that electrical force, which casts out toward the shinki! Unfortunately Ariel's Sorcery isn't up to snuff, so it ends up disintegrating mostly before it gets anywhere near Mel, ending up as... another crackling shock attack.

Amalthea (395) has posed:
"FORCE LIGHTNING! FORCE LIGHTNING!" Amalthea is standing up and howling, making emphatic motions with her tofu hotdog.

D (232) has posed:
"The louder you shout, the more likely Ariel is to succeed," D observes, his tone unreadable. He might be mocking Amalthea. He might not. Does he /have/ a sense of humor?

He takes the popcorn bag from Lest, glances at its contents, and quietly hands the bag back. Dhampirs never eat... ... ...popcorn.

Mel (29) has posed:
"Tch." Mel emits, as her bullets mostly bounce off that shield. She's going to have to figure out some way mto circumvent that, but she's not very agile herself. ... She doesn't have much time to think about that though, as her opponent is clearly paying to her weaknesses! The electircal attack scores another solid hit, regardless of the girl's ineptitude in forming it, and this time it's enough to drop the Shinki to both knees.

It takes her a few moments to collect herself again before she attempts to charge the girl down, with all of the speed of a lazy rhino, before veering off to the side and attempt to fire again from the flanks. It's a risky maneuver, as she's now also close enough practically to stomp on. But, hey, a ground-based tank Shinki has to take what she can get.

Elasaid Hood (359) has posed:
"Ariel's makin' good use of that electricity, and it drops the shinki in her tracks! That shield's gonnae be a problem to. One that our wee lass is working, albeit slowly. She tries te get in close so she can shoot around th'shield! This is just gettin' started folks!"

Ariel (219) has posed:
Normally Mel's idea would be effective! But she didn't account for one thing: Ariel has been in fights, but she really doesn't enjoy them, so her reflexes are a bit different. Namely, she jumps straight in the air with a squeak when she sees the charge! "EEP!" This is lucky for her, because it means that again, most of the bullets don't hit her, only a few winging off her leg this time. It's hard to tell this early how badly they are hurting her, at this stage, but from her flinch she feels pain... which means she probably has SOME kind of bruising or damage.

It certainly throws off her landing a bit! Ariel stumbles, twists, and lands favoring one leg. Upside is she's not all /that/ close so she doesn't stomp or kick. Downside is that she /does/ have enough magical ability to lift a rock and fling it at high speed toward Mel.

And by magical ability we mean 'she picks up a rock and throws it with her hand.' Turns out, despite her small size, she's surprisingly strong!

Amalthea (395) has posed:
"A BIGGER ROCK! USE A BIGGER ROCK!"
Amalthea has taken D's advice.
She has gotten louder.
Her beer is also starting to slosh around, watch out.

Mel (29) has posed:
"Damn." The militaristic thumbelina curses under her breath. The girls exaggerated movements, caused by her ineptitude, are ironically also making it a lot harder to hit her. Mel came into this fight knowing she had a severe maneuvarability disadvantage, but until now she had no idea how much!

That thrown rock comes sailing in, and all Mel can do is stared wide-eyed in horror as it crashes into her frame before crumbling into dust. Dust that flies in all of the wrong places, including her joints. "...Damn again.", she mumbles... before picking herself up off the ground once more.

"I need more fire power." She finaly gives in, letting that pistol fade back into the slipway before conjuring a rather large, long-barreled, cannon to adorn her frame. "...Try, try again..."

*KRAKOOOM*

Ellestaria (231) has posed:
Ellestaria sighs, rubbing her forehead. "Ariel, keep it together! You're a giant robot pilot, so just reverse how you handle that and fith the tiny robot!"

Best advice.

Elasaid Hood (359) has posed:
"A ROCK!?" the surprise is genuine, as is the laugh that follows. "Well, whatev'er works I suppose! We'll see how Mel responds te that!" she grins brightly, clearly getting into the spirit of the match. "Mel takes it to the face like a champion, and counter attacks with a cannon shot!"

