[RP] [Locked] For Lancelot and Alexander, sparring?

[elani-songbird.livejournal.com]

So, an hour later or so, Elani can be found waiting for Lance in a practice room.

She's taken to forgoing loose hair and skirts for practice sessions such as these (possibly after the weaponsmaster tore one of her skirts in a session and told her to put her hair back lest it get pulled out if she had to fight). So she's braided her hair back and pulled on a simple outfit for exercise.

She's also performing various stretches in front of the mirror and she has quite carefully not picked up any of the practice blades yet.

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[elani-songbird.livejournal.com]

Not pushy at all and she does think it's a kind invitation for him to make. Especially since he is the King and likely has more important duties to attend to than whether one rather pacifistic Eight gets more one-on-one training with him or not.

"I will, Sire, thank you again."

[livebytheclub.livejournal.com]

[He smiles and nods curtly.

He does of course mean well for her personal development, but he also considers her valuable ideologically. If a pacifist learns to defend herself competently and appreciates skill at arms for the tool it is, can anyone else claim objection to it?]

[upcardjack.livejournal.com]

Lance nods quietly at the entire dicussion. Elani looks good doing the forms, they seem to come naturally to her; why shouldn't she learn how to make them useful? She certainly doesn't have to go out and attack anyone with them to feel as if she's learned something. He'll have to pull some books off his shelves for her, things that Eileen went through but, he thinks, didn't understand as much as Elani might-- and not because of her age, but because of her already firm mindsight.

Both the King and the Jack know that they don't see eye-to-eye on certain matters, but Lance can't help but hear the undercurrent in the other man's voice. "I think it's well that you continue your training, Elani." He looks at the King and then the Eight. "Even if you never use it-- and hopefully that should be the case-- but knowledge is good for knowledge's sake."

[livebytheclub.livejournal.com]

[Alexander nods to the Jack in kind. They'll probably never be friends, but they can work together for the right reasons]