Post by Vio on May 28, 2017 11:28:02 GMT -5
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Well, that didn’t take long, assessed Soredama Kujaku as things began to whirr into action. Meandering through the would-be spectators was no real way to pass the time, but apparently there was very little time to pass. Iron bars shot up from the deck on all sides, rattling and groaning as they ascended and encapsulated the audience. Panic spread like wildfire on dry tallgrass, surprise and confusion quickly turning to fear and frenzy as body after body scrabbled, slammed and scurried in desperation to escape their prison. None of these folk would attend a concert again – not for a long while and maybe a few therapy sessions later at least.“Screw the plan!” yelled the false idol:
“Guards, seize Sparkles!”“Hmm– Oh…”
Green eyes searched and settled upon the sight of the singer true, noting the precarious and no doubt painful positioning of legs and solid metal. The look on Miss Evershine’s face was an apt indicator of the experience and even Jack pursed her lips, feeling muscles tense. A comparable experience had once occurred when, in trying to clean and load her first rifle, she had accidentally discharged the weapon. Still, that thought was brushed aside as her focus returned to the action proper.
The feel of a six-shooter in each hand helped to tune in on her targets – the guards. Knees bent, heels clicked mechanically, the Stray Bullet’s eyes sharpened like a cat’s, ready to pounce. And pounce was exactly what she intended to do. With one, two, three broad strides, the gunslinger bolted from her position at speed. Four, five, six strides and she hopped. Gadgetry clicked into action as both heels pressed into the sturdy timbers of the deck, the woman’s body crouching and arms crossing so that her weapons hung in her grasp at either side of her head.Chik–Chak!
“Gazeru…” All of a sudden, the dark-haired dame darted into the air, propelled by spring-loaded tension. So quick was the release and return of the source that even the sharpest of eyes might have struggled to see the mechanisms at work – curved extensions that slipped free of her calves and then returned. Even so, Jack was now airborne and twisting, head over heels and arms unwound.
Bang! Pew! Hot lead whistled through the air. One guard toppled almost instantly, face-planting his own mask. A second, on the opposite side of the cage, jerked and stepped backwards, slumping against the galleon’s guardrail. Those two were downed, each by a single bullet to the skull. Bullets three through five sailed through the air, downing two more men and knocking a third’s mask clean out of his mitt and into the waters below. By now Jack’s legs were pointed straight towards the skies, her vision flipped as she led her sixth target.
But she held the bullet.I can’t make that, the gunner noted:
I’ll wind up shooting a civilian…Click… Bang!
Oh…didn’t expect that. The spring-heeled siren’s sixth bullet was given a fresh target, drawn by the sound of a pistol being aimed at her and the cocking of the hammer. Fortunately, no man present was as skilled with a gun as she, the fastest draw. The revolver’s bullet flew down the trajectory of her opponent’s aim and, before the punier pistol could even have its trigger squeezed, the round ended up corking the barrel. Instead, all that the guardsman’s shot ended up doing was spitting two bullets just a few feet and coughing wisps of blackened gun smoke.
“Don’t worry,” Jack said with a straight face, landing just shy of her target and the caging which separated them. “I hear there’re some discreet treatments for that.” No sooner had she made her quip than the markswoman had bounded towards the twilit skies again, this time offering a prolonged glimpse of metallic curvature and taut coil as her cybernetic augmentations absorbed the brunt of her impact. Springs tensed, then uncoiled again, sending her sailing over the connecting metal crossbar and down behind her foe.
Thwack! An elbow to the kidney made the henchman gasp through the vent of his mask. Swish! A spinning sweep of her leg, stance low, sent the unfortunate soul head over heels and onto his back as the feline female stood up straight. Over her shoulder, muzzle pointing straight down, she held loosely the grip and trigger of her weapon. A quick click sent a seventh bullet down through the glass eyepiece of the breathing apparatus, recoil aiding the next display of gunplay as the silver-white six-shooter span around the fingers and knuckles of her left hand as she stretched it out to the side.
Bang! The eighth shot sailed sideways, striking yet another of Estelle’s goon squad square in the chest as he raced at her with a sword. Likewise, a second squad member was doing the same from her right, to which Jack responded by using the weapon’s recoil again to her advantage. Elbow bending inward as the revolver reeled in her grip, she stopped it dead before her chest, clutched in a reversed grip. Her pinkie pulled the trigger, halting her assailant in his tracks as she twirled the gun again. In one smooth motion, she blew smoke and soot from the barrel and thrust it into its holster at her hip.“Hey, ‘Sprinkles Nevershone’,” she called out:
“I’ve still got three left – which do you want…?”{OOC}’s marksmanship on full display, she carves through the opposition, taking down numerous goons and clearing the cage. But how’s Estelle going to react to being taunted in such a way?
Goons – 7 Downed, 1 Unmasked
Jack’s Battle Status
Yoningumi (A); Holstered, 0/6 Rounds
Yoningumi (B); Right Hand, 3/6 Rounds
Yoningumi (C); Holstered, 6/6 Rounds
Yoningumi (D); Holstered, 6/6 Rounds
Futarigumi (R); Not Primed, 24/24 Rounds
Futarigumi (L); Not Primed, 24/24 Rounds
Raika; Sheathed, Not Loaded, Not Charged
Hazumuken; Concealed
Reference – Jack’s Updated Armaments
1. Gazeru
“Gazelle”
An appropriately named technique, Miss Soredama makes use of her spring-loaded heel extensions to propel herself several feet into the air, often using either the Yoningumi or Raika to fire down upon available targets. The technique is aptly named as it mimics the stotting behaviour of wild Gazelle, especially as it is used defensively.
Starring…
Soredama Kujaku (012345)
Sparkles Evershine (d8b000)
Sprinkles Nevershone (d42d76)
Sleeping Seaking Owner (ffffff)
[/ul][/spoiler][/font][/sup][/blockquote][/div][/div][/div]Sparkles Evershine (d8b000)
Sprinkles Nevershone (d42d76)
Sleeping Seaking Owner (ffffff)