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Captain Tourmaline fondled her communication crystal, twirling it slowly between her fingers before activating it so that she could reach out to an officer whose name had been left with her.

"Captain Arsenopyrite, this is Captain Tourmaline. I heard you were looking to someone to offer a bit of hand to hand combat sparring. I am indeed your girl. Meet me at midnight-- 137 Winterview Way. New housing development with lots of open space for training in the empty lots. I'll be there!"

"I'm afraid the only information that I was given was your name and rank." Her voice was clear as she hopped down from the stack of paving blocks that she'd been comfortably perched on while waiting for him to join her. "Before we begin, I'd like to know a bit more-- May I see your weapon?"

Tourmaline stood at five foot six inches when flat on her feet. With the boots granted to her by way of the Negaverse and her uniform she was a bit taller now. Her hair was pulled back into a sleep, neat ponytail, the ends dyed a fade of purple into bright pink that matched the piping on her coat. In general she came off as unintimidating and average, but there was a bright sharpness to her eyes that seemed to be watching him with an almost feral interest.

"Have you fought many senshi? Do you serve under a General?"

"I would like to see what you can do with that, yes, but as I don't have anything to defend myself with other than these," Tourmaline stepped back, holding her hands out in front of her and waggling her fingers. Her weapon was the gloves that she wore; padded leather with metal plates on the knuckles a clawed metal tips that clicked when her fingers touched.

"Last round of questions before we begin... How long have you been a Captain that you haven't yet had a chance to fight with your weapon?" She was also incredibly curious as to who his General was that they hadn't pushed him to learn more either. Maybe it was a good thing they were going to be sparring against one another tonight.

"Do you have any questions for me?"

"In that case, I'll let you have the first swing." She flashed him a bright, almost playful grin as she extended her hand, beckoning him with a light wave to come at her. "My General wields a scythe. I've had to learn to defend myself against weapons, even without being able to block it as I would had I a sword or staff." Honestly, even daggers would have worked better than gloves against something like that.

"Don't hold back now-- Do you understand?"

She sprang back from his first swing, letting him get used to the weight of the weapon in his hands as he swung it at her. "Conviction. That's something each and every one of us has to have before we take a swing at our opponent. You are swinging at me because you want to hit me-- Because if this weren't a spar it could potentially be a matter of life or death. Keep swinging at me like that and I might turn it into one even if this is a spar." There was a smirk on her lips and she seemed like she might be teasing, but there was also the faintest part of her that was probably entirely serious.

"Again. Shift your grip and hit me."

The swing seemed a faster this time and if she moved too much she'd catch the points on the poker-- Not something she was looking forward to with the only 'armor' on her body being the long, leather duster. The swing caught her in the side and she let out a cry that was a little more emphasized than the hit actually hurt, gunning for sympathy in an attempt to teach him another important lesson.

She let the hit take her to the ground, curling up with her arm tightly holding on to her side.

When he inquired as to her well being he kept his distance. Smart. She liked him all the more for having brains enough to do that-- So much better than some of the senshi and fledgling knights she'd crossed paths with who were compassionate to the point of being gullible as well.

"You've got a good swing when you're actually trying to hit someone." She smirked as she shifted, pushing herself back to her feet. Tourmaline gave her side a light pat, dusting herself off before rushing him, interested in seeing how he'd block against someone who was coming at him full charge.

At the last minute Tourmaline ducked low, using the momentum of her rush to drop down and sweep a kick out at his legs in an attempt to knock him off of his feet. Maybe she should have planned this all out a little bit better... It was her first time hosting a sparring session, really. Had to learn sometime, right?