05-29-2017, 03:31 AM
Weiss Schnee looked around at her two companions, as they paused before the macabre giant skeleton. The King Taijitu was an immense monster, and even with her old power, she doubted she could have beaten it back easily. Even with allies, she didn’t think she could-
Hang on. What she previously thought was one opponent turned out to be two, as the creatures separated and slithered forward, side by side.
“...Why aren’t they connected at the middle?” Weiss blurted out, and both of her companions’ heads immediately turned to her.
“What do you mean, why aren’t they connected at the middle, you fool! What kind of snakes have you dealt with?” Keldor asked with a snort of derision, and Weiss looked to Kopaka for support. What she could tell of the Toa of Ice’s body language told her he wasn’t on her side in this conversation, though.
“So you’re just used to one-headed giant snakes?!” the huntress asked the both of them incredulously.
Looking between Kopaka and Keldor, she was beginning to wonder if she hadn’t sprouted an extra head herself.
“Fine. I guess I’m the weird one here.” She muttered to herself, drawing her rapier.
Headcount aside, these snakes still looked incredibly large, incredibly angry, and if they were anything like the snakes back home, probably pretty fast too. They’d need proper co-operation to get anywhere, here, and at the moment? It was probably more likely that she would sprout an extra head than actually get these people to work as anything resembling a unified force.
What would Ruby do in this situation, she wondered?
Other than annoy everyone and somehow get her way, that is… wait, that’s it!
“Kopaka, as you are our team leader, I’m sure you want to make the plan. I’m going to propose something that might use my abilities best to you, however.” Weiss stated quickly, and Kopaka opened his mouth to say something almost immediately. Weiss didn’t let him speak, though, and quickly added,
“I can use my speed to distract and harass these snakes, keeping them occupied near the giant’s skeleton. I won’t be able to pierce their skin without a big move, though, and they’re probably too fast to allow that. But, I think combined with your skill with swordsmanship, and defensive abilities, the two of us could probably hold them in one spot if you could act as a moving wall for anything that tries to slither past me.” Weiss continued as fast as she could. Kopaka brought up his hand in a motion to pause, but Weiss ignored it, and continued.
“Meanwhile, Keldor can probably use the time we give him to blast the two with his… magic? Magic. From afar. With the snakes distracted he can probably score direct hits. If he can do enough to stun the creatures, we might even be able to reciprocate with larger attacks of our own.” Weiss added, speaking a mile a minute at this point.
“Schnee, you-”
“I’ll take your silence as an order to start the plan, since time is of the essence. Thank you for your guidance.” She stated with very fake enthusiasm, before taking a much-needed breath of fresh air and dashing forward, leaping at the snake closest to intercepting the group.
The snakes were very big, but also very fast, and as Weiss used a trio of quick sword strikes to knock away the approaching teeth of the nearest one, she realized that she was correct earlier - if she let these things past her, it would only take a few seconds for the snakes to reach Keldor with the proper motivation.
So Weiss focused on not allowing this to happen, as Myrtenaster’s spokes spun in their familiar song. The two snakes surrounded her, hissing and feinting lunge after lunge, and Weiss knew they were looking for the slightest angle to use against her.
She didn’t know what these weird mutated Taijitu were, but she knew they were highly evolved hunters all the same, with all the same moves and instincts. Thismeant that sooner or later, the experienced huntress would still inevitably end up slipping up and giving them a suitable opening. Instead of waiting for it, then, Weiss handed it to them - moving her blade a little to the right, leaving her flank *just* exposed, and like she expected, the serpent on her left lunged as soon as it saw the opportunity.
Weiss jumped, and took advantage of the opportunity she was given to activate her fire dust, releasing a crescent-shaped slash of fiery energy that smacked it’s head into the floor. Now that she’d dealt with that, she turned to deal with her next opponent.
“Damnit!” Weiss swore. The massive creatures were more intelligent than they looked, and the second one had reared up with glowing red eyes, blackened fire dripping from it’s fangs.
“...Didn’t account for the fire breath.” Weiss whispered to herself, as she ran towards the creature, springing forward the moment her feet hit the ground. She wasn’t going to be fast enough! The snake opened it’s jaws, and a beam of pure, jet-black energy shot forward…
Glancing off a white, frost-covered shield, and smashing into the nearby wall.
“Never do that again, Schnee!”
The embodiment of winter hissed out that sentence with more anger and frustration than Weiss had ever heard in a single sentence. Despite herself, all she could respond with was a fairly small,
“...Got it.”
Then, an exaggerated hiss sounded from behind her, and Weiss realized she had other, more immediately deadly things to focus on than Kopaka’s rage at the moment. Her hand gripped Myrtenaster firmly, and she dove back into the battle. Hopefully, it wouldn’t take Keldor very long to blast these things to kingdom come, especially considering they still had yet to face the real threats that laid ahead.
