[CLOSED] The Art Of War

[Rue]

"Never Falter Never Look Back!" ☒ @tagged ✐ 000 ✉ Rue Lv5

Rue sat at her desk in the middle of the night. She had dedicated a day to writing a manual and great sword handling for Tesh. Not being able to be the best representation for two hand weapon training since she was unable to handle them in game. She made the best of the situation and put the screenshots in as just extra reference, with the explanation. To Tesh Now that you are part of the guild i've wrote this guide on swordsmanship with two handed weapons. Study this, and prepare yourself for the training you will be receiving. If you are reading this right now it means you have been accepted into the guild, and are required to meet at the outside of the town of beginnings at the following day after receiving this letter. Council Member Rue Below the message would be a file that said training manual. Opening the file, would open another window with pictures of Rue doing the motions with text writing over it.. Holding A Great Sword The picture would be of Rue holding her longsword with her dominant hand on the top of the hilt touching the guard, and her offhand on the end of the hilt. " Having your hand at the top of the blade allows for more control of your weapon. Your dominant hand acts as the swords guide, while you off hand acts as your support and balance". A picture with Rue standing with her knees bent and spread to the part. Her sword is pointed upward and facing. Keeping anything that she may come across back with her sword inbetween her as a protective tool with just a simple stance. "This is a neutral stance and know this stance you can go into any attack or defensive actions". Defense Upper Vertical Block More pictures showing her moving the blade. Raising her sword horizontally above and in front of the her head. Right Upper Body Blocks Another showing her moving her right foot back and her left foot forward Rue raises her sword to her right shoulder with the sword tip up. A picture next to the other show the same block, but with the opposite sides. Lower Mid Section & Leg Blocks The picture shows Rue pointing her blade down on an angle so the blade does not hit the ground a with her right foot forward and left foot back, and mirroring the movements she shows the opposite side of the block. Parries Rue flicks her sword to one side or the other. it sees as if she using the inner blade and the guard to trap and push away. " While you can use any part of the great sword on smaller weapons. The sheer weight of the weapon would be enough to deflect the attack. Try and hit the tip of end of their weapon as it will greatly increase the amount of force they would have to produce to stop the blade". Attacks Your greats swords are heavy and have long reach, use that as an advantage. On the other side they are slow, and are not useful when fighting in close combat, and swinging a heavier weapon tires you faster than a lighter one. The pictures show Rue swinging her sword downwards and on angles, but the sword always arcs downward. " Try to use moves where you can take advantage of gravity to make your attacks more powerful and faster". The next picture show her turning her sword around or lifting the sword up with her off hand closers to the hilt. Thrusting or swinging the hilt. Rue uses the sword's hilt as a close range weapon. "Use your hilt, kicks,punches or headbut to attack if you are in close range, and can not back away from the enemy". Moves That Will Get You Killed There are various pictures of Rue doing moves that she would otherwise refrain from doing. They show her spinning with the sword, jumping and causing yourself to be unable to move or dodge until you land. Dragging you blade against the ground, it ruins the edge and weakens your attack, also it makes your attacks obvious. Overswinging you're not using a club, your sword is meant to cut not crush your target.. Telegraphing your attack, Rue does a bunch of silly poses and "Secret Special Attacks". The list goes on for a bt more until it ends.

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[Tesh]

