Two days had passed. Robin hadn't spent much of a break on working on the plan, the math for her drop and the speed of the engines, refining exactly what was needed. Contingencies, and even more so grilling Eren and Yukiko on what they knew of Raeka, Mae and Nami. So far the information had been somewhat helpful, but not too much exposure on what those operatives strengths were beyond the boy being strangely flexible.
"We have to leave." "What?" Robin spoke aloud, standing straight after having scouring their plan one more time. Tomorrow was the day, and so she wouldn't have something simple slip past her. "He has come, and so we must run." The woman's face scrunched with displeasure. "What in tarnation are you on about, boy?" "There are lords amongst monsters, creatures that we all must pay heed to. You may know of Bahamut, you call him the King of Guardian Forces. But there are others, and those above."
"And? Nona had Bahamut, and I've seen Tonberry King serve humans as well. I'm not afraid of some Guardian Force Lord." "I am. He was supposed to have been destroyed a long time ago, a dire enough threat that even Shiva and I willingly joined forces." "We'll just whup him too and put him in his place." Robin shrugged, not quite understanding why Ifrit was riled up about some Guardian Force Lord. Although she did stop in confusion for a moment. "Wait, you can sense this? You ain't never detected a GF before."
Robin: Name Ifrit: Guardian Force
Posted: Fri Dec 20, 2024 3:03 pm
When no words are spoken and pleads are ignored
When judgement has failed you When your own heart's impaled you....
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Eren had gotten to work once he was given privacy and space, of course there was the small interrogation by Robin. It allowed for her to properly ascertain their opposition but alas it was only a bare analysis that he could provide. Raeka was on the other team… It gave him further musings about whether how Eren would face the b*****d, knowing that he was up and going again. Despite the conflict they had had, Eren had no desire to kill him or his girl. The most Eren had ever killed was monsters on his tenure with Esther and his leasing to UNITA. Humans he had always fought to disable if anything and normally shattering a bone or rib cage in hand to hand combat was a way to do so.
Here…well.
Eren would do his best to try and not kill him, but if push came to shove he would do so. Same with Mai, though all he knew with her was that she adored guns and was built like a brick s**t house. Not someone to tread lightly with. The other girl, Nami Almasy, he only knew through her being a garden leader’s daughter. With their orders, hopefully one of the others would handle her and knock her out or take her captive. Of course, that was assuming that they would not be overwhelmed in the conflict itself and that things were in their favor. just in case, Eren had wandered throughout the city to find points of drawing to gather as much magical fortitude as possible.
His hands were tweaking on his gauntlets, fixing to allow stronger grip strength on metals and handling of volatile materials. Who knew what would be on here, but if he had to handle live wires safely, he would be the only one able to do so. This was not the only thing as well, making makeshift grenades with Yukiko and discussing landing specifics with Robin. It had been all business but that was to be expected. This was an insane mission indeed, and Eren could only pray that they were not identified as well. The missile strikes were some of his earliest memories, and he didn’t want to imagine a modern equivalence.
”I think we bout ready.”. He muttered, looking over at the other two. Other than the important stuff, Eren had returned to his usual ways like when he was in Esther. Quiet. Spoken only when spoken to. It was just easier that way, and he knew they were all business. No one really cared about him other than his efficiency in this venture. The look on Robin’s face gave him attention though, slowly lowering his tools. ”Rob. What’s wrong.”
Yukiko had been hard at work constructing and crafting grenades for Robin and Eren. Robin had gotten what she requested, receiving a mighty wall grenade, nega burst grenade, a blaster mine, and a NulAll grenade. Eren received a potato masher grenade, heat blaster grenade, Panacea grenade, and a vitality grenade, instructing them on what each did so no confusion was made. But after those grenades were made and she had time to process everything, she noticed Robin had spoken out loud in confusion. At first she had no idea who Robin was talking to, until she realized it was her guardian force she was speaking to. Judging by the conversation, something bad was happening. "Is everything alright Robin? Do we need to alter the plan?"
Truth be told she still didn't feel good about this plan. It felt like they were being thrown as scapegoats for something. This felt like a mission only for first class SeeD given the gravity of the situation, but she had no intention of abandoning her mission, and in the end, she still hated that president more than she cared about the consequences. She wouldn't run away, so long as everyone else was determined to see this through. ""
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Posted: Sat Dec 21, 2024 11:18 pm
Raeka Everett-Maris?
