coluberfoxii:
@vowhope || RP AD
There’s a stillness to the training grounds, empty and a little unkempt- probably from not being used often enough. A perfect place for Snake to set up and start training. It’s been a while, so many things have changed and himself with them- he feels it, even if good- change can be so overwhelming.
And thus he finds himself returning to familiarity, launching kicks at a training dummy until he’s no longer alone. The other seems surprised.
“Huh, coming for the quiet?”
“sorry, spot’s taken.”
❝ There’s plenty other dummies surrounding, I won’t disturb. ❞
He was close to being impressed with the other man’s martials arts; as a sword, he only needed to know swordplay and, not wanting to fall behind on his practice, had found this training ground. Apparently so did someone else. It wasn’t something Yamanbagiri minded; he was used to training around and with others in his citadel.
However, he wasn’t going to let this space be monopolized. Unsheathing his sword, he walks over to the next available wooden dummy and assummes stance for battoujutsu. Of course he would have to hold back against these; or else they would soon run out and just cut deep enough for slashes. He closes his eyes, focuses his mind, and opens jades once more; in a flash of his white mantle he is behind the dummy, sword raised. Fresh slashes are cut into the wood, the uchigatana looking back to appraise his work.
❝ Mmn. I should have cut deeper into this vital. ❞










