Post by Flame on Mar 11, 2018 17:05:30 GMT -5
This day was hot, a description that perhaps did not give justice to how well the sun beat down upon those beneath it. Caught beneath those glorious rays and the endless blue of the Grand Line was the Dancing Red and its inhabitants. The reddish brown ship of the Shoguns stood fast against the sun as it beat down upon its deck. Its crew however were a little less okay with the punishment the sun was placing upon them. And yet, there were three who stood on deck facing the brunt of it.
Under the blazing sun in the middle of the deck stood two who were practically drenched in sweat. The first a blue-haired guy, almost stick-like in proportion wearing a blue tanktop and a pair of shorts. He stood beside the girl with her black t-shirt which was held tight against her body by the sweat that she was profusely making. A marking, a jolly roger sat on the back of her shirt its bottom slightly hard to make out properly as the t-shirt was bunched and tied in the rear to show off some of her midriff. Not far from them sitting beneath the relative shade of an overhanging roof sat a youth likely younger than either of them. He wore a simple white t-shirt a cloak sat beside him on the bench.
Taking a swift step the girl made a swift punching motion followed by another and another as she practiced chaining together attacks. Beside her the blue-haired guy stood and watched, peculiar blue eyes cross-examined her movements until finally he shrugged. "It seems fine Syph."
Syph frowned glancing at her hand as she made three more movements alongside punches. She was waiting for something to click for her, Jack was always more dynamic I think ... he was also more of a kicker, she paused remembering her former captain. It was more of a rarity when he popped into her head now, but she still remembered him on occasion. This being one of them, she was learning hand to hand fighting. Jack had managed to weave it into his fighting so she figured she'd be able to as well. Glancing at the doc who was helping her out she sighed, kicking was not his specialty. I guess he's not really good for that.
"Alright lemme test it out. Fight me Del." The doc turned about his eyes widening. "I won't use a sword or haki." Tilting his head the doc considered the offer for a moment. "No Kenbun, I'd like to experience Buso." He responded that interested glint slipping through his eyes. This time it was her turn to rain an eyebrow, Del Ray was such a strange character at times. He had some unnatural interest in certain things including wanting to put some weird things on her head while she used haki to take readings or something. She'd not paid much attention to that favor as she'd ruled that it wouldn't happen pretty quickly.
With a toss she threw her sheathed blade over to where Gyato was watching in the shade. Suddenly of use Gyato reached out and grabbed Kurohime as she fell towards him. "Keep an eye on her Gyato!" She called out. It was strange for him to be out here, she'd expected Gyato to be with Kitty, the nun had taken a liking to the young boy and he'd found a protector of sorts in her. But he'd been interested in what them two were up to even if he had reservations about Del Ray. She could still feel his hunger for growth it was in itself quite remarkable.
Turning her attention back to Del Ray she saw that he had already taken up his usual form which was to say he didn't have one. With his arms at his side and his legs half bent but slack he stood across from her raising a single arm up at the elbow to face her.
For her part she fell into a generic martial arts stance with legs bent and both her hands forming fists to face the doctor down. "Do you want a count?" She asked Del who shook his head. "Alright then." Syph grinned as she immediately charged forward. Closing the distance between the two instantly she sent a strong punch forward straight towards Del who sidestepped the punch and calmly landed a hit into Syph's shoulder with his right hand.
Bouncing away from the follow-up left punch she glanced at her shoulder for a moment. Taking a breath she went back in sending a flurry of blows at Del who dodged some but blocked most with his left arm. the feel of her hand slamming into his arm was ringing through her body when he went in for a counterpunch with his left fist. With a smile she swung at it haki covering her own fist she punched forward in a firm motion to match the blow. The pair of fists crashed into each other sending both sides tumbling backwards slightly.
"Gahhh, you're hands freaking hard." Syph shook out her fist in annoyance.
Del Ray quickly walked up, "You had haki on right?" He asked not even worried about her reddening hand. She nodded, "Let's do it again, I need more information." Syph sighed scratching her head. She needed a lot more work on this. "Fine." Pushing off the ground she stood up brushing off her butt for half a second.
"I'll beat you before this is over." She said with a smile. The doctor shrugged, that wasn't a big deal for him.