007 [Action/Video]

[swordprincess]

[Since Karla had gotten her Wo Dao back from being duplicated, she's kept the spare sword she had picked up during the procedure. It hasn't seen much use, as Karla had only kept it at her side in case she did lose her primary sword. But recently she's decided, if she's going to carry a second sword, she might as well try to incorporate the use of it into her own style.]

[So she'll be training at the barracks, twirling and swinging her Wo Dao in the air as if in a choreographed dance. Occasionally, in mid-attack, she'll pause and draw her second katana and swing it in a different angle. She straightens herself and sheaths the katana before returning to her Wo Dao practice.]


[Video]

One thing I've come to learn about Luceti is that people live very different lifestyles here. They have different cultures and different customs, and it's interesting to learn about them all.

[The droppings and the golden ass incident spring to mind, but. Well. She'll pursue more knowledge about those things on her own. Someone needs to teach this girl about mischief.]

It particularly pleases me that women can do so much...more. Where I grew up, women were not allowed to even touch a weapon. Women were only told to do what men say. They were bound to typical housework, cooking, cleaning, and the like. But I know women are capable of more than that.

But here, there's a group of warriors that are strictly women. The..."Kyoshi Warriors", I believe they were called? Personally, I have found a greater challenging in sparring with another woman. They use speed as their primary weapon. Speed is far more difficult to overcome than brute strength. What women lack in brute strength, they make up for with their speed.

I don't particularly enjoy battle myself, but I'm just glad to see that women are more than just housewives for men here.

Comments

[swordprincess]

What about the brute strength?

[materiathief]

Tifa can punch a person hard enough that they go through a wall, and I can throw about a forty poud shuriken through a few trees.

[swordprincess]

Oh, I'm well aware of women's strength.

[She packs a mean swing herself.]

But still, more often then not, you rely on speed more, do you not?

[materiathief]

I do, because I fight from a distance, but not so much for Tifa.

[swordprincess]

I see. So this Tifa...is strong and slow?

[How strange, as Karla has yet to see a slow woman in battle.]

[materiathief]

Not really slow, but she puts more effort into the hits than how many.

[swordprincess]

That makes sense. But speed is more about avoiding counterattacks than landing many blows. After all, what good is an opponent's strength if they can't hit you?

[materiathief]

And that's why it's good that she can hit a person to go flying before they can do anything else.

[swordprincess]

Indeed.

[She giggles again. There's just something amusing about taking out an overconfident opponent, especially in one shot.]