asgardeventide | 1st Boulder ~ [Video]

[ Toph's leaning back in her bed, resting on the pillow she's propped against the headboard. She's looking ... unimpressed. ]

Wow, you guys have gone reeeaaaally quiet all of a sudden. Except for depressing announcements about people disappearing. Try living in a Welcome Hall all by yourself! Now that's empty. But I'm not letting that get me down, so I thought I'd break the gloom.

I have someone to introduce to you!

[ There's a moment's pause, and then a lemur comes into view, wrapping around her neck and tilting its head at the screen, chirping. ]

This is Momo! Technically he's not mine, but for some reason I got him during this Christmas thing. He actually belongs to my friend Aang, so maybe they're just making up for the fact that I'm the only one from my world here or something.

Momo, this is everyone. Well, not right now, but I hope some will show up and say hi to you.

[ She puts a hand on Momo's head, scratching lightly. ]

But that's actually not the only thing I was gonna say.

There's probably gonna be some ultimate showdown soon, right? I may not look like it, but I'm actually pretty good at packing a punch, and I've seen that a bunch of people have offered to train others. I used to teach Aang back home, and I just realised how much I miss teaching!

[ Ordering people around. She means ordering people around. Even though she's smiling very innocently. Very innocently.

Or maybe there's a slight mischievous crease to her brow, if you squint. ]

There's not really any time to make any of you masters in martial arts if you aren't already, but if you'd like me to show you a thing or two, I'm bored.

Or we could just do some sparring. That'll work too!

Name's Toph. Let's blow some life back into this place.

[ She punches her own palm, before she cuts the feed. ]

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[And this was a reminder of Samantha's style and tactics. She had a method of fighting that could be construed as a little insane on a good day. When the leg swept in and her punch went just a little awry, she could see the knee coming up. Instead of dodging, she took it, grunting despite the toughness of the body-armor she wore. Toph would definitely get more resistance than expected. The armor wasn't meant for blunt trauma like this, and so it didn't diffuse it like it did blades, arrows and bullets, but it did help a little.

As she took the blow, she used the convenient closeness to bring her other arm up, going with a right hook and her already active momentum to try and strike her in the gut with the punch.]

[ Close up attacks like that are easier for Toph to see, but she doesn't expect this one and because of that it hits right before she's managed to put her foot back on the ground. She almost falls over but manages to move said foot behind her and catch her, stumbling back a few steps and coughing a little.

Rather than move in again, she focuses on regaining her footing, and once again waits. ]

[Samantha coughed and had to pause momentarily. She wanted to press the attack. It was her way, to assault someone hard and fast, before they could react, get their defenses back up. There was, however, one serious problem that was impeding her ability to do just that.

Toph hit like a freight train.

Another cough and she was rotating her head, snickering as she started to try dancing in again, going for a snap kick for speed.]

I have got to remember how hard you hit.

[ She laughs, spitting once into her hand and rubbing her palms together. She doesn't seem to be getting stronger like she was told she would, but honestly, she doesn't really need to. The added strength is nice, but she doesn't really need it. ]

Yeah, you do. You better avoid these.

[ Samantha's kind of like Twinkle Toes, though. All light on her feet. Which would have been fine, could Toph see as usual. As is, it's a bit difficult. The giants are easier; big and often noisy and clumsy or simply with no care for subtlety. With how big they are, they hardly need it.

She notices the kick too late to avoid it or block it well, though she at least manages to do that much. And, since her hand is there already, she makes a grab for the leg. ]

Heh, I'll keep that in mind.

[And with the way that Samantha fought, she'd catch the blow as it struck, her leg snared. Samantha sneered at that moment, her tail whipping in and going straight for one of Toph's legs, trying to pull and unbalance the normally very solid stance that she held to. One thing she knew about her style of fighting was that it involved a whole other limb that was almost completely silent, great for taking people by surprise, hopefully before she got flung half-way across the arena.]

1st Boulder ~ [Video]

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