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Garland teaches Moxie some defense moves for a fortune.[Kova's Well]

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Defense for Fortune

Postby Moxie on May 19th, 2015, 5:02 am

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The night before at the Rearing Stallion, the Konti had met a man named Garland. He was a bit tipsy that night, merry and outgoing. He had over heard her speaking of Fortune Telling and offered to teach her some defense moves, for a reading. Moxie obliged of course, she loved learning new things, and a woman knowing how to basically defend herself was never a bad thing, right? At least she thought it would be fun. They agreed on meeting in a place Moxie had only heard of, so getting to it was a bit difficult. She had stopped multiple times to ask for directions, fear of getting lost in the city. Though she finally made it to the destination, Kova's Well.

It was a simple and quiet place, perfect for concentration on telling him his fortune as well as learning a few defense moves. Not too crowded though a few souls wandered here and there. There was not as many people as she would of thought, maybe the legend of a spirit kept some away. Moxie thought it was rumors, but some held that tale true. The small framed woman leaned against the small structure, waiting for Garland. She really thought she was running late, but maybe she was indeed on time, or maybe he was lurking in the shadows waiting, she was not sure.

She leaned a bit more against the sturdy well, a small yawn escaping her lips as she basked in the spring weather. It was a bit over cast, but a few tendrils of the bright sun escaped through the clouds, making the temperature bearable and comfortable. The Konti pulled the hood of her cloak back, her white mass of hair shimmering in the light, as she lifted her head looking around, "Where is he..?" Moxie thought to herself, still looking around.
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Postby Garland on May 19th, 2015, 3:51 pm

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The day had rather mundane so far, a quick patrol here, a little training there, and it seems like the day would be over without any incident. On his way back to the dorms, he noticed a konti girl giving a small fortune telling to a young boy.

"Hmmm... Wasn't I suppose to do something? Something about a Konti? Hmmm... Oh right!" He exclaimed and ran off towards the Kova's Well, he had completely forgotten about Moxie, though in his defense he was drunk last time he saw her, and just remembering that he had someone waiting for him was quite a feat.

He ran up the winding road to the park. The park had quite a tragic history, but the area itself was quite beautiful, flowers of spring were up and about, dozens of them were littered about, giving the park a vibrant color of flowers all over.

He looked over to the well and noticed the beautiful Konti girl he had met during Alex's birthday. She was quite a beauty, in fact, every Konti he had met were beautiful.

He stepped behind her and coughed. "Hello? Sorry I'm late. Umm... Moxie, right?" He said with a tiny smile on his chiseled face. "Have you been waiting long?" He smiled and extended his hand. "Again, really sorry I'm late. I... umm... sorta forgot." He laughed sheepishly, hoping the Konti wasn't mad at him.
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Postby Moxie on May 19th, 2015, 8:47 pm

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Moxie had fallen asleep against the well, dozing off while waiting on the ever so late Garland to arrive. Her dreams were filled with familiar faces, of people she had met, but she could not grasp on to anything solid. Possibility because she was not in a deep sleep, only a light doze.

A cough coming from behind her, and someone saying something about being late, awoke the Konti with a small startle. She heard her name and nodded a bit sluggish, and turned to see the knight she was waiting on. A small smile appeared on her face, peering up at the dark haired man. He asked her if she had been waiting long, which made her frown a bit, she did not remember how long she had been there, long enough to doze off so she supposed it was a bit. She looked down at his offered hand, and took it, as he apologized about being late and forgetting, she stayed silent as he continued to speak, then dropped his hand and looked up at him. "It is okay, forgiven." The Konti said in her basic Common knowledge. "But you should not leave a woman waiting, it is bad form. She said in Kontinese with a small laugh. He did seem to be sorry for being late. So she was not mad, maybe a little frustrated more at the fact that she dozed off instead of him being late.

