Ace lurches forward with the full force he had been using to resist and pull the Sister suddenly unopposed. Before he can regain his footing he is snapped upright and begins to cant backward perilously as the Sister's end of the rope pulls taught again and she uses their connection to slingshot rapidly and unexpectedly toward horse and rider.
Thinking fast Ace assesses his options. He is still tangled in white-hot silver weave, though it is much less effort to merely balance the weight of his opponent rather than battle their full strength.
If he tries to regain his balance and keeps pulling on the net it will only accelerate the Sister on her chosen path, but if he goes with the fall and can manage a quick leap, then plants and tugs, he may be able to send her off course.
No more time to think!
He lets the net pull him a few more degrees off of standing then launches off the ground in a backflip.
He failed to realize that, both freed from the ground, he and the sister would begin to orbit each other like the weights of a bolas.
This makes sticking the landing gracefully utterly impossible.
Oh well! Today hasn't been big on dignity, why start now.
He lands in a heap and hugs the dirt.
When all is said and done it works... somewhat.
He doesn't manage to send the Sister off at a wild tangent like he hoped to but she is pulled up short, swinging rapidly past with Dan just out of reach of her spinning blades.
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Thinking fast Ace assesses his options. He is still tangled in white-hot silver weave, though it is much less effort to merely balance the weight of his opponent rather than battle their full strength.
If he tries to regain his balance and keeps pulling on the net it will only accelerate the Sister on her chosen path, but if he goes with the fall and can manage a quick leap, then plants and tugs, he may be able to send her off course.
No more time to think!
He lets the net pull him a few more degrees off of standing then launches off the ground in a backflip.
He failed to realize that, both freed from the ground, he and the sister would begin to orbit each other like the weights of a bolas.
This makes sticking the landing gracefully utterly impossible.
Oh well! Today hasn't been big on dignity, why start now.
He lands in a heap and hugs the dirt.
When all is said and done it works... somewhat.
He doesn't manage to send the Sister off at a wild tangent like he hoped to but she is pulled up short, swinging rapidly past with Dan just out of reach of her spinning blades.