The Gym; Sunday Morning.

[bound2blade.livejournal.com]

Sakurazaki only had six days. Six days wasn't much time at all, so she knew she'd have to work hard, and she'd have to work smart. At that meant starting out simply, with a light but fierce run through her meditations and forms with the practise swords in the gym. It had been a while since she'd had to utilize some of the more complicated forms; she'd need to refresh herself with them before taking them to live steel.


[[open for all your gymly needs; interactions with my girl might be a little wonky and slow]]

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[threeweapons.livejournal.com]

"Fix your grip or your wrist is going to hate you." Alanna told her and fixed her own grip. "And yeah, pretty much. Rigorous military academy. But every noble family must have a son in service."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Okay, that sort of makes sense." Parker frowned, adjusted the grip again, and blinked sweat out of her eyes. "So how do you become Duke and leader of the armed forces, like darling Roger?"

[threeweapons.livejournal.com]

"The Duke part you're born into. Or you marry into. I'm a Lady for life. Which is better than Baroness, but not as good as Duchess. The leader part is by prooving that you're good at what you do. Or sucking up to the right people." "Or breaking the leg of the current general." "No proof." Alanna reminded Faithful and continued the drill.

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker shot Faithful a look, then went back to blocking, and said, "How does he get to be general just because the other guy has a broken leg? How long does that take to heal, anyway?"

[threeweapons.livejournal.com]

"Because we were about to leave and there was no one else to take the job. It was a wreck. And it took him close to two months. A messy break and Duke Gareth is no longer in his prime, no matter what he might claim. Legs." Alanna made sure her own stance was correct.

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"That. Sucks." Parker shook her head, getting her breath back. "Sorry the guy you don't trust or like is in charge. But you're going to kick ass in December, I know it." She rubbed at her eyes, and shook her head. "More of this on Wednesday or Thursday?"

[threeweapons.livejournal.com]

"Definetly. Don't forget to stretch and loosen up and sh-stuff." Alanna picked up Lightning from under Faithful.

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Heh." Parker grinned, and stretched a little. "I think I'll stay to go through an aikido routine or two. I'll see you in workshops later. Thanks again, Alanna."