Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-26362067-20160515032116/@comment-26362067-20160520002519

The minute he was in the air, Hari used his left hand to take a quarrel from the quiver on his back, while his right hand drew a small coil of rope from one of his belt pockets. His hands worked quickly, tying the rope to the end of the bolt, before shoving the bolt in one of the belt's loops. The mechanic then took out Auto Bales, took some random Dust crystals out of another belt pocket, shoving them into the funnel and shooting the resulting chunks downwards to slow his fall, while unsheathing Lightning Flame with the other hand and turning it into a crossbow.

Having slowed his descent, Hari took the arrow out of his belt loop and notched it, holding the end of the rope in his left hand. Using the sights on the crossbow, he managed to (somewhat) accurately shoot the bolt. The rope trailed the arrow, slowly becoming taut. In the moments he had, Hari sheathed Lightning Flame again, barely managing to finish the action before he felt himself start to swing. Looking down, he let go when there was the shortest space between him and the ground.

''Crack! Whoosh! Crack! ... Thump!'' The breath was knocked out of the mechanic as he landed on his back, and he lay there for a few moments, the end of the rope dangling about 15 feet above his head.

As Hari got up, looking up at the arrow still stuck in the tree branch 30 feet above, he said, "Not bad for only having about 15 seconds." There was a slight pause as he took a moment to adjust his goggles. "Though, I'd prefer to NOT do that again." Then he climbed up the tree to retrieve it, along with the rope, stashing both in their respective places, before climbing back down.

"Now, to find this temple..."

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Asura, still disoriented, didn't do anything for a few moments. Then, getting out of her surprise, she flipped herself around to face the ground, then held out her arm, activating the Wind Dust in Brilliant Sky, aiming it at the ground to slow herself. She floated down under the power of the Dust, safe and sound. A few dark-spotted white feathers also floated down around her, from her own wings.

Looking around, the winged Faunus started walking away from the direction of the cliff, moving branches out of her way as she went.

(If I remember right, we decided on Mauve-Asura and Hari-Argo for the pairings, right?)