Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-25924729-20161211031628/@comment-25924729-20170405080804

"I understand..." the thief replied, with visible effort to keep her voice from cracking. She cupped a hand over the radio mouthpiece and spoke to Automne in a whisper. "I won't interfere with you and your partner's relationship, it's not my right to do that. But i can give you some advice, keeping secrets from a friend is never healthy. Promise you'll talk to her about this someda-"

Everthing happened in a split second. As she spoke, Zhu-li caught a faint movement on a storage container behind Automne, and a small spark of light as the rifle's muzzle flashed. She immediately lunged forward, towards Automne. There was no time to be gentle, she tackled Automne around the waist, knocking both girls onto the sand.

Even then, the bullet only narrowly missed, clipping the stylized bear's ear, and whipping Zhu-li's hoodie off her face in a a burst of frayed white cotton and black hair. A few inches lower and it would have embedded in her skull instead.

"GET UP AND RUN!" Tigris yelled through her earpiece.

She obeyed gladly, scrambling to her feet, pulling Automne with her and sprinting for cover. On the open beach, the larger enemy force would have the advantage in battle. Not to mention... She glanced back to the shipping containers, to the sniper's roost where round, yellow eyes tracked her with predatory intent through a high powered scope.

The irony of being hunted by an owl wasn't lost on the young mouse faunus.

The sniper lined up another shot, but before he could fire, a bullet struck the metal container beside him,  forcing the man to duck amidst  a shower of sparks.

Across the shipyard, Tigris growled, priming her rifle for another shot. She had to keep the other sniper pinned down until Zhu-li and Automne reached safety.