Dodging, Rinzler might have expected. Fewer targets would keep attacking under threat of derezz, but the possibility wasn't past calculation. But the sudden burst of speed, the vertical inversion, and the reckless—no, insane—attack that followed it? That caught Rinzler by surprise.
Especially since it hadn't come from him.
Enough time to map the attack, but limbs were too slow and unresponsive to avoid it. The best he could manage was to twist with the force, hitting the ground in a swift roll. One disk was still returning, but he clenched the other in a fist, free hand planting on the ground as he turned back. Motor functions were still shuddering with lag, purchase slippery on the wetness (blood) beneath, but he could still be faster, finish the attack (game) (user user—) [WARNING—]
A lag. A glitch. A fraction of an instant's hesitation, circuits dimming towards a flicker, and suddenly 'coulds' mattered very little indeed. A pulse of blue swamped through awareness, stun-charge storming outward from the circuits at his core, and everything went dark. The enforcer hit the ground, disk slipping from an insensate grasp.
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Especially since it hadn't come from him.
Enough time to map the attack, but limbs were too slow and unresponsive to avoid it. The best he could manage was to twist with the force, hitting the ground in a swift roll. One disk was still returning, but he clenched the other in a fist, free hand planting on the ground as he turned back. Motor functions were still shuddering with lag, purchase slippery on the wetness (blood) beneath, but he could still be faster, finish the attack (game) (user user—) [WARNING—]
A lag. A glitch. A fraction of an instant's hesitation, circuits dimming towards a flicker, and suddenly 'coulds' mattered very little indeed. A pulse of blue swamped through awareness, stun-charge storming outward from the circuits at his core, and everything went dark. The enforcer hit the ground, disk slipping from an insensate grasp.