Day 172

[gianthobo]

Who: AZ and open.
Open: Open
When: Day 172
Where: Near the ranch and then the training hall.
What: Having breakfast near the ranch, and failing at the training hall.
Format: idk whatever.
Warnings: A giant man cursing in several languages but that's about it.


AZ eats a lot. He knows this, and tries to stick to foods that most other people don't want. Still, sometimes you just want eggs.

… Which is why AZ is sitting near his bedding area next to the ranch, with a piece of metal bent into a rough pan shape and perched carefully on Torkoal's back, eggs simmering inside.



Later in the day, AZ wanders over to the training hall, poking around the various weapons. He picks out the biggest staff he can find, and takes a few swings with it. It doesn't reach the ground or even get close to it, and he takes a few more swings.

… He promptly drops it on his foot, and pulls his leg up and holds his toes, hopping around and cursing a bit. He wavers unsteadily and then crashes to the ground, spraying sand everywhere. He blinks a little and spits out sand, trying to pull himself up. Help.

Comments

[notduchess]

"I'd rather help you learn than have you learn in a way that hurts yourself."

Duke shifts the staff. "Well, if I remember right... Spears are mostly stabbing, with a bit of slashing.... while halberds are mostly slashing with a bit of stabbing, depending on the kind you get." And then a thin grin at AZ. "And obviously if it doesn't have anything sharp on it, it's bludgeon it until it doesn't move. I think, with your height, any of those would work."

[gianthobo]

"I'd... prefer not to handle blades." If he can knock something out rather than kill it, he'll feel a lot better than if he kills something.

[notduchess]

"They aren't for everyone." They get messy. Duke shrugs, holding the staff out in both hands, trying to size how it ought to be.

"Hold this out, arms just straight out from your shoulders. I think we can work with this one for now, but you'll need to get one... two to three feet longer than you are tall." At least, the knight was a few inches shy of six foot, and an eight or so foot one seemed to be the right idea.*

*((OOC: I am looking up things about quarterstaffs >.>

[gianthobo]

"So about eleven or twelve feet... I'm wondering if it's possible to find one that's intact enough for using like a weapon." He takes the staff carefully, holding it out in what he thinks is a proper grip.

... It isn't even close.

[notduchess]

"It's been done. Probably alter a lance, or a pike. Put caps on the end to prevent splintering..." The knight looks over what he's doing, then heads over to find a staff in a smaller size.

"I can get you to work basics out with something smaller, though. Here." Duke uses the smaller staff and mimes what AZ ought to do.

[gianthobo]

AZ attempts to mimic the knight's stance. His hands are a bit too big to fit comfortably in the right position, but it's reasonably close. It feels a little strange to hold it this way... hm.

"Is this a good defensive position? What do I do with my feet?"