Role Play 07: Training Hall Hell

(Emmitt, Rowan, Len, Stormbreaker, Rosiza, various knights sparring)
Training Hall Hell Full Text

The Training Hall is full of the sounds of people having spars, practicing moves, weight training, and over all keeping their skills sharp. Among those present, in his full kit of gear, is Emmitt. He was presently watching a handful of others have a spar, and making noises of critique as they went about it.
Rowan walked into the hall, wanting to get some practice in and stab a few dummies. Len also walked in, but did not immediately participate in any training or battle, instead going to rest against a wall and watch the others for now. Both either did not notice, or chose to ignore, Emmitt.
Rowan notices that there are no open practice dummies, all of them being used by people or were in need of replacing at the moment. Emmitt also seems to ignore them, focusing instead on those he was watching Rowan swears under her breath, frustrated that she didn't have something readily stabbable. She goes to stand by Len, looking a bit sulky. Len ignores her, continuing to watch others practice.
Rowan: "Hey. Up for a spar?"
"No." Came Len's quick response.
Rowan: "Shit."
There is a sound of a weapon being dropped, loudly clanging to the ground. Emmitt is immediately speaking.
Emmitt: "No! You need to do better! Losing your weapon, you may as well just let them take whatever they want form you! A warrior without his sword is worth less then a wizard without a wand!"
Emmitt had walked over to the one who had been disarmed, pulling them to their weapon.
Emmitt: "Pick it up. If you drop it again before this session is done, you'll be doing your next job without it! Understand me?"
Len quirks a fine white brow at the scene. As disgusting as Emmitt was (and he still owed Len for ruining his drink, as far as he was concerned), it seemed the piece of filth at least had high standards. He could, on some miniscule level, appreciate that.
Maybe.
Rowan scowled at the large man, folding her arms.
Rowan: "Ugh. He's a drill sergent. Of course."
They picked it up and went back to sparring. Emmitt goes back to watching his apparent charges. At another pair, one is clearly at a higher level then their partner, and looks bored with things.
Len hmphed and kept to himself, as always. Bored with Len, Rowan walked over to the pair.
Rowan: "One of you interested in a spar?"
The one at a higher skill level is about to speak when Emmitt cuts in.
Emmitt:"I have not given the order to stop! You two, keep going! Unless you'd like to have Gurni as your partner in the next troll patrol."
The two go right back to sparring with each other with a renewed vigor. Emmitt rounds to Rowan.
Emmitt: "And you. If you're looking for a spar, I'd recommend you find someone closer to your...level."
Rowan looks up at him, unimpressed.
Rowan: "Uh-huh. Right. Yea."
And walks away to look for another partner, not even bothering to give Emmitt a second glance. As far as she was concerned, he was worth less than the dirt under her feet. Shesees Stormbreaker, the Goliath from the bar, enter and start looking around, disappointed that none of the dummies were available. She walks up to them, waving an arm.
Rowan: "Hey! You there! Wanna spar?"
Stormbreaker's face lights up.
Stormbreaker: "Absolutely!"
Rowan: "Great!"
Rowan looks around to find an open sparring area.
Rowan: "Names Rowan, by the way. Dunno if I ever told you my name."
Stormbreaker: "You can call me Stormbreaker. Don't know if I caught your name before."
Rowan: "So, you got any rules for this spar? Or are you good with anything goes?"
Stormbreaker hefts his maul.
Stormbreaker "First to tap out or be unable to continue for the day?"
Rowan: "Sounds good to me."
Rosiza enters a few moments later, and seeing the situation, bounces over to stand near Len, who was in the best place to just observe. Len spares them a glance, but keeps silent, watching the spar between Rowan and Stormbreaker.
Rowan: "Alright, you ready?"
Rowan asks, drawing a rapier.
Stormbreaker readies himself, nodding.
Stormbreaker: "Yep"
Rowan gets into place and once both are ready- A dagger suddenly flies into Stormbreaker, as Rowan moves backwards some. Stormbreaker's hair seems to bristle and his eyes have an almost glazed over look as he charges to close the gap between the two of them. For a big guy, he sure was fuckin' fast! She tried to attack with her sword, but misses horribly. Shit! She moves to get as far away as possible. She moves away, but not fast enough as he keeps pace and swings his maul at her to great effect. She tries to get away again, grabbing her previously thrown dagger from the ground, and throwing her other one at him.
Unfortunately, she doesn't make it as far as she wanted. As she moves to retrieve her thrown weapon, Stormbreaker sees an opening and slams his maul into her side with enough force to alter her movement and knock her over.
Something seems to crunch and she coughs and falls down.
Len scoffed to himself. It was obvious she would lose. Why even bother entering a fight with such an obvious end?
As soon as she's down, Stormbreaker's bristling hair calms down.
Stormbreaker: "Oh! Need a hand? Rosiza, might need your help over here."
Rowan coughs more, spitting up some saliva into the crook of her arm.
Rowan: "No, I- I'm fine, ugh. You hit like a motherfucker."
She slowly stands up, seeming to straighten herself out, although something about it seemed... off.
Rowan: "Thanks for the spar. Never fought against someone your size so I wanted to try somethin' out. Least I learned something."
Stormbreaker: "You sure? Rosiza can help heal you, she's got magic for that. That sounded like it really hut."
Rowan: "No, no, I'm good. Just need to sit down for a bit. Thanks tho."
She stretches her back, which makes several popping sounds.
Stormbreaker: "If you say so. Let us know if you change your mind."
He looks to Rosiza.
Stormbreaker: "Think you could do some sparing with me like back in the mountains?"
Rowan gives a thumbs up, and limps slightly back to where Len had been, and slides down the wall to sit on the ground.
Rowan: "Ugh..."
As they move off to the side to do their spar, Len and Rowan can hear Emmitt call for those he was watching to finally stop.
Emmitt: "And END! Most of you did better today. Improvement. But you can do better, and you will do better. Tomorrow you'll be going out with me on a Troll Patrol. Main Hall, Sun rise. If you're late you run vanguard. Dismissed."
He watches everyone go to leave, but himself makes no move to leave.
Rowan looks annoyed that Emmitt didn't leave. She squints at him suspiciously. Len watches dispassionately, but likewise keeps an eye on Emmitt, waiting for the other shoe to drop.
Emmitt does the very thing Rowan was likely fearing. He turns and starts to head her direction.
She stiffens up.
Rowan: "What?"
