Svalin Thorsdottir (shield_maiden) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2013-03-06 20:27:00

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brandr, cosmopolitan, halbjorn, kael, svalin

Moving Meditation (Hal)
When Svalin needed to think she headed to the training room. Smashing and killing things, in a sense, helped her clear her mind. When she was fighting things she blocked everything else out and focused on the task in front of her.

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	shield_maiden 2013-03-20 05:16 pm UTC (link)
	Svalin shook her head. "Nay. I art seeing to mine duties and responsibilities as I wast raised. I doth not understand why others doth think I art unhappy. I art with the people I love and doth enjoy what I do. Whether it be fighting evil here on Migard or Asgard's enemies. I art not unhappy." "And I love thee brother," she said. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	stone_bear 2013-03-21 01:31 pm UTC (link)
	"And I thee. But we think thee unhappy, because thou hast grown more and more grim and angry o'er the months. E'en father and grandfather find time for some drinks. Tis not some casual imagining." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2013-03-21 05:54 pm UTC (link)
	"I art not unhappy," she said. "I art more focused on mine duties and responsibilities and it doth not maketh me unhappy. We all hath different things that doth maketh us happy. For thee it ist battle, drink and wenches. For me it ist doing mine duties and spending time with mine family. I doth spend time with them each day." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

stone_bear
2013-03-21 07:19 pm UTC (link)

"Thou hast a'ready said that. Thou'rt not happy. Thou hath been repeatedly short tempered with thine wife, denying e'en small things which once made thee happy. And now thou'rt lying to me, or mayhap to thineself. Think carefully on if thou truly wish to keep telling me thou'rt happy when tis clear that thou'rt otherwise. There ist focus... and there ist driving thineself into madness."

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	shield_maiden 2013-03-21 08:12 pm UTC (link)
	"I art not lying," she said and her hand went to her sword. Svalin didn't lie. Lies hurt or worse, got people killed. Even when they were kids and got caught doing something they shouldn't had been doing, she never lied. She always told the truth and didn't do well when people accused her of lying. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	stone_bear 2013-03-21 09:41 pm UTC (link)
	Any other time, any other person, going for a blade would produce bad results. Hal smiles. "Then simply deceiving thyself. But aye, not lying. Very well then - another sport. We wilt spar... with live steel. But permit me to propose a wager." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2013-03-21 10:13 pm UTC (link)
	"Speak thy wager," she said. Her hand didn't leave her sword. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

stone_bear
2013-03-21 10:29 pm UTC (link)

"Thine blade and mine, to clash once each turn of the moon. Those months that thou dost win, thou mayst attend to duty as thou wishesth, without further word or bother from me. Those months that I doth win, thou wilt take reasonable entertainment for but one night a month. Thine wife canst see to detail, but thou must needs, in accordance with the wager, make full attempt to enjoy thineself in company, of either thine wife, or other. Hath we a deal?"

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	shield_maiden 2013-03-21 10:39 pm UTC (link)
	Svalin shook her head. "Nay. Mine wife wilt not appreciate such sparring each month." Sparring with her brother usually meant bruises, broken bones or worse and her wife did not look upon such well. "We wilt spar but once," she said. "If thou doth win I wilt take reasonable entertainment one night a month. If I doth win, I wilt do as I please." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	stone_bear 2013-03-21 10:53 pm UTC (link)
	"Very well. One match, for all the stakes. Thy terms?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2013-03-21 11:00 pm UTC (link)
	"We fight until one yields or one can no longer fight. Those art mine terms." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	stone_bear 2013-03-21 11:36 pm UTC (link)
	He nods, reaching for his axe. "So be't." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2013-03-21 11:42 pm UTC (link)
	Svalin drew her sword and took two steps back. Hal was bigger and stronger, but Svalin had speed and tactics going for her. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	stone_bear 2013-03-21 11:54 pm UTC (link)
	Every other time they've sparred, it was for the purpose of sparring. Those times, he marshals his patience and focuses on tactics. This time, they're fighting for a bet, and thus fighting, for real. He doesn't hold back, coming at her with a fierce axe sweep. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2013-03-22 12:04 am UTC (link)
	Svalin had expected the charge and attack. Her sword shifted to staff and came to meet the swing of the axe. The two weapons met and she used all of her strength to keep axe from finding flesh. While they were momentarily at a still, she aimed a foot at his knee. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	stone_bear 2013-03-22 12:12 am UTC (link)
	He takes the kick, leg starting to go out from under him. He pushes off with the other foot, with their weapons locked, trying to tackle her with momentum still behind him. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2013-03-22 12:17 am UTC (link)
	Svalin knew she would fall and she grabbed the handle of his axe with a hand. As she fell she pulled on the handle and moved to put feet under him. She released the axe and moved to push him over her with legs. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	stone_bear 2013-03-22 12:23 am UTC (link)
	He's flipped over her, skidding along the stone after hitting the ground with a heavy thud. He's already turning, getting back to his feet, a grin on his face. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2013-03-22 12:26 am UTC (link)
	Svalin scrambled to her feet and turned to face him. Sword at the ready. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	stone_bear 2013-03-22 12:35 am UTC (link)
	He comes at her again, raising the axe, bringing it down hard, lowering his shoulder, trying to drive her back, force her out of her stance if nothing else. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2013-03-22 12:37 am UTC (link)
	Sword shifted to staff and Svalin waited for the charge. At the last second she spun to the side and tried to use the staff to trip him up. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	stone_bear 2013-03-22 12:42 am UTC (link)
	He trips, crashing into the training room wall, cracking the stone with the impact. At least it serves to help him balance again. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2013-03-22 12:31 pm UTC (link)
	Svalin spun around on her heel to face him. Leaving a back exposed to an enemy for more than a second was a dangerous thing. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	stone_bear 2013-03-22 01:54 pm UTC (link)
	He's less cautious than usual in their duels, indeed, fighting more like he would a proper enemy - starting with the fact he's not talking. He comes back at her, swinging low with the axe, freeing an off-hand mid-swing to backhand towards her face if she blocks low. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2013-03-22 02:04 pm UTC (link)
	Svalin did block low and his hand caught her face. White hot pain spiked and her head whipped back. She stumbled back a few steps and shook her head to clear the pain. She growled and charged at him. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

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