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 Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 6:55 pm
Kuromeez Text to Gale: Hey, Gale! <3 If you're still up for a spar today, meet me at the training grounds at...around noon, maybe? I'll be there all morning--just look for me in my usual bright scarf!
See you soon!
Eva had sent the text off at what she deemed was an appropriate time--10am--with the assumption that the boy was already up and dressed by that point. She knew better than to pull a Julie (text him at some ungodly hour in the morning) or a Caelius (sending him a text ten minutes before they were expected to meet).
She spent the rest of the morning training with the target dummies, practicing her swings and her lunges. It was satisfying to see that she had come long way since she first woke up in this place. The force behind her strikes were no longer so weak, and her reaction time had improved greatly as well--rather than hesitate or pause when she was attacked, Eva was much better at defending and countering.
Her accuracy still kind of sucked, though.
With noon quickly approaching, she decided that it would be best to take a break for the time being. Grinning, Eva lifted a hand to wipe at her brow, using her other hand to spin Chara around like a baton. "My first official spar as an intermediate trainee. This will be exciting, don't you think, Chara?"
Yes, I'm proud of you. But Eva, what have I said about spinning me--
And then it happened again. Like the very first time Eva set foot on these grounds and had a spar, her weapon slipped from her fingers, going spinning through the air.
Eva looked sheepish as she rubbed the back of her neck. "S-sorry!"
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Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 7:10 pm
Fortunately for Gale, when he got the text message he was actually relatively awake - sort of. Sitting in his desk chair, he had just been about to drift back off when the phone buzzed. He dragged his eyes open, flipped it open, and peered at the screen.
And then was quite suddenly awake, seeing as who the text was from. Gale smiled down at the name that had flashed across in small black letters, hesitating only a moment before typing back a quick message:He had a bit of time to get ready - not that there was that much a sixteen year old boy had to do to get ready, other than make sure he was fully dressed with all the right clothes on all the proper appendages, and make sure his hair was combed down and not sticking all up like it did when he first woke up in the morning. He grabbed his scarf and wound it around his neck, picked up his coat and slipped his arms through the sleeves.
<< Oooh oohh off to see your lady looo - >>
Shut up.
It was not hard to find Eva - as she had said, the bright color of her own scarf was what made it easy to locate the older girl, and Gale gave her a small smile as he walked up to her, hands slipped into the pockets of his trousers.
"You look nice," he said, and lifted his brows. "Congratulations on your promotion!"
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kuropeco rolled 1 20-sided dice:
18
Total: 18 (1-20)
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Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 7:11 pm
[ for above post because herpderp forgot to roll :T ]
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Kaiyumi rolled 1 20-sided dice:
5
Total: 5 (1-20)
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Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 6:03 pm
The (understandably) somewhat cross staff was retrieved from where it had been flung, and Eva had been in the midst of laughing and sheepishly apologizing when Gale arrived. Foreseeing what was about to happen, Chara had the good sense to desummon herself as her wielder made her way up to Gale, throwing her arms around the poor boy in a hug.
Eva was all about the hugs, okay?
She was beaming when she drew back, looking down at her new coat with a sunny grin. "Thanks! I'm pretty excited to be promoted to tell the truth, but..." Her grin faded to make way for a more thoughtful expression, lips pulling into a faint frown, "I suppose that this means I'll have to live up to my new title of intermediate, huh? But that's where this battle comes in."
Eva summoned Chara again, giving her weapon an affectionate pat before she turned to flash another smile at Gale. "So even if we're friends, don't go easy on us, okay?" There was a pause and then, without warning, Eva reached out to take his left hand with her free one, lifting it slightly as she smiled at the silver ring around the boy's finger. "That goes for both of you. Show me what you got, Jinhai!"
And then she let go, both hands closing around her weapon as she took a few more steps back. Her first spar as an intermediate trainee--this was going to be interesting.
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kuropeco rolled 2 10-sided dice:
1, 10
Total: 11 (2-20)
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Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 2:30 pm
As was the case when he always saw her, Gale felt his cheeks turn a slight pink when Eva stepped forward, smiling brightly. She was dressed in a brand new coat that flared around her, holding her already summoned staff, though it quickly disappeared when she flung her arms around him.
Gale's face went rapidly from Sort of Light to Fire Engine Tomato Land.
Fortunately - or maybe unfortunately - she pulled back after a moment, her face beaming. Gale felt her enthusiasm and cheerfulness was slightly contagious, and he felt his lips tug upwards in a half sort of smile.
"Yes," he said, and nodded. "Intermediate. Has a nice ring to it, doesn't it?"
Amused, he summoned Jinhai, studiously ignoring the comments he was making and the cackling laughter in his head and gave Eva a slightly hesitant look. Candace had told him the exact same thing in their spar - don't go easy on me. Though admittedly it was different when his feelings for Eva were...slightly different than the ones he had for Candace.
