Post by xxiristhewandererxx on Jul 8, 2020 21:35:24 GMT -8
Inside her comfy marine tent Iris couldn't sleep, her pillow was comfy and the sheets were thick and long enough to keep her covered and warm but the sense of discomfort and unease in her mind was more than enough to keep her awake. Every time she tried to close her eyes the same scene played back in her mind, that moment Adrian punched her with enough force that no matter what she did she couldn't stop herself from being moved from her spot and then being thrown into a tree with enough force to cause the tree to dent.
She had never experienced such power first hand not even in her days training or as an official officer of the marine forces, the gap was so large it was like looking on the other end of a large bridge with no walkway leaving her stranded on one side with no hope of getting over to the other. The level of helpleesness was akin to the first yaer of losing her arm, the memories of her beatings back then broke her and made her give up until she promised she would never allow herself to go through that again.
"Never again!" Iris said outloud aggressively repeating the words from her past to the present, if someone was stronger then her then all she had to do was get stronger herself to overcome the wall of strength, it was all she could ever do to get rid of the feeling of helplessness. With her mind made up Iris changed out of her official marine uniform and into civilian clothing that consisted of a black shirt with a white star and golden outline with black non standard marine issue military pants with her usual brown combat boots and a brown cloak to shroud her face and body.
Daylight was breaking as she wrote a note describing that she took it upon herself to scout further ahead then the raiding team to test the waters and that she would be back with information, it wasn't why she was leaving but while she was out their she would be sure to get some intel so she could come back with good news after abandoning her post for a few days. Usually she would precure some food and supplies for the trip but this was an unordered scouting and training period she decided for herself, she didn't know what the land was like or the animals that inhabited but she would take advantage of not knowing those things and learn how to remain safe and hunt off the land like she did when she was little in order to survive the next few days out in the wilderness.
With the sun beginning to peak over the hills it was time to make her leave, she exited her tent and then began using shave to move swiftly out of the camp until she got out of the base and into the entrance of the forest about eighteen meters away from the base entrance. although she was out and could train freely all she want the real question was how to go about it, mentally she reviewed her current abilities, using electro combined with her different kicks seemed to be working but the amount of kicks she used were limited and the strength of her electro was minor at best while in terms of Rokushiki she only knew two of the six forms enough to use them but hadn't even mastered the two she already knew.
Soru and Rankyaku both used her speed and leg strength to attack so perhaps it was best to strengthen her legs, eventually she could focus on strengthening the electro she coursed through it but for now leg training and martial arts practice would have to do as the training method.
