[ the upside was that he was free, and thanks to his sylladex, still armed.
the downside was that the place was still teeming with vampires, and karkat was battered and exhausted from the night's escapades. he'd been shunted upward, onto the roof, trying to deal damage while staying out of range of retaliation- with a close combat weapon most suited to grappling, and against creatures much stronger and faster than he is.
difficult.
he gets points for effort, though, screaming every threat and insult under the sun at his former captors when the blade of the sickle bounces off the iron collar around one of the vampires' necks with a clang and small shower of sparks. ]
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the downside was that the place was still teeming with vampires, and karkat was battered and exhausted from the night's escapades. he'd been shunted upward, onto the roof, trying to deal damage while staying out of range of retaliation- with a close combat weapon most suited to grappling, and against creatures much stronger and faster than he is.
difficult.
he gets points for effort, though, screaming every threat and insult under the sun at his former captors when the blade of the sickle bounces off the iron collar around one of the vampires' necks with a clang and small shower of sparks. ]