Log: Training Day

[somewhatpointy]

Characters: Ryo Ashihara and Bakura Ryou
Open? Nope
Where: The castle training grounds.
When: Morning of the 4th of Rebirth's Decline
What: Combat training!
Warnings: Mild punching action, mostly.



The night before had been a rather difficult one for more reasons than one, and Ryo was glad it was a new day. He felt a bit better now that he was both away from the party atmosphere and awake and away from that dream. Moving around helped shake the overall oddness of that event, and so he was glad for the chance to get some exercise.

He didn't know if he'd actually be a decent teacher, but it was worth a shot. It hadn't taken him too long to get directions to the training grounds, and so he waited there for the kid he'd talked to at the party to arrive. Not that he yet knew the kid's name, but it had just never come up.

When Bakura arrives at the training grounds, he'll find Ryo pacing a bit as he waits next to a large straw-stuffed punching bag.

Comments

[shiromadoushi]

"I wonder if anyone else had a dream like that... something like that... if we both had that happen, it might have affected everyone. You're staying at the castle, right?"

[somewhatpointy]

Well, this was interesting. Quite interesting. "It might be worth finding out. The way I've been told things work here..." Ryo trailed off and took a lazy swing at the punching bag.

"Yeah, I'm at the castle until I find somewhere else to crash." He made a face. "I need enough room for the horse they gave me, too."

[shiromadoushi]

"Maybe some sort of spell, then..." Bakura mused. "If the witch wanted to cause further trouble, it wouldn't be a stretch to do something like that..."

[somewhatpointy]

Oh, boy. Magic. Not Ryo's favorite thing. "So, what, we should go find the witch and tell her to stop?" He scowled.

Because if he had another night's sleep like THAT, he wasn't going to be a happy camper. Not at all.

[shiromadoushi]

"Aaaa..." Bakura scratched at his cheek a little. "All I know is that she has a candy house in the Two Faced Forest..."

[somewhatpointy]

"Yeah, I heard about it at the party..." Really, that wasn't anything he'd ever wanted to hear of existing, but this place just seemed to bleed that sort of thing. "Should make her easy to find, at least."

This was possibly a bad idea, but Ryo didn't want to be having any more of those dreams. Desperate times called for desperate measures...

[shiromadoushi]

"Are you sure it's such a good idea...? If it wasn't her, it'd just make her more mad, wouldn't it?"

[somewhatpointy]

"It's not like I'm going to go attack her or anything." Yet. At least not at first. "Just to talk." Like that would end well. A diplomat, Ryo was not. He knew that quite well, but still. One needed a certain amount of nerve to approach dangerous things like this...

[shiromadoushi]

"Aaa-- it's just that Giles said that she was angry that everyone kept going through her forest annoying her and that was why she cursed him, because he was poking around...."

[somewhatpointy]

"So we're just going to let her do what she wants, then? I don't know about you, but I don't need another night like that."

[shiromadoushi]

"We'd need to figure out if it was really her first," Bakura pointed out. "Or else we might make it worse..."

[somewhatpointy]

"I don't see how we're supposed to investigate that in the first place..." Ryo really didn't look happy. "I don't suppose there's anyone with a lot of magical experience that's actually not likely to try to do something crazy to us, is there?"

[shiromadoushi]

"Mmm... maybe the other White Mage?"

[somewhatpointy]

Ryo looks rather interested at that bit of information. "Who would that be?"

[shiromadoushi]

"His name is Kori and I think he lives at the monastery, that's where I always see him... I think he's the one who made the spell with the books that brought everyone here."

[somewhatpointy]

Oh, the guy responsible for bringing them all there? Clearly that was someone who was high up on Ryo's list of favorite people. And if you believed that, then he'd probably cut a real estate deal for you.

"You think he'd be able to track down the source of those dreams?"

Or send them home? Sending them home would be good...but somehow Ryo didn't think they'd get the guy to just give in like that. Perhaps he'd broach the subject if he met this Kori face-to-face.

[shiromadoushi]

"Maybe... It can't hurt to ask, right?" The worst that could happen would be some pastry in the face, right?

[somewhatpointy]

Ryo nodded. "It's worth a shot. Where is the monastery, anyway?" He was still getting his bearings in town, after all.

[shiromadoushi]

"Down the East road out of the town, not too far past the walls."

[somewhatpointy]

"Looks like I'll be paying him a visit once we're done here, then." Ryo nodded as he glanced back towards the punching bag. "You up for another try, or have you had enough for the day?"

[shiromadoushi]

"Aaaa..." Bakura faltered, rubbing the back of his neck. "It would feel right to give up so quickly..."

[somewhatpointy]

"Come on, another round, then." Ryo punched the punching bag a couple more times in an attempt to give Bakura a better example. "Watch your shoulders."

[shiromadoushi]

Bakura nodded, hesitating a moment before he carefully attempted to mimic Ryo's actions. "Like this...?"

[somewhatpointy]

Ryo nodded. "That's better. Just make sure you put some force into it, hold yourself a bit more like this..." He altered his own posture a bit, just to show Bakura. "Now, go ahead and swing."

[shiromadoushi]

It's that putting some force into it part that seems to be his downfall. With no anger or determination behind it, plus the awkward moment of remembering earlier still lingering, the force just isn't present behind it.