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A Change of Pace. A Challenge for Once. Shincoco Vs Corban.

@Divinity

If Corban hadn't started moving by the time he got in melee range, he would stop his run and turn on his heel.

@LeeRoy

Neglected the first bit, but I can see the confusion. I meant it as, he would stop. Bring the staff around, and begin the spin. That's what the "Ensure that the staff would be between himself and her during the full duration of the spin." bit meant.

Not spin with the staff behind him the entire time.

Drawn Innexorably Towards Confrontation

Suddenly, the Fireen’s unnatural eyes saw something else. It was brief, like a flash of light at night, so much so that he second guessed himself immediately. Had the creature just exuded energy for a short period? Had he some form of energy control not unlike that of Antireen control, Fury’s own ability? Fury was on edge, watching Dunnaman more closely now, still sure of himself but just that inkling bit more cautious. Would he be able to coax more displays from the man if things continued? Fury intended to find out.

Standing there wordlessly, there was nothing that he could have said that could have fixed the hole in his logic. At least nothing that he could see, Fury's irrational behavior wasn't strong enough to fall for a lie as simple as that one yet. He had blown his chance to fool him and now he didn't know what to do. If he hadn't moved his ship he would have not only been less tired and the lie might have worked.

But now he didn't know what to do. Fury had caught on and now was glaring at him intensely. For what it was worth, he had managed to keep Fury talking for a solid few minutes. So it's at least commendable that he didn't try what he was about to do before.

Something had changed about Fury's expression when his unconscious expulsion of energy had sparked the air. His expression turned to interest instead of pure rage, which was not good. Dunnaman did not like being looked at like that, it was not condusive to good mental health.

So, the time had finally come for Dunnaman to do the extreme.

His right leg shifted slightly, putting itself behind him. He turned his left shoulder towards Fury amd raised his hands slightly. It looked almost like he was taking a combative stance. That was, until Dunnaman turned on his heel and ran towards his ship in full sprint. It was an almost comical sight, seeing the heavyset bruiser dart off in cartoonish fashion. Arms and knees raising to full extension every step, it took mere seconds for him to reach his ship.

Once inside, he unhooked the mace from his waist and smashed the console with all of his might. The ship, being light enough to be overcome by the force of the shockwave, lifted off the ground momentarily before slamming back down. Without the computer system he would be stranded, but it would save the people of that planet from Fury's wrath.

Potentially the Empire's wrath as well.

Whatever happens next, happens.

A Change of Pace. A Challenge for Once. Shincoco Vs Corban.

@Divinity
You must have misread my spin, it begins with the staff being spun and then swung forward in an almost baseball swing. That's the beginning of the spin.

A Change of Pace. A Challenge for Once. Shincoco Vs Corban.

People did really love to group Shin into little class groups, pretending that they know the extent of his abilities from his attire. To pretend that Shin were a monk, to pretend that he were talented in just one manner of martial art, would be ignorance of the highest order. This assumption had lead to the deaths of hundreds, and likely would add another death this day.

As Corban swung her second spell, itt was almost like she was intentionally pitching her attack right into his weapon. She had done it right at the beginning of his swing, the moment where he was still facing her and he had put his weapon between them. You know, that exact moment that he had been planning for and in fact had very little hope that it would play out in that manner.

Yes, it did indeeed parry away Shin's bladed staff. Though this was what he had intended from the beginning. Upon contact with the spell's edge, his staff began to close around it like a venus flytrap on prey. It pushed his staff up and over, Shin's left hand was already extended in preparation for this, it swung upwards and struck against the base of his palm and rolled over the edge. Shin grasped it with his open left as it rolled downwards and flipped it back over, turning Corban's parry into a counter-parry as the reverse end of the staff rose upwards into the oncoming swing. He gripped it with his right once again after he had previously released his grip on it, raising his hand upwards sharply into her swing.

