Wren Hunter
Role: Sniper | Powers: Electrical manipulation & telepathy | Location: Building | Tags: David/TARS, Nic & Ansel [Mentions: Edie. ]
Role: Sniper | Powers: Electrical manipulation & telepathy | Location: Building | Tags: David/TARS, Nic & Ansel [Mentions: Edie. ]
From her peripheral vision, she saw him. Even before the message was sent out. As he rose to his feet, broken, but not beaten. Damaged, but still undefeated. She caught a glimpse of the damage - peeling skin, sparks, metal and exposed circuitry. She should be disgusted at the sight, but no such feeling arose. Only something intangible, almost primal awoke within.
“Take it. Big, then gun.”
The buzz from her phone had never given her so much relief before. It was a cryptic message, but she didn’t think too much about it. She set her phone down, panning the weapon-in-hand to take aim. The tension that held her taut seconds ago, eased from her shoulders. It was only now that she registered the hum flowing through her veins, a familiar one, slowly building up a charge. At any moment, her body was prepared to release thousands of volts into the air, potentially shocking those locked in a battle of survival, but that wasn’t the plan. Keep control. Eye on the scope.
Bullets shots. Fired into the crowd of civilians. From the captain himself, most likely a not-so-subtle warning to the last of the peeping civilians to get out and far from the conflict, if they valued their lives. Back-up had arrived, which was a welcome sight. Pandora responding to the call. Arsinoe was nowhere to be seen. Her fellow sniper was either out sniping or not here. She didn’t rely on her. She couldn’t.
Deep breath in and release. Detach herself from the situation, extricating herself emotionally. An emotional stake in the fight was where the mistakes happened. It clouded judgement and logic. Sometimes it couldn’t be helped, but minimizing it remained an important step.
It was down to her and the gun. Her first target was ‘Big’, the knife man presumably. Quick motions to the side and she had him within the cross-hairs, along with Iceman close by. Too close. Iceman was unpredictable, the wild card, who potentially knew her position, but hadn’t tattled yet. Shoot him, too?
The decision was instantaneous, more a split-second afterthought. A partial swing to the side, adjust upwards to compensate for gravity’s pull, double-check wind position and direction. Aim and fire. A shot directed toward his shoulder-region, if it aimed true. If not, best case scenario would be that it served to keep him off the captain’s back and give her enough time to take her next target out. It wasn’t part of the plan, but she couldn’t leave loose ends with the little time she had at stake. Pan to the side, line ‘Big’ up within the crosshairs… a quiet exhale... And fire.
No hesitation. No regret.
Hugo Bridges
Role: Gatherer | Negation: Off | Location: Mess hall > Outside, Catacombs | Tags: Evelyn & Willow [Mentions: - ]
Role: Gatherer | Negation: Off | Location: Mess hall > Outside, Catacombs | Tags: Evelyn & Willow [Mentions: - ]
Over here.