By the time the Myrmidon was struck in surprise from Ashton's skillful assault, Claire still, unfortunately had his lance stuck in the ground. He was beginning to think that it was caught up in some root formation or something. This is foolish! It's a plain iron lance without any hooks on it! The knight was simply thankful that Lady Laplace and Miss Maribelle were busy somewhere else instead of noticing him ingloriously attempting to pull out his armament from Mother Earth. Incidentally, he was beginning to wonder why the rascal in front of him hasn't made another<del>futile</del>blow at the obviously vulnerable and distracted bodyguard. Rather, he looked as if he was distracted himself!<br/><br/>A turn of Claire's crimson and charcoal-colored helmet sent him into a choking cough, with the face underneath turning perhaps even redder than the vermilion of his fluffy muffler. Despite not being a stranger to the experience, the knight still stared rudely for a few lost moments before once again realizing his location and the danger Maribelle had put herself in. Spurred by a rising<del>desire</del>obligation to at least establish a safe area in the immediate vicinity (or maybe he just wanted to show off), Claire finally tore the battered lance out of the grass and dirt formation, and celebrated by using the tool as an over-sized club to smash his enemy's jaw.<br/><br/>Perhaps Lord Devereaux has not received proper training in using lances?<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">ooc</div><div class="spoiler_body">Claire attacks enemy Myrmidon @ G18!<br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">nerdy calculations</div><div class="spoiler_body"><tt class="bbc_tt">Battle Inventory:<br/>  Name            Rng  Atk  Hit  Eva  Crt  AS  Ql<br/> - Iron Lance      1   014  090  005  002  02  40<br/> - Vulnerary                                   03<br/>Active Skills:<br/><strong>Renewal</strong> - Passive Effect / At the start of each Player turn, you regain HP equal to 1/10 of your Maximum HP.<br/><strong>Armoured</strong> - Passive Effect / Any attack that would only deal 1 through 5 damage, no matter the source, the damage is reduced to 0.<br/><strong>Hold The Line</strong> - Passive Effect / Whenever you attempt to hold a chokepoint, the character with this skill blocks off enemy movement through the space to their right and left.<br/><strong>Hold the ****ing Line!</strong> - Claire is a knight bent on dedicating the **** out of his life to defending a cause. / If the character is within 3 spaces of Allied Units, +2 Defense / Resistance<br/><strong>Stirring Blood</strong> - Unless the enemy is another chivalrous knight to duel sportingly with. / If the character is fighting [Knight] or their Promotions, +10 Critical<br/><strong>Portable Oven</strong> - Metal is an excellent conductor of heat. Claire is covered in metal. / If the character is wielding [Fire], +10 Enemy Critical<br/>Under Effect of:<br/><strong>Charisma</strong> from Maribelle - +10 to Hit/Evasion within three spaces of Maribelle.<br/></tt><br/><br/>from earlier, 91 or under to hit, + 10 charisma, +5 b/c enemy suffering from Daunt from Aurich. AKA I CAN'T MISS.<br/><br/>Claire deals 14(base) - 2(enemy def) + 1(lance triangle bonus) = 13 damage. Robotnik the Myrmidon dies!<br/></div></div><br/>And kills him dead.<br/></div></div><br/>Regardless of the lack of finesse, the proper results of the target combatant having the living daylights knocked out of him was achieved. The armored warrior returns to top form, as the knight took his defensive stance. It's like he never even missed and totally skewered the wrong thing.