08-13-2017, 07:31 AM
"Ebony, get out of there!" Dane growled, leaning into his shield to push Marcus away before moving back into close range with maintained vigour. The fight was fresh and thus the combatants were barely warmed up. That coupled with the fact Marcus only had his fists to use against the swordsman meant he was able to excel in the close proximity, regardless of how tough his opponent's skin seemed to be. Despite this, Dane still seemed very frustrated - not quite operating to his full potential. "I told you to stay out of the melee, dammit."
Ebony flinched, body temporarily locking up from the pressure. First, she was attacked by her opponent, and now her own teammate was yelling at her. She was beginning to realise how much of a mistake this was; as things were, she barely even remembered her reasons for fighting in the first place. "Y-you looked like you needed hel-"
Slam.
"Oof."
Jak's foot collided with Ebony's chest, knocking her upwards; a short breath of air left her lips from the shock of the impact, scythe still in hand. The gushing movement of the generated wind groped against her hood, pulling it back and revealing her long black hair. Time seemed to almost freeze as Jak tamed his blaster on her still body - she was at the peak of the motion, all kinetic energy converted to gravitational potential. Jak was reasonably skilled, so it was no chore for him to estimate this height prior to her reaching it.
Smash.
Bang.
A hard lump of metal supported by a mix of wood and leather met Jak's shoulder, shunting his arm and causing the blast to miss Ebony by a hair's width - nearly singing her cloak. "You can help me more if you-" Dane paused abruptly, swinging his sword at Jak swiftly and forcefully. His aim wasn't perfect due to the sheer strength behind the strike, but the speed allowed it strike hard, scraping against Jak's shoulder and drawing a fine spray of blood. It wasn't a vital target, but it was sure to be painful.
Expectedly, Jak reeled back, grunting while Dane steadied his stance, continuing to ignore the shallow bullet wounds in his chest. His shield had slowed them enough to stop them reducing his capabilities, but that didn't prevent the pain.
Marcus caught back up with the group shortly, while Ebony clambered to her feet, leaning on her warming weapon. Small fearful tears dripped from her exposed face.
Dane snarled, positioning himself between the two and his teammate. "Just stay back and use your magic."
Scrappily, Marcus and Jak swarmed Dane, aiming to use their numbers to provide a strong advantage in melee - likely assuming he wasn't worth the bullets. This fight was between primes, after all, such things often continued longer that one might expect.
Shifting sideways, Dane quickly put an end to that tactic by positioning Jak between him and Marcus while raising his shield - should Marcus or Jak try to create an opening for their ally, it would be trivial for him to sidestep back to the current position.
"What? Scared of a little metal? Perhaps you shouldn't have brought guns to my swordfight."
Ebony flinched, body temporarily locking up from the pressure. First, she was attacked by her opponent, and now her own teammate was yelling at her. She was beginning to realise how much of a mistake this was; as things were, she barely even remembered her reasons for fighting in the first place. "Y-you looked like you needed hel-"
Slam.
"Oof."
Jak's foot collided with Ebony's chest, knocking her upwards; a short breath of air left her lips from the shock of the impact, scythe still in hand. The gushing movement of the generated wind groped against her hood, pulling it back and revealing her long black hair. Time seemed to almost freeze as Jak tamed his blaster on her still body - she was at the peak of the motion, all kinetic energy converted to gravitational potential. Jak was reasonably skilled, so it was no chore for him to estimate this height prior to her reaching it.
Smash.
Bang.
A hard lump of metal supported by a mix of wood and leather met Jak's shoulder, shunting his arm and causing the blast to miss Ebony by a hair's width - nearly singing her cloak. "You can help me more if you-" Dane paused abruptly, swinging his sword at Jak swiftly and forcefully. His aim wasn't perfect due to the sheer strength behind the strike, but the speed allowed it strike hard, scraping against Jak's shoulder and drawing a fine spray of blood. It wasn't a vital target, but it was sure to be painful.
Expectedly, Jak reeled back, grunting while Dane steadied his stance, continuing to ignore the shallow bullet wounds in his chest. His shield had slowed them enough to stop them reducing his capabilities, but that didn't prevent the pain.
Marcus caught back up with the group shortly, while Ebony clambered to her feet, leaning on her warming weapon. Small fearful tears dripped from her exposed face.
Dane snarled, positioning himself between the two and his teammate. "Just stay back and use your magic."
Scrappily, Marcus and Jak swarmed Dane, aiming to use their numbers to provide a strong advantage in melee - likely assuming he wasn't worth the bullets. This fight was between primes, after all, such things often continued longer that one might expect.
Shifting sideways, Dane quickly put an end to that tactic by positioning Jak between him and Marcus while raising his shield - should Marcus or Jak try to create an opening for their ally, it would be trivial for him to sidestep back to the current position.
"What? Scared of a little metal? Perhaps you shouldn't have brought guns to my swordfight."
Quote:531 words. Went a bit over but we agreed that was OK. Didn't get to focus on Eb as much as I'd have liked, but I figured sorting out the chaos of the fight was a more pressing issue.
Note: Dane was using his 5/0/6/1 form for his shield bash against Jak, he was in the usual 1/2/3/6 form for the rest of this post. He started the form change about when he said "I told you to stay out of melee, dammit." and ended it when he "steadied his stance"
Note2: It looks like your blaster may be "homing" but you didn't actually list the proficiencies on your roster so it was hard to tell. My reasoning is that Dane hit Jak before Jak pulled the trigger, so unless the laser shooter bit can move without Jak turning his wrist, it would miss.
Note3: Jak may have an injured shoulder due to the slight cut and shield bash. Deal with that as you wish. I described the severity vaguely for ya.
Note4: Dane's attitude is "team suck" and "I am pro, listen 2 me pls". Mostly because Ebony ran into the fight despite him telling her not to.