Combat Class

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The small arena was filled to capacity with hundreds of observers. Students who had been going through the Fundamentals of Combat class had been waiting with baited breath for this day. Now it was finally here, and there was a sense of anticipation in the air that you could almost smell.

Facen stepped out of the northernmost door to the arena floor and immediately the crowd of students erupted into a thunderous applause. He'd been their instructor for the last two weeks. They'd come into the class expecting to get involved in melee combat exercises from day one. They'd been subjected to lectures, exams, and observations, but none had seen any actual combat yet. This was the first day any of their hungers would be teased. Facen had arranged for a combat demonstration, with which they would finally get to see a fight, albeit a controlled one.

When Facen reached the center of the arena, he raised his hands, and the crowd grew silent. He smiled and addressed them all simultaneously. "Thank you all for coming. As you know you were each chosen to participate in this class because you displayed abilities superior to that of regular humans. For some, you have enhanced physical abilities, others have the gift of flight, some can control some minor level of magic. Here you will see how these enhanced capabilities can assist you in a combat situation. It will be particularly beneficial to those of you who have enhancements similar to those wielded by myself and the associate I have arranged this display with.

Facen bent down and picked up an iron bar. "You have all seen me display a few of my physical enhancements. I've bent metal bars with my moderately enhanced strength." He bent it over his knee easily, then dropped it.

"I've shown you how agility and flexibility can come into play in many different scenarios where physical demands are needing to be met." He gave them a brief display of the moves of an expert gymnast doing a floor routine, and added in a couple extra spins and flips to exhibit the enhancement.

"And you've seen the benefit of enhanced hand-eye coordination." A series of discus launchers hurled plaster targets at the professor. He shattered each one as it came close, never missing with a single strike.

"What I have yet to show you is, personally, my favorite enhancement, though that's because it is the one that I enjoy on a far higher level than the others." Before they could take another breath their professor was gone from their sight, with only a trail of dust leading back to the entrance from which he came. In but a moment, another trail of dust came back into the arena floor from the exact opposite door. He darted off to one side, and again repeated the performance by entering again from the opposite door only a moment later, splashing through the small pond that was on that side of the arena floor as he came back. He then stopped, and when the dust cleared enough to where he could be seen, he continued. "Speed."

The crowd, again, erupted into applause, and he raised his hands to settle them, once more.

"And now, my dear pupils, allow me to introduce my associate. Please, I humbly request, stand to your feet and welcome him now." Facen turned and gestured toward the northernmost entrance, once more, nodding to his companion with whom he'd arranged to show the students the basics of combat.
 
((OOC: I'm disregarding Summoner's posts. In truth I'm the one that Rhysis asked in private to help out. I'm sorry for the delay but real life required attention. Summoner, I politely request that you keep your future posts away from this thread please as it is a demonstration between me and Rhysis. Thank you.))

Scorpion grins as he walks out of the shadows which previously shown no-one was there. His form wearing black gi pants that flow gently around his lower form while his top covered with a simple black tank-top. Upon his back were sheathed his two trusted daggers which have tasted the blood of many foes. Even though his form appeared average, the look in his eyes showed knowledge and experience of many battles hidden away within a veil of Hell-Fire that burns within his very being.

He moves calmly toward the center of the arena with not even a whisper of sound, facing toward Facen before giving an honorable bow. After Scorpion bows to his sparring partner, he rises to face Facen again and shifts his body till it angled toward the right with both of his arms hanging loosely by his side whilst his mind clears and begins its focus on the task at hand.
 
(OOC: For the sake of keeping this simple, as was the primary intention, unnecessary posts have been moved . Those sticking with the main objective have been left in tact and as written. The point of this thread is to demonstrate the basics of melee combat with minor abilities and enhancements, as was stated in the private messages that set it up.)

Facen nodded to Scorpion as the small crowd of students stood to their feet and applauded at his entrance. He, himself, politely clapped for a few moments, and then returned his gaze to his students. Signaling them to be seated, once more, he addressed them further. "Before we begin, I would like for my companion to demonstrate a little of his own special capabilities."

Facen turned back around and smiled at Scorpion, then gestured to an obstacle course and a set of targets on the eastern side of the arena. He spoke much quieter to Scorpion than he did to the arena full of students. "No need to give them everything. Just a taste will do, if you don't mind."
 
