Kit advanced on Kayla, his footwork quick and unpredictable as ever. He had no discipline or regard for technique but even in this delirious state he was so agile and dynamic that he couldn't be taken too lightly. With bared teeth, she deflected the blasts from his handgun with her shield bracer and met his fractal blade with one of her own. Hers was in the 'long fang' configuration with a thin crystalline blade she favored the most. Kit's staccato strikes were swift but haphazard and she handled each parry, duck, and leap with precision beyond the naked eye. The male auroran cartwheeled out of a wide sweeping counter from her. He overextended with a rush to slash at her flank. With a subtle gesture, another crystal ejected from her armor. In her grip it flared to life with psychic emerald light to form another fractal blade. This was the 'split fang' stance, one long sword to strike and a forked short sword to catch the and trap an incoming blade.

Never once meeting force with force, the violet furred auroran caught Kit's lunge with a precise jab. Kit's blank eyes, one his usual gold and the other with eerie blood-red sclera, widened as she arrested his momentum and used her longer weapon to slash the pistol from his grip. Not missing a beat she slammed her knee into his chest sending him flying backwards into the wall 20 feet away. "Snap out of it! This isn't you, it's one of your bad dreams." Her ears drooped as she let the smaller blade dissipate so she could holster the crystal but it didn't stop her from staying in a ready stance. Kit snarled mindlessly as he ran back at her blindingly fast. Instead of simply attacking with his sword Kit leapt, his outline blurred, and two copies of himself leapt to attack Kayla from each side. Furrowing her brow, Kayla sent a psychic pulse to reshape her fractal sword and drew another gem in the same moment. 'Twin fang' with paired swords was the natural first choice when outnumbered.

Her eyes stayed locked on Kit's main form, relying on her sense perception to track the other two so she could exchange blows with all three. Her muscles tensed and flexed with almost unnaturally precise movements of her limbs. A few strikes glanced off of her armor and one close call drew a line of blood from her cheek. Ducking one of Kit's overcommitted slashes, she returned the attack with a jump kick. In that same motion she locked her two swords together to form a double bladed weapon. Spinning both her body and the swords, she became a whirlwind of shimmering viridian light, a form called 'spiral fang'. Both of Kit's copies faded as she tore through them at once. As Kayla finished the motion she turned to face the real Kit who was leaping away in his impossibly agile fashion despite the fugue he was trapped in. "What's wrong Kit? Don't run! Don't leave me again..."
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This is a color sketch commission of Kayla from the always amazing Kiaun. His take on Kayla is really stunning, showing off the best of everything I have of her to date. Kayla was always meant to fight adaptively with multiple weapons but it was his idea to have her fractal blade hilts be crystals slotted into her armor instead of six hilts hanging off of her messily. She's just such an expert that she doesn't need a handle and shapes the blades directly from the control crystals. She's technically the power source so her needs and emotions determine the shape of each sword as they crystallize. This is also the exact shade of purple I want to carry forward with her. When I get a reference sheet, I'm 100% going with this color.

Art ©️  Kiaun
Character ©️  kitkabbit