Emmitt: "That tough act was very convincing. Almost had me fooled, even. I can't say I'm not impressed you managed to keep conscious. I was dead certain he would have knocked you out."
Rowan scowls.
Rowan: "I'm fine. Really. I just need to rest for a while."
Emmitt: "Yes, sleep does do wonders. You'll likely sleep like the dead today. And wake up wishing you were, tomorrow."
He slows enough to speak, but continues moving, changing his route so he'll pass by Stormbreaker on his way out.
Rowan covertly flips him off as he leaves, feeling pissed for having talked with him.
Len quirks his brow at her, finally speaking.
Len: "What was that all about?"
Rowan "Nothing." She mutters. "I'll just be bruised. He's just an ass."
Len snorts.
Stopping by Stormbreaker, neither of them can hear the discussion the two have. But then Rosiza and Strombreaker move back a little, and both start looking like they're preparing for a spar.
Facing Emmitt.
Rowan: "I hope they kick his ass." Rowan muttered to herself.
Len: "Doubtful." Len replied, refolding his arms. "He's a piece of scum, but competent."
Rowan: "Tch."
Rosiza and Stormbreaker both move first, Emmitt not even looking to act yet. Rosiza pulls something out from her backpack that resembles a large shrimp or prawn. It unfurls its legs and stands up, a bored opening instead of a face, pointed at Emmitt. It climbs onto Stormbreakers back and fires a burst of energy at Emmitt, hitting his shield harmlessly. Rosiza then backs up some to put distance between them. Stormbreaker rushes forward, bristling. He swings his maul at Emmitt, who effortlessly side steps, a smile on his face the entire time.
Rowan decides that she actually hates Emmitt right then. Len sniffs, looking down his nose at the fight- despite his earlier words, he had also hoped that Emmitt would be taken down a peg.
With a confident swing, he impacts Stormbreaker, and then with an accurate return swing, almost entirely crushes the small prawn construct on his shoulder, with it looking to only just still be functional. Rosiza pulls out a hand crossbow and fires it at Emmitt. He blocks it, but it takes more notable effort on his part to get it in place in time. Keeping it in place, his shield blocks the prawn and Stormbreaker's attacks. Emmitt swings again, missing Stormbreaker, but catching Rosiza's prawn, and knocking it off Stormbreaker into a motionless heap off to the side of the sparring space.
Rosiza verbally reacts.
Rosiza: "Storm! Fuck him up!"
Rowan pumps a fist in agreement, but doesn't shout- not wanting to draw anymore attention to herself. Len observes on curiously. Maybe they did have a chance.
Rosiza's crossbow bolts begin to glow, and when she fires, ignites in flames. Emmitt sees this and moves to avoid, but that leaves him open to Stormbreaker who lands a solid blow to his side, a clang of metal on metal reverberating through the space.
Rowan: "Get his ass, get his ass, get his ass..."
Len stares down at Rowan from the corner of his eye, momentarily distracted by her constant string of passionate muttering. Emmitt doesn't seem to move from the blow in anyway despite the force behind it and well placed aim.
Emmitt: "Is that all you two can muster? Dissapointing, even for rookies."
He then slams his own hammer into Stormbreaker's side, just as he received. The difference was night and day, as a burst of radiant power flashes from the hammer, and Stormbreaker briefly lifts off his feet, his eyes buldging and the arm on that side going limp.
Emmitt: "Let's finish this up now."
A frustrated noise rises up out of Rowan's throat, and Len sighs.
Rosiza fires another bolt at Emmitt, but misses as he moves to avoid it and Stormbreakers next swing. He then lazily knocks Stormbreaker out with a blow. And begins sauntering over to Rosiza.
Emmitt: "I let you both give me your best shots. They really didn't meet my standards, though."
A muffled "Fuck!" Could be heard if one stood close by where Rowan was sitting. Len rolled his eyes. Len: "He was just showing off. Another way to prove his 'superiority,' I'm sure."
Rosiza was not ready to give up yet, it seemed. She let loose a wave of thunder from a small device on her wrist. Emmitt was wholly unphased. His weapon begins to ring, as he closes the gap.
Emmitt: "No no, let me show you how its done."
He slams his hammer into Rosiza's tiny 3'3" form, and she lifts off her feet, and then down still. After a moment, he lightly makes contact hand contact with her, and then moves to do the same to Stormbreaker. He then makes a point to look directly at Rowan, with his punchable face and a punchable smile. She returns his smile with a vicsious looking glower, the look of someone who would absolutely murder Emmitt if she caught him alone and unprotected in a dark alley.
He then turns and leaves, as Stormbreaker and Rosiza stir, and slowly bring themselves upright. She flips him off again, and struggles a moment to get up, before stomping out of the training hall.
"Hm." Len glances between the two bored, but realizing something must have happened that he didn't quite have all the clues to understand.
Stormbreaker and Rosiza limp over to the side, near Len.
Stormbreaker: "You good, Rosiza?"
Rosiza: "Yeah, ye-oh ouch. That really hurt! And Look what he did do to my prawn! I'm gonna half to remake him now!"
Rosiza had the remains of her mechanical prawn in her hands.
Why do people keep coming to him? He wouldn't mind it if they sang his praises, but they were just limping pathetically near him.
Len: "You realize you were used to show of how superior he is to everyone else, yes? He never considered you an equal opponent, just a means to an end to intimidate the new recruits."
Rosiza speaks up.
Rosiza: "Oh for sure. We never expected to win. Did hope we could have at least given him pause, though. He also has so many magic items on him!"
He rolls his eyes, and points a hand at where Rowan had been.
Len: "She was certainly hoping for you to do more damage. I don't know what's going on between them, but there's something, it seems."
Rosiza: "Oh! She probably hates him! And I'm pretty sure it's mutual! He's a bit of a jerk! But he'll be a good means to gauge how much we're improving!"
Len: "Seems more than just hate."
He glances out the door where the two left.
Stormbreaker: "He makes it easy!"
Stormbreaker takes a deep breath, with a little rattle in his breathing.
Stormbreaker: "Oooh, that does hurt. Gotta respect Rowan for being able to just take a blow like that as she did."
Len:"That's something that seemed to be a point of contention, actually."
He shrugged, nonchalant.
Len: "Regardless, I think I've seen everything I wanted to for today."
He stood straight from the wall, and made to walk out of the hall.
Rosiza: "Not even gonna spar anyone yourself? Boooring!"
Rosiza calls back.
Len: "I never said I came to spar."
And he's out of the building.

