bitchprince ([personal profile] bitchprince) wrote in [community profile] fandomhighdorms2010-01-25 10:22 am
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The Salle, Monday Morning

Arthur wasn't strictly speaking in the right shape to really cut loose. He'd settled, grudgingly, for a lighter staff instead of his sword to train with. Even so, he was likely overextending some of his muscles.

He didn't like the limitations that came with being wounded.

He still had a few claw scratches on his face, but he'd been assured they would heal well enough and without scarring (which was a good thing, because he wasn't yet of the age where he could manage his father's dignified facial scars). Modern medicine or whatever it was they'd given him meant he wasn't going to wind up bleeding or anything.

So it was going to have to be enough. He twirled the staff through the air and started a simple form.

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solo_sword: (cute over the shoulder)

[personal profile] solo_sword 2010-01-25 07:20 pm (UTC)(link)
"Generally the people who hang out at the bar during an invasion won't be the ones fighting in it," she shrugged. Even Zayne had been there on a break. "I'm sure seeing some of it brought to them was a little weird."

[personal profile] bitchprince 2010-01-25 07:24 pm (UTC)(link)
"Maybe that would have helped convince them to stay as they were." That argument with Morgana wasn't escaping his memory any time soon. "Some of them shouldn't be out during an invasion."
solo_sword: (conversating)

[personal profile] solo_sword 2010-01-25 07:27 pm (UTC)(link)
"It's never that easy. Even before I had any real training at all, as soon as there was trouble I'd go rushing right for it," she said. Yeah, she'd been in trouble with bad guys a lot in her youth, for that very reason. "I think a couple of them had been either helping out with support services or been there all day where it was supposed to be safe, so I won't fault them for that."

[personal profile] bitchprince 2010-01-25 07:29 pm (UTC)(link)
"Of course it's not that easy. That would just be too simple."

Easy now, Arthur. She wasn't Morgana.

"Still. No one seems to have died." God in heaven, he was sort of processing that whole 'not Morgana' part.
solo_sword: (serious)

[personal profile] solo_sword 2010-01-25 07:38 pm (UTC)(link)
"And I don't think a lot of injuries were too severe," she agreed. "You know people will always go off and do stupid things. There's no way to stop it." Said with a certain amount of sympathy, because she hated sending people off into bad situations, but it was simple fact.

[personal profile] bitchprince 2010-01-25 07:40 pm (UTC)(link)
"Stupidity does seem to be a widespread disease," he agreed. He could write books about it. "But pardon my manners, I could go on all day."
solo_sword: (dark)

[personal profile] solo_sword 2010-01-25 07:46 pm (UTC)(link)
"It'd probably be really easy to do," she agreed. It wasn't the first time she'd heard him go off on that, and it probably wouldn't be the last, but as long as he didn't tell her not to do something, it was all good.

She nodded at the staff and said, "Don't think I've seen you with that before."

[personal profile] bitchprince 2010-01-25 07:50 pm (UTC)(link)
"As I told you once," he said, giving it another sweep, "We knights of Camelot are expected to be proficient with a number of weapons. The staff's fairly simple in that regard."

It was this, or bitch on for another hour. "Do your knights have anything like it?"
solo_sword: (understated)

[personal profile] solo_sword 2010-01-25 08:02 pm (UTC)(link)
"Not really. There are different cultural weapons like that, like I've seen the Vong use their amphistaffs that way. But the Jedi primarily stick to lightsabers. It probably wouldn't kill us to branch out a little," she admitted.

[personal profile] bitchprince 2010-01-25 08:04 pm (UTC)(link)
"Ever found yourself in a situation where you had to improvise with something like it?" he asked. Now with active interest.

You... probably shouldn't be contemplating a staff spar while you were still healing, Arthur.
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solo_sword: (curious)

[personal profile] solo_sword 2010-01-25 08:13 pm (UTC)(link)
"Not yet. I'm sure it'll happen eventually," she said, eyeing him. "Why, would you want to see?"
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[personal profile] bitchprince 2010-01-25 08:16 pm (UTC)(link)
"I was going to invite you to spar sometime."

Which was... the only time he'd probably ever direct an invitation like that at a woman. He had a feeling he should feel disturbed about this.
solo_sword: (little smile)

[personal profile] solo_sword 2010-01-25 08:26 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'd be up for it," Jaina told him, and added, just because, "It'll probably be the only time you get to kick my ass."

[personal profile] bitchprince 2010-01-26 04:41 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh, would it?" Was she talking trash with him, now?
solo_sword: (b&w smile)

[personal profile] solo_sword 2010-01-26 04:52 am (UTC)(link)
"Hi, Sword here. It would," she said smugly. She wasn't that confident, but she could sure pretend she was.

[personal profile] bitchprince 2010-01-26 04:57 am (UTC)(link)
It was strange. In a talking-challenges-with-a-girl sort of way. "You're a good swordswoman, but I'd think I'm more of a match than that," he said, "You can always give it a try."
solo_sword: (hanging out)

[personal profile] solo_sword 2010-01-26 05:05 am (UTC)(link)
"We'll have to make it a match after this staff one," she said. "Just so you can get a little taste of what I'm made of. You can try to prepare yourself."

[personal profile] bitchprince 2010-01-26 05:07 am (UTC)(link)
Was swordswoman even a word? he wondered, five seconds after using it. "Oh, I'll manage," he shot back. "I'll look forward to it."
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