Vode An [Day 9, Late Evening, Combat]

[Raven Cadera]

Raven grunted from the sudden feeling of flesh being cut, feeling pressed back further by his relentless assault, however as he rose again from his knee, Raven spotted her opening. A quick shift of her grip to bring the weapon into both hands, the sharp sword found purchase with a vicious strike downward, aiming halting his mobility as she struck at his thigh in return.

His beskar halted her from making a clean strike through muscle and tendons, but it would certainly slow him down.


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Maneuver: Aim
Maneuver: Aim (2 Strain)
Action: Slice!

D9 Vode An. Round 3. Melee (Brawn). Adversary 3+2 Defense. Upgrade from Despair. -1S (Custom Grip), +1B Accurate, +2B Aim.: 2eP+2eA+3eB+2eC+1eD+1eS 1 success, 6 advantage


7 Damage with Pierce 4 (before Soak).
2 Advantages to Boost next attack.
2 Advantages to inflict 1 Setback to Carid's next check.
1 Advantage to activate Critical Injury, with 1 additional Advantage spent for +10.
D9 Vode An. Round 3. Critical Injury. +10 previous injury, +20 Vicious, +10 additional Advantage: 1d100+40 113 - Temporarily Lame: Until this Critical Injury is healed, the target cannot perform more than one maneuver during his turn.


WT: 7/20
ST: 6/13
Defense: R2/M2 (+1 Ranged from Moving Target, +1 Melee Vibrosword) +1 Setback
Soak: 6

[Meiyokashi]

Stepping away from the cut he staggered a moment, grunting with the pain of it. With a shout he focused himself stood tall, and then rushed forward. Raven's blade in a forward posture to halt his advance he quickly dashed the tip of it with both vamblades before pushing into the opening he created for himself. Getting up close he brought one blade against her side, another by her arm, and then grabbed onto her right arm. With the hold the visors clash, each staring into the other as Raven feels the control of the moment turn to Carid with his grip on her. Forcing her arm down against his knee he parted away as she would be reeling from the pain of it.

"Now we're fighting!" he shouts, a roar of a laugh as he psyches himself up through the pain.

Carid: Melee, Accurate 1, Aim, GM Destiny, vs Raven, Defense 1, Player Destiny, Dual Weapons: 4eP+1eA+2eB+1eC+2eD+3eS 3 successes, 2 advantage, 1 Triumph


Carid: Critical Hit on Raven, Lethal Blows +20: 1d100+20 100

Maneuver: Aim
Action: Attacking Raven, dealing 9 damage before Soak, another 9 damage before Soak, sundering her weapon (One step of damage!), and dealing a Critical Hit! (Paired Weapons)

Crippled: Raven's Right arm is crippled until critical wound is healed, increasing the difficulty of all checks that require the use of this limb by one.

[Combat Modifiers:]
Carid has Defense: 2M/1R, and Adversary 3.
Crippled: Increase difficulty of all checks which use her right arm by 1!

[Raven Cadera]

A gasp of pain followed before she choked down the cry that wanted to come out in response, and Raven managed to tear herself free from his hold, staggering back as she held the blade in her right hand. Normally, she'd be reaching for a stim at this point, but she wouldn't be able to hold her sword then, and her other arm shot pain through her body when she tried to will it to move.

There was a pained laugh, sharing in the ecstasy of the moment, as she readied herself for his attack once more. "Didn't think you had it in you..." For anyone not Mando'ade looking at this, it would be hard to understand the absolute feeling of battle thrill taking over, and seeking glorious combat.

This time she was unable to pierce through his defenses, still adjusting to her injured state. The pain in her arm was reminding her that she would need to change tactics, and she fell into a more defensive stance to hold him off.

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Maneuver: Aim
Maneuver: Aim (2 Strain)
Action: Slice!

D9 Vode An. Round 4. Melee (Brawn). Adversary 3+2 Defense. +1S from damaged weapon. -1S (Custom Grip), +1B Accurate, +2B Aim, +1B from last round. Player Destiny.: 3eP+1eA+4eB+2eC+1eD+2eS 0 successes, 7 advantage


Miss.
2 Advantage impose 1 Setback to Carid.
2 Advantage to gain a Boost next round.
3 Advantages to gain +1 Melee Defense until the end of the next round.


