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(Yeah, you're right, DA. But what's the real plan?)
Homura: (Sayaka only) <Keep a sword at your side.>
Sayaka: <Wha?>
Homura: ...I have withstood pain to create many chances... (a very slight reverb in her words, and what sounds like Archer's voice providing harmonic support. The white streaks in her hair have reached about halfway down.)
Sayaka: (momentarily stops her sword throwing and shows a confused look at Homura's sudden change. But as instructed, there's one stuck in the ground in easy reach)
edited 16th Mar '15 6:20:57 PM by megarockman
The damned queen and the relentless knight.Squad
Very well. Then I shall have to finish this myself.
-there is a rumbling-
-these guys - about the size of a four-story building - come up out of the ground behind caster-
◊
—!!
Temple gate
Indeed? Well, why would that be?
Duel
CALIBUR—!!!
Woodlands
-oh-
-oh shit-
Have withstood pain to create many weapons...!
-immediately rushes for Homura - seems to have lost one of his swords-
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Homura: Now! (fires off her magic-bolstered Caladborg arrow right at Dark Archer's chest - it might not be powerful enough to damage him if he blocks it, but...)
Sayaka: (quickly looks from Homura's firing to Dark Archer's exposed back; she puts 2 and 2 together fast and starts rushing to strike at Dark Archer while he is distracted and panicked by Homura's behavior.) Raah! (The question is whether her timing was quick enough to bring down a Haki-buffed strike at the same time Homura's shot reaches him, and whether he'd be able to handle both strikes at once.)
The damned queen and the relentless knight.Squad
I'll hold them off - sorry, but that's all I can do! Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg!
-the jeweled sword appears in her hand again-
-she keeps slashing and slashing at the shadows-
-they're effortlessly cut in half - but more and more of them keep coming-
-catches the rock-
-crushes it with one hand-
-before taking up what looks to be some form of kung fu stance-
Woodlands
Rho Aias—!!
-a seven-layered shield of energy
◊ appears in Archer's empty hand, blocking Caladbolg - but at a cost-
Haagh—!
-as his back is sliced open from Sayaka's blow-
-falls to one knee as Rho Aias vanishes-
Yet, those hands will never hold anything...
-Sayaka would see that his wound already appears to be knitting back together-
-by hundreds of thousands of tiny blades, overlapping and jutting out of him-
Duel
-waits for the smoke to clear-
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Squad
Oh? Do not look at me like that. The prize you have sought is within your grasp, is it not? Whatever you wish for shall be yours - and if not, then you will die along with her.
-is beginning to think maybe kirei is kind of an asshole-
Duel
-grimaces-
-her sword begins to glow-
Ex.....!
Temple Gate
-ba-BAM-
-is sent flying backwards-
-flips in the air, landing and skidding gracefully-
Kuh... heh. You would certainly win in a battle of attrition.
Woodlands
Eh—!?
-Kanshou and Bakuya reappear in his hands-
-whirls them around, parrying in a frenzy against the stream of blades-
-he's keeping one eye on Homura - knowing that this is more or less a distraction-
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