Dance with the Devil (Open)

by **Richard Romain** Sun Mar 18, 2012 6:12 am

Richard stood in the centre of the Ampitheatre, his wand held tightly in his right hand as he began drawing up as much of his magic as was available to him. It was a lot, and that was with modesty in the picture, but what Richard was most proud of was not his impressive reserves of magic but the control he had over it. On the continent he had been considered the most accomplished wizard of control who hadn't dedicated his life to studying.

Combining his large reserves with his excellent control, along with a natural affinity for transfiguration and alchemy, Richard was able to do things that others couldn't. With a wave of his wand, a hell of a lot of concentration, and just a little power, a clump of sand rose from the Ampitheatre's ground. The clump of sand immediately changed into something that was challenging for Richard; metal.

He chuckled a little bit as he merely levitated the large clump of metal, wondering what to do with it.

by **Briony Romain** Sun Mar 18, 2012 6:34 am

It seemed to Briony a great co-incidence when she had arrived at the ampitheatre and had already found that it had been booked out for the day, the training area that was, and she had a pretty good idea who would have booked it.

Rolling her eyes she pushed past the people on the desk in the reception and walked into the training area, her hair pulled up and her black leggings and ripped black tshirt illustrated that she was here for a physical work out this time, not a magical one.

Sighing she knocked on the wall as she spotted her husband:

"You know that Wednesdays are normally my day to train here, you bad boy." she smirked "I suppose I can learn to share however."

by **Richard Romain** Sun Mar 18, 2012 6:38 am

Richard was just tapping into a large amount of his magic when he smelt Briony drawing closer. When he opened his eyes they were shining bright, electric, blue with the restrained magic. He smiled a little bit and the clump of metal he'd formed turned to water and splashed on the ground,

"Yeah I know but you know you love it when I'm bad." he replied with a smirk. Looking her up and down he licked his lips, "You look good... really good... looking for a work out?"

by **Briony Romain** Sun Mar 18, 2012 6:54 am

Briony raised her eyebrow a little higher when she saw her husband's appearance, she had never seen him like this and wondered if he was tapping into some new magical power that he had 'overlooked' telling her about, deciding now was not the time to push the point she smirked.

Getting a little splashed by the water Briony wiped her cheek and stepped towards Richard with an impish grin:

"Why thank you, this is what I always wear for my work outs, perhaps you should come with me more often, but yes, I am, but the question is, are you?"

by **Richard Romain** Sun Mar 18, 2012 7:00 am

Seeing the way that his wife was looking at him, Richard realised that his eyes were probably glowing again. He stopped calling on too much of his magic and it faded away. He scratched the back of his head sheepishly. Richard decided that now was a good time to let his wife get her workout. He threw his wand to the side, where it flew into his holster by the wall. Shaking off his overcoat again to reveal he was wearing only a pair of black jeans, Richard rolled his neck a little,

"How about we work out together then meine leibling?" he suggested with a smile, "We can talk as we do so... give us some kind of temp in talking."

by **Briony Romain** Sun Mar 18, 2012 7:31 am

Briony smirked softly, she knew that this would probably be the outcome of this conversation and she knew that Richard would probably beat her in hand to hand combat, but she wouldn't let him know that just yet, smirking slightly wider when she saw just what he was wearing Briony looked Richard up and down appreciatively.

"Hmmm as long as we agree not to mess each other up too badly, after all, I wouldn't want to scar that handsome body of yours too much." she teased rolling her shoulders to warm up.

by **Richard Romain** Mon Mar 19, 2012 7:16 am

Richard wasn't a very good hand-to-hand fighter if he was perfectly honest with himself. The only time he did a passable job of it was when he used magic to chemically induce a blood lust. And then it was only good was killing. Seeing as Richard didn't want to harm Briony, let alone kill her, this left Richard with some rather abysmal brawling skills,

"Yeah I rather like being mostly scar-free." he joked lightly before smirking, "Be gentle... I'm not very experienced..."

by **Briony Romain** Mon Mar 19, 2012 7:23 pm

Briony raised an eyebrow when Richard said that he wasn't very skilled, he used to be, but that was several years ago and he had since stopped being the portkey-ing individual that ran across countries to try and get away from Romanians.

