School of Hardknocks (Marcie)

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She had taught him something interesting the other night after their encounter in the bar. Some form of training that was suppose to help you in a way different than combat, and for how it made him feel he supposed that it was a sort of success. However she had helped him, and he didn't like to be in anyone's debt so now he was going to help her. There were designated sparring area's within the temple, and he was going to fight her today, and show her how he trained on a daily basis. Usually he would grab a random person, but today he had one specifically in mind.

His lightsaber was clipped to his belt, and he didn't see a need to take it out because he was going to see how she fared while he was unarmed. Of course he didn't know her capabilities of swordplay only that she was abysmal when it came to defending herself from his mental attack, but that was expected, after all he was one of the stronger Apprentices around. Though he did his best to make sure that he didn't boast, making enemies was easy in a place like this.

"I wonder what she is doing now..." he wondered out loud as he waited for her to show up so that could begin their sparring session.

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Murae entered the arena wearing tight black training clothes. Something she normally wears when training so she can keep her speed. She approached him from a distance and asked,

"So what do you have in mind for our sparing session today?"

She was actually quite pleased she was going to get to spar with another apprentice. Her past training had only been with her master and she needed someone else to fight. 

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As he was thinking about her, and what she was doing she showed up a few minutes later, wearing a skin tight, black, training outfit. Quirking his eyebrow he wondered why she wore such revealing clothing, but then he pushed the thought aside as quickly as it had come. Crossing his arms he smiled at her question on what they were gonna do for sparring, but he wasn't a teacher he was always taught to fight for survival. So he didn't have any sort of lesson, he just wanted to fight her, it was pretty simple. Stepping into the sparring circle he tilted his head, his lightsaber still not drawn.

"It's simple you are allowed to use whatever you currently have on you at your disposal. The goal is to either knock your opponent out, or beat them into submission whichever comes first." his voice carrying that familiar mechanical tone.

He was curious as to how strong she actually was compared to him, so it was more of a test of her skills, and abilities. Zexva was dressed in a simple black training vest with a sash tied around his waist, and a pair of black training pants. Looking at her he tilted his head to the side.

"Let's see if you can beat me on an even playing field Murae." he spoke her name with a flirtatious ring.

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Murae winked to him when he used a flirtatious tone. Her skin tight combat outfit allowed her to move freely unlike armour. She nodded throwing her sabre to the side but left her blaster. She hadn't planned on shooting it of course but she could definitely blunt him with it like she did the Captain.

She raised her fists getting into a fighting stance and smirked,

"I'm surprised it's 'even'." 

She jokes with him now getting serious after the joke starting to circle him in her fighting stance. Holding back from attacking, she wanting to see what he's capable of physically first.

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She tossed her lightsaber to the side of the arena, and he quirked an eyebrow at her. Holding out his hand he commanded the force to bring him the object that she had so easily discarded, and he activated the plasma blade. Twirling it around, and toying with it he realized that her saber was not like his, it seemed to only be for training purposes, where as his could be used to cut a humanoid in half. She began to circle him obviously waiting for him to make the first move, so he obliged her making sure to constantly keep her within his sights he began to mold the force around him commanding it, as he sent a wave of it towards her in order to push her out of the arena, or knock her off guard.

"You threw one of your weapons away that is a mistake, the goal is to use everything at your disposal, now I have an advantage on you." he stated cooly waiting to see how she handled his force attack.

Holding the lightsaber steady he got into the basic stance for Shii-Cho, it was more useful when fighting more than one adversary, but he would be okay using it against her. So he began to imagine the striking zones of her body dividing them up, as he pictured all of the lesson's from his Master sinking into his head. If he lost to this girl Master Aurelius would definitely not be pleased, so it wasn't just for her, it was for him as well.

"I won't be taking it easy on you this time Murae..." he said with another emotionless tone as he settled into his normal persona...

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Murae made the mistake of assuming they weren't using sabre's though she didn't seem intimidated. When he told her he had the upper hand it didn't effect her because it was a training sabre. Something she only kept because her tribe gave it to her. She didn't seem to lower her stance but when he sent the force push she raised her hand to match it holding it as the two pushes fought each other. 

At at the time when she used her force push it was easy to hold it but of course over time for both of them it would get difficult. Though none the less, she held it seeing how he'd react. While holding the force push she'd say

"Oh please dear when have you ever gone easy on me?"

She said with a smirk clearly hinting to more than just their past fights. 

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Her double ended comment made him smirk, and she was trying to match him power for power, and while that would have been effective against a lesser opponent he wasn't a lesser opponent. Holding out his hand he sent out another push with the same amount of power as the previous one. His goal was to cause this force push to collide with his previous one, and overwhelm hers causing it to crash into her. She lacked creativity in battle is what he was seeing right now. Her counter was straight forward.

Still though he stayed within his Shii-Cho stance as he waited to see how she would combat his move. She wouldn't be able to combat it head on, or over power it because it would be too strong. So she would have to figure something else out entirely than just brute force. She had been so kind as to teach him something new, so he was going to put her through her paces, and show her the taste of defeat over, and over. Eventually she would win, maybe...

"If you thought that was rough, then you are in for a real treat today..." he smirked cruelly at her...

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"Can't wait."

Returning the smirk, Murae stumbled back when the second wave hit her. She was being simple and she knew it. She had thought that he was planning on using brute force so she prepared for it. Though she realised that she would have to use her own personal skills of swiftness.

Without thinking she broke into a charge, though not just any charge, one that seemed to have variation. It seemed that she'd curve her movements so she wasn't in one place and made sharp turns until she was close enough to slide.

Murae broke into a slide and was going to sweep him off of his feet. (If successful.)

