asgardeventide | 03 - Video / Action at Freya

[Unlike in previous video posts, there are no bandages on Maya's right shoulder, no sling, and her nodachi isn't in the bag she usually keeps it in. No, the beautiful sword with the swirling dragon about the sheath is resting on her shoulder as she stands before the Freya Welcome House.]

I know it's been a couple weeks since I started at the Citadel, but allow me to introduce myself. I'm Natsume Maya, and I'm one of the Citadel's instructors. I teach the sword and meditation techniques. Unlike the other sword instructors, my specialty is the Japanese style of sword. For those of you from non-Earth worlds, if the sword's blade is single-edged and has a curve to it, I can teach it. I offer lessons three times a week for sword, twice a week for meditation. If you're interested, come to the Citadel and sign up.

Now, the Citadel has a code for chivalrous behavior always within it and while taking classes there. If chivalry isn't your thing and you still want to learn, contact me privately. I do give lessons of a less than chivalrous nature on my own time, but understand that they are not easy.

On another note, my fellow Freya members, I would like to start a little house camaraderie here in the form of a martial arts club. If you are a member of Freya and know martial arts, come down to the common room. [She gives a cocky smirk.] The best fighters don't always end up in Thor.

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What does it mean, exactly -- "less than chivalrous?"

Some people don't believe in chivalry and find that code of conduct to be outdated. Honor is a big deal in chivalry, for example.

Yes, of course. I doubt that it will be adhered to by most enemies we're likely to encounter here.

So I take it what you mean is instead -- "no-holds-barred", as they say?

Edited 2012-09-04 01:21 (UTC)

That is one way to put it.

I may be employed at the Citadel, but I am a realist, not an idealist, when it comes to combat.

[That's not entirely true, but her ideals mean nothing here.]

Quite so. Anyone who was an idealist, I imagine, would not last extremely long, if they ran up against a person of comparable skill and fewer ideals.

As it happens, I have certain training myself, but involving powers that I don't possess here, and I think swords might be surprisingly useful here.

I do need to make a living, so if you want private lessons, you still need to pay. But I'm a reasonable woman.

Of course, that's only to be expected. I would have to see how well it would work out, naturally.

What's your name?

Itsuki Koizumi. A pleasure, Natsume-san.

I'll remember that. Think on whether you want to learn through the Citadel or through private lessons and get back to me.

I will, Natsume-san.

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