As the other two hopped off the side of the mountain, skidding down the rocky cliffs towards the extraction zones, Olive realised that it was probably better if she tried to keep up with them. They probably needed another flag, right? She shrugged, stretching out a little as she hopped up and down on the spot quickly, before taking a deep breath.
“... Ah well. Let’s get this over with.”
With no further thought, she hopped right off the side of the mountain. However, unlike Aryle and Topaz... she was aiming a lot higher. Because she didn’t exactly intend to come down. As she took a deep breath and began to fold herself up into somewhat of a ball again, trying her best to conserve momentum, she was covered by the purple glow again, floating onwards through the air rather than descending down. Narrowly avoiding some Beowolf’s, clawing upwards at her from the mountainside, she inhaled, trying her best not to get nauseous as she kept her eyes on the goal- she couldn’t see it. The evac Zone. She couldn't see it from this position and this high... maybe safe passage over the Grimm wasn’t worth it. She began to sweat, knowing that her Aura was running low, and sooner or later, she’d plummet back to the ground anyway- maybe she’d already passed it by. Which left her with no other choice. The purple glow ceased as Olive began to fall out of her cannonball shape, losing her forward momentum almost instantly as she fell down from the sky at an angle, like a plane knocked from the sky. She cursed under her breath, trying her best to activate her Semblance again, and slow her crashing descent, but her excessive usage of it earlier had definitely come back to bite her now. She couldn’t do it, which meant she had no choice but to-
CRASH
She hurtled directly into the stomach of a towering, grounded Ursa, crashing into it like a cannonball as the force alone actually managed to knock it back?!
Hurtling back, she felt her legs go over her head as she tumbled to the floor in the opposite direction of the Ursa, backwards, back flat against the floor. Great, this was the second time she’d done this in the test alone- her head pounded, dizzy, she had lost track of where she was in relation to the extraction point by now. However, there were two little things that... well, they would always be by her side. Hearing the roar of the Ursa as the Grimm picked itself up faster than her, to nobody’s surprise, charging in her direction, she reached down to her side, grabbing onto one of her daggers as she lifted her head up, throwing the knife forward- now, she didn’t have much force nor aiming ability currently, but the Ursa was big enough of a target, and the closer it got as it advanced on her, the easier hitting it became. Equis hit it square in the chest, just as Olive had earlier, digging into it, Olive grabbing onto the fully extended chain. This was all she needed, alongside a last minute burst of stamina. Pulling herself up, just about to the heels of her feet, she twisted herself to the side, ducking and dodging to avoid its powerful, swiping claw, the beasts movement slowed by the knife embedded in it, giving her the opportunity to jab the second knife into its shoulder, almost forcing its charge to a halt. Gritting her teeth as she grunted, she exerted herself even further, pulling it forwards and rearing its head down, giving her the chance to stomp a foot down on it, kicking it as the sheer force yanked the knife back out of its belly, flying up into the air, as she completed the motion, reaching out with her now free hand that was once on the chain, grabbing it and quickly jamming it downwards into the Grimm’s eye. Pushing herself further, she began to twist the daggers, as the Ursa was fully brought to heel, continuing to stomp on its head for good measure. Its impaled shoulder was the first one to sink down to the floor, as the Ursa’s body truly went limp, crashing down flat to the floor. She took her foot off it’s head, finally, panting as she caught her breath, her improvised manoeuvre to take out the Grimm having actually worked... she let her own shoulders slump, feeling the exhaustion hit her for good, turning around to see... the extraction point, almost directly behind her. The impact from crashing into the Ursa must have pushed her back far enough to be closer to it. Blinking in surprise, she was greeted by two empty flag holders, and what she could only assume were some strange looks from the other team defending the point. Finally noticing this, she simply bit her lip and cast her gaze aside from them as she approached the flag holder, leaning down to place the flag from the cave into an empty corner slot of the circular holder. She tried not to let out a noise as she felt her back ache at the action alone. All those impacts from falling onto the ground can’t have been good, and her Aura clearly hadn’t been doing the job well enough. Regardless, she had done it.