Ariel (219) has posed:
"Wait, a cannon?! Why does she have a cannon?" Ariel squeaks, panicking for a moment. She quickly holds up her shield and lets it take the hit! Which it does, splendidly, tanking the shot like a champ!

Ariel STILL gets knocked on her ass and rattled though, tumbling over from the impact that sends her plowing into the ground. Her ears might be ringing, if such a thing happens to her. "Uwuuuuh."

Her shield is now very much dented. She looks at it, looks at the shinki... then FLINGS it! Unfortunately it's not very aerodynamic now, and she's not exactly Captain Nerites either, so it's pretty wobbly.

Mel (29) has posed:
"Tough cookie...", the Shinki mumbles to herself as dust from the backblast of that cannon firing off flies all around. She's mostly just standing there, watching as the girl's shield once again stops the shot cold... if becoming a little less aesthetically pleasing for it.

As the girl collects herself, Mel takes the time to reload. This time with a round that might put some more 'oomph' into her shot.

...But there's still the girl's next attack to deal with first. And what will it be...?

"...You gotta be kid-...", is all the diminuitive tank of German design gets out before that shield smashes into her - just like that rock did previously. Only this time it floors her but good. ... It literally takes her a while to push that shield up enough that she can squirm from underneath. If she hadn't had a powered exoframe, that might have actually been the end of the fight probably by TKO.

...Even still, she does pull herself up... dusty, battered, and feeling the effects of the battle piling up. "...Okay..." She levels that cannon again... this time firing off...

Elasaid Hood (359) has posed:
"Ariel's got a good head on her shoulders! As Mel fires her cannon, she uses that shield again! That's a nasty ding that'll take more than a hammer to knock out. I should know!" the crowd howl in disbelief. "SHE'S THROWN THE SHIELD! ARIEL HAS THROWN HER SHIELD! And it's a direct hit! Mel's pinned under the big lump of metal! But thanks to her powered exoframe, she can squirm out! She responds with, another cannon shot! This one looks like a different shell!"

Ariel (219) has posed:
Throwing her shield may have been a bad idea, because as Ariel is recovering from being rattled, she's not really in any position to fend off a cannon shot like that. It hits her square in the chest, slamming her back again with a yelping noise and a small spurt of silvery blood! Her only stroke of luck there is that her chest area has thicker plating, so it /could/ have been a much worse hit. As it is it's merely 'bad' instead of 'devastating' like it could have been.

Ariel thuds to the ground, shakes her head again... then leaps up into the air once more, higher than anyone has a right to jump. "Ah, I'd heard you Shinki had some tricks, but wow!" Those sensitive to magic in the stands can tell she's weaving some kind of simple spell before she 'kicks off' the air again in a double jump... the second one bringing her down at high speed to SLAM into the ground next to Mel, hard enough to send up waves of earth! It's much like a super-strength smash like the Hulk might do, just... only really effective if you're RIGHT NEXT to her landing point. And a Shinki.

Mel (29) has posed:
This fight is already testing Mel's limits. Ths weighs on her as her shot hits its mark. Not only is she lacking in maneuverability, but also versatility here. Her gun barrel drops a bit, the girl watching as the unicorn girl takes to the sky - and that one eye that isn't covered by a patch squints. Not aginst the intensity of the mid-day sun, but in anticipation. Whatever is coming is -bad-, aerial attacks are not her forte....

...And when her opponent finally comes down, and the ground splinters and gves way beneath her feet, it doesn't surprise the Shinki. It shakes her to her core.

Literally.

Suddenly, she's hurled into the air and pelted with shards of rock again. This time, it does more than just scuff her paint job - it actualy strains her joints and cracks her external shell. Parts of it anyway, the tungsten steel frame holds out better than its Shinki occupant.

She then crashes against the ground one more, dirtied and feeling some REAL pain on these simulated neural circuits now. It's enough to leave her stunned for a time.

But she does get up again, shakily. "...I've... I've had worse... hangovers." She has, actually. Like that time she hit the Nitro Jelly so hard she ended up in...

