[ The arrival of the Bouldersnakes comes as something of a surprise, but one that he'd still expected. With the illusion of Scorpion's Bend now dissolved into ash and debris, and the orb missing, it only stood to reason that the town might now be more vulnerable to attack. At least that's the way Shang-chi's seen it; with the town caught up in its own protective bubble, people literally looping around if they try to step outside of its borders, it felt like they'd managed to remain hidden in plain sight.
And now they're left to defend the scraps of the town they'd been left with until they can find the orb.
Shang-chi takes part in defending the town from the Bouldersnakes, throws himself right into the violence because he knows that's where he'll be most useful. He doesn't have the skill of a medic (though he's got rudimentary knowledge of cleaning up a wound and patching up a cut), and the only 'magic' he has is in his weaponry, so he puts himself into the fight.
At one point during the commotion, between the bullets and the clanging of swords and sabers and knives, Kovacs will find the weight of his assailant attached to his back quite suddenly lifted, almost in an instant, as a golden glow of rotating rings whizzes past his shoulders. The force of them is stronger than any Bouldersnake, and it's a good thing too because they just seem to keep coming.
With Kovacs in the clear, the rings are launched back to their owner like a magnetic force, pulled over Shang-chi's wrists where they belong. The golden glow dims a little now that they're 'home' and Shang-chi nods in his direction. ]
i. team-up β ;
And now they're left to defend the scraps of the town they'd been left with until they can find the orb.
Shang-chi takes part in defending the town from the Bouldersnakes, throws himself right into the violence because he knows that's where he'll be most useful. He doesn't have the skill of a medic (though he's got rudimentary knowledge of cleaning up a wound and patching up a cut), and the only 'magic' he has is in his weaponry, so he puts himself into the fight.
At one point during the commotion, between the bullets and the clanging of swords and sabers and knives, Kovacs will find the weight of his assailant attached to his back quite suddenly lifted, almost in an instant, as a golden glow of rotating rings whizzes past his shoulders. The force of them is stronger than any Bouldersnake, and it's a good thing too because they just seem to keep coming.
With Kovacs in the clear, the rings are launched back to their owner like a magnetic force, pulled over Shang-chi's wrists where they belong. The golden glow dims a little now that they're 'home' and Shang-chi nods in his direction. ]
You okay?