A Sparring Challenge

[Knight Errant]

Dact chuckles. "I'll teach you the basics. Jousting is, I think, unnecessary. I'd say perhaps... a race, obstacle course, archery practice, and melee sparring round should settle it."

[Bigmouthstrikes]

"Well come on, then!" She said, lifting her sword, "I want to dance!"

[Raleigh]

Alright then. Lets do the melee contest first since she seems the most familiar with it to begin with and won't require her being taught anything it would seem. Are you both ready?

[Bigmouthstrikes]

"yes!" she said, seeming a tad annoyed. She threw her long, blonde braid over her back with a swift hand gesture. Already they were two pages into the thread and not once had steel clashed.

[Knight Errant]

Dact chuckles. "I think we should get on with this. Right..." he says, raising his sword. "Feel free to come at me..."

[Raleigh]

*Slips back to make sure he isn't in the way. It might also be to step behind a ticket counter and sell tickets to people to come and watch the knights fight too.*

[Bigmouthstrikes]

She lunged in a graceful way, with her sword held out in front of her in one hand. Just as she was about to reach him with her blow, she spun to his side to strike a hit at his hips.

[Knight Errant]

Dact watches her carefully as she lunges, sword ready. As she spins to the side he turns to face her, their swords meeting in a clash! "Not bad..." He says, before backing up slightly, disengaging their swords before slashing towards her torso.

[Bigmouthstrikes]

She leaped back, no small feat in all that plate armor, and met his blow as it came. As she parried the hit, she spun in the opposite direction to strike at his other side.

As the two sparred, Roman came out to watch, leaning up against a tree.

"This is terribly uninteresting." He muttered to himself.

[Knight Errant]

Dact rolls to the side under the blow, coming to his knees to slash at her legs!

[Raleigh]

Well we could shoot both of them with an arrow to the knee and see how they fair.

[Bigmouthstrikes]

She jumped again, over the blade, and landed on the other side of it.

Roman watched. "We could do that, I suppose. But I have something better in mind."

He mutters a little incantation and the ground began to open up between the two of them.

"I should really slow down a bit." He admitted. "I wouldn't want to run through all my power."

A large television screen formed as well. For now, it showed static. "Would you care to watch with me?"

[Knight Errant]

Dact blinks as the ground begins opening up! "What the hells?" O___o He says, getting up.

[Bigmouthstrikes]

Sara stumbled and fell, Dact right behind her. In a moment, the pair was falling down a deep hole into darkness.

When the darkness subsided, they found themselves on the ground. They lay on a dirt road with a road sign nearby.

"What just happened?" Sara asked, confused.

[Knight Errant]

".... I have no idea." Replies Dact... looking up... then getting to his feet and going to check the sign.