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Wild Evening Whisper
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Experience Allocated:
Will-5
You settle yourself at the dining table, a plate of food warm and ready to eat, and find yourself observing your newest family member. The tiny fairy sets down next to the food, eying it with interest, and when you cut of a small piece and offer it to her, she takes it gently and sits herself down, nibbling at it piece by piece. You take your time to finish your breakfast, in no real hurry, and in the process experiment with this odd form of communication. You find that no matter what you try, the only real "feeling" you get from Sidhe is general emotions and "ideas" like the blossoming flowers thing from earlier. Those emotions are then given some context or direction by Sidhe through body movements and her pointing things out, or in some cases, acting them out if they are activities. It's an interesting communication method. In the process you even discover that certain "feelings" are used specifically for certain things. Good morning, for example, is the blossoming flowers feeling she gave you when you woke up.
Finishing breakfast, Rise still isn't up, so you spend some time watching something random on tv. An hour later, at about 1230, Rise is finally up, looking a bit tired. She'd dressed again in that combat uniform, likely because she doesn't have anything else to wear, but regardless, she greets you warmly before hunting in the kitchen for something to eat. You hear her go through some cabinets, then the clinking of plates, and ten minutes later, Rise has joined you in the living room, apparently having eaten in that span of time. You remain quiet for a little while, watching Sidhe dart around the room exploring, before your thoughts are interrupted by Rise.
"I hope I am not prying by saying this, but I could not help but overhear your argument with your brother yesterday, regarding your lack of safety."
"Ah... yeah. I tried practicing with the handgun you gave me yesterday, but I don't think I'm very good with it. Can't expect me to be any good in one night. I was actually hoping you'd teach me some self defense today, if you didn't mind."
"Of course not. Anything I can do to help. Shall we begin now?"
"Sure."
Rise stands again, and gestures you towards the backyard while she heads off towards her given room. She joins you outside soon enough, bringing one of those suits you looted from the D7 base with her. She hands it to you, and tells you to get dressed quickly. After getting changed, Rise helps you adjust it till is fits your body nicely, then she stands back to observe you.
"Not very physically inclined, are you?"
"Ah... yeah, no. I used to... well, let's just say I never played sports much."
"Hm. Still, you are not really out of shape. I can teach you some things, but if you want to be capable at all, you will need more than just technique. Proper execution is only aided by a good physical condition. Regardless, that can come later. Here. Place your body like so. No, like this. There. Now-"
The next 4 hours are grueling to say the least. Rise shows little remorse for the strain she's placing on your muscles, although she gives you short breaks now and then. She seems to mostly focus on techniques for avoiding or redirecting attacks directed at you, frequently demonstrating the motions on you and sending you tumbling to the ground again and again. She isn't unfair however, and she lets you use her body to practice as well, guiding you through the same motions again and again until she find herself on her back, only to repeat the process. By the time you are done, you are sore everywhere, muscled you didn't know you possessed screaming at you not to move.
"Gah. I hurt."
"Yes. That does tend to happen. Still, while I would not call you a natural, you pick up things rather quickly. Much faster than my brother, at least."
"Wait... these are techniques from your family?"
"Yes. Although really, all martial arts are similar."
"Should you be teaching me family techniques?"
"I think my father would be fine with this. If not, it is a little late to be worrying about it."
"Right... aaaah! God. I need a shower. A nice long hot shower."
"Haha... turn over."
"Huh?"
"Turn over. It will help, I assure you."
You do so, confused as you lie down on your stomach, only to feel a sudden weight on your back and pressure suddenly get pressed into your shoulder and neck. The next ten minutes are spent in utter bliss, fatigue getting massaged from your tired body by skilled fingers. When it's done, Rise rises and sits next to you again, while you drag yourself up.
"Thanks for that."
"It will help. Tomorrow we do this all again."
"What?"
"One day hardly makes a warrior. We will need to continue."
"Oh... god..."
"He has little to do with this."
Still, when you stumble into the house, you find that Lira and Jager have returned. They seem hardly enthusiastic, although they have a few things to report to you. They found somewhere new to live, and Lira will be moving all the things over tomorrow. In the meantime, there's going to be a night job, apparently some fixers are pushing a little too hard at the Sewer Rats territory, and your needed to... discourage... further encroachment. Lira won't be going on this one, no security to hack into underground, so it'll just be you and Jager, maybe Rise too, if you can get her to come. The pay is all cash, plus whatever you can loot, but there's rumor of D7 activity in the area as well so...
Regardless, there's time before that, and Lira's managed to go through even more of the data. If you have any questions regarding that, or for anyone else really, now's the time. Your brother also calls you in the time provided, saying he'll be back in an hour. He's still got to drop of the "little miss" before he can head home.
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