[center][h3]Forbidden Kingdom - Bamboo Forest[/h3] [b]Yayama Yama[/b] Status: Holding aggro LV: 6, EXP: 28/60 Word Count: 310 (+1)[/center] The lalafell braced to take the attacks from both her opponents, figuring she'd have a better opportunity to strike while they were recovering. She warded off the knee strike with a grunt, the impact rocking her back as she used her oversized sword to block. The Jack-5 disappeared off her flank unexpectedly, however, and Yayama was quick to seize the opportunity this presented. Her weapon shifted forms once more, this time into a sinister-looking katana, and she darted forward beneath the incoming strike. The demonic steel scored a gash in the Jack-8's leg, creating the opportunity for her followup strike - this time with the normal form of her weapon - to send the metal behemoth tumbling to the ground. "Thanks!" she called out once she had a moment to see why, exactly, her other adversary had stopped being an issue. A black-haired woman with a variety of bits of gear she couldn't begin to describe in this moment seemed to be responsible; she'd have to stop and give her a proper thank-you later after they exchanged names. For now, though, she had a mechanical monster to finish off. She wreathed her blade in roiling, dark aether, and brought the Edge of Darkness down on the Jack-8's torso. Then again, and once more, exhausting her mana pool to put as much damage down as she could while the bot was vulnerable. Finally, transforming her weapon once more, she held it pointed straight downwards in katana form. With a shout, she plunged the tip of the blade into the Jack-8's eye, jamming it deep into the fighting robot's circuits until it stopped twitching. She put one boot on the side of its head, then yanked the blade free in a spray of mechanical bits and hydraulic fluids, then turned to survey the rest of the battlefield.