Status: Reclaimant. Location: In Front of Timber Maniacs. Spells:
____________________________________________________ Timber Maniacs had grown over the last few years. Mostly vertically as far as the actual building, but it had fallen on poor decisions over the last few years to keep up profits. Sloppy articles, obvious propaganda and terrible tabloids. As good as place as any to ******** things up. The boy took a few steps forwards, watching the Raider begin to boot up and move, probably hoping to just keep looking busy to not be inspected or something. He honestly didn't care as he reached out.
Those who looked closely could see a ephemeral claw over his harm, certain people recognize the shape as Diablos' before he closed his hand. Imprints on the top of the train like a spectral hand pushed in the metal, and the harsh shriek of the gears grinding on metal as they were forced to stay in place. Chance was a terrible state for Raeka, it seemed coincidence continued to conspire against his free will.
"Ifrit. You. Are. To. Return. To. Me." Strange look for some high school balamb jock to be force choking a train engine. ____________________________________________________
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Posted: Sat Dec 21, 2024 11:35 pm
Status: Pissed. Location: The Rebellion Train
Both Yukiko and Eren asked her if everything was alright. Of course it was. Robin opened her mouth to answer when the train shook, the sound of metal grinding upon metal, and even worse being crushed in along the roof was alarming. And a answer that went again whatever the SeeD was about to say. There was no god damn way they had a Guardian Force Buster on their location and not no one noticed that s**t.
Belying her size, Robin burst into action, but instead of going to any of the doors that perhaps a reasonable person would go to, no she went to the bent in roof hatch and with brute force made it open. If one could see her face, she was disappointed that there was no GF Buster out on top of the train. With one arm she pulled herself up through the hatch and scoured the area, before coming across the kiddo standing by the train tracks. "I THOUGHT YOU SAID HE WASN'T A SORCERER ANYMORE!?" She asked Eren, but specified not to say his name.
She gave Raeka a mean grin, leaning forwards with a unsettling gleam in her eye. "I'm First-Class Everett. You should go home." She warned, although sadly the effort was on deaf ears. "That's not Raeka." "Then who the ******** is it?" "I can't say, but the end of many." "Why are you being so vague!?" "Because he's sworn to silence. Most of them were. And my servants aren't allowed to disobey."
Robin took her hammer in both hands. Ifrit was right. Something was wrong. Still, c'mon kiddos, she was a huge distraction. Take your shots.
“Centuries passed and still the same War in our blood, some things never change Fighting for land and personal gain Better your life, justify your pain"
"Hahahaha!"
Nami giggled as she skipped, following a guard as he had moved towards the gate to enter the guard terminals. A swipe of his card had promptly been followed by Nami pulling him back and slamming the pommel of a knife into the back of his head, a gasp of air leaving the man. It wouldn't do to leave leave a mess with this man out in the open, so she swiped his card and slid past the gate as it closed. Raeka's forceful words had lit a fire under her, it was obvious that he had no qualms about showing his mistrust towards her thinking her an incompetent fool. WELL THEN. It wouldn't stop her from following through on what her task was, but the Everett's comments had light a spurned fire underneath her very soul. If there was one thing that she was known for, especially among her graduating class, was that she was a spiteful little woman who was more akin with a venomous viper than the beautiful young woman that others knew her as. Her entire attitude had shifted greatly a few years ago, and her drive to get to the top was the only thing that succeeded her spitefulness.
Here.
She found the proper terminal and slipped in, immediately pulling her gun at the rebels that were housing it. Three, one was manning the console and prepping to allow the train that was under question to be move onward. Not if she had anything to say about it, stepping in and promptly aiming at the man guarding the console. All he could do was turn and his face turned pale at the smaller girl holding a gun, a completely foreign and terrifying spectacle for him and the other two.
"He...hey, you can't be in he-!"
The silenced pistol rang out six times, two shots a piece for the three that housed the gate house. Center of mass, cold and efficiently. They crumbled quickly, the look on the young woman's face being cold and efficient. "The only person who tells me what I can't do isn't here." She muttered.
