Gym, morning

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After doing some research for Crichton, dropping by professor Logan's office and Maths class, Cameron headed down to the gym. Maybe tomorrow he'd go for a jog, depending on the weather. For now he wanted to practise a bit for Self-Defence class.

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Aeryn stops in after her only class of the day, not surprised to see Cameron already there. "Hey," she greets him.

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"Yo," Cameron grins and stops beating up the bag momentarily. "How's it going?"

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"It's... going," she says, and that is still the weirdest greeting ever. "How are you?"

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"Good," Cameron grins and bounces a bit. "Still alive. For a moment there last night, I thought Zero and Sam were going to lynch me."

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It's amazing, how automatic the "What did you do?" reaction is.

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"What did John and I do, you mean." Cameron smirks. "Actually, John bailed after a while. We sorta set up fort at the stairs and squirted people passing by in the name of the 2nd floor. Let me tell you, pillow forts aren't as unbreachable as they used to be when we were kids."

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She really should have known. "None of that surprises me," she says. "A pillow fort?... Out of actual pillows? And you wonder why they can break through your defense?"

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"They're supposed to run away from the water, not charge you!" Cameron throws up his hands, then grins. "Eh, it was fun anyway."

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"They charged you?" Aeryn says, looking pleased. "All of a sudden I have a greater respect for people at this school."

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"Hey, you're supposed to be on our side," Cameron whines, but he's grinning.

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"If I'd been there, you would have tried it with me, too, so don't give me that," Aeryn smiles. "Good use of ambush, though."

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"Well yeah, no discrimination and all that. We squirted Vala too," he beams at the compliment. "Thanks. I figured it was good practise for the military. Next time we'll have to get your help. It'd be for the good of the floor after all."

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That gets an eyebrow raise. "For the good of the floor?"

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Pip wanders in after math. He waves to Cameron. "Oi, Cam! How've ya been?" He drops back into a fighting crouch and starts shadow boxing in an area where he won't accidently hit anyone.

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"Oy, Pip!" Cameron grins, happy that the new student is using his favourite greeting. "I've been good, if not always dry. You?"

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"Not bad, not bad. Done with my only class of the day. Thought I'd sweat a little." He tilts his head to the side. "You up for a lesson?"

[[OOC: Mun is disappearing to his last class of the day, but will return within the hour]]

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"I'm always up for a lesson," Cameron grins.

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Pip stops shadow boxing and walks over to Cameron. "Alright, I guess the best place to start would be some basic fighting theory. Savate might not be the best fit for you as a martial art, after all. I mean, there's a lot of factors. Your build, your physical abillities, stuff like that. But there's also mental stuff. What do you want out of a fight? To win without hurting the guy? To survive? To cause as much damage as possible?"

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Cameron tilts his head as he considers Pip's question. "Survival first, I suppose. Get out a fight without breaking my neck. If I can take out my opponenty without having to kill him, that's a nice feature." He pauses as he knows this might sound harsh. "I want to join the military, I know that keeping people alive won't always be a luxury I'll get."

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Pip nods thoughtfully. "Good answer. Any fight you can walk away from is a fight you've won. Hmmm. Alright. Do you know how to break a fall?"

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"Uh no," Cameron blinks. "I've been trying not to fall mostly."

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"Good strategy," Pip says, "but it's probably going to happen sooner or later." He shifts his weight backwards and lets himself tip over. As he hits the ground, his hands flash out to the sides and slap the ground. He leaps up to his feet. "And when it does, you do that." He looks around. "Are there any mats or anything we could practice on?"

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"Yeah, does the mat we normally spar on do?" Cameron asks as he leads Pip to that section of the gym. "So basically it's fall and you knock it off with your hands or something?" He asks, making sure he saw correctly.

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"Sort of. Fall and slap the ground with your hands the moment you hit it. Don't ask me to explain the physics of it, I don't know them off the top of my head. Try it a couple of times and when you think you've got it on your own, we'll try with me tripping you."

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Cameron grins. "Knowing me, that explanation would be wasted anyway," he jokes and gets onto the mat. It's a bit weird making yourself fall and the first time he's entirely too late in hitting it. It hurts a bit, but nothing that stops him from getting right back up and trying again. After a few times, he's feeling confident enough.

"Okay, I think I got the hang of it."