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Post by Allison Kazim on Jun 22, 2018 17:48:18 GMT -8
She listened without interrupting, nodding at the mention of the center line - the center of the body. It made sense, and she found herself watching as John explained rather than punched her in the face again. It made sense; all things connected to the center, pulled like a system in motion.
Staying ahead would take practice, of course, though his examples were tucked away for future use. Her hands fell to her sides with his gesture, muscles burning with the new movements.
"Understood." To both the message and the fact he was going to try attacking her again after those particular bits of advice. Her qi was enough to be a beacon of sorts, her blade a part of her only as long as she kept hold of it and it didn't break.
So when his first punch came, she adapted as best she could with the distinct lack of what she had been trained in since she was old enough to be permitted a weapon alongside her studies. She let her focus return to the center of his body, the pull of his actions. The pace was quicker, but hardly impossible as she blocked the first punch with her arm as before, forcing it away from range and leaving him open for her to move her head to teh side with the second, working at keeping his fists from striking for now, able to keep up with him for the time being.
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Post by John A. Downing on Jun 22, 2018 18:00:01 GMT -8
As she dodged, he decided to test her on one of the tenants he brought up at the beginning. As she dodged his right hook his left hand clasped the handle of the sword on his left hip. He whipped it out to slash at her face, the blade held point toward the ground to see if she would think on her feet in that situation.
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Post by Allison Kazim on Jun 22, 2018 18:07:00 GMT -8
Well, if practice made perfect...
Ali saw him reach for his blade, drawn from his hand of the same side, and shifted her weight to step back as he drew the blade to slice at where she had been standing, then pushed with teh same foot and came in to aim a punch at his face!
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Post by John A. Downing on Jun 22, 2018 18:19:31 GMT -8
She'd learned everything he had to teach her today, for those few moments. If she took it to heart and practiced it with the measured pace of a swordsman, she'd find herself living the words of Mr. Lee: "I do not fear the one who practices ten thousand kicks one time each. I fear the one who practices one kick, ten thousand times." Her fist smashed into her jaw, and just like that.....the fight was back on.
As his right leg was forced to the side from the punch, he'd throw his left elbow forward to crack her across the jaw in retaliation. She'd opened a cut on his lip near the corner of his mouth from that strike- he intended to leave more than a bruise of his own.
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Post by Allison Kazim on Jun 22, 2018 18:31:50 GMT -8
First blood, blood for blood.
The movements felt awkward still as she ducked the elbow feeling it knock into the side of her head, taking advantage of his unguarded chest to try and slam her fist into his sternum!
He did say watch the center.
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Post by John A. Downing on Jun 22, 2018 18:50:29 GMT -8
So he did! Her palm strike smashed into his sternum, but this time he was ready for the strike so his body didn't shift. So his left hand released the sword and would aim to grab the side of her head, gripping her hair to keep her in place as he would throw a knee up for her midsection, intent to do to her what she just did to him.
Knock the wind out.
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Post by Allison Kazim on Jun 22, 2018 19:17:08 GMT -8
He succeeded in actually making her speechless and make her lungs burn! Her blow didn't land nearly as well as she thought it would, but she rolled with teh punches going her way as her hair was pulled.
She was going to have to get it cut or learn to watch more. She took the hit, pulling him down to her level as she grabbed him by the back of the neck and slamming her elbow into his face, hopefully knocking him off balance!
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Post by John A. Downing on Jun 26, 2018 12:19:19 GMT -8
Her elbow smashed into his face, indeed causing him to step to the right and earning her a grunt and another open cut over his eye. But it's what he wanted anyway so he used the momentum to his advantage, throwing up his left hand to try and palm her face, which he would use to try and push her head/face back and up, so her sight was obscured.
If it worked he'd kick out with his left leg for her right ankle to try and sweep her off her feet. It would dislodge her grip on the back of his head and put her hard on the ground, where he could lay a pounding with his larger frame...assuming it worked.
She was stronger than him, though. Not by much, but enough. He'd have to be careful of that.
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Post by Allison Kazim on Jun 27, 2018 10:43:56 GMT -8
Success and failure in both measures. First blood may have been hers, but John had the speed to keep up with her, and Ali knew she'd probably be a walking bruise the next day. Until then, however, there was the fact that he had her vision obscured after her elbow landed, and though he would be able to knock her off her feet, it came with the cost of her using her other leg to knee him in the groin at the same time.
Since they were fighting the way lesser societies did, after all.
Ali would roll off ot hte side, expecting John not to just let her lay there or take a moment to breathe. Stars rattled her vision from the drop, but she would push herself back onto her feet at least.
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Post by John A. Downing on Jun 27, 2018 12:32:31 GMT -8
Augh! Fucking cunt!
