ZARIAH I don't give a damn 'bout my bad reputation
Training was like breathing for the Launceleyns. They started young, almost as soon as they could walk. As they grew, it became their entire world; day in, day out, working until your strength was entirely spent, leaving you naught but a trembling mass of bone and blood and flesh on the ground. Did anyone carry you then? No. You had to draw strength from your soul, the iron of your person to stand and retreat to rest for but a few hours then begin again. It was why they were revered and feared - Launceleyns were the ultimate, the pinnacle of magical strength and superiority. And through training, they would prove themselves to be the same in Caido. The Ruins seemed a good place for such training. There was really no harm they could do to the surrounding area, it was already in pieces. It was also generally free of unwanted onlookers. That meant they could really focus. Zariah arrived early, dressed in an overlong, sleeveless tunic and leggings, her wild curls pulled up into a ponytail. Today she awaited Edrei, who she knew would impress with her mastered fire. |
Training Fire and Lightning
For Edrei |
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06-05-2019, 05:01 PM
Edy arrived just after Zariah did, dressed in almost the same fashion. She was wearing the base layer from her soldier's uniform that she'd arrived in from Northaven, and like the Head, Edy's wild halo of hair was pulled tightly back into a bun. Zariah wasn't exactly the hair-pulling type, but the younger Launceleyn was still sure that she'd stoop to such an elementary attack if only to show Edy want an idiot she'd been by letting her hair flail freely. "Zariah." Edy called out, her tone perfunctory. Reaching an arm in front of her she stretched it along her body, before switching to do the other side. At her heel, Bobi trotted confidently forward. you and me been catching on like a wildfire
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06-05-2019, 05:13 PM
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06-05-2019, 05:32 PM
Edy glanced down at Bobi for a moment, and then simply shrugged. Bonded though they might be, Bobi was free to make her own decisions. With a flick of her stub of a tail, Bobi scaled one of the nearby trees in a fluid and graceful movement, laying down on the bough to watch. Keeping her own hands at her side, though mirroring Zariah's position otherwise, Edy's dark eyes snapped immediately to the locket. She couldn't see the insignia etched onto it, and wouldn't step closer to investigate. If this was a ploy, Zariah had to know Edy wasn't so stupid as to bring herself within such easy reach. Watching as it fell low on Zariah's flat stomach, Edy listened to the instructions and nodded. With a grin, Edy suddenly spun and darted away as quickly as she could. For her plan to work she needed to place as much distance between herself and Zariah as she could. Balancing distance with time, after a few moments she spun, thrusting out a hand and shooting what was meant to be an enclosed circle of fire at Zariah. The intention was to surround the head in a blaze too large for her to get her way out of, and to be far enough away to avoid magical retaliation. you and me been catching on like a wildfire
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06-05-2019, 05:41 PM
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06-05-2019, 05:51 PM
As Edy sprinted she could feel the lactic acid building up far sooner than it should have done in her body. Instead of panicking though, she merely smirked. Zariah's lifedrain magic was far superior to Edy's, but that didn't mean the younger Launceleyn didn't know what it felt like. Darting to the side and dropping into a tumble-roll, Edy felt the decisive zzzTCHING of electric head as it flared brightly across her leg. Biting down on a grimace of pain, Edy completed the roll and returned to a standing position, intently focusing on the cage of fire. Rather than enclosing it, Edy simply made the flames more dense and higher. If the younger Launceleyn couldn't out-range Zariah, perhaps she could simply outlast her. The only trouble was, even if she could, Z would never just give over the babble around her neck. Oh well, that was a worry for a later time. "I hope you don't mind I brought a toy Ronin gave to me. Shall we see what it can do?" Edy called gleefully towards the cage of fire and the Head (hopefully) still within it. you and me been catching on like a wildfire
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06-05-2019, 06:00 PM
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06-05-2019, 06:07 PM
