[ The whack to her side is what does it: she goes sprawling onto the ground with a hard grunt, sword clattering from her hands with a loud, clanking metallic noise. Ellie's a tough kid, but that? That kinda fucking hurt.
She heaves herself up onto her hands and knees, lets out a winded breath, plants one foot on the ground and braces her hand on her knee to start pushing herself onto her feet. She snaps her head up, gives the guy a kinda wary glare at that smirk on his face.
She climbs to her feet and sets her shoulders with an indignantly stubborn look on her face. ]
Jeez, how about, I dunno, showing me how to do this before you start charging at me with your whole... pirate swashbuckling... [ Hands waving a little furiously in the air like she's trying to find the right word. ] ...thing.
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[ The whack to her side is what does it: she goes sprawling onto the ground with a hard grunt, sword clattering from her hands with a loud, clanking metallic noise. Ellie's a tough kid, but that? That kinda fucking hurt.
She heaves herself up onto her hands and knees, lets out a winded breath, plants one foot on the ground and braces her hand on her knee to start pushing herself onto her feet. She snaps her head up, gives the guy a kinda wary glare at that smirk on his face.
She climbs to her feet and sets her shoulders with an indignantly stubborn look on her face. ]
Jeez, how about, I dunno, showing me how to do this before you start charging at me with your whole... pirate swashbuckling... [ Hands waving a little furiously in the air like she's trying to find the right word. ] ...thing.