06-24-2017, 08:23 PM
The ravine was hundreds of feet long and probably taller than it was wide. To fall down it, prime or not, would probably be certain death at this distance. Of course, for a huntress with a glyph-based semblance, this sort of obstacle really should have been just a hop, skip, and leap away.
Unfortunately, instead of having access to her semblance, all Weiss had was a mask that boosted her power, and a laser beam. The former was useless in this scenario, and the latter she’d barely tested and didn’t understand very well.. That left her dust, and unfortunately, her ice dust seemed to be incapable of operating in this nebula space. It had barely been adapted to the omniverse, too, so she doubted she could create enough of anything with it to push her forward.
All that left was flame dust, and relying on her teammates.
Her first thought was Keldor, but that idea was thrown out as soon as it started. The warlock had a lot of powerful spells and abilities, but most of them involved causing a bunch of destruction. Weiss had to admit she’d grown to respect the wizard’s power, but she didn’t think he had the ability to propel her across that big of a gap.
Kopaka, on the other hand, could create ice… but he seemed unable to create too much of it in this space. Just the stunt they pulled on the snowboarding snow monster seemed to eat away a lot of his stamina. No, she might be able to ask him for something small, but that would be the extent of his help here.
Come on, Weiss. Concentrate. What was my landing strategy before?” She muttered aloud, much to Kopaka’s confusion nearby. She’d done something very similar, back in the emerald forest, when she and the rest of the students were literally launched off a cliff into the forest below. Back then, though, the lift was already given to her by a very powerful hidden spring-board, and all she’d had to do was land. She needed something similar..
She couldn’t use glyphs, but maybe, using her flame dust, and with Kopaka helping her with his ice manipulation, she could make this work.
Bending her knees down and crouching on her board, Weiss looked at the ravine in front of her. It was more than just that to her, though. This felt so much like every other challenge she’d been in - inescapable, undefeatable, designed to force her down. And a lot of the time? She’d failed. She’d fell down ravines. She’d been completely incapable of succeeding.
But she wouldn’t let that stop her from trying, and this time? She had a real reason to move forward. They might not be her friends, but now that Weiss had been dragged into this, she realized she felt… protective, towards Kopaka and Keldor. Even if it was by circumstance, they’d already been working together for a while. She’d watched them get angry, cackle madly… and some naive part of her was starting to get worried about the idea of them fighting without her. Of not being there to assist her teammates. They'd do this together.
Weiss smiled, before signalling Kopaka with a determined look and a wave of her hand.
“What, Schnee?”
“I need you to freeze my sword to the snowboard, In about two seconds.” Weiss stated. I don’t believe you’re going to need help actually making the jump, but I’m going to need some.” Weiss admitted.
Kopaka just gave her a quizzical look, but Weiss didn’t have time. “Just leave everything past the handle and the chambers.” She asked, before throwing her sword directly in front of her. This was a risky, dangerous maneuver, and if it failed, she’d be falling to her death off the cliff.
After seeing Kopaka’s precision and abilities, she had nothing but faith in his ability to do this, though, and she refused to fail here. This would work.
The ice froze Myrtenaster tightly to the board, hard enough that even the ability she was about to use shouldn’t be capable of breaking it. Boarding was hard with the sword on it's bottom tripping her up, but Kopaka had frozen it exactly when she’d asked, and so the handle was just under the lip of the board. It was producing some drag, but it wasn’t going to stop her from going off the cliff, seconds away from the edge.
Gravity suddenly asserted itself, and Weiss put a hand down to grip the board as she felt the downward push. She was falling, and the pressure of the gravity wanted to push Weiss into a straight position She was falling a heck of a lot faster than she expected.
She crouched down through the force anyways, struggling to get a grip on Myrtenaster’s handle at the front of her board. With one hand, she thumbed to her flame dust, and then with another switch, she sent the dust through the blade. From there, it just took a spark of her aura, and it ignited.
Weiss Schnee’s falling figure was joined by a loud ka-boom, as the dust was released in a kinetic explosion that sent her spinning upwards, towards the other side of the ravine. She held onto the board with her other hand with a death-grip, and for the first time, she was glad she was a hollow. It was going to take a few explosions like this to reach the other side, and she was sure it would be harder if she was still human enough to blow chunks. Luckily, spinning a few dozen times a second was just incredibly disorienting, instead. She repeated the motion once, twice, three times, a chain of explosions that rang through her knees every time they fired. The approach worked, though, and the goal came in sight.
Unfortunately, it appeared she forgot one thing in her estimations. Kopaka’s ice held like a charm, with nothing more than some chipping from the explosions.
TrikKy FLipZ’ snowboard, however, smashed into wooden fragments at her last explosion, leaving her freefalling just a few feet short of the cliff.
Weiss’s first instinct was that she’d failed, that she was going to fall. This time, though, a second, stronger, instinct joined it.
She refused to fail. There had to be another way.
Weiss closed her eyes, bracing herself for what she needed to do. Spinning around, she detonated the sword one more time, as she curled into a ball. The angle would have to be perfect, the timing just right…
Weiss ignited the red dust one more time, and smashed it against her stomach just as she flipped around in the air, barely keeping a grip on the sword as she felt pain wrack her stomach, and her body was flung towards the other side of the ravine. For a moment, all she could feel was pain, and gravity pulling her down. Then, she felt very deep snow cushioning her fall into just a sprain of her arm.
