Susan
In the bustling dojo of Wai Oromarde, the air crackled with energy as practitioners of martial arts and magic sparred and trained with fervor. Within the lively atmosphere, a certain happy little fish found himself right at home! His purple form darting and weaving through the chaos of the dojo with a grin plastered across his face.

"Ha! Take that!" Nova exclaimed, delivering a swift kick to his training partner's side before leaping back. His tail wagged excitedly behind him.

As he continued to spar and bounce around, Nova couldn't help but feel his excitement grow - god, he just couldn't sit still! All sorts of people, locals and visitors alike, visited the tropical area and popular dojo of Wai Oromarde to seek exciting spars. "Alright!" The purple elf huffed proudly, bouncing around happily as he stood atop his [flipped over and groaning] opponent. "Who's next!"
Bobbie
*Wandering the land of Elvens, "Those were wiser and more beautiful than humans, with sharper senses and perceptions as well," According to legends, Severus soon found himself at his next destination.*

*Several elves milling about the docks of Oromarde, trading goods with the sailors who frequent this port. The elves are all lithe and graceful, with pointed ears and flowing robes that accentuate their movements. Some wear simple garb, while others wear fine cloth adorned with embroidered designs. However, when they had seen the Dark Knight wandering around, they just basically got on guard. That did not matter for him... Just an aura was occasionally emitting around Severus made him a great threat for others. That said, they might never be able to understand the weird being of Severus.*

...

*What really caught Severus glowing eyes in particular was a strange creature, when he was just stepped through the entrance of the novel looking building. That was a shouting and excited being. He stood out from the rest with his features. He wears a simple, *

"Too simple." *His voice remained low while mumbling.*

*What was that kind of attire. Severus wondered. He seems to be observing the scene around him though, as if he was constantly analysing everything and everyone around him. That was a sight of a good fighter. Or that was just Severus being overcautious.*

*A sudden gust of wind burst through the entrance to the fighting ring, and Severus emerged from the entrance with a slow, steady pace, his footsteps echoing throughout the arena. His heavy armour clattered with each step, and the sound of its movement seemed to be the only thing that cut through the deafening noise of the cheering crowd.*

*As Severus stepped into the ring, his glowing eyes scanned the Purple Being from head to toe. His voice was deep, cold, and quite raspy, like his vocal chords had been permanently scarred from years of screaming in battles with... Maniacs. Well was that how his voice always like?*

"I will be your next opponent."

*Severus stood still with his hand crossed, waiting for the first move. The tension in the air was palpable as the audience waited in expectation for the first blow to be struck.*
Susan
*The moment the new, giant being stepped into the room, the air of the entire dojo changed. All the excited chattering voices of spectators and fighters alike suddenly went deathly quiet, their eyes and heads whipped toward the dark stranger who stood, tall and proud, in the ring. Then came the resolute words of knight's fight declaration, directed right toward the Purple Being in the middle of the ring. Andddd Nova felt his blood turn cold.*

*It was as if time stopped.*

*For a few seconds, he stared blankly with wide purple at the knight, and pointed to his own chest in disbelief. It was as if Nova were asking him: Me? You really want to fight* **Me?**

*This guy was nearly double the fish's size! And all his armor was so incredibly loud... Nova couldn't even begin to imagine how heavy it was if each step the knight took made the dojo floor rattle underneath them.*

*It was incredibly clear, this knight was incredulously dangerous. But excitement, curiosity, eagerness bounced around Nova's veins like blood.* 

"Okay," *He exhaled slowly, and steadied himself.* "I see you mean business. You sure know how to make an entrance, my friend.." *Nova huffed to himself, as he slowly adjusted the wrist cuffs on either arm. He was dressed in all pale blue, his outfit light and airy - good for running. It was a well fitted and a sleeveless, turtleneck romper with an open keyhole back - space for his tail. No armor in sight, that explained the array of bruises and bumps on him from previous duels.*

"Let's," *He took a tiny tiny step forward, if it could barely even be called that. The aura was so strong! But he had to try.* "-Let's do this!"
Bobbie
*Severus slightly nodded when the Strange coloured Being pointed at himself. Severus guessed that he was frightened a bit. He chuckled. With no armour and bare hand, Severus was incredibly certain it was a pre-victory for him. Seemed like he quite underrated this new opponent and forgot that he was at an infamous dojo where masters in martial arts gathered to compete each others. Another stood out point when Severus scanned his eyes on the Purple Being was his simple clothes... He could obviously see that it was a **Man**!There were type of people walking around in such a thin attire amazed the Dark Knight.*

*While looking at the wrists adjusting Purple tailed Man, he answered,* "I will take that as a compliment."

