Bear Fu (D1 LE)

[Kitsune Kumahime]

A warrior must always keep in practice. This place is away from her usual training tools. Can't chase her usual prey, or practice balance in the river, no boulders to flip, and there are no trees big enough for her to get any real benefit out of punching without causing destruction far beyond what the Unicorn would appreciate.

But she doesn't need any of that to train. If she joins the Unicorn, she'll figure something else out. They surely have their own training techniques. For now, she runs through her kata before she has to change and prepare for dinner and the opening ceremonies.

The Proud Bear style keeps to its name, the moves large, sweeping. Not the fastest, but wide, powerful and difficult to escape, taking full advantage of her size and reach. A very distinctive style to watch, drawing from different sources than most Rokugani martial arts, especially the sumai-derived styles most common for a warrior her size, the moves more reminiscent of a beast, if more refined.

((Jiujutsu/Agility: 6d10o10k3 23))

[Yuzuki]

Dinner had been a disaster. Yuzuki needed to find some distraction. And maybe some way of working the foreign substances through her system via sweating. Thankfully, her stomach had no problem with them.

So she managed to find her way to the Doji. Her formal attire, fortunately, was relatively well suited to fighting. Yes, her kimono was absurdly expensive by the looks of it. As was everything else on her body, including the copious amounts of jewelry. But she did wear a good hakama that gave her some room to properly move around in.

Hmm, what to do? Training with the kama might be useful, but she was frankly better with a sword. Her hands could work too but...

...but someone was already there.

A rather oversized someone.

"Ah... uhm... Good evening, Samurai-san."

She bowed.

"This one is Yuzuki, of the Mantis."

[Kitsune Kumahime]

The Fox rises from her stance and takes a breath, then looks down at the gaudy Mantis. She'd heard that was their style, but to see it is... interesting. Certainly more stylish than her drab brown getup she changed into after dinner.

"Ohaiyou, Mantis-sama!" she greets, loud and smiling. "I am Kitsune Kumahime, Student of the Proud Bear!" The woman bows deeply.

"Have you come for a little evening exercise?" she flexes an arm, showing there's far more than fat on that frame.

[Yuzuki]

"Hmm..."

She looked at the woman, a bit skeptical.

She looks tough.

"...yes. I am no sama though."

[Kitsune Kumahime]

Hm? Not -sama? "As you prefer, Yuzuki-san."

The Fox lowers into a wide stance, "But I must warn you. Proud Bear style is the strongest there is."

[Yuzuki]

Wait. We're sparring?

Yuzuki blinked.

"Oh. Good to know."

Uhm...

She adopted a stance that seemed to indicate a wild and unpredictable style; though she was obviously not an advanced student.

"Are we... are we sparring?"


Initiative: 3d10o10k2 30

[Kitsune Kumahime]

Kumahime cocks her head at the confusion. "Is that... not what Mantis do upon meeting new warriors in a dojo?"

((Initiative: 3d10o10k2 13
Attack stance, ATN 15))

[Yuzuki]

"Hmmm... they don't." she looked up, thoughtful. Like she wasn't even thinking about attacking and leaving herself wide--

--she attacked!

The woman was big. But they did say the bigger they were, the harder they'd fall. Now was the time to test that notion out. Yuzuki used a leg to hook the woman's own legs with, and then... pushed.



Jiujitsu / Agility FULL ATTACK, 2 raises for knockdown, TN25: 6d10o10k4 26
Damage (keeping lowest): 3d10o10l1 4
Contested Strength: 3d10o10k3 18
Stance: Full Attack
TN: 5

[Kitsune Kumahime]

Slowly, the large woman sways forward, then falls down, first to a knee, then forward. It's almost easy, in fact, despite her size...

...because she's not even trying to stop it.

BOOM!

She strikes the ground with both fists, a thunderous roar rocking the building. She didn't fall. She just shifted from one stance to another, this one firmly planted on all four. The shock of her landing seems to bounce the Mantis, and in that moment when her connection to the earth is broken, Kumahime leans back and wraps one mighty arm around Yuzuki's waist, flipping her completely upside down as she rights herself.

((No contest on the knockdown attempt. Turns out, I don't take a penalty from being prone.
Jiujutsu/Agility, initiating grapple: 6d10o10k3 16, hit. Grapple initiated. I have control.
Jiujutsu/Strength to maintain control of grapple: 7d10o10k3 29. Result of 29 to maintain control of grapple on your turn.))

[Yuzuki]

When the big woman went down, there was a moment of satisfaction...

...which was quickly replaced with mild surprise as the world was suddenly turned upside down.

"Oh..."

Then it was the large woman's turn to be surprised as Yuzuki managed to overpower Kumahime. Then surprise might turn to shock as suddenly, Kumahime was flying through the air. Yuzuki had somehow managed to go from being upside down, to taking advantage of weight and momentum to throw Kumahime.

"...okay," she said matter of factly.


Grapple TN29: 4d10o10k3 44
complex action to throw kumahime 5 feet away, causing her to go prone (which probably doesn't work). Not sure if you lose the turn and we go back to me? If not, then I'm also not sure if my TN is still 5 from full attack, or 15 from attack stance.

[Kitsune Kumahime]

BOOM!

Again, Kumahime lands in that kneeling fighting stance, a crashing double-fisted punch to the ground absorbing her fall instead of something more normal, like rolling. As she touches down, the woman lets out a bellowing laugh. "Good! Point for you!"

She turns with a claw-like swipe, not even slowed by the landing as she crashes through Mizuki's block by pure weight and strength to grab her by the shoulder and bowl her over.

((Jiujutsu/Agility, initiating grapple: 6d10o10k3 40, hit.
Jiujutsu/Strength to maintain control of grapple: 7d10o10k3 22. Weak.))

[Yuzuki]

She did try to block. And Kumahime saw that a mile away, moving easily past it; grabbing a hold of her.

"Oh... we're doing this again?"

This time, thankfully, Yuzuki was not upside down. That made it easier to follow through when she once again made use of the larger woman's momentum...

...once more sending the bear flying through the air.


Grapple TN22: 4d10o10k3 40
complex action to throw again

[Kitsune Kumahime]

BOOM!

Again? But how?

Kumahime lands in her fighting stance once more, and turns, enjoyment starting to give way to confusion and frustration. She doesn't lash out this time. The last two times, she'd grounded herself, but overextended. This time, she charges, staying low, keeping her center, focusing on her balance. She drives a shoulder into Yuzuki's center of mass and hefts her up into the air.

((This will be the last one.
Jiujutsu/Agility, initiating grapple: 6d10o10k3 22, initiated.
Jiujutsu/Strength to maintain control of grapple: 7d10o10k3 32))

[Yuzuki]

This time, the Mantis found herself with the inability to turn things back on the larger woman. Possibly because she was suspended in mid air with nothing to push her feet against.

"Oh..."

She had a dumb look of bewilderment on her face.

"Uhm... you win?"

Maybe she won't crush me to death if I concede.

Grapple TN32: 4d10o10k3 29

[Kitsune Kumahime]

Kumahime adjusts her grip on her opponent, raising her high overhead when Yuzuki... surrenders?

The Fox looks up, "You mean I don't get to throw you this time?" she frowns. But she gently lowers the Mantis back down to the ground and bows.

"You are skilled, Yuzuki-san. What is this style you use called?"