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Kazuko Kawakami      A new student, a challenger, and a sparring partner all in one day? Today's quickly becoming an interesting one for Kazuko, and she wastes little time in getting to the Ring of Philosophy. It's almost become second nature to her to come down here, and she's even started leaving one of her trusty training tires around for convenience!

     She's not using the tire now, of course. No, she's got a different task in mind tonight: It's time to spar with a Servant! again. She's brought her bladed naginata this time, and there's still a sense of apprehension in her movements even as she steps into the ring, but... There's no pressure to treat this fight like that one. This time, she can actually relax and not think about...

     Kazuko really needs to find something else to occupy her mind. Otherwise, she'll get depressed before White Berserker even shows up!
Frankenstein     Getting a summons to the Ring of Philosophy was strange for Berserker. There wasn't any books here, so it couldn't be that philosophical but that didn't bother her at the moment, someone wanted to spar with her, for some unknown reason and her Master gave the go-ahead. The wedding-dress wearing woman slowly walks into the ring area, the large ball mace held in a single hand that could almost be as tall as her, the spark from the bottom of that mace's fin to the ear fin. There may be something just unsettling about her.

    It doesn't matter at this point, with her Master sitting up in the ring to provide her prana, she didn't have to use much of it, fortunately. She groans out a bit... "Ka-zu-ko?" comes the slow and quiet voice from White Berserker, "I.. do not... want... to harm... ally. You... are not... a Master... either." she comments, "But I... shall comply... with Master... if you want... to continue..."
Kazuko Kawakami      Hearing Berserker coming in before spotting her, the martial artist grins brightly before waving at her broadly with her free hand. As is customary for Kazuko, the first thing she does when she reaches the woman is...

     "... Ohhh, you're so pretty and cool-looking!" Fawn over her sparring partner, apparently. She actually looks surprised at the size discrepancy between the two, and the brunette even grins a little wider. "That's me. You're White Berserker, then? Good to meet you! You don't have to worry about hurting me here." She gestures at the ring around them. "This area fixes us up once we're done, so you can go all out in here without any problems."

     She glances around for a moment, a curious look crossing her face eventually. "Is your master coming, too?"
Ainsley     "Over here," Ains calls out from where she's seated for the sake of observation. She waves toward Kazuko, and her feathers fluff up good-naturedly along with the glow of her smile. "Have fun, you two. I won't interrupt if I can help it."
Frankenstein     White Berserker gives a brief nod, using the Bridal Chest to point towards her Master up in the stands. "She is there. Do not hurt her." she groans out, only to return the Bridal Chest to her side. It whistles slightly with the movement, the large head crackling with electricity. "Pretty? You.. are... the same... as Kaz..usa." she comments, shaking her head lightly. "If... you. Say so." comes the groaning once more, "I will... one warning. I... don't... stop. Unless... Master wishes."

    She looks around the ring, it looks pretty bare. That's okay for her at least because she steps back a bit of a ways, only to not give a chance for the martial artist to react. She rushes in, an unnatural sounding, death-filled moan filling the ring before the Bridal Chest is pulled up and swung, aiming right for Kazuko's head. The entire strike is filled with massive strength and one could almost hear a thundercrack when swung!

    She keeps advancing even if the initial swing was dodged, trying to swing again with another powerful stroke.
Kazuko Kawakami      Hearing Ainsley, Kazuko takes a moment to gawk at her before returning the wave and smile broadly. "Hi! Thanks for coming!"

     Chipper one, ain't she? "Don't worry. I'm careful with how I fight, and I don't have anything that could hit her from here even if I wanted to, anyway." She states with just the slightest hint of disappointment, although it's directed more at herself than anything else. She'll learn one day!

     Stepping back to give herself and White Berserker some space, the martial artist 'oohs' lightly when that electrified mace is swung right for her. She shows off some flexibility in doing a limbo-like pose (with her naginata as a balancing weight) just to avoid the first swing, although she does cringe a bit at the loud noise coming from it. She flings herself backwards to avoid the follow up, then charges back in to take a quick swipe with her weapon at the Bridezerker's legs.

