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| KosST | Nov 14 2012, 04:16 PM Post #1 |
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The night of the journey underground arrives. Antoine had told the Kindred to meet him in the lobby of the Flamingo, a hotel that maintains as a regency. The Flamingo is the oldest resort/casino still in operation on the strip. It has a colorful, sordid history rooted deep in the culture of the city itself. However, due to it's age and lack of recent development, it attracts less attention than it did in decades past. It isn't a high traffic tourist area, and the crowds it attracts go there for nostalgia rather than excitement. With the trademark pink color and neon lights ever present, it was modern some time ago. The lobby is not nearly as busy as that of the Bellagio only two nights past. While Kine still mingle and check in, the numbers are certainly smaller. Antoine sits in a small chair in the lobby, awaiting the motley group. He is as out of place as the other Kindred in this environment, but nobody seems to notice or care. Once it seems like everybody is present, Antoine stands and leads the group out of the front door. Out waiting is a limo. A driver opens the door for Antoine and the group to enter. Antoine looks at his guests, particularly the Brides. "Don't have to take it, but figured we might as well splurge just the once." The limo then leaves the hotel, and begins driving towards a destitute part of the city. Those who join in the limo discuss on the way there. Those who choose to drive separately can meet at the next location. |
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| KosST | Dec 6 2012, 03:06 PM Post #91 |
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Initiative order: (Now including NPC defenses to factor in rolls) Dana - 16 Salvador - 16 Trina - 15 (Defense 2, armor 2) Antoine - 14 Whiskey - 14 (Defense 2) Ariadne - 14 Flannel Pants Kindred - 13 (defense 2) Female Kindred - 13 (defense 2) Sebastian - 12 Jacky-Boy 11 (Defense 3) Natasha - 10 (Defense 3) Dead Things - 9 (Defense 0) (Feel free to list actions out of order in your Private thread, or narrate appropriately if you do not intend to make a nasty-bad roll. When it gets to your time, we can just input that, pending actions changing what you would do. Dice can indicate swings in luck for how combat goes, but combat is not good on a play-by-post, so I'm going to try to focus on expediency more than anything else. So sorry about pushing this past mid-swing-of-things.) Edited by KosST, Dec 7 2012, 02:19 PM.
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| Daniel | Dec 6 2012, 03:10 PM Post #92 |
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Dana flinches momentarily as the shotgun blast fills the room, but seems to steel herself against the light and sound and keep her sensitive eyes trained on Natasha (OOC: Activating Unflinching Eye). "Get the fuck off of her!" she screams at Jacky as she throws herself into the fray, throwing savage kicks from her booted feet at the thrall's ribcage (OOC: 1 Success) Edit: Rerolled taking into account defense, still got one success. Edited by Daniel, Dec 6 2012, 04:43 PM.
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| Holy | Dec 6 2012, 06:52 PM Post #93 |
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Killjoy's hands cover his ears in surprise at the proximity of the gunshot. When Jacky charges, he begins lurching to his feet. "He's not the threat!" is shouted out at Dana, as she lunges in front of him. He about jostles the two Brides aside in his effort to join the fray, but suddenly he stills. "Begone," he commands, his face darkening except for the impossibly razor sharp fangs which glint like ivory beacons through the darkness. Hair stands on end, teeth grit, and there is the distinctly palpable feeling that the closer you get to Killjoy right now, the more of your fate will go down into his gullet and be lost to you forever.
Edited by Holy, Dec 6 2012, 06:53 PM.
