Training to fight the demons in the dark
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Wessex Theskyra
the Wraith
General of the Hollowed Grounds

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#1
dont know where the lights are taking us
but something in the night is dangerous
Call it tension.

Call it frustration.

Call it whatever the fuck you want to call it, but Wessex needs to de-stress.

If she were inclined to have muscle knots, she would say that there’s no wonder people in high stress situations often have personal masseuses, or take wildly extravagant vacations. Neither of these luxuries are options for a Hallowed Grounds-bound (only of her own promises and natural barriers - let them rage) woman who doesn’t have the neural system responsible for such physical pain. Her body may feel fully functional and at the top of its game thanks to all the Deepfrost darkness, but her mind needs to get rid of all that toxic waste.

But this age-old ritual of parrying, striking, and letting her mind shut up while her body does the talking is home. It feels like coming home, even when she’s living in a house bigger than four of her little shacks put together.

Her bowstring is waxed and arrows are fletched. Sword blade whetted and strengthened. A ring of torches put out, to invite any non-Ascended into the wintry night, if they were brave enough to face the cold wind and flickering shadows. She’s not the Queen right now, she’s the Wraith, and this another night she won’t can't let go to waste.
Remi Taliesin
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#2
REMI

time makes you bolder
The alchemist too needed to get outside of his mind for a little while. Normally that didn't mean sparring, but he was full of mistakes as of late—why not take on the queen? Luckily, Remi had plenty of experience ignoring royal titles (he was married to the king after all), and so it was with an easy smile that the alchemist approached the Wraith.

"You know, Ronin built an entire training arena. He might be a little sad to know you still prefer training out here." The alchemist called, his voice buoyant and bright even through the snowy air.

"Care for a partner? I am not very well rounded, but as an animal I can be quite hard to hit if you would like to work on your aim. Or...?" Holding up his hands, vines appeared and began to snake outwards as if meaning to grasp at the queen.
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Wessex Theskyra
the Wraith
General of the Hollowed Grounds

Age: 47 | Height: 5'8'' | Race: Demi-god | Nationality: Natural | Citizenship: Hollowed Grounds
Level: 12 - Strg: 61 - Dext: 60 - Endr: 61 - Luck: 58 - Int: 2
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#3
dont know where the lights are taking us
but something in the night is dangerous
“And I’ve used it,” The Wraith quips back, raising an eyebrow. He’s probably never seen her training, because it’s always been at night. “But it’s so… civilized. A girl has to get back to her roots every once in a while.” Fight a little dirty, fight without worrying if someone is going to hold a grudge for a broken nose later: there’d been an unspoken bond amongst her peers. No weapons that could kill. Don’t hold back, but don’t be stupid. It’s ok to tap out, you’ll only be called a wuss for a week or two.

At least she doesn’t have to talk anymore, giving her assent with a wicked little smile and a glimmer of fang. Yes. She’s been wanting an Attuned partner for awhile, and she’s seen what Remi can do. Neither of them need to coddle each other.Yes, she nods again, all of that. Her toys lay on the edge of the circle, abandoned for now. She crouches low, hands in front her face, ready for whatever he can proverbially throw at her (she’s never seen Manti-Remi, though, she that’ll be a fun! surprise).

The vines come quickly so she releases her talons trying to slice and dice them as they come for her.
Remi Taliesin
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#4
REMI

time makes you bolder
The alchemist grins, but not out of confidence. Oh no, he doesn't believe he stands a hope against Wessex. Remi is the perfect example of what happens when power is given to someone with absolutely no interest or skill in wielding it. The queen could trump him with her hands tied behind her back probably, unless he was in his manticore form. Even then, she was likely clever enough to figure out a way to use his mythical shape against him.

As the vines were easily sliced through, Remi raised a brow seeing the metal shining in the dim light, boyishly delight colouring his face and nearly making him call a halt to their training to study the strange ascended features. "Fascinating." He called out, before conjuring five large boulders in his hands. Using a mixture of strength as well as telekinesis, he tried to lob them in an array such that the queen hopefully wouldn't simply be able to just dart one way or another to avoid them.
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Wessex Theskyra
the Wraith
General of the Hollowed Grounds

Age: 47 | Height: 5'8'' | Race: Demi-god | Nationality: Natural | Citizenship: Hollowed Grounds
Level: 12 - Strg: 61 - Dext: 60 - Endr: 61 - Luck: 58 - Int: 2
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#5
dont know where the lights are taking us
but something in the night is dangerous
Wait. There’s something different about him now.

