[ the gun makes a cracking noise that snaps straight through buffy's spine as her foot comes solidly back to the ground. a sick feeling begins to crawl into her gut as she turns around. there's haste in her actions, but for some reason it feels like she's moving through quicksand and everything's going at half time - because she knows what she'll see, because she's seen des' face, and she's already sick at the thought.
and then she sees it. she sees jade hit the ground, sees myri rushing for her and the mournful look on the man from earlier - the man who, she realizes now, must be the one spike coded as demon. but that isn't demon behavior. it pierces the fog of her mind, registering somewhere but not with perfect clarity.
and then her eyes fall on the men responsible for this. on rafael first, but she finds it too painful to look at him, both because it means sharing in his anguish and because it's a fresh wound for her, and there's too much she's holding against him right in this moment. then, onto ben affleck.
she does the only thing she can do. the only thing buffy summers can contribute, because she's not myri, she can't save jade, but she can make sure that the thing that did this to her in order to save his own skin doesn't make it out of this concert hall alive.
so, she runs for him, and she doesn't stop. she jumps on the approach and delivers a powerful snap kick to the side of his head in a bid to knock him off his feet (atk 26, dmg 13 - lethal bc i took a -4 on the attack roll and buffy be pissed). ]
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and then she sees it. she sees jade hit the ground, sees myri rushing for her and the mournful look on the man from earlier - the man who, she realizes now, must be the one spike coded as demon. but that isn't demon behavior. it pierces the fog of her mind, registering somewhere but not with perfect clarity.
and then her eyes fall on the men responsible for this. on rafael first, but she finds it too painful to look at him, both because it means sharing in his anguish and because it's a fresh wound for her, and there's too much she's holding against him right in this moment. then, onto ben affleck.
she does the only thing she can do. the only thing buffy summers can contribute, because she's not myri, she can't save jade, but she can make sure that the thing that did this to her in order to save his own skin doesn't make it out of this concert hall alive.
so, she runs for him, and she doesn't stop. she jumps on the approach and delivers a powerful snap kick to the side of his head in a bid to knock him off his feet (atk 26, dmg 13 - lethal bc i took a -4 on the attack roll and buffy be pissed). ]