[Jade Alanon]

Jade could tell that Risess enjoyed knowing everything about everything, it was an amusing quality most of the time, but such a curiousity could do more damage to Jade should the woman find out too much about her. Jade liked the woman and enjoyed being around her, but she made a note that she had to be careful around her as well, she could see that Austin was close with his staff and highly doubted Risess would keep the fact that Jade killed others a secret long, if at all. "She does ask a lot of questions, though it is a quality is quite entertaining at times."

As they circled one another, Jade could tell that his full mind wasn't on the spar, Carmelya only knew what was on that man's mind as she watched him, he moved well, showing that he had some training in swordplay. He didn't respond in turn to any of her verbal jabs and thought perhaps he was one that preferred to find no humor in sparring, much like Dimiah was. His words irked her to a point, hearing Dimiah say something quite similiar in regards to Jade's impatience during a fight, Jade knew fully well how to spar and knew that she was reckless at times, no use in reminding her. She stopped her taunts for a moment, putting her mind to the fight, though a smile touched her lips as Austin offered a rather taunting grin himself, his sword blade hitting against her staff a few more times.

Sparring against one who held a rapier was something Jade had never done before, though it was good experience as she would find how a swordsman handled his weapon and what to look for as time went on. His held his sword loosely, giving himself flexibility in his movement, his feet dancing around a bit to show he was well balanced and yet able to move should he need to. She studied his movements carefully, trying to think of various ways of using her knowledge of him to her advantage him, it didn't help that she was able to lose herself within his brilliant blue orbs or charming smile. Note to self, fighting against someone you love is not a good idea."

Continuing to hold her staff in front of her, taking the test swipes he sent out at her and sending a few of her own towards him, he made the first real strike in the spar, signaling that practice was over and the fight had begun. His shot was quick and aimed well, the rapier was able to move quicker then her staff because it wasn't as heavy and was thinner. She noticed his swipe wasn't too wide, the normal mistake a swordsman could make that would lead to him having a broken nose or hipbone because of it. The strike hit, her shoulder releasing shoots of pain though nothing severe, more of an annoyance then anything since Jade had a high pain tolerance anyway. She took a few steps back to bring more distance between them before she did her own move, bringing the top of her staff towards his midsection, it was hard enough to leave a bruise but that was it, no ribs would be broken should the hit land. However, if Austin chose to try and block such an attack, she would lift her hand from the top of her staff and brought it down to the bottom of it quickly, raising the bottom of the staff to hit against his shin. It was a move Jade used often and had thought of herself, her own trick shot.

Being that she was fighting against Austin, she didn't hit as hard as she could nor did she aim for any areas that might lead to lasting pain or damage, even though she easily could have.