She stood up straighter, arching her back and yawning a bit, "Sometimes, dreams keep awake." The Konti said with a soft smile, looking around them. "You want reading first? She asked Garland in her silky voice, brushing a strand of her hair out of her face, keeping her soft smile on her face. She was excited to get started learning something new, but was also ready to read his palm. It was something she truly enjoyed, that and animals.


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Postby Garland on May 20th, 2015, 8:02 am

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She wasn't very good with common but he understood what she meant well enough, he gave tiny smile and looked at her hands, they were very delicate, and small compared to his. Sorta like that one girl he had met years back.

No he was pass that, she's living happily in Mura with her mother. He was not certain her mother was there, she did look ill when they left... Though now is not a time for thinking about lost loves.

The Konti he's been with spoke something in Kontinese, he had heard the language before but never actually understood any of it, it was all gibberish to Garland. He would assume that what she said was a comment about how late he was.

She yawned and stretched her back, loosening up her limbs and such. She seemed fairly young, though he could never really tell with Konti, a Konti that would look like she's in her twenties would actually be sixty or above. It was quite confusing at times.

He gave a small smile when she said if he wanted to do the reading first. Yes, it he wanted to. Konti were held in high regard in Syliras and in fact, he would almost believe whatever a Konti would tell him, except if he knew the Konti was a liar of sorts.

There were some that lie, but most Konti seers are rather truthful with their readings. "Sure. I would love to be read. Might be interesting to see what would happen." He took off his right gauntlet and held out his open palm.

You could see that his hand had various healed scars and cuts, his hand felt rough like a hilt of a blade which he used this hand for most of the time. Though his fingers seemed very nimble despite the rough texture and cut up hand.
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Postby Moxie on May 27th, 2015, 10:26 pm

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Moxie noticed how he was taking her in, saw him examine her small hands. She shrugged it off though, guessing it was because her hands were webbed. She gave a soft smile and a small nod as she softly touched his hand flipping it over to examine his palm. His hands were the exact opposite of her own, instead of being soft and delicate, his were rough with scars and cuts on them. His hands were that of a man who worked hard at what he did. Being a knight she supposed it was a typical hand, and although they were worn they seemed reliable. His hands were so much larger then her own, it was as if a man was holding a small child's hand. She never noticed how small she really was, until compared to a larger person. She gave a soft laugh at the difference, then went on to examine his palm.

She delicately traced the head line, which extended from his first finger to his smallest finger, tracing it slowly down and noticing the direction of its path. It was short and straight, telling her that he preferred structure and physical accomplishments. There was a small cross, which denotes that he had an emotional crisis in his life as well. Moxie made a small noise at that, a little "hmm" coming from her lips as she continued her observation of his palm.

His life line went in a somewhat semicircle in front of his thumb, as she casually traced it, feeling the rough texture under her soft and delicate touch. The line swooped in a semi-circle, which meant that he was full of life and energy, and also that he was enthusiastic. Though as she examined the line closer, she noticed a small break in the line, denoting that there will soon be some life changes for this man. She gave a soft and almost inaudible sigh, and continued stroking his palm.

The fate line went from between the first and second finger, heading down towards his wrist. The line started at the base of his palm, which meant he was in the public eye often, that of course is his job at the moment. Though as she inspected it further there were a few breaks, telling her external forces will soon be intervening in his future.

The last line that the small Konti woman always waited to read was the heart line. It seemed that love was abundant in all humans, whether they chose to see it or not. She looked up at the man towering before her, giving him a soft smile as she started tracing the heart line back and forth softly, then looking back down to see what his palm said to her.

The heart line was slightly wavy, with a small break, though deep. He had loved someone once and they had left him, maybe he lost her, she could not really tell. Though she could tell that he had lost a love.

