Camp gym, Tuesday evening

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It's just warm enough that Aeryn would rather take advantage of the air conditioning. The first thing she does when she walks into the gym is close the doors to the outside, and only then does she pull on the gloves and head for the bag. It's been a while, might as well.


[Open, open, open. Alleviate the boredom.]

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[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

Meditating hadn't worked.

Maybe lightsaber practice would.

With a small smile to Aeryn, Anakin reached for two wooden staffs from the equipment locker and began going through a series of exercises.

Very, very quickly.

The glare on his face wasn't exactly just concentration.

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Aeryn gives him a smile back, and is able to work on the bag for a little while longer before she kind of can't not watch him. She doesn't want to interrupt, so she just waits.

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

A sheen of sweat covered Anakin's forehead before he finally slowed down.

He hadn't made a single misstep. Normally, this would've been enough to put a pleased smile on his face.

Today, he just tossed one of the staffs to the side and began a different series of exercises.

His preferred, very aggressive, Form V.

Ten minutes later, he finally stopped moving. "I needed that," he said quietly.

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Aeryn tried to go back to work, but she's a little distracted, looking back every now and then. By the time he's stopped, she's given up. "Bad day?" she asks.

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

Molly had seen Aeryn heading to the gym. Deciding to see if she would be willing to teach her some stuff about fighting, Molly quickly went back to the cabin to change clothes before heading down to the gym.

"Hey, Aeryn."

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Aeryn takes a break from the bag to give her a smile. "Hey," she greets her.

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"I was wondering if you had time to show me some stuff," Molly said, getting straight to the point.

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She backs away from the bag a little, nodding. "Actually a good place for it. If something breaks, they can replace it while we're back in the dorms," she says. "Just the basics for now?"

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Molly nodded. "I know nothing about proper forms and stuff. Except that Angel told me I should keep my arms close to my body when I punch instead of being all flaily like I usually am."

[tyler-gone.livejournal.com]

Tyler looked determined as he set to running on the treadmill at a brisk pace.

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"Yes, flaily is bad," she says. "Can you control how hard you hit? Are you okay with the bag?"

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Aeryn gives him a nod, and then remembers their last meeting and wonders if he's the Stickbug that set up the exploding cheesecake.

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

"That's part of the problem," Molly said. "I've never just practiced. If I was hitting something or someone, it was to stop them as quickly as possible, not to spar."

She looked at the bag and thought about archery today and how she had been able to only pull enough for what the bow required. Mostly. "I could try though."

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Tyler nodded back. "Aeryn," he greeted. "Hello."

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"We're only working on form right now, so maybe we can avoid that for now," she says, considering it. "Can you show me how you would throw a punch?"

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"I've finally stopped finding feathers," she says. She can't not mention the feathers to the Stickbugs. She's still bitter.

[tyler-gone.livejournal.com]

"Good," Tyler said. "I got my underpants out of Principal Washburn's office."

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

Molly checked to make sure there was no one around her and then mimed throwing a punch (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v165/Minion_of_Truth/Fandom%20High/Kaapow.gif) like she'd done for Angel when he was showing her how to use a stake.

"That is how I've always done it," she said.

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"Had nothing to do with that," she assures him.

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"Definitely keep the arms up," she says. She puts her arms up over her chest in a block, nodding for Molly to do the same.

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Molly nodded and pulled her arms in, the way Angel had shown her, and adjusted to mimic Aeryn.

[tyler-gone.livejournal.com]

"Someone did," Tyler said, and ran faster.

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

Stepping into a Fandom gym for the second time ever, Peter walked over to the mats, sat down, and began some stretching exercises. Sure, the machines couldn't really do anything for him due to strength issues, but he really needed to keep his agility in form more than anything else anyway.

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"If we did it?" she says. "We'd take credit."

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"All right, now, keeping your fist like this," she says, pulling her hand out just enough so that Molly can see how she has her hand, "just punch straight out in front of you."