The Salle: After classes

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After his etiquette class, Worf headed over to the salle so he could work on his bat'leth/mok'bara routines.

There was something about going to a class on manners and polite behavior that inspired him to do something involving violence.

Once he arrived he took his bat'leth out and began running through his katas to warm up.

[Worf his here for Rose though open salle is open]

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Before finding her way to the salle, Rose ran upstairs to her room to get the evidence bag she kept "forgetting" to carry around.

She pushed open the door to the salle and saw that Worf was already training. Instead of interrupting him, she stayed to the edge of the room, investigating the practice weapons there.

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It was probably a good minute before Worf turned during one of his katas and saw that Rose had arrived.

"You remembered your evidence bag," Worf noted. "Good. Are you ready to spar?"

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"It's been like fifteen minutes," she replied. "I'm not a goldfish!" She threw the evidence bag and her bag down on the bench and tested the balance of one of the practice swords. "I'm good, yeah."

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"I assumed you weren't as you do not have gills and live in the water," Worf replied seriously before getting in a battle ready stance. "When you are ready."

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Rose laughed as she turned to square off with him, her grip on the sword unpracticed but confident.

"This is probably going to be fast," she admitted ruefully, taking a quick step and a upwards swing, eager to see exactly how that weapon moved.

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Worf parried the blade to the side and took a step backward as he made a slashing motion to her side. "Why would you say that?"

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"It's your weapon, and I'm rusty," Rose said, thinking that obvious as she eyed the weapon, jumping out of the way of this attack.

His far longer reach was making the height differential much more of a problem than it usually would be.

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"Then you need to practice," Worf stated as he circled around Rose before lashing out again with the blade.

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"Got it," she said, moving fast to deflect his weapon up with her sword this time and lash out in a side kick aimed at Worf's midsection.

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Worf jumped back to avoid the kick and nodded in appreciation. "Nice kick," he said before lashing out with his bat'leth again.

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"Thanks!" Rose gave him a fierce smile, trying to parry the bat'leth then quickly change her sword's direction to thrust towards Worf. Trying being the operative word as the execution was far less practiced than it should be.

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Worf smashed down on the sword a bit harder than he probably should have and slashed back with his bat'leth to try and force her backwards. "You are welcome."

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Rose frowned, her sword forced down easily, and she jerked it back as she threw herself out of the way of the slash, covering ground easily. Spinning to the left, she tried to slip behind the edge of his weapon to jab towards his shoulder.

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The move caught Worf by surprise and he jolted backward at the hit. He let out a small laugh and plunged forward with another slashing attack.

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Her eyes widened as she realised she so wasn't in a position to block with the sword. Trying to copy one of Ben's moves from Sunday, she dropped to a crouch under the weapon, sweeping a leg out to try to knock his feet out from under him.

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Worf jumped back and out of the way looking amused. "Clearly you aren't as rusty as you thought," he said circling around for his next attack.

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Rose shook her head, catching her breath as she jumped back to her feet. "Ben used it on me the other day," she said, taking the opportunity to rest a moment as she circled with him.

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"You adapt quickly," Worf replied starting off with a feint before slashing at Rose's midsection.

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"That's the idea. Never know what you're going to end up with," Rose said, too unfamiliar with his weapon to guess the feint and throwing herself off her feet to dodge the actual slash.

She rolled back to her feet to the side, hoping that pressing him to move with her would eventually pay off.

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Worf moved in quickly hoping to keep her off balance leading with a thrust to her midsection.

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Managing to parry the blade fairly clumsily, Rose managed to find her balance without much chance to return the attack.

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Worf let out a small growl and pressed forward with another feint and then a slash to the upper body.

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Using both hands to steady her blade, she whacked the bat'leth out of her way, throwing a low side kick towards just above his knee.

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The kick hit forcing Worf back a step he let loose with wide arc with his blade to keep Rose back.

"You're better than you think," Worf commented.

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She stayed back, taking a moment to regain her balance after the kick and perfectly happy to keep her distance.

"No," she said, shaking her head. "I should be faster. I'm going to be fighting things taller, faster, and stronger than me."

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"You have the basics down," Worf replied lashing out again with a thrust. "The reflexes will come in time."

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Rose nodded, bobbling the parry but trying to duck around to slash upwards across his chest.

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Worf parried and then changed the grip so that both hands were on the bat'leth and pushed back against Rose's sword with a grunt.

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And between the angle and his push, the sword flipped back out of Rose's hand. She let it fall, immediately throwing a kick aimed to throw him back and give her time to retrieve the blade.

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The kick knocked Worf back, causing him to stumble on his feet. He quickly regained his footing as he circled around Rose. "You're much stronger that a human, he noted.

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Rose ducked to grab the sword, coming back into a crouch as she waited for him. "A bit, yeah."

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Worf lashed out with another arc of his blade. Not so much to try and hit Rose this time but to test her.

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She threw her sword up into a downwards block, moving instantly into an overhand swing towards Worf.

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Worf moved quickly to do another two handed block and attempting to push her back.

"Faster too," he noted.

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Rose made a face at him, using both hands to hold his weapon in place as she threw a fast front kick towards him.

"Need to work on that."

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The kick hit directly in Worf's chest. He grunted as he was forced back a few steps.

"Nicely done," he growled and lashed out with another feint before aiming a slash at her dominant hand.

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"That too," Rose said wryly, barely getting her sword in the way of the blow and then watched her sword go flying out of her hand.

She took a step back then figured there wasn't much else to do but try to tackle him low in this midsection.

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Worf paused for a moment. If this were a real match he would have attacked with his bat'leth and ending the battle.

However since this was a sparring session, Worf dropped his weapon and opted for a defensive mok'bara maneuver that would either use Rose's momentum to toss her onto the mat or (depending on her speed) end up with both of them flying to the ground.

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As much as Rose would have liked to pull him to the mat with her, she tumbled to the floor, turning the fall into a roll to end up back on her feet.

She turned back to him, bouncing on her toes. "That was awesome!"

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Worf smirked at her. This one was good.

For a human.

"I restate what I originally said. You are less rusty than you think," Worf replied. "Next time I won't hold back."

He might be joking. Then again it is Worf.

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Rose smirked back at him. "Next time we'll go unarmed, and you won't need to."

Yeah, she was cocky sometimes, this one.

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That got a raised eyebrow out of Worf.

"Fine," he replied with a tilt of his head. "If you wish to challenge me to unarmed combat, I work at Wellspring Arms on Mondays. There is a spot for sparring there if you wish to be humiliated."

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"Humiliated?" Rose asked, raising both her eyebrows expressively. "I think we'll have to see about that."

She was totally going to get humiliated. And when did they go from 'sparring' to 'unarmed combat'? She shook her head and grinned at him, finally bending to pick up the practice sword and check it over.

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"As you've been saying," Worf commented with a smirk. "Your skills are rusty. If you wish to withdraw I'm sure there would be no dishonor."

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Oh hell no was he going to get the satisfaction of that.

Rose's hands were on her hips, and she looked completely defiant. "There's no withdrawing here. Unless it's on your side."

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Worf snorted in something akin to amusement. "That will never happen."

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"Good," Rose said, smirking at him. She moved closer and offered him her hand. "Deal? For Monday then?"

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Worf nodded and shook her hand. "Agreed."