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This is the Neo-Swedish engineers' fault, okay

Allenby rocked back and forth on her heels, frowning at the Great Wall for a couple of reasons. One, apparently the Daligig or whoever had yanked out a big chunk of the Great Wall (or one of them, given how many Earths there were) and slapped it into the City like a cheap bookcase. She wasn't big on cultural heritage preservation, but sheesh.

The second reason was that she was thinking. Next to her feet was a bag of toys: jacks, a gymnast's ribbon, a kite, spinning tops, and a few superballs. Believe or not, she was going to use these to develop a new specialty technique--just as soon as she figured out where to begin.

"Man, Nobel Gundam... I knew I shoulda asked Chibodee and George what they did to figure out theirs." She winced when she caught herself talking to her Gundam yet again, and she wasn't even in the Hangar this time... oh well. Allenby picked up the ribbon and began running, executing a technique she already knew well from piloting.

[ooc: So anyone in the Water Cooler post who wanted to do sparring/training stuff, this would be a good place to do it! :3 Or anyone else who'd like to pop in, of course.]

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"It's overrated but when you have nothing to do, it helps." said Ben with a shrug. "So, how's this going to pan down? I'm trying to figure out how this is all put together beyond gymnastics."

"Wellll... the Nobel Gundam's strength is her agility and the primary weapon is a beam ribbon." She gave the solid ribbon in her hand a flick to illustrate. "The other special technique is with a beam hula hoop. They both pack a good punch, but I need more versatility." She picked up a superball, giving it a bounce. "Something that can knock out more guys at once."

"Hmm, for that you'd need multiple targets then," said Ben, picking out a plan already. "Why don't you try different things, and I can be the target? I'm pretty durable in any form, and multiple moving targets would be easier than trying it out on a single stationary one."

He was already scrolling through his playlists, looking for something that was durable enough to take a few hits.

A grin came over Allenby's face. She was a little surprised that he'd make the offer, but not about to refuse at all--the form she'd met Ben in had definitely looked able to soak up a few hits. "Well all right then!" she said, tucking the superball into a vest pocket. "I'll try throwin' some beam energy at ya. Think you'll be able to take it?"

"Oh totally," replied Ben, selecting his Alien in a flash of light.

"ECHO ECHO!" exclaimed the small alien. "I. Think. This. Should. Do. For. A. Start." he proclaimed in his odd synthesized voice as his form flashed into three. And then six. And then twelve.

"Twelve. Opponents. Should. Do. I. Also. Can. Cause. Sonic. Attacks. Try. To. Hit. The. Targets."

And with that, Echo Echo spread out in different directions. It was like shooting ducks that actually shot back.

Allenby had seen a technique like that back on Earth. It hadn't fazed her one bit, even though by all logic and reason it should have been absolutely impossible for a guy to clone himself and his Gundam... so what Ben did seemed a-okay.

"Twelve, huh? I better be on my toes!" But there was no lack of confidence in her voice, even though she knew that the sonic attacks would probably be difficult to dodge.

She hurled green at the Echo Echoes, trying to will the green ball of light to rebound onto the next target--it was a very erratic first attempt.

The Echo Echoes scattered, moving quickly on their small legs. One of them got walloped upside the head and it stumbled into another, merging. With the count down to 11, a couple of them rounded on Allenby.

"Son. Ic. Attack!" Opening their mouths, a shockwave of sound blasted out at Allenby at a fairly low power, enough to disorient and sting.

Two down, eleven to go--more important, it looked like her theory would work with some hard training. She didn't let herself gloat though because... well, eleven opponents.

And it looked like they were getting ready for an attack of their own. Allenby jumped straight up into the air, dodging the impact of the sonic waves. It sure sounded like it wouldn't be fun to get hit by--okay, time for another try while she was up here. It left her more vulnerable, but she wasn't always going to be attacking from a secure spot.

She threw out a ball of energy again, just as powerful but far less accurate this time. "Hya!"

Two dove out of the way, three more moving to intercept Allenby. Like most of Ben's forms, it was quite strong and they circled about as the screaming Echo Echoes terminated their attack. One careless one got struck by the energy ball and it dissipated in a flash of light.

Allenby caught sight of the one that she'd managed to hit, wondering what would happen to Ben when she got down to the last one--but she decided to trust that he would be able to handle whatever it was.

'Course, that was something to worry about later it seemed. These guys were tricky little devils! "Whoops!" she yelped as the three intercepting Echo Echoes rose to meet her, just as she was coming down. She lashed out with her fists instinctively. She needed time to replenish enough energy to try her proto-technique a third time.

One of them leaped up to try and grab Allenby from behind, two others went for her legs. Echo Echo lacked speed but sheer numbers were always a factor. "You're. Not. Getting. Off. So. Easily." proclaimed the clones as one.

Aw, damn.

And just after thinking that, Allenby grinned. This kid was good. "I'm just--getting--started!" she yelled as she slammed her arms up, breaking the first one's grip before twisting in midair. She tried to drive herself towards the ground hard--a full-body landing that would probably hurt, but the guys on her legs would be hit just as hard as she was.

The Echo Echoes on her legs were knocked aside like ten pins as the third one who was hit by her hands was knocked aside. Down three, the rest of them went for another team attack, moving quickly. "Really. Good. Shot. There!" they chorused.

"You ain't too bad either!" Allenby replied as she jumped back to her feet. It did hurt, but Gundam pilots were nothing if not hardy.

She leaped forward to meet their attack, fists moving in a blur.

A couple of them bounced, two of the Echo Echoes vanishing from the visible spectrum as they rejoined with the main body, parring it all down to 3 or 4 left.

With a grin, they adjusted their approach, leaping from high.

Allenby looked up sharply as the remaining Echo Echoes shifted tactics. Her first instinct was to leap and meet them in mid-air, but no--not this time.

Instead, she made another attempt with the energy attack. There was enough now. Allenby concentrated as hard as she could on sending the green ball of light rocketing from one of the little guys to the next.

That attack struck home, rebounding off the Echo Echoes hard enough that they winked out of existence, the last one bouncing and rolling into his back. In a flash of green light, he reverted to Ben who seemed for the moment, knocked out. But then he groaned and sat up.

"Nice one!"

"Whoa!" Even if it was just for a moment, Allenby was rather alarmed to see him knocked out like that. She hadn't wanted to hurt him!

She started to rush over and then slowed, smiling sheepishly as he sat up. She went down on one knee to look him over. "Thanks--you all right? I don't wanna dent you up too much."

"Oh I'm fine," laughed Ben, rubbing his head. "This just means I'm out of practice."

"Want to try again with a different opponent?"

Allenby laughed. "Well I guess I'd just better help ya get back in shape, huh? It's only fair since you're helping me out."

She straightened back up. "If you got another one in you, sure! I gotta admit, all those different forms of yours seem pretty cool."

"Great! Since you've done the multiple thing, I'll go--" He struck his watch and grew up into a huge form. "Four Arms! Hey, what the heck? I was going for Humungosaur!"

Scratching his head with one hand, he wondered, "Is it broken? Stupid thing..."

"...Broken?" Allenby stared up at the giant red... guy that Ben had turned into. "That ain't good. Can you go back to you?"

"I don't think it's broken," replied Ben, reverting to his normal self and hitting the plunger again, this time getting Humungosaur. "Must have been a slip of the wrist. They're side by side in the playlist."

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