Family Practice

[singindemonhq]

The Corona De La Sangre dojo is still running. It takes a while to learn those kinds of skills, especially if you've spent a couple of millenia depending on mojo. It was quite tricky in some ways, during the Hunters' Moon, but things should settle down, now.

I've picked up some experience since we've been travelling through the last four of five dimensions, but there's always more to learn - that's the idea behind having the dojo, of course.

By the customs where I come from the operative just meets whoever fate serves up and takes her away with him. I've never been too sure about how people here are supposed to feel about their in-laws - by the time they make a song and dance about it things have probably gone wrong. Anyway, the Little Wolf set it up so I was combat-paired with my brother-in-law.

I hadn't been over-pleased not to have been able to stay near enough to Erynne to be sure she was OK during the Hunters' Moon. I don't usually wait in the audience and sometimes it helps to just work off tension. I practice a lot anyway, but ... Stephen maybe had troubles of his own, too - at least when he found out about my combat methods. (I did not toast him! I didn't make the slightest attempt.) It's just natural for me to smoke out when anyone tries to get to close grips.

When Erynne they decided that it wasn't permitted I was Ok about it.
<Firewalled against all who mean harm,
see the words,
obey the charm. It might not do for Stephen and the rest of them to see how often that's creative use of illusion, anyway. A fast illusion can sometimes give me time to really smoke out or not, of course.

Then - my clothes do tend to ... reshape if somebody grabs at them... It's not "cheating". We're all learning new tricks, combat tricks, anyway. Using that much Mojo can use up a a lot of energy, if the operative gets out of practice, so I haven't had much time to update this journal and so on. I must think up some kind of training that Erynne and me can have some fun with.

Comments

[faith-slays.livejournal.com]

I don't think the Diran Masters will agree to me takin' a field
assignment yet, but I can ask!

[blood--moon.livejournal.com]

I don't see any reason why we can't pay you for your time here,
then. *curiously* What's Diran like? Nixi's told me a little, but
I get the impression it's a sore subject for her.

[nixibad.livejournal.com]

It's not so much Diran that's a sore subject - a lot of it's like ... oh, a whole bunch of schools for all kinds of ninjas. My people sent me there after I reached the second age. Your kind do it the same way, don't they? Old enough to know right from wrong and then old enough so they can officially punish you?

Anyway, they sent me off to be trained and then on enough jobs to pay off the depts, but then they just... didn't want me back. *Shrugs* But Diran is just a big place with a lot of different training.

[varzil-neskaya.livejournal.com]

Didn't want you back? *dismayed*

[nixibad.livejournal.com]

If they had trouble they might hire a Diran - but they wouldn't want their brother to marry one.

[varzil-neskaya.livejournal.com]

Ah. Then, do you have the chance to wed among your fellow 'Diran'?

[nixibad.livejournal.com]

There's not many of my kind there, not any, really. We mostly aren't fighters, and when we are it's mostly the females, of course.

[varzil-neskaya.livejournal.com]

Oh? Why is that?

[nixibad.livejournal.com]

Females defend our homes - isn't so where you come from?

[fleet-shadows.livejournal.com]

cyberspace may be down a time-portal.

[faith-slays.livejournal.com]

If they can't see what a kickass fighter you've turned into,
screw 'em. *hesitates* Not literally.
D'you want to come back to Diran for a bit when I go? and no,
I didn't bet away the narlizard outfits. Got 'em safely stowed
for the trip.

[nixibad.livejournal.com]

Oh, they know I'm a good fighter! My people - I mean my original people - they're all sort of ... cosy. Not like me. Like the Hobbits start off to be in those films.

[singindemonhq.livejournal.com]

A lot of the beings who end up on the training worlds are the ones who aren't wanted at home.

[faith-slays.livejournal.com]

'Splains why I fit there like me in leather, I guess.
What's your home turf like?

[singindemonhq.livejournal.com]

It used to be kind of peaceful. Now it's kind of chaotic - but both ways they prefer me workin' at a distance.

[faith-slays.livejournal.com]

That's the best way. Don't have paperpushers lookin' over your shoulder all the time. You can't fight like that.

[singindemonhq.livejournal.com]

You can't run a gig like that, either. The Gig Teams have to think on their feet.

[faith-slays.livejournal.com]

Eerie was telling me about some of your lessons. Why'd you
wait so long to ask her to work out with you? Don't tell me you're one of those guys who always has to be on top.

[singindemonhq.livejournal.com]

*Chuckles,* Oh no, we've always been pretty ...flexible about things like that. We'd worked out together before, anyway, it's calling the neighbors to join in that's new.

[faith-slays.livejournal.com]

Depends on how many neighbors. And how flexible they are.