Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-26178112-20170511230727/@comment-26383377-20170527203754

Astera froze, facing the gigantic hunk of steel. Her body stopped moving entirely, and time seemed to freeze for a moment. She hid before, and she gave those gigantic abominations the chance to massacre her friends. Astera did not want to repeat the same mistake twice. She quickly stood up, and shut her eyes.

Astera let out another cold, low sigh. She pulled the bolt back, discrading the spent shell. Her hand instinctively went to a small pouch on the back of her belt, slighlty above her thigh. She opened it and slowly slid a round out of the pouch. The round was labeled 'turbo penetrator'. Astera chomped down volently on her lower lip, cutting it. Her special, mutated Pariah blood began seeping from the cut. She brought the cartridge up to her lips, and delicately kissed the tip of the bullet, covering it with her blood. Asera then loaded it into her rifle, causing an audible click.

Astera filtered out all of the background sound, focusing solely on the strict steps that she must follow. The pariah pulled the bolt back on the rifle, and pointed it upwards at the Space marine. She noted the mark of power armor that he was wearing, Mark 7, aquila. A formidable piece of protection, but it had one glaring mistake...

She lined up her shot, aiming at the slight curve that had been cut into the top part of the armor's chest plate. If her calculations were correct, this shot would prove to be fatal. In theory, the round would bounce from the curve, and be sent into the soft armor beneath the helmet, straight up the heretical marine's jaw and into his skull, the round would bury itself deep within the marine's mind, and the bullet would twist furiously, as was the custom with turbo-penetrator rounds. This rapid spinning would turn the marine's brain into mush, instantly ending his life.

Astera took aim, having complete faith in her skill, and the reliable nature of her rifle. A quiet whisper escaped her bloodied lips.

"The Emperor protects..."

She pulled the trigger.