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Who: The Strawhats
Where: Sailing Log, Legends of the Hidden Island 05/02-05/03, Sakura Drift 05/05-?
When: 04/26th-?
What: Sailing around, doing typical Strawhat type things
Warnings: None
Status: Semi-open. If you're around feel free to drop in

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Perhaps not the world, but the land of Corseltel was apart from the realm of humans. Of what lay beyond its boundaries, Lyrik only heard a little.

He nodded. "Elle thought it would be a good skill to teach me, and later she started up classes to include some of the other dragons," he said. "Like all the humans that are our dragon mages, Elle comes from outside of Corseltel."

Zoro allowed himself a sly grin. "Good skill to have? Yeah, I'd say so." Of course, he's biased...

He eyed Lyrik again. "You really are a dragon, then, huh?" He had heard that rumor around the ship somewhere in the past week. And knew better than to run his mouth, since he had slain dragons before.

Well. Just the one.

"I only realized that around here. But unfortunately every time I ran into trouble, I didn't have a weapon on me. Eventually I was able to buy one on Blackfisk. It's...the first actual sword I've wielded."

Lyrik nodded again. "Mmhmm, that's right. A water dragon, to be exact."

Zoro couldn't resist the little teasing smirk that crossed his lips.

"...aren't you a little short for a dragon?"

Kidding aside, he tipped his head in a knowing nod. "Getting a sword is only the first step. You probably need some practice too." He stopped short of openly offering, since to Zoro, it wasn't his job train all the up-and-comers. He wouldn't say no if Lyrik asked, though. Surely the kid had seen him wearing his three swords around the ship, he only really set them aside to exercise and to sleep.

     He pouted. "I'm only six," he said, setting a fist at his side. "But I'm oldest of the water dragons under Elle's care."

     There was some hesitation as he picked up on that potential offer. The last thing Lyrik wanted was to be a burden to anyone, and he could only use water magic to a certain extent. Besides...if this crew had a tendency to run into battles, he didn't want to be caught flat-footed.

     "...you're right. I haven't gotten to do so very much before most of Captain Harlock's crew vanished. I...do want to make sure I'm prepared, if...if something does happen."

"Six?!"

Well okay then. Zoro only really knew dragons from legend, where they were usually centuries old and huge and angry. Come to think of it, he didn't even know how old the one he killed on Punk Hazard could have been. Huh.

He pulled the weight to his chest a few more times and then wondered, "What can you do with water magic, anyway?" Just to be sure. He liked testing out people's abilities.

Lyrik nodded emphatically. He knew he still had a long way to go, but he never let anyone look down at him because of his age, although perhaps he didn't quite take it into account that humans aged much differently.

"Oh, well...I can manipulate water, basically." He glanced towards where he'd left a bucket of water and mop, pointing. The water leapt up from the bucket, trailing in the air like a snake before splashing on the deck. With a brief sparkle, the water then suddenly jumped from the wooden surface, a fine spray that cast a brief rainbow in the sunlight, leaving the deck completely dry.

Zoro's rhythm slowed noticeably as he watched, somewhat fascinated. It was just a little trick, clearly, but at the same time...

"And nobody figured out how to use that to your advantage in the middle of the ocean?"

Little or not, this dragon could be stupidly powerful when surrounded by water. Between him and Celestia's magic, plus Nami's weather skills, they could be an unstoppable force.

Zoro lowered the weight to the deck and let it rest with a thud and a creak of the deck's boards. "I don't got much to offer, just swordsmanship. But I think you just landed yourself on the right crew, kid."

     "Well, I've been able to use it to help push the ship along sometimes, when the wind failed. Of course, that takes a lot more effort, so I can't use it that way for long."

     He thought for a moment. "Ah...I also helped Captain Harlock underwater when we went with Miss Keimi to destroy that altar beneath the ocean."

     Lyrik watched as Zoro set his weight back down, wincing a little at the sound as he hoped it wouldn't go straight through the deck. "You think so..?" he asked. "...um. Would you mind teaching me, Zoro? If...we're going to be facing battle as much as you say, then I don't want to get in anyone's way."

"Did you?" Zoro studied him a bit, idly scratching the back of his neck. "Not bad. That was important, so the rest of us could kill that asshole." And while he knew Keimi was fast and improving her own fighting skills, who knows if she could have done that alone. Lyrik and Harlock helping was crucial.

He looked away across the deck, as if searching for someone, and then nodded. "Yeah, all right," he sighed. "I taught Keimi a few things, I can spar with you and see what you got. You should also talk to Nami and Celestia. They've got abilities that might work with your magic."

"Ah, is that so? I'll do that, then," he replied, making note about it. But with Zoro's acceptance, Lyrik smiled brightly.

"I'd appreciate it! Thank you!" he piped.

Zoro nodded once in return, accepting the task, and then went back to pick up his weights, this time grabbing both of them. "Me and the cook spar in the morning but I can make time in the afternoon. 'Long as I'm not on watch," he offered.

With that, he started on a new set of reps, giving Lyrik the space to go back to his cleaning if he wanted.

The dragon nodded. "Okay. Um, is it okay if I come watch sometimes, when you two spar?" he asked. He settled his hands into a sweep-ready position upon the broom's handle as Zoro moved.

As long as it's just when we're sparring crossed Zoro's mind, but he said nothing to that effect out loud. "Yeah, fine. It's not like we're private about it," he admitted. "We fight right out on deck where there's room."

Of course, some lesser commoners might not even be able to follow their movements with their eyes. Perhaps it would be a test to see just how skilled Lyrik already was.

"Okay," Lyrik replied, smiling eagerly. "Um, I guess I'll let you get back to your exercises, then."

Giving Zoro a quick bow, he turned to resume his sweeping so he could get on with mopping next.

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