Training [Blood]

[Noffiti Hideme]

Noffiti woke from her deep sleep. At some point in the night her dream had turned to a nightmare. She couldn't remember what it was, but it had caused her to become restless in her sleep. Her blankets were tangled about her legs and her pillows were knocked off the bed. She got out of bed sleepily and made her way to the kitchen. She fixed herself something quick and then she realized she was already late. Dawn had already arrived on the planet.

Cursing herself she finished her breakfast and went to see if there were any clothes. She found some clothes, but to her displeasure they were women's Padawan clothes. They were black and white instead of tan and white. She slipped them on in place of own robes. They were so different from what she liked. They were loose, but they fit completely different.

She quickly tied her braids behind her head with a scrap of fabric and ran outside. The air smelled very floral and clean. She didn't quite know where to go, but she let her instincts guide her and she quickly found the Meadow. Blood was already there just like she knew he would be. She stopped, being careful not to disturb him. She sat on the floor and crossed her legs, simply waiting for him to scold her for being late.

[Slade Xandir]

He sat in completely different attire, his silk and slacks replaced by more movement-friendly clothes. Though Blood had a distinct distaste for Slade's choice of apparel to train in, he had to admit- it was comfortable. A long-sleeved charcoal grey thermal sweater, paired with a pair of belted joggers that hung snuggly on him from the ankles, but only barely fitted from the waist down. A belt held the waist in a snug place, and tucked over the cinch of the bottom of his joggers were mid-calf leather boots.

He sat atop the grass, one leg pulled up to a bend while the other lay flat against the ground. His sabers were on his waist for the moment, attached to once-used holsters, but across his back were a pair of vibroswords, glistening in the breaking dawn light in the shade of a sharp silhouette. His back was to her, but the handsome Sithian felt her presence as she neared.
Without turning to her, he kept his voice smooth, unburdened, as he revealed something to her.

"Every minute you are late is however many you lose to train with me. And that time will be paid back by another Apprentice who drives harder than you to be favored in my eye. You only hurt yourself through your negligence."

With that said, Blood stood, looking oddly at peace with the World, so much more calm than the writing maniac that he typically was when angered. He turned to her, and bent low to pick up a training stick, a pointer that was wooden and well worn. The tree rod was thin, but surprisingly sturdy.It was also an almost comforting thing in his hand as he recalled his own Sire using this very same rod to teach the very same thing he was about to teach her.

"Do you know of battle, Belladonna? Of the seperate sections of your body, their zone numbers?"

[Noffiti Hideme]

Noffiti took in his appearance. He looked like a normal person. He didn't look quite as intimidating as before. He still looked very menacing but the armor played the biggest part of that. Her eyes widened when he told her the punishment for her tardiness. She nodded her head swiftly. "Yes, My Lord."

He picked up a training stick. The youngest of her brothers had made her one for her birthday. They celebrated on the day they found her since no one knew when her actual birthday was. They joked around and said it was her Found Day. It was the fifth Standard day of the ninth Standard month. That was the day she found herself a new family. Her brothers were out exploring when they heard her crying and brought her home. She smiled absentmindedly.

Noffiti snapped back to reality when her new name was used. Oh right. Blood had named her. Belladonna. She should start getting used to the name. He had asked her about the zones. She nodded her head, remembering what her eldest brother had told her. "One. Head. Vertical slices. Block it horizontally." She absentmindedly rattled off the information from her brain. "Two. Right arm and side. Horizontal side sweeps. Block them vertically." She made simple movements with her arms to show the moves. "Three. Left arm and side. Horizontal side sweeps. Block them vertically. Four. Back. Vertical and horizontal swipes. Block with a spin and coordinating vertical or horizontal parry. Five. Left leg. Six. Right leg. Both attacked with low sweeps. Blocked with drop parries with your saber hilt at your waist." She returned from her mind where all the information was stored. She waited to see what Blood thought of her knowledge. She was very proud of herself for knowing all the zones, attacks, and coordinating blocks.

OOC: I actually looked up nothing on the zones. Pinky promise. This was all legit information from my brain.

[Slade Xandir]

Blood was impressed. He hadn't expected for someone so fresh into the faction to have any kind of idea about the different zones of the body. With one step down already, he just had to ensure that she knew how to properly defend herself against anything that came her way. This did not entail herself using guns, as guns were weapons of cowards.

Before they could get started on any of that though, he had to ensure that she was ready to take on the responsibility of the Force. If she was, she would be able to wield light weapons, and only those would be the weapons she would be using against her adversaries.

Twirling the training rod in his hand almost loftily, Blood looked down at Belladonna, and begin to instruct her.

"First thing you will be doing, is acquainting yourself with how you feel the Force. How does it feel to you? What do you see it as within yourself? To some it is a stream of never-ending water, while two others it is in unquenchable Inferno. But within yourself is your own ideal of how it seems to you so tell me, exactly how do you see this Force? How do you feel it? And only after I feel how you feel, will we continue."