     "Not bad! You're really fast with that big... Thing!"
Frankenstein     If there is one thing about Berserker... is that she can take a hit. She charges in, even after the naginata's blade cuts a nice slice into her dress and into her legs, but that didn't seem to slow the charging Bridezerker towards the Naginata woman. It seems that she's lost her sense of speech as her eyes look blank, without feeling... or emotion. Just raw fury. And it's this raw fury that she goes to swipe again... and again... and again, only holding still a moment to analyze the situation.

    For about two seconds and she moves in for the assault once more, with an overhead swing this time from the Bridal Chest, her loud groaning getting deeper and more meaningless as time goes on... and with each swing the Bridal Chest sends more bolts of lightning up to the ear fins... there's something peculiar about that!
Kazuko Kawakami      Kazuko doesn't get a chance to gauge the White Berserker's reaction to that cut to the legs, mostly because... There is no reaction. Realizing the reason for her name, the martial artist brings up her naginata to defend herself from the first of many swipes, grunting in pain as the mace slams right into her despite that weapon's protection.

     "Gwuh! Th-that's dangerous..." She comments, coughing a few times before standing back up and backing away from the continued swings. Kazuko's at least learned to avoid taking further hits at all costs, but how long can she keep that up for? Even she's not blind to whatever's happening with the Bridezerker's ear fins, but she's finding it surprisingly difficult to actually find an opening between those swings.

     Unless... She goes completely inside her range. Sidestepping that overhead swing, Kazuko strays dangerously close to White Berserker as she braces one fist against her naginata, then swings her entire body around to build momentum to try and slam her elbow right into one of those fins!
Frankenstein     Swingswingswing... It's ... really all Berserker has for her right now. At least, she COULD use that but her Master's near by and, even without using the Bridal Chest, it's a massive prana drain. Not like she's even thinking about that, groaning out to go into one more swing, only to have it dodged completely... and the elbow hits one of the ear fins, causing a howl of pain... and possibly an electrocution zap onto Kazuko. "Grrrr...." comes the groaning noise as she doesn't stay disoriented for long, only to charge in with head down.

    Ramming speed.

    The horn upon her head crackles with electricity, rapidly approaching for a skewering attack, much like doing a CAVE searching... with a golden, electrified horn!
Kazuko Kawakami      Success! Sorta. Kazuko lets out a yelp at being zapped so unexpectedly, and she staggers away from the White Berserker while reorienting herself once more. At least the martial artist has learned to not try that again, but now she's got the woman charging at her like an enraged bull!

     A very pretty, but still enraged bull. Luckily, speed's something that Kazuko specializes in! Unfortunately, she's also not the sort to back down just because there's a very crazed-looking lady in a white dress trying to gore her, and instead of retreating to charge up for one of her bigger attacks...

     She jumps. Kazuko just runs straight at White Berserker and jumps, trying to get over the woman for an acrobatic... Nothing! Between that initial hit from the hammer and the shock, she's still rather wobbly, and she gets a nice electrified horn to the leg for her troubles. Crying out in pain again, Kazuko tries to make the best of a bad situation by attempting to wrap her arm around the Servant's neck, then use her body weight to try and drag her into the ground headfirst.
Frankenstein     A very pretty but very enraged bull on lightning, to be precise. Something that doesn't really go well with Berserker. While the horn manages to get a good hit on Kazuko's leg, with a zap to boot, it's that wrapping around her neck that's getting her, face planting right into the ground, the horn digging in and sending the charging Berserker toppling over and rolling around, coming to a stop a good ten yards away from the impact. Surprisingly enough, the Bridal Chest is still being held.

    She groans out and stares at Kazuko before she stalls herself there, a low, meaningless growling starts to take over, glaring at the martial artist with empty heterochromatic eyes. If she was effected by the groaning... she would find that her ability to think would be diminished... and she'd have difficulty breathing. Using this time to also get up and reposition herself... she waits for the effect... if any.
Kazuko Kawakami      Kazuko's gasping painfully as she sits up, the horn managing to sear quite a bit of her leg in addition to whatever fractures or breaks there are from the impact earlier. The martial artist still isn't ready to call the fight yet, though, pulling her polearm over to use as a temporary crutch. It's just in time to see White Berserker facing her again, too, and looking into those eyes...

     It's unnerving. Kazuko doesn't notice the effects directly, but she can definitely feel them: Thoughts not coming through clearly, her body feeling weaker from not breathing as well as she should be... Is it fear? It's been so long since she had felt this sort of weight on her, and she /is/ fighting another Servant.

