tsuru - catchall

[okitactless]

makes a catchall post at the end of week 5 it's fine

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[okitactless]

[Instinctively, he moves to block it, but the blade isn't long enough for that. His jump backwards is enough to keep it to a graze, and he grimaces slightly, but the wound heals before he can even glance at it, so he doesn't let it slow him down.

He doesn't rest on his feet for long, then--he moves in for a swipe of his own, light and questioning. What are you feeling? he's saying, in the only way that matters.]

[preowned]

[ this is, admittedly, not the same as sparring against a tantou. it's probably because yasusada isn't used to fighting with a shorter blade, which actually makes it more difficult to attempt to predict his movements. you never know what someone who has to compensate for a disadvantage might do.

but he moves to block it with his own sword, a little aggressively, but not with as much force as he could have. he mostly tries to push him back so that he can attempt another swipe. ]

[okitactless]

[If this were a real spar, it's true, he'd be trying out much more unpredictable movements. And, to his credit, he isn't making it easy--he doesn't attempt to telegraph his moves, doesn't try for anything that's clearly counter-intuitive or awkward. It's uncomfortable, letting Tsurumaru come in so close, and more than once he overextends his reach to deflect, but the longer they go, the more he adjusts.

Still, he mostly remains on the defensive. This is more for Tsurumaru than himself, after all.]

[preowned]

[ tsurumaru



steps to the side, and is just going to try to trip yasusada. it's fine. ]

[okitactless]

[THIS WOULD PROBABLY WORK EXCEPT THAT Yasusada spars with Kanesada all the time and we all know Kane-san is a dirty cheater, so he pivots on his heel to try and kick Tsurumaru's leg and throw him off-balance.]

[preowned]

[ they're both just cheating now it's fine

but tsuru goes down! sort of. because he is going down, but now that he's at a lower level, he's going to aim a swipe of his sword at yasusada's legs. ]