[When Hayame had sent the injured scout back to the outpost with a snarl for them to send back-up, she hadn't known whether it would be a new shard-bearer or Springstar troops. Ideally, she would have defeated the monster on her own, but...
Unfortunately, this one has a bony carapace around it's body that is proving rather difficult to penetrate.
Her swift legs have kept her from being caught in the things claws as she dodges about behind stone and tree to take her shots, wearing it down, but suddenly... someone else is there. Someone loud, and laughing?, and even though that detail is bizarre there's no time to be annoyed by it. Instead, she gallops past to take advantage of its targetting of the new woman on the scene (vaguely recalling her from the earlier days of the occupation), firing off an arrow mid-stride that lodges in the thing's brow-bone.
Tch, so godsdamn close--]
Aim for the eyes or under the throat!
[Where where are gaps in the bone-like overlap of the thing's natural armor.]
V.b
Unfortunately, this one has a bony carapace around it's body that is proving rather difficult to penetrate.
Her swift legs have kept her from being caught in the things claws as she dodges about behind stone and tree to take her shots, wearing it down, but suddenly... someone else is there. Someone loud, and laughing?, and even though that detail is bizarre there's no time to be annoyed by it. Instead, she gallops past to take advantage of its targetting of the new woman on the scene (vaguely recalling her from the earlier days of the occupation), firing off an arrow mid-stride that lodges in the thing's brow-bone.
Tch, so godsdamn close--]
Aim for the eyes or under the throat!
[Where where are gaps in the bone-like overlap of the thing's natural armor.]