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[getting_better]

Name: Bishop
Date: 7/31
Format: Text

I'll keep this brief, I need sparring partners. Martial arts, swords, spears, fire arms, fucking silverware, I don't care. I'm starting to feel rusty and I need to shake it off, preferably now. This isn't a quest but I'm willing to compensate you for your time. Anyone will do my only condition is don't hold back.

Have a nice day.

Comments

[omnicrafter]

[Still with that infuriating look, Irhya starts to go on the offensive now that she's established where they stand in terms of sheer force, stepping forward and making a vertical swing at him. It's the kind that will probably leave a dent in the ground if it doesn't connect with anything else.]

As hard as you want, buddy!

[getting_better]

[ His training dictates to pull out his gun and take cheap shots at her legs, and he has to consciously fight that instinctive reaction at bay. Instead Bishop back steps trying to put as much distance between him and her. ]

You'd like that wouldn't you?!

[ Tire himself out so he'd be easier prey. Or maybe she's just that sure he won't break that defense. Well, he is already in the position to expend more energy than necessary so that's happening.

Knowing he can't stay on defense forever Bishop goes from back stepping to and into a dash, not for Iryha, but for the wall. He quickly turns as he places a foot on the wall and pushes himself off for an extra burst of speed and aimed low to take out her legs and stance. ]

[omnicrafter]

Probably.

[A breathy laugh. It's always a pain in the arse when they aim to sweep her legs, but it's nothing she's not seen before. With a blade that size, her feet are spread extra wide by necessity, but a katana like his is easily long and maneuverable enough to hit both of her legs at the same time.

Irhya ends up using her short reaction time watching and bracing herself, using the edge of her blade to meet his sword in an upward-facing swipe. In the meantime, to prevent him from using his own legs to do the job instead, she shifts all her weight to the back and launches a sweep at him before he can do it to her, the momentum of the attack keeping her upright where her other leg isn't. It leaves her at risk for getting grazed by him in retaliation should she fail, but she's confident in her ability to take a few hits in exchange for landing a few of her own.]

[getting_better]

[ He reaction time is brilliant, but a bit too late. He's able to get close to her and predict her retaliation, he figured she had to have some form of dexterity to fight with a blade like that and the tactic to go after legs is something she must have seen a hundred times before, which means he has to be better than the rest.

He takes another half-step towards the coming blade and, as he could feel the tension and weight on his foot change to his toes, he pushes himself to the side and towards the wall - ricocheting against it, past the blade and Iryha, and swinging at her back leg as he cleared her before going into a roll to stop. ]

Still like it?

[ He taunts however, even with his blade raised and ready, something had gone against his calculations and this was apparent by the way his left arm trembled slightly. ]</small.