>>95846747
Switching to a sword is faster than reloading
> and Whitewood does
> Doesn't draw blood on it, but uses Emergency Supplies to consume a resource and add another Brutal tag to the sword
> that makes 4 damage dice and 4 attack dice
> he nearly can't fail
> and yet somehow... he does
> critically, even
> Rapturious approaches with an even gait, unbothered by the weapon in his hands
> She turns it aside with a glance
> plunges a hand into his chest
> and Maxes out his Echo Resistance
> AND HE JUST BARELY MAKES IT, BOYS
> HE RESISTS THE CALL OF THE HEART
> FUCK
> YEAH

Meanwhile, Cheri goes for a killshot with her shotcannon
> She's buzzing from orgasms so she is losing a die, but she can afford it
> Never mind, no she can't
> A failure, and a big one
> She fires at Rapturious and the bullets simply never reach her
> it's like Yngeline all over again
> The Angel turns and smiles at Cheri
"Don't you want to be together again, hon?"
> Her body opens like a blooming flower
> Inside is a Drow made of star-white flesh
> Bare as the day they lost her
> Yngeline opens her eyes and smiles at her old rival, beckoning her forward.
> It's the tiniest scratch of Echo stress, this angler-fish tactic
> but it's enough
> The starlight elf reaches out to her night-black counterpart and they both flicker out of view
> Minor Echo: Vanished
> Cheri will not be back until both Whitewood and the Angel have acted once more.