Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-26362067-20160515032116/@comment-26362067-20160622160241

(Ah, crap! Sorry, I lost track of time yesterday.)

Hari grinned at the answer - Classic response, nice - before rushing forward himself. The first Beowulf was unlucky enough to open its mouth, getting a mouthful of red Dust crystal pieces for its trouble. It's head was spontaneously combusted as a result, bone pieces of its mask and small chunks of fur flying as the Grimm started to dissipate.

The mechanic, however, had already moved on, slashing another Beowulves in half with Lightning Flame before ducking under a swipe from another. Hari cut off the Grimm's front legs, then it's head, and turned to his next opponent, thrusting the sword into the Beowulf's open mouth. The now-activated Fire Dust burned it from the inside as Hari rapidly sheathed Auto Bales and swung his quiver around to bang the Grimm upside the head, kicking it away a moment later.

Hari could hear the sounds of more Beowulves being smashed behind him, glancing back just in time to see the Wolf Faunus fire a spread past him at an approaching enemy. That turned his attention back to his own problems, as another Beowulf charged him. Hari met the charge, leaping off the Grimm's head as he transformed Lightning Flame with one hand and grabbed an arrow with the other, placing it on the string and letting the mechanisms in the crossbow nock it. Aiming midair, the Huntsman-in-training fired the bolt. It reappeared a moment later, sprouting from right behind a Beowulf's bone mask, bursting into flames that quickly devoured it's victim.

As Hari fell back to earth, he aimed another arrow, only to get knocked forward from behind by another Beowulf. On instinct, he used the momentum to roll on his side, barely avoiding another swipe that sent dirt flying. Quickly, he grabbed a random Dust crystal from his tool belt, throwing it in the air and shooting it with the arrow he had nocked.

As it turned out, it was a water crystal, and it exploded in droplets of water, the Fire Dust from the arrow turning them into a mist that covered the area. In the confusion, the mechanic transformed Lightning Flame again, slicing two more Beowulves into thin air before backing up to give himself a brief respite. He looked around, wondering how his partner was doing.

(Seriously, though: Love that answer. :D Also, this isn't on his page, cause I just realized this: But, to nock a crossbow, you normally have to be standing up, which takes time and doesn't really work in this type of situation. So I decided that Hari installed a mechanism that nocked it for him. Not really sure how it'll work at this point, but I'll figure it out.)

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Asura hadn't encountered anything, Grimm or human, for several minutes, and was still wondering who her partner would be. She also wondered if there was a Grimm lurking in the brush, and kept her gaze wandering across the terrain in front of her, ready for any sign of a Grimm ready to pounce.

(I'm not totally sure how to have Mauve and Asura meet...)