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Second Training Session With Master Pikkle.

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Built high in the massive branches of Taldera's bloodwood forest, The Spires is a city crafted by the peaceful and scholarly Jamoura. Considered a haven for scholars and sages Mizahar-wide, The Spires is a mecca of philosophy and science that draws people from far and wide with its promise of deeper thinking and higher reasoning.

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Postby Vaspira on January 8th, 2013, 9:09 am

Winter 15th 512 AV

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Vaspira was still sore from the previous training with Master Pikkle, who knew that acrobatics required so much effort. Sure she was unintelligent when it came to it, and assumed she would learn fancy flips, not strength training. Vaspira could not help but wonder what the Pycon man had in store for her today as she headed to the Training Grounds near the Base Camps. Her muscles felt stiff and sore, her legs were like walking on stiff boards. Vaspira groaned mentally, but shrugged off the pain she was feeling as she walked towards the Training Grounds.

Pikkle was standing there, as if he knew she was coming, looking straight at her as she entered. Vaspira frowned down at the Pycon, thinking it was peculiar.

”What has taken you so long to get here, I expected you two bells ago!” Pikkle said looking up at the sky before staring at her. He was smaller than her, but she learned from her last session that sized did not matter. He had more strength in that little body then she did in her large one. She felt in adequate when she trained with the Pycon and a little worthless as well.

Vaspira sighed and stared Pikkle down. ”Well, I was busy trying to get my muscles to work this morning, so I made it when I was able.” This wasn’t a lie, Vaspira did try to wake up early. But her body just was not allowing that nonsense, it screamed at her when she tried to leap from her tree limb. Maybe sleeping in a tree while training was not such a good idea after all. Although it may make her stronger for it in the end, albeit more sore and tired.

Pikkle placed his small hands on his hips as his brow furrowed in an agitated scowl. ”Like I said the other day, wussy pussy to the fullest. Punctuality is a part of the training, if you cannot suck it up and make it here on time, I will not be wasting my time on your laziness. Do you want to learn acrobatics, or do you want to be a weak whiney kelvic?”

Ouch, that hurt the pride. Vaspira said to herself. She wanted to learn acrobatics, hell she wanted to learn a lot of things, this was only the beginning. She never wanted Master Pikkle to think otherwise of her. He had a point though, she was being a sniveling brat about it, and she needed to suck it up and show him that she wanted to learn. Vaspira vowed to herself just then that she would train even harder today, to prove to the pycon that she was serious about training.

Vaspira inhaled sharply, casting off her personal thoughts, as she peered at the man with respect. ”I understand what you are saying Master, and I am sorry that I am acting like such a wussy. I vow that I will try harder.” Vaspira said this with stern confidence; she was serious that she would try harder, to make him proud.

Master Pikkle just nodded, not accepting the apology or casting it off, just a simple nod that he understood and would believe it when he seen it. This little nod made Vaspira heat up inside, she did not like it when people did not believe in her. This just fueled the fire of the vow she had taken this day, she would exceed his expectations if she ended up in the hospital near death.

Master Pikkle stayed silent for a few chimes just staring at Vaspira before he decided to speak.

”Alright, show me what you learned last time, show me what you remember from our training session.”

Vaspira inhaled a deep breath and went into the routine she formed from the moves she had taught him. It was time to show him she cared. Her body showed off her toned muscles as they strained to comply with her body’s movements.

She started off with her hands palm down on the frozen ground, being buried underneath the snow, lifting her hips off the ground, stretching her legs before her, then using her core muscles to slowly move her legs behind her and over her head, going into a hand stand position. Her body was a perfect line as she held it there, with her toes gracefully pointed towards the sky. From the hand stand position, she used her arm strength to bounce her body up into the air, doing a half flip landing on her feet, as her feet met the ground she slowly pushed her body forward into a front Aerial. Her feet barely come to the ground before she twisted and pushed her body into a somersault, flipping her body three-hundred and sixty degrees forward. Vaspira landed on her feet perfectly, her arms at her sides, a wolfish grin spreading across her face. She was proud of herself, even if Master Pikkle wasn’t. She could tell her body was getting used to the abuse, it flowed easier than it did that first day. She pushed her body through more training solo, to learn and get the moves down.

