Lunar Messiah vs Yeldo

Lunar knew that this enemy was a strong opponent, capable of unique offence due to his biology. But Lunar had precision and power, she could take a bow and arrow and pin a fly to a wall without killing it. She had a mechanical and methodical approach to combat, she was banking on this to allow her to prevail in this mission. This was a case of a powerful organic meeting technological skill in battle.

Such epic views were lost on Lunar though, because right now she was aiming to take out Yeldo. And she succeeded with her gambit, her limbs weren't as long but they had the metallic punch to them that no mere mortal could accomplish. Yeldo's fortitude was to be admired as a normal human might have just had their skull caved in, the weapon of science would land on the mat with a clanging noise. Still she succeeded in bringing the beast down, Carlson might have called it a fine blow but he wasn't present to instruct the robot girl.

Now that Yeldo was downed Lunar would try to capitalise on this by entering a crouched state, sizing up the Centaur for her next move. Which this time would be that once Yeldo was vertical enough Lunar then planned to rush forward and try to swing her right knee into his forehead with a shining wizard! Submissions were the way for victory, but with the enemy being very durable battering them was perhaps the better thing to do. At least that was the deduction Lunar gathered from her battle thus far.

Lunar is probably capitalizing on stunning Yeldo. But the Centaur is not stunned yet. The android managed to make him fall on his side, that is already quite a prowess, but she did only half the work. Yeldo is staring at her, and seeing her eyes dropping on his head, he guesses where she's about to strike now.

He raises his hands, fencing them before his head, and blocks the knee blow. “Block”... not completely. At least he cushions the blow.
He would immediately roll on his back to his other side and take the momentum to get up on his four legs... unless Lunar acts while he's rolling...

Lunar would admit she wasn't certain of how much trauma Yeldo was capable of withstanding, and the chance that he'd sustain lethal amounts of damage could be possible. Granted Lunar preferred not to end her opponent permanently, but if it was an accident well that'd be that.

Still though the centaur displayed admirable reaction time by blocking the strike of Lunar's knee, perhaps the repeat target made the weapon of science's gameplan predictable. It had made sense though, once Yeldo's noggin had suffered enough pain she could choke him out and gain a submission victory. That was the plan at least.

Yeldo rolled with the punches so to say, perhaps finding it best to get vertical where his size and stature worked against Lunar. The robot grunted in a manner akin to annoyance, still though with her landing distance she doubted a chance to stay on the offence before the Centaur could rise wouldn't present itself. So she'd attempt to salvage what was possible, once she arose Lunar would try to near Yeldo and jump into the air and launch a spinning kick into his chest. The flaw in this was her offence was obvious, but it was the only possible thing to do in terms of offence.

Maybe the distance was the cause, but Lunar does not try anything to weaken Yeldo while the Centaur is rolling on his back, aligning his torso with his horse spine. As soon as Yeldo gets up on his four legs, he tries to catch an eye on Lunar. If she did not assault him while he was on the ground, she may do it right now.

And he does well. The android jumps in the air, and Yeldo has still some reflexes to see what's coming right now with this jump. Actually, not precisely : he thinks about a dropkick. It's a spinning kick.
But it's nothing : with a move of his arms, he manages to deflect the kick.
Better : he manages to catch Lunar's ankle.

He would block the ankle under his armpit, and use his free hand to massage his jaw for a few seconds.
If Lunar doesn't manage to free her ankle, the Centaur would apply a kind of Angle Lock, ignoring if such a move can inflict pain on someone made with metal.

Lunar perhaps was being linear about her approach in combat, kicking was something she was known for among Team Starmage. Her partner Light used punches instead, or perhaps akin to that and not having flesh coloured anvils for fists. Perhaps it would have been optimal for him to have fought Yeldo and not Lunar, but alas Carlson was the one who made the call. Still he'd only been wrong very rarely, Yeldo seemed to have caught on with Lunar's plan.

Organics could learn from past mistakes it seemed, the process used to create Lunar allowed her to achieve a similar sort of process. But it seemed that Yeldo was at the advantage here, because he managed to grab one of Lunar's legs. And begin cinching an ankle lock onto the weapon of science.

"Ghn!" Lunar grunted, her creation had allowed her to feel pain. Something that her makers felt would improve Lunar's performance, given that organics could act better under pressure. Though it was serving to have Lunar be damaged, her legs could withstand pressure far beyond mortals. But damage was damage, Lunar saw the ropes.

