The Salle - Sunday Morning

[thinkbetterofme.livejournal.com]

Faramir's morning had consisted of a high amount of sneaking around. Well, at least a higher amount than was usual, he had escaped Maladicta's room before she'd woken up. It sounded much more exciting than it had been as she had merely offered him the spare bed once he found his roommate in desperate need for some privacy. It was almost like having Boromir here.

So now, after tending to Baru's, Faramir was in the salle, hoping that his disappearance that morning would not have angered Maladicta into standing him up. He was testing the practise blades which the school provided as he waited for her. They felt uncomfortable in his hand, their balance not quite perfect, but it seemed better to use them instead of real blades.

[Open salle, omg.]

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[swordsandsoccer.livejournal.com]

Dolf... still wasn't a fighter.

But he had been Carolus's First Squire, and received the training that involved, though it wasn't nearly as impressive as it sounded. Real life was nothing like the movies. Three months wasn't any amount of time in which to master the sword. Hell, Dolf had still been useless with it by the end.

Last Friday, though, had been another sign. He thought. He opened the door to the salle very tentatively, and stuck his head in, feeling foolish and more than a little ill-at-ease.

"Faramir!" he said, in surprise. Though really, Faramir was a fighter of sorts. Of course he was here.

[thinkbetterofme.livejournal.com]

Faramir startled, having been too caught up in his own thoughts to hear the door opening. His swing at the dummy went embarrasingly wide, missing it by several inches. Luckily dummies could not retaliate, or he'd been open wide there.

"Rudolf," he realised, turning to face him. "Good morning."

[swordsandsoccer.livejournal.com]

"Sorry," Dolf said, trying - and succeeding - not to blush in embarrasment. "I wasn't trying to keep you from working."

He slipped in through the door, and closed it quietly behind him. "I have just not been here."

[thinkbetterofme.livejournal.com]

"No need to apologise," Faramir assured him, he glanced around the room for an instant. "They appear to be well prepared for allowing their students to train their fighting skills."

[swordsandsoccer.livejournal.com]

"It's weird," Dolf said, puttering off hesitantly in the direction of the training swords. "It's like all times falled together, sometimes." He pulled one out, and stared at it dubiously.

At least it looked like the ones Carolus had used.

[thinkbetterofme.livejournal.com]

"Fell," Faramir corrected, watching Dolf move across the room. "Do you have experience with the blade?"

[swordsandsoccer.livejournal.com]

"My friend Carolus teached--" Dolf bit down on his lip, and thought of Faramir's correction. Teached wasn't right, was it? No. Not teached. But what then? "...he showed me how to use it," he ammended. "But I'm not very good."

He gave the sword one practice sweep, adjusting again to how clumsy it felt in his hands.

[seaweed-demigod.livejournal.com]

After last night, Percy decided he really could do with some time at the salle. He'd been awkward and out of place in the bar but he felt better as soon as he had Riptide out and was striding into the salle.

He recognized the other boy but didn't think they'd met so he gave him a nod. Since he was taking out some aggression on the practice dummies, he didn't say anything that might throw him off.

[thinkbetterofme.livejournal.com]

Not so much aggression as confusion, perhaps.

Faramir finished the exercise before he turned towards the other boy. "Good morning," he greeted, unable to not notice the peculiar sword he was carrying. "I believe I saw you at the tavern last night. I am Faramir."

[seaweed-demigod.livejournal.com]

"Uh, yeah," Percy said, laughing at that memory and resting Riptide against his shoulder. "Yeah, I was there. I don't know why but I was there. You have a good time?"

[thinkbetterofme.livejournal.com]

"I met some new people and talked to those I knew already," Faramir said. "I would believe that counts as a good time. Did you?"

[seaweed-demigod.livejournal.com]

"I had..." Percy didn't really know what sort of time he had. "It was weird. It wasn't awful though. I don't know if I'd do it again but it didn't hurt anything doing it once."

[thinkbetterofme.livejournal.com]

"I believe it would depend on what your intentions were," he agreed, and his curiosity got the better of him as he motioned towards Percy's sword. "That looks like a fine blade."

[inneedofcoffee.livejournal.com]

Since it was just a friendly offering of the unoccupied bed in her room, there was clearly no need to be awkward. Amused? Completely.

Because what did it say about poor Faramir to flee in the morning?

"Still alive, I see."

[thinkbetterofme.livejournal.com]

That he was considerate and did not want to get in her way first thing in the morning? Or that he'd lay awake far too long, uncertain to come up with the best way to handle the morning, and thus retreat had felt like the best course of action.

"Are you disappointed?" he asked, managing to hide his relief.

[inneedofcoffee.livejournal.com]

"Not at all," Maladicta replied, shooting him another amused look. "Should this be when I interrogate you?"

[thinkbetterofme.livejournal.com]

He chuckled, head tilted as he studied her. "Do you feel there is something you wish to know of me?"

[inneedofcoffee.livejournal.com]

"Do you normally leave before the girl wakes up?" Sure, way to make it dirtier than it was, Maladicta.

[thinkbetterofme.livejournal.com]

Faramir refused to flush, reminding himself that nothing had happened the previous night. And even if it had, there would be nothing to be embarrassed of.

"I normally do not stay long enough for the girl to sleep," he said honestly. That seemed something between lovers and he had not given his heart to any of the women he had shared a bed with.

[squire-hand.livejournal.com]

James decided to work out a few frustrations in the Salle with a few drills on forms and techniques.

He had not expected so many people today.

"Hello the Salle!" he said, in greeting.

[thinkbetterofme.livejournal.com]

"Good morning, James," Faramir paused for an instant in his training to greet the other.

[squire-hand.livejournal.com]

"Morning! Are you well?" he asked Faramir.

"The practice blades?" He preferred the real thing.

[thinkbetterofme.livejournal.com]

"I am well," he replied and nodded at the question. "Yes, it seems safer when you are teaching someone."

[squire-hand.livejournal.com]

"Ah, you have students, then?" he asked, quirking an eyebrow.

[thinkbetterofme.livejournal.com]

Faramir chuckled and shook his head. "I do not think I would call it that. Just someone who is curious."