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[Training on her own, without so much as one Unversed to take out, isn't something Aqua's used to. There had always been Ven, Terra, or even Master Eraqus now and then, to go against when she felt the need to brush up on her skills--keep them sharp. But none of them are here and she doesn't want to bother anyone else, so she improvises.
She takes a deep breath, closes her eyes a moment to aid her concentration, and remembers one of her tougher battles.

When Aqua opens her eyes again, dropping into a fighting stance, she can still see an image of Vanitas in her mind's eye. Their fight in Neverland replays in memory and she goes through the motions against an invisible opponent, correcting the mistakes she made back then along the way.
Aqua's movements are agile and easy, not affected by the instability of the sand on the beach. And while she's not near as strong as Terra, it's easy to tell her keyblade swings have fairly decent power behind them.]

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[rainfelling]

[--ohay, it's you. o/]

Hello again.

[twice-promised.livejournal.com]

[--spotted, ohnoes]

Ah-I'm not interrupting, am I?

[rainfelling]

[And you're supposed to have ninja stealth.]

Not at all.

[twice-promised.livejournal.com]

[... It's a selective thing]

.. What was that you were using, anyway?

[rainfelling]

[Of course it is~]

It's called a keyblade. [Here, have another look /o/]

[twice-promised.livejournal.com]

--[uwaaah, it looked even more interesting up close. And still pinging something weird. I'm pretty sure it's that whole light thing]

Where did you get that..?

[rainfelling]

...It's sort of difficult to explain. [In a way that makes sense, anyway.] You can't get one in a normal way. You have to have the right potential.

[twice-promised.livejournal.com]

Hm... actually I can sort of understand that.

It must be pretty rare, then.

[rainfelling]

Yes, more or less.

Though my master was training two other students too--my friends Terra and Ven. And there're a few others I've met...

[twice-promised.livejournal.com]

I see..

Ah, it just.. kind of reminded me of something that's used where I'm from.

[rainfelling]

Oh. Really? What is it?

[twice-promised.livejournal.com]

I can't really show it right now, but it kind of seemed a baculus.

Although up close, they really don't look much the same.

[rainfelling]

Hm... [--wait a minute, suddenly remembering something about a tinydragon.]

Hey, were you able to find your friend?

[twice-promised.livejournal.com]

[--orite]

Yeah, he's been doing fine.

Actually, he managed to change back not too long ago.

[rainfelling]

That's good to hear, then. [--but wait, what.]

"Change back?"

[twice-promised.livejournal.com]

He's uhm.. only a dragon some of the time.

[... simplest way to put it, really]

[rainfelling]

[...should I ask why or just leave it...]

That sounds...awkward.

[twice-promised.livejournal.com]

[... Not sure how much I really want to go into it either. Even though I seem to have no problem telling people about it anyway]

... It's a little complicated.

[rainfelling]

[I'll just leave it alone /o/]

Oh well. As long as it works out, right?