"There Is More Than One Way Forward" ☒ @tagged ✐ 000 ✉ notes Tesh Lv1

Laying in his bed sleeping, roughly midnight, and Tesh was awoken by a bright light. With his eyes barely open her saw that it was message, and nonetheless a message from Rue! It was only a few days since after their duel in the middle of the town square, and after getting the official invitation to the guild he was ridden with joy, but this is the moment that he has been waiting for, what he was really excited to experience...training with Rue. The past couple days Rue had been giving him small amounts of information, regarding training him into becoming a competent fighter, that gave him more and more of a feeling that the training was going to be quite intense; and based off of their fight and what he saw in her fighting style, as well as, her personal behavior and composure, Tesh was certain that this training wasn’t going to be just something to laugh and get done and move on, it was going to be serious...just like the way she fought him in the duel the other day. And so he heeded the words carefully that she wrote in her message, that stated “prepare yourself for the training you shall be receiving.” In some way or another it almost sounded like she was treating him, like he was back in school getting a note from a bully that was telling him he was going to beat him up after class; nevertheless, Tesh knew it wasn’t the same, rather it was her way of saying that he needed to take this seriously and if not he would regret it. Anticipation built up within him so great that he didn’t want to fall back asleep, he would rather open the file that Rue sent him and study all of the information that she gave him in regards to basic fighting, but he knew that he needed to get a good night's rest in order for the following day of training, so he forced himself back to sleep with the intentions of waking up early so that he would be able to review the information that he gave her before he met her out in the great plains for training. After arising in the morning, Tesh left his apartment and walked down the street to a local cafe for his typical morning routine and breakfast of a black ginger tea and toast. Sitting down at a table outside, he opened the message back up again, scrolling down to the file that she attached to the message he clicked it, and the training guide opened up, along with several pictures of Rue performing and showing him the styles and stances of how he needed to position himself for battle. Not having a background in fighting this information was priceless to him, he never knew anything in regards to actual swordsmanship, especially since all of the other games that he has ever played before were just..games...seen through a monitor, and pressing buttons...here he actually had to use his body to perform the actions, something that he had no experience in; therefore, Tesh absorb as much of the information as possible, from defense to offense, but one thing stood out to him that he wasn’t able to understand. In the section that stated Moves That Will Get You Killed, he saw that she wrote a spinning attack, and well of course it was not the best manuvior for battle, as he experienced in his fight previously with her, it still was his sword art...he wasn’t going to just not use his sword art, this was the one thing that he considered a special attack...it was obviously ineffective before because of the level gap, so there must be some way for him to make this move effective in combat...Tesh thought to himself that he would make sure to bring this up later today with her. Finishing his tea and toast he was ready for the day of training that was soon to commence, and with eyes filled with excitement he took off down the street for the main gate to the town that exited to the great plains, where he would meet Rue. Leaving the Town of new beginnings and trekking off into the Great Plains he spotted Rue off in the distance waiting, sword and shield in hand, armor suited up and strapped on, ready to fight….actually, Tesh had a different feeling in his stomach when he approached the girl...it didn’t seem as though she was ready to fight him, moreover, Tesh felt he intent to kill. But he suppressed this overwhelming feeling that she would do anything to get him anywhere close to dying, after all they were going to probably just kill some boars and wolves, and dual right? Just like before… “...Good Morning Rue...uh, thank you for the guide you sent last night, it was more helpful than you probably now… soo, uh, what’s first?”

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[Rue]

"Never Falter Never Look Back!" ☒ @tagged ✐ 000 ✉ Rue Lv5

Rue stood at near the entrance to the town of beginnings. She rarely comes back to the first floor now, Rue wonder how Sean was doing as she waited. Most likely still being a smart mouthed coy bastard, to all of his customers. Looking around the flat grassy plains, some of the players who were left behind were grinding away at the boar that roamed the plains mindlessly. After sometime passed Rue could see the boy walking out of the town. The grey haired man walked up to her, and greeted her asking what's on the itinerary. Rue looked at the boy as she held and sack filled with items, and training gear she bought for todays training. Her look was blank and apathetic to his questioning, but was surprised that he read the guide. Rue pegged him as someone who never studied. " First were going to review the basics that I wrote for you in the guide". Her voice was calm and unaccepting to his greeting and gratitude. Rue lead Tesh off to the side of the town's entrance, to an area that was open with no tress or players or monsters around. Walking backward and giving Tesh enough space to freely move and swing Rue looked at him with a more serious expression and spoke with a louder more commanding voice. " Go into the neutral stance". As Tesh went into the stance as best he could Rue put the sack down, a loud heavy clunk sound echoed through the area. Moving closer to him, Rue inspected his stance. Bringing his arms back and making his arms slightly bent, Rue commenting on his mistake. " Keep yours arms bent, your lock your arms up and not be able to swing, and you won't able to block strikes without causing pain to yourself". Moving to his grip and loosens his off hands grip on thee end of thee sword. " This hand is used as support, not directing your attacks. Hold it losers and tighten your grip when your redirecting your attack, blocking or bringing your weapon if your attack will not hit or has missed". Puts his dominate hand up to the back of the guard, and kicks his legs farther apart. Walking away from Tesh, Rue looks at him up and down checking if is stance is correct. Nodding Rue looks at the and draws her sword. Yelling out her attack placements before she swing. Brining her sword down at the neck, shoulders sides of the abdomen and outer thighs and a thrust at the chest. She would mix up her attacks not attacking the same spot twice or going from his right side to his left. Rue would keep attacking and calling out her attacks. As he got more proficient she would stop calling out her attacks to see if he could block them. Satisfied wish his defensive ability, Rue sheathed her sword, and equipped her shield. Looking at Tesh with a cold and commanding voice. " Now attack me". Rue held her ground, spreading her feet apart and side by side, digging her feet into the ground. Using both hands she would block his attacks and give him pointers on his swings and mistakes.

