Claire shared Aurich's sentiments for brisk methods of communication during mortal combat. It was made evident by the frantic flail of his claw-finger-things waving away, telling Maribelle to remove herself from danger instead of performing her work. An objection soon dropped, alongside Claire's weapon (again) when the helmet turned to see the dancer in action.<br/><br/>After a period of hypnotized inaction, the knight quickly dropped down to one knee and lifted his lance again, repeating an amateur disrespect for his own perforating stick twice in less than ten minutes. He wasn't sure how long it lasted, but Claire definitely felt the need to move the front line forward, at least to cover the dancer who clearly decided to stay and fight alongside the--And mother of mercy, Lady Cecilia is here!<br/><br/>Upon witnessing her arrival and aid to the valiant Aurich, Cuddles briskly began to rush forward again with his steel boots leaving ragged footprints of massacred grass towards the Myrmidon directly at his front. Maybe it was embarrassment or true noblesse oblige, but it is certainly true that the surprise rush of energy he found was thanks to Maribelle.<br/><br/>An energy that manifested itself into a slam right on the Myrmidon's face, as Claire brusquely swung his relatively large weapon to crack down right on his noggin. The surprised mercenary let out a yelp as he collapsed into the ground full force, but somehow found the courage to stand back up! Deciding that he would no longer be a victim and instead would take control of his fate, Hank the Myrmidon faced his fears and attempted to cleave the blackguard in front of him in twain!<br/><br/>A plan halted by Claire's face, with the sword reporting back to his master a message of yellow sparks instead of the enemy's blood. Again.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC</div><div class="spoiler_body">Knight Lv.1 / HP: 22/22<br/><tt class="bbc_tt">Battle Inventory:<br/>  Name            Rng  Atk  Hit  Eva  Crt  AS  Ql<br/> - Iron Lance     1    012  086  005  001  02  43<br/> - Vulnerary <br/></tt><br/>Activated personal skills:<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/><br/>Under effect of:<br/><strong>Maribelle/Charisma</strong> - +10 Evasion/Hit within 3 spaces of Maribelle!<br/><strong>Maribelle/Dance</strong> - Second movement/attack in 2nd turn!<br/><br/>Other 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>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/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">nerdy calculations</div><div class="spoiler_body">Okay, hit is 86(base)+15(triangle bonus)+10(charisma)-15(myrmidon evasion)+5(myrmidon evasion is gimped from daunt) = 103. Crit is 0, as typical. (Crit1-2(myrmidon luck)) HA HA I DON'T EVEN HAVE TO ROLL TO HIT<br/>Myrmidon hit is 103(base)-15(triangle penalty)-5(daunt)-5(claire evasion)-10(charisma) = 68. Don't even have to calculate crit, as Aurich's daunt makes his rate go 0.<br/>How much damage does Claire inflict? 12(ATK) + 1(triangle bonus!) - 2 = 11!<br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Roll Result: evangel rolled: 1d100<br/>Comment: Hank the Myrmidon attempts to hit Claire<br/>Result: 23, <br/>Total: 23</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>Bah. He hits. Attacks for 10! -1 penalty from triangle! ...Defense is 12! So he does nothing.<br/></div></div><br/>Claire moves 1E to K8 and attacks Myrmidon @ K9! Myrmidon suffers 11 damage, is now @ 09/20 HP! Myrmidon counters and deals nothing. Claire is now @ 22/22 HP!<br/><br/></div></div>