[F2] Proving Selfworth <<Breaking the Unbreakable>>

[Vale 1]

Vale struck the rock again, but ultimately her elbow slid causing her to barely lose balance. She needed to press off the rock to get back on her feet appropriately, she exhaled softly and got back into stance. She decided to go back to practice striking against the rock without effort or trying, she was more getting in the rythem of just making sure her attacks were just connecting with the spot that she wanted. For some reason it felt like it was helping her mentally get into the rythem of destroying the rock. She would often just sit and practice striking where she wanted on punching bags versus just actaully hitting it.

ID: 77815 | BD: 1 (Critical Miss)

Breaking the Unbreakable Rock: 29/50

Edited February 21, 2017 by Vale

[Vale 1]

The constant practice of just making her her elbow strikes and knee strikes landing would pay off as she put more force on one of her knee strikes just underneath where the cracking had begun. Her knee cause the crack slightly break more down towards the base of it, she grinning and focused her attention above it. If she was going to break this efficiently, she would need to get the crack to go all the way across she she practiced aiming her straight punches towards above the crack. She kept her attention and focus squarely on where she wanted to strike.

ID: 77816 | 7 (Hit)

Breaking the Unbreakable Rock: 26/50 (1 Base + 1 Unarmed + 1 Potion)

Edited February 21, 2017 by Vale

[Vale 1]

Vale zoned in on the spot more and more. And with one swift strike extended the rock crack above the original position. She could hear the breaking of the rock ringing in her ears, it was the sound of progress which would lead to the sound of success, she thought about the journey of a thousand steps. Each strike was a step whether it yielded the progress she needed or not, every step mattered throughout the entirety of this training session. She just imagined that the rock was one of the dangling red punching bags she was so used to striking.

ID: 77818 | 7 (Hit)

Breaking the Unbreakable Rock: 23/50 (1 Base + 1 Unarmed + 1 Potion)

Edited February 21, 2017 by Vale

[Vale 1]

The familiarity of punching the dangling red bags brought a soothing aspect to Vale's mind, "It's just like training every day with Sensei." She told herself. The Master opened his eyes to watch her quickly change the focus of her striking zone from above the crack to inside the crack. Vale launched her fist forward breaking the rock more in the center. She treated the punch just like any other against the dangling bags, easily her fist slipped through the cracks edges and struck the core of the rock beginning a crack in the dead center of open hole.

ID: 77819 | 8 (Hit)

Breaking the Unbreakable Rock: 20/50 (1 Base + 1 Unarmed + 1 Potion)

Edited February 21, 2017 by Vale

[Vale 1]

Vale attempted a second straight to hit the exact same spot, but her fist barely hit the edge of the crack she had made on the exterior of the Rock. Causing the trejectory of the punch to skid off and thusly the rock's health bar did not appear once again. She pulled her fist back and scoffed, "Not every strike against the punching bag was effect. Just gotta keep at it." Her determination to keep up through the mistakes brought a smile to the Master's face as he closed his eyes again returning to his meditation. Listening in for everything that she had done and will be doing.

ID: 77820 | 1 (Critical Miss)

Breaking the Unbreakable Rock: 20/50

Edited February 21, 2017 by Vale

[Vale 1]

Vale tried for another strike but the same occurance happened on the other side of the cracked exterior wall bouncing her fist away for the second straight time in a row. She sighed and stepped back to recompose herself, she felt as though she got herself too close to the rock and it was throwing off her accuracy a bit. Vale refocused her attention on the crack she wanted to exploit, Vale took a couple deep breaths as she repositioned some of stance to get ready for a launching strike against the rock, her determination was not to do be faultered for any reason. She was certain the reason more people did not have Martial Arts was due to the lack of tenacity most people had.

ID: 77821 | 1 (Critical Miss)

Breaking the Unbreakable Rock: 20/50

Edited February 21, 2017 by Vale

[Vale 1]

Vale's refocusing was enough to get her ready quick enough to strike. A quick double step forward into a powerful right straight into the dead center of the hole she made hitting square where the new crack she made. Vale could feel her fist pressing through the crack causing it to split open even more, with a quick hop back she kept the thoughts of success out of her head. She looked around the rock and was trying to process what the most effective manner is. As the goal was getting close to what she desired, she needed to figure out exactly where she must strike to destroy the rock. She looked above the Rock and grinned, "There."

