[Iron Fist School]Fist to Scale[Laurie White]

by **Ssafirsotibones** on July 25th, 2013, 5:28 pm

48 Summer 513

Bones walked into the training room in the courtyard of the Iron Fist, to find it empty. He had slept in a bit today, got up, did some stretches, relieved himself, and then headed over to see if anyone was about.

The school was still fairly new, so it gave him at times a bit of solitude, away from the humans that made up the city of Nyka. But he knew once it became a bit more used, with more students and people learning there, it would constantly be filled with the hum of activity and... Humans...

It was times like this that he missed home, missed his scaly brethren, missed being able to openly use his other forms, and not have to hide what he was for fear of retribution. For while individually the humans were mainly weak... Their sheer numbers outweighed Bones own strength. It was why he lived his life as he did, having to toe the line, be careful of his words, live in secret...

Of course, he had left home for good reason, he did not agree with many of his brothers and sisters, who believed in Siku chiefly. Bones did not see things that way, he followed Caiyha. He did not cringe from killing, but nor did he make it particularly painful if not needed, nor did he kill wantonly or without need.

At least most of the humans here were not weak and meek, but willing to fight and battle to live. Caiyha ruled that the strongest survived, the strong ate the weak and continued to live. Perhaps by working here amongst the humans who so hated him for the main part, he could help a few see this inner glimmer and learn to fight with fist or steel.

Bones let out a sigh, and then set himself in the middle of the room, legs crossed, facing the door. He stretched out his arms, bending them behind his back and leaning forward, then up the front above his head, all the while waiting. Waiting to see if another would enter, perhaps wanting to spar and fight and give him a brief glimpse into battle.

by **Laurie White** on July 25th, 2013, 6:37 pm

Laurie White didn't know what to do with herself in the city. She walked around the city looking lost. Which she was at first. She was lost because it was her first time in the city of Nyka. She loved how peaceful the city was and how nothing would interrupt it. The monks looked like they made sure of it. So Laurie felt safe. It's not like Laurie couldn't defend herself, she could but when you don't have to worry about being attack or enslaved. One of her biggest fear was being enslaved and that wasn't uncommon for a Konti to be enslaved. With their special gift and all. Laurie shook her head of the thought as she wandered around. She knew of a couple places in Nyka, she's seen some great art on them. But she wanted to find a place to work on her skills too. She wanted to get better in Unharmed Combat. Although she was comfortable with throwing kicks and punches it didn't mean she could simply take down an attacker. Most people were caution around Sue, her big lovable dog. But her breed was known for protecting but how long would she be around?

Laurie led her Tidal Pony across Nyka, she carried her tired Lap Dog Gaea and Sue was on her heel. She looked side to side and didn't see anything come up. She stopped and had a small snack than continued her walk. It took her a while to find the gates, sadly. On the way out she smiled at the guards who weren't paying attention to her. They were guards, she didn't expect them to give her a friendly good bye. Once she was outside of the city she looked towards a building. It looked more like a house to her. A house she never seen before. When she first arrived in winter she didn't see it there whuch means it must be new. She walked towards the building.

She left Sue and Ren tied outside. But for some odd reason she was still carrying Gaea. She slowly opened up the door and peeked inside. She didn't see anyone. Laurie slipped in and softly closed the door. The place was nice."Hello?" She called out but when she didn't seem to get a response, Laurie said,"I'm here for training if that's alright." She turned towards the dorms to see if anyone was in there. No one. After walking passed the courtyard, than the kitchen she noticed another room. She peeked inside to see a man she beliebed he was meditating."Excuse me?"

by **Ssafirsotibones** on July 27th, 2013, 10:07 pm

After his stretching, he looked forward to see... A human... Or not a human? He had not heard her speak, at first, except to hear a timid "excuse me."

He thought for a moment, but decided he did not know her. Of course, she could have easily been the student of another teacher, and him simply not know it. He usually only met people if he directly taught them. But then, the way she had spoken seemed like she was interrupting, more so than coming in as planned for a lesson. So he made the assumption she was not a student currently.

But as she came closer, he saw a slight glint of a scale on her flesh. Not like his own in snake form, but more like a fishes scales.

"Yesss, I sssuppossse you are here for training, are you not? I do not ssink you are a ssstudent, are you? Ssso you come for admittance, hoping to be axe-septed?"

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by **Laurie White** on August 1st, 2013, 12:14 pm

Laurie stared at the man for a moment. She chewed her lip as she watched him. He was a very tall man. Compared to her he was, not to mention how… stocky he was. He kind of scared Laurie. She’s never seen a human with silver eyes. That was new and cool. She heard him speak and nodded.”I am… uh, I would like to train here for six days. I’m guessing there’s some type of fighting test I’m supposed to go through?” Laurie put Gaea down. The dog just laid there giving them a bored look.”I know some Unharmed combat but… I would like to learn more. My name is Laurie White, as you can see I am a konti.”

