[center][h3][b][color=00C5CD]E[/color][color=00898F]lise[/color] [color=00C5CD]H[/color][color=00898F]artell[/color] & [color=ff6699]S[/color][color=FFA3C1]carlett[/color][/b][/h3]
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[b][color=ff6699]"Yes, I'm.. pretty sure.."[/color][/b] she responded to Elise, stepping back for a moment, not complaining about the small breather as Elise regarded the sphinx for a moment.

[b][color=00C5CD]"What?"[/color][/b] she first responded to Shi. [b][color=00C5CD]"You.. want to help us?"[/color][/b] she questioned with some measure of surprise. [b][color=00C5CD]"... guess Scarlett was right.. I mean.. if you wouldn't mind. There is no [i]real[/i] telling what he might find down in the ruins."[/color][/b] She paused, before pursing her lips and smirking ever so slightly. [b][color=00C5CD]"Though careful with your words.. Scarlett is prone to flattery.."[/color][/b] She smiled at the redhead teasingly, apparently showing some measure of being more comfortable with the creature.

Scarlett could only roll her eyes slightly, though her body language suggested the slightest measure of shyness, indicating that Elise knew her apparent pupil rather well - they had been traveling a couple months, after all. [b][color=ff6699]"Let's just continue?"[/color][/b] she suggested, gesturing to Elise's wooden blade. Despite the light-hearted feeling that surrounded the trio, the woman seemed determined to learn.

[b][color=00C5CD]"Hah.. very well. I suspect that perhaps you may have been a warrior before that memory loss of yours.. that or you read and learn movements like you breath air.. either way, let us test it!"[/color][/b] Elise seemed in her element when fighting, unlike before, even relaxing more and finding a flow of sorts as she lunged at the other woman. Swinging and spinning, Scarlett seemed to parry most of the blows, taking only a couple hits here or there - surprisingly she didn't yelp or wince, but instead pushed herself past the pain like a true warrior or at least someone who was serious about learning. Before long, Scarlett started to fight back, little by little, as if picking up techniques and moves as the two just battled. It even got to the point where it forced Elise to try just a bit harder.

Then Elise spun and hit Scarlett square in the face, across the lips. She groaned and held her mouth as both paused, Elise smiling as she enjoyed the duel, though breathing more heavily than her companion. [b][color=00C5CD]"Damn.."[/color][/b] was all she could say for a few moments before realizing that not only was Scarlett bleeding, but the blood was.. [i]blue?[/i] It made the warrior sober up a little more as the redhead wiped the blood from her lips and looked at her hand, also a bit puzzled.

[b][color=ff6699]".. are these wooden swords.. magic?"[/color][/b] she asked, holding the back of her hand up for Elise to see the blue smear more closely. Elise could only shake her head, her brows furrowing softly at the sight. She couldn't think of a single creature that bled the color blue.