( open ) practice makes perfect

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Who: Jim Kirk & YOU!
What: Jim wants to learn how to wield a sword (and some other weapons)
When: Now-ish
Where: Temjask arena
Rating: PG-13 for possible mild violence, fighting and minor injuries


While not unfamiliar with using weapons, it's fair to say that Jim's well out of his depth here. Barring the use of magic, there's nothing even remotely resembling energy weapons, and even projectile weapons are nonexistent. He's checked out what's on offer but some of them he doesn't even recognize, and those that he does...

Well, he can't really remember ever holding a sword in his life, for instance. But he's definitely curious. He goes to the arena to train, keep his body in shape and possibly look for someone willing to spar with him, and after he's worked up some sweat, he heads out to where all those weapons are on display, looking over the selection with interest.

He picks up a sword at one point, a smaller and lighter-looking one, but not knowing what to do with it, he'll put it back down unless someone approaches or cuts in. He also walks around the training grounds, watching others use those same weapons, admiring from a safe distance at how skilled they are.

A more elaborate or showy move will no doubt get an impressed sound from him, and he tips his head at them. "That was brilliant. You're really good."

Not that he'd know the first thing, it just looked impressive.

Comments

dropped the thread but finn would've showed him the shield he can summon it's nothing fancy

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Jim's honesty gets a light laugh out of the former Stormtrooper, "Thanks. I'll try not to let it get to my head." Even though he, himself, was self-proclaimed 'a Big Deal'.

A nod from him, "I feel kind of lucky that the First Order trained us the way they did. They didn't give us weapons that wouldn't work in an unpowered environment." Silly lightsabers... "Even if I do prefer blasters," another light chuckle at himself and then he holds out the staff to the other man.

"Here, I'll walk you through some beginner things with a staff and you decide whether or not you like it enough to continue," sounds like a plan, right?

works for me!

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"Yeah, same for me," Jim agrees of the blaster. He misses his phaser a bit, even if so far he hasn't needed to actually use it. Part of him hopes that won't change either. But in case it does, he needs to know how to use other weapons, so he won't be completely useless, especially when his powers could be anything.

He accepts the staff with a nod, testing the grip but not trying for any moves just yet. "Okay, so... how do I get started?"

feel free to drop if too old

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Finn busies himself with moving Jim's hands to the right positions that should at least be somewhat comfortable for one of his stature. "So where I just moved your hands is good for going into a lot of different moves, they'd call this 'rest' when they yelled out the moves we were supposed to be taking."

So while he gets familiar with where his hands are, Finn is going to go grab another staff. The nice thing about these is they're all a uniform-ish height and since it's practice he's not too worried about reach at the moment. "Feel like you could put your hands back in that spot easily?" He shifts his feet into a stance just somewhat shoulder width apart, his own hands stacked one on top of the other.