[Tesh]

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Tesh followed Rue off to the side of the town’s entrance, the small path that had few footprints, in comparison to the main road, opened up into a larger area that seemed perfect for sparring and training. With a loud and commanding voice Rue told him to get into his neutral stance, the stance that was explained to him in the guide that Rue sent him the previous night. Her voice transitioning from the calm and expressionless form that it seemed to always have taken before to this new one through Tesh off-guard slightly, he wasn’t expecting it. Either way, he threw himself into position swiftly, drawing out his sword from the sheath that was strapped around his back with his right hand, which was his dominant hand, bring it down in front of him and grappling on with his left hand as well, with his left being the support hand he made sure that it was the hand that was lower on the hilt. Holding his blade upwards, with his arms locked out, legs spread and knees slightly bent, Rue dropped her bag of...whatever it could be...and came over to Tesh, re-positioning him slightly and giving several comments about his stance that needed changed, and so he followed her instructions. Arms pulled back slightly, not only would allow him to be able to swing easier and not lock up, as well as, make defending easier for him, but it also felt more comfortable. Before he felt stiff and clunky, with such a minor change Tesh was surprised just how much comfortable the stance felt from before, he could feel the flow of his body better and make adjustments to his enemy’s movements with greater ease. As she stepped back to where she was before she nodded at Tesh in approval of his stance, as well as signalling that she was going to strike, and so Tesh prepared himself for the attacks she was going to make. Her first attack, swinging her blade down on his neck...luckily for Tesh she called out the strikes before making them or else he would have had no chance to block, being that she was too fast... right side slash, he remembered what the guide instructed and his body reacted, slightly slower, but that would be natural for his first time, it would become instinct soon enough, he moved his right foot back and his left foot forward, raising his sword to his right shoulder with the hilt moving up the left with sword pointed horizontally...a successful block. The next was a slice to his left side, he re-positioned his feet accordingly, left foot back and right foot front, bring his sword down to his left shoulder, sword tip pointed up...another successful block. The next was a lower body slash, directed towards his left leg, so he kept his feet in the same position as before but directed his blade downwards on an angle as to not let it touch the ground but deflect the attack...another successful block. Tesh became more and more confident in his defense already. The flurry of blows continued for some time, Tesh continuing to re-position himself and his blade to block the attacks one after the next, only making a couple mistakes here and there causing him to take minimal damage...but overall successful in his own eyes. Which also seemed to reflect in Rue’s because now she came to a stop and sheathed her sword. Curious as to what was next, Rue pulled out her shield and told him to attack her now. This was slightly nerve racking for Tesh because he could remember what happened last time they dueled and how he wasn’t able to get a single hit...but even worse, that shield bash… he really didn’t want that to happen again. Either way he pulled it together, he knew that using his sword art now would be too naive and foolish, so instead of going straight for that kind of attack he just remembered what she had told him in the guide. There wasn’t going to be any attack that he could keep from really being telegraphed, at least at first, so the plan was to just make a normal overhead slash down on the right side of her neck using gravity to get more force and if she would block it, he would then re-position his grip to take the hilt and bash her in the chest with it while her shield was up to the right. And so, he charged in holding his sword in the neutral stance style before getting to close and raising it up to swing down on her neck.

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[Rue]

"Never Falter Never Look Back!" ☒ @tagged ✐ 000 ✉ Rue Lv5

Standing with her feet planted and her arms together holding thee shield. She looked like a boxer holding up her arms to block the incoming attacks. Looking at Tesh her blank stare was not as harsh as it was when they fought. Waiting as Tesh nervously readied himself to attack. Lowing her shield and speaking annoyed at the grey haired boy fear and hesitant to attack her. " Hurry up, in a real fight the enemy is not going to stand there a wait for you to attack". Lighting a fire under the great sword wielding trainee, Tesh ready himself and began to swing. His first swing was one to the right side of her neck. Raising her shield upward, and to the angled her shield to the right. The giant blade would meet her shield, and a loud thud would echo through the area as his sword would slide off her shield to the right of her away from her body. Seeing her blade raise up and the hilt point out. Rue lowered her shield and blocked the hilt strike. Not a bad little combination, was quick and it flowed into each other fairly well. " So far so good, just swing with your forearms not your biceps. Also don't bring yourself closer to the enemy use you range advantage". Moving back and raising his sword to swing down on Rue's neck. Blocking it and defecting most of the force and attack off of her shield by angling it away from her body. " I'm shorter then you no need to raise your blade, just swing down and use it's weight". Commenting on her shortness bothered her, but it was truth. Manny of the people she had come across were taller then her. They would practice his attacks more for awhile. His attacks got better, and more efficient as he continued to practice more. Rue slammed her shield into one of Tesh's attacks stopping the momentum. Putting her shield away, and moving over to the sack that she had brought with her. Opening the bag Rue brought out thick crude pieces of old and worn metal training armor. The pieces were blackened with age and were dented and chipped. Throwing a full set of pieces at his feet she would speak calmly as she pulled out round circular pieces of metal. Walking over to him and sliding the metal circles down his blade and locking them on his some sort of clips. Tesh's sword would feel even heavier as the metal weights on the end of his sword were pulling the tip down. " This will help with training stamina, if you can move and swing with your sword being twice as heavy a hundred times then you should be able to swing a sword half as heavy twice as much". Rue backed away and stood back as she told with to go through his blocks and attacks until he can not attack or move anymore.

