Ethan shakes his head, stepping back into his armor. The Voidmarine flexes his fingers and turns his sensors towards Khudal. With a dramatic twist, Ethan draws out a long combat knife. He crouches, and the two start to circle one another, the dirt spreading out beneath the massive machine.
[18 vs. 20+3][18] Ethan pushes forward suddenly, bringing the combat knife around in a wide arc. Khudal steps out of the way, to one side, then lunges to slam his knife into the 'head' of the armor. There's a creak as the knife gets stuck. The Outlander rolls away. He rises, drawing out another blade as Ethan straightens up.
[4 vs 13+3] [19] Ethan lunges again, but Khudal dodges, and with all his might shoves the Voidmarine to the ground. Ethan sprawls into the dirt. He tries to rise, but Khudal is fast and slams a knife into the sensor array again. With a twist and help from the other blade, it pops off, hanging by the wiring harness.
Khudal draws back, breathing hard as the Voidmarine turns to face him. With the primary array gone, another set open on Ethan's armored torso, popping free of the hard carapace to focus on Khudal. The Outlander gestures and another knife finds its way to his hand
"[I'm impressed savage.]" Ethan spits.
"[I am not, [demon].]" Khudal returns.
[16 vs 15+3] The Voidmarine moves fast at that, and savagely slices at Khudal, who barely dodges out of the way, scrabbling and falling into the dirt. Khudal pulls himself away from the machine as it begins to bear down on him with savage intent-- Khudal's knife shatters on the chest plate. He pulls himself to his feet, and one of his men throw him another knife.
"[You do not bleed.]" The Outlander states, rising to his feet.
"[Jus' noticed, huh?]" Ethan laughs, the two circling. Ethan, despite his clear advantage, is tense.
[8 vs 12+3] Khudal gives a bow, but the knife shifts within his hand-- and, with a twist of his muscles, he flicks it through the air.
But not at the armored Ethan, instead at lounging, defenseless Finn. The knife thunks into his shoulder-- he yelps. Blood begins to drip from the wound as he pulls it out, rapidly rising at the threat--
"You BASTAR-" Ethan growls, starting forward-- until Outlander guns are drawn and leveled. Not at him, but at the ring of Crusaders that surround you.
"First blood." Khudal turns his back on the enraged Voidmarine to bow to you. The only movement is from the medics attending to Finn.
A ragged sigh escapes from Ethan's speakers, then. "Clever. We never said who's blood, did we?"
"An apt metaphor for war, isn't it, Pheonix?" Khudal questions, in perfect Scholar's tongue. His guards lower their weapons, and yours do the same. "No matter how strong you are, how invincible your armor, your technology, there's always a weak point. A flaw. Usually someone completely defenseless. Do you understand, young [queen]?"
Then, back in the Outlander tongue, "[I know you can speak my language. I prefer it to the Scholar's. Let us converse without our courts.]"
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