05-09-2017, 04:54 AM
Celestia had fallen back on instinct and intuition, as careful though and patient discussion couldn't accomplish much in the thick of battle. As such, it didn't take long for her to fall into a rhythm, in time with the general flow of the combat.
From her vantage point above the battlefield, Celestia would spot something. This time was an axe-wielding creature, trying to sneak up on her allies position. She quickly fired a ray of flame at it. Sometimes she'd hit, and the creature would go down immediately, but those times were incidental. Even if she failed to bring it down, she'd clearly marked the spot where an attacker lay.
Another time was a row of rifle-wielders, lining up on an ally occupied in melee. Celestia readied her shield and dove down, creating a barrier between her comrade and that dangerous initial volley. The shield could only reliably hold one barrage when used this way, but by then her ally could react to the threat and Celestia herself could retreat back to the sky.
And so she could have continued until their team had destroyed all of the creatures. The doors of the courthouse were thrown open, and what defenders remained took the opportunity to flee inside. When only the primes remained outside the structure, they were greeted with an ominous message.
Their victory did not come without cost. Celestia had noted grimly when Sombra had ventured too far forward, in his eagerness to attack the enemy, and was swarmed. He fell, and did not get back up. There was a part of Celestia that was relieved, that if they had to lose anyone it would be the self-described tyrant. At the same, losing a member of the team still stung. She set those thoughts aside, ass she could spare neither the time nor the effort to sort out her feelings while they were still in the thick of things.
Celestia returned to the ground, just in time to hear Yu Kanda speak. She didn't appreciate his attitude, as even if she didn't believe this group could handle itself announcing an unwillingness to help one's allies was unproductive, but the warning rung true. “ 'The strategy of open doors',” she muttered to herself, before speaking more loudly in agreement with Yu Kanda's sentiment. Or part of it, at least. “Whatever's in there is confident enough to open its stronghold for us. We should be prepared for anything.”
Pausing only briefly, to see that her fellow primes were with her, Celestia stepped inside.
From her vantage point above the battlefield, Celestia would spot something. This time was an axe-wielding creature, trying to sneak up on her allies position. She quickly fired a ray of flame at it. Sometimes she'd hit, and the creature would go down immediately, but those times were incidental. Even if she failed to bring it down, she'd clearly marked the spot where an attacker lay.
Another time was a row of rifle-wielders, lining up on an ally occupied in melee. Celestia readied her shield and dove down, creating a barrier between her comrade and that dangerous initial volley. The shield could only reliably hold one barrage when used this way, but by then her ally could react to the threat and Celestia herself could retreat back to the sky.
And so she could have continued until their team had destroyed all of the creatures. The doors of the courthouse were thrown open, and what defenders remained took the opportunity to flee inside. When only the primes remained outside the structure, they were greeted with an ominous message.
Their victory did not come without cost. Celestia had noted grimly when Sombra had ventured too far forward, in his eagerness to attack the enemy, and was swarmed. He fell, and did not get back up. There was a part of Celestia that was relieved, that if they had to lose anyone it would be the self-described tyrant. At the same, losing a member of the team still stung. She set those thoughts aside, ass she could spare neither the time nor the effort to sort out her feelings while they were still in the thick of things.
Celestia returned to the ground, just in time to hear Yu Kanda speak. She didn't appreciate his attitude, as even if she didn't believe this group could handle itself announcing an unwillingness to help one's allies was unproductive, but the warning rung true. “ 'The strategy of open doors',” she muttered to herself, before speaking more loudly in agreement with Yu Kanda's sentiment. Or part of it, at least. “Whatever's in there is confident enough to open its stronghold for us. We should be prepared for anything.”
Pausing only briefly, to see that her fellow primes were with her, Celestia stepped inside.
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