     "C... Come on. Let's.. Let's finish this!" As defiant as Kazuko is trying to be while saying that and readying herself for White Berserker's next attack, it doesn't sound like she's completely meaning it. Is she preparing for a desparation move, perhaps, or just being incredibly stubborn?
Ainsley     Ainsley is still seated over yonder, smiling and observing with all the still patience of a statue. One might even mistake her for one, if not for the rise and fall of her breathing, her blinking and the occasional instinctual flick of her tongue. She's seated with her legs crossed and both hands interlocked in her lap.
Frankenstein     Berserker glares at Kazuko. It's a really unsettling glare. Though, this glare.. turns into a shake of her head. She... stops. "You... are... tough." she groans out, looking towards her Master. She wasn't going to go back to injure the martial artist, even if that would be 'fun'. "I... don't. Want to cause... more injury." she sets the Bridal Chest with the large orb down. It almost looks like an old style mic. "I do not... want to continue fight..."

    She picks up the Bridal Chest just a bit and slowly walks towards Kazuko, "I.. am sorry... For injury."
Kazuko Kawakami      White Berserker's glare shuts down Kazuko's bravado rather quickly, and it's not until she shakes her head that martial artist finally collapses. Even with the Ring's technology restoring their bodies and equipment to the way they were before the fight, Kazuko's still trembling even when the Bride approaches.

     "Th-that was... That was a really good fight, huh?" Looking up at Berserker, the girl still manages to offer her a smile, although it's clear that she's still quite shaken by what had just happened. "You're a lot stronger for someone that's... Not as tall as me." She even forces herself to laugh at that while standing. "Next time, though. Next time will be different!"
Frankenstein     Berserker give a bit of a nod, turning towards her Master briefly then towards Kazuko. "Of course..." she groans out, "I did... not know... non servants... could fight as well... as servants." she moves to press her hand down on Kazuko's shoulder, "I... am. Berserker class servant. I... am strong." she looks up a bit towards Kazuko, "are you injured?"
Kazuko Kawakami      "Eh? But I didn't really..." Kazuko smiles awkwardly while looking downwards with a troubled expression. "I'm not even on the same level as you or Miss Nero..." She chuckles lightly, then looks up in surprise when Berserker asks about her condition. "Huh? I'm fine. The Ring fixes us up to how we were before the fight." She gesures at Berserker's legs for emphasis before grinning her usual grin. "Your moves were really cool before! How'd you learn all that? And what's with the mask?"

     She'll be fine.
Frankenstein     Berserker shakes her head, "You are not. But..." she nods, "You... did well." she gives a really odd smile. "I... wish to try... later." as she looks towards her Master, seeing how she felt after that. She wasn't sure how to put things but... she had a fight with someone that wasn't a Servant... and she lived. "Are... you sure... .you aren't... a Servant?"
Ainsley     "She's not," Ainsley tells them, approaching White Berserker. "You two can try again sometime. It'll be fun to observe." And she doesn't mention that it helps her grow familiar with how Berserker here fights... She smiles over to the quiet lady. "Do you want to go home? I've got a new book to show you when we get back."
Kazuko Kawakami      "Ehe... Thanks. One day, I'll get strong enough to really fight you properly." Kazuko's spirit seems to be coming back somewhat, at least, and she follows Berserker's look towards her Master. Offering Ainsley another wave, she turns back to Berserker before laughing and nodding in response. "Mhm! Sis and the others call me a mascot sometimes, though. But... I think I'd know if I was. I'd have cooler moves like yours, at least!"

     Resting the naginata on her shoulder, Kazuko bows lightly towards both Berserker and Ainsley. "I'll look forward to it! Bye, Miss Ainsley and Miss Berserker~" And with that, the martial artist scurries off to start heading back home!

     Sleeping is optional.
Frankenstein     Berserker gives Ainsley a brief nod. "Yes, Master." she responds, it's clear and almost perfect sounding. Almost. She gives Kazuko a bow in return... mainly due to mimicry. "Good. Bye... Ka-zu-ko." she replies back and then turns towards Ainsley, visibly perking at the notion of reading a new book. "Okay. Master. Can we? I ... want to read it."