Master Pikkle nodded, a small smile on his face. That smile made Vaspira’s heart race with excitement. Excitement that she finally impressed him, or at least showed him she was serious. She jumped into the air, her left leg leaving the floor first, spring off of her right leg, twisting her body in the air, kicking out with her right leg before she landed on it, swinging her left leg kicking out in a swooping motion. Vaspira practiced this martial art like move for 30 chimes, before Pikkle was satisfied with her progress.
Vaspira could feel sweat trickling down the center of her breats, down her spine, and down her forehead.

”That was better than the first day, but keep practicing very day to get better.” Pikkle said with a curt nod, not waiting for her to respond before moving on. ”Today I would like to teach you something a little different. It is acrobatics, but acrobatics that you would use in fighting another person. They are difficult to learn, your body is going to hurt, so expect pain when you train with me or anyone else.”
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Postby Vaspira on January 11th, 2013, 3:24 pm

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The pycon inhaled a deep breath and went on talking, not wasting time for Vaspira to voice her opinion. ”The first move I would like to teach you is called the Felliong Illusion Twist; I will show you how to do it personally, as it may be hard to understand with me just describing it to you.”

Master Pikkle bent down, his legs making a U sort of shape, as he twisted lightning fast, kicking his legs out. It was so quick Vaspira could barely make the move out with her excellent vision. He had to execute this trick five times before Vaspira felt confident enough to attempt it herself. It looked like the pycon man was defying gravity though, and this worried her. She supposed you had to defy gravity in a sense with acrobatics, learning how to sling your body in the air was defying it anyways.

Vaspira bent her legs, squatting down slightly; her legs bent outwards making a U shape. She swung her left leg in the air, springing off the right leg on the ground bringing it up as well, twisting her body, and kicking out with her right, then left leg. Vaspira trained this particular moved for 15 chimes, until she felt more confident about it. Vaspira smiled at Master Pikkle, but he held the same calm face as before, no smile or frown, emotionless to say the least. Vaspira sighed; she was really trying to impress the man! What would it take?

Master Pikkle cleared his throat before speaking, ”Okay the next move is a bit complicated. I want you to run, fast, run towards that big tree, run up it the best you can, springing off of it and doing a side flip. This is also a complicated move; we have left the basics and have now gotten into intermediate moves. I will show you how this is done, since explaining these moves will not teach you.” With that he did not wait for a reply, instead the pycon man ran at full force towards the tree, running up it and springing off of it doing a side flip. It was all very fast; he was a quick little man that was for sure. Vaspira watched him do the move a few times; to make sure she comprehended what she was seeing.

Vaspira was up now, she shook her body loosening it, inhaling a deep breath and exhaling it a few times. Then she ran full force towards the large tree, attempting to run up it, but only succeeding in running up the tree and falling on her back. She landed hard on the ground, the snow cushioning some of her fall. Pain shot through her body, this time though she would not complain about it, out load at least. She shook off the pain and walked back to her starting point attempting the move again. Vaspira did this for 30 chimes, before she finally got the move down. It was not a graceful side flip, nor as fast as Master Pikkles. But her body still performed the move, and she would train it on this move until she finally made it look as good as Pikkles.
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Renewed and Half Dead

Postby Vaspira on January 11th, 2013, 3:25 pm

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At this point Vaspira was out of breath and desperately wanted some water. Sweat no longer just trickled down her body, her body was a sheen of sweat, covered from head to toe. Vaspira rubbed at the center of her breasts, where sweat was beginning to tickle and irritate her, as she waited for Pikkle to tell her of the next move.

”Good, good. You are doing better then you did the other day. Now on to the next move, I want you to climb that tree, in human form no cheating, and then I want you to get up on a limb and drop off. You shouldn’t have a problem landing on your feet, cat’s always land on their feet, right?” Master Pikkle said teasingly, chuckling at her when she rolled her eyes at him shaking her head.

”Let us hope that they do when in human form.” Vaspira let out as she exhaled her breath, trying to calm her persistent beating heart. Climbing trees in her black leopard form wasn’t a big deal, which was how she survived. But in human form it was a little different. She did not have the claws or as much strength as her feline form. Vaspira sighed and casted the negative thoughts aside for now, she needed to concentrate on the task at hand.

