Lucas saw the Madrys titan shift to face him, and he gives a click of his tongue in annoyance. He'd hoped for his element of surprise to last longer, if only to close more distance with the sniper weapon in its hands. The weapon is pointed at him and his brazen charge, firing off with a boom. Lucas reacts, moving to dodge to the side, but the entire frame of his titan shudders as the round clips his leg, shields flaring to life to absorb the impact. [color=f7976a]"Warning. Unknown titan engaged. Recommend caution."[/color] Rattled off the digitized voice of his Titan OS. Lucas swallowed the urge to simply tell it to shut up, and instead focused his attention on his indicators, seeing his shields had dropped by over half from that single hit, and grimaced instead. His eyes flickered back up towards the Madrys, briefly debating for a moment his options, before continuing his charge. To retreat now would only spell defeat, he had to press.

[color=6ecff6]"Let's see how good you really are..."[/color] Lucas mutters quietly as the acolyte pods on the shoulders of his Monarch raise up, and the man lets off a volley of missiles that spiral through the air. Rather than aimed at the titan, however, the volley of explosives is aimed at the spire that the titan stands on, hoping to knock the machine off balance and give him more time to get in close. The XO16A2 chain gun rattles off a hail of rounds in Alms' direction, aiming to scour him as he's forced to rebalance or dodge.