Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-25924729-20161211031628/@comment-5999656-20170407183128

Platinum reloaded her rifle and lined up the target with her scope.

Click. Press. Boom. The act of pulling the trigger was clinical, simply a matter of repeating a movement performed hundreds of times before. Shoot to down the opponent. At this range, there was no other way to go about it.

"Keep em down!" Platinum shouted at Tigris over the exchange of gunfire. They were far outnumbered, but what they lacked in numbers was matched by what the enemy lacked in skill. They could win this fight yet.

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Automne stooped behind cover next to Zhu-Li. She turned and examined the girl's ear, reaching up gently to brush the cotton and sand aside.

''That was reckless. ''

The fox Faunus knew her aura probably could have absorbed that impact without compromising her ability to fight. And yet, the ANGEL hadn't hesitated to risk taking the blow instead. Such selflessness was foreign, almost, to her, to the former street urchin. But her motto echoed in her ears.

We are Responsible. Carved into her dog tag, and carved into her heart. She owed Zhu-Li now.

"Once this is over, I'll... I'll make sure to talk to Platinum about it," she said hesitantly, letting her hand fall. For this younger girl, for herself, too. These secrets were merely waiting to be unleashed at the worst possible time. It was far better to explain it with her own words.

"I'm going to use my semblance to see if I can find the boss," Automne said, this time with certainty. She slid her pistol out of her sabre.

"You're better with nonlethal takedowns. Can I leave that to you?"

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"Yeah, it looks like this operation's a bust. What should I do?"

"For real? Is that how - well, okay. If you say so."

"I got it."

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Platinum was still engaged in a tight gunfight when she was startled by a blur of white rushing up on her right side. The figure leapt upwards, brandishing a polearm and sending a flurry of fire Dust blasts at the remaining active shooters.

Fen landed and recovered with a roll, twirling her halberd and running forward.

"What?!" one of the smugglers cried out. Their ceased shooting and exchanged glances made it clear that this was never part of the plan.

"Game's over, boys," Fen said coldly, planting the end of the staff into the ground and launching herself onto the nearest shooter. She locked her legs around his neck and twisted, bringing him crashing to the ground as she rolled off harmlessly.

She stopped and glanced back at the two Huntresses. Her pink eyes locked with Platinum's yellow ones, just long enough to betray their shared shock of running into each other - but then bullets ricocheted into the storage container behind Fen and she was forced to duck and run.

"Don't you dare!" Platinum roared, tearing her eyes away and firing at the smuggler, who fell under the onslaught. She didn't know what was happening here. But if Fen was still alive, well, then she was gonna protect her best friend.