Coyotes aren’t very picky eaters. The fact could be confirmed by Alice firsthand the moment that the snow-haired individual’s ravenous lips fondled hers. Bodies ravished for one another and the cunning man took the moment to steal a blade for himself. Lamentably, not everything could go according to a predestined diagram, especially when it came to a brawl. Once thought of being rather prudent in his steps, the Coyote found himself taken aback when the tactical error of underestimating the underdog. Kenny proved the Coyote horribly wrong when he stomped on the pretty boy, having just precedently stopped Faust from stealing away his weapon. The foot bashed into Faust’s genitals, causing excruciating pain to the fallen male. The pain made its way up to the abdominal area, forcing him to drop flat in his tracks. His left and right hands came together, shielding his pride and joy from any further devastation. On the floor, he rolled towards Alice's direction. What was in his left hand wasn’t released; in fact, when Kenny damaged the baby-making device, the grip upon the item only strengthened. But now, the item that he was so reluctant to exhibit was now out there. The spherical object was out and about, possibly meeting the gazes of the three contenders and the gazes of countless noblemen and women, who were now scrambling away from the scene. Meanwhile, it seemed that the Coyote wasn’t the only one who received a blow. Alice, the lovely bride-to-be of the Coyote, had been struck by her cousin the moment Faust turned towards Kenny. It seemed that both the Coyote and his future wife were in a detrimental state, but neither party let it stop them. Because Alice had staggered back due to her knight of a cousin and Faust taking a shell of a position, the woman would have no choice but to trip over him, planting her face into the ground. Only a moment before had they been in a close enough proximity to make out.
Quick-witted, he let nothing stall him for more than a fraction of a second. As soon as the drop had occurred, Faust spent no extra seconds clambering back up. The way he proceeded to do so was as one would suggest. From being in a turtle-like position, the only thing standing upright was the center of his back. A beautiful crescent, most would compare it a half-moon. But that half-moon would erect; it all occurred at once, no time being wasted. As his upper body flung the weight back, his toes would be on the floor, absorbing the motion of the swing and propping himself upwards. The moment he was on his dancing feet, they no longer remained together, but separated to grant the Coyote the balance he needed. It seemed that Kenny had taken a defensive stance after dealing the blow upon blows. The weapon that Faust had his eyes set on was now even harder to take; it was in the hands of the giant, drawn and ready to be used to its fullest potential. A parrying stance was taken by the giant. The edge of the hilt of the weapon was held by the monstrous left hand, his right hand placed closer to the holster. The way the sword was positioned was downwards and slanted, the blade seemed to point towards the Faust’s feet. All of such was registered as the Coyote had gotten up.
While he wanted to feel the glory of a blade in his hand once more, he had more important matters to tend to. His brawl with Kenny, whom he had underestimated, surely turned the situation at hand into a definite three versus one scenario. Had he eliminated Alice beforehand, things would have gone a lot smoother. On the bright side, he had more time to persuade her that his bed was big enough for the both of them, without the metal weapons in the way. Furthermore, the item that he tried so hard to keep secure was no longer as secure as it could have been; it was now exposed to the world. There was no point keeping it in his pocket any longer. Coyotes are environmentally-driven in the sense that they had the ability to quickly adapt; Faust considered that his hidden ability. To put on a charade was challenging, but now that he had been exposed, there was no holding back. With the bomb in his left hand and his left hand out of his pocket, it was free to flow instead of remain in a dungeon.
He was ready to dance again the very moment that Alice’s shin braced itself against his side; as she was in the motion of falling, he jumped to his feet and sprang upon her. He faced the giant with his effective swordplay in front of him and right beside him, a knocked down Alice. Parallel to Alice was the water Rune Knight, with only the Grimoire Heart mage in between. The Coyote decided to, again, get rid of his lover. To truly be free, one had to first free himself from the reins that the chains of attachment provided. The very moment that she toppled over him and he got up would be their last peaceful moment together, as he threw his right hand, now a fist, into her temple. Before her face entirely hit the floor, he made his way over and sat atop her, his butt against her back. The idea was not to knock Alice out via the immediate force of impact, but rather the rattling of the brain due to the force of impact. His right hand threw a very concentrated hook like it was delivering the blow of a death god, attempting to strike her right temple, unguarded by the beret that seemed like an adornment rather than a helmet. Perhaps she had to idea to look good, even in battle, in which case was definitely acknowledged by the white-haired noble. Had this all worked out, would she remain still for the entirety of the situation.
