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The Strength of the Body [Pt.1]

Postby Annalisa Marin on October 3rd, 2013, 3:25 am

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This was a rare day in the conflicted times of Zeltiva, where Annalisa Marin found herself comfortable in the safety of her own modest home. The wizard would normally have been meditating at the moment, utilizing and testing her skill in maintaining portals to the Void. However, Anna had a much different exercise in mind today and it was not involving magic but rather the maintenance of her own body. Specifically her flexibility and her ability to throw a good punch or kick. It seemed prudent to her to better know her body before continuing on with matters of the soul.

The wizard stood in the middle of her home, her furniture moved out of the way and her bed pressed up against the door. The only thing of note was the rather elaborate training post in the corner of her home, dust gathering upon it from lack of use. The wizard intended to change that. Of course first things first, she needed to get her stretches down and test flexibility.

The woman stood tall and proud, her long black hair bound back in its signature ponytail. Her cloak and boots were out of the way with the rest of her furniture, and her sleeves and leggings were rolled up. She looked rather unlike the fearsome wizard, instead resembling a student of the martial arts which was what she was intending. Though, the woman had no doubt this was going to be filled with trial and error to the extreme.

Anna sighed and started her stretching by reaching down to her toes, grunting slightly as her muscles were pulled taunt. Her fingers managed to wrap themselves around her ankles, but the ten wiggling digits on the floor still remained beyond her reach. It was frustrating slightly, but such was the way of things. She held her position there for a chime, feeling her body beginning to loosen up but she knew she'd need to do a bit more before any truly acrobatic feats could be attempted.

Her hands detached their hold from her ankles and slowly reached up skyward, joints letting out slight popping noises as they affixed themselves for use. Anna reached up as high as she could manage, standing on the tips of her toes and holding the position for a straight chime. She sighed as she allowed her heels to touch the cold stone floor once more, her arms falling to her side. This accomplished she started rolling her shoulders for the next stretching task, turning her head left and right to loosen up as much as she possibly could.

The wizard curled her right arm up behind her head, moving her left to push down on it and hold it there for the allotted chime. Anna was actually feeling more relaxed for these stretching exercises, it had been some time since her normal routine was tended to. She blamed the overgiving the season past personally. The woman repeated the motion with her left arm, holding it down with her right this time.

After another chime she let her arms fall to her side, already moving to sit for another set of stretches. Anna spread her legs out first, deciding to get these stretches out of the way because they were the hardest to get down. The woman reached out down her left leg, her fingers once more only being able to curl around her ankle. She held the position for a chime, feeling her muscles stretch and pull as the action was carried out. From there the wizard switched legs and stretched in much the same way, her muscles slackening for a moment only to return to their stretched position.

The tall woman grunted slightly as she held this for the allotted chime, pulling back with a sigh. She brought her legs together straight out, her arms already reaching out to wrap around her ankles. The wizard only got about twenty ticks into this last stretch before a hacking cough was ripped from her lips. Anna curled up on herself as the fit hit her, her lungs feeling a little strained by the hacking and sputtering.

As the sudden fit subsided she allowed her grey eyes to narrow on the spot where her table had once existed, an annoyed glare burning into the spot. If it hadn't been for that glyphing experiment gone wrong this whole thing could have been avoided. Alas, her curiosity had bidden her to experiment with an untested scroll in the relative safety of her own home. Ever since then she had found her suffering from infrequent but annoying hacking fits, residue left behind from the ash and flames no doubt.

The wizard slowly rolled over onto her back and allowed herself to simply stare up at the ceiling as her breathing returned to its normal rhythm. She knew that this was seemingly menial, but it was still worth it in her mind for defense reasons if nothing else. What if her magic were ever neutralized? She needed to make certain that at close range she was not vulnerable. Thus, her reason for this. As menial as it seemed it would only serve to help her, especially considering her travel plans.

Anna breathed deeply and closed her eyes, opening them once the breath was exhaled. It was time to begin.

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The Strength of the Body [Pt.1]

Postby Annalisa Marin on October 3rd, 2013, 3:55 am

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As her own body was still very much unfamiliar territory for the young wizard, Anna decided to simply go through some seemingly simple motions she'd witnessed from street performers. They were more familiar with such things as it was their jobs, but Anna felt that if they could do it then she could as well. Compared to the trial it had been to gain her level of proficiency in matters arcane, how hard could self learning a couple of hand stands and flips be? The difference was that while her soul was very strong, her body was much weaker.

Anna started small, lifting her right leg into the air and holding it there without touching it with her hands or otherwise. It was actually proving to be much more of a challenge than she had expected it to be, as she was working against gravity. The leg wobbled in the air as she struggled to keep it aloft for at least a full chime, only managing to make it to thirty ticks before needing to put the leg down.

Huh. Unexpected. That was far more difficult than I thought... The wizard thought as she moved her other leg up.

With this one she received similar results, with her not managing to keep it aloft for a full chime. The wizard noted with annoyance that without something to properly keep it propped up her leg always wanted to come down, wobbling a great deal. There was no logical reason she could see for that to be the case.

Perhaps I should refrain from eating so much after casting... Anna thought, suddenly a little self conscious about the rest of her body.

The fact that she was grossly unfit had not really hit her full force until now, and now that it had she found it annoying. The wizard growled slightly in irritation and stuck both legs out into the air, stubbornly refusing to admit defeat for something this small. Anna strained against gravity's merciless pull downward, her legs wobbling slightly then increasing in frequency. She kept them up by sheer force of will, managing to make it to one full chime before having to let them fall back to the ground.

This was ridiculous, these kinds of things were not supposed to be overly difficult. She'd conquered the metaphysical, why then was the physical so petching difficult to get a firm grasp on? It was more than a little irritating if she were being entirely honest with herself. A sigh of frustration escaped her lips, this whole mastering the body as well as the mind and soul thing was going to much more difficult at this rate.

She was not giving up of course, petch no. Just because one exercise hadn't worked out didn't mean she was just down and out for the count. All good things took time, this was true with magic and all things. She'd keep working at the forms until all the pieces fell into place, it was as simple as that.

The wizard stubbornly stretched her right leg into the air by itself, immediately it settled on wobbling and about ten ticks later it was forced to the ground. The same was true for her left leg.

Hmm... perhaps switching to another exercise would be a good idea here. I can always try this one again later. The wizard thought, blowing an errant strand of hair from her face as she did. Her bangs were uneven again, she really needed to fix that.

Nodding to herself, the tall woman stood up and readied herself for another move she'd seen as part of a street performers act. It wasn't anything fancy but for someone like Anna it was pretty advanced as far as things went.

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