Selphie Gets Her Spar On!

[booyaka_boom]

Who: SELPHIE and a whole bunch of you dudes!
Where: Park!
When: Morning/Afternoon
Style: Whichever you love the most.
Status: OPEN!

Selphie had promised some sparring to a few different people in the new year. She felt like she was beginning to get lazy, or maybe she was just restless. Believe it or not, she was a fighter at heart, and her whole life had been devoted to fighting and war. Things lately had been quiet, slow, and she really needed to get back into the swing of things.

Speaking of swinging, Selphie was in the park, practising large sweeping swings with her nunchucks. Magic really drained her in Vatheon, so she stuck to some physical combat for the time being. She had plenty of friends who wished to spar with her, whether they wanted to do it for fun, or because they too felt the need to keep their skills going.

If you go down to the woods today, you're in for a Selphie surprise - up early, battling hard with the air around her, occasionally punishing the ground or an unfortunate plant or tree.

Comments

Hope you don't mind me crashing in!

[xtsundereprince]

[ Suffice to say life in Vatheon dulled him. After that little embarrassing bit with the confession curse, nothing really else picked at his brain. Despite the fact he'd moved in with Izaya, Laharl did prefer the park most days. Just somewhere he could hang around while waiting for-- what ho?

A large heavy buster-swordesque blade would probably catch one of those nunchucks in mid swing though, pushing it back before the prince straightened up and heaved the larger blade back over his shoulder. ]

Hey. Up for a little one-on-one?

Of course not! Open means YOU!

[booyaka_boom]

*Aha! A worthy opponent, eh? Selphie caught her nunchucks in steady hands, and looked with a bright smile towards Laharl*

I sure am!

*There was a bright grin on her face - oh yes, this was gonna be fun - and she held herself in her combat stance*

Whoo! \o/

[xtsundereprince]

[ Worthy indeed! Who else would be more worthy than the prince of the Netherworld! Albeit rather nerfed, of course. That smirk grows even wider as he shifted himself to a proper fighting stance.

Ah, man. It's been a while since he had a good fight! ]

Hope you know what you're in for 'coz I ain't gonna take it easy!

[ And with that he charges, leaping into the air and meaning to drive that sword right down where Selphie was standing. ]

<3!

[booyaka_boom]

*Selphie really just wanted to use magic. But she was forcing herself not to. Least not right away. So she made a swift move aside, giggling at the fun of it all, swinging a nunchuk to hit at him when he landed*

<33

[xtsundereprince]

[ That nunchuck would be deflected by the flat of the blade once more, set in motion as he rolled to the side upon landing. In one motion, the sword was once more brought into an arc right in front of the demon in hopes of catching the nunchuck and immobilizing the girl.

Again, that smirk. There was no denying he was enjoying this as much as she was. ]

aww man i suck at actions...

[booyaka_boom]

*The nunchuck was knocked by the time Selphie had tried to removed herself from harms way. She did a kind of awkward stumble, but managed to turn it into a sweep at his legs*

XD;; you're not doing so bad!

[xtsundereprince]

[ The sword is then used as leverage to avoid that sweep, Laharl driving it into the ground to propel himself a little higher and leap out of the way before pulling it back out and hoisting it back over his shoulder. ]

Heh. Not bad, Selphie.

definitely not an action/adventure writer here...

[booyaka_boom]

*Selphie finally drew herself back into standing, stretching out her nunchaku. She's laughing through the adrenaline too*

You're lucky I'm holding out on the magic.

*And yeah, she's just going to run at him to see what happens*

XD;; Don't worry, you're not alone.

[xtsundereprince]

Hey! No holding back!

[ But that smirk is challenging, if anything, as if trying to egg her on to use her magic. Sure, the city had taken away most of his more destructive capabilities but that didn't mean he didn't want to at least give a hundred and ten percent.

