{"id":105,"date":"2009-11-27T16:55:05","date_gmt":"2009-11-27T16:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sophiehoulden.com\/writings\/fair\/?p=105"},"modified":"2009-11-27T16:55:05","modified_gmt":"2009-11-27T16:55:05","slug":"chapter-41-the-puppeteer-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sophiehoulden.com\/writings\/fair\/?p=105","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 41: The puppeteer, part 2."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- \t\t@page { size: 21cm 29.7cm; margin: 2cm } \t\tP { margin-bottom: 0.21cm } --><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lucida Sans,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Doll tried to hold on to the puppet for as long as she could whilst Riopene did her best to shake her. &#8216;Sooner or later&#8217; doll thought &#8216;she&#8217;s going to pull towards herself, and I can kick the puppet full force and stun her to get my chance&#8217;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lucida Sans,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Riopene raised her arms towards doll and the puppet, &#8216;this is it&#8217; Doll thought, but when Riopene pulled towards herself the puppet stayed rooted, and Riopene launched at doll herself, full speed.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lucida Sans,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Doll was unprepared and was sent flying.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lucida Sans,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Before she realised what was happening Riopene&#8217;s puppet was above her and stomping its foot down, it was all doll could do to grab the foot and try to keep it from crushing her.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\">\u00e2\u20ac\u0153<span style=\"font-family: Lucida Sans,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I underestimated you before, Doll, but I&#8217;m going to end this before I make the same mistake again.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lucida Sans,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Doll, worn out and becoming desperate looked for any way of breaking free and she saw a chance she would not like to take, a cutting type Qi attack was her only option, but if it didn&#8217;t kill Riopene right away it would be too dangerous for her.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lucida Sans,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Doll focussed almost all her Qi into a single burst, and released it, the leg pushing down on her split in two, as did the body of the puppet, and Riopene.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lucida Sans,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Covered in blood, The image of Riopene struggled to stand up in the wreckage and held up her bracelet, one glow moved into it making four lit beads.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lucida Sans,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">She tensed up, and screaming, fought to get her form to return to normal. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lucida Sans,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Doll passed out, she pushed too hard to win this time.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Doll tried to hold on to the puppet for as long as she could whilst Riopene did her best to shake her. &#8216;Sooner or later&#8217; 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