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fandomhigh2015-01-08 11:14 am
suitably_heroic) wrote in fandomhigh2015-01-08 11:14 am
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Self Defense, Thursday, Period One
The class had been told to meet up in the Danger Shop. There, they found a simulation that covered both a gun range and a bunch of punching bags. There was no one else there.
After a couple of minutes, their teacher came swaggering in - he wore a dark Jedi tunic with a brown-and-white jacket slung over it casually. The combination didn't quite work, but somehow it worked for him. "So, you've all had some time to poke around," Atton said. "Hope you took advantage of the opportunity, because it's all the lead-in you're getting."
Beat.
"Well, except for this. Hi, I'm Atton Rand. I'm teaching this class because this island can get pretty dangerous and I'd be marginally sad if some of you died. If you got put in here by mistake when you actually want to be in the advanced fighting class, let the office know, because I'm by and large going to assume you people barely know how to take the wings off a fly."
He clapped his hands. "That being said, I want to know where you people are at. Yell your name, hit that punching bag as hard as you can, then run over to the range, blast the target, and, I don't know, tell me something about how you feel about beating things up. Now go, I don't have all day."
Yes, he did, but he was trying to get them motivated.
"... and if anyone wants to be my TA, come see me after class."
After a couple of minutes, their teacher came swaggering in - he wore a dark Jedi tunic with a brown-and-white jacket slung over it casually. The combination didn't quite work, but somehow it worked for him. "So, you've all had some time to poke around," Atton said. "Hope you took advantage of the opportunity, because it's all the lead-in you're getting."
Beat.
"Well, except for this. Hi, I'm Atton Rand. I'm teaching this class because this island can get pretty dangerous and I'd be marginally sad if some of you died. If you got put in here by mistake when you actually want to be in the advanced fighting class, let the office know, because I'm by and large going to assume you people barely know how to take the wings off a fly."
He clapped his hands. "That being said, I want to know where you people are at. Yell your name, hit that punching bag as hard as you can, then run over to the range, blast the target, and, I don't know, tell me something about how you feel about beating things up. Now go, I don't have all day."
Yes, he did, but he was trying to get them motivated.
"... and if anyone wants to be my TA, come see me after class."
Punching Bag
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His technique was excellent.
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He hadn't exactly been in many fights that weren't choreographed.
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Well, okay, he did a fairly decent job of thumping the punching bag, too. There wasn't much in the way of style to it, but Sparkle had a long history of punching things.
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He took a whack at the bag, feeling his knuckles sting. He managed to shout, "Travis!" at the very last minute but it happened. Then, he shook his hand out.
All right, he had some work to do.
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It didn't make for a very satisfying battle cry, thanks to all the soft A's. Alana scrunched her nose and walloped the hell out of the punching bag anyhow. At least the training from her previous fighting classes helped: For somebody her size, she had pretty good upper-body strength.
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She had pretty decent form, and she knew how to not break her fingers (although, granted, it wasn't like she would always care about that anyway).