Possibly to be edited in the future to fit in with the framing scene, when someone writes one (which I don't feel up to). But I wanted to get this written down...
Sometimes I really wonder about these people. I mean, sure, there's stores in the world that I wouldn't mind making unprofitable. But this? Good god. Even someone whose powers aren't subtle ought to be able to find a more effective way to steal than this.
But in any case, here we were.
Fighting this guy felt really strange. Strange even beyond the new reflexes and impulses
I'd already felt in the past couple days. It was almost like looking into a mirror...
Dark melee/regen. I'd spent a lot of hours at my computer playing Eri Silverwing, looking at just those special effects.
In a way, I was lucky. A few of the better tricks Eri had, he didn't have. (I wonder if I'll wish I'd been playing Eri during the event whenever I'm in a fight. That girl had something to pull out of her nonexistant sleeves for every situation...)
I wasn't, however, very lucky. I could outlast and wear down most opponents; it was my nature. But that's also the nature of regen scrappers, and they're better at it than I am.
It wouldn't be too obvious to someone watching. I was good at not getting hit, and he was good at recovering when he got hit. (And besides, the way my defense fields work, I don't look much different at full power than when my shields about to collapse.) But I could tell. It would take a while, but I was steadily losing ground, and I couldn't bet on getting help in time.
Everything from both my lives told me to never give up on any situation. But as I was now, I couldn't win this fight.
As I was now...
Suddenly, I flashed back to when I was writing a profile for Alexis. "Other forms are sealed and cannot be used within Paragon City."
But we were not in Paragon City...
A mental command sent my sword to Someplace Else and put my henshin baton in my hand in it's place. My opponent wasn't expecting the change in weaponry, and I got him pretty hard in the face with it. Even though it was pointy, it was just a small injury, but it threw him off balance long enough for me to jump back.
With a shout of "Lexi Flash!", my clothes shredded and reassembled into a different form.
My opponent paid attention.
His mistake.
"Converge, magical powers of justice! Pretty... Coquettish... INTERCEPTOR!!!" A huge black and neon pink star of energy flew out of the baton, slamming into him. And down he went.
I had to stand there for a second and catch my breath, but I was already feeling an odd sort of triumph, and it wasn't just from winning the fight.
Pretty Lexi was back.
See Logan, I told you there were already Cutey Honey homages. ^_- (Well, okay, the reasons it happened in the RP were a bit more involved than that... and it looks like it does mostly because the character has seen Cutey Honey. '.' )
Writing fight scenes is difficult when the viewpoint character doesn't have a name for who they're fighting. I'm not entirely sure of how to handle this. (It'd also probably help if the person Alexis is fighting actually *said* anything, but I'm not sure what to do there either. At least Alexis remaining silent except for command words is in character...)
Note on previous post that is chronologically after this one: The character Alexis makes a costume of is Mikoto Amagasaki, from the anime "Operation Sanctuary". I realized while writing this that it could be a bit unclear if you don't know hiragana...
-Morgan. "Mikuru-chan molested me! I'm... so happy!"
-Haruhi, "The Ecchi of Haruhi Suzumiya"
---(Not really)
Sometimes I really wonder about these people. I mean, sure, there's stores in the world that I wouldn't mind making unprofitable. But this? Good god. Even someone whose powers aren't subtle ought to be able to find a more effective way to steal than this.
But in any case, here we were.
Fighting this guy felt really strange. Strange even beyond the new reflexes and impulses
I'd already felt in the past couple days. It was almost like looking into a mirror...
Dark melee/regen. I'd spent a lot of hours at my computer playing Eri Silverwing, looking at just those special effects.
In a way, I was lucky. A few of the better tricks Eri had, he didn't have. (I wonder if I'll wish I'd been playing Eri during the event whenever I'm in a fight. That girl had something to pull out of her nonexistant sleeves for every situation...)
I wasn't, however, very lucky. I could outlast and wear down most opponents; it was my nature. But that's also the nature of regen scrappers, and they're better at it than I am.
It wouldn't be too obvious to someone watching. I was good at not getting hit, and he was good at recovering when he got hit. (And besides, the way my defense fields work, I don't look much different at full power than when my shields about to collapse.) But I could tell. It would take a while, but I was steadily losing ground, and I couldn't bet on getting help in time.
Everything from both my lives told me to never give up on any situation. But as I was now, I couldn't win this fight.
As I was now...
Suddenly, I flashed back to when I was writing a profile for Alexis. "Other forms are sealed and cannot be used within Paragon City."
But we were not in Paragon City...
A mental command sent my sword to Someplace Else and put my henshin baton in my hand in it's place. My opponent wasn't expecting the change in weaponry, and I got him pretty hard in the face with it. Even though it was pointy, it was just a small injury, but it threw him off balance long enough for me to jump back.
With a shout of "Lexi Flash!", my clothes shredded and reassembled into a different form.
My opponent paid attention.
His mistake.
"Converge, magical powers of justice! Pretty... Coquettish... INTERCEPTOR!!!" A huge black and neon pink star of energy flew out of the baton, slamming into him. And down he went.
I had to stand there for a second and catch my breath, but I was already feeling an odd sort of triumph, and it wasn't just from winning the fight.
Pretty Lexi was back.
See Logan, I told you there were already Cutey Honey homages. ^_- (Well, okay, the reasons it happened in the RP were a bit more involved than that... and it looks like it does mostly because the character has seen Cutey Honey. '.' )
Writing fight scenes is difficult when the viewpoint character doesn't have a name for who they're fighting. I'm not entirely sure of how to handle this. (It'd also probably help if the person Alexis is fighting actually *said* anything, but I'm not sure what to do there either. At least Alexis remaining silent except for command words is in character...)
Note on previous post that is chronologically after this one: The character Alexis makes a costume of is Mikoto Amagasaki, from the anime "Operation Sanctuary". I realized while writing this that it could be a bit unclear if you don't know hiragana...
-Morgan. "Mikuru-chan molested me! I'm... so happy!"
-Haruhi, "The Ecchi of Haruhi Suzumiya"
---(Not really)