Violence is its Own Reward (Moon 12, Afternoon, Aft Deck)

[Hida Musasha]

The Hida nods, "Yeah, it cracks skulls, knees, an' ribs real good. Gives ya a chance 'gainst things that can't be cut, too, on th' rare occasion it comes up. O-washi-Sensei mentioned Dark Wave th' other day, 'n' they 're the ones that we ran into th' most wi' that pain in th' ass defense."

[Akodo Jishaku]

"Are you saying that cutting weapons don't work against this Dark Wave? I suppose I should start training regularly with these things then." He grins at the pair of samurai. "Fancy some three-way sparring then?"

[Hida Musasha]

He nods, "They are Mantis and Gaijin that succumbed ta Him (Fu Leng)," Musasha spits over the side of the ship, "an some o' them don' get cut. Ya ken break 'em, tho."

He laughs, "I'm fine wi' sparrin', but when we go ta sick bay after, ya better be ready fer a tongue lashin'."

[Ichiro Yakusoku]

Yakusoku considers it for a moment, sighs and shakes her head. "As great as it would be ta get in a good tussle, I don't spar half way. An last thing I wanna be doin' is bustin' up members of the crew with where will be sailin' tomorra." Stepping a bit away from the group she glances between the Lion and Crab, a crooked smile working its way onto her lips. "I'm fine with watchin' though if you two wanna go a couple rounds."

[Hida Musasha]

The Crab shrugs, "Up ta you, Akodo. We may git sent ta bed wi' out dinner if we do this."

[Akodo Jishaku]

"Pfft. A few bruises never scared an Akodo, and you can always yield if you've had enough." His enthusiasm is infectious and the grin spreads across his face as he spins a belaying pin in his hand.

[Hida Musasha]

The big man nods, "Then come. Let's see what ya learned."

[Akodo Jishaku]

With the ancestral techniques of the Akodo leanding themselves to all sorts of melee attacks Jishaku delivers his strikes with precision, striking the big man only in places that were unprotected by his armour to level the playing field somewhat. He pulls his strikes to do less than full damage rather than go all out against his new friend. Not because he thought Musasha couldn't take it, but the sparring would last longer if they didn't completely brain each other from the start.

[Hida Musasha]

Musasha's attacks are less accutate, but even with pulled punches, he hits like a train. Jishaku is pretty sure the Crab going all out would be painful and bone breaking.

[Akodo Jishaku]

In between strikes and putting up a furious defence Jishaku comments, "I'll say it again Hida-san. Oof! KIAI! I'm glad we'll be fighting side by side." A few more times around the deck and eventually he puts up a hand. "Now that was a fine workout. Lets break before Isawa-gunso feeds us to his eagle eh?"

[Hida Musasha]

The big man stops immediately. "We should get some salve from below ta make sure we don' suffer tomorrow. It ain't bad, but we're gonna want ta be in tip top shape tomorrow."