Scuffles

Kristin chuckled "So you're little for a bee? How big do you get?" as she looked the giant creature over. Geez she's already as big as a bus. I guess that's the bee equivalent of a teenager? Pretty amazing stuff right there. "It's OK!" she started to reply, but then jumped back a step with another startled yelp as Super-bee breathed a gout of flame onto her own forelegs. "OK wow. I agree with you on the cold!" she chuckled as she folded her arms across her chest and rubbed her upper arms. "It's nowhere near this cold where I'm from! I'm totally going to have to buy a spare heater for my room.." Correction. My roommate is a giant teenage firebreathing bee.

Kristin coughed "Thanks.." as she let Etain pull her back to her feet and leaned on the other girl's shoulder for a few seconds as she caught her breath properly. "Messier for sure." She chuckled. "And probably a little more dramatic unless you have some of that healing magic you mentioned earlier in your bag of tricks!" She rubbed throat again as Etain stowed the practice weapons away, then replied "Sure, something sugary and cold would go down pretty nice right now. And I might try to find some ice as well. I don't want to sound quite this croaky when I call my mum later, she'll freak out!". Still on slightly shaky legs she grabbed her gear and headed back over towards Etain with her gym bag slung over her shoulder. "Lead the way! You don't want to follow me, we could end up anywhere!"

Kristin missed most of the lesson. She flinched as the staff flicked towards her face and raised her guard instinctively, only to completely miss the reversal and take a solid whack to the throat from the opposite end of the staff. Already off balance she sprawled backwards with a choked cry, landing on her butt on the mats. Unable to breathe for a panicked moment she rolled to the side and dropped her weapon as she clutched at her throat. A moment later however, she managed to get a breath into her lungs and struggled back into sitting position. Obviously a little bit distressed and still struggling to breathe she croaked "Ow, nice one!", but despite the pain she still managed to give Etain a wry grin. "See now I'm glad we're not training with the real stabbing.."

Rolled a 3 for a total of 10. Which if I'm right would be staggered and dazed. And probably ends a fight if we're playing nice?

Kristin recognized the attack, having seen it just a few minutes ago. That wasn't enough to do anything about it though, as her parrying staff missed by a couple of inches. The blow was lessened by her telekinetic shielding, but still snapped up under her chin with enough force to shut her jaw with a surprisingly loud crack. The younger girl reeled backwards a step as her head snapped back, seeing stars for a second before she shook her head clear. A fierce grin lit up her face as she tasted blood in her mouth. Almost completely unphased she stepped back in and lashed out with a straight stabbing attack, the butt of her staff missing Etain's chest by a couple of inches as the nimble girl easily dodged aside. "You have to teach me that one!" she grinned, "I see it coming and I still can't get out of the way! And remind me to bring a mouthpiece next time. I like my teeth!"

18, so missed by 2. That'd be "bruised" right? Attack with a 15. She'd be doing pretty ok against someone not quite so out of her league!

Kristin's smile widened as she actually managed to avoid a blow completely, with her feet moving smoothly about the mats as she skittered sideways. "Blood is a little over the top for practice!" she replied, her voice a little strained with the effort of another counter attack. Her grip shifted on her staff a little as she tried to loop her weapon over the top of Etain's only to be met again with a solid parry. "Of course I'd like you to not break any bones either.." she laughed as she brought her weapon back to a defensive position. "Being able to walk back to my room when we're finished here is preferable OK?"

I really wanted this one to be a 20. But it wasn't.

Kristin's attempt to evade the blow was once again in vain as Etain's harder swing punched through her telekinetic barrier, but a twist of her shoulder was enough to turn it into a glancing impact. "I'm going to try to make you work for it at least!" she laughed as she sized Etain up once more and then stepped forwards onto the attack. As Etain's staff spun, Kristin switched her grip into one more natural for a bat than a staff, and leveled a hard two-handed swing at her opponent's hip. A resounding "Thwack!" echoed around the gym as Etain met the blow with a solid parry. "Hey I actually made you block one!"

Glow rolls a 15 for a total of 23 and makes her toughness save. Rolls 18 on her attack roll which is getting much better but still misses.

Kristin's eyes widened as Etain's lunge caught her off guard. Her feet had only just started to shift as the attack flashed past her staff far too quickly to block... then stopped cold about an inch in front of her undefended stomach with an audible thunk and a little flash of green light. A grin spread on her face at that little success as she got her feet moving, then snapped her staff down on top of Etain's in an attempt to keep it out of position. A moment later her counterattack whipped out towards the older girl's head but missed yet again as Etain nimbly swayed aside.

No toughness roll here because of impervious force field stuff. Kristin misses, but it was a slightly better effort this time.

"Did you not regenerate the same as them?" Kristin asked curiously. "That sounds a heck of a lot more dangerous to you than it would to them! Still, healing magic like you said I guess?" She tapped her staff on the mats again as she looked Etain up and down. "You want me to hit you for real?" She asked, then chuckled "well, Try to hit you for real is probably a better way to put it!" After a moments thought she shook her head. "I wouldn't want to do that unless you were going to hit me back too. I know I'm not very likely that I'm actually going to hurt you even a little bit but I'd feel bad trying if I know I'm not going to get whacked back!" The air in front of her shimmered green for a moment. "And besides, I can maybe use my telekinesis to block a little bit. It'd be good practice and I might even stay standing past like 5 seconds!"