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| KosST | Dec 6 2012, 07:03 PM Post #94 |
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Trina saunters past the mound of flesh, growing closer to the group. She stands tall, and raises a single finger to point at Natasha (and by extension the group of Kindred huddled together). Her voice rings out. "YOU DARE?" Her demeanor is intense, full of rage. The Kindred on the ground take a moment to look at the angry woman, but are otherwise unaffected. A moment passes before a brief look of confusion crosses Trina's face. She then howls in rage. ________________________ Antoine sees that the bundle of Kindred at the mound of flesh is difficult to interpret. Perhaps Salvador's warning has affected him in some fashion. He turns his attention to the Kindred from the shadows, particularly the woman with strange claws. He shakes his head at her for a moment before bringing his own talons against her. 1 success He slashes her, and though it tears flesh, the woman had backpeddled enough to avoid grievous harm. The woman snarls in response. ________________________ Whiskey initially runs towards the Brides to help, but at Salvador's warning, he hesitates for a moment. The big man is somewhat intimidated by Salvador, and his demeanor. He moves to bring his hammer down on Jacky, but instead slams it into the chain holding the man hostage. "Run Jacky!" The chain still holds, but Whiskey seems intent to break the chain, hoping that enough of Jacky remains not to fight back while he hammers away. ________________________ Edited by KosST, Dec 6 2012, 07:14 PM.
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| Kara | Dec 6 2012, 09:38 PM Post #95 |
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Ariadne remains rooted to her spot, staring at the developing fray like she was about to panic. Seeing Whiskey go after the chain with his hammer, though, seems to jolt her bolt to the moment, a scowl spreading across her face. Moving with careful purpose, she dodges the rest of the action and moves toward Jacky at the collar, beginning to work at the actual latch to get it removed, rather than just hammering away at it. Part way through her efforts she pauses, appearing slightly dazed. After a moment, she shakes her head and goes back to it, fingers moving quickly and precisely. |
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| KosST | Dec 6 2012, 10:03 PM Post #96 |
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Antoine spars with the man in the flannel pants, as well as the woman. He is keeping fairly good distance from them by slashing with his claws, However, at some point they get him between the two of them, and the man with flannel pants gets his arms around Antoine's waist. The woman takes this opportunity to slash at Antoine with her claws, digging into his shoulder somewhat while Antoine wrestles with the man. A palpable hit Antoine growls in anger a bit, a large gash running down his shoulder to his forearm on his right arm. Edited by KosST, Dec 6 2012, 10:11 PM.
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| KosST | Dec 6 2012, 11:16 PM Post #97 |
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(posting on behalf of TP) Sebastian grips the cleaver in his hands, gauging the situation. As the female kindred and her flannel pants friend struggle with Antoine, Sebastian lets out a bestial hiss, baring his fangs at them. They glance in his direction momentarily, blank animalistic looks on their face, while they continue to wrangle with Antoine. Besides the doe-eyed look at Sebastian, they hardly pay attention to anything besides the fight directly in front of them. Jacky-boy yelps in pain after being kicked by Dana, and skitters backwards away from Salvador, untangling himself from Natasha. Even while Whiskey and Ariadne attempt to free him, Jacky displays no real concern besides crawling away from Salvador, even though his chain and collar pull taught against his throat, preventing him from moving. Natasha scrambles to her feet once Jacky is off of her. She kneels for a moment, and pulls a small knife out of her boot. Two grotesque forms have pulled themselves out of the pile of bodies. The withered forms are broken and mishappen, with injuries clearly too mortal to be living, and portions picked over by scavengers. Tattered flesh matches their clothes, and dull, lifeless eyes track no movement.they slowly rise to their feet. They make their way towards the Brides and Salvador, the closest to the pile of meat. (Yo, this picture sets the mood but is really rather creepy/gross, so just saying) Spoiler: click to toggle (Dana's turn) Edited by KosST, Dec 6 2012, 11:29 PM.
