It's unclear if the Fallen have a sense of professionalism to offend (or if they speak English). Aside from a snarl or two they don't stop to answer Palmer back. The good news is, they haven't ambushed the convoy so much as followed the noise of gunfire.
Speaking of noise, they may be invisible but the electric hum of those blades may as well light them up as far as Matt's concerned. There's a pause when he parries them so readily, as if the creature behind them is surprised - and then his strike follows the muffled hiss of breath and cracks down hard against a metal helm. The cloak drops as the Fallen warrior staggers, suddenly revealed to all eyes... not that Matt will notice. As it reels though, it turns the motion into an evasive spin. A lower arm grabs up at Matt's, trying to throw the human.
Sif's opponent is likewise not expecting her to swing to meet it. Sparks fly as their blades clash, briefly giving a hint of the creature's outline. Whatever their swords are made of, they don't immediately fail under her steel... but the assassin is backing up, aiming to evade rather than parry blades again. Unfortunately that means it backs closer to the unseen Loki- and it jerks and flickers into view as his knife slashes into an unguarded arm. Vapor sprays from the wound, slick and chemical-smelling- it recovers, but it's on the back foot and struggling to hold its own against Sif.
To Loki's view, the third creature looks like it's heading toward Palmer for a moment: a pity for it that he's closer. The capes they wear make it a little harder to strike at their upper backs, but he has an easy chance to land a strike before the creature realizes they have a fourth opponent and shouts something to the others...
And then the trio of shanks creeping in to reinforce them ends up on the wrong end of a disruptor burst. The one nearest Delia sparks and smokes and tumbles into the others as it explodes, sending the others skidding through the air as their circuits fry. One flies right into the robot menacing Palmer and sends it spinning helplessly.
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Speaking of noise, they may be invisible but the electric hum of those blades may as well light them up as far as Matt's concerned. There's a pause when he parries them so readily, as if the creature behind them is surprised - and then his strike follows the muffled hiss of breath and cracks down hard against a metal helm. The cloak drops as the Fallen warrior staggers, suddenly revealed to all eyes... not that Matt will notice. As it reels though, it turns the motion into an evasive spin. A lower arm grabs up at Matt's, trying to throw the human.
Sif's opponent is likewise not expecting her to swing to meet it. Sparks fly as their blades clash, briefly giving a hint of the creature's outline. Whatever their swords are made of, they don't immediately fail under her steel... but the assassin is backing up, aiming to evade rather than parry blades again. Unfortunately that means it backs closer to the unseen Loki- and it jerks and flickers into view as his knife slashes into an unguarded arm. Vapor sprays from the wound, slick and chemical-smelling- it recovers, but it's on the back foot and struggling to hold its own against Sif.
To Loki's view, the third creature looks like it's heading toward Palmer for a moment: a pity for it that he's closer. The capes they wear make it a little harder to strike at their upper backs, but he has an easy chance to land a strike before the creature realizes they have a fourth opponent and shouts something to the others...
And then the trio of shanks creeping in to reinforce them ends up on the wrong end of a disruptor burst. The one nearest Delia sparks and smokes and tumbles into the others as it explodes, sending the others skidding through the air as their circuits fry. One flies right into the robot menacing Palmer and sends it spinning helplessly.