[center][color=Maroon][h3]Talea Derlys[/h3][/color]
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Interacting with: Mark (NPC Guard)
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Talea was already up and in the courtyard, having woken early. She had eaten a quick breakfast, checking their was a decent set of guards protecting William, before heading down to train a little. She'd been excited all week, looking forward to the tournament. Assuming William allowed it, she definitely planned on taking part in the combat section. Sure, getting hit by a sword would hurt a lot more in the armour she wore. But the way she saw it, it just meant she was more likely to dodge. She was sparring with one of the castle guards at the moment, a man called Mark. He was dressed in heavy armour, his training sword held slackly as he panted, tired from chasing around the grinning water dancer.
"I've no idea how you find this fun," He said, taking another swing at Talea.
She stepped to the side before rapping him on the back of his helmet with her own training sword, a simple blunted rapier.
[color=maroon]"Mostly because I get to see you get all worked up trying to land a hit on me,"[/color] She laughed, backstepping as he jabbed his sword at her, seeming almost lazy in her movements, [color=maroon]"Do you plan on taking part in the tournament?"[/color]
The man groaned as he missed again, "Not if I'm going to be up against people like you."
[color=maroon]"Oh Mark, nobody is like me,"[/color] She said, parrying his thrust and whacking her sword against his wrist, causing him to drop his sword, [color=maroon]"And you lose."[/color]

The man let out a sigh before pulling off his helmet, watching as Talea walked over, chucking a waterskin at him.
[color=maroon]"Not bad. But you still give away what you're going to do with your movements. Either make them faster or less obvious,"[/color] She said, taking a drink as well once he was finished, [color=maroon]"Maybe next time you might actually hit me."[/color]
She grinned as he walked off, presumably returning to guard duty. Teasing the guards was fun. They just had no idea how to react to it honestly. She wondered how they would react after the tournament. She wasn't vain enough to think that she could win. But she did think that she could get quite far away. Though she was sure the fights would be harder than her sparring with Mark. Or she hoped they would be. Otherwise this was going to a very dull tourney.