010 [Action]

[swordprincess]

[After her shift at Good Spirits, Karla decides to wind down with a workout at the Battle Dome. Now would be as good a time as any to try Saori's battle scenario, to fight the demons and other lesser creatures that did not exist in Elibe.]

[The Sword Princess draws her Wo Dao, waiting for the creatures to attack. She dodges quickly, seamlessly, apparently biding her time to strike back. She times her attacks just so, connecting each time. The opponents may have needed several strikes to go down, but eventually they all fell.]

[Karla stands before the fallen creatures, the Wo Dao trembling in her hand. The battle lust is still fresh. It was a satisfying battle, and yet her blade craves more. But she won't overdo it. She'll make herself sick again, or worse, insane. Finally, Karla silences the hunger by shoving the sword back into its sheath, and then lets out an exasperated sigh, as if she'd just been released from a vice-like grip.]

[Enough.]

Comments

[needlepricked]

( Annie is an observer out of necessity, and a part of her nature that would have been shy if it hadn't been overriden into subterfuge. None of that matters here so much, outside of leaning her toward certain tendencies. Watching over speaking, trying to understand situations and intents through taking in actions, words, and setting as much as she can.

Eventually, it's a matter of being some version of polite to announce her own presence. The Battle Dome is a new experience on its own, one she's not sure she wants to launch into as it is. Recent readings prove it to be something of a watched space, by eyes outside of the enclosure, and she's wary of unknown benefactors on high. They rarely had good intentions more than vaguely in mind.

They don't need to know what it is she can or cannot do. But those are thoughts for another time. )

Are your mock battles usually so intensive?