[Tesh]

"There Is More Than One Way Forward" ☒ @tagged ✐ 000 ✉ notes Tesh Lv1

With the last attack being abruptly stopped, when Rue took the force she had and slammed her shield back into the sword, Tesh noticed She reached for the bad that she brought with her for training. Tesh was decently tired at this point now and took this opportunity to rest his sword on the ground by holding onto the hilt still with his right hand but letting the tip rest upon the ground. It wasn’t wasn’t a large bag but it looked heavy, and when she pulled out the objects from inside it took Tesh totally off guard. She pulled out what looked like gear from eons ago. What is this? Tesh thought to himself while she drew closer to him with crude old pieces of gear that looked so old that they were even blackened, probably from age. Thinking to himself,What is this going to do for me? He thought, before thinking to himself once more, Either way, if it is something that Rue is using to train him then there is definitely a purpose, she wouldn't have brought it today if it wasn’t going to help me get stronger. As she got closer to him she dropped the bag onto the ground and asked him to raise his sword up for a moment, and when he did she attached the old metal gear onto his sword. The metal gear must’ve been an item created by someone in-game for the sole purpose of training, since Tesh has never seen anything of it’s kind of nature before. Also, why did she keep it in the bag? Wouldn’t she just be able to place it in her inventory? Rue didn’t seem like the person that would carry it in the bag and bring it all the way here just for show and drama, there had to be a specific reason for why she didn’t have it just in her inventory... the thoughts poured through Tesh’s mind as the latches from the metal gear gripped tightly around the tip of his sword. Rue then explains to him that if he is able to use his sword in this manner then he will be able to improve his stamina in combat. The fact was that she was indeed correct, but the sword was not so heavy he was unable to attack her anymore, or for the matter, be able to defend against one of her attacks. She then tells him to go through each of his attacks and defensive stance with the gear on. This gave Tesh relief, at least he wasn’t going to have to fight in this manner. Well first things first, Tesh begins to try to get into his Defensive stance...feet sinking into the ground, from his sheer weight that has been doubles, it would be very difficult to get his feet into the proper position, let alone raise the sword. Slowly, Tesh manages to place his right foot back and his left foot forwards bringing up the sword tip using all his strength to his right shoulder to block an attack that would strike his right upper body. After a longer than usual amount of time, in regards to the amount of time it took Tesh before to react in his defensive stance, he finished going through all of his different defensive motions. Still having some strength left, Tesh begins trying to do his attacks. Obviously, the best way for him to conserve his energy would be to perform the vertical attacks, using gravity to help retain as much energy and strength as possible. Lifting his sword up slashing down to the left, lifting it up again an slashing down to the right...he continues to perform these actions over and over until he becomes extremely tired...the sword hits the ground while he holds on with his right hand at the hilt. Standing there with his head down breathing heavily, he gets the words off his lips to Rue saying, “I can’t keep this up anymore…”

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[Rue]