Though Edy had been prepared for another bought of lightning, the continued sapping of her strength made her dodge weak and slow, like running through molasses. Suddenly Edy was struck in the thigh causing her to stumble. She managed to catch herself against a tree at the last moment so she didn't fall. Glad that the fire-curtain likely kept Zariah from seeing this, Edy straightened and inhaled deeply. "Honestly with Ronin, who can say?" Edy shot back. Reaching around her back where the mace was strapped, Edy removed it, liking the weight in her hands. "Here goes fucking nothing." She whispered to herself, before taking aim, and thrusting it towards Zariah. Suddenly, a brilliant and shimmering cloud appeared. It was full of all sorts of colours suddenly splayed out and flying on softly fluttering wings towards Zariah. However as soon as the butterflies encountered the cage of fire, precisely what you would expect happened: the fucking roasted, and began falling from the sky. you and me been catching on like a wildfire
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06-05-2019, 06:14 PM
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06-05-2019, 06:25 PM
The sound of Zariah laughing made Edy scowl. Not because she necessarily disagreed with Zariah's assessment, but because of all the potential times Edy might have learned that the mace actually just made fucking butterflies appear, why did it have to be now? "A good party trick. I bet Bea would like it." Edy said with a shrug, throwing the mace towards the nearest tree, where a ring of fire suddenly appeared. "What in the actual—" Edy murmured with a surprised whisper, eyeing the flames warily. Breathing heavily now as Zariah continued to sap at her strength, Edy swallowed down her rising weariness and tried to think. How was she supposed to get the necklace off of Zariah? At this rate, Z's lifedrain would probably sap her strength entirely, leaving them both magically empty. But then Edy would have the disadvantage at hand-to-hand combat. Fuck. Well. She had once chance to try and turn the tables. "Hope it isn't too hot in there—" Edy called loudly, before dashing to stand behind Zariah. She held her breath to keep herself from panting too hard, and hoped the sizzle of the flames would drown out any other sound that Z might hear. With fingers outstretched, and with a mental pulse towards the branch above, Edy made her play. As soon as the ring of fire dropped, Bobi leaped from the tree aiming to land before Zariah. Spitting and hissing and yowling loudly, Bobi tried to capture the Head's attention, while Edy's dexterous fingers darted forward to try and grab the chain from the back of Z's neck and lift it off. you and me been catching on like a wildfire
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06-05-2019, 06:34 PM
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06-05-2019, 06:41 PM
Edy felt heat and the white-sizzling spark of electricity buzzing into her joints. She felt shaky and suddenly weak as her muscles spasmed with the onslaught of electricity. Don't you fucking let go she thought as she focused on her hands. Grinding her teeth together against the strange and purple-tinged pain, Edy gasped out a bark of adrenaline, one of her hands wrapping around Z's upper chest in as much an effort to hold herself steady as to keep Zariah restrained. "Two—can play at—that—g—ame—" Edy wheezed as spots began to appear in her vision. Fire flared from her fingertips as Edy fulled intended to singe and burn just as Zariah was doing to her. They were equal-enough matched in this display, with only one difference between them: Edy had something to prove. you and me been catching on like a wildfire
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06-05-2019, 07:13 PM
As the necklace (and Z) suddenly became weightless, Edrei happily allowed gravity to pull her backwards as stars danced merrily behind her eyes. Collapsing onto the ground, holding whatever the fuck it was she had been told to retrieve, Edy allowed her chest to steadily rise and fall. Despite the burns on her hands from the lightning-heat and the complete exhaustion of her muscles, Edy too grinned broadly. "Thanks." She gasped, running a hand across her forehead to try and dampen some of the sweat. "Nice thing about this fucking place though, we can be healed." Edy continued with a grin. The pretty healer had died, but there were others, so that was something. "Remind me to never borrow your jewellery without asking." Edy cackled happily, letting her fingers splay out in the grass. you and me been catching on like a wildfire
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