Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-16171938-20151130050116/@comment-26402078-20151207230534

Now that was impressive… No signs of robotics, or cheap illusions; this four-armed fighter was the real deal, and damn did it look fun to fight. As music began to blare and the warrior reared up, four swords in hand, Maggie couldn’t help but let a grin grace her lips as she analysed the swordsman. The craftsmanship, the wear and tear, the perfection of it all… for someone as obsessed with the mechanics behind it all, this was like a dream come true, but also a brilliant chance to show her skills. Given the height of the warrior, it was likely that pretty much all of her ammo wouldn’t do much to pierce the armour except the high-velocity Wind Bullets, and so she set to loading the Silver Shooter with them.

Rolling her eyes at the poor attempt Verde made of letting others become his meat shield, she watched as two apparently hot-blooded fighters went straight into a charge to fight the four-armed creature, each showing more and more about its fighting style to her. The first fighter, a man with a pair of axes, showed her that his style was quick, and made use of the telltale signs in people’s actions to predict their movements. The second, a very technological-looking girl with a fierce halberd, let her know about what it’d take to approach the titan and to land a few hits, but both showed the fierce rebuttal she’d get if she wasn’t careful…

“Sheesh, running in without a plan’s a bad idea,” she remarked, drawing Hero’s Aegis from her back and setting it on her left arm while pulling back the hammer of Silver Shooter. “But it looks like my turn. Let’s see what you’ve got!”

… But it wasn’t exactly like careful was her middle name.

With the same grin spreading on her face again, she took the third attack and dashed forwards, now expecting to spot a pattern in that a sword would come to swat her off-track. Exactly on cue, Ravana drew back an arm to strike out, and Maggie crouched down to leap straight over it. Thankfully, he hadn’t prepared a second attack, expecting her to leap back like the previous combatant, and instead tried to bring his blade up into her. Whirling around, she thrust her shield ahead of herself and let its Wind-Dust-powered Force Strike clang off the raising weapon with a beautiful ringing sound that earned a cheer from the crowd as she was thrown up by the recoil of her weapon.

Seeing a chance, she steadied herself and took several shots from above the titan, not expecting much of a result but still chipping away at his health. Unfortunately, at this point, she was unable to counter the strike that swatted her to the side. She was thrown down to the ground, rolling and tumbling a few times before regaining her footing and standing back up. With a bright giggle, she took hold of and rolled her shield arm’s shoulder.

“Whew, those swords aren’t just for show; the guy knows how to use ‘em! Looks like he isn’t expecting a good smack from a shield, though.” A moment of strategizing took place before she yelled to the other combatants, “Hey! Give me a shout and I’ll knock the guy off guard – then, give ‘im your all, okay?”

(For the next round of replies, all fighters now have permission to temporarily control Maggie to throw off Ravana’s guard with her shield and its high-power shield bash!)