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 Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2017 10:17 am
Something about that evening felt just a little off. It set Tantalite's hair on edge just a bit and she held her bow just a bit more tightly. It briefly was clutched to her chest, as though she was actually afraid. Yet it took only a moment for the young woman to compose (oh the punnage) herself before she shook her head, stood up straight, and removed the worry-object from her bosom. "I am not going to look like a timid mouse," she whispered, more to herself, as she took a look around, just a glance to be safe. Why did patrols always take her to dark strange places? That was stupid. She'd at least take a look around before maybe going somewhere more.... populated. Mousing around in the shadows was definitely not suitable to her. Grymoire I'm going into this guessing he's more experienced so HE'S GONNA WIN. Unless we want the dice to determine that. IDK
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Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2017 3:09 pm
It wasn't all that often that he found himself following after a chaos signal that wasnt a youma but since he was in the area he figured he'd check it out. Arachne made his way across the rooftops until he found himself directly over the signal, the pretty young lady, who he'd been stalking. Smirking he dropped down from the roof, landing a few feet behind her. "Now what's a pretty little thing like you doing in a place like this?" He looked over over as he landed. "Not getting into trouble are we?" demon_pachabel he will at least go easy on her cause he usually only dusts youma? XD
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Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2017 3:21 pm
She turned immediately towards the source of noise that was behind her, holding her bow with both hands and frowning. It wasn't an entirely unpleasant look on her face and in fact, it almost looked to be her default expression. How long until she got the ability to jump down from random heights? Did she already have it? Her life would be easier if that was the case. "I can't say I've found myself in much trouble yet, but the night is young." Tantalite replied with as much of a cool tone as she could have, looking over the....senshi, she was heavily guessing he was a senshi. Shoot, that could be trouble. "And you often approach women who are alone in the dark?" Frankly, the real trouble was being a young lady in strange dark places. Not everybody was a senshi, after all.
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Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2017 4:52 pm
"Well I do tend to stay away from young ladies who are wandering alone but I've yet to meet a negaverse agent who was actually a lady." He grinned. Arachne took a guess that the bow in her had was her weapon. That at least wouldn't be a problem since he could easily use his magic from a distance. Given that she was out here alone probably meant she was new at this too. "They teach you what senshi do to people like you when they find them?"
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Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2017 5:09 pm
Internally, Cerissé was very offended that just because she perhaps was part of a different faction than he was, she couldn't be considered a lady. Tantalite, however, found a sort of amusement in the rouse. "Oh darn, there go all my prospects in life," she said, smiling as she held in the slightest laugh. Arachne's vague comment, however, did cause her to take a single step back, the smile turning into a frown. "I can't say that they exactly skim over that," she looked at the bow in her hand, frowning as she considered exactly what it was she was supposed to do with something so.... lord, she felt like she was defiling it, "They don't skim over what I'm supposed to do in turn, either."
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Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2017 1:39 pm
"You know ... I Have actually been hit by one of those before. They don't exactly hurt." Probably because the people holding them tended to not want to actually damage their bows. They weren't cheap. This girls though would just regenerate if it was broken but maybe she didn't know that yet. Holding his hands out in front of him he smirked. "Arachne's Venomous Wish..." A softball sized orb of glowing green energy started to form in his hand and he winked at her before throwing the orb in the lieutenants direction. He had good enough aim with youma and if she wasn't paying enough attention at least part of it would catch her. Quote: Attack #1a - Arachne Venomous Wish![Arachne cups his hands over each other and a ball of violent green energy starts to grow between his palms. Once enough energy is collected the orb is throw at an enemy. Once struck the enemy takes the effect of the harsh acid burning into their skin and clothing. ((Note: The balls can only get about the size of a softball. Now the acid can not be removed from whatever surface they strike and continue to cause burns. The orbs can also now cause splash effects. Near-by targets (enemies and allies take a weaker form of damage equivalent to the weaker version of the attack. This attack can be done twice per battle then Arachne is reduced to his base attack.))] Duration: Instantaneous, the orbs must be thrown within one post or Arachne risks burning himself.
Avoidable: Yes. Arachne must throw the balls himself so they're only as good as his aim.
Downside: If Arachne can't throw the ball within a post of it's creation the acid orb will begin to burn his own hands. The orbs splash effects can also harm allies if they are close to the point of impact
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Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2017 1:53 pm
To be fair, Tantalite also thought the bow as a little... flimsy to say the least. They were meant to be light and easy to hold up, which meant structurally.....Arachne was right on the mark. That said, it would likely be more lethal if broken instead of how it was currently. It was just an ironic piece of work that something she had such delicate feelings about was now meant to be a weapon. She'd spent enough time puzzling over how to make the item in her hand lethal that the ball of acid wasn't noticed until it was practically upon her, prompting her to swing her arm down, splashing the noxious burning liquid all over the under side of her arm and on her torso. That.... that had been a mistake, and the look on her face mirrored her exact thoughts as it began to burn. Her first instinct was to recoil, seething. " Well I can see why you don't meet many ladies with that sort of treatment." she hissed, before switching the bow to the arm that she hadn't just splashed acid all over. It simply hurt less. It meant she didn't have much swinging strength in her non-dominant arm. It took a moment of quick thinking (at least the one practical skill she had to her name) to go for something a bit more to the point, moving to break the space between the two of them with a jab from the screw-end of the bow.
