Re: Portraits in Violence (Mehrin's Combat Assessment) (Attn: Roan)
Posted: April 18th, 2016, 1:39 am
Minutes seemed to turn into months as Mehrin and Captain Ferria circled each other. Since his only solid strike in the duel there had been several quick skirmishes, each ending with the two stepping away and reassessing. And she still hasn't slowed, the Deathwatch grumbled.
Probably that 'flame and void' thing that they used to harp on about.
You should try that.
Last time I did, you stepped in and broke a man's arm in three places, his collarbone, and crushed his face. And it was only a spar!
I stand by my suggestion.
Shut up.
Mehrin closed again rapidly, swinging upwards from the outer edge of his reach, then trying to drive the pommel of his weapon into the joint between Captain Ferria's shoulder and neck. He knew it would completely miss before he even began, but he had to try. He was at the end of his little dirty tricks that carried little risk, and he was still a step behind the younger woman. We're not going to win this, are we?
Not without taking a chance.
... We're not going to win this.
Mehrin's next strike went wide, a misstep on his part that he barely recovered from. Captain Ferria was too good to make a simple mistake against. Eventually, she would capitalize on it. Breaking away, Mehrin ran his hand across is brow, wiping sweat out of his eyes and breathing heavily. It had been a decent spar, enough to make anybody weary. Weary people made mistakes that got them killed. It took less effort to kill a weary opponent.
Both Mehrin and the Deathwatch hoped that Captain Ferria would capitalize soon, would come in for the kill soon.
It would be difficult to keep making these mistakes and openings look anything but genuine.
OOC: I am so terribly sorry. Combination of (literally) running out of usable dirty tricks in my collection and a bunch of unexpected RL BS. At this point, Mehrin is simply looking for even the slightest chance to do something that might give him an edge, no matter the risk involved; he's out of options.
Probably that 'flame and void' thing that they used to harp on about.
You should try that.
Last time I did, you stepped in and broke a man's arm in three places, his collarbone, and crushed his face. And it was only a spar!
I stand by my suggestion.
Shut up.
Mehrin closed again rapidly, swinging upwards from the outer edge of his reach, then trying to drive the pommel of his weapon into the joint between Captain Ferria's shoulder and neck. He knew it would completely miss before he even began, but he had to try. He was at the end of his little dirty tricks that carried little risk, and he was still a step behind the younger woman. We're not going to win this, are we?
Not without taking a chance.
... We're not going to win this.
Mehrin's next strike went wide, a misstep on his part that he barely recovered from. Captain Ferria was too good to make a simple mistake against. Eventually, she would capitalize on it. Breaking away, Mehrin ran his hand across is brow, wiping sweat out of his eyes and breathing heavily. It had been a decent spar, enough to make anybody weary. Weary people made mistakes that got them killed. It took less effort to kill a weary opponent.
Both Mehrin and the Deathwatch hoped that Captain Ferria would capitalize soon, would come in for the kill soon.
It would be difficult to keep making these mistakes and openings look anything but genuine.
OOC: I am so terribly sorry. Combination of (literally) running out of usable dirty tricks in my collection and a bunch of unexpected RL BS. At this point, Mehrin is simply looking for even the slightest chance to do something that might give him an edge, no matter the risk involved; he's out of options.