Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-11588669-20140208053126/@comment-7838080-20140308022047

Nixia, her eyes closed as she heard the music in her subconscious, was a picture of calm. Even though her eyes were closed, the intensity that was radiating from her body. Apart from her breathing, she remained as still as a statue, the cold having little to no effect on her. She let the music filter through her head, seeing mental self in the forest of her childhood once again, her mental self reciting the words in her head that she had kept to memory.

''My body is merely a vessel, a conduit for my Aura and my spirit. Though my body may be damaged, my Aura and my spirit remain unaffected. And like the changing of the seasons, so my spirit changes as well. But my soul remains a constant, and even if I die, it shall never change. ''

After a few mintues, her eyes flashed open, twin glaciers as cold as the north. Her stare was the intensity of a wolf's as she got up, decending the steps into the snow-laden field beyond. When she stepped into the snow, she stopped and closed her eyes, tilting her head back to take in the air. After a few seconds, she righted her head, her body shifting into a ready stance.

And as she heard the music, her eyes snapped open and her body went into motion, the blade popping out of her arm as her fists whirlled through the air around her. Only nature was witness to what was happening. No man living had witnessed the Corbeau martial arts technique, Filer La Danse, or "Dance of Shadows" as it was called in English. As she moved, her body seemed to have a fluid and lethal grace to it, her mind resounding with the words she had learned as a child.

''My body is also a weapon. It is an instrument, a tool for my Aura to strike my opponent. Anything else is merely an extension, a way to further conduct the power of my Aura. My fist and feet are the blades, my legs and arms are the hilts. Without each, my body is not useful as a weapon. ''

As she sparred, her Aura flickered and shown, encasing her body in a brilliant midnight blue light.