Blinded In Chains

[Lokyar Brightmane]

"Hehehe, I'm going to have to be more aware." Lokyar chuckled, as Kitane moved away.

Lokyar spun to face her, mace swinging at full extension, despite Kitane being beyond range. An arc of blue energy lashed out from the mace, following it's arc, and moving fast enough to cause a sonic boom. When it passed Kitane, it caused a wind, trying to knock her off balance. Lokyar advanced, firing arc after arc as he did so.

[Kitane Blackfyre]

Turning the gears in her blade on, she absorbs most of the wind and remaining balanced. Swinging her blade as she stops, the air is released back at Lokyar and she immediately becomes a blur of speed and color.

[Lokyar Brightmane]

Lokyar is thrown backwards as the air hits him. As he tumbles through the air, he activates his own shield, preventing Kitane from getting close; when he hit the ground, there would have been a small opening had he not hit the ground with his mace, shaking the earth.

"Hehehehehe. Well done... Now lets do this properly." Lokyar said, draining the energy from his mace and dropping into a defensive stance he saw another use during a form. Heron Wading In The Bushes. What Lokyar failed to notice is that it left him wide open in the chest, but on the other hand, if anyone went for it, he could get them too in a move the other called Sheathing the Sword.

[Kitane Blackfyre]

Several attack patterns form inher head and she lets a low hiss escape. She keeps running, remaining a blur. finally picking something, she skids to a halt, some dust billowing around her feet. Her eyes narrow and she drop to all fours, still holding her sword off the ground. It was a stand off now. Who was going to attack first?

[Lokyar Brightmane]

Lokyar shifted out of Heron stance, and advanced in Cat Crosses the Courtyard, a decidedly offensive stance, and one that allowed for rapid movement. As he reached Kitane, he shifted again to Wolf Takes Down the Deer, a stance similar to Kitane's, but different enough for Lokyar to spin on one paw and lash out with both feet and the mace.

[Kitane Blackfyre]

Jumping into the air as he attacked, she twists in midair so that she landed on her right paw, now holding her blade in her mouth as she pushes off the ground to land back in the same position before jumping, only lunging forward at him. She knocks him off balance with one of her feet, using the other to help swing her bam into her regular stance.

[Lokyar Brightmane]

Lokyar saw it coming, having seen the major defences available from the stance. As Kitane leapt out of the way, Lokyar leapt in the other direction; admittedly still spinning, but that was rapidly brought under control. When Kitane lunged at him, Lokyar was only just landing, but managed to switch into Elk Finishes the Hunt, a very stable stance, preventing Kitane from knocking him off balance. Being inexperienced in weaponry-based combat in general, and having never used these forms or a weapon like his, he was unable to take advantage of the opening caused.

[Kitane Blackfyre]

She seizes the opportunity, swiping his legs out from under him and bringing her sword to his throat. "Seems you could still learn a few things." She grinned, removing her foot from his chest. Holding out her paw to him, she remains wary for another attempt to be had.

[Lokyar Brightmane]

Lokyar sheathed his mace before accepting Kitane's assistance, noting the wary look on her face.

"To last so long against a blademaster like yourself, when I have never touched a weapon beyond a throwing knife before - excepting in defence against said weapon - is all I hoped for." Lokyar said, bowing deeply. "Still, should we have time, I would be happy to train in it's use; that is, if you are willing to teach. A training dummy is not quite the same."

[Kitane Blackfyre]

Nodding, she loses the wary expression and sheathes her sword. "I wouldn't mind teaching you, but I am no blade master." She chuckles. "I only learned from the best over the years, progressively getting better." She says with a light smile. She leans against the railing and awaits for Zephyr and Atticus' sparring match to begin.

[Cifero Windtail]

(That makes two of us  )

[Kitane Blackfyre]

(Lmfao. -Stares.- Intense. O.O)

[Lokyar Brightmane]

Lokyar leans next to her.

"If you are no blademaster, then those I trained 'with' weren't either, despite bearing blademaster marks. My training in the corner offered a good view of their sparring, and excepting speed of battle - which I know I couldn't keep up with, with this thing - you were a mirror image of skill. Bearing in mind some of the mid-battle glimpses I've had of your fights, you could keep up with them. That spar you had against Atticus... The both of you... Speed and skill worthy of any I have seen. I'm sorry, but whether you admit it or not, you are worthy of the title by my estimation."

[Kitane Blackfyre]

"Well thanks." She grinned. "But to be honest, I wasn't even fighting to the best of my abilities." She admits with a light shrug.

[Lokyar Brightmane]

Lokyar stands back up.

"Well, my point is only further enhanced then! Now, I beg your pardon, but I must attune with my weapon. My strikes were off during that fight due to weight." Lokyar said, grinning hugely.

He moves over to an area of the sparring area and starts practising some forms he had seen the blademasters perform. Of course, they were using swords generally, "blademaster" being taken literally, so some of the moves were unsuited to the mace; he compensated for that by adding in moves. For example: what would be a killing thrust with a sword, he used energy to form into a shove, which he then took advantage of by stepping forwards and striking at the shoved enemy.

An unnatural wind sprung up around Lokyar from energy discharge during the forms; he was not holding back, even against air.