Well, let's not go there.
%rThis time that long barrelled cannon is swapped out from a high-powered chain gun... with which she sprays a messy cloud of bullets at er opponent in retaliation!

Elasaid Hood (359) has posed:
"Ariel takes after her name, and is going airborne! And down she comes in an earthshattering strike! Mel is sent flying! This might be it folks! Nae... Nae hold on!" a pause, "Mel's standin' back up! She's a reet bonnie fighter this'n! She's lookin' a wee mite worse fer wear, but swaps that big cannon out fer a chaingun! Looks like this girl's motto is Go Big or Go Home! Lets see how Ariel likes getting peppered by bullets!"

Ariel (219) has posed:
It's not like Ariel is unhurt. She's had worse, too, but she /is/ bleeding now, and wobbly on her hooves. Hooves? Yes, apparently she shifted to full-unicorn mode now that her shield is gone, and is steadying herself on all fours with a shake of her head. The ringing is almost gone!

Then a chaingun chews her up.

"KYAH!" It's good that Ariel seems to have some super-tough chitin for her hide, because otherwise that could have been really bad. As it is, she's is 'merely' hit full on and gains numerous gouges in the chitin, now all glistening with silver fluid from within as she's driven back... several steps, in fact. "OWOWOW!"

In desperation, she tosses her head and sends a crackling bolt, larger but less accurate than the last few, trying to blast the chain gun away from her tiny assailant before she's brought to her knees.

Mel (29) has posed:
It's hard to blast a Shinki's weapon away, considering they're programmed to be teleported at will. But what definitely works well to make a Shinki stop firing at you? Frying her circuitry. Mel's weaknesses as pretty glaring by this point, but one more would now become readily apparent: when she uses her big guns, she becomes even less mobile than she already is!

The electrical burt hits the Shinki dead-on, and the neural circuitry confusion that results causes her to not only stop firing - but also to drop to the ground again convulsing.

Internal warnings are going off by this point, but not even her diagnostics system wants to function after that hit and because her recovery unit cannot immediately fix the problem... she lies there a good long while.

It might even look like she were done.

Once her body stops VIOLENTLY MOVING WITHOUT WITHOUT HER CONSENT, the tank Shinki pushes herself up to her knees. And stares at her opponent with a look of pure exhaustion. She's barely even moved, and yet she's starting to wonder if she can anymore.

Once the recovery unit kicks in, Mel lets the chain gun go too. For a moment, she just seems to stand there - but internally...

"...Targeting system won't lock." She emits another 'Tch', sound before deciding to take a calculated risk. "...may as well.."

This time, a teeny tiny ROCKET ARRAY manifests and anchors her feet to the ground as a result. "...Anybody got some dice..."

Elasaid Hood (359) has posed:
"It looks like Ariel is a transformer! She's turned from a biped to a quadruped! That's not helped her against that stram of bullets though! She's getting chewed up worse'n an Elvari cruiser under an Arizona Skyfall!" Yes, that's an Actual Thing. "Mel gets zapped by a large arc of electricity, and it looks like she's down! But this is one tough Shinki and she gets back up! Looks like she's bringing out the big guns again, or actually, the rocket pods! I hope Ariel's got some moves left, or this is going to /hurt/!"

Ariel (219) has posed:
Ariel is panting, which is weird for a construct. Then again, she seems to be mostly biological, plus she IS bleeding, so maybe she needs to breathe? Either way, she blinks and stumbles, failing to fully get out of the way of that rocket swarm even with a hasty double-jump. Her inexperience is glaring, at this point, and she's pretty much running on her superior size and mobility, plus natural power to win this. Several rockets slam home, send her flipping over, and make a loud THUD in the dirt as she's knocked from midair. "Guuuuh..." It's almost possible to see the stars swimming around her head, not to mention the fact that her plating is now cracked and leaking in many places. She looks pretty awful, really, damage-wise.

Not so awful she can't respond with what seems to be unicorn instinct. As soon as she's on her hooves, she leaps forward with a gallop, trying to charge! Fortunately Mel is too short to be gored... but she could end up trampled if she's not lucky or quick!

