Casual Training Center: Dueling and Force use

[Urizen]

IC: Urizen

Location: Dueling Arena

Urizen watched as his lightsaber collided with Lord Vexx’s blade, causing sparks to fly off the lock and the sound of their sabers locking in the background, scrapping against each other.

Urizen placed both hands on his lightsaber hilt with gritted teeth and tensed muscles, Urizen tightened his grasp around his handle, hoping to dominate the lightsaber lock infusing himself with all his hate, anger and fear to help him break through his chains of limit, hands shaking slightly from the brute strength that the cyborg possessed, that clearly was overpowering Urizen.

Urizen’s legs buckled slightly under the pressure he was facing, as he pushed against the overwhelming force, Urizen bit his lip, feeling blood leak from the wound he had created, hoping it would hopefully push him deeper into the darkness and provide him with greater power and strength.

Urizen with all his hate and anger, loosed the grip on his hilt a bit, but not completely and tried to redirect the blades, so that they were both pointing downwards towards the ground, on Urizen’s left and attempted to use his strength to fling both sabers foreword and up in a type of push-back motion, causing him to stand back up by pushing himself out of the slightly prone form, hopefully unbalancing his opponent, hoping his opponent's blade was flung back at him and causing entrances which could be exploited.

Reversing his own blades trajectory and attempted to swing it down diagonally from left to right, hoping the move he had attempted would work and bode fruitful.

@Grievance Vexx

 

[Tobbi Airskipper]

IC: Tobbi Airskipper

Tobbi cackled with glee; he was now getting what he wanted all along; a duel. And not some half-baked pitch fight where Tobbi was better than his ally and opponent but an actual brawl with someone mighty! This encounter reminded him of the penultimate duel he had with Lord Ravenous! Where not only did Tobbi battle the Wookie Sith Lord, but he also battled against the banned Anzat Berneal and had a brief scuffle with the Triumvir Bellorum. But Tobbi surrendered out of an understanding that the concubine at the time far outstripped him of power and to continue further was to earn her ire and invite death.

SHUT UP!

The Dark witch may have only earned her position by bedding the right people, but her knowledge and power in the force were not to be underestimated. Tobbi yelled this was it!

Excitement!

Passion!

Fury!

Tobbi channeled the Darkside into his body and called upon the force to augment his vessel, strengthening it, hardening it. Now, this was a return to form! Tobbi had to thank Lord Vexx for his music tasks, the melodies of certain singers played on loop upon his mind, and the apprentice of the Shadowhand roared; he lived for this, he loved this! Being a Sith was in his blood, and even Insipid had claimed that the young man was the most competent Sith he'd seen in a very, very long time. Whether or not this was Inspid's classic pandering didn't matter.

SHUT UP!

Even though Tobbi disliked Insipid and thought he was a joke of a leader who allowed everything around him to decay, there was one thing he did right. And that was creating the Impetuous one and mentoring him through Korriban. Manticore had since left the administration, leaving a measly crew of incompetents left within that organization! This training under the guise of Manticore and Berneal shaped Tobbi into one of the strongest Sith at the time, with the most potential in their regime for whatever that was worth.

SHUT UP!

No one was as passionate as Tobbi; no one was as crazy, no one was as Impetuous as him. Tobbi's mind was on cloud nine, his veins aflame, his eyes ablaze a volcanic orange hue.

​

Tobbi went darker and darker.

Deeper and deeper.

Tobbi knew everything about them and knew everything about the Sith. Now he was the Shadow Hand's apprentice, a terrible combination for the galaxy, and the universe did not see the monster that would be created, as now he stood, awaiting his thrashing from Lord Vexx.

This battle was going to end in defeat for Tobbi, and Lord Vexx was vastly his superior, but Tobbi didn't care; the fight was going to make him stronger.


Darker and Darker!

Deeper and Deeper!


"ASHES TO ASHES! DUST TO DUST! I'M COMING, LORD VEXX!"

Tobbi leaped at Lord Vexx, bringing his saber to bear, with a classic Djem-so avalanche leap.

"TEACH ME WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A SITH!"

Tobbi yawped his fractured mind a bind.

TAG: @Darth Nathemus @Grievance Vexx

POWERS USED: FORCE AUGMENTATION.

 

[Grievance Vexx]

Counterstrike Student Training With Knight Urizen

IC- Lord Grievance Vexx
Dueling Arena

Though he has more than enough brute strength to resist Urizen’s attempt to redirect the blade lock, the Dark Lord doesn’t fight it. He relaxes into the redirect simply because he wants his student to follow through with whatever idea he has. If left in the lock, Vexx could hold it perpetually and the apprentice would eventually succumb to his overwhelming strength. The cyborg simply doesn’t want a training duel to end so swiftly. He wants to see the full show of what Urizen can do.

