Open-Log--less talk, more action? With Prompts and OTA [Month of Horseshoe]

[light_of_willpower]

Trunks had finally found his cabin, and met his room-mates. One of whom was a book. With very odd ideas, that had Trunks raising an eyebrow at it. (He didn't really do well with 'overlords' okay?) After that it had been investigating his rucksack--and he had his capsule case. With his mini-fridge (yay), but two capsules of clothes (his armor and his normal stuff) otherwise. WHERE WAS THE TIME MACHINE?!?!?!

Still, not much he could do now. Besides, he had a whole train to explore. Along with a spar--and Cassie had said she'd usually be in the gym car. Come to think of it, Trunks would probably be spending a lot of time in the gym car himself. So, time to explore his new 'home'.

Comments

[goingthroughaphase]

Like I said, I'm know pretty basic karate. I wouldn't mind a few tips or pointers, if you could show me.

[light_of_willpower]

Well the easiest way to assess you is for you to fight me, so I guess come at me.

[Shifting into a loose, but ready stance.]

At the risk of sounding arrogant, don't worry about hurting me. Not because I think you can't, but because I think you won't.

[goingthroughaphase]

[ She hesitates for just a moment before she nods, bowing slightly before taking her own stance. She found herself just a bit nervous, mostly because the only people she's ever fought before were members at the institute during practice, or against bad guys during a fight where form didn't really matter. So going against someone else who knew what they were doing was a little intimidating.

Still, reminding herself that this is for practice, she takes a breath before running at him, throwing a punch at him first. ]

[light_of_willpower]

[She was telegraphing far too much, but that was alright. This was an assessment. Trunks dodged or blocked her attacks, all the while studying how she moved and what she did. Blue eyes focused and serious. After a minute or two, he held up a hand in a signal to 'stop']

You definitely have potential--what about with your powers?

[goingthroughaphase]

[ When he called for a stop she relaxed her stance a little, taking a breath. ]

With my powers? [ She thinks for a moment. ] Let's go again, and I'll show you.

[light_of_willpower]

[Trunks just nodded, resuming a loose and ready stance. For a second, before moving on the 'attack'. Again, this is an assessment, so in his opinion they're relatively easy strikes. Enough to test her, based on what he'd seen already.]

[goingthroughaphase]

[ Despite his light attack, she's mostly on the defensive, blocking his strikes and not quite able to get one of her own in.

Then, she steps closer, and after another block she suddenly phases through him to get behind him and try to kick him from behind. ]

[light_of_willpower]

[That, is a neat trick. Trunks' eyes go wide as she goes through him; it's only b/c he's focusing on sparring that he manages to quick-step to the side enough to avoid her kick. Then he shudders, mostly because that had been weird.]

That's a good trick...

[Admiringly, albeit a little wigged too.]

[goingthroughaphase]

[ While he probably wouldn't have actually felt anything when she passed through him, she could understand how weird that would probably seem. ]

Thanks. I find it pretty useful sometimes.

[light_of_willpower]

[It was the uncanny feeling of someone going through him yes, that made him shudder.]

I can imagine you do. I can also see how useful it would be in a fight. You've clearly had practice at that. Does it take a lot of concentration?

[goingthroughaphase]

Not as much as it used to. I still have to focus a bit, especially depending on how much I'm phasing or how dense something is. But sometimes it's pretty reflexive.

[light_of_willpower]

"I take it that it's gotten easier with practice too?" Trunks wanted to confirm.

[goingthroughaphase]

She nodded. "Yeah. It's almost like flipping a switch."

[light_of_willpower]

Good. I'm not sure if there is a defense against it, other than keeping distance from you. Do you have to do a full-body phase-through, or could you just phase through a block so that your punch still connected?

[goingthroughaphase]

[ She frowns a little as she considers that. ]

It doesn't always have to be full-body. I can choose which parts of me phase through something. But something like that is a bit complicated. If I phase through a block, I'd have to solidify my fist while still keeping my arm phased so I don't get hurt. I might not have time for that, depending on how close they're blocking.

[light_of_willpower]

Hmmm. It's still useful though, and could make a big difference in a fight. Or out of a fight, depending on what's happening.

[goingthroughaphase]

Yeah. It really came in handy in our last mission, when we were helping rescue people after some underground cities were caved in.