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| Daniel | Dec 7 2012, 12:58 PM Post #98 |
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Dana grunts at Killjoy's admonition, but his now frightening presence makes her almost double-take. She accomplished the goal of her first attack, and a quick scan of the room shows Antoine in trouble. "Oh hell naw, you ain't ashin' our ticket outta here!" she exclaims as she joins the fray, trying to slam her knee into the small of the flannel-wearing man's back. The melee proves too chaotic, though, and the twists and turns of the grapple means she lands a glancing blow at best (OOC: 0 Successes). |
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| Holy | Dec 7 2012, 01:15 PM Post #99 |
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Killjoy inches away from Jacky, but keeps his gaze focused on the man, breaking it only to kneel and sweep up the shotgun that Natasha recently abandoned. (draw weapon) |
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| KosST | Dec 7 2012, 01:25 PM Post #100 |
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Trina places her hand upon the mound of flesh. Her voice rings out, clear despite the snarls and grunts of violence in the small chamber. "Fools! Damned, contemptible fools!" She knocks over a wrought iron pipe that held a brazier, scattering coals to the floor. "Weep as you die." The crackle and pop and noxious smell of burning flesh suffuses the chamber. Trina is hitting everyone in the room with awful badness. If you wish to spend a Willpower to boost your resistance, please do so rolling two additional dice BEFORE looking at your spoiler results. Luckily, she only got two successes. Making Composure + BP rolls for PCs. Dana Spoiler: click to toggle Salvador Spoiler: click to toggle Ariadne Spoiler: click to toggle Sebastian Spoiler: click to toggle |
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| KosST | Dec 7 2012, 01:25 PM Post #101 |
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Antoine's action - Antoine struggles for a moment against the grip of the man. He stakes a few steps forward, then pivots hard, shoving the man slightly off balance, and they both fall to a knee. Then Antoine frees one hand for a moment, bringing down his claws against his foe. The man's left shoulder opens up somewhat, but the man does not let go. Whiskey's action - Whiskey lets out a slight grunt of pain, and wobbles on his feet for a moment. He regains his footing, and then hammers at the chains locking down Jacky, hoping to free the somewhat feral man. Chain smash! The combined efforts of Whiskey and Ariadne result in Jacky's chain and collar being ripped free from it's tether. Jacky is no longer restrained, though what that means remains to be seen. Whiskey yells "GO!" and turns his attention elsewhere. |
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| Kara | Dec 7 2012, 02:29 PM Post #102 |
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With the chain now broken, Ariadne's previous focus in the room is removed, so she looks at the rest of the scene. Her eyes quickly lock onto Antoine and the man and woman he's engaged. One, two flickers of hesitation pass before she's back on her feet and moving toward the woman, almost single-minded in her focus as she reaches her target. She shoves with her all might, which is clearly not much. And yet, she manages to connect, pushing the woman off balance - if only for a moment. |
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| KosST | Dec 7 2012, 02:30 PM Post #103 |
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The man locked in a struggle with Antoine seemingly ignores the blow that Antoine rained down upon him. He wraps his arms firmly around Antoine before pulling himself to the ground with the Primogen. Antoine's arms get locked in place against the man, temporarily restrained. Antoine is in a bad place |
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| KosST | Dec 7 2012, 02:33 PM Post #104 |
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The woman who previously focused single-mindedly on Antoine is distracted for a moment by the shove of the Shadow. As Ariadne inserts herself into the conflict, the woman turns her attack onto Ariadne. She slashes ferociously with her claws at Ariadne's face and head, nearly tearing into her throat as a long slash gouges down Ariadne's face and upper chest. Her bangs slowly fall to the ground as the wound raises in dark painful rivers down her face. Welp, Ariadne also gets some awful in her face (Sebastian's turn) Edited by KosST, Dec 7 2012, 02:35 PM.