*Severus definitely knew how to appear cool and dark to scare people. His hands moved to a rapier and a huge-looking katana in order to get rid of it.*

"I don't need these in a punching match."

*He released the two swords in the air and they quickly turned into mist and disappeared. He did the same for the other one which was still attached to the belt on the hip. When he released it in the air, the same phenomenon happened.*

*He stood in pose, knees bent to lower his body and ready to counter back. The crowd started to cheers in excitement for the upcoming battle between a Purple Guy and a Dark Knight.*

*Severus' red as flame eyes glowed, and the light passed through the holes on the helmet. With the Cursed Aura that he had got, it created around him a dark and eerie atmosphere. Most people would say if you get into a fight with him, the only thing left of you was your soul. However, no one knew that even the life energy would also be absorbed and the only thing left was a mindless corpse. Though that would only happen for the weak and morons, sometimes the result might be slightly different. We could not tell who would win if they still had not fought yet.*
Susan
*With half narrowed eyes, and a focused expression on his face, Nova took another long up and down glance at the Dark Knight, now without any rapier or swords beside him. Could someone so large move fast, (or faster than Nova at the very least)? He was about to find out..*

*As Nova rocked back and forth on his heels, his hesitancy and heightened nerves began to mix with excitement, curiosity. Such a massive opponent! Now the fish was getting excited. He would definitely learn a new thing or two after this fight. With a determined gaze, he pumped his arm in the air. Nova had to remember that he was strong too!*

"..Right!"

*Then with a burst of speed and newfound determination, Nova leapt forward, and began weaving and circling between and around the space of the Dark Knight. He jumped in close, strong legs allowing him to leap all the way up to the man's head. With a swift twist of his body, Nova swung his leg down as though ready to land a strike on the knight's shoulder - only to leap back, let himself fall back onto the ground of the dojo and repeat.*

*His method of action became clear he would use speed and agility to wear down his opponent and then take him out!*
Bobbie
*Severus quickly understood that his foe would be someone really into speed and quick charges. A knight likes Severus would not hop like that in front of their opponent. Unless they wanted to see a jumping heavily armed Knight clanking and thumping the ground. The Dark Knight planted his feet to the floor, knowing who would attack first already.*

*Readily to block or dodge the upcoming strikes, Severus' arms raised acting as a temporary shield. The strong plunging attack caused the armour to echoed irritatingly. Though it stopped vibrating quickly.*

*Using his advantage of agility against the instinctively defending Dark Knight was a great tactic. But little did he know that he was fighting against a tireless being. Severus could stand there all the day for the Purple Fighter to strike at him like that. His life energy heritage was enough to keep Severus standing and being attacked like that for at least years... Perhaps?*

*Despite that fact, Severus would not stand there and waste his precious energy just to fight a Purple Being. The thumping sound from each powerful strike was still echoing. Each time Severus was hit, his arms swiftly moved to block or parry it. He missed one time but it did not damage he so much. On the other hand, he felt painful for those legs of the Fighter kept attacking his metal armour.*

*He inhaled deeply and then held his breath, albeit it was not necessary.*

*After a while of defending, he found that it was not important to keep in defensive position anymore. It was his time to raise. The ambient cheering noises suddenly changed when Severus tried to reach out to grasp the Attacker's leg in other to throw him away. And not one leg, but both, with his two hands, if it was successful.*
Susan
*Tirelessly, the purple one persisted! He leapt up, jumped through the air, twisted and turned his body - perilously knocking swift kicks against the knight's heavy armor. The shell of armor was so tough, it clanged each time Nova landed a hit on it, and it rattled each time the knight took a step.*

*He panted, squinting at the Knight's slow change in demeanor. That couldn't have been good - and the half alien fish was right.*

*Nova's instincts screamed at him to brace himself as Severus lunged forward, and reached out with both hands to grasp Nova's legs. The attacker's grip was like iron!*

"..Huh? Whoa!" *Nova exclaimed, eyes widening as he was suddenly lifted to a different height. Honestly, the first thing Nova felt was amazement. It was kind of incredible, how different the dojo looked while he had time to peer down at it... He quickly got distracted,
Tilting his head at his opponent in front of him.*

"Is this how you see everyone? You're massive! Even cooler and scarier up close!" *Nova exclaimed, clapping his hands together as he stared at the knight with starry, and impressed eyes.*
Bobbie
*As Severus prepared for his next attack, he paused just for a moment to consider Nova's question. 

"I," *He paused for a single milli-second,* "Will take that as a compliment."

