Our avatars are in a room together

Maybe. But. You made me uncomfortable.

""... I'm... I'm sorry!"

(blinks)

...It's okay.

""No, it's terrible of me! I shouldn't have done that, that's terrible!"

Calm down. Please. Calm down.

Previously on Gundam: Vanguard...

~Randomman 5, ~Lilqueendaisy, ~Crystal Memoria.

   (The grenade briefly blinds everyone around them, including Leos and Sthesia.)   

   Curse you! (She then receives a notification of an intruder aboard the Exia) Aichi, who's in there with you, my knight?   

Leos, I'm gonna start uploading some new data to you!

Hurry, Sthesia!

Edited by G2BattleConvoy on Jul 22nd 2018 at 2:26:58 PM

Outside (Aichi) and (Misaki)

-He was very distracted by his hesitation and headache, so the grenade's light didn't really do much more to him.-

-...R-Right... F-Focus on Sthesia...-

-It's his mission to protect her...!-

"A-A girl... S-She was somehow able to open the cockpit..."

-His head still hurts...-

"...I-I... couldn't let her fall..."

-He sounds confused and distraught about this.-

-F-Focus on the fight...! Focus on the fight...! Not this weird girl that forced her way into the cockpit...-

"...I-I don't..."

-...Yeah, seems like he's shaken.-

-He is starting to pull out one of the blades he has, but it's clear that he's not really focused.-

-He might need a bit of help 'snapping out of this' so he can focus on fighting.-

-Apparently his true self hasn't been completely snuffed out... He's still in there, even if he's locked away deep inside somewhere...!-

Edited by CrystalMemoria on Jul 22nd 2018 at 8:40:47 AM

“Shut up and get...outta...there...”

-Cross jabs the end of his beam lance (that’s a thing) into a seam by the cockpit and starts prying it open-

-...This guy is RIDICULOUSLY strong!-

Come on, come on...

   (Another couple of funnel-drones are trying to blast you, Cross.)   

   (Aichi, your princess is vulnerable. Kill this interloper now!)   

Tachyon Slicer! (Oh, wait, the Extreme Gundam's attacking you again...)

Outside (Aichi) and (Misaki)

-!!! Sthesia!-

-That's enough to snap him out of his hesitation.-

-...Urk...! Leos is attacking again...-

-He's stuck between a rock and a hard place...-

-Aichi tries to use his shield and brace himself for Leos's attack, while also trying to shoot at Cross with his beam rifle (Having unfortunately needed to ditch that blade he just pulled out).-

-He'll take an attack, if it means protecting 'Sthesia'! Hopefully this'll be a clean shot, and won't hurt her...!-

"Get away from Sthesia!!!"

-You can hear the anger in his voice.-

"Picture it! Falling before us... Your death by our hands! I can see it clearly!!!"

-Even if he's angry, it's clear that he's also very eager to kill the ones threatening 'Sthesia'.-

Edited by CrystalMemoria on Jul 22nd 2018 at 10:10:47 AM

-Cross just leaps off, allowing both Aichi’s and the drones’ blasts to hit Nono’s Gundam (specifically her cockpit) instead of him as he...runs for the forest?-

“Leave your glasses at home?”

   (Ooooh, that's a nasty mark, but it's still not quite a complete pierce into the cockpit.)   

   (to Cross) Ooooh, you're good. Maybe once we're done with Alloy here, maybe we can have some real fun with you!   

Yeah, right!

Now, Leos!

Roger! Agios Face!

(Well, looks like Leos's Gundam has shed the gauntlets and leg boosters for a new set of wings, a rifle and shield. Well, then.)

   What—?! How many tricks do you have, Alloy?!   

Outside (Aichi) and (Misaki)

"Sthesia!!!"

-He hit her because of Cross...!-

-He watches as Cross flees, and has made it a personal goal to take that guy out as well as Leos.-

-However, before he can even say anything in response, Aichi has to focus on Leos and his Extreme Gundam's new form.-

-Aichi scowls in response. He didn't picture this.-

"You have a lot of things up your sleeve, don't you...? It won't help you! The image of your defeat... You can see it, can't you? Leos Alloy?"

-He won't even just call you 'Leos'... -

-He starts throwing beam daggers at Leos again, and once again tries to charge forward, bringing down the other, non-ditched beam saber down on Leos's Extreme Gundam.-

"Despair to the powerless... And all the glory to the ones with the power!"

-...All of this from Aichi... It's unsettling... isn't it...?-

-That nice boy... The Aichi that Leos viewed as a little brother...-

-...He's become this...-

-...It's wrong... Absolutely wrong!-

-Misaki is appalled. What did they do to Aichi...? He'd never do something like this of his own will... Even when he was apparently using that 'PSY Qualia', he never did anything like this.-

-He was a jerk. Not violent.-

-He has Anna too...!-

-Misaki looks over at Sthesia.-

"Can he get them out of there?!"

