Another Fight
12-27-2019, 08:53 PM
That whole captive narrative had really thrown Balsam for a loop. The clawed woman had beaten him mercilessly and then sold him to a hideous tyrant who had treated him with the kind of contempt Balsam had only ever seen directed at rapists and murderers. He'd lost fight after fight and though his dignity had been bruised because of it, he was alive and he was unbroken. His father, he was certain, though of course not pleased with where life had taken his son, would no doubt have been proud of Balsam's moxie. It was both a sobering and heartening thought.
Balsam had learned a great deal about himself over the last couple seasons. Though he had thought himself a man before everything had happened he could see now that he had still been a naive boy. That couldn't be said of him now. Cruelty had changed him. Now he knew what he was dealing with. He'd known the giants were monsters but now he had lived it. They were dangerous. He needed to learn how to beat them. His win against Sirius, though deserved, was only one win among many losses. Though he knew how to fight he needed to learn how to fight giants if he was going to succeed here.
That thought was what had brought him to the battlefield. Balsam made his way over to Alarr and nodded his interest before squaring up with the massive wolf. He remembered this bloke from a recent spat with a bear and though Alarr was still more or less a stranger, Balsam thought he had a good enough handle on the younger man's character to know he would make a good opponent. At the very least he didn't strike him as the type to try to bite Balsam in half just to see if he could which was more than Balsam thought could be said about Sirius.
He threw himself headlong at Alarr as though making a suicide run at his chest. When he thought he was close enough to take advantage of his opponent's reaction time Balsam dodged to his left and sought to race down Alarr's right side. He was aiming for a drive by biting; one quick slash with his lower teeth at the front of Alarr's right knee with the end goal of racing past his much large opponent without getting hit or smashed. One solid hit and Alarr could probably punt him into the next territory so he was going to try not to get hit at all. A lofty goal to be sure.
Balsam versus Alarr for Spar
Round ONE of ???
Age: 1+
Size: Extra-small
Build: Light
Skill: Advanced
Balsam had learned a great deal about himself over the last couple seasons. Though he had thought himself a man before everything had happened he could see now that he had still been a naive boy. That couldn't be said of him now. Cruelty had changed him. Now he knew what he was dealing with. He'd known the giants were monsters but now he had lived it. They were dangerous. He needed to learn how to beat them. His win against Sirius, though deserved, was only one win among many losses. Though he knew how to fight he needed to learn how to fight giants if he was going to succeed here.
That thought was what had brought him to the battlefield. Balsam made his way over to Alarr and nodded his interest before squaring up with the massive wolf. He remembered this bloke from a recent spat with a bear and though Alarr was still more or less a stranger, Balsam thought he had a good enough handle on the younger man's character to know he would make a good opponent. At the very least he didn't strike him as the type to try to bite Balsam in half just to see if he could which was more than Balsam thought could be said about Sirius.
He threw himself headlong at Alarr as though making a suicide run at his chest. When he thought he was close enough to take advantage of his opponent's reaction time Balsam dodged to his left and sought to race down Alarr's right side. He was aiming for a drive by biting; one quick slash with his lower teeth at the front of Alarr's right knee with the end goal of racing past his much large opponent without getting hit or smashed. One solid hit and Alarr could probably punt him into the next territory so he was going to try not to get hit at all. A lofty goal to be sure.
Balsam versus Alarr for Spar
Round ONE of ???
Age: 1+
Size: Extra-small
Build: Light
Skill: Advanced