Wrestling rules dictate that if she managed to make it to them Yeldo was bound to relent the hold, it certainly looked difficult though with the distance. Nevertheless Lunar would try to inch further in the hopes of getting that goal.

The short grunt from Lunar is enough to hint Yeldo about that she's indeed feeling pain. Feeling good to know it, and since it's a Submission match, Yeldo ensures his hold. It seems unlikely that he would win right now with this submission hold, but at least he's making some damage in order to weaken his opponent, until victory would be reachable.

Lunar doesn't retaliate. It seems that she doesn't have any way of retaliation right now. She tries to crawl on the mat. Turning his head, Yeldo sees the ropes and guesses what Lunar is going for. But how could the android move the Centaur ? No way. Yeldo makes some steps to the center of the ring to ensure Lunar won't be able to reach the ropes.

Lunar was expecting Yeldo to try and maintain the hold for as long as he could, it was only natural in this sort of environment. And wise too given the stipulations of the match, ironic too. Lunar was focusing on the head of the Centaur with him targeting her legs, still that wasn't what the robot girl focused on. It was trying to minimize the damage that was being caused to her held leg, that seemed easier said than done. With Yeldo's height and frame inching closer to the ropes was a very hard task to be certain, futile even.

The weapon of science showed she could learn from her mistakes however, perhaps a counter was better instead of trying to escape. An idea arose, rather akin to the novel solutions the head of Team Starmage Carlson would come up with. Lunar would raise her non held leg upwards and then put her palms on the mat as flat as they could be.

Then Lunar would bend her arms and then push herself up, using the momentum of it to spring up and then try to bend her body around and deliver a heel kick into the side of Yeldo's head. This was dangerous and could cause damage to Lunar's leg which was already starting to glow amber on her HUD, but it might be the thing she needed.

Now, Lunar just can't reach the rope to call for a break. But she has still some fight in her, and she proves it, helped by her higher strength. Holding a metal-made leg is not an easy task when it's struggling, even when you are a Centaur. Yeldo does his best at least. He has to make the much damage he can on this leg, so Lunar won't fight well then.

But the android uses all her abilities, with strength and flexibility, to raise her whole body up. Yeldo is somewhat caught offguard when he's hit by the metallic sole at the side of the head. He whinnies, tries to hold the leg, but it's getting quite exhausting. He finally releases Lunar's leg, and pushes both on the mat. He then takes some breathes, fidgetting his tail.

In spite of the metal frame she had Lunar was known to be rather flexible, it was a feature her creators placed in her. To add to her ability to disguise herself as a human more, plus enable her to escape out of tight situations. Still Lunar's frame had undergone considerable damage, nothing crushed but she'd need repairs after this. This wouldn't have happened if Carlson simply allowed the weapon of science to unleash her full array of weapons and fry the centaur to kingdom come. Though the head of Team Starmage did try to limit the amount of damage done to things, it was that human nature of altruism Lunar chalked it up to.

Still at least she managed to free herself, Lunar fell to the mat in a rather rough manner. Her HUD had reported significant damage in her lower body, flashing between amber and green. Not good, Yeldo's response though signified he was feeling those attacks to the head area. Even with his no doubt harder than human skull. Lunar would give a human like sigh of minor relief. Before making to slowly rise to her feet, trying not to exert too much pressure to avoid blowing those metal legs out from under her.

"Yeldo-san......You have clearly withstood significant trauma to your head area. That said though I will assume you wish to continue." Lunar said, it wasn't a warning or anything like that. More like a remark of the situation, the weapon of science stated this as she planned to try and swing her fists into Yeldo's chest. The weapon of science sustained significant injuries, but was intent on continuing her mission.

While Yeldo massages his jaw, taking some breathes, and fidgetting his horse tail, Lunar slowly gets up. Yeldo can still notice he has done some damage on her ankle : the android looks not very easy in her mind while standing on her legs. She takes care of not teasing the pain from her joint. Likely it will be an advantage in this match : Yeldo may have reduced Lunar's mobility, and that can only be a good point. However, Yeldo doesn't think too much about that : this match is quite exciting and that's all matter. Winning or losing against Lunar is secondary. Lunar is just a great opponent.

« Of course I wish to continue ! My head is not too painful, don't worry. »

He smiles at her. Then he would resume the fight : he would irish-whip her on the ropes, and follow her course. If he manages to send her on the ropes, then he would catch her as soon as she will hit the ropes, before she could turn over towards him, and he would apply a Full Nelson.
After the ankle, the arms...