I duck, but not fast enough. He's faster than he has any right to be, with all that gear. And I was too quick to write off the cape. It's only moments before it's due to hit me that I recognize the way that it's weighted down, made into its own kind of weapon.
I'm not down far enough, so it connects, staggers me. I can only drop further, tilt my head to take the elbow on the top of my forehead. It's the hardest part of the body, and that's for someone whose skull isn't reinforced. There's still those barbs, though, that armor, and the guy hits like a train. Not getting out of this without some pain.
Then, what else is new?
Have to try and back him up more, or he's going to get past me; he's already getting too close to being able to duck past. I try to seize his arm as its connecting with the top of my head, aiming to twist, slip behind him. Plenty of ways out of that hold, though, if I manage the grab, and I'm betting he knows more than a few of them.
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Date: 2011-11-14 02:49 am (UTC)I'm not down far enough, so it connects, staggers me. I can only drop further, tilt my head to take the elbow on the top of my forehead. It's the hardest part of the body, and that's for someone whose skull isn't reinforced. There's still those barbs, though, that armor, and the guy hits like a train. Not getting out of this without some pain.
Then, what else is new?
Have to try and back him up more, or he's going to get past me; he's already getting too close to being able to duck past. I try to seize his arm as its connecting with the top of my head, aiming to twist, slip behind him. Plenty of ways out of that hold, though, if I manage the grab, and I'm betting he knows more than a few of them.