[Begin Force Sensitivity App]-----[100 Word Count]

[Noffiti Hideme]

Noffiti watched as he twirled the training rod in his hand. It seemed so odd in his hands, he was always seen with sabers. He instructed her to feel the force. She was to find what it was to her. What she saw the force as. Nodding her head, she sat down on the ground and crossed her legs. Her robes splayed out behind her.

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Noffiti closed her eyes and let herself relax. At first there was nothing but silence, and then there it was, the air seemed thicker, like it was different from the air she breathed. It surrounded each and every being but it was as though only she could see and feel it. She felt powerful with this energy. It allowed her to see and hear and taste and feel everything that was miles away. She felt the breeze sifting through the trees and further out were the animals drinking from the streams. She tasted the pure water like it was on her tongue. She felt the beat of birds’ wings high above and heard their sharp trills. She wanted to listen to their beautiful melody for longer. She felt at home even though she had never known this planet more than a day. This thick air, she knew it was the force.

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Noffiti finally opened her eyes and took in a deep breath. The air felt different, thinner but clearer. She smiled and looked up at Blood. "I felt air. It was thicker, and surrounded everything. I heard the birds and tasted the water. I felt the wind in the trees. It was all so beautiful and peaceful. The air reminded me of home. The air was always thick with dirt there. I liked it. Both the force and my home." She waited for his response.

[Slade Xandir]

Blood kept his mind's eye focused on the intense tide she was going through, how she went from obscured in absolute ignorance to near blinded by the true beauty that the Force had to offer. She saw the world anew, the colors and sights, the sounds and feels racing across her mind and entangling her senses in something almost cataclysmic.

The Sith Lord watched her experience the vivid ride, and through her extreme sensitivity to it, she in turn rubbed off the waves of emotion across the link they shared. She was picking up rather speedily in this.

"Very good. Now branch out even more. Bring to focus the basics that make us living things, our Senses. Use your Senses, and engage the world through sight, scent, touch, taste and sound. Heighten your perception past your comfort of basic senses."


[Begin Sense App]----[300 Word Count]

[Noffiti Hideme]

Noffiti nodded her head. It seemed a simple task.

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Noffiti closed her eyes. She reached out for the force again, it was immediate and easier now. Her mind calmed, and this time she let it wash over her senses. Her hearing became sharper, allowing her to hear things farther away. It was different than before. Now she heard the trills of birds far off and the chirp of bugs in the grass. At first it was overwhelming, but it soon turned melodic. Like an elaborate symphony performed by something that was not an instrument. Something otherworldly.

Noffiti felt the whisper of a breeze on her cheek, something she would not have felt before opening herself up to the force. It had startled her at first, such a small breeze would have gone unnoticed by any normal person. Then the itch of her clothes against her skin. It was soft, but still felt uncomfortable like the cloth shouldn't be there. Her eyes snapped open and she became overwhelmed quickly. Everything was brighter; clearer, like she was seeing things through completely different eyes. Her eyes took a minute to adjust to what she was actually looking at. The world seemed to be more full of color, like she had been living with a filter over her eyes until now.

Soon she could smell the pollen in the air and it tickled her nose. The strong and pungent scent of grass soon filled her nose, quickly followed by the floral perfume of the flowers surrounding her. She couldn't identify them individually, since there were so many crowding her senses all at once, but they all smelled so beautiful. Never in her whole life on Crait had she smelled something so beautiful, but the scents were so strong. Flowers never grew on her home planet, but now they were the only thing she smelled, as if they were directly under her nose.

Then, she could taste the pollen on the air, just as she had smelled it before. It was bitter, but sweet, and her face scrunched up at the sudden flavor. She hadn't even known pollen had a taste, but it was not something she liked, though cherished nonetheless because it was something new associated with something so amazing. Her mind raced with all these new things she had never sensed before. She had become hyperaware of everything around her. Even things that seemed too far from her range, she sensed them too.

Her mind told her that she was not only in one place, but many at once. Her eyes told her otherwise and it conflicted her, but she liked it. Never had she felt such awareness of her surroundings. It almost seemed impossible for her to feel and hear and see such things, but here she was, doing something most mortals couldn't.

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Noffiti looked up at Blood once again. "It was incredible! I heard everything that was far away. And everything was brighter. I tasted the polloen in the air from the flowers. I loved it!" A large smiled split her face. She was like a child.

[Slade Xandir]

"Excellent," he mused. Then it was time for her to use her newfound grasp and enhance it.

"Within your namesake, indication of poison resides. Upon this moon, a poisonous organism too, lives. Find it, use your Senses, and locate that organic. It's name will be taught to you after you find it."

As an added bonus, he grinned a bit to the initiate.

"And once you do find it, we will learn of it's poisons together."


[Begin Sense Life App----Word Req: 100]