[[ OOC: Thanks. I really like how you describe clothing so well. I wish I was as good. You also do a fine job at describing scenarios in general and the subtleties of character's movements and expressions. This will be the last post I make for the night though. ]]<br/><br/>Akamu braced himself for the woman's assault which came full force as she brought her blade down upon him. Akamu made swift, agile movements to block her large sword with his knife, but proceeded to do nothing more than parry and guard as she forced him to back up along the shoreline with each stroke of her sword. Akamu's orb watched on helplessly as it tried its best to float high overhead as to avoid taking any damage from the duel. A low hum was all that could be heard from it, with a few crackles of static thrown in.<br/>"Not too much. Though I am puzzled by this situation, ya?" Akamu said to the pirate calmly despite how active he had to be to keep up with her advances. "Is this how your people say hello?" He asked as he made another step back, but failed to notice one of the dead bodies behind him and tripped over it clumsily. Though he was partly on the ground he instinctively outstretched his knife to protect himself from the pirate woman's scimitar.