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Re: [Day 7, Early Afternoon] Force of Habit (Open)

Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2021 7:57 pm
by Shiba Raizo
Raizo repositioned, using the full reach of his naginata to fend off the assault.

He didn't fight like a speardancer, someone used to holding their patch of turf alone- he fought like what he was, a soldier accustomed to giving ground strategically and buying time.

Re: [Day 7, Early Afternoon] Force of Habit (Open)

Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2021 8:02 pm
by Shika Nesshin
Ah, a fading strategy! Nesshin thinks. He grins wickedly. But he's not Zang-sensei, and he leaps backward slightly, getting to his own limit of reach and striking downward with the head of the practice spear, the very image of the Rampant Stag others had called him.

Re: [Day 7, Early Afternoon] Force of Habit (Open)

Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2021 8:10 pm
by Shiba Raizo
And overhead strike? Really?

Gah, these Deer are so flashy.


Raizo sidestepped the downstroke, fending with the haft of his weapon- and stepping toward Nesshin, getting in under the blow to rob it of leverage.

His weapon skills were merely passable, but someone had put a lot of time into teaching him tactics.

Re: [Day 7, Early Afternoon] Force of Habit (Open)

Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2021 8:12 pm
by Shika Nesshin
The leverage from the overhead blow may have been blunted, sure, but Raizo stepping in allows Nesshin to pull back sharply on his own weapon, closing distance and, in effect, seeking to hip-check the Phoenix.

Re: [Day 7, Early Afternoon] Force of Habit (Open)

Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2021 8:26 pm
by Shiba Raizo
Oh, we're going for a shoving match? Okay. I can play that game.

Contact with Raizo would reveal two things- he was both steady- and strong. Deceptively so.

Re: [Day 7, Early Afternoon] Force of Habit (Open)

Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2021 8:35 pm
by Shika Nesshin
Nesshin is taken in a bit, the surprise not doing quite so much as he'd meant it to, and he breaks, regaining distance.

Breathing just a touch more heavily, he smiles invitingly. It's clear he's enjoying himself.

Re: [Day 7, Early Afternoon] Force of Habit (Open)

Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2021 8:40 pm
by Shiba Raizo
Raizo grinned as he likewise backed away, naginata at the ready.

"Suppose I could have warned you... my sole serious claim to fame is in moving a dead horse off of my commander."

Re: [Day 7, Early Afternoon] Force of Habit (Open)

Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2021 8:55 pm
by Shika Nesshin
Nesshin laughs openly.

"There are worse things to be than 'Raizo Horse-mover!' But come! Come at me!"

Re: [Day 7, Early Afternoon] Force of Habit (Open)

Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2021 8:58 pm
by Shiba Raizo
Raizo moved forward, his style notably short on things like feints. Instead, he left an opening to attempt to bait the Deer into overextending.

Re: [Day 7, Early Afternoon] Force of Habit (Open)

Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2021 9:00 pm
by Shika Nesshin
I've seen Zang-sensei do that, Nesshin thinks, from inside and out.

Not this time.


Nesshin does extend--but not too much, closing some distance but not all of it. It's not time for that quite yet.

But the head of the tsunoyari drops lower, antlers lowered in anticipation of a charge.