How did they know my style?

[fire_dancer]

(Set just after Fire On the Mountain, forgive the delay life has been pretty hectic for me as of late.)

Raquel was back at base in one of the lounges and looking down, there was something strange about the encounter with the Shura, as much as she wanted to punch the Deception with the nails on chalkboard voice? This had got her attention. Who the hell were they? No she knew they were Shura, she had some idea about the race. She'd met one of them before but why were more of them here? They said they were looking for someone.

What's more they were looking for a machine as well form the sounds of it and the one she fought knew her style to the point he had counters for the majority of her attacks what the hell was going on here? She hugged her knees some more just trying to sort out her thoughts for once she was not bundle energy or even confidence like she seems to be normally.

Comments

[ugyuuya]

"Well we have battle footage and I'm not to bad a hand at hand to hand myself. I doubt I'm in your league from what I've seen but at least we could look over it and figure out how he did what he did and what you might do to fix it. Also blending a few other striking styles might not be a bad thing to try to help flesh things out a bit. I have been looking for a bit of a sparring partner anyways."

[Tarisa grins in at the prospect of a bit of competitive sparring after having only basic hand to hand for so long.]

[fire_dancer]

"It's not only that he flat out said he knew my style and it's counters. That what troubles me so far as I knew my mother, my martial arts master, was it's creator."

"If you want to spar though I'll be happy to I'll hold back somewhat my style's /very/ go for the throat for the most part. Still it would be nice."

[ugyuuya]

[Tarisa looks slightly offended at Raquel's comment.]

Well assuming you are reasonably proficient in your control I think you won't have to hold back as much as you think. I do take pride in my own martial abilities and my heritage as a Nepalese citizen. Track back to the days of the old British empire and we had some of the most disciplined and combat effective units in the world. I'm not going to be using a weapon since it's a spar but I rarely lose a fight.

As far as it goes for your style's creator, who really cares if your mom learned it or made it. You know it and now it's up to you to refine and master it in your own way. Martial arts forms are passed down because they work, there's no shame in following those traditions as long as you don't let yourself get blinded by them.

[fire_dancer]

Raquel sits up for a moment and focuses causing a burst of flame to appear in her palm for a moment.

"I more mean not making things explode like it's a Wuxia movie. Did I ever tell you my mother's been in a few and I got dragged into one or two? Anything she does isn't effects. It should be worth out time to spar yes."

She takes a moment to think about Tarisa's words.

"It's more he knew it as well and knew the counters. It makes me wonder where it came from and they said they were looking for a woman and her machine."

[ugyuuya]

[To Tarisa's credit she masks her surprise well at the manifestation of Raquel's power.]

Well isn't that a neat trick, and apparently teachable if your mother trained you in it. Given what you've said and what I've heard it's more of a lifelong study type deal but I'm sure even the basics could be useful enough if applied creatively. You'll forgive me if I consider using the pilot suit as a precaution in that case since I'm guessing Ken was running on a similar energy and VG said Yuuya didn't look that good at all after their little bout. I'm not saying you'll hit that hard intentionally but sometimes the heat of the moment gets you.

You've already spoken with your mother I'm assuming and she's safe? In that case she's aware of the issue and it's best to assume proper steps are being taken, prepare as you can, and observe. Rushing won't really get you anywhere will it?

[fire_dancer]

"It is and it isn't if you don't have the ki for it, all the training in the world isn't going to do it. You can sometimes raise it but it's rare to run into someone who can. The Shura on the other hand? It seems they got quite a few more. No please use the flight suit and yes Ken does."

"He may be able to do more in time. As for mother? She's claiming to be on her way here but she's not taking the teleporters. Also agreed rushing in will just make things a bigger mess."