caughtinanetwork | [Audio] ♉ Summoner: Do you sensei connection between us?

[Puns are puns, the conversation remains enjoyable either way.]

Ah ha, and uh, how hot's your kitchen~?

[That they are.]

It's on fire.

Fire yeah, hot enough to really get me panting.

Yeah, sure. Listen, are we going to just keep sitting here talking about it, or are going to meet up and do it already? [And by do it, he honestly means spar.]

[He laughs, and there's a sound of leaves rustling here and there- as if he's moving somewhere.]

Well uh, I'm already where we'll meet up, it's you I'm waiting on, babe. Isn't right to keep a lady waiting.

Oh. [He sounds a bit embarrassed.] I'll uh, head up in a moment.

[He turns off the SFC and reattaches it to his belt.]

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[It doesn't take long for Leo to make it up to the island. It's only then that he realizes he has no clue what this guy looks like except that he's a troll and he'll have a sword. He'd just have to hope the guy was easy to spot and there wasn't some sort of troll convention going on where he'd find a whole group of them.]

[He makes his way toward the forest because he heard the sound of leaves. His hammer in hand, he cautiously walks along, looking for his opponent.]

[A chuckle before feed cuts off and he's left sitting island side with his butt on a rather thick, stable branch, lance over his lap, and legs and wings draped down as he sits. Fortunately for him, Summoner is easy to spot with those massive horns of his and those bright orange wings. Though maybe he just gets a face full of wings before he finds him, walking under the branch Summoner is perched on, who knows.]

[Either way, Summoner sees where he is, from when he first stepped on the island to where ever he's wandering around now. Sees him from many different angles even, smiling, waiting to be spotted himself.]

[Leo eventually notices him and smirks as he looks up to Summoner's perch in the tree.]

Are you the dude I'm looking for? [He lifts his hammer and rests it on his shoulder as he speaks.]

[Looks down, smiling wide, a few strands of dyed red hair falling in his face.]

Want me to be?

[He looks confused for a moment, but the voice does match with the one he'd heard on the SFC.]

Sounds like you are. [A slight pause as he realizes they never did exchange names in their previous conversation.] Anyway, I'm Leo.

[The confused look is endearing, moving to hop down infront of him, doing his best not to catch his horns on anything, lance in hand.]

Leo, nice to meet you, ah, call my Lysunder. [Glances to his hammer.] That's her?

Lysunder, huh? Cool.

[He tosses the hammer in the air and catches it.] Yeah, this is her.

[He'd never really thought about giving the hammer a gender or a name. It wasn't like Festus the dragon or Buford the table. They were sentient machines, this was just a tool. Not that tools weren't important, but if he named all his tools, well, that would take a lot of time.]

Pretty cool but heh, I'm uh, a pretty cool guy, I got to say. [Chuckles, leaning his lance over his shoulder and cocks his hips, putting his free hand on them.]

Looks nice, take good care of her, good to see. But a good looking weapon could be that way from lack of use, so we'll see.

Definitely not a lack of use, dude. It spends most of its time in my tool belt. [He puts his free hand on his hip, tapping one of the pockets of the tool belt. None of the pockets look large enough to hold it.] It stays protected from the elements.

[Leo felt like a shrimp next to this guy, but he'd fought cyclopes and giants, which would have dwarfed this tall troll. Though his horns definitely gave him an overall appearance of being a similar size as the cyclopes he encountered in Detroit, he didn't have their bulk. If it weren't for the fact that they were meeting for a friendly spar, he might be a little scared. Instead he was pumped up for their little battle.

He took a defensive stance, signalling he was ready to start.] Bring it on, man.

[Summoner's used to a sylladex, so pockets that can carry full hammers isn't too odd to him and he just smiled and nods, glancing from where he patted to the hammer again.]

Hope so, weapons are an extension of your arm and all that. Hm-?

[Yeah, his size still made the battle feel more on a personal level, but his horns did still bring something else to the fight. But Summoner didn't have any plans to use his horns in this fight, so it should be all right for him, hey? He smiles, stepping away and spinning his lance a few times before glancing back.]

If you're nice and sure? [Gets into a starting position.] Sure you're sure?

Something like that.

[He refrains from using his fire powers, partly because they could exhaust him rather quickly here, and partly because it wouldn't make for a fair start. He eyes Summoner, scoping him out like he would any opponent. Thankfully his extreme ADHD helps him out in battle with quick thinking, but it didn't hurt to get a head start.]

