Stanley
Kai darted around the floating arena as he weaved strike after strike with his practice sword. He could feel the progress he had made bearing fruit as there was less wasted movement as he rushed forward. With a few minor adjustments, he was sure he would have mastered this new technique.

He found himself in a similar position with the other pet project of his. Reverse grip and crouched, he smoothly shuffled across the arean as he struck forward. It felt clean as he avoided putting too much pressure on his lunge and was able to rotate his strike without feeling awkward. The only problem he had was that he wanted to glide across the ground rather than drag his feet forward. The loss of speed would also translate to a diminished strike. Still, he was close to perfection.

Winded from his training, he decided to take a breather. Around this time, he could tell another person had just entered the area.
Ruby
Furo entered the arena for some solo training. He did not expect some guy with purple hair to just be lazing about when he stepped in. Though, the sweat beading down his face probably meant that he had been doing his own training. The man smiled and waved, so Furo gave a casual one back to be polite.

Regardless Furo found his own spot in the arena to do a bit of practice. With a wooden shield in hand, he simply repeated the motion of putting up his guard. To be honest he was not sure what he was supposed to do with just a shield, but he figured he had to start somewhere. He needed to be more familiar with the piece of gear before he tried experimenting. 

Conjuring up a barrier, he began darting around shield held forward. No idea if it was viable for anything, but being able to move with a barely would be useful he was sure. He hoped.

Once Furo felt satisfied in being able to hold a shield, which was not hard at all, he figured he take a break and take care of a few thing. He noticed the other guy watching him as he left. It was a little weird, but the mechanic could understand that there was not much of anything to look at otherwise.
Stanley
Kai, thoroughly amused by the shield kid, would leave and return sometime later. Having been a little inspired by the effort of the boy, the man took his time working through his form with his practice sword. Each movement smoother than his attempts before. His body finally internalizing the proper form.

Moving to a reverse grip, Kai dashed forward. Moving from point a to b by just barely hovering off the ground after pushing off, he could feel the smooth transition from the ready position to the end point. Daring to not reset, he'd immediately pivot and dash again. While he would realistically lose efficiency or power by not properly setting up the next attempt, without a target it was manageable to continuously fly across the fly back and forth in the blink of an eye. Not even a dust cloud was left either where he disappeared or reappeared.

He might as well have been teleporting. 

Getting his fill of achieving his goal, he decided he would take it easy for the day. He felt that he should thank that kid for reminding him of... Simpler times. At least when he first began his own training.
Ruby
Furo, watched the man from before exit the arena and leave. It seemed that he was not the only one on a mission to improve. He was a little curious about what was pushing him to train, but figured that it was better to keep to himself.

Doing just that, he entered the arena on his own and pulled out his wooden shield. Swinging it around, he still had no idea what he was doing. He conjured a barrier again and tried running around to control holding the ability. It was not too bad, but he felt silly. Which made being alone this time more of a godsend. 

Stopping for a bit, he let the barrier drop and contemplated something. Pushing magic into is shield, he swung it with force and loosed a ball of magic through the air. The ball flew strait before curving back to impact the shield once more. Upon contact, a new barrier sprouted around his person once more. 

He nodded his head at his findings and decided to call it there. He found something fun to play with.
Stanley
Kai decided to make one more trip into the arena. Swinging his wooden sword, he practiced swatting away imaginenary strikes aimed at him. It was simple in compparison to what he had just finished working on. He figured a shorter session was okay after everything.

He sat down and decided to simply laze about. It had been a long time since he just relaxed. He was feeling pretty capable now that he had developed himself. The question was what to do next? 

While he sat around thinking, the boy from before stepped into the arena. A pleasant surprise.
Ruby
Furo was back to run around like an idiot with his wooden shield. He noticed the man from before and they both shared a wave. Unlike before, the man was simply laying on his side relaxing. Strange, but not an issue.

Just as planned, he made a barrier and just ran around. He did not do it for long, as it was a simple thing to perform, so he was left with the problem of figuring out what else he could do. Luckily, he was not alone.

The pruple haired man from before waved Furo over while stilly laying down. Furo's curiosity of course would lead him over. Taking a seat next to the man, they exchanged pleasantries and Furo found himself in at least an hour long conversation.
Stanley
"Both my friend. It was a wonderful display, and from what I've seen, luck is just as important as skill."

Kai clapped to show his approval. It had not been a heated battle, but the boy had proven to be quick on his feet and quick-witted. It was a wonderful display. All things considered.

He moved to motion the boy out of the arena. No point taking up more time here in case there happened to be a line. There never was, but it was important to seem courteous.

"Come, let's grab lunch. I would like to hear more about your adventures and food sounds good."

``Break Time``
Ruby
"Yeah, that sounds pretty godd! Are ther eany specialties around here."

He really wanted to try new food. As he was aware, the arena did not have anything special. Though, he had not tried looking very hard. He only really came here for spars due to Brad's putting the pace on his radar.

"Something tasty to drink as well. I tend to forget that there might be good drinks out that pair well with what I eat."

Furo let kaz guide him out of the arena. He was pretty excited for this way more than any of the training he found himself doing.

``Break Time``