Out in the yard, among the other observers, the pair square off.
Roll Initiative and Begin!
FC2 Bolide v Thrope
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Out in the yard, among the other observers, the pair square off.
Roll Initiative and Begin!
Nothing floats or flicks around the Pretty boy. Well maybe nothing, Unicorn's aren't the only ones with tricks. Something's up with that hood though. An inhale and Thrope readies himself.
init=12 (roll 7 + modifer 5)
Round one with an Arrow? Why not. Bolide wasn't at the Circle today for hugs and kiddie wheels. Today was to see if his favorite spells had any practical combat application, and a Shaman bashing your face in seemed as good a motivation as any to think outside the box.
3+6=9 Init
Fighting is about flow, even chaotic scuffles in an alley. That's what the Arrow trainers said at least. Almost clinical detachment slides alongside primal thrill as Thrope moves into Bolide. Guard up but loose and a closed fist jabs out at the Apostate.
4 suxx Bashing before Def/Armor(-2 via MAC2)
MAC 2 is ineffective against 2E Matter Armor.
Thrope's punch find it's mark, and an "Oof!" escapes the Theurgist. One hand rises to rub the point of connection, but the other whips out one of his water bottles. He twists the top off and begins skipping backwards away from the Shaman, hoping to stall what was likely the inevitable.
Bolide draws and opens a water bottle, and moves his speed (10 meters) back. After a quick chat with West, it was ruled that Matter armor being impervious to Armor Piercing would also negate MAC 2. Thrope negates any bonus Bolide would get from his reinforced clothing but does not affect 2E Matter Armor so Bolide takes 1 Bashing. Kelreth Thrope is up!
It's an itch, a need, to let the magic flow. Form the signs, form the Image. Let it out. This guy's not an Arrow though.
"Hm focus." Thrope thinks out loud. A hand extends to Thrope's aside and a snarl forms on the Thyrsus's face as the Abyss pushes back. Black tendrils seep from the glyph into Thrope's hand and form into an ugly bruise up his arm. Primal flow moves into the glyph as Thrope completes the Imago.
"Your turn." A shit eating grin follows. Unless that water bottle is for a relaxing drink during a fight.
1 dox suxx, mitigating with 1 Res Bashing, 2 suxx to Boost Str
Records, Def 4, Arm 2, +2 Str, -1M Xander is up
Watching Thrope's muscles bulge did not fill Bolide with confidence. The Shaman's snarl elicited nothing short of disbelief as a person began to snarl at him like some kind of animal. By the time Thrope grinned, Bolide was once again putting more distance between himself and the Shaman.
This time though, at the last meter, Bolide began to splash the water back on the floor between them.
Bolide moves back another 10 meters and dumps the water bottle out over the last meter between Bolide and Thrope. Kelreth is up.
The twin beats of aheartwar drum may have faded but the feeling remains. Move, move, move. Practicality and whateverthehell Bolide is planning with that water tame the desire to sprint at the Apostate. Instead Thrope stalks forwards, beginning an arc to move around the poured out water.
Maybe I underestimated the Apostate. Maybe there's something more.
Thrope moves his speed, 10, towards Bolide but on an arc to avoid the water. So Bolide remains >10m away.
Except Thrope really wasn't underestimating the Apostate. Bolide wasn't a fighter, in fact, he was more of a pacifist then anything. Without weapons, or the lateral thinking Campanella and Chariot had displayed, Thrope eventually made it to Bolide. From there it was only a matter of time before Bolide was knocked around and he tapped out.
Fast timing to return to the main thread. Bolide gets knocked around a bit and taps out.