Gym, Thursday Night

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

Pip grunted as he kicked the bag. For some reason, it wasn't until late that night that he felt the urge to work out. It felt like it had been a long while since he had gotten a good workout or a good spar.

Probably because he'd been off his leg for so long.

Ah well, c'est la vie.

_{[[Come. Join. Sweat.]]}G

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[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Pippi wandered in looking to skip some serious rope.

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

"Hey, Me-pi," Pip said as he hit the bag with a roundhouse kick. "What's up?"

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"Nap." she answered grabbing a jumpcrope, "A big long nap. And now? Jumping rope. You?"

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

"Not much. Kind of did nothing the whole day. Felt bad about it, so I came down here to hit the bad. I've been off my workout ever since my inury, ya know."

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Pippi started skipping rope and watched Pip give the bag what for.

"That makes sense. But I'd say you got a lot of cardio in during our trip." She grinned.

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

"Lots of running, lots of walking, lots of lockpicking, and the always invigorating activity of intimidation."

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"Just what the doctor ordered!"

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

"Actually, I think the doctor ordered me to stay off my leg, but whatever. I feel great now. Kind of out of practice, though."

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"Practice does make perfect." she said skipping backwards, "Or so they say. I hope we'll be able to actually get some action in the next Fight Club, I'm sure it'll be fun. If we can all just keep from getting horrendously injured beforehand."

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

Pip laughed. "Yeah, that'd be nice. It's been God knows how long since I've sparred against someone."

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"Is that a hint?"

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

Pip stopped his pounding of the bag and turned to face Pippi, popping his neck. "You want it to be?"

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Pippi stopped skipping rope and gives him the Bruce Lee "bring it" hand wave.

She's been watching to much TV.

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

"Alright then," Pip said, reaching over and grabbing a pair of gloves. He tossed them to Pippi before lacing up his own. "Let's dance, then."

He walked over to the mat and dropped into a fighting crouch.

_{[[And now I go sleep. Slowplay?]]}

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Gloves?

This is an altogether new thing for Pippi, but she puts them on.

"Okay dokie. On guard."

She stepped onto the mat and waited there to see what he would do. Even with him "dropped into a fighting crouch" she still had to look up at him.


[[ooc: ditto. Slowplay is gud.]]

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

"Alright," Pip said. "Just remember that, ya know, most of us can't benchpress large vehicles. Or take hits from people who can using their full strength. I'm not asking you to go easy on me, I'm just making sure that I don't come out of this with any broken bones."

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Pippi continued to stand there and look up at Pip.

"I wouldn't ever hurt you." she said solemnly.

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

"Good to know," Pip said. Moving like lightning, his right leg lashed out at Pippi's shin.

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Pippi stepped back with her left leg and reached down to grab Pip's leg before he could pull back.

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

Pip managed to pull his leg back quickly enough before Pippi could grab it, but was thrown slightly off balanced in trying to avoid it. He took a step backwards and tried to regain control.

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Pippi instinctively reached out to catch her friend and keep him from falling. But thought, as she went to grab him, that while she had a hold of him she may as well lift him up into the air.

The gloves may make that rather awkward though.

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

Pip grimaced as she held him up. "Maybe we should limit super-strength people to only sparring people with super-strength. 'Cause... yeah."

He coughed. "Would you mind putting me down now?"

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Pippi looked up at Pip and didn't move to put him down.

"Soooo... The next time something attacks the school are you going to take a survey on how strong each combatant is before you select which ones you're going to defend yourself against?"

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

"Nope," Pip said. "Gonna give 'em a gullabillity test."

He suddenly twisted, grabbed Pippi's arm, and threw his weight to the side, twisting and trying to throw her off balance and over him.

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"I hear it's no longer in the dictionary." she says as she twists to try and keep him up but fails.

She falls as he descends back to the floor, but she still has a good grip on him.

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

"Wouldn't know, can't spell it in English," Pip said.

He rolled as he hit the ground, knowingly carrying Pippi with him, squirming until he could get a chance to elbow her between her ribs in the solar plexus.

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Pippi squirmed as well as they hit the floor.

"D-i-c-t-i-o-n-a-r-y." she said pushing him over to pin him face down on the floor.

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

Pip used the momentum from Pippi's pushing to roll forward and slam her, back first, into the mat.

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"Oof!" she oofed as they hit the mat.

Pippi briefly wondered why they were wearing gloves if they were going all Roice Gracy on each other.

She held on with her right arm and reached with her left up to catch his left arm to keep it out of the way. She planted her right foot flat on the ground and pushed off to roll over.