Koshiro WarHazzard
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Age is an issue of mind over matter, If you don't mind it doesn't matter.
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Post by Koshiro WarHazzard on Mar 21, 2013 8:54:27 GMT -8
He sat. None of the weights hit. Damn. He was out of weights. He decide it was time to move. He steped up on top of the bench and started walking across the tops of benches and weights. The cushioned benches made it easier to walk silently. Before he knew it he was on the opposite side of the room. He knew the noises were from over here, but where the HELL was Tengu?!?!?! He picked up a weight he had thrown after stepping on top of it. Luckily his shoe touched it silently. He picked up the weight and threw it to the side to make some noise for attracting the squad. Clearly they were working together against him. He thought this was odd since Delilah told them they were on there own for this. He was getting angry. He leaped up to his pipe, holding the loose joint so no noise would be made. He waited for them to pass under him since he was close to the center of the room, they would have to fall into his trap this time, he hoped. He would not just drop this time though. not this time. He had picked up 5 or 6 weights from around him and had them up there with him. His sword across the room so no one could get too badly hurt.
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Post by Delilah A. Black on Mar 21, 2013 21:51:17 GMT -8
A quiet, low whisper would blow into the man's ear--
"Koshiro."
It was Delilah. Silently, stealthily, she had gotten up onto the weights with him, subtly adding her weight to the bar so he wouldn't notice the shift, or her presence until she was behind him.
"Take off your blindfold." she would lean away from him and stand on the bar beside him, perfectly balanced and poised.
Once it was off, the raven haired mechanic would point to the floor below and mouth 'watch' while holding her finger to her lips, indicating for him to remain silent. He would see the Tengu in their various positions around the room, six of them walking with Nigel leaning up against the wall, listening. They were walking around the room silently, none making a noise--when two came close together, a few quick, brief blows would be exchanged and the pair would part before enough noise could be made to attract more attention; and then they would move on.
She walked silently across the bar like a tightrope walker, obviously completely confident with her positioning. She leaned close to his ear, her voice barely above a whisper. "Why you always got attacked was because you are too flashy. You're overthinking. Stealth isn't about jumping and flips and hiding. It's about dealing with a situation quickly and quietly. That,"
she pointed at the floor, watching Nigel trip Cain as he walked by, forcing him to roll out of it. When Cain went back to attack the man, Nigel was gone, already moving to another spot on the wall.
"--is stealth. Do you understand?"
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Koshiro WarHazzard
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Age is an issue of mind over matter, If you don't mind it doesn't matter.
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Post by Koshiro WarHazzard on Mar 21, 2013 22:02:29 GMT -8
A serious nod would show his full understanding. He put his blindfold back on. Dropped the weights and dropped to the ground. He walked over to the wall crouched and slipped between a pillar and a bench. Waiting listening. Rolling a few "Traps out to the floor. He was gonna listen to Del, but he was still pissed. He heard a sound. Leaned out, and grabbed for it...
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Post by Delilah A. Black on Mar 21, 2013 22:22:50 GMT -8
As Koshiro rolled out his traps, now that he was in the center of the group, he would find that hearing their impact was much easier now. He could hear the faint hiss of air as three or four of them nearly stepped on it or stubbed their toes.
The sound he would hear was a slight cough, and what he would grab would be none other than the front of Heather's shirt...and some of the flesh to go with it.
"AAAAAAAAHHHH" She shrieked as Koshiro groped her.
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Koshiro WarHazzard
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Age is an issue of mind over matter, If you don't mind it doesn't matter.
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Post by Koshiro WarHazzard on Mar 21, 2013 23:01:02 GMT -8
He let go and stepped around behind her and kicked her across the room and disappeared.
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Post by Delilah A. Black on Mar 21, 2013 23:11:59 GMT -8
Laughing, Delilah whistled again as Heather collided with Birch and Sergei as she was kicked across the room dead in the chest. She gasped for air and the two men slowly got to their feet, groaning.
"Nice work. Koshiro, thoughts?"
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Koshiro WarHazzard
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Post by Koshiro WarHazzard on Mar 21, 2013 23:17:02 GMT -8
"No ma'am." He said satisfied.
He walked over helping Heather up off the ground.
"Trust me." He pushed his hand into her stomach. Forcing the air out of her. Her body would forcibly react by drawing in air.
"Are you okay?" He said sincerely to Heather.
"I didn't mean to kick you that hard. "
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Post by Delilah A. Black on Mar 22, 2013 21:55:11 GMT -8
Heather gasped as Koshiro helped get her wind back, coughing slightly. She nodded at his first question and then looked at him as though confused with the latter statement.
Cain would come up behind her, pulling his blindfold off as he knelt beside her and helped her to her feet. "What have you got to be sorry about?'
"That's right," Delilah piped up, hopping down off the bar and striding into the centre of the room. "In my class, you don't apologize for doing something right. If that means you get punched in the face when you were supposed to move, that's on you. I don't train people to miss.
"Alright, pair up. I only have time for one technique today before I let you go and have my one on one with Koshiro."
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Koshiro WarHazzard
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Age is an issue of mind over matter, If you don't mind it doesn't matter.
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Post by Koshiro WarHazzard on Mar 22, 2013 22:09:09 GMT -8
He walked over to Talon.
"What's This?" He asked.