Weiss stabbed Myrtenaster into the ground as she stood up, panting. Somehow… She’d made it.
Unfortunately, instead of having access to her semblance, all Weiss had was a mask that boosted her power, and a laser beam. The former was useless in this scenario, and the latter she’d barely tested and didn’t understand very well.. That left her dust, and unfortunately, her ice dust seemed to be incapable of operating in this nebula space. It had barely been adapted to the omniverse, too, so she doubted she could create enough of anything with it to push her forward.
All that left was flame dust, and relying on her teammates.
Her first thought was Keldor, but that idea was thrown out as soon as it started. The warlock had a lot of powerful spells and abilities, but most of them involved causing a bunch of destruction. Weiss had to admit she’d grown to respect the wizard’s power, but she didn’t think he had the ability to propel her across that big of a gap.
Kopaka, on the other hand, could create ice… but he seemed unable to create too much of it in this space. Just the stunt they pulled on the snowboarding snow monster seemed to eat away a lot of his stamina. No, she might be able to ask him for something small, but that would be the extent of his help here.
Come on, Weiss. Concentrate. What was my landing strategy before?” She muttered aloud, much to Kopaka’s confusion nearby. She’d done something very similar, back in the emerald forest, when she and the rest of the students were literally launched off a cliff into the forest below. Back then, though, the lift was already given to her by a very powerful hidden spring-board, and all she’d had to do was land. She needed something similar..
She couldn’t use glyphs, but maybe, using her flame dust, and with Kopaka helping her with his ice manipulation, she could make this work.
Bending her knees down and crouching on her board, Weiss looked at the ravine in front of her. It was more than just that to her, though. This felt so much like every other challenge she’d been in - inescapable, undefeatable, designed to force her down. And a lot of the time? She’d failed. She’d fell down ravines. She’d been completely incapable of succeeding.
But she wouldn’t let that stop her from trying, and this time? She had a real reason to move forward. They might not be her friends, but now that Weiss had been dragged into this, she realized she felt… protective, towards Kopaka and Keldor. Even if it was by circumstance, they’d already been working together for a while. She’d watched them get angry, cackle madly… and some naive part of her was starting to get worried about the idea of them fighting without her. Of not being there to assist her teammates. They'd do this together.
Weiss smiled, before signalling Kopaka with a determined look and a wave of her hand.
“What, Schnee?”
“I need you to freeze my sword to the snowboard, In about two seconds.” Weiss stated. I don’t believe you’re going to need help actually making the jump, but I’m going to need some.” Weiss admitted.
Kopaka just gave her a quizzical look, but Weiss didn’t have time. “Just leave everything past the handle and the chambers.” She asked, before throwing her sword directly in front of her. This was a risky, dangerous maneuver, and if it failed, she’d be falling to her death off the cliff.
After seeing Kopaka’s precision and abilities, she had nothing but faith in his ability to do this, though, and she refused to fail here. This would work.
The ice froze Myrtenaster tightly to the board, hard enough that even the ability she was about to use shouldn’t be capable of breaking it. Boarding was hard with the sword on it's bottom tripping her up, but Kopaka had frozen it exactly when she’d asked, and so the handle was just under the lip of the board. It was producing some drag, but it wasn’t going to stop her from going off the cliff, seconds away from the edge.
Gravity suddenly asserted itself, and Weiss put a hand down to grip the board as she felt the downward push. She was falling, and the pressure of the gravity wanted to push Weiss into a straight position She was falling a heck of a lot faster than she expected.
She crouched down through the force anyways, struggling to get a grip on Myrtenaster’s handle at the front of her board. With one hand, she thumbed to her flame dust, and then with another switch, she sent the dust through the blade. From there, it just took a spark of her aura, and it ignited.
Weiss Schnee’s falling figure was joined by a loud ka-boom, as the dust was released in a kinetic explosion that sent her spinning upwards, towards the other side of the ravine. She held onto the board with her other hand with a death-grip, and for the first time, she was glad she was a hollow. It was going to take a few explosions like this to reach the other side, and she was sure it would be harder if she was still human enough to blow chunks. Luckily, spinning a few dozen times a second was just incredibly disorienting, instead. She repeated the motion once, twice, three times, a chain of explosions that rang through her knees every time they fired. The approach worked, though, and the goal came in sight.
Unfortunately, it appeared she forgot one thing in her estimations. Kopaka’s ice held like a charm, with nothing more than some chipping from the explosions.
TrikKy FLipZ’ snowboard, however, smashed into wooden fragments at her last explosion, leaving her freefalling just a few feet short of the cliff.
Weiss’s first instinct was that she’d failed, that she was going to fall. This time, though, a second, stronger, instinct joined it.
She refused to fail. There had to be another way.
Weiss closed her eyes, bracing herself for what she needed to do. Spinning around, she detonated the sword one more time, as she curled into a ball. The angle would have to be perfect, the timing just right…
Weiss ignited the red dust one more time, and smashed it against her stomach just as she flipped around in the air, barely keeping a grip on the sword as she felt pain wrack her stomach, and her body was flung towards the other side of the ravine. For a moment, all she could feel was pain, and gravity pulling her down. Then, she felt very deep snow cushioning her fall into just a sprain of her arm.
Weiss stabbed Myrtenaster into the ground as she stood up, panting. Somehow… She’d made it.
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