2171/Limits

Limits
Date of Scene:	17 December 2024
Location:	Club Building
Synopsis:	Hinata and Miho practice after practice, in which Hinata sees Miho dehenshin. Shadow Shogun and Yukihime meet up. Hinata finds out that Miho has been practicing and fighting while hurt, and gives her a stern talking to about taking care of herself.
Cast of Characters:	Miho Inada, Hinata Muramasa

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Miho Inada has posed:
    Well, its later in the evening, and all the clubs have been closed up for the night. But for some reason, in the kendo club room, the lights are still on. There's the sound of chanting, followed by yelling. Inside the room, is Yukihime. A ice Mahou who has something of a monsterious appearence. She kinda looks like a vampire in a suikan. The odd thing is that wasn't it said that nothing evil could get into the school? So...Whose this in the club room?

    Its not very long before Yukihime tires out a bit, and she dehenshins back into Miho. The young woman sighs a bit as she looks at the naginata that Yukihime uses before it fades away. "Why is it so easy to do all these techniques while in that form...", she mutters. Miho takes a deep breath, and starts going through the high level katas again, only as Miho with a wooden naginata. She sighs when she tries to speed up to Yuki's level, but fumbles with the movements. "She's no better then I am...", Miho mutters, as she tries to push herself.

    "Gah, I need to get better...", Miho mutters as she goes through the katas again, and again, and again. After a few more attempts, she sighs as she flops over by the bench, pulling out a protein shake from her duffle.

Hinata Muramasa has posed:
    THUMP.

    That's the sound of a kit-bag landing on the floor near the door. "'She', is better than you, simply because of magic." states a familiar, cold monotone voice. "But She is also still you."

    Hinata draws her own bokken, and starts going through a few katas without drawing any further attention to that. Wait, how did she keep in her memory, isn't the Veil meant to mask stuff like that?

Miho Inada has posed:
    Miho blinks a few times as she looks up a bit. There's a bit of a cough before she uses a towel to wipe her face/mouth. "I should have figured you'd be one...", the woman says as she gets up. "Your skill is way beyond your age, even if you're from that clan.", Miho points out as she watches Hinata. "I've noticed those with really high skill levels tend to be...magical.", she states.

    The woman stretches a little bit as she watches Hinata a little bit. "Which one are you?", she asks cautiously. Miho snaps the naginata into a ready stance, before starting a dance movement, similar to Yukihime's movements. "And arn't you sopposed to be in the dorms at this time, Captain?", she asks. The woman knows that Hinata is likely to point out that Miho is sopposed to be in her dorm as well, but well...

Hinata Muramasa has posed:
    "You have not met my other self." states Hinata, levelly, sheathing her bokken with a simple flourish. She turns, and bows. "Shadow Shogun, one of the Curse Hunters." she answers eventually... looking back at the older girl. "As for the dorms..." she lets that hang, giving Miho a lingering stare.

    She watches the blade dance for a moment, arms folded.

Miho Inada has posed:
    Miho nods her head as she continues the dance. Its clear after a few steps that while its a blade dance...its also a Miko dance. The woman keeps her steps light, and focused as she moves with grace until one of the movements cause the Naginata to slap the back of her knee cause she's not moving fast enough. Miho winces, taking a knee. "Yukihime, of the Youkai Musume.", she says in introduction.

    The woman stands up, and bows though her knee is throbbing. It was a hard hit, but Miho is covering up how much it hurts. "I...was just practicing. I'm still rather new to everything, and havn't adjusted very well yet. I figured I could sneak in for a little practice while nobody was looking.", she admits. "Before something happends, and people get hurt cause I screwed up.", she tells.

    Miho rubs her knee a little bit, as she winces a little. Yeah, she's probably going to need to ice that, or henshin, and put her hands there for awhile. The nice thing about being an ice mahou? You save money on ice packs!

Hinata Muramasa has posed:
    "You're wounded." states Hinata plainly. "Right knee, your steps give it away. You should be resting it, or finding one of the others who have healing powers." she adds shaking her head. "Forcing yourself to continue using it will only make it worse, and then you will be no use to anyone."

    Hinata steps closer. "Everyone is new at some point... but burning yourself out helps noone, except the Youma and their masters."

    She gains the faintest ghost of a smile, a bare little tugging up of the corners of her mouth. "Trust me, Inada-san. I know from experience."

Miho Inada has posed:
    "It happend when I was practicing this same movement. Yukihime does it without a hitch to attack. I can't quite get that last movement down, dispite knowing the dance.", she mutters. Miho rubs her knee a little. "And is it not the duty of those with the ability to use that ability to protect others? There's not really much time to rest.", she points out. "Walpy taught me that...", she says. Walpy? Oh, the Halloween nightmare.

    "Plus, I kinda needed to get a few things out of my system from the club meetings. A little bit of image training for the matches I lost. Just was doublechecking myself.", she says with a slight blush. The woman moves back to the bench, straightening her knee. There's a big wince there. Miho sucks in a breath before focusing her mind.

