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Post by Kiineq Tiran on May 4, 2009 22:05:25 GMT 1
Turning off his green blade, Kiineq accepts the Padawan's hand, pulling himself up.
He smiles at Shep as he replaces the hilt in his belt.
"Up for some more?" the Master asks as he walks to a cupboard in the corner of the room, taking out the training droids stored there.
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Post by Shep Azoras on May 4, 2009 22:07:52 GMT 1
Sheps grin grows a bit when his Master heads for the training droids. "Alway, Master." He says, "What did you have in mind?"
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Post by Kiineq Tiran on May 4, 2009 22:15:27 GMT 1
"Oh, nothing more than you should be able to handle" the Master replies elusively, as he starts to program the droids.
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Post by Shep Azoras on May 4, 2009 22:20:23 GMT 1
Shep looks intrigued at his Master. He stands back allowing Kiineq to program the droids without interference. Instead he stands with his feet shoulder width apart and his hands behind his back relaxing, waiting to see what comes next.
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Post by Kiineq Tiran on May 4, 2009 22:28:34 GMT 1
When Kiineq is done he throws a blindfold to Shep.
"Put that on" he says. "And get into the middle of the room."
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Post by Shep Azoras on May 4, 2009 22:32:41 GMT 1
Shep easily catches the blindfold then turns around towards the middle of the room without comment.
When he is there he fastens the blindfold around his eyes and resume his previous position. Though this time he is not a relaxed as before. Now he is more alert and slightly keyed up.
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Post by Kiineq Tiran on May 4, 2009 22:42:51 GMT 1
Kiineq has no intention of letting Shep know how many droids he will be fighting.
The droids are programmed to fire bolts that will hurt if they hit their mark, but not do damage.
Waiting until Shep has covered his eyes, he releases one of the droids.
It starts zooming around the Padawan.
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Post by Shep Azoras on May 4, 2009 22:48:52 GMT 1
Shep picks up on the droid almost immediately. He pulls out his lightsaber and switches on the blade, adjusting his stance to a defence stance. He has a pretty good idea of what comes next. So far he knows only of the one droid, but it would be unlike his Master not to send some more after him.
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Post by Kiineq Tiran on May 4, 2009 23:00:33 GMT 1
Kiineq moves into a corner to observe.
The droid fires a series of bolts at Shep, moving in a semi-circle around him.
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Post by Shep Azoras on May 4, 2009 23:02:57 GMT 1
Shep moves his blade coming up before him, shifting from vertical towards horizontal as he blocks the bolts. He looses track of where Kiineq is for a moment while deflecting the bolts, but re-finds him quickly.
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Post by Kiineq Tiran on May 4, 2009 23:06:53 GMT 1
[Focus only on what you have to do] Kiineq sends as he feels the Padawan splitting his attention.
The droid moves faster, sending another series of blasts at the boy, this time coming from a position somewhere low behind him, moving up and over him.
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Post by Shep Azoras on May 4, 2009 23:11:36 GMT 1
[Yes, Master] Shep sends back, though part of him still keeps track of his Master, but he pushes it to the back of his mind, focussing on the task at hand.
Feeling the new valley of bolts he turns slightly. Moving his blade to meet the first low bolt. Then moving it up to meet the next ones. When his blade is level with his head he duck and moves sideways out of the way of the bolts instead of continuing the ark of the blade.
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Post by Kiineq Tiran on May 4, 2009 23:15:54 GMT 1
The droid rapidly switches directions, sending bolts at Shep from various directions in fast succesion.
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Post by Shep Azoras on May 4, 2009 23:20:17 GMT 1
As more bolts come towards him, Shep moves his blade to block them. After having blocked the first few bolts, Shep decides to take the high road. He jumps up over the bolts and the droid. After he lands, he quickly turns back towards the droid.
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Post by Kiineq Tiran on May 5, 2009 12:28:13 GMT 1
Smiling, Kiineq sends in another droid to join the first.
It moves to hover somewhere behind the Padawan.
The first droid continues to shoot blasts from different angles, joined by the second which sends a series of bolts in an arch from left to right, aiming at Shep's back.
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Post by Shep Azoras on May 5, 2009 12:40:50 GMT 1
Shep quickly moves his blade to block the new bolts.
He does not notice the new droid until after it has fired.
Oops... He ducks the first bolts and roll out of the way. Though it is not a very controlled roll.
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Post by Kiineq Tiran on May 5, 2009 13:15:17 GMT 1
[Concentrate] Kiineq sends, just as the first droid sends a fresh wave of bolts at the boy. Meanwhile the second droid has moved to a position above the Padawan, now firing down at him.