As the knight changes the direction of the lock again, trying to force it up and back, Vexx bears little resistance upon it, allowing his blade to be manipulated by the calculated strength of the student. As a result, Urizen effectively frees his own lightsaber and the cyborg spins his own just swiftly enough to bat the knight’s follow-up strike away from slicing through his chest plate.

“Not bad, Shadow Knight,” he chuckles darkly, drawing his arm back in preparation for a sweeping strike, “Let us hope you can get out of range without paying a price.”

With that word of warning, Vexx lunges forward, his strike aimed low as though his intent is to separate Urizen’s upper body from his lower half at the hips. He knows, of course, that his own attack automatically creates openings to be attacked in return and he wants to test and see how Urizen will recognize and exploit such openings.

Tag: @Urizen

 

[Urizen]

IC: Urizen

Dueling Arena

Urizen felt the world slow down around him again, as his breathing slowed, Urizen watched Lord Vexx intercept and battered his lightsaber away effortlessly and countered with a lung to get closer to him and swing his lightsaber at speeds that most could not catch but due to his fighting sight, he had a chance to catch where his opponent will strike and hopefully calculate accordingly, as well as his opponent speaking to give the young knight a heads up.

The blood still dripped from his wound and on to the floor as well as some entering his mouth the taste of iron was both overpowering and empowering, no time to wipe it off, especially not now. The crimson liquid matched the colour of his blade as well as matched the colour of his fury, hate and passions, they were all one and interconnected for eternity.

Urizen pumped all his strength into his legs, hoping it would position him past his opponent's blade and tried to close the distance even more between them, to hopefully make it harder for the swing to be a success and placed his lightsaber in the way of the incoming swing, the blade pointing downwards along with his hand, turning the wrist so that it faces outwards, hopefully intercepting it and blocking it its path and hopefully locking it in place, grip tightening around his hilt, causing pain to his hands, which yearned for release or at least a lighter touch, but Urizen couldn’t allow that.

Urizen, after hopefully successfully stopping the blade, attempted to fling it away upwards again, using the strength he could muster and twirled his blade quickly, with the finger and knuckles pointing up and attempted to lunge of his own and aimed his stab in a reactionary counterattack with the palm of his left hand on the bottom of his hilt.

Urizen only hoped he hadn't made a mistake, either pushing to far in the training duel , which could turn out in a serious situation for either combatants, more so for Urizen, as potentially injuring a council member, could be the death of him or be injured severely himself, but at the same time "hesitance hastens the grave", his mother would tell him.

Powers used: fighting sight lvl 2

@Grievance Vexx

OOC: number 5 is how Urizen is holding his lightsaber in the block, but using both hands on it for more strength and solidity in the interception.

 

[Grievance Vexx]

Counterstrike Student Training With Apprentice Tobbi Airskipper

IC- Lord Grievance Vexx
Dueling Arena

Vexx watches Tobbi launch himself into the air, augmented in every way by the power of the Force. The cyborg is probably as delighted as his student, truth be told. He will not destroy the Shadow Hand’s apprentice, for his teachings are in vain if the student is not alive to learn and to practice them. Nevertheless, young Airskipper should keep track and make sure his own impetuousness does not put him on the Krigsbefallaf’s bad side to justify destruction. Lord Vexx will not hold back.

“You are a bold one,” he chuckles, deliberately quoting his predecessor as he watches Tobbi descend. The Kaleesh warlord moves swiftly, stepping back in one long stride, but keeping his blade out to meet the avalanche as it crashes like a lightning bolt from the heavens.

The blades scream and snarl as they collide, throwing sparks like a pyrotechnic show. The silver and crimson hues reflect off of Vexx’s faceplate as his eyes shine with a passion to fight and make war. A split second after they collide, he pivots around to Tobbi’s right side, both hands on his stormy gray saber as he pushes the student’s blade up and back. He then draws his blade out of the lock and makes a stabbing thrust, aiming to pierce the apprentice between his ribs and his hip on the right side.

“Ah, but that would be your master’s job,” he replies, never missing a beat to the drum of combat, “Force forbid I should rob him of the pleasure. I will, however, teach you what it means to be a duelist.”

Tag: @Tobbi Airskipper

 

[Tobbi Airskipper]

IC: Tobbi Airskipper

The duel had genuinely begun in earnest.

The screams of the Lightsaber.

