“Welcome to the Party,” a voice slurred from her comm. It belonged to a grizzled man in a duster, hanging upside down from a tangle of cables. He was eating a protein bar. “Name’s Meridian. You’ve got a Leash. Don’t point it at anything you don’t want to explode.”
Kael fired a volley of energy bolts from his chest. Nakamura pirouetted, using the Leash to pull a heavy cargo container in front of her as a shield. The bolts ricocheted, punching through a Brute’s skull. “Mirror Match! +250!” bulletstorm
Nakamura didn’t hesitate. She sprinted, Leash lashing out to wrap around Kael’s throat. She planted her boot on his chest and kicked , using the Leash’s momentum to hurl him backward. Kael flew through the air, arms flailing, directly into the focused lens of the God Hammer. “Welcome to the Party,” a voice slurred from her comm
But she could pull .
Nakamura looked at her glowing, humming Leash. Then at the viewscreen, where a blue, living Earth spun peacefully. “Name’s Meridian
Nakamura didn’t shoot. She flicked . The Leash lashed out, snagging a Screamer mid-lunge. She yanked it into the air, then slide-kicked a floating barrel of fuel. The barrel exploded, engulfing the pulled enemy in a fireball. Lola cheered: “Fire in the Hole! +50 Skillshot!”
Nakamura didn’t have standard rounds. She had the Leash.