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originally posted in:The New Dojo
12/28/2017 6:42:47 PM
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She was...well, surprised to say the very least. As far as she knew, the advanced tech Sapphire had seemed almost minuscule in comparison to her own technology...at least as far as she saw right now.
“As for me, this sword and any various guns I might’ve picked up are my weapons. I had left my armor over at my ship, nearby. A friend of mine helped upgrade it the past few weeks, so I don’t know when I’ll get it back. Mostly allows me to be nimble and all, more stealthy and agile.”
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[u]My armor does as well. It makes up for what it lacks in armaments with speed, durability and strength. It’s not as flashy as some other suits, but it can compete.[/u] *She shrugged as she said this.* [u]Do you have your own set of armor saved?[/u]
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“Hold on...” She says. “Simulation, activate armor; Shila 001, Pre-SB armor.” She yells out, forming up her armor. It seemed to contain some sort of metal wrapped around her body, managing to almost look like a metal layer of skin...only in that it wasn’t MGS bad in terms of how the armor looked. “It’s mostly just armor. Nimble, Light, helps me with movement. Nothing more nothing less.”
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*She nods.* [u]It looks useful, but not the most intimidating.[/u] *She spawned in the rest of her armor, assorted pieces appearing in front of her. Each time she picked a piece up, it seemingly recognized her and split open.* *She managed to put the entire suit on in less than ten seconds. When she put on the helmet, her entire suit seemed to seal itself with a hiss and a near silent whirr began to emanate from a protrusion on her back with two hinged nozzles.* *The armor added no more of an inch to her overall size and did appear rather intimidating. The two circular lenses on the helmet glowed strangely. The front was faceless and without emotion.*
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Shila put on her helmet, the piece and faceplates snapping in. “Armor dosen’t have to be intimidating to be good armor. Kinda like weapons; long as it works, you have yourself something to defend yourself with.” She tells Sapphire, pulling out her sword from its sheath.
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[u]Yes, but sometimes if you’re scary enough you don’t need to use weapons.[/u] *She said, the glowing blue lenses trained on Shila.* [u]An old companion taught me that.[/u]
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“And an old friend back home once told me that intimidating armor Dosen’t matter as long as you’re good in that armor.” She says, training her own eyes on Sapphire.
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*She nodded.* [u]I was and still am good at using my armor. The difference is that my companion disagreed with relying on lethal force. There are those who truly deserved it, but there were those who only followed orders. Appearance alone doesn’t make armor intimidating enough, though. Skill does too.[/u]
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“I can agree with you on that. Though, killing really depends on the type of person. While I’d admit, I’ve killed nerds for a friend of mine here or there, I’d like to mostly avoid death. Least as far as I know.” She says, circling around Sapphire.
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*She watched as Shila circled her, lowering herself a little.* [u]Well, my days of killing are pretty much over. That is, unless someone really bad comes around. That’s why I like intimidating armor, it might discourage someone planning on facing me.[/u]
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“I could disagree on that. Sure, it may intimidate some people...not everyone will be fooled, though. Might be useful, but not always.” Shila tells her, lunging her saber toward Sapphire.
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*She jumped to the side, the lenses on her helmet still focused on Shila’s face.* [u]It doesn’t need to work 100% of the time.[/u]
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“Isn’t that what I’ve been saying?” Shila had asked her, returning to her original position of circling her.
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*She shrugged and crouched down. A blue flash was seen behind her as was launched toward the space just to Shila’s left. At first it seemed like bad aim, but she spun as she hit the ground in an attempt to sweep Shila off her feet.*
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Shila was swept off her feet, being thrown down toward the digitized ground, as she proceeded to throw her legs down so they could sweep Sapphire to the ground.
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*Unfortunately for Shila, Sapphire’s armor increased her weight greatly, which helped to keep her feet firmly grounded. Sapphire stared down at her and raised a foot to bring down onto her.*
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She was able to roll away to the side, which meant Sapphire would simply be hitting the ground with her foot. Shila would eventually stand back up facing Sapphire, sword back out. “I guess you could see why I wanted it upgraded?” She asks her.
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*The dirt cracked and buckled as her foot struck it, sending a few pieces into the air.* [u]Yes, I can. Lighter isn’t always better. We’re probably both equally nimble, the difference is I weigh a few hundred pounds more.[/u]
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“Hm.” Was all she stated, staring at her armor. “Who made it for you? You? Some random company Your with? A friend?” She asked, once again circling around Sapphire.
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[u]The engineers of the Sphirin marine corps. I used to be a marine when I lived back in my home dimension.[/u] *She watched Shila closely as she spoke, not letting her guard down.*
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“Marine corps? So you were a military person?” She simply asked. Rather than have herself make the first move, she was waiting on Sapphire.
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[u]Technically I was a marine, but yes.[/u] *She suddenly jumped to Shila’s side and moved to elbow her in the ribs. She immediately spun in an attempt to slam her arm into Shila’s chest.*
