<strong>Name:</strong>Lucas Myers/Isabelle<strong>Passion:</strong>Doubt<br/><strong>Defense:</strong>4(5) +3 vs Frost<strong>Skills:</strong>Endurance ( ) Brawl ( ) Throw (X)<br/><strong>Wounds:</strong>3(3)<strong>Traits:</strong>1.( ) 2.(X) 3.( )<br/><strong>AP:</strong>6(8)[2]<strong>SP:</strong>4[6]<strong>CP:</strong>0(6)<br/><hr/><br/>The armored officer who had been the unfortunate recipient of the stone statuette now advanced on Lucas, opening fire in the same way that the swarm of grunts had on Michiru, only with a bit more effectiveness than the men under his (presumably) command.  For a few reasons.  1 - the air guns incorporated into the armor did<em>not</em>, in fact, have rifle-length barrels, even though they fired rifle-sized cartridges.  2 - he had been, shall we say, more extensively trained than said soldiers.  And 3 - Lucas wasn't as nearly as quick as Michiru.  But that hardly mattered to the Beast girl, who pounded forward under fire, intercepting the armored officer halfway towards himself.<br/><br/>As Lucas charged, however, one would note that a set of armored gauntlets and knee-high boots suddenly covered the Beast girl as she weathered the fire from the pair of integrated rifle-caliber weapons that the right arm of the armor sported.  Between her own stamina, and that new set of armor-ish equipment, Lucas managed to close the distance between himself and the officer just fine.  Just before he reached the officer, however, the Kanissian leader had cause and time enough to shout:<br/><br/><em>"Gear user!"</em><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"> AP 2 + Endurance 5 = 1, 2, 3, 6, 6, 6, 6.  +1 Strike Dice, +4 Charge Dice.  Awesome Token! </div></div><br/><br/>And as if some switch had been tripped in them, the Tanuki girl was immediately forgotten by the riflemen, who moved to assist their leader with alacrity and...<em>some</em>accuracy?  It was really too bad that those rifles were bog-standard equipment and not modified at all, otherwise their haste might have proven useful to them.  As for the officer, he abandoned his innate ranged armaments and switched to that rather...how would one describe it?  That fighting style that the Kanissians all learned that had to abide by certain Duchess of Kingsbury rules and whatnot.  Mighty fine for a show of sport, less effective when actually trying to beat someone into compliance.