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[Squall still hadn't quite grown accustomed to this Garden of the future. It was strange, all the different faces in a place that was... ... ...well home, for lack of anything else. He'd missed a lot. Still he was part of Garden and he just had to get used to it. ...If he could get over his natural anti-social tendencies. He didn't really talk to people much of his own volition, but he'd been walking around more than he might have if this were the right time period, noticing things, matching faces with ranks and just getting a general idea of who all these people were.

Today you can find him in one of three places as I shamelessly rip off Japan's log format yep:

A You see Squall in the Quad, examining the Home Ec class's garden. At least until he gets too close to a certain tree and a flock of birds take flight, diving straight for him. Yes that is your Commander covering his head and trying to get away from a swarm of angered animals. No there's no dignity today.

B You see Squall in the Garage. He's looking over the latest cars Garden's acquired, hey he likes cool things what can he say. Goes with the belts. Too bad it'd be a total abuse of authority to take these out for a joyride...

C You see Squall in the Training Center, taking out some grats with a frown on his face. Hey the Commander's got to stay in shape too! It's really convenient Time Compression brought his gunblade along, he'd hate to have to ask where present Squall's is. Or present Squall is in general. ...He seriously hopes present Squall isn't dead or something, wow maybe he should stop thinking about this. Back to taking out those grats.]

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[That's not fishy at all nope...]

Is something wrong?

[Oh no! She didn't even realize she'd been doing it, and now she's all embarrassed...]

Ah, no, sir! I just --

[Her hands tighten on the grips of her own gunblades, the points trembling. She tries so hard not to go on a fangirling rampage --]

[Aaaand fails.]

It's just I've read so much about your weapon. Especially right after the war it was in all the Weapons Monthlies, you know, 'a complete analysis of the weapon that saved the world, this issue'! And it's just amazing and a privilege and an honor, sir, to be able to see it in action even a little.

[Yeah, she's blushing and totally embarrassed by the time she manages to end that.]

[He's thinking a lot of things right now, but... the whole entire point to coming out here was to not think about things ...He nods at her own gunblades.]

Do you know how to use those?

[Right back to formal Cadet style. Maybe a little stiff because she still feels like an idiot.]

Sir, I am familiar with fighting with regular swords and I believe I've adapted to the grip style on gunblades. By order of Instructor Farron I am not practicing with the triggers until such time as she deems my skill sufficient to do so.

[...] Up for a spar, cadet?

[Still... no name lmfao sob. Anyway he doesn't know if she should be asking this, but... why not? Sparring with someone he doesn't know would be easier than tracking down Seifer or Rinoa right now.]

[Both gunblades immediately fall out of her hands. She quickly ducks down to scoop them up.]

I-I'd be honored, sir.

[Just... watches that lmfao. He... really needs to do something about this reverence thing.]

It's just Squall. We can fight over there.

[He points at a relatively clear area off a ways, sort of hard to have a spar when there's logs and so on to trip over.]

[Good luck with that, Squall; you ARE a hero and her lifelong inspiration.]

[She all but scampers over to the clear area, then turns to face him. She's practically shaking.]

[FFF if only he felt that way. He follows her at a slower pace and assumes position once he's there. Two gunblades... He'll have to watch both her hands. Somehow just being faced with a problem he can actually assess helps clear his mind. Nothing to think about here, but what's right in front of him.]

Ready?

[She takes an angled stance. Her lefthand blade is at full-arm extension, the point steady in midair despite the weapon's weight. Half of that is its balance, half her own strength. She holds the other one behind her and up at an angle, where it can counterweight her motions or descend quickly.]

[She knows she doesn't have a chance, but she is so far past caring.]

Ready!

[Nodding he waits the briefest moment before moving to close the distance between them with a downwards slash. He can't deny a part of him is interested to know how she'll react with those two gunblades. It's always been just him and Seifer... This is something he wants to see.]

[Good. The Captain has taught her that, when possible, let the enemy commit to an attack first. With two weapons she has a wider range of response that must be reacted to.]

