basilio

[rippled]

nya

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[rippled]

This is the best thing to do when you wish to relieve some stress.

[berserketype]

... Fightin' people's good too. But like-- agreed on fightin', probably a safer option here.

[ hmm. ] That like-- sword fightin' motions? The swings and stuff without the impact?

[rippled]

I sparred with Uruha earlier.

[ they just still have some energy to spend. ]

... it is, yes. The more you practice the movements the more your muscles memorize them.

[berserketype]

[ oooh. he'd like to see that, ngl. ]

Oh. Muscle memory, but like... formal and official?

[rippled]

Yes. You have to do each stroke so often that doing them is the same as breathing.

[ they are Normal about this. ]

[berserketype]

[ …



he mimes making a very non-sword motion with one hand and frowns. ]

… I just do whatever makes me hit the hardest. But I ain’t throwing a sword around so.

[rippled]

Hehe, well, your weapon is also fine and gets the job done.

Swordsmanship is just like... a dance with your opponent, so if you misstep, you wreck the performance.

[berserketype]

[ thinks about the swordsmen he knows. ]

… Agility got a lot to do with it too?

[rippled]

[ they nod. ]

Wars have been won simply because one person moves more swiftly than the other.

[berserketype]

[ does saber think themselves equal to a eugief’s agility? ]

Yeah. Sounds like the kinda thing Heismay’d do. Stab ya before you knew he were there.

[rippled]

[ googles this. probably i cannot emphasize how cocky saber is. ]

That's a friend?

[berserketype]

[ thinks. ]

… I think so? One of Will’s team. Bloody good fighter too, fast as hell. Hulkenberg said somethin’ ‘bout him bein’ in the Shadowguard in the past.

[rippled]

[ well, they can understand the implications. ]

But you're not sure if you are friends.

[berserketype]

We're better than we were. He hated paripus for a long time. Had his reasons for it. Started turnin' 'em around a bit when someone copped him the truth without meanin' to.

[ a shrug. heismay and basilio remind me of gimli and legolas minus the gay and plus more future dad figure energy. y'know the "never thought i'd be standing here with an elf?" energy? that. ]

You been training in swords for a long time?