[He misses, but if he'd been able to take Mutsunokami with that blow, then this wouldn't have been a good fight. Still, it's good to draw first blood - which he's sure he has from the smell of copper in the air. He's about to turn and get out of the way of a potential incoming attack when the unthinkable happens.
He'd been preparing for a sword attack. That, he could have blocked - either with the armor on his hands, or something else.
What he gets is a kick in the knee that drops him to the ground.]
NNGH!!
[Translation of that which was said through grit teeth? "You little shit!"
He has to stop and grab his knee, which means it's lucky for him that Mutsu chose flight over fight. He should have expected something like this, but, well, no one expects to get kneecapped in a sword fight. After a moment of rubbing the offended joint, he turns his blade around and spots Mutsu by the bench.]
Alright, gloves are off!
[He starts after Mutsunokami again, running after him.]
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He'd been preparing for a sword attack. That, he could have blocked - either with the armor on his hands, or something else.
What he gets is a kick in the knee that drops him to the ground.]
NNGH!!
[Translation of that which was said through grit teeth? "You little shit!"
He has to stop and grab his knee, which means it's lucky for him that Mutsu chose flight over fight. He should have expected something like this, but, well, no one expects to get kneecapped in a sword fight. After a moment of rubbing the offended joint, he turns his blade around and spots Mutsu by the bench.]
Alright, gloves are off!
[He starts after Mutsunokami again, running after him.]