"Alright then, we'll both have a light warm up on each other, and then I'll go onto pounding the hell out of this punchbag here, sound like a plan to you?" she asked with a smirk.

Raising her fists up to either side of her face, Briony bounced on her feet, getting ready.

by **Richard Romain** Fri Mar 23, 2012 6:43 am

Richard could see it when Briony raised an eyebrow, she was questioning how his skills had degraded. He was critical of his own abilities that was true but in this case it was a fact; he was not as good as he was three years ago. Work at a school, and not constantly fighting and running, had softened him up a little bit,

"Well that sounds like a lovely plan." he rolled his shoulders and held his hands up in front of his face, palms flat. It was the only stance he knew other than brawling and it was a defensive stance where you pushed blows away from you, "Ready when you are love."

by **Briony Romain** Fri Mar 23, 2012 7:21 pm

Briony smirked lightly, she knew that this was just a small play fight but she still made moves that were meaningful, she still had the desire to win like she did with every fight that she attempted.

With a grin Briony shot forwards and her fist turned into a flat palm where she hit up at Richards chin, trying to get it with the heel of her hand. Focussing attacks mainly on his upper body, Briony switched immediately to a swift kick to the stomach and she twirled away from Richard hoping to miss any attacks he might throw her way.

by **Richard Romain** Fri Mar 23, 2012 10:11 pm

Richard, having known Briony for a few years now, saw her smirk and already firmed up his stance a bit. As always, his wife wasn't going to take losing as an option.

When she darted towards him, Richard tensed before acting. Slapping his own right palm into Briony's attack he managed to divert past his face. The other attacks to his upper body he pushed either past him or to areas that he didn't mind being hit in. The kick to the stomach connected however and he gritted his teeth as he took a cautious step backwards and got back into his stance.

by **Briony Romain** Mon Mar 26, 2012 7:00 pm

Briony grinned lightly when Richard managed to whip away most of her attacks and she wondered just why he was thinking that he was out of shape, he seemed to be doing well enough already.

Seeing that the kick to the stomach had connected, Briony chuckled a little and made sure to target that point as a potential weak spot, with that Briony went back to attacking, this time targetting lower spots, twirling a kick at the back of his knees before aiming several punches around Richard ears in an an attempt to disorientate him.

by **Richard Romain** Tue Mar 27, 2012 7:30 pm

Richard was honestly surprised that he was keeping up with Briony so well in hand to hand. After all, it had never been his best area and unlike him, Briony had only gotten better with time. Maybe it was time to begin his training again...

Cursing himself for being caught unprepared, Richard took a hit to the back of the knee that, fortunately, made him fall underneath the strikes that he would have taken to the ears if he'd blocked the kick. As a desperation move he, while on one knee, kicked out at Briony's ankles before pushing up from the ground with a punch aimed at her left shoulder.

by **Briony Romain** Wed Mar 28, 2012 7:28 pm

Briony saw Richard go down and her eyes widened, she hadn't thought that such a combination would floor him just yet, but seeing what he was going to do Briony was too late to stop it and she only could cry out slightly as she began to fall, but, rolling backwards she managed to regain her standing position fairly easily.

Even if her ankles were now hurting. Humming to herself Briony then waited a few seconds, analysing the situation before she noted that the knees were a weak point and attacked them again, lashing out with sharp kicks to his knees and upper cuts to Richard's face.

by **Richard Romain** Tue Apr 17, 2012 5:32 am

Richard was touched that Briony was rather distressed by his fall, even though she was the one to have caused it. Apparently she didn't think it would be that bad. He himself was rather upset with himself when Briony fell backward with a cry. But he breathed a sigh of relief when she managed to roll backwards, out of the way.

As they stared each other down, both analysing their opponent's weak spots, Richard prepared himself for the second round. Briony would know that his knees were weaker than anywhere else now but he knew that her ankles were going to be hurting more now. As Briony dashed in, sending kicks to his knees and punches towards his face, Richard moved his head to the side, getting caught in the cheek but managed to punch Briony's right ankle as she tried to kick him.