it's the ultimate showdown (of ultimate destiny)

[captainobnoxious]

Thursday.

The day that'd been so longingly awaited since the meeting on Monday by both combatants.

The tables in the dining hall have been pushed to the walls for seating, everyone's had a paper shoved beneath their door alerting to them to the evening event, and anyone who had any business there suddenly does not. Seriously, those papers are like littered everywhere, unless you're not coming there's no way you didn't know there was something tonight.

On one side of the room is Sigrun with her weapon of choice: a pike she got from the vending machine a little bit ago, practicing her handling of it with a grace that remarks upon her life of combat experience, a quiet seriousness to her that's rarely seen. Her focus is on the opponent on the other side, twenty or so feet away, the clinking gears ever rolling.

Colress and Klinklang are also concentrated on what's about to go down, the man talking quietly to his Pokémon, all too ready to show the strength of the creature off to Sigrun. They'd been becoming reused to each other, Colress learning just what his frankly new friend (at least in evolution) could do, since that challenge put forth by the woman, and it's with confidence that the three now face each other, the air heavy with anticipation.

Let's fight.

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POST-BATTLE MINGLING

[pokexplorer]

[Now that Sigrun and Colress have concluded their battle, feel free to disperse and discuss what went down! The battlers will be available here as well.]

[amygdalae]

[ENTER BRUCE WITH HANDY DANDY FIRST AID STUFF and of course he will check up on you two... three idiots. B|]

Let me make sure you guys are alright.

[captainobnoxious]

Go right on ahead, doc, but I've gotten away with nothing but bruises.

[Klinklang had been holding back, after all, and her outfit's pretty durable all things considered. As is she. Much like a toddler, Sigrun will get knocked down and then get back up.]

Landed a nice few scratches on gearbot over there though. Wish I hadn't broken my pike.

[amygdalae]

Always better to be certain.

[He gestures for her to hold up her hands for him to examine them.]

You know, there are better ways to entertain yourself than challenge people to a fight.

[captainobnoxious]

[She'll do as instructed!]

Nope. There's nothing that gets my blood going like a good spar, trust me, I have tried. It's unreplaceable.

[amygdalae]

[Once her hands are up Bruce takes a moment to study them briefly to make sure there's no obvious damage, and then proceeds to roll up her sleeves so that he can check on her arms as well.]

To each their own, I suppose. [It's only partially exasperated this time. Bruce grips the arm she had been using the pike with and starts to bend it at the elbow.] Do you feel any particular muscle strain?

[captainobnoxious]

[Sigrun lets him do as he pleases, feeling for anything wrong, and shakes her head slightly.]

Just a little pain where I got hit by one of those gears. Even holding back those things hurt. Because they're steel.

[pokexplorer]

[Colress does come over, but...obviously, he doesn't have a scratch on him. Klinklang is the one with scratches in various places.]

I don't suppose you know how to treat a mechanical Pokemon, do you?

[He's completely joking, of course. Klinklang is mostly going to just need some rest in its Pokeball, and maybe a bit of wiping down with a cloth.]

[amygdalae]

...that probably requires me to understand its biology first.

[How does sentient gears work?? Do they need to eat? Bruce assumes it needs to eat. What does it even eat, metal?? So many unanswered questions.]

But I assume you can handle that on your own. [Since it is with Colress, after all.]

[pokexplorer]

If you're actually interested in learning, I would be happy to teach you sometime.

[Clearly it will be a good opportunity for Bruce to learn about Pokemon for when he can get one for himself at some point!! Clearly.]

Yes, I can handle it just fine. Is Miss Sigrun doing all right?

[He's more worried about her than Klinklang. And that's not to say she did worse, it's just that it's a lot harder to actually damage solid steel gears.]

[amygdalae]

If you wouldn't mind, I'd be glad to learn.

[AS STRANGE AS IT ALL IS... Bruce does like learning new things. And Pokemon is a very big new thing, apparently.]

And yes, the captain is fine - just a few bruises, and nothing some ice and rest can't fix. [The fact that she's very... durable also helps, mostly.]