Scorpion grins with a slight nod before his body sharply springs into action all within stealth silence where not even a whisper of wind could be heard, a skill rumored to be possessed by those of ninja. His form first flips till his body is vertical but upside down, balancing on his forefinger and middle finger of his right hand with his body fully stretch upward, his left arm gently behind his back. This move showing his skill of balance and strength as he remains motionless with his form keeping straight with not even a flinch of muscles.

As he continues to balance upon his two fingers, he continues to demonstrate his skills of balance and strength by slowly lowering and raising his body upon the ground as though he were doing vertical push ups with one arm, his form not even showing any signs of falter with this action. Through his many years, he has trained his body and body to maintain focus for these two basic skills, proving invaluable to him within combat.

Within a blink of an eye, he drops his right hand to the floor as he uses it to brace his now lowering form to instantly spring his arm straight again, launching his body into the air a few feet, twisting his body within a flip. At the moment of his flip, a sound of three targets can be heard as each is struck directly upon the dead center of their targets with small darts. It was not visible to the naked eye that he even threw the three darts, demonstrating his skill of accuracy even within movement and another example of his skill of stealth.

The same moment Scorpion's form landed upon the ground, he moved instantly toward the obstacle course that resembled an Olympic gymnast's worst nightmare. As he moved through the obstacle course with continued stealth silence, his form could be seen moving through the obstacles with series of flips, twists, slides, and multiple sharp maneuvers as he effortlessly glides through the set up that Facen has placed before him, demonstrating his skills of flexibility and focused movement.

After Scorpion finishes with the obstacle course, his form moves with continued speed toward the remaining of the targets that were in the form of people. As he moves through the targets, he demonstrates his skills of martial arts and continued stealth silence. The first target his right arm fluidly flows toward the target's chin as he does an upper palm strike, breaking the target's head off before his body sharply twists to bring his left leg to kick the now decapitated head and sending it directly toward another target's head, smashing them both as though they were melons upon impact. His form continues moving with precise fluid movement as he places himself in front of another target with his back facing toward it whilst his body lowered to the ground, bring a sharp elbow strike to the gut of the target that causes it to break in half from the force of the blow.

As Scorpion continues to move through the targets, another target is suddenly struck by three shuriken. One shuriken strikes the target's forehead, the second in the chest directly where its heart would be, and the third directly into the stomach area. His action with the shuriken upon the target were again not visible to the naked eye. It was also not visible to where he even had them hiding upon his person in the first place as the only visible weapons were his two daggers sheathed upon his back.

At the moment the shuriken struck the target, Scorpion was already standing calmly back in the center of the arena directly behind Facen, demonstrating his own skill of speed enhanced within the skill of stealth for not even the leaves upon the arena floor budged to his movement.

He grins to Facen before he bows to the audience after demonstrating a small amount of his basic skills, leaving many more secret till the time to reveal them.
 
Even with as close as Facen was standing to Scorpion, his polite applause was inaudible. The crowd had erupted into another round of overly enthusiastic applause. True, some of them had similar abilities, and they'd just seen Facen's display, but they were young, and none had ever seen real combat. That being the case, anything that came close to a display of martial prowess impressed them. This was no exception.

Facen stopped his own applause, but the crowd continued, and he was forced to hold up his hands to signal them to be still, again. "Once we take our positions at opposite ends of the arena, the demonstration will begin. May I remind you that both Scorpion and I are experienced fighters. During the demonstration we will not be holding anything back. The purpose of this display is so that you may see the potential for enhanced abilities to be used in a combat situation."

He looked over at Scorpion and gestured to one end of the arena. "If you are ready, we can begin."
 
Porgros roars out "Get on with it all ready you old men and your Long winded speachs!" looking at Facen with a smile on his face. The crowd looks to Porgros in shock "What? You all want to see them fight as bad as I do. Don't give me that look!"
 
Scorpion nods to Facen upon his words, gliding his body to the other side of the arena whilst still facing his opponent. His form shifted slightly at an angle with his arms hanging loosely by his side while his mind continues its focus upon the task at hand.

He chuckles softly within his mind hearing Porgros's words, and then thinks, “Oh the young. So youthful, energetic, impatient, and foolish.” It is these type of young that usually end up being embarrassed, sent to a healer, or on many occasions, their grave with their acts of impatience when it comes to combat. What these youngsters possibly did not realize whilst calling for the fight to begin, the fight was already happening. It started the moment both opponents stepped into the arena. The fights always begin when the two opponents appear upon the field of battle, starting with each foe gauging and estimating each other, already setting their plan on what they could possibly do and how their opponent might possibly react and counter.