After saying so, he suddenly got a feeling of deja vu, though it was just a sudden feeling.*

*He did not need any fancy techniques or complex tactics to take down his opponent; his massive size and years of combat experience were more than enough to strike down even the most experienced of warriors.*

*With both of his hands holding the Purple excited young-looking Man, the Dark Knight spinned a full circle to throw him away. That would be just to see he peacefully landed on after that for sure.*

*Then, he slowly began to approach Nova, his movements measured and precise. He was a force to be reckoned with, and he knew that a single well-placed punch could end the fight before it even began. As he drew close, Severus took a deep breath. Letting out a roar was not important as keeping mouth shut in a battle was really important, just in case you wanted to land a suprise attack. His eyes locking onto Nova's as he began his rapid onslaught.*

*Every punch that Severus threw was filled with force and purpose. Though most of them was depended on experience. He targeted Nova's most vulnerable areas, leaving no room for error or counterattack. Nova would be forced to dodge, block, and parry each blow, but Severus was relentless. He continued his barrage, his fists flying through the air with a decent speed for such a knight with heavy armour. While attacking, Severus would still have to block a few counter attacks or feints to make sure he would not be blow flying away... If the Opponent could do so.*

*Some of the parts on his body which were under the Foe's strikes were steadily restoring its good old shape. It would look just as new as possible after a full heal, though the amount of Life energy had used made Severus feel heartbroken. It was not a big amount, but was still precious asset.*
Susan
"Oh yeah, no problem, big guy." He beamed, forgetting they were in the middle of a match. "Your armor is super loud too.. How strong do you have to be to run around with that thing? Can you see under your helmet—agh!" Before he knew it, and more disappointedly, before Nova could ask anymore questions - he was forcibly spun through the air, then thrown to the side as if he were as light as a feather. With a loud huff, and nimble webbed fingers, he grabbed at the dojo's nearest pole - used it as leverage to find his way back, feet down flat, on the ground. With a soft huff, the purple alien creature sprung back into place. 

"That speed made me feel absolutely nauseous.." He mumbled, stumbled a bit in place as he rubbed circles into his own head. His poor chance at regaining some feeling of gravity didn't last long though...

"Wait-" *Nova exclaimed, side stepping and narrowly avoiding the blow to his chest. As he jumped, hopped, dodged around the blows - his sentient tail pushed forward, taking any blows the knight's dangerous fists that Noba couldn't dodge. 

"Hey-! I'm—*Trying*-to—talk—with—you!" Nova's words came out choppy, maybe trying to hold a conversation while being punched left by a dark Knight was the *Greatest* Idea. But Nova didn't care. He needed to speak and learn about his great opponent!
Bobbie
*Severus took an unecessary deep breath before backing up for a moment. He studied the Foe's movements carefully, looking for weaknesses in his form. That said, he usually came up with ideas for new style of attacking. If the Dark Knight could make himself faster, he would have been benefit from that. He stared at the Creature's horns as another idea lit up inside the helmet. Having a pair of strong horns could also be a advantage. Especially when it was about headbutt and protecting the head. In terms of decoration, it was a perfect choice. But looking for a great pair of horns was difficult, left alone taking it illegally.*

"All right," *Severus said, his voice calm but firm.* "I'll let you ask your question."

*The crowds suprisingly stopped cheerings as if they was disappointed of the sudden stop. As usual, the Dark Knight crossed his arms as a behaviour. He found a way to quickly get in stance and blow a counter attack while crossing hands, though had never tried it. By holding loosely right hand onto left hand, it created a good preparation for the right hand to forcefully slap or blow a punch. Since it was already bent, there was no need to move the arm into the preparation pose. Moreover, crossing arms like that did not cost anything and even feel more comfortable.*

"But first. About your previous question. With enough work out, many capable men may be able to wear a full protection like me," *He stopped to turn his shoulder slightly in circular pattern. Mostly to relax the muscles,* "With enough strength and muscles, you will be able to wear one and move around with ease... About the helmet..."

*He slightly chuckled,* "No, you cannot, as for now.
Susan
"Wow.. So much heavy armor." Nova's eyes had widened considerably after Severus' response about the armor and the helmet.He bounded forward once more - until he stood right in front of the oh-so-serious, but oh-so-casual knight. What a strange combination! Nova had never met someone, or some*Thing* Like this, not on land or in the sea. He silently marveled at the unknown figure, who seemed so prepared even while standing with crossed arms. 

Then without a second thought, the alien leapt up like a frog, with both his palms held out. Nova slammed his hands on either side of the knight's helmet, a deep *Clang* Rang out from the friction of flesh on metal, and now they were face to face. 

