Fate's of the Trade

Chapter 7, Episode 11: Situational Gravity

From the middle of the arena, Zi-o stares up at Arthur Watts, who is standing on a platform in one of the four gravity biomes. A lava geyser shoots up from the fire biome to the left behind Zi-o, and another shoots up from the one to the right of the gravity biome Watts is in. Watts aims his revolver at Zi-o, who draws a gold revolver and aims it behind him. Watts pulls back his gun's hammer.

Watts: Nineteen.

Zi-o fires a Gravity Dust bullet from his revolver, launching himself toward the gravity biome. Watts fires his gun at Zi-o, who shoots a Gravity Dust bullet to the side to dodge it. Zi-o then fires yet another Gravity Dust bullet to put himself back on course toward the gravity biome. Once he gets near Watts, he fires yet another Gravity Dust bullet to his left, sending him toward a floating wall on his right, which he kicks off of to put himself in the air above Watts. Not expecting this move, Watts had begun to aim his revolver at Zi-o and instead ended up looking up at him in surprise before jumping away just as Zi-o comes down and punches with his right hand. The punch connects with the floor, and as Zi-o stands back up, he tosses his revolver into the air, which he catches it by the muzzle, having flipped it around.

Watts once again attempts to aim at Zi-o, but Zi-o swings the handle of his revolver at Watts' face. Watts leans back to dodge, leaving an opening for Zi-o to punch him in the diaphragm. While Watts is still in the air, Zi-o does a Cork Screw flip and kicks him in the gut, sending him flying across a gap to another platform. Watts rights himself in mid-air and lands on his toes, sliding backward. He barely manages to lean his torso to the side to dodge a normal bullet fired by Zi-o. He then blocks two more normal bullets with a Hard-Light shield deployed from his rings. He aims his gun at Ironwood.

Watts: Eighteen.

Watts fires and then activates one of his rings. Zi-o dives and rolls out of the way of the Electricity Dust bullet that Watts had fired at him. He gets up in a kneeling position and aims his gold revolver at Watts, but there is a dull ping noise, followed by the gravity around Zi-o changing to levitate him into the air. There is another dull ping, and Zi-o is slammed into a floating wall.

Zi-o:*slightly grunts* Clever trick there Watts.

Watts smirks and runs away, jumping to another platform, and Zi-o gets up and gives chase along the floating walls. There is another dull ping, and Zi-o begins to fall from the wall he is standing on. He fires a Gravity Dust bullet from his black gun to throw himself onto the adjacent platform and rolls across the floor. The force of the Gravity Dust bullet proves to be a little too much, as Zi-o stumbles over to the edge once he gets on his feet. As he teeters on the edge, he fires his revolver, using the recoil to steady himself and keep himself on the platform.

Watts creates small Hard-Light platforms to traverse over the sunken geyser biome toward another gravity biome. Zi-o follows him across, barely managing to make it from one Hard-Light platform to another before they disappear. He fires his revolver at Watts, who activates one of his rings, triggering a geyser beneath Zi-o.

Zi-o: Shit!

Zi-o cries out as the boiling water hits him and throws him to the side.