Ask Yavin IV Discount Duelists [Saber Training]

[Tie’en Chianti]

Temple Training Hall
- 1130 Hours YCT (Yavin Central Time)
Padawan Learner Chianti
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The Jedi training halls had always been elegant and beautiful. The room was 20 meters wide and stood about 2 stories tall. The simple stonework structure was a part of the Padawan's portion of one of the temples, that had been repurposed for their living and training while on the planet. The space, on the northmost wall, held a large rack, filled to the brim with training weapons of all sorts. Sabers, staves, vibro weapons, the whole assortment made the place seem as if it were an Armory rather than a training center. The stark truth of the matter was that these weapons had all been dulled to the point of uselessness, besides their intended purpose of training. The room's natural light, and soft tatami floors ensured that the training space was safe for those that wished to employ it.

Padawan Chianti had made it a habit to visit this room around noon every day to practice her forms. It was one of a Padawan's many duties to dedicate themselves tot he study of the lightsaber. She had spent time learning the first three forms, but in order to progress into knighthood, she would be expected to know the five basic forms of saber combat. What a pickle that was. Tie'en was dressed in a muted grey tunic with black athletic trousers. The outfit was simple, but effective for her purpose. Her hair was let loose, the poof of hair that was her cowlick was left unchecked as she slipped of her boots and left them by the entrance, where a small rack sat to receive them.

She approached the weapons rack, the bounty of choices seemed almost overwhelming. One weapon had been left on the rack with the blade facing the other direction, as opposed to the other weapons, which was strange to say the least. She inspected it for a moment, and came to the realization that this must have been a lefthanded blade. The strange curvature made it seem as if it would be favored by a wielder that preferred using two blade. Ataru and Makashi were the two forms that favored this practice, and she thought back to her training up to this point.

"Two blades? Have I ever tried such a thing?" She quietly asked herself as she inspected the left handed blade again, reaching out to it, beckoning it to her left hand. The saber handle shook weakly for a moment before flying into her hand. She took a more orthodox straight saber into her right hand, grabbing it from the rack. What a strange feeling it was to have no free hand. This would certainly reduce her striking power; however, she was open to playing around, while she still could.

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[Elidan]

Elidan was walking toward the Training Hall. Due to his difficulty in learning the Form IV, the half-Sephi used to come to this place and practice this combat form when he had free time from classes. The Padawan thought that for him to be a good Knight, he needed to know all the forms. This way he would have an answer for different foes that he met on the battlefield.

Even with him practicing constantly, he still has problems with it. Elidan wasn't capable of doing the aggressiveness of the Ataru, his movements always ended up being more graceful. Like a bizarre version of Form II, which was the style that he preferred. Since he did most of his lightsaber training sessions alone, the half-Sephi wondered if he had a partner he would finally learn it.

However, he was still too shy to ask anyone to join him in a training session. He could invite Zana or Ruzaan, but he didn’t want to bother them with his problems. They probably had more important things to do.

When he arrived at the training room, Elidan saw that there was another person there. She was a female Mirialan and seemed to be a padawan too. The half-Sephi thought that perhaps it would be a good idea if he left her alone and came back in another moment. After all, she probably wanted to train alone. However, he would not have time to train until next week. Perhaps they could reach an agreement to use the place.

He walked toward her, pulling his Datapad from the bag that he was carrying. Elidan walked in a way that she could notice, then showed the message that he typed to her. “Hello! My name is Elidan and I have mutism. Do you mind if I train here with you?” he hoped that she would not mind sharing the training halls with him.

@Tetsu