Atlas gym [after workshops]

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

As previously arranged, Luke trotted down to the gym in town, lightsaber and remotes in hand.

He dropped his robe in a messy pile on a nearby chair, then began a quick warm-up session with the weapon before Aravis arrived.

[OOC: It's lightsaber day, huzzah! Open for your gymly needs.]

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[notqueenyet.livejournal.com]

Aravis arrived in due course, dressed in her light, loose pants and shirt with her scimitar strapped at her waist.

When she found Luke, she stayed quiet, watching.

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

After a few more very quick parries as he safely deflected the little laser beams away, Luke reached into the Force and kicked the remote into pause mode. He nodded politely. "Good afternoon."

[notqueenyet.livejournal.com]

Aravis nodded back. "You're good."

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

Luke smiled a little wryly as he flexed his gloved hand. "I had a pretty good incentive to learn quickly."

[notqueenyet.livejournal.com]

Aravis eyed the glove. "Really?"

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

Luke nodded. "It's, um, not my original hand. Lightsabers are sharp."

[notqueenyet.livejournal.com]

"I would believe it," she said, raising her brows. "I am sorry to hear that, though. How did you acquire a new hand?"

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

He shut the lightsaber down and moved closer to Aravis. "The medcenters at home have technology that can replace limbs. I went back for a few months. It wasn't really a big deal."

Well, that wasn't true.

[notqueenyet.livejournal.com]

"Please, you lost a hand," she said, frowning. "Of course it was. Bravery is all well and good but hands are somewhat important."

She nodded at the lightsaber. "It cuts through bone cleanly then, I suppose?"

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"And cauterized the wound immediately," Luke said, nodding. "It was really my own fault--I thought I was much better than I was. It's a lesson I haven't had to learn twice."

[notqueenyet.livejournal.com]

Aravis smiled a little. "You sound like my brother. Only a bit more wise."

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

Luke smiled back. "Your mannerisms remind me of my sister, too. Strange."

[notqueenyet.livejournal.com]

Aravis raised her eyebrows. "I met your niece last night. Is your sister here as well?"

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

Luke shook his head. "She's off running the galaxy back home," he said, tone fond. "I miss her."

[sith_happened]

Anakin stalked into the gym with a pocket full of remotes and his lightsaber slung securely on his hip.

His eyes rested on Luke.

Sparring would be better.

Without a word, he shrugged out of his robe and moved to the center of the room, igniting the blue blade of his weapon, then stood there, six feet of clearly agitated Jedi, and waited for his son to make the first move.

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

Luke stared up at him, eyebrows shooting up.

The last time they'd fought...well, it wasn't something he spent a lot of time thinking about.

"Are you sure you want to do this?" he asked cautiously, still holding his unlit saber in his gloved right hand.

[sith_happened]

Anakin gave him a sharp nod.

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

Luke was still not exactly convinced of the merit of this plan--his father's emotions were locked down tightly and that worried him--but he gave a mental shrug, lit the green blade and advanced in a traditional first salvo.

[sith_happened]

Anakin batted it aside almost languidly, then really began moving.

In only a few strokes, it became obvious just how much he had been holding back on the Death Star.

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

Luke's eyes widened as he increased his pace, falling back under the force behind Anakin's attack.

Something was very, very wrong.

[sith_happened]

Luke was good, but Anakin was better by a fair measure, and he was fully taking advantage of that, aiming a swipe at his son's head, then following up almost immediately by trying to take Luke's legs off at the knees.

He wasn't even breathing hard yet.

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

Luke frowned--hard--as he reached into the Force to launch himself up and over his father's head.

This didn't feel like sparring.

What the hell? he thought at Anakin as he gave more ground.

[sith_happened]

Anakin slammed up a mental block almost hard enough to hurt Luke and continued his advance.

He wasn't in a mood to discuss anything.

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

Luke let the barrage continue for another minute or so before he step out of the combat zone and turned off his lightsaber.

"I'm not doing this," he said, scowling. "You want to channel aggression, pick on a droid."

Without another word, he spun on his heel and stalked out of the room, doing a credible impression of his father.

[sith_happened]

Anakin stared after him, his heart sinking to somewhere around his knees.

Not that any emotion showed on his face. At all.

After a brief pause, he waved towards his robe and pulled the six remotes he had in the pockets out, then kicked them all to life using the Force.

He spent the next hour not missing a single shot.

It didn't make him feel any better.