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| tpenrod | Dec 7 2012, 02:55 PM Post #105 |
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His previous efforts unsuccessful, Sebastian curses himself as he sees Ariadne jump into the fray, putting both herself and Antoine in the middle of the two foes. He takes only a second to make a decision, favoring his Primogen's safety over that of the quiet girl he barely knows. Priming the cleaver in his hand, blood flowing through him. He spots an opening as he throws it with a fierce velocity towards the two struggling on the ground, landing sharply in the man's back Sebastian smiles to himself in satisfaction, though prepares himself, looking for the next target and keeping an eye on Ariadne. |
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| KosST | Dec 7 2012, 03:09 PM Post #106 |
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Jacky-boy, now freed, crawls on all fours away from the place the chain had held him. He quickly finds himself hiding behind the imposing form of Trina, peering through legs like a scared puppy. Natasha gives quick chase, hounding behind Jacky and taking her small boot-knife in hand, she presses forward to Trina. She tries to slash wildly at her former leader. She lets out a wild, ferocious yell as Trina deftly steps back and leans out of the way of her knife. No luck for Natasha despite using all she has The dead things rise. One follows Natasha, shambling and grabbing her ankle, restricting her movement. The other joins the other fight, attempting to grab hold of Sebastian, whose back is turned to the rotting form. It fails miserably to establish any hold on the magician. (Top of the round, back to Dana) |
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| Daniel | Dec 7 2012, 03:29 PM Post #107 |
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Natasha's charge takes Dana by surprise, but if there's one things the Brides have, it's each others' backs. She leaves Antoine to fight the two Kindred with Ariadne, instead focusing on the zombie grabbing Tasha's ankle. She brings her heel down on the emaciated arm of the corpselike form, which responds with a sickening crunch (OOC: 2 Successes) |
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| Holy | Dec 7 2012, 04:28 PM Post #108 |
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*KABOOM* (three successes) Killjoy racks the shotgun, his eyes following the flesh and ash which is blasted from the girl on Ariadne. Not enough to drop her, but a start. |
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| KosST | Dec 7 2012, 05:42 PM Post #109 |
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Trina angrily stares at the group as they were generally immune to another one of her attacks. She hisses as she backpeddles a step, clearly losing some confidence. "Suffer! You shall suffer!" (Randomly selecting target based off of initiative order (1-7 of coterie - Roll = Seriously fate? Antoine? Ok.... ) "Watch as your goddess abandons you!" Her hair raises on end as her dark eyes become swirling whirlpools. (Trina Roll ) (Sorry Antoine, 1 success short) Antoine is struggling with a man who now has a cleaver in his back. He had begun to get the upper hand, turning the man on to the defensive, and nearly escaping. But now, he immediately goes limp, and begins howling and weeping in some unseen state of pain. He no longer puts up any restraint against the man, instead trapped somewhere far away in his mind. |
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| KosST | Dec 7 2012, 05:49 PM Post #110 |
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Whiskey struggles to keep track of what is going on, but he's no longer stumbling on his feet so much. Whatever was causing him to not be as stable and cognizant has passed. He takes a moment to reconsider his surroundings, and joins the fray against Trina and one zombie. He brings the hammer down sickeningly against the corpses back, collapsing it's rib cage. (Whoops, lost my link, 3 successes on the dead thing) |
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| Kara | Dec 7 2012, 06:01 PM Post #111 |
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Ariadne lets out a scream when the claws rip through her skin, stumbling back in pain. Some touch of fury does make it to her features, however, and despite the grievous damage done, she isn't dissuaded from jumping back into the fray. This time, she attempts to pull the man off of Antoine's limp form. Despite her best efforts, however, she isn't able to interrupt his grip. |
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| KosST | Dec 7 2012, 06:09 PM Post #112 |
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Ariadne's feeble attempt doesn't even provide a distraction to the man holding the broken Primogen. He doesn't adjust his behavior at all. Rather, he hisses at the woman, practically offering Antoine up on a platter to her continued assault. The woman with razor hands is torn. Her bestial mind desires the joy of a kill and the removal of a grievous foe, and revenge against the man who just shot her. (like many things, we let fate decide. Dice roll to choose target - 1-7 is Antoine, 8-10 is Salvador) Ok seriously fate hates Antoine. With a snarl, her pale flesh swells with color as she joyously savages the defenseless body of Antoine rather than dealing with the angry Salvador. Antoine's body has been torn and ravaged over the course of this night, and his form is covered in grievous wounds. |