"Let me see under? I want to see under." Nova smiled, as he repeated his request. He swung his legs up to stand on the other's man's shoulder; as his sentient tail began the endeavor! It seemed like the heavy tail was trying to slither and push its way up the helmet, if such a thing was even possible. 

Oh, the places great agility. Took Nova. Here he stood, atop of the Great Knight's shoulder! He was holding on by pure grip, from the muscle of his webbed hands, and sheer curiosity alone!
Bobbie
*Severus had a lot of trust in his maleficent Aura in terms of keeping unnecessary troubles away. Before he had come here, he did a more than expected number of experiments to confirm, test and overhaul it. Besides some really brave people and Fae, he could not see anyone who could directly make physical contact with him and not falling in despair.*

*He was caught off guard.*

*Even he himself wondered why so he had been off guard so many times in recent times. Since when he had got so reckless...*

*That should explain why the Purple Man got on him so easily. Or that was just an argument that the Dark Knight believes was right. He chuckled softly and sinisterly. Even if he tried to remove it, it would not move by a single bit. The flesh was like the root of a tree and the armour was its earth. Even if the helmet had to leave space for the face, Severus wondered if it could be opened. The joint of the helmet was still good as new. Opening it would reveal the whole face of the Knight, but he... Realised that he had not even looked at his face yet.*

*Severus' glowing eyes were like staring at the Purple Fighter,*

"If you try to find out, I wonder how will you react after that."

*When the tail of him almost reached the helmet, and it even touched, Severus did not react much. He was feeling extremely calm for the time being as he had to think a lot about many different things.*

*The helmet was going to be raised a little, but suddenly the Knight did something. The crowd on the other hand was standing in awe, boredom and many different feelings. They had no idea what was happening and some was losing interest as they were leaving. He said,*

"Well. I guess it's not the time for it now. Perhaps..."

*He stopped, hands suddenly move to his back where the tail should be. He grabbed it tightly and quickly. With a lot of force, he firdt spinned his foot, then his leg and the whole upper body to create a perfect stance for a game of Frisbee. The tail was strong and obviously could not rip off so easily... He smirked,*

"When we get to know more. I may show you inside my armour."

*He claimed. With a strong spin, he threw the Purple coloured man away from standing on him. After that, he stood back to normal and use his hand to flick off dust as a good old behaviour.*

"Let's finish this fight first. Excuse me!"

*With excitement, he shouted loudly. The crowd started to cheer and shout again in excitement and heat. They still had no idea what happened, but things were going to be really intrigued.*

"You have got a really good legs and agility. There's still many things I have to learn from you. Especially your speed. So don't worry, I will stick to you to talk about it a lot."

*He chuckled slightly, feeling so excited for that. After that, he would run toward him,*

**"The name's Severus Lavendrature! What's your name, brave fighter?"** *He shouted loudly. First reason was for the crowd the hear his name. Secondly, the Purple Fighter was brave enough to neglect the frightening Aura of Severus, which really intrigued him. There were not so many people who could do that, he must learn more about this person... As well as his speed. Severus himself was still too slow, on any aspect. He wanted to improve more. More. So much that he could easily slay anything insight... The demand of super powerful prowess... He wanted it more, as well as knowing more people. This was extremely exciting and intriguing. Extremely...*
Susan
The alien-like creature was brimming with excitement, his curiosity and respect of the Dark Knight grew larger and by the second! Nova's mouth opened and let out loud, happy laughter as he was spun around by the tail, like a toy kite. The speed was great enough that it made the skin of his face and his purple hair fan out, and sway around from the breeze, everything felt way more fun all of sudden, now that he knew the man's name. Nova had a really good feeling about the man in front of him.

"Nice to meet you, Severus, I'm-!" Nova beamed, only to let out a soft yelp just a moment after - feet slamming onto the floor, as he ran forward a couple of steps to steady his balance. He just narrowly avoided crashing right into a column inside the dojo.

Regaining his balance, Nova took a moment to steady himself. "I'm Nova!" He finished with a wide grin, his excitement undiminished despite the close call. "Nova from Wai Oromarde, pleased to make your acquaintance!"

Despite the unexpected interruption, Nova's enthusiasm remained infectious, his laughter ringing out once more as he exchanged a playful glance with Severus. In that moment, amidst the chaos of battle, Nova couldn't shake the feeling that he had made a new friend in the most unlikely of circumstances.

 Feeling a renewed sense of determination, he readies himself to continue the battle with Severus.

