Something of importance

[elsemir]

Elsemir stood silent in the court of the King, this was supposedly the centre of Avaren. The centre of hell in his opinion.
He had recieved a letter from a person wanting to meat him in person.
They had told him to wait here in the cover of night, and to bring a weapon.
It was an odd message but it was truly not for an innocent purpose...

[Tori Shiroishi]

Tori watched as Elsemir entered the castle's court. She stayed in the shadows behind the door, until he had already entered. She shut the doors behind him, and barred them shut. She was not about to let this man escape. Rumors had been flying recently of a man named Gurthen that had aidded in the escape of a heathen from Avaren's grasp. This crime was unforgivable. She would be forced to punish him severely. As the doors, silent until finally shut, let a large thud, she turned to Elsemir in the perpetual darkness that surrounded them. "I hold in my hand a flower for your fate," she called out. She tossed the flower, a black rose, into the air, and it landed by Elsemir's feet. "In the language of flowers, a black rose means death." She held her scythe at the ready, hoping he would attack without thinking.

"Rumors have been around that you have assisted in the crimes leading to the escape of two heathens from the Lord God's punishment. You are guilty until proven innocent. Do you have anything to say for yourself, Elsemir Gurthen?" She awaited his response to her accusation.

[elsemir]

"I have nothing to say only that i took great pride in my assistance." He looked into the shadows to see his false friend.
"If you wanted me you would know to look for me in person rather than to decieve, as that is the lowest form of cowardise..."
He unsheathed his sword and stood ready in his stance, the flacon.
His beard caught a breeze that wafted fromt over the walls.

[Tori Shiroishi]

"I am merely making sure that you will not forget your 'righteous' nature, and flee, as rats and heathens often do. I do not attack you unarmed, nor unprepared. Now fight, heathen, and may the Lord have mercy upon your soul." She stepped sideways, circling around Elsemir, her scythe ready to strike at a moment's notice. She would not be defeated by this one, and figured that he would underestimate her, due to her small frame. She waited for his attack first, allowing him to decide by what method she should kill him.

[elsemir]

Elsemir stood still as her barrage of ritghous fury hit him.
"I will not enjoy killing one of your nature but so be it."
Elmsemir took his first step towards her as she tried to circle him.
He made a false pass at her shoulder and used the open space to cut inside and nock her back a bit. He didnt want to kill her but if it came to that, well, fate would decide...

[Tori Shiroishi]

Tori smiled as the man thought to attack her back, and turned her scythe to parry his blow. She spun quickly, both freeing herself from the strike, and swinging her scythe in a diagonal arc, her blow aimed at Elsemir's neck. As she skillfully dodged his blow, she asked, "Kill me? Do you honestly think you can?"

[elsemir]

Elsemir threw himself out of the blades path, rolling, he recovered by rolling before the assassin could strike again.
"I do not think so but if i can or i have to i might concider."
He swung another blow.
Not to wound, but to test, he new she could ,but why not test those testing you.

[Tori Shiroishi]

Tori stopped his blade with her scythe, pushing it away with the blade of the scythe. She then used the point at the end of her scythe to counter with a stab, "If you can? That seems ridiculous! Do you even know how ridiculous you sound? You cannot kill me, for I have the holy power of the Lord God flowing through my body!"

[elsemir]

Elsemir jumped back slightly to avoid the jab.
"If your heart beats, then you can be slain."
To prove his point he tries a false jab at her shoulder, which he retracts as he punches her sythe out of his way before taking a half hearted slice at her.

[Tori Shiroishi]

Tori quickly moved out of the way of the man's swing, and came upon his back. She wasn't the kind who was easily bested in combat, but it seemed as though this one might give her trouble. She slashed at Elsemir vertically with her scythe, and quickly brought it up and around for another strike, letting it once again fall vertically. She didn't speak this time, hoping her quick movements had left him unaware of her position.

[elsemir]

Elsemir dodged again.
She is too quite, he thought, it must take lots of energy to swing that around and be able to keep going.
He moved to the side as she swung vertically at him.
He returned with a stab of his own, but to no avial, so he tried again as she blocked the blows with eaze.


Note: Sorry, had to fix it. I said vertically, not horizontally. Not gonna interfere with the general idea of the post, though. Next time read the post thoroughly.

[Tori Shiroishi]

Tori could not be dismayed by his attempts to defeat her with such simple fighting. In fact, it made her even more annoyed that he thought he could defeat a warrior of the Lord God with such poor tactics. Anyone should know that the first thing to do would be to run away. That did not seem an option for him, right now, though. All doors leading to the room were closed, and locked. Tori was the only one with the key. She parried his blows, and quickly snapped her scythe around in a horizontal swing, about half the length of the handle behind her grip, allowing the weight of the scythe to be distributed evenly for speed, rather than range. She knew speed was her advantage against this armored man, and used everything she had.

[elsemir]

Elsemir began to up his technique, he swung a couple of quick blows, deliberatly hitting up and town the sythe.
Up and down the sythe he hit blows.
It would not yeild, it was well made.
He battered lightly at the weapon and in doing so at its master.
While he was hitting the weapon he kicked out at the master.
He struck her leg with his foot.

[Tori Shiroishi]

The sword struck Tori's scythe repeatedly, each time letting forth a loud clash. Anyone in the castle would know they were fighting with this kind of racket. The scythe shuddered with each successive blow, but the weapon's strength did not falter. Tori stood almost perfectly still, only her arms moving as she blocked each strike in turn. She pulled up her scythe as Elsemir struck higher, and noticed his foot headed towards her. She wouldn't allow this insult, so she chose to stab Elsemir in his leg, bringing the pointed end of the scythe down in an attempt to injure him. If he did not withdraw his foot before hitting, she would skewer it with her scythe

[elsemir]

Elsemir noticed the point aiming for his foot and put two and two together.
He slid his foot back and used the time to hammer again at the sythe. The reverbrations flew down his sword to the hilt to his hands.
As each blow struck it was blocked by the cold steel of the sythe and the cold steel of the assassins eyes.