You're The Best Around : Karate War Training Montage Log

[strikefirster]

The All-Trench Karate War | Training Log!

Who: Combat instructors, students, and anyone caught in the crossfire.
What: Training for the Karate War!
Where: Throughout Trench
When: Throughout April

[ Welcome to the catch-all log for the Karate War player plot! Please find your instructor's header below and feel free to start your own toplevels under that header. You can specify "OTA," "OTA to teammates," or "For [Character]" etc in the subject line.

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Comments

[clocktowers]

[ He looks a little perplexed at the question, then fond at what he can only assume is her usual enthusiasm. ]

A very charming staff, indeed. It looks as though it will serve well for our purposes. Would you care to show me how it's generally used?

[imaglyphwitch]

[She DID have enthusiasm, but that was not why she said that. She gave the seemingly totem animal atop the staff a light nuzzle and it came to life, returning the gesture and then proceeding to fly around in a circle. Owlbert gave a nose dive toward Luz, then turned immobile a few feet short and turned into the staff again, Luz catching it in her arms].

Palisman. [Honestly, Eda would have been a little proud. Luz had Owlbert helping her for a LONG time, and he had been Luz's companion for so much that it felt seamless. She would never have dropped Owlbert at this point, and this was mutual when he was her staff.

And here is how we work.

[She could have said "how I use him" but obviously that wasn't the case. In any rate, Luz hopped atop the staff and flew high, higher, then took a swirl in the air before falling again and pulling up at the last moment. Luz hopped off, and three papers started to float down from when she'd fallen. Before they could fall to the ground, Luz swirled staff in the air in a sharp circle. The falling papers were, in fact, glyphs: one that gave a pleasant flash of light, followed by an explosion of falling sakura petals and finishing with a simple three foot ice statue that resembled her new teacher].

Those are glyphs that can be activated at their basic level. Through more advanced combinations, you can do more with proper application!

[clocktowers]

[ The staff comes to life in what he can only describe as magic, of the fairytale sort he is always so touched to see. Luz is all but beaming with pride, and it's well-deserved: her routine is confident, flowing, openly powerful. It is an impossibly cry from the wounded little girl he once met in a darkened cave.

It shows in his bright smile as she touches down. Ozpin raises his hands, cane and all, to clap gently. ]

Impressive. Then do consider me glad to meet him... and to witness your work together. Perhaps this will be an opportunity to expand your repertoire into new skills... new combinations, of a sort. The interplay between fighting ability and a talent for magic.

[ There's a beat. He nods to the statue. ]

It's a beautiful likeness.

[ Mark down that flattery as successful. ]

[imaglyphwitch]

[There was definitely going to be a difference between the Luz from the cave and now. Luz had all of her strength, for one thing, and she had learned enough from that situation to have a way to defend herself even if she had no magic. It was what brought her here eventually: the fencing lessons with Vira and sword practice with Fern had been good, but she knew she needed more.

That being the case, Luz had also gone through great strides in her magic abilities too]!

I hope so! Definitely hoping to strengthen my body and mind in a school like this!

[Yes, she'd heard of Johnny and Terry, but she knew Ozpin a bit better, and Cobra Kai felt too different from what she thought should be in a martial arts school].

Thank you, um. Sensei?