Salle - Wednesday Afternoon

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

Immediately following the karate workshop, Peter made his way to the salle.  

Placing the two practice blades he'd grabbed from the gym to the side, he began to stretch again, reviewing his lesson plan and cursing himself once more for being an idiot yesterday.  Several hours of power based moves after not doing any for a month?  Not the best idea he'd ever had.  He half-expected Setsuna to notice his stiffness and give him the a hard time like he'd given her after she overworked last week.  Not that it was the same thing at all, of course. 

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[willbedone.livejournal.com]

Willow came in. She was dressed for practice with shorts, a T-shirt with cartoon elephants on it, and a pair of Keds, one red, one white.

In spite of the shorts she still gave a curtsey. "Sir Peter."

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

Peter jumped up and bowed. "Good afternoon, Lady. How do you do today?"

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"Quite well, thank you," she said with a smile. "With a noticable upturn in the past minute. You?"

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

"Oddly, rather the same," Peter replied, grinning. "I can't imagine why." He gestured to the salle. "Ready to delve into weapons work once more?"

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"I am," Willow said. She held up one of her feet. "I came prepared and everything, see?"

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

Peter laughed. "Shoes are always a good start!" He cocked his head at Willow. "If we're going to be doing a form and more movement today, you probably should warm up and stretch first. I can't have the soon-to-be greatest swordswoman hurting herself on the second day."

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"These are special shoes," Willow said, putting her foot back down. "You said we were going to do footwork, so I wore special Up England footie footwear. And okay. Stretching how?"

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

"Oh, I see, the colours!" Peter said, grinning. "That's brilliant, that is. And perhaps a bit terrifying."

He considered the problem with a bit of embarrassment and rather wished Setsuna was here to show Willow a warm up. "Basically, you just want to wake up your muscles before you start swinging a heavy blade around." He demonstrated a set of arm and back stretches, wincing as he pulled tight muscles. "Those would be a good start."

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

Willow looked concerned at the wince. "Are you okay?"

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

Peter grinned ruefully. "I was an idiot yesterday. I'm well, just sore."

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"Oh no!" Willow said, though she did start to stretch her arms out. "What happened?"

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

Peter nodded at the stretching, watching her carefully to make sure she was using the correct movements. "I spent several hours training some skills I haven't worked on since I was at home. Then I was annoyed that I'd backslid so much so I kept going. It was stupid."

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"And you offered to carry me to class!" Willow added. She reached over and thwapped him on the arm. "Bad Peter!"

[bound2blade.livejournal.com]

After a while, Sakurazaki drifts in, camcorder in one hand, sachel slung over her shoulder. She grins slightly at the training session in process, waving a bit to Willow and Peter as she sets down her things to retrieve Yuungai from the weapons locker. While working in library earlier, her body had made it clear that today should be a relative day of rest, so she's mostly here for the potential interview. Taking a cross-legged seat on a handwavey bench, Yuunagi balanced between her knees, she sets her sachel in front of her and starts shifting through it for her blade cleaning supplies. She tends to pampering her sword as she waits for Peter and Willow to finish, hoping they don't mind her there for the moment. She's trying to keep her focus on Yuungai, but she's rather intrigued to see Peter's training styles, especially since it's probably Western and she's curious about differences in how she might have done it.

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

Peter nodded at Setsuna when she came in and gave her a small smile of welcome before turning his attention back to Willow.

[bound2blade.livejournal.com]

Sakurazaki nods back, continuing to wait patiently as she polishes the blade.

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

After Willow's lesson, Peter came over to Sakurazaki. "Do you approve of my teaching then?" he asked with a grin.

[bound2blade.livejournal.com]

Returning the grin, Sakurazaki nods. "I do; but you have a very good pupil, and that helps."

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

"Most certainly does," Peter agreed. He ducked his head with a soft smile. "She's enthusiastic to be sure. And very much wants to learn. I'm just finding it a bit difficult to modify my style to her strengths. Or I suppose I will as she gets better."

[bound2blade.livejournal.com]

"That spark to learn is definately the most important thing, and she's practically glowing with it." Sakurazaki grins softly. "Where there's a will, there's a way, and all that." Conclusively, she sheathes Yuunagi, ready to shift to duty at hand right before having to leave for work, of course. "Do you suppose you have the time or energy for that interview now? Of course, if not, I completely understand; we've got plenty of time, after all." But she really would like to get it over with, although she keeps that sentiment to herself.

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

Peter nodded. "I can't argue with you even the slightest bit there. She definitely glows." Peter's expression was awed, admiring, and full of affection. "I am at your service for the slow-played omg ;) interview now."

[bound2blade.livejournal.com]

"Very good," Sakurazaki grins, reaching for her camera, flipping it on, and adjusting it to the lighting as she talks, eyes down on the machine. She also simultaniously slides down the bench, opening a spot for him to sit. "Have a seat, if you wish, unless you have a different spot in mind?"

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

Peter sat. "You're the director," he said with a small grin.

[bound2blade.livejournal.com]

"Very valid point," she says, smirking behind the camera. One eye drifts down to her scribbled Japanese in her notebook. "Okay, so you turned in a questionairre, so I've got all the technical information, but I still think we should start with the basics. So. Tell me a little about yourself, Peter."

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

Peter nodded. "My name's Peter Pevensie. I'm sixteen and originally from Britain. I left there during the Blitz, 1940. My siblings and I ended up in a different land where I learned how to fight and was knighted."