idolpro | ROUND 2

[. . . drifting closer to X, who is innocent and obviously needs shielding, too. he tries to position himself in front of X a bit, with the dog in front of him]

[his hand rests on his henshin belt]

. . . he doesn't have a weapon.

You want someone? Come at me.

[challenging]

Well, it sounds like this guy wants to fight. And I'm honestly kinda curious to see if he's immortal too.

[ he's looked away from the conversation, letting it happen in his peripheral while he examines the terrain a little more ]

[ I SUPER DON'T WANT TO WHEN I JUST TOLD HURRICANE HOW BAD I FELT ABOUT MUTILATING THE OTHER ONE

but she lifts up her rifle to aim at Mars, pale, but honestly who can tell when her skin is already grey. ]

Fine.

[ And she takes aim, and fires, for a crit success.

The bullet does not actually hit Mars-- it goes VERY wide, ricocheting off the back wall and up at an angle, cutting through a multitude of puppet strings... right over his head.

And it all comes tumbling down, tumbling down, tumbling down. For 10 dmg. ]

[THE DICE DOES NOT LIKE MARS AT ALL]

[he jerks to the left as soon as she raises the weapon, hearing the bullet ricochet off of the wall and cut through the puppets up ahead. he lifts his gaze just in time to see them falling, and yells a curse]

Fuck! X, get out of here--!

[a flash of light, and Mars immediately Henshins up and lifts his arms just as the puppets come falling down on top of him. GODDAMN. . . PUPPETS. . . HE HATES THEM. . .]

[the dice say 10 damage, -1 for Henshin, +4 HP for Henshin being activated so he is at 7 HP!! and losing a turn as he is now buried in puppets]

[the dog, however, is perfectly free. with a harsh bark, it launches itself at Req, ready to bite her arm! but with a strength of 6 and roll of 7, the attack ain't gonna hit]

[well

that happened

but doodles isn't about to waste an opportunity, so he's throwing a knife at x

with a 7 on the roll it's a hit! unless he dodges, he's taking 5+2 damage for 7]

Mars--!

[ but okay, he can't spare a lot of attention for that, since it looks like a fight is happening for real, now.He wasn't prepared for it, so his jerk backwards is awkward--rolls a seven and saves 6 so honestly could have been a lot worse. ]

Dammit, what the hell...

Hey!

[DID YOU JUST GENTLY GRAZE MY NOT-BOYFRIEND WITH A KNIFE FOR 1 DAMAGE?! PREPARE TO DIE

Which is to say, Maki is drawing her own knife and coming up behind Doodleman to slash at him - 4 on the roll is success, 4+2 = 6 damage]

[unfortunately, Maki's yell alerts doodle enough that he manages to dodge - 6 is a success, and he saves the full 6 damage]

Maki, hi! Wasn't expecting you.

Hey! Knock it off, Harumaki!!

[ come with me friend, run towards the danger!! by which I mean, he charges in that direction to try and get... between the two people armed with knives ]

[Well.

In addition to X throwing himself between them, Req's Lightning Flash has plunged the room into complete darkness. Which seems like both a pretty bad situation and some pretty large obstacles to continuing to attack him.

However, Maki has killed Doodleman before.

So, instead of doing it this the hard way, she is using Makes Perfect, and somehow her knife finds her way his neck.]

[hey maki that's cheating,

but very effective cheating, leading to doodle falling on x, the spray of blood making it pretty clear that he's dying even to someone who's blind]

O-Oi!

[ he can hear that, the sound Maki's knife makes in the air near him, the weird, wet sound of the cut--and then the heavy, overly warm weight of blood and a collapsed body against him. That all happened very fast, and it takes him a few seconds to catch up and remember that he can fix this ]

Ah--that's, ah--foresight!

[ X reaches Maki and Doodleman just as his vision goes, but he still manages to crash into Maki with enough force that he carries them both sprawling several meters (because they are japanese!obv!) out of anybody's knifing-radius ]

Wha—aah!

