WHO: Miles Edgeworth
bluffing_ruffle and Obi-Wan Kenobi
taughttolistenWHERE: The Jinn Memorial School of Complex Paragraphery
WHEN: Monday evening, July 19th
WARNINGS: Some violence. Possible violation of house sparring rules.
SUMMARY: Things have become...
somewhat strained between these two. And on top of the delicate emotional balance of things, swords have become
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He had never left either of them behind for long, and after discovering his ice powers in the City, had practiced fencing almost every day... sometimes for hours on end, and others merely for what few minutes he had to himself before bed.
What von Karma had also taught Edgeworth was the value of learning to manipulate the emotions of others; if one could force a foe to lose control of themselves, one could then swoop in to take control. After all, hadn't that been how he ( ... )
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Remember what has served you best, a steady voice murmured inside his own head, and the voice was like Yoda's, like his Master's, like the chorused voices of the Council. Rely on the Code and you cannot fail; stumble into the trap of passion and you are lost.
Where Edgeworth possessed the cool of ice and snow, sharp and crackling with brilliance, Obi-Wan was as inscrutable and determined as a stone. His was the calm of the exile, the outsider with a single narrow focus.
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Once upon a time, he'd been the so-called Demon Prosecutor. There were whispered rumors and heavy suspicions that he had done whatever he'd deemed necessary to win his cases, like 'fixing' evidence. Although it had rankled him at the time, as he had done no such thing, he was capable of such actions. Being able to trap the criminal mind required an understanding of one, after all.
He gave a nod, and moved to step in through the doorway.
As he passed Obi-Wan, he flicked his wrist upward sharply, hoping to catch the other off guard and graze him with the tip of the thin, flexible sword. Attacks sometimes came from those a person might have thought most honorable. It was a lesson he himself had been taught the hard way.
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Perhaps, though, it was an experience other than practice. After all, he was a man damaged by betrayals and losses; the ideal of trust was not generally in his personal code.
Lightly, almost playfully, he moved back two steps, every bit as alert as Edgeworth was. Had the circumstances been different--had this been a sparring match with Fakir, or a long-ago session with one of his long-dead blademasters--he might have followed up with a gently humorous remark. But this was already too charged for wit. There was something very personal seething in the space between them, and it would take all of Obi-Wan's reserve and discipline to conquer it.
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