Post by Jess on Jul 7, 2022 18:16:17 GMT -5
What’re you waiting for, high noon or something?!
Just one chance…! Snow white hair unleashed as the gunwoman took off her hat to minimize her profile and looked down the iron sights which ran along her rifle, those ruby red eyes were patient and potent as they ran along what she could see on top of the deck of the lightweight cruiser which had interrupted her, and she waited to make her munition count for as much as she could.
So you’re their ace shooter, huh? Squinting with that scarlet stare and waiting to see which of the bodies in white seemed to be manning the cannon which had been showering and spraying her for the past couple of minutes, Miss Murdock felt the glossiness of her brow trickle down her temple as she waited with baited breath for a sight of their best shooter, and then made use of a single round to ensure that second best would be all they could muster from here on out.
Sorry for the headache, sunshine…! Squeezing that trigger gently and feeling no shortage of relief as cork shot over the shortening distance which separated the two ships and pounded into his nose with force enough not only to make it bleed but also send him stumbling backward, lead would have taken that skull clean off his shoulders but as always on a job like this Mandy liked to have her bark be worse than her bite, and for that reason felt happy to let him walk away after a short spell of unconsciousness with his life.
Hopefully that should slow their cannons down, now… The smoke of her shot also showing why the siren only had the space to squeeze out one when her distinct hair and the gunmetal she carried was all it took for several musket-wielding soldiers to start peppering her with far less forgiving rounds, the blanched beauty dived onto her belly as those who kept maritime law seemed willing to exchange an eye for an eye and then some, before scooping up her signature bonnet and scurrying to the side to signal to the bodies waiting on her own boat.
“Head for the bow…!” Slinging her favourite weapon over her shoulder as she did so and taking one last look toward their enemies to guess their course before sending her team in the opposite direction, the words of the white wonder compelled her cohorts to rush away from the marine menace which wanted to claim them, while the woman herself raced ahead to meet them.
“Use the ship for cover!” Dashing along the deck in fact and expecting the ship to follow her, Miss Murdock found her pulse pounding so hard that she could feel it in the back of her throat as she ducked and dodged her way past gunfire, and waited for her ride to draw level with her so that they could all escape the carnage together…
Mandy Murdock | ### words | |
@tag, Gunslinger Gal |