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 Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2024 11:16 am
Nymphe was restless. After the strangeness of the summer and over Halloween, she felt goaded into training. How was she supposed to protect herself or anyone else for that matter if she had all the skills of a mashed turnip? With that thought running amok in her mind, the senshi of ambrosia had hunted up a private little training arena to practice her very non-existent skills in.
Or that was what she told herself. In reality, she’d found an abandoned handball court falling into ruin and had claimed it as her own. At least until someone or something appeared with the intent of chasing her off. Thus far, she’d been lucky. The court was out of the way and really, no one seemed to come around it. There was no graffiti, no evidence of homeless people using it. It was simply there, smelling of damp.
Humming a little to herself, Nymphe dragged the cushions and dressmaker’s dummy she’d found out of hiding and began setting them up. What she really wanted was a proper pell, but for now, she’d make due. Digging out a box of colored chalk, she began to put Xs on the dummy to mark out the places that she needed to strike.
Would she be able to lure someone out here to help her practice? She’d have to see if she couldn’t get out and meet more senshi and ask them very nicely to let her fight them. In the meantime, at least she had her dummy. Giving the thing a friendly pat on the shoulder, she circled it and chunnered to herself.
“Aim for the gut or breastbone if they’re open. Crotch shots are low as hell, but fair enough game if absolutely needed, I guess. I should really join a self defense class…”
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Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2024 1:21 am
Tea had felt a signature near by and curiously followed it. She found an old handball court as she followed the aura. She saw Nymphe with the dressmakers dummy and it looked as if she was using it for sparring practice.
The senshi cleared her throat, "I hope I'm not interrupting anything, but would you like a spar partner?"
The senshi waved softly as she looked towards the dress dummy.
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Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2024 9:47 am
The sudden inclusion of a voice that was not her own made Nymphe jump and let out a startled squeak. Spinning around, she stared at the girl who’d appeared with wide eyes, hands clutching at her chest as she willed her heart to slow down. Studid, she scolded herself. Stupid! She knew she needed to pay better attention to her surroundings. She was lucky that the girl standing not so far away wasn’t riddled with Chaos.
“Oh! I’m so sorry, I didn’t hear you! Or feel you either,”Nymphe apologized as her heart deigned to resume a more sedate rhythm. She paused and stared at the girl, considering her words before breaking into a bright smile. “Ah, yes? Yes! If you’d be so kind, I would enjoy a sparring partner. My poor dummy does well enough, but a real flesh and blood person who can think is so much better!”
Working quickly, Nymphe cleared the dummy and some of the cushions, but left others where they were. It was good to have obstacles, she thought. They would force her to always think about the space around her as she fought. Once she had things to her liking, she turned back to the other senshi and grinned.
“I am Nymphe and I am not very good at fighting, but I will try my best!”
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Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2024 11:12 pm
Tea made an oops noise when she startled Nymphe. The chibi was rubbing the back of her head and looked sheepishy, "Sorry for startling you!" She said when Nymphe apologized for not hearing or feeling her coming up.
There was a smile though when the other said they wanted a sparring partner. There was a soft chuckle, "At least you do have a dummy though, I'm sure it helps some."
She watched as the other cleared away some of the clutter from the court. Tea grinned, "I'm not the best fighter either so I'm glad we maybe on the same level!" She took a stance and made a motion for Nymphe to aim a hit.
"After you!"
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Posted: Sat Nov 30, 2024 9:36 am
Assuming her own position, Nymphe rather thought that she was very lucky to have been stumbled upon today. Because truthfully? The dummy did not help.
At all.
Sure, she could figure out roughly where to land blows, but without having reactions to work off of, she could never be sure of how effective she might be. No, having a living, breathing partner to spar with was much better for her in the long run. And it pleased her that Tea would be at roughly the same skill level. That meant they would both learn.
And wasn't learning good lessons something to be valued?
Smiling, Nymphe rolled her head on her neck for a moment before lunging towards the other girl. Her fist was aimed for the shoulder. She wanted to see if such strikes could really throw an opponent off balance or not.
