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[element_wizard]

Meditation was always hard for him. It was the focusing and sitting still that just drove him batty. But Triv had suggested moving while doing it. Using his sword. He had practiced with his sword by himself. His skills with the sword were one of the few things that he had to work on to keep up. They didn't keep up automatically like his powers or things. Deciding to try out Triv's advice he found himself a quiet spot in the Nexus.

Shirt off, he drew out his longsword and held it in his hands, staring at the simple seeming blade for a moment, before closing his eyes and taking a deep breath. He let his mind drift into that place where he could hear the elements and sought the fire. Fire was the easiest for him. Perhaps some other time he would use the other elements or all four at the same time, but today, just fire.

He started to move through the exercises he was taught by the fey. Sword forms, he supposed. Just gliding through them, one after the other, moving gracefully, almost as if in a dance. Parry, block, stab, cut, slice, move, twist, turn, the sword glinting in the Nexus light.

As he moved, he unconsciously started to follow the fire in his head, moving and cutting to its song. Flames danced up around him, igniting the blade. It swished and sizzled as he moved.

Eventually it died away as he slowed and then stopped. He leaned on the sword, an bemused smile on his face, feeling a lot calmer than when he had started.

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[goodform.livejournal.com]

*There's a moment, then a slow, somewhat hesistant sound: the captain's version of applause. It's probably not meant to sound sarcastic. Probably. He is slapping his left palm to the metal of his right wrist*

Very....showy. Mr Troven.

[elementwizard.livejournal.com]

Still leaning on his sword, Alec gives the Captain a roguish smile, "Was it? I had my eyes closed."

[goodform.livejournal.com]

*Hook rolls his eyes to heaven, once, and then drawls*

Precisely. Showy.

*Alec would be perfectly within his rights at this point to scoff that Hook daring to say anyone else is a Big Flamboyant Show-Off would be a rampant case of the pot calling the kettle black. Especially when it comes to swordsmanship.*

[elementwizard.livejournal.com]

If Alec were his older self, he would of course point such a thing out. As he is not, he continues to grin.

"It was supposed to be meditative, but a little showy never hurt anyone."