"Never Falter Never Look Back!" ☒ @tagged ✐ 000 ✉ Rue Lv5

After Tesh had equip the crude gear and she had attached the sword weight on to his blade. Telling him to practice his guards and attacks. Watching as he went into the neutral stance, and raised his sword. Rue could see his body shake with the excess weight pulling down on the grey haired man. As he lifted the blade to do a head guard, his feet started to sink into the ground. Rue quietly watched as he forced himself against gravity and the weighted gear as he went through the blocks. Rue would prod him with words, every time he stopped. The slowly lowering sun would beat down on him as he swung his weighted sword down or on angles and from the sides. He was a good listener as he always angled the attack downward using the sword's weight to make his attacks fast and more powerful. However he was not used to the extra weight, and the blade would drop to the ground or skip off as he lifted it back. Sweat poured from Tesh's face and body as the training was taking it's toll. Rue watched as he breathed in heavily, " Control your breathing, take in calm breaths. It regulates your heart rate and blood flow causing you to not tire as fast". Rue could of told him that before he started, but it's better to let them learn the hard way". Rue gives Tesh an example. Rue took in the same breaths slowly and calmly, and exhaled slowly. Exaggerated her breaths to make it easier to see what she was doing. Gesturing him to get back to attack after her lesson Rue would watch as his attacks got sloppy from exhaustion. Tesh's sword slams into the ground as he holds the hilt up with his right hand. Standing there with his head bowing and his chest moving up and down rapidly. The words I can't keep this up anymore exhaled from the tired swordsman's lips. Moving over to the front of him as Tesh gave into his exhaustion. Rue's eyes narrowed at the grey haired man. " Really you can't anymore, then I guess you would die in a long drawn out fight. Would you stand there at let your enemy kill you because you are tired"? Rue's words were harsh as she scolded him. Drawing her sword she would point it at him. " I guess since your tired you won't be able to dodge my attacks". Rue lift her sword above his head, " I'll make it quick as a mercy to you. Better a quick painless death then a long agonizing death as you become food for the monsters". Rue swung her sword down at the man's neck in a executionally fashion.

[Tesh]

"There Is More Than One Way Forward" ☒ @tagged ✐ 000 ✉ notes Tesh Lv1

It was starting to get later, the sun making it's descent, just above the horizon of the fields out in the distance. Still hot, the sun felt like it was burning the back of his neck now being out here all day. With his face directed down at the earth bellow him he could see the sweat dripping off of his chin and the tip of his nose, it always was streaming down his arms to the base of his palm, seeping onto the hilt of his blade, that was in his right hand...using it as a prop to keep himself standing up. Thinking about the words that Rue gave him about his breathing, he tried to lower his breathe, his heart was beating faster than it ever had before...it was causing him to shake too. Hearing the footsteps of Rue draw closer to him, he could only imagine what was to come next. Was it going to be praise? rewarding the young man for the effort that he has been displaying this entire day; or was it going to be something more harsh? telling him to do something else even though he was already this tired. But what was to come next he could have never imagined would occur. As She step closer to him, coming to a halt in front of him, he only saw her from the waist down...since he still had his head in the same position from before. Finally regaining his breath in the pattern that Rue explained to him, taking in slow deep breathes as well as exhaling in a similar fashion...his heart also slowed...the trembling began to subside. She spouted out to him in a harsh manner, like the way he used to be scolded by his mother back in the real world when he did something wrong, or didn't hold up to an expectation of hers, telling him that if he was in a long drawn out fight that he would die...and all because he was tired? The words pulled at his mind, it was the first time in the game he actually felt somewhat pissed off. After all he did today she is still going to tell him this? Of course, it's the first day of training...what does she expect of me at level 1? He thought to himself for a moment and then settled back down, he realized what she probably meant, whereas if this was an actual fight for his life right now, he wouldn't just give up because he was tired...that would be stupid...of course he wouldn't give up until either him or his opponent were dead. These were his last thoughts, still looking downwards, she unsheathed her blade and lifted it above his neck, like she was an executioner, and said that since he was tired he wouldn't be able to stop her attack. Looking up at her he could see that she was actually serious, for the moment he actually felt terrified that she was going to kill him...since they weren't in a duel she actually could. He embraced those feelings as she swung her sword down at his neck. Knowing that there was no way that he could possibly get his sword out of the ground to block the attack, even if it didn't weigh some incredible amount still from the crude gear attached to it, he used the two handed sword as leverage to push himself away from the blow, leaving the sword still in the ground, he knew that his only option was to use his body to fight back. Adrenaline overtook his body as he used what strength he had left to push himself away from his sword and in the direction of Rue, knowing that if he was able to slide by the swing he could possibly land a hit with his fists. Since he no longer had his great-sword he was force into close-combat fighting. Managing to barely dodge the swing at his neck, cutting off about an inch of hair, he positioned himself to the front right of Rue, with his knees more bent, and tried to land a hit to her ribs as he swung himself around by pulling his left arm back and extending his right arm out and upwards.

