fandomtownies | The Park, Friday Afternoon

It wasn't a bad day today to be in the park. It was a cloudy day, maybe, but not bad. They grey of the sky made the greens all seem to stand out in stark relief, and the blue glow of Kanan's lightsaber was like an electric streak as he worked his way through Ataru forms he'd learned in his youth. It was more aggressive than his usual Soresu by a long shot, yes, but it was something he'd been letting slip in a bad way, more confident and comfortable in the patterns he'd run again and again with his Master during the war.

Still, even a Jedi running forms that had begun to grow rust on them would likely present quite an impressive sight to those not well-versed in them, particularly once he started pushing himself into slightly more advanced steps, throwing quick strikes in succession and putting the Force behind the leaps and flips that no average human could manage.

... Occasionally just to avoid a milling group of ducks, granted. These things sometimes happened.

[OOC: Open park, open post! Mmm delicious Friday.]

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And that got a blink out of Kanan, and then a light chuckle.

"Too late for that one, huh?"

Well, damn.

"Sorry," Lana said, unrepentant. "I still don't know what half of that bear class was about."

"Taking things as they come, listening to the Force," Kanan replied easily. "I dunno, I thought I made it as clear as possible around the island's attempts at killing us all."

... That class was possibly the reason Kanan wasn't teaching now.

"That part I understood," Lana said. "It's the bear I still don't get." She shrugged. "But that's probably just an Earth thing. Which may have gotten partially lost in the island's attempts at killing us all."

"Entirely lost in the island's attempt at killing us all," Kanan replied. "The bear is meant to be a relatable example of the principles of Tao. To... the locals, anyway. He's a children's storybook character, I think."

The whole class might've made more sense if he'd explained that up-front.

"Oh." Lana thought about it. "I suppose it would've made more sense if we knew who he was. Maybe I'll see if I can find his books in the library."

"I had intended to involve him a bit more in the lessons," Kanan offered. "The book I was working from has a bit of a rapport between the bear and the narrator, but with the island doing... all of that... over the summer, it was difficult enough just to drop a mention from week to week."

But they did get to play silly-old-bear-sticks. So.

"It was difficult enough to do anything from week to week," Lana agreed with a sigh. "I gave up toward the end. I know Norman tapped out on at least one week, and Vette nearly left for good. It was insane."

"Hell, I considered it, after that last one," Kanan sighed. "And a few in the middle, there. Not a fan of a few of those worlds. Not in the least."

Silent Hill and Rapture both had been... rough... for a Jedi.

"That underwater one," Lana said. "I thought it would come down on us any moment!"

Not all the Dark power in the world made up for that.

"It was definitely the most claustrophobic underwater city I've ever seen," Kanan agreed, frowning a little.

And the imminent collapse of the infrastructure wasn't even his biggest concern, there.

"The smoky one did me no favors."

Didn't really do anybody any favors.

"No matter what else is going on, it helps to be able to breathe," Lana said. "Drowning and choking on smoke are not helpful."

"They aren't particularly helpful, no," Kanan agreed, though the smoke hadn't been his biggest challenge, there. Learning to work through discomfort was just one of the things he'd been taught in the Order, after all.

Still...

"I won't even tempt fate by considering the ways it could've been worse. I got a front-row seat to a great example of that, anyway."

"I didn't that time, but I'm not pushing my luck, either," Lana said.

Then she struck out with her saber, because it seemed like a good opportunity.

Kanan sprang backwards out of the way of that strike with a flip in midair before he was even really aware he was jumping.

At least there was the upside to running through Ataru forms, he supposed. He was already primed for it. He smiled lopsidedly as he raised his lightsaber again.

"You weren't missing out."

Lana leapt forward to strike again. "So I hear."

The Park, Friday Afternoon

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