Don't just wildly throw stuff up there. Throw a couple pieces so we have some broken glass to scatter about, but break the table into several big chunks, ones large enough to cover the width of the balcony. Put one up there on end to 'cover our back', and then haul a second one up there to act as cover while we sweep it through the entire circular perimeter of the second level, scattering the glass all over with our hind feet and tail as we run.
I think after that, all we have is the hallway, the emergency exit, and the chandelier, and we'll get closer to being able to hear him out. It'll also clear the room enough to see if we can punch out the outher wall if we want to badly enough, which we might do if we can't get a hit soon.
You decide to keep up with your current course of action until there's no place left where he can step without leaving a trace. Seeing as you'll need a few extra pieces, you smash what's left of the sculpture's base and are surprised to find your claws going
through the table. You pull your hand back and inspect the remains stuck between your claws. This isn't made out of metal or plastic but some strange substance that shatters easily. It's not glass, it shatters in strange strips that cling to each other instead of shards and its insides are a light brown. A moment later the word comes to you: "wood". Ali told you about it, it's what "trees" are made of. Seeing it, an idea forms in your mind. You can use this to make a mobile obstacle, something that will be able to cover a large area. Even if you don't hit him with it you can at least use it to better defend yourself. You throw some shards up to the kitchen area and then start working on destroying the table.
"Oh, come on, the table as well? That's genuine snowwood. You know how many credits it cost me to get this here?"You grab the piece of the table you've carved by the leg and start dragging it towards the stairs, holding it in front of you in such a way as to cover as wide an area as possible, hoping you'll hit him with and end up revealing him. It's tiring. This thing is heavy. But you don't need to hold it for long. Just long enough to sweep the second floor.
When your head rises above the top of the stairs, you come face to face with another tiny exploding machine. Another trap. You know the machine will launch the exploding ball in the air, it's already doing so. There's no escaping it by dodging. So instead you let yourself fall backwards, raising the piece of table you're carrying in front of you. Your body is rattled and your surroundings become blindingly bright for a moment. A moment later everything returns to normal. The explosion was as fierce as last time but the piece of wood between you and it protected you from the worst of the damage. You carefully raise your head and check the area. No movement except the content of the bottles of the bar settling into place. You check the opposite stairway. There's no tiny exploding machine there. He must have known you'd climb up from this side and placed this thing here. Meaning he must have done so within the last few seconds. In order to take advantage of your disorientation, he'd need an area with good view of the stairs. Meaning he's most likely to be...
You turn and face the area just in time to catch the blur of distortion, too faint to see if you didn't know where to look. He's moving yet staying in place. You backpedal up the stairs, but you've barely taken a couple of steps before the blur explodes into blue energy, showing you glimpses of his body through holes in the distortion. You notice the pistol hanging from his belt, not a standard blaster, looks more like a stun gun. Otherwise, it's an unremarkable human body with an unremarkable human hand throwing a small spherical machine at you. You hide behind the piece of wood but instead of an explosion the air suddenly fills with green fog. The sickly sweet scent makes you want to cough. A few moments later it condenses and falls to the ground, soaking you, behaving very much like water. You check his location. He's still there. You can still see the distortion, weaker but there. He's moving. If you jump, you could catch up to him. But what if he has another trap waiting for you? Maybe it would be better to move methodically? Or are you overthinking things? You don't want to lose your chance but you don't want to fall for another one of his tricks either.
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