A Little Down Time

[erika]

Erika sat on the shore of the island with her feet in the water. Her turtle was taking a nap buried in the sand. She had rode him over to the island so he was probably quite tired. She sighed a sigh of relief and looked into the sky. Although a tad chilly, the weather was gorgeous.

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Lord Dosise walked through the woods on the island. He had trained all morning on his secret technique for the tournament and it was nearly ready. He walked out of the woods and noticed a girl laying down looking at the sky. He debated whether or not to talk. He decided that he might end up fighting her so might as well figure her out. He walked over and sat down, "Well hello there. What brings you to an island all by yourself?"

[erika]

She wiggled her toes in the sand and smiled, "Just relaxing. I'm Erika by the way. What brings you here?" she asked curious.

[Deleted]

"The opposite of you actually, I was training. Lord Dosise, pleased to meet you." he said to the woman. "Are you in the tournament as well?" he asked her.

[erika]

She turned her head and raised her eyebrow, "Training out here?" she asked curious. "And yes I am in the tournament. Are you?"

[Deleted]

He laughed, "Yes. I suppose you could call it secret training. I was working on a special technique." he sighed, "I am in the tournament, I think I'm just going to let what happens happen. I'm not getting too worried about it." he explained to her.

[erika]

"Oh that makes sense then," she nodded understanding that he wanted to keep his technique a secret. "I fight Phillis, I met him once and he seemed pretty decent, well besides not remembering much that is. I think it will be a tough match. Who do you fight?" she asked. She was excited about the tournament, she loved competition.

[Deleted]

"Phillis should be a tough match, if he remembers that is. Don't underestimate him or you'll lose. I have no idea who I fight, I'm just going to play it by ear." he did kind of like to know, but he preferred the surprise.

[erika]

She nodded but wasn't exactly agreeing. She didn't think he would be too tough at all after all he was injured. "Ya... So you want to be surprised? You don't want to prepare or anything?" she asked, to her it seemed strange. "You would think that you would want all the advantages you could get."

[Deleted]

"It doesn't make sense I agree, but I have other things to worry about." he didn't know it was a tournament deciding who would be ruler of Avaleur.

[erika]

"Well I guess that makes sense...." she didn't want to evade the mans personal life by asking what he meant by other things. "How far do you think you will make it. There are a lot of stone people I hear."

[Deleted]

He hadn't thought of that really, "Uh, well.... I would say at least to the semi-finals. Shouldn't be too hard."

[erika]

"How are you going to get passed the first without training for it?" she laughed.

[Deleted]

He shrugged, "With my unmatched whit and cunning set ups." he joked. "I'll be alright."

[erika]

She looked at him and laughed, "Your sword is dull you know?!" he said looking over at the sword laying on the ground, "it looks like it is more like a bat!"

[Deleted]

He laughed looking at his sword. It was very dull, he hadn't had the time to sharpen it yet. "True, I think I will wait till after the tournament. I wouldn't want to hurt anyone to bad with a freshly sharpened sword."

[erika]

She nodded, "I newly sharpened sword might be a little too dangerous. At least for the first round anyway." she got up grabbing her sword she smiled. "Want a warm up match?"

[Deleted]

Still seated he looked up at her and chuckled. "Are you serious?"

[erika]

Erika flipped her hair back and twirled her sword, "Ya I'm serious, let's go!"

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Dosise chuckled getting up and grabbing his sword. "Alright, let's see what you've got." he breathed deeply and held his sword in hiss right hand prepared for Erika's move.