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  1. Two swift blows into the brigand left the man stunned, and with Jilyn taking care of the other, that just left Willow to circle around behind the man and launch a fist at the back of his head, hoping to finish him. With that taken care of, the centre would be clear for now, though it seemed a good amount of men were amassing on the other side of Rivane... 'What's the plan, Rivane? Got a lot of 'em bunched up!" Willow to 10,14 punch Bandit 1
  2. "Well Oi appreciate it, wouldn't exactly say Oi'm normal by most folks standards, but Oi'm not quite that far gone." Catrin replied, tensing a bit as Tokiwa continued, her tail ceasing it'd idle swishing for just a moment before resuming. If she was AHI and actually had access to dossiers containing what they were testing, she had to be incredibly high up the chain of command. In theory, the beam tech specifically was entirely top secret, but CEN didn't have enough authority on Callisto to truly work independently of AHI if they forced the issue. But did she? It wouldn't have been... too difficult to get Catrin's affiliation, and she had offered her name freely, so that wasn't out of the question. When Selumine came back wearing the dress, Catrin didn't really have much recourse for telling the Martian to be careful without tipping her hand, although the fact that Tokiwa knew Selu's name, which explicitly hadn't been mentioned, did lead some sort of credence to what she was saying. Someone with an old dossier trying to stir shit wouldn't have had that information at hand. "Good stuff is certainly a good way to descroibe it. As Oi'm sure you know, Oi'm not really at liberty to discuss it." Catrin began, taking a step towards Selu and giving the smaller woman's hand a squeeze once she finished her twirl and flourish, hoping she would take the hint before the conversation continued. "Look at what we 'ave 'ere, miss supermodel Selu. She does look quite good on you, aye? Oi knew it would... if it's a lil big Oi'm sure the shop can adjust it, or maybe they 'ave one in a different soize. This is Tokiwa, works for AHI... said she recognoized us from the foiles and wanted to see 'ow we were doin'. Just foine, by the way, just hopin' to enjoy a day out on the town, see the soights and all the good stuff you can only really foind 'ere in the commercial district."
  3. As the last swordfighter met her gaze, the fear in his eyes was evident. Good, feel what they must have felt when the tides turned, as your end now comes for you. he gripped his blade, resolve seeming to return to him, and charged. Roxanne readied herself to meet his blade, but he swung at Alvira instead. "Coward." She muttered under her breath as the man was swiftly chopped down from a combination of Alvira and another of their allies. The Belrose taking out the man that had accosted her on the flank left... no one else within striking distance. Roxanne's anger simmered, but short of trying to blast through the walls, there was little she could do with no target. Alvira's request snapped her out of her thoughts momentarily, the swordsman's blade having bit into her somewhat severely. Shaking her head and pulling out her staff, the sheep pressing it against her fire dragon ally. "Yes, yes... of course, Alvira. Hold still." Roxanne replied as she stitched Alvira's wounds closed, her conduits darting about the air around her, twitching and erratically shuffling about as they tried to find a hostile target, their turbulent and unstable motions reflecting the psyche of their holder as they stood primed to fire at the first sign of enemy movement. Roxanne to 15,15 heal Alvira
  4. "It looks about your soize, I'm sure if it's a little bit off they can 'ave someone adjust it, aye." Catrin nodded in agreement, giving Selumine a wave as her date darted off to the change rooms with a wink. She seemed rather excited about the dress at least, so that was an excellent start. Catrin had been about to start looking for more pieces when her ears twitched in the direction of a woman approaching her, the fox from across the store. The woman seemed friendly enough, commenting how cute it was to see young love bloom on a date, that sort of romantic stuff... but something about her felt the slightest bit odd to Catrin. 'We aren't in uniform... how does she know we're CEN?' Catrin pondered, though she accepted the handshake without hesitation regardless. This Tokiwa apparently worked for AHI... given how many fingers the organization had within the testing base's pie, it wasn't outside the realm of possibility that she recognized Catrin herself at least from some sort of personnel file. Selumine was such a new arrival that her side was more dubious, but if she knew Catrin herself was CEN, then the association wasn't entirely out of the question. Odd though, to be certain. "Catrin. Pleasure meetin' ya, Tokiwa. Bloody right 'bout the weekend, no better chance to come into town and 'ang round the place. Oi'll 'ave to tell 'er you knew straight off we were on a date, she thought folk would pin us for sisters or somethin'. Right cute she is, but a little lackin' for confidence sometoimes... just means Oi need to 'elp 'er out of 'er shell." Catrin replied, unable to help the smile adorning her face thinking of Selu.