"Well going to sleep is just a boring way for a fight to end!" Kristin laughed. "I had that happen in Judo once though. Guy choked me. It had a little bit of pain as well as the going to sleep. I got the worst lecture for not tapping out too!" The next part shocked her more than a little. "Wait wait wait. You spar full-contact with bladed weapons and hammers? With stabbing and everything? Isn't that a little dangerous even with healing magic? Wait. Healing magic? Cool. But stabbing? What if someone gets a sword in the heart or something, isn't that a little bit.. well, fatal?". They have teenagers train full contact with blades..? wow. The whole idea was equal parts horrifying and intriguing. "That has to be most amazing thing I've ever heard" She decided. "But I bet it gives you incentive to learn fast if your opponent is really trying to stab you. I always learned fastest in Judo when I sparred with people who would really choke me out if I messed up!"

Kristin saw the end of Etain's Bo staff as it flashed up at her face, but even her best effort to dodge wasn't good enough, her head reflexively snapping back a little at the light tap under her chin. She reeled backwards another step as Etain completed the swing and the butt of the staff whooshed past the tip of Kristin's nose. As she regained her balance Kristin danced back out of reach for a moment then tilted her head to the side a little as she asked "Surely the staff is a little to long to wield properly with one hand?" she asked as she experimentally tried it herself. With a shrug she looked back at Etain and grinned. "You're really really good. So far out of my league that it's pretty funny! If we really went at it I'm pretty sure I'd be on the floor before I could even blink!" "I think I really had to fight you I'd pretty much just have to try to grab you with my Telekinesis and hold on tight. Until I ended up on the floor anyway!"

Kristin stumbled forwards off balance as Etain trapped her staff neatly, and didn't even see the attack coming before it tapped lightly against her head in what she recognized as an obvious fight-ender. She paused there for a second and winced "Where did that come from? I didn't even see you set it up!" before she pulled back and yanked her own staff free. With a pivot on her left foot she swung her weapon in a low arc, hoping to catch Etain off guard. It didn't work, and her more skilled opponent easily stepped over the obviously telegraphed attack.

Here is wondering if Glow will roll higher than a 10 ever?

The twin attack from Etain was too quick for Kristin to follow. The first looping attack knocked her staff up high and would have left her entire midsection open for attack. As she desperately tried to bring her weapon back into position Etain's switch rapped her painfully on the knuckles. With a yelp Kristin reset her defenses and stepped forwards again, then stopped briefly her head cocked to the side as she asked "I signal them how?" Another step brought her back into range, and she once again swung at her opponents hand, paying more attention to her own movements than her target. The swing barely troubled Etain, and didn't even make contact with her staff, let alone her hand.

Glow misses by even more!

Kristin adjusted her grip as Etain counterattacked and slid her hands further apart, pivoting on her front foot as she caught the return blow near the center with a nicely timed block. With a step to her right she adjusted the angle and swung with the low end of the staff, the shot aimed at the fingers of Etain's left hand. Her attack didn't even come close to the mark as Etain simply swayed out of the way. As she hurriedly tried to retract her weapon and reset to avoid a possible counter attack, she laughed "Oh a little rough just makes it more fun!"

This would be another miss.

Kristin stepped out onto the mats opposite Etain and giggled "I have a sneaking suspicion you're probably going to be pretty hard to hit.." as she lifted her staff in both hands and gave it another experimental swing. She settled into a comfortable fighting stance and stepped into range, then brought the staff up to a ready position. She paused to ask "how hard do you want to go then? Proper sparring or a bit of play?" before thrusting the end of it at the other girl's chest in a rather half-hearted attack.

Initiative for Glow And an impossible attack roll..

Kristin's head snapped up and to her left as the sun was blotted out momentarily by a very large swooping object and a green glow raised around her as telekinetic barrier snapped into life with barely a coherent thought. She sidestepped frantically as she got a good look at the ... Really? Huh my roommate is a giant bee. she thought as she recovered her balance and composure, then straightened and put her hands on her hips, letting the barrier of air around her slowly fade away. "Super-Bee I presume?" She asked the hovering insect dryly as a grin lit up her face. "You shouldn't swoop on the new kid like that! I nearly had a heart attack! But yes, I'm the new kid from Australia. Kristin. Nice to meet you! I'm pretty sure we're roommates, although I'm also pretty sure you're not going to fit in the other bed!

Glow nodded as she looked at the staffs Etain had selected, and used her telekinesis to float one of them over to her. She stepped far enough away from Etain to be safe and then took it in her hands for a few experimental swings. She certainly didn't look like an expert with the weapon, but seemed comfortable enough as it whooshed through the air a few times. "These seem about right, I could see myself using one of these!" she said as she held the staff out in front of her with both hands, then gave it a slightly awkward experimental twirl. "Have you trained with a staff before?" She asked Etain as she let go with one hand and let one end of the staff drop to the floor so that she could lean on it. "I'm guessing it's a good way to collect a few nasty whacks!" Nasty whacks or not, Kristin still had a grin on her face, obviously enthusiastic about the idea of learning a little about staff-fighting.