The user's hand intercepts the red-lit disk, and the enforcer answers with a flare of power. Enough to cut through metal or shatter even another coded blade. More than enough to punch through flesh and into the beating core beyond. But the strike doesn't go through. Its hit is stopped, blocked, and redirected.
The [user] [target] [threat] is grabbing his disk.
Sound surges with a snarl of refusal, and Rinzler [Rinzler] jerks back against its pull. It's faster and he's lagged, glitched and imperfect and far too much off-balance from that strike. But he's stronger, and no matter what, he won't let go.
The program clings on through the violent shaking, and half-discarded shreds of automation press at him to follow its hold. Grab that wrist in his free hand and break it. Pull it down, grab the throat. This entire hunt, the enforcer has been chasing, and now his prey is finally in reach—better defended, yes, but not so strong as to survive his grip. This struggle might stem from the enforcer's mistake, but it's the enemy's too. Rinzler can use it. Finish the Game.
But there's still another weapon in the air.
Rinzler's left hand stays locked around the contested weapon. His right flashes out—not for the user, but for his second disk as it rebounds back toward them. He won't lose his backups, won't be rewritten, not by this user or the rest. If he can reach it before the user...
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The [user] [target] [threat] is grabbing his disk.
Sound surges with a snarl of refusal, and Rinzler [Rinzler] jerks back against its pull. It's faster and he's lagged, glitched and imperfect and far too much off-balance from that strike. But he's stronger, and no matter what, he won't let go.
The program clings on through the violent shaking, and half-discarded shreds of automation press at him to follow its hold. Grab that wrist in his free hand and break it. Pull it down, grab the throat. This entire hunt, the enforcer has been chasing, and now his prey is finally in reach—better defended, yes, but not so strong as to survive his grip. This struggle might stem from the enforcer's mistake, but it's the enemy's too. Rinzler can use it. Finish the Game.
But there's still another weapon in the air.
Rinzler's left hand stays locked around the contested weapon. His right flashes out—not for the user, but for his second disk as it rebounds back toward them. He won't lose his backups, won't be rewritten, not by this user or the rest. If he can reach it before the user...