Chojin Patriarch
Veteran Lurker
- Joined
- Jan 27, 2019
- Messages
- 2,400
- Likes received
- 36,297
Unfortunately, that counts as even by her standard, because you have a blade. The X-Ionised edge and your armour balance it out. I wonder: If he ditches the armour, would she be weakened?
No substitutions allowed, OL. She's also a lot more metaphorically weighty than he is, being the daughter of a powerful Hero, while he's just a Lieutenant. And in her narrative, a villain's lieutenant at that.
And her power has probably decided you're a Rogue. What with the tumbling and daggers. The armour is atypical, but hey, the Source don't give a shit.
Interesting that she's not going for an instant kill, even when she gets an opening. The punch could have been hard enough to punch through the plating, but it only pushed him back. Odd...
And your blades aren't designed to be capable of, say, decapitation? Or going for the spine?
That might count as a surrender, but she's not operating under the same rules of engagement. She has no onus to take you alive...
Yeah, she can easily outlast you, dismantling your armour one piece at a time. This is really weighted against your normal methods...
Ah, the old "If I'm on fire, they can't grab me!" play. And her power is probably treating your armour as a point in your favour.
It's usually a sign of surrender, or an indication you want to fight with bare hands... In either case, she's stronger.
Then again, does she know there's a person there? Or is she seeing an automaton of strange design, likely an enemy?
Well, at least you can switch things up. Bet she'd swap hands to counter.
Bare hands it is, I see. Or will it simply count you as holding it aside while you do something else...
So, how effective would joint dislocations be? Sure, she can't feel pain, but knocking a joint out of its' natural connection will still hamper its functionality.
Problem of the armour. As agile as it is, it's still bigger and heavier than she is. And momentum is not your friend in this fight.
Hmm... Your armour isn't designed to be removed without a ring, is it? No ditching it to even the odds, then. And no time to try, because the second you let go of her to unclip something, her fist will be pounding on your head.
Unfortunately, Gods don't have quite the same reflexes as humans. I expect she's aware of the damage, but knows she can tank it, so she just ignores it...
Ow, she fights dirty, huh? Bet that'll leave an interesting mark to show off later.
And maybe annoy her. I don't think you want her more angry, do you?
At least she can't try and pull anything vital off.
...Cut it out of you? Man, talk about going to extremes.
Also, when do you think you're going to have a chance with her constantly attacking?Like I said, go for the decapitation. You could probably sew her head back on later, once you scrape the control sigil out... If you wanted her kind-of-alive.
Ah, classic rogue method: If you can't win, cheat. I fully expect her to swat the Spine Rider the second it comes within reach, though...
You'd have a couple of painful aches in your head and chest if they weren't, OL...
Ow, the agony of de feet. I think she's starting to get annoyed that you're trying to talk to someone instead of battling her properly...
Because technically, she can break away from you, and grab the blade again. Basic storytelling logic, which is what this fight is running on.
Oh, no. Bad idea. Don't forget, OL, Melmoth is probably watching all of this. Do you want him getting anywhere near best snake?
While I suspect some men would love to be in OL's position right now, this fight is getting tougher. The narrative her Godspeech is forcing kind of prevents any real 'cheating' OL could try. The problem is, OL isn't thinking narratively yet. And Canis can't really explain that, he's just as caught up in the narrative...
Double space here.
...usually resolved by grapples neither of us...
