come out of hiding, i'm right here beside you

[barehands]

[A while after the execution has ended, everyone will find a simple note slipped under their door.]

If you don't want to be alone after everything that's happening, some of us will be in the dining room. Even if you decide not to come, please remember that you aren't alone here.

[The note isn't signed, but the handwriting is feminine and neat.

For anyone who decides to come, there's a good array of food laid out on the table. There are some small and simple cakes, cookies, and pastries, a healthy amount of okonomiyaki, okayu, and other Japanese dishes (with a focus on rice and eggs), along with curry. In addition, there are pancakes, and a large pot of soup. It looks like a few people collaborated to make enough food for everyone here.

Just like the meal they shared together earlier in the week, the candles from the storage room lend a more peaceful light than the fluorescent lights above.]

Comments

[nachetanya]

[ He's actually noticed more or less the moment he comes in, but she doesn't stop. She does briefly smile at him to show that he was noticed, but she continues the form, a little it winded.

In fact, as she responds, she's a little breathless too. ]

Thank you-- for saying so! This is-- heavier-- than my usual blade.

[armamenta]

Then you're doing better than I thought.

[A little winded is expected if you're training with something heavier, after all.]

It's good to keep your skills up.

[Especially in a place like this, but that goes without saying as far as he's concerned.]

[nachetanya]

I thought -- so! As well!

[ Huff, huff. thrust. ]

Not that this-- sword-- can do much!

[armamenta]

It's from the vending machine, yeah? It can't cut anything, can it?

[He got one of those too. It was a little disappointing, really.]

[nachetanya]

Yes!

[ To both of those. Economy of of words while a little winded. ]

[armamenta]

[He'll watch for a moment in silence before speaking up again.]

I don't use swords, but if you want someone to practice on I don't mind helping you out.

[It can't be that hard to block for her and he's already got a useless sword, so why not.

Krauser also may or may not like to fight a lot. Maybe.]

[nachetanya]

Oh!

[ She actually pauses here, keeping mental note she's at fifty-seven right now. She grins, and faces the man more directly. ]

Yes, that would be appreciated! I do need to get used -- to form with only one arm.

[armamenta]

Do you want to do that now or finish your set first?

[Since she was in the middle of it, after all.]

[nachetanya]

I ought to keep diligence until a hundred. But if you'd be willing after that, I would appreciate it.

[ It'll be real late by then, no no one is going to sleep well tonight. ]

[armamenta]

No problem. Let me know when you're done.

[He'll just hang out near the walls as usual, though he'll be tossing his knife and catching it again, as one does.]

[nachetanya]

[ Well then!! time for another 43 thrusts. The whole thing will take... eh, thirty ish minutes. Maybe a little less. once she';s done, exhaling, she sets down the sword and... ]

T-there. I'm done.

[armamenta]

[He'll catch the knife again and approach once she's done.]

Do you need a break?

[nachetanya]

Only for a moment. [ Exhale, inhale. the sword resting on the couch... ]

After all, I can't always expect a break.

[armamenta]

Fair enough. I'll go grab my sword and we'll get started.

[That should be enough time for a break, right!!

Anyway, he'll be back shortly with his own useless sword. He's never really used a sword because Resident Evil has guns, but if all he's doing is blocking her attacks it should be fine. It's not like these swords can do anything besides leave bruises, anyway.]

You ready?

[nachetanya]

[ Yes!!

And well, once he's back she has rested a fair bit, holding a sword in her hand and keeping a breathy and now corrected stance, her sword quickly brought back into her hand for him being back. She nods ]

Yes! Are you?

[armamenta]

Absolutely.

[He'll bring the sword up and brace it against his off-hand so she can go ahead and start.]

[nachetanya]

Alright!

[ Well then, here she goes! ... she's used to fighting rapier. And so, despite this sword not really being right for it, what she goes in for first is one of those step forward, stab type things. ]

[armamenta]

[Huh, interesting. He'll block her as best he can, which is sort of clumsy while he's figuring out exactly how to use a sword. He doesn't seem bothered by that at all though, if anything he looks kind of amused. Come at him, Nachetanya!!!]

[nachetanya]

[ Yeah!! She will! That first blow deflected, though she knows if this were a real rapier she would have been able to skewer and organ or two there... well. The next thrust happens, and then the next. For being one-armed, she's surprisingly quick and well balanced. ]