Vaspira walked up to the intimidating tree, and began climbing up its length. Thankfully this tree was not one of the huge trees in the spires, and had low hanging branches. She climbed until she was 8 feet above the ground. ”Is this high enough?!” Vaspira yelled down at Master Pikkle, hoping that it was, she did not want to attempt anything higher. The pycon just nodded his head, both of his hands on his hips as he looked up at Vaspira.

Vaspira inhaled a deep breath to calm her pounding heart. She wasn’t afraid of heights in the least, but it was the fact that she was willing falling from said height that scared her. Vaspira tightened her muscles and jumped from the tree, keeping her feet first. She landed on her feet but tumbled forward on her knees and face at the impact. Damn that really hurt! Vaspira said to herself as she spit out a clump of dirt from her mouth, standing up brushing off her knees.

”No no no no! You are doing it all wrong. You cannot just land so hard, it must be a soft landing, bend your knees a little as you make contact with the ground, and land on the padding under your toes not your whole damn foot. Just think about how you jump from trees in your feline form, and then copy that.”

How she did in her kelvic form? Well shit she was in human form and this body was completely different from her furred one. How exactly was she supposed to be like her kelvic form while in human form? These thoughts were making Vaspira angry, but then it came to her. She was like her kelvic form in almost every way. She wasn’t human, but a black leopard that turned into a human. She had been restraining that side of her for a long time obviously; she just needed to accept the fact that she was an animal first, and a human second.
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Postby Vaspira on January 11th, 2013, 3:25 pm

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Vaspira smiled with renewed confidence, as she climbed the tree again, memorizing how her kelvic form landed so swiftly and softly to the ground. She plummeted from the eight foot tree limb, bending her knees slightly as she made contact to the ground, landing softly with barely a sound. Vaspira gave Master Pikkle a ‘shit eating grin’ at her accomplishment and he actually nodded and smiled back to her. This made happiness bloom in Vaspira’s chest, he finally acknowledged her!

”You have done very well today, you are improving immensely and trying much harder now, pushing your body almost pass its limits. Go and rest now, you deserve to rest. When you are ready for the third session, come see me.”

Vaspira wanted to jump up and down like a little girl, she was so full of excitement. She felt proud of herself for making Master Pikkle proud of her. She bent down and kissed the little man, Thank you Master Pikkle for everything, I will see you soon. My body needs to rest for a while though. You have taught me so much and I am so grateful that you have taken time to teach me! Vaspira bowed out of respect to the man, he nodded and patted her on the leg. Vaspira nodded back and gathered her belongings leaving the Training Grounds with a renewed sense of self, as well as a body that was half dead from the intense training she put it through.
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Postby Capricious on January 22nd, 2013, 9:52 pm

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Award
Skill XP Earned Lore Earned
Acrobatics 3 • Push Aside Soreness for Learning
Climbing 1 •Technique: Felliong Illusion Twist
• Technique: Side kick flip
• Bend the Knees when Landing
• Accepting I Am an Animal First
• How to Properly Fall from a Tree


As always, I enjoyed this thread with Master Pikkle. You write very well and fluidly. Keep an eye on the ends of your words. I noticed several times words such as willfully only ending with willful. This is not something major and is just a constructive critique.

Just as a note, make sure to play within your range of acrobatics. At a novice level of acrobatics, you would struggle to the extreme. As a novice, you are beginning to realize how unfamiliar you are with your body, which you have roleplayed wonderfully, but should also keep in mind your body may not automatically want to stretch that way. Novices also take a lot of falls, which I am happy to see you have. While your Kelvic race can have some influence, don't rely on it. :) Please note, this is a simple warning.

On another note, Vaspira limped away from this training session with a scrape on her cheek, tender ankles; and multiple bruises, particularly on her upper torso.

Please note, I did not give you the skill of body building or running because although Vaspira used her body in new ways, they were acrobatic ways. You also barely described running.


If you have any questions or concerns regarding your grade, please send me a PM and we can figure it out. :)

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