[Training]Center of Balance(Fade)[Closed]

[Wystern]

"Funny how quickly this turned turned into a lesson in choreography."

He came over to the tree stump. It looked like it was fairly clean, but Wys had that really bad feeling he normally gets when a good idea turns bad. He squatted, and jumped on the stump with his hands down.

"I have a really bad feeling about this..." Wys said right before he crashed down. He got the footing, or rather handing, wrong. His tail bone felt numb. He leaned against the stump, thinking whether he should move, or just dwell on what he did wrong just now.

[Fade]

She covered her hand with her mouth as he fell then as he stayed still she went to him and gave him to slaps on the back on in between his shoulder blades and one just after the tailbone.
“That should do it!” She grinned her hand stinging “It actually works”! It was true it got your spine ready again the other alternative was rolling on your back on the ground, a miracle cure for falls.

She gestured at the stump and explained “I want you to do a huge push up I want you to grip the stump and pull yourself up, and possibly stay there.” She sighed and demonstrated gripping the stump with her feet on the ground and then lifting herself fluently then jumping of.
She smiled "Your turn!"

[Wystern]

"Damn, what's more fun to you, watching me fall or beating me up?" Wys said, grunting as he got up. There were some seriously steep learning curves to acrobatics. The whole learning process was like a long, steep hill. If one falls, one will only accelerate down before a crash, and it will take a while to get back to the top. Not that Wys was even close to the top, he kept stumbling in the beginning.

"You...have got to be kidding me." Was his reaction when he saw Fade do that push-up. This one screamed of injury. Not that it would stop him. He wouldn't have his job if he was that easily intimidated. "Boy, oh boy, I'm going to love explaining this one to the medics."

Conviction. That is what he is lacking, he began to understand. He gets hurt because he is waiting to get hurt. His fear of gravity is holding back that which he needs to do what Fade told him. Then again, gravity isn't kind to anybody.

Wys got down and took his time to position himself. This time he won't put too much force. He gripped the stump, and swung his feet up, bending at the knees, and ending in a four-second handstand. He fell down, again, rolling as he did so.

He hopped back on the ground. That is definitely an exercise he will try again at home.

"Let's leave that one for later, got anything else?"

[Fade]

"I guess the beating part was more satisfactory" she said in a cheeky voice,

She was pleased as he managed, well almost, to do what she had instructed.
Got anything else? She smiled at his comment and said "You bet!"
She said "sit cross-legged and bend forward as much as you can, you should do this and the other exercises every day!”

She waited for him to do it then kept her promise by sitting on him, just under the shoulder blades where people usually curve their backs to straighten it.
"Get your spine moving you big block of wood!" She said in a light voice.

[Wystern]

Wys got up again. "I won't hit a woman, I won't hit a woman, I won't hit a woman," were the thoughts rushing through his head. He gave her a glance as he took a seat on the stump. He didn't even feel his back anymore. Wys didn't quite feel his feet either.

He tried to stand and felt a bit dizzy. Wys awkwardly stumbled to the fence and leaned against it to stop his head from spinning. He rubbed his eyes and with a shrug faced Fade again.

"I'm looking for something more speed related actually."

[Fade]

“There are three typed of speed: reaction, action and movement but as you are a knight I guess you have already mastered these aspects. But for now I want to you to do a preparatory exercise to running jumps.”

She demonstrated rather than explaining, from a crouched position she leapt forward arms in the air in line with her body landing in a crouch further away. “Like a leaping frog” She commented.

It was one of the seemingly harmless but very tiring exercises.
“To help your reaction speed every time you do something even a jump or a summersault even though you trip over or just overstep try to land standing or at least in a crouch so your body knows how to react if things go wrong!”

[Wystern]

"Well, the body can also lock up in case of stress, muscles expand, making a protective shell, but you still freeze unable to move for a few seconds, I'm sure you know what I mean."

In truth, the first time he ever locked up was the first time when he got caught stealing. It lasted exactly four seconds, and then it proceeded by a really long sprint.

"I need to train my speed to the point where it looks like I run on wind. And it's extremely difficult due to my occupation. However, there is a way. I heard of tales about people actually manipulating wind, so magic is a viable option. It's dangerous, and it's insane, but I need to find a teacher. And speaking of teaching, how about tomorrow, I'll teach you some more sword wielding?"

[Fade]

“I know a bit of magic just the introduction bit…” She said thinking of Ash and cursing him silently for leaving, her face thunderous for a moment.
She thought then said “Tomorrow sounds great”

She looked at him “Is the knight to tired to continue?” In truth she was beginning to tire as well the heat had taken its toll and she hadn’t slept to well either, nightmares and insomnia had plagued her for a few nights.

“To train your speed you have to just run laps” she shrugged “In time you will get faster” It all came down to hard sweaty training, she smiled glad she was past most of that.

[Wystern]

[[OOC: It's time to wrap this thread up, mainly because a character can only fall so many times before any major injuries appear. You can have the last post if you want.]]

"I'm already fast, but I'm still human fast, I want to be more...unnatural fast. And yes, the Knight is fixing to sleepwalk home." Wys rubbed his eyes, trying to keep up the smile. Falling apart sounded like a great way to describe how he felt right now.

He tried to get up, but felt so dizzy he sat back down. He felt around the scar, feeling as if another rib was broken. To his relief, it was just the feeling from a couple of years ago. He sighed with a sign of great relief and tried to get up again.

Wys walked over to where he left his stuff, and slowly started to put the gear back.The clothes under the armor, the blades on the boots, the dagger on the right hip, the weapons on the back, a sword on the belt over the left hip; he finally threw over a cloak and looked back at Fade.

"Thank you for everything you taught me. When will you be here tomorrow?"

[Fade]

She waited for him to sheath all the blades then she replied smiling
“Morning if that’s fine with you!” She chuckled and said “Thank you for teaching me”
“Have a good sleepwalk” She said her eyes twinkling.
She gathered her stuff as well and tied her hair up and then walked away then turned, waved then went on without turning back