-Get them out of the cockpit? Or something?-

-Misaki knows they can snap him out of it... she knows they can!-

Edited by CrystalMemoria on Jul 22nd 2018 at 10:49:09 AM

-OMEGA OUTTA FREAKING NOWHERE-

-Cross’s Skell pulls Nono’s into...a Full Nelson from behind-

“Surprise hug!”

   (Okay, that's some pressure you're applying to the head.)   

   Well, well, I wasn't expecting you to be this intimate, boy~.   

Hold her still, Cross. Deploy funnels! (Small dart-like drones eject out of the Extreme Gundam's wings, circling around before firing on Nono's Ignis, scorching through the armour.)

   (In response to this, Nono screams.) Help me, Aichi!   

(Sthesia looks at Misaki.) Uhm... I don't know!]]

(And Aichi is being cornered by Leos with a beam saber of his own.)

Knock it off! You're not like this, Aichi! Please, just surrender!

Enough of the sexual double entendres you nut!

-Cross for once sounds serious-

PHOENIX WINGS, GONNA BURN YOU UP!

-A massive sphere of intense flame envelops both mechs, Cross hoping to overheat the Gundam, cause serious damage (both internal and external) and possibly make Nono pass out inside her cockpit from the overwhelming heat-

-Cross himself seems completely unphased by the enormous inferno his Skell is producing-

Outside (Aichi) and (Misaki)

-Sthesia's screams make him freeze. He wants to desperately pull away and help her, but Leos has him cornered...-

-He... he has to protect her...!-

-HE WANTS TO PROTECT HER!!!-

-However, he does speak to Leos.-

-Leos... he must think Aichi's weak... Aichi feels rage boiling in him.-

-Looking down on him... and hurting Sthesia...-

"Shut up! Who do you think you are?! 'Not me'... How would YOU know anything about me?!"

-Aichi's extremely ticked off now.-

"I'm not weak like you think I am! I'm not some worthless child like you always thought I was!!!"

-...? 'Like he always thought he was'...?-

-Aichi's never even seen Leos in person before now. That makes no sense...-

-...Why did he say that then...?-

-...-

-...It doesn't matter. Not in the slightest.-

-Just channel your anger and frustration towards Leos... Leos is the target...-

"You'll regret hurting Sthesia!!!"

-However, before he can do anything else

-?!?!?!?!?!?!?! S-Sthesia's...!-

"STHESIA!"

-Screw Leos trying to have him cornered. Aichi starts trying to throw more beam daggers at Cross, despite being open to anything Leos does.-

-HE.-

-HAS.-

-TO.-

-PROTECT.-

-STHESIA.-

-anna slowly starts to regain consciousness somehow from in the cockpit-

-she has to do something... she can't let aichi hurt anyone, but at the same time she can't hurt him... but why?-

Aichi... Stop...

   Aichi, help me!   

   (Despite all that heat, Nono tries desperately to get Cross's Skell off the Ignis Rephaser, namely using her remaining arm to elbow the Skell.)   

(Leos summons a few funnels to surround his rifle.) Variable Rifle! (The shot is aimed for the shoulder armour of the Avalanche Exia, hoping to get Aichi away from them.)

-Despite the ensuing (and noticeable) damage to Omega, the Skell continues to hold on, The Phoenix’s torrent of flames persisting-

I’ll...run outta fuel before I let go of you, ‘Princess!’

Outside (Aichi) and (Misaki)

-That girl is awake...!-

"Be quiet!!!"

-However, before he he can do anything like taser her again, Leos shoots at the Avalanche Exia's shoulder, and he has to deal with that.-

-...! Sthesia...!-

-What is he supposed to do?! Sthesia needs him, but it's clear he's not going to be able to keep Leos off of his tail either.-

-The Avalanche Exia staggers, but continues on towards Cross and Nono.-

"GET OFF OF HER!!!"

-Aichi's trying to get close, and stab Omega wherever he can!-

-Apparently he doesn't give a crud about the flames...-

-Guys, can Aichi even handle heat like that?-

-Can Anna?-

Aichi!

-aichi's gonna get hurt doing this!!!-

-TRY TO STOP THE ROBOT!!!-

Stairs -> Main Room

(Val is wandering down the stairs, looking around pretty much everywhere.)

-Aichi’s blade pierces right through the Skell, which begins blaring an alarm-

Critical damage detected. Structural integrity compromised

Son of a-!

-Omega violently explodes...RIGHT next to Aichi’s Gundam and literally on top of Nono’s-

   (KA-BOOOM!)   

   (The Ignis is promptly engulfed in the explosion, sending a blast wave out around them.)   

What the—?!

Cross!

(...And something hits Leos's Gundam with a noticeable CLANG!)

Edited by G2BattleConvoy on Jul 22nd 2018 at 9:04:02 AM