Svalin Thorsdottir (shield_maiden) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2012-10-07 21:38:00

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Practice (Open)
There was no such thing as too much practice in Svalin's mind which is exactly why she made it a point to practice as much as she could. Today she was working a difficult session in the practice room. The room was filled with trolls. They swarmed Svalin and it was all she could do to keep them back.

She yelled and took the head off of one, not pausing before moving on to the next.

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	olympian_elf 2012-10-08 09:42 pm UTC (link)
	"Quite true, quite true," he conceded. Who created this..system?" He asks, indicating the training center. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2012-10-08 09:54 pm UTC (link)
	"I doth believe it wast Mr. Stark," she said as her sword slipped under the club and went through the stomach of the troll. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	olympian_elf 2012-10-08 10:09 pm UTC (link)
	"I see. How do you determine what you face?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2012-10-08 10:18 pm UTC (link)
	"Pause!" Svalin yelled and the program froze. "Thou simply needs to tell it what thou wants. Wouldst thou care to try something?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	olympian_elf 2012-10-08 10:26 pm UTC (link)
	Kael seemed to stiffen a little. "It is..an uncomfortable memory..for the both of us." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2012-10-08 10:31 pm UTC (link)
	"What mayst it be?" Svalin asked. She had quite a few that could be classified as uncomfortable memories. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	olympian_elf 2012-10-08 10:37 pm UTC (link)
	Kael unconsciously rubbed his temple. "The Exemplars. I've been in battle before. I've bled, I've suffered, I've prepared for the possibility of death, but that..." He tries to mask his emotion. "they left me a shell in my own body. I..I was afraid." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2012-10-08 10:41 pm UTC (link)
	"Fear ist naught to be ashamed of," she said. "It ist something to be o'ercome and conquered." A pause. "But I doth understand. I feared I wouldst ne'er fight again when I lost my arm." "Load program. Exemplars." While it wasn't the exact ones they faced, there had been other Exemplars in the past. The trolls disappeared and eight Exemplars formed. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	olympian_elf 2012-10-08 10:44 pm UTC (link)
	Kael looks at the eight figures and inadvertently swallows. "All 8? I can appreciate your estimation of our skills but that..is excessive." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

dashingly
2012-10-08 10:53 pm UTC (link)

Brandr walked in, in full warrior gear (though not his Crimson Hawk one) and stopped. "I apologize milady. I wast told this wast the way to the training room but I wast not informed it wast occupied." He stares openly curious at the Exemplars. How did this place work? Did they invite opponents from afar to spar? Surely someone would have informed him of this, it meant more to watch out for to protect the lady and the young lord.

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	shield_maiden 2012-10-08 10:56 pm UTC (link)
	Svalin smiled. "Worry not Brandr, we welcome company." She turned to Kael. "Pick what you want and we wilt remove the others." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	olympian_elf 2012-10-08 11:04 pm UTC (link)
	Kael nods before looking warily at the faux-Exemplars. He studies them until he finds two that look eerily similar to those that brought him down. "Carnivore and Stonecutter," he replied, trying to maintain stoicism. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2012-10-08 11:09 pm UTC (link)
	Svalin nodded. "I wilt take Decay," Svalin said. "Brandr, wouldst thou like an opponent, or help us?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dashingly 2012-10-08 11:12 pm UTC (link)
	"Yes of course, but...how does this...training area work? I didst not know you invited such opponents on a regular basis." Or this was sorcery, a subject which had never been his interest. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	olympian_elf 2012-10-08 11:18 pm UTC (link)
	"They are not real, but copies made from human technology," Kael explained. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2012-10-08 11:19 pm UTC (link)
	Svalin nodded. "They art called holograms, but they wilt hurt as much as a real opponent." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

dashingly
2012-10-08 11:26 pm UTC (link)

Brandr shrugs and doesn't ask about how this works anymore because clearly he wouldn't understand. He takes off his furred cloak and goes to join them. "Art these ones a great challenge?" If so that slight smile on his face is just going to grow wider. He likes the idea of this. A variety of powerful opponents you can choose from and switch out to heart's content? Perfect.

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	olympian_elf 2012-10-08 11:28 pm UTC (link)
	Kael's face takes an even darker countenance. "More than you know," he replies coldly, seemingly unwilling to elaborate. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2012-10-08 11:29 pm UTC (link)
	"They wert a ver' difficult enemy," Svalin said and unconsciously touched her right arm. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dashingly 2012-10-08 11:39 pm UTC (link)
	He notes their reactions to these enemies and takes it as a tough battle gone bad. But those happened to the best of them. So Brandr simply draws his sword and spins it casually. "Understood. Which ones have thee claimed as opponents? I shalt deal with the remainder." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

olympian_elf
2012-10-08 11:46 pm UTC (link)

"Do not take them lightly," Kael snapped at Brandr! "This is what I meant that day in the kitchen. Just because they are born of Midgard, do not overestimate their power! I was felled by just two of them! And you would presume to fight five!"

Kael got in his face. "You presume to protect Lady Vernique and Prince Solver when this is the caliber of enemy we face!? You need to be educated and quickly."

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dashingly
2012-10-09 12:21 am UTC (link)

Brandr just stands his ground and looks Kael in the eye, clearly waiting out the elf's anger. "As I recall Lady Svalin saying, she shalt remove the opponents beyond those which are deemed to be for this fight," he says with practiced calm.

"Do not be so angered. The way one fights in training and on duty can not be the same. I would not fight these opponents in the same way should the lady or young lord be present, as my priorities would differ. Training ist to learn and to test oneself. There ist little reason to be so grim during it, though mayhap this is simply the difference in our approaches."

He does not trust the elf as of yet, but everyone has vouched for him so Brandr decides not to show the mistrust outright. Clearly there was a personal element to this he was unaware of, but he would not back down in front of another warrior getting in his face, friend of Lady Svalin or not.

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	olympian_elf 2012-10-09 12:31 am UTC (link)
	Kael takes a few calming breaths, attempting to rein in his anger. "If you cannot take these copies seriously than the real ones will tear you apart." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dashingly 2012-10-09 12:40 am UTC (link)
	"I take all mine opponents seriously. But this doth not mean I must enter all mine battles so sour." Did the elf not have any enjoyment of battle? Or did he enter all his fights with such a grim expression. Perhaps Hogun the Grim had competition for the title. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	olympian_elf 2012-10-09 12:47 am UTC (link)
	"Then perhaps you would like to face the two that nearly ended my life alone?" Kael stood away from where the faux-Carnivore and Rockcutter stood. "If you can do that and still maintain your sunny disposition I'll leave the issue alone." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)