Lance was wearing plain brown armor possibly made out of thick cloth.\u00a0 Even the basic equipment in Forge Master Sef’s armory was more advanced than that. \u00a0Metcalf couldn’t see\u00a0his weapon but it had to be something basic as well.\u00a0 He wasn’t wearing a helmet.\u00a0 Maybe he didn’t have one.<\/p>\n
He was sitting high in the first level of bleachers flanked by two other students.\u00a0 The three of them looked at the crowds competing below.\u00a0 Lance just stared at everything.\u00a0 Perhaps he was trying to take it all in.\u00a0 Every now and again, one of the other students would point to an event while talking to him.\u00a0 Apparently they were teaching Lance something.<\/p>\n
Metcalf couldn’t recognize the other two students.\u00a0 They were probably higher ranking students like Isabeau.\u00a0 If so, they had no reason to be in the training center.<\/p>\n
Lance had only been here a month.\u00a0 There was no way they moved in the same social circles.\u00a0 It was very likely the two students were assigned by the school to show him around.<\/p>\n
Why would they bring him here?<\/em>\u00a0 Last she knew Lance was from the Rock Quarter.\u00a0 Rock Quarter housing was on the far side of Glory City.\u00a0 It was quite a trip to bring him all the way to this particular training center.<\/p>\n In the end it didn’t matter.\u00a0 They were here, and therefore, fair game.\u00a0 She could challenge any of them.\u00a0 If they accepted a challenge, Metcalf could see exactly what they were capable of.<\/p>\n Lance was apparently capable of something.\u00a0 Though he was still deep the red zone, he had gotten a heap of points in a few hours.\u00a0 Still, midterm was in less than a week.\u00a0 It would be impossible for him to get enough points to get out of the zone.\u00a0 No matter what he did at this point he was going to take the final.<\/p>\n He may have just enough points to help her though.\u00a0 She wouldn’t take all of them of course, just enough to get her to a safe point.\u00a0 Also, it would be educational to show Lance just how quickly points disappear in the training center.\u00a0 If he learned the lesson early, he wouldn’t be in the same situation Metcalf was in.<\/p>\n She started walking up the stairs towards them.\u00a0 By the time she got to them, they saw and recognized her.\u00a0 Even though they knew what and who she was going to ask, protocol demanded that she ask anyway.<\/p>\n Metcalf tried to sound as innocent as she could.\u00a0 “Hey,” she said looking at Lance, “you want to do a push drill?”<\/p>\n She almost<\/em> sounded innocent.\u00a0 The look Lance gave her spoke volumes.\u00a0 He knew something was up.\u00a0 He looked to his companions questioning.\u00a0 They both looked back as to say the choice was his.\u00a0 “What’s a push drill,” he asked finally.<\/p>\n “Basically it’s like tug of war,” the student on his left said, “they get a large rock from the river and you try to use your motion skills to push more of it to your opponent’s zone.”<\/p>\n The student looked at Metcalf with an untrusting glare as he spoke.\u00a0 Metcalf didn’t recognize him but apparently, they met in the training center before.<\/p>\n “Is there any limit on how we use our motion skills,” Lance asked.<\/p>\n That’s an odd question.\u00a0 How is there more than one way to use motion skills?\u00a0 You trade motion from something you don\u2019t care is moving to move something else.<\/em> \u00a0Metcalf was stuck on the thought for a while then she spoke.\u00a0 “Sometimes, people put limits on where you can stand, but I don’t see any reason to put any limits on this drill.”<\/p>\n “Sweet,” Lance said with sudden energy, “I’m game.”<\/p>\n Metcalf saw their weapons.\u00a0 The student to the left had a metal staff.\u00a0 The other one had a large knife with a chain connected to it.\u00a0 She didn’t see Lance’s weapon until they got up.<\/p>\n As the stadium seats lifted, she saw it.\u00a0 His massive sword was under their seats the whole time and for good reason.\u00a0 It was easily taller than any of them.\u00a0 It was more than six centimeters long, two\u00a0centimeters wide, and at least three millimeters thick.\u00a0 The back of the sword housed a long handle.\u00a0 The tip of the single edged weapon curved out from the blade and then back as to imitate the crescent shape of a very large axe.\u00a0 The hilt area expanded in its last few millimeters to meet the blade.\u00a0 The pummel of the hilt was a thick version of the classic hanging circle.\u00a0 It looked more like a small metal doughnut.<\/p>\n It was all made from a single piece of metal.\u00a0 She didn’t know how heavy it was.\u00a0 It had to be heavier than any of them without armor.\u00a0 It looked impossible to lift but Lance picked it up like it was a paper cutout.<\/p>\n All packed up and ready, Lance throws the sword over his shoulder causing the student behind him to flinch.\u00a0 “Alright let\u2019s go.”<\/p>\n #1<\/a> – Lost and Found #12<\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0Lost and Found #14<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Lance was wearing plain brown armor possibly made out of thick cloth.\u00a0 Even the basic equipment in Forge Master Sef’s armory was more advanced than that. \u00a0Metcalf couldn’t see\u00a0his weapon but it had to be something basic as well.\u00a0 He wasn’t wearing a helmet.\u00a0 Maybe he didn’t have one. 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