The Park, Thursday Morning

[suitably_heroic]

Despite their differences, Atton and Anakin actually had a lot in common: a dark side past, a propensity towards complaining, the deaths of women they were in love with... yeah, they had ample reason to square off for a nice one-on-one with emotional sharing and coping and blah blah blah whatever they were going to be whaling on each other with practice lightsabers like the grown adults they really weren't.

Atton had left his jacket at home, partly because he didn't want it getting wet (because that was still a looming threat) and partly because he needed to maneuver more than he needed the jacket's defensive padding. Otherwise, though, he hadn't prepared much.

Look, he knew his own abilities with the lightsaber were no match with a guy who'd been trained with it for years instead of weeks. Didn't mean he was going to admit he was totally outmatched.

[[ open! and you bet your ass there will be angry wet jedi fighting with phallic symbols. ]]

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Sparring!

[suitably_heroic]

Atton lit his practice lightsaber and gave it an easy swing before getting into place. "Blue?" he muttered. "They just stopped trying in your time, didn't they."

Re: Sparring!

[sith_happened]

"Blue or green, yeah," Anakin said, shrugging his robe into a puddle on the grass just like Obi-Wan had taught him. Drama queen. "Red if you were evil, purple if you were Mace Wind."

Re: Sparring!

[suitably_heroic]

"I like mine better," Atton said, shrugging... just shrugging, because space, Anakin, you drama queen.

He fell into a Makashi stance because hey, Anakin already knew he knew that one.

Re: Sparring!

[sith_happened]

Anakin smiled and settled into the opening movements for Shien, holding his lightsaber in a reverse grip. In his head he could hear himself lecturing Ahsoka about using this, but it was sparring, not battle. He could get a little fancy.

He curled his fingers in the intergalactic "Come and get me" signal.

Re: Sparring!

[suitably_heroic]

Atton didn't move for about two seconds.

Then he did, delivering an opening strike towards Anakin's lightsaber hilt.

Re: Sparring!

[sith_happened]

Anakin twisted his arms out of the way, fast as thought, and used the momentum of the twist to slice his weapon at Atton's arm.

He wouldn't cut off any limbs with a training blade, but, well, Anakin's training had been fairly "and now we cut off a limb" intensive.

Re: Sparring!

[suitably_heroic]

Atton had accounted for that basic move, though, and his feet carried him out of the way while the edge of his 'saber glanced off of Anakin's.

Re: Sparring!

[sith_happened]

Anakin's eyes lit up--the sound of two lightsabers hitting was one of his favorites--and he followed up with an aggressive swipe at Atton's stomach.

Re: Sparring!

[suitably_heroic]

Atton hopped back, letting Anakin's lightsaber glance off of his again in a fairly transparent attempt at deflecting it into a direction that'd make a counter much easier.

Re: Sparring!

[sith_happened]

Anakin's eyebrows rose. "You don't think I fell off of a speeder in the Outer Rim yesterday, do you?" he teased, countering Atton's attempt before it could start.

Peanut Gallery

[suitably_heroic]

Because it's tradition.

Watch two idiots smacking each other around instead of talking!

Re: Peanut Gallery

[fracknotfrak.livejournal.com]

In between complaints about getting drenched with ice water, one towns person had called in about two guys with laser swords dueling in the park. Vic assumed it was nothing but showed up just in case it wasn't.

"For the record you two aren't fighting are you?" Vic called out from a safe vantage point. "Because I'd hate to have to shoot someone today."

Re: Peanut Gallery

[suitably_heroic]

"No," Atton called over, "If we were, there'd be less limbs on both of us!"

Re: Peanut Gallery

[fracknotfrak.livejournal.com]

"Lovely," Vic deadpanned. "Enjoy your little swordplay, boys. And try not to die until it's on someone else's shift. I don't need the paperwork."

Re: Peanut Gallery

[notconflicted]

Sia had been going for a run, but slowed when she got to the park and saw what was going on.

And then she found a place to sit and watch. What, she was curious.

Re: Peanut Gallery

[giveherahand]

Mara absolutely knew what those two were up to and she was starting to get a very, very bad feeling that this particular Anakin Skywalker was the Anakin Skywalker, but none of that showed on her face or in her Force sense as she sat down next to the other girl.

"What are they doing?"

Re: Peanut Gallery

[notconflicted]

"Sparring. One or both is probably trying to prove something," Sia replied.

Re: Peanut Gallery

[giveherahand]

"Virility?" Mara offered dryly.

Re: Peanut Gallery

[notconflicted]

"That usually is it, yes," Sia nodded. "If it keeps pouring water down, this could be very interesting."

Re: Peanut Gallery

[giveherahand]

"And pretty."

What?

Re: Peanut Gallery

[notconflicted]

"Possibly." She could still look at Atton, even if that was all sort of weird now.

Re: Peanut Gallery

[giveherahand]

"The tall one's a little old, though," Mara said.

Re: Peanut Gallery

[notconflicted]

"Trust me, the other one's too old for you, too." Sia knew that, from having heard that for years.

Re: Peanut Gallery

[filleauloup]

Sorry, anyone on Éponine's mail route who might be hoping that a package they were expecting would come in early today, because how was she supposed to resist the temptation to stop and watch the people dancing around acrobatically with the brightly colored flashy things?

It was, as far as she was concerned, a free show and one did not turn down a free show.

So she deposited herself on a park bench (don't worry, people waiting for mail, her mail bag was covered unceremoniously but effectively with a 30-gallon trash bag) to watch.

She was humming to herself, as she usually did when she was in a good mood, though the humming would be interrupted by some cursing if she got hit with ice water again.

OOC

[suitably_heroic]

*jazzhands*