WT: 13/20
ST: 8/13
Defense: R2/M3 (+1 Ranged from Moving Target, +1 Melee Vibrosword)
+1 Melee Defense (total of 3), and one additional Setback to Carid next check.
Soak: 6

[Meiyokashi]

Stepping into her space he holds up his vamblades in a fighters pose, matching that defensive stance as they begin to circle, "Underestimating opponents? Thought you'd know better," he says as he launches into an attack with the blade to the left but suddenly retracts the one on the right- punching her in the crippled arm as she moves to defend and in that moment of lowered defenses brings out the vamblade again for a X-cut across her chest. Meeting as much beskar as it did flesh the red crimson flicked off his blades in wide arcs across the floor.

Carid: Melee, Accurate 1, Aim, GM Destiny, vs Raven, Defense 1, Dual Weapons: 4eP+1eA+2eB+3eD+4eS 1 success, 1 advantage


Maneuver: Aim
Action to Attack Raven, dealing 9 damage before Soak, and dealing another 9 damage before soak.

[Combat Modifiers:]
Carid has Defense: 2M/1R, and Adversary 3.
Crippled: Increase difficulty of all checks which use her right arm by 1!
Setback from Damaged Weapon!

[Raven Cadera]

The amount of injuries she had sustained so far would've felled almost any other person, yet somehow she was still standing, persistant and tenacious. "Not underestimating, no." She pushed away from him, finding more distance as she launched the whipcord from her wrist. Holding her sword in the same arm as she was firing was challenging, and while it struck, it didn't completely wrap around him enough to ensnare him.

The distance would buy her some small reprieve, but she was starting to feel desperation now. This was a much more difficult foe than Dred Saxon had been.


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Maneuver: Disengage to Short
Maneuver: Aim (2 Strain)
Action: Use Whipcord!

D9 Vode An. Round 5. Melee (Brawn) at Short Range with Whipcord. Adversary 3+2 Defense. +1B from last round, +1B Aim. Player Destiny.: 3eP+1eA+2eB+2eC+2eS 3 successes, 1 advantage


4 Damage before Soak, so probably nothing.
1 Advantage to recover 1 Strain.

WT: 19/20
ST: 9/13
Defense: R2/M2 (+1 Ranged from Moving Target, +1 Melee Vibrosword)
Soak: 6

[Meiyokashi]

With the limp slowing him he still manages to dive out of the way of the whipcord as it shoots out for his legs. Grunting in pain as the leg in question lands against the ground and wincing a bit but he charges on. Catching up with heavy breath he laughs, "You're slowing," he says, a small chuckle as he lashes out with one blade, Raven dashing it aside with her own. "Heart not in it?" he lunges forward with the other, the blade scratching across the beskar mounter on her arm and being deflected harmlessly.

Carid: Melee, Accurate 1, vs Raven, Defense 1, Dual Weapons: 3eP+1eA+1eB+3eD+2eS 1 failure, 1 advantage


Maneuver: Engage
Action: Attacking Raven but misses! Passing a boost toward his next attempt.

[Combat Modifiers:]
Carid has Defense: 2M/1R, and Adversary 3.
Crippled: Increase difficulty of all checks which use her right arm by 1!
Setback from Damaged Weapon!

[Destiny on Carid Defense!]

[Raven Cadera]

Her breath was certainly getting ragged now, as she kept being pushed to the brink. "So are you." Enduring the pain of her injured arm, she managed to withdraw a stim and jab near her open wound, feeling her system pumped with a chemical cocktail to boost her back into focus.

Shifting her stance as his weapons slid off her beskar, Raven stepped in rather than away this time and swung her sword in a painful arc at him.


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Incidental: Draw stim
Maneuver: Stim
Maneuver: Aim (2 strain)
Action: Attack!

D9 Vode An. Round 6. Melee (Brawn). Adverary 3+2 Defense. +1S damaged weapon. GM Upgrade. +1B Accurate, +1B Aim, -1S Custom Grip. Player Destiny.: 3eP+1eA+2eB+3eC+2eS 3 successes


9 Damage with Pierce 4.

WT: 14/20 (1 stim)
ST: 11/13
Defense: R2/M3 (+1 Ranged from Moving Target, +1 Melee Vibrosword)
Soak: 6
Spending Destiny on Defense!