Moxie still held his hand in hers, brushing it softly, and then cleared her throat letting his hand drop back to his side. She inhaled softly, looking up at him, "It is not always clear, sometimes it a riddle, the lines can be tricksters." Moxie tried to explain in common to the man, she had left her set of tarot cards with her mother, though palm reading was just as much a riddle as the cards, it was never always accurate. She was trying to explain to the man that it speaks in riddles at times, that she did not want him to think she was a liar, just trying to be honest. Some people had a hard time accepting what she said. "You a strong man, physical excretion makes you feel... accomplished. In past some emotional...troubles.. happened. Future, outside forces may hinder you. You have lost a love though, and it still... hurts. Moxie explained the best she could what she saw, "You will find love...again. Though in unlikely place.. Not always the love we seek, is what we get, we surprise by it." Moxie said softly, still looking down, then a small smile graced her lips as she looked up. "You strong.. accomplish many things in life.. if you want. You will have trials as many do.. but you keep working.." Moxie grabbed his hand and softly stroked his palm, pointing out the rough texture to him, "working.. hard.. you can be great man. With a great love. Though something.. or someone... or maybe yourself can get in the way of that." Moxie explained, letting go of his hand once more and taking a small step back, trying to give the man his space. She knew she was standing too close, it was a habit of hers. So she backed away, and looked down at her hands waiting for any questions that he may of had. Maybe what she said was something he did not want to hear, and he would storm off. She understood, people sometimes do not realize something they could of guessed themselves. It was true she possessed a gift, as many Konti women do. Though dreaming of people was of no use to her at the moment, she rarely remembered to write anything down. Fortune telling was a way to express and tell people things that do not want to hear or know, maybe even open their eyes to things they kept them closed to. Sometimes it ended in a good way, other times it did not. So Moxie gave the man his space as he took it all in, waiting patiently, giving him his space and time.







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Postby Garland on May 28th, 2015, 7:40 am

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He had gotten over his first crush long ago, yet it left a small scar in his heart, he missed her honestly and it felt as if it was his fault that he was not with Lora in Mura right now, he could have joined her when she left for Mura all those years ago, he had nothing here in Syliras during that time, he had little friends and more enemies. He could have left with her, but there was no time for stuff like this, no time for thinking of "what-if"s and "Could be"s, he had a wife now and a child on the way.

He let Moxie trace her delicate webbed fingers on his hand, feeling her soft finger on his rough hand. He let Moxie have her way with his hand, it tickled a bit and he smiled and snickered a little. She looked like she was concentrating a bit, he was completely lost, he had no idea what palm reading would do. Though Konti's know what they're talking about, Garland just didn't know how to read hand and just felt like they were lines there for no reason.

He watched and waited for his Konti friend to finish her readings and tell him what she found. He usually doesn't mind if his future or past were never discovered, he was fine with that, it's the actions of the person that define him or her, not their past or future.

She looked up at him with a bright smile that made Garland's heart melt a bit, why do Konti always have such nice smiles? He shook the thought out of his head and waited for her to tell him what she read.

"It is not always clear, sometimes it a riddle, the lines can be tricksters."

He nodded, understanding what she meant, reading the lines of the hand can be hard, so was understanding a riddle in a book or when one you hear it from someone.

ou feel... accomplished. In past some emotional...troubles.. happened. Future, outside forces may hinder you. You have lost a love though, and it still... hurts. You will find love...again. Though in unlikely place.. Not always the love we seek, is what we get, we surprise by it."

A confused look erupted on Garland's face, he had already found love, didn't he? Yes, remembering Lora did make the scar she left in his heart throb, but there was already another, right? April had a child on the way, his child. Of course he loved her. Was Moxie wrong? No, maybe she's just mistaken.

"You strong.. accomplish many things in life.. if you want. You will have trials as many do.. but you keep working. Working.. hard.. you can be great man. With a great love. Though something.. or someone... or maybe yourself can get in the way of that."

