((Part 2 of a Collab between [@Digmata] and [@Letter Bee].)) [quote=@Digmata] Cristina smiled at the offer [color=ec008c]"I do need to shake off my rust. The drones are hardly the threat after all." [/color] The smile was a little unnerving, it sounded like Cristina was excited about the prospect of training with Noel. Or fighting him to be exact. [/quote] “Let’s find a place where we can spar, then,” Noel said. “I’ll ask someone to drive us to some vacant lot or another or maybe outside the city entirely; you alright with that?” [hr] The smile didn’t leave Cristina’s face as she followed Noel. Shame that the hotel doesn’t have a suitable room to accommodate a spar or that they need to walk away so that no one will be harmed. Then again, she doesn’t want to terrify everyone because two Arm Masters decided today was a good day to try killing each other. [hr] [b]Pampanga Countryside - 10/20/2022, 10:00, UTC+8[/b] Noel found a military driver and a jeep (not jeep[i]ney[/i], an actual jeep) to drive them to the countryside, where he and Cristina found an empty rice paddy they could spar in. The field, once used for growing crops, was dried out, and empty, and the cracks in the soil meant the area was suffering drought. Perfect for a spar. The young man got off first, before holding out his hand to Cristina and saying, “Shall we go?” [hr] Cristina took Noel's hand as she got out of the jeep's door, after that the jeep immediately drove away to ensure that it won't be caught up at the upcoming spar. "My pleasure." she answered as she walked ten paces away, after that she summoned her Noble Arm and a shooting star began revolving around her. "So what are the rules, is it first blood or until one of us surrenders?" she asked. [hr] Noel mused and said, “First blood. Also, as it’s daytime, you have an advantage; just thought I’d mention it. So, shall we start?” Two seconds’ warning was given before Noel’s scythe appeared in his right hand, its blade cutting at Cristina’s left leg… [hr] Cristina managed to leap away at the last second as the shooting star dropped to the ground, blinding Noel for a moment. She then took a leap toward him, going for a slash across his body. [hr] Noel closed his eyes and was instinctively zig-zagging backward, an otherwise dangerous maneuver but one that allowed him to avoid Cristina’s attack until his vision cleared up. As it was not noonday yet, he could activate La Luna’s Veil of Night, his camouflage/invisibility power. And so he vanished into thin air, with no indication of where he went. Nevertheless, Cristina would hear a whoosh of air thirty seconds later as Noel’s scythe cut at her right shoulder, enough to make a shallow wound. [hr] Cristina nearly managed to hit her opponent but before she could follow-up her attack, Noel had vanished. She tried looking around but she couldn't find anything due to the camouflage. So she focused on what she could hear, like the time she was searching for the drones. She heard a step. She turned around and managed to raise Sinagtala to meet La Luna's strike although it was a weak guard that could be easily broken. [hr] Noel didn’t hesitate; as he dropped his camouflage and became visible again, he pushed forward to break Cristina’s guard, hoping to finally score a cut. [hr] The difference between the amount of force between a scythe and a sword was enough to break Cristina's guard. The blade of the scythe also manages to break through the meager protection offered by Cristina's jacket and finally leave a cut on her left arm. Cristina didn't notice until she tried throwing a punch at Noel's face. "Huh, you won," she muttered as she checked at her wound. [hr] Noel, meanwhile, was nursing a bruised cheek, before nodding and mumbling, “So, should we get back? I can call the Jeep.”