"Don't hold back on me either," said Gale, and smiled, lunging forwards to smack the hilt of the rifle against Eva's side.
[ HP: 50/50
Damage: 5
Charge: 1/3 ]
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Kaiyumi rolled 2 10-sided dice:
3, 9
Total: 12 (2-20)
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Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 2:12 pm
"Me, hold back? Nah--I wouldn't insult you in such a way--oops!"
The smack caught her off guard, sending her stumbling back a few paces. Her expression was sheepish as she rubbed at her side, trying to placate Chara's "Focus, Eva!" with a light-hearted, "Yeah, yeah, I know". Of course, despite her bright demeanor, this was a serious battle for Eva. She had said that she wouldn't go easy on Gale, and she intended on keeping that promise. She knew for a fact that he wasn't going to let her win this without a fight either.
With her weapon's decent range, she only had to take a few quick steps forward, swinging the blunt, unbladed side of her staff at the boy's shoulder. And then, when she felt it make contact, she winced.
Not going easy on him didn't mean that she couldn't regret having to hit a friend, okay?
[[ HP: 45/50
Damage: 6
Charge: 1/3 ]]
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kuropeco rolled 2 10-sided dice:
7, 4
Total: 11 (2-20)
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Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 5:53 pm
The staff hit his shoulder, and Gale stumbled to the side, his arm ringing from the top of his arm all the way down to his fingertips. He very nearly dropped Jinhai from the shock of the reverberation, but he managed to hold his grip enough until his arm stopped trembling.
"Okay, that hurt a little," he said, and then smiled.
"But I did tell you to not go easy on me."
It was a little difficult, fighting against Eva, since he disliked having to hurt her, but at least she was taking him seriously - and he was taking her just as seriously.
The gun flashed out, Gale's leg sweeping around in a round arc to knock Eva off of her feet.
[ HP: 44/50
Damage: 5
Charge: 2/3 ]
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Kaiyumi rolled 2 10-sided dice:
5, 5
Total: 10 (2-20)
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Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 11:10 pm
Eva yelped loudly as her legs were swept out from under her, her attempt to catch herself before she fell proving to be futile. Her crash to the ground was, to put it mildly, rather ungraceful, but she was half-laughing and half-wincing.
"Nice one, Gale! But--" Without hesitating, she kicked out one of her legs, aiming for the back of Gale's knees, "--But I'm not going to give up that easily!" At the very least, she hoped that she could bring him down with her.
...Er. Can you stop grinning, Eva? I know you think this is fun, but this...this isn't a game.
[[ HP: 40/50
Damage: 4
Charge: 2/3 ]]
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kuropeco rolled 2 10-sided dice:
4, 1
Total: 5 (2-20)
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Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 9:19 am
He'd managed to knock her off of her feet, which gave him an advantage - for all of two seconds, until her own foot swung out and caught the back of his knees. Gale staggered forwards abruptly, stumbling down onto the ground in a somewhat ungraceful heap.
"Ow."
He spat out a mouthful of grass and smirked at Eva, rolling over onto his stomach. "I wouldn't expect you to."
<< No more flirting. Hit her, stupid. >>
Shut. Up.
[ HP: 40/50
Damage: 0
Charge: 2/3 ]
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Kaiyumi rolled 2 10-sided dice:
5, 2
Total: 7 (2-20)
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Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2012 2:28 pm
"Can't say it makes me very comfortable trying to whack at you with Chara though," She admitted, pushing herself back up to her feet. That being said, she hadn't even used the bladed side of her weapon yet--just the blunt side.
...Welp, she supposed that that would have to change. This was a serious spar, after all (or as serious as Eva could be).
Reaching out with her free hand, she pulled Gale back to his feet (and somehow she hurt him a little in the process, okay. But not too much. Somehow.), dismissing Chara's protests with a light laugh. Bounding backwards a few steps, she gave her weapon a twirl.
"Alright, let's continue!"
[[ HP: 40/50
Damage: 1
Charge: 3/3 ]]
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kuropeco rolled 2 10-sided dice:
3, 8
Total: 11 (2-20)
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Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 12:22 pm
"Well," said Gale, as the staff came swinging out again, landing against his side. "It's not like I enjoy hitting you either, but at least we know we're doing it because we're friends and not because we hate each other or anything."
He took her hand, his face slightly pink, and let himself be pulled up, wincing at the slight tug to his wrist. But he was grinning anyway, and he took several steps back, lifting the rifle again.
"Yes," he said. "Let's."
Then he promptly grabbed the barrel and whacked the rifle against her leg.
[ HP: 39/50
Damage: 5
Charge: 3/3 ]
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