  5. "Course Oi would. You can lack proide all you want, but Oi'm proud to 'ave ya. C'mon now, not just miniskirts, Selu. Leggins, yoga pants, Oi've got some range y'know? But you got me, Oi do hope you'll grab a few things t'show off for me." Catrin teased further as they went along their merry way, reaching down and, while not brusquely grabbing her as threatened, the taller women did give her date a light pat on the back end, sticking her tongue out at her. As they finally reached the dizzying array of stores in the shopping district, Selumine seemed a little overwhelmed. Catrin had been ready to point out a few places if nothing caught Selu's eye, but within a few moments of steadying herself, she had started towards a nearby store. Comet Coveralls... Catrin hadn't patronized this particular venue before, but it wasn't a lack of endorsement so much as just the sheer volume of other options. She hadn't even stepped foot inside before. Selu was ready to try elsewhere if it didn't fit her needs, but despite the lack of customers inside, the selection seemed to be fine at first glance. Speaking of the customers, one immediately caught Catrin's eye across the way. It was rare to see someone with as many augments as she had, that was to be certain. Her gaze didn't linger on the fox woman for more than a moment or two, her ears giving a twitch as she turned towards the clothing racks, squeezing Selu's hand. "Lets see, lets see... did you want to split up and meet at the change rooms lookin', or go 'round together and pick things out, Selu?" Catrin asked, although she didn't wait to start looking through the selections, pulling out a shimmering blue dress and holding it up to Selu's figure for sizing. The pattern on it was pretty but not especially elaborate, the deep blue fabric covered in a motif of shooting stars twinkling on a night sky. "What do you think, Selu? Personally, Oi like the colour on ya."
  6. "Nyahaha... Selu, love, iffin' you wanna be with lil' ol' me, you're going to 'ave to learn to accept these things. Next time ya doubt yerself Oi'm grabbin' yer arse." Catrin teased further, sticking her tongue out at Selumine and swaying her hips, daring the smaller woman to retaliate as they began to walk in the direction of the mall with Catrin quickly taking the lead. Selu really was adorable when she got riled up and flustered, it made it difficult to avoid trying to tease her relentlessly. Not that it wasn't worth it, the reaction she had gotten from Selu leaving Catrin's ears twitching and tail swaying as they walked, smile beaming. "Dresses catch yer fancy, aye? Oi can't say Oi know too much about what's in fashion for dresses, but Oi'm sure we can foind somethin' that looks good on ya, Selu. But loike Oi said, don't just rely on me, aye? Even iffin ya don't know roight now what would look good, sometoimes you just see it on the rack and it clicks. Don't be afraid to grab stuff that catches your oi while Oi'm browsin, aye?"
  7. "Ooh if you're lettin' me pick stuff out for you to model, they won't think you're my little sister for very long, love. Although iffin' you're lookin' for stuff on the fancier end, perhaps not... well, if there's ever any doubt..." Catrin teased, pulling Selu in close and stealing a kiss from the smaller woman, holding her in for a few moments before releasing. Within moments of finishing her impromptu PDA, Catrin gave Selumine's hand a squeeze, beginning to lead her in the direction of the nearby mall. Clothes shopping could be a good time to be certain, and while Selu seemed to want to model Catrin's selections, Catrin was curious was Selu herself would choose. "A' course, Oi don't really know too much about your style just from the issued stuff. Oi'll grab things Oi think would look good on you, obviously... but Oi'm more interested in seein' what sorta threads you see yourself in, aye?"
