Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-11588669-20130821053036/@comment-5726563-20130823110605

Messer snorts at the the thought that sparring doesn't prepare you. ''If it didn't prepare you, there's no way I could have learned Grimm Chance from Torrent. That's the only way he taught me. Fighting over and over till I learned it. Then again, his version of "sparring" might actually be closer to real fighting. He certainly didn't pull any punches.''

Messer rubbed the back of his neck, feeling one of the many scars he had gotten from his training with Torrent. Looking over, he realized his companion had asked him a question.

"Well, I have an older sister. Well, I say she was an older sister, but she was adopted into the family before they had me. She was really protective, loved fighting and drinking, and she was a much better fighter than me, but she left a few years ago to try to learn some more fighting styles."

Smiling, Messer looked up at the sky, reminiscing of years past.

"Heh, I remember the first time she caught me coming back from training with my master, Torrent. I don't believe I've ever seen her as mad as then. Despite anything I said, she decided to head down there to try and beat him. After a few hours she came back, and without saying a word, she started fixing me up and cleaning me off. It was a bit weird at first, but it was also relaxing. After she finished up, she said, 'Anytime you go and train with him, come directly to me after you're done. I'll bandage you up so mom and dad don't see."

As he remembered back, his smile dimmed a bit. "I really just wish that she would have been around when I got accepted to Beacon. Man, she would have been so happy, and then she probably would have celebrated with a giant party, and gotten drunk. Hahahaha, she was hilarious when she was drunk."

Looking over at Nox, he realized he'd been talking for quite a while. "Sorry about that," Messer said with a sheepish grin, "I imagine hearing about my life would be pretty boring. So what about you, do you have any siblings?"