014 - And he saw neither sun nor moon / But heard the roaring of the sea

[anjelsword.livejournal.com]

[Aniki is not in a particularly good mood, it seems. She's staring into space, sitting on a rail of the wooden fence that circles the packed-dirt practice yard she's towed along with her to the plane. There's training equipment of various kinds slung over the fence--wooden swords and leather belts and scabbards, harnesses, weights.]

[She has a shapeless brown bag thrown over her shoulder and seems to be stroking its contents. A little furry brown-gray kitty head pokes up for a moment and disappears again.]

Oh, now, Laddiebuck. It's not that scary.

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[anjelsword.livejournal.com]

[Twitch of a smile. Maybe she was a drill sergeant in a past life? She steps back and looks him up and down.] Hold the staff like you're planning to hit me with it. Lets see your stance.

[hasarrived.livejournal.com]

... Alright. [He closes his eyes for a moment and tries to imagine how Urataros holds his weapon. The hands go here, and then... His feet are all wrong ):]

[anjelsword.livejournal.com]

[Gods, his everything is all wrong. She fixes the feet first, tugging and pushing until he's standing the right way, and then she shoves his hands into the right places.]

Roughen up the wood under where your hands are supposed to be, if it helps you remember the placement. Make marks on the ground if you can't remember where to put your feet. We start with simple blocks.

[She holds the staff like this (because I'm too lazy to describe it). (http://www.rapierwit.com/images/quarterstaff.jpg)]

High block.

[hasarrived.livejournal.com]

... Right. [It seems familiar. So she must be right. He studies her posture for a moment, then imitates it.]

High block. Got it.

[anjelsword.livejournal.com]

[Of course she is!]

[As soon as he says 'Got it' she brings her staff down heavily on his, though not nearly as hard as she was swinging at him before.]

[hasarrived.livejournal.com]

[Yuuto flinches, but manages to hold onto his weapon.] Would it kill you to give me some warning?!

[anjelsword.livejournal.com]

You think someone who's going to kill you will stop and say "Excuse me, lad, I'm going to cut your head off now"?

[hasarrived.livejournal.com]

Well-- no, but... there's rules about this sort of thing.

[anjelsword.livejournal.com]

High block. [And she's swinging down again.]

[hasarrived.livejournal.com]

[ACK. He manages to get the staff up just in time.]

... That works. [He's really starting to regret this.]

[anjelsword.livejournal.com]

Don't lose focus to chatter at me. You've lost your stance already.

[hasarrived.livejournal.com]

[hfjdshflkjdf STANCE REGAINED. He's glaring though.]

...

[anjelsword.livejournal.com]

[And since he's glaring, he doesn't get a warning this time. :| ]

[hasarrived.livejournal.com]

[SHHFJKFHLKDHFJKHFKJ he holds it but only because of a miracle.] Argh!

[anjelsword.livejournal.com]

Stance. [Pauses a breath for him to get back into it.] High block. [Strikes out again.]

[hasarrived.livejournal.com]

[Right. He's not doing too bad at following.]

[anjelsword.livejournal.com]

[Good lad! Once she's sure he has that one pretty well, she takes up another stance. (http://www.martialstaff.com/entries/links/quartersreprint.gif)] Middle.

[hasarrived.livejournal.com]

Uhhh... like this?

[He's almost there. Muscle memory only goes so far.]

[anjelsword.livejournal.com]

[Makes minute corrections, privately impressed that he's as close to right as he is. It wouldn't do to compliment him so early on, though. :| ]

[She takes her own staff and swings at his side.] Middle.

[hasarrived.livejournal.com]

Agh! [He was a little slow that time, and fumbles.]

[anjelsword.livejournal.com]

[And probably gets smacked on the fingers, though she isn't trying this time.]

[hasarrived.livejournal.com]

[Ow doesn't even cover it, but he takes the proper pose.]

[anjelsword.livejournal.com]

[Aw, she's so proud. Only uh--] High block.

[Swing!]

[hasarrived.livejournal.com]

Augh! [He's starting to catch on! :D]

[anjelsword.livejournal.com]

Middle. [Swing! Good job, Yuuto!]