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kuropeco rolled 1 20-sided dice:
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Total: 3 (1-20)
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 Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2014 7:02 pm
He'd made the offer on Twitter about sparring because it had seemed like the fastest and easiest way to get people to respond, even if it meant having to deal with the whole Twitter thing in the first place. Still, it seemed marginally useful for making contacts, which was why Chance was out on the training field, bow and arrow in his hands, dressed in a pair of worn jeans and a long-sleeved red shirt with his thumbs stuck through the ends.
An arrow was loosed and sent towards the test dummy, missed, and toppled to the side. Another followed, this one closer to the target; and then finally the third hit the edge of it, until the fourth hit somewhere between the center and the end.
{ - Well done. - }
A smile touched his lips, faint and pleased, but Chance desummoned the bow and stood with his hands on his hips, examining the target from a distance as he waited for the redheaded man from Twitter to show - if he decided to, that was.
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Baneful rolled 1 20-sided dice:
20
Total: 20 (1-20)
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Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2014 7:29 pm
Rep was pretty keen to get meeting the new faces about town, he'd been slipping out of touch lately and people he hadn't met were always a gift. It was a delight to meet people who had no idea who he was, who didn't have him marked down as that arsehole from twitter, who he could make some new first impression on and for just a short period of time, maybe feel like he was normal.
He arrived on the training fields not long after his offer, actually wearing (and wonders would never cease) a shirt, and his coat. He sauntered up to Chance, gave him a nod of greeting and said.
"Awright man? Spar and that. I'm Rep."
He held up one arm, letting his sleeve slip down to show his lockdown bracelet. "Cannae summon my weapon, but that shouldn't be too much of a problem, Tracey's got a good strong shield even without. What kind of weapon you toting?"
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Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2014 8:00 pm
Chance's first thought upon looking up was that this guy was not really someone to mess with. Tall and muscular, with some nasty looking scars cris-crossing his face, he presented the appearance of someone extremely confident in themselves. Whether that confidence was the Finn sort of confidence, or the Jack sort of confidence remained to be seen.
He smiled. "I'm Chance. Nice to meet you, Rep; thanks for coming down to the field."
The bracelet was given a curious look; he'd never seen one before, but it certainly looked imposing enough. The smile on Chance's face was slightly vague, but he straightened a little and held out a hand, re-summoning the bow and arrow he'd been practicing with earlier.
"Archery," he said lightly. "But if you want more hand-to-hand, I can just work without it. Long-distance weapons and close-range are hard to work with when practicing, after all. Besides," Chance added, with a noncommittal shrug. "I heard Suns are supposed to be able to fight all variety of weapons, right?"
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Baneful rolled 2 10-sided dice:
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Total: 4 (2-20)
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Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 7:06 am
Rep eyed the bow with open curiosity, he was always rather fascinated by ranged weapons, they seemed like an alien world to him, so used to wading into mid range every single time. "Bows are ******** great in combat." he said. "Up to your tits in zombies you can like, put distance in there."
He shrugged his shoulders. "Up to you, I could do hand to hand or armed, whatever you think's more practice for you. You are right though, we have to know a whole ******** heap of different weapons."
A playful sort of grin crept onto his features and he dropped into a fighting stance. "Either way, better choose fast!"
HP:50 DMG: -- Charge 0/3
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kuropeco rolled 2 8-sided dice:
4, 6
Total: 10 (2-16)
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Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 8:14 am
He laughed, though it didn't quite reach his eyes. Still, Chance's gaze dropped to his own weapon and he examined it with unabashed curiosity as he slid it through his fingers. "Glad to hear I'm not entirely useless. Ace is pretty content with staying away from zombies, and so am I."
Rep was clearly another one of those tell-it-like-it-is people, which Chance found he appreciated. With a small shrug, he desummoned the bow and stood in front of the other without a weapon instead, pushing up his sleeves. He wasn't exactly as muscular as Rep, that much was obvious, but he wasn't a stick either.
"Fast it is," said Chance with a grin, shifting his feet. He circled around Rep for a moment and then tossed a quick punch in the direction of one of his arms, eyes narrowed in concentration.
"So that bracelet thing," he said, with a nod towards it. "That some sort of like...monitor thing that prevents weapon summoning?"
