[ ORP -DIscord Log-] Falling in line [Meta]

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GunSniper:

[Kyle:]

Kyle stood statuesque in the middle of the training grounds he had been permitted by their Lord. He couldn't say he was impressed with his troops, but he was determined to make great fighters out of them. Actually, not much impressed him. Even his right hand was lacking. That damn cat was too soft.

Their Lord had made him general, but he has yet to prove himself. There was no fighting, no battle, no glory at all. Kyle tilted his nose upward enjoying a deep breath. The heat of the day was just about passed. It was that rare brief moment when he was not barking orders at his troops were sending his right hand out on some task. Truth be told, even Kyle like a bit of solitude now and then.  

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Thalion:

[Pelinore]:

"Reporting for duty, sir."A voice piped up from behind the general. Pelinore, a dark pelted tah spotted with firey specks along his back and crowned with a bright set of horns dipped his head. He was one of the newer recruits into the unit and while he wasn't the largest or the fastest, he was headstrong and stubborn to a fault. He would pull himself up time and time again, taking his blows, absorbing them, and pressing on when most others would throw their paw up. His mind hadn't quite been on his training, however, and it often left him floored by stronger opponents. He had a young family at home, a large one at that, and his mate had needed him to provide for them while she kept an eye on the little ones.

He glanced around himself. None of the others had reported yet...?

"....I...assume that we will be sparring today then, sir?"  

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Astoria:




[Seiryu]:

She approached slowly, with deliberate steps. She was actually quite pleased that they were going to be doing some one on one sparring, perhaps even a little bit of group sparring. Looking towards Kyle she gave a small nod of her head in greeting and glanced over towards Pelinore. "Reporting for Duty." While he wasn't her direct leader he was still a leader on the Dragon side and that was all that mattered to her. She was ready for this, and wanted to get some of this agression off her chest that had been boiling under the surface.  

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Bellblossom:



-frick-

Tetsu Kiba, or more commonly, Kiba had wasted no time in getting to the training ground. She lived for this-literally. She didn't believe in this 'grand weaver' literally making b'alam for one purpose or another, but she did have the belief that she was born to fight and to win. She was skilled enough in combat to have acquired metal enhancements. She already had the saber fangs, but it was decided that they would become even deadlier when one of their blacksmiths placed iron tips on them. She wore the chains on her horns proudly too. With an agile maneuver, she could entangle them around the paw of another or if she got close enough, their neck. She was a beautiful fighter, yet she was determined she could do more and when she heard about the training camp she waltzed onto the grounds with a swagger in her step as she approached the group.

"Reporting for duty, Sirs." She said to Kyle and Pelinore. She glanced to the other Nantil and inclined her head slightly. She could barely contain her eagerness to get started.  

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Krus:

[Feihong de Xiao Sheng]:

The 'Crimson Laughter' walked towards the heart of the training ground where the other of his Dragon brother and sisters gathered in reporting for duty to their general. Feihong stood in the formation with his head held high, his shoulders squared and his tail curled around his right hindleg.

"Reporting for duty, sir." Came the deep voiced reply from the crimson Tah that waited for the orders to be unleashed into the tribe or to at least accomplish a mission that would further the cause for their Emperor Shen.

[Amaterasu]:

Green eyes fell upon the assembling Dragon soldiers before their general Kyle. The Tah was very intimidating but because of the seemingly 'Cold War' that has draped itself over their tribe with both sides neither attacking or squabbling it would be interesting to see if there would be any change during this gathering. At the very least Amaterasu wanted to know the course of action that would be taken as she had begun to question her own morals and ethics, that of the Emperor and their purpose to lean towards the boundaries that could ghost across leaving her Dragon roots to join the Phoenix or to possibly "lay" her claws down to not bare them in attack. But Ama had that internal conflict within her that wanted to see the process of her brethren and sisters from the Dragon, hoping that their methodology was logical and honorable.  

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GunSniper:

[Kyle] Kyle acknowledge Pelinore with a slight nod. "We will begin when more opponents arrive."

And if they should not, well, than they had lost a great deal of respect from their general. Kyle had no tolerance for lazy soldiers. If they had not been in need of numbers, he would have had half a mind to off them. Thankfully more did arrive after Pelinore had. Each one he greeted them with a slow, stern nod. Unfortunately, his right hand Virtus, had not appeared. That was odd... the Tah had been so loyal. Hopefully there was a good reason.

After Amaterasu arrived he turned scanned the soldiers with his head held high.

"To those of you who have shown up, you have earned you meal for the night. Today you will all spar against each other. Learn your weakness as well as your opponents." Kyle commaned. He turned toward Peninore and Feihong. "You both will spar with one another."

He than turned his attention to the other nan around his grounds. Quietly he glanced them over one after the other, repeating his scan.

"Amaterasu, your opponent will be Tetsu. Seiryu, you will spar with the winner of Amaterasu and Tetsu's match. Until that time, you will watch Pelinore and Feihong's match. Compare their combat style to that of your own."

Kyle knew that a tah was physically stronger than a nan, but with careful strategy, a nan could overpower a tah. He wanted his soldiers to be ready for any situation.

"Begin!"  

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Krus:

[Amaterasu]Green eyes flickered over to the Nan called Tetsu. Their strength, courage, will power, cunning and basic skills of survival were going to be tested through this match. At the word of 'Begin', Ama moved from the formation to the sparring area with a stoic mask. Waiting there patiently, the Nan breathed in deeply then breathed out slowly to relax her body and let the natural tension happen once she and Tetsu engage in a battle of their skills. Amaterasu waited patiently for her opponent and fire-sister to enter the circle for their match, with a ready determination to come out on top not for glory or fame, but to prove to herself that she has what it takes to be worthy of her fire tribe to protect lives and to do what it is necessary......Well she hoped she was able to do what was necessary in the heat of the moment.....The female mental shook herself from those thoughts to focus on the here and now.

