( noticing the redundancy in my previous tag and closing my eyes...
By the time he notices how the look in Oria's eyes sort of shifts, he's already got a shot in that Mithrun can't dodge while trying to push back and get some distance (16). It's a clean shot - a cinematic shot right through the chest - and it knocks him down to 12%, just enough leeway for Oria to keep at it.
The best tell Mithrun's's feeling the pain is the way his lips purse into a grimace, the taste of his own blood bitter on his tongue as it runs down his face. He swings in for an attack, but he takes another Thorn Shot point blank in the attempt (15), and that knocks him well below 10%. Another hit, skill or no, could probably finish him off easy.
But aggression is aggression, and Oria looks like he wants to kill. His blade comes down with another Death Bringer, but Oria's rapid shots and repeated Thorn Shots have done a number on him - his grip's shaky, and it doesn't seem likely to land true (5), but with a bite in the glint of the blade, it'll crit if it does manage (13).
Mithrun doesn't know what's set Oria off exactly - desperation, fight or fight, is what his instinct tells him - but he's not the type to settle things via conversation, and he's not keen on testing to see if Oria will wait out a conversation. Someone dies, and then they talk. That seems the reasonable way of things. )
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By the time he notices how the look in Oria's eyes sort of shifts, he's already got a shot in that Mithrun can't dodge while trying to push back and get some distance (16). It's a clean shot - a cinematic shot right through the chest - and it knocks him down to 12%, just enough leeway for Oria to keep at it.
The best tell Mithrun's's feeling the pain is the way his lips purse into a grimace, the taste of his own blood bitter on his tongue as it runs down his face. He swings in for an attack, but he takes another Thorn Shot point blank in the attempt (15), and that knocks him well below 10%. Another hit, skill or no, could probably finish him off easy.
But aggression is aggression, and Oria looks like he wants to kill. His blade comes down with another Death Bringer, but Oria's rapid shots and repeated Thorn Shots have done a number on him - his grip's shaky, and it doesn't seem likely to land true (5), but with a bite in the glint of the blade, it'll crit if it does manage (13).
Mithrun doesn't know what's set Oria off exactly - desperation, fight or fight, is what his instinct tells him - but he's not the type to settle things via conversation, and he's not keen on testing to see if Oria will wait out a conversation. Someone dies, and then they talk. That seems the reasonable way of things. )