RP: YSS Kaiyō Mission 31: Wakusei

[Gles]

Molli registered her three targets with a scrutinizing eye, but the looming threat of Sif's last stand had the young soldier considering options quickly. As artillery boomed and shook the very foundation of the city outside, Molli made the choice to level her shotgun at that strange device the three killthyar were building and pull the trigger, rapidly cycling the chamber with robot-like efficiency. With any luck, maybe shooting it enough times would create some kind of explosion, if not destroy the device outright.

"Give it up!" Molli's voice boomed through her frame's voice modulator as she adjusted her aim and sent cones of aetherfire down at the ones building the machine next, with her pods supplanting the barrage of gunfire. She aimed for exposed or damaged joints, well-aware of how strong their mecha's armor was by now. "Yeh lost!" The Nepleslian didn't have high hopes that they would acquiesce to her demands, but a part of her hoped for an end to the killing sooner rather than later. She was prepared to respond with words, or with a timely dodge, anyhow.

 

[Ametheliana]

For Hoshi out in the desert she focused on the SiZi in her hands rather than looking past it at Overseer Charbon. Her focus remained on where the cylinder below ended and the barrel dipped slightly and how aligned the rear and front sights were. She had shot the revolver hundreds of times but never considered the small details she was taking in now.

But her grey-haired enemy withdrew rather than wait for an answer. Watching Charbon retreat into the hostile landscape of Urtullan, Hoshi shifted her focus and moved the gun imperceptibly to straighten the sights on the NMX Nekovalkyrja.

Then, Charbon lifted a hand from her belt and Hoshi's deep blue eyes narrowed, trying to make out the movement in the dark. When Charbon's body twisted slightly, Hoshi feared for the worst—Charbon had a pistol this whole time and was firing it on her.

Hoshi gritted her teeth and her hand flinched down just before she loosed the light plasma cartridge through the barrel of her SiZi. She shot first and it splashed into the sand below Charbon, kicking up a long ribbon of Urtuallan grit that was taken by the breeze. Hoshi could see through the powder that the NMX Overseer had risen her hand and saluted the captain. Charbon turned again and, even from this distance, Hoshi could hear a faint, throaty laugh on the wind from Charbon as she turned around to walk back the way she was going.

"Maybe the worms will get her," Hoshi murmured to herself. But she didn't even believe that, nor did she hope for it.

 

[Nameless]

"Well done! So you can hit a moving target!" Sif continued to taunt as her shield fell apart, but the rush of her battle high had overtaken the worry she had, but she did not miss the dangers of a lack of cover. From where she was, out in the open, she was able to see the Kaiyo crewmen take care of the entrenched enemy, with support fire from the ship, keeping them in cover. If she could get above the city, the enemy mechs won't have a clear shot without exposing themselves to the ship's fire.

"Shield Maiden's lost her shield," she'd report to the team. "I'm disengaging and will attempt to reengage once I've re-positioned." Sif dropped the remains of her shield and shot up into the air while keeping an eye open for projectiles. While her primary defense was now gone, she was a whole lot more aerodynamic and perhaps slightly more agile as she was no longer fighting air resistance and there wasn't a heavy weight on her hand so doing aerial turns was easier to do.

"Making my way above the city now, anyone need assistance?"