Cerria's Master Class

[Arual]

Cerria walked into the large room, loving the feel of such an open space compared to a cramped little classroom she could have been ended up in teaching a bunch of runts. Two thin locks of hair from the front hung down in a curl with the rest was in a high ponytail, wavy from her released braids earlier that morning.

Everything looked about right, there were weapons; his orb that she didn't get to give to him due to the shortness of his transition between coming here and the class, targets, her small adgenda if she ever needed to use it here, and also a few special things not to be named. Now all she needed was the student himself! He'd get the fire orb now, so it didn't matter.

As Cerria looked around the old dark room, more appropriate for her golden eyes, sensitive to light enough to bother her; and warmed herself up with some practice rounds. It didn't hurt, and it was good fun. It doesnt get better then that, hm?

As the metal backed target stood before her, she brought up the punching bag dummies from the ceiling and took out her wooden katana for training and went through the bags with some fighting moves before hitting the target. The woman needed the extra help after not doing any conditioning for a long while before now. It felt great, to be honest.

[sanvaer]

Dai ran through the thin corridors, finally ending up by what he hoped was the classroom that was used by his Master Teacher. He stopped a minute to compose himself, and walked through the door, instinctively dropping to one knee, and holding his right hand out in a fist. "Hello, Master Tutor." He stood, and continued, "I hope I'm not too late." He stood, his arms at his sides, waiting for her response.

[Arual]

Cerria huffed from her practice round her sword now open at her side as she straightened her back from its fighting crouch. "You don't need to be so formal, child." she told her student once she had her breathe more under control seconds later.

"Welcome to Master class, and we will be working harder then any class you've come to pass in here. So be prepared." Cerria said firmly, "However, to start you off; I will give you this Fire Orb. Usually it's in your room to store away however you want, safely of course; but unfortunately, we had gotten cut too close to the gun for such little things. Also, you use the orb in this class; so it seemed foolish not to give it to you now." Cerria handed over the orb the size of her palm. It's black coat and fire colored insides which swirled beneath it radiated as she carried it over.

"I will show you how to use it later, but right now- I need to see what you can do. So, I've set up a little training course; and having done it myself as you can see, it can't be that hard. Mess up, or perfect it- it doesn't matter. There isn't a time limit either. I'll show you first, and then you will go for a try. After we go through each part, and you get the feel for all this- I will stand back and let you do it all by yourself. Use elemental powers, staffs, daggers, katana's...whatever you want. I can easily repair it all in a snap." Cerria walked and talked this time with her sword in her hand still. That frightening utensil she used on that boat demon...... "I know its a lot to take in, I'm sorry. If you had come a bit earlier and had a run-in, I think we could have gotten here before the previous class finished."
The woman turned around. "So, are you ready?"

[sanvaer]

Dai nodded, not really listening, because his eyes had moved to a pair of gloves. He ran to them, picking them up, and slipping his hands into them. The instant he did that, however, they shifted, into a heavy guantlet, with a large gladius blade melded to the back. He smiled, and looked up. He took out his staff, Scathach, and gripped it tightly, with the gloves that had just returned to the form of dark blue gloves. He said, "I'm ready." He held out a hand, gripping the orb tightly in one hand, and placing it in a pocket inside his robes. He tapped the base of the staff on the ground, and held it tighly again. He walked over to his teacher, and fell in behind her.

[Arual]

Cerria looked at the boy with a small smile, seeing something very faintly alike between them both from her past; and nodded. "Then begin. You aren't timed, if that relieves you any...." she said, taking a step back from the flying pendgulium of fake bodies (which are actually those things you kick in karate class) in front of him full of sand.

[sanvaer]

Dai nodded, and ran up to the first swinging body, who was wearing the uniform of a US Navy "custodian". Reading from the name of the cover-all, Dai said, "Sorry about this, Smith." Making a fist, he whispered, "Flae." A "orb" of flame shot from his hand, slamming into the body, dropping it to the ground. Running, weaving, and dodging under, over, and around all of the rest of the bodies, he somersaulted under a particularly large one, with outstretched arms. Running through, and into a forest of hanging bamboo rods, he slid to a sudden stop. A small giggle came from above, and he looked up.

A grotesque doll-like creature was above his, stretching bloody hands. Blocking the monster's onslaught, Dai began to back out of the forest, and calling over his shoulder, "Is this homunculus supposed to be here?"

[Arual]

Cerria kept as a bystander most of the time until he asked a question like he just had. "Don't worry about it. If it isn't, then you'll have to compensate until I can tell. This school is full of surprises that even teachers don't know about."


((Sorry its so short, I promise that as long as I have time and a writers mind, you'll have a lot to work with- and Ill be writing more down for you to look at. Until then, school has me sufficating and I'm trying to keep up with everything still.))

