>>5195748>>5195773>>5195780>>5195783>>5195807>>5195855>>5195859>>5195894>>5195983>>5195995>>5196062>Begin by firing a shot off at her.>Attempt to buttstroke her with the rifle when she comes at you.“Let’s begin.” You expect no protracted contest nor dramatic turns; this matter will be decided in moments, whether it be a bullet through her sternum or a blade through your throat. With that, you crack a shot off.
A brilliant white spark snaps at the barrel’s tip as your first shot roars through the air. It's almost deafening in this confined corridor, the round spiraling through the dust and ash-laden air as it traces a path right through into her dark overcoat. Your shot was dead-on. It gnaws through the thick cloth and bores a hole right through it, the white hot lead having left the hole smoldering. You watch the cloak sink to the ground.
Was that it? You glare at the fallen shape.
But as you pull back the bolt, a waxen blur courses out from under the fallen cloak–a jittery, pale shape twisting and turning in the air at alarming speeds toward you, a black rapier spiraling along behind it. You curse beneath your breath. She’s become a bat now–smaller, faster, and a much more difficult target, whether that be with a bullet or your stock.
>Attempt to catch her with the butt of the rifle.>Try to fire a shot off at her.>Attempt to swing your great sword up to catch her.>Drop the gun and switch to your fists to beat her out of the air.>Write-In. 