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Post by Mathew Amtrum on Dec 1, 2012 11:55:32 GMT -8
In an effort to keep things interesting for him he decided that today he was going to help David's apprentice with a bit of training. A new mindset, a new set of skills, and a new body. It should help keep things from being stale for him. Even if he wasn't expecting a challenge himself it wasn't about that. It was about stopping the boredom and hardening the troops, especially those that might one day become Dragons.
So he waited for Jackson to show up, pacing back and forth across the stone ground. His arms folded over his chest, and footprints being left in the stone for a second before reforming back in to a smooth street.
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Post by Jackson on Dec 1, 2012 12:01:51 GMT -8
Jackson showed up, his Bat slung across his shoulder once more.
He saluted Mathew upon sight, fist into open palm.
"You summoned me?" he asked him.
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Post by Mathew Amtrum on Dec 1, 2012 12:03:40 GMT -8
"Indeed. I thought today would be a good day to show off what you learned."
He slid in to a fighting stance.
"Attack me, use any means you can to win."
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Post by Jackson on Dec 1, 2012 12:06:04 GMT -8
Jackson nodded in understanding, and unsheathed his Bat, bringing it across and downwards channeling his Qi through it to possibly knock Mathew off balance. Afterwards, he'd muster a couple of air balls, and send them at Amtrum from both sides.
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Post by Mathew Amtrum on Dec 1, 2012 12:09:37 GMT -8
Mathew's coat whipped with the air but the man did not move. And as the air balls flew toward him both arms shot out and from his sleeves would shoot out small pillars to slam in to the balls of air and knock them back.
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Post by Jackson on Dec 1, 2012 18:09:54 GMT -8
Jackson had a split second to think before the air balls would get to him, so he slashed sideways with Bat and channeled his Qi once more through the weapon to deflect his own attack.
After he deflected them, he brought Bat up then down again, for a windmill attack that would launch him into the air towards Mathew. He fired off two spheres at his head as he continued the arcs ascent.
He was fired off a couple more Qi bursts with his Bat in thin slicing motions.
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Post by Mr. Kaar on Dec 1, 2012 18:28:02 GMT -8
Yun was here watching in place of Leon, with him was all seven members of Squad One. They watched in anticipation considering Mathew was the one checking up on Jackson, Yun found it prudent to watch.
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Post by Mathew Amtrum on Dec 2, 2012 12:52:53 GMT -8
The pillars shifted in to blades and broke off in to his hands so that he was holding two swords of stone. Each Qi blast would be sliced through fluidly. This time he was not knocking them back.
"Good good!"
Not good enough... yet. But good. He was already showing remarkable progress from last time he saw him.
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Post by Jackson on Dec 2, 2012 13:52:31 GMT -8
Jackson decided to follow Rai's advice and mix up his attacks. He began running through Tai Chi, his Qi channeled throughout his body, as air spread everywhere.
He brought his arms up, then took a half-step towards Mathew, a large sphere forming in between his hands. It split into two smaller spheres with the next step, then he channeled a pulse through as he snapped his arms up, shooting the two spheres and the pulse at Mathew.
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Post by Mathew Amtrum on Dec 2, 2012 14:04:53 GMT -8
Once more he cut through the spheres, taking a step closer to Jackson.
"I will keep doing this as long as you keep doing that. Try following up your attack. IF I am committed to deflecting your Qi then that leaves more openings for a follow up physical attack."
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Post by Jackson on Dec 2, 2012 15:01:30 GMT -8
Jackson grunted in acknowledgement. He was no more than ten feet away now. He put his hands together and formed another ball. This one hollow. Smoke filled the inside. He launched it at Amtrum, expecting him to slice through it. He'd just said he would. However, when he sliced through this, it'd create a smokescreen for Jackson to almost disappear in.
After it was launched, he'd leap into the air and land, with a cushion of air to cover the tremors of his footsteps. He crept up behind Mathew this way, and would deliver a Qi powered strike to his back with the Bat.
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Post by Mathew Amtrum on Dec 6, 2012 21:19:53 GMT -8
Sure enough Mathew did slice the ball and send the smoke pouring out of it which blinded him. Though he could still feel Jackson's movements on the ground, even with the air cushion. Though that did make it a lot harder. He opted to not turn around and to take the blow to the back!
"Much better!"
He said, and he didn't seem to be in pain either. Instead he stomped his foot on to the ground and a pillar would shoot up front the ground to try and slam in to Jackson from behind!
ED set nulls used 1/3
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Post by Jackson on Dec 6, 2012 21:36:00 GMT -8
Jackson was caught off-guard by the pillar but managed to keep his head, he turned to the side and took the pillar in the thigh. It was gonna leave a ginormous bruise, but was better than flying through the air and face-planting.
As it hit him, he went with it, and fell to the ground, while creating another cushion of air. He quickly rolled off it, and modified the cushion to be a powerful updraft. It carried him up, and through the air, to land lightly on his feet.
He was expecting a counter-attack so he surrounded himself with a cushion of air that would cling to him and localize on whatever area Mathew attacked. In the meantime, he created two larger spheres, and hopped inside one of them.
He revved it up, with a couple of groundward wind blasts, and shot at Mathew. as he got closer he'd swing his Bat in a downward arc, to hit Mathew across from his face to his groin.
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Post by Mathew Amtrum on Dec 13, 2012 23:28:05 GMT -8
Mathew didn't counter attack when he shot himself up and instead waited for Jackson in his ball to come at him. Mathew's body pivoting as he brought the stone blade up to slam in to Jackson's bat, blocking the blow.
"Do you plan to win?"
He asked calmly. He didn't feel like he was in any danger here.
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Post by Jackson on Dec 14, 2012 10:55:19 GMT -8
"If that's possible then, yes." Jackson replied evenly. He dissipated his ball, and slashed at Mathew again, for the legs and then brought the other air ball around to hit him from the back, simultaneously.
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