This was Laurie’s second time talking to a man. A human one, Akalak men passed by Mura all the time and she would talk to a few here and there. But a human man was rare for her. The first time she talked to a human man it was one of her grandmother’s traveling buddy. He would stop by Mura every once in a while to say hello to her and greet everyone. Laurie knew the man was more than a traveling buddy… he could of possibly been her grandfather if her grandmother ever admitted to it. But the women in her family were so stubborn and NEVER told anyone who the father was. They weren’t too big on marriage and men. They were friends with them… sure. Maybe seduced them to just to have a child. Laurie was lucky enough to get just a little bit of information on who her dad was just from her mother’s diary.

Laurie smiled at the man for a quick second before asking,”What is your name?” She was quiet because she was still deep into thoughts about her family. It’s a little hard to follow in the footsteps of thieves. Yes my mother and her mother and so on were thieves… beautiful thieves that stole the most important thing to any being on earth… their heart. Her mother wrote that in the diary. Laurie could never be like them. Never in a million years would she have thought about doing what they did. She wondered if they felt any pain afterwards. Did they even know the meaning of love? Friendship? Or trust.

by **Ssafirsotibones** on August 2nd, 2013, 1:37 am

Bones listened as she spoke, waiting for her to finish, explaining what she wanted and for how long. Finishing by saying what she was. That was when it struck a bell, and he recalled he had met a scaly lady before, a Konti.

"Mmm... I've met one of your kind before... Had a ssspar to. Ssough ssshe wasss a healer. Nearly broke my nose, and ssen wasss more upssset ssan me when ssshe realized it. I guessss lucky for her it wasssn't broken."

While his statement would seem odd, or perhaps even made up, it was in fact truth. Perhaps the nonchalant way about which Bones said it would convince her. Or not, Bones did not really care. He had met a Konti, who was a healer, and they had sparred, and a chance blow had nearly made her break his nose. And she had had a conniption about it.

Of course, Bones did not realize that his last statement could be misconstrued as a threat, since while he was meaning it was good for the Konti, since she likely would have freaked out even worse had it been broken, another might hear it in another way, and think he was saying he would have harmed her should she have broken it.

"Doesssn't matter how long you want to train, you ssstill need to passss sse tessst, if you want to train here, White. Ssso yesss, ssere isss a tessst. If I sssay you fail, you are out of luck. I go by Bonesss, by sse way."

He left unsaid the ending to that sentence, as what he was really thinking was, 'I go by Bones, for you humans.' Which even though she was some odd off human thing with scales, she was still a human to him, and not a Dhani. Or at least, not someone who could pronounce his full name without messing it up so horribly he had to cringe.

"Go ahead and get ready, and when you are prepared, come at me."

Bones took that time to stretch a bit, putting his hands up over his head, stretching to the side at the waist to the right, to the left, back to the center. Down to touch his toes, without bending at his knees. Then he locked his arms together, and brought them up over his head, and then put them behind him locked together, and tried to bring them straight up and back to his head as far as he could before he was forced to bend over at the waist.

Once done, he would turn to the Konti, and fall into his ready position, a slight bend at the knees and elbows, turned to the side so that his right shoulder was faced directly towards her, and his right hand held out at waist height, with his left hand in front of his chest.

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by **Laurie White** on August 5th, 2013, 5:16 pm

" I guess you can say my race isn't the violent type." She touched her hair, combing it out with her fingers." What would happen if she had broke it?" Laurie asked nonchalantly. She was a little puzzled by his statement and was hoping he didn't mean anything bad. She let out a heavy sigh. She looked at the wall and lightly put her hand over it as she walked closer to him.

"I see, fight you to see if I worthy of going here. Please call me Laurie, it's weird to be called by my last name." She didn't make eye contact with him, she looked off to her right, there was nothing there but she was studying the blank space.

"Bones, what an interesting name. Is it a nickname?"

She didn't feel relaxed. She never did when she had to fight. Laurie seemed to be nervous. She didn't recall how great his skills are in unarmed combat but if he was a teacher she was assuming they'd be good. She really hoped she could tie with him at least. The last time she fought was a year ago with her grandmother. They never finished because she had to leave.

Her biggest problem was touching him. If he touch her it wouldn't matter but if her hands made skin contact with him, she would go blind during the fight. Images flowing through her head, memories that are so real it's like she was there. Laurie shook her head.

