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[chalicejoker]

Hajime decided it was time to do something about Malin. He didn't know her name, but he knew she knew far too much about him. She'd found where he lived. He couldn't think of anyone else who would have left those ridiculous books for him to find.

He looked long and hard for a suitable grounds on which to do battle. He found some Infrastructure, decided it was abandoned, and prepared to summon her there. Time to end this quickly and with no witnesses...

...only the summoning failed. The bits of reality he was tugging at wouldn't cooperate, and no enemy came. There would be no fight--not one that he was expecting, anyway.

He didn't realize the Infrastructure wasn't abandoned.

Comments

[modmachine]

That, at least, isn't happening - the angel sees what he's planning, and twists its hands to shove upwards. It's not enough to fully remove Hajime, but it's at least enough to throw off his blow and give the angel some putting-out-fire space. The burning seems to have mostly stopped anyway - metal mesh that was beneath the straw is visible now, but it's clearly not normal woven grass, either.

[chalicejoker]

He's been somewhat thrown off, but maybe...he's going to try to get to his feet again solely for the express purpose of kicking the angel, because he's got a nice little exploit that lets him kick something hard enough that it explodes.

[modmachine]

The angel seems to be concentrating on getting him off anyway - once he is off it starts to get itself off the ground, but if he's quick he can maybe get that kick in.

[chalicejoker]

He tries to be quick. Tries so hard.

It still isn't enough. The kick misses, and he's vulnerable to a counterattack.