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Salle | Afternoon | Sunday | September 5

It was safe to say that Percy had been looking forward to this since he and Luke had made plans. It wasn't just getting to fight someone that he could go all out against, it was getting to fight Luke. Every single time he'd come up against Luke in the last three years, it'd been when Luke had a gang of monsters and minions at his back.

This would be one on one. When he'd met Luke, he'd been easily bested, easily shown up and easily embarrassed. He'd learned though and he wasn't the same person now as he was back then. Percy didn't know if he could beat Luke but he knew he'd give him a tough fight.

For now, he was taking some easy swings at the practice dummies, warming up with Riptide while he waited for his cousin to show up.

[Percy's only gonna be fighting Luke but the salle is totes open for conversation and practice!]

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"Which is exactly why we're not using powers." He didn't feel like drowning. Luke adjusted the shield on his left arm and lifted up his sword. "You ready?"

"I am if you are," Percy said, tightening his grip on Riptide and stepping closer. If Luke didn't need a warm up, he wasn't going to make him take one. Maybe that'd be an easy advantage for Percy.

Percy was an idiot if he didn't think Luke warmed up beforehand. He was ready, but didn't bother saying so. He thought the jab he made towards Percy's ribs was answer enough.

It's not people got warning in a regular fight. Why should Percy get one now?

Percy hadn't expected Luke to start counting down or anything like that. Maybe he wasn't the smartest demigod ever but he wasn't an idiot and he wasn't expecting Luke to make it easy.

Percy stepped back and whipped his sword towards Luke's, making to knock it away and give himself an opening to try and push Luke with the shield on his other arm.

Luke was knocked back a few steps, which caused him to smile a bit. It had been a while since he fought against another person and he had kind of missed it.

He twirled the sword in his hand around and waited for Percy to make the next move, interested in seeing what his offense was like.

Percy shook out the arm that was holding his shield and circled around Luke, contemplating his next move. He thought he had the slight advantage in at least having faced Luke before. He had some knowledge of how he moved.

Of course, Percy also knew that knowing someone didn't matter. Luke himself had made him believe that.

He twirled his sword once before he swung it low, aiming the blade for Luke's calf.

Luke had kept an eye on Percy while he was circling him, as always finding it fascinating to watch someone thing during a fight. As much as he hated it sometimes, he could see why Chiron assigned him to be a teacher in camp.

He managed to step out of the way of the blow and immediately struck back, flicking his sword up to try to catch Percy in the arm.

If Percy hadn't realized Luke was quick before, he knew it now. He just managed to get his shield up, sending Luke's sword deflecting off it and saving his arm a laceration and a loss.

He didn't waste anytime anymore, taking a quick step closer to Luke and swinging Riptide in a tight motion towards Luke's opposite arm. He knew if he lengthened his swings too much, Luke would jab him in the stomach.

Luke had the ADHD to thank for being able to catch what Percy was doing. He had barely gotten out of the way in time, and almost fell over because of it. Not very smooth.

Luke was off balance, but that didn't stop him from trying to strike back. He could see was protecting his front better now, so Luke kicked his foot out and hooked it around Percy's leg in an attempt to knock him over.

Percy knew he should have expected that. He didn't see it coming until the last minute though. He didn't fall completely off his feet but that was only because he got Riptide down to break his fall.

That left him completely open though for the split second it was going to take him to get his feet completely under him again. He had the shield though and he was prepared to use that should Luke come striking.

Luke didn't plan on using his sword just yet. Instead he kicked Percy again, finding it easier to deal with him if he were on his back.

Gods, not dirty.

Oh, Luke knew he hoped it was dirty. And Percy wasn't about to let his cousin just kick him around. He spotted the kicking coming out of the corner of his eye.

The shield came up and Percy hoped Luke ran his leg right into the hard metal of the shield.

He did, and it freaking hurt. Luke wasn't about to let Percy see just how bad it hurt, however, so he did his best to remain stoic about the whole thing.

"You're not going to make this easy on me, are you?" Luke asked, panting slightly. He could do better, he knew he could, but he thought it'd be easier than this.

"If you honestly expected an easy match, you're not as smart as I thought." On one hand, that was admitting he thought Luke was smart. On the other, it was also calling that into question.

Percy got back to his feet, Riptide leveled at Luke's chest. "It wouldn't be as fun if it were easy."

"Are you having fun?" Luke asked as he started to circle Percy, trying to find a weak spot to hit.

"Oh, I'm having a blast," Percy answered, half sarcastic. "And yourself?"

"There's worse ways to spend an afternoon," Luke told him. He was having fun, actually.

"I can agree with that," Percy said, lunging forward and trying to bring the sword down hard on Luke's shoulder. It was a low percentage shot, easily seen and blocked but that wasn't going to stop him.

Luke had totally seen that coming, and was almost disappointed in Percy for taking such an easy shot. He blocked Riptide with his shield and used the close proximity to try to get Percy in the ribs.

Sometimes a guy had to take risks and that had been one. He didn't know why but maybe he was hoping the predictability of shot would have caught Luke off guard.

Obviously not.

Still, he was quick enough to jump backwards to avoid getting slashed in the ribs but he was pretty sure he'd felt the edge of that blade against his shirt. Too close for comfort.

Undeterred, Percy stepped forward and tried to smash his shield against Luke's in an attempt to knock him off balance.

That might've worked if, you know, Luke wasn't a giant compared to Percy. Luke decided to give Percy a taste of his own medicine and pushed back against his shield, planting a foot down on the ground in order to steady himself.

Obviously, that plan hadn't worked as well as he'd hoped and Luke's greater strength had him stumbling backwards, completely off his guard again. The only good thing was that the stumble had put him a few feet away from Luke. He couldn't immediately retaliate.

Percy glowered, angry with himself. It was annoying to have to right himself up again.

Luke wasn't about to give Percy too much of a breather. He moved quickly to close the distance between the two of them, keeping his sword low to try to get Percy in the leg. He had given up trying to make this fancy and impressive, he was trying to hit whatever spot he could to make Percy bleed.

If there was one thing Percy was, it was stubborn. Even if he was starting to get the idea that Luke still might be the better swordsman, he wasn't going to go down without a fight.

Percy brought his sword down, grateful to hear the metal of the swords clang noisily. Not yet, Luke, not yet. Percy pushed forward, trying to catch Luke in the stomach with the side of his sword.

It wasn't the most graceful of moves, but Luke managed to jump back in time to miss getting hit in the stomach. Thank the gods, because that would hurt and Luke didn't have the nifty healing powers Percy did.

Luckily he managed to recover quickly, and brought his shield down on the hand Percy was holding Riptide with.

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