Had everything gone his way, he proceeded to pick up her spear with his right hand and face both Kenny and Selena at once. His legs would be placed one above the other, the dominant (right) in front of the left. His body was parallel to the weapon in his right hand, the spear of the befallen. The spear was aimed directly at Kenny; Faust’s grip upon it was near the center, closer to the front by just a small margin. He didn’t have both hands at liberty to hold the spear, therefore he had to balance it by holding it closer. It did mitigate his reach, just by a small amount, but it was definitely better than running about with a hand alone. His knees were bent ever-so-slightly, never locking to prevent the flow of blood. He was in a defensive position and played the psychological game at that point. Given the two last contenders made little to no moves towards him, Faust would offer them a choice.
“Don’t make me kill her.” he would suggest and had they made a move then, would he jam the spear into the definitely exposed part of her neck, what he planned to do from the start. Even if they made a move in the midst of his speech, the same idea would occur, unless prevented otherwise. The Coyote paced back, extending the distance between him and the two others. However, his spear never left Alice’s throat and the slightest bit of movement would trigger what he didn’t mind doing. As he backed up, so would his distance between Alice and himself increase. Although it was the case, he stopped backing up just in the proximity of the spearhead able to pierce her throat.
It seemed, for whatever reason, that the blue-haired brat had frozen up. Was it the shock of beating up her friend and partner or was it due to Faust having her life in his very hands? Either way, it hardly mattered. The Coyote’s left hand, still gripping the item, was farther away from the enemies as his right shoulder was pointed towards them. Unless the item was removed with brute force, his grip would never lessen. Granted that pain was dealt but nothing was forced, his grip upon the item wouldn’t linger or weaken, but strengthen furthermore.
The charging was nearly complete; he had come so far. Defeat was, as repeated a number of times, no option.
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OOC:
- Selena was already in motion as Alice equipped her gear, which gives Alice 0.625 seconds to act. By the time the action of Faust’s pull occurred, she would already have taken the attacks. Selena’s attacks would have already reached Alice before she could bring her knee up to Faust’s genitals or follow up with the punch towards the nose, resulting in those actions getting nulled as per Roman’s comment regarding knockback or staggering.
- Given the above point being false for whatever reason, there’s also the fact that Kenny prevented Faust from getting the sword and as a result, resets the timeline for him to getting knocked down by Kenny. Due to positioning, most of the situational options that Alice presented are nulled because there's no possible way for Alice to punch Faust's nose or nutshot him if he's on the floor, turtled up.
- Claiming my one shot attempt on Alice. In sequence of events, Faust tried to steal Kenny's sword as the blows collided with Alice. Because of the blows being accepted, it would stagger her backwards into Faust, who was in a turtle position rolling towards her by that moment. With the force of impact from Selena's blows and zero time to react whilst in free-fall motion, Faust attacked and jumped upon her the moment she hit the floor. The moment of faceplanting can stun a person from 1 to 2 seconds or even more, depending on the severity of the fall. In that time frame, Faust threw a punch towards Alice's temple, unguarded because she's wearing the female version of defenses as presented by her OOC comment in her last post. Temple punches are an immediate knockout, because of the ability to shake the brain back and forth. Kenny would not be able to react offensively because he stated that he was on the defensive with the actions described. Therefore, he cannot rush to Alice's side as Faust attempted to knock her out. He only kicked Faust back and drew his sword, ready to parry, but not ready to attack unless Faust went for another attempt at his sword. Because Faust didn't go for the sword, Kenny remains in a defensive position until the current timeline is passed. Selena cannot act, period, due to passing the 24 hour mark.
- Backing up my one shot claim with how she was positioned. Because Alice was set in her post of bring her knee up, she was facing Faust before tanking the blows. Therefore, as she trips over Faust's body, the knees are what would be touching Faust's side and as a result, she'd be knocked off her feet.
- Faust's endurance is still intact, taking damage from Selena's D-Rank area of effect from before and D-Rank from Kenny's nutshot.