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Punching People for Fun and Profit, Period 1 [Class One | 9/2/2009]

Today's class met in the gym, for no particularly good reason. Mainly because Fred didn't want to try to sit at a desk in front of a class.

"So y'all are in 'Punching People for Fun and Profit'. If you think you'll cry like a baby and won't be able to handle getting punched in the face at some point during the course, go leave now. This ain't a class for sissies. I won't be breakin' you all in quite yet, today's the easy day. After this, things get harder. We'll learn some fightin' basics the first few weeks, and then we'll be goin' into the Danger Shop to explore some various career options for the violence inclined."

He laughed, a deep, belly shaking laugh.

"I'm Frederick J. Dukes, and I'll be your teacher for this class. I've worked Special Ops for the US Military, and some freelance mercenary work. I've done some pro boxing as well. Long story short, don't give me lip. You'll get detention. Or worse. Now I want you all to introduce yourselves. Name, Class, Fighting Experience, and the biggest thing you've beaten. Me? I took down a tank."

He pointed to a random member of the class. "You start."

After the introductions were done, Fred pointed the TVs set up with Wiis.

"For the rest of the easy day, you get to play Wii Boxing. Next week, we learn how to throw real punches."

[ooc: OCD first, please. ETA: OOOOPEN!]

Re: Sign In [PP4F&P | Class One]

[identity profile] wantstocheer.livejournal.com 2009-09-02 05:13 am (UTC)(link)
Claire Bennet

Re: While Fred is Speaking

[identity profile] wantstocheer.livejournal.com 2009-09-02 05:13 am (UTC)(link)
Claire decided that this class was going to be very interesting.

Re: Introductions

[identity profile] wantstocheer.livejournal.com 2009-09-02 05:15 am (UTC)(link)
"I'm Claire Bennet, a junior, my fight experience is mostly limited to the past few months with Fight Club and, uh..." she paused. "I haven't really beaten anything."

Re: Wii Boxing!

[identity profile] wantstocheer.livejournal.com 2009-09-02 05:16 am (UTC)(link)
Oooh, playing video games in class? Totally win.

Claire would be happy to pair up with someone, but she was also okay with taking on the machine.

Re: Sign In [PP4F&P | Class One]

[identity profile] findingelena.livejournal.com 2009-09-02 05:23 am (UTC)(link)
Elena

Re: While Fred is Speaking

[identity profile] findingelena.livejournal.com 2009-09-02 05:40 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, good. She'd get to punch people next week. That was all kinds of awesome.

For now, a video game was close enough.

Re: Introductions

[identity profile] findingelena.livejournal.com 2009-09-02 05:43 am (UTC)(link)
"Elena," she said coolly. "Senior. Trained at an elite military academy for several years, specialized in martial arts, and was recruited before graduation for an elite division."

She wasn't going to elaborate on the Turks' duties in public, if she could help it.

"If we're just talking size, the biggest was probably one of the Dark Dragons up in the Northern Cave. Fierce, grumpy, but they die like anything else."

Re: Sign In [PP4F&P | Class One]

[identity profile] unborn-renegade.livejournal.com 2009-09-02 05:59 am (UTC)(link)
Image

Re: Introductions

[identity profile] unborn-renegade.livejournal.com 2009-09-02 06:00 am (UTC)(link)
Jak... held up his sign that read My Name Is Jak, I Have Difficulty Speaking.

And then he mimed something big. Giant, big. Fifteen times his size, big. Listen, that had been a really big Precursor robot, all right?

Re: Sign In [PP4F&P | Class One]

[identity profile] brat-intraining.livejournal.com 2009-09-02 06:37 am (UTC)(link)
Kennedy

Re: While Fred is Speaking

[identity profile] brat-intraining.livejournal.com 2009-09-02 06:40 am (UTC)(link)
Kennedy would have been more annoyed by the lack of actual punching things today if not for two circumstances. The first was yesterday's Reserves incident, which had put enough of a dent in her enthusiasm that today wasn't quite as much of a surprise.

The second was that Wii. They didn't make video game systems like that in 1999.

She was so getting herself one of those. Today, even.

Re: Introductions

[identity profile] brat-intraining.livejournal.com 2009-09-02 06:47 am (UTC)(link)
"Kennedy. I'm a junior." Kennedy didn't do much about hiding her deeply skeptical reaction to Fred. "I've trained with martial arts and weapons for ten years, but I haven't actually gotten to fight anything yet so I'm hoping I get to fix that really soon here."

Was that impatience in her voice? Yes.

"Biggest thing I've beaten? Does one of the defensemen from the varsity hockey team count?"

Re: Sign In [PP4F&P | Class One]

[identity profile] inthereflexes.livejournal.com 2009-09-02 07:56 am (UTC)(link)
Jack Burton

Re: While Fred is Speaking

[identity profile] inthereflexes.livejournal.com 2009-09-02 07:58 am (UTC)(link)
Jack was thinking this would be easy, what with him being in Fight Club already and a few lessons from there.

Poor, poor Jack. He should be taking notes rather than doodling a rather not-slim man punching a tank.

Re: Sign In [PP4F&P | Class One]

[identity profile] imcalledandros.livejournal.com 2009-09-02 12:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Andros

Re: Introductions

[identity profile] imcalledandros.livejournal.com 2009-09-02 12:30 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'm called Andros," Andros said, "I'm a junior, I've been trained in martial arts since I was young and I've beaten some monsters back home," even though he hadn't been able to stop some of said monsters from causing his home world to be deserted.

Re: Introductions

[identity profile] wantstocheer.livejournal.com 2009-09-02 12:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Claire shrugged. "I'm still learning. That's why I'm in this class."

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