Stardust
Chapter 17
Managing
Cerise ducked and weaved under his uncles' axe while he swung and tried to score hits on his uncle both actions which were only so successful as his strikes with his weapon felt like hitting an axe against a rock. While dodging was difficult as his bare feet kept interacting with the rugs in bad ways.
Luckily for him though if the bottles scattered around the room and his uncle's breath were any indication the man was drunk, and that gave him a bit of an edge.
(CCTS)
In the dark Citrine stood ready his halberd poised to move his eyes squeezed shut and symbol shining on his forehead as his clairvoyant semblance was active.
When the space went dark earlier Citrine had started spinning his weapon in a circle and moving it around in an effort to block any incoming strikes.
A strategy that fell flat when the woman tried to shank him.
So, he switched to this idea as a test, if his theory about this woman's semblance and her method of attacking was right…
There! His semblance guiding him Citrine lashed out and in a flurry of yellow his weapon hit his mark and Citrine couldn't help the smirk that crossed his face at the surprised sounds the woman made.
Hypothesis confirmed! Citrine thought to himself as he braced himself for the next move.
(CCTS)
From within the cover obscuring them Smoke and Titania observed their opponent as they stealthily moved about.
Neither of them knew how to handle this man. His semblance seemed to focus on making small simple moves but they carried a lot of power to them and the two were at a bit of a loss on what to do!
(CCTS)
From his place across the tent Cerise looked at his uncle with a frown at the man who was snarling at him.
He was definitely drunk.
A wave of his hand and glyphs appeared in a line behind him and a bringing a blade down he fired a bunch of energy projectiles towards all of which he deflected sending them out the tent and into the night in various directions and for one in particular…
In the smoky interior where Smoke and Titania were testing the waters and not having much success against this man the two were starting to debate if a retreat may be in order when a pink streak of light came soaring in from nowhere and struck the ground in the tent making the man turn around and fire a blast with a flick as he roared "ahh!"
It was then that the two saw it. His hands, his fingers in particular were shaking a bit and then the twos path became clear.
Back with Cerise and Silver though. The man's scream caught their attention as Silver faced the direction the noise came from as he confusedly muttered "Brutus?"
Cerise took the opportunity to strike.
(CCTS)
Back with Citrine his fight was probably going the best out of all of them the woman was clearly not used to her foes actually being able to see her when they fight. As whenever she truly commits to a decision Citrine could counter it!
"Ack! Damn you, you little brat!"
Citrine couldn't stop himself from snickering.
(CCTS)
Unkown to all parties involved there was a figure outside the three tents listening and observing to the commotion going off and once their general recon was done they pulled out a strange device and a scroll which he plugged into it and began to call someone…
(CCTS)
Cerise zoomed from glyph to glyph in an effort to get an angle at which to attack his uncle. He was half wondering if he might have to go truly lethal at this point and he didn't like that the notion was even being considered.
Maybe Smoke had a point about all this.
Cerise was brought from his musings by several knives being flung his way. Cerise dodged them and then the battleaxe flung his way which cartoonishly flew like a boomerang around and back to Silver. Who caught and hefted it.
Cerise saw and this and the look on his uncles face and gritted his teeth while groaning internally.
Oh God he's sobering up!
(CCTS)
Titania and Smoke were literally doing circles around the man as he fired off blast after blast at them. The man seemed to use no real weapons and had a heavy reliance upon his semblance.
A semblance that while incredibly powerful clearly put a lot of pressure upon his hands aura or know and between the two of them him reaching his limit was very much a possibility.
(CCTS)
"Yup. Go ahead."
(CCTS)
Elsewhere a button is pressed.
(CCTS)
"Hurk!"
"Oh, what's wrong? Finally got tired of dancing in the dark and decided to_ hey what the hell?! Are you alright? What's wrong with you?!"
(CCTS)
Ducking and weaving Cerise zoomed around the room using his glyphs trying to make swipes his energy blades though he couldn't keep this up…
His aura was starting to get low and his uncle was very much becoming a more competent fighter again.
Flexing his fingers Cerise dismissed the blade making up his left hand and with a swipe he sent two rings in the disc form that normally spins at his feet likes discus towards Silver energy coating them his semblance very much being used as a physical (so to speak) weapon.
But the man merely just tilted his body to the side and the whooshed harmlessly past him while Cerise gaped.
With slow deliberation Silver righted his body using his semblance to make an adjustment as he did so. Not that Cerise noticed then.
Though he certainly noticed when he tried to move and proceeded to trip over a silver tray and fall flat on his face.
Cerise propped himself up and looked just in time to see his uncle bearing down on him with his axe only for there to be a certain noise.
"HIYAH!"
There was a flash of yellow.
Author's Note: Hey all so here's a new chapter. This fight scene feels rather so-so but it works I guess and the ending is rather serendipitous in it's own way so there we go. Not much else to say. I hope you like this. I do not own RWBY in any way, shape, or form. My OC's are my own. Reviews welcome.