[He didn't teach her to be a howling berserker. That just comes naturally to her. With a battle cry that's nothing but a few drawn-out vowels, she whips her forward blade up and out to catch Squall's. With the weight far back in her blade it would be a bad matchup, but her models have a an extended grip that runs past the wrist -- partly to provide that balance, but partly to add extra leverage to this sort of parry. As the blade rises, she uses its momentum and weight to balance a forward step, her other weapon slashing at Squall's side.]

[The howling's a bit unexpected. But then again Squall can't say he's never done the same. Jumping back it's all he can do to keep from being cut. Heh... he almost forgot about the second weapon.

Lunging back in he comes with a reversed slash of his last attack, this one coming up from the bottom. Rather than aimed at Maria directly though he focuses on one of her blades meaning to use his strength to knock it out of her hand if he can.]

[She hauls both her blades up, crossing then to catch his own in the angle. (And she does it properly, using the flats and thick backs rather than her own edge.) But it's a mistake on her part; she doesn't have the raw strength or leverage she needs to shove his own blade back. Maria is forced to retreat before she's driven to her knees.]

[Squall doesn't give much of a chance for recovery, but follows up with a horizontal strike. If she doesn't find a way to break his stride he's going to keep hammering away at her blades until she gives. A heavy-handed tactic, but then again Squall's always been more passionate in battle than anywhere else.]

[She all but throws herself backwards, the blade passing over her as she turns the motion into a smooth roll. When her shoulders hit the ground she uses the muscles of her spine and her momentum to snap her legs up and twist. The motion spins her body, so her twin gunblades arc out as she comes up, the better to discourage anyone from getting too close.]

[When he feet gain the ground again, she's in a defensive crouch, one blade back, the other at extension before her. She grins at him, a feral, savage expression masked slightly by strands of hair that have come down over her face.]

[That is definitely a new one. In spite of the fact this is a fight ~~spar what spar~~, Squall's more than curious. Settling back he assumes a defensive position, waiting. Not quite so much his style as he believes more in a good offense than a strong defense, but if he just keeps attacking he's not going to get anywhere fast.]

[This would be the perfect chance to cast a hostile spell on him... but she hasn't even taken the classes for that yet. Oops.]

[Well then. She advances forward with calm side-steps, always keeping her profile and the front blade presented -- then the sidestep turns into an abrupt lunge that drives the tip of her blade towards him. But off-center. It wavers a bit, drifting towards the right side of his torso.]

[That, however, is a feint! There are a couple of tells, though, the largest one being that she reverses the trailing gunblade with a twist of the wrist as she moves. Its new position is more awkward to hold in defense but better suited to slash once he'd taken the bait of aggressively countering that seemingly weak strike. She'd have been better off not twisting it till she began her attack.]

[He sides steps the first attack which brings him more into the path of her second one, but catching the motion he flicks his blade out to knock hers' aside. Not waiting for an invitation he immediately reverses his direction and brings the point towards her throat. Not that... he would actually cut her, but he's grown up sparring with Seifer. "You win" would never have just cut it.]

[In any other situation she would've kept going -- find some way to press the attack no matter what the circumstances. But this is the Commander and one of her idols holding the most awesome gunblade created to her neck. So, a pause, while she visibly fights down her own drive and adrenaline.]

[She's not sure if she should be proud or disappointed.]

What -- [Her voice is thick, she swallows] What gave away the feint?

[Squall lowered his blade before shaking his head. What had told it...?]

Your first attack was too open.

[If he'd been an enemy she wouldn't have gotten a chance to follow up with that second strike. He paused for a moment.]

Who's your instructor?

[She lets her own blades settle, control finally coming back fully.]

Sir, I trained under Captain Kartany of the Dollet Army.

[WTR101 doesn't count in the least.]

[Dollet hunh...]

...Alright. Thanks Cadet.

[He'll have to keep that in mind. ...Whenever he goes back to the right time. Might be someone to look up in the future. ...Past. ...This is needlessly complicated. He nods though and turns ready to go on his way, hmm.]

Sir!

[She's suddenly a little shy.]

...Maybe again sometime?

[He pauses at that and... there's actually the tiniest bit of a smile. On the microscopic level. It takes a lot of squinting to see. But he nods.]

I'd like that. Next time let's have a real spar.

[All out. Cause. That's just how he rolls. ...Sob he grew up with Seifer what can be said.]

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