Psytopia: Crimson Harvest, volume 2

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AZRAEL: Nonchalant toss HIT! Dropping our hooded hero down the nearest paste well OUT OF PLAY? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Meanwhile, Corona and Remedy had fought to a standstill. You wouldn’t expect standstills from blitzblades, would you? Well when standing still, take stock. Then launch your big finish!

If übertek were easy, this would have been part of the beginner’s guide to swordplay, but übertek weren’t easy. As you’ve probably realised by now, übertek required a certain pace. A certain 800 RPM. It doesn’t really matter what is travelling at 800RPM. For tech übers (serenades) it was your opponent’s heart. For ground übers (reverbs), kinetic energy exiting the sword. For counter übers (mirrors) it was the mind. For brute and breezy schools, it was the body. Although breezers would point out that brutes only moved their bodies, whereas breezers did it by moving their souls. In any case, 800RPM was the magic number. Suffice to say, all übertek involved a trip into totality, even if it lasted no more than a click, and the Shudderwave Pirouette wasn’t the best sight-seeing tour of totality. The sword span more than the swordstril. Duck down as if you’re tying a shoe, spin that sword in your grip until the speed makes it glow flamy with heat and let rip. You’re suddenly the epicentre of a miniature earthquake. Perfect for knocking people off the floor without even touching them! CORONA: Shuddercharge… REMEDY: Shuddercharge… Shudderwave Pirouette, spiral one Water pool rumbles Gravel path rustles Shudderwave Pirouette, spiral two Water bubbles Gravel trembles Three, four, five, six, seven…

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