Lonewolf685

War Notes

Leblanc Farris

[[ Location : Enemy Encampment]]

To her elation and surprise the improvised sneak attack was fired to good effect on the creature of darkness and demonstrated to her that it could be stunned and disabled through sufficient force, their actions having practical detriment to it's own capabilities. The probing strike did have some drawbacks, however, as she observed it reacting to the assault by snatching the projectiles from their air and hurling them towards the ranged combatants still hiding amidst the woods. Leblanc found a moment's concern well up and hoped that Regina and Szeren weren't so focused in their assault as to forsake evasion, yet an eruption of bestial screaming allayed those concerns and brought a cold rage to her buxom.

Yet again Regina sought to co-opt the chain of command, having no faith in the capabilities of her fellow cadets to operate in the knife's edge of pitched melee to the best of their ability. This was even worse of a situation then with Rocs, as at least then they had the rest of their group with them, a Princess in command, and didn't need to rely upon a group of Vessel users they had not even identified outside of a shared enemy in the rampaging monster.

Then came the orders themselves, and Leblanc had to wonder if Regina had actually been struck in the head if she actually thought that trying to organize such disparate people into any sense of cohesion would work. Worse of all, she wanted them to surround and engage in melee while she and others bombarded it from range? Friendly fire had nearly claimed her life not seconds ago and she wanted them to run in and just hope a stray bullet wouldn't take them in the back or that this nimble beast wouldn't move aside and expose the Cadets to a withering hail of fire.

"That's it. I'm going to have to make an example of her." Leblanc said with a clarity belying the adrenal rush flooding her system as she rose from the shadows and stalked towards the creature with a brazen calm. Her voice rose, amplified in challenge to both monster and man while her Roc talon spun in her palm. "Cease your damned barrage, Cadets. Select your fire only when the beast's attention is occupied and the lane of fire is clear. Anyone who can approach in melee, follow my lead and strike for it's limbs. I want it on the ground and impaled on steel before Ires ever lays eyes on it."

Perhaps it was a matter of spite at the marksman's obstinate ways, but Leblanc couldn't let Regina go screaming orders like that from a distance and not act with a certain daring of her own. It would have been something of a folly to ascribe to her the sentiment of the battle kings of yore, alive only in the thick of the mess and cleaving men in two from the very front of combat, but if she stuck to the shadows and operated like a surgeon slicing an artery, then all chance for order would be lost and Leblanc would be damned if that happened on her watch.

Bounding off the mark she took to the air to cross the distance between herself and beast, pressing off it's bent knee to change momentum from horizontal to vertical. The rancid breath struck her bare skin with all it's moist heat as she rocketed past it's snarling muzzle, only to orient herself with the sharpened talon stabbing into it's neck and swinging her about one hundred and eighty degrees, where upon her boots slammed into it a back rippling with knotted muscle and pushed with all her might to either cleave the beast from throat to crested head or simply bend it backwards from the force of her rush and stagger it for the attacks to come.

Assuming it didn't find the time to swat her off it's back like a gnat on a cow's ass, a fate she hoped the competence of others would spare her from in the seconds to follow.

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@Bushman501

And expect Leblanc to try and muster the will not to lecture Regina on concepts like exposing concealed allies to enemies, the illogical idea of screaming orders at unidentified vassal users from a distance over the sound of a screaming monster, and why people do not close into melee with an enemy that is also being bombarded at range due to that most tragic of death's occurring from ignoble friendly fire. Should be fun when they start demanding the other gets court martialed..

P.S. KoL advised me there is indeed a building. My bad, conflicting wavelengths in that regard.

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@Bushman501

I do believe I made a point of mentioning the buildings there were squat and not the sort to topple over. Also with the monster being outside and all, I don't see where you get the idea of dropping a building on her.

Leblanc will be posting tomorrow. Expect stabbings to ensue.

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@floodtalon

Yup, looks good to me.

The War of the Three

Man, I don't think I've ever been in quite so... volatile an rp. Everyone's arguing with one another about all kinds of things.

Khaine could probably counter Victoire's roses, considering he's a fairly solid teleporter with the stone, and has access to several AOE heat abilities that could stop their growth. As well as being able to remove their power source in the form of munchable mooks. That's just based on my knowledge of his powers, but I'm sure plenty of other characters could do the same.

From what I've noticed, KoL is a power-gamer. Someone who's interested in the supernatural abilities of characters, and using those abilities to their fullest potential. As such their characters are not only quite powerful, but also able to use each of their individual powers to far greater effect than most others. With a little optimisation a character like Henry or even Fran could be set up as a solid challenge for Victoire, if you were to set them up with the right gear and get them to use their powers properly.

Although I do think KoL should perhaps be a bit less harsh on people not being able to keep up.

Meh, these are just my two cents. My character isn't even in this fight ^_^

@thewizardguy

Heh, you hit the nail on the head with that assessment, though do remember this is for all it's quirks and kinks, a PvP RP. Conflict breeds conflict, even in the best of cohorts.

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@Lucius Cypher

Hush you. Your sardonic humor is horribly timed.

@BCTheEntity

The issue here stems from myself and Windel advising KoL to end the conversation. You had been here long enough to see Victoire is a touchy subject and one that has succeeded in driving KoL from being an active participant in the battle, so when everyone insists on persisting in questioning the barest minutia of her skillset in the hopes of stealing out a victory in her final battle, I find it perfectly reasonable KoL reacts with flared temper as she's already surrendered the war and now you want her to give up on even a Pyrrhic victory to go out on.

While I do find you, and Silvan in conjunction, can open interesting lines of inquiry, there seems to be a predilection to prodding a sleeping bear that is exacerbating to watch from an outsider perspective. If you are adamant in leaving then I wish you well, otherwise I do hope you consider things when you are less heated.

The War of the Three

I mean, it's not particularly surprising that you don't have to add things to your bio, seeing you have the ability to come up with whatever spell you want as long as it's thematically appropriate once per battle. And most single categories of Victoire's abilities are more expansive than other character's entire power lists. Most people who manipulate an element have 3-4 things they can do with it, you have 3-5 elements you can do everything with. For example, in your succubus power list, if you used your shapeshifting to give yourself a physical boost, you would literally have Fran's entire power list minus equipment, and then a whole bunch of powers on top. Just Victore's Succubus nature, if given Fran's equipment, would be stronger than Fran on every metric.

@The 42nd Gecko

If you are trying to debate a point that because KoL is thorough with listing all possible connontations of her powers, as opposed to just saying Blood Magic, Shadow Magic, etc., that it is a bad thing as opposed to some one who just says they control Fire magic and then try to leach the heat from all living things because in their mind Fire is tangentially related enough for that to work?

Please, just no.

The War of the Three

@BCTheEntity@KoL@Silvan Haven

Civil. Remain Civil.

This discussion should be taken as hypothetical discourse for sake of sating curiosity, nothing more. Victoire is going to be an NPC after this battle so I don't see the point in making the discussions any more emotional then that.

The War of the Three

Why do I get the feeling this is something heating up if it's spilled from Discord to OOC?

You're fine, just keep it civil -_-

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@Bushman501

My grandfather the Gettysburg Tour Guide would be disappointed if I didn't say yes, that kind of tech would exist :3