Ularn wrote:Zarkenis Ultima wrote:Kyrissa's... really brushing off the intensity that the shadow fight was supposed to have.
I'd have made it harder, but that would've made it longer too, which isn't desirable at this point.
Sorry; would've been able to do better if I'd been around to post properly during the battle itself, although to be honest I think I'd headcanoned the inverse rule of ninja into the whole thing and just assumed infinite hordes of insubstantial-looking enemies would be pretty weak opponents.
That stuff where Kyr's going all mopey about the battle being too easy and not counting is probably overplaying how easy it was though. Her sense of time in the mindscapes's pretty messed up though, so it could be her interpretation's all just down to that and her own raging self-doubt.
I may also have been using her first battle as an allegory for her losing her virginity as well, (in that it was totally underwhelming for all the buildup and practice and she's not entirely sure she did it right) but I'm not even sure I had that metaphor right in my head as I was writing it so all that came across was the "Am I different now? I thought I would be different," line of thought,
Heh, "practice"
Anyway, fair enough.