Breaking the Ice

Kuromaku

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Zachary chose the courtyard as the place to train Yuki, it had been more than the week he had told her, but he had to go into the umbra to learn the gift he figured he would need to teach her. Still, it wasn't exactly bad that he had gotten time to do this. The time spent recovering allowed him to write up a loose curriculum to help her build her skills a little bit better. He was glad it was still cold otherwise part of that curriculum wouldn't have worked out as well as he thought and there were still a lot of variables that he wasn't sure about. Nevertheless he remained seated wearing a black t-shirt and black track suit pants. He had even managed to send word to her about the fact that he was ready to try train her. Instinct had told him to use the word "try" as part of the letter he had written, but he was determined to succeed with her.

He reclined against a tree as he waited, gazing at the clothing he had brought for her, and had even asked Nakata to do some sort of spell to keep others from being able to see the area. As a result he had pretty much just put up a barrier so that anything entering the area would be teleported to the other side of the barrier and anything leaving the area would just be cancelled out as long as the keyword was spoken to activate it and until the secondary key phrase was spoken to deactivate it. Precautions were set, and all that remained was her arrival. All that was left was to decide how harsh of a teacher he was going to be.
 

Hime

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Yuki jogged hurriedly across the courtyard, and as she saw Zachary, she sped up. She halted a couple of meters in front of Zachary, catching her breath. "I'm sorry I'm late," she said, looking up at him. She wondered what kind of teacher he would be, and if this thing would actually work. "I had to run an errands for one of my teachers."

"So," she said as she straightened up, "should we start?"
 

Kuromaku

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Zachary watched her approach and waited for the barrier to close behind her. He took a very serious stance as she explained why she was late. That wasn't important to him though; showing up was the first step.
"So, should we start?"
"Almost. There's a small other matter." He tossed her the track shorts and sports bra he had brought for her, though he had only guessed at her size.
"When I'm trying to learn gifts involving the elements it helps me to be closer to those elements. For cold, wearing as little clothing as possible while still being able to move comfortably seems to be the key. I don't know if you're immune to the cold, but if you are I'm going to ask you to focus on shutting it off if possible." He explained, his breath visible because of the cold. Then it occurred to them he hadn't explained the barrier.
"Don't worry, no one can see us in here. I've had a friend put up a barrier around the courtyard. This space exists outside of the physical material world. There's also no way to leave until I say the key phrase. You'll be able to cut loose here."
 

Hime

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Yuki caught the track shorts and sports bra, looking at him strangely. She understood what he meant- she was immune to the cold, actually. And alright, the barrier's up, so no one can see them here. But...

"You want me to change now? Here? I mean, with y-you here?" Yuki looked down at the shirt and leggings she was wearing, then at the track shorts and sports bra she held, and finally back up at Zachary, her cheeks tinted pink.
 

Kuromaku

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Zachary could have face palmed. He always forgot about how bashful humans were about being naked. Then again many human-born Garou were also ashamed which made him wonder what they felt they had to hide. Watching how someone moved often gave enough clues as to what was beneath the clothing, and it wasn't like anyone had any room to judge anyway. Still he wanted to be accommodating.
"Well it's not like I've never seen a naked girl before, but if it makes you feel comfortable you can change behind that tree." He said, pointing at the tree that had been in the courtyard for what looked like forever.
"You're safe here. Relax, by the time we're done i'm sure you'll think of this as fun." His words were meant to be reassuring, but the path to how easy or hard he was going to be on her remained completely in her hands.
 
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