Shadow Daedalus

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Daedalus was quiet as he listened to plan proposed by his newly minted partner, nodding once in approval. He mentally amended his statement about his shield though, as the shield that Aeschel saw wasn't his semblance but instead merely a feature of his Icarus System. Not seeing the point of arguing semantics, he instead lowered his body slightly and bent his arms as he got ready to act.

"Try to match my timing."

With that, he sprinted forward, aiming to circle the King Taijitu while also veering closer. He had the closest arm extended, firing a hail of hard-light bolts at the closest head, splitting the creature's full attention between him and his new partner. When he was close enough the black-scaled head lunged at him, intent on swallowing him whole. The cyborg, having expected this, forced his legs in front of him as he slid underneath it, peppering the underside of it's head with gunfire from both arms. Feeling himself slowing, he flipped himself over so he ended in a low, predatory crouch. The Instant he was stationary, he stood up from his crouch and charged a High Impact shot. Whole ordeal that taken less than 6 seconds, and he paused briefly before moving again. That was Aeschel's first window, and the Atlesian hoped he noticed it.

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My new work schedule is killing my free time, but I'll try to have a post up by tomorrow

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@Agent 47 I've been pretty swamped with my new job, but I'll try to get something up tomorrow

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@DrTwitI'm going to hold off posting now, otherwise we'll leave everyone else behind

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@DrTwit Well, I mean, kinda... He's engineered to be a bit OP but As a trade off, he's got no real semblance anymore, and his limbs aren't protected by his Aura (they're machines, and machines don't have souls)

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Interactions: Aeschel Aspro @DrTwit

Without knowing it, Aeschel had managed to back Daedalus into a proverbial corner with his greeting. Despite his best efforts, he couldn't think of a way to respond without either offending him and thus earning animosity for a snubbed greeting or making eye-contact and thus locking him in as his partner for the next four years. Mentally exhaling, he resigned himself to the reality that he had, in fact, no means of escaping this and thus had to bite the bullet. He turned and shook the faunus's hand briefly, making mildly intense eye contact for a full second before letting go and turning back towards the King Taijitu. "Daedalus Atsali."

As he listened to the faunus's proposed plan, he had to stop himself from glaring at the faunus in total bemused exasperation. A King Taijitu, completely healthy, was an enemy that a single first-year student could take down alone, with a responsible amount of skill. The one in question was heavily wounded, half-blind. By all accounts, it would be child's play with the two of them, yet he wanted to lure it away and trap it like a major level threat? This wasn't a Death Stalker or anything close... Staring unfazed at the Grimm in front of them, he instead offered his own plan as he glanced at Aeschel out of the corner of his cybernetic eye. "It makes more sense to take it down now, instead of risking it escaping and catching another student off-guard."

He readied his Icarus System again, setting it to Rapid Fire and disengaging the Dust Excitation units. "One of us draws its attention while the other aims for a vulnerability like one of its remaining eyes, switching when they get its attention... Or I can just take it on myself, your call." The last statement came out a little sharper than he had intended, but the faunus's reaction had cause a falter in Daedalus's confidence in his abilities.

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@DrTwit Well, Daedalus is like 3/5th Terminator/Iron Man Hybrid so...

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@DrTwit He recognised Aeschel's skill, but he still doesn't want to partner up

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True to his prediction, The three remaining Grimm were child's play. After shaking themselves out of their stupor, they all rushed forwards together in hopes of overwhelming the prospective Huntsman. Daedalus responded by ducking under the first Beowulf's attack and cleaving its head from its shoulders with a rotating slash, bringing his other blade up in time to deflect the jaws of the second. Without stopping, he did a half turn in time to nearly split the third monster in half from hip to shoulder. As it fell back, body dissipating into smoke and dust, he crossed his blades around the final Grimm's neck and pulled them apart, severing it's head like a grisly pair of shears.

Before he could enjoy his victory, however, a crash of exploding wood came from behind him and he turned in time to reflexively activate his shields, protecting him from a brief shower of wooden fragments. As his vision cleared, he spotted a huge black and white shape bat something through another tree and recognised it as a King Taijitu. He hissed a little to himself, not too happy with the prospect of facing down the gigantic Grimm, but it was fighting something that was more than likely another student and he couldn't stand back and let them come to harm when he was in a position to assist.

He burst forward, nimbly dodging the huge fragments of torn lumber strewn through the forest in time to see a somewhat familiar face in a somewhat unexpected circumstance. The squirrel faunus was aiming a bow, an unusual weapon choice but he wasn't one to complain about 'unusual', at the rapidly approaching Grimm. He let loose a red-tipped arrow, but it impaled the creature's eye without detonating. 'A misfire? Not good...' With a greater grace than Daedalus was expecting, he managed to dodge the second head's retaliatory strike and immobilized it with an icy blast. The Grimm shook violently, but the red-tipped arrow then exploded, taking a fairly decent sized chuck out of the side of its black head. 'Not a misfire then, a timed trigger maybe?'

The force and damage of the explosion seemed to give the Taijitu a renewed aggression, maybe even desperation, as it struggled and broke free of its icy restrains. 'This is where I step in...' The less injured white head swung around to clamp down on the faunus on its back but before it could even turn halfway, two bolts of compressed flame exploded against it in rapid succession. The first exploded against the side of its face, knocking it back for a second and igniting it burning Dust powder that clung to it scales with thermite. The second, by a stroke of luck, struck the soft gel of its eye and instantly liquefied it, the burning jelly-slag pouring out its empty socket as it screamed in pain.

He lowered his arms briefly before making a run for where Aeschel would be, taking a long glance as he did so. Despite the poor display on the airship, Daedalus was actually slightly impressed at the skill the faunus had displayed over the past few seconds. Surviving 1 on 1 with a King Taijitu was no small feat, and it proved that he had the skill to be at Beacon.

That said, he was hardly his first choice for a partner... Maybe he could avoid making eye-contact?

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@DrTwit I was trying to give Darshadow a chance to post, I've got an IC nearly finished though