"Understand I am handicapping myself further here by using these," she explains to her opponent, unfurling her Inner Lotus. "I am Outlander. These weapons are..."
Her opponent, however, is impatient to begin, pulling a straight sword from the rack and ignoring ettiquette slightly. "Enough of your boasts!"
Natalia slips out of the way of the exceedingly clumsy swing, turning, starting a rhythm that shows in mist and the turning of the hammers. As she suspected, the wide-ranging hammers combined with solid organic material gathers and disperses Ether more efficiently than she'd feared, but less efficiently than she'd hoped. They would do, but better ones would have to wait for her to understand magic weapons.
Regardless, she continues her lecture, keeping rhythm while she speaks. A burst of mist suffuses the ground and obscures the battlefield. "Back home, something similar to these are used to test one's care and erudition with what, here, is called personal Ether."
She slips out of the way once more and now, one meteor hammer hooks around his sword arm. "One may focus one's Ether, even through an inferior weapon, to reinforce its capabilities. This is a more advanced form--"
The hammer shifts in a way that appears unnatural, changing direction with barely a twitch from Natalia's hand. "Where one can control the path of a connected object."
His arm is trapped, but of course, he has his own strength, and contests control of the weapon. Natalia shifts stance, but her foot and maneuver are still keeping time.
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Date: 2025-05-12 02:21 am (UTC)Her opponent, however, is impatient to begin, pulling a straight sword from the rack and ignoring ettiquette slightly. "Enough of your boasts!"
Natalia slips out of the way of the exceedingly clumsy swing, turning, starting a rhythm that shows in mist and the turning of the hammers. As she suspected, the wide-ranging hammers combined with solid organic material gathers and disperses Ether more efficiently than she'd feared, but less efficiently than she'd hoped. They would do, but better ones would have to wait for her to understand magic weapons.
Regardless, she continues her lecture, keeping rhythm while she speaks. A burst of mist suffuses the ground and obscures the battlefield. "Back home, something similar to these are used to test one's care and erudition with what, here, is called personal Ether."
She slips out of the way once more and now, one meteor hammer hooks around his sword arm. "One may focus one's Ether, even through an inferior weapon, to reinforce its capabilities. This is a more advanced form--"
The hammer shifts in a way that appears unnatural, changing direction with barely a twitch from Natalia's hand. "Where one can control the path of a connected object."
His arm is trapped, but of course, he has his own strength, and contests control of the weapon. Natalia shifts stance, but her foot and maneuver are still keeping time.