Salle, Monday Morning

[bitchprince]

After a week, showing back up in the salle was turning back into the calming ritual that it had been. And at least he hadn't gotten abducted to anything this weekend (if you didn't count Zack's birthday party, which he'd been dutybound to show up to no matter what) so it was with reasonable calm that Arthur made his way down into the salle with his sword, picked a good spot, and went to work.

He might even get a few drills in before Tweety showed up. That would be encouraging.

Merlin, of course, was back to work in the corner, and got his usual occasional glance. Or text message.

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[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

Because the occasional text message was truly needed when in the same room as each other.

:)

...Merlin was a massive girl.

[bitchprince]

...Yes. Yes, he was.

Which was why Arthur was squinting at him, first.

I think your literacy is vastly declining.

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

i will have you knowe, I am wrttign for yhe school paper!!

Nooot helping your case by typing too fast there, Merlin.

[bitchprince]

Arthur glanced down at his phone, and had to laugh. Softly.

I can tell, he returned, and shot Merlin an amused look.

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

Merlin did the mature thing and stuck his tongue out at the man. "Shouldn't you be working?"

[bitchprince]

"Who let you on the school paper?" Arthur called, curious, and entirely distracted by more important things.

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah got in bouncing a little, because today was Sword Day, yay! In the Club as well as morning salle. "Hey, Arthur. Hey Merlin. How'd your weekend go?"

[bitchprince]

"My weekend was fine," Arthur said, idly, giving his sword one last swing before he left that bit for what it was. "Zack's feast was entertaining enough."

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Wasn't it? Yay sugar!" Like Dinah was going to have any other opinion on an ice cream party. "Do you think he'll be in to spar with you today? I want to watch." She grabbed her practice sword after she'd stretched for a a bit, some of them the new ones Azula had taught her, and started to do her drills.

[bitchprince]

"No, unless he comes in right now, I'm not going to wipe the floor with Zack today," he said, rolling his eyes at the excessive excitement. "Try not to get too solemn, now."

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Awww." Did pouting count as solemn? It didn't really matter, since the pout dissolved after about a minute into the usual drills, concentration taking over as she practiced each position.

At least until a new thought distracted her. "Arthur? It's okay if I take Brynne for a walk this week, right?"

[bitchprince]

...

"You are not," Arthur said, staring at her, "Taking my dog for a walk. Merlin spoils her quite enough as it is."

[wantstodirect]

Tony came into the salle and started looking through the practice swords and equipment. "Got any shields in here?" he asked.

[bitchprince]

"Some," Arthur called, from where he stood. He paused and shot Tony a look. "Have need of them for any particular reason?"

[wantstodirect]

"I have an idea for a shield spell," Tony explained.

[bitchprince]

Arthur pinched the bridge of his nose. "Of course you do," he said, "You realise a shield spell that requires an actual shield might be fairly useless, right? Unless you're planning to put something in it. Which I wouldn't advise."

[wantstodirect]

"Well, yeah," Tony said. He shot Arthur a how stupid do you think I am look, but didn't voice the thought out loud for fear of the answer. "I'm thinking I could draw a shield in the air with magic and it might work. I thought looking at a real shield would help."

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Tony!" Dinah beamed at him, then looked confused. "Whatcha doing?"

[wantstodirect]

The thing he'd drawn in the air with magic was probably not self-explanatory. "Working on shield magic," he said.

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah squinted at it, then blinked. "Is this like the stuff you were drawing in Vancouver?" She started to reach out to touch it, then pulled back.

[wantstodirect]

"Kind of," Tony said. "I'm trying to create a shield by making magic in the shape of a shield and then believing in it." He paused. "I know it sounds kinda nuts."

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

"Hello, Tony!" Merlin, but the gauntlet down if you must wave.

[wantstodirect]

"Hey, Merlin!" Tony grinned at him. "How's it going?"

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

"Polishing armor," Merlin said as though that was perfectly normal.

[wantstodirect]

For Merlin, it was. "I'm trying to work out a shield spell."