The sparks of its clash.

The Passion that lay within both fighters.

Tobbi could feel all of this and more just from the blade bind; the excitement made Tobbi insane; he couldn't get enough of hit; he needed more, MORE!

However, the maddening thoughts of Tobbi Airskipper left him vulnerable to a parry the Dark Lord employed to not only weather the storm of Tobbi's falling avalanche but redirect the impact with nothing but pure technique. Tobbi blinked, astonished by Lord Vexx's economic riposte as his blade was now above his shoulders and his midsection open to a free blow from the Kaleesh Cyborg, who seemed to be aiming straight for Tobbi's ribcage.

Tobbi would indeed find himself in a precarious position, as his Force augmentation would only get him so far when he was stuck in motion, trapped in mid-air with a gray-hued lightsaber seeking to pierce him. However, Tobbi was a high-risk, high reward fighter, and so he knew that to leap headfirst at Lord Vexx was unlikely to work, but its true purpose was to send a message; the contents?

Tobbi was never going to back down in a fight, not now, not ever! If he were to face oblivion, he would do so with integrity!

The saber came fast, but Tobbi's left palm was even quicker; as he removed it from his Lightsaber and raised it to the sky, chaotic blue vines of energy came alive and extended themselves, sticking to the roof of the facility. Then Tobbi channeled Force augmentation directly into his abdominal muscles to hold his body weight in the air with only his Force Shock wire-Esque technique as support to duck under the Lightsaber strike. Still, the immolating burns of the Lightsaber scorched part of his shirt in the process and threatened to penetrate his abdomen still. However, Tobbi intercepted the remaining thrust with his saber that was still activated within his right hand.

(Visual representation)​

Under any other circumstance, a battle like this would be complete suicide but not here; Tobbi could feel that this was an opportunity to go all out on a Dark Lord without fear of Imperial law. Tobbi knew this was a losing battle, but as Lord Joker once said to him, "I scoff at Impossible kiddo!"

And Tobbi was going to fight like it despite his fear of Lord Vexx; he couldn't focus on it; he needed to press forward despite Lord Vexx nearly killing him with a simple thrust. Tobbi released his force shock technique and dropped to the ground, intending to continue his assault against Lord Vexx, so Tobbi planted his feet, planning to leverage all of his natural strength from his footwork. As he started gripping his saber with both hands once more, Tobbi slashed diagonally, intending to inflict a CHO MAI slash at Lord Vexx's saber hands.

Tobbi was indeed in the moment now; his instincts, his ego, were going WILD!

TAG: @Grievance Vexx @Darth Nathemus

Powers used:
Force Shock sub technique: Wracking energy.
Force Augmentation - to strengthen abdominal muscles.

 

[Grievance Vexx]

Counterstrike Student Training With Apprentice Tobbi Airskipper

IC- Lord Grievance Vexx
Dueling Arena

The Krigsbefallaf is prepared to recoil from the thrust quickly, having his leading foot positioned to push himself back on his opposite leg immediately after piercing the apprentice—or not. As Tobbi unleashes a small blast of Force Shock, Vexx lifts one hand to shield his eyes from the sudden spark of blue light and prepares to execute Tutaminis to defend his metal framework from a minor yet still painful electrocution. Too many opponents have tried this tactic in the past for Vexx to just let it happen. Electrocution and trying to crush his internal organs have always been the go-to attempts of apprentices to bring him down.

But wait. Airskipper is not even directing the electricity at him. He is using it passively as a tool to evade a potentially lethal attack. Vexx would be lying if he were to say he is not impressed by the bizarre creativity of this evasive maneuver. Though his head is ringing with tinnitus from Tobbi calling upon the Force, the impression outweighs the irritation.

Still, impressed or not, the Kaleesh never misses a beat in the deadly dance of the duelist. As Tobbi makes to relieve him of his hands in one deft swing of his lightsaber, Vexx pulls a trick he has come to favor, actually employing his own telekinesis to execute the maneuver. He lets go of his lightsaber and pulls his hands back, the blade itself never losing its position where he had been physically holding it. Tobbi’s blade slices through thin air between the floating saber and Vexx’s body. The Krigsbefallaf then reaches out to take hold of his weapon once more, completing the move he likes to refer to as “a sleight of hand”.

“You remind me of someone I once dueled a long time ago,” he speaks not with disdain, but with a decided fondness, as though speaking of a cherished memory, “Beware that your intent to conquer does not backfire on you in a most unexpected way.”

