[b]Kishimoto Arcade, Local Tournament.[/b]
[@Dezuel] [@Crimson Lion] - [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYWC0eqRFEM]Set your heart ABLAZE![/url]

[indent][indent]Ryoichi stayed on course to collide with the Red Virgo, shield up but beam saber equipped the closer he got. In his head he was ready for anything. His palms were gripping the controls tight, fingers responsive for his next actions, and yet he noticed something in the Red Virgo; a loss of animation perhaps, a rigidness that felt more comparable to NPCs' or AIs'. The realization broke his calm and yet the oddity of the tactic brought an eerie smirk to his lips. 

[i]'Genius,'[/i] he thought as the two neared closer. Instinctually, he pushed the throttle to max while shifting his forwards momentum upward. A spray of dirt and smoldering grass rushed beneath him before the Red Virgo shimmered momentarily and shook the forest with its detonation.

Ryoichi's elder brother seemed just an earshot away. Though he knew it was simply an annoying memory, his words were beginning to resonate with him if nothing else. [i]'This new battle format... these new players popping up... they're the challenge you were looking for back then, Ryoichi. I promise you, if you reignite your love for Gunpla you'll finally be happy! When you do finally crack a [/i]real[i] smile, come home and get your new Gunpla, its been raging for freedom...'[/i]  

The cloud of smoke from the explosion fell, coating the blazing forest beneath with black snow. Baelstrom had taken damage, a new fracture on the face, damage to the shield that he deployed once he realized he wouldn't quiet make it out unscathed. Still, it was functioning just fine or so he hoped. The inner-frame at least would be okay for the time being. Baelstrom turned its gaze back in the direction of Seo and the others. Their message had [i]almost[/i] been drowned out by the excitement of the explosion.

A tad shaken, a noticeable tremor of furor laid beneath his cool. "Roger that, Cap'n. En route now." 

He immediately cut the comms back off and with Flight-Mode still active, blasted off to meet Seo's concern. He left the fires of the forest behind, only to zoom-in on the overlays in front of him. The towers were damaged! Ryoichi's brows drew close together as he checked his teammate's status. One of which was terminated. "All that work and one of them still got eliminated. I should've taken this more seriously," he admitted.

Then he noticed something about how the Mobile Armor moved. His eyes widened in excitement once he figured it out, "Oh! Its you isn't it? Red Virgooo! Well you're not done with me yet!" Suddenly the Baelstrom was arcing in paths of blue burner towards the Mobile Armor, his handgun drawn as he pelted the Scorpio from several angles. "Come on, we have a death match to finish!"[/indent][/indent]