[Meiyokashi]

Grunting with the pain as she cut across him he dashes the blade aside and resumes their posturing. "You cut deep," he says in their dance, finding his spot in her defense he steps forward hard on one leg and jabs out- cutting into some of her flesh nearish to her stomach, by her waist. Coming back with a wince from landing on the leg again, "I'm also old.." he chuckles, bitterly.

Carid: Melee, Accurate 1, vs Raven, Defense 1, Dual Weapons, Player Destiny: 3eP+1eA+1eB+1eC+2eD+2eS 2 successes


Action to attack Raven, dealing 8 damage before soak!

[Combat Modifiers:]
Carid has Defense: 2M/1R, and Adversary 3.
Crippled: Increase difficulty of all checks which use her right arm by 1!
Setback from Damaged Weapon!

[Destiny on Carid Defense!]

[Raven Cadera]

More... she felt the pain pressing behind her eyes, and without thinking her hand reached for the second stim in the easy-access pouch, though she gasped in pain from the movement.

"Old and full of trouble," there was a weird mixture of spite and respect in her tone. Raven hated him, for what he had done to Praxton. For those who had to die to cover him. But locked in combat as they were, it was hard to not find respect for such a skilled opponent.

Keeping her movement with her, she stepped in once more, though her injuries left her more open than before, as she delivered a sharp thrust at him with her mother's blade.

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Incidental: Draw stim
Maneuver: Stim
Action: Attack!

D9 Vode An. Round 7. Melee (Brawn). Adverary 3+2 Defense. +1S damaged weapon. +1B Accurate, -1S Custom Grip. Player Destiny and GM Destiny! KOTE!: 3eP+1eA+1eB+3eC+2eS 1 success, 2 threat


7 damage with Pierce 4 before Soak.


WT: 13/20 (2 stims)
ST: 11/13
Defense: R2/M2 (+1 Ranged from Moving Target, +1 Melee Vibrosword)
Soak: 6
Destiny on Defense!

[Meiyokashi]

As the thrust connected, it cut across his side and along some beskar. Holding down her blade with an elbow he reaches out and grabs her roughly by the front of her chestplate, bringing her in close visor to visor so that she could barely make out the image of his face behind it, "Old and tired, but not dead," he says, before thrusting his right deep into her side and while she reels from the shock of it thrusting the other deep as well on the other side. Holding her there between his vamblades before pulling them back and letting go.

Carid: Melee, Accurate 1, Aimx2, vs Raven, Defense 2, Dual Weapons, Player Destiny: 3eP+2eA+3eB+1eC+2eD+2eS 5 successes, 4 advantage


Free Maneuver to Aim
Maneuver to Aim
Action to Attack Raven, dealing 11 damage before Soak, and dealing another 11 Damage before Soak, with a Critical Hit.

[Raven Cadera]

Raven felt her voice catch in her throat as the pain in her side, as his blade punctures the beskar and into flesh and organs. The shock is numbing, and she stumble forward, muscles still tensing as she tries to will her body into still obeying her, but each breath wracks her body.

Through the visor, there was only fierce determination on her face, even as her eyes fluttered and struggling to stay open as she found herself collapsing... oddly enough not crashing to the floor?

I'm sorry...

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WT: 23/20 (2 stim)
ST: 11/13

D9 Vode An. Round 7. Critical from exceeding Wound treshold. +20 from existing Criticals: 1d100+20 95
Durable reduces to Winded critical injury

Critical injuries sustained:
Winded
Winded
Maimed

[Meiyokashi]

Seeing her fall Carid quickly reachs out and catches her under the arms, pulling her up onto her feet best as one could with an unconscious body made of metal and dead weight. Looking down upon her through his visor he regards her for a moment and then raises his hand, snapping his fingers together as the vamblades retract into his suit.

"Sur'ar!" he calls out in Mando'a asking for the attention of one of his comrades. Shifting Raven into one arm he hooks it under her own and around her back to hold her up, the support going onto his bad leg as he groans in pain. At his side he's joined by the Togruta, "Kriff you doing Carid," she asks, holding the stim.