Mel (29) has posed:
Mel pretty much knew what she was getting into, using that rocket array. She cannot move, literally, due to the weight it adds to her tiny frame. Even the exoframe can't manage it, it takes all of its power not to just -flip over- the moment Mel fires.

And so, when Ariel comes dashing toward her... she already knows what to expect.

PAIN.

The tiny robot girl is trampled under hoof, kick, scraped, and smashed as those legs literally put even MORE strain on her already breaking body. And finally, her left arm and part of the shoulder gives... rendering that side useless.

...Even so, she stubornly refuses to quit. That rocket array blinks out of existence, Mel turns, takes aim, and calls it right back out to open fire again!

Elasaid Hood (359) has posed:
"STAMPEDE! Mel's getting stomped on by a little robotic unicorn! But that doesn't stop her from using those rockets ag---" blamboombam. The hoverplatform gets hit, and goes spinning off course. "We'll be right back after this word from our sponsors." crash.

Ariel (219) has posed:
It is almost certain that the little unicorn did not expect more rockets so soon after the first volley. She's skidding to turn around, and as such she barely gets to see the oncoming wave. "AH!" This time she has her head on straight, though, and a shimmering barrier of white and green magic appears, laced with arcane symbols!

Unfortunately, without her Grimoire, the barrier is of limited effectiveness. It shatters after only blocking a few of the rockets, and she is in no position to dodge the rest, bowling her over with multiple impacts and a staggering blast wave that scorches her chitin and leaves it battered and cracked all down her right side.

Heaving a deep breath, she squeaks, "W-wow! Your Master must be proud!" She knows Shinki love their Masters, so this one must too... right? Right? Totally not a faux pas!

Either way she's doing a leap in midair, then kicking off from the air itself to streak down with her horn point-first, slamming down hard enough to cause a crater whether or not she hits Mel!

Mel (29) has posed:
Mel's one optic that isn't covered by eyepatch widens,

"Your Master must be proud!"

...Suddenly, it's almost as if she could feel the rain pouring down on her synthetic skin again.

MMS High Speed Trike Type, Ach.

The roaring of engines resonates in Mel's ears, followed by gunfire.

Mel doesn't even see Ariel any longer. Her mouth opens...

"What a useless Shinki."

CRASH!!! Ariel's heft crashes against the soil, and Mel, and that horn pierce /right/ through the exposed Shinki inside the exoframe.

It's a good thing CSC Cores are damn hard to destroy.

"AGGGHHH!!!" Suddenly, Mel's awake again... and suddenly Ariel is staring down the barel of her Cannon again!

Ariel (219) has posed:
Ariel is fighting mostly on instinct, now, and she's still tugging her head up from the ground when the cannon materializes, point blank. Thing is, she's a unicorn, and they have certain advantages in just this situation which Ariel herself doesn't even think about. Namely, the cannon is near her horn, and with a jerk of her head she 'parries' the barrel just before it fires, sending the shell skittering across her neck and rattling her ears instead of blasting a hole in her chest. Her ear will be ringing, and she has a dark scratch down the side that's probably painful with her cracked carapace, but it's better than a direct hit. "AH! S-sorry?"

The scream of pain makes her balk, and thus the next 'attack' is a little clumsy. It is, however, dangerous at this range: the crackle of lightning arcing to blast at the tiny shinki could be bad if it catches her full on!

Mel (29) has posed:
Everything is bad at this point, this fight has... suddenly... become Mel's own personal little hell. So the burst of lightning that once again seizes the diminuitive doll's synthetic nervous system is just par for the course at this point. This time, however, Mel doesn't even fall down. Her exoframe legs literally stop responding, leaving her a jittering mess inside a tungsten steel shell. Exposed CSC cores don't help much either, as that's basically where her brain is.

"HhhuuuuuhuuaackpaAAAA....", gibberish momenarily flies from the salmon-haired Shinki's lip, her eye twitches, and then a long and drawn out scream comes.

Quiet.

