build a mech wave 2 by blazbaros - My Commissions

Walking out of a doorway & onto a walkway around the edge of a roughly assembled ACE hanger, 2 pilots new to the Underground Arenas headed for their machines. While the taller of the 2 was already in some sort of black full armour suit covered in bone themed decorations, his female companion was zipping up the front of her red pilot suit, covering the deeper red tank top underneath & grumbling as she reached back to where her helmet was resting on her life support pack.

Alex; *Annoyed groan* It's Red. Just.....Red. They guy asked me what I called my Mech, and I said, & I quote, it's simply...Red. But noooo, HE was too busy looking down my top & trying to hit on me to register the name properly, & now everyone's going to think she's called Simply Red..."
Skeleton Jack; "It doesn't matter, that's all the information we're going to give them on our Mechs. We get through this introductory fight against the House Brawlers & we should be ready for the Underground Battle Ring. The credits should be useful..."
Al; "Yeah, I know, it's just frustrating..."

The armoured man looked up at the crude screens roughly placed around the poor excuse of a ramshackle hanger, reading the expected line up for the night. Though you couldn't see a millimeter of skin, he allowed himself to change posture & voice tone, going from relaxed to amused.

SJ; "I know. Hmmmmm, looks like you're up 1st, AND against the guy who took our details. *Chuckle* Looks like the Fates have given you a chance to vent on the cause of your problem..."
Al; "Oh reeeeeaaaaly? The Fates huh? Well then, if the FATES have helped me out, who am I to resist. *Chuckle* And since we're both just gonna use our base loadout, no guns, should be even more satisfying when I carve that guy's Troll up like a turkey. Dual assault rifles & a broadsword? Hope he's better with them than we think he is..."

Climbing into the Red Tiger Hunter's chest cockpit, Alex gave her armoured friend the thumbs up combined with an evil grin before closing the hatch, powering up her Mech & following some teenager waving lightsticks at her from the back of a jeep. Time to show this meathead she was a LOT more than just a pretty face. Skeleton Jack got in his Tiger Hunter, dubbed "Thriller" by Alex, and started a quick checklist to pass the time. They had researched the House Brawlers here, they were good, but their tactics were simple, predictable even once you knew what to look for. With what he knew of Red's opponent & Alex's mood right now, this wasn't going to be a long fight...

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These are 2 Mechs, called ACEs from his universe called Payload, that I commissioned Blazbaros through his Build-A-Mech Special Commission deal found here . Basically couldn't decide between the 2 paint jobs, so I just said stuff it & commissioned 2 Mechs. Blazbaros said he wanted 80s names for them, so going off that both names kinda just came naturally. Simply Red's name came from the fact it's primarily red, so it's pilot - Alex - would call it red, however some idiot staring down her shirt would easily be distracted enough to mess up & list it as "Simply Red", not just simply..."Red". As for Thriller, Alex ended up "naming" that 1 too. I wanted bones all over it, as that's it's pilot's theme pretty much. However I didn't have a name for it, however Alex would come up with that kinda name & Thriller's pilot - "Skeleton Jack" - would have no problem going along with that, so it just kinda stuck...

Might write up a more detailed story about their 1st time entering the underground arena fights, also seriously considering getting both of these done as a full commission, complete with their individual preferred loadouts. But that's for a later date, not for now...