[X] When in doubt, take the cheap way out.
--You don't stand a chance in a fair fight against Oni Lee. So don't fight fair. Find a way to cheat.
 
[x]Write in

He was playing you, toying with you for his own amusement like so many other people had done so in the past...

It made you seeth in hated and a bitter anger that boiled in your gut. Around you the normal dank wetness that was forever a part of Brockton, even in the summer, reacted in sympathy as the water roiled and condensed together to tendrils of thick, black-green water that undulated in time with your heaving chest.

"Holy fuck you've got issues..." You heard the girl mutter behind you, but she was unimportant compared to making this bastard regret ever coming near you.

He throws a brace of knives at you, testing the waters the voice in your head informs you, but with a casual flick of your wrist you block them with the tentacles and lashed out in return to smash the concrete roof on which he stood. He dodged, in puff of black smoke and the death of a clone. He reappears some distance away on top a water tower of another roof.

He's beyond the range of your tentacle's, which even now grasp and undulate in his direction. But he isn't beyond your grasp, and you realize with a smirk that you aren't locked down into a single location, that as long as their is water close enough, you've go an avenue of attack. And in a city, water is literally everywhere.

Oni-Lee has but second to look down as your tentacles burst out through the steel of the water tower and wrap around and attempt to squeeze the life out of him. He escapes though, as he teleports away and leaves a clone that dies in another cloud of black smoke. His feet have barely touched the ground before he launches another brace of knives out you, which forces you dock on under the wall again for cover and recall your tentacles back closer to your position.

Battle was joined, from where you could see him, he was staring at you in a different way than before. It wasn't going to be as easy as he thought it was.

That made you smirk, even as your heart beat in terror at the close calls so far.
 
[X] When in doubt, take the cheap way out.
--You don't stand a chance in a fair fight against Oni Lee. So don't fight fair. Find a way to cheat.
 
[X]Mind over matter.
--You aren't a trained fighter. You don't have to be. You're smart, and you're observant. Somehow, you can turn that into a strength, find something to let you beat him.
 
[X] They mostly come out at night.
--Whatever these alien sensations and things you keep feeling are, they must have something to do with your power. Make them help you.

Give in to the strange but helpful powers! xD
 
[X] Good things come to those who wait.
--You don't actually need to beat Oni Lee. Just buy yourself time. If Lisa was telling the truth, then the pillar of white light whcih drew the gangs here would almost certainly draw a Protectorate response, or one from New Wave.
 
Assuming each of these maps to one of the core 5 primordials+Kimbery here's my speculation on what's what.


[ ] When in doubt, take the cheap way out. (Ebon Dragon/First Excellency)


[ ] They mostly come out at night.(Cecelyne/I don't know)


[ ] The better part of valor. (Adorjan/Wind Borne Stride)


[ ] Good things come to those who wait.(Kimbery/First Excellency)


[ ]Mind over matter.(SWLIHN/Essence Dissecting Stare)


[ ]Rage is one Hell of an anaesthetic.(Malfeas/ By Pain Reforged and/or Hardened Devil Body)


I'm voting for:

[x]Rage is one Hell of an anaesthetic.
 
[X]Rage is one Hell of an anaesthetic.
--You've been hurt. Again. And again. And again. No more. You are mad as Hell, and you're not going to take it anymore.
 
[X]Mind over matter.
--You aren't a trained fighter. You don't have to be. You're smart, and you're observant. Somehow, you can turn that into a strength, find something to let you beat him.

This will most likely get us closer to Principle-Invoking Onslaught, one of the most bullshit powerful Essence 3 charms.
 
Sigh, god I really want the Swlihn but by pain reforged is just so amazing and hardened devil body would come in so useful later.

[x]Rage is one Hell of an anaesthetic.
 
[X]Rage is one Hell of an anaesthetic.
--You've been hurt. Again. And again. And again. No more. You are mad as Hell, and you're not going to take it anymore.
 
[X]Mind Over Matter
I have always loved Mind Hand Manipulation, and Taylor, even this early, is almost guaranteed to have Willpower higher than the minimum allowed, which means it would have the equivalent of superhuman dexterity. She's going to need that to land a blow and block everything Lee's throwing at her.
 
Got to also keep in mind though, the probability of each option dealing with Oni Lee:

[ ] When in doubt, take the cheap way out. (Ebon Dragon/First Excellency)

Ebon Dragon's Spite Curse debuffs the target, making them more likely to fail.
A good botch with Oni Lee handling grenades ends it quickish.

[ ] They mostly come out at night.(Cecelyne/I don't know)

Command spirits(demons? ghosts? elementals?) to hinder Oni Lee. Highly variable in possible effects.


