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Ghanima Atreides ([personal profile] atreideslioness) wrote in [community profile] fandomtownies2009-03-08 08:21 am

Atlas Gym, Fandom Fight Club [Sunday Evening]

There was a poster tacked up on the door to the main gym, with the following text written in alternating handwriting, as if the marker had been shared between two people:


Rules of Fandom Fight Club
1. What happens here, stays here. We can't keep the squirrels out, but if somebody tells you something on the mat, you don't repeat it off the mat.
2. No weapons or powers unless everyone knows in advance and is fighting within their weight class.
3. No shoes.
4. If someone says "stop" or goes limp, the fight is over.
5. Two people to a fight.
6. Fights go on as long as they have to.
7. No tourists. If you need to take a week to see what this is like, cool, but no coming back just to watch. You wanna watch, get a TV; here, everybody fights.
8. No fighting if you're sick or injured. You wanna screw up your body, you do it on your own time.
9. The organizers reserve the right to remove you from the club at any time for violation of these rules.


Underneath the sign was a table with a sign-in sheet, where people could print their name and if they'd fought before which is handwavey since y'all already did it, which would be collected once the meeting started.

Inside, Tyler was pacing, barefoot and holding himself so erect he looked about three inches taller than he normally did. He clapped his hands in a way designed to silence anyone still talking.

"Welcome to Fight Club," he began. "In this room, you are not a teacher or a student or the guy who works behind the bar at Caritas. You are not what you own or what you wear. You are not a special, unique snowflake. You are a body. You hit, you bleed, you feel pain, you cause pain, you come back for more. You get better. You might even find redemption."

He glanced at the group as if daring anyone to argue with him on these points.

"The purpose of this group is catharsis and self-improvement through unarmed combat," Ghanima said briskly. For once, she was not wearing her usual ornate gowns, but a simple woven tunic and slacks and was barefoot like Tyler. "There is absolutely nothing wrong with therapeutic violence - no matter what the armchair shrink of the week says - and this place is here to provide you with that option."

"That said, should you wish to have a friendly spar with someone using practice weapons, you should feel free so long as both parties agree. Please refrain from using actual weapons until you've worked with someone more than once."

"And while we're being the buzzkill jerks with all the rules," Tyler said, "here's a quick gym tour. Padding's over here -- beginners, wear gloves, everyone else, it's at your discretion -- practice weapons are there, and these soft blue things? These are mats. We fight on the mats."

"Speak for yourself," Ghanima murmured, bemused. "I may occasionally be evil, but I am not a jerk or a buzzkill."

"Now, my favorite part. We're going to randomly pick some fights." It was possible Ghanima looked a bit too gleeful about this. "You and you. You two. You two too. You and you, and hrm, you, and ... you." There was practically a halo over her head as she pointed at Tyler. "There. Get to know your new friends, then get to know the mat. Anyone I didn't just pair up, find your own partner."

[Up early for massive SP! Wait for theMassive OCD is massive and up.]

ETA:You people are breaking my browser! Mingle | RNG Fights | Open Sparring | Ghanima and Tyler | OOC | Next Week's RNG

not_in_the_book: (Plot: Weetiny Ronan!)

Re: OOC the 2nd: Next week's RNG

[personal profile] not_in_the_book 2009-03-08 01:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Students, remember that next week is weetiny weekend.

... Am I the only one thinking that weetiny!Fight Club would be hilarious?
future_sandworm: (weetiny)

Re: OOC the 2nd: Next week's RNG

[personal profile] future_sandworm 2009-03-08 04:02 pm (UTC)(link)
No. I would too.
weetuskenraider: (Slight Smirk)

Re: OOC the 2nd: Next week's RNG

[personal profile] weetuskenraider 2009-03-08 04:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Speak for yourselves. With this one, that idea TERRIFIES me. ;)
intraspective: (Wee!Ino grinning 2)

Re: OOC the 2nd: Next week's RNG

[personal profile] intraspective 2009-03-08 04:29 pm (UTC)(link)
OMG that would be adorable!

Re: OOC the 2nd: Next week's RNG

[identity profile] walks-two-paths.livejournal.com 2009-03-08 05:13 pm (UTC)(link)
I think it would be so adorable and hilarious!
raspberryturk: (Weetiny Raspberry!)

Re: OOC the 2nd: Next week's RNG

[personal profile] raspberryturk 2009-03-08 05:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Reno would totally be spoiling for a weetiny brawl, so long as there are other weetiny scrappers around.

I anticipate a good deal of crying and hair pulling, and calling of names like "Poopybreath."

Re: OOC the 2nd: Next week's RNG

[identity profile] im-afrog.livejournal.com 2009-03-09 02:07 am (UTC)(link)
That would be awesome.