Fandom Fight Club -- Atlas Gym -- Sunday Evening

[atreideslioness]

It was entirely possible that Ghanima looked smug as people arrived on Sunday evening, and it most likely was not helped by the woman beside her. "Good evening, everyone, and welcome back from the Bahamas," she started cheerfully. "Tyler's not well today, so instead Miss Alianne will be assisting me today, whom some of you may remember from her tenure as a teacher."

Aly raised an eyebrow at Ghanima then shook her head, clearly amused. "The rest of you can call me Aly," she said. "Only Lady Ghanima, the Princess Royal feels the need for such formality." She paused and looked back at Ghanima. "What is it you have me doing up here again? Shaking things up, I think was mentioned..."

"And here I thought I invited you for your charming personality," she replied dryly. "And if we're going to start with the titles, I do know a few more of yours..."

"Instead, however, we are going to shake it up a bit. No snowball fights this time, I promise. Aly, would you like to pick the first three sets?"

"It was my charming personality," Aly decided smugly as she looked over the fighters. Some she recognised, some she didn't, all piqued her overactive curiosity. "You two, let's try. You and you, annnnd -" she grinned at the tall guy with the ponytail. "You and that one other there."

Ghanima had given Aly a briefing on the club members before everyone had arrived, so that she'd know what sort of material they had to work with. "You, with her, and you and you," she said, naming off the last two pairs. "As you've probably noticed, you haven't been partnered with these people before; you're all working across the different ability levels."

"Which doesn't mean beatdown time," Aly said. "And I'm pretty damn sure I didn't have to say that but too bad. My old mother-" somewhere Alanna was having a heart attack at that description "-used to say that if you run into a fighter you can't learn something from, you probably should give up right then and go sit in the old folks' home because you've obviously become completely inflexible and stupid. So - go on, learn something and see what happens."

"Children, don't cheat and try to kneecap your opponent, it's rude. Advanced... try not to just box their ears. You aren't old enough yet for that to be funny," Ghanima continued, smiling. "For those of you picking your own fights, try going with someone from the other group, and see what you can learn."

[OCD UP!]

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Arrive & Mingle

[atreideslioness]

It's not the Bahamas, but at least it's nice and warm in the gym?

Re: Arrive & Mingle

[provostsdog.livejournal.com]

Beka looked surprised seeing Aly there. Pounce much less so and that just made her wonder if he'd known.

The surprise quickly vanished as she was called out to fight. Her boss. The one she'd not really talked to since that incident.

Re: Arrive & Mingle

[future_sandworm]

It wasn't the Bahamas, but Leto didn't mind. Hitting people was at least preferable to swimming.

Re: Arrive & Mingle

[spring-lost.livejournal.com]

Cable was back in action. So to speak.

He still had a kid practically hanging off his arm and babbling, but he was there.

Re: Arrive & Mingle

[guardian-god.livejournal.com]

Pleased to be chosen for a spar, even if the choice offered the potential for awkward, Dimitri sat on the mats, stretching out to keep loose.

Re: Arrive & Mingle

[furnaceface]

Jono was, perhaps unsurprisingly, not at all broken up about the fact that he hadn't been chosen for a spar.

He was, also unsurprisingly, hanging around the far wall of the gym again, content to observe what was going on. It was possible that he was still just a touch out-of-sorts after the events of the week.

Re: Arrive & Mingle

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah was warming up, glad to be back to work, even if she was still missing the Bahamas.

And then there was the buh? moment when she got paired up with Bruce.

Re: Arrive & Mingle

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

Bruce had spent the past few days reading, listening, and sitting on a plane. It felt good to be back to something that would actually loosen him up again. And, to be honest, he was curious how well he would fight after days of very little activity and jetlag. If he was training correctly, it wouldn't impact him as much as it probably should.

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[mouthy-merc.livejournal.com]

Deadpool was there with bells on after a nice, relaxing boring vacation where no one got to kick ass.

He was from Marvel, people. They kicked ass on vacations!

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[chic-harper.livejournal.com]

Harper was still in a good mood from the trip and was almost bouncing through her warm-up.

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[inthereflexes.livejournal.com]

Jack was eager to get a spar on after the vacation and lazing about. He was pumped full of energy.

Re: Arrive & Mingle

[solo_sword]

Jaina was glad to be back, and having to fight the first day meant it was already time to get back to real life again. It didn't even matter that she'd kept up with a pretty decent training schedule in the Bahamas, she felt relaxed enough that she was warming up to unrelax herself.

And hey, always good to see a former teacher, especially one who taught her to blow things up.

Re: Arrive & Mingle

[imcalledandros.livejournal.com]

Andros was there and doing some warming up.

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[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

Rose was totally okay with not sparring tonight after two weeks of being off training. She had more than enough to catch up on already.

She was also totally okay with watching Dimitri spar. What? It was pretty.

Still she was stretching carefully, not wanting to end up doing something stupid and regretting it.

Re: Arrive & Mingle

[weetuskenraider]

It was warm in the gym, which Tahiri appreciated, not having been thrilled at all about coming back to the cold of Fandom after a week in the Bahamas.

You could say the look on her face was mild disappointment about that, although in reality it was thoughtful, not disappointed. She had some plans in mind, and it was time to set them into motion pretty soon.

Re: Arrive & Mingle

[allyofthevarden.livejournal.com]

Arya warmed up, her thoughts wandering back to what was going on back in Alagaësia.

Training Area

[atreideslioness]

For those who wish to work with either Aly or Ghanima one-on-one.

RNG Fights

[atreideslioness]

RNG: Lulu / Steve Rogers

[atreideslioness]

!

RNG: Dimitri Belikov / Beka Cooper

[atreideslioness]

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RNG: Cable / Kurt Wagner

[atreideslioness]

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RNG: Jaina Solo / Kennedy

[atreideslioness]

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Open Sparring

[atreideslioness]

Make a new friend, and learn some new moves!

Re: Open Sparring

[inthereflexes.livejournal.com]

Jack would take on anyone, beginner or advanced. Bring it.

Talk to the Organizers

[atreideslioness]

Once they tag in!

Re: Talk to the Organizers

[atreideslioness]

Ghanima was, indeed, around, and happy to talk with anyone who had questions.

OOC

[atreideslioness]

You know the drill! Tag here to be taken out of next week's RNG!

Re: OOC

[bitten_notshy]

THANK YOU for covering for my flakiness. I owe you (both) huge.

Also, next weekend is AU weekend -- so the next straight FC where people could be taken out is 3/14.