Practice Your Stabs!

[Morgan Bellanar]

The hidden back alley should provide plenty of room for what the group of Changelings was planned. The low likelihood of anyone stumbling across the location was a major benefit. The location was not easy to access, nor overlooked by windows, and lacked any signs of habitation (human or animal). If Morgan hadn't decided to slip between the rotten wood fence as a shortcut she'd never have come across it.

She supposed there were better locations for practicing with knife work. Like a basement but those weren't exactly available. So, when Thao'd suggested joint knife practice, the alley had come to mind and she told him about it. The steepscrambler knew several ways into or out of the back alley. Seeing as she was guidning others, the "easier" ground entrance was the one she chose. It was still taking time though.

This meant Morgan was leading them towards an old fence with several rotten wood planks. Morgan gave those behind her an apologetic smile at the inconvenience, "Heh, sorry for trip but I s-said it was out of the way. You'll all need to d-duck a bit going through and move the loose boards of the fence. Heh-heh, unless you want to try hopping the fence?"

Going by her own mental calculations, Morgan was pretty certain they could all fit through by moving the loose boards. While she was smaller there wasn't that much of a size difference. The Beast had a lot of wiggle room going "under" the fence anyway. Hopping it would require some atheltic skill to not make a lot of noise. Assuming the fence didn't collapse. Worry over that made its way into her voice, "B-b-but I think probably good-best to just, heh-heh, move the boards and squeeze through. Less-noise and no chance o breakin' the fence down, heh-heh. Really. Don't risk hopping the fence...Please."

[TheMalkCat]

Dressed in a black shortsleeve and belted jeans for ease of movement, Thao followed Morgan to her chosen knife practice spot. On his hip was the Bowie knife he had bought months back for his excursion to the Hedge, holstered and freshly cleaned.

  10 success to extended action, 6 rolls

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2013-12-05 00:14:18		[06] Thao Dinh Ngoc rolls 6 to make a list of helpful pointers on knife techniques (Intelligence+Academics+ 1 Internet connection equip bonus) (10 Again)		6, 10, 7, 7, 6, 10, 7, 1		2 successes
2013-12-05 00:14:18		[05] Thao Dinh Ngoc rolls 6 to make a list of helpful pointers on knife techniques (Intelligence+Academics+ 1 Internet connection equip bonus) (10 Again)		6, 9, 1, 5, 1, 1		1 success
2013-12-05 00:14:18		[04] Thao Dinh Ngoc rolls 6 to make a list of helpful pointers on knife techniques (Intelligence+Academics+ 1 Internet connection equip bonus) (10 Again)		7, 10, 3, 8, 5, 9, 3		3 successes
2013-12-05 00:14:18		[03] Thao Dinh Ngoc rolls 6 to make a list of helpful pointers on knife techniques (Intelligence+Academics+ 1 Internet connection equip bonus) (10 Again)		7, 6, 1, 6, 3, 10, 5		1 success
2013-12-05 00:14:18		[02] Thao Dinh Ngoc rolls 6 to make a list of helpful pointers on knife techniques (Intelligence+Academics+ 1 Internet connection equip bonus) (10 Again)		6, 4, 7, 10, 4, 6, 2		1 success
2013-12-05 00:14:18		[01] Thao Dinh Ngoc rolls 6 to make a list of helpful pointers on knife techniques (Intelligence+Academics+ 1 Internet connection equip bonus) (10 Again)		9, 3, 6, 3, 8, 3		2 successes

He also carried along his backpack containing a list of notes he compiled after doing some personal research on his laptop using his apartment wifi connection to access a slurry of martial art and blade proficiency websites. It hadn't taken too long, just about two or so hours give or take. Of course, the Chirurgeon brought with him his own expertise. Certain lessons in the delirious Crooked Narrow of his Keeper's domain were not easily forgotten, even through the Arcadian fog dulling Thao's memories of his Durance.

Where t' cut, where t' stab, where t' place...the knife just so. A Doctor must know how to handle a... knife in all the myriad ways, is this not so apprendisto?

The sound of Morgan's voice snapped him back to reality. Thao's glazed eyes sprang back into focus and he ran a hand down his face as the voice of his keeper faded from his memories. "Here not there. Here not there. Mah name is Thao Dinh Ngoc, born on..." The Chirurgeon quietly muttered the mantra that had kept him from greater madness in nightmarish Faerie. After Morgan's explanation, he eyed the fence warily as he took to a knee to judge the best way to proceed from here. The Wizened took to all fours and crawled on his forearms and knees through the hole. He appreciated Morgan's ability to scout out a secluded area to practice some knife-work; he didn't much care for the trip there. "Ah'm g-glad Ah dressed light..." The boards impeding Thao's path were quickly moved away as he continued on to the selected practice area.

Once on the other side, Thao bent back upwards and stretched himself out to loosen the kinks from the crawling. Given his thin frame and the sickening interesting way his shoulders could articulate given a tiny hole, navigating the fence was no problem. "Not t-too m-much t-trouble M-morgan." He looked around the hidden alleyway in approval. No windows, shut pathway, wide enough for proper swings and thrusts. Certainly not professional, but close to ideal. "Th-thanks ag-gain fer findin' a p-place fer p-p-practicin' Morgan." Thao turned to watch for the other Changelings who may crawl under the fence.