Catch-All for Valvatorez

[specialdog]

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week 4 | Tuesday

[specialdog]

[ Hello, Akane is here for sword training! She has her sword from last time in hand! Also she is in a sexy nurse? Outfit? Okay. ]

A gun would be more convenient, wouldn't it?

[omegathree]

Artina is the one who specializes in guns, not me.

[He's picked up a much duller sword than the one that rests on his hip.]

[specialdog]

We don't have them here, anyway, so it doesn't matter.

I guess I'm fine with playing swords!

[ "playing?" ]

[omegathree]

Playing...

As long as you practice, I've nothing to complain about.

I am going to swing at you with this blade. Your job will be to deflect it.

[specialdog]

Doesn't that seem too advanced for me?

[ ... She is in denial that she would ever have to, like, interact with another person with the sword. Even though that's the whole point. ]

[omegathree]

Of course not.

[He sure believes in her.]

Ready your weapon.

[specialdog]

If you say so...

[ She does her best to adopt the stance she's been taught! It's..........

Well, she's doing her best. ]

[omegathree]

Widen your stance, raise your sword up higher.

[specialdog]

[ She groans obnoxiously

But does it ]

[omegathree]

[He absolutely ignores that groan.]

Yes, that's correct, lass.

And now-

[He goes for a slow strike to her right. She should have plenty of time to stop the blade.]

[specialdog]

[ She swings and blocks it, just fine! Except for maybe she swung a little too hard for how slow the strike was--but... At least that... Would be good if it had been a real attack? ]

Woah, it kinda makes your hand hurt, huh?

[omegathree]

[Yeah, that's a reasonable amount of power to use for a sword. He won't scold her for that.

And besides, he's had centuries of sword training.]

It does when you have little training. As you continue your training, it will hurt less.

[specialdog]

What if I get big muscles from working so hard? I don't want big muscles!

[ There is 0 concern for that with your effort levels, Akane.... ]

[omegathree]

I doubt you're at risk.

[Also look at how skinny val is??

He'll do a slow swing to her left.]

[specialdog]

I don't know...

[ She goes to block it but this time doesn't seem to have the right arc for it. She still blocks, but at an angle where it would be very easy to just slide his sword up and hurt her, anyway. How to get sword from left to right at good angle??? ]

[omegathree]

[He does move the sword up, but stops before he actually does anything to harm her.]

You want to knock my sword away if I come from this side, so I can't harm you.

[specialdog]

[ She adjusts her angle... ]

Isn't it impossible to remember all this stuff in the moment...?

[omegathree]

That's why you're training. Eventually this becomes second nature.

[He'll make another attempt to her left side.]

[specialdog]

[ She blocks it! Woo! ]

How old were you when you started learning how to fight?

[omegathree]

Very good, lass.

[He's so proud of her. His next attack is a little bit faster than the first, and to her right.]

I believe I was around 1300? It may have ben a century or two before, but certainly not later than that.

[specialdog]

Is that young, for you? I don't really get the scale. But years are still long, right?

[ She blocks it again, and this time the force behind it is appropriate since he's moving faster! Nice. ]

So isn't that a long time to go without needing to fight?

[omegathree]

Very good.

It's about the same as saying I was 13.

[And an attack to the left.]

I didn't strike out on my own until I could properly fight.

[specialdog]

Maybe 13, relative... But it's not like time moves faster for you.

[ She's still awkward with the transition for the block, but corrects before there's time to comment on it... ]

Does that mean you act 12 for like a hundred years before you turn basically-13?

[omegathree]

[He looks very proud of her for correcting her technique on the fly like that. But also he's going to go for the left again.]

Yes. Demon's age much slower than humans.

[specialdog]

[ It's easier to block the same move twice! Yeah! Her movements are obviously still clumsy and unpracticed, but at least she knows where she's trying to get to... ]

That sounds aaaawful.