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fandomhigh2018-07-12 01:23 pm
doesnotkneel) wrote in fandomhigh2018-07-12 01:23 pm
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Swashbuckling!, Thursday
"I cut off a man's nose once."
That was certainly a way to greet the class - especially while Edward was holding a cutlass firmly in hand. "We were raiding a Spanish brig. Not for gold this time, but because we'd lost a cook, and a decent crew needs a decent cook."
He nodded towards the stack of wooden would-be cutlasses laying in a pile on the deck of the Jackdaw, silently urging them to go pick one up. "A well-fed man is a happy man, and a happy man won't mutiny, aye? So we needed that cook. We battered the brig with our cannons until we came 'longside. It wasn't a huge crew, and they weren't great fighters. I killed the first with a blow to the head."
He demonstrated bringing the cutlass down.
"Then I turn about and there's this massive man coming at me, but my cutlass is stuck." ... Thanks for the details, Edward. "I whirled about and struck 'im with these--" He flicked his wrist, exposing a small blade, which quickly slid back into its holder. "--and gone was his nose."
He shifted his hips, settling his legs into a ready stance, his cutlass outstretched. None of the arm-behind-his-back flourishing of the bloody navy, of course. He was a pirate after all. "Soon enough, we had sunk the ship. We gathered the surviving crew on the deck and asked for the crew."
A pause. "And lo and behold, someone cries, 'Beer I bam.'"
He flashed the class a quick grin. "Knowing the blade's important. Follow my lead, lads and all the rest," he said. "But be careful whose nose you cut off, aye?"
That was certainly a way to greet the class - especially while Edward was holding a cutlass firmly in hand. "We were raiding a Spanish brig. Not for gold this time, but because we'd lost a cook, and a decent crew needs a decent cook."
He nodded towards the stack of wooden would-be cutlasses laying in a pile on the deck of the Jackdaw, silently urging them to go pick one up. "A well-fed man is a happy man, and a happy man won't mutiny, aye? So we needed that cook. We battered the brig with our cannons until we came 'longside. It wasn't a huge crew, and they weren't great fighters. I killed the first with a blow to the head."
He demonstrated bringing the cutlass down.
"Then I turn about and there's this massive man coming at me, but my cutlass is stuck." ... Thanks for the details, Edward. "I whirled about and struck 'im with these--" He flicked his wrist, exposing a small blade, which quickly slid back into its holder. "--and gone was his nose."
He shifted his hips, settling his legs into a ready stance, his cutlass outstretched. None of the arm-behind-his-back flourishing of the bloody navy, of course. He was a pirate after all. "Soon enough, we had sunk the ship. We gathered the surviving crew on the deck and asked for the crew."
A pause. "And lo and behold, someone cries, 'Beer I bam.'"
He flashed the class a quick grin. "Knowing the blade's important. Follow my lead, lads and all the rest," he said. "But be careful whose nose you cut off, aye?"
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With yarns like this, he could see this easily being his favorite class. The fighting part wasn't going to hurt much, either.
The Cutlass
One of the other pirates stood in for his opponent, and they danced slowly for a while, demonstrating basic parries and crippling blows. "Head, parry, guard," Edward chanted, "You'll want the head because it's the easiest way to end your opponent, but you expose yourself in doing so because the blade is short. Never forget that."
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Hence the little flashy spins she did with it between Edward's instructions.
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But it felt good to have one in hand again. Even a fake one.
Find a Partner and Practice
"Find a partner," he said, "Practice. Don't stab an eye out, aye?"
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