Gym

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Angel was down in the gym. He'd already had Self Defense class that day, but right now he felt like there was no such thing as too much practice.

He went through some drills of his own, keeping his eye on the door so he could stop once Molly arrived.

[ooc: He's here for Molly, but anybody could use the gym. Molly thread is NFB.]

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"Much better," Angel said. He did the motion again, speeding it up a little so she could see how that looked. "See? This way you're taking all that power in your body and channeling it to your fist. The other way all you had was your arm. Nice, but could be better."

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Molly repeated the movement slowly a few times before also increasing the speed of her punch. "Okay, I can feel the difference. I don't know if I can train myself to do it by Friday, but I think I can get it eventually."

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"We can practice punching after Friday too," Angel said. Reminded, he took hold of the stake again. "Okay. With this we're going in a different direction. Not really a punch. More like a jab."

Angel demostrated the sharp downward stab of staking somebody.

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Once again, Molly copied his movements as she watched him demonstrate. She tried to keep her stance contained like he'd shown her for punching. "Okay, that seems easy enough. Hopefully having the weapon in my hand will remind me to stab instead of punch." She grinned.

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"Pointy end goes that way," Angel said, miming the direction. He then brought his arm across his chest. "Now if we're getting fancy, you can do the opposite of what I showed you with the punch."

He demonstrated. "Same idea of taking your body's energy, just sending it in the opposite direction."

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"Pointy end goes in the bad guy. Check," Molly snickered. She copied his movements again.

"Okay, I think I got it. I'll keep practicing when I can. I'm just glad these vampires aren't like the one I met back home. He couldn't be killed with a stake."

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Angel looked interested. "What kind of vamp was that?"

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Molly shrugged, "He just looked like a normal kid to me. I didn't even know he was a vampire until after he was dead because I was asleep." She made a face at that. "But, my friend Nico put her staff through his chest and it didn't kill him. He told her he could only be killed by sunlight."

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"Different dimension," Angel guessed. "Did you try cutting off his head?"

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Molly shook her head. "Chase said the guy told them he could only be killed by sunlight, but then he tried to bite Karolina and got burned up because she's an alien whose powers get stronger with sunlight."

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Angel made a face. "That has got to taste bad. And I've accidentally drunk demon."

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Molly made a face too. "Ick. That does sound bad."

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"Wouldn't recommend it," Angel said. "Okay, what else are you going out with? Just stakes?"

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Molly nodded. "I've never used a real gun. I have used toy guns, like my marshmallow blasters, but in an actual fight I'd rather use my fists," she pointed to the stake, "or that now."

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"Always better to go with what you're comfortable with," Angel said. "Bring some crosses and holy water too. Won't kill a vamp, but can surprise one. Maybe even slow 'em down a little."

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"Right. Logan used those on Darla," Molly nodded.

"Okay, I think I've got the basics now. I have to go start studying for a test next week," she said with a sigh. "I'll practice in my spare time between now and Friday on the stabby thing, but I really should go now."

She took her stake back from Angel and left with a wave.