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Message: <blockquote data-quote="doghead" data-source="post: 2127103" data-attributes="member: 8243">Xavier Roces, human male Servant of HieroneousXavier finds himself grinning as the Baron's commander lifts her face plate and he realises what she is. Despite himself he finds himself coming to respect this man who his father has often spoken so disparagingly about. For a moment, that old questions resurfaces - How can things be so different?. Baron Roces is generally a fairly astute judge of character usually. Something is going on, but what it is, for the moment, eludes him completely. And for now it must wait. This lady is going to need Xavier's full attention.Xavier flushes slightly at her jibes. But he bites his tongue, deciding that only actions are going to convince her otherwise. And he knows that she is trying to goad him - for angry fighters are bad fighters.Xavier nods his head a fraction, but doesn't take his eyes off the commander. He takes the sword {1} and tests it's weight and balance, getting the feel of it and giving himself a moment to think. Odds are, he concludes, that she is going to beat the snot out of him. He has no illusions as to his skills, He is capable enough, but has been on the wrong end of a drubbing from older and more experienced members of his father's guard often enough to know that there is little substitute for the real thing. And his acutely conscious of how little he has seen of that. For a moment he considers asking for a shield, then dismisses the idea. Instead he steps back and takes a fighting stance."For Heironeous and Roces," he says quietly, steeling himself for what is to come, and what the hell! and leaps forwards swinging the blade in a low upsweeping two handed strike.((ooc: {1} I'm assuming that it a practice sword. * longsword +5 melee (1d8+1, 19-20x2) * AC 11, FF 10, T 11 * HP 22/22.))</blockquote>

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