disdainfully: (run)
Þórir Þráinsson Þórsson | Thorir T. Thorsson ([personal profile] disdainfully) wrote in [community profile] savetheearth2014-03-14 12:14 am

[open] Axes of the Dwarves! The Dwarves are upon you!

Who: OPEN!!! Anyone and everyone is welcome here, please drop in!
When: March 15th.
Where: The Thorsson backyard.
What: Sparring! Characters who have no weapons yet but want to try out something, or who want to try out new weapons, are welcome as well!
Warnings: Violence.


Imagine that there was a network post asking for people to come to a afternoon of sparring and training/trying to force echoes. There was a specific emphasis in the post for people to not bring powers or firearms into the mix, only all kinds of short range weapons - swords, axes, knives, maces, halberds, anything really. A part of the idea, as was explained, was not only to provide a place to try out different weapons but also to have multiple people use weapons in a small area, allowing for battle echoes.

So the day has come! The place is the backyard of the Thorsson's downtown store/private buildings, a relatively large areal closed off with buildings belonging to the family on all sides.

There are all kinds of weapons - real ones and some larp weapons as well - on a table in a corner of the backyard that cannot be used for sparring since swings, a sandbox and a bench are located there. Protective gear like chainmail and helmets can be found as well. Some refreshments in form of apples, juice boxes and bananas, all in open boxes, have been placed next to them along with water in bottles.

So those that brought no weapons can borrow those proffered, and those that brought their own ones can try out others as well.


[OOC: Please post your own thread starters and tag each other!]
moreweaponsthanyou: (...right)

[personal profile] moreweaponsthanyou 2014-03-28 03:41 am (UTC)(link)
At least Fil knows he's not turning into a robot or growing tentacles? Fil will take being short over those two any day.

And it looks like Fred is willing to continue, so he raises his axe again to continue the spar.

seriallylucky: (fight fight)

[personal profile] seriallylucky 2014-03-31 07:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Fred is indeed willing to continue. This time, though, the interruption is from his end; after a while he suddenly stumbles. Backward, fortunately.
moreweaponsthanyou: (oh yeah?)

[personal profile] moreweaponsthanyou 2014-04-01 10:06 am (UTC)(link)
Luckily, they hadn't been going that fast. Fil was able to pull back his strike just in time or they'd been a nasty bruise or worse on Fred. It did leave him reeling for balance before he caught himself firmly.

"You alright?"
seriallylucky: (worried)

[personal profile] seriallylucky 2014-04-01 04:22 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yeah." He shakes his head to clear it. "Just... a pulse."
moreweaponsthanyou: (oh yeah?)

[personal profile] moreweaponsthanyou 2014-04-02 07:12 am (UTC)(link)
Well, that was half the point of this little exercise. Fil had gotten two of the earlier that day. "Lucky you." He said cheerfully. "A nice one?"
seriallylucky: (worried)

[personal profile] seriallylucky 2014-04-02 02:23 pm (UTC)(link)
"No, not really." Fred sounds disappointed but not surprised. "A couple of names and weird faces."

Weird enough, in fact, that he's wondering if his other self knew some part-dragons or something.
moreweaponsthanyou: (oh yeah?)

[personal profile] moreweaponsthanyou 2014-04-03 02:36 pm (UTC)(link)
"Better than nothing. You never know if they're going to come in useful." Fil commented cheerfully. "At least it's not your past-self doing something really embarrassing?"
seriallylucky: (happy)

[personal profile] seriallylucky 2014-04-04 04:25 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, that's true." And it cheers Fred up a bit. "Why, did you get something like that?"

He's not going to press for details, but if Fil brings it up anyway...
moreweaponsthanyou: (Sassing at you)

[personal profile] moreweaponsthanyou 2014-04-05 02:24 pm (UTC)(link)
"I did, unfortunately. I think it's embarrassing now, but apparently my past-self had no shame and found it hilarious and fun so..." Fil shrugged. He wasn't opposed to talking about in a broad sense but would rather not mention some of the finer details.

"If you're extremely unlucky, you might get a nice memory like that too."
seriallylucky: (bein all heroic)

[personal profile] seriallylucky 2014-04-08 03:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, fair enough. Fred's not really into pressing people further than they want to go.

"Maybe. I would like more than I've gotten."
moreweaponsthanyou: (sideways glance)

[personal profile] moreweaponsthanyou 2014-04-09 09:15 am (UTC)(link)
"Well, they're going to come whether you like it or not if this alien business continues." Fil shrugged. "Enjoy being normal while you can."
seriallylucky: (eww no)

[personal profile] seriallylucky 2014-04-09 07:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Fred makes a bit of a face at that. "I was never really fond of normal, and my other self doesn't seem too bad."
moreweaponsthanyou: (sideways glance)

[personal profile] moreweaponsthanyou 2014-04-10 04:27 am (UTC)(link)
"You're so sure your past self wasn't secretly a supervillain or something?" Fil asked heading a bit to the side to pick up two bottle of water. "Want one?"
seriallylucky: (bein all heroic)

[personal profile] seriallylucky 2014-04-10 03:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Fred shrugs. "Not entirely," he admits, "but I haven't had any indications that direction. And one of the first things I got was a healing spell." Not something you usually expect evil people to have, though of course they're not prohibited.

"Sure, thanks."
moreweaponsthanyou: (oh yeah?)

[personal profile] moreweaponsthanyou 2014-04-11 07:37 am (UTC)(link)
"That's useful. Really useful. More useful then random memories. I think I'm kinda jealous." Not really, and he shows that by giving Fred a grin. And throws him a water bottle before taking a long drink out of his.
seriallylucky: (happy)

[personal profile] seriallylucky 2014-04-14 03:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Fred grins back as he catches the bottle. "Yeah, it's pretty great. Saved my life a couple of times on Sunday."