steps forward too and twists, trying to close the distance even further and avoid getting skewered, keeping the already cut hand held out towards the sword ]
[ goes down easy, with a choked, breathless noise, but his hand is frozen in place. he digs his nails in, and then the ice digs in further, as it spreads to wrap all the way around and the whole thing keeps getting colder and colder.
his other hand, in the meantime, is working to pull something out of its sleeve. ]
[ REALLY NOT A PHYSICAL FIGHTER, can't do shit to stop that and let's out another pained noise
but it doesn't jar his focus with the ice, and it only stalls him for a bit on retrieving the knife from the dragon's tail out of his sleeve and jabbing it for Absinthe's gut, just as sub-zero cold. ]
[ growls again and now it is more of a continuous snarl
completely ignores the ice and stab and just tries to slam Lark again, aiming to break his spine but that's probably the last heft he has. because. ice. and stabbing. and. ]
[ more or less in an act of desperation, yanks down on the hand at his neck, hoping to throw off the force of the slam but with the progression of the ice possibly taking a chunk out of his throat instead. ]
[-When you wake up from the dark, you have a sense of absolute familiarity and a loss that hollows you out, that tears out your heart. That leaves only a gaping, agonizing hole in your chest. Someone has been inside you, mocked and dismissed everything that makes you you and reduced you to a mindless tool to use.
And that’s all you remember.
The room around you is still too dark to make out details. Shame you didn't bring a light.
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Ikr I expected to be conscious for itBUT YES DRAWING THE SWORD AND SLASHING FOR HIS NECK ]
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with his hand. I guess. ]
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steps forward too and twists, trying to close the distance even further and avoid getting skewered, keeping the already cut hand held out towards the sword ]
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growls and grabs for Lark's arm - shoulder - whatever and tries to flip them over to drive him into the ground even with the ice shit going on ]
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his other hand, in the meantime, is working to pull something out of its sleeve. ]
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but just tries to rise up and slam Lark into the ground again. ]
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but it doesn't jar his focus with the ice, and it only stalls him for a bit on retrieving the knife from the dragon's tail out of his sleeve and jabbing it for Absinthe's gut, just as sub-zero cold. ]
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completely ignores the ice and stab and just tries to slam Lark again, aiming to break his spine but that's probably the last heft he has. because. ice. and stabbing. and. ]
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um
I guess 'bleed out' happened a lot faster than expected. ]
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And that’s all you remember.
The room around you is still too dark to make out details. Shame you didn't bring a light.
Absinthe: --> The afterlife awaits.
Lark: --> You are ported back to stage select, wounds and all.]