HP: 40
DMG: 4
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Baneful rolled 2 10-sided dice:
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Total: 11 (2-20)
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Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2014 4:27 pm
Chance got a very confused look as he mentioned Ace and it took a few moments for Rep to realise that he wasn't talking about the only Ace he knew - Harrison - and was instead referring to his weapon. "Always a ******** good plan." he agreed. It would have been nice to be able to avoid zombies lately. He was really starting to see the value of a good ranged weapon.
He took the brunt of the punch and grinned approvingly. "No bad." he commented.
The questions about the bracelet did not make him defensive but did make him feel just a tiny bit guilty. "Aye. I cannae summon my weapon on island with it on. Off is awright, just no on. I've had one a few times. I'm good at ******** s**t up, in various ways."
Countering the punch, he tried to loosen up a bit, too tense in his stance.
HP: 46
DMG: 5
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kuropeco rolled 2 8-sided dice:
5, 3
Total: 8 (2-16)
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Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2014 6:21 pm
He wasn't quite sure what the confused look was for, but Chance brushed it off and smiled, rolling his shoulders a little to try and ease some of the stiffness. There had been a few fights at the home, but this was different, and besides, it had been a while.
"Thanks," he said cheerfully, and readjusted his footing slightly to accommodate Rep's swing, wincing slightly as it impacted his shoulder.
"So it's...for discipline?" Chance asked curiously. "I haven't really heard much on the side of what happens when you ******** up, except that the leaders pull no punches and that they'll kick some serious a** if you screw up their plans or something. Survival of the fittest, right?"
He swung a fist toward Rep, but his aim was off, and it merely glanced off of him.
HP: 35
DMG: 2
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Baneful rolled 2 10-sided dice:
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Total: 12 (2-20)
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Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2014 7:28 pm
"Yep." Rep said. "This is probably the least of what they can do to you. ******** up hard enough you are dead, they'll just take you out like some kind of guerrilla military and shoot you in the head. I guess makes sense since there's no dishonorable discharge here. This one is just for trying to strangle a guy in the infirmary, don't worry about it, he had it coming."
He punched again and it felt good, his shoulders always glad for the workout. There was only so much mobility practicing on dummies or standing targets gave you, a bit of hand to hand was a breath of fresh air.
HP: 44
DMG: 6
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kuropeco rolled 2 8-sided dice:
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Total: 7 (2-16)
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Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2014 10:19 pm
"Well," said Chance with a laugh. "Being dead is the last thing I want, so I've already come to accept that I've gotta figure out a way to do what I'm supposed to while simultaneously not giving up any of myself in the process. I'd rather not be a random drone."
His eyebrows rose a little, a smile on his lips as Chance said, with some amusement, "Sounds exciting. The guy learn his lesson, then?"
Rep's fist collided with his arm, and Chance was sent pivoting to the side, trying to ease some of the weight of the blow off of his arm. He winced a little, but shook himself out, straightening and readjusting himself into a better position.
"Remind me never to get on your bad side," he said cheerfully.
HP: 29
DMG: 1
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Baneful rolled 2 10-sided dice:
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Total: 9 (2-20)
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Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2014 2:53 pm
"Yeah, it's harder than you'd think. Sometimes the s**t you get in trouble for her is like, totally arbitrary. Loads of the leads are nuts and better just avoided. You seem pretty level headed though, you'll likely get by just fine."
"And you'd think he might have learned his lesson, but nah. Guy asks a lot of questions, doesn't know how to listen to the answers. He's going to end up in trouble most likely, buuut I did what I could." He did find himself enjoying the spar, normally it was far too easy for him to slope off into awful and unhealthy places, this was instead surprisingly nice.
"Some people get on my bad side really ******** easy, other people not at all, its a ******** mystery how people end up one or the other."
HP: 43
DMG: 3
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kuropeco rolled 2 8-sided dice:
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Total: 14 (2-16)
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Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2014 7:32 pm
He wasn't sure if he would prefer using the bow and arrow against Rep, but there was something to be said about fighting hand to hand after all the spars that Chance had been doing. It was strangely liberating, and he found he was enjoying it, even if he was feeling rather thin and wiry in comparison to the other man.