He would choose Talon and just stick by him.
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Post by Delilah A. Black on Mar 24, 2013 22:42:22 GMT -8
Talon would lean his head just a little sideways to murmur in the young man, "She's gonna show us how to do...something, I dunno. It's random."
"Talon."
The big man winced at the sound of his name, before walking away from Koshiro and up to the front, facing Delilah. She would raise her index finger to her nose and Talon would punch as hard and fast as he could, aiming right for the center of her face.
Delilah moved, bringing her left hand up to deflect the blow past her head. Her leg came up and instant later, and she kicked him hard in the chest, wrapped the hand of her deflecting arm around his elbow, clapped her free hand onto the side of his neck, pushed his arm up above his head and, at the same time, pushed his head underneath the arm to take the balance. In the second and a half this was going on, the leg Delilah had used to kick would sweep back behind her, creating an opening to dump the opponent into, which, he would. Still holding Talon's wrist, Delilah would put his hand into a painful wrist lock as she put him on his side and jammed the arm into the shoulder joint to lock it in place.
She would let Talon go after a moment and he would walk back towards Koshiro, rubbing his shoulder with a slightly indignant backward glance at the smaller, lighter woman. "Aaaaand go."
[OOC: After only having seen an unfamiliar technique once, as well as being exceptionally tired from all of the intense warm ups prior (plus jumping and flipping). This excersize affects Wis, Dex and Con.]
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Koshiro WarHazzard
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Age is an issue of mind over matter, If you don't mind it doesn't matter.
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Post by Koshiro WarHazzard on Mar 25, 2013 4:40:39 GMT -8
At first Koshiro struggled with the new technique. He struggled for a few minutes trying to get it down, all the while Talon of course practicing on him, (Right?). He finally got it down, after about 5 tries. He finally was able to copy the new move almost perfectly. He practiced with Talon for close to 30 minutes, he had pretty much mastered it as well as he would be able to by now. Now about 9-10 o'clock am. He would step back and sit on the bleachers for a few moments. He really regretted skipping the meal, although he probably would have thrown up by now. After a few moments, he got up and kept practicing with Talon until Delilah told them to stop.
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Post by Delilah A. Black on Mar 29, 2013 18:42:34 GMT -8
Delilah finally gave a whistle and the team immediately broke apart, lining up to face her in seemingly no concrete order. "Good job today. Cain, tomorrow, you will be leading warm ups while I am away. Wakarimasu ka?"
The punk looking man almost looked irritated by this notion before nodding his head resolutely. "Wakarimasu."
"Good. Dismissed. Koshiro, please stay with me."
As the men and women trickled out of the room, Delilah would sit in the center of the floor with her legs legs folded beneath her and her knees touching, hands placed lightly on her upper thighs with her back straight; not slouching and not with her chest thrust out.
"What is your schooling, Koshiro?" meaning, how and where did he learn to do what he did.
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Koshiro WarHazzard
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Age is an issue of mind over matter, If you don't mind it doesn't matter.
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Post by Koshiro WarHazzard on Mar 31, 2013 15:27:13 GMT -8
"My father mostly. He put me in a few classes when I was young." He said as he knelt down facing Delilah, mirroring her.
"I learned a lot at the mercenary guild aswell."
"My style is a mix of street fighting and my own style. I have studied Ninjitsu, and several others. I spent my teenage years doing nothing but schooling and training. I rose to black belt in ninjitsu, it gives me some decent style on stealth, as a form of fighting, I don't like it. It's to......smooth. I enjoy a good battle. I won't use all my training in a battle because it's to easy. I use a crude style all my own. I work on it more with every fight. Malakai did teach me a little Mantis, I had one other instructor teach me Aikido, but as I said I don't use it all that much." Feeling satisfied he patiently waited for Delilah to FINALLY carefully respond.
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Post by Delilah A. Black on Apr 1, 2013 19:17:35 GMT -8
Delilah tiiiiilted her head to the side as she peered at Koshiro. His mention of Ninjutsu and how he tried not to use it was...irksome.
"I am a go-dan** in Ninjutsu," she would say after a moment of staring at him. She couldn't decide if he had just abandoned everything he had been taught because it was TOO EASY to win or...well, she couldn't even guess as to why he would do that. "And I can tell you right now that what I saw today was neither proper stealth nor was it what you might call 'effective'." Her head tilted a little further as she stared at him. "Why don't you like winning?"**Go-dan: Fifth degree black belt, minimum requirement for a teacher's rank.
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Koshiro WarHazzard
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Age is an issue of mind over matter, If you don't mind it doesn't matter.
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Post by Koshiro WarHazzard on Apr 2, 2013 7:18:58 GMT -8
He smiled as he tilted his head up looking at Delilah.
"I love winning. I win alot, but it's to smooth. Battle is not a dance. It's clunky, and about hurting someone. Using a style that is so well known, your moves can be anticipated, if you are unpredictable you have an advantage." He paused
" I am also young, I have my whole life to try and be better." He joked. Then laughed.
"I mean it's not like there is an evil mad man with and experimented army bearing down on the door!" He laughed out the words.
He knew Delilah was going to be very angry that he was joking about something so serious so he got quiet and explained.
"I think a good sense of humor is how we are going to stay Human enough to beat him, Delilah."
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