Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-7262318-20190329124124/@comment-19164168-20190331011816

Ayane entered after Smith, observing the surroundings around her and remaining on alert as always.

''...It was raining at the region of the citadel. A rare if not odd occurence within the region of this part of north-eastern Hammerfell. She grunted over how she was yet again beaten to the ground and into the ground, caking half of her face with mud when she went down face first in the dirt.''

''A man wielding a sparring weapon waited for the young girl to get back up. When she refused and instead bowed as if conceding defeat, the former kicked her towards the wall, slamming her at full force.''

''"Pathetic. You'll never make it far at this world if you don't know how to stand up for yourself and take what is rightfully yours by might. I wonder why we even bothered keeping you." the man shrugged before walking away for indoors, placing the sparring bo staff at a nearby weapon rack before heading on inside.''

''The child named Ayane groaned over her injuries, but found her suffering short-lived when her power healed her at an accelerated rate. If any other ordinary people witnessed it, she might have likely been mistaken for a vampire like Lamae Bal, whose wounds were known to heal on their own.''

Shortly after she recovered and started heading for indoors, a woman in intricate silken robes appeared, and knelt before the small child to pat her head with a warm smile...

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''...They began training once more. This time, Ayane went off against three fully-grown men clad in their traditional armor, crafted of many small rigid plates laced or wired together to form a flexible blade-proof fabric, the most vulnerable areas protected by several overlapping layers, all hinged to move as the body moves.''

''The child was armed with a bo staff of her own, much like the three men facing off against her. One of the men lunged for her with a lunging strike, only for Ayane to leap towards the staff and smack at the man's head with her weapon, letting out a loud 'clank!' as the weapon collided with the man's protective helmet and sending him down.''

The second attacker attempted to bring Ayane to the ground with a downwards diagonal strike from the right, with the child countering by blocking with her bo staff vertically and immediately sliding it's long reach towards the man's neck to wrestle and slam him to the ground with inhuman force, using her power.

''"Enough." the woman from before in silken robes declared before the third man could strike at Ayane, who positioned himself in a soldier's stand and bowing slightly before leaving with his compatriots who recovered shortly after they tended to their own injuries with restoration magics.''

''"Mom..! I did it..!" Ayane cheered with a smile, before turning to look at her father next. The man showed no interest and simply turned his back and left however, much to the sadness of his daughter.''

The mother shook her head in response to her husband's cold shoulder, before walking towards Ayane to pat her head softly to comfort and console her.

Despite Ayane showing a smile from her mother's gesture, it was obviously questionable if any happiness was there at all...