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He looked at her as he ran towards him, and then she slid at him trying to sweep him off his feet. It was a nice try he had to give it to her, but it wasn't good enough to get him. A simple step to the side, and he avoided her attack. Now she was on the ground beneath him tilting his head, he held out his palm, and released a bolt of lightning from his hand aimed at her body. The point of the electric shock was to crisp her skin a little bit. Murae had left herself exposed, and vulnerable, at the moment she was literally beneath him. Still holding her training saber in his grip he smirked cruelly at the girl.

"You should really try harder...You are going to get nowhere with me with simple attacks like that." he smirked trying to goad her into attacking him more.

Of course from the skill that she had displayed thus far she was going to get nowhere near him. So he kept his distance making sure that there was always plenty of space between the two so that he would be able to read her movements as she came at him. Doing this would give him some measurement of predicting her attacks as she made him, giving him an easier time to react.

"You threw your main weapon to the side, if you had your saber maybe you would be doing better..." the emotionless tone only made worse as he waved her saber in the air obviously mocking her.

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Murae cringed at the bolt of lightlining. It stung though she felt it gave her focus. She hurried herself to her feet grunting at his mockery. 


"My mistake to think a training sabre was not of use.." 

She pulled out the blaster, aimed and fired shots at him instead keeping herself at a distance. She seemed to be running around trying to catch him in a vulnerable area where she could shoot him. Though this would take time as she continuiusly ran around trying to get a hit on him. 


Murae knew that because of her throwing the training sabre it cost her the battle. Though she hadn't planned on winning. Clearly he had more training than her in this sort of fighting despite her having the same rank.

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She took out the blaster that she had neglected for the entire sparring session, and began to fire off bolts at him. So she was teachable it seemed, but hearing admit that he was right wasn't enough for him. Deflecting her bolts she began to try, and find different angles in which to shoot at him. It was an interesting tactic, but she had yet to use everything at her disposal. Holding out his left hand he summoned his unlimited well of hatred from deep within himself. The air would thicken as he drew on his power, and he focused on her, and he started to mold the force around her body. While his telekinetic power's could use some work they were still sufficient enough for this.

He molded the force around her body, and then he turned his hand in an attempt to drag her to him through the air in order to close the gap between the two of them. She wanted distance, and that was something that he wasn't going to give her. Murae was going to have to earn everything that she wanted in this fight. Zexva allowed the hatred to surge through him like adrenaline as he poured all of it into this technique with the hopes of making it more difficult for her to counter. His golden eyes would glow brighter as he accessed his dark power.

She was trying he would give her that, but in his book, trying meant that you had the intention of possibly failing. That is why he DID everything that he set his mind to, it might take him longer to achieve his goals, but he would eventually get them.

"You are weak..." he shadowed the same words that his Master had said to him on the night that he had fought for the right to be his Apprentice.

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Murae was stopped by his force. She felt it moulding around her and she was pulled towards him. Once the gap was closed she'd snarl staring into his eyes angrily as she tried to use her strength to hit him up side the head with her blaster.

If successful, she would land on her feet as his force would lose its effect I'd imagine. She going to side kick him in the stomach hard to drop him. He wanted close quarters combat well she was going to give it to him. 

No no matter her odds she was going to show him close quarters combat.

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She was caught in his telekinetic grip, and when she got close enough she tried to hit him upside the head. It was a noble attempt, but this was checkmate stopping her hand with his forearm. A cruel grin appeared over his features as his golden eyes began to glow even brighter as he reached even further into his well of unbridled hatred. The air would thicken around him once more as he stared into Muraes eyes they would seem to be burning like miniature sun's as he reached out with the force, and seemed to stare into her very soul. He sharpened his mental attack like so many swords as he struck into her mind full force.

If she put up a defense he was going to do his best to tear it to shreds with all of his might, while this attack was going on her mind she would hear the echoes of his laughter floating around her mind. His mental assault wouldn't start off lightly like it did last time he was going full force from the get go.

"You are not prepared to face me!" his voice would echo in her mind as he would start to instill the feelings of fear in her. It would intensify getting worse with each second as he tried to destroy all feelings of courage within her mind, and completely demoralize her from the inside.

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Murae knew by his stare that he was going to redo his mind tricks. Though they would be much worse. Mentally she out up her defences inside her mind though he blew them down. The laughter echoed through her head and you could tell it was starting to drive her insane. As he went deeper and deeper into her soul her pain got worse. 

She grunted continuing to take the force in her mind until it left her in so much pain she started to shout. She put her hand on both sides of her head squeezing it tightly and as the force got worse her shouting got louder.

After a while it got so bad she yelled,

"Make it stop! Make the voices stop!"

Her body had seemed to totally break down to the force fear. She couldn't handle the magnitude of it and it was driving her insane. She couldn't handle it anymore.

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She began to breakdown her defenses crumbled underneath his attack, and eventually she began to beg for him to make the voices stop. With a cruel smirk he stopped his attack, and he lowered her from his telekinetic grip to the floor as looked down at her. She was demoralized, and now her spirit was broken. If he truly wanted her to suffer he would have kept on going, but she was his plaything. If he broke her then the fun they could potentially have would stop, and that didn't appeal to him at all. He was sure that he couldn't do those sort of things with Moonfire, and so for the time being he had a purpose for her.

Stopping his mental assault on her he turned her saber off, and clipped it next to his own lightsaber. Reaching down he scooped her up in his arms holding her tightly to his body, and he began to cart her off, unless she had any objections.

"I beat you without having to touch your body once...You have a lot to learn..." his tone was completely emotionless as he talked to her. "I will make you stronger though..." he stated flatly as he carried her like a sack of potatoes in his arms.