ID: 77822 | 8 (Hit)

Breaking the Unbreakable Rock: 17/50

Edited February 21, 2017 by Vale

[Vale 1]

Vale ran toward the Rock and ran up the side of it, avoiding the massive vertical crack she had made in it's exterior. After a few steps she was standing atop the rock. There was a breeze coming from a small hole behind the rock, "So it really is blocking the pathway to something." She stated then turned around to look at the dead center of the rock, "But there is no need to think about it. I need to focus." She told herself. Vale readjusted her gauntlets making sure they were as tight as they could be. Not that the guantlets were far off the mark, the creation and execution of them were simply exquisite.

ID: 77823 | 4 (Miss)

Breaking the Unbreakable Rock: 17/50

Edited February 21, 2017 by Vale

[Vale 1]

Vale needed to think about where she should stand to get an appropriate stance for striking the Rock. She looked around the rock, processing the information as she thought about it. She tested several spots, slowly putting her fist in the natural muscle movement up against the rock to find a mostly comfortable position. It took a few spots, but after awhile she had found a spot where her stance were as close to normal but to strike the target spot that she had focused on. Then Vale went through her natural breathing progression before unleashing her fist forward for the first strike.

ID: 77825 | 5 (Miss)

Breaking the Unbreakable Rock: 17/50

Edited February 21, 2017 by Vale

[Vale 1]

More and more did Vale practice just placing her fist up against her strike zone, each time making sure that her fist notched the same spot. Everytime her scale metal brushed up against the rock it left a slight little crack making it easier and easier to continuously press her fists against the same spot. Vale kept her breathing slow and in sync with her fists movements. She was completely aware of how important keeping her breathing patterns mattered when it came to fighting. Even if she were punching the punching bag her sensei were scold her to focus on her breathing, at this point it was merely habit.

ID: 77826 | 4 (Miss)

Breaking the Unbreakable Rock: 17/50

Edited February 21, 2017 by Vale

[Vale 1]

Every now and again practicing her aim she would deliver a true punch to the rock, but no damage was inflicted upon it. After which she would return to the slow paced aiming, it was tedious at it's core but to Vale it was the most important part to practicing. In a true fight, you wouldn't get the time to take things slow and think out each and every movement. During practice she knew she could make certain muscle movements feel absolutely natural, so when it was translated into fighting, there would be no disconnect. Creating habits were core to her fighting style, even if she were in a completely different universe where fighting had a whole different meaning.

ID: 77829 | 2 (Miss)

Breaking the Unbreakable Rock: 17/50

Edited February 21, 2017 by Vale

[Vale 1]

Something about the position she was standing in was beginning to feel off. As though her strength behind her punches were just non-existant. She tried so hard looking for what is comfortable, but was coming to the conclusion that this spot wasn't best suited to her need. So she took the time to position to a new spot, this time directly across the from the location of the crack on the exterior of the Rock. She honed in on the scratched surface she made while practicing her aim, and repeated the process once again. A rythem in her fists and arms movements could be seen, and for her could be felt.

ID: 77830 | 1 (Critical Miss)

Breaking the Unbreakable Rock: 17/50

Edited February 21, 2017 by Vale

[Vale 1]

It seemed as though she wasn't exactly feeling comfortable in this position either, something about the downward angle strikes felt just completely off. There wasn't the same feeling of flow that there was when she started this process of breaking the rock. She stretched her back and took a very deep breath, taking in the air slowly and exhaling just as slowly. She repeated this a few times, before she reassumed position, "Regardless. This position is not going to feel comfortable, but this is the spot I need to strike to finish this off since I can't be on the exact opposite side." She told herself as she went back to the rythem of her arms movements.

ID: 77831 | 1 (Critical Miss)

Breaking the Unbreakable Rock: 17/50

Edited February 21, 2017 by Vale

[Vale 1]

Vale kept her mind calm, not letting the fact that she hadn't applied any true damage to the rock after awhile get to her. Vale couldn't let anything change her mental demeanor, it would go against everything that she was taught growing up. So she focused, keeping her eyes affixed on the scratched surface. She then took a long deep breath and plunged her fist into the spot, the health bar reappeared and dropped some more. Her facial expression remained unchanged, she didn't want to get out of the concentrated mindset that she had. Lifting her fist she saw a new crack forming at the top of the exterior of the Rock.