[Maki is not prepared for that in any way, and she ends up sprawled out on the floor, half underneath him, still gripping her clean knife tightly.]

What-

[what the fuck is even happening.

he'd use this as a chance to attack one or both of them again, but just then he's distracted by req getting stabbed]

Shit-!

[ He scrambles against the floor, half trying to pull Maki and himself upright and half just trying to keep them moving away, so it's inelegant. ]

You okay, Harumaki? Th-There's gotta be somewhere we can hide...

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[ BECAUSE WE FORGOT HOW RULES WORKED, dog is actually bumrushing her.

She curses, and slings the gun back over her back, and the lance, and takes her axe instead, casting Lightning Flash on both the dog AND Mars. (-3 to STR, AGI, PRE for two turns.)

And, in turn, she'll rush forward-- around the dog-- to him instead. Just one more turn and I can smack ya. ]

[DOG IS INDEED BUMRUSHING HER, and looks?? offended that she bypassed him? it skids on its paws to follow, but then the lightning flash hits and with a sharp yelp it scurries back, pawing at it's face with one foot as the area is plunged into darkness]

[Mars, on the other hand, is struggling to free himself from puppet pile. he manages to bolt to his feet, but he can feel the ache of the damage he took coursing through his limbs even underneath the armor. with another muttered curse, he grabs at the nearest puppet, pivots on his heel, and. . . flings it at Req]

[with strategics at 7 and a roll of 5, the throwing of the puppet is successful! if it hits it'll hit for 4 damage, but after throwing Mars is definitely trying to stumble back blindly in the darkness and put as much distance between Req and himself as he can]

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[ Annnd that's a PERFECT DODGE with agi with a total of 2 to pass and a 6 for style, she'll slide under that thrown puppet and jump up, swinging the flat side of the axe for his head. No more beheading HSS's, just gonna try to knock him out maybe.

And that's a pass, with 8 dmg. ]

[see, the thing is, even in darkness Mars is a speedy individual. and recent memories have flipped a switch on his brain, reminding him of exactly how sharp and deadly his reflexes can be. with a base agility of 10, a -3 modifier, and a roll of 7, he does manage to pivot out of the way of that axe. although just barely, with the blunt end scraping next to his helmet. probably leaving as cuff in its wake. rude!!]

[and instead of attacking again, now that she's so close, he is just going to. reach out blinding in the darkness, try to grab her by the arm, and cast Charm for a -3 modifier to the target's ability to resist the caster or do the caster harm]

[dog is shaking its head, growling but waiting until the lights come back on to attack again]

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[ YOU KNOW WHAT this is the funniest option so. He manages to grab her as she misses on that swing-- ]

Hey--

[ And she's charmed. And she pauses, confused, the lights back on now.

They're friends, aren't they? Why would she try to hurt him? ]

[oh. perfect

[with his mouth curved upwards in triumph and his eyes flashing underneath the visor, he pulls his heart weapon (a sword, I forgot to mention) from his Henshin belt with a flash of light. . .]

[and proceeds to immediately plunge it into her chest for 11 damage. 6 as per dice roll and +3 for sword, and +2 for lukewarm feelings of dislike]

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[ ... oh

she sucks in a wet breath at that, expression confused and betrayed-- why--

And she does her best to shove away from him-- a str success at 4, 5-- and try to run with verticality, clutching her clothing over the wound. Another success; 6, 4.

...

but even if it is a success, they're trapped in here. There's nowhere to go. ]

[she can definitely push him away, and Mars angles his weapon so it slides out of her chest with another wet noise as he stumbles back, blood dropping onto the ground near his feet. he gives his weapon a swish in the air to clear off the blade, ignoring the way more blood spatters on the wall behind him]

-- don't start a fight you can't finish, ☆ZRAEL!

[and he launches himself at her, quick as a wink, as she flees, arcing his blade to slash a gash across her back. at a strength of 5 with a roll of 5, the attack is a success with 9 damage (4 as per dice, +3 sword, +2 heart weapon) UNLESS SHE DODGES]