Hang on. What she previously thought was one opponent turned out to be two, as the creatures separated and slithered forward, side by side.
“...Why aren’t they connected at the middle?” Weiss blurted out, and both of her companions’ heads immediately turned to her.
“What do you mean, why aren’t they connected at the middle, you fool! What kind of snakes have you dealt with?” Keldor asked with a snort of derision, and Weiss looked to Kopaka for support. What she could tell of the Toa of Ice’s body language told her he wasn’t on her side in this conversation, though.
“So you’re just used to one-headed giant snakes?!” the huntress asked the both of them incredulously.
Looking between Kopaka and Keldor, she was beginning to wonder if she hadn’t sprouted an extra head herself.
“Fine. I guess I’m the weird one here.” She muttered to herself, drawing her rapier.
Headcount aside, these snakes still looked incredibly large, incredibly angry, and if they were anything like the snakes back home, probably pretty fast too. They’d need proper co-operation to get anywhere, here, and at the moment? It was probably more likely that she would sprout an extra head than actually get these people to work as anything resembling a unified force.
What would Ruby do in this situation, she wondered?
Other than annoy everyone and somehow get her way, that is… wait, that’s it!
“Kopaka, as you are our team leader, I’m sure you want to make the plan. I’m going to propose something that might use my abilities best to you, however.” Weiss stated quickly, and Kopaka opened his mouth to say something almost immediately. Weiss didn’t let him speak, though, and quickly added,
“I can use my speed to distract and harass these snakes, keeping them occupied near the giant’s skeleton. I won’t be able to pierce their skin without a big move, though, and they’re probably too fast to allow that. But, I think combined with your skill with swordsmanship, and defensive abilities, the two of us could probably hold them in one spot if you could act as a moving wall for anything that tries to slither past me.” Weiss continued as fast as she could. Kopaka brought up his hand in a motion to pause, but Weiss ignored it, and continued.
“Meanwhile, Keldor can probably use the time we give him to blast the two with his… magic? Magic. From afar. With the snakes distracted he can probably score direct hits. If he can do enough to stun the creatures, we might even be able to reciprocate with larger attacks of our own.” Weiss added, speaking a mile a minute at this point.
“Schnee, you-”
“I’ll take your silence as an order to start the plan, since time is of the essence. Thank you for your guidance.” She stated with very fake enthusiasm, before taking a much-needed breath of fresh air and dashing forward, leaping at the snake closest to intercepting the group.
The snakes were very big, but also very fast, and as Weiss used a trio of quick sword strikes to knock away the approaching teeth of the nearest one, she realized that she was correct earlier - if she let these things past her, it would only take a few seconds for the snakes to reach Keldor with the proper motivation.
So Weiss focused on not allowing this to happen, as Myrtenaster’s spokes spun in their familiar song. The two snakes surrounded her, hissing and feinting lunge after lunge, and Weiss knew they were looking for the slightest angle to use against her.
She didn’t know what these weird mutated Taijitu were, but she knew they were highly evolved hunters all the same, with all the same moves and instincts. Thismeant that sooner or later, the experienced huntress would still inevitably end up slipping up and giving them a suitable opening. Instead of waiting for it, then, Weiss handed it to them - moving her blade a little to the right, leaving her flank *just* exposed, and like she expected, the serpent on her left lunged as soon as it saw the opportunity.
Weiss jumped, and took advantage of the opportunity she was given to activate her fire dust, releasing a crescent-shaped slash of fiery energy that smacked it’s head into the floor. Now that she’d dealt with that, she turned to deal with her next opponent.
“Damnit!” Weiss swore. The massive creatures were more intelligent than they looked, and the second one had reared up with glowing red eyes, blackened fire dripping from it’s fangs.
“...Didn’t account for the fire breath.” Weiss whispered to herself, as she ran towards the creature, springing forward the moment her feet hit the ground. She wasn’t going to be fast enough! The snake opened it’s jaws, and a beam of pure, jet-black energy shot forward…
Glancing off a white, frost-covered shield, and smashing into the nearby wall.
“Never do that again, Schnee!”
The embodiment of winter hissed out that sentence with more anger and frustration than Weiss had ever heard in a single sentence. Despite herself, all she could respond with was a fairly small,
“...Got it.”
Then, an exaggerated hiss sounded from behind her, and Weiss realized she had other, more immediately deadly things to focus on than Kopaka’s rage at the moment. Her hand gripped Myrtenaster firmly, and she dove back into the battle. Hopefully, it wouldn’t take Keldor very long to blast these things to kingdom come, especially considering they still had yet to face the real threats that laid ahead.
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Weiss used flame dust, Kopaka used Hau te Kōpae.
your move, guys.
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