Lady Vetcel waited as the sounds of violence further into the city played out in the background. She did not have to wait long before the enemy revealed themselves. He came in the form of a human bedecked in heavy armor, wielding a longsword with the ease and grace of a true swordsmen. She knew from a glance as he rounded the side of the coach he would be a fighter of substance. She naturally spaced her feet into a horse stance, blade point up and before her, and right foot leading slightly as the Black Talon appeared.  

As he neared his sword lowered, as if inviting her to strike first-- then pulled his sword up into a quick thrust aimed for her right side. Ioetta’s response was swift and calculated. She moved forward as he stepped into his thrust. Gripping her kriegsmesser in a two handed grip, she pushed down and to her left leading with the face of the blade. The forte of the sword near its base above the guard would strike from the side into the incoming thrust, using gravity and her forward momentum to displace the longsword to her left side as her blade came down.

Ioetta then pushed off her left leg and sent her sword around and edge up, using the impact from her parry to send her messer blades tip upward towards the man’s face. Hoping to catch him before he recovered enough to bring his sword back into play and score a wound early on to his face. Should he retreat backward she’d be forced to give up the onslaught for the moment. As such an act would cause her to chase him beyond the protection of the coach and without knowing where all her enemies were, she could not afford getting caught in the open. 

If this was the case she’d fall back slightly by stepping back with her right leg behind the left slightly as her sword was brought up and to the outside on her right side. Ending her riposte smoothly into an ox stance. The slightly curved tip of her kriegsmesser pointed down at her opponent's chest level. She would then circle slightly to her opponent's right keeping her knees bent and ready. She had a feeling at this point the engagement would not be ending quite so quickly.