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 Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2012 11:03 pm
Melvin did not know much about why Rin was in such a sour mood, but he had offered up sparring before. She had not only helped him out of his pod, but she had been taking him out to coffee and helping him find the gym too with Cassandra. Considering each and every person was stressing the important of being lucky, survival skills, but most of all just having those around you on your side when things turned ugly, he thought it best to keep those he knew on good terms. In the end, if he ever was left in a monster cave somewhere, he wanted someone to notice he was gone, and then he'd want them to not spend too long wondering if they should go back to get him.
The island was about luck and social networking. As much as Melvin didn't tend to play that game, he understood the important very quickly.
It was best to keep those he knew sane too. That was why he was headed to the training field, wondering how stupid he was to ask a angry woman to come fight him.
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Saliru rolled 1 20-sided dice:
1
Total: 1 (1-20)
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Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 10:40 pm
Rin was still in a visibly foul mood as she waited. Arms crossed tightly across her chest as she just stared off, presumably lost in thought. It was short lived now that he arrived. She just barely caught his approach out of her peripheral and uncrossed her arms to stand facing him, "Have you sparred before?"
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Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 11:18 pm
Melvin didn't like that look. It was the look you gave someone that you were itching to claw someone's eyes out, and here Melvin was walking up to the bat. However, turning back now wasn't much of an option right now, and he hadn't sparred in a few days. It also gave him an idea of what type of fighter Rin was, not to mention how strong. Too bad the cost of finding that out would be a good beating.
"I've sparred a few times already." He took off his jacket and set it on a nearby bench. The air was humid, something he hated about this island, and he took off his sweater as well, leaving only a white, button-up shirt. Taking the red pen from behind his ear, he summoned his weapon.
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Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 11:48 pm
"Alright then; I don't need to explain anything - awesome," Rin smirked slightly before curling a finger at him, "Ladies first~" At least she meant it more playfully rather than malicious. She needed him ready to fight as much as she was. An unsatisfying spar is worse than not sparring at all.
Byr was summoned and held up between them as she stared Melvin down. She was ready for him.
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MoonKitsune rolled 2 8-sided dice:
6, 1
Total: 7 (2-16)
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Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 3:01 am
Melvin smiled at the comment, moving back and giving himself some space. The axe wasn't as massive as Rep's, but it was still sharp. Considering he had a gun, he'd just have to keep away and try to not let her charge him.
Without looking like a scared ghoul.
I think I run with more dignity than that.
I've watched you. You don't.
Huffing, he aimed Saliva at Rin and pulled the trigger. It was a hit, but JUST barely.
HP: 40/40
Charges: 1/3
Damage: 1
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Saliru rolled 2 10-sided dice:
4, 8
Total: 12 (2-20)
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Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 9:30 am
He'd taken his shot and thankfully for Rin it was only glancing. But, it was her turn now. She was coming at him like a bat out of hell and swung Byr heavily against his fear shield before he'd have a chance to evade her, "You can do better than thaaat~ I know it!" A taunt? Maybe. More like a vague attempt at encouragement.
HP - 49/50
DMG - 6
CHRG - 1/3
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MoonKitsune rolled 2 8-sided dice:
2, 3
Total: 5 (2-16)
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Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 2:20 pm
Melvin grazed. Rin hit. This was a problem he was noticing from the start and had been trying to resolve since his first spar. It also didn't help that each person he met had close-range weapons and he couldn't evade very well. Each time, they got close and just chopped through his shield like a weed-whacker.
When Rin charged, he tried to move back, but she closed the distance quickly, and he fired - into thin air. "Yeah, I keep hearing this." He admitted with some embarrassment, rather frustrated with yet another spar that wasn't turning out nicely.
I keep hearing it too, and seeing you miss again and again and again and ag-
I GET IT ALREADY!
.....and again.
HP: 34/40
Charges: 1/3
Damage: 0
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Saliru rolled 2 10-sided dice:
1, 9
Total: 10 (2-20)
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Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 3:11 pm
Rin felt the breeze of an egg fly past. It was close. Close enough it encouraged her. He's pretty damn good for fresh blood really. She moved in again to swipe horizontally at his chest area. Raking across his shield. "Close!" she finally admitted out loud to him, "But you have much more in you, newbie."
HP - 49/50
DMG - 4
CHRG - 2/3
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MoonKitsune rolled 2 8-sided dice:
3, 5
Total: 8 (2-16)
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Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 6:59 pm
"I don't know where you all are getting this strange faith in my aim." He said, backing up as she swung and hit his shield again. This wasn't the first time someone tried to push him go on someone full force, but it never settled right with him. Before Deus, he hadn't fought before. Maybe as a kid, but that was years ago, and this was different. He learned not to push people who could beat the crap out of him.
