It's a fool who plays it cool

[foolsmakeitcolder]

WHO: Jude & OPEN
WHAT: Arrival & settling
WHEN: Early Justinian
WHERE: First the Vimmark Mountains, then the Gallows
NOTES: Warning for giant ass wolf, giant wolf ass, nudity, violence.



Starters to come.

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training yard

[justashotaway]

Laura's been practicing today, too, trying to regain some of the strength she lost in Antiva. She's in linen shirt and trousers today, punching and kicking a practice dummy with focused repetition. And then she's taking a break, debating the merits of practicing with a sword next.

"A while." She watches the way he touches it; his hand moves over the metal like he's never seen it before. It's a familiar sensation, if distantly so. "But you may choose to wear something simpler."

[foolsmakeitcolder]

Metal has never felt right to his wolf- it feels like friction, something scraping inside his brain, standing between him and shifting. He's not terribly claustrophobic, but he could be. If he were wearing something like this.

"Have we got anything that's... loose?"

[justashotaway]

"Do you like leather?" Any armor is unlikely to qualify as loose - that defeats the purpose of armor. But it would be lighter, at least.

[foolsmakeitcolder]

"Never tried it. Never tried any armor before."

Got to be honest. So many parts of this are new to him. So many things are no longer impossible. They may have even solved this problem already. They seem to know a lot about war, and fighting things bigger than themselves.

"But I'm open to learning something new."