ID: 77832 | 9 (Critical)

Breaking the Unbreakable Rock: 13/50

Edited February 21, 2017 by Vale

[Vale 1]

She returned to the repetitive process she had been up to until this point. Systematically punching the same spot over and over, never letting her mind wander. Her aim was pin point each time, if she didn't hit the precise location she was but a few milimeters off if that. Those thoughts never went through her mind though. She systematically counted, one, two, three, four, returning to one after the fourth punch. Repeating it till the strike felt like it was appropriate and right for the attempt. The Master opened his eyes just to peak at her going through a rythem of punches, satisfied that she hadn't given up on trying to break the rock.

ID: 77833 | 2 (Miss)

Breaking the Unbreakable Rock: 13/50

Edited February 21, 2017 by Vale

[Vale 1]

The Master paid a little closer attention to her, he could watch the sweat slowly slide down her body. With his angle he could see all but her left foot, he paid attention to the detail in which she kept her attention. He noticed how her eyes never shifted from the same spot, and that she was mouthing the words, "one, two, three, four. One, two, three, four." He smiled. Her tenacity after two hours straight of punching the same rock and not getting flustered was impressive in it of itself. He slowly closed his eyes again and went back to his meditation, she still had some work to do to get that rock to split in half. And bothering her would only cause problem.

ID: 77834 | 3 (Miss)

Breaking the Unbreakable Rock: 13/50

Edited February 21, 2017 by Vale

[Vale 1]

Vale would have appreciated the Master not taking the time to try and distract her from her own mental training. She could tell in her peripheral that the sun was beginning to set, due to the hue in the sky changing to orange from it's original blue. She focused in on her spot and struck again with voracious strength. She saw the health bar appear again and noticed the change of the color in not only the sky, but in the color of the health bar of the Rock. It turned to the color of yellow, and Vale remembered that means it was within twenty percent of it's health left meaning the victory line was but around the corner.

ID: 77835 | 6 (Hit)

Breaking the Unbreakable Rock: 10/50

Edited February 21, 2017 by Vale

[Vale 1]

Without letting the joy of learning that the Rock was within breaking point, she returned back to the systematic and rythematic punching scheme she had been doing. The fatigue in her arms were beginning to build up, but she needed to look past that. Her will was unshakeable at this point, knowing that she was within a hairs reach to succeding at her target goal. She perservered and ignored the tired feeling in her arms. Constantly she punched the exact same spot which had a much larger crack at this point. Every single strike she did to it regardless of how weak it was seemed to start affecting it, she could hear it slowly break apart at this point.

ID: 77836 | 3 (Miss)

Breaking the Unbreakable Rock: 10/50

Edited February 21, 2017 by Vale

[Vale 1]

The Master could hear the Rock slowly breaking apart completely, it brought a smile to his face. This had been one of many rocks that needed breaking, and he was long past the point that his physical strength was enough to harm the rock. Being in her presence was enough for her to naturally begin to grasp the skill itself. He wanted her to break through just as much as she wanted, he knew there was going to be something special she did with her fists that most other came through couldn't. The Master knew most employed the need for Martial Arts, not for it's own sake but to improve the weapon they used and essentially deteriorating the real reasoning for the skill itself.

ID: 77837 | 5 (Miss)

Breaking the Unbreakable Rock: 10/50

Edited February 21, 2017 by Vale

[Vale 1]

The sheer number of strikes on the same spot were starting to display just how much she had done to this rock. She took a deep breath after saying the word four in her head to deliver a powerful strike at the crack she had been building up. She heard the whole thing begin to give way a bit, the massive crack within the rock and on the exterior linked up with the crack that she had been creating with her fists. The health of the rock diminshed more to just over the point where it would turn red. She took another deep breath and readied herself to start punching the rock in the rythem that she had up until this point.

ID: 77838 | 9 (Critical)

Breaking the Unbreakable Rock: 6/50

Edited February 21, 2017 by Vale