The Imperial Colosseum

[Red Guardian]

Galam Seralas came back with an Imperial by his side. His skin was kinda dark for an Imperial, he had gray hair close to his shoulders and a gray goatee. He wore iron armour without gauntlets and helm. A silver longsword could be seen hanging from his waist.

"This is Taurinus." Galam said.

"Taurinus Selvia." the Imperial said "I teach everything about one handed weapons around this rat hole. Swords, maces, axes... You name it. Don't let me down, scum."

"I'm sure you have much to discuss... I have urgents matters to attend to." Galam said with a nod, looking at Louis. "I'm sure your new student knows of what I am talking about."

"Off with you, then. I'll handle the business from here." Taurinus replied.

Galam left both of them alone.

[Kerr]

"So you can train me to use swords?" said Louis.

[Red Guardian]

"I can actually train the swords to use you." Taurinus said while grabbing his silver longsword. He had a serious expression.

"Seralas said a thing or two about you but I wish to learn more." he said while aiming the sword at Louis chest and piercing it on the ground full of sand right in front of both of them. "Start."

[Sparky]

Spoiler:

I assume I have no chance.

Gro'Baluk made a quick search for any form of weapon.

[Red Guardian]

Gro'Baluk found no weapons near him. The halberd kept coming down.

Spoiler:

In my previous RP, Vampire, I gave the players some tools to save themselves from a tragic death many times.

You have plenty of tools to use, you know. The ground your character is in... There is sand, dust and dirt all over... You can still kick the guy in the nuts since the only piece of armour that he has is a steel helmet... Seriously, there are plenty of things for you to do. Of course... Just some examples. But try to pay attention to your surroundings and you MIGHT save your character.

[Sparky]

Spoiler:

oh, I assumed the poison was draining me of something, which I would guess to be either health or power, and I forgot about the sand

Gro'Baluk fell on his butt, and tried to crawl away. He shot up his foot, hoping to kick up san.d and hit his groin.

[Kerr]

Spoiler:

For example in that RP I found myself under a werewolf's testicles so I bit them off. He didn't like that.

Louis went to pick up the sword.

[Red Guardian]

Spoiler:

Well, the poison is draining your character's health but it eventually stops.
It's not a powerful chemical. And I'm not dealing with much things regarding real life because if that was the case your character would be dead already. And death by poison... Well, it isn't really epic.

Gro'Baluk's feet splashed sand and dirt all over the tall gladiator's body. One of the Orc's foot kicked the halberd and the Orc managed to crawl away. Gro'Baluk was now safe from the decapitation but had his back turned to the the tall being. And he still held the halberd in his hand.

"Naga Av An Buro!!" he yelled while trying to pierce Gro'Baluk's back.

...

"Attack me." Taurinus said with a serious look.

[Kerr]

Louis grabbed a handful of sand and threw it in Taurinus' eyes before swinging the sword at him.

[Red Guardian]

Taurinus protected his eyes with one of his hands and punched Louis in the left cheek with another.

"Just look at this disgrace of a Breton." he said while snatching the sword from Louis' hand "I've been teaching since you were inside the womb of the [&@%!] you once called mother, you know."

He placed the silver sword on the ground again. "Dirty tactics. Everywhere. I saw every trick." he began to walk back and forth, with his eyes focused on Louis.

"If you can't even swing a damn sword then you should just be thrown to the mountain lions. On second thoughts... I don't even think they would like to feed upon your pathetic excuse for flesh."

[Kerr]

Louis grabbed the sword and jabbed it forward at Taurinus trying to stab him.

[Red Guardian]

Taurinus moved away from the attack and kicked Louis in the ribs. Hard.

"I am beggining to think Seralas made a bad move when choosing you as my student." he said while snatching the sword from Louis and placing it on the sand again "And don't try anything fancy, you ridiculous worm. This is about blades. Not about your so called 'magic'."

[Kerr]

Louis stood up and picked up the sword. He swung it at Taurinus again.

[Red Guardian]

Taurinus blocked the attack with his arm. A heavy sound of metal echoed through Louis' ears.
The Imperial however, refused to do anything with Louis this time.

"But like the saying goes: 'When you find yourself inside a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging.'" a wooden box was near Taurinus this whole time but Louis just noticed it now. Taurinus opened it up with a kick and picked another silver longsword from inside.

"I'll make Seralas pay for that. But for now, let's just shape your arms and turn them into deadly weapons."

[Sparky]

Spoiler:

Werewolf's testicle? Goddamn glorious...

Gro'Baluk turned 90 degrees, going the halberd would smoothly slide along his stomach, only the flat part touching him. He then tried to grab the grip of the weapon, and tried to disarm him. He knew it would be risky.

[Red Guardian]

Gro'Baluk managed to grab the halberd with both hands but the Orc's attempts to disarm his enemy were slim since the big gladiator held the weapon firmly with his own hands as well.

[Kerr]

Louis swung at him.

[Red Guardian]

Taurinus blocked the attack and kicked Louis away from him.

"You're doing it wrong, fool." he said "Swinging a sword... It's like a dance. Have you ever danced before?" he asked.

[Kerr]

"Yes." said Louis.

[Red Guardian]

"Then I assume you know that you have to follow your partner's steps and sometimes lead them, too." he said "Swinging a damn weapon is the same thing. If you just keep searching for flies with it you are going to be screwed in the battlefield."

Taurinus took an offensive position. "You just apply pressure when you're about to impale someone." he said "Most swings were made to break an enemy's defense. Of course, that depends on the weapon. And that also depends on the enemy's defense."

He then came back to a normal stance. "If the son of a [&@%!] owns a shield, one of the best tactics to disarm said fool with a sword is with a piercing manauver." he said while looking at Louis' eyes. "If the sword isn't a ridiculous piece of garbage it will, more than likely, scrape the shield structure and move out of the shield's way and into your enemy's body. Of course, easier said than done. Such tactic could also leave you vulnerable to attacks."

[Sparky]

Even though the grip wouldn't lessen, Gro'Baluk tried to tit the gladiator toward Gro 'Baluk's raised foot, going for the stomach, and them attempted another disarm.

[Belgarion98]

Sam shook his head. "No, I'm fine." He followed Elandir out to the gates, eager to finally get to the Imperial City.

[Musicman247]

Spoiler:

I'm still waiting on the Captain to post, right?[/spooler]

[Kerr]

Louis swung at him again.

[Red Guardian]

Gro'Baluk's opponent was just too big. He failed to tilt the gladiator.

...

"Okay, then." Elandir said to Sam with a nod. "It's almost evening, we should hurry. The roads aren't safe in the night."

The Altmer and Sam rode away from Kvatch. They took the main road to Skingrad.

After some long minutes both of them were almost at the Imperial City. But they suddenly stopped. One of the roads had at least six corpses on the floor. They could see three shadows with their backs turned to them. The one in the middle was casting a spell.

"Be quiet..." Elandir whispered. "Dangerous. But that's the only road that we can take."

...

"You're deaf, aren't you scum?!" Taurinus said with an angry tone while kicking Louis away. "Want to die, then? Do you?! Be my [&@%!] guest."

The Imperial took the silver longsword from Louis' hands, turned his back and walked away.

Spoiler:

MM: Well, Dra'jhera and Sienna are fighting against the Bosmer that killed Lars now. If you don't dodge his attack, Dra'jhera will be cut in half, more than likely.