Scorpion's form then rushed toward Facen as his mind continues to deepen within Clarity. His movement silent with not even a whisper of air as he approaches his opponent, bringing his right knee toward Facen's stomach whilst he tilts his body slightly to the left. As he moves to bring his knee to give an attempted firm strike to his target which would be strong enough to possibly knock the air out of Facen for a moment, Scorpion's left arm raised to head level while slightly outstretched whilst his right arm is held out at chest level slightly behind his back.

If is knee strike is successful, he would then bring his right hand forward with an open palm strike aimed directly for Facen's throat in an attempt to possibly damage his larynx which could make breathing during their demonstration more difficult, and hinder Facen for his own movements. As Scorpion moves to make these attempted strikes, his mind and body readying for his next possible move.
 
Facen didn't bother reacting to his impatient student. There was always at least one who was unwilling to wait for the active combat to begin. It was generally those ones that needed the lesson more than the others.

The instructor was glad to see that his companion had chosen to make the first maneuver. Otherwise the students may have thought him a bit sheepish. They all had a great amount of respect and a bit of rightfully placed fear for their teacher's abilities. Thus, they viewed everything related to combat from that perspective. They automatically assumed that everyone else was equally afraid to fight Facen. With Scorpion attacking first, they would be just as amazed with him as they were with Facen.

Rather than retreat or dodge, Facen decided to take the offensive, himself. As Scorpion neared, he leapt into a forward spin, throwing his body slightly up while advancing on Scorpion. Knowing this would throw off his opponents intended aim more than a little, he took advantage of Scorpion's raised left hand, and aimed a spinning heel from his left foot right at the soft flesh under his arm, intending to not only strike a powerful blow to a pressure point, but force Scorpion to regain his balance. His other foot remained tucked in close to his body until he would be forced to use it in his landing. Both hands guarded his torso, and his eyes remained on Scorpion.

Ultimately he knew they were just feeling each other out. Truth be told he had no real expectation of seeing Scorpion's full potential in this particular setting. Nevertheless, he wouldn't make the mistake of underestimating his opponent now. There were no safety measures, and until he felt his pupils had seen enough, the fight would continue.
 
As Scorpion was within his movement of his intended strike, saw the movement of Facen and already having figured a possible reaction to this move before he even first rushed. He used the momentum of his body to continue spinning it to the left with a sharp twist, bringing him now facing the opposite direction with his body dropping low whilst his left arm swinging to his left being missed by Facen's left leg for the intended heel kick. As Scorpion's right was raising to bring his knee toward Facen's stomach initially, his changed movement brought it low to the ground to where he pressed his foot firmly upon the arena floor to brake his movement, and readying for his possible next step.

Using the spinning momentum that brought his body around and close to the ground as it slid under the spinning Facen, Scorpion shot out his right arm with an open palm strike aimed to meet the oncoming left leg of his opponent, the intended strike aimed to impact directly at Facen's knee. The momentum force of Facen's kick adding the the striking force of his own palm strike upon the knee if successful could seriously damage his opponent's knee and hindering him with his movements and balance.

Whether his own attempted strike was successful or not, Scorpion would then use the position of his right leg upon the ground like a spring and launch his body into a rising scissor kick flip. As his body would launch into the air with a backwards flip, he would attempt to grab Facen's body within the grip of his legs and attempt to send Facen flying across the ring with the sharp twisting motion of his own body.
 
As soon as his strike missed it's intended target, Facen let the momentum of his leg continue through, and his leg tucked back in. Knowing he wouldn't be able to completely avoid Scorpion's palm strike, he repositioned his leg so that the intended attack would land on the bottom of his foot, pushing his up harmlessly into his torso.

Having no choice but to continue his spin in the air, there was also nothing he could do to avoid Scorpion's approach. However, he didn't have to be a victim of the intended attack. With his arms guarding his torso, it was a simple matter for Facen to grab one of Scorpion's legs when he tried to get him in the grip of his legs.

Being well aware that this could end badly for both of them, Facen used the combined momentum they already had to try to hurl Scorpion away from him and toward the ground. For added effect, at the moment he released Scorpion's leg, he threw down his left leg to kick at Scorpion's back, trying to launch himself a bit farther from Scorpion than where he would be otherwise.
 
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