It's rude to laugh at a man with a sword, but hammers and lances-?

[rebull]

Who: The Summoner and Leo Valdez
When: Afternoon today.
Where: The Island
Style: Prose
Status: Closed.

The message was already sent out, time set, event known, Leo was the one who prompted the rematch anyway. Kid's probably gotten good even in this shorter amount of time, but Summoner's just excited to see him again and have a fun back and forth. Fighting against a hammer is pretty fun, but then again, he's always liked fighting against clubs too, and they're not terribly different.

Lysander's eyes are to the sky as he waits, same clearing that had stopped in that last time, with the cold fire pit and the small stumps and such used for seats. His lance isn't out yet and his wings are folded neatly behind him, just waiting for any signs of his soon to be company. As always, he has some communes open, "some", try hundreds, but when doesn't he? Eyes all over the island, eyes and ears and what have you, he'll see when Leo makes his way here but won't jump to action when he does. The breeze is too nice, and so is the cooler sun this planet seems to have.

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[rebull]

"Keep in mind, it's a uh, a bit more disciplined of a weapon. Less flailing which works well for a hammer or a club." Summoner slowly thrusts his lance out. It starts with- his hand held like a fist around the hilt- with his fingers facing the sky as they grip, and then he pushes his arm out and his arm turns. He ends up with his arm fully extended and the back of his hand facing up instead. He holds the pose.

"A fluid motion, sharp and fast."

[fundemetal]

Leo nods. "Yeah, I got it." Hammers worked best for him because of how easy they are to improvise with. And he's all about improvising. Discipline in fighting is something that Annabeth has been working on with him though, so he's pretty sure he'll be able to do a decent job with this. He thrusts the lance forward, trying to get the motion just right, but it's a little awkward. He pulls it back and tries it again. Repeating the step a few times until he gets it right and then he holds the pose.

[rebull]

"Try it slower, watch your arm." Summoner does it again, showing Leo how he turns his hand as his arm points out from him. He can kinda see why Leo prefers a hammer in how he moves. But learning new things can be fun. He'll call it quits if it ends up bothering Leo too much though.

"Hm-" Pauses, moves towards him and puts a hand on Leo's under arm, lifting the elbow a little.

"Try again, keeping your elbow in too close to your side'll make it feel awkward to turn your hand."

[fundemetal]

"Thanks." It was awkward holding his elbow out like that, but it did make it easier to properly thrust the lance forward. It would likely get easier with practice, but even after several thrusts, it wasn't coming naturally to him. He wasn't going to give up just yet though. He was too determined to see this through.

[rebull]

Yeah, looks like he's having a tough time. Summoner just smiles and pats him on the back.

"Why don't you just keep that lance, all right? Practice when you feel it. You got the strength to back it, just need a little more style." Wink.

[fundemetal]

"You sure it's fine for me to keep it?" Leo asked, lowering his arm and the lance.

[rebull]

"Sure, kid. I have a bunch of them anyway." Kinda need them, since subjugs tend to enjoy grabbing and throwing your weapons a lot, or just breaking them.

[fundemetal]

"Thanks." He opened one of the pockets on his tool belt and shoved the lance into it, watching as the whole thing got swallowed up in seconds.

[rebull]

That looks pretty neat, cooler than how a sylladex works anyway.

"So then-" Looks back up to him, his own lance resting on his shoulder.

"Hammer time?"

[fundemetal]

"Is this where I say 'U can't touch this?'" He laughs as he pulls one of his hammers out of the tool belt. Okay. He wasn't even sure if trolls were familiar with 90's rap sensation MC Hammer, but there was only one way to find out.

[rebull]

"Uh, sure." An awkward laugh. He doesn't get the ref... Bugs Bunny lash backs all over again, that rabbit was full of joke she didn't get.

[fundemetal]

"It's a song. Doesn't matter. Anyway, you ready?" Leo gets into a fighting stance.

[rebull]

"Ah, okay, heh, sorry. Yeah." Moves a few steps back, getting into a more offensive pose.

"Me first then? I do like takin' charge." Grin.

[fundemetal]

"I hadn't noticed." A cheek grin as he shifts to a more defensive position, carefully watching for Summoner to make a move.

[rebull]

Smiles wide, brows raising, just before he darts forward, swerves to the side, and makes an attack at Leo's left side.

[fundemetal]

The start of the swerve catches him off guard, but he manages to react in time, stepping forward and stopping the lance from hitting him with a block from his hammer.

[rebull]

He shoves at the hammer with his lance, trying to shove Leo back enough to open up the space between them again.

[fundemetal]

There's enough force behind the shove that Leo isn't able to advance. He takes a step back and readies himself for another attack.

[rebull]

Which he gets, an attack directed to his lower right side.

[fundemetal]

This one was easy to evade as he steps to the left then forward, swinging his hammer toward the end of the lance nearest Summoner's hand.

It seemed that Summoner was moving faster than he had the last time they fought, but Leo couldn't be sure. Either he had managed to get faster or he had been holding back more than he realized.

[rebull]

Hard to say, holding back maybe, or maybe he's been getting back into the groove of fighting since then too.

He's quick to tilt his hand to the side and step back and to the side, doding the heavy attack and moving to make another attack at Leo's side, this time his left.

[fundemetal]

Leo dodged the attack, but took notice of the pattern that seemed to be presenting itself. He stepped back putting distance between them again and returning to his usual defensive stance. The next attack could come to either side, but he expected an attack on the right. He was ready for whatever Summoner would throw at him next.

[rebull]

Good eye. Summoner would follow with a few of the same attacks and dodges and blocks, all fast, a playful speed though, nothing too aggressive. Eventually his attack to Leo's side for a piercing blow is false though, and he pulls away before Leo would even get a chance to block. His lance is then very quickly moved to swipe low, aiming to hit and push Leo's legs, get him down on one or both.

[fundemetal]

It's quite the workout keeping up with the attacks - blocking, evading, attempting a few of his own attacks. By time he goes to block that last blow, he's feeling a little winded. So when the direction suddenly swings from aiming at his torso down to his legs, he's caught off guard only managing to get one leg out of the way in time. Between that and thrusting his hammer to the ground for support it's enough to keep him from falling completely to his knees. His leg aches from where the lance hit it, but he can tell it's not broken.

"You don't let up ever, do you?" Leo asked as he reached up to wipe the sweat off his brow with his free hand.

[rebull]

"Would it be as fun if I did?" Smiles, offering him a hand.