The gym, Thursday after second period

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Aeryn's in the gym not too long after Criminal Justice ends, doing some warmups with the punching bag before Isabel's due to show up. The good mood is getting a little worrisome. It's new. Aeryn's not used to it, especially on a regular basis. The punching bag, however, if it were sentient, would probably be really glad for this.


[Meant for izzyalienqueen, probably on slowplay because work sucks omg, or should cameronmitchell stop by, but feel free to use for your own gym needs.]

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Isabel stretched for a few more minutes and then stood up. "Ready," she said. "What today's lesson?"

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"You're going to get to hit today," she says. "So, how would you hold your fist if you're going to throw a punch?"

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Isabel's eye might have lit up a bit. "Oh, the fun part!" Unfortunately she made a fist that would most likely get her thumb damaged if she ever had to throw a real punch.

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"Always keep your thumb on the outside. If you keep it inside like that, you might break it," Aeryn warns, putting Isabel's hand into the correct position. "Hit the bag a couple times, let me see what you can do."

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Eyeing the bag, Isabel hits it a few times, alternating with her right and left hands. The hits are okay but there's not much power behind them.

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"Good," Aeryn says. "You can hit harder than that, though. You're doing okay."

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Isabel nodded and hit the bag again, this time putting some more force behind it. If she was suddenly picturing Max's face on the bag as he lectured her about leaving and Destiny, well, no one had to know.

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"Definitely better," she tells Isabel, watching carefully. "You've definitely bruised it."

[Will be out the door in about 5 minutes, may be back at lunch.]

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Isabel grinned, "Good, he might have deserved it."

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"Ready to try to hit me?" she asks.

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"Sure." She moved away from the bag and got into the stance Aeryn had shown her last week. "Start out like this?"

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"Exactly," Aeryn says. "Try to hit me, and I'll block."


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Isabel waited until Aeryn got into a defensive position and then punched at her using her left hand.

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It's blockable, but Aeryn nods, returning to a defensive position. She might purposely leave a little bit of an opening by keeping one arm too high. "Good. Try it again."

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Remembering what Aeryn had said about keeping yourself covered, Isabel punched towards the opening to her torso. She was pretty sure Aeryn left it open on purpose but it was a start.

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Aeryn takes one step to the right to get away only because she was expecting it. "Good eye," she says, stepping back into position.

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"Should I try using both hands?" Isabel asked. "Or try to go a little faster? And are you okay with this? Weren't you pretty bruised after Friday?"

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"It's been almost a week, I'm fine," she says. "Do whatever you're comfortable with. I can handle it."

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Isabel nodded, "If you say so." She punched several times, trying to alternate which hand she used and where she was punching towards.

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Which keeps Aeryn moving a little, trying to block the shots. She could go faster, but she's still trying to adjust to sparring with beginners, so one shot might hit her in the side.

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Isabel stopped as her her punch connected, "Are you okay?" she asked, still not used to the whole idea of hitting people on purpose. "And I did that, right? I mean, you didn't leave yourself open deliberately?"

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Aeryn, for her part, hasn't even really backed off. "No, that's all you," she tells her. "And never apologize for hitting anyone in here. That's kind of what we're here for."

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Isabel nodded and got back into position. "Logically I know that. But I think a part of me still expects my mom to come through the door yelling that it's not nice to hit people." She frowned, "But then she never had to worry about vampires or snow monsters."

She started to punch again, watching for openings.

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Watching Isabel's hands so she can keep blocking the shots, Aeryn asks, "You got yelled at for that?"

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"A bit. Nice children don't hit was repeated occasionally." Isabel said between punches. And then remembered Aeryn had probably had a very different childhood. "It's a cultural thing. Hitting is considered violence and that's frowned upon."