"Rebel scum."
Quickly, she moved over towards the console and began turning off the train's ability to move past the security and terminal point. Raeka would have the distracted, and now the train would be stuck standing like a sitting duck. Smiling at her work, she reloaded her gun and cracked her neck before pulling out her second silenced pistol.
"Done."
"With peace of mind so hard to find We're dwelling on the drastic signs Another way to numb our mind”
Eren braced as the train shook, the sound hurting his ears. What the hell was happening?! Golem was vibrating different colors of warning, essentially turning into a colored air raid siren inside of his brain, and all Eren could do was think I KNOW! His hands tightened, the gauntlets in his hand prepping for combat whilst he watched Robin spring into action. All that he needed to hear was her comments about a sorcerer. "AH. s**t." He cursed again, pushing Yukiko towards the opposite door as he went towards the one parallel to her. "Surround em! Big booms or shoots!" With one kick, the door lunged open and he rolled outward, one hand aiming towards where Raeka stood in front of the train. This ******** guy and his bullshit abilities and his bullshit personality SERIOUSLY had to get in his way again?! This ******** guy was still working for an organization that had probably SHOT HIM? What a ******** buffoon. No matter.
"EARTHRA!" His hand began to glow with pulsing green magic, the crystal on his belt line activating as the area underneath Raeka began to shoot upward with powerful and quite large pieces of rock blasting into the sky like an earthen gatling gun. It didn't matter if Raeka was a victim of a near assassination, Eren knew for a fact that this ******** guy was here not to just kill the rebels, but to kill him and the others as well. Robin be damned, this wasn't sorcery and Eren knew it. It was something else. Not a limit break...but...what?: <******** it, where's his Robo-chick at?!
Guardian Force: Golem Status: Mute
Posted: Fri Dec 27, 2024 1:04 pm
Yukikio Rieko, Mai Zeigmus Status: The battle begins Song of the moment: Gospel of Bullets
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The confusion in her eyes quickly shifted from curiosity to dread as she heard the sound of the train roof giving way to the spectral claw digging into it. She knew this plan was going to blow up in their faces! They didn't even get halfway to the assassination and this was how they were going to be caught! How were they even found out?! Was there someone on the inside of the rebellion leaking info? They were just in the process of making their moves, not even out of the port, and yet somehow they were caught. Even more annoying was Eren pushing her towards one of the doors as if she needed guidance! Regardless, she had no choice but to grab her gun and join in on the fight. The train had stopped, which was the big detrimental issue. Why did it though? "I'm heading to the control room to get this train out of the combat zone. If we lose the rebels this whole plan will be pointless." She said through their comms, jumping out through one of the side emergency exit doors of the train, leaping out and quickly sprinting towards cover behind one of the many advertisement booths with her gun readied.
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Status: Freaked. Location: The Grand Resistance Engine: The Raider ____________________________________________________ Oh, that was more than surface damage. That was gonna be key structural damage if something wasn't done. Luckily for him, the SeeD that had been hired had immediately jumped into action. Anyways, there was plans for this sort of thing, and immediately The Raider had begun to chug along to establish it's get away. However it wasn't long before one of the many security scanners turned red and bleated a alarm. "Oh, darn!" He shouted, running to the still open back door that Eren had kicked open.
"Uh, hey yeah, SeeD! We've been made-" He began, turning his head as he heard Yukiko. "Glad to see you're already on it, I'll uh, work on it from my end." And like a halfway intelligent person, slammed the train door shut and locked it as he heard rifle fire that tagged Eren. "Ugh, my stomache. Shaking it off, he ran back towards the command area of the train, and began making some calls. _____________________________________________________
Status: Clash of the Titans. Location: War
Raeka was not too distracted by the big woman, and the loud crash of a train door being kicked open sure didn't do Eren any favorites on getting a surprise attack on the has-been Sorcerer. The purple eyes of the sorcerer went down at the earth, and he pushed out his hands for a moment, the ground and train rails being forcefully shoved outwards like a almighty push. Putting a small crater in the ground with gravitational forces strong enough to meet the earthra spell dead on and deflect it.
