#rivervale_lodge

Jordan has mostly gotten over his asshole phase, but can still b e a downer. That said, Olgar seems happy to train him, and the other wilders of unseelie bent

Currently, Jordan looks frustrated "So why am I swinging this thing around?"

"It's called weapon's training" Olgar says "And you'll muscle up the more you practice. Look, Jordan, you're the one who thinks the world is dangerous and nasty right?"

"Riiiiight" the centaur says cautiously

"Well then, you're kind like an anti-vaxxer in denial about getting the shot if you don't learn more self defense, ain't you champ?" Olgar smirks

"Thanks, you're like the smug PE Coach I never wanted" Jordan replies

"My life goal." Olgar motions "Give it swing"

And if Kerri peeks out, she sees the Centaur waving an axe around with two hands

She's pretty sure Olgar is building up his muscles and seeing what wworks for him

She's not sure whether or not to go out there. She doesn't want to make Jordan feel self-conscious.

However, she does keep an eye on the proceedings every now and then.

"Okay, you might want to do the spear thing.. range" Olgar announces

"And reach" He explains "Try this"

Jordan switches "Okay, this feels.. smarter?"'

"I wouldn't insinuate axe wielders are dim around here" Olgar grins

Kerri can't resist. She half-leans out the kitchen door and comments, "Don't forget archery as a possibility!"

A spear launches into the air from surprise and starts to come down. Jordan runs from it's landing and waits till it hits earth

"Oh! Sorry, sorry!" A sheepish Hearth looks vaguely mortified.

"You ran from your own spear" Olgar shakes his head at Jordan

"As soon as it left my hand , it wasn't exactly mine anymore, was it?" Jordan counters, then waves to the Hearth "it's okay, Hearth. I think we're learning I'm a hater not a fighter"

She comes outside to approach the ring. "That would be a lovely luxury to have. But if there's a threat, the people around you are going to be better off if you can help defend yourself rather than relying on them to defend you."

Olgar taps his nose

Jordan groans, but grabs the spear

Kerri leans on a fence post at the edge of the practice ring, giving Olgar a quick wink.

Olgar returns the wink "Look Jordan, you've seen your peers fight. Centaurs are strong, not as strong as a troll with full oath mojo, but you are not a wimp, physically. You might as well make it work for you. Now stab that target a few times... go for raw power. Later we'll set up a poppinjay kind of set up so you have ot aim true. It's okay not to be perfect..."

"Good, because that's one thing I can do, be flawed" Jordan says

"BUT... one day someone might come after Layne again... you might want ot make whoever regret that" Olgar says

Kerri nods at that approach.

Jordan glares, but stabs harder "I know when I'm being manipulated"

"Well if you know it, then it's called 'you seeing my point'" Olgar shrugs "HEll, this is in my interest too. One day you might save MY ass"

"Might be manipulation...but also might be true," she adds.

It appears Jordan's definitely puttting more force into it though, as he imagines Layne in troulbe

"Yeah, but when you manipulate truthfully, I get food" Jordan says

"Don't worry about breaking the target. We go through a LOT of these things."

Then a laugh. "I promise there will be food if you give ten solid, high-power shots right now."

"Great, but no one spread word about what a Mac and Cheese whore I am" Jordan really does put muscle into it.. and seems.. surprised when a few go really deep

"Noted." Then she watches with a critical eye, keeping count.

He gets Ten ISH.. that last one was rushed

Olgar raises a brow "Okay, that last one smacked of stolen noodles"

"Dude, that was ten"

"You can have Mac OR Cheese for that. Not both. One more good one."

"You guys are harsh" But he stabs again

Kerri looks to Olgar to see what he thinks about that last one.

"It'll do.. by the way, don't be afraid to STEP into the lunge if you can afford to. You got a lot of leg strength, four of them in fact" Olgar reminds Jordan

Jordan makes a note of that "Huh. Good point" a sniff "Great, now I'm all sweaty"

"I was going to say...a step, or just a twist from...hmm...on me, it would be the hip." She moves to demonstrate. "Not sure how that translates for you. But the power is more in the body than in the arm itself."

"He thinks that is 'all sweaty'...just you wait, Jordan," she says with a grin. "Now...I have some mac & cheese to make."

"Huh" Jordan takes the hip tip in consideration, "Wait, it gets worse?"

"So very much worse, but you DO stink so go shower off" Olgar says

Kerri gives Olgar an amused look, then heads back into the kitchen to work on that promised mac & cheese.