The Salle; Tuesday Afternoon.

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It felt like it had been a while since Setsuna got to spend some good, focused one-on-one time with Yuunagi. After a short series of stretches and warm-up, she retrieved the nodachi from the weapons locker and set to her basic forms, building up into her minor Shinmei Ryuu attacks. Nothing special, just a girl and her sword...doing flips and slightly flying (without wings) and leaving small wind scratches on the wall. Typical stuff.


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Henry was making to leave school for the day, when he passed by the salle. He walked in, in a moment of "Oh, that's what this room is."

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Setsuna caught someone's entrance in the corner of her eye, and executed a arcing turn that allowed her to look toward the door without actually halting her steady stream of moves. But, when she saw who it was, she halted. "Henry!" she smiled, slipping Yuunagi in her shealth and holding it prone at her hip. "You decided to stop in for a look after all!" She sounded very excited about the prospect.

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Caught. Henry had been trying to make up his mind about when to stop by. Guess the question was answered.
"Hello," he greeted, trying not to look too nerved. "Hope I'm not interrupting."

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"Oh, not at all," Setsuna shook her head a little, wiped a little sweat from her brow with the back of her hand. "It's probably a good thing you came along, actually. Once I get started, I sometimes forget to stop."

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Henry understood completely. "I know what that's like. When I finally stop working, I'll look up at the clock and realize that I've lost quite a few hours."

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"What is it you work on, Henry?" Setsuna asked, drifting over to the bench by the locker to grab her water bottle, drinking deeply from it, but without ceasing her interest.

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"Medicine." He couldn't keep all the happy pride out of his voice. "I hope to be a doctor some day."

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Setsuna smiled, picking up on the sense of pride in Henry's work. "That's a very noble field," she said approvingly.

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Henry nods. "My biggest hope is that I can take some of this modern knowledge back with me." Henry knew that he could ramble on ad nauseum, so he stopped there.
"So, do people regularly hold duels here?" He remembered Edward coming here, but that night was still a little hazy.

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After tactics, Peter headed down to the salle. Fencing club might not have started up again, but he still felt the need to spend Tuesday evening training. He saw Setsuna and gave her a quick bow, not wanting to interrupt her practice.

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"The only times we're allowed to duel with live steel is during fencing club activities," Setsuna said, with a very business-like tone as she explained, "so this space is mostly used for just practise with forms and the like. Most of the spars should be occuring in the gym, where there are practise swords that they're a little more lenient about us hitting each other with." She smirked a little.

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Setsuna paused in a form that allowed her to return Peter's bow with a nod of her head before returning to her swinging. It was good seeing him again.

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"That makes sense." Henry responded. "You said that the club does not just focus on fencing. What other styles do some of the members practice?"

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"Well, we're from so many different places that the styles are nearly endless," Setsuna said, very thrilled to get to babble about swordplay. "I myself specialize in a Japanese longsword technique, with a concentration on the Shinmei Ryuu style. I know Billy uses katana, too, probably in a style of kendo. There's an emphasis on more battle-ready styles of Western swordwork, as well, but I'm not as knowledgable on the Western styles."

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"Katana?" Henry repeated. "So is that the type of sword that you use?"

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Oh, my, did Henry even know what he was getting himself into?

Setsuna shook her head. "No, no. Katana is what Billy uses. Yuunagi here..." Setsuna held the long, curved sword out with both hands and slowly pulled the blade from the sheath, reveling in the slight resistance, the slow revealing of steel, "...is nodachi. Both are Japanese swords, but, as you'll notice, nodachi is longer, lighter. Note how it doesn't have a hiltguard, how the blade and the hilt just go right into each other to make it look like one piece? Very few warriors can manage to be proficient in with nodachi. It's awkward, not quite as hack-and-slash as katana. It takes grace to weild nodachi effectively."

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Peter took Rhindon out of the locker along with another wrapped bundle that he set carefully on the ground to give to Setsuna when she took a break. He started warming up carefully, stretching and feeling improvements he'd made in Narnia start to work to their fullest.

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Henry looked at Yuunagi, noticing the design details that Setsuna mentioned. "Facinating..." he muttered, a small smile on his face, "I never really thought about the differences between swords..."

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Setsuna...may have noticed the bundle with interest so, after a while, she allowed herself another breather and rested a bit to rest and watch Peter for a bit until he was ready to do the same.

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"The differences are emmense," Setsuna enthused. "Every sword is different, in its own right."

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No, Henry did not know what he was getting into. He's very interested now. "When did you say that the club met, again?"

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"Well, last semester, we met on Tuesdays after classes," Setsuna said with a nod, biting her lip in excitement, hoping she'd inspired the proper amount of interest in Henry. "However, we haven't started yet for the new term. I'll definately let you know when we start, though, if you'd like."

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Peter flowed through to the end of a set of forms and noticed Setsuna resting. He sheathed his sword and smiled to her. "How do you do? I haven't seen you in quite some time."

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"Yes, I'd like that very much." Henry responded, grinning.
He remembered some of his earlier reservation, though, and added, "but perhaps just to watch. Study the ideas behind the styles and the differences of swords and such."
Pah! Watching? Henry, you never do anything fun.
But that is fun...

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Setsuna gave him a doubtful look. "I suppose that's acceptable. For the time being." Then she smiled lightly. She'd get a sword in his hand eventually; she'll make a goal of it.