While she’s mostly focused on his attacks, his arched brow and comment ping a little something inside Wessex. How does he know what she’s ‘doing.’ And if he can still see in that funny blind way, why is it all of a sudden fascinating?

“Remi…?” Wessex responds, once the vines disappear and the boulders start to form. She’s cut off before she can say anything else, though, as the five come at her and she manages to duck, roll, and slide past three of them, the fourth goes astray, but the fifth manages to hit her in the hip, sending her jerking back. There’s no sound of pain, of course, but she does manage a vocalization of frustration and sends out a sharp bio-pulse towards the man. He may be too far away to feel much of anything, but a small retaliation does wonders for her sense of perfectionism. That, and she's not trying to punish him for helping her train.  

“There’s something different about you.” She can’t figure out what it is right now. But give her time after this spar and she just might get it.
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#6
REMI

time makes you bolder
Knowing that he cannot hurt the queen, or at least, not in a way that will cause her pain or lasting damage, the alchemist can't help but feel a sliver of pride at having made contact, even if his accuracy was only 20%. For the bumbling alchemist, that's still pretty good. Perhaps it is because he has always been rather susceptible to magic that as her bio-pulse streaks invisibly outwards, Remi feels a wave of nausea come over him. Clenching his teeth together and resisting the urge to gag, he finds himself on one knee with his hand against his stomach trying to ignore the rising crests of cold disorientation wafting ever higher.

Glancing up with a curious expression, Remi narrows his eyes for a moment. "I cannot tell if that is an insult, a compliment, or something meant to distract me from what you are about to do next." He chimed with boyish honesty, slowly standing.
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Wessex Theskyra
the Wraith
General of the Hollowed Grounds

Age: 47 | Height: 5'8'' | Race: Demi-god | Nationality: Natural | Citizenship: Hollowed Grounds
Level: 12 - Strg: 61 - Dext: 60 - Endr: 61 - Luck: 58 - Int: 2
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#7
dont know where the lights are taking us
but something in the night is dangerous
“Or none of the above,” Wessex counters with a chuckle. “I don’t think you’ve ever said something about me was ‘fascinating’” Which isn’t to say that he doesn’t think it’s true, it’s just that he’s been blind and then they weren’t always on the same page, and well… a notable comment is a notable comment. Her claws slide back into her knuckles as the Wraith takes a moment before diving back in again.

Rather than take up sharp things against the alchemist, Wessex grins and suddenly starts toward him, aiming to turn the springt into a slide at the last moment and (ideally) take his feet out from under him, or at least set him off balance.When she sends herself to the ground, she reaches up with her upper hand to  grab on to something - a piece of clothing, a hand, a sleeve, <>whatever, and pull him down to the ground. There’s no plan for what happens  next: just play it by ear.
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#8
REMI

time makes you bolder
"I wonder why that is, during all of our lengthy conversations." He drawls back with a boyish smirk. The queen is true though; Remi likely hasn't said a single personal comment about her during their entire tenure as strange but mostly-pleasant acquaintances.

As she runs at him, the alchemist braces for...well. Almost nothing, really. No trained fighter, his senses are slow to react. Wings sprout from his shoulder blades as the instinct to fly flares through his entire system. However as the queen suddenly lowers, her feet knocking his out from beneath him, he finds himself falling towards the snowy ground, and subsequently the queen as well as she grabs a bit of his coat.

With a grunt as he strikes the ground, Remi reaches out with his earthen magic, trying to envelope the Wraith like a burrito in a wrap of soil and stone.
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Wessex Theskyra
the Wraith
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Age: 47 | Height: 5'8'' | Race: Demi-god | Nationality: Natural | Citizenship: Hollowed Grounds
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#9
dont know where the lights are taking us
but something in the night is dangerous
Wessex snort-chuckles, cause it’s wonderfully blunt and coy at the same time. “Know what sucks most about being Queen? All the talking I have to do.” she retorts, hoping he can feel the implied eye roll in her tone.

Which is why she loves to fight. You don’t have to talk. You don’t have to say anything - in fact, you probably shouldn’t, because it means your focus is elsewhere, and that means you’re vulnerable. The Wraith relies on her gut, on the feelings that she gets about a person - there are inherent problems in experiencing the world that way, but it works for the Ascended. Talking just… leads to lies. Actions speak louder than words. Always have, always will.

Which is why she’s surprised no one’s called her out on some shit. And is equally surprised that she’s managed to keep it so well hidden.