"Alright, let's keep this going!" Nova declares, his voice filled with determination as he springs into action. Utilizing his agility and speed, he darts forward, closing the distance between himself and Severus in the blink of an eye.

With a series of rapid movements, Nova unleashes a flurry of strikes, aiming to keep Severus on the defensive. He employs a combination of kicks and punches, aiming for gaps in Severus's armor and exploiting any openings he can find.
Bobbie
*The Dark Knight kept his eyes locked on his foe. At least he did not have to call that capable warrior "A purple creature" Anymore. In a brief moment, he thought that he did not need to be intensive anymore and take this as a relaxing practice session. Just look at how enjoying Nova was, that person was absolutely going all in for this. Not everything was bad like what happened in the Ruin of Morikinda. He slightly left a highly sastifactory chuckled. His eyes, like glowing orbs, kept focusing on Nova, the fighter from Wai Oromarde.*

"Nova... I will never forget your name as one of few people who could leave a great first expression on me."

*He tilted his head a bit to both sides to relax his strained neck. It created a faint cracking sound. Good old sound that Severus had not heard for a long time. No word in this world could describe his excited feelings right now... Until all of that feelings got supressed. He sighed.*

*The Dark Knight just blinked his eyes and was "Welcomed" By Nova's attack. The speed was simply extraordinary that made Severus wanted to be able to achieve such a feat as well. Every man's dream was tranversing at the speed of God anyhow. As every blow delivered, Severus quickly noticed how the Fighter was aiming for the gaps on his armour, which made him feel a bit funny. Many had thought that these gaps may be his weakest points, but who would know that he had known every corner of his body very well. Of course it would inflict some more serious damage, it did not mean that he recklessly left the weak spots unprotected. That said, if Severus was not able to ignore the pain and exhaustion, he would already fell in front of that overwhelming speed.*

*The sound of metal armour, the wind and strong impacts of multiple punches and kicks rang out continuously. All of them was made by Nova as Severus was keeping his defensive pose. The Dark Knight's feet planted firmly into the stone surface of the ring and occasionally sparked from friction with the iron edges of the boots. The boots were mde from some kind of metal and leather. It was slowly and steadily reshaping itself to adapt to the new type of surface that was not dirt and grass.*

*The rapid strikes did really have effects on the Knight's heavy armour. However, it was just like throwing rocks at a carriage. It could be damaged, but the rocks would not completely stop the carriage from going on. Some places were showing signs of deep subsidence while Severus keeping his hands in front of him to block the attacks. Actually, he could just ignore all of that strikes at let him take some damage in return for his advantage, but that would be a little bit risky as well. Therefore, he would have an battle of endurance with Nova instead... "And the winner was already chosen," He thought. Having an endurance test with an Undead would never result in a good ending. Severus slightly smirked and chuckled.*

*That was it, but until Nova managed to do something more extraordinary and suprising. An unusual kick striked at Severus' side caused him to jump back hastly and took a few backward steps to safety. If the hit was sucessfully delivered, it might be able to make him fall to the side, creating an extremely vulnerable situation. Even Severus was a fine Knight, but letting his guard down would still be very dangerous...*

"Hah, that was... Unexpected."

*He started to shake his arms in the air randomly, first left arm and then the right one in turn. The greatly damaged parts, especially on his arms, could be seen slowly reshaping itself to the usual shape that it should be, while the less injured places quickly recovered. Normal, when shaping a metal piece, it would create some sort of sounds. That of Severus was different as it quitely recovered itself despite being "Metal". But if had made any sound, no one could hear it anyways as the crowd was cheering vehemently and wholeheartedly.*

"I wonder if... I can be as fast as you someday."

*He chuckled, imagining about being fast. It would definitely cost him more energy, but it surely worthy in a quick fight.*

"If you want to defeat me in terms of endurance, it will take you..." *He paused to think for a short moment, not wanting to reveal much about how much he could handle. Just in case there was someone wanting to harm him in some odd way.* "Quite a long time, maybe 2 days. Continuously. Without taking a break."

*He rotated his food gently in a circular pattern to relax it a bit. The newly shaped boots was nice and it felt better to walk on such a hard man-made floor.*

"I have tons of time to spare. So if you want to test your endurance, I'm really willing to so so. Let's see which one is stronger, my armour, or your legs and punches."

*Sometimes, using words in combat to shake the enemy's will was also a good tactic. It would work most of the time for morons and cowards, and occasionally work on brave warriors... Severus spoke as he fixed his posture, spreading the legs a bit to have a better stance. His glowing eyes was staring at Nova, sometimes glanced somewhere else to check the surroundings or just to look away for a break.*