Board Thread:Role Plays (AU)/@comment-37644598-20190104183123/@comment-5426254-20190127202043

A/N: Apologies once more for the delay. I also presume that Qrow reloads Harbinger by inserting rounds through the round clockwork mechanism, just underneath the blade. -- Nova could feel the weight of Harbinger pressing on her forearms as she blocked its overhead swing. Of course, the pain wasn't out of the ordinary for her due to having been conditioned long before in her life, thus she didn't need to emote too much.

As the two exchanged blows, Nova started reading into his fighting style. The damage to her Aura was quite minimal at this early stage.

''Heh. So this is how he fights. Not bad, not bad. Now I'm starting to get a read on you. This is going to get exciting soon.''

With the recoil of Harbinger utilized as a setup, the blade quickly rotated downward, revealing a hidden barrel from within as he prepared to fire.

''So this is what the shotgun looks like up close. I've seen the footage before, but I always thought it was a double-barreled design. It's kinda stupid how the blade has to face down just to fire a shot or two.''

As the buckshot flechettes slowly came her way, Nova used her superior reflexes to quickly somersault forward, dodging the spray by heading below...

But if this fool thinks that he can outsmart me, he's got another thing coming.

… before using the forward momentum to slide while firing another burst from her forearm-mounted cannons towards Qrow, which he was bound to block with the blade.

But just to be sure, she fired a round from her boot to propel herself upward, and landed a spinning kick on Qrow, sending him back by a few meters.