His word of warning is intentionally cryptic as doubtlessly, young Airskipper will wonder what might have happened to the opponent Vexx is referring to. Inasmuch as the cyborg duels with his body, he does the same with his words and his mind for without these elements, a duel lacks dimension. While he is a relatively quiet creature, Lord Vexx often becomes most talkative while dueling as though the setting is a social scene and not one where death and dismemberment is on the table.

After having snatched his blade out of midair once again, the Kaleesh crouches low and raises his guard. At the same time, he aims a sweeping kick at Tobbi with the intent to take his legs out from under him—likely shattering every bone below the knees if he is successful.

Powers used:
Tutaminis (+2) - [reflexive defense, discontinued when lack of threat is realized]
Telekinesis (+4)

Tag: @Tobbi Airskipper

 

[Tobbi Airskipper]

IC: Tobbi Airskipper

Wicked.

Tobbi thought to himself; he never thought his attack would land, but he never thought of an application of Telekinesis like the one Lord Vexx employed just now. It reminded him of the Telekinetic lightsaber combat used by the first Lady Traya. Tobbi's forward momentum continued phasing through the air, but Tobbi managed to stop himself from fully overextending and returned to the classic Djem-so stance.

But Tobbi lowered his blade a little and relaxed his stance, his eyes softening from his crazed, manic glee into one of hesitation and thought when Lord Vexx spoke sentimentally of someone who he fought long ago. This person seemed to have a lot of significance to Lord Vexx, and Tobbi had a good idea of who he was referring to. If he were correct, then Tobbi smiled, he wasn't sure who was on Lord Vexx's mind, but the General had seemed to be a prominent option; Tobbi heard of their duel and knew that it instilled a force dyad or force bond between them.

The warning wasn't lost on Tobbi; in fact, neither was the leg sweep Lord Vexx launched immediately after.

Tobbi didn't have precognition, but his senses in the force worked as a psychological awareness of his surroundings. It allows Tobbi to feel the sensation of danger with an uncomfortable, skin-crawling feeling in the back of his head, akin to a charlie horse but without the pain.

Tobbi didn't automatically know where there was a leg sweep coming for him, but Tobbi had realized that Lord Vexx almost caught him off-guard with his words and would have succeeded if Tobbi didn't have the ability of Force sense.

Clever.

Clever.

Clever.

Tobbi channeled the force into his legs and leaped upwards into the air, narrowly avoiding the kick, but he felt the amount of pressure it generated; if Tobbi had even attempted to absorb that with Force augmentation, his legs would've been nothing but red mush.

Tobbi then channeled force Augmentation into his abdomen for greater control of his body and flipped around. He was making sure to position his feet on the ceiling before once more channeling the force into his legs and moving to the wall to the left.

He repeated this process and launched himself to the wall on the right. Tobbi kept repeating this process over and over and over until he was nothing but a blur of motion bouncing from wall to wall, picking up tremendous speed.

(Visual representation)
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Once Tobbi felt satisfied with the speed, he launched himself directly at Lord Vexx and angled his Lightsaber in a thrusting manner, aiming it at the Kaleesh Cyborg's leg. Tobbi realized the downside of such an aggressive attack, but the upside was irresistible to Tobbi. The young Airskipper doubted that attack would work on Lord Vexx, but the groundwork was already set in motion for Tobbi to continue his plan of attack as he advanced.

While others were busy playing with their toys, brandishing six or seven lightsabers, Tobbi took Lord Hypnos's advice to heart as the young apprentice did with so many of his superiors. The advice?

The most optimal strategy is not to add excessive weapons or armor to one's arsenal but to maximize the basics and employ them in creative ways, something Lord Vexx demonstrated with his sleight of hand technique.

This duel was already teaching Tobbi so much, and he loved it.

So Tobbi laughed and laughed.

TAG: @Grievance Vexx @Darth Nathemus

Force Powers used:

Force Sense - Detecting the Leg sweep when lost in thought.
Force Augmentation - Into abdomen for greater control of his body.
Force Jump - For jumping over the leg sweep and jumping from wall to wall.

 

[Grievance Vexx]

Counterstrike Student Training With Knight Urizen

IC- Lord Grievance Vexx
Dueling Arena

Vexx is keenly aware of Urizen’s position and his attacks as they come. He is also aware of the knight’s concerns. He will need to banish those concerns if he is to impress the Dark Lord with his skill and it seems he does to a degree as he makes a rather bold counterattack, lunging forward for the Krigsbefallaf’s center mass.

