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Post by Iris on Feb 23, 2012 20:46:25 GMT -5
:: Lord Strife and Darth Zail are standing in a duracrete room. ::
Iris moves from leg to leg, her legs spread out in a stretch. A single unlit lightsaber is present in her hands. At the end of the motion she reaches the saber out in front of her, to her left, to her right -- depending on the leg and general position she is facing.
She reaches down to her toes. Then bringing each leg behind her back. She then moves both arms, folding them and reaching to the nape of her neck, using the other arm to press it further down.
Iris takes up stance in front of Zail, a typical Makashi form. One leg is outstreched in front of the other, while the back is bent and flexed. Her body is arched and the lightsaber is grasped with two hands in front of her.
She engites the lightsaber -- it is red. "Are you ready?" she asks with a calm demeanor.
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Post by Zail on Feb 24, 2012 2:15:08 GMT -5
Zail watched her motions, each careful, rolling his neck around some and drawing a long breath. Focused. Sharpened.
And calm. There was a time and a place for the violent outpouring of emotions. This was the time for concentrated points.
Shield Generator activated and his single lightsaber igniting he assumed a soresu stance, saber in a guard position in front of his body, feet placed to permit movement in any direction with a moment's notice.
His words were simple.
"I am."
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Post by Lord Morthyia on Feb 24, 2012 6:19:16 GMT -5
Lord Morthyia stands poised on the staircase leading into the dueling pit, arms crossed as he leans against one of the support beams. Watching intently, he grins as he watches the two warriors warm up in front of him.
"This ought to be good", he says aloud. "And try to restrain yourselves, I'm not healing either of you should you cause permanent damage or sever a limb."
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Post by Iris on Feb 24, 2012 9:29:57 GMT -5
Iris nods at Zail, completely ignoring the interloper on the staircase down. She advances taking two forward steps.
The two opponents look perfectly staged in their stances, the Makashi is the perfect counter to the Soresu form, and vice versa.
She steps into your reach and throws a wide horizontal slash, seeming to be aimed at hacking into your left shoulder.
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Post by Zail on Feb 24, 2012 20:32:05 GMT -5
"I'm not a carebear, Morthyia," he answered the voice quietly as he remained focused on Iris.
Zail watches her approach and the placement of her sabers, eyes taking note of her slash with her first.
Zail lets the swing come in before dipping under it and shuffling around the side the slash came from, bringing his lightsaber again before himself while he keeps both of her weapons in front of him.
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Post by Iris on Feb 25, 2012 3:43:04 GMT -5
Simply stays with you. But due to the proximity, she begins throwing a routine at you. As you duck she spins her saber, then goes in for downward cut to your left leg, up and around to your right shoulder in a horizontal slash, and finally brings her blade around in a circle -- ending with a stab to your torso.
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Post by Zail on Feb 25, 2012 15:46:53 GMT -5
Several quick flashes of light as he works to parry the routine, he makes an effort to push both of her weapons together with his while twisting his shield hand about to deliver a backhand across her face.
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Post by Lord Morthyia on Feb 25, 2012 15:54:08 GMT -5
Lord Morthyia continues to stand poised on the staircase, arms still crossed while watching the fight intently. He reaches out with the Force and using his adept sorcerer abilities, attempts to read into the actions of the others, trying to anticipate what each will do next, so that he may brush up on his saber techniques from two well-trained warriors.
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Post by Iris on Feb 27, 2012 17:33:33 GMT -5
Ignores Morthyia, her concentration unable to be broken by a passively intruding Sith. You find that her Force powers are being exclusively used to block Force powers on herself.
Throws up her single (read: one) lightsaber in a blocking sweep as she jumps backward, which would chop off your hand if you're not careful. She returns to pose reflexively backward. Pauses for a moment, perhaps contemplating or perhaps giving up an opening. Her saber is held high with both hands above her head, the red blade pointed at you.
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Post by Zail on Feb 27, 2012 21:33:39 GMT -5
Zail waits for her to land and holds up his other hand, the telltale rippling waves of a force push catapulting off of his palm with a smirk over his features.
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Post by Iris on Mar 4, 2012 12:54:45 GMT -5
Perhaps you waited too long to act, perhaps she is just growing impatient: but after seconds of pause Iris is on the attack as fast as she can gather herself.
She outdistances your move by simply running away from it, she then turns and takes a running start at you. Her body seems to move from place to place faster than it would be naturally, seemingly using the Force to augment her movements. She seamlessly drops the fencers' Makashi form to a much more aggressive Ataru form. She comes at you with wide, rapid, lightsaber sweeps. Finishing with a perpendicular cut to the ground and is clearly aiming to come down right into your head.
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Post by Zail on Mar 4, 2012 18:03:05 GMT -5
Zail sees it coming, rolling around the blow before coming up behind her aggressive strikes to deliver a backhand across the back of her skull.
"Impatient."
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