[He moves. He doesn't actually recall giving the command to move, but Barbatos goes exactly where he wants. His hands still remain on the controls, but he isn't exactly piloting anymore. But is the Gundam an extension of him? Or is he now a part of the Gundam?
Perhaps the truth is somewhere in between.
But he still moves, guiding the suit through the asteroid field with guidance and skill. He almost feels as if the suit is testing him now, that its willing to show him more and give him more, but only if he can prove he can handle it.
So be it.
He targets one of the smaller asteroids, Barbatos claws ready to attack. When he doesn't its here that the differences between the two pilots comes into its sharpest focus.
Mika is a brawler; what he has in power, he lacks in finesse. He attacks without restraint, smashing, bashing, and crashing his way through obstacles. In his hands, Barbatos' claws rend and tear, leaving a mess in their wake. His mace bludgeons and pulverizes all that stands before him, and Barbatos is every bit the demon of legend.
In Setsuna's hands, however...
The movement is swift, just a single strike, but the rock is rendered in two. He may not be able to target and fire beyond the stratosphere, but there's a focus, an accuracy that Mika may or may not have, but definitely one that he eschews. They're similar in their strength, their intensity, and their will to destroy, but Setsuna refines that down to a singular point. Five fingers can make a fist, but five claws can become one hell of a blade.
One after another, he slices through a piece of space rock, leaving it smoothly and perfectly cut in two. A single swipe is all it takes each time, before he quickly moves on to the next. Even the tails is used differently, more as retractable dagger than as a battering ram. A singular lethal puncture is all he needs.
But all of that is simply what occurs on the surface, beneath that, something stranger is going on. For as much as Barbatos has wormed its way into Setsuna's brain, he, using the ELS as a digital conduit, is forcing his mind deeper into Barbatos programming, looking into all of its secrets.
The first thing he discovers is that he was right all along, that even with this connection, there's still a limiter holding the machine back, though t this one is on Barbatos side of the deal. On the other side of that, it isn't trans am, but... but whatever it is, the ELS warn against it. His quantum brain might be bale to handle that kind of data, but they warn that his human one would suffer dire consequences. There's a heavy cost for that kind of power, and there's a limit to how much they can rebuild in him if that cost is paid.
Setsuna already has power, though. What he wants is to understand this machine, and through it, to understand Mika. So, for the time being, he leaves the limiter alone, instead starting to rifle through all of the data being pushed into his brain.
As he splits his attention, somehow still managing to get through the field with a cold, calculated decimation, he still searches for answers. Has Mika ever taken the limiter off? And what was the cost to it?
What did Barbatos extract from him for it? he needs to know.]
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Perhaps the truth is somewhere in between.
But he still moves, guiding the suit through the asteroid field with guidance and skill. He almost feels as if the suit is testing him now, that its willing to show him more and give him more, but only if he can prove he can handle it.
So be it.
He targets one of the smaller asteroids, Barbatos claws ready to attack. When he doesn't its here that the differences between the two pilots comes into its sharpest focus.
Mika is a brawler; what he has in power, he lacks in finesse. He attacks without restraint, smashing, bashing, and crashing his way through obstacles. In his hands, Barbatos' claws rend and tear, leaving a mess in their wake. His mace bludgeons and pulverizes all that stands before him, and Barbatos is every bit the demon of legend.
In Setsuna's hands, however...
The movement is swift, just a single strike, but the rock is rendered in two. He may not be able to target and fire beyond the stratosphere, but there's a focus, an accuracy that Mika may or may not have, but definitely one that he eschews. They're similar in their strength, their intensity, and their will to destroy, but Setsuna refines that down to a singular point. Five fingers can make a fist, but five claws can become one hell of a blade.
One after another, he slices through a piece of space rock, leaving it smoothly and perfectly cut in two. A single swipe is all it takes each time, before he quickly moves on to the next. Even the tails is used differently, more as retractable dagger than as a battering ram. A singular lethal puncture is all he needs.
But all of that is simply what occurs on the surface, beneath that, something stranger is going on. For as much as Barbatos has wormed its way into Setsuna's brain, he, using the ELS as a digital conduit, is forcing his mind deeper into Barbatos programming, looking into all of its secrets.
The first thing he discovers is that he was right all along, that even with this connection, there's still a limiter holding the machine back, though t this one is on Barbatos side of the deal. On the other side of that, it isn't trans am, but... but whatever it is, the ELS warn against it. His quantum brain might be bale to handle that kind of data, but they warn that his human one would suffer dire consequences. There's a heavy cost for that kind of power, and there's a limit to how much they can rebuild in him if that cost is paid.
Setsuna already has power, though. What he wants is to understand this machine, and through it, to understand Mika. So, for the time being, he leaves the limiter alone, instead starting to rifle through all of the data being pushed into his brain.
As he splits his attention, somehow still managing to get through the field with a cold, calculated decimation, he still searches for answers. Has Mika ever taken the limiter off? And what was the cost to it?
What did Barbatos extract from him for it? he needs to know.]