"What do you mean? Someone could get in the way of me being a great man? Hmmm... Anyway, thank you Moxie for the reading. It will give me something to think about when I have time." He said and looked around the area, it seemed like they were the only ones here. He hid his confusion with a small smile. "And as payment, do you want me to train you with hand-to-hand?" He asked and put back his gauntlet on his right hand.
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Postby Moxie on July 3rd, 2015, 1:42 am

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Moxie was not the best fortune teller, there was many who were better then she. Sometimes the lines on people's palms confused her, since she was still learning the trade. They can be misleading, and often times the riddles they told went past her head.

"Sometimes..difficult..to understand lines." Moxie explained with a smile, inhaling a deep breath and shrugging her shoulders at his question. "Riddles.. the lines." She replied with a soft smile, apologetically. Sometimes one only found the answers to the riddle when it has already happened, because we do not decipher what the riddle means in time.

She watched the man look around, and she did the same noticing that they were alone. It made her a little uncomfortable, but at the same time she did not want spectators to her failure at hand-to-hand combat. She watched as he put something on his right hand and nodded a bit nervously. "Yes.. Maybe.. I think. The Konti stammered, as her heart began to pick up rhythm as her nerves seemed to become a bit restless.

She was not sure if she was ready, she did not know what to expect exactly. Sure she has seen people fight before, but she had never really experienced it herself. She was the type to keep to herself and avoid confrontations at all cost. She inhaled a deep breath and stood there, waiting for his instructions as to what to do exactly.


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Postby Garland on July 8th, 2015, 11:06 am

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Garland pushed the thoughts to the back of his mind and looked over to a much more nervous Moxie. He gave a reassuring smile and looked around for anyone that might accidentally get hit by their training session.

He looked at Moxie's small physique and nodded, there was no way anyone could turn someone with her body into a hardened fighter under a day. He needed some place to start.

"Right, Moxie. I guess the best place for you is to use your enemy's strength against them." He explained and pointed to his legs. "The bigger they are the harder they fall, and the best way for you to make them fall is to attack the legs. " He stepped back and spread apart his legs in what most thugs would call a "stance" basically, it left him open with no benefits whatsoever, unless you count looking bigger and scarier as a benefit.

"Most thugs never actually think of fighting as a sport or art, they think of it as a means for an end, usually bad for the victim. Now, if you attack fast and strong, you can trip him up quickly and sent to the ground." He said and walked up to Moxie.

"Though sometimes you might be strong enough for direct attacks to the leg. So there are two things you can do. You can try and tire your opponent out or you can try to trip him up when he's at his most vulnerable, for example, when he's running at you, you can try to move out of the way and put your leg in front of him to trip him. Simple stuff like that. You won't be knocking them out, but you will be giving yourself enough time to try and run away." He said and sat on the lip of the well. "You're mostly going to use these skills to run away, not fight. If you wanted to fight, it's better to have a blade or something."

He looked over to Moxie and exposed his neck, showing her a good place to attack. "If you want to stun someone, attack either the neck or... ahem... their 'sack' if they have one, if they don't well, try to aim for the neck. It's very exposed and even the most muscled person won't have enough meat to protect their neck from a good attack."

He backed away from Moxie a bit and got into a proper stance, one leg in front and one right behind it, with Garland's body at the side, and his fists raised up. "Like this Moxie, try to stand like me."

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Postby Moxie on July 9th, 2015, 1:42 am

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Moxie listened to Garland intently as he started to explain some defense moves to her, she focused on his words, trying to commit them to memory. She listened as he spoke in Common fluently, knowing only a basic knowledge of it some of the words were at a slight lost to her. None the less, she nodded her head as she watched him, taking in that she needed to hit the attacker in the legs. Then he took a stance that made her frown a bit. He seemed to grow more intimidating then he already was, she swallowed nervously, but nodded quietly as he continued talking.

Garland mentioned something about being fast and strong, which made her glance at her less then spectacular arms, and frown. She was not strong as the female warriors she saw walking around, but maybe with training she could become better, the frown disappeared as confidence came back, and she perked up to listen more to what the man in front of her was saying.