Which was fine. Robin decided she wouldn't be the distraction. The fiery red head leapt off the back of the train, leaving smaller indents than the Everett, but still some surface damage from the force of her leap. The crack of a rifle shot was almost entirely in synch with the boom of her hammer's engine coming to life, sending a flaming cartwheel of wrath and rampage down upon Raeka's head.
One looking close enough may have seen the smaller combatant make a moment just before the hammer make impact, Raeka' slamming face forwards into the ground and spinning backwards from the force of the impact well... into.. the air? Robin herself had found she was not doing much better, while she had not received an attack, the sudden low gravity had thrown off her balance pretty much entirely. Wait, he can control gravity? This cheating tart. No, Diablos can.The ******** do you mean, I don't see Diablos? Shouldn't- Zeigmus.
"Eren, tag in." The levitating woman said, once again hitting the jets of her hammer and spinning away from Raeka and the railway fight. While it got her some distance, it seemed after a point the feather weight effect on her faned and she landed like a god damned stone. Throwing her hair back, her burning glare checked the area for a moment before she landed her focus on the one who had played sniper. "ZEIGMUS." She roared like a lion, and god damn the girl had lungs. Even hundreds of feet away, she could be heard clearly. "C'MON GIRLIE, WHAT HAPPENED TO YER MUM!?"
In the last moment before being struck, Raeka had managed to massively increase the air resistance by making Robin remarkably lighter, but once he was struck he saw stars for a moment. The focus went from her, to the entire area, and after a moment he wiped the blood from his forehead caused by the girls hammer and recovered. Returning himself and the nearby area to normal gravity, landing a bit uneven before looking up at Eren with a grin. A sing-song voice, but the words. "G blans dodpal ol londoh" The thing in the body of Raeka began to laugh. It was discomforting. It was as if three things were laughing at once, and it was a vicious hyena cackle.
"Ah doalim aala. Ol zir a..." It's head tilted. 'It' realized Eren could not understand. Not yet. "It. Shall. Begin. Fated. Duel? A. Dark. Prince. A. Earthen. Kyng. As. Written." The boy revealed his melee weapon of choice, putting the back of his gunblade to his shoulder and with a smirk raised his other hand. Raeka gave Eren the universal taunt. 'Come and get it.'
Robin Vs Raeka: Name Ifrit vs Diablos and Cerberus: Guardian Force
Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2025 12:15 am
When no words are spoken and pleads are ignored
When judgement has failed you When your own heart's impaled you....
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”Ah shut up with ya’ nonsense bullshi’. Ya workin’ for the guys that tried ta cap ya!”. The bullet shot had hurt, but the bullet left only an errant bruise on his chest, to which he spat on the ground. If there was one thing Eren Kyng was, it was overly resilient and followed by annoyingly destructive as a close second. ”Haste.” The feeling of weightlessness came across his limbs, his dark colored gauntlets tightening. A little speed and a lot of power. If push came to shove, he’d have to call on Golem. But a surprise would be the best format for that kind of appearance. The pink haired man began to trot forward, motioning towards Raeka with his hands that curled into fists. ”Come on, ya b*****d. Time for round two.”. The one girl was afk but a non factor, Robin and Yukiko were dealing with the sniper. Eren would just have to be obnoxious and survive.
Yukikio Rieko, Mai Zeigmus Status: The battle begins Song of the moment: Gospel of Bullets
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"Tch..." She made an annoyed sound when her bullet bounced off of Eren, seeing that he was far sturdier than she gave him credit for. What became painfully more annoying was Robin, someone who she had to give some credit towards. She was not someone to take lightly. The one thing that Mai knew that her group had going for them was Raeka's newfound power. She doubt that they were anywhere near ready to face whatever Raeka had become; though truthfully she would have preferred he remain himself throughout the battle. It was terrifying seeing him become like that, but she had to trust that he would come back to her as himself. For now, her attention had to focus on Robin, who had launched herself towards Mai and was facing her down now.
Readying her sniper rifle, Mai let out an annoyed grunt as she looked to Robin who appeared to figure out that Diablos wasn't with her mother. She had no intention of telling her anything though, and she had very little information to give to begin with anyway. Whatever happened with Raeka was between him and her mother, much to her discontent. There were no answers given to what happened, just that her mother cured him of his injuries somehow. How Diablos fit into all of that was beyond her.
