The boy has a mocking look in his eyes. Mikoto hides her flinch behind a wince as a blade of razor-grass cuts the side of her forehead, while she furiously swings her sword in a downward lash, forcing the boy to block and skid backward somewhat, lining him up for Baroona's ambush.
But it's true, what he's saying. She is. For Baroona's sake. He's never seen her truly unleash the full extent of her abilities, and she...doesn't want him to see that side of her.
Not unless it was truly necessary. Mikoto holds back a gulp, refashions it into a smirk of her own as she stirs up more iron sand to form into needle-like stakes of her own to further pin him down in his position; he retaliates by deflecting them with more razors.] Too much of a pain, that's all.
[The boy shakes his head, swiftly and effortlessly lashing out with his sword in a wide arc, which Mikoto narrowly blocks; she can feel herself struggling under the force of the blow, and her knees are shaking as she wills herself to try and push him off.
"You're a Level 5. An Electromaster, at that. You could easily raze me to ashes. Come on. Throw a Railgun at me. I dare you."
Mikoto grits her teeth, eyes briefly flicking again toward Baroona as he's closing the distance.
She grins more genuinely this time.
This fight doesn't belong to just her.]
You're just not special enough for that kind of treatment!
[Mikoto uses her free hand to fire a direct blast at him, forcing him back another step. He laughs.
"Guess I'll just have to give you a reason, huh? A pity..."
And he turns around just as Baroona is within striking distance, grinning maliciously.
"...I was hoping to bring him in intact...think you can blink your way out of this?"
hush dear don't say such things
The boy has a mocking look in his eyes. Mikoto hides her flinch behind a wince as a blade of razor-grass cuts the side of her forehead, while she furiously swings her sword in a downward lash, forcing the boy to block and skid backward somewhat, lining him up for Baroona's ambush.
But it's true, what he's saying. She is. For Baroona's sake. He's never seen her truly unleash the full extent of her abilities, and she...doesn't want him to see that side of her.
Not unless it was truly necessary. Mikoto holds back a gulp, refashions it into a smirk of her own as she stirs up more iron sand to form into needle-like stakes of her own to further pin him down in his position; he retaliates by deflecting them with more razors.] Too much of a pain, that's all.
[The boy shakes his head, swiftly and effortlessly lashing out with his sword in a wide arc, which Mikoto narrowly blocks; she can feel herself struggling under the force of the blow, and her knees are shaking as she wills herself to try and push him off.
"You're a Level 5. An Electromaster, at that. You could easily raze me to ashes. Come on. Throw a Railgun at me. I dare you."
Mikoto grits her teeth, eyes briefly flicking again toward Baroona as he's closing the distance.
She grins more genuinely this time.
This fight doesn't belong to just her.]
You're just not special enough for that kind of treatment!
[Mikoto uses her free hand to fire a direct blast at him, forcing him back another step. He laughs.
"Guess I'll just have to give you a reason, huh? A pity..."
And he turns around just as Baroona is within striking distance, grinning maliciously.
"...I was hoping to bring him in intact...think you can blink your way out of this?"
And a flurry of razor blades is summoned.]