His spin had been totally interrupted by the contact and he had some significant angular momentum thrown in his corner so he did have to stop it. By twisting his hip and sliding his left leg forward at an angle, he dug his heel into the ground and halted his forward motion. This cessation of motion and upwards counter-parry would knock his staff right into the groove beneath the blade of her polearm. This would normally be a problem, as a spear wouldn't have any excess material and would simply slide up his staff and into his hand. However, due to the strange construction of Corban's own weapon it would lock into place directly onto his staff.

This combined with a groove that formed mid swing, would bury her weapon inside of his. This would give him control over both of their weapons and parry her blow in one fowl swoop.

Let's not forget the crystallized air.

Shin hadn't failed to notice the explosive result of the return from solid to gaseous behind himself. Once the spell and staff had made a total rotation, and the fluid motion of his swing had completed, he opened the rear of his staff away from himself. Venting the expulsion in a thin and powerful stream off and to his left.

A Change of Pace. A Challenge for Once. Shincoco Vs Corban.

@Divinity
Hope you're ready to have your mind blown.

A Change of Pace. A Challenge for Once. Shincoco Vs Corban.

@Divinity
You uh.

Don't know what Jai Alai is, do you? I suggest googling it. You threw yourself face first into what's going to happen in my next post.

I'll be home about 4 hours from now. Then I'll have time to post in about an hour from then.

K9- Nine Killers (Modern/PvP/City rp)

How'm I involved in this?

A Change of Pace. A Challenge for Once. Shincoco Vs Corban.

Magic was far from an unfamiliar subject for the assassin, especially considering his own weapon and immortality. Gesticulation is among the most common casting methods for magic, so common that even gods use it from time to time. Seeing someone remove their hand from their weapon and prepare for an attack in that way was not only obvious, but insulting. Shin watched the motion as it was made, already moving out of the way as her hand began to drop.

The movement was as fluid as water, it had been prepared since the beginning. Shin's angled footing allowed him to jump backwards and pull his extremities towards himself. Leaping off and to the left. The direction of the draw and the speed of the attack wouldn't allow a jump to the right, it would have bisected him otherwise. After leaping, he let his weight drift for a moment over a much longer distance than he would naturally be able to. Shifting the mass of the wires on his body into the negative, reducing his own weight to almost negligible for a moment. When his feet hit the ground he returned the weight to normal and returned to his stance.

Shin had let her get the first move, and instead of physical combat she had gone mystical. That was indicative of how she would fight this battle. A cutting wave was a good start, but if gesticulation was the way she was going to cast. Well. It just wasn't going to work.

It was Shin's turn to go on the offensive, and he had the perfect measure to counter this manner of spellcasting. The end of his staff broadened into an almost paddle like shape. A long fan blade adorned the tip of it, shaped loosely like a leaf that had been stretched out. Deflective weaponry would work nicely. Hmm, if only he had practiced Jai-Alai he might be a spot better at what he's about to do.

There was not much room between them at this point, he had only jumped off to the side. The distance between them had only doubled from the point where she had fired. Shin began to run, maintaining his posture as he ran. Holding the staff behind himself to give the absolute most momentum once he actually began to swing it. If Corban hadn't started moving by the time he got in melee range, he would stop his run and turn on his heel. Spinning the bladed staff behind himself and completing a full bodily rotation. Bringing the flat of the blade towards her, this would put the paddle between himself and anything that she could cast in that period of time.

A Change of Pace. A Challenge for Once. Shincoco Vs Corban.

Hey, stay on for another 30 or so minutes I'll have another post up.

A Change of Pace. A Challenge for Once. Shincoco Vs Corban.

That's what I'm saying.

Even without any OOC knowledge, Shin could put it together that it's a transformative weapon.

A: No sheath visible on her body.
B: Abstract weapon form.
C: Different weapon from before.
D: Previous knowledge of transformative weapons.

I don't honestly see any problem here. In fact I don't understand the question in the first place. Shin was saying that this weapon wasn't the same she was using before, and with no other weapon on her it can be assumed. Shin didn't say that this wasn't her main weapon.