Chisk, at peace, trident.
Anonymous said to discomforttale: Chisk, pride, halberd.
[Did these both at once because they were right together in my inbox and I was inspired. This is a drabble request from like two years ago and I’m just now getting to it. Sorry!]
You jab towards the target,squeezing your eyes shut just before the trident connects.
“No, no! You have to followthrough! Remember, you’re not aiming for the surface, you’re aiming for theother side!”
You nod and try again, but youcan’t help but hold back.
“And stop closing your eyes! That’sa sure-fire way to get you killed!”
You’re huffing from exertion, butyou force the trident forward once more. This time, it doesn’t even pierce theburlap.
Undyne sighs. “Alright, no more.We’ll continue this next time, alright?” She grins broadly. “Look how faryou’ve come, though! You keep your eyes open now!”
That’ not very far, you don’t say,because after so much effort it feels like you’ve come miles. You grin back,exhausted but peaceful, secure in knowing you did your best.
You jab the target again and returnto position, preparing for the next “again!”, but it never comes.
“Alright, this isn’t working,” shesighs.
Your face falls. You haven’t beendoing that badly, have you? Sure, you’re still not following through all theway, but she said your form was getting better, and she keeps saying how muchyou’re improving, and this is only your first week of training using actualweapons instead of wood staffs…
“Stay here, alright? I’ll be rightback.” She jogs off towards her house but turns back to you for a moment. “Youcan put the trident down!”
Thankgoodness. You drop it immediately. It didn’t feel very heavy when Undynefirst let you hold it, when you propped it up on the ground, but when you heldit properly for more than five minutes you thought your arms would fall off.The weight is all on the end and it’s longer than you are tall, so it takes alot of overcorrecting to keep it up like it should be.
Your attention snaps back toUndyne, holding something behind her back. “I’ve got a surprise for you!”
She pulls out…something. It’sdefinitely a weapon, you think. It’s just as long as the trident, but the tipis different. It’s almost like Undyne’s spear, but it has a hooked side like anaxe head. You raise your eyebrows in questioning.
“It’s a halberd!” She hands it toyou. “See, I remembered you using that stake as a spear, but you were sohopeless with my spears. I figured you might have better luck with a threepointed spear, and that was better, but that’s still out of your style, y’know?You’re more of a defensive fighter. So that’s where this comes in!”
She keeps telling you about thehalberd and how you can use the hooked end to pull some weapons out of people’shands, but you’re only half listening. You’re too busy grinning.
You push yourself up from thesparring mat, jaw set firm under your helmet. You and Undyne circle each other.
“Come on! I know you can do this!You beat me before!”
By running away, you don’t say,because you’re too focused on her every little twitch of movement and you knowshe’s focused just as much on you.
There. Her left foot lands moresolidly, preparing for a strike, too subtle for a feint. You twist to avoid theblow you know will be coming from the right, the one she hoped to run you rightinto. Out shoots your halberd before you even think and there it twists, hookedaround her spear, and there her spear lay.
You pause a fraction of a second toappreciate the sight. Undyne’s eye is wider than you thought possible, staringat you. Then the sight is over and her eye flicks to her spear. Your halberdswings out to knock it away before she can make that rolling lunge for it.
She abandons the spear and triesfor hand-to-hand, crouching slightly for stability. She’s too close for yourhalberd, so you take a leaf out of her book and go for hand-to-hand too,throwing yourself right at her knees. She wasn’t stable enough.
Down she goes and, yeah, you’retechnically down too, but you brought Undynedown.
She laughs, loud and booming andhead thrown back, and she pats you on the back in congratulations as soon asshe can sit up. You stare blankly into the distance for several moments beforeyou’re laughing, too. You just beat Undyne.You’re so proud you could cry.
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