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The door opens, and into it goes a girl in her early teens. She's got her gray military pants on but just an undershirt on top, because her tactics teacher isn't a jerk about the uniform code and she got warm in the exercise room. But this is not the hallway out of her room. What the heck is this, Sue's dream bar?
...Well, if it's Sue's dream bar...
"Hey, is this Sue's dream bar?"
Yes. This is for you. A key appears.
That is indeed for her. She goes up to the corresponding room, checks it out, writes stuff in the notebook - wow, her handwriting is shit compared to the others', must be growing up with a desk - but there's nobody else here. She goes back down, gets Bar to give her a snack tray on Stella's tab, flops in an armchair by the fireplace with it.
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autokinetic
whatamithinking
"The Institute has enough money that I suspect a Baby Bella in our world would get one anyway, but I really don't need it."
autokinetic
"Suit yourself." She flips over and balances with perfect stillness on one hand.
whatamithinking
"That is fantastically impressive, but not worth more than eighty-seven thousand dollars to me."
autokinetic
"Nah, I get it." Pause. "So how good are you at punching shit, d'you wanna go in the yard and spar?"
whatamithinking
"I am reasonably good at punching shit! Even better at kicking shit, actually. I'd love to spar, as long as you can promise that you hold back well enough not to break any bones if I don't dodge something."
autokinetic
"Oh yeah, I won't break you. Perfect control, I don't even have to leave bruises if you're timid, I can stop just short and tap you."
whatamithinking
"Sounds about right."
She looks down at her clothing. It's not really appropriate for sparring in. "Bar, could I borrow a change of clothes?"
She looks down at her clothing. It's not really appropriate for sparring in. "Bar, could I borrow a change of clothes?"
Bar provides: sweatpants and a T-shirt and a sports bra.
whatamithinking
Perfect.
"If I go into the bathroom to change I could be gone for hours in the minutes it takes me. There's no one else here; do you have any objection to just turning your back after we go outside?"
"If I go into the bathroom to change I could be gone for hours in the minutes it takes me. There's no one else here; do you have any objection to just turning your back after we go outside?"
whatamithinking
"I don't really care, to be honest, but most people would have been weird about it. And Bar has a rule against nudity in the main area."
whatamithinking
Edie changes and also stretches. She is not as limber, but has some impressively-developed leg muscles.
whatamithinking
Edie assumes a stance. "When."
Edie hasn't been spending the last several years of her life dedicated to combat training. But she has anger issues and hand-to-hand combat is best way she's found to manage them. She has strong legs and she knows how to play to her strengths.
Edie hasn't been spending the last several years of her life dedicated to combat training. But she has anger issues and hand-to-hand combat is best way she's found to manage them. She has strong legs and she knows how to play to her strengths.
autokinetic
Aegis just got off the treadmill and she is, for all her skill, a skinny young kid. That said, she is promptly upside down and then off the ground entirely and flicking Edie in the forehead and then bouncing away with a light kick to the shoulder, and she doesn't slow down from there.
whatamithinking
Well, this is going to be fun.
There's no doubt at all that Aegis is better at this than Edie is. But she's definitely going to get in a few solid hits.
There's no doubt at all that Aegis is better at this than Edie is. But she's definitely going to get in a few solid hits.
autokinetic
The teacher's not gonna ask, when Aegis goes to class, where the marks are from. Aegis rolls (flips, sways, limbos, pirouettes) with the punches &c and lightly swats her opponent, only resorting to bruising force when it's part of pushing off for movement.
whatamithinking
Edie's nowhere near as graceful as Aegis, but she's good enough not to look like a chump. If Aegis is the wind, she can be the mountain.
autokinetic
Aegis is very much 'the wind' here.
Eventually: "This seems like enough."
Eventually: "This seems like enough."