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[faithful-slayer.livejournal.com]

Faith and Fray are outside at the lake, chatting and stretching, about to start sparring. Fray is carrying a raygun and the same three-bladed knife that once got lodged in her leg. Faith...well, it's hard to be sure, really, just how much weaponry Faith has on her. A single knife is all that's visible, but...it is Faith, after all.

Oh - also, they both have big honkin' swords. Mmm, shiny.

(OOC: Main thread is locked to just Faith and Fray, please. Feel free to have anybody who wants to show up and watch, but do it in a seperate thread, plzkthnx. Also, slowtimed, so don't let a little thing like twelve hours going by between now and whenever you can get online stop you from reacting.)

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[faithful-slayer.livejournal.com]

"Connor's better than me, with a sword," Faith admits. "After 487 years...there's not a lot of people who could beat him. 'Course, when it comes to hand-to-hand, well, I know an eight-year-old who could take him. He only know how to use a sword. It works for him, course...but a Slayer has to be more versatile."

And with no more warning than that, she lunges, the sword pointed right at Fray's chest.

[slayer_fray]

Mel parries the thrust without a second thought, twisting around to bring her sword back round at Faith in the same motion.

[faithful-slayer.livejournal.com]

Faith parries too, automatically, nodding approval. "Good. Your instincts are good. Good way to start. It's not too different from the Scythe, is it? Method-wise?"

Of course, she's...er, thrusting...as she speaks.

[slayer_fray]

"Except right now I'd be backhanding the stake into you our slicing your head off," Mel says. "Not enough business ends on this thing."

Instead of parrying, she sidesteps the thrust, lunging at Faith's chest as the other Slayer coems forward.

[faithful-slayer.livejournal.com]

"True," Faith replies, and jumps over the sword - and over Fray's head, bringing her sword around to block if Fray swings again. "That why you kept the knife?"

[slayer_fray]

Mel spins around to face Faith, dropping to sweep kick her legs under her as she lands.

"Well, that. But mostly: Shiny."

[faithful-slayer.livejournal.com]

And Faith hits the ground on her backside. "Ow!" But she's laughing, and a second later she's back on her feet. "Bitch."

Smirk.

[slayer_fray]

Mel lunges at Faith again, grinning.

[faithful-slayer.livejournal.com]

Faith ducks down under the lunge, grabbing Fray's arms and using her weight and angle to flip the other Slayer over her back.

[slayer_fray]

Mel rolls over Faith, but not without taking the opportunity to elbow her in the kidneys on her way over, twisting to land on her feet, and swinging her sword around to meet Faith even as she lands.

[faithful-slayer.livejournal.com]

The elbow to the kidneys hurts, and Faith barely manages to deflect the sword blow, but she recovers quickly, straightening. "Kidney shot. Nice," she says, a little coolly 'cause ow, and lunges with the sword again.

[slayer_fray]

Don't fight clean. Never fight clean.

Mel spins with the swing of her deflected sword blow, and uses the movement to twist out of the way of the lunge, coming round with the same arc towards the side of Faith's neck.

[faithful-slayer.livejournal.com]

Right.

Faith's eyes narrow, and she swings - not at Fray's sword, but at her wrist, with the flat of her own blade and all her strength and speed behind it.

[slayer_fray]

Mel's wrist twists back and she drops the sword with a grunt of pain. It flies through the air and lands a few metres away.

No big deal, she rolls into the new direction and kicks back at Faith's neck at the same time, momeantaily off the ground completely.

[faithful-slayer.livejournal.com]

Faith's hand snaps up and grabs Fray's ankle as it heads for her neck. She could break it easily, and for a second the temptation is there - but no. Instead she turns, still holding Fray's foot, using the other Slayer's momentum against her and propelling her through the air.

[slayer_fray]

Mel can cope with being in the air. She archs back, still with her ankle in Faith's grip, and grabs the waistband of her pants, pulling her up into the same mid air spin.

[faithful-slayer.livejournal.com]

Faith blinks, then smirks. "This? This is new," she says, grabbing Fray's hand, prying it off her pants. "You could have just asked..."

When she hits the ground, it's in a neat roll, and she comes back up with her sword raised in front of her, several feet away from the other Slayer.

[slayer_fray]

Mel had landed in a roll herself, and makes a dive for her own sword with the time given her, leaping to her feet with it in her hands to face Faith.

"Where's the fun in askin'?"

[faithful-slayer.livejournal.com]

"There is that," Faith admits with a short snicker, swinging her sword in an idle circle, ready to let Fray take the offensive.

[slayer_fray]

So she does, leaping forwards with a straightforward slash at Faith's midsection.

At the last second she changes tack and brings her other hand round, now holding her knife to go for Faith's legs.

[faithful-slayer.livejournal.com]

Faith can't dodge both weapons at once, not when they're wielded by a Slayer.

So instead of trying, she pulls her own knife, batting Fray's sword aside with her own and aiming her knife at the other Slayer's shoulder.

[slayer_fray]

Mel twists to avoid the knife, which nevertheless slices through her shirt, although the action stops her own attack from doing any damage. She curls around in the same action and brings her sword back around again.

[faithful-slayer.livejournal.com]

Faith takes a step back, but doesn't bring her sword up quite fast enough - the sleeve of her shirt is sliced off, and blood wells up in a thin line on her shoulder.

"Ow." She blinks, then grins. "Nice one."

[slayer_fray]

Mel grins, but doesn't stop moving, bringing up a boot again to kick the sword out of Faith's hand.

"Thanks."

[faithful-slayer.livejournal.com]

Instead of trying to dodge, Faith swings as hard she can into Fray's oncoming foot, her hand hitting the other Slayer's ankle. She still loses the sword, but catching it in the other hand isn't too hard.