fandomhigh | Stabbing People for Fun and Profit: Mercenary Work for Beginners, Monday, Period 4

There was a less than pleased and non-bouncy Deadpool waiting for the kids in the Danger Shope, because he had totally remembered to tell them to meet him there.

Okay, so not really, but he did leave a nice note telling them to get over there instead of their usual spot at the main campfire.

"First of all, it seems there was a wee bit of confusion over the assignment from last week," He said, glaring pointedly at a certain boy with a ponytail that was not a wolf tail and he really needed to accept that fact and move on with his life. Oh wait... he wasn't going to have one after Deadpool got done with him. "There is to be no maiming or injuring of Aly because that causes her to stab me in the kidney, and that makes me cranky. And a cranky me means I'm going to take this out on all of you kiddies!"

He grinned and held up a pair of escrima sticks. "Fighting practice today. Pick your weapon and we'll see what you're made of." Pause. "And I hope it isn't pie because that would be both messy and disturbing as then we would have to eat the pie that you are made of and that's cannibalism."

He should add something to that.

"And that only works for soccer teams in the Andes, not for high school students while they're off camping in a disturbingly familiar cliche for horror movies type environment."

Yup, that covered all the bases on that subject.

"So! One on one spar with me. Or my other lil' T.A., Setsuna because we've fought before already and know each other's tricks already." He grinned and looked over at Alec. "Not!Wolverine T.A., on the other hand, is new and exciting and yay for genetic enhancements in a fight!"

There was logic there, really.

"Now, if things get out of hand with Setsuna and any of you, I will intervene and it will not be fun for you. But I doubt that'll happen, she's good." There was a small bounce at that. "Now, are you kids ready to go?"

[[ooc: ~~Please wait for the~~ OCD is up and ready!]]

[[ooc part deux: weapons are completely moddable!

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Edward blocked the blow. It was a clumsy block, but it got the job done, and thus he felt a hint of pride. Usually, he just let people hit them. But if he'd heard Setsuna's thoughts, he's have agreed. Blunt instruments were one thing, knives and swords another entirely.

Setsuna pressed into the block, pulling her blade down against the walking-stick slightly, testing the durability of the wood against simple cutting actions like that.

It held. Ebony, if Edward had to hazard a chance. He was going to go out and get one next time he was in London. Feeling confident that it wouldn't break, Edward shoved with all his might against Setsuna's blade.

So the material wasn't quite what Setsuna had expected it to be. That changed things. Slightly. She allowed herself to be shoved back, hopping with it as she distanced herself from Edward for a second. She did a quick arc of her blade to switch her grip on the hilt before lunging forward with a stab to his stomach.

Acutally, this was a block he knew. Ruffians tended to go for the stomach when trying to stab. Of course, the katana was much bigger than even some of the longer knives he'd seen. Time to try to mix things. He gave a more confident block, this time, then went for an attack of his own, moving in and trying to crack the end of his stick on Setsuna's sword arm. He bowled in, forgetting his momentary good defense.

As soon as the weapons departed from the block, Setsuna straightened from her lunge with a fluid turn away from where Edward had moved the staff for an attack. It had her body turning, her blade away from her opponant, but it left her elbow in the perfect position to jerk sharply back into the one side of Edward's lower back. If there was one thing that could be said about Setsuna's maneuvering, it was that she was fast.

If there was one gaping flaw in Edward's fighting, it was that he was far too slow. He took the jab to the back, and grimaced slightly. Good aim.
Trying to keep up, Edward brought his arms around behind him and tried to grab Setsuna around the waist.

Which was a flawed approach as Setsuna was more to the side than behind Edward still. She realized that, if she was quick enough to get the angle, she could had him in this next move. Smirking, she let the approaching arm move her behind him, allowed them both to wrap around her and then, almost ceremoniously, jabbed her sword into his back.

Well...she would have jabbed it into his back, carefully positioned close to her side so that she would have gotten one of his organs easily, but, considering this was a class excersize and not an actual battle, she'd merely pierced through Henry's clothes, scraped the blade against his flesh as it passed through. Hoped he didn't like that shirt too much.

"Dead," she said, pulling her blade back out.

Edward was fine with the damage to the shirt; he liked ruining Henry's clothing. What he could not stand, however, was the humiliation. He let go of Setsuna, got a firm grip on his walking stick, and tried not to seem conspicuous. The fight was supposed to be over, so she wouldn't expect it when he whirled around and-

No!
Henry's voice yelled in his head, and Edward dropped the walking-stick in mid-swing to clutch his head. That hurt.

[[See you later, then!]]

True, the fight was over, but Setsuna wasn't exactly used to the most honest of enemies. Even when they're supposed to be dead, they'll come back enough to stab you through the shoulder, for example, so she could feel the shift in the air and spun around to meet her enemy, lifting her sword, ready to take a block.

Only to hear the walking-stick clatter to the floor instead of against her steel. She blinked, lowering her weapon. "Are you...okay?"

He let go of his head, and tried to ignore the voice berating him. "Fine. Just a headache." He bent down to pick up the walking-stick, but the floor gave an unsteady lurch. Class wasn't over, but it seemed Edward wouldn't be able to stay for the rest of it. He gave a grimace, and made for the door. "Thanks for the fight."

As if someone like Setsuna could ever let things like that be, especially now that she was worried that she may have cut Edward deeper than she'd originally thought. Plus, if she had done something, she didn't want Deadpool to get mad at her. She was feeling like maybe he was also testing her ability to hold back against enemies in having her be one of the main sparrers. "Are you sure you're all right?" She hurried to catch up with him on his way to the door. "Do you...need any help?"

Time wasn't exactly of the essence, Edward could easily make it to a WC before he changed back. That is, unless he got slowed down. Edward didn't stop walking as he went through the door. She was a TA, she probably wouldn't want to cut class. Duty meant a lot to Setsuna, right?
"I'm just going to get some water." He growled. "Nothing you did."

Well, he certainly did seem to be able to make it this far without any more problems like immediately after the fight so Setsuna stopped and gave a nod. "If you're certain you're alright," she said.

"I will be if you'd just shut up."
In truth, Edward knew that it wasn't Setsuna doing all the yelling. But the noise in his head did stop when it heard him snap at Setsuna. He smiled a little as the headache lessened. Henry knew to back off.

Really, in retrospect, Setsuna would recall her first meeting with Edward and realized that she should have expected something like that but, at the moment, it struck her to a pause, staring and blinking at him in surprise. She drew in a deep breath, but very effectively shut up.

If Edward didn't scare him so much, the Henry deep down would've kept yelling. But Edward did indeed scare him, and Henry didn't want to waste time either.
Edward walked off.

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