USH'S MATRIX GAME FIFTH ASSIGNMENT (COMBAT PATH)- 'Payback'

Not in the lobby, Burn; you'll have to head into the combat zone.

Tyr rolls evens... too damn close, Ares!

Into sequence nine... well, I'm not telling Rade and Castor, someone else can... but I am certain they will be dead by 10. Speed roll is 3.

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CURRENT SITUATION AT: Ninth Sequence, Frame 12

Central route

Khali: 13/24/12

San: 10/20/11

Left route

Cloud: 15/30/10

Sinister: 10/25/12

Lobby

Burn: 1/34/-

Loomis: 9/44/-

Back route

Ares: 10/40/11

Tyr: 10/11/12

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You're a little out of sync there, Burn, so no focus back for you yet.

Ares, Tyr, with the first blow in a sequence at LAST, goes for a kill with a Claw.

Khali goes Vengeance/Sting against San, though we'll have to wait until she returns for her defences there.

No, I'M going to be dead by Sequence 10.

Learned Tutor's Block.

Tyr rolls +2. He's got you this time, Ares. He powers a full Storm into that four eight extra damage; that is ten in total. You now have to make a death check with a difficulty of 15.

Oh... you rolled +7; a pass. That's annoyed him...

Oh, Sinister is doing a Roaring Dragon Punch, of course.

And I was saying damn before...

Like I said, dead by Sequence 10!

My turn?

Lightning Fist...though it will do nothing but miss I am sure!

Tyr sees no reason to take chances- he'll Fox's Retreat. You roll evens, Ares, and yeah, that is a considerable miss.

He's going to do some light blows to finish the deal- a Breath of the Dragon modifed by Hands Without Shadow. Nasty.

Good bye! Ares will be hitting the floor now...

Fox's Retreat.

Thanks....
I needed those focus points to counter Loomis's shots!

Gah, Tyr rolls -5... he just cannot finish this one! Your move, Ares.

I'll need a move, Burn!

I don't have the focus that Hepaestus does to try another Lightning Fist...

Ares attempts to knock Tyr to the ground with Grasshopper's Sweep.

He'll dodge. -4; no good, Ares.

Ok, NOW he surely has to finish it. Another Hands of Light strike on Ares.

What's the move do again?

Fox's Retreat...

My usual fox's retreat

I meant Hands without Shadow... silly me... and you cannot afford that, Ares, so no dodge.

Tyr rolls evens; that is a hit for two damage, Ares, enforcing another death check. You roll +2, that's not good enough, and this last blow you are sent to the ground.

Sinister rolls -2, Cloud- no good, and now you to strike!

I have absolutly NO ideas on what to do with Loomis.

Then basically he will just shoot at you, so you had best decide something.

Can I do somethign that wil make me harder to hit?
Like zig zag or something. Because using cover wont work, I cant engage in hand to hand, and I don't have enough focus to do anythign else

Ares flies back, and hits the ground.

"Nice punch," Ares says to Tyr, spitting out blood. "Worthy opponent...and all of that shit..." Spits out more blood.

"So, I take it that you've taken on Jericho's anti-Zion thoughts?"

Stuff like zigzagging is built into your passive dodge score, Burn.

Tyr takes a moment to take a stuck of gum from his insiee pocket, which he chews slowly. He then walks over and bears down upon your throat with his foot, Ares.

"It's not anti-Zion," says Tyr. "It's just smart. As for you... you're all dead already."

"Just think for a moment, Tyr. You're only doing this because Jericho will kill you if you don't."