Night 54: Soccer/Recreational Field
[from here]Though the night felt the same as any other, Brook felt that something was a little different than the usual. It was as though he could sense something about the place - like where things were dangerous and where they wouldn't be. Usually he knew that pretty well without the strange feeling. The Sun Room was always a big no-entry, and
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She took in Taura's words, trying to sort out her own feelings in the process. Could she think outside her previous line of thinking? She knew how she held herself before coming here. She had been an android and she felt that though this body was different she was still very much the same. It was difficult, to put it simply, but so much more than just that.
"Relax. Alright, I shall try," she responded after a moment and did as she was told. Or tried. Some parts of her body, her shoulders and jaw particularly, could not rest as easily as she wanted though most of her body complied. Was that normal?
She took a deep breath and tried again, with greater success, but now she was unsure as to weather she was relaxed enough for Taura's standards. She would let her down if it were so, but if not the other woman might offer a new tip or give Aigis a different objective for now. Either way, it was the other's call and Aigis could only do her best to obey.
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Wait. What was that noise?
"Shh." Taura unconsciously demonstrated the advantage she was trying to teach; she held Aigis at an even height as she turned her face towards the shed, and shot a glance some might call lazy at the darkness beyond it. "I heard something. Did you?" Then she was silent another moment, listening. There it was again, a faint scrabbling. Like rats. She opened her grasp, abruptly, and went for her bag.
"Get your claws on. You're about to get that hands-on practice you wanted." Taura was tightening her own claw as she spoke -- she had to remember to drill with it more, especially if she was going to carry it rather than wear it all the time. Aigis likely wouldn't notice, but she still felt slow. Big-fingered, clumsy Taura, even if she'd been assured -- and assured herself -- a hundred times, it was hard to break. Especially when doing something so strange as putting on what should have been genetically engineered in. Now she had the hands she'd despaired at never having, and here she was.
No. Here Taura was, ready to do what she did best. She smiled into the dark, even if it was a little forced. "I'll let you lead. Trust me, trust yourself, and we'll be just fine." The final piece of advice might be the least reassuring, so she'd left it for last, but it was also key. "And if I say run, we run." Practice wasn't worth dying for.
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Taura abrupt release caused Aigis to stumble a bit, falling. Normally she would have been fine, but tonight she seemed to have knees and ankles made of rusted tin. She struggled back to her feet, doing as commanded and grasping her claws in her hands. The pain on her knees wasn't enough to keep her down and only served to rally her hunger for this fight. She could do this, just as Taura assured her. She had to do this.
Relax everything! Aigis reminded herself of Taura's previous instructions as she prepared to move. She would not fail here. She could not. And if it came to retreating, then she would not fail there either.
"Let us strike," she said, then took off into the darkness, ready to meet their foe head-on.
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