[Feihong de Xiao Sheng]His red tail uncurled and flicked behind him as he moved from the formation to his own space once his general shouted 'Begin'. Turning sharply he felt the tingling thrill of a good spar course through his veins.....it made him almost want to bare his claws to make it a real battle but knew better. They were on the same side but the thought of fighting for what he felt was right in honor of their Emperor? Crimson Laughter would indeed be a worthy nickname for him. Feihong narrowed his eyes on Pelinore then flared his nostrils. "Come now. We must prepare ourselves correct for the true battle that awaits us." He drawled, standing there as if his guard was down but rather he waited for the Tah to engage him but he bowed his head as a sign of respect from one warrior to another.  

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Bellblossom:

[Tetsu Kiba]

Tetsu had stood a respectable distance away while the general spoke. Her tail flicked with contentment when it was revealed that simply by showing up, she had done something correctly. Routines were easy for her to keep and she was content to do as she was bid. She lived for being a good warrior and gaining the approval of her superiors. She met Kyle's eyes as he looked upon her and then when he declared that she and another would be fighting first, she moved with the other nan into the sparring area. Parting her jaws to growl loudly at the others and show her saber fangs off to her opponent. They may be tribe kin and on the same side, but in this moment, they were enemies and the nan in front of her was no better than the pathetic Weaver-lovers of the Phoenix army. So with an angry snarl, Tetsu charged forward and veered slightly to one side, jaws snapping and claws swiping at the other nan's paws as she attempted to spook or unbalance her opponent.  

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Thalion:

[Pelinore]

The dark pelted B'alam dipped his head in acknowledgement. So he was to be paired with the Laughter then? Feihong was a much larger B'alam with an imposing structure and fire in his belly. Pelinore was more stocky, his shoulders high, and his horns thick. There would be an interesting exchange of blows in their spar for sure- and...he would like to return to his young family with a story about a victory rather than a black eye and a limp to explain.

He pushed the thought aside. Not now.

He padded across from his opponent and dipped his head down, offering his horns as an invitation to the challenge. "Fight with honor, Feihong."  

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Krus:

[Amaterasu]

Emotion.

The moment where sensations stem from the heart and soul to motivate through action. Yet sometimes emotion can motivate with a clear mind or muddle logic through intense situations that may arise. Amaterasu observed her opponent without emotion. The Nan just could not seem to muster any form of feeling, whether it was the need to destroy her opponent or to be prideful that she was sparring with a worthy opponent. The moment as her sparring partner took the first moves with an angry snarl, Amaterasu tilted her head to the side watching what seemed to be in slow motion at the charge from Tetsu like a wave of heat with her jaws and claws swiping at her paws. Ama snapped out of it as the muscles throughout her body tensed all the way down to her fore paws where her claws elongated. Her left paw lifted up to block the incoming action from Tetsu, while pushing from her hind legs defensively in the hopes of not being pushed back or to not be pushed to the ground to become an immovable block and the tilt of her head forward exposing her horns in the same defensive movement towards Tetsu.


[Feihong]

Bowing his head again in respect to his firekin brother, "As with you, Pelinore." Came the reply and following the respectful words, Feihong charged forward with his head bent down and showing his horns but his eyes looked up onto his target. Baring his fangs, Feihong faced his opponent with a barreling body towards his opponent, seeing Pelinore but knowing that the sparring that they did here would be different when faced with their enemies. When faced with their enemies their fighting would be more aggressive and vicious that will cause a lot of physical damage from the skills they would learn from one another and discover on their own in this training session.  

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Astoria:

She turned towards kyle as he spoke, so she would fight against the winner from Amaterasu and Tetsu, her claws dug into the earth. She liked the idea of that. Though she would have much rather of gone first. She wasn't going to complain though. She gave a nod of her head, "As you command." She said as she waited for the spar to begin between the first pairs.(edited)  

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GunSniper:

[Kyle]

Kyle acknowledged the soldiers with a slight nod. All of his focus turned to those who had begun their spars. He too wanted to know more about how they fought, their style, their weaknesses. All of it had to be woven together into an army that can both function as one tapestry and as an individual thread. Every single one was different. And every one had to be able to obey a command... Kyle was proud to be in control of these soldiers. They were lower than him, but they were his. They would represent him in battle, and that was reason to be sure that they were not an embarrassment. Unraveled and useless strands would of course be pulled out and disposed of. They made the over all tapestry imperfect and threaten to tear the whole thing apart.  

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Zaxiax



[Smaug] The Dragon army's other general slow made his way to the training grounds that were currently being used by Kyle's unit. He wanted to see how the other general's unit was coming along. He has urged the rest of his unit to do the same as perhaps they could all learn something from each other. Although they were two different unit they were all part of the same army under shen.  

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GunSniper:

[Kyle]
Kyle turned his attention briefly from his soldiers to see Shen's other general approaching the arena. He snorted softly. That was not a sight he had expected. Why now had he decided to show up? Didn't he have his own unit to attend to at this hour? His golden gaze narrowed before he turned to study and watch the sparring matches that had begun. Despite the disturbance, he still had a job to carry out.

"And for what purpose to we owe the honor of a visit from you?" Kyle spoke plainly, giving no hint to his true feelings to the other general's appearance.