He seems to be firing beyond the barrels, by chance does he have one more arrow in his quiver, a second ambush that will allow him to engage Nox with Force Blade and Pistol both? (I hope so)
Hopefully they are the only ones that go boom~boom leaving him a second shot for Nox and any survivors. They won't hurt Nox but might scramble optics and hopefully stability controls enough to allow him a fighting chance until Dolly arrives with the cavalry.(Hopefully Ceci will be "healed" enough to not be destroyed in this round.)
The cavalry may arrive, but I'm still thinking Dolly and Ceci are going to mow down everything that moves, including Democles. Both of them seem to be in the 'kill em all and ask questions later' mode. I have pity on anyone between that particular momma and her cub.
Even better, with that narrow doorway that the Smurfs are trying to walk through, once the first set of barrels go, maybe the room will collapse enough to block the doorway so that whoever survives (Nox) can't get through and Dem only has to deal with the one dork who made it through. Much better odds for everyone (on the right side).
That depends on the concussive value of the contents. I've seen plastic barrels BLEVE (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling_liquid_expanding_vapor_explosion) when I was with the VFD and 3 barrels literally blew the roof off of a metal storage building and knocked down 2 of the 4 walls.
Think of a Thermobaric explosion. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermobaric_weapon#Fuel-air_explosive
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Mr. Black used to be a volunteer firefighter in his home town. He told me, straight-faced, that "BLEVE" actually stands for "Blows Little Eager Volunteers Everywhere". Having seen videos of a few, I find this plausible, even if reality is rude enough to disagree. :)
Yup, I've only seen 2 of them in real life, but I've seen the aftermath of about a dozen. The first one I saw, I almost lost control of certain bodily functions, it was that terrifying. An aluminum frame screen window was embedded in the front fender of our brush truck. Thin aluminum, punched through a steel fender. Like I said, it scared me.
Hah! I'm surprised Noxie warned them at all. Red eyes are what's in this season with Cassians, I guess. She's cute, too bad she's a killing machine. What sort of weapon is she carrying? She may have others built in like CeCi's.
Looks like the bastard offspring of a cattle-prod and a double-bladed staff from here. Doesn't seem right, unless Nox hates all that oozy, messy, blood getting everywhere that Malati delighted in.
Surprising but true tricks in actual physical security work: If you want to delay someone who may be about to become violent, make them listen to someone or keep talking. As long as they're concentrating on communication most people won't also be able to fight at the same time due to limits of splitting attention. Democlus is playing a surprisingly hilarious trick, making the blue lobsters listen to him telling them they're fucked and they should duck when following their own eyes would tell them they need to duck much faster.
Back when I was in Law Enforcement, we had a kid (17 y.o.) took his sister hostage while he was tripping on some bad stuff. Threatening to kill her to make the aliens go away or something. My partner and I found him because of her screaming, so we took the door down and we drew down on him. Long story short, I talked to him while my partner got back up who came in behind him and tased him while I grabbed his sister and got her away.
Democlus is keeping their attention on him instead of allowing them to notice where they might be able to duck to, to survive the coming blast.
Also I went back a few pages and re-read all the comments. Dem is at the door to ensure Nox can't come through it, however we don't know if he is at the Trolley's door or if he went out through the door Miraiko and Kyle came through, so he could have 1 or possibly 2 fall back positions to tie up Nox and the Nazismurfs further.
I didn't really save her, just grabbed her from her brother. When the taser electrodes hit him he stiffened up and let her go. I just grabbed her before she could hit the floor and get injured.
Very Emotionally satisfying, girls! almost as good as chocolate cake!
Did someone mention cake? :D
Someone has to say it...
Beryl, that is.
Think of a Thermobaric explosion. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermobaric_weapon#Fuel-air_explosive
Mr. Black used to be a volunteer firefighter in his home town. He told me, straight-faced, that "BLEVE" actually stands for "Blows Little Eager Volunteers Everywhere". Having seen videos of a few, I find this plausible, even if reality is rude enough to disagree. :)
Democlus is keeping their attention on him instead of allowing them to notice where they might be able to duck to, to survive the coming blast.
Also I went back a few pages and re-read all the comments. Dem is at the door to ensure Nox can't come through it, however we don't know if he is at the Trolley's door or if he went out through the door Miraiko and Kyle came through, so he could have 1 or possibly 2 fall back positions to tie up Nox and the Nazismurfs further.
Leave a good looking corpse, I guess.
Boom.
That is all.
I like her fiery eyes... =D
Yup, go, Demo!!!
Good going.
Or plaid. We have a variety today.