I watch the Manticore as I mentally recall the understanding that brings my sword, the Alderine Light, into my hands. I let some of my quarks flow into the blades reserve, then forcing them to align and form up in just the right way as to form a sheath of pure cyan flame around the blade. Infusing it with some gravitons to give it some punch when it hits something, I look back up to see the Manticores claws flying towards my face. As I instinctively shift to energy form and shift back behind the Manticore, it reaches where my face was not even half a second ago.
I charge. Holding the Alderine Light over my shoulder with my organic hand, I change my LMAR from standard mode to an arm mounted miniature fusion caster. A bit overkill, but I’m bored, and overkill is fun. I jump and shield myself from gravity for a few moments to make it onto the Manticores back. I stab downward with as much force as I can and hear hissing and sizzling as the blade embeds itself deep into the body. It thrashes a bit, trying unsuccessfully to shake me off, as I line up the shot. And then I fire. I see the green point of light with glare like the sun travel from the barrel to the Manticore’s head within a half of a half of a second. I hear the loud bang of a miniature supernova erupting inside the beasts skull. I put up a gravitational shield around me to keep any bits of skull from impaling me, and to keep the brain bits from going in my eyes. The body slumps to the ground, and I disembark from its back, looking at the slightly bloody but mostly scorched spot on the ground where the supernova reached the farthest. I form my LMAR back into standard form and mentally recall the Alderine Light as I walk away, no longer bored but now satisfied at the results of the encounter. I smile, for the first time in days.
That was fun to write. That was actually really fun to write. I wish there were more opportunity’s to do that.
(nods) this is getting good
If this were Ian:
Here we go!
I watch the Manticore as I mentally recall the understanding that brings my sword, the Alderine Light, into my hands. I let some of my quarks flow into the blades reserve, then forcing them to align and form up in just the right way as to form a sheath of pure cyan flame around the blade. Infusing it with some gravitons to give it some punch when it hits something, I look back up to see the Manticores claws flying towards my face. As I instinctively shift to energy form and shift back behind the Manticore, it reaches where my face was not even half a second ago.
I charge. Holding the Alderine Light over my shoulder with my organic hand, I change my LMAR from standard mode to an arm mounted miniature fusion caster. A bit overkill, but I’m bored, and overkill is fun. I jump and shield myself from gravity for a few moments to make it onto the Manticores back. I stab downward with as much force as I can and hear hissing and sizzling as the blade embeds itself deep into the body. It thrashes a bit, trying unsuccessfully to shake me off, as I line up the shot. And then I fire. I see the green point of light with glare like the sun travel from the barrel to the Manticore’s head within a half of a half of a second. I hear the loud bang of a miniature supernova erupting inside the beasts skull. I put up a gravitational shield around me to keep any bits of skull from impaling me, and to keep the brain bits from going in my eyes. The body slumps to the ground, and I disembark from its back, looking at the slightly bloody but mostly scorched spot on the ground where the supernova reached the farthest. I form my LMAR back into standard form and mentally recall the Alderine Light as I walk away, no longer bored but now satisfied at the results of the encounter. I smile, for the first time in days.
That was fun to write. That was actually really fun to write. I wish there were more opportunity’s to do that.