    "Experience? How...I'm guessing from what I've gathered, you'd probably been doing this for, maybe a year?", she asks. Miho has been around with several groups, and others. "It seems like a lot of people awakened a year ago, maybe a year in a half ago. And the school seems to know who to gather...Too many of us suddenly appearing in the same place, same time.", she says.

Hinata Muramasa has posed:
    "I will not go into detail." replies Hinata plainly. She moves over to sit with the older girl. "Your natural body, and your magical form have different tolerances to damage... your natural one is greatly less durable." she explains, "May I make a suggestion?" she asks, looking up at the other girl with that dour, deadpan expression... she really doesn't show much emotion.

Miho Inada has posed:
    Miho nods her head as she listens to Hinata. She finishes the first protein shake, and frowns, before getting another out of her bag. She knows she's been guzzling these things way too much lately. The ice mahou looks in her bag for some wraps she knows she put in there.

    "I'm all ears. I know I act a little goofy and off during practice, but its just cause I don't want to be in competitions.", she points out. The woman sucks in a breath as she moves her knee a few more times. "At least its not the worst pain I've ever dealt with.", she says.

Hinata Muramasa has posed:
    "Train to competition-level, don't try to achieve your powered-form's level." is Hinata's advice. "Using that as a basis, your empowered self can grow stronger... a house whose foundation is built upon sand, will collapse in the first heavy rains."

Miho Inada has posed:
    Miho sighs a bit. "Don't remind me. I went out on Halloween. I had nightmares for weeks after that cause everything was just...too much.", she tells. The woman shakes her head a little bit as she pulls her knee up, and straightens it again. "I don't know if I can stop at competition level...I mean, too many people, and too much rides on being better then the best.", she sighs. The woman shakes her head a little bit.

    "I still have trouble at times with sleeping cause of Halloween, but then I look at others, and see whats going on with them. I have to be stronger, and be better. Be a rock.", she points out. "I can't break."

Hinata Muramasa has posed:
    Hinata sighs softly. "Inada Miho-san. You are not listening to me. This form, is your foundation. If you make it as strong as it can be, without brearking it... then your other self can become even stronger." she states. "There are limits that even the most well conditioned person cannot overcome... trying will make your 'rock' shatter into dust when it is needed most." She stands, and draws her bokken. "Fight me. Right here, Right now. If you are such a powerful being, you should have no touble, whether you are injured or not."

Miho Inada has posed:
    Miho nods her head before she stands up. There's a bit of a wince there, as she puts a little weight on her right leg. Its...tolerable. The woman spins the Naginata a second befoe moving into her ready stance. RIght off the bat though, Miho is taking a normal stance, leading with her bad leg, forcing the weight forward? She's not trying to protect her leg?

    She takes a deep breath , focusing her mind. "I am ready when you are.", she tells. There's a difference in Miho's eyes. This isn't the goofy, full of openings Miho. She's serious, and ready to fight. Her defense shows just the tiniest opening to her...right knee...Something is off here...

Hinata Muramasa has posed:
    Hinata reads the stance, and takes the opening... or at least she feigns doing so. She steps in, but doesn't call her blow, instead shifting from the low sweep to the leg, to a center body shot that she DOES call just before the switch.

Miho Inada has posed:
    Miho changes her stance during the attack to a vertical block. She takes a half step forward to spin the naginata around, shaft first in an uppercut before she takes a full step forward with her left foot. She spins the naginata around into center body thrust, that she calls out. She stomps her right leg forward to go for the thrust, but then her whole leg gives out. Miho's balance is gone, and she goes crashing into the floor hard.

    Miho growls, and gives a frustrated sigh. Its a one of her go to countermovements. A flowing dance thrust, similar to her kote strikes in kendo. Only she does it with a naginata as a counter. She shakes her head a little bit. "I guess...I should rest up...And stop training as hard...", she mutters. "Like my body is giving me a choice in this..."

Hinata Muramasa has posed:
    Hinata doesn't try to catch Miho. She's not nearly strong or bulky enough to do so, and most often it's better to let a weight fall, then pick it back up than stop it from falling.

    In the spirit of this, she sheaths her bokken, and offers a hand. "Listen to your body, Inada-san. It knows better than you do what its limits are... you can gently push at them, but when your body says 'no', listen."

    She gestures. "Get your things, I will help you to your dorm room. We should both get some rest."

Miho Inada has posed:
    Miho nods her head a little bit as she takes the offered hand. She grabs her duffle bag, and slings it on her shoulder. The nice thing about using polearms. They make good walking sticks/crutches. The woman does do a small stretch mostly to keep from cramping up. "I'll see the nurse in the morning, and get it properly wrapped.", she tells. Is Miho going to do it? Yes, cause she already knows of at least 3 people who if they find out, they're not going to let her do much of anything until she gets her leg looked at. "Whenever you're ready.", she says.