The Salle, Saturday

[iseewhatyoumean.livejournal.com]

Cassndra hadn't spent much time in the salle, really. It had always seemed too... public somehow (despite the fact that she sometimes practiced on the roof or the lawn, both fairly public places). But she'd been feeling restless lately and... public might well be good. If she were lucky someone might show up she could spar with.

Until and unless that happened she planned to simply go through her morning routine.

[ooc: Open and stuff!]

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[iseewhatyoumean.livejournal.com]

Cassandra spun away to put some space between them. "Would have pulled it otherwise," she grinned. She didn't really think either of them wanted to walk away from this with anything broken.

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"I appreciate that." he nodded with a smile. Then he leaped towards her, his sword moving to knock her's out of the way so he could get inside her guard.

[iseewhatyoumean.livejournal.com]

Even a sudden move like Billy's attack was proceeded by dozens of tiny physical movements. Cassandra grinned and surged forward. She made no attempt to block Billy's strike, instead she closed the distance so that the only thing that would hit her was his wrist. Suddenly they were both inside each others' guard, and she drove the hilt of her blade forward toward his stomach.

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

He just barely managed to block with his own sword, wincing slightly as her blow scraped across his knuckles. His next move was mostly to try to get her hilt away from sensitive areas of his body. She kept managing to get him on the defensive.

[iseewhatyoumean.livejournal.com]

She backed off again, opening up the space between them to set up another attack. "You're pretty fast," she sounded impressed.

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"Thank you." he smiled. "So are you. Good reflexes too."

[iseewhatyoumean.livejournal.com]

"Dad gave me my first knife when I was a week old. Been fighting since then," she offered before lunging forward again, aiming a shot at his artificial leg's knee.

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

Billy had gotten slightly reckless about that leg. Forgetting sometimes that while the leg might not get hurt, too much pressure on it jarred the straps that held it on.

He winced again, less slightly this time, and spun on his other foot going for a leg sweep.

[iseewhatyoumean.livejournal.com]

It was a risky choice, but Cassandra decided to leap over the sweep. Being in the air meant she couldn't really dodge much, but hopefully the kick she aimed at Billy's head would keep him from capitalizing on that.

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

Man this was fun! He blocked her kick with the flat of his sword, laid along his forearm, and fell into a back roll. While rolling, he tried to kick up at her.

[iseewhatyoumean.livejournal.com]

After letting go of her sword with one hand, Cassandra reached down to use Billy's extended leg as a leverage point to push herself back and away from him.

Landing lightly, she moved immediately back onto the attack, bringing her blade down vertically toward his shoulder.

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

With no time to properly mount a defense, he dove to the side. "That was so cool."

[iseewhatyoumean.livejournal.com]

She shrugged. "I cheat," she admitted as she stepped back to give him some space.

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

He shrugged as he rose to his feet. "When there's no set rules, I don't think there's such thing as cheating."

[iseewhatyoumean.livejournal.com]

"Well, there is that," she grinned. "But most people think that me knowing what they're going to do before they do it is still cheating."

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"Hah! They wouldn't think so if they could do it and were winning. Mind if I try something?" He pulled a blindfold out of his pocket.

[iseewhatyoumean.livejournal.com]

She lifts an eyebrow, "What do you have in mind?"

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"At least half my training was done blindfolded." he explained. "I haven't sparred with anyone that way for a long time though."

[iseewhatyoumean.livejournal.com]

Frowning at him, Cassandra eventually shrugged. "I'm willing to try it."

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"Thanks." He reached up, and tied the blindfold over his eyes, then assumed the ready position.

[iseewhatyoumean.livejournal.com]

Cassandra began circling almost completely silently to her right, wondering if he could follow her considering how much stealth training she'd gone through.

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

That was part of the test really. He could not hear her footsteps, or even her breathing. She was really good. He blocked all else out, focusing on what he'd been taught.

The mat was shifting slightly.

[iseewhatyoumean.livejournal.com]

She saw him shift ever so slightly as he perceived... something. Cassandra stopped where she was, watching. What had he picked up on, she wondered.

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

Where was she? The shift of the mat suggested a direction, but he couldn't be sure. He tilted his head ever so slightly towards her.

[iseewhatyoumean.livejournal.com]

Careful not to make any noise, Cassandra shifted her weight slightly, still trying to figure out how he's got even a hint of where she is.