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[ Cloud had decided to get up early and spend a few hours with his blades, making sure that they were in shape after the whole 'sucked into another world' thing. Once cleaned, sharpened, and polished he took the Fusion Swords outside of the Garden for practice. Sure he could have gone to the Training Center, but he had found the ceiling was just a little too close for comfort, especially when he jumped. He needed space and he needed to work off all the tension of ended up in this strange place, where even the air tasted different than what he knew.

So there he was in the field, the First Ken in hand while the five other swords formed a circle around him, going through the very simple step-slash-block-return moves of a basic kata. The air was fresh and cool, feeling good against his bare arms, and he could taste the nearby sea when the wind blew off of it. He closed his eyes, letting his feet and arms carry him around the circle.

So absorbed in his practice, he really wouldn't notice anything around him, even if it was a Sephiroth appearing in a pink apron talking about peace and harmony. ]

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[ Whatever works for him. There were a lot of things that Cloud thought was stupid but other people used them just fine. Everyone has their own styles after all. ]

Sometimes. [ And with that he turns and picks up the jagged sword and snaps it into place on one side of the First Ken. Next was the hollow blade, fitting easily on the front of the sword. ]

And sometimes I put it all together.

I'd complain about how much that has to weigh, but it still makes more sense than a sword that is also a gun that fires no bullets.

[He watches curiously, if without much professional interest; this is so far out of his style than it might as well be black magic.]

I wonder if it's more effective to throw them all combined or one at a time.

It's not that heavy. [ And next are the switcheblade swords, the hilt folding up before he clicks them into place. The completed blade looked a lot more like a huge wedge of metal used to batter down walls than a sword sword, but still Cloud can hold it easily in one hand. ]

At least, it's not that heavy to me. I wouldn't know about throwing them. I tend to fight up close and personal.

They're way outside my training. [Given the slender, curved sheaths he's wearing, each of which can't compare to the width and breadth of even the smallest of the fusion swords, that would go without saying.] But a ninja can throw anything with accuracy and power!

A ninja, huh? [ His mouth twitched into a smile, remembering another ninja that he knew. The two of them were definitely a little different from each other. Cloud looked at his sword and then casually flips the blade around, offering him the hilt. ]

Let's see it.

[He accepts it, the muscles of his arm knotting as he adjusts to the weapon's weight. He hadn't held a sword that weighed more than a few ounces in quite a long time, but his strength was up to the task -- though he had no idea how to use a sword balanced like this one.]

[Hmm, let's see. A target. Had to be something large and sturdy enough to blunt the impact so the sword doesn't go flying off into the distance... and there is nothing like that around. Splendid.]

[Edge lifts his free hand, makes a series of complicated finger motions, then gestures sharply with a slash of his hand. Beneath them the ground shakes, as a few dozen feet away, a wave of earth erupts upward, splitting apart to reveal a stone core at its heart.]

[No sooner does it appear then Edge hurls the sword at it almost casually. The weapon spins blindingly around its balance as it whirls through the air, then slams point-first into the stone. Shards and shrapnel burst outward as the massive rock shatters into so much dust, crumbling to the ground.]

[ He wished he thought about his materia, but Cloud had no idea if that would work on this planet. Without the Lifestream, would it even work or would he have to live with those GF things in order to cast any spells? He didn't know, but he was going to have to find out, now that he saw someone use Earth.

Nodding at the display, he walked over to the sword, picking it easily up and swinging it to get the dust off. He was going to need to clean it again, but the nice thing about the materials his swords were made of was that they were made to break down walls. ]

Nice.

[If he hadn't thought the blade could handle it, he wouldn't have done it.]

That thing does have some serious power. You got it made personally for yourself?

Yeah. My mentor used to use a Buster Sword, and I picked up liking the weight and strength of the blade despite being able to fight two handed as well. The smith that made this decided to give me various options to fight with depending on what I'm facing.

What's a 'Buster Sword'?

[It had to be a term that made sense on his world, but then again, if these swords made sense on his world, who the heck knows what else would?!]

Basically 'who needs a wall busting tank when you got a sword that can do the trick?' class.

Oh.

[Only the dwarven kingdoms had tanks back on his world, and they had proven fully capable of styming the Giant of Bab-il along with the airships. So he's going to assume this is pureest metaphor.]

So 'hit them so hard they don't get up again' sort of weapon.

Pretty much. It's a rare weapon only because it has a tricky balance but I'm used to it.

It also doesn't hurt that the interlocking blades can be dissembled with little to no effort in a hurry, giving me extra weapons in a tight spot.

I'd be the last person to protest the advantage of two weapons, but does it often come up that you need more than that?

[ And his thoughts went back to the Remnants and Sephiroth and all the ways he had needed his weapons. ]

You'd be surprised.

[He tries to envision it, but most of his mental pictures involve tucking extra swords in his elbows and knees or in his teeth. Yeah, that's not a good combat technique in his mind.]

Well, I did go through a lot of weapons in my time, but that was all throwing! I couldn't use most of them normally anyway.

[ Cloud does wear a harness to carry his weapons in, not that he is actually wearing it right now. Oops. ]

I can't imagine throwing a weapon away. [ Scratches the back of his head and shrugs. ] It goes against everything I've been told.

Well, by the time we got to the depths of the Lunar Subterrane, we had a bunch of spares lying around because the Lunarian people had an unusually large number of incredibly powerful weapons sealed in the caverns. [He pats the hilts of his swords.]

And I had that argument a couple of times with some of the more conservative, non-ninja friends I was with. Sure, it seems crazy to hurl the legendary Excalibur, forged of rarest Adamant by the world's greatest blacksmith, at your enemy. But if the paladin's already using the even-more-legendary-and-amazing crystal weapon, and the enemy in question is the world-ending incarnation of Hatred who is constantly hitting you with really powerful attacks that your white mage is struggling to keep you alive through, then it starts seeming like a much better choice.

[ Some of the terms were vaguely familiar, some of them were not. Cloud thought it over for a moment and then shrugged. ]

It makes sense. It's not something I would do, but it still makes sense.

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Yeah, you seem more like the knight sort, not the ninja sort.

I just hit things until they stop moving. [ A small shrug even if he is making fun of his fighting style and the huge sword he carries. He had other skills but often he was the one that got into the enemy's face so the others could find openings for their attacks. ]

Ha! I'd call you a Dragoon if you used a spear and could jump!

[Not a mean thing to say, or at least not intended as one, but it isn't necessarily a compliment.]

That's more Cid's specialty than mine. [ Spears were okay against flying monsters or far away attacks, but Cloud was used to using his enhancements to his best advantage. ]

Wait, what?

[Seriously, what name had he just said?]

Cid. He's a pilot and uses a spear for his main weapon.

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