Suddenly, Rocket Array again. "...Die!", is what emitted, but it's warped beyond recognition.

Well, this one's falling apart.

Ellestaria (231) has posed:
Finally, Ellestaria speaks up, "ARIEL! You'll have to take her down safely! I don't think she's all with it any more, try to disable her!"

Ariel (219) has posed:
"Wait, die? But it's a nonletha- HWWAHAHAHA!" Explosions pepper the little unicorn and slam her hard, blasting her enough to FLIP HER RIGHT OVER and whump onto the ground, on her back. At some point she shifted back to humanoid form, but the tiny foal is pretty dazed and with cracked plating now. Wobbily, she sits up to take stock of what's happening.

Yeah, she'd better take care of this fast. Her head hurts, but her horn shines with a bright light... enough to course down her body to both arms, gathering a crackling ball of lighting within her hands to send another jolt toward Mel! This is really just the setup for her next attack, though, as she's rising to her feet and wincing, plating cracking open to leak silver blood. She's serious now... but her injuries are also bad.

Amalthea (395) has posed:
Amalthea isn't even cheering anymore. The look that finds its way across the elder unicorn's face is a steel mask of silent and impending murder. She looks near ready to leap out of the stands and go charging in, herself.
Somehow, through sheer willpower she exercises the restraint not to.
Yet.
Mama bear's hackles have risen.

Mel (29) has posed:
The heavily-armored, grievously damaged, Shinki doesn't even respond verbally to that last bit. Or to anything else for that matter. Either becaue she won't, or she can't. Considering, even with that Rocket Array disappearing again, and the cannon reappears. Despite her being able to move, under normal circumstances, with it out - Mel shambles forward... stumbling on legs that just refuse to cooperate at this point. Her eye, too, seems to be set in its narrowed state - unblinking. Clearly, the cows have already gone home.

Sizzling and popping of damaged electrical circuits comes, ionizing the air. Mel's body is emitting some very disasterous soundng whining noises too. All of this malfunction, and yet, she still manages to fire off a shot... no doubt far less accurate than it should be though.

Ariel (219) has posed:
Oh yeah, Ariel's gotten serious! Unfortunately she STILL has little defense against like... being SHOT. She relies on Magius Wing or Harmonious Diea to handle that, neither of which are available right now. Which means the cannon shot slams into her shoulder and... out the other side, making her squeal-whinny and drop to her knees to clutch her shoulder.

That's it, this Shinki really needs taken down before she makes a mistake and kills her competetion! But Ariel has no weapons except the electrical shock, and that could make things even worse! Except...

"Ah!" She does have one spell! The gravity bind! A quick weaving through the pain and her horn flares with as much joice as she can pump into it, forming a 'trap' around the shinki to suddenly increase the gravity tenfold. Her goal is to tear the limbs off their damaged moorings without hurting the circuitry of the CMS.

Mel (29) has posed:
The shambling robot, probably more like automaton at this point, does not seem to even register that it is being attacked his time. Mel stumbles right into that gravity field, and begins to tremble and shake violently under the strain. Mel's body has just about bought it at this point. Fractured plastic and damaged joints give way, the arms and legs begin to come at the seams. Everything finally collapses under the weight, and it looks like this battle is over...

...And the soud of a cannon misiring can be heard in the distance...

Ariel (219) has posed:
Oh no! The cannon misfire makes Ariel squeak, and she hurriedly stumbles forward to dispel the gravity field, searching for the CMS. "Oh dear... I'd better get her to a shinki shop soon. I wonder if mom knows anything about it? Um... well we don't have any shinki stuff."

Ponder.

"I'll just stick her in a shoggoth until we find a new body."

Amalthea (395) has posed:
Amalthea is up. Her beer cup and tofu dog are just gone. Dropped for the sake of expedience as she leaps out of the stands to rush to her daughter's side.
Only to land amid a flock of very angry pink birds.
The resultant brawl will provide the next match with very many chicken fingers as she spits and curses, wringing one bird's neck while fending off like ten others while trying to edge Ariel's direction.
She'll get there eventually.