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[Rue]

"Never Falter Never Look Back!" ☒ @tagged ✐ 000 ✉ Rue Lv5

Tesh looked up at her with fear in his eyes as she held the sword above his head. Rue's eyes and face were blank and did not show any sighs of remorse as she brought her blade down. using his sword as leverage, Tesh pushed himself away from the strike. As Rue saw him move out of the way, she tighten her grip and snapped her blade back. Stepping on the his blade as he pushed off and it forward towards her. The blade crashed to the ground, bending his knees and charging forward at Rue. He cocked his left arm and lifted his right arm towards Rue's ribs. Point her blade forward, it's length mixed with her arm length far outreached the man's arm span. Stopping his advance as the tip of her blade was inches away from his bare neck. What looked to be a glint in her eye, and a ever so small lift of her lips. " Don't throw your weapon away, and don't charge blindly at an armed person. Unarmed attacks do nothing in sword art". Lowering her sword and sheathing it. " So you could still keep going, I guess you don't know your own ability". Rue voice and face were calm and relaxed. " I guess will end todays training. Pack up and let's head back i'll treat you to dinner for you hard work". Rue walked away and leaned on the wall of the outer wall protecting the town. As Tesh took off the gear and put it back in the sack and handed it to Rue. Looking at the sack of training items she started to walk back to town. " Carry it, back to town it will be the last part of todays training". Rue continued to walk not stopping to wait for the grey haired man who looked about to fall over from exhaustion. As she entered the town and looked back to see if Tesh was still following behind. With a all around more relaxed air about the small girl she asked a simple question. " What would you like to eat"?

[Tesh]

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Tesh, in mid-swing, attacking Rue by trying to hit her ribs, was abruptly stopped when Rue tightened her grip around her sword and snapped her blade back pointing it directly in at his neck, inches away, he halted his attack as to not get stabbed straight through his neck...again. Looking up at her she looked different then before, not so much in appearance but the way she looked at him, and the way she spoke to him drastically changed from before, she was no longer a drill Sargent, or his mother that was angry at him, it was back to normal. The feeling of relief overflowed his body as she sheathed her sword and told him that he did still have some strength left and that he didn't even know his own ability...he wasn't going to be killed now. She was relaxed and calm again, telling him that today's training would be over now, as he watched her walk over to the wall and wait for him to undo the attached crude gear and gather his things. Sheathing his sword on his back, placed the old crude gear back into the bag and picked it up to catch up to Rue. The bag was a lot heavier than he expected, which caused him to over correct his posture while he was walking to make up for the imbalance that the heavy bag was creating, leaning over to his left, holding the bag in his right hand, he thought that it was probably just because of how tired he was now after days work. When Tesh caught up to her, waiting at the wall, he tried to hand her the bag, but to no avail she walked away back towards town and told him that it was the last part of his training for today. Sighing at the remark he tried to keep up with her as she continued to walk with no means of slowing or waiting up for him. He was so tired at this point that he felt like collapsing in the street and just going to sleep but he knew that would be bad and Rue would probably get upset with him again so he took in a deep breathe and continued trudging on. Finally able to catch up to her in the streets of town she turned around and asked him what he would like to eat, which totally threw him off again, not expecting that she would offer something like this to him, but it made him very happy. Smiling at Rue, he looked up and said "Well, I never had enough money to buy anything that great...I usually just buy what I can at the market, which is usually fruit and bread, so...um...I don't really know. Also...um, you don't have to get me anything, I'll be okay, I'm just grateful for the training."

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[Rue]

"Never Falter Never Look Back!" ☒ @tagged ✐ 000 ✉ Rue Lv5

Taking the sack off of Tesh Rue put it into her inventory. Rue listened to the smiling Tesh who talked about his impoverished diet. Rue's eyes narrowed at his refusal, he was not a bother and he really needed better food then bread and fruit if he was going to receive such intense training. " I'm the one who recommended you to the guild. If your not a asset to the guild and become a liability it looks bad on me. Besides I'm hungry as well so you just happened to be around as well". Rue spoke without caring about his feelings. Even though she said she would treat him to dinner as a reward, she now turned it around as a coincidence. Rue lead him to a inn. It was not to expensive as to not make him feel upset at Rue spending a lot on his dinner. The small bell rings as they enter the homey country style inn. The wooden floors and walls with support beams decorated the charming little inn. Taking a seat at a table near by a young women walks up and hands out the menus. Rue orders a black tea with milk and sugar and a cranberry walnut brie appetizer from her and Tesh. The young women walks away and leaves the two alone while she goes and gets their order. The first floor was fairly empty considering the time of day. Looking at Tesh she spoke more relaxed and friendly towards him. " You did well today, keep up the good work and you'll be ready for the dungeon and second floor". The waitress bring the items, Rue's and Tesh's drink as well as the platter of brie. The brie was warm and metly, the brownish walnuts mixed with the reds of the cranberry gave it a nice presentation. Rue took a serving of the brie on a small plate set for them. Taking a small mix of the cheese nuts and cranberry, Rue slightly opened her mouth and eat the mixture. The rich and creamy cheese mixed with the soft nutty flavor of the walnuts blended together well while adding texture, and the tart cranberries added a kick of flavor. A look of enjoyment washed over the small girl as she smiled. some time later the waitress came back and asked if they wanted anything else. Rue smiled and spoke politely. " I would like a wine braised pork belly, with a side of vinaigrette salad". Rue and the young waitress looked over to Tesh and awaited his order.

