rakuen | Knight Training

Characters: Arthur and you
Format: starting Action, will match
This log is: open to Conquest students (or anyone skipping class when they're outside)
Location: Classrooms -> Outside
Summary: Arthur is a teacher. He teaches Knight Training. AKA, Arthur tests your skills.
Warnings: Arthur may be in a bad mood thanks to Day

Classroom
[If there is anything that Arthur is good at, it's training his knights. They aren't the best around due to some freak accident, they trained hard for that title, with Arthur as their leader. It was something that Arthur was extremely proud of, the skill of his knights, so he wasn't against teacher it here. What he was against was teaching it to a bunch of kids who probably had no business holding a sword. Could they even make it through the work out? Or carry the armor? Luckily, he had no armor for them to carry, but still.]

[When class starts Arthur stands up tall in front of the class, his feet a few inches apart and his hands clasped behind his back] Welcome to Knight Training. In Camelot in order to be Knight you need to be of noble birth and prove yourself worthy before you even begin your training. Obviously the same is not true here, but that doesn't mean you can be a knight without knowing the Knight's Code. Tell me, do any of you know any part of the Knight's Code? [he's waiting.]

Outside
[After his Knight's Code lesson, Arthur takes them outside for the most basic of trainings. They don't even have sword, but they do have brooms and mops that he probably made Merlin collect for him.]

The first thing you need to know about sword fighting, is how to hold a sword. Pick up a pole and hold as you think you should a sword and I will come and correct your hand placement as well as your stances.

[well, get to it!]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[Well wasn't that... reassuring, that knighthood was restricted by birth just like in his own world, though that was restricted by race instead of family. He knew Arthur of course, having spoken to him when he had arrived. He frowned] I know the rules governing knights from my own world, but I would imagine they may be different than your own.

[Arthur remembers Suzaku, he's the one who holds himself like a knight, something Arthur finds comforting]

Tell me of the rules governing your knights then, we can see how comparable they are.

To fight for the greater good of the empire is the main tenant, we swear that. [And in Suzaku's mind he had never broken it, trying to destroy Britannia and create it anew was for its own good...

He went on to explain the other laws of knighthood, of protection and loyalty.]

[Arthur nods along, saying that most of the rules are very similar to the Knights' Code in Camelot. Although there may be one big difference...]

Can anyone be a knight?

Ye... Sort of. It was frowned upon for honoury Britannian's to be knights but apart from that anyone in the army could become a knight if they were good enough.

I see, that is where we differ. In Camelot only those of noble birth Can be knights, while limiting it has done us well in the past.

Many of our knights are of noble birth, but many nobles have other duties that do not include knighthood, and knights are there to protect the nobles and the royal family.

[Cirno would be doing somewhat alright...if the broom she had was a lot smaller! She's getting annoyed with it and hitting the end against the ground, as if that would make it smaller.]

[Arthur sighs at the sight before him, he thinks it's kind of pathetic but at least she's trying]

Give it here.

[that's the only warning he gives before taking the broom from her, planting the broom side into the ground, stepping on the pole, and snapping it to a more manageable size.]

[he offers it to her]

That should make it easier.

Thanks! That's a lot easier now!

[She takes it and sure enough, now that it's smaller, she improves. She steps back and takes a few swings. They are not very good, as she's had no formal training but it's obvious she knows how a sword works the the very least.]

[Arthur steps back and watches her take a few swings]

Stop. Let me correct your grip.

[he walks forward and places her hands in the correct place, splaying her fingers accordingly.]

When you swing make sure you are aware of the positioning of your feet, as you are now it would be easy to knock you over.

[Cirno nods, listening carefully. She shifts her stance a bit and takes a tentative swing. She was actually paying attention and learning.]

That's why I kept getting knocked over..I thought it was because I'm smaller then everyone.

Edited 2012-08-04 17:32 (UTC)

[He shakes his head]

Being smaller can often be a huge advantage in a fight, if you can be faster than your opponent then it will be harder for them to land a hit. There is also the fact that you're a smaller target. You need to play to your strengths. If you can build up your speed and stamina then you would be a difficult opponent.

Really? I know speed was a good thing..But how can you work on..Sta-min-a?

[She tilts her head to the side. She really wanted to know.]

Stamina is the ability to sustain prolonged physical activity. [that sounds very recited] Or doing something physical for a long time? You can work on your stamina but exercising, the longer you do so the more you build up your stamina, as you can do more and more and go longer over time.

So..If I exercise and stuff...I should have more of that then?

[But wait..there is a stumbling block in her thought process]

What's exercise anyways?

[And she was doing SO well....]

[WHERE ARE YOU EVEN FROM]

I... excuse me?

[he must have heard that wrong]

Uh...What's exercise?

[She was slower on this response, slightly pulling back. She was expecting the usual response she's always heard.]

It's like practice at becoming stronger.

Knight Training

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