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Characters: Arthur and you
Format: Action
This log is: open
Location: Forest
Summary: Just waking up from his coma-nap, Arthur decides that he needs some exercise. He also realizes he is an owned weapon, this must be Merlin's fault.
Warnings: general prattiness

[Arthur woke up from his coma not long ago, if Gaius were here he'd probably be ordered to have a bit more bed rest, but he's feeling antsy. He gets out of bed and heads over to the woods. By the state of his body he can tell that he's been out for a while and Arthur is not one to let himself get out of shape, no matter how often Merlin calls him fat.]

[It takes him a while to get back into his room and find his sword. He wonders how much time has gone by but doesn't let the thought trouble him for too long. Arthur picks up his sword and heads to the woods, nodding at those he passes. He probably should be teaching a class but he can't be bothered at the moment.]

Yes, I think this will do.

[He begins his stretching, his sword resting against a nearby tree.]

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[he's being shot.]

[MERLIN. GET THE CROSSBOW.]

Those are the worst stretches I've ever seen. They don't loosen you up at all. I see we're going to have to start from the bare basics.

[Wait.]

[no.]

[When did he agree to this training again????]

[ right now apparently. ]

You'll show me? [ BRIGHTENS. LIKE. THE. SUN. ]

[The smile. IT BURNS.]

[And then Arthur started training a young girl. What even.]

Show me one of the stretches you would usually do and I'll tell you what to do instead.

Thanks a lot, Arthur. [ insert stretch here? ]

Stop. You could end up pulling a muscle in your back that way, it's a good way of getting out of training for a week and I assume that's not something you want.

[he proceeds to show her a better stretch]

[ you were a p.e. guru all along and SHE NEVER KNEW.

anyway, she emulates that stretch rapidly. Her face pretty much reads 'wow, really knight stretches that real knights use!' the whole time. ]

[Excuse you. He is not a p.e. teacher, he's a king dammit and it's his job to train the knights]

Okay, good. Show me another stretch.

[ a king who is also a p.e. guru.

DOES THIS??? Presumably this continues until he is satisfied she isn't massively undereducated on battle preparations. ]

[WHAT THE HELL IS P.E.?? HE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW.]

[But yes, eventually he is satisfied that Sora knows how to stretch and is warmed up enough to continue to the real training.]

Do you know anything of swordplay?

None of my friends were swords at home... Ah, Yuki's became a katana, but I only got to fight with her once. [ translation: NOPE. ] I've used swords here.

Your friend became a katana when you were at home, of course. [he resists the urge to pat her on the head condescendingly]

How well would you say you use them?

[ she just assumes he's confirming the fact, and nods to agree.

Hmm, how well DOES she use them? It's not like she's ever had formal training. ] I used to win all the time against the boys, but there are a lot of people here I can't beat.

If the boys you were fighting didn't have training as well I could see how you could beat them. [out of sheer determination, that is]

Why do you want to learn?

[ No one can beat her in a determination-off. She is simply the best there is. ]

I want to protect everyone.

[He's a bit startled by her answer and her determination]

[He'll even give you a small smile]

Good, then I have no problems training you.

[He should tell her that sometimes to protect others you need to recognize your own needs and the importance of your self but, really, Arthur would throw his life away to save Camelot so he's not really one to talk]