<> <> (Blue blue!) <> "My world's already destroyed! The gangs are gone, my father's dead, and then you left!" <> (Roch, you can make your move at any time.) 2d6-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katherine (2d6-5) and gets a natural 5 for a result of 0. * Rochelle spots the purple, sees it start to raise a gun towards her unsuspecting brother, and with a thought fires her rockets past what they probably should go in their damaged state, zeroing straight for the thing in a downward tackle. * Katherine stares for a second, then just barely slips out of the way, still near the hammer. "Nuriko, I--we weren't--Granch killed the Paw and..." she trails off, then, "I didn't realize you were..." then she glances over to the hammer and tries to push herself away at high speed, as self preservation from the next hit tries to kick in over shock. (Roch, I need a Body roll, -2 bonus.) (A body roll? Okay... warp it.) 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Rochelle (2d6-4) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 5. (*Nod*) (Yee-ha!) (DR1) 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Rochelle (2d6-4) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 2. (There!) (... a DR? @_@) (You don't have a 5 body?) (I don't have a five body. Is that so hard to believe?) (Crazy.) (ROCH'S STATS SUCK COMPARED TO YOURS.) (I HAVE 6 BODY. I CAN CRUSH YOU BETWEEN MY MIGHTY THIGHS.) (As you can see, I used them on all sorts of crazy useful stuff. Also, ow.) <> "Roch!?" (WOO ROCH.) (YOU DID AWSUM.) (I rule!) * Rochelle keeps going until she sends the command, a second or two after, and stops right where she is, turning around. She gazes at the purple with something that *might* be kind of like fear, or maybe like anger. It's hard to tell. Emotion looks strange on Roch's face. <> "Just ... shut up! Too busy with your own perfect little rebellion!" 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katherine (2d6-2) and gets a natural 5 for a result of 3. (Not a total defense, for once!) * Katherine jumps over Neko, saying in a quiet protest, "No Neko... it's not perfect by far." She lands it. "It's necessary." Then she tries to come up from behind and catch Neko in a from-behind grapple. (Both her hands are tied up, so... that's a +2 penalty to her defense, if I can fraggin' hit...) 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katherine (2d6-1) and gets a natural 4 for a result of 3. (WHOOHA.) <> * Rochelle just stares back, hovering there. Apparently, she hasn't worked out what to do next. <> "Get OFF me!" * Rochelle stays there, now visibly terrified, before firing the boosts and shooting up and away as fast as she can. (Am I rolling against escape?) (Yeah.) 2d6-13 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katherine (2d6-13) and gets a natural 5 for a result of -8. (... guessing she doesn't get to escape.) (That's a make by 14, yes. 2d6-Unarmed Attack-SS+Dimin+notsostrong) (It's an opposed roll.) (So if she can beat that...!) <> * Katherine says to her, "Neko, dammit, why... we were broken up, and the Paw was all dead, and I--I didn't know you really... fuckdammit, Neko!" She tries to pin Neko by sweeping a superspeed leg around and trip-pinning her. 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katherine (2d6-1) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 9. (Fail to pin!) 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Rochelle (2d6-2) and gets a natural 3 for a result of 1. (Sweet, I made it!) (ROCH IS AWSUM TONITE.) <> (Body, whatev) 2d6-12 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katherine (2d6-12) and gets a natural 9 for a result of -3. (Using SS, anyway. That roll could have been better.) (So only make by 8?) (Body of 6. So make by 9.) (Dammit.) (Almost!) (Should I be posing?) <> * Katherine tries another drop in the leg area with gritted teeth. "C'mon..." 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katherine (2d6-1) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 5. (Make!) <> 2d6-12 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katherine (2d6-12) and gets a natural 3 for a result of -9. (... Whammo.) <> * Katherine cries out and says, "Dammit, Neko, I was trying to talk...!" (It's your action, Kat.) * Rochelle stops and hovers, looking around. <> * Katherine holds off, waiting for her to commit, since she's the one with the big one, and lets out a weak chuckle, "The invasion isn't what matters right now, Neko." A beat, then she continues, "Neither's my fucking mother." <> "You won't even fight! What's WRONG with you!" * Katherine yells back at her, "I don't fucking hate you, Neko! My bitch of a mother killed your father. Fuck, she killed a lot of people. It's torn me up for my entire goddamn life!" Beat. "I'm not gonna kill you! I'm NOT MY MOTHER. You hear me? You and I aren't either of them!" She makes an angry gesture. "And if it really mattered that I left the city... I'm fucking here now, aren't I?" "So what? You're way too late for anything! We're both going to die, and if you'd been here earlier we could have stopped this!" <> * Katherine throws up her hands. "How? God, there's nothing I could have done! They didn't even know how to stop them with the Circlets, and the fucking Egg... fuck, Nuriko! There's nothing we could have done to stop the Purples!" If it weren't for the goddamn machine, we'd have time... (This mix is more enjoyable than the combat alone, but that's because I'm a drama freak.) (Although Ard's not being sarcastic enough about it.) (Sorry, I'm distracted by the paper.) (Nuriko's an idiot. Kill her.) (That's my girl!) (We're both gonna die, and it's your fault, not mine because I'm here and whining like the baby I am!) (We're not gonna die!) (YES WE ARE SHUT UP) (You need to stop the battle somehow!) (Oh. I do?) (Or drop a bomb into the middle of the purples!) (Or lure them out into hard vacuum!) (... ... I nearly typed /me stops the battle and wins the game.) (BREAK THE STALEMATE.) (... Ha.) (I DID.) (THAT'S HILARIOUS. And no you didn't!) "How would you know? You weren't even HERE!" To emphasize her point she flings her hammer at Kat. (That's emphasis!) 2d6-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katherine (2d6-5) and gets -3, a CRITICAL SUCCESS!!! "I'm down with that. You know me." (WOOHA.) (DESC) * Katherine flips left and forward to dodge the hammer, then hand-springs a jump to land right in front of Nuriko to say, a bit more quietly, "I tried, dammit. I couldn't take any more killing after the Paw died... I needed time. Time for everything." Beat. "There's still a tattoo on my ankle from you." (God, she's so horrid. I stil love her.) ( TOUCH THE LOCKET AND REMEMBER OUR LOVE) ( OR PERHAPS SOMETHING A LITTLE LOWER THAN THE LOCKET. [THRUST]) * Rochelle patches into Katherine and Zak's coms. She sounds... shaken, and not even just a little. "We're... we're too matched. Gotta break it." (C'mon, Neko. Break or catfight time!) (Make! The! Call!) <> "I don't..." * Katherine tilts her head slightly and says, off-speaker, ~Roch? Jesus, what's been happening while...~ she realizes she sounds shaken too. ~... God. It's Nuriko. I don't know what to do, you two... ~ * Katherine then looks back forward and makes her helmet disappear with nanotech, exposing her face to Neko. "Please, Neko. I don't want to kill you, and what's left of all three gangs is over there destroying eachother..." * Katherine finishes, "We can put things together... together." A faint mouth quirk. "And I sound like an idiot. Been too long." Beat. "Please, Nuriko?" (Dramatic Moment!) (A rock falls on Katherine's head, knocking her out.) (DAMMIT. >_<) <> <>