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Post by Jack on Mar 8, 2021 21:28:29 GMT -6
[Crystal: Danger Sense - 4]
She called Crystal over to her and started to wrap the cloth around her head so her eyes were covered. Crystal was not a fan of this and tossed her head a few times, but calmed down when some apples were introduced and Jack explained things to her. Apparently she needed to learn how to dodge things without seeing them, which certainly sounded impossible. She snorted as Jack led her back over to where she had been before being called over and then waited for something to be thrown. Her ears twitched and then something hit her on the side. She neighed unhappily and stamped the earth for a moment before another one hit her on the leg. "You need to concentrate!" Jack called to her with a little frown on her face as she thought of the whole thing. It was going to be difficult to do this, it always started out that way it would seem.
[49 Jack: 19/20 Crystal: 16 4/5; 19 4/5]
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Post by Jack on Mar 8, 2021 21:30:48 GMT -6
[Crystal: Danger Sense - 5]
She listened carefully and thought she heard the wind whistle closer and closer to her, and she attempted to scramble out of the way. Jack winced when the rock hit her on the face, however, and Crystal stomped on the ground again. She wasn't getting this, but Jack knew that she really was getting it, and she smiled. At least she was learning to rely on her other senses, and knowing when something was coming without seeing it was something entirely different at this point. Jack threw another rock at the Pure and smiled, hoping that things would work out between them after awhile, that the Pure wouldn't be too upset about what she was doing to her. More rocks were thrown at her, and the Equillion attempted to dodge out of the way of a few of them, though some hit her square on. It was going to take awhile to learn this, she figured.
[50 Jack: 20/20 + Crystal: 16 5/5; 19 5/5 +]
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Post by Kadin on Mar 9, 2021 17:55:15 GMT -6
You better watch out! That next rock looks a little funny...
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Post by Jack on Mar 10, 2021 20:05:50 GMT -6
[Crystal: Danger Sense - 6]
Jack tossed a stone up and down in her hand for a moment as she eyed the Equillion. Crystal was huffing and puffing for a moment, trying to catch her breath as she wondered what was going to happen next. She wasn't fond of this training, she was good at it, it would seem, but she wasn't fond of it. The woman threw the stone at her and it hit her on the flank as she tried to get out of the way. It was hard to listen for this happening, and she figured that's what this needed, her hearing, but that was hard to do at the same time. Snorting, she stamped at the ground and shook her head, her mane flying around her for a bit. Jack decided to braid it for the tournament, it would at least keep it mostly out of the way, wouldn't it? She sighed again though and threw another stone, hitting Crystal on the side once more.
[51 Jack: 1/20 Crystal: 17 1/5; 20 1/5]
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Post by Jack on Mar 10, 2021 20:08:25 GMT -6
[Crystal: Danger Sense - 7]
Snorting again, Crystal figured she really needed to step it up and listened carefully. She could hear the woman exhale and then the stone hit her. That was a good indication one was coming, she figured, but from where? The woman moved a little from time to time, and she was never sure where she was coming from. Focus, listen, she could do this. Learning to sense danger was difficult, but the woman knew she could get to it no matter what. Narrowing her eyes, she threw another rock at the Pure and this time she missed! Crystal had gotten out of the way in the nick of time, and she was pleased when she heard it whistle past her and thump onto the ground. She sneered a little at herself and then whinnied happily, hoping this meant she was getting it and they could move on to something else soon. Oh please let it mean that...
[52 Jack: 2/20 Crystal: 17 2/5; 20 2/5]
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Post by Jack on Mar 10, 2021 20:10:13 GMT -6
[Crystal: Danger Sense - 8]
Jack threw more rocks at the Equillion and smiled as she started dodging them one by one. She then stepped it up without letting the Pure know and started to throw handfuls of rocks. Crystal complained when they all started to hit her, or at least most of them, but she didn't know what to do with things as of right now. The woman narrowed her eyes again and nodded, she would be alright in the end, she could heal those bruises that were starting to form, but it was going to take awhile. As she wondered what to do, she hoped that it was all going to be fine, and she hit the Equillion with a handful of rocks again, making her snort and stamp the ground. Jack sighed a little, she was getting it, but it was taking awhile and she was done with it all at this point, she figured with a little groan.
[53 Jack: 3/20 Crystal: 17 3/5; 20 3/5]
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Post by Jack on Mar 10, 2021 20:13:33 GMT -6
[Crystal: Danger Sense - 9]
It was working out, however, as the more handfuls of rocks she threw at the Equillion, the more she was able to dodge and weave around them. She was up in the air sometimes as well, and the woman needed to adjust her technique for that too every now and then. Grinning, she knew she was having fun now that they were mostly missing her, but mostly wasn't good enough, they had to be all of them missing before she was happy with things. At least they had several things to get done at this point, and the woman pushed her hair back as she thought about it all. Well, at least she would be able to get back to the Gym soon again too! That was something to look forward to, she knew with a grin as she threw another handful at the Pure. Crystal dodged them all, making the woman cheer at this point.
