learning a new skill- Magnus Asmundsson

Lillianna had been thinking about this for some time now. Wanting to learn to defend herself with at least a knife.Even more so after a man came into her shop last week and had gotten a little too friendly with her. Touching her ass, and flitting with her in a way that made her weirdly. She hadn't told anyone because she didn't want anyone to think she was weak, but she also really didn't want something like that to happen again. So if she knew how to use a knife, and had a few moves as to how to defend herself, she would feel a lot better.  Her younger brother was a Thegn, so she knew he could fight, and she also knew that he was very good at fighting at that. So when she finished a lot of her work at the shop, she decided to seek him out at her parents home. She knew he would be there, or at least he should be unless he had plans with someone else. If he did, she would go and find him another day and ask him for his help then.

Walking into the house she saw that Magnus's mother was also home."Hello Astrid, how are you? Do you know if Magnus is home?" she said to her. The two of them were very close, despite the fact that she was the reason her mother and her father had left one another. She understood that they had been in love, and that things like that sometimes happened. She herself would never mess with a married man, but she understood why things had happened all the same. " I am well, Magnus is in his room." Astrid said to her in return. Smiling, she walked away and toward his door. Knocking on his door a few times before speaking. "Magnus, its me Lilli." she says to the door first. A little smile on her face as she waited for him to open up."I was wondering if you could help me with something today?" she says next, just before the door opened and she laid her eyes on her dear younger brother.

She know she had to word why she wanted to learn correctly, or Magnus would be off to punch someone or get into a fight. Something she really didn't want to do and get in trouble. Even more so because the man that had been too touchy with her was a viking. The last thing she wanted was for her brother to get into trouble because she was weak and let some gross man touch her. She would learn to defend herself, and then this would never happen to her again, she would just have to get over her shyness next, if that was even something she could do at this point. "I want to learn to use a knife.." she says after a few moments.

Lillianna simply smiles at her brother when she hears him say “Hi Lil! to her when he opens the door to his room. She really doesn't give him much time before she starts getting to the point of why she had come to see him. Still a little nervous he was going to ask her a lot of questions, and then find out she was being bothered. Magnus would then go beat people up, and she really didn't want him to get in trouble. Not when she knew he was trying to rank up, and to become a viking someday. He wasn't going to do that if he went around beating up all the men that decided to mess with her. So if she learned to fight herself, she would be able to protect herself and Redra if she needed too. "What do you need help with? You don’t need me to try on any dresses do you?”she hears her brother ask her after she asks for help. It makes Lillianna let out the biggest giggle, and helps lighten her mood a lot. He was always so silly and quick to joke. It was one of the many things she loved about her brother. "No, not dresses for today. Something else, however next time I need someone to try on dresses for me. I'll use you instead of Redra." she says to him with a bright smile.

After she tells him that she wants to learn how to use a knife she watches a few emotions play over his face. First it looks like he is excited to teach her, then he looks confused. Then she can see that he realizes there is a reason she is asking for a reason. “Why do you want to learn all of the sudden?” he asks her next and Lillianna knew that this was going to happen. That he would know that she wanted to learn all of a sudden for a reason and that he was going to ask her why. Taking a deep breath Lillianna decides that there is no reason to even bother lying to him. "I need to know how to protect myself. You won't and can't always be around." she says to him first before bitting her lip and looking away for a moment she lets out a huff of air before going on. "A man was bugging me last week, and if I knew how to protect myself I wouldn't worry so much...he grabbed my ass and I don't want it to happen again." she says to him next before looking back toward him. Waiting to see his handsome carefree face change to mad.

Deciding that maybe taking would keep him from getting more upset she goes on."But you need to teach me right now, so focus your time on teaching me instead of getting mad...you can beat up the Viking man later." she tell him before giving him a small smile. She didn't give a name to the viking man who touched her for a reason. So hopefully he would forget all about it while teacher her, ands he could keep him from getting into more trouble that way. It was at least worth a shot. "So lets go outside and start!"Lillianna adds in last a little awkwardly too.

Lillianna was still giggling about the idea of making her brother try on dresses for her. He was always so kind and helpful to her. It was one of the many things she loved about him and his over the top personality. She was sure others may not love it as much as she did, but not everyones options mattered. Magnus was a good brother, and that was all that mattered to Lillianna. “I can look good in anything. Just let me know.” is what he says in response to her, and it really just makes her laugh even more. Lillianna wished she had his confidence in all things like this. He always felt so good about himself, and that was a rarity for herself. She was always worried she would say or do the wrong thing in front of most people. So it was hard for her to make friends or other simple things like that."You do, thats true. You are a very handsome man." she tells him with a smile. For she believes it to be true, he spent a lot of time trying to look as good as he could.

However all the fun and laughing changed rather quickly when she told him why she came here. Her brother may be goofy, or silly. However he was also very intelligent as well. So he figured out there was a real reason she was here and asking him for help all of a sudden. It took almost nothing to make her crack. She told him about the man, and then worried about what he was going to say or do next. “Did he do anything else to you?” was what her brother asked her, and lillianna bit her lip before shaking her head no. "Nothing other than say some very unwanted comments...he only touched me once." she tells him before moving around on her feel a little awkwardly. At least it seemed like he was keeping calm at this moment. Something Lillianna was very glad about. She had been worried he would get upset before she could tell him not to.

Magnus signed and gave her a small smile before saying “Okay,” and she was even more happy, and proud of him too. It wouldn't shock her if he went out and found the viking man later somehow. But for now he was holding off, and she was glad for it. “After you.” she heard her dear brother say next before he gestures for her to go outside so they can start to practice in the yard. Smiling she quickly makes her way outside. Only stopping for a moment to way at her father, who was confused why she wasn't stopping to speak to him. She would do that later, right now she was on a mission to learn. Once she was outside and in the small yard they had in the back of her parents house she pulled the knife she had boughten form the blacksmith out and waited for his instruction."So where do I start?" she asks him feeling a little nervous. One wrong move and one of them could get hurt doing this,and with her luck it would be herself.