"Go home, Robin. This place shouldn't concern Esthar." Mai retorted simply to her, but in the midst of them talking, Mai's A.I. began to inject battle stimuli into her, along with the sound of machinery whirling in her body, heating up and causing various parts of her limbs to glow red hot. She was overclocking her body, forcing herself to push past her limits due to the strength difference between her and Robin. "This is my only warning! If I don't see those arms of yours up and surrendering, I won't hesitate to fire." She ordered Robin, not intending on stopping her mission now.
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Yukiko had managed to get into the train station control building, silently sneaking through the halls, carefully scanning through the rooms until she found the door that lead into the control room. Slowly, and quietly she reached for the door handle, testing to see if it was locked. As soon as she confirmed that it wasn't locked, she subtly let go of the handle and readied a flashbang. Taking a deep breath she swung the door open and tossed the flashbang into the room, waiting for it to go off and turning the corner, aiming her LMG at anyone who happened to be in the control room.
"Yukiko" "Mai"
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Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2025 3:37 am
Raeka Everett-Maris
Status: Reminding Eren why he was inferior. Location: Train tracks of destiny. Spells:
____________________________________________________ Predictable. While it was standard for a lot of the insufficient SeeD to cast Haste as a start up, 'Raeka' as he was kept prepared for such a long game without needing such a pick up. As Haste was thrown, a complimentary spell was tossed his way. Silence. 'Raeka' intended for the fight to be honest in the best way, completely in his favor for options and debilitating his opponent past the point of being able to reasonably defend himself. But there was no need for the platinum haired boy to spend all of his resources yet, he had more tricks to make the fight miserable.
But first was to poke and prod, and see how experienced Eren was at combating gunblade specialists. Something of a rarity in the world, with only Mr. Leonheart of Balamb and Mr. Almasy of Galbadia being the ones he could think of. It wouldn't be too long before the name of Raeka Everett-Maris joined such prestigious ranks, even if it took stepping over the corpses of some rebels and pink haired fools.
'Raeka' had begun to step forwards to meet Eren, lifting his sword from his shoulder and readying it. The normally chatty Raeka being uncharacteristically quiet due to his condition. When he was just out of engagement range, he would dash forwards to get within striking distance, sending a swift horizontal slash, trying to use the reach of his weapon to keep Eren out of his effective gauntlet range. If the slash hit, that would be nice. If it was blocked, well, that was the intention. He would trigger the gunblade mechanism to hopefully break the guard and open his opponent up for further assault.
If he was dodged. Oh well. He can still harry his opponent into a better position, assuming he doesn't get tripped up. ____________________________________________________
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Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2025 3:51 am
Status: Big Sis. Location: Bearing Down.
"Oh honey, do you forget we're mercs? If yer pocketbook is big enuff, it can always be my concern." Robin could only wonder if that statement was a bait to get her to mention something important. Honestly she wouldn't have been that surprised if Eren had fallen for it, or another rookie SeeD, but Robin could only smile at the possibilities. Maybe Mai had some promise, or perhaps it was just a actual attempt at intimidation. She didn't know yet, but she would soon she reckoned.
"Oh Zeigmus." The relative giantess did come to a stop, but the look in her eye was clear. It wasn't that she was backing down, she was giving Mai a chance to not pick this fight. "I'm a fan of yer spunk, really, but if that rifle ain't crackin' Eren, it may tickle me. So I'll tell ya what. Surrender, answer my questions and I won't have to hurt your team."
Then she smiled. Like a snake bearing it's fangs, dripping with venom to make clear how earnest the threat was. "Or we can dance, and when I'm done, I'll let you watch me break the limbs of lover boy so 'e can't walk nor hold ya tender, sweety. Make ya choice." Oh, she held her hammer firm. Preparing to trade fire with the grenade launcher aspect of it if the expected happened, that Mai Zeigmus took her shot.
Location:Security Office Company:Dead Men, and a cute little enemy girlie Thoughts:HELLO, Cute stuff! Magic:Blind (2-1), Silence (2), Blizzard (3), Water (3), Watera (2), Blizzara (2) Theme Song:ALIEZ
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“Centuries passed and still the same War in our blood, some things never change Fighting for land and personal gain Better your life, justify your pain"
"...eh?"