Positive. [Leo rolls his eyes.] I wouldn't be here if I weren't sure. I'm ready.

[Fire may be for later, Summoner will sure as hell like to see it too.]

[His lance, more like a heavy saber at this smaller size, is lifted and held in a ready position at his front before his wings open ever so slightly and he lunges forward to make a quick piercing blow at Leo's side. He's not sure of Leo's speed yet, or how he handles his hammer, but this swipe is made to be more of a warning attack, wanting to see reaction time.]

[He will. Eventually.]

[Leo's reflexes were fast. He managed to not only step back out of the way of Summoner's blade, but to deflect it with his hammer, putting more distance between them.]

Not bad. [He grinned. This was going to be fun. He took a step to the side and then lunged forward, keeping his hammer between them, at the ready to either land a hit or defend himself.]

Ah, told you, rusty, remember? [A smirk, cocked to mostly one side. But it's a smile and he's feeling his heart start to race again. These one on ones, they're great, personal fights are his favorite. He'll enjoy eating subjugglators through the eyes of countless beasts any day, but this type of fight was something completely different.]

[A hammer, oh boy, that kind of weapon was fun to fight against too. He's used to weapons with such bulk, clubs especially. So when that thing swings down, fast or slow, the weight of it really can be felt. His wings open fast, the distance between them lending nicely to a soft yet quick leap up, now standing on the heavy back of the hammer and darting his blade forward to make an attack at the shoulder of Leo's attack arm.]

[The added weight on his hammer almost sends Leo falling forward, but he manages to catch himself and pull his hammer out from under Summoner's feet. He hadn't been expecting that, but he recovers quickly and crouches just in time for the blade to make a "woosh" sound as it slices through the air above his head. As soon as the sound passes, he's back in an upright position, hammer at the ready for the next attack.]

Dude, either you warm up quick or your definition of rusty needs polishing. [He laughs at his own joke.]

[The whole fire thing would have stopped him from landing right on the hammer, but he perhaps woulda just floated instead in that case. Either way an attack was made, not so much a whoosh though since it was a piercing blow. The point of his blade pierces forward but misses as Leo ducks. Summoner quickly pulls away the blade and shakes his arm, already feeling a kind of ache in his shoulder as he leaps back, wings closing.]

I woulda hit ya if I was in my normal game. [A chuckle.] A guy in my line a work can't uh, really afford missing too much. [Said before he steps forward and makes a new piercing attack at Leo's side away from where the hammer is held. If it misses, he leaps back a step, only to come in again at Leo's hip on the other side of his torso.]

[This time the attack lands. Leo manages to back away quick enough to avoid getting the worst of it, but it still pierces his skin. As tempting as it is to reach down and feel his side, he doesn't. It would leave him too open to another attack. That and he'd never wuss out on a fight. Mostly because every fight he's been in up to this point was in a life or death situation and he wasn't ready to die yet. He hasn't had any actual training in combat. There was no time for it before his first quest and he hadn't had any time since then to get it either.]

Shit. [He doesn't swear often, but this is one of those moments that just calls for it.]

[He rushes forward, hammer cocked and ready for him to swing it into Summoner's side. He puts all his strength into it, hoping that he'll be lucky and that it will connect.]

[Summoner hops back quickly, delaying any other attacks and pointing his weapon more at the ground.]

You okay- wha!

[Jerks his blade up, opening his stance and moving to hold his lance at his side, taking the hammer hard against his side. The block manages to pad most of it, and quickly he leaps away, wincing a bit feeling an ache pulse through him.]

Hah- guess so- [A smirk, shaking his arms a little, wings having has opened a little, bright orange, catching a good deal of light before he moves to fold them back once more. Summoner's lance raises, holding a defensive position.] Oh come on, baby, harder, harder~

It's only a scratch. [He laughs, ignoring the stab of pain when he does.]

[When his attack manages to hit he smirks.] Looks like you're not the only one warming up now.

[He pulls back to scope out the best plan of attack and catch his breath. He can feel the wet of blood on his shirt, but the spot seems small enough, so he pushes the thought aside.] Come at me, bro.

Only a scratch? Heh, what I like to hear! [Said as he holds he stance, grinning with concern stripped from his visage.]

Oh, you want me to lead? I could do that all night long. [Lunges forward, this him quickly swinging his lance at Leo's front and following with a second attack, another swing, but from the opposite direction, targeting Leo's side more so this time.]

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[action] Apologies on how long this took.