Quoted By:
>"LET'S TRY AGAIN!"
>ACTIONS:
凸:
>CUT THE DAMN ROPE!
>If possible use TARGET REDIRECTION to make sure both of us actually hit the dang thing this time
ರೃ:
>CUT THE FUCKING ROPE BEFORE LUCINDA GETS TOO ANGY AND DECAPITATES RITA.
<span class="mu-s">L</span>ucinda can't tell if Rita is running away or scrambling to get back her rapier until she does. Even reading minds is pointless if you can't tell intent apart- and all the blonde inside that head saw was panic. Well, maybe she's just afraid of the Ferris wheel Familiar- it is getting closer at a disturbing pace.
凸 <span class="mu-s">Rita</span>: <span class="mu-i">(Let's try again! Come on Luci! Lady Lu! The Fucknado! The-)</span>
ರೃ <span class="mu-s">Lucinda</span> <span class="mu-i">(Language.)</span>
凸 <span class="mu-s">Rita</span>: <span class="mu-i">(U-uh? Um- OK COME ON! LET'S GOOOO!)</span>
Lucinda looks down again- it's just a rope. Maybe she should have marked the spot that both are going for somehow, to make it easier for Rita to match with her. Rita tries hard not to think. Then...
Lucinda lifts her scythe-
Rita lifts her very long rapier-
ರೃ <span class="mu-s">Lucinda</span> <span class="mu-i">(3...)</span>
凸 <span class="mu-s">Rita</span>: <span class="mu-i">(2...)</span>
凸 & ರೃ: <span class="mu-i">1...</span>
凸 <span class="mu-s">Rita</span>: <span class="mu-i">(TARGET REDIRECTION!)</span>
>>凸 (M6 Magical Affinity £ Roll: 31 = Failure)<< (Use Target Redirection on Lucinda.)
>>凸 (M3 Dexterity 彡 Roll: 34 = Success)<< (Aim at the same spot.)
>>ರೃ (M3 Dexterity 彡 Roll: 4 = Failure)<< (Aim at the same spot.)
>>凸 (M7 Physical Affinity £ Roll: 4)<< (Force of attack.)
>>ರೃ (M7 Physical Affinity £ Roll: 36)<< (Force of attack.)
This time the brutal recoil takes neither of them by surprise, and both manage to hang on to their weapons-
yet the rope is still there-
-and the Familiar is still coming.
ರೃ <span class="mu-s">Lucinda</span> <span class="mu-i">Rita Hammerhead! Did you use your magic on me?</span>
凸 <span class="mu-s">Rita</span>: <span class="mu-i">(D-did you just full name me?)</span>
ರೃ <span class="mu-s">Lucinda</span> <span class="mu-i">Do you want to get us both killed?</span>
Yet Lucinda knows that isn't the case. Rita knows that at this point Lucinda would rather it be; at least a little bit.
凸 <span class="mu-s">Rita</span>: <span class="mu-i">(I'm sorry, I'm sorry! But let's not give up!)</span>
ರೃ <span class="mu-s">Lucinda</span> <span class="mu-i">Then stop wasting time.</span>
Both face the rope again, Rita's hand drenched in sweat, Lucinda's in blood. Rita kneels a bit, in case the scythe goes for her neck. Despite it all, it's not that she thinks Lucinda will hurt her <span class="mu-i">intentionally</span>... but <span class="mu-i">accidentally</span>? The blonde notices and Rita notices that she noticed.
凸 <span class="mu-s">Rita</span>: <span class="mu-i">(...t-T-t-THIRD TIME'S THE CHARM!!)</span>
And by the looks of it, the last chance.
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