Banshee's Call - Training Session

Talwyn Aureliano · Post by **Talwyn Aureliano** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 9:10 am

The kick winded him, sending him backwards.

Lucky for him the breastplate absorbed most of the impact but it still hurt.

His eyes narrowed as he forced himself to breath.

Pain & discomfort can be ignored he mentally said to himself. Your body is merely a shell, take yourself away from it. Sensei said breath through the discomfort, float on it and use it.

"Right then," he muttered as he grimly set to.

Launching a furious combinaton of slashing over head attacks and lunges on rooky as she'd just recovered her sword, he forced her onto the defensive. There was a ring of steel on steel as his sword became a blur of motion.

Rolling his wrist, he engaged both blades, spinning them in a circular motion upwards. Stepping in as the blades were up, his left elbow flying smashed it into Rookys face with a hard crunch.

She felt her nose break as the plate elbow guard cut deep into her skin. Tears blurred her vision as waves of pain flashed across her face and blood flowed down her chin.

"I don't feel like dancing anymore," he said as he backed off with a grim look.

Rooky · Post by **Rooky** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 11:10 am

Rooky spit out the remaining blood in her mouth and rose up with a blood grin.

"Now that's a punch! Oh, come now, don't give me that look! 'Caught you off guard, as you did me...but hey, at least I didn't tap your ass."

She grasped the hilt tightly with her left hand and lunged towards him. She proceeded to strike with a series over over head slashes and side swings with great speed that made a sword of that size dissapear. All strikes created ice bursts that got bigger with every strike, getting colder. When she had Talwyn in an absolute defence, she used the hilt to...well let's call it a poke in his leg.

She backed off at that point.

" You still there?"

Talwyn Aureliano · Post by **Talwyn Aureliano** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 12:46 pm

He nooded with a tight grin. The numbing cold permiated his leg, causing him to limp.

He layed his free hand on the wound, feeling the healing power flow throw him, restoring the torn flesh and stopping the flow of blood.

He looked evenly at Rooky, nodded then went on the offensive once again.

She parried furiously, deflecting his powerful strikes with surety. Her blade become an arc of blue steel as it whilred in a defensive pattern, occasionally flicking out in a riposte and landed a cut or a slash on his armour. She took cuts and slashes as the longsword was smaller and much faster to weild than the greatsword and Talwyn was deadly with the blade.

Fast & strong he thought to himself but also angry and fractious.

"So, if not a bad fur day, perhaps is a case of pre lunar tension then eh?" he taunted he as he launched smashing blows raining down on her head and followed up with a savage kick to her groin.

Rooky · Post by **Rooky** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 1:31 pm

"Yack! Dude...female! Geesh..."

"It's not really a pre-lunar cycle either...but since you're so inent on what's the werewolf equivalent of the females monthly joy I'll be glad to inform you..."

Her next move was to use the classic hit-and-run tactic. The sequence was top to bottom.
Her first strike included a fist to the face, and backing to a safe distance. Second and third strikes included a poke with the hilt to the abdomen and a light tap to the solar plexus. The fourth strike was a trip attempt, to bring the paladin down, and use the hilt of the sword to keep him down until he said 'uncle'.

Talwyn Aureliano · Post by **Talwyn Aureliano** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 1:24 am

He took the punch to the face, his head snapping back.

The two thrusts at his midrift didn't do much physical damage to him but rather added more dents to the breastplate. They did succeed in knocking him back with each strike, causing him to stumble slightly as he attempted to regain his footing.
Ther fourth strike entangled his legs and he went down with a clatter, as she reversed her greatsword to try to pin him.

Although she had pinnned his chest, his legs were still free. He grinned at her as he lay there, then in a flash, scissored his legs, entwinning hers with his and brought her down on the ground next to him with a tremendous flick of his body. She went down with a thump.

They both lay on the floor panting, eyeballing each other.

"Oh, the kick...[pants]...still hurts both female or male. Dam...[pants] I'm going to have to work hard fixing those dents and scratches, " he said with a rueful smirk.

Rooky · Post by **Rooky** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 8:26 am

"You know I stopped having fun after the kick to the groin..."
She stretched on the ground, her oversized limbs going every where. She yawned and a loud growl came from her stomach

"Ya' hungry paladin? Or are we off to atone or something?...come on!
I'm paying for it!"

She nudged him with her scratched elbow.

Talwyn Aureliano · Post by **Talwyn Aureliano** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 8:41 am

He grinned and stood up with a rattle of armour.

