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Atlas Gym, Tuesday Morning, September 16

Murdock had already laid some mats out and did a bit of a warm-up as he waited for Amber. He was a bit excited today, having a good day yesterday.

He was even humming a little as he stretched and did his routine.

(same drill as usual, mainly for Amber, but totally open for others - participants or gawkers alike.)

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"Oh my god I'm sorry I'm late," she said, running in some fifteen minutes behind their normal schedule.

Amber dropped her bag and started stretching.

He turned and just grinned a bit at her. "No problemo, muchacho. I didn't even notice."

...

"You are in a rare mood," she commented with a crooked grin. "Something good happen?"

If it was on radio, she missed that part. She was more concerned with Temar and porn.

But, er, not together.

"Am I now?" he teased a little, then shrugged. "Not especially. Just had a good day yesterday."

Even with the sandwich.

"How're you doin'?"

"Yah? Did it involved a pretty lady?"

Amber shrugged and stretched her legs. "Dealing with the fact that I might be dead at the end of the day," she replied rather nonchalantly.

"Naw, that was Saturday," he said with a small chuckle. "Though I did run into Charlotte yesterday too."

The grin faded however, at Amber's next statment. He stared, "What?"

Of course he was thinking of that chick who was out to kill her, not anyone else.

"Wow, you're just a ladies man all around, aren't you Murdock?" she grinned.

She waved her hand. "Oh it's nothing. Really. Just my big mouth getting me in trouble."

He waved her comment about himself off, choosing to focus on the other. He eyed her a bit. "No really. You sure? I mean, if you're worried about somebody..." She already had one death threat, so of course he was a bit concerned.

"I'm not worried." Yes she was. "I'm forgetting about it."

A beat.

"What are we going to work on today?"

"Okay..." he replied, still eyeing her a little, but letting it go. For now.

"Today. Hrm." He tapped a finger to his lips in thought. "I dunno. Anything you'd like to try?" He did have something in mind, but wanted to see if she had any ideas.

"Um, no, not really," she answered honestly. "I'm willing to learn anything."

He smirked a bit, "Alright then. How 'bout we combine some stuff? Like all that stuff we first worked on, charging and tackling and mix some blocks and hits in there."

Really, it'd be her first true go-round of hand-to-hand.

"That sounds kind of dangerous; I like it!" she laughed lightly and came to her feet.

"Well, not too dangerous," he chuckled in return.

At least not for her; he was planning on pulling his shots. But it was very likely she'd get some in on him. Even accidently. Elbows could wind up in the most unexpected places while one was learning.

"So whenever you're ready."

Amber positioned herself accordingly and faced off him. "I'm ready," she told him, more serious now.

It was very much like flipping a switch with him. He could be cheerful and bouncy and then two seconds later, all business, shoving everything else aside. Rather like he was distaning himself from it. Maybe he was.

"Alright."

That was the only warning he gave before he rushed at her, aiming to knock her to the floor if he could.

Oh shit. Amber wasn't expecting him to charge her first off but her surprise was short lived as she reacted immediately and twisted to the side. He still managed to ram into her shoulder, she just didn't get knocked to the ground. Spinning around, she had her fists up.

After he'd brushed into her and felt her twist away, he spun to face her, moving to swing at her.

He quickly noted that she had her fists up, which was a good thing. He was hoping she'd be able to block him in time.

Amber reached up to block him, grunting a little as she came in with her other fist towards his jaw.

She'd blocked him. Good. He was so intent on that he almost missed Amber's swing. he muttered under his breath, barely blocking it in time and quickly changing his tactic to try to sweep one of her legs out from under her.

If Amber was getting a lesson in self-defense, he was getting a lesson in how out-of-practice he really was.

She didn't see the leg sweep coming and down she went, but Amber was right back up and grinding down on her jaw, she charged him, ready to knock him off his feet if she could.

He bounced a little on his toes, waiting for her to regain her feet, then twisting when she charged him. Just a bit slow though, as she managed to catch him a bit in the side and grunted a little.

But he kept moving, trying to snag one of her arms as she went by.

He was able to snag her but she swung her leg hard, aiming for his...

Between the limited space and having a grip on her arm, he didn't manage to dodge in time. He tried to balance himself, but wasn't able to do so.

So he suddenly found himself on his back on the mats. "Huh." He just lay there, catching his breath and giving her a thumbs-up.

"Hah! I did it!" Amber actually jumped up and down.

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