The Salle, Thursday Afternoon, After Classes

[formerbrat]

Elspeth found the local oddities to be more intriguing than overwhelming, in general. Still, it was a relief to retreat to the salle and work through her sword exercises. It was one tiny spot of normal in a great sea of something else entirely.

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[cutsthestrings]

...someone did not enjoy class.

She stomped in, practically trailing a storm cloud behind her as she made her way to the practice equipment and pulled out one of the shorter practice swords. She was nearly to some of the dummies before she realized anyone else was even in here.

She winced before offering a halfhearted wave at the other girl. Then she went for the dummies with the body of the yo yo and a muffled snarl.

[formerbrat]

Elspeth paused for a moment in her own exercises to watch the other girl and her unusual weapon.

[cutsthestrings]

The steel body of the yo yo did nothing out of the ordinary; it thunked against the dummy heads and arms and legs with the expected sound of a heavy object hitting wood and stuffing.

A quick pull, however, looped the string around one of the dummy heads. With a grunt, Fiona tugged and the yo yo came back to her immediately. She was almost onto the next one when the head slid off.

The clatter startled her, since she wasn't looking that way, and it ended up with Fiona looking right at Elspeth.

...ah. Awkward moment.

[formerbrat]

"What sort of weapon is that?" Elspeth asked, never having seen a yo-yo of any kind before.

[future_sandworm]

Of course, finding the salle empty was unlikely to happen. He would have liked to release several blades, but one would have to do. Leto found a corner and walked over to pick up a few knives and a short sword, shaking glitter out of his hair.

[formerbrat]

Elspeth watched the new arrival as she ran through a few exercises. She still needed to find a few good sparring partners to practice with.

[future_sandworm]

There was a girl there he didn't know, so Leto approached slowly. "I don't believe we have met," he said. "I am Leto Atreides."

[formerbrat]

"I am Elspeth of Valdemar," Elspeth said, pausing in her sword work. "Are you new here, too?"