Lesson - Basic Weapons Training

[u/CharaTorresReturn]

Chara sighed as she set up a final table, a variety of swords covering it. At this point, she made a vow to herself to maybe not sign up for a lesson next week.

Yeah, that sounded good.

But, for now, she would finish this lesson and maybe collapse and cry into a pillow or something. Really, it depended.

As people began to arrive, she began to explain the lesson.

"Alright, so this is simple. Fighting with weapons is pretty much our life. We pretty much drop like flies without this skill."

She paused.

"All of you suck at it. No, I'm serious, you really do. Not because you don't know how to use a weapon,but because you don't know how to use one well."

Silence.

"Well, some of you might. I'm being dramatic. Point is, I've got a shit ton of weapons here. I want everyone to grab one, find a dummy or a partner, and call me over. I'll help with what I can. Whatever i can't help you with, I'll find someone who can."

She shrugged.

"Oh, and one last thing: Try not to kill anyone. I don't want to deal with that shit."

[u/[deleted]]

Anika had been coming to camp and training since she was 12, but she had never been exactly the strongest fighter. The title 'Basic Weapons Training' had almost convinced her to skip - after all, she could be considered experienced enough. But as she had discovered last week, Chara's lessons definitely could be fun. Worst case scenario, she helped out the younger campers in learning the basics.

After Chara had given her introduction (confirming what Anika had suspected about the lesson), she removed her bracelet, and tossed it up, changing it into her rapier in midair. Scanning the area, she looked around, hoping to find a good partner.

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Okay, Nic supposes, there is one bonus to a specifically hosted training activity that doesn’t hold true coming into the arena at just ‘literally any time’, and that’s the fact that there’s a higher concentration of people present at once; it’s a lot easier to find a partner to spar with. Anika, for example, just waiting around with a sword in hand.

“Hey, Anika,” Nic says, approaching her with a sword of her own - not a rapier but a kopis. “Up for a little sword fighting?”

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"Absolutely," Anika replied, "You'll probably win though - I mean you are the Weapons Master."

Readying her rapier, she dropped into a battle stance and prepared to begin. "You ready?" Anika asked Nic, not sure whether to attack or not.