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Elemental Ifrit, Presence 3 (Intimidating)
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Post by Firebringer on Feb 17, 2021 14:47:44 GMT -8
The arrow shoots right past her leg. Yeah. That would be a good place to aim, wouldn't it? Will need to think about what I'd do if I did get hit in the leg. Still could happen. Firebringer considers her next course of action. She can go again, closing that gap, or she can take a chance and do something unexpected. Let's try to grab her.
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Post by Kai Rose on Feb 17, 2021 14:59:04 GMT -8
Kai was fast. The charge was very skilled and Meant It, but the athletic Polychromatic darted out of the way, using her off-hand to force Firebringer aside. She leapt into the air, spread her arms wide and crane-kicked Firebringer in the chest.
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Firebringer
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Elemental Ifrit, Presence 3 (Intimidating)
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Post by Firebringer on Feb 17, 2021 15:20:09 GMT -8
Fire was actually somewhat surprised that Kai slipped through her grasp. Crap. But she still wanted to see if she can't get this to work. It's a risk, but why not? Today was for risk taking. She takes a deep breath as she forms a chain of fire, and much like the gauntlets, it merges with her body in a terrifying way.
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Post by Kai Rose on Feb 18, 2021 11:39:44 GMT -8
Kai staggered back from the flash!
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Firebringer
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Elemental Ifrit, Presence 3 (Intimidating)
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Post by Firebringer on Feb 18, 2021 12:47:18 GMT -8
Okay. Got her stunned now. Let's try this again. Gently.
She swings the chain, trying to catch Kai while she's stunned, but her brain must have been elsewhere because she completely misses. Crap.
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Post by Kai Rose on Feb 18, 2021 13:20:38 GMT -8
The attack whiffed past Kai's head as she recovered her senses. She danced back, breathing deeply and bringing her bow up for a shot like she was aiming.
However, the focus of her attention wasn't sniping. Rather, it was to try to twist Firebringer's hate to force her into destroying inanimate objects.
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Firebringer
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Elemental Ifrit, Presence 3 (Intimidating)
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Post by Firebringer on Feb 18, 2021 13:53:51 GMT -8
Firebringer expected a hit, she was prepared for one. But then one didn't come. Instead, she felt full of pure rage. Something in the way Kai slid past her chain just irked her. Irked her in a way it shouldn't. Slipping away. Everything in her life was slipping away. And she feels helpless. Helpless. And that makes her angry. Angry in the way one cries out to the sky as a release from agony.
Instead of moving toward Kai, she slams her fist against the ground and it hurts. Hurts in the way it should. This is the rage that needs to be channeled against the Others.
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Post by Kai Rose on Feb 18, 2021 22:00:25 GMT -8
Self-hate was short-lived among soldiers. Either they died, their will to live subtly sapped by their misplaced Wrath, or they adjusted and got past it. Neither scenario spelled a long career in Summer.
It made sense. She was a force of destruction, desperately clinging to the human desire to be anything but -- but she was trying to scare Kai by destroying objects. Kai shook her head and just stared her down over the waiting arrow. It would fly when she was done, inevitability in motion.
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Firebringer
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Elemental Ifrit, Presence 3 (Intimidating)
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Post by Firebringer on Feb 19, 2021 16:04:40 GMT -8
Stop it. Get ahold of yourself you idiot. It was weird how she could become so intensely sick with rage in one moment and then be released from it in another instant. It was like a hot and cold effect and it wasn't welcome. She'd had enough of hot and cold. Warm would be fine.
But no. Battle. Focus. Kai is staring down that arrow at her. Dodge.
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Post by Kai Rose on Feb 20, 2021 15:56:18 GMT -8
"Time is a shooter's ally, not yours."
She ran, increasing the distance between them by about twenty yards and demonstrating the point. Now, Firebringer would have to move to close the distance or the advantage was all Kai's again.
"Why do you go by Firebringer? Such an oversimplification for such a complex being."
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Firebringer
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Elemental Ifrit, Presence 3 (Intimidating)
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Post by Firebringer on Feb 20, 2021 16:30:22 GMT -8
"It started as a joke and it was better than being called Zazzalil," She responds, focusing on closing in again. Right. "Maybe Zazz wouldn't have been too bad."
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Post by Kai Rose on Feb 20, 2021 16:37:41 GMT -8
"You aren't a joke. Think I'll go with Dani. Separates you from what They did."
The Polychromatic kept the dance up, moving even though Dani was faster than she was. The promised arrow flew in the midst of a strafe, tagging the Elemental solidly.
"You want to keep going?"
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Post by Firebringer on Feb 20, 2021 16:56:08 GMT -8
The arrows dug into her deep and she knew she wasn't long till she'd have to sit out a few days. There was a hint of confusion at Kai's words though. She didn't feel like it made her a joke. ...did it? You just get your nicknames from the comrades and they stick and... She didn't know how she felt about that now.
"Never really considered it an insult. And I've never been picky on names." My whole life I've gone by several random nicknames. This is just the Lost one that stuck. ...Is this a Polychromatic thing? Making you consider your whole existence? This is terrifying.
"At this point it is just a game of you shooting at me while I slowly try to close the gap again and the odds are definitely not in my favor. Glad you aren't one of our enemies, because we'd be screwed." She comes to a slow stop, a bit winded from the damage. Tired. Confused.
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Post by Kai Rose on Feb 20, 2021 17:10:46 GMT -8
"You've learned some things. Got to try some things out. Some things to work on, some skills to develop. I've learned some things too -- my Elemental Weapon doesn't do what yours does, and one day, I ought to learn that trick. It's good. Really good." She lowered the bow, offering the Elemental a bottle of water from her table before cracking one herself. The weapon and quiver found their way back into the case.
"Nobody meant it as an insult, but... with our people, names have power. The name we choose, the identity we pick, the relationship we select with what They made us." She gestured to the Ifrit with her bottle. "A firebringer is a flamethrower. A weapon, built to destroy. But you're so much more than your superpowers. We all are. Food for thought."
She shrugged, letting it marinate as she sipped her water.
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Firebringer
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Elemental Ifrit, Presence 3 (Intimidating)
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Post by Firebringer on Feb 20, 2021 17:40:43 GMT -8
She takes the water from Kai, opening it, but not drinking it yet. "A Firebringer is a person who decided that bigger things needed to happen to bring about change. We can only do so much to make progress taking baby steps. Sometimes that means we get ourselves into stupid situations that probably didn't need to happen, but we learn from it, eventually striking a balance." She shrugs and then takes a long sip of the water. "It was a musical reference when it started."
"But point taken." Perhaps another part of a name is how it causes others to view you. "Definitely got things to work on after this. It was a huge help. Thanks for kicking my butt," she says with a laugh.
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