The cyborg warrior decides to be creative in his handling of this duel. Though he could easily dodge the thrust in full, he delays his reaction time just a second. That minor delay in his evasion permits Urizen’s lightsaber to connect with Vexx’s left chest plate, glancing off the durasteel and scoring a decent burn mark across the gleaming metal surface. The Kaleesh snarls in pain, having felt the burn, but he had also anticipated the sensation.

“You are a rather quiet fighter, Shadow Knight,” he comments, rolling his shoulders as though to shake off the sting of the glancing blow as he brandishes his blade once again, “I would hate it if the only sound I ever got from you in this duel is your screams of agony.”

Whether this is a warning or simply advice is up to Urizen’s interpretation as Vexx comes at him again, lightsaber whirling like a propeller. As he comes within striking range, he unleashes a flurry of attacks on the Shadow Knight. A sweeping slash toward the neck, a stab for the ribs, another slash for the hips, and still another slash aimed for the knees. There can be no mistaking that Urizen’s Fighting Sight will be put through its paces as well as his reflexes to defend against a variety of attacks.

Tag: @Urizen

 

[Urizen]

IC: Urizen

Dueling Arena

Urizen heard and felt his lightsaber make contact with his opponent’s chest plate, leaving a burned black mark on it.
Urizen heard Lord Vexx speak, saying “You are a rather quiet fighter, Shadow Knight,” he said, Urizen watched, as his opponent started rolling his shoulders to lessen the burning sensation and brandished his lightsaber again, “I would hate it if the only sound I ever got from you in this duel is your screams of agony.”
“tis true, my Lord, we wouldn’t like that, but in times like this, I would rather allow my blade to do the speaking for me, I know not very sorcerer like but there's always an odd one in all of us also mid-battle banter isn’t my forte, especially with someone who has most likely heard it all”.

While Urizen was speaking, managing to get a small break, during the fight he focused and tried to analyse on his opponent, his potential future moves, disciplined body language made manifest via vigorous training.

Urizen continued, “I'll fight you with all my hatred and passion, that’s all I'll probably say as a closing remark”, smirking as he placed his lightsaber in a defensive shien stance across his body and narrowing his eyes, to try and pick up any small details that may arise in the next movements.

Urizen watched as Lord Vexx spun his lightsaber and literally flew towards the Knight, spinning his lightsaber around at lightning-fast speed, attempting to deceive the young Knights eyes, while also making his way towards him.

Urizen's eyes tried to keep up, but even his fighting sight was having trouble reading the movements of the blade, as they kept changing with each twirl of the blade and each path, he should take altered, causing Urizen to go with his gut, while gritting his teeth in annoyance, feeling potential control, being lost.
Urizen had no other choice but to rely even more on his fighting sight and so he readied himself for the strike for when it would come, Urizen’s eyes moving side to side, watching his opponents' weapon and it did soon after, Lord Vexx swung his blade down at Urizen’s neck.

Urizen quickly slid on his left foot again subconsciously, turning his body to the side again and swung his own saber in its path to hopefully deflect it away again, causing Urizen to narrow his eyes more with determination, the feeling of fatigued racked his body slightly, but he ignored due to if he didn’t, he could die.

Urizen then watched as Lord Vexx followed up with a stab to his ribs and in response after hopefully intercepting the sweep at his neck twirled his blade expertly, pointing downwards and positioned it in the path of the second attack before trying to flick it away, after hopefully blocking it.

As he did this, it gave Urizen a small window refocused and readied himself as another strike came his way, this attack came quicker than expected and nearly caught Urizen off guard and had to act quickly in response, luckily for his fighting sight he sensed the danger that was aimed for his hips and watched as the blade came in at a slow motion and so he jumped back out of the way as he watched the blade swing missed him by inches.

Urizen then watched as Lord Vexx attempted a follow through slash at his knees this time, but luckily had jumped back previously which caused the following slash at his knees to miss.

Urizen then quickly slid foreword and attempted a swing of his own from left to right at his opponent, hoping the missed swings had unbalanced his opponent and provided Urizen with time and space to strike his mark.

After attempting the swing, he quickly twirled and transitioned his lightsaber into a following downwards swing from left to right again before following up with a stab again.

Urizen never felt so sure of himself now this time, he only prayed to Typhojem, it hopefully worked.