  8. Roxanne shook underneath Cassandra's hand, her figure violently seizing with every sob that escaped her. She heard Cass, she knew she was right. This was the fault of Kazran. Kazran for being in power, Kazran for being a racist bastard, Kazran for taking Jane, Kazran for existing as a useless heap of flesh, belching the toxic miasma of his rhetoric into the air, turning the very oxygen he wasted foul and unfit to give life with it's vile stench. Roxanne had been willing to accept a suicide charge... if she died alongside them so be it, they would have gone together. But to be the one of few... perhaps the sole survivor if things had gone to the worst? It was a weight too heavy to bear. And yet, the Tigers were right, as another, Syndra this time, tried to encourage her. Perhaps some still lived. Kazran was a beast, more a monster than any who bore the name. If he had captured any alive, they might... just might, still breathe, if only to be sold or dissected later. Did she have the right to hold onto that hope? If she did, and it was false, could she handle being forced to face their deaths a second time in one day? "If I can't save you... then I'll avenge you..." Roxanne managed, somewhat soft, through her sobs. Forcing her body to move, she slowly stood, her movements almost mechanical as she began to step forward. The tears still strewn down her face as the violent crying ceased. She couldn't... couldn't change the past. M had warned her that she might not have a week, but all Roxanne had been capable of doing was trusting that she would. That hadn't happened. They were gone. That was set in stone. But the future... the future was different. Roxanne hadn't arrived at Beacon Keep alone, aiming to kill as many as she could before she was cut down. She had brought an army. "Die. They all die. Every single one." The sheep managed, as the pace of her strides increased. Cass, as well as a few of the Tigers made boastful war cries. Roxanne didn't have it in her to scream, to yell, not yet. She simply walked forward with fury smoldering behind her eyes, those eyes locking on to the first man she saw standing. Holding a wicked lance, designed to tear monsters apart flesh from bone. A lance still coated in blood. Roxanne grit her teeth as the anger welled up in her, magic flaring like a beacon as her whole body began to glow. Without even a command, her conduits loosed themselves from her. Disarm the foul weapon. The first burst of light searing into the joint of his armour, breaking through with ease and separating the arm from his body at the elbow. Next the shield. Through the wrist, one smooth motion, as the second arm lost it's hand. Third, make the martyr kneel. Kneel? No. Both knees, guarded only by pathetic steel, severed from the leg. It might have been one second now. The man finally let out the first of many agonized screams as the pain began to register only after he had been relieved of all four limbs. How did they scream, when you plunged your abomination of a weapon into their flesh, fried their magic circuits? Mercy? No. The funnels swarmed. Shot after shot, violently rending and searing flesh with blast after blast of light, the man's body riddled with holes before it had even thudded into the ground. As it finally touched the Earth beneath, stone itself scorched from the beams that had effortlessly torn through flesh and metal. Kidney. Liver. Shoulder. Groin. Tricep. Groin. Several ribs from the right cage. Groin. Groin. Groin. The man's screams had ceased by this point, lungs too exhausted to expel air. Yet he still breathed. Barely. Only for another moment. Grabbing him by the head, Roxanne stared directly into one eye, as the other came flush with the gem on her bangle. Looking over to the pike on the floor, she quietly uttered her farewell. "That. You die for that." Light gathered in her bangle as she pressed the gem directly onto the soldier's undefended eye. The glow was intense, immaculate. The eye was immediately blinded. Screams rang out anew as Roxanne's light began to bore, slowly, meticulously, calculated. Uselessly writhing under her hand as she boiled the eye from it's socket. Screams lasted only a few moments. This one was finished then. Bringing the blade of light to completion, it concluded it's boring, spearing through the man's skull and leaving a smoldering hole in the floor beneath. One killed. One avenged. The first of many. Standing upright, Roxanne stared at the remaining swordsman. Hate. Unbridled fury. "You're next. Strike me down if you can... if you can't. All of you die." Roxanne to 15,11, viciously murder Lance Armour 1 with Shine