He stands his ground, however, waiting for her to approach before doing anything else. ]

heehee ^^;;

[booyaka_boom]

*Argh, but Selphie was determined to better her skills in other ways. But magic was really her strength, and she was so sure she wouldn't use it.

However, as she struck out hard with her nunchucks, there might have been a small blizzard spell cast too - oops*

[invoker]

Mitsuru normally walks around the park even when it's not a training day. Especially since today was rather pleasant, and it beat staying indoors. She enjoyed being able to walk around at her leisure, it was a change to being cooped up with work all the time.

She did notice that someone was training hard, striking one of the trees with a pair of nunchucks. Well this was new. Mitsuru settled back to watch.

[booyaka_boom]

Selphie's just... completely absorbed in what she's doing. She might be an absolute derp, and a bit of a clutz, but when it came to fighting she had precision and skill, and concentration too. She looks quite at home swirling and twirling with her weapon, until she spies the stranger and gives a bright wave.

[invoker]

"Impressive." said Mitsuru after she noticed that Selphie had waved at her. It was very rare to see fighters fight like that, and it was the kind of fighting trained from actual battle rather than just training and sparring. "I see that Vatheon has no shortage of fighters, should it ever come to it."

[booyaka_boom]

Selphie stopped what she was doing and gave the woman a rather bashful salute in return for the compliment. "Oh you bet! You should see how crazy skilled some of the people round here are - they can do everything!"

[lostzeal]

[Schala stand in the background watching. she was amazed at her skill in combat.]

I see your skilled in combat?

[booyaka_boom]

*Selphie paused in what she was doing, a little out of breath, and smiled towards the stranger*

Thanks! I try hard - it's kinda my job!

[echigo_wargod]

Kenshin was pleased to see Selphie was up early. Kenshin was accustomed to waking at the sunrise; he half expected to have to drag her out of bed. But she was determined, and that he liked.

He approached, his sword strapped over his shoulder. He held the sheath in his hand, however, as with Iaido, the sheath is as deadly as the sword itself. "Good morning."

[booyaka_boom]

Selphie was halfway through some kind of spin when she saw Kenshin, and it caused her to stumble to a stop, rather than be graceful about it.

"Morning!"

Of course, she smiled, and was pleased to see him. But she was super nervous too - was she actually going to do some sparring with a war lord?

[echigo_wargod]

He had no intention of killing her, of course, so he had an unsharpened blade instead of his usual katana. He also had very strict control over his actions, not a movement wasted.

He smiled back. Her balance was off, but it was rather cute.

[booyaka_boom]

Okay, Kenshin, Selphie was so so ready for him. At least, that's what she was telling herself. Retainer meant she had to be really good at this, and she had personal reasons for wanting to be good.

At once she snapped her nunchaku open wide and took a hardcore combat stance.

"Alright! I'm ready!"

[echigo_wargod]

Kenshin stood calmly, his right hand wrapped around the hilt of his sword, which was still sheathed. He watched her carefully, her movement, her stance, her weapon.

"Come at me."

[booyaka_boom]

Okay, Kenny, you asked for it. Selphie bowed her head, then went running hard at Kenshin, trying to judge when best to hit out hard with her nunchucks, and with a leg.

[echigo_wargod]

He watched her move for a moment, running as hard as she could. He didn't move, simply watched. Then as she moved to hit with her nunchucks, he withdrew his sword in a flash of light, moving to catch the nunchuck chain with the blade to stop the attack as he stepped clear of her movements.

[booyaka_boom]

Selphie stopped steadily in what she was doing, her eyes darting to Kenshin in alarm at how fast he was. She'd seen him in action before, so why did she think she could even try this?

It was time to try and lash out again!

[echigo_wargod]

He continued to watch her movements, calculating her next possible move. He had no intention of harming her, but that didn't mean he would let her hit him in the face with nunchucks. A slight shift on his sandals and he releases the sheath from his sash and uses it to guard against the swing of the nunchaku.