sparring with an audience

[tigerpoet]

[If you're passing by the detective agency's office today, you might get to see a fight. Fauna, a familiar sight to most around Starsand, and Atsushi - no, the other one. The other other one.

Atsushi's grinning as they battle, so there's probably no bad blood involved… then again, with these two, it's hard to tell, especially with Fauna's mask covering any expression she might make.

Atsushi is a straightforward fighter, and his strikes with his sword are powerful. He doesn't dodge much, but he takes Fauna's fire and ice attacks head-on and keeps going strong. His attacks are almost reckless, the aggressive style of someone who knows he can tank any hit his opponent deals him and can fix any injuries later, trading openings in his own form for damage dealt to his opponent.

Fauna's fighting style, in contrast to her normal, headstrong nature, is quite methodical- First, blasts of fire and ice, scarring the battlefield to restrict her opponent's movements. Then a form change to her owl form, a bombardment of high-speed knives as she flies around to create openings. Then, when she's finally restricted and worn her opponent down, she strikes- Her lion form comes in swinging, intending to end it in a single, electric blow.

The battle ends in a draw, with Atsushi's sword at Fauna's neck and Fauna's sword at his heart. There's plenty of time afterwards to catch either of the two in conversation, if you've stuck around to watch.]

Comments

clean up crew

[melancholie]

[Dimitri will be undoing any damage done during the fight: Turning back time on some things, fixing structures, reshaping broken or misshapen parts of the landscape... It doesn't take him more than a few minutes with his fingers tied up in spacial strings.

He's making more of a show of being annoyed than he is of his power.]

[cottoncandydisaster]

[ He's "helping" with clean up. Meaning that Dimitri is doing most of it with his powers while Ceto does some light stuff even though he doesn't really need to. Dimitri seems annoyed that he got stuck doing it, so... it's the thought that counts, right? ]

Your powers are so pretty, you know.

[ Of course that catches his eye. At least he's not one of the people he's annoyed with... or he thinks he's not. ]

[melancholie]

There's nothing particularly pretty about it.

[He's lying. Dimitri thought that Yuuto's use of their power was beautiful when they first met, too. It's part of why he decided to try using it for travel.

He holds open his palm, summoning a fragment of space that only his violet eyes can see. After a few seconds, he's able to return more of the structures to their original shape. It looks like watching the destruction being rewound on a tape.]

I only do what the universe is already capable of. Most people don't appreciate the significance of something until its undone.

[cottoncandydisaster]

[ He hums at Dimitri's answers, hearing them, but not quite believing them. At least in regards to not thinking his powers are pretty. ]

You're not wrong. That's a really fancy way of saying "You don't know what you have 'til it's gone." Or maybe it's the reverse of that in this case. That's a common phrase where I'm from, though.

It's impressive either way. Not everyone can do that.

[nightwild]

[At the very least, Fauna's letting her ice vanish when she releases her transformation.]

Thanks for the help.

[melancholie]

You're very lucky that I tolerate you.

[He doesn't really mind that much. Dimitri needs to flex his power from time to time anyway. It's his form of 'sparring.']

Maybe let me contain your space first next time.

[nightwild]

Yeah, yeah.

You're going to have to explain that first.