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| tpenrod | Dec 8 2012, 09:01 PM Post #113 |
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Sebastian appears visibly desperate given his Primogen's state. With a quick flash, a blade flies from his hand, a throwing knife which lands it's target. Sebastian can only hope it is enough. He then attempts to put himself between the Kindred woman and Antoine, moving closer into the fray. |
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| KosST | Dec 9 2012, 01:33 PM Post #114 |
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As another knife sinks into the man with the flannel pants, the man lets out a beastial snarl as he releases his vise-like grip on Antoine. Antoine is able to stumble to his feet, while the creature with two knives in his back whirls around ferociously looking at all the potential combatants. Jacky-boy continues to whimper at the heels of his master. Natasha remains calm as the decrepit creature continues to try and wrestle a stronger grip on her. She tries to slash at the knuckles holding her leg. Natasha severs the hand that had gripped against her, though the dead thing doesn't react. It instead tries to gnaw on her thigh. It sinks it's teeth into her leg, it's jaw barely holding on through the thick jeans of the bride. The second dead thing continues to shamble after Sebastian, the closest victim present. While previously it tried to grab at the vampire, now it swings it's limbs wildly. It connects a glancing blow (1 bashing to Sebastian) (Top of the order to Dana) |
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| Daniel | Dec 9 2012, 06:49 PM Post #115 |
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"Come on, finish this fucking thing!" Dana punctuates her words with her fists, driving into the zombie with frustration and fear. The blows rain hard on the creature's back, possibly enough to stop its motion (OOC: 3 Successes). |
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| Holy | Dec 9 2012, 07:40 PM Post #116 |
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Killjoy blasts another glancing hit on the girl with the razor-fingers, following Sebastian's lead and moving up, making himself an easier target. |
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| KosST | Dec 9 2012, 10:42 PM Post #117 |
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The zombie that had assaulted Natasha reels from the blows delivered by Dana. The pummeling of the Bride smashes through it's already weakened frame, as bits of blood and flesh fall to pieces. Given the fury with which the Brides on the whole savaged it, it has disintegrated into little more than a pile of flesh, which now rests still. ______________ (random target - Salvador, apparently) Trina rests a casual hand on Jacky's head. "Defend me, love." She then looks at the complicated melee away from her immediate vicinity, and her swirling eyes land upon Salvador. "You're helpless. Totally helpless." ______________ Antoine, released from the grip of the bestial man takes a small step back and assesses the situation. "Anesidora, please...." he whispers to himself. He then crouches into a ready position while staring at the two feral Kindred, waiting for something to occur (holding action). _____________________ Whiskey sees that the initial zombie has been destroyed and looks around the small chamber at the carnage that is ensuing. He then snarls and attempts to bring his hammer against Trina herself. Whiskey fails Trina deftly avoids any connection from Whiskey's angry swing, seemingly invulnerable from harm. _____________________ |
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| Kara | Dec 10 2012, 11:20 AM Post #118 |
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Ariadne keeps her eye on the woman with claws as she slinks next to Antoine, placing herself partly between her and him. She takes no further action, but murmurs under her breath. (Hold Action + Free Social) Spoiler: click to toggle |
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| KosST | Dec 10 2012, 11:49 AM Post #119 |
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The beast in flannel paces back and forth for a moment, hissing at everyone present in the small brawl - even the razor woman. (Frenzy hates Salvador this time) Salvador doubles over in some torment, and the hissing man takes advantage of the opportunity. He runs over to the bent over man and pounces, raining fists and kicks on the Kindred. Still, he only managers to feebly connect with Salvador. (1 bashing to Salvador) __________________________ |
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| KosST | Dec 10 2012, 12:57 PM Post #120 |
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The razor woman gauges vulnerable targets. (She wishes to keep distance from the flannel man, so eyes Ariadne as the weakest target) Razor girl streaks towards Ariadne, slashing to try and kill the weakened girl. Ariadne is on her toes, however, anticipating the strike. The forms blur together, with the shadow barely evading a slash. (Defense beats claws today) In response to the assault on Ariadne, Antoine leaps to take the opportunity, getting in a quick swipe (1 hit) before re-positioning to surround the woman. (Sebastian's turn) |
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