War of the Forums

[Nobi]

"Whoa..." thought Shinobi as he paused to observe the sudden burst of flame coming from the grounded helicopter. He had heard the shot, but wasn't completely sure as to where it came from. He glanced around in search of some kind of movement in the higher areas of the field. Any sniper worth their salt knew the importance of switching locations after firing. Unfortunately, he didn't pick up any signs of activity. Still, his paw drifted toward the knife mounted on his chest. If there were others hiding in the field, he couldn't be sure when or where he'd run into one, especially in the tall brush that surrounded him as he continued toward the now flaming heli...

[Maine]

From the hiding place Maine had found herself, she could see the unfolding attack on Colin's chopper. She was close enough to feel the warmth of the bellowing flames, but couldn't see if anyone had been directly affected by the blast. "Man, these guys are totally geared out." she thought. It didn't leave her much hope for taking on down this early. She then gained sense of someone nearby, although she couldn't see anyone in the immediate area. A shiver ran up her spine and through the tips of her ears. As she scanned the area, she suddenly saw a strange apparition in her peripheral  vision.  Startled, she  reached for her blades. But on further inspection she could see nothing. Maine watched for a while, confused and on edge. And then there it was again, before disappearing just as quickly. Curious as to what or who it was, she followed in the direction it seemed to be heading, leaving with a wide and tentative girth.     

[Nobi]

It wasn't long before Shinobi became aware of a presence as well. His ears flicked backward, picking up the sounds of soft footsteps from behind. Crouching down lower, he stopped, turning to see what it could be. Several meters away, he spotted a few patches of blue fur amidst the tall grass as the vegetation swayed gently out of the way of whomever it belonged to. Before long, he could more clearly make out a hare heading straight toward him at a cautious, and—if he did say so himself—sneaky pace. He noticed the pair of swords she wore, and judged that it would be best not to engage her in open combat... He'd have to turn the sneaky tables around if he was to continue on his current course. But for some reason, he felt a strange curiosity well up within him.

"I won't kill her just yet," he thought. "Perhaps she could make a very powerful ally..."

Perhaps it was also time for a little practical joke. Smiling beneath his gas mask, he waited, his cloaking device still hiding him as he remained completely motionless. When the hare was no more than a few inches in front of him, he deactivated it, materializing suddenly in front of her. "Following somebody?" He asked.

[Bayzan]

Bayzan is still waiting for Colin's next move, "I don't think he got much choice but to move. Sooner or later the flames will cause the remaining rockets to explode..." he said to himself. "I'm absolutely risking this... I've fired two shots already. At the third one I got to find another spot..." he said as he moves carefully to his bag and pulls out a snack bar and a thermal scope. He opens the bar trying to make the least movement possible and begins to eat it as he puts one the thermal scope on his sniper and looks through it. "Hm?", not so far from the flaming heli, behind the bushes he notices two heat signatures with a good distance in between them. "One's a fox... The other's a hare..." he said to himself as he adjusted the zoom on the scope and bullet drop. "If they battle it out, I'll take out the victor... If not and they decide to team, I'll line them up for the collateral, that's if the wind is on my side." he said as he puts his finger on the trigger.

[Oedipus Rex]

Colin was well aware that his helicopter is on fire, but there was little he could do. Then an idea struck him. Colin quickly went to the cockpit, being careful not to expose himself. He turned off the safety on the nose mounted cannon, and taped down the fire button. the cannon spun up and fired. Colin then connected the two wires he held and the main rotor spun up and the helicopter took off. However, with no back rotor to stabilize it, the helicopter entered a wild spin, shooting its cannon in all directions. This provided as a distraction for Colin to make his escape.
Colin ran off, praying that one of the bullets from his helicopter would not hit him.

[nixon/monto]

Spitting out some of the banana at the site of the helicopter and say) "holy Jesus that's amazing!" (Then two bullets hit next to my head.) "duck and cover!"

[Bayzan]

Bayzan sees the flaming helicopter take flight, "The he-" one of the bullets wizz pass his left ear, "!!" he changes his view in a instant to the heli. He then aims for the top rotor and takes fire. Thanks to some wind, the bullet drops way off target and his one of the rockets on the helicopter, causing it to explode, sending pieces of the heli everywhere. He then changes his view to a running Colin, aims his cross-hairs in front of him, so that Colin would literally walk into his bullet and takes another shot. The bullet went off and the perfect trajectory. A small metal piece falling from the sky somehow his the side of the bullet making it graze Colin's left shoulder. "That is some bullshit... He isn't going to feel that under all that adredaline..." he then said a bit upset. "Time to get out of here" he then added taking his belongings with him, as he runs down the back side of the hill towards more hills off in the distance.

