Sixth Floor, Thursday Evening -- Merlin's Birthday Party

[bitchprince]

If Arthur had still been back at Camelot, the idea of holding celebrations for a servant's birthday would have seemed preposterous. But he wasn't, and it didn't, and if he were really honest with himself he'd admit he enjoyed it (or at least in as much as it involved picking out presents that made him fret some on the inside and yelling at people about getting decorations in).

The Sixth Floor was decorated rather decadently for a birthday party. There were some CDs of painfully carefully selected songs playing through the system - the ones Arthur had judged least likely to shatter eardrums (and maybe tending towards the classical and medieval).

And there was food. Courtesy of Francine.

Arthur didn't like half-measures much.

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[exspeedydotcom]

"He seems like a pretty okay guy," Roy said. "I met him the other day when I was checking out the salle."

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[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

"How is the salle?" Bruce asked. "I've been meaning to go down there and see if I remembered any of my fencing tutoring."

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[exspeedydotcom]

"Not really my thing?" Roy admitted. "I'm more good with ranged weapons." Not that he was exactly hopeless at hand-to-hand, but. "But it seemed like a nice facility. Very comprehensive. They were training broadsword when I was in there." Then he grinned and ventured, "I bet you remember plenty."

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[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

"I wouldn't be so sure. It's been years since I've trained at all," Bruce said. It was a complete lie, of course. He was curious how the smiley kid would react to that.

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[exspeedydotcom]

Roy kept on smiling. Show no fear, Roy. "Then maybe it's time for a refresher course. Start with the basics?"

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[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

"Are you offering to help me out?" Bruce asked. "Because you did just admit that it's not your specialty."

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[exspeedydotcom]

Roy hastily held up his hands to indicate that Bruce should slow down. "No, no, not at all," he said. Spar Batman with the opposite of his best weapon? He wasn't suicidal. "I was just making a suggestion."

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[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

"In that case, it's one I'll take into consideration," Bruce said. "If you're ever up for sparring, though, you're welcome to join me."

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[exspeedydotcom]

"I'll think about it," Roy said. He'd sparred Robin. It was...kind of the same thing. Right? Not really.

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[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

"I guess the other important question is if you've taken your archery gear to the shooting range yet," Bruce said.

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[exspeedydotcom]

"Yeah, I handwavily have," Roy said. "I've been ill recently, though," it wasn't exactly a lie, because hi, don't lie to he-who-will-be-Batman, "so I'm working on getting back into shape. Right now I can't consistently make my pull weight, and that's just a recipe to pull a muscle, you know?"