[54 Jack: 4/20 Crystal: 17 4/5; 20 4/5]
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Post by Jack on Mar 10, 2021 20:19:32 GMT -6
[Crystal: Danger Sense - 10]
The Equillion was even dodging them all in the air at this point, twisting and weaving in between them as she felt where they were due to the wind around them, the change in the air around her. It was instinct now, it would seem, to be missed by something coming at her at this point, and the woman was pleased as she threw the rest of the stones at the Pure up in the air, all of them missing as she dodged out of the way. Jack told her to land and come over, and she pulled the blindfold off of her, patting her on the side of the neck and giving her a few nice apples. Crystal ate them up quickly and neighed lightly, wondering what was going to happen for awhile. It was fun doing what they had been doing, but... what was going to happen at the moment anyway? Were they headed back to the Gym now or wait awhile?
[55 Jack: 5/20 Crystal: 17 5/5; 20 5/5 +]
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Post by Jack on Mar 11, 2021 10:03:15 GMT -6
Jack stretched herself out a little bit after the training was finished. She knew Crystal needed to learn a few more things, but for right now she knew that it wouldn't take, the Pure was getting far too tired to learn anything new at this point. A little while longer would they stay in the gardens, and then they would head home again. Tomorrow they would hit up the Gym and then train some more in the garden, and she nodded as she thought of it. She was pleased with how the Equillion was doing so far, and she knew it was going to be for the best that she knew all of this. Of course it didn't really matter in the long run, she wouldn't win the tournament, but that was fine, she just wanted a decent run and for her not to be completely destroyed by things at this point.
[56 Jack: 6/20 Crystal: 18 1/5; 21 1/5]
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Post by Jack on Mar 11, 2021 10:05:51 GMT -6
Crystal was a little nervous about the tournament, she didn't want a lot of things to happen to her at this point, and she sighed a little as she thought about it. Well, she supposed it didn't matter, she would be hurt but could cure herself if need be, though she didn't know if the woman wanted her to do that to herself or not. The Equillion tossed her head a little and thought about it, she wasn't sure what she should do in the Fighting Pit, but she knew it was going to be difficult for her to come to terms with whatever she was needing to do at this point. Jack sighed a little and patted her on the neck, hoping that this wasn't completely horrible for her to do to the Pure. Usually they didn't enjoy fighting, but she was sure it would work a little better with Crystal.
[57 Jack: 7/20 Crystal: 18 2/5; 21 2/5]
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Post by Jack on Mar 11, 2021 14:47:48 GMT -6
If anything happened, she would be fine, the Pit crew would heal her up and all would be well again. It was a good thing she was immune to cold attacks, Jack thought as she eyed the Equillion for a moment or two. At least she had that much going for her, it wasn't much sometimes, but it was something. She had to bet she was the only one putting an animal in with a fire attack, and she grinned a little as she thought about it. It didn't really matter in the long run, what was going to happen, but she knew that she just needed a few more points in the Fighting Pit so she could buy something special, she was honestly pretty excited about it too! Jack grinned and sat down next to the pond again after picking up all the stones and plopping them down to where she could do training again sometime.
[58 Jack: 8/20 Crystal: 18 3/5; 21 3/5]
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Post by Jack on Mar 11, 2021 16:07:00 GMT -6
The training was definitely going well though, she already wasn't scared of scary things, she could fly on command, and she could sense danger. There was still more to learn, however, and she knew that it was going to take awhile to get things done, but that was fine. The deadline was pretty soon, but she figured they would be done by then, something she was definitely excited about. If they could only do one more thing, she would be happy, as long as they could get to the Gym at the same time. Chewing on her lip, she stared at the Equillion from where she was sitting by the pond and hoped she could do more with her than increase her dexterity in the Gym. Probably not, but it would definitely be nice at this point. She just had to keep things going and all would be well, but it was difficult sometimes.
[59 Jack: 9/20 Crystal: 18 4/5; 21 4/5]
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Post by Jack on Mar 11, 2021 16:16:51 GMT -6
All she had to do was keep her going, soon she could learn how to breathe fire and then it would be alright in the end. Jack sighed, they didn't stand a chance of winning, but that was fine at the same time she knew. Chuckling, the woman hoped that she didn't have to worry about too much though, that would be the worst of it all. Stretching out, she woman figured it was going to be alright in the end of it all though, as long as things were going to be fine that is. Sighing, she tapped her head against the tree she was sitting against by the pond and watched as Crystal hopped around, sometimes flapping her wings a little to see what she could do. It was going to be fine, she would do well in the tournament after all, not great, but well. As long as she got her points, she supposed with a low chuckle.
[60 Jack: 10/20 Crystal: 18 5/5; 21 5/5 +]
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Post by Kadin on Mar 11, 2021 17:20:05 GMT -6
If you look carefully in the grass over there, you might see a spot of color among all the green.
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Post by Jack on Mar 11, 2021 20:52:22 GMT -6
Well, if anything at least she had an idea of what to do with Crystal, and she wasn't just throwing her in there blindly. Sighing, she watched as the Pure hopped around, alternating between cold breath and fire breath, chuckling a little when she would light something on fire and then panic. Quickly the cold breath would come and put it out, and Jack wondered if that bothered her at all when it came down to it. Shrugging, she decided it didn't really matter, the Equillion wasn't complaining about it and she hoped that it would all go well for them for now. Without much to go on, she decided they would indeed run to the Gym after all this here in just a bit when she was settled from the training they had just done, but she didn't know what they would do after that. Maybe give her fire breath full force or something?
[61 Jack: 11/20 Crystal: 19 1/5; 22 1/5]
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