[backdated to before the storm]

[jurist]

Characters: Juri and whoever else happens by
Format: Any
This log is: open
Location: The Fortitude gym
Summary: Fencing practice.
Warnings: None as yet.

Juri had gone to check out Fortitude's gym as soon as she was able to, and had been gratified to find that its storage rooms were well-equipped with fencing gear (along with the necessary implements to play every other sport Juri could name and some that she couldn't, apparently). So she'd kitted herself out and taken a foil and gone into the main room to do some basic drills. Of course, this situation was hardly ideal for practice: the unfamiliar equipment felt strange, and there was only so much she could do in the absence of an opponent. But she had to keep her skills honed, didn't she? It wouldn't do to go getting rusty.

Besides, she had to admit that there was something comforting in the familiar, repetitive rhythm of the drills. She could just let her muscles work and not have to think about, well, any of the things she'd rather not be thinking about right now.

Comments

[fracturedsoul]

Dirk may have been a swordsman, but fencing was totally unfamiliar to him. He knew the equipment was there, but he'd never used it.

So when he cut through the gym as a shortcut to get from the main building to the prefect dorms, he was surprised to see somebody actually using one of the foils. He stopped, standing far enough away so as not to interfere with her, to get a better look.

[jurist]

Juri finished a set of drills and paused for a moment to get her breath back—and noticed that she had an audience. Which, admittedly, was not something she was entirely unaccustomed to, but she hadn't been expecting it just now.

"Can I help you with something?"

[fracturedsoul]

The problem with Dirk is he's just sort of a creeper and he doesn't care if his standing around watching people makes them uncomfortable.

He slipped his hands into his pockets and shook his head. "I was just observing. Your skills are impressive."

[jurist]

"Thank you," Juri said, flattered despite herself. "Though these are just simple exercises, really—nothing like a real bout."

[fracturedsoul]

"Yeah," he replied with a shrug. "Naturally. Still, the way someone carries themself in practice is important.

"You're new around here, right?"

[jurist]

"Of course, it's important to have good form during practice," Juri agreed. "Otherwise you train yourself into bad habits, and that's worse than not practicing at all."

"Oh, and yes," she added, as an afterthought, "I came with the most recent group of new arrivals."