I am alive. Alive and thirsting for The Hunt.

Alive and thirsting for coffee!

@Th3King0fChaos? @King Cosmos?

Dying, but not quite dead.

Sorry, I've been adjusting to working from home and it's made it hard to really sit down and post. When I do the inspiration usually leads me elsewhere.

I'll try to get a post up tomorrow.

Okay, then @Th3King0fChaos is the only one left that hasn't reacted to the appearance of the Mad One. Would you like to post, or would you prefer to just briefly summarize what Ishin does?

@Th3King0fChaos?

And that was as long as I was comfortable waiting for that. Status on posts on your side, @Ashgan and @Bartimaeus?

I mean it really makes more sense for Bart to add something before I do, doesn't it?

I agree, but since it hadn't actually been discussed I figured it was probably better to address both of you.

Gotchu. Well, in case Bart doesn't have the time, or you want me to add something regardless, I can make a post if you'd like - but I anticipate it will either be rather short, or contain a good amount of filler.

@Dark Jack

I'm super sorry I haven't been responding as of late. With everything that's been happening, I'll be bowing out of this Rp as to not make any more complications on my end.

I hope everyone has a great time here, and I can't wait to come back to read what has progressed.

I'm sorry to hear that, but I guess things are the way they are.

Just checking here, Habibi, but is Marcus trying to specifically target the Mad One's (moving, as it's pretty much mid-swing) elbow, while the Mad One is also leaping toward Arcturus? So simultaneously mid-swing and mid-leap?

Now that you put it that way, I start to have second thoughts. After reading the description of the attack, I saw in my mind's eye that it would leap in front of Arctucus arms preparing to strike and after landing in front of him it'd swing it's arms. But if instead swing's already on the way while leaping, I'd say Marcus aims the right knee instead as mad one's head might be out of reach.

Is this change in action agreeable?

Sure, we'll make it the knee, then.

Just since it seems pretty relevant right now, I figure this is probably a good time to specify how I imagine "quickstepping" (or "dashing", if you prefer; the locked-on Bloodborne dodge) working in the context of the RP. I wrote about it a little in the OP, but I figure more detail isn't a bad thing.

Quickstepping requires the Hunter to draw upon their beast-blood, making it very taxing for them to use and likely to fatigue them quickly if overused, though stronger Hunters can obviously handle more, just as superhuman strength or speed normally would. I imagine quickstepping to be a combination of two things, the first of which is an extremely fast horizontal lunge, hurdling oneself up to five meters (about sixteen and a half feet) in a direction without touching the ground before the end of the "step". During the half a second or so the quickstep lasts, Hunters will have massively boosted instincts and reflexes, allowing them to sense danger approaching and often weave past it by manipulating their body mid-step to evade danger.
This isn't to say that it's exactly like iframes from the game, though: not everything can be quickstepped through. Something approaching the Hunter from just inches away, for instance, is probably going to hit before they can move out of the way. Similarly, while legs, arms and head can be manipulated in mid air, the torso - center of mass - is a lot harder to move, and might require action to be taken when initiating the quickstep rather than during it, like crouching down or jumping just as one does it (or, alternatively, just not quickstepping into an attack). Likewise, things that can't logically be dodged, like fire, explosions or generally just very large objects of hurt coming the Hunter's way, which would require the Hunter not to dodge, but to actually phase through danger, will still hit (and might hit even harder than otherwise, depending on the Hunter's trajectory).
One final note: this obviously applies to everything capable of quickstepping, be they player Hunters, NPC Hunters or other beings capable of quickstepping, though the speed and distance moved might vary.

Who's up next in the clinic? I would presume @DrabberRogue, since Arcturus is the one most urgently in danger...

I've been trying to get a hold of Bartimaeus in PM, but so far no dice. I'll give him a little longer, but then I'll have to intervene before it stalls the RP for too long.

Gotcha. Do you want me to make a small contribution just to do something?

Ah, sorry about my absence. I had lost motivation to do things over the past couple weeks... I'll see about getting a post up soon.