[It's a stupid move, sure, but he's got the advantage of none of this being real--he thinks he can take a few risks, if only to see how far the simulation goes. He wonders, vaguely, what might happen if he dies in it. Would Moira have to finish it on her own? Do they have to finish it at all? Does any of that really matter to him?
On some level, he knows he should be using this to keep his skills sharp instead of acting as recklessly as possible, but as he weaves behind the gathered group of opponents, he's too full of the adrenaline of it to really care. The buildings provide some measure of cover, enough to work his way around the back. Whether or not Moira is keeping up doesn't necessarily concern him, although it probably should, given what happens next.
It all plays out very quickly. The OR-14 drops down from above him, something he should have seen coming. Gabriel pivots to try and block the gun arm of the omnic, but something automatic within him takes over and he falls apart.
From the outside, it looks as though he loses his form entirely, dissolving into black smoke that the OR-14 passes through, crashing to the ground as if he was never there at all. For Gabriel's part, he doesn't really know what's happening--just that he's himself one moment and then isn't anything at all in the next.
He re-assembles himself in an instant, but he's unbalanced and stumbling, the bewildered look on his face betraying unfamiliarity with the ability. Gabriel manages to unload his shotgun into the OR-14, blasting its head apart, but his arm is still smoking and the sight of it has him dropping his gun like it's burned him. He staggers backward.]
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On some level, he knows he should be using this to keep his skills sharp instead of acting as recklessly as possible, but as he weaves behind the gathered group of opponents, he's too full of the adrenaline of it to really care. The buildings provide some measure of cover, enough to work his way around the back. Whether or not Moira is keeping up doesn't necessarily concern him, although it probably should, given what happens next.
It all plays out very quickly. The OR-14 drops down from above him, something he should have seen coming. Gabriel pivots to try and block the gun arm of the omnic, but something automatic within him takes over and he falls apart.
From the outside, it looks as though he loses his form entirely, dissolving into black smoke that the OR-14 passes through, crashing to the ground as if he was never there at all. For Gabriel's part, he doesn't really know what's happening--just that he's himself one moment and then isn't anything at all in the next.
He re-assembles himself in an instant, but he's unbalanced and stumbling, the bewildered look on his face betraying unfamiliarity with the ability. Gabriel manages to unload his shotgun into the OR-14, blasting its head apart, but his arm is still smoking and the sight of it has him dropping his gun like it's burned him. He staggers backward.]