[Tesh]

"There Is More Than One Way Forward" ☒ @tagged ✐ 000 ✉ notes Tesh Lv1

It was a great relief after Rue took back the heavy sack of gear, Tesh was able to stand up straight and walk normally again. Watching her put it back into her inventory he thought to himself, Well I guess that answered a few question from earlier...but wait...why did I have to carry it back here??! But he just kept his mouth shut and didn't say anything, especially after seeing her eyes narrow at him and then tell him that he was going to eat. Even though the words and her tone of voiced were rather harsh he did understand that it was rather impolite to just refuse her offering. And so he followed beside her, still exhausted, but happy that he was no longer carry that bag, going to an Old Country Style inn that held a very homey kind of feel that was relaxing. When she told him that he did well and talked about going on to the dungeon and the second floor his eyes lit up as he was very pleased to hear her say this. The waitress came back with their appetizer that looked absolutely delicious, being that he never had anything other than bread and fruit this was a luxury for Tesh, it was even enough to make him almost start drooling...even though it was just cheese it was something special for him. He took a piece of the bree and placed it in his mouth, letting it slowly dissolve, taking in all of its taste, he felt utterly heavenly just from the taste that he savoured in his mouth. Looking up at Rue as she looked rather pleased as well, seeing her smile for the first time since they met, he said, "Thank you very much...this is wonderful" The waitress came back over to the table and asked what else they would like to eat, and Tesh became rather nervous that he would look stupid for not looking at the menu the entire time because he was so engulfed in the cheese. Rue answered right away knowing exactly what she wanted, but then they looked over at him after and were expecting his order as well. Trying as hard as possible not to look stupid he grabbed the menu as fast as he could and ordered the first thing that he saw, Lamb stew, something that was actually familiar to him from his life before in the real world, he was relieved for the moment when his choice ended up being something that was so familiar to him. Looking over at the waitress he said, "um..I'll have..uh the Lamb stew please.." Speaking nervously because this was his first experience eating a place like this. He was used to getting his bread and fruit and finding a tall post in town to squat on and eat as the night sky engulfed him. The waitress then left with there orders and Tesh took in a deep breath again and exhaled all the tension that was driving him crazy. He looked back over at Rue, who was still looking happy, smiling...it was nice to see her like this. "Hey, Rue..um, sorry about my impoliteness earlier, y'know..uh, with not taking you up on your offer. I really appreciate this even if its not a big deal for you, I've never had this experience before, so ...um.. well, thank you" He said to Rue with a smile on his face scratching the back of his head out of nervousness.

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[Rue]

"Never Falter Never Look Back!" ☒ @tagged ✐ 000 ✉ Rue Lv5

Rue watched Tesh as he hastily picked up the menu. Sipping her tea as he nervously picked out his order. He could of asked for her to come back if he did not know. Ordering a lamb stew with an unconfident voice, the waitress left to place their order. Watching him as he took in a deep breath and exhaled out the tension of ordering food. Rue placed her tea down using her pinky to cushion the placement on the plate. Stifling a giggle at the man as he looked back at her. He began to talk about him being impolite, rather nervously as he shifted around and scratched his head. Looking slightly confused as he had not been rude, and his apology was unwarranted. Rue found it odd that he had never had this kind of experience before, she pounder on what kind of life he had lead in the real world. Looking at him with slight pity at his lack of experiences with simple outings. He smiled as he thanked he for the meal and training. A small smile formed on the lithe girl as she rested her head on her hand. " Don't thank me, it's normal for a person to receive training when the join a new job or group. You need to eat well with the intense amounts of training you're going to be doing". The food arrived, as Rue denied his thanks. Her pork look succulent and glistened with juices. The greenery of the lettuce looked fresh and crisp. Pouring her dressing on her salad Rue looked at Tesh as if she were in thought. Hearing about his poor diet do to his lack of money made her think of where he sleeps. Rue did not want him using the little col he had on an inn. In the worst case scenario she did not want him sleeping out in the cold. Placing the empty bowl down, Rue's expression went into a more serious look and her voice was slightly deeper. " Tesh do you have a place where you can stay at for the night"? Rue continued to watch him scanning his tone of voice and reaction to gauge if he was lying or not.