The knight mentioned to trip the attacker while he was running, which was something she would of never thought of. Knowing her, she would panic and close her eyes waiting for the feel of a fist against her small body. She inhaled a deep breath, determination in her eyes, I have to get stronger. Moxie said to herself, as Garland continued on with his lesson. He sat down, as he continued to explain that this was skills to run away not to fight, which got an exhale of reliefe from her. She did not plan on fighting anyone, she would never want to hurt someone, but she also did not want to be hurt either. He mentioned a blade and Moxie remembered her own blade back at her apartment, and grinned nodding. She did not know enough with it to actually do anything, but she was trying to teach herself somethings, mainly just to get used to the feel and weight of it in her hand.

The knight looked over at her, exposing his neck, she frowned a little confused until he explained it was a weak spot. Once he got to explaining the other weak spot for males her eyes widened and her face flushed a nice shade of crimson. She shook her head, and looked back up at Garland. "That..sounds painful." Moxie said a bit shocked. Though she did not want to get anywhere near a males private region, it could be a good way to defend herself if she had to.

The man backed away from her a little, and took a weird stance. One leg was infront and the other leg of his was behind him with his fist raised. He instructed her to take the stance.

She did her best at mimicing his stance, it looked, or at least felt like it looked, slightly different from his own. Her back leg was too far back, and her fist were not raised in the correct manner. "Like this..?" The small Konti asked, her back leg muscle straining a bit. "This stance does not feel good, I wonder if it is even right. My back leg is starting to cramp.. I wonder if I am supposed to look like I am about to do the splits.. Moxie thought to herself, becoming a bit flustered. She started to wobble a bit on her feet, since the stance was not that great for balancing, her arms flew up in the air as she tried to right herself, but she fell instead on her rear. Her hair flipped into her face, and she blew it out with a exhale of frustration, looking every bit of a child irritated at themselves. I..guessing..it was wrong? Moxie grounded out, her rear a bit bruised, but not as much as her pride.


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Postby Garland on July 11th, 2015, 5:00 pm

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Garland smiled and watched Moxie fumble around with the stance. "Hmm... I'm sorry, maybe that wasn't the right stance for you. That stance was more of quick kicks instead of tripping up you opponent." He said and extended a hand to help Moxie up from the ground.

He gave a gentle smile and gave his arms a small stretch. "Right! That was a good try, I remember the first time I tried that stance, landed right on my butt as well. Nobody's perfect on the first try." He said and thought about it. "I'll be honest with you Moxie, I really don't know how to help you without building up your strength first, I mean, in terms of running away, strength is the least useful thing to have, but you do need it to topple down big opponents and such."

He scratched his chin and frowned. "Do you want to exercise more when you have time? I can help you, I mean, I'm not saying you're out of shape, but I don't think I'm the right person to teach you about hand-to-hand. I'm fairly new to it myself... well... new to the formal art of unarmed combat, but still, I have learned to fight through strength, so I'm not the best teacher for you, though I think I may be able to teach the basics."

He looked at her with a tiny smile. "Hmmm... Do you have any weapons? The best thing for you to have is a dagger instead of a long weapon like a sword, a longer weapon would mean more chance your enemy can block your attacks. Say, why don't you try to knock me down, it wouldn't hurt, I'm use to it actually."

He extended his arm and balled up his hand into a fist. "Here, when someone tries to punch you..." He let put his extended fist pass Moxie's head. "The best thing to do is to move your head a bit before the punch connects and grab your opponent's arm, and either use your free arm to push your opponent's head down, causing them to lose balance and fall or poke their eyes. If you had a thicker skull... a headbutt would be useful, if it ever came to that, remember to aim for the nose, not the forehead." He said a pulled back from Moxie.

"That should cover some basics... Maybe tomorrow we can work on some of it. Hmmm... So would you like to try it on me? Remember, use your opponent's weight against them."
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