Tuujaimaa

RPGuild Ranked Tournament - Tuujaimaa vs. Melonhead

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I didn't specify any distance, it only suggests my character moved backwards as cover and then relocated, which can mean any movement. Your character had no vision of my own, and therefore had no right to be reacting to his movements in her attacks, though I notice she still conveniently launched her attack in the area you presumed I was moving to, rather than trying to fire at the spot I was in.

You made your assumption, turns out it was wrong, my character took a step back and then ran off at a diagnol, as was fully acceptable under the description of 'relocation'

@MelonHead

Okay, here is the timeline as I am understanding it:

You fire at me in three quick bursts. With the speed of the shots, I imagine that the first bullets would hit before you fired your last set of them. At your last burst of shots, I react to this by throwing the Namida no Fuujin at a tree at a central location approximately ten feet behind the first line of trees. During this time, you crouch and begin moving backwards (the specifics of which are still a point of contention).

Based on how this is running, and given that you have a four second time to achieve maximum speed (as stated in your bio), I am arguing that you can't have moved the distance you're claiming to given the timeline established above.

The primary point of contention is your lack of specification of distance and apparent desire to vaguely define your movement and then fill in the gap as appropriate in a later post. In my experience of combat, failing to define something allows the next player to define it - and while I am not attempting to define how you moved, my understanding of it was that you were backpeddling (which my post and thus assumption of the timeline is based on) and that that is the definition that would stick in my past experience.

RPGuild Ranked Tournament - Tuujaimaa vs. Melonhead

After firing he had immediately dropped low and shuffled backwards, moving further into foliage to cover his relocation.

@MelonHead

Could you clarify this for me, please? I understood this as crouching and backpeddling given that you haven't talked about turning in another direction or moving in any other way, and shuffling implies a lower speed?

RPGuild Ranked Tournament - Tuujaimaa vs. Melonhead

@Melonhead: As far as I can tell, you don't have the time necessary to react with the way your current post is worded. I had my actions take place in the same time frame as your post before mine (and gave a specific reference point just for ease of use) in which events occur such that I'm throwing the wind bomb as you're beginning to backpeddle in that post.

You don't have the time necessary to complete the actions of your most recent post in this event, and I was wondering if you wanted to edit to fix the predicament?

RPGuild Ranked Tournament - Tuujaimaa vs. Melonhead

Touho's reaction to the attack was immediate - her focus had been primed on the area, and the second the bullets were deflected by her condensed Megumi no Fuujin she knew that she had a small target area in which her opponent was hiding. As her right arm drew back as if to throw something, occurring as Jok had begun to retreat, her left hand made two movements, creating two symbols, before Touho's right arm sprung into action and she unleashed the newly formed ball of condensed wind energy, one of her Namida no Fuujin [Tears of the Wind God], in the general direction that the bullets had obviously come from.

She did not aim to hit any of the trees in the forefront, as that would waste half of the orb's explosion, but aimed to hit one of the trees a good twenty feet behind the forefront of the forest. Her orb would end up hitting a tree approximately ten feet back. This distance was slightly shy of creating the biggest possible explosion, but the rapidly expanding sphere would deal significant damage to the surrounding foliage if not to her opponent himself should it hit him - the desired effect was clearing out the foliage of the area, however, and any damage to her opponent was an added bonus.

After hurtling the orb, Touho prepared herself to move and strike while the advantage she sought to create presented itself, surveying the general area intently and preparing herself to react to whatever situations might arise from her recent actions.

RPGuild Ranked Tournament - Tuujaimaa vs. Melonhead

Apologies for the late reply - I've been sick recently and am only just recovering.

I'll get a reply up when I'm able.

RPGuild Ranked Tournament - Tuujaimaa vs. Melonhead

It means that I'm not metagaming - simple.

Touho is pretty much a counter to everything Jok does. It is unfortunate for Melon, yes, but that is how the dice were rolled and that's just how it is.

RPGuild Ranked Tournament - Tuujaimaa vs. Melonhead

Touho was well acquainted with the patterns of nature, and of hiding when it was necessary, so she turned her steely gaze towards the nearby areas to look for glimpses of her foe - the nearest areas able to conceal her foe (he was not out in the open, so if he was in the area he was concealed) were the forests to her south and to her west. Touho rotated her form around slowly, hovering just off of the ground, going counter-clockwise to ensure that she viewed as many of the target areas in as short a space of time as possible. She focused quite intently as she looked, moving slowly enough to drink in as much of the scene as was necessary to gain a good idea of what could be lurking in the forest.

Given the short distance of the forest, Jok's concealment would not hold up to close scrutiny. The plant-life could conceal him from someone who did not know what to look for, or to listen for, but Touho was experienced in the arts of war and of camouflage (despite her disdain for using them - it was important to understand the principles to root out evasive foes) and after finding his probable location after a couple of seconds of staring, she would focus on that spot quite intently and prepare herself to strike.

During her brief time spent looking for her opponent, Touho remained as wary as she could, prepared to move or to strike at any second. It was obvious that her entire body was bristling with pent-up energy, waiting to be released, to any who looked upon her - fortunately, this would either prompt a foe into action and give away their location, or it would give her opportune time to strike should they not choose to do so first. Speed gave her an advantage that most foes could not bring themselves to bear against - hopefully she would be the speedy one in this battle.

RPGuild Ranked Tournament - Tuujaimaa vs. Melonhead

I may be aware of the power levels of the tournament, but she is not. It would be very metagamey for me to have Touho go in with the knowledge that she could just brute force everybody and win.

RPGuild Ranked Tournament - Tuujaimaa vs. Melonhead

I should really stop doing this at work when my focus is rather diminished.

I've /actually/ edited now, @Melonhead.

RPGuild Ranked Tournament - Tuujaimaa vs. Melonhead

@MelonHead: Edits made!