I see the timing a bit off in Melon's post. Like, how could he have even tried to step on her foot the very fraction of a second she was getting up? On top of that, her guard wasn't broken until half-way through her leap back, so I'm seeing a larger gap of time where she can defend herself in her current situation. I always make sure each part of my post is in a chronological order for this reason. Sigurd would've been forced to extend his punch [i]a knife's length[/i] more than intended in order to have struck her shield, so the crossing of his arms is a bit greater as well. She was also dodging to the opposite side of Sigurd's sword arm. To someone who is so critical about small things, I'm sure you'll understand how all these little things add up in my favor, Melon?

A post is incoming, maybe not tonight because I work early tomorrow, and already scheduled game-time with the S.O. Just - again - wanted to get info like this out there before any arguments or complains are had over Iolanthe not getting stabbed in the neck.

I also did a little testing in my last post. Honestly Iolanthe didn't have to take that shield hit, if she just continued opening up her guard on her own, his shield might never have hit it. I wanted to see how you'd react if I gave you exactly what you wanted from my post. The one time I do - no complaints whatsoever.