>A bunch of knights are sparring. Emmitt is watching critically. Rowan wants to beat up a training dummy or spar, but none are available. Len chooses to sit by the sidelines and watch.
>A knight drops their sword, and Emmitt shouts and threatens them with being fired if they drop it again. Len appreciates the high standards. Rowan calls him a drill sergeant.
>Rowan asks a couple knights if they want to spar. Emmitt tells them to continue sparring without Rowan, or get Gurni'd for troll patrol. Emmitt condescendingly tells Rowan to go spar elsewhere.
>Rowan doesn't bother with Emmitt, and instead spars with Stormbreaker. Rosiza and Len watch.
>Rowan does her best, and loses hard to Stormbreaker's maul. Len is unamused - he saw this end coming.
>Rowan refuses Rosiza's healing, so Rosiza spars with Stormbreaker instead. Rowan's ability to heal is... strange. Off. But she insists she just needs to rest for a while.
>Emmitt dismisses his charges and talks shit at Rowan, saying she'll "sleep like the dead today. And wake up wishing you were, tomorrow." Rowan doesn't take the bait, so he leaves to go spar with Stormbreaker and Rosiza.
>Rowan flips Emmitt off when his back is turned.
>Emmitt casually beats Rosiza and Stormbreaker, despite their competence and teamwork. He's putting on a show for Rowan, to show just how outclassed she is. Then he leaves.
>Rowan flips Emmitt off a second time before leaving.
>Stormbreaker and Rosiza chat with Len about their spar. They're using Emmitt to judge how far they've come, and how far they need to go. Len leaves - he wasn't here for sparring.

Trivia

Completion Date
11/11/2021

Plot type

Role Play

Parent Plot

Rookie Knights Arc

Related Characters

• Armul 'Stormbreaker' Kolae-Gukate
• Emmitt Pierce
• Len
• Rosiza Thunderfen
• Rowan

Related Organizations

• Knights of the Wrequeners

Related Locations

• Ironheart Gymnasium