[closed] and should the sky be filled with fire and smoke

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Who: Zack Fair & friends
When: when these threads happen
Where: where these threads happen
What: a catch-all for the month of december! threads are within. if you would like to do a thread you can contact me at michrure or at my cr meme comment!
Warnings: tba.

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[bloodwit]

[ longpoint guard. viren does as bid, the sword lowering appropriately to parry against the mock gesture. long acclimatized to fighting with a longer weapon, viren's more used to keeping his balance at a lower center of gravity. so his back foot slides backward an inch or so, allowing himself a sturdier stance.

there's a certain impatience to his expression (how difficult it will be, to shake the mindset that simple swordfighting to be beneath him) - one that he tries to override with a scowl of concentration. ]


Have you found fighting with a sword to be the most useful to you here, Zack?

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Here? Well.

[Zack raises an eyebrow, sensing the sort of air around Viren. With that in mind, he suddenly lunges forward and strikes his sword against Viren's just so that it hits hard and fast and knocks the sword right from Viren's grasp. He doesn't aim to hit Viren, not yet, but it's to take the older man off guard even more.]

I haven't lost my touch, but I've noticed I'm starting to rely on my claws more often than not.

[He grins wolfishly.]

So it's kind of nice to get back into the habit again. A sword isn't something anyone should take lightly.

[bloodwit]

[ clang! zack's manuever does the trick, dislodging the sword free of viren's hand - it clatters to the floor, its noise all the more reverberating in viren's ears due to his perceived failure. his lip curls and he growls his frustration, stooping to quick retrieve the weapon. ]

Fine.

[ nearly a huff, that. as much of a huff can convey i will this seriously, because i take everything seriously, yet try not to (openly) sneer too much at it. but with a contemplative pause in which the tip of his sword tapped against the ground, the irritation having been fleeting, ]

Swords or not, against magic-users [ ah, more of the real concern. he means witches, but he won't be so bold so as to verbally point fingers at an entire sub-class of people. not yet, anyway ], I suppose we would just have to maintain our ... creativity.

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[Zack gives Viren a nod when he goes to pick up his weapon. Good, he likes a man that picks up when he falls. It's all part of learning, even the irritation.]

And speed. Speed always helps.

[He hasn't fought against any witches lately but he's had his fair share of battles against magic and magic-using things.]

Let's work on your footwork.

[With that- Zack will go about teaching Viren various ways to pivot and parry attacks while swinging and attacking in return. It really is all in the feet and reading the other person. It'll take time for Viren to pick it all up and memorize technique but Viren's a sharp thinker so that helps with the Reading People part.

After an hour or so Zack lifts a hand for a break. He's barely out of breath and is grinning instead. Viren on the other hand... Well, he wasn't easy on the old guy.]

[bloodwit]

[ an hour or so passes, and although he tries not to show it, viren is left winded. he does consider himself fit (needs to be), his stamina high due to some of the rigors involved with dark magic, but the steady exertion exertion takes something of a toll. he works on slowing his breath, and then draws out a neat handkerchief to mop at his scaled brow.

he straightens, gives zack a Look(tm), his expression flat (especially contrasted to that grin). ]

[ just, casually, a little bit of his 'tude showing but without sincere bite, ]

Enjoying yourself?

[ some part of him sort of wants to demand! that they continue, but it's an urge that he quells. breaks are necessary, in longterm. ]

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Quite a bit.

[Zack says this cheekily, throwing Viren a pleased wink before going to stretch his shoulders and wings out. Nothing feels better than getting some training in and it's honestly been a while for Zack too. He doesn't seem a lick out of breath but he's sweating lightly and he's happy about Viren's first day of progress too.]

That's probably enough for one day. Make sure you stretch and drink some water.

[He picks up the swords to set them aside.]

How do you feel?

[bloodwit]

[ viren watches as the chimera stretches his wings; they look improved from that mist debacle, he notes. and they also serve as a reminder that one day he's to have a pair of his own. strange to think about, and he looks away. ]

... Like I could use a bath. Eventually.

[ now that's a tad dramatic. he's not nearly sweaty enough for that, but his uppity sense of cleanliness otherwise compel it. but, sore and out of breath as he may be, he doesn't feel bad. his expression's less severe than how it might otherwise be. ]

Where are your glasses?

[ he would get them both water!! ]