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Posted: Wed Dec 11, 2024 2:03 am
Tea watched as Nymphe got ready and lunged towards her to start the spar.
Tea moved to dodge the fist however, she moved a little too late not quite up on her anticipation abilities. She got grazed on the shoulder and turned to aim a kick towards Nymphe's knee.
"Have you thought about any classes like karate or kick boxing?" Tea asked curiously.
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Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2024 10:39 am
Lips pursed in disappointment as she failed in her strike, Nymphe grunted and stumbled a little as Tea’s foot connected fairly solidly with her knee. Not enough to really hurt her, but well, she’d be limping for the rest of the day at least. And her magic wasn’t really very impressive, was it.
Senshiing was much harder than the cat had advertised.
Hobbling a little, the ambrosia senshi considered her options. She couldn’t move as fast as she would have liked, so if she wanted to land any blows, she’d have to lure Tea closer. Well, balls.
“I mean,” she began. “I’ve thought about it, but how do I know who the good teachers are? So many people can advertise anything they like now. Do you know of any good classes? I’m happy to take recommendations.”
She could probably find a cat and ask them if they knew where sanctioned classes were. She was sure one of the furballs would be happy enough to assist. All right, she’d look into that later. But for now, she had a spar to, well… not win. But she wanted to, at the very least, not fail miserably. And she had a sneaky idea that might work.
Stumbling a little, she went down on one knee, hissing a little as if pained. If she could lure Tea in, maybe she could grab the other girl’s arm or something and pull her down? It was worth a try.
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Posted: Sun Dec 15, 2024 10:03 pm
Tea hadn't expected the fact she'd managed to connect and while she had tried not to be that rough apparently hit just right to hurt more than anticipated.
There was a pause, "Not off hand but I've been thinking about taking up one of them as well, maybe we could join one together?" She asked as she watched the other stumble and fall to their knee.
There was a quick squeak, "Are you okay?" She moved oblivious to the scheme that was being hatched by Nymphe. She offered her hand to help the other up from the ground and give a steady place to stand back up.
"After we're done we can try and see if my magic'll heal you. Apparently it backfires sometimes and does nothing."
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Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2024 8:27 am
”I would love to take a class together,” she answered, smiling at the thought. It would be harder to be conned if she had a buddy. “We should definitely do that.”
Remembering that she had an act to put on, Nymphe put what she hoped was just the right amount of pain into her smile. Apparently it was working because Tea was hurrying over to help her up. Taking the offered hand, she smiled gratefully before grinning and tugging hard. If she could get Tea on the ground, they’d be even.
“Gotcha!” she called. “But you really did connect with my knee, so if you magic can keep me from limping home, that would be wonderful.”
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Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2024 12:32 am
Tea nodded excitedly. "Awesome!!! Then we'll find one to join. It's more fun to do things in pairs anyways."
When Tea offered her hand to help Nymphe up she wasn't expecting the way it was tugged on and caused her to lose her balance laughing as she ended up on the ground moving so she was sitting, "You did get me!"
She looked thoughtful, "Might have to try that on the negaverse if we end up in that situation." There was another nod and the chibi senshi called out her magic, "There's a fail rate to it..." She added and then called, "Mice's luck!"
She watched as the small mouse made of energy appeared in front of Nymphe, "Watch and pick a hand when it finishes." She said as she mimicked the movements of the mouse. "If it fails I think we can try again, I don't know though but it'd be interesting to see how many times I can use this..."Quote: When Tea calls her attack a small mouse made of magical energy appears in front of a target and shows a small bone in it's hand which it then hides in one hand. Chibi sailor tea then mimics the movements that the mouse makes of shuffling the bone, and holding out her hands palm down for the target to choose between. If they choose the hand with the magical bone, the target is then healed by a small amount. This attack Heals minor abrasions, anything worse it'll heal about 10% - which is enough to stop bleeding if freshly wounded. This attack can be used Three times The whole attack only lasts 30 seconds then the 'magical mouse disappears'
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Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2024 11:25 am
Grinning a little, Nymphe privately decided that they'd both done pretty well with their little spar. And she was glad that Tea could see the funny side of her little trick. It made things easier for everyone when feelings weren't hurt.
