Chapter 13: Thier doom descends
But skullblaze didn't realize that it was a ploy to get him to lower his guard. galinoth lashed out with his left leg and kicked skullblaze right on his right temple with a sickening crack.
Hunting Death- Ambushed
I don't know if it's safe to turn my back on them since it is entirely possible this is a ploy to make us drop our guard, but if that were the case we'd be pretty screwed anyway so what would be the point.
A Virtual Wish, Chapter Four
"i'm sure they'd figure out his ploy," cain says. "says you," i say, bitter again. "you don't know exactly how obsessed my family is with kaine and his dang mortality doctrine." my lips curl up.
Princess of Knives
The ploy worked - as it had for the squirrel many times before - in easing the soldiers away from their weapons. "tracked an outlaw from amaraan," one of them growled, idly scratching at his bald reptilian head.
I Dreamt of Wasps - Chapter 3
He listened harder than he had in his whole life, not daring to open his eyes, lest he find it was all a ploy. but the footfalls faded.
Section 13
I doubt rogue picked up on the fact the herd was aware of her ploy and was waiting. "mind giving me a playback as to what going on here zero or i don't need it?" luna asked.
Coffee Break (Tenuki)
A different ploy, for the less astute targets, would be to trash the place as if a storm had blown through - an indirect threat not merely of vulnerability but of violence to the individual.
Harbingers Ch1: The Abomination
"you're lying, this is just a ploy for you to get your weapons, you sneaky bastard, and i'm not falling for it, tomorrow you will kill hammer, and you will do it without your weapons."
Playing God Part 3: Crime and Punishment
The papers had called it "judgement day" - but that was nothing but a hollow gimmick, a weak ploy to try and give the wordless, hopeless grief a label.
The Song of the Slayer - Prologue
It's hard to say what's true and what's not, but that's a deliberate ploy of the wolves to ensure their knowledge, if it falls upon the ears of outsiders, is hard to determine.
A Writing Study: Future First
#3 of studies, vignettes, & scraps in a sadistic ploy to break the brains of his fellow writers, old_pines challenged all comers to write a 1,843 word story in future tense from a first-person omniscient perspective.
Chapter 2 - Hero
" harley, this had better not all be a ploy to soften my decision in your review. you still disobeyed direct orders." "it's not sir." "alright, you know the review drill. pack your bags, go home.