He took aim again after moving back, giving himself just enough space to fire.
HP: 30/40
Charges: 2/3
Damage: 2
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Saliru rolled 2 10-sided dice:
3, 10
Total: 13 (2-20)
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Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 7:59 pm
"We all started where you are, Melvin," Rin laughed almost breathlessly as she felt an egg hit her shield and she charged out again to slash Byr across his arm area. "You get really good really ******** fast." She attempted to move back from him herself in an effort to evade his aim. A moving target, really. "That's where the faith comes from," she clarified while refusing to hold still.
HP - 47/50
DMG - 7
CHRG - 3/3
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MoonKitsune rolled 2 8-sided dice:
8, 1
Total: 9 (2-16)
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Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 8:08 pm
He held up his arm as if he could block a blade, but again, it was the shield doing all the magic. If it wasn't for that, he'd be a leftie for the rest of his life.
"Never was much for faith." That and luck were two things he was in short supply of, and didn't care to rely on. It was what made this new career of sorts so difficult. Right now, he was relying on his own skill which was rather sad.
Aiming once more for her stomach, he fired.
HP: 23/40
Charges: 3/3
Damage: 3
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Saliru rolled 2 10-sided dice:
2, 4
Total: 6 (2-20)
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Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 8:12 pm
For a guy who claims not to have faith, Melvin had a lot going for him. So Rin thought as she watched the egg explode against her shield and sizzle there with a soft hiss.
She attempted to rush forth again - but missed him.
"Faith is a very broad term you know," she huffed the words softly, "I have faith my team wont leave me to die. I have faith that someone who is working as hard as you seem to be will get better. Faith is sometimes based on feelings - other times on reasonable facts and obvious conclusions based on those facts."
She wasn't trying that moving target bullshit again, it had left her a bit winded.
HP - 44/50
DMG - 0
CHRG - 3/3
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MoonKitsune rolled 3 4-sided dice:
3, 2, 1
Total: 6 (3-12)
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Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 8:44 pm
Melvin moved back, seeing her breath hard and panting hard in turn. Again, there was a reason he asked Cassandra to show him where the gym was, and Rin had hit him rather hard a few times into this. The big difference was that Rin was tired from running around after him, and he was tired from damage.
Stepping back, he caught his breath as best he could. "Faith is putting trust in the fact those people will get you if you fall behind. I'm the new guy, and everyone, and I mean EVERYONE has told me that I'm mince meat. I have to believe in something else than faith or else I'm really going to die." He barely knew everyone, and he doubted that if it came down to it, that any of the people he met would risk there life for some trainee they all conceded would probably die soon anyways. He wasn't important to them, and he only knew them just barely. It would be stupid if he relied on other people when he would just be disappointed. This was his life after all.
DO IT! Show her what you can really rely on - ME!
Saliva cried, giddy and practically singing out with delight at being charged.
Melvin obliged and fired.
HP: 23/40
Charges: 0/3 - Tainted Fang
Damage: Target suffers 2 damage for 1 round
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Saliru rolled 2 10-sided dice:
4, 6
Total: 10 (2-20)
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Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 10:45 pm
"Not everyone means it literal," Rin huffed her words, "I wouldn't leave you behind. I wou-"
She actually cried out as an egg erupted against her fear shield. Burning it properly with a harsh sizzle. She could hear Byr frantically calling out in her thoughts. She had no time to think. Just to move. Move and fight back.
She struck out again with Byr's blade, slicing across Melvin's shield with with an awkward metallic clatter. They weren't very different; much of her faith rested with her own weapon as well. But she still had faith in the others. Faith they wouldn't just leave trainees to die. Because they didn't. They came for them.
HP - 42/50 - Poisoned
DMG - 4
CHRG - 3/3
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MoonKitsune rolled 2 8-sided dice:
6, 4
Total: 10 (2-16)
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Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 8:50 pm
He backed as best he could from her attack, but it still hit, and he could feel himself becoming winded. For all the shooting he was doing, he felt he was barely scraping her own shield, and wondered, when the next mission came around, if he would even win against anyone. "That's really nice to hear, Rin. It really is. I'd rather win against anything I fought though." He aimed again, firing at her. For all that he usually missed, he was at least hitting more than he was missing today. It made him optimistic - despite how much he wanted to stomp that idea down.
"I just hope I can actually dent whatever monster I fight." If they were as strong as Rin, he might be in trouble
HP: 19/40
Charges: 1/3
Damage: 4
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