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Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2017 6:05 pm
"I'm a lot nicer to actual ladies." He smirked, grinning as the acid soaked into her sleeve and started to burn her clothing. He suspected, much like his own clothes in this form, it would all be back to normal the next time she powered down but for now at least she would be down an arm. He hadn't used the trick on Negaverse agents in a long time and it was good to know that he hadn't completely lost his touch. Plus it made her mad. She'd be more fun mad. The jab with the bow caught him a bit off guard. He'd expected her to be more worried about her arm and he hadn't expected she'd use the bow like that. It worked though, a lot better than trying to hit him with it. With a tsk he tried to get out of the way but the bow caught him in the side. It did hit more of his waist-cincher than his flesh but it still hurt and was going to bruise come morning. "That was a good trick." He laughed as he tried to catch her arm, hoping he could wrench the bow out of her hand if he could get ahold of her.
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Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2017 6:19 pm
"I don't do magic tricks," Tantalite smiled a sickeningly sweet smile that didn't show her teeth, jerking her arm back, but not enough to escape when he grabbed it. With her fingers looped between the wooden backing and the horsehair strings, she at least had a good grip on her weapon. But a firm jerk would hurt her fingers - a lot. If wrenched, she would let it go - only out of pain.
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Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2017 6:35 pm
"Sort of unfair that you guys can't do that when we get all the fancy stuff." He grinned as he took hold of the bow, wrenching it back toward him and twisting as he did. It took a bit more effort than he'd originally intended but the girl did let it go finally instead of risking breaking her fingers. With the bow in hand he let go of her arm and took a few steps back, twirling it in one hand. "Mind you I've seen some of the things you guys get later. Almost makes up for not getting the super powers." He flicked the bow over one shoulder guessing she wasn't going to risk trying to get past him to get it back. "Sure you wanna keep going?"
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Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2017 6:42 pm
Her brow set in a firm glare as she took a step back, flexing her fingers and wincing. While not broken, she'd at least sprained two of them. That would make playing the violin rather difficult in the morning. Perhaps even the next day. Green eyes looking between the senshi and where the bow had been tossed, she seemed to be processing her next step. "Oh, you're asking me now?" she was almost tempted to flip her hair if one hand didn't hurt and the other arm wasn't exactly something she wanted to move. "You started this and now you don't wanna finish it?" she started to carefully side step, eyes flicking from his face, towards where the bow had been thrown. She definitely didn't know she could summon that back.
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Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2017 6:58 pm
"I was trying to be nice and let you get out of this without getting to hurt." He shrugged, matching her steps to keep himself between her and the bow. If she went for it he could stop her, if she didn't? Well that was what his magic was for. She had to know she wasn't going to come out on top of this. She seemed almost brand new at the whole thing and while he'd taken a vacation from it he was far from inexperienced. "If you're intent on bruising that pretty face of yours I can be more accommodating." He summoned a second orb, bouncing it in his hand for a moment to see if she'd move, before throwing it toward her lower half. If he could mess up at least one leg too she might give up. Quote: Attack #1a - Arachne Venomous Wish![Arachne cups his hands over each other and a ball of violent green energy starts to grow between his palms. Once enough energy is collected the orb is throw at an enemy. Once struck the enemy takes the effect of the harsh acid burning into their skin and clothing. ((Note: The balls can only get about the size of a softball. Now the acid can not be removed from whatever surface they strike and continue to cause burns. The orbs can also now cause splash effects. Near-by targets (enemies and allies take a weaker form of damage equivalent to the weaker version of the attack. This attack can be done twice per battle then Arachne is reduced to his base attack.))] Duration: Instantaneous, the orbs must be thrown within one post or Arachne risks burning himself.
Avoidable: Yes. Arachne must throw the balls himself so they're only as good as his aim.
Downside: If Arachne can't throw the ball within a post of it's creation the acid orb will begin to burn his own hands. The orbs splash effects can also harm allies if they are close to the point of impact
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Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2017 7:14 pm
"Since you're such a gentleman," she hissed, seeming to be more annoyed that he was keeping himself between her and the bow than that he was talking down to her. "I'll do more than bruise yours," she hissed, stepping back in time to not take the brunt of the second ball of acid, but it still splashed up one shoe, sprinkling from toe to knee and making her wince and stumble. She really would have liked her bow back then, just trying to guess where it was in the darkness. Just having it back in her hand would have been great comfort. She flexed her fingers painfully, knowing she wouldn't even be able to hold it. For all her threats, she wasn't really one.
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Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2017 7:36 pm
He laughed softly to himself as she managed to get away from most of the attack but still managed to get it all over one leg. Not as good as actually getting her in the hip but still good enough. Youma were a lot easier to hit, note made. "Always a gentleman." He bowed dramatically, coat swishing around him. Despite the bow he kept his head up so he could keep an eye on her. She was injured but he didn't trust her not to try something dumb. "One who thinks you should know when you've lost and bow out gracefully. I really don't want to have to kill you. It would be such a shame since you are cute."
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Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2017 8:06 pm
Did she care about appearances in this moment? Internally, she definitely did. Externally, she already looked like a mess, but she was certainly in a position to get worse if he really wanted her to. Two things were clear: If he really wanted to, this could and would get worse. She was not nearly experienced enough to win this encounter. Really, it was in her best interests to escape while she still could. As much as she hated to admit it, she was outmatched, out-experienced, and frankly, she got nothing for fighting to the death at this point. Would he take the bow if she retreated without it? Would she get a replacement? At the very least, she'd flee a few blocks and circle back for it at a later time. "Fine. FINE," she relented, pushing back up to her feet and taking a few steps back. Her skin burned and frankly, she didn't want to see how far down the magic would go before stopping. She didn't turn her back on Arachne the entire time she edged herself towards the one way out she knew the quarter had.
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