> The Striding Blade leapt out of its maintenance bay accompanied by a belch > of thick, black exhaust smoke. Keavy put the machine into a small spiral > circle and then jumped over to her new team mates. Coming to a halt > alongside Jory's Tiger, the Gear gave a thumbs up to Silas' Warrior. > "Striding Blade present and accounted for." Keavy said over the comm. "Hey > Juliette. You use a Vibro Rapier too?! Cool. We should train together > some time. And Jory uses the Mace. No wimpy Vibro Knives in this crowd I > see." Raising her rapier, Juliette put her gear -- Felix, it had been named, long before she took possession of it -- into a classic fencing stance. It was a stance Juliette was familiar with, as she was as good with a rapier in her own hands as she was holding a larger one in her gear's manipulators. The point of the blade didn't waver as she silently saluted her teammate, then put her machine back at ease. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This message brought to you by the HG-PBEM "OVERDRIVE" mailing list. http://www.bluething.org/overdrive/