As she fell, her knee smashed into his family jewels, dropping him to a knee in pain. He didn't expect it, but he admired it, his hand going to his groin in agony. A woman willing to do what she had to in order to win. His left hand snatched back at his sword handle as she rolled, and using his kneeling position he leapt into the air, so as she came back to her feet he'd be coming down with the blade, intend to smash it into her forehead. Since blades didn't cut, he figured it would be blunt force damage, his sword slightly glowing to add extra umph.
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Cero: John can cause his sword to glow, empowering it with his energy and doing his energy in damage on top of his attack.
Attack: 24
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Post by Allison Kazim on Jun 29, 2018 19:33:48 GMT -8
Well if the glowing sword didn't give away the fact that they were moving on to using their abilities, nothing else would. Ali drew her blade as the flash of sunlight on steel caught her eye, relying on her usual weapon of choice rather than the spectacle of a qi blade Asiv had pulled out of her heart.
She would try to deflect the blade comping at her, pushing it off to one side, side stepping and aiming another swing as follow up as the navy blue steel began to glow with her own power, the familiar red-gone-white hair returning as she drew in energy form the world around her.
"Kek!" __________
Zero Ability: Manafication ("Kek") - Drawing on energy and channeling it into her body, Ali is able to add 1/2 her ENG to her attack.
Blade Attack: 24 (x2)
Qi Uses: 2/10
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Post by John A. Downing on Jul 2, 2018 16:45:54 GMT -8
As she blocked and swung a second time, John blade (still glowing) shifted to the side and would clash with hers, the edges holding steady as they were met strength for strength. His free hand would come up as contact was made to try and uppercut her. It was a lesson- she was shorter, and thus had to get closer to strike than he would. It allowed him to utilize his reach under the blades to do some deft damage. His grinned a bloody smile, the cut on his lip having soiled his teeth. If his uppercut hit, his Qi blade would appear in the hand he uppercut her with, who's blade he'd push against her throat. He'd then voice- "Surrender, or die." Assuming, obviously, his uppercut even hit. Night Divine (Qi Blade): The sword strikes in swift and precise slashes adding 1/2 his energy stat to his Speed stat for the attack.
Cero: Cero: John can cause his sword to glow, empowering it with his energy and doing his energy in damage on top of his attack.
Sword strength: 24 Night Divine Speed: 22
Qi uses: 4/6
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Post by Allison Kazim on Jul 2, 2018 17:10:50 GMT -8
Steel clashed against steel like a clarion, their matched might enough to hold each other at bay as well as exposed. She could feel it ringing in her bones, saw the punch coming as his fist drew near. She wasn't used to the brawling, not yet, but Ali worked with what she remembered of their earlier training, watching the center of his body. She raised her forearm up to block the blow, having no weapon other than her body to do so, and though the punch didn't land as intended, he had the speed to continue pressing his attack with the blade, hitting her but missing his initial target.
She raised her chin at him as the blade was raised to her throat, eyes flashing defiance as he offered the simple challenge of death or surrender.
She'd slam the heel of her boot into his pelvis to answer!
"Kek."
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Zero Ability: Manafication - Drawing on energy and channeling it into her body, Ali is able to add 1/2 her ENG to her attack.
Blade Attack: 24 Qi Uses: 3/10
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Post by John A. Downing on Jul 2, 2018 17:23:45 GMT -8
His bloody nose and broken finger didn't deter him. The small blonde in front of him, full of fire, had wounds of her own to show for their scrap. But he was the only one left with a sword, the larger male having disarmed her. He raised it and pointed it at her chest, a broad grin on his young face, the scruff of his beard barely noticeable at this point.
"Surrender, or die."
He rushed forward, slashing for her right side. She grinned wickedly, her hands jerking behind her back to whip out the dual knives. "Death, then!" Her right knife blocked his blade and shifted it up as she ducked down and spun, sticking the sword against his neck and causing his eyes to go wide.
"Take your own advice, big guy."
He let a slow smile across his lips as he lead in, her sharpened blade lightly cutting his neck so a rivet of of blood leaked over it. He gave her a light kiss on the nose.
"I did, a long time ago."
She dropped the knife jumped up into his lips, kissing in a fervor as he dropped his own sword and wrapped his arms around her-
Time had seemed to stop for him, a moment, as she refused, pressing the attack to kick at him. His sword arm would shift down and push up, pushing her blade up and out of the way as he stepped forward and right to avoid her kick. His right handed Qi blade arm would bend at the crook as he would throw a stabbing elbow strike for her face, intent to make the young woman bleed for it. His eyes were narrowed in barely concealed irritation.
"Foolish. I could have killed you, and where would those you care about be? Those you love? Alone, and broken."
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Post by Allison Kazim on Jul 2, 2018 17:29:06 GMT -8
The best part was that she had started to shift to throw a punch at his face when the elbow came for her. instead using her smaller size to duck and bring her blade up with her as she rose from the dodge, bringing the blade across his chest at a diagonal if she could dodge it successfully, pride still ringing in her voice.
"My family knows how to stand together when we suffer. They would mourn and find a way to continue on."
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