Schradinger

The Everlasting Arena: Character Deposit

Contrary to anime lore, spinning a staff in place would actually be a terrible idea for deflecting bullets, since the staff wouldn't actually become a solid circular object when spun. Unless you plan on getting obscenely lucky every time someone shoots at you while you spin the staff, you'd have to have it moving many, many times the speed of sound in order to create an even semi-effective barrier, since it would have to be able to complete half a rotation in less time than it takes for the bullet to travel an inch (and then you have the same speed problem as blocking bullets after they're fired, since that level of speed would mean you can hit like a runaway bullet train). Moving the staff to block where someone's aiming would be the better method by far.

Coven: Shattered

Sorry to see you go, man. Best of luck in your future (and current) writing endeavors. :)

I guess this means Tanis can probably replace Giovanni as one of the seven, depending on what Ichthys wants to do.

Rust and Rain

I know, and I'm just trying to explain his various motivations and personality traits. :)

On a side note: I'm leaving out a lot of the details I would usually use in a straight up duel, since this is an RP and not a fight I'm trying to win. Is it this more cinematic kind of fight you wanted or were you after the high-detail, technically oriented duel type fighting?

Rust and Rain

Bloodshot was ready for the attack when it came, having repositioned himself to be within arms reach of a three foot steel pipe he'd seen leaning against the dumpster, and met the oncoming sword with his own new-found weapon. His counter-swing was hard enough to leave a significant indent on the edge of the no doubt prized katana, and it sent the sword reeling back the way it had come, throwing off the balance of Copper's ever-so-graceful pirouette. Bloodshot followed up with a backswing at the goon's knee, but the assassin had some truly astounding reflexes and had already recovered enough to spin out of the way of the attack, using the momentum of the action to aim another slash at Malia's stomach.

Bloodshot growled again and his face began to twist into a sneer before he regained control of it. What he wouldn't give for a quarterstaff right now instead of this stubby pipe. He didn't relent, however, and continued pressing forward, this time bringing the pipe up and around in an attempt to crush the bones in the other man's shoulder.

Rust and Rain

Bloodshot will work on taking out the biggest threat first, which would be Copper, so he'll only be paying enough attention to Malia to make sure she doesn't try to attack him.

The Everlasting Arena: Main Thread

And this is why a punching character will never win an arena fight. Lol.

The Everlasting Arena: Main Thread

I know he can mold it on the fly, but that's different from "you punch me and my armor sticks to you". He'd have to be actively holding it on Arthur's arm after getting punched in the chest at upwards of 300 mph and violently hurled backwards. If you had written that Adrian is actively focusing to keep the energy wrapped around Arthur's arm, that would be an entirely different situation, but as it is the armor simply adheres of its own accord. There's no mention of any auto-adhesion properties in the CS.

The Everlasting Arena: Main Thread

If you're going to use the hell energy as an auto-hit that causes lingering damage on anyone who touches you, that should probably be added to the CS so LeeRoy can actually approve it. Being able to automatically transfer a burning material that adheres to anything that comes into contact with you and lasts for an unspecified duration is a bit overpowered unless limits are specified and it gets approved. In my opinion at least. If the armor had just shattered and behaved like normal solids, liquids, or gases there wouldn't be any issue, but the "haha you're gonna be burning for the rest of forever" potential of this new development can't be ignored.

Basically, I'd like to know some more about how exactly this new ability works.

The Everlasting Arena: Main Thread

If it was a figure of speech, perhaps "literally" wasn't the best descriptor to use... Lol.

I think we should now resume the original posting order, which means Drall's up.

The Everlasting Arena: Main Thread

The gust of air struck something solid instead of forcing the remainder of the fire out onto the plateau, and the cave began to creak and groan under the stress of the sudden buildup of pressure. Arthur backed away from the entrance as dust began to shower down from the cave roof, and it wasn't long before the entire entrance caved in completely. A hand came to Arthur's forehead and he pinched his temples with his thumb and index finger. "Fantastic. Utterly fantastic.

"I'm sorry, Sir?"

"Nothing, Phillip. I need you to pull me back, then deposit me on the plateau just outside this cave. It seems I was a little too enthusiastic."

"I... Very well, Sir. One moment."

The air contorted around Arthur, momentarily seeming to both stretch in on itself and expand out and away, then the form of the man disappeared in a flash of light and the air rebounded back to its normal consistency. This phenomenon was almost immediately followed by one of the exact same nature, save that this one was performed in reverse, just outside the mouth of the cave. Immediately, Arthur's senses told him two things. First, there was a strange looking primitive with a club standing in front of him and covered in stone dust, apparently cheering his victory over some great opponent. Second, there was a human-sized mass of bio-electricity hurtling toward him from behind. It was the second of these two revelations that he opted to pay the most attention to, and momentarily gripped the ground to spin himself in place. The sight that greeted him was one of the enraged demon prince charging headlong toward him with his mace poised to strike. Though in retrospect, the strike was likely meant for the primitive.

Reacting on instinct, Arthur's right hand came up as a brilliant white-blue sword appeared in a crackling instant, sweeping up to catch the mace just under the flanged head and halt its horizontal swing, as well as pull it further behind Arthur. His left hand moved simultaneously and drove forward in a straight punch at Adrian's solar plexus, aiming to use the man's own momentum to compound the force of the blow and cave in or shatter the ethereal chest plate of his armor, likely causing significant damage to the man underneath. To further cement the likelihood of that goal becoming fact, Arthur anchored his feet to the rock beneath, making it impossible for Adrian's momentum to unseat him.