  9. While the man's... Kieran, she thought she recalled, encouragement was well intentioned, it ultimately didn't last. Entering the sea cave, things were immediately obvious. The Black Swarm was docked, which meant M had already launched her attack. And there were certainly no sounds of fighting echoing through the cavern and castle, which meant... Roxanne bit her lip as the Maelstrom drew closer, drawing blood from the force. As their ship drew to the dock, agonizingly slowly, the picture was painted clear. Or rather red. Blood splattered on the floors, obvious signs of damage to the infrastructure, discarded and broken weapons. There was no way to try and sugarcoat anything any longer. "That's the Black Swarm... no, M, no no no no..." Roxanne choked out, tears starting to stream down her face as she hung over the railing, every detail becoming more vivid as they approached land. She needed to get closer, see what had been left behind, for any hope that maybe it wasn't as bad as things looked, but... "M... why didn't you wait... why, why, why..." The sheep barely managed to croak out, as the faces of her companions flashed before her eyes. This whole thing had been a suicide charge from the outset... they all knew it to some degree. That was why M had bothered to send her out, to try to find something, anything. A deep part of Roxanne wanted to believe they had won, but it seemed impossible. As soon as the Maelstrom came close enough to land, Roxanne took a few steps back before breaking into a sprint, vaulting over the side of the ship into the dock. She stumbled upon landing, but was back up and sprinting within moments, dashing to the nearest signs of battle. As she had made out from the boat... blood, obvious fighting. But no bodies. The victor had taken the time to clean up the corpses, and the Black Swarm had not departed after the battle. Roxanne lowered herself to the floor, hugging her arms around her knees as she buried her face in them. There wasn't any more denying it... M had beaten them here. she hadn't given Roxanne her week, she had attacked beforehand. And the pirates wouldn't have cleaned the corpses of Kazran's men from the docks and occupied the Keep, which meant the current state of things... The dam broke. Roxanne began to sob into her knees, violent and ugly, chest heaving as she couldn't control the wailing from escaping her. The ball she had curled up into shaking as she sobbed. The message had been a long shot but Roxanne couldn't have done anything but trust M would wait for her. Trust that hadn't played out. Had anyone survived? Kazran had taken a prisoner in Jane before, but that had been a small skirmish, nothing... nothing like this. "Everyone... everyone is... no..." Roxanne whimpered through her tears, barely audible over the heavy sobbing, each breath racking her frame as they violently left her.
  10. "And 'ere we are, Selu. Remansburg, th'biggest city on Callisto. Can't really say Oi know too much about what they've got goin' on the other rocks, but asoide from the 'abitat colonies, this is as 'igh loife 'round these parts. Nothin' loike the mega metropolis stuff they've got in the flicks from the mudball, but 'ey, good food and booze, good shoppin', and plenty a' entertainment no matter what'cher poison is. None too shabby, if Oi do say so." Catrin announced with a flourish, spreading her arms out wide and giving a spin in place as she hopped off the shuttle, extending her arm out to Selumine to help her down as the augmented soldier came to a stop from her spin, ears giving a twitch as her tail wagged absentmindedly. There was more of a story to tell in regards to this city, but Selu had no need to see the parts of it that she had been more accustomed to in her youth... no place for a lady, that was for certain. What kind of date would it be to drag her to the slums rather than soak in the glitz and glamour? "Now Oi said Oi'd show you 'round love, but give me a little direction, ya? What sorta 'ijinks are y'lookin ta get into with little ol' me, nya?" Catrin followed up, teasing the Martian with an overly exaggerated feline paw gesture, barely able to finish the ridiculous pose without breaking into a giggle. "Seriously though, iffin you've got anythin' that catches your Oi, tell me. Oi can give you a tour, but a more personaloized one is more fun, aye? The bigwigs from AHI wanted to bring over all a' them creature comforts when they built up this place, so we ain't really lackin' for anythin'. Desoigned from the ground up to be a lavish playground for them to Lord over the lot of us from." Catrin concluded, looking to Selumine expectantly. What she said would determine which direction the pair would dash off to first of as many as they could fit into the day trip.
