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Dot stops by Vrebles place to brag up a recent trip she took to The Great Forest with one of the Stargazers. How just the two of them defeated many of the giants in the forest. She asks him when he is going to teach her more moves, skills etc.
He listens intently to her story, chiming in every so often to ask her about various techniques, swings and stances she may or may not have incorporated into her battles. He assures her that he has more moves to intruct her on but that she is close, especially after hearing her story.
*Vrebel leads Dot through his foyer back to his war and training room in the back of his home. There is the familiar pratice dummy shredded and worn from Dot's training sessons. He unsheathes his greatsword, holds his stance and readies his blade.*
"Alright, new move pay attention, I call it the executioner."
*He swings his blade from a shoulder rest postion in a horizontal axis toward the throat of the dummy just barely knicking the juggular area with the tip of his blade. He quickly returns to a fighting stance and performs the same move but this time with a back hand swing connecting the dummy in the same vital area.*
"Its an advanced move but I think your ready. Keep your stance, more weight to your back foot. Start the move in your legs, twisting your hips counterclockwise, slightly shifting your weight to your front leg and fishing by swinging with your arm across toward the throat of the dummy. The idea is to sever the juggular vein in the front of the throat and incapacitatin' your opponent. You dont want to cut too deep as it will affect the return tragectory of your blade. Your aiming above the breast plate and below the helmet of your opponent at an area that is very small but usually unprotected by most armor."
*He waltzes over to another area of the training room that has four practice dummies facing each other in a circle. He positions himself in the middle and performs a whirlwind attack using the "executioner" move and slices each of the four dummies juggular areas.*
"When you can do that you've mastered the move."
*He goes back to Dot and gets behind her and tells her to get her bastard sword out and he walks her through the moves in slow motion*
"Main thing is to be quick and accurate and make sure you return your blade back to position in case you miss. There two types of speed, physical speed which you cant do much about and efficient speed which is the combination of physical speed, technique and timin'. Keep up your trainin' and you can improve on yer technique and timin'."
*He motions to the dummy and gives Dot some space*
"Lets see what you got"
Dot watches the instructions closely... and when prompted to she moves into positon at the target dummy. The ground work already instilled from Vrebel is evident immediatly. Her stance is perfect her swing motion is every bit as perfect... again evidence of all the training she has gone thru thus far. Her slow motion walk thru of the forhand and back hand swing are good. So she moves in on the dummy and attempts to replicate the strike.
Her distance or "touch" if you will is off. With one swipe she barely misses, another is right on and the next she goes too deep affecting her follow thru. Mildy frustrated she curses but does not stop trying. She continues to swing back and forth across the dummies neck. Slowly she gets the range down. Dot never really used a strike of this manor before. She typically would just thrust her blade deep into her target, slash across it not trying for such precision, or simply try and muscle her way thru armor, muscle, bone... whatever was in the way of her blade. However since her training started with Vrebel he has taught her how to use "touch" and not just pure arm strength. Her work prior to this strike is paying off... she seems to be getting "dialed in" now. Had Vrebel started her training with this move... it may have been a complete disaster.
*she awaits Vrebels instruction or critique of her strikes before continuing on to the whirlwind move, or to keep working at the single target*
*Vrebel watches Dot stoically as she attempts the highly advanced move. He's impressed with her stance and swing but does his best not to show it*
"Not bad. I want you to stop tryin' so hard to hit the juggular. Concentrate on your opponent and feel your way through the move. Let your senses take over and trust your instincts. Your body and mind through yer trainin' know the distance you should be to your opponent and placement of the blade. Take a deep breath and try again but this time remember to focus on the tip of the blade as an extension of your finger. Take the shot and focus on the overall presense of your opponent and not his neck. The rest will follow."
*He takes a seat motioning for her to continue as he unloads some sand bags from a wooden box*
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