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Recent Responses
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Kyrin: It smells different, everywhere smells different compared to home. Um, I like the smell of the park when everything is wet, and I like how Joey smells, she's so warm and kind as well.
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it's nice, sometimes. I don't really know what to say, I don't have much to compare... this to. It's a bit smelly though, well, very smelly actually.
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Sanyiel: my 'mother' is a very, very powerful being. She is over a thousand years old and she has a lot of tricks to go with including barriers, yes. I don't think she was expecting to be shot though. For one she's probably not used to people attacking her because it's more or less suicide. Things are going to get hectic, I don't know if we're all going to get out of this alive...
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Sanyiel: back in my worlds I could do things like that. Wherever my swords were I could bring them back to me with a thought, or make a new pair just as easily from nothing, and what you would call teleportation was something most people could do, so long as you knew where you were going.
Describing how the swords feel is tricky. I suppose you could say I can sense them at an intuitive level, though I'm still not fully sure how that feels for you. It's not a conscious choice, kind of like how your hairs prickle if you're nervous, only broader. It doesn't really conform to any of your senses, but I can feel around the swords a little, yes. In my worlds that's enough to give me a link to teleport to there, but I can't do that here, of course. -
Anne: It takes a lot of practice to condition your wrists and arms to punch something that isn't going to move easily. I've been doing drop pushups and handstands on my fists since I was seven and drilling on sandboxes and tiles for years before I tried a full force punch at a wall. I think people damage their hands punching hard objects because their wrists and elbows aren't conditioned enough or they try a strike that doesn't lock the arm behind itself properly. Once you get both of those down, you can punch something as hard as you like so long as you're willing to go backwards if it doesn't.
As for arm guards, I don't know if you've worn them but they're clumsy at the best of times. You have to wear them around because they take time to put on, maybe ten seconds if you practice. They can get caught on things since they don't rip like a shirt or... well, your skin if it comes to that. Because of that they're almost as dangerous as they are useful. If I could get a set made specifically for me to avoid the usual problems I'd use them but, well, we've got a lot on our plates right now. -
Anne: hah! I think punching walls for five years without gloves has conditioned my hands enough not to really need that sort of thing. Obviously I can't stop a sword or anything stupid like you see in the movies, but I've been trained not to try that in any case. That means if I started now with a nightstick or arm bindings I'd be sloppy, and I can't afford that.
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Anne: I don't think I trust myself with a weapon yet. When I fight, it's to protect people, including whoever I'm fighting. I know that sounds strange, it took me a while to get used to the idea myself. In any case, it's a lot harder to disable someone without hurting them badly when you're using a knife or a club because they think you're trying to kill them even if you're not. People don't expect an unarmed attack, especially if they're showing a weapon of their own. It gives you an advantage if you know how to use it, and that's what a lot of my training entails. Of course, recently I've been up against things that aren't exactly 'people', but I've managed so far. We'll see.
Sanyiel: Um, I don't really know how to answer that. I guess for you the swords must seem like your swords, they're like tools or clothes, but it's not like that, they're a part of me. It's like if I asked if you were ok with lending someone a kidney or a hand or a couple of litres of blood, I suppose, but they would also stay a part of me, I can feel them, so it's also like having someone reaching inside you, touching you constantly. It's not something I'm used to. *Laughs* It's funny though, now I say it out loud... maybe I could give them to her, though if I told her what I told you I'm not sure how comfortable she would be with it. -
*I* pronounce it 'an' as in 'an apple', but the part of the world where she comes from some might pronounce it 'ahn'. Some of her friends (Joel, her brother, Perry) use Annie as a pet name as well.
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