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Wanna try me? I still keep my sword ready for any time you want a rematch!

Well, that depends. How badly will you whine when you lose?

About as much as you would. Don't move, I'll be right back! [ At least she uses the door to get back to their room this time? ]

[ Asch would probably be amused that she felt the need to go all the way back to their room for her sword rather than using one from his collection he keeps on the first floor. ]

[ As expansive and all-encompassing as his collection of weaponry is, she has a very valid reason for trekking back upstairs for her own sword. They can address the issue of its wear and tear later. ] You better not hold back!

[ And what is that valid reason? Fear that he'd get pissed if she laid her hands on one of his swords? >D ]

When have I ever?

Edited 2011-03-31 04:12 (UTC)

[ ...no. B| Because then she'd still be armed. ]

Maybe once or twice. [ Or at least, he'd been kind enough to leave any permanent injuries. ]

Hn. Well, then. Show me what you've got, replica.

With pleasure! [ Luke assumes the proper battle stance with sword drawn, waiting a moment for Asch to get ready before charging forward to aim a horizontal slash at him. ]

[ Which Asch parries without too much difficulty. But he doesn't go on the offensive. ~~Not yet, anyway.~~ ]

[ That works for Luke; her attack isn't in poor form, but it's still rather halfhearted considering who her opponent is. ]

[ This means he just keeps parrying...

...until he manages to turn her attacks against her; his parries had a purpose - namely to force an opening that he very quickly takes advantage of. ]

[ His ruthlessness is more of a surprise than the tide shifting in his favor, and it takes her just barely blocking a few attacks to regain her footing for a counterstrike in the form of Swallow Fury. ]

[ Asch recovers quickly after the first or second hit, jumping back and defending.

Only to hit her with a Guardian Field when she lands. ]

[ There's no time for Luke to guard against the attack, leaving her to take the brunt of it with a series of colorful swears before she has the chance to lunge at him with a Raging Blast. ]

[ Which Asch counters with... Raging Blast. Yes, that's completely on purpose, Luke. ]

[ ooc; If you check out Asch's journal, you can see a real-time preview of the layout I posted the mockup for. The banner's completely a placeholder, I just wanted to get the actual coding out of the way and I had plenty of time to do it today, since I'm with my mom for her treatment. ]

[ ...oh, you suck, Asch. Luke goes stumbling backwards from the impact, just barely keeping on her feet. ] --Asshole! [ She knows he's mocking her. ]

[ ooc; Eeee! It looks great so far! :D And his relationship post made me lol. Hope everything's going good with your mom. ♥ ]

[ Now why would she assume that? ] I figured you'd appreciate the reminder. [ ...Maybe that's why. ]

[ ooc; Hehe, the coding's all done, so all that's left is the banner. By the way, the colors... I realized the other night that every protagonist except Anise has some gold somewhere on them and I also noticed that most characters have white and/or black on them, so those colors work as an all-inclusive thing. And then, since the black-white-gold is very much Luke's outfit, I went with one color each for Tear, Jade, Anise, Guy, and Natalia in the navigation links.

Everything's going pretty much alright; her arm still hurts from yesterday and she's more or less slept most of the time we've been here so far. We've been here for about six hours already and we still have another three or four. @.< So it's just very boring for the most part, but I brought my mom's laptop so I'd have something to do. ]

[ It's so difficult to remain even remotely composed when Asch gets all smug, but she's trying. ] Not hardly! [ She backsteps a few times until there's plenty of distance between them, bringing her sword up in a perfect mirror of Asch's casting stance as second fonons begin gathering around her. ]

[ ooc; Technically Anise has gold with her ribbons? :o Though Luke objects to Asch not being represented in the link colors, naturally.

That's a relief to hear. I can't imagine it's easy for either of you being there so long every day... I wish LJ and my internet would cooperate so I could tag more consistently. DX ]

[ ...Sorry, love, he's going to interrupt that with a nice, quick Sonic Thrust. ~~And I don't think anyone ever wants to know how Asch learned it considering how Luke learned it.~~ ]

[ ooc; Anise's ribbons are more yellow than the gold everyone else has somewhere on them for accenting. Asch is represented by the black. B| ~~It's not my fault LJ only gives five links, damnit.~~

It's just... really boring. Especially since we're just sitting here today rather than meeting with any doctors. And, the LJ problem is that they're being hit with DDoS attacks, apparently. :\ ]

[ Dammit! So much for showing off what she's learned. Needless to say, her surprise is evident by the way she dodges at the last moment, earning a shallow cut on her side for being unprepared. ~~...my badtouch meter just went off the charts like you wouldn't believe.;;;~~ ]

[ ooc; xDDD Would using the website link work for adding another to the row?

I'm glad they at least let you use a laptop and the internet while you're there. I'd go stircrazy. x__x ...Huh. Guess people got sick of their attitude. :|; ]

[ She is the one who didn't want him to hold back. Which means he's pressing this advantage; his sword is now at her throat. ]

[ ooc; Sadly, no; I think the only layout that adds the website link to the nav bar is Flexible Squares, and the nav bar on that is only four links without a website. The only thing I can think of would be to put the community to the paid trial if that's even possible and create a custom layer.

LJ gets hit by DDoS attacks pretty often; it's just that it's way more concentrated than normal this time, I guess. ]

[ It's not her fault she never expected Asch to know that particular move. Non-dominant hand pressed against the wound, she meets his threat with her own sword just inches from his sword arm and without a flinch at the blade hovering near her throat. ]

[ ooc; I think it actually is possible, since it gave me the option for one of my other communities the other day. We could try that if you want?

You'd think people would find something more productive to do with their time. ]

[ Here's where she underestimates something about him: he uses his left hand to grab onto her blade. Worse comes to worst, he'll deal with any cuts to that hand later. ]

[ ooc; Well, let's hold off for the time being so I can get set with the custom layer first. That way it's just a nice, quick process of adding it and putting in the customizations, rather than risking me running into problems. ♥ ]

[ Did he just-- He didn't-- Why would he-- Too many thoughts leaves her gaping at him, though she doesn't loosen her grip in case it'd make the blade slip and hurt him worse. ] Asch!

[ ooc; That works for me~ o/ You be the bosslady when it comes to coding and html. ♥ ]