"Do as I ask, please," he says, sternly. Without any more fuss she hands over the stim. Looking to her he nods, a bit of appreciation as he sets it into the side of his belt for a moment. Reaching up with the hand he undoes and pulls off Raven's helmet, tossing it to the side. Collecting the stim again into his hand while he speaks.

"At cuyir dral cuyir jate, at atiniir cuyir mandokarla. Gar malyasa'yr va ramaanar ibi'tuur, evaar'la verd," he says in the Mandalorian tongue. Bringing the stimpack to her neck he injects it and gently lowers her to a sitting position at the nearest wall while the stim takes effect.

*To be stronger is good, to endure is ideal. You will not die today, young warrior.

[Raven Cadera]

It was a painful shock as adrenaline kicked her senses awake, and she twitched in pain as she tried to heave for breath, her blue eyes wide to get her bearings and also to not pass out again.

The wild eyes flickered around as her labored breath continued rapidly, until they settled on the one in front of her. Carid. Immediately, the emotion flashing over her somewhat pretty features is the determination she had held before, then confusion kicks in and takes over. "... Why...?" Just the word made her wince, and instead of reaching for her damage sword, her mother's old weapon, Raven holds her side.

She was not going to fight now, she knew when she was beaten and when she could barely stand. Maybe he wanted to question her, or gloat, before ending it.

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OOC: Third stim. At exactly 20/20 Wounds.

[Meiyokashi]

"I have no reason to kill you," he says simply. Seeing her passive he gives a nod toward her and then looks to the togruta at his side. She whispers something to him and he chuckles, shaking his head as he removes his helmet. While Carid wasn't old- he was worn from years of this, that much was plain. Scars, a little blood at the corner of his mouth, he smiles briefly and offers an open palm toward the woman at his side who places another stim into it. With a brief thanks he takes it, and injects his as well into his neck.

With a long sigh he looks back to raven, tossing the empty cartridge aside, "We fought. You fell, and I stand. I believe that satisfies everything that needs satisfying."

[Raven Cadera]

As she tried to speak, she shuddered in pain once more as she held down a cough, knowing that it would hurt even more Still she could feel blood in her throat and mouth. If taking a wild guess, Raven suspected she had injuries to one of her lungs, or both. Everything just hurt too damn much to make an assessment. It took a few attempts at a stable and shallow breaths until she speaks again.

She had killed Ketsu, and the others, so his choice of mercy confused her still, even if her survival-instincts didn't question it.

"Y... you knew I would come after you, after what you did. A--" Those blue eyes closed in pain as she needed another moment to steady her breathing. When she spoke again, it was still with her eyes closed, yet her voice managed to keep a smooth cadance. There was no malice or anger now, only an honest sincerity shared between two warriors who had shared in battle. "All this... for a favor? Was it worth it, for you?"


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OOC: And pause here for the others to join in again.

[Meiyokashi]

Carid was about to answer, looking down to Raven from his spoke when the mood in the room shifts with one very strange sound.

"-veeeennnn!" THUNK there's a knock on the closed door.

[Varina Ordo]

Varina slumped against the frame. Extracting Soleene had been a rousing success! Maybe she could have taken the impact though...

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Not sure if Enduring would count under Natural Soak. It is, in fact, the difference between a conscious Varina and an unconscious Varina.

[Meiyokashi]

[Enduring makes sense! Natural soak would just be her own body's natural ability to resist damage, cause I feel armor wouldn't 'help' here, which Enduring should qualify under!]

[Raven Cadera]

Raven looked in the direction of the closed door after the sound and thunk she heard, drawing her blaster pistol in preparation for the door to open and enemies to appear. Planting her good arm against the wall, she pushed herself up to a standing position, teeth gritting through the aches shooting through her body.

If she had to fight alongside Carid and his companions to save her team, she would.

[Varina Ordo]

Varina used her vibro-rapier as a crutch, at least, until it stabbed into the floor. "Ugh." She sheathed it then jammed her last stimpack into Soleene. "You better not be dead."

The delinquent shut off the jetpack then forced herself up with some semblance of a pistol squat. Awkward but she was the most independent of teens.

Her hand reached to the door then she retracted it. She went onto the comm channel and said, "Soleene and I got separated from Claymore. I think he's trailing behind. Not sure where we all are in relation to another."