[sanvaer]

Dai nodded, although, the reply did not help to ease his anxiety. The weird doll, however, kept its onslaught going, refusing to lose even an inch of its "territory". "I don't know, " shouted Dai, over his shoulder, "This thing seems, I dunno, territorial, or something like that. Are you sure that this is just a surprise?" He lunged, trying to get the doll away. Unfortunately, it latched onto the spearhead, and Dai tried to shake it off, slamming it into the surrounding bamboo, and finally, after a series of slams, it latched onto the bamboo, and began to retreat back. Dai walked away from the bamboo trunks, and ran into an array of swinging rope. He was sure that walking into it would spell disaster, so he thrust his spear forward, catching all of the ropes. He laughed, and walked through, wrenching his spear out with a savage pull.

((OOC: Sorry about the lateness))

[Arual]

((No prob, Ill be responding weekends only from now on because of schoolwork. So don't worry about it my very confident student. ^____^ *ruffles the top of your hair for the effect*))

Cerria was about to say something again, or something like that when Dai had fingured it out on his own. Sometimes the spell cast can make certain objects go out of hand......and that called for her attention; however, she was corrected and watched her student with a smirk on her face.

It just happened, that smile, and then immediately vanished at the child's laugh. "Don't get cocky, and while where on the subject of your abilities...." she said, the spear appearing in her hand and not his, "You are meant to swing the ropes, or dodge them. Not spear my ropes." Her golden eyes were cold and steely as she looked at Dai, her hand kept the spear.

"I really don't like when people take the shortcut," she said with a definite sigh, "So, lets see your magic abilities and whatnot. Oh, don't worry I will give you this back at the end of the course."

[sanvaer]

Dai smiled slightly. So, he wasn't supposed to do that. He looked down, at the sand below it, and grinned, a wicked, mischievous grin. "Say, " He said, lifting one gloved hand, "Do you know at what temperature sand turns to glass?" He lifted both hands, and began to recite an incantation. "Exuro terra, verto in sol profundo frofui profusum." Strange, circular waves came from his hands, sinking into the sand. He grinned, as the sank became a path of glass, and dipping slightly, not much, but just enough to dodge the rope. He laid down, and began to crawl under the ropes, Army-style. As he was getting out, he began to feel lightheaded, and dizzy. "Powerful spell, huh?" He sat down abruptly, sliding back into the ropes, almost being brained by a knotted rope swinging, before he fell down onto the glass.

((OOC: Oh dear. Someone needs to learn some boundaries.))

[Arual]

((Don't take it harshly, though. Cerria is strong willed, and when asked to do something- she follows through until its finished to it utmost perfection....or, as far as it can go with her if the deed goes above her abilities and out of her hands. She has rules. And you must obey because quite honestly, its probably for a very good reason.))

Cerria looked to her student, shaking her head in a way of defeat and in thought. How would she get through to him very specific directions later on in the year if may have this kind of attention span? (not dissing, f.y.i. x.x ) His weariness, momentary or not; not yet determined, was known- and the woman took that into consideration nonetheless.

"I'm only hard on you to make you work to your highest potential, child, not to mention that since this is a test, and I am your teacher; that I would like to see what I'm working with exactly," said his teacher calmly, "Now, Dai, stop and come over here, if you would please."

The woman inwardly grinned as she went through the back of her mind to find that, as she held the boy's staff, she felt like some strict ballet teacher in a studio. Wait, how did something so human come into her brain so quickly? "I've been around too many mortals.." she thought to herself with a sniff of disgust. Her golden eyes looked around the room and she evaluated her student's last spell. It, she began to herself, was a bit too much for him right now. Good, not great, nor perfect in the slightest- but that's why they gave him to her to take under her wing.

"I know I stopped you in the middle of this whole exercise, but instead of waiting for something stupid to pop out of the ceiling and break your neck, I figured we'd exempt the end of it and come back to the beginning. Beginning meaning: Completely anew." Cerria's ending words were lighter in personality and a bit sing-song like as her hand made a gesture and the broken and/or ruined/beaten objects in the course had been repaired as if nothing happened. As she waited her student to come to her from the course, she stripped herself of all weapons and armor. The teacher's high ponytail filled with very long lavander hair; waved to the very ends, fell to her one shoulder and she did not move it from where it landed when she straightened.

Now, they were even. They had almost the same powers- though her own extremely more so developed (which comes in age.... ^^) and she was not the same race as he. Of course, like anything, there are a number of varying details that make each person an individual...so its not quite equal- but for now it would get as equal as it possibly could be. "This time, we will be doing it together. No weapons, no magic. Just tai-jutsu, as the ninja would say.....but first, we will break for a moment."