08-03-2016, 11:27 PM
Jacinda smiled at Barovsky. "Sounds good to me."
Odd, that. She'd expected the guy to go for the girl first. Jacinda didn't exactly sweat the match. Which was to say, she wasn't expecting to lose. The girl was small and that meant quickness.
Then again, she'd fought a lot of quick creatures. Rougs and chupes came in all shapes and sizes and they fought like hell. Add to that the fact that you had to avoid the bite of the chupe, well, that meant she had to be quick too.
She took up her stance across from the girl and looked at her, trying to fathom what was behind those green eyes. They seemed to be walls. She really couldn't tell what was going on. Well maybe not nothing. Maybe hesitance? Uncertainty? She didn't seem scared though, which was interesting. Idly, she wondered what it must feel like to the girl to work with people who'd just as soon see you dead as know you. More.
Aria jabbed and struck but they mostly glanced off her. Jacinda continued the circling, letting instinct take over. There was no thought in this. It was all disconnected- moments that existed only for as long as it took for her to act. Her hand slashing forward. An arm coming up to block. She spins and rolls to her feet, ready. Her fist connects satisfyingly in the girl's middle.
Around and around they danced and struck and then melted back for a moment, regrouping. And Jacinda felt a bit disappointed. This was like cardio. Gunnar had put her on her ass a few times and she'd given as good earlier today.
Don't get too cocky, she told herself. The girl connected for a moment, not enough to daze and Jacinda spun, sweeping the girl's legs, putting her on her back. The next instant she was crouched over her, heel of her palm raised to strike, other ground into the into the floor at the girl's side, holding Jacinda up. She wasn't going to of course. It was standard, though, in a spar. Show that it was done, killing not done only because it was practice, not because you couldn't have done it.
Hair falling forward around her, creating a tunnel like effect, she looked into the girl's eyes, feeling the girl's arm against the one that held Jacinda up. And she just looked....curious at this....alien in human form.
Edited by Jacinda, Aug 3 2016, 11:29 PM.
Odd, that. She'd expected the guy to go for the girl first. Jacinda didn't exactly sweat the match. Which was to say, she wasn't expecting to lose. The girl was small and that meant quickness.
Then again, she'd fought a lot of quick creatures. Rougs and chupes came in all shapes and sizes and they fought like hell. Add to that the fact that you had to avoid the bite of the chupe, well, that meant she had to be quick too.
She took up her stance across from the girl and looked at her, trying to fathom what was behind those green eyes. They seemed to be walls. She really couldn't tell what was going on. Well maybe not nothing. Maybe hesitance? Uncertainty? She didn't seem scared though, which was interesting. Idly, she wondered what it must feel like to the girl to work with people who'd just as soon see you dead as know you. More.
Aria jabbed and struck but they mostly glanced off her. Jacinda continued the circling, letting instinct take over. There was no thought in this. It was all disconnected- moments that existed only for as long as it took for her to act. Her hand slashing forward. An arm coming up to block. She spins and rolls to her feet, ready. Her fist connects satisfyingly in the girl's middle.
Around and around they danced and struck and then melted back for a moment, regrouping. And Jacinda felt a bit disappointed. This was like cardio. Gunnar had put her on her ass a few times and she'd given as good earlier today.
Don't get too cocky, she told herself. The girl connected for a moment, not enough to daze and Jacinda spun, sweeping the girl's legs, putting her on her back. The next instant she was crouched over her, heel of her palm raised to strike, other ground into the into the floor at the girl's side, holding Jacinda up. She wasn't going to of course. It was standard, though, in a spar. Show that it was done, killing not done only because it was practice, not because you couldn't have done it.
Hair falling forward around her, creating a tunnel like effect, she looked into the girl's eyes, feeling the girl's arm against the one that held Jacinda up. And she just looked....curious at this....alien in human form.
Edited by Jacinda, Aug 3 2016, 11:29 PM.