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Post by Shep Azoras on May 5, 2009 13:33:36 GMT 1
Moving to block the first droid's bolts, Shep momentarily forgets about the second one, while sending to his Master, [I'm trying!]. He only just manages to block the bolts from the second droid at the last second by leaning back and moving his blade up and over himself.
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Post by Kiineq Tiran on May 5, 2009 13:52:26 GMT 1
[Don't try. Do, or do not. There is no try!] Kiineq reprimands the boy.
As he sends in the third droid, the first one keeps shooting at the boy from different directions while the second moves down to fire up at him from somewhere just above the floor. The third droid moves up to somewhere on the other side of Shep, above his head, firing rapidly.
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Post by Shep Azoras on May 5, 2009 14:43:11 GMT 1
Shep ducks and twists to the side to avoid the new bolts. His blade coming up in front of him and twirling in a circle to take out a few bolts heading for his front.
[Yes, Master!] Shep sends, slightly annoyed.
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Post by Kiineq Tiran on May 5, 2009 16:02:23 GMT 1
[Be mindful of your feelings]
The first droid alters it attack pattern, now circling around Shep firing as it goes, ending up behind him.
The second droid fires at preciely the same time as the first, this time from an angle almost above him.
The third droid has moved to a position in front of the Padawan, firing at shoulder height.
It appears that some of the droids' bolts manages to penetrate the boy'd defenses.
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Post by Shep Azoras on May 5, 2009 16:09:19 GMT 1
Shep ducks to avoid some of the bolts and moves his blade to block some others, but the movement allows two bolts to hit his left hip.
"Ouch!" He exclaims as they hit him. Quickly he shifts his sabre to his right hand so the left can go to his hip. He rubs the place while still keeping in motion. [That hurt!] He sends to his Master, though he really is not surprised that the bolts are set to hurt.
He squeezes his eyes together behind the blindfold and takes a deep breath trying to find his calm centre, even as he is moving to block the next bolts.
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Post by Kiineq Tiran on May 6, 2009 8:58:59 GMT 1
Not pausing, the droids continue to fire at the Padawan.
As the boy is hit, Kiineq shakes his head slightly. "That happened because you didn't concentrate" he says. "Relax. Let go of your concious mind. Let the Force guide your movements."
Even as he speaks, he releases a fourth droid. At the same time, he moves to stand behind Shep, joining him in fighthing the droids, now wanting to tests their teamwork.
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Post by Shep Azoras on May 6, 2009 16:13:21 GMT 1
Shep does not respond to his Masters comment, but does do as he is told, doing his best to let the force guide his movements.
He notices Kiineq moving to cover his back and splits his concentration to keep track of his Masters movements, even as he is moving to block the next bolts.
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Post by Kiineq Tiran on May 7, 2009 19:44:05 GMT 1
Taking a deep breath, Kiineq closes his eyes for a moment, getting a feel for where the droids are.
As one of them fires at him, he moves his blade in an arch blocking the bolts, barely finishing before twisting to block a series of bolts aimed from one of the other droids at Shep's back.
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Post by Shep Azoras on May 7, 2009 20:14:30 GMT 1
Now as Shep has to split his concentration between both the droids and his Master, he seems to be able to relax a lot easier. Like he has no concentration left to think about anything else and that gives him the peace to focus on what he is doing. Also of course now if he messes up there is a good chance it will be Kiineq getting hit, and that is not acceptable in Sheps mind.
As he starts to relax his movements becomes more graceful. There might be some smart tricks in between the common blocks and moves, but they are no longer intended. Now it is just about blocking bolts.
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Post by Kiineq Tiran on May 7, 2009 20:50:33 GMT 1
As the Padawan relaxes, Kiineq feels himself truly connect with the boy. There is no doubt in his mind of where Shep is, or what his next move will be. He feels the Force flowing freely between them as he lets it guide him.
He keeps in constant motion, gracefully blocking the bolts coming his way, while watching Shep's back, blocking any bolts headed for the Padawan.
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Post by Shep Azoras on May 7, 2009 21:37:49 GMT 1
As he relaxes Shep is also starting to connect more with his Master trough the force. It seems to him to get easier to block the bolts now, like he has found the rhythm of it.
He ducks a bolt heading for the side of his head, while at the same time blocking another bolt that would have hit Kiineq square in the back.
By now he is fighting while a content smile on his face and he had forgotten all about the world around him and his Master.
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Post by Kiineq Tiran on May 9, 2009 15:43:21 GMT 1
After quite a while, Kiineq stops the droids, ending the session.
"You can take the blindfold off now" he says.
He turns off his lightsaber before replacing the droinds in the cupbard.
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Post by Shep Azoras on May 9, 2009 15:49:13 GMT 1
Shep shuts off his blade in his right hand, his left going up to remove the blindfold. He turns towards his Master, waiting patiently for what happens next.
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