"You wouldn't have a pair of gloves would you?"

by **Ssafirsotibones** on August 11th, 2013, 3:01 pm

Bones had a puzzled look as she asked her first question, a bit unsure why she asked what she did. It seemed pretty straightforward to him.

"What would?... I ssought i jussst explained? If ssshe freaked out ssso bad when ssshe ssought ssshe had broken it, I can only imagine what ssshe would have done if ssshe really had done ssso. Ssshe wasss nearly in hysssterics asss it wasss."

Bones nodded as she repeated a bit of what he had said, as yes she did need to fight to earn her place fighting here. Though it was a bit funny, that that was a sticking point for her, being called by her first name. Bones only really had one name, but then his Dhani name was not really equivalent to a human type name.

He shrugged as she asked her next question, asking of his name. He was starting to have an inkling that this human would be full of questions, possibly to an annoying degree.

"Bonesss isss my name, it isss what I go by. It isss not Nick'sss name... Who is Nick?"

Bones was once more confused, but this time it had more to do with a translation issue. Bones natively spoke snake-tongue, so he was not the best at getting nuances in common... So at times such subtleties would escape him. Though he was getting better, as he had been speaking it on a near daily basis for over three decades. But at times he still slipped up and had issues.

Finally though, it appeared it was time to fight, and Bones was getting ready, was in his starting position, just waiting for the fishy lady to attack... Only to ask yet ANOTHER question...

Bones looked at her curiously, did she have issues with coming into contact with people?

"No, and it ssseemsss sssilly to meet sssuch a requessst, sssince when you fight for real, you won't have time to put on glovesss will you? You will need to learn to do wissout. Better you train asss sssuch ssso you will do better when you fight for real. Why do you need ssem?"

Now it was Bones turn to ask a question, but he was really ready to start the spar, and was getting slightly impatient. He had asked the girl to attack him, so why did she not? And why all the questions?

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by **Laurie White** on August 11th, 2013, 8:05 pm

She shook her head. She thought he meant something rude. She couldn't help but laugh.

"Bonesss isss my name, it isss what I go by. It isss not Nick'sss name... Who is Nick?" He asked being serious. She grinned at him.

"No, no it's... Never mind let's fight." Laurie was upset when he said he didn't have a pair of gloves. When she first discovered her Konti gift it was cool giving someone a hug or a handshake and seeing their brightest or worse family moments. Or seeing their mom and dad and knowing what they felt about them. But now... It's annoying.

She saw the irritation on his face and didn't asked any more questions. She didn't like being that annoying person.

"It's just..." She looked down." Nothing sir." She pulled her dress up and tucked it into her undergarment. She pulled her left leg up and locked it. Laurie slowly.raised her fist. She assumed he wanted her to make the first strike.

Laurie moved slowly towards him. She took a deep breath before her fust moved to strike his chest (she decided if she didn't use open hands she would be okay). Oh goodness what did she get herself into?

by **Ssafirsotibones** on August 12th, 2013, 5:59 pm

Once more Laurie began to speak, but then thought better of it. Perhaps being intimidated by Bones, and what he was. Or perhaps it was simply his position, which intimidated her into silence.

Either way, she readied herself, and began to move herself into position to fight, as Bones had directed.

When she did come, it was slowly and methodically. Being careful not to rush in or leave herself open, while also being way of Bones.

Then she finally made her move, closing in to strike him in the chest.

Bones reacted in a way quite common for him, he took a slight step to the side, and brought his own palm up to her wrist, and pushed at it, his open palm applying pressure and pushing the blow wide so that it did not strike him, instead blowing by past his chest a good foot wide.

It was one of the basic defensive moves Bones taught, a redirection. It was much easier to avoid being hit by using a foes own momentum and force against them, and making them miss by simply guiding the blow around you with a minimum of energy and force needed.

Bones had practiced that technique of redirection quite a few times, and was quite skilled at it.

But he did not stop at simply redirecting her blow, he carried on, swinging his left foot around at Laurie's ankle of her foot, trying to sweep her foot out from under her, or to upset her footing.

by **Laurie White** on August 14th, 2013, 11:44 am

Laurie was a little disappointed to see how fast he could block her shot. But it was also good for her to see his movement. Although she hated striking first because she thought she would most likely go down. But this time she was glad she did.

She didn't noticed his foot hooking on to her leg. She fell backwards but caught herself before she fell on her butt.

It was embarrassing be the first one down but it was her own fault for not paying attention to his moves and what he would be doing next.

She stood up straight and went back to her position. But than she got an idea of what she would do next. She moved swiftly towards him as if she would attack him head on. But than she changed her direction and moved to the side of him where she made a kick.

Closed [Iron Fist School]Fist to Scale[Laurie White]