[Oedipus Rex]

Colin runs over one of the hills where he is sure the sniper can't get him, and takes some time to rest and catch his breath. Colin feels a slight burning sensation in his shoulder and looks to find the area soaked in blood. Colin swears and takes off the top part of his jumper, letting it hang by his waist revealing a white under-shirt. He cuts off one of the sleeves and uses it as a field dressing. He then cuts the entire top off of the jumper, effectively turning the jumper into just a pair of trousers. He then continues his trek through the field, trying to find an effective place to hide.

[Bayzan]

Bayzan stops on a hill, that seems more like a mountain to him. He pulls out his sniper and looks around to see if he was  being follewed. He also checks if he could see the remains of thr heki, and he does. With that he sets up his spot along a tree with many bushes around it. "This is a sniper's dream for a spot. Decent cover, enough to hide the muzzle flash and these hills surrounding me echoes the sound perfectly" he said to himself as he goes prone in the bushes and begins looking. "Got to make every shot count..."

[nixon/monto]

Standing up from diving remembers that so done had a sniper.) "I gota find a place to hide!" (I see a tree close by) "I can make it there." (I run to the tree.)

[Maine]

As Shinobi suddenly appeared, Maine sprung several feet back in pure shock, her suspicions confirmed that the strange apparition was in fact a presence. She landed roughly, her ankle twisted slightly. Keeping the grimace of pain hidden, she grasped the hilt of one of her Dao, unsheathing it midway in a flash.
Maine could see the smug smile spread across Shinobi's face. A joking gesture is not usually something shared between enemies, she thought, becoming unusually weary of the fox's intentions. Was this some kind of trap?. Examining further realised that if the fox intended to dispatch her, he would of most certainly already done so.
"Just following along." Maine replied. sheathing the blade again, but refusing to relinquish her grip on the hilt.
She continued walking through the brush.
"Is there a problem?" She retorted, passing Shinobi.

[Nobi]

"Hmm?" Shinobi glanced over his shoulder at the hare as she passed him through the tall grass, an eyebrow raised and both ears forward in curiosity. "No problem," he said as he turned and matched her pace. "It's just that I'm normally the one coming up behind people." He examined her weapons momentarily, noting her paw that still grasped the hilt of one of them.

'Best be careful what I say to her...' he thought. 'I'd rather not need my head replaced...'

"Anyway," he said as they strolled—more or less—through the brush. "I'm sure you've noticed the scene unfolding over in that direction..." He pointed a finger toward the helicopter that was still spinning wildly out of control as the flames consumed its hull and its machine gun sprayed its remaining few bullets across the field. "We can't be the only ones moving toward it. You seem much more suited to slicing people to bits in a straight-up fight than I am, so, I was thinking..." He stopped midway through his sentence, turning to face her as he extended his paw with the same smile he'd given her when he first appeared. "I can guarantee that anyone trying to get the drop on you will be dead before they know what hits them." He patted the sheathed blade on his chest. "And by 'what hits them,' I'm of course referring to this."

[Bayzan]

Bayzan who's looking through his scope at medium zoom notices a figure running to a tree. By the time he ups the zoom, the figure is gone. "... What are the odds of another sniper in the midst..." he thought to himself still looking at the tree. "But that's not my main problem" he continued on, "Those two that I was lining up for the collateral... If they team, it could mean trouble for me since I only got two usp. 45 with extended mags as my secondary weapons. And that white fox my bullet grazed on... He'd be eager to kill me, since I just took down his heli."

[Oedipus Rex]

Colin assumed that the sniper knew he had run over here, but had a cunning plan. Colin took his helmet off and put it on a stick. He then set the stick in the ground so it just showed the top of his helmet over the hill. Colin now waited for the sniper to take the bait.

[Bayzan]

On the left corner of his eye, Bayzan sees the glare of what looks like to be a helmet. Bayzan holds his breath to steady his aim but exhales. He then looks at the location where he took down the heli, "If I'm correct... The nearest hills to that location is the one I was on and the one that that fox ran too..." he said to himself, "I would seriously dought that he would be looking around knowing that there's a sniper..." he continued on as he changes his view back to the helmet and chuckles, "Smart, but even though it is him the humidity here will make my bullet tracer more visible, and that other sniper over in those trees might find me." Bayzan inhales then exhales, "Damn it... I could take out this target, but risk the other sniper finding me. If I let the other sniper take the him out, I could follow his bullet's tracer and take him out, but risk exposing myself." Bayzan scratches his head and thinks, Option two seems to be the better option... But if it fails, then option one it is."