She watched intently, knee throbbing a bit as Tea called up her magic and summoned... a mouse? But what a cute mouse it was! She gave a nod when instructed to watch and lowered herself so that her elbow rested on the ground and she was more or less at eye level with the mouse. It was fascinating to watch and she realized she knew this game. Her parents had played it with her often when she'd been a child. Only their hands had held sweets and tiny toys, not healing magic.
After a moment, the mouse stopped and seemed to wait. Sitting up and facing Tea, she studied the girl's hands and reached out to gently tap her left hand.
"I tried not to blink so I wouldn't miss seeing something, but mice are very tiny and I'm sure I'm probably wrong, but as you said, we can always try again."
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Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2025 10:44 pm
Tea grinned and when Nymphe picked a hand she opened her left hand and the mouse reveled the bone. Tea smiled as it seemed this time her magic was actually going to work.
"At least it's a fifty/fifty chance!" She chuckled as magical mouse tottled over and softly pointed the bone at the injury disappearing into a wisp as the magic moved to Nymphe's knee.
"Did it help?" She asked curiously hoping that the other did feel better.
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Posted: Fri Jan 03, 2025 10:34 am
Grinning in delight as she managed to pick the correct hand, Nymphe turned slightly to watch the mouse and felt a near overwhelming urge to scoop the little creature up and nuzzle her cheek against it. She managed to restrain herself and joined in with Tea’s soft laughter as the mouse pointed the tiny bone it held at her knee before fading away.
She sat still for a moment, considering how she felt and carefully stretched out her leg before bending her knee and frowning slightly in thought.
“It does feel a bit better,” she said finally, her expression turning sunny. “Not as throbby, though I don’t think I should run any races tonight. I’ll wrap a heating pad around it when I get home and it’ll be fine tomorrow. Thank you so much! You have very useful and cute magic!”
It certainly seemed more useful than Nymphe’s own magic. But, comparing a cute mouse to a golden mist was unfair and ungrateful. She just hadn’t found the right way to utilize her own power yet.
“I do appreciate the sparring and the healing,” she said brightly. “And if you’ll go to classes with me, that would be wonderful!”
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Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2025 12:42 am
Tea smiled as Nymphe said her knee was feeling better, while she couldn't run any marathon's she felt like she could at least walk on it. "Oh good, I'm glad it's not as throbby."
There was a nod when she said it'd be fine tomorrow and she beamed when her magic was called cute, "Thank you, hopefully it'll be more useful when I unlock my adult power."
Tea grinned, "Ah, before we part for the night; do want to look for self defense classes on the weekend? We could meet up either powered here in the park or at a coffee shop if you're comfortable with that and figure out what our plans are."
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Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2025 4:06 pm
Carefully getting to her feet and putting weight on her knee, Nymphe was pleased to note that she might not need the heating pad after all. She might be able to get away with just aspirin. But she’d probably end up using both just because it was cold and she liked warmth.
Tilting her head, she thought for a moment.
“I think it will be easier to canvasse if we meet at a coffee shop first and go from there,” she said decisively. “Much less chance of trouble if we go out during normal business hours and just look like simple girls. I’m free Saturday morning and all of Sunday. And I know a lovely little cafe just off of Almondflower. They make amazing hot chocolates.”
It was occurring to Nymphe that it was much later than she’d originally thought. Where had the time gone?
Thinking quickly, she pulled her phone from subspace and snapped a rapid picture of Tea, humming a little before sending a silly little emoji message to the brand new contact that appeared in her address book.
Quote: This was fun! ^ 3^ a But I think I need to use the sleep lolol u 0u zzzzzzz
Looking up from her phone, she grinned. "Now we can plan something properly. You pick the day and time we meet. Drinks and snacks will be my treat!"
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