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[Tesh]

"There Is More Than One Way Forward" ☒ Rue ✐ 000 ✉ notes Tesh Lv1

Tesh was not surprised by the reaction that he was given by Rue..She declined his thanks but all that mattered to Tesh was that he said it. Whether or not it was normal for somebody to receive training and given food for their hard work didn't matter to Tesh, seeing as he never received this from anyone from anybody before it wasn't exactly normal for him, so he wanted to express his gratitude. The only thing that he expected to come from this was her to show up train him and leave, being that this is how it's always been for him, so this was a new experience. When the waitress arrived with their food Tesh was excited to actually eat something good for once in this world. He smiled eagerly as the waitress put both Rue's and his food down on the table and walked away. For a moment he was reminded of a time when he and his younger sister were living together and how she would make this for dinner on occasion, when the scrounged up enough cash to afford it, and brought it over to the table, just like the waitress did. Those were the happy times before the day of the incident. He looked down at his food still smiling and saw that it didn't quite look like the way she used to make it but it still looked delicious; the meat, carrots, and potatoes all glistened with a piece of rosemary sitting on the top, in the middle of his plate. He took a bite, savoring the taste, was in utter joy of the great meal in front of him. It was probably even obvious that he had never eaten like this before, from the reaction he was giving to the food, it probably even looked as if he never seen anything like it before. As he looked up he saw Rue also enjoying her meal with a little smile on her face, but that smile disappeared quickly as she became more serious again, putting her bowl down, and speaking in a deeper voice than usual, she asked him if he had a place to stay tonight. Her eyes stared him down as he thought about how to answer the question, chewing the last bits of the lamb that was still in his mouth, trying to buy himself sometime to think. He couldn't think of anything to say...he was at loss of words, not able to come up with a good excuse to get out of saying that he just used up the rest of his money on an inn that he had been paying for, and that tonight he wouldn't have anywhere to go. This was something that he became used to though, the lack of consistent col income from killing the small amount of monsters that he could solo didn't allow for him to have a consistent place to stay or bed to rest. Her eyes continued to stare into him, and he just finished swallowing the bite of lamb that he was trying to savor as long as possible. He was forced to just say it how it was, since there was nothing else he could say. If he said he was staying at an inn or something, she might have asked to see it, and he didn't want to lie. I guess I'll just tell her the truth. "Well, um..I was staying at this inn down the street...but..uh, I kinda spent the last of my money for the previous night...and um.. seeing how I didn't get to kill anything today, I ..er, don't have any to pay for the room." He looked back down as his plate, taking his spoon and grabbing up another bite of the stew, he said, "But I'll be okay, really...I'm, uh.. kinda used to it now.. I-I guess." Continuing to look down at his food and eat, not wanting to look up out of embarrassment that he is quite the loner currently. He felt shameful that he wasn't able to exactly take care of himself here well yet, waiting to hear what Rue was going to say next.

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[Rue]

"Never Falter Never Look Back!" ☒ @tagged ✐ 000 ✉ Rue Lv5

Rue ate her salad as she looked at Tesh. He was stalling as he looked at a loss for words. Rue's eyes narrowed as she already knew the truth, if he was willing to admit it to her was entirely up to him. Rue chewed her food as he sat there silently trying to make up a story to explain away not have anywhere to sleep. As he sat there quietly and took spoonful's his stew. Rue got more and more annoyed at his lack of an answer. Finishing her salad and cutting into her pork. The sounds of metal on flesh echoed between the two as Rue cut harshly at her pork while giving Tesh a steely glance. Finally the truth came out. Rue listened and felt responsible for his lack of col to take care of himself do to her training. Her voice softened and her gaze relaxed into a kinder expression. Speaking with a soft and kind voice as if to comfort Tesh. " I'm sorry I did not know your predicament, I've always had lots of col on hand I assumed that you would have col to spare". As he spoke to tell her that it's okay and he will be fine, Rue put her hand up flat as to stop him. " Don't worry you don't have to sleep outside, you can sleep at my apartment for the time being until you can support yourself. I don't want you putting yourself in danger just because your in need of col". After she got everything figured out, Rue would look to her food and take small portions of her pork and eat her food. The pork was tender and soft, the wine did it's part in breaking down the toughness of the meat. She could enjoy her meal and company more, now that she did not have to worry about what he was going to do for food and shelter for the time being.