17th Combo - [Video]

[redcladidealist]

There! I-

[Locked from Eridan]

-did it! Good. That'll keep him from listening in on this. Thanks, Genis. I owe you one.

[Yup, somebody begged his best friend to show him how to lock. That done, he turns his attention on the Dreamberry - and Somarium in general by extension. His expression is very serious, and perhaps a little chagrined.]

Hey, everyone. I... kind of need some help. I need to get stronger, so I need to train, but I also need help learning how to fight magic users. [He makes a face.] Especially magic users that can fly.

[No, he's not talking about anyone in specific. What makes you think that?]

Does anyone want to spar? Or have any advice?

Comments

[action]

[knightofchanges]

[...yeah that's. pretty sad, dude.

in fact, Ace doesn't even bother to try and block it. he just shifts slightly to evade and brings up his sword to lightly tap Lloyd's side with the side of his blade.]

Maybe we should work on how you actually hold and use the sword first, haha.

[action]

[redcladidealist]

[Lloyd winces at the tap, not so much in pain but at the fact that he'd been tapped at all, with the full knowledge that that could have been a lethal attack if this had been real. Still, it doesn't stop him from flushing defensively.]

H-hey, I know how to hold a sword. I was using them just fine when I was using two, right?

[action]

[knightofchanges]

[laughs.]

Well, yes.

[and Ace now moves so that he's standing next to Lloyd.]

Try holding it like this.

[and positioning himself so Lloyd can try and copy it.]

Since you're using one sword, you will need to change your stance since how you stand and wield the blade will be different.

[action]

[redcladidealist]

[That... makes sense. Lloyd looks at Ace, studying him, and yeah, he's standing a little different. The teen adjusts his own position a little bit to mirror the other man.]

...I'm going to have to learn to fight all over again, aren't I. Even the basics? If everything's a little different like this...

[Man, that's a depressing thought.]

[action]

[knightofchanges]

Not really. You already know how to hold and use a sword, which is already several levels than a beginner. You just need to train a bit so that you're at least comfortable handling one sword just long enough, not necessarily be a master.

[action]

[redcladidealist]

Would you be willing to spar with me a few more times, then? At least until I get the hang of it?

[action]

[knightofchanges]

I don't see why not. This is actually rather refreshing for me, too. Normally I just have to fight with people rather than try and teach.

[action]

[redcladidealist]

It is kind of fun to spar and not worry about whether or not you're going to be killed.

You wanna meet up at a regular time? Or just whenever we feel like it?

[action]

[knightofchanges]

Whatever works best for you. I'm not really doing anything in particular for a job, so I'm always free.

[action]

[redcladidealist]

Then how about once a week? I don't have a job either, but I've been thinking about getting one.

[action]

[knightofchanges]

That works.

[muses.] Hm. I wonder if I should consider help teaching.

[action]

[redcladidealist]

Help? Like what kind?

[action]

[knightofchanges]

Well I'm only good at swordfighting and camping, so really it would have to be one of those.

On the other hand, there may not be a big need for it.

[action]

[redcladidealist]

I've done lots of camping! [Lloyd grins.] In fact, before I got here, my friends and I were on a journey that took us all over the world. We had to camp a lot.

[action]

[knightofchanges]

Oh, a journey? For what reason?

[action]

[redcladidealist]

To save the world. [Yup, simple and matter of fact.] That's what it started out as, anyway. Then it changed to saving two worlds when we realized there was another one tied to Sylvarant.

[action]

[knightofchanges]

Two worlds? Really?

[action]

[redcladidealist]

Yeah. I guess you could think of it like how Somarium's connected to more than one world, only in my world it's just two worlds: Sylvarant and Tethe'alla. That's because they used to be one world that got split. We just have to figure out how to put them back together now.

[action]

[knightofchanges]

But if you put them back together, wouldn't you end up destroying them?

[thinking literally here.]

[action]

[redcladidealist]

Huh? What do you mean?

[action]

[knightofchanges]

Well you want to put the worlds back together right? Doesn't that mean they'll be one planet?

[action]

[redcladidealist]

Yeah...?

[He still doesn't get it.]

What does that have to do with destroying them?

[action]

[knightofchanges]

[laughs.]

Okay, imagine the two worlds as...my fists. [he's holding up his hands to sort of demonstrate, so pretend with him here, Lloyd!] Your world is my right, and the other world is my left.

If they're supposed to merge together...[and slowly bring his hands together before they bump into each other.] Wouldn't they explode upon contact? It's like slamming two giant rocks together, isn't it?

[action]

[redcladidealist]

[Lloyd watches Ace's hands and... wow, that's a disturbing thought.]

...I hadn't thought about it like that before. I always thought about it like... like if someone cut an amango in half, then put the two halves back together, or a puzzle someone pulled apart and used only half the pieces for each world. Once you put them back together, they'd still fit, though, right? It all used to be one world.

Re: [action]

[knightofchanges]

Honestly I have no idea. If the worlds fit into each other, that would certainly make things easier, I suppose.