Post by Ward on Mar 16, 2023 23:25:36 GMT -5
He didn't like the idea of pulling his punches, even in a spar, but he also didn't want to send Verst splattered across the nearest wall for no other reason than he could do it. It defeated the entire purpose, but it also, in his mind at least, gave Verst a chance to move around him and react, pick things up at his own pace, to some degree at least. This felt much like when he had sparred with Terium and Ticoga as they were both in the same range of power, looking for their openings, testing him to see how he'd react to things in very similar ways, just without the drones.
Those drones were becoming more annoying than anything, and perhaps that was the point, but they were like buzzing flies at a picnic, and he was close to blasting the machine spitting them out soon. It was that moment of distraction that he turned and swung, barely missing an attack he knew he had no business missing, but he had pulled the punch, and perhaps he was in his own head more than he should have been, because all he caught was another drone that ended up broken against the wall. Surely he missed something there, even at this speed he shouldn't have missed, and yet-. Snapped out of his distraction he turned as he felt the energy increase and some type of charged ki, seeing the energy flying from Verst's finger.
His natural reaction was to raise his hand and blast right through it and pin Verst to the wall, but he hesitated, not intending on actually seriously damaging the Arcosian, and that moment of hesitation lead to the blast catching him in the shoulder. It wasn't quite strong enough to knock him back, down or prone, but there was a burn mark, and a sting to remind him this was in fact a fight.
"Well played."
Took the blast in the shoulder for 7%
6/6 KP
5/6 MP
7/250% DMG sustained