"I don't think you'll be needing any healing magic right? You heal very fast unless its silver that's struck you or magical weapons or spells?" he inquired as he made sure she was alright.

"No I don't have to atone for anything, far from it. It when you do naughty things like fail to save helpless dragons from ravening princesses, that's when it gets into the atonement territory," he chuckled.

"That was good sport and you've a fine punch and your sword work is very good as well. Don't feel bad about the kick as a lot worse could have happenned, especially in a real battle. I've seen people who had ingenious knives implanted in their boots which would flick out and be used in such manner. Puts a whole new light on the expression, "putting the boot in". He rubbed his jaw gingerly and then quickly intoned a healing spell, curing the light bumps and grazes he'd accumulated in the fight.

"Sure I'll have a drink with you since you've so kindly offered."

Rooky · Post by **Rooky** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 4:25 pm

"Alright, let's go...On the way to there we'll be passing near a blacksmithy to fix that. I know the guy, he'll give you a discount, don't worry."

"Don't worry about the wounds. Werewolf or no werewolf, these knicks don't pose a threat. Come on...we'd best move before that banshee of an elf comes after me again..."

Talwyn Aureliano · Post by **Talwyn Aureliano** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 10:07 pm

"Who is this Banshee you keep refering to? Why does a disturbed elven lady's shade haunt this place and more specifically, why is she interested in you?" he asked as he followed her out of the arena.

Rooky · Post by **Rooky** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 1:09 pm

"Huh? Shade? What in hells name are you talking about? I'm talking about a resident priestess in this place. She's in charge of my supplies here, and all the mentors here want her head on a plate. She's a bellowing, black-skinned monstrosity that only recently joined the ranks. Now, hurry up, before she finds me!"

Rooky grabbed his hand as she turned towards the exit.

Talwyn Aureliano · Post by **Talwyn Aureliano** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 2:34 am

"ALright then, so the Shade person is some rather unpleasant priestess who no one here is on friendly terms with and she is not an undead elven spirit hell bent of wrecking her evil vengence on the living by destroying their souls with her unearthly screams? If that's the case then it's a relief to hear! Last time I ran into a Banshee, unpleasantness ensued," he said grimly as he recalled that awful encounter.

Rooky · Post by **Rooky** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 6:29 pm

Taking him by his arm, and ignoring what he's saying with a very exasperated look on her face she dragged him forwards out of the arena, in the direction of the tavern, not allowing him to make any resistance.

"Let's just go before she smells my blood..."

Talwyn Aureliano · Post by **Talwyn Aureliano** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 11:27 pm

"Torm blood woman! Whats the rush? Is half price drinks hour almost finished or something?" he muttered as he was literally dragged to the tavern.

He finally twisted out of her grip once they'd reached the door to the bar.

"You know, facing your demons is a lot easier than running from them in the long run," he said as he pushed open the doorway and stepped inside the pub.

Thalon Mercrow · Post by **Thalon Mercrow** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 1:47 am

(just as rooky opens the door to shove tawlyn in to the tavern a large wood elf with black studded leather that faintly resembles fethers and two swords at his side bumps it to tawlyn just as hes exiting)

"my apoloigies frend i was in a hurry" (he says as he looks at the large palidin sundeunly his sight shifts to rooky)
"ah rooky just who i was looking for. i figered i would check your local wateing hole for you. now what was i spussesed to tell you (thinks for a sec)ah! yes the preatiss sent me to find you and escort you back to the temple something about missing equipment and a asiginment"

(without loseing a heart beat he turns to the paldin again)"ah!sorry i didnt receingie you for a second enjoying your stay at the temple and i see youv become acuantid with rooky"

Rooky · Post by **Rooky** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 4:39 pm

After almost being slammed in the face by the door, upon seeing Thalon her eyes widened. The poor soul was usually bearer of the news Rooky tried to avoid by a long run.

"I stand surprised. *sigh* Alright...I'll go see the Wicked Witch now. Thalon, you mind keeping the paladin some company while I'm gone? I'd rather not leave him alone in this place."

She turned to Talwyn with an apologetic look;

"Sorry about this...I guess she smelled my blood somewhere and sent this poor soul after me. I'll join you later on...if you follow the street down west, you'll run into the blacksmith probably trying to lay a fair maiden or something...there he is right now...and he has a live one. In any event tell him I sent you, and he'll give you a major discount."

Just as she was to leave, she remembered something else to say;

"Oh, if you hear someone screaming like an enraged animal, that's me loosing my mind. See ya'!"

After this she disappeared again into the crowd, the streets brimming more with life as minutes passed.