Salle [Monday, Morning]

[withasword.livejournal.com]

This week was really not letting up, was it? If anything it was getting worse. Friday had been a nice distraction, and temporary solution, but that restless energy had popped back with a vengeance in no time at all. What was with that? Not that she was really complaining, because it wasn’t a horrible feeling, just... Confusing.

In an effort to ease the twitchy feeling, Kate was taking everything out on an unsuspecting dummy. In her mind, the answer to every problem was to kick things. Hard and multiple times. Slayer had been set aside for now, because as much as she loved some time with her sword, she just didn’t trust herself with anything sharp today. That required a little more concentration than her wandering mind was up to today.

Of course, it still didn’t really seem to be helping, but Gods be damned if she wasn’t still trying.

[[open salle, but with likely work-related SP from my end. ]]

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[wesleynotponcy.livejournal.com]

"Wesley," he confirmed, awkwardly shifting his sword to the other hand in order to set down his coat. "And you're... Kate?"

[withasword.livejournal.com]

"Got it in one," she confirmed, pulling one arm across her chest in a stretch. "Didn't realise I was so memorable."

Or, some people just have a better memory for names than you, Kate.

[wesleynotponcy.livejournal.com]

"There weren't too many people coming to Reserves for the martial training," Wesley pointed out with a bit of a smile. "Nor many who use the salle all that often."

Basically there were, like, three. So.

[withasword.livejournal.com]

Well, okay true. Kate shrugged, and tapped her temple, "Next time." It was entirely possible she'd just keep calling him Reserve Guy because she could.

"And technically I was there for both sides." A slashy response just so happened to be her autopilot position. Magic a second choice.

[wesleynotponcy.livejournal.com]

"Well." Fine, Kate, be all logical. "I may have, ah, paid particular attention to those attending for the martial portion of it." Yeah, yeah, he was a little biased.

[withasword.livejournal.com]

That was totally okay, so was Kate.

"Well, looks like you get to share a room with a lots of martial-minded girls this morning." Weren't you looking forward to that Wesley?

[wesleynotponcy.livejournal.com]

It was a dream come true! Sort of. The former Watcher thing made it a little weird.

"Quite," he said, with a wry sort of smile. "You seem to, ah, truly know what you're doing," he added, with a nod toward the dummy. "Have you had training apart from here, or...?"

[withasword.livejournal.com]

"My father. He was big on me being able to look after myself." It was a little more complex than that, but he was also big on her not telling the truth. She'd had a weird upbringing.

"Back home sword carrying is more normal than I think it is here."

[wesleynotponcy.livejournal.com]

Wesley nodded. "I, ah, I was brought up taking sword lessons, myself," he offered in return. "As well as, er, marksmanship, archery, those sorts of thing, as part of my schooling. So, ah. My home world is... also a bit heavier on the weapons training than this one seems to be." Or he just ran in special circles. Mostly that one.

[withasword.livejournal.com]

"The sort of world where people getting eaten by a troll on the way home, not such an unusual occurrence?" she guessed.

Possibly that came to mind because that was the sort of reason to carry a sword people in her world had.

[wesleynotponcy.livejournal.com]

"Sounds like a typical Tuesday," Wesley admitted. Look, the Hellmouth was special. "Is yours about the same, then?"

[withasword.livejournal.com]

"The mages trapped the only troll in Atlanta in a sleeping spell under the Johnson Ferry Bridge. It hasn't eaten anyone lately."

But yeah, it was about the same.

[wesleynotponcy.livejournal.com]

A beat.

"Interesting," Wesley said after a moment. He made a mental note to ask Giles whether Atlanta was on a Hellmouth. "Er. Apparently there was an issue with a troll in Sunnydale a week or so ago," he offered. "But as I understand it, he was, ah, transported to an alternate dimension quickly enough."

So... yay for that.