Primary Objective: Protect Kiffu civilians from Mandalorian Enclave invaders.
Secondary Objective: End her duel with her sister quickly.
Allies: Probably nobody.
Engaging: Mev'ika...
Misc. Tags: To be discovered...
H E A L T H - B A R:
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"Enough!"
The sisters looked up from their wrestling to see their mother motioning for them to break it up. The two let go of each other and looked up to her. Gwyneira smiled and nodded as the girls dusted themselves off.
"Nice job."
Panting, Elise looked over to her little sister. She saw her pulling a twig from her hair, and Elise grimaced. Mevia was still several feet shorter than her, even though they were only two weeks apart. Elise frowned as Mevia looked up to Gwyneira with a focused, energetic look in her eyes,
"How did I do!"
Gwyn looked down at the younger sibling and spoke,
"Your footwork is improving. As always, your reflexes are where you're the strongest. You just need to continue working on your technique, and keeping proper stances. You're still-"
"-So I'm getting as good as Elise?"
Elise blinked, looking away awkwardly. She always felt... so strange... when Mevia brought up her own skills in comparison to her own. Why was she so obsessed with
her? Elise clearly was developing into a different kind of fighter anyways. Mevia should have been focusing on herself, instead of comparing herself to Elise. Was it only Mevia having that admiration for an older sister? Or was something more there?
She could never figure it out.
Gwyn sighed,
"You should focus more on your own skills, and not your sister's-"
"-But am I getting as good as her?"
Elise grimaced again, and Gwyn saw it. Gwyn spoke more to Mevia, but as she spoke to her, Elise heard another voice in her own head. Her mother's.
"I'm not going to tell her, but you're holding back."
Elise looked downwards, responding to her mother as the dialogue between Gwyn and Mevia faded into the background.
"Yes."
"You know she may never develop fully without a solid sparring partner."
Elise crossed her arms,
"I can't help it! Whenever I look at her, I see..."
Elise closed her eyes, memories flooding her mind. The weak little girl her father brought home. A Chiss slave from a Mawite Remnant world. Terrified of everything, reserved, and wide eyed in horror like no child should have been. Elise teared up, looking back.
"I want to protect her, not fight her!"
Gwyn's mental voice was soft and kind, but also wise in discernment,
"That is why we train. As Mandalorians, we are fighters at heart. You cannot protect her forever, dear. Eventually, you both will have grown up. Mevia needs to improve, but that also means you putting in your all. Don't be afraid of hurting her. As my Buir saw it, it was best to be broken in training by a mentor, than in battle by a real enemy. You're a kind girl, Elise. But sometimes, fighting is a necessity. Especially in this Galaxy..."
Then, her voice faded out. And Elise looked over to see Mevia looking at her, training beskad at the ready. Elise's Force Sense flared, and she caught the second training sword Gwyneira tossed at her.
"Now..."
The girls both looked to their mother.
"Let's test your abilities in swordplay. Ready..."
The two snapped into fighting stances. As they eyed each other, they kept changing each other's positions as counters.
"Set..."
Mevia had a bold and eager expression on her face. Elise narrowed her eyes, gritting her teeth. If she wanted to do what was best for her little sister, she had to give this training her all. They both settled into decided positions.
"Fight!"
Mevia bolted forward, raising her beskad in an offensive sweep downwards.
A shot of chain lighting shot through Kiffu's sky. Elise raised her kal, blocking Mevia's sword swing as it swept downwards. tears flooded Elise's eyes. This was no training match. This was really happening. Betrayal realized; Elise was fighting the very thing she had always desired to protect. She gritted her teeth, seething and loathing herself. Mevia proved to be physically stronger, breaking the blade lock and pressing a forward offensive. It was an angry, wild flurry of sword strikes. Obviously, Mevia was not thinking clearly as she pressed the charge. Elise stepped back, barely blocking the attacks with her smaller blade. She was barely able to focus as the two sloppily dueled. It was halfhearted and dull. Obviously, neither wanted to fight.
Elise did not want to fight.
But there, there was an advantage. Mevia's strikes were strong but left opening as she swung widely. If Elise could simply knock her out, this conflict could be ended quickly. Elise hissed, switching her grip on the kal to a reverse grip and letting the next attack lock with it. Pushing the locked blades aside the best she could, Elise lifted a finger and aimed to tap Mevia's head, forcing an unconscious state upon her with the Force. But even as her finger dangled close to Mevia's buy'ce, the bond they shared cursed her.
She remembered a moment she tapped Mevia's forehead. They were both focusing on academic studies, thought Mevia had been dozing off. Elise tapped her forehead, then chuckled as Mevia grumpily looked up to her with a sleepy expression.
"Stay awake, silly! We've got two more pages, then we're done for the evening, okay?"
Elise teared up again, vision blurry as she hoped to finish this fight here and now.