fandomhigh | Self Defense, Thursday, Period One

Today's self defense class would be taking place in a large hall with multiple exits. Each exit was guarded by an identical burly guard. The two exits along the left wall were closer together, while the north wall had only one. Every other wall had two at a similar distance.

"So," Atton said, "Sometimes, you're going to wander into a situation you might have trouble getting out of. Say, because you've pissed off whoever's running the local club and now they want to box you in."

Yeah, he wasn't even going to pretend this wasn't about Sparkle's stupid mess from two weeks ago. It was a good lesson for everybody anyway.

"Of course, it's not always going to be as obvious a set-up as this. Sometimes you might run into trouble on the street and have someone blocking your way. Maybe you're even in a fight with somebody you know in your own house, and you suddenly realize they're a whole lot bigger and stronger than you." Atton shrugged. "Whatever the case, lesson one is this: avoiding the fight is always better than getting in the fight, unless you're absolutely sure you can win. And even then, avoiding might spare a bunch of people some injuries they don't need."

He walked up to one of the big burly guys, who didn't budge. (He hadn't activated their AI yet.)

"Which is why your first order of business in a situation like this, is to try and catch your opponent by surprise," he said. "Play the feeble, naive card if you can, or downplay yourself otherwise. Move yourself in close, and then--"

He whacked the guy very hard in the middle of the sternum. The guy doubled over, winded. "...Hit him in the solar plexus," he said. "That'll tap a lot of people out for just a few seconds. And a few seconds is all you need to--" he opened the door behind the guy, "...Get the hell out."

He pulled the door back shut. "If that doesn't work, though, you better get ready, because you're about to have a fight. If the guy is bigger than you, which is likely, hold up your arms to protect your head like this." He demonstrated quickly. "Bigger person also means bigger reach, so respect that. Keep moving, use your speed. Parry, don't block-- the smacking a guy in the bottom of the arm and redirecting the blow thing we already practiced a few classes back. If you parry, you might even be able to get a few blows in right after, because his reach is neutralized. Get in close if you can, hit him in the solar plexus or the head."

He looked back to the class. "Again, the point is to disable your opponent long enough, fast enough, that you can get out. Covertly. The last thing you want to be doing is drawing a ton of attention to yourself, because then everyone in this room is going to come swarming, and they'll probably call their friends."

Finally, he stepped on the big burly guy's foot. "And finally, never, ever try to play fair. You got a bottle on you to threaten him with? He might bail, or you might improve your chances of knocking him out. Got access to spices? Some pepper to the eyes will buy you the time you need to get out. Sand, hot sauce, all great things to go to the head with. If you want to go really drastic, cut the guy's knees. Your targets are gonna be knees, groin, eyes, bridge of the nose, kidney, heart, neck, throat, and the solar plexus. That's where it hurts."

Beat.

"And then get the hell out as soon as possible."

He motioned towards the class. "Now it's your turn," he said. "Try and get out of this one."

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Running.

Sparkle

Travis Coates

Garik Loran

Minako Aino

Alana

Four

Vider Bearskin

Which has nothing to do with anybody in this class. Nope.

Totally not about Sparkle! Who was totally not kind of just milling about looking awkward while Atton spoke, either!

Totally.

Minako was not looking sheepish and not looking at Sparkle and trying to hide behind her hair. Nope. Not at all.

Four walls. Two doors each, except for the one north, which has only one. The two exits along the left wall are closer together. Each has an identical giant dude parked by it, and they're all keeping an eye on you.

Get out as fast as possible.

Sparkle didn't think for the life of himself that Atton was going to make this easy for him. After all, this was not exactly an unfamiliar scenario FOR NO REASON.

But, you know, he wasn't one to take risks when he knew this was a setup going in. So a casual wander over to one of the bouncers to ask if this was the door to the bathroom was followed immediately by that whack to the sternum that Atton had mentioned, and then a knee to the groin for good measure.

Sparkle was not taking any chances today!

This looked strangely familiar to Alana, yeah. The good thing was,having seen how it all went down before gave her an idea what not to do this time. It was just too bad she didn't have Minako with her to provide distraction.

She adjusted her clothes to be as revealing as possible before she sashayed over to the north door, batting her eyes at the doorman until he seemed interested, then licked her lips and beckoned him to come closer.

When he complied, she kneed him hard in the gut and ran. No point dragging this out. (Also, playing the sexpot any longer was going to make her feel like she needed a shower.)

This totally wasn't fair! Minako had tried so hard to keep it subtle and non-violent! She really, really had! But then there was yelling and violence and guns and...

Look, it was so not her fault it got showy, okay? Maybe she'd made it flashy-er-ish, but in her defense, Venus was way more bulletproof and made a great target to pull attention from the non-bulletproof people. Like Sparkle. WHO REALLY NEEDED TO WORK ON HIS TASTE IN BOYS.

*AHEM*

She shook out her arms, took three deep breaths, flipped her hair over her shoulder... and promptly burst into tears before running over to the bouncer at the North Door, sobbing and pointing off to the side, hanging off his arm and sniffling in a very Kicked Puppy manner. Right up until he looked where she was pointing instead of at her.

Bye, Mr. Bouncer. Minako knew exactly where to hit you in the throat so that it would temporarily incapacitate you and prevent you calling for help. It was nice knowing you, sorry that you were actually a decent enough dude to fall for the Crying Princess Act!

Four sauntered to the north door and pretending to pat his pockets, looking for his keys. When the guy stepped forward, he broke the guy's nose with his forehead, then escaped out the door while the man was still trying to figure out what had happened.

Friday nights were bar fight nights in Dauntless. He knew his way around.

Vider casually and obliquely made her way toward the northern door, doing her best to look as innocent and harmless as a muscular girl with a berserker mark could look. "Excuse me," she said to the guard when she was in range, and then she kneed him in the groin and dashed out the door.

Hey, there's actually a pretty neat living room set-up here. With chips.

Hey, chips!

Oh yeah, Minako was gonna stuff her face. It was free food, and she'd totally rocked that sim so nyah.

He's got a scrape along his forehead but he's looking pretty decent this week.

Tap me down here if you want an NPC!

Edited 2015-03-05 10:28 (UTC)

Self Defense, Thursday, Period One

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