<div class="floatleft">(http://i1208.photobucket.com/albums/cc370/Sage226/ca358c37-35c6-4a94-b26b-6ead5a50ba67_zps218ff1df.jpg)</div>Character: Xeo<br/>Location: ATLAS, Southwest Outpost<br/>Time: 2 PM<br/>Company: Artina, Mizuki, Ryuuga, Lond<br/><hr/><br/>Xeo observed his teammates begin their assault from his own vantage point, memorizing their styles, moves and behaviors. Ryuuga's clearly best up front and personal. We'll want to keep him up front. Artina's his back-up, her boost ability balances his speed... Mizuki could've waited before attacking the Nevermores directly, but it was really just a matter of time, so it doesn't matter much... She s protecting the client though, I wuld've avoided attracting too much attention if I would've been her... Xeo thought to himself. With a shrug and a long drag from his cigarette, the hunter lifted his right hand away from the gun and pulled out the blade that rested on his hip.<br/><br/>"Aegis, 12 sword spread" He muttered with a smile on his lips as the blade lifted in the air and began the familiar division, only this time, had an extra dividing step (It basically a dividing sequence like 1, 3, 6, 12). The 12 swords then moved to float behind Xeo in the fashion of an arc, with each blade pointing forward. Placing his hand back to the rifle, the hunter quickly looked back at the 2 hunters on the front-lines. They seemed to be handling well on their own. Mizuki was facing the Nevermores remaining, the 9 flying monsters lined up in the sky and shot down a rain of large feathers hurling towards the girl. The sheer number of feathers made the idea of standing to fight it off simply suicidal. Unless someone had a handy way to fend them off. Quickly swiping his left arm towards Mizuki, the blades veered and disappeared like gunshots towards his comrade. Placing themselves 50 yards in intervention point between the feathery rain and Mizuki and Lond farther behind her, the 12 blades spread out in a large circle and began rotating clockwise. The rotation quickly increases and soon became a blur before them. Sparks and the sound of clashing metal began to ring out as the deadly darts bounced off and tore themselves against the sharp tornado of swords, and lasted a few moments before quieting down. The blades slowed down and stood still in the air, as if awaiting more orders.<br/><br/>"Remember who you're protecting. It's one thing to use a flashy move to attract attention, it's another to make sure the client behind you is safe and sound. Let me take the aggro, since I'm far away from the client. " Xeo reported through the coms, aiming his message to Mizuki. Her move was great, if it didn't attract attention to the vital key to the mission. Client goes down, so does their pay. Having her as support, however, would be really handy, whereas her shots would be dissimulated and flanking the targets, having access to many openings to weak spots.<br/><br/>With that said, Xeo spread his left hand out like a claw. The blades retorted by changing their angles and pointing towards the Nevermores. Loosely holding the sniper with his right hand, the hunter looked up at the Nevermores flying around, who had broken their formation after their attack and were circling again to find a better angle to attack Mizuki. As he observed, he moved his fingers around gently, adjusting each blade's target in a creepy fashion. "I'm taking 4 down on cardinal points before shooting a volley out in center. I'll try to get their attention off of you." Xeo called his shots through his mic, giving the archer a chance to adjust and choose her next move. There was a moment of pause, as Xeo inhaled the last puff he could get from his cigarette, and the blade raced off into the skies as Xeo swiped the clawed hand towards the sky. In sets of 3, the blades darted into the smoky, grimm-filled skies and flew straight for the heads. Their main objective was 2 strikes to the eyes and the third through the mouth that would open from the pain of the 2 previous hits, aiming to strike the brain through and through. Only the southern one hit it's marks completely, being closest to Xeo's position compared to the others and had better accuracy. The others still got some doozy damage in the head and neck area, hitting the southern one in the throat. The beasts were large enough to be shaken perhaps, staggered maybe, but not dropped from his attacks. The hunter grabbed his rifle firmly and aimed at the skies with a medium zoom to have a good overview of the sky while his attacks struck. Rapidly pulling the trigger, Xeo swept from the east to the west, passing through north, in a large thundering volley of 10 shots in 15 seconds, arching the sky with blue electrical lines following the Lightning Reaver's shots, powered with dust. Whatever he hadn't dropped, fell this time as he made especially sure to finish off the ones he could still feel his aura emanating from. The blades pulled themselves from the grimm bodies as the fell from the sky, holding onto their pre-emptive positions after the target lost life, and returned by their master's side.<br/><br/>The remaining 5 Nevermores congregated near the base and began evasive maneuvers, dodging most of the shots sent towards them and keeping a distance from the Western and Southern points of the forest, where the shots from the sniper and the archer were coming from. Their attention had definitely changed target as they began flying closer to Xeo's position in the south, giving Mizuki the time she needed to get to cover and lose most of the heat. Trying the same technique again, Xeo decided to move out of the way rather than repeat his defensive move. He saved himself more energy that way. The hunter ducked behind a large tree and awaited the rain the black feathers to cease before starting a sprint through the forest with 12 flashy swords glowing blue trailing behind him.