PRP - Paranoia - ______

[Sonnie Wu]

Her eyes adjust to now bright room. Thankfully none of the light sources were in her face. She could see that the shadow demon had not shriveled up and died in agony once exposed to the light. Instead, it was still attacking.

Sonnie's disappointment was vast and immeasurable.

At least it's vision seemed hampered or something. Whatever, she'd take it. Sonnie's own eyes, sharpened by fae magic, easily picked out that lone tendril. The thing's connection to Frances. What if...

Time to test a theory.

A flick of her wrist and a throwing knife appeared in one hand, dropping from a sheath hidden up the sleeve. In one smooth motion, she let fly, the small steel blade aiming towards the tentacle between the mortal and monster.

3 successes

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2021-12-26 15:30:22	Sonnie Wu rolls 9 to Throwing Knife: Dex 4 + Ath 3 + Spec 1 + Knife 1 (10 Again)	3, 5, 1, 1, 4, 8, 10, 7, 4, 9	3 successes

Damage is Lethal. Sonnie has the Merit: Thrown Weapons 2, so she can draw and throw in one action.

[Titania]

No victory could be achieved without blood and sweat.
For now, the Fairest takes the opportunity to put as much distance she can between herself and the shadow. The light, although unable to dispel the nightmare, has worked to their advantage.
She resists the urge to fist bump Sonnie.

[DrDog]

The knife slows as it fades through the tentacle, embeding itself into the floor beside Frances.

The creatures surges forward, and there is almost a schlurping sound and the shadow pulls away from Frances freeing her entirely. It moves a tidal wave of darkness toward Titania, enveloping her in a razor scissor.

As it is a new round, Titania cannot do a double movement sprint if she uses her defence against this attack. She may choose to sprint away after the attack, buying herself some space.

X successes

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2021-12-26 19:31:41	Paranoia rolls 5 to Power+Finesse-2 (10 Again)	5, 7, 9, 4, 8	2 successes

A full sprint will take you to the threshold of the house.

[Sonnie Wu]

"RUN!" She yelled again... but this time it was at Frances. The mortal was free, and could escape now. But would she listen and act? Sonnie couldn't control that.

She launched herself at the shadow, swinging her staff once more. The Beast was desperate to get it off of the Fairest... and she was growing angry at being ignored.

3 successes

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2021-12-26 22:32:42	Sonnie Wu rolls 11 to Staff Strike: Str/Weap/Spec/Staff = 11 (10 Again)	1, 5, 8, 6, 5, 5, 7, 7, 8, 2, 9	3 successes

[Titania]

Titania full sprinted away from the shadow during her held action, since the shadow failed to cut through her light. Assuming the shadow could cover her full sprint range and still attack during this turn, she still has her defense (so if in range, she'll dodge this attack) since she didn't move this turn

[DrDog]

The shadow choosing to make a charging attack in that instance, and takes full damage (no defense) from Sonnie's knife. It still is after you.

[DrDog]

With a Crack, Sonnie's staff finally finds purchase, and it feels like she's ripping through the Hedge itself. It initially is immobile, but with her beastly strength and the strength of her Wyrd, she pushes through, and the darkness gets tangled in her staff, caught like cloth through a rosebush.

It shrieks, but the sound dies quickly, Frances finishes her coughing. The darkness clings to the staff for a short time, before finally it fades into indistinct motes, that then vanish.

"You killed it." She coughs out.

[Sonnie Wu]

"You killed it," Frances said.

Sonnie blinked at how suddenly the battle ended. The words didn't fully register for a moment. She stared at the end of her staff, watching as the black wisps dissolved into the ether.

"Huh," was the initial response to the result. After all the effort, and her seeming inability to do any harm to the creature, it was now dead. Her disbelief was almost comical. "Guess I hurt it more than I thought."

She scanned the room, just to be sure, then pulled herself out of her combat posture, standing up straight. The staff collapsed back to it's portable version, just a foot long or so, as she scooped up her spent throwing knife from where it was embedded in the floor. "Uh, sorry about your carpet. You okay? I mean, you know... all things considered?"

Her eyes turned towards Titania, visually checking on the Fairest while she spoke to the mortal.

[Titania]

She was still in one piece, barely, but all limbs were attached to her torso. It was a start.
The demon had managed to take several good swipes at her, and it was only due to sheer luck and an intuition, and of course Sonnie's whacking, that she wasn't a corpse.
She removes her jacket, using it as makeshift bandage to tap the wound. Blood is still flowing, but at least most of the bleeding has stopped.
"Good job", she says in a feeble voice. Her face a bit paler than usual.

[DrDog]

She looks down at the carpet with the knife sticking out of it, then looks at the bleeding Titania.
"Thank you. Here, let me help." She stands, a little wobbly, still breathing hard, as she opens a cupboard and pulls out a first aid kit. She heads to Titania, and sits the Changeling down on a dining room chair and starts cleaning her wounds. "here, let me. All Funderland security have to be trained in first aid you know." She smiles, and the smile is a little goofy and self-deprecating and peaceful all rolled into one. "I owe you more than my life, if you hadn't helped I'd have been worse than dead, a puppet."
She adds, shivering a little.

1 success

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2021-12-28 23:36:07	Frances rolls 6 to Dex+Medicine+equipment (10 Again)	2, 2, 1, 5, 3, 10, 1	1 success

Should Titania allow it, her wounds are properly cleaned and dressed.