"I don't think I've had the pleasure of meeting any of the leads yet," he said dryly, reaching a hand to swipe his hair from his eyes, running his fingers through the black curls. "I'm sure I'll have to face them eventually, so it's good to know what to prepare myself for."
A laugh escaped his throat, Chance twisting sideways to avoid the brunt of Rep's next punch. "I like to think of myself as pretty easy to get along with most of the time, and you seem pretty casual to me. Though granted, I've only been awake for about a month, so I'm not so sure my judgement is that good," he added, with a lighthearted grin. "I assume you've been here a while?"
He threw his fist forward, aiming for the other man's torso.
HP: 26
DMG: 8
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Baneful rolled 2 10-sided dice:
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Total: 15 (2-20)
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Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2014 8:20 am
"Oh you have that joy ahead of you then. Don't look Cael in the eyes, don't try being sane or rational with him just get out of his way. Allan just smile and nod, H don't trust one tiny ******** bit, Edith is ok. Lance eh. If you don't have tits he won't want to know so you are ok probably."
He did nod. "Been here wow, good few years now. Nearly three. Feels a lot ******** less than that."
The followup hit connected much harder than Rep was expecting, knocking the air right out of his lungs and he laughed. "Not ******** bad at all." He said as soon as he recovered enough to speak. Of course it meant that he hit just a bit harder himself in retaliation, aiming more squarely for the ribs.
HP: 35
DMG: 9
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kuropeco rolled 2 8-sided dice:
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Total: 6 (2-16)
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Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2014 2:21 pm
The names were all unfamiliar to Chance; but, as usual, he filed them away for later use inside of his mind: Cael(ius? Finn had said that before, hadn't he), Allan (something to do with his own division), H (why did someone only have one letter as their name? How strange), Edith (a harsh name, rather antique), Lance (how Arthurian).
"Three years is a long time," said Chance, raising his eyebrows and giving a little laugh. "I'm sure you've got a shitton of stories to tell." His eyes had gone to the ring on the man's hand, a brief flicker of curiosity. "You married?"
His hit had connected solidly, which he was proud of, but Rep's return swing caught Chance across his ribs, and he staggered sideways, wheezing a little as he dropped momentarily down to one knee. He took just a few seconds to catch his breath and then dragged himself up again, shaking his hair out of his eyes.
"Thanks," he said cheerfully. "I'm still getting used to everything here, but at least I'm not totally hopeless. Or, at least, I like to think I'm not," Chance added, somewhat musingly.
HP: 17
DMG: 0 GJ CHANCE
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Baneful rolled 2 10-sided dice:
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Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2014 11:03 am
"Aye its long when you realize man." he said. He eyed his hand as if remembering the ring was even there. "Oh aye. Got married here and s**t. Ace. Er." and because he didn't expect the other man to have any idea who he was by his nickname. "Harrison." he corrected. It took everything in his power to not immediately get defensive and backslide into denial. It always felt vulnerable admitting he was married to a guy, even now.
He slipped back into his fighting stance anyway. "Aye man, nae doubt you'll get the hang of it." he said, punching again at the other man's defense, perhaps a little harder than he meant to thanks to his anxiety levels spiking.
HP: 35
DMG: 11
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kuropeco rolled 2 8-sided dice:
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Total: 12 (2-16)
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Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2014 11:21 am
The Ace almost threw him off, Chance remembering belatedly that not only was his own weapon's name actually Asher, but that it was relatively ridiculous that someone could be married to a weapon in the first place. He didn't, however, bat an eye at the name, which was unarguably a man's.
"That's good," said Chance mildly, a smile on his face. "Nice to find someone you click with that deeply in a place like this." He gave a small shrug. "I don't really have any intentions of getting that close to anyone myself, though I seem to be collecting a small amount of acquaintances at least, which keeps things less boring."
Rep's hit made him stagger, Chance managing one last return swing before he dropped down to his knees, breathing heavily. Lifting a bruised hand, he ran it through his messy curls, which were now slightly sweat dampened, and then looked up at the other man.
"That was pretty awesome, I've gotta admit," he said with a grin. "Color me impressed, man."
HP: 6
DMG: 6
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