Archive Posted January 30, 2003 Report Posted January 30, 2003 Myth Honored Guest Posts: 11 (2/7/02 1:53:25 pm) Reply Trying to take a shower -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I walked into the bathroom tiredly, pushed the door shut, locking it for privacy. (“God, it’d been a long day. McTein is mad at me, he’ll send an assassin or two to ‘show me my place’, if I survive them he’ll respect me a bit and leave me alone. However I shouldn’t have to worry about them until tomorrow at the earliest it takes time to find assassins and I’m probably no priority. I’ll wear an extra knife in a wrist sheath, and I should be okay. Christ, someday I’m going to have to have a peaceful day.”) Then I turned around (Layout of the bathroom, includes rectangular bathroom, with a low window on the short side opposite the door. The toilet and bathtub are both separately recessed into the same long side, on one’s right as one enters the bathroom.) I can’t believe I was so lax, but I didn’t even sense that there was someone else in the room until then. He had been standing on the toilet where I couldn’t see him, but he heard the lock click he jumped off and out knife in hand. He laughed. I knew he expected me to try to get the door open, and I might have had time, but the lock often sticks on that door, so I knew better than to try it. “Think quick, gotta do the unexpected.” This was before I always wore a wrist sheath or one under my hair on my neck, so the only knives I had on me were against my ribs on the right side, in my pant leg (for when I had time to plan or needed to sneak in somewhere), and on the bottom of my shoe (pops out when you kick someone). I took a leap and jumped around the corner into the bath tub so that I’d have time to pull out my rib knife. That was a mistake. The bathtub was way to slippery for anything, and I certainly couldn’t kick while standing in it. I needed to be able to kick, because I couldn’t throw any knives because I didn’t have a spare in reach. How many knives does a person wear to the shower anyway? He came forwards laughing. He had a knife in each wrist sheath, but didn’t throw either. How odd, anyone going for a kill should throw when they have such a perfect chance. McTein may be able to get assassins quick, but it doesn’t seem he gets very good ones. If I weren’t so disadvantaged, I wouldn’t have to worry about this at all. We fought, at a standstill for a while. I misjudged, he slit my arm open (good thing I can use both hands). We kept fighting, but I was just exhausted, and I’ve always preferred throwing my knives to hand to hand. I went in for an attack but left myself wide open. He could have made a deadly attack, but he parried instead and then attacked too high making ducking easy. (A really common mistake, so few females can fight that guys aren’t used to the height difference. It does have a few advantages.) Anyway, his miss gave me the time I needed so I jumped up onto the outside of the bathtub. (Great place for kicking from if one has the balance. (I do.)) I was tired though. I kicked out, got him in the chest, but I didn’t draw back quick enough. As my knife was still in his chest he leaped straight up, thus drawing my shoe up in the air. I fell backwards in the bathtub and having knocking my head, went unconscious. You’re wondering why I’m still here? Believe me I was too, when I came to. When I woke up I was in my bed. My attacker was sitting nearby reading my personal papers, except this time he didn’t have a scarf over his face and neck this time so I knew him as my tutor. Knowing him, he was probably wearing some sort of light chain mail when he attacked me so he wasn't hurt “Myth, you’re quick enough, and you have the techniques down, but damn you’re an idiot"! He was right. Since then always I keep my shoe-knives in shoes that slip off easily and I've carried a few more knives. They helped too, I ripped McTein’s boys to shreds when they came.
Archive Posted January 30, 2003 Author Report Posted January 30, 2003 Gyrfalcon25 Bard Posts: 235 (2/7/02 9:47:25 pm) Reply Re: Trying to take a shower -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Gyr applauds* More Myth background! *smiles* Now write more! more, more!
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