Wolverine.

When their hands made contact, something akin to a spark shot through his palm. Not like, a full blown ‘oh god, my hand’s on fire!’ kinda spark. More like a ‘yeah, that’s not what static feels like’ kinda spark. It was different. Distinct. Significant.

Ezekiel pulled his hand back and shook it out. Then, he looked at her. “You, uhh, you’re supposed to be my…” he trailed off. Flirting with a lady was one thing. Calling her something demeaning was another. With a grimace, he tried, “My partner?”

“That is a better way to put it, I think.” A servant... she’d rather he didn’t call him that. Far too close to what people had tried to make her, even if this was a more positive reason. A relief indeed, that he hadn’t been obtuse about this entire situation, even if he’d initially come across as such.

Aanyway this is now pretty overdue but I’m Matty and I wish I was the goddamn wolverine. I’ve been out of RP for a long time, although I think I’ve finally managed to get some semblance of time management no I haven’t so here I am!

Laura Kinney (Marvel 616)

The goddamn Wolverine

Sense of humor drier than the antarctic

Killed way too many people to ever forgive herself

Jumps off tall buildings for fun

Thinks this is the nicest world she’s been dragged into

That’s not saying much

Even with Sho’s dash/teleport, I’d have to give Laura the advantage in this; she’s fought enough people with similar abilities that it wouldn’t be much of an advantage, and her regeneration would take care of any advantage it did give him. Her claws would almost certainly be faster than his swords; without his Persona, he’d be at quite a disadvantage.

With Tsukiyomi, I think he’d have the advantage; she’d find it a lot harder to deal with effectively two opponents when one isn’t constantly present. She’s stll going to be difficult to kill, and most likely more capable of dealing with the darkness he can summon; she’s killed people who are invisible before.

Nina almost certainly has an advantage in the fight; this battle would largely be determined by who made fewer mistakes, or how quickly Nina tried to finish the fight. They’re both rather difficult to kill; Nina is incredibly durable, and Laura heals very quickly. 

If a battle was allowed to drag on for a large amount of time, Laura would start to gain an advantage; it’s likely that she’d heal faster than Nina, and would eventually wear her down. However, that’s quite an unlikely scenario.

Nina definitely has the advantage; Embargo would be very difficult for Laura to deal with. While she’s well-trained in martial arts, losing her claws is quite a shock to her; additionally, it’s more difficult to block a blade with her hand than with her claws. She doesn’t really have an answer to Blaze Kick and Shadow Claw other than to try to dodge or endure the abilities; while she’s had experience fighting similar abilities before, all she’s ever done is simply take the blow and wait to heal.

This would depend on whether or not Laura could access the Uni-Power / Enigma force; if so, a stalemate would be almost certain, as she’d be able to destroy many of his summoned beings from Prelati’s Spellbook, but lacks the ablility to destroy the giant version.

Without the Uni-Power, it’s very unlikely she’d win; I can’t see her being able to destroy the creatures quickly enough to get to Caster. If she was capable of surprising him, she might be able to kill him before he could summon creatures, although considering how much stronger a Servant is than a human, it’s still unlikely; unless she was able to kill him before he could notice her presence and react, I’d still expect him to win.

Waiting out in the cold was unpleasant; distinctly so, when it was snowing. While she couldn’t tell what was occurring inside the building, it was obvious there was at least one - two, she expected - people inside. Knocking on the door once more, she’d let out a sigh. Just how long was she meant to stand out here, waiting? It had already been too long. 

Patience was a virtue, and something she normally had, but now now. Not when she’d been given a time to be here. She’d been early and been kept waiting far too long.

It was almost funny, that he of all people would find her. The one person that had pursued her, when she’d first escaped; one of the few people that had faith that she’d change. 

A pity that it hadn’t worked out exactly as planned. She’d changed, but not for the reasons he’d said he hoped for; Logan hadn’t really helped. If anything, he’d done the opposite. A hand would tighten around the bottle, moving it away from his grasp; as correct as he was that she’d probably had too much, it didn’t matter.

"I was out." 

That definitely didn’t answer the question, but explaining would be far too difficult. There wasn’t any real reason to reveal what she’d been doing, no matter how concerned the other woman sounded.