[pokexplorer]

Not at all! I would love to educate everyone here about Pokemon. Simply let me know when you want to begin your lesson.

[Your de-facto Pokemon Professor is here, Vault residents!

And as for the Sigrun subject...]

Good, I am glad. And I am very, very impressed with how well she handled herself out there. As I said, people do not challenge Pokemon to fight all on their own very often. It takes a large amount of strength and wit to go toe to toe with creatures like them.

[garudynamic]

[Yosuke is practically bouncing after that. His most recent memory being a series of one on one fights (even if under less friendly circumstances) isn't helping his energy]

Holy crap, that was amazing!

[captainobnoxious]

[Yeah yeah come say hello to the loser.

Not that she's in horrid spirits about it, no, just like she left the small field of battle she's only got the most satisfied, excited expression. It's been a while since she had a fight. And it was an experience too! A beast commanded by a person, that's--

Well, it's nothing she's used to, and it was thrilling to be able to chance herself against it, even if her confidence did get the best of her. Stupid tiny gear. It was brilliant Pokémon are awesome.]

[garudynamic]

Sigrun!

[Yosuke jogs over, eyes huge]

That was intense!

[captainobnoxious]

[Oooh, it's Yosuke. She saw him and Black hanging. Good.]

It was! I had soooo much energy pent up and it felt so good it just let it out. Especially since last week no one took up the fight to the finish deal.

[garudynamic]

Well yeah of COURSE no one did!

[He huffs, but his energy is still good, and he grins]

But spars are fine. You looked like you were having fun.

[captainobnoxious]

And I absolutely was. It was totally super cool awesome!! And the tag team work between the two was just something else entirely! Honestly, I really wanted to go at it with my hands too, but I do not want to get my fingers chewed up by a bunch of gears.

[They are much more useful to her intact. But listen. An Ursaring or something? Absolutely would go unarmed.]

[garudynamic]

Yeah, I don't blame you. It kinda looks like some of the things I fought back home but no WAY I'd go at it without my knives.

[isafraid]

[Speedwagon is coming over eventually, not disappointed in the slightest that he just lost a bet, because Sigrun totally could've gotten hurt probably.]

Look at that, eh! Glad to see you're still holding together, captain.

[captainobnoxious]

[Oh, she's sure everyone had faith in her winning abilities.]

Better than ever, fluffhead! I haven't felt so good since-- before I got here!

[... Well, in this context anyway. Adrenaline rushes are different with Mettaton.]

So? What did you think? Was I awesome or what? Not to mention those two -- I'd take them under my command any day!

[isafraid]

[...Sure! We'll go with that!]

Well, that's great to hear! Seems like you really were enjoying yourself out there.

[Yeaaaaah]

You were top! [He changes gazes to the pokemon and its trainer.] I'd imagine they would be a rather fierce force if they were actually in the military.

[captainobnoxious]

We'd have a lot of use for them. Metal doesn't get infected by the Illness, we'd just have to wash the bunch of gears or let it sit in the sun for about an hour or so. It'd make for a perfect troll hunting companion or scout! Colress wouldn't though, but... I mean, if there's no one else who can command that beast, then he's practically required to come along.

[Even if she'd really rather not have a non-immune out in open field. Possible non-immune.]

[isafraid]

Seems like metal would be quite effective against whatever you're dealing with... Giants, and trolls and such? [He remembers her talking about those on several occasions.]

Can't be easy, controlling a metal beast like that. Though mister Colress seems to have it under control like it's just a pet!

[pokexplorer]

[While Colress might've seemed relatively calm during that battle, he was actually pretty dang pumped full of adrenaline and now he's coming down from that by relaxing. He hadn't realized just how much he missed battling until it began, and it was unique in that he was battling against a human! Even more impressive was how close Sigrun came to actually ending the battle in her own favor. It was close!

So Colress can be found sitting with Klinklang and taking some deep breaths as he calms down. He'll also be tending to the scratches on his Pokemon's body and making sure everything is in working order. Klinklang's rotating has slowed down a ton for this, and it almost looks at peace as Colress works on it. After an awkward start thanks to partial amnesia on Colress' part, the pair seem to have gotten used to each other once again.]