[OPEN] I get lost under these lights; I get lost in the words I say

[direhit]

Date & Time: February 20th; afternoon
Location: Training Center within the Hold
Characters: Mei, Hibiscus the Serperior and YOU!
Summary: Time for a little training, both the human and Pokemon kind.
Warnings: PG? Doubt there's going to be blood, but you never know.

A

[Given that there's no wild Pokemon around and few trainers, training is hard. Damn hard for Hibiscus' sake. Mei knows that Hilda's apprehensive of challenging another trainer, and it seemed awkward to ask N or Hilbert for battles. They were all heroes, more so than she was, and while they'd provide a challenge, they all have only one Pokemon each.

So today is something different. Mei's set up a small obstacle course in a corner of the facility. With dummies hanging from a thick pipe over head, she first drills her Serperior in speed and dodging, and then through attacking.]

Alright! That's a good start, Hibi. Now, let's practice with your Leaf Blade!

[The snake whirls around, sharp red eyes glaring at the target until she slithers forward. With her tail glowing a bright green and the leaves flattening to form a blade, she lashes out, easily slicing the dummy in half.]


B

[Now that Hibiscus has had some exercise and is curled up off to the side, it's Mei's turn. The Serperior watches carefully as the girl digs around her bag for her weapon, a set of a dozen shuriken. She's never used them before, or had the need, but these missions sounded deadly. And now with all the celebrations over and the timeline restored, things seemed calm enough to get some practice under her belt.

With a bulls-eye target set against the wall, Mei takes her stance a few feet away, holding one star by a tip at eye level. She rears back and lets it fly, only to watch it bounce off the target instead of sinking in.

She tries repeatedly over and over again until half a dozen of her stars just lay on the ground and Mei looks rather huffy about the whole trial.]

...There's got to be some secret to this. [Biting her lip, she goes to collect them all in order to try again.

Comments

[symmachy]

[Snakes, at least, are not on the list of animals that Scatty is allergic to or severely dislikes. Obviously, the creature is attentive enough to know when it's being addressed, so she gives it a cursory nod of acknowledgement. The Warrior Maid is nothing if not polite.]

It's nice to meet the both of you as well. And I've just had a lot of time to work on my skill set.

[direhit]

[The snake lowers her head again, keeping a close eye on the pair nonetheless.]

A lot of time? [Her grin is nervous, but sincere.] You don't look that old, but you do look really talented. Do you use a thrown weapon too, or a different kind?

[symmachy]

[The comment is appreciated, even though Scatty only lets it show in a small smile. Her age is a touchy subject alright.] Not here, though I've used them in the past. [She tugs her white nunchaku from her belt, polished wood gleaming slightly.] This is my weapon of choice.

[direhit]

[Her eyes widen at the sight of the weapon. She's only seen them in the prop rooms of the studios, but she knows its a ninja weapon, much like her stars.]

How does it work? Or, uh... how do you wield it?

[symmachy]

[Just don't say the word ninja to her!!

Scatty grasps one end and starts to swing the nunchaku in a slow circle, speeding up with every turn.]

It takes balance and a sort of knowledge about where the wood will go. But it isn't so difficult with practice.

[direhit]

[Does she have bad blood or something against ninjas?

Mei steps back a little to make sure that there's enough room for Scatty to use her weapon.]

It doesn't look too complicated to use. But it's neat! I've only seen things like that in movies and even then, they're not used that much.