Remi’s wings take her by surprise, a soft gasp or otherwise uncharacteristic sound escaping as she sees the flash, feels the lift, and then is successful and brings the alchemist down with her. Instinct tells her to keep him close, so she continues to try and pull the man into her, trying to bring him into a weird (for both of them, probably) embrace against her chest even as the earth closes up around her. She can’t stop it - but at least she knows she won’t suffocate inside.
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#10
REMI

time makes you bolder
"Oh? Ronin always tells me it's how ugly the crown is." The alchemist quipped back, finding this surprising banter with Wessex incredibly pleasing.

Well, it's certainly strange to be pressed against the Wraith in such a bizarrely intimate position. Luckily, there are a plethora of reasons why the alchemist's mind doesn't stoop anywhere near the gutter. Instead, he decided to specifically see if his strength could actually out do hers. He knew with the time of day the odds weren't in his favour, but he also knew how strong he'd become recently. If anyone was going to give him a run for his money and not hold their punches, it'd be the queen.

And so, letting the earth fall around, Remi tried to reach up and grab the queen's wrists, doing his best to capture her legs tightly between his own. If and how long he'd be able to pin her though, was anyone's guess.
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Wessex Theskyra
the Wraith
General of the Hollowed Grounds

Age: 47 | Height: 5'8'' | Race: Demi-god | Nationality: Natural | Citizenship: Hollowed Grounds
Level: 12 - Strg: 61 - Dext: 60 - Endr: 61 - Luck: 58 - Int: 2
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#11
dont know where the lights are taking us
but something in the night is dangerous
"On second thought, it's probably the death threats you get," she says quietly in that weird hold - which was really just to see if Remi would continue to burrito her up in Earth if it meant closing himself in, too. It's a poor joke, but one that each monarch can relate to, either abstractly or directly. And well, some things have to be made light of, otherwise they'll drown in the despair of it all.

It looks like Remi is well equipped to protect his husband, though, as Wessex finds herself straining against the man, struggling to hold him tightly. And yes, perhaps more quickly than she would like to admit, she is pinned. Wessex is growling (in a non threatening way, merely with effort), hell bent on doing her normal wrecking ball thing until she decides it's easier to suddenly go limp, to see if she can catch him off balance. And if she can, she she quickly pushes off the ground with her feet, bucking her hips up, trying to get them high enough to send Remi flying over her shoulder.
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#12
REMI

time makes you bolder
"I think he has given, more than he has received." Remi muttered with a dark chuckle; Ronin being blighted and all that.

No soldier is the alchemist, as Wessex goes limp beneath him, indeed his body is unsure what to do. Without the strain he pitches forward slightly, making him all the more susceptible to thrust of her lower half. Which again, might have been far more awkward a tactic were the two not completely incompatible in oh so many ways. With wings splayed from his sides the alchemist lands with a dull thud in the snow, laughing up at the overcast sky.

"If only I could store that and put it in an amulet for LongNight." He muses, groaning slightly.
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Wessex Theskyra
the Wraith
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#13
dont know where the lights are taking us
but something in the night is dangerous
At least he's laughing, which makes Wessex smile and also let's her know she hasn't hurt him too much. That was never the goal.

The warrior rolls on to her stomach, then to her hands and knees, and finally sits back with a look to the now winged Remi. Huh. "Likewise. Are those new too?" she asks with a questioning look. The man is literally full of surprises. Like, all the time.  It wasn't what she meant when she'd said there was something different about the alchemist, but while they're both somewhat lying on the ground…

The restless energy isn't fully gone, but this has taken the edge off. The Wraith looks down at the ground around her and sighs, ever so softly. She kind of misses having the time to do this, drawing the fighting portion of this evening to a close. "This was fun, Remi. Thanks."
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#14
REMI

time makes you bolder
"Oh..yes, I suppose. I can.." Bashfulness steals over him for a moment as he flushes. "..become a manticore now. Or at least that is what Loren calls it." Perhaps the ascended will have heard of the word, unlike the sheltered alchemist. "The wings in that form aren't attached to what are now my arms, so I can use them differently." He explains with an awkward shrug.

"Agreed." He says with a smile. "Sorry I was not a better training partner." Remi adds with a boyish grin, before he sits up. "While you are here, I made a few things for LongNight I think might help. Ways of communicating back and forth, and also a few amulets to store magic in. Given how thin Loren is, I am not sure how many bites-per-day he will have in him, so hopefully the amulets offset that."
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