Force Powers

Fighting sight lvl 2

@Grievance Vexx

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OOC (hope it worked if so, that's how Urizen's eyes are following the spinning blade minus the sprint at the end)

 

[Urizen]

(sorry Lord Vexx this message was a mistakee and accidently posted my response twice so I edited this one to change it as it wouldn't let me delete I apologise for messing up this forum temporarily)

 

[Grievance Vexx]

Counterstrike Student Training With Apprentice Tobbi Airskipper

IC- Lord Grievance Vexx
Dueling Arena

The tinnitus ringing in the Dark Lord’s head crescendos as Tobbi pulls the energy of the Force into himself, augmenting his speed until he is a living pinball, ricocheting off of every flat surface in the room at speeds that would be impossible to track were Vexx not skilled in the power of Fighting Sight. It doesn’t take him long to foresee Tobbi’s reckless abandon to the his own power is going to drive him like a blaster bolt straight toward where Vexx stands, lightsaber poised to relieve him of one of his legs.

“Oh, no you don’t,” the Krigsbefallaf grumbles, “I have lost my legs one too many times in combat to let you get away with that idea.”

With speed enough to rival Force augmented movement, Vexx springs away, relying only on the cybernetic abilities of his body, leaving Tobbi to sail through empty air as his target is now on all fours, attached to the north wall of the chamber by his magnetic talons. Like the unnatural beast that he is, Vexx decides to give Airskipper a run for his credits and he dodges around the room every bit as quickly as the apprentice is moving, but his motion is more controlled and deliberate. His intent? To teach young Airskipper that he can play this game all day while the fledgling Sith will learn that he may spend more stamina than he wants to just trying to outmaneuver him.

While this cannot be classified as the most enjoyable way to handle a duel for Vexx, he will let his student lead the dance, allowing himself to be the subject upon which Airskipper experiments. However, the impetuous one will learn what is effective and what is not whether the Dark Lord’s attacks are passive or aggressive. In this instance, the Krigsbefallaf is using Tobbi’s own passion against him, knowing he will eventually become weary while he himself conserves his energy, merely focusing on staying one step ahead of the Shadow Hand’s apprentice.

Tag: @Tobbi Airskipper

 

[Grievance Vexx]

Counterstrike Student Training With Knight Urizen

IC- Lord Grievance Vexx
Dueling Arena

Vexx is very seldom ever thrown off balance even if an attack does not meet its mark. As a creature not given to assumptions or taking anything for granted in combat, he fights as though his opponent could turn the tide at any moment. He has been on both ends of this happening and has learned that lesson well. Overconfidence is hardly ever a threat to his position in battle.

As his final strikes are dodged, he recoils on his back leg, a distinguished Makashi retreat taking him out of harm’s way, but he brings his blade out and down, anchoring it’s tip on the floor, his wrist turned upward and hand turned downward in a solid grip on his hilt as Urizen’s counterstrike cracks in a clash of sparks against his block.

“Perhaps when you become more seasoned in combat, you will find the exchange of insults to be more gratifying,” he replies, still intensely focused on the duel even as he speaks as though they are chatting over drinks in the Lounge, “Right now, I am certain the banter distracts you. Not that I really care. Consider this twofold training to focus your mind on the duel despite what I may say to you.”

He draws back his blade after blocking Urizen’s strike, deciding to up the ante a bit by deviating away from what he normally does in a duel. Extending his free hand, he gives his student a none-too-gentle shove through the Force, testing to see what Urizen will do with a bit of distance between them.

Powers used:
Force Push

OOC- No worries on the double post. It happens sometimes.

Tag: @Urizen

 

[Urizen]

IC: Urizen

Dueling Arena

Urizen watched as his opponent seemingly transitioned into a retreating movement thanks to his preferred form Makashi that due to its footwork had got him out of harm's way from Urizen’s attacks, while also allowing him to intercept the blade with his own blade.

As Urizen’s blade met Lord Vexx’s causing Urizen to grit his teeth, as he pushed against the saber, using all the strength he could muster, as he heard Lord Vexx speak over the battle of blades.

Urizen heard him say “Perhaps when you become more seasoned in combat, you will find the exchange of insults to be more gratifying, right now, I am certain the banter distracts you. Not that I really care. Consider this twofold training to focus your mind on the duel despite what I may say to you.”


Urizen said through his gritted teeth, “Indeed my Lord and I will try”, as soon as that left his mouth, Urizen felt his opponent pull back his lightsaber, causing Urizen to get suspicious and watch his opponent closely in case he came back and tried to strike at Urizen again.

Suddenly Urizen saw his opponents hand extend and fly up in his direction and sensed the danger that could be about to happen but couldn’t tell what ability his opponent would use. Out of nowhere, Urizen felt an invisible force slam into him and sent him flying back, rolling backwards, leaving a trail of lightsaber burns on the floor along with lightsaber noises slashing against it.

