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All right.

[Draws his own and gives a bow.]

[Tybalt gives a slight bow of his own, giving his sword an easy, one-handed flourish to the side before bringing it to his front. He waits a half a step for his opponent, a grin touching his expression]

I'll be insulted if you hold back, so don't expect that I will.

[And with that, he makes a first lunge and a sweep forward, testing his opponents reflexes.]

[Alec parries and pushes back. He's fairly quick on his feet.]

Would that be with or without magic?

[Simon puts his hands up.]

I'll leave. I didn't mean to trespass.

[That is what this is about, isn't it? He's well aware he's where he shouldn't be, but he certainly didn't expect this sort of reaction.]

We all get lost from time to time.

You know what, you need to take up meditation or something.

[ Seriously, who has this many ants in his pants all the time?

But they are here to spar so she draws her own blade and gets ready to fight. ]

Aren't cats supposed to spend like eighty percent of their time sleeping?

[ Yes it's an exaggeration but you get her point. ]

Edited 2013-01-09 23:43 (UTC)

This is my meditation.

[He smirks and gives the sword a light flourish, waiting for her to make the first move.

Sparring is the best way to really get to know a person, anyway. Assuming the end doesn't leave someone's blade drenched in blood.]

Lazy house cats. I share no relation to the likes of them beyond a similarity of shape.

[Not entirely true, but he is generally more active than they are.]

If you think you need to bring magic into it to stand a chance in a simple sword fight, that's on you, not me.

[And yes that is a smirk.]

[ She certainly hopes there won't be any blood on the blades this time because she's not in the mood for injury today.

... Or ever, really. ]

Right.

[ Can you feel the scepticism?

Anyway, about that first move. She's not exactly a pro at this so bear with it being not entirely elegant. ]

[Well, that is why they spar. So ~~she~~ they can improve. Tybalt wouldn't want ~~her~~ to be caught in battle without the proper skills.

On the bright side he has no intention of bloodying his blade, today. Not here and not with her. He parries her first inelegant attack with a few quick movements and takes two steps back with a far too confident grin.]

Sorry, were you not ready?

No. Not using magic would just be me holding back.

[It's force of habit for him to just go out in a fiery blaze of power. Not using magic is actually harder for him. He's not used to acting human. It's not exactly something he's happy about in regards to his existence, but...]

It'll be fun.

[This time he darts in with a hard slash.]

Sorry, did you miss the part where I said I'm a beginner?

[ Do you really want to get in a snark match with her, Ty? Really? ]

Terribly sorry.[He didn't sound like he was sorry. And Clearly he did want to. Except no, he really did not. She always won those, which never ceased to surprise him.]

Whenever you're ready, then.

You're not being a very good teacher.

[ All right, first move: take two.

Nope, still not doing so well, and it's beginning to put a dent in her pride already.

It all makes her more firm in her non-violent stance, really. Less occasion to look like a complete idiot in front of smug shapechangers. ]

[Another attempt and Tybalt has to fight the urge to sigh. Really, what was she doing? He put his sword up and shook his head, walking around to her other side, his hand lightly pushing up on her elbow.]

Swords are not made for stabbing forward.

[And his other arm goes around to correct her other one so he end up standing behind her, using one arm to push her legs a little farther across.]

It's fine if you are in a tight spot, but that isn't how it works. [And then he has to move his hand along her arm to get to her wrist, which forces him even closer into her personal space and Tybalt doesn't even realize how it looks. What it seems like. He's far too involved in directing her wrist into a smooth, even parrying motion.]

It's not a separate weapon, it is an extension of your arm.

Edited 2013-03-01 02:56 (UTC)