Colosseum - Round 1, Group A - Desco vs Mami Tomoe

[Mami Tomoe]

As Mami landed, her legs trembled as a sizzling sensation covered the backs of her thighs. She let out a faint ow before returning her attention to her opponent.

"I've been burned worse," Mami said with a smile, "But the effort's there."

From a first glance, she wasn't entirely sure how to deal with her, so playing defensive seemed like a decent idea, though clearly she should have thought otherwise. From closer observation, the... Creature, perhaps, seemed hardly different from a Familiar, with a more peculiar, petite and feminine look. Perhaps handling her like one would be wise.

With those tentacles of hers, she would have a bit of range, and if they could take enough hits, they could act as defense against her muskets. That would take away her range advantage, which was just about all she seemed to have in this situation. She had Tiro, but even Tiro in this state likely wouldn't be powerful enough to land a meaningful shot, not to mention that she hadn't reloaded it since her last fight, which meant she would need to reload in battle. That would be difficult, to say the least, especially against an opponent she knew nothing about.

So she was at an impasse. She couldn't fight offensively because she might risk too much, and she couldn't fight defensively because the last few seconds had proven that wouldn't work. Perhaps if she used her ribbons, she could restrain her target, but that wouldn't win the battle for her.

But maybe giving it a bit of risk was what she had to do. "Back in the Abyss, I had a plastic utensil," chimed Mami, "But out here I have these."

Mami used Multiple Unnamed Muskets. This is pretty much all I'll be using for the entire fight, so strap in - The diversity just might be too exciting. /sarcasm

The Magical Girl summoned as many muskets as she could manage without struggling, which meant six on either side, then she jumped and summoned Tiro. If her one-girl firing squad wasn't enough, she could try faking her opponent out with an unloaded Tiro in the hopes that she would think it would fire. If that did happen, like she hoped, twelve musket shots would be enough to at least make a dent. But what would be next?

As she pointed with an extended arm at the creature before her, a smirk spread across the Magical Girl's face - A smirk that screamed I'm bluffing so loud that it was all she could think. Whether it was only her that saw that or not didn't matter, because things seemed to be going exactly as planned. A half-dozen bullets traveled faster than Mami could see at her target, and the mass of tentacles that defended her seemed thickest in front of where Tiro would have fired, making it that much easier to pierce her defenses and--

...Nothing? Her target seemed unfazed. The barrels of Mami's muskets smoked and so did the point of impact from her rounds, but not a single one seemed to have made any real difference. Her target emerged from the cocoon-like state she had been in with all her tentacles wrapped around her except one that held her off the ground.

Mami blinked. How had she not seen it? That was the weakness! That was where she had to focus her fire! Taking away mobility would take away a number of possible options, though admittedly she seemed to be using none of those possible options. However, doing that would mean her opponent wouldn't even be able to stand, which would be crippling for the rest of the battle.

But before Mami could make her next move, her opponent had beaten her to the punch.

Okay, I'm tired. I want sleep. GIVE ME SLEEP OR GIVE ME DEATH.
GOOD LUCK DESCO
i-i mean not that i think you need it
gods there is no way to say this without seeming condescending i'm sorry