Arc 720, 4th of Cylus
Three trials had passed since Darius had helped at the Dusk Festival. He'd decided to patiently wait for the Elements time to clean up in the wake of the various bonfires before taking up their kind offer of training, and he had used that time to visit his father Josef.
Now, though, he had recovered from the festival's excitement and it was with no small ampunt of excitement that he returned to the Element Hall.
"Good trial to you," he smiled politely at the receptionist as she greeted him. "I helped with the Dusk Festival, and I was told to —"
"Ah, you must be here for the training?" she interrupted, though she was polite when she did so.
"Aye," Darius nodded, and he was directed into a familiar looking room.
It was there, just a few trials earlier, where he, Oram, and a few others received their instructions from Jo, and the Land Assistant was there again when he stepped inside.
"Good to see you again, Darius," came the welcome, and it surprised the seafarer that his name had been remembered. "I have to thank you again for your assistance during the Dusk Festival. Do you know what you'd like your two training sessions to be?"
Darius nodded. He had known which skills he wanted to hone ever since he had discovered that such training was available.
"I'd like to learn how better to wield a blade, and how to fight without one."
"That shouldn't be a problem," Jo responded after a brief pause. "Come back tomorrow morning, and we'll get started."
And as simply as that, arrangements had been made. With a spring in his step, Darius left the room, excited about the training that was to follow.
Now, though, he had recovered from the festival's excitement and it was with no small ampunt of excitement that he returned to the Element Hall.
"Good trial to you," he smiled politely at the receptionist as she greeted him. "I helped with the Dusk Festival, and I was told to —"
"Ah, you must be here for the training?" she interrupted, though she was polite when she did so.
"Aye," Darius nodded, and he was directed into a familiar looking room.
It was there, just a few trials earlier, where he, Oram, and a few others received their instructions from Jo, and the Land Assistant was there again when he stepped inside.
"Good to see you again, Darius," came the welcome, and it surprised the seafarer that his name had been remembered. "I have to thank you again for your assistance during the Dusk Festival. Do you know what you'd like your two training sessions to be?"
Darius nodded. He had known which skills he wanted to hone ever since he had discovered that such training was available.
"I'd like to learn how better to wield a blade, and how to fight without one."
"That shouldn't be a problem," Jo responded after a brief pause. "Come back tomorrow morning, and we'll get started."
And as simply as that, arrangements had been made. With a spring in his step, Darius left the room, excited about the training that was to follow.