[ Soothes nothing at all to fall so short in power still, inexperience like a short chain that he always has to abide by, transfixing him to one spot too long as he struggles to straighten his stance. Far too many of his arrows fall short or slice too shallowly, but there is one that does strike Diluc true. Wherever it is, high on the shoulder or low on the thigh or even between the ribs, that blotch of Riptide, radiating blue all the way through and pulsing like a heart, remains. It won't last long, not when the heat is this intense. But it does guarantee that Tartaglia will hit his mark.
No more sophistry, then. No more words, either. Tartaglia dismisses the bow to take up the spear, the line of it whirling and lake-cold, and lunges out. He isn't blending in with the shadows, not like this— too apparent in his intent, and too bloodthirsty for discretion— so he takes up the cavalier approach, the polearm sliding with enough blunt trauma to shatter Diluc's arm in three different places if he doesn't get the fuck out of the way. Mercifully, it'll only hit him once if he knows well enough to dodge.
Smoke's trailing it through; it shoots through the inferno like it's nothing, Tartaglia seeking to pin Diluc to the nearby boulder, short of sending him crashing down the mountainside. Despite everything, this does end today. ]
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No more sophistry, then. No more words, either. Tartaglia dismisses the bow to take up the spear, the line of it whirling and lake-cold, and lunges out. He isn't blending in with the shadows, not like this— too apparent in his intent, and too bloodthirsty for discretion— so he takes up the cavalier approach, the polearm sliding with enough blunt trauma to shatter Diluc's arm in three different places if he doesn't get the fuck out of the way. Mercifully, it'll only hit him once if he knows well enough to dodge.
Smoke's trailing it through; it shoots through the inferno like it's nothing, Tartaglia seeking to pin Diluc to the nearby boulder, short of sending him crashing down the mountainside. Despite everything, this does end today. ]