Urizen rolled onto his legs and spat on the floor, seeing bits of red in his saliva, as during his roll he had accidently bit his tongue causing more blood to leave more wounds on his body, Urizen coughed due to being caught off guard and wounded slightly, but due to his training it passed quickly and said “damn”, under his breath.

Urizen pushed himself off his legs and stood back up quickly and placed his lightsaber pointing down to his side as he watched his opponent from the distance, shaking off the feeling of being sent hurdling away.

Now was his chance to reorganize and get a breather, before they continued and decided that he was feeling a little drained after using so much energy in the fighting and decided to try and recoup it back.

Urizen raised and extended his own arm and focused the force into like a whip-like leech-energy and fired it at his opponent, hoping that it would wrap around his opponent's body or stick onto him and hopefully allow Urizen to recoup some of his lost reserves, while also weakening and slowing down his own opponent.

Force powers
Force drain lvl 2

@Grievance Vexx

 

[Grievance Vexx]

Counterstrike Student Training With Knight Urizen

IC- Lord Grievance Vexx
Dueling Arena

Vexx chuckles darkly as he watches Urizen go sailing across the chamber, skipping like a stone on a lake. While using the Force never gives him as much satisfaction as using melee weapons, he does find amusement in some of the things it allows him to do to frustrate the efforts of his opponent.

"Well, that is rude," the Krigsbefallaf remarks as Urizen spits on the floor, "And gross."

He once again draws on telekinetic energy through the Force, though it is decidedly in a non-violent manner as he only uses it to take hold of Urizen's robe to mop up the glob of bloody saliva on the floor. He releases the Shadow Knight immediately thereafter and focuses on the duel once more.

As Urizen draws on Force Drain, the cyborg winces as it first induces a case of tinnitus; not at an unbearable level, but just enough to be annoying. Having been the target of a Drain before, most notably from Darth Skyllan, Vexx knows a moving target is far more difficult to lock. So he moves and it is with great speed despite being unaided by the Force. His is all cybernetic. He first springs to the wall to his right, latching onto it with his talons and hanging there among the weapons for a moment before making his next move, which is to leap clear across the room and attach himself to the opposite wall while he makes ready to execute one final move.

Springing off the wall, his trajectory takes him out and upward with simply a powerful push from his cybernetic legs until he is over Urizen's head. He turns his body midair and extends his lightsaber, intending to crash down on top of Urizen in the classic "avalanche" attack, signature to the Djem So form.

Powers used:
Telekinesis (+4)

Tag: @Urizen

 

[Urizen]

IC: Urizen

Dueling Arena

Urizen felt his body get grabbed by an invisible force and pulled unwillingly towards where he had spat his blood and saliva was, watching as the tail part of his robe being used to wipe up the mixed up Intravascular and extracellular fluids, after it had been cleaned up completely, Urizen then spoke “apologies my Lord, for that”, he was suddenly released to resume his current move of attempting to drain.

Urizen felt his force reserves fill up, causing Urizen to breathe a sigh of relief as his fatigue faded slightly too, but as quickly as he felt his energy latch on to its target, it quickly started to diminish.

As Urizen watched as his opponent jumped towards the wall on his left at extreme speeds, Urizen decided it would be best not to risk the continuation of forcer drain and so cut it short and focused on the trajectory and direction his opponent was making, as it would be significantly harder to track and drain a moving target at the same time.

Urizen clicked his tongue in a way to remember the pattern or at least follow the pattern in his head, he then watched his opponent fly towards the opposite wall, using all the force his opponents’ legs provided him and latched onto that wall as well, Urizen then clicked his tongue again in remembrance as his eyes tried to keep track, but during this time Urizen was focusing more on his hearing then sight, his head then swerved quickly in the direction of the noise that was created due to Lord Vexx’s talons making contact with wall.

As quickly as the noise came, it was quickly replaced with the sound of metal scratching against metal again and Urizen watched as Lord Vexx, went flying into the sky, Urizen knew gravity would pull him down eventually and so he prepared himself for when it would happen.

Urizen watched as Lord Vexx repositioned his body midair, over him and extended his lightsaber and placing in a way that would come down on Urizen’s head and so to help him calculate the descent, Urizen activated his fighting sight.

Urizen would wait till his opponent was in range and lure him in with a false opening and hopefully, roll out of the way and counter with his own strike.

Urizen watched as his opponent came crashing down at a fast pace and rolled out of the way to his left as the blade came down and in response, Urizen swung his own blade at Lord Vexx’s shoulder hoping to hit it, before he pushed off his legs quickly and move around his opponent using footwork he had observed and mimicked.

