Juld stared at the mannequin in front of her, as if trying to learn about the inanimate object by doing so. She slowly tilted her head to the side and cracked her neck, her scales making an audible shifting sound as she did so. She gave the massive heft of the great-axe in her hand a few light curls in her hands, her thumbs slowly rolling around the wooden texture of the shaft that the massive hunk of metal was fused to. Her breathing was slow and steady as she held her pseudo-meditative state.
Without warning to the lack of observers in the room, she heaved her muscular arms up and back, taking the weapon with her in a single large exhale. Were it not for her massive size and musculature, the iron hunk would've surely gone flying from the inertia. Lowering her stance, she tilted the shaft of the weapon a little bit further back, preparing for the incoming strike she would perform. She paused in this position, shifting her feet around for a few moments, feeling the texture of the carved stone below them.
"HOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!"
Pushing off of the ground and vaulting into a running start, she jogged towards the doll, picking up speed at a frightening pace. Once she was close enough, her arms rotated to the side, her left arm crossing over her body as she lifted the weapon off of her shoulders and behind her. A few more steps and with a loud exhale, she twisted her upper body and brought the great-axe down and towards the target in front of her. The bladed section of the incredibly heavy weapon came down with the combined forces of gravity and her strength. The poor wooden object was no match for these forces, and the axe cut clean through the center of it, sending the two halves of it hurtling away from the strike zone.
The inertia of the swing carried it through the object in its way, and the blade embedded itself in the stone below it with a thunderous crunch. Juld followed through on the swing and followed the weapon, finally coming to a stop after the shockwave from the impact went back through her body. She held the position for a few moments, her head darting left and right to track the sundered pieces of the dummy. Once she had seen how far they had went, she glanced back at her axe in front of her. Leaning slightly over it and bracing her foot below it, she gave a powerful heave, ripping the weapon from the ground.
She surveyed the damage as she lifted the weapon slightly, pressing the top of it into the ground as she leaned on the wooden pole, one hand grasping it and the other one set upon her waist. A wide grin crept over her face as the euphoria swept over her rapidly. Once she calmed down from the rush of the attack, she moved her other hand to the weapon and lifted it back on to her shoulder, returning her attention to the shattered dummy. She gave a light shrug to herself as she decided to leave it for somebody else to deal with. After all, she could just order another Sea Clan to clean it up when she decided to come back.
She began to stroll out of the training hall, entering the main section of the Guard Office. She walked past several people who acknowledged her with assorted greetings such as "CAPTAIN!" "CAPTAIN JULD!" "HEAD OFFICER JULD" and so on. She gave each of them a wide grin with a quick nod to show that she had heard them, but she was walking with purpose as she made her way back to her office. She gave her door a hard push and it slammed shut, the hinges groaning in response to the force given.
In response to the noise, her assistant positively flew out of his chair and bowed to her, scurrying quickly out of the office and letting himself out. She liked that one. He knew respect. She lifted her weapon on to the rack she had built for it, a satisfying clanging ringing through the room as it returned to its resting place. She moved to her large stone chair and plopped down into it with a loud groan, lifting her eye-patch up and out of the way of her eye. She glanced down at the newly formed stack of papers in front of her and reached for them, flipping through the assorted requests and jobs that had been scheduled for the day. She let out a chuckle as she examined some of the more ridiculous requests.
"All this work and so many lazy Krakk that won't end up doing it. I'm so BORED! I think it's time to do some of this stuff myself for the day. Huh. Anything interesting, but also do-able? Hmmmm..."
Scanning the papers once again with new purpose, she eventually settled on one that looked like it could be done quickly and might prove interesting. Her bored expression gave way to a small smile as she peeled the particular work order away from the others, shuffling the rest back into the pile. Examining the name and location of the client, she began to ponder the best way to do it. She reached up and idly adjusted the bright-red headband on the top of her head while she did said pondering.
A small knock on her door would surely snap her out of her query. It was a slow day; anyone who needed anything done could surely come right to Head Officer Juld for help. |
