Re: Day 35 [0900 hours.] This is Probably a Poor Decision
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Lt. JG Dantius Thi Anh-Le | Suitably pleasant hilltop | Southern temperate zone, Aldea Prime | Attn: @Griff
Anh-Le nearly jumped out of her skin as Lillee poked her behind, but kept her stance. Being adjusted manually by a teacher? She'd done that and had that done before, it was part of teaching archery as much as it seemed to be for swordplay. But she'd never had quite such a crush on a teacher before.
"If you're sure," Anh-Le replied to Lillee's instructions. "It's just that most of my hand to hand training is how to punch somebody on the chin to knock them out, how to break an arm, how to stab somebody while being dragged off to who knows where, the sort of thing you aren't really supposed to use unless absolutely necessary." Not because there were any secret mystical techniques involved, but just because even Starfleet Intelligence frowned upon death and maiming that wasn't absolutely necessary for the mission and the preservation of operatives' lives.
She settled into the corrected stance, raising her sword. Something in her, maybe adrenaline, maybe the heady anticipation for the fight, spurred her to rash speech. "Or in other words, I don't want to damage your lovely face." What is wrong with me today? That's horribly inappropriate! Anh-Le covered up her mounting flush by lunging forwards, sending a probing thrust for Lillee's torso.
The Romulan batted Anh-Le's sword aside, and the Orion leaned back, momentum arrested as the flat of Lillee's blade came back, narrowly ducking below the blow, before bringing her sword up to parry Lillee's own thrust with a two-handed grip--one made necessary by the Romulan's superior strength. The Orion swept the blonde's blade aside, darting sideways as she passed her sword to her left hand, jabbing at Lillee's side with her right fist, but missed as the Romulan twisted away.
Anh-Le felt herself begin to grin. This was fun! Her blood was pumping, breath measured but harsh in her ears, and she beheld a similar excited smile on Lillee's lips.
Anh-Le struck again, coming in from the left, but her blade was batted aside; she twisted, but felt the flat of Lillee's sword slap her on the behind, and yelped with shock. "Hey!"
The Romulan's only response was a breathy, musical chuckle. Anh-Le pulled back, re-setting her stance, and studied her opponent, the fluid movements and easy confidence with which she held her blade as she moved in...
The legs. Without her stance she'll go down. Anh-Le lunged back into the fray, going high and drawing a swift parry, before dropping on her left leg and sweeping out with her right to hook Lillee's legs out from under her...