[ ] The better part of valor. (Adorjan/Wind Borne Stride)

Go faster than he can chase, zoom off into the distance.

[ ] Good things come to those who wait.(Kimbery/First Excellency)

I'm reading this as raising Soak and possibly regeneration, to just tank him until help arrives.

[ ]Mind over matter.(SWLIHN/Essence Dissecting Stare)

This one is pretty obvious. LITERALLY the name of the option: Mind Hand Manipulation. Use your Willpower as your combat skill(yes, this is pretty hax with maxed willpower) to attack or to parry. It's also the only ranged option at present, which is to say, he can teleport but you can stab him with your mind.

It deals relatively little damage, but it's the quickest route to ungodly defense values, can parry just about anything, and is perfect for called shots like poking them in the nuts.

[ ]Rage is one Hell of an anaesthetic.(Malfeas/ By Pain Reforged and/or Hardened Devil Body)

Sheer durability...though I would point out that while this charm sequence can be pretty neat in a brute kind of way, it's not actually going to do anything to someone who refuses to get/stay in reach of you.
Also this leads to nuclear hatefire attacks, which has it's pros(incredibly lethal, radioactive fallout later on) and cons(incredibly lethal, radioactive fallout later on)
 
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[]Mind Over Matter
I have always loved Mind Hand Manipulation, and Taylor, even this early, is almost guaranteed to have Willpower higher than the minimum allowed, which means it would have the equivalent of superhuman dexterity. She's going to need that to land a blow and block everything Lee's throwing at her.
I am not sure about if that works in Exalted, but I think the extensive bullying campaign, that canonically got her close to suicide by cape, might have seriously reduced her permanent Willpower.
 
Got to also keep in mind though, the probability of each option dealing with Oni Lee:

[ ] When in doubt, take the cheap way out. (Ebon Dragon/First Excellency)

Ebon Dragon's Spite Curse debuffs the target, making them more likely to fail.
A good botch with Oni Lee handling grenades ends it quickish.

In point of fact, you're on the right track with this guess, but Oni Lee already botched handling his grenades. He's down in the number of grenades he normally carries, because of this. The double explosion earlier was the real Oni Lee tossing away a grenade he'd been startled into pulling the pin on BEFORE he teleported. Poor Oni Lee, going by OWoD rules. He rolled the same pool Taylor did on that one...but her 1s don't subtract. His do.

[ ] They mostly come out at night.(Cecelyne/I don't know)

Command spirits(demons? ghosts? elementals?) to hinder Oni Lee. Highly variable in possible effects.

Where did the line I'm quoting come from, and what was the context in which it was stated?

[ ] The better part of valor. (Adorjan/Wind Borne Stride)

Go faster than he can chase, zoom off into the distance.

More or less, that's one option for how that one would play out.

[ ] Good things come to those who wait.(Kimbery/First Excellency)

I'm reading this as raising Soak and possibly regeneration, to just tank him until help arrives.

This one is entirely off base. Who, of the Yozis can play an infinite waiting game?

[ ]Mind over matter.(SWLIHN/Essence Dissecting Stare)

This one is pretty obvious. LITERALLY the name of the option: Mind Hand Manipulation. Use your Willpower as your combat skill(yes, this is pretty hax with maxed willpower) to attack or to parry. It's also the only ranged option at present, which is to say, he can teleport but you can stab him with your mind.

It deals relatively little damage, but it's the quickest route to ungodly defense values, can parry just about anything, and is perfect for called shots like poking them in the nuts.

It's actually pretty nasty even presently, as Taylor is Essence 3, so she has the ability to deal Piercing Lethal damage with it.

[ ]Rage is one Hell of an anaesthetic.(Malfeas/ By Pain Reforged and/or Hardened Devil Body)

Sheer durability...though I would point out that while this charm sequence can be pretty neat in a brute kind of way, it's not actually going to do anything to someone who refuses to get/stay in reach of you.
Also this leads to nuclear hatefire attacks, which has it's pros(incredibly lethal, radioactive fallout later on) and cons(incredibly lethal, radioactive fallout later on)

One of the ways that one could go. Right Yozi, though.

I am not sure about if that works in Exalted, but I think the extensive bullying campaign, that canonically got her close to suicide by cape, might have seriously reduced her permanent Willpower.

Actually, it did the opposite. Constant use of her Willpower to restrain her impulse to retaliate or react has atrophied her Valor, but it's actually built up her Permanent Willpower. Her Temporary Willpower, on the other hand, has been mostly tapped for a long time.
 
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[X] They mostly come out at night.
--Whatever these alien sensations and things you keep feeling are, they must have something to do with your power. Make them help you.
 
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