Faith: 6
Minato: 4, Hyper[5]
Noriko: 4
Shef: 5, Hyper[4]
Yoake: 6
Yuki: 6, Hyper[4]
Kung Fuhrer: 5, Hyper[4], Hyper[4]
Vape Knight A: 6, Hyper[5]
Vape Knight B: 2, Hyper[4]
Everything becomes a complete and utter clusterfuck in five seconds flat.
Just chaos, pandemonium, Saturday at Tsukasa's.
See uh, Faith, never reaches Yuki. Instead, with a kick that seemed to happen in a single instant, Hitler shatters her aegis, punting her right into Vape Knight A's distortion, breaking her remaining shield. Turns out he was not where he was, what you all saw was just an afterimage. When Yoake's Requiem went off, he was already in your midst.
It was a dupe, a bamboozle. Don't be so upset you didn't see it coming - neither did France.
Yoake's faster than France though. Things felt
off when she dragged everyone inside. So she pivots, sweeping her flaming tails backwards. But see, the thing is, she's not the only one who noticed. Precognition, scrying, information from nothing. It can be a very dangerous power indeed, and those marked by the goddess are blessed with unerring aim in a similar vein. Yuki's guidance goes off, and though neither Minato nor Shef knew they were striking at an illusion, their attacks shift. Or rather, reality shifts. Space twists and bends, and for a brief moment, as impossible as it sounds, the path between the two attacks and their targets becomes a straight line. Minato rushes forwards and hits
behind himself amidst a hail of lead.
So uh, end result is that Hitler is just on fire, riddled with bullets, and now being rammed off the platform by Minato.
Minato, Noriko, that afterimage was a cheap trick. It won't work again. You know he can do it now, and you know as long as you stay vigilant, as long as you don't overcommit, it won't save him again. Well for what little measure it saved him this time.
Yoake, you're less certain. He's shown an ace sure, and you guys did in turn, but the thing is, it's a little more than just a trick, you know that much. All martial arts is about footwork, keijo especially, and that sidestep, it's dangerous. Suddenly moving to your opponent's side and striking in an instant, even after seeing through the illusion it's a threat, a powerful spacing tool, a constant threat, possibility that keeps foes always thinking "Will I need a second strike? Can I make a second strike?" You're not phased though. You can win this. You know you can.
Faith, you, you're not certain of anything in this midst of blueshifted whatthefuckery you find yourself in, save for perhaps that the next few seconds are gonna hurt. The distortion isn't fading and the Vape Knight that produced it, while now stuck treading water, is more than close enough to execute a brutal upwards swing with its staff, aiming for your chest. The other Knight has yet to resurface, but you can feel it targeting you with another blast, it must be hiding under the water somewhere, it's mechanical after all, it has no need to breath. You'll have to trust Noriko to handle it - it caught a spear to the chest right before it went under.
Hitler meanwhile seems to be trying to focus as he draws a pistol, pointing it to... his own head? Y'all get the feeling you don't wanna be so close to him anymore.
Faith
Status: Fine, exhausted, disoriented
World Line: 5 3 6 3 3 5 2 3 3 6
Alterations: 3
Resolve: 2
Minato
Status: Fine, HEAVENLY AEGIS (Max), Chou Henshin active for two more turns, Rho Aias is badly damaged, Durandal, 15 stockpiled units
World Line: 2 2 1 3 5 3 6 5 2 6
Alterations: 5
Resolve: 3
Noriko
Status: Fine, minor shielding
World Line: 2 4 6 3 3 4 6 4 5 6
Alterations: 5
Resolve: 3
Shef
Status: Fine, 10x Cache
World Line: 3 5 5 2 5 3 6 2 3 4
Alterations: 4
Resolve: 2
Yoake
Status: Fine, 9x Heat Butt, off-balance, enhanced Requiem active for two more turns
World Line: 3 5 4 5 6 6 5 5 1 3
Alterations: 3
Resolve: 2
Yuki
Status: Fine, HEAVENLY AEGIS (Max), GUIDANCE OF THE MOON
World Line: 6 4 6 6 4 4 1 4 4 6
Alterations: 5
Resolve: 3
Satoshi
Status: Fine, 1x Spirit Injector
Kung Führer
Status: Slashed across the chest, broken ribs, broken leg, broken arm, riddled with bullet holes, collapsed lungs, bullet wound to the heart, bleeding heavily, on fire, side is burnt, off-balance
Vape Knight A
Status: Stab wound to the gut, frontal armor is damaged and sparking, left arm is missing
Vape Knight B
Status: Armor is smoldering and sparking, frontal section of armor has buckled, one of Noriko's spears has its tip just piercing its chest
SatoshiA highly technical close quarters specialist armed with rod of force that can alter its own dimensions and well-versed in multiple martial arts. She has immense amounts of willpower.
- Technician [3]: For one turn, Satoshi focuses and brings out more of her Regalia's potential.
- Spirit Injector [4]: Satoshi conjures up a syringe of compressed spirit energy which may be injected into something. She can maintan three at the same time.
Noriko attack and Satoshi's attack (a thrust that transformed her regalia into an elongated, needle-thin lance) both hit the after image instead. Noriko halted her flank attack after the initial spear connected and spun around in time to see Hitler get nailed.
Faith's potion use and hyper never went off, she got hit with the Kung Fuhrer's kick while still in the air.
Vape Knight B did something pretty interesting this turn, namely they used a 2 in conjunction with their Hyper because they didn't expect it to hit anyway, and so since it was just a pressuring tool, they could afford to chose a low result for it. Of course that meant it was shit outta luck when Noriko's spear came racing for it.
That sidestep hyper is called Panther Sidesteps Fortifications. Kudos to Rag for the name/idea.
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Topic: Tengoku no Owari SI IC: Yuki Is (Not) Fine (Read 226721 times)