Role

Chapter 11

Arrna slowly begins to circle the glaive around as she moves her feet in a
rhythmic pattern, as if she were keeping someone at bay. Arrna takes a few
quick steps back and suddenly slams her heels in the ground, thrusting the
glaive forward. Arrna sidesteps twice as she moves the glaive back and forth
in a diagonal pattern, slicing it through the air quickly.

Arrna keeps moving her feet in the same rhythmic pattern and with a flip of
her wrists, she changes the course of the glaive to a quick downward strike.

Arrna quickly sidesteps again while the glaive's tip still remains on the
floor as if blocking something off before ending it all by bringing the
glaive up in a wide slice through the air as she thrusts her self forward.
Arrna pants heavily and wipes some sweat of her forehead. Arrna takes two
quick steps back and ends up in her starting position.

The dance of the polearm... A bit earlier Arrna asked Iunna if she should be
preaching about her, and Iunna just laughed at her and gave her a warm smile.
Relieved of not needing to preach Arrna mentioned that she really aint too
good with words and most likely would just be ordering people to head to the
shrine. What are you good with then, Iunna asked? Without hesitation Arrna
answered that her talents lie with her hands, weapons and her war.
If you aint good with words, what do you consider poetry then? Tapping her
chin for a moment before responding that poetry to her was the dance of war.
And thus, Arrna danced with her glaive before the lady.

As Iunna complemented Arrna she asked for her to remove her left bracer.
Arrna winces slightly as Iunna drives her claw into her flesh, tattooing her
with an incarnadine spiral.

In the hugging and smiling that transpired afterwards they begun talking
about trust, and Arrnas inability to trust others. As they discussed it,
Iunna gently pushed Arrna in a direction where she could realize that she did
in fact trust those who knew her well, as they had accepted her for who she
was. As Arrna realized that, she could feel the wall she had within her fall.
Finally, she truly trusts her brothers and sisters of the fortress.

Arrna will from now on be even more self confident, and do her very best to
honor Iunnas faith in her. She is determined to be a strong leader of the
fortress and a good follower.