Nami had been messing with all of the controls after stripping the bodies of her prey of all essentials. Messing with all the things that would inhibit any progression for this station and others in the immediate future. In fact, despite the blood pouring out of the bodies and slowly painting the floor like a spilled pain from a container, a small hum could be heard from the pretty blonde. There was no sign that there was any guilt from her actions, the music almost being an accompaniment towards her deeds to make it even more entertaining than it already was to her. The adrenaline was pulsing through her mind, yet she felt so focused and alive, not swayed or out of control like some other newbies on a mission might. Keeping her cool, just like her old man with the same lilting, smug grin lathered on the delicate face that she bore. War was war. Why on earth should she feel bad for taking the lives of people who had probably done other things, if not worse things? Everyone was a victim if they painted it the right way but luckily, Nami didn't have to listen to their tale. In fact, no one would be.
Of course, that all changed when the door behind her shuttered open, Nami's head whipping at near breakneck speed at the sound and the easily noticeable clatter of a grenade hitting the floor.
"Eep!"
She hit the deck behind a terminal and covered her eyes as the sound went off, preparing to retaliate as the sound of gunshots rang into the room. Standard infiltration procedure, but all she had to do was wait as she drew a single pistol and magic began to form into left hand, biting her lip in anticipation. She made no sound, if anything, the person infiltrating could assume that Miss Almasy had abandoned ship after doing what she did, hidden now behind one of the large terminals. The terminals were a mess, knife marks from stabbing the terminals after sabotaging the movement of the train. Once Yukiko, entered the room, Nami would simply oblige with a simple retaliation of "BLIND!" and two quick gunshots aiming center of mass towards the small girl. Nami would not move until someone entered though, waiting to hear the audible sounds of a footstep coming in as she peeked out of the corner of the terminal waiting for her new enemy to enter through the threshold.
"With peace of mind so hard to find We're dwelling on the drastic signs Another way to numb our mind”
The silence was perhaps expected, his mouth turned silent as one of his abilities was removed temporarily. Of course he had remedies, but it seemed this b*****d wanted another close range encounter. Eren was much more focused, and not intoxicated this round, his boxer game activated as the mechanical gauntlets tightened with his fists. There didn't need to be any words from Eren here, his eyes were narrowed and focused, glaring straight at Raeka with all the intention in the world to illustrate his purpose. Leave it to a Sorcerer's kid to get a fast new lease on life after something catastrophic had happened to him. Magic was still in his arsenal, like there had been no separation between Raeka's prior sorcerer abilities and now. Golem voiced its concern, a mirage of colors illuminating around the precipice of his vision, still sauntering forward like Raeka had not cast any magic towards him. There was no deterring him, Eren had to fight and there was no running. His iron will would not allow it. He would especially not run away from the spoiled savant that was before him wielding a gunblade.
Eren knew all about them, his parents having constructed a few gunblades in the time that he had spent in Kyng Labs. The mechanics of it were not lost on him, even remembering the one that Koyuki Rieko had wielded at Eden City. It was...very familiar. Eren's hands were up, the mechanics in his gauntlets whirring, his nose curling into a snarl as Raeka stepped forward and began the engagement, a single horizontal slash to begin the dance of death that would seem to entail the entirety of their relationship from this point forward. Blocking it was not an option. His arms were ready, he was hastened. His guard was up. The movement of Raeka enacted a simple but dangerous technique that Eren had in his arsenal, to combat even faster opponents than him. Eren didn't know the strength difference between the two but there was confidence that he was a little bit stronger, if anything. The horizontal slash delivered, the heavy gunblade swinging into action.
One breathe. Two. Three.
Eren planted his left foot to halt his momentum and leaned out of the range of the swing, using the inertia once it had passed to charge forward and utilize Raeka's swing momentum against him. One fast left jab, followed be a low rising right hook to the torso, around the solar plexus to try and drive the wind out of him. All Eren knew at this moment was that he had to keep his balance and utilize Raeka's movements against him. This was physical chess and if Raeka decided to pull out magic, Eren would have to retreat and remedy it.
Not intoxicated, Eren was not a bum fighter. He was aware of Raeka's legs, but Eren was also confident in his stalwart nature.