  11. The days in Eslcas had managed to both fly by and yet also crawl at a snail's pace. Roxanne had found herself imbued with knowledge from tutors she could have only dreamed of having the chance to study from, had met and made a few fast friends even if their time together would be short. Yet, every moment where she was unsure about how this assault would go was painfully slow. Unable to tell M that Jane was safe, to cool her temper just enough to coordinate their vengeance without need to rush and ensure her safety. A letter sent ahead was the best she was able to do, and with no way to know whether M had received it with no coordinates to find her, naught but a vague direction from which she would sail, the tension was becoming unbearable. At least they were arriving. By the end of the night, Kazran would lie dead, or instead they would in the attempt. Yet Roxanne found her nerves not at all calmed. It was quiet, far too quiet. Even now, as their avenue of attack came into view through the fog... no patrols whatsoever. It had always been sparsely guarded, that was the whole plan. Break the meager defenses, swarm the keep from the inside and sever the snake's head from his body. But no resistance at all? No ships at all, not even a scouting vessel dotted in the waters? And no sign or M either. They were ahead of schedule to be certain, but not so much that M would have not yet been nearby, and surely nothing prowling the coastal waters would have been enough to waylay her from this, of all things. As one of Gaffney's men pointed out the obvious ease of their arrival, the pit in Roxanne's stomach grew, the sheep grinding her teeth and fidgeting as she leaned just a little further over the railing, eyes desperate to make out something, anything to tell her that the rest of M's crew were just now to sail into view. Shark Tail
  12. Willow let out a low whistle at the Princess' display, sidestepping the incoming axe before retaliating with her impressive blade. Wouldn't wanna be at the business end of that thing. She looked like she would take the man out with another engagement, so that just left his backup. Dashing out from the treeline, Willow came out swinging. Willow to 12,14, punch bandit 1
  13. "Hehe... well, I'll leave you two to being impulsive then, if you're both healthy enough to get embarrassed, then I've played my part." Roxanne teased, putting a finger to her lips somewhat coyly as she took a few steps away from the pair. Scanning the field, a few things stuck out in Roxanne's mind. For one thing, as the canid who had thanked her for healing the bouncy lizard approached said lizard, she immediately seemed to spring back up from the ground. That was good, it meant her fatigue was properly assuaged despite having remained on the ground for a few moments afterwards. Second, and of far more glitz and glamour, was the frankly absurdly impressive bolganone spell that had been performed within the vicinity of Tio and Alvira, even eclipsing Kise's prior, and very impressive in it's own right, display. Just based on those context clues... the strawberry blonde had to be the other Evoker that had been mentioned prior, right? For there to be yet another mage of that caliber simply traipsing about Eslcas on top of the three she had already witnessed simply seemed improbable to the point it didn't seem worth considering. Well, only one way to find out she supposed. Approaching the gaggle of casters with a gentle skip in her step, Roxanne gave a low whistle at Alvira's casting as well. It wasn't anywhere near as flashy as the bolganone, but the elfire was clearly well put together and had burned bright on it's own, Alvira seeming proud of the spell. "Nicely done, Alvira. I didn't really see your match since I was sparring with Miria, but looking good. And I can only assume from that bolganone that you, miss, are the second Evoker I've heard about from Miss Tio and Alvira. Roxanne Vallena, charmed to make your acquaintance." The sheep gave a quick curtsy to the fire mage, her suspicions on the woman's identity would be confirmed or denied in short order.
  14. Comparing Thrima to Crimson War Axe: Thrima: -Special Acceleration - Atk/Def -6 Spread Debuff - Omni +5 - Penalty doubler - Full Tempo - Spd based NFU - Spd refine available War axe: - Spd+3 - Atk/Spd+6 - Special charge +1 - First attack DR So at a glance, Thrima has a lot more packed into it. Thrima offers a lot more in the way of raw bulk stats, frees you up from running NFU in B/S slots or support, and importantly gives you access to the slaying effect. Crimson war axe potentially offers slightly more Spd(+1 assuming spd refined Thrima, if you don't have a Spd debuff to double, alongside charge rate and pierceable DR. While War axe previously couldn't effectively run Vital Astra or Godlike Reflexes, Emblem marth patches this weakness(although emblem marth on Thrima also basically guarantees GLR looping, with either AS Pledge or charge rate support also making it incredibly easy to loop if you don't have Marth access when paired with it's inbuilt tempo) Thrima is definitely an upgrade on Shez' prf, especially as DR piercing becomes more widespread, negating the main advantage of Crimson War Axe. As for whether Shez herself is a worthwhile use of the axe, i think so. There are currently no axe infantry with higher BST than her, although we could very well get one soon. Her statspread is competitive Spdwise with Effie and Fallen linus at -1 spd, but she loses a fair amount of Atk to those two in return for a hefty res lead. Fast mergeable axes in other movement types aren't in particularly high supply either. The main negative towards giving Shez Thrima is that her prf itself is still plenty usable in it's own right. Compared to someone like VEffie or the ninjas who doesn't have prfs but have comparable stat spreads, she would gain more benefit than Shez. Still, if you're invested in and want to improve Shez without much care for her comparable infantry then she'll see an appreciable boost from Thrima. And for what it's worth, AS Clash is a reasonable pickup, especially if you don't already have something like Finish on her already.
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