Force Powers

Force drain lvl 2 (cancelled)

Fighting sight lvl 2

@Grievance Vexx

 

[Urizen]

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[Grievance Vexx]

Counterstrike Student Training With Knight Urizen

IC- Lord Grievance Vexx
Dueling Arena

Vexx had known his attack would put him in a risky position. Every duel is as a chess game in his mind. Using strategy alone, he had a pretty good idea of what sort of punishment his attack could open him up to. Even still, the risk is minimal compared to the gain, even if this were a duel with a true enemy.

Fractures appear on the floor in the wake of his landing, the material barely withstanding the heavy metal weight made even more intense by his ability to distribute that weight where he wants it in relation to crushing a target. The burn mark where his plasma blade strikes the floor would have cleaved Urizen in two had he not moved out of the way so quickly. A feral growl escapes the Krigsbefallaf as the Shadow Knight's blade strikes his armor-plated shoulder, leaving behind a glowing scar of melted durasteel before it cools to blackness on his stark-white body.

"It seems you have left something to remember you by," Vexx muses, glancing over at his newest scar, "Allow me to return the favor."

He strikes out with his talons, aiming to seize Urizen around his torso. If his student fails to evade the attack quickly, he will get another free flying lesson across the room.

Tag: @Urizen

 

[Urizen]

IC: Urizen

Dueling Arena

Urizen watched and heard as steam raised of the quickly cooling metal that he had managed to hit making a ‘hissing’ sound, leaving a black burnt stain mark in its wake as it disappeared which caused Urizen to inwardly smile, being thankful for this training, noticing noticeable improvements in his form and footwork already, but didn’t muse over it too much, well not yet...not until he had finished his training with Lord Vexx, if he survived.

Urizen then heard Lord Vexx say "It seems you have left something to remember you by, allow me to return the favor.", without hesitance Urizen watched as Lord Vexx strikes out quickly and menacingly with his talons, like a hawk attacking a prey it had set its eyes upon.

Urizen's fighting sight helped him predict the route of the talons and moved accordingly to what he felt would help him get out of the way, while also providing opportunity, Urizen quickly span and swivelled on his right foot to his left in a twirl motion, hopefully getting him out of the way of the incoming talons.

As he spins, could feel the tail of his robe lift up due the breeze which was caused by both his twirl and and Lord Vexx's talons, Urizen aimed and swung his lightsaber to hopefully catch Lord Vexx’s right leg during the swivel, he was attempting.

After Urizen attempted to get a slash on his opponents' leg, he decided it would be better to now get some distance between the two and so placed his lightsaber in front of him in a defensive stance, the tip of his lightsaber pointing towards his opponent, as he slid back to create more distance between him and Lord Vexx.

Force Powers
Fighting sight lvl 2

@Grievance Vexx

 

[Grievance Vexx]

Counterstrike Student Training With Knight Urizen

IC- Lord Grievance Vexx
Dueling Arena

The strike with his foot comes up short as the Dark Lord's talons slice through thin air, but Vexx had learned long ago to make every move a chain of maneuvers, never letting one be a dead end. As Urizen twirls to the left--which would place him to Vexx's right--the Krigsbefallaf does not withdraw his leg. Instead, with the leg still extended, he swings it to the right in a sweeping kick, still level with the Shadow Knight's torso.

There is a certain art to how the cyborg executes maneuvers such as this. He makes it look like the kick was the intent the whole time; as though the previous strike had been more of a bluff. Whether this is true or not, Urizen may never know through guessing alone. The only thing that is certain here is that Vexx has been at this sort of thing for a long time; so much that he is a master at improvisation.

He both feels and hears Urizen's lightsaber connect with his stationary leg. Thankfully, he is engineered to withstand glancing blows much better than an average droid as, like his shoulder, it sustains damage, but not enough to cripple him. He finishes the kick, which turns out to be another strike through empty air as Urizen manages to distance himself at the last possible second. The momentum sends him in a complete circle, through which he brings the striking leg back down to the ground and finalizes the move crouching on all fours, facing his student like a Gundark just waiting to pounce again. The smell of melted steel lingers heavily in the air; a scent not unlike the metallic tang of shed blood.

"Nicely done, Shadow Knight," he comments, turning and covering his mouth grate as he succumbs to a brief coughing fit, "You are learning to use the push of the dance to your advantage. But with every push, a pull will soon come after. What shall you do with that?"

Saying no more, the Krigsbefallaf extends his free hand and makes a grasping and pulling motion, using telekinesis to draw Urizen toward him, his blade made ready to put the Shadow Knight through yet another test of his mettle.

Powers used:
Telekinesis (+4)

Tag: @Urizen