[Oh, Gavial hates this. Hates how dirty it feels now that they’re in the moment, hates how Alice isn’t entirely wrong about how cowardly it all is. Not so much the two-on-one aspect of it—that’s just fighting smart—but that they bothered to approach it from the sneaky route in the first place.
So you know what? It’s better that this is coming down to a real fight, as far as she’s concerned. One that she hopes is over quick and easy, no matter how enticing a round two against her is. And it’s precisely because Gavial has had a chance to fight against (and alongside) her that Alice’s next move doesn’t seem quite right. She knows the gal knows how to fight. You don’t opt to carry around a weapon that big unless you know how to use it, and a single swing isn’t going to tire an experienced wielder out that fast.
It’s bait. And Gavial doesn’t care.
She doesn’t bother responding to the verbal taunts, not when the physical is plenty. The best way to end this quick is to just go for it. It’s stupid and it’s reckless, but Gavial never got as far as she did without taking some stupid risks along the way. Her gaze does a quick sweep, taking in Alice and Amos, the arcs of the branding iron and the dual-bladed weapon. She needs to be ready to react to whatever comes next, and that can happen if she makes her move fast. So her boots scuff noisily against the stone underfoot as she pivots to try to maneuver around the blade pointed her way and go barreling in toward their Meridian foe in a tackle.]
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So you know what? It’s better that this is coming down to a real fight, as far as she’s concerned. One that she hopes is over quick and easy, no matter how enticing a round two against her is. And it’s precisely because Gavial has had a chance to fight against (and alongside) her that Alice’s next move doesn’t seem quite right. She knows the gal knows how to fight. You don’t opt to carry around a weapon that big unless you know how to use it, and a single swing isn’t going to tire an experienced wielder out that fast.
It’s bait. And Gavial doesn’t care.
She doesn’t bother responding to the verbal taunts, not when the physical is plenty. The best way to end this quick is to just go for it. It’s stupid and it’s reckless, but Gavial never got as far as she did without taking some stupid risks along the way. Her gaze does a quick sweep, taking in Alice and Amos, the arcs of the branding iron and the dual-bladed weapon. She needs to be ready to react to whatever comes next, and that can happen if she makes her move fast. So her boots scuff noisily against the stone underfoot as she pivots to try to maneuver around the blade pointed her way and go barreling in toward their Meridian foe in a tackle.]