Gym, Sunday after basketball practice

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia's nose was still a bit swollen, her shoulder was stiff, and she had more than a few other bruises from her spar with Tyler last night.

That didn't stop her from warming up with some stretches while she waited for Pip to join her.

Her roommate was in the clinic after getting attacked, her friends from home were in serious trouble, her voice was gone, there were demons around somewhere, and she was pretty sure her boyfriend was hiding something from her.

She was in the mood to do some serious harm to someone.

[ooc: mostly for Pip, but open to all]

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[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

Pip walked into the gym, rotating his arm, nodding to Nadia. Need to stretch? he mouthed.

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia shrugged. I'm ready when you are, she mouthed back, bouncing on her toes for a moment.

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

Pip stretched a few times, then fell back into a fighting crouch.

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia bounced a few more times, then, because it had worked rather well on Tyler, launched into a sudden kick at Pip's stomach.

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

Pip caught the kick and attempted to turn it into a throw, using Nadia's momentum against her.

[nadiathesaint]

That was entirely unexpected, but Nadia still managed to turn the throw into dropping into a low crouch and spun her leg out again, this time low down to sweep Pip off his feet.

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

Pip was in the wrong position to avoid the sweep completely, but managed to angle his fall so he could grab Nadia drag her down with him.

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia was already low enough to the ground that the drag didn't affect her much and she aimed a kick for Pip's shoulder.

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

Pip rolled away from Nadia and sprang up to his feet before slipping back into a fighting position.

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia stayed low and kicked for Pip's knee.

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, Pip's knee is no longer there, as he was already midway through a spinning back kick as soon as Nadia moved.

[nadiathesaint]

As soon as she saw that the kick wouldn't land, Nadia used it instead to push herself back out of Pip's range, slapping her hands down onto the mat. She pushed herself back to her feet and reassessed.

Pip was a harder opponent then Tyler, definitely. Much more finese, less brute force. She put herself on the defensive for the time being.

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

Pip circled Nadia slowly before lashing out with a quick jab at her midsection, possibly aiming for her solar plexus.

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia stepped back from the jab and launched a side kick at his kidney.

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

Pip blocked the kick, slid down into a hand plant, then turned it into a donkey kick towards Nadia's midsection.

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia twisted and lifted her leg to try to block the donkey kick and ended up stumbling backwards with the force of it, her hip and thigh aching.

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

Pip landed and let the momentum carry him into a roll, moving past Nadia and springing up behind her, hoping to get a shot at her back.

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia tracked Pip's movement as best she could and sent a back kick at his stomach when he popped back up.

Back kicks weren't her forte, though, so it was entirely possible she didn't get her foot high enough for a stomach shot.

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

Pip would have yelped a little, if any noise were possible at all, as he jumped back from Nadia's kick, which was definitely not headed for his stomach.

[nadiathesaint]

Well, a girl has to know what's going to hurt an attacker the most. . . .

Nadia used the end of the kick to step back and spin immediately into a side kick, this one better aimed, again for the kidney.

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

Pip fell to the side to try and dodge, but the kick connected anyway. He winced as he fel and used the fall to sweep at Nadia's one unstable leg.

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia went down, slapping her palms and forearms to the mat to catch herself because Nadia's head + floor =/= OTP and rolled to her back to kick both feet at Pip's chest.

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

Pip rolled to the side to avoid Nadia's kick and lashed out with his own kick from the ground.

[nadiathesaint]

Okay, someone using her own trick against her wasn't that cool. At least she didn't have to try and hold back any yelling, though, as Pip's kick connected with her left knee and she rolled against the motion to try and get within range and knock him back to the floor bodily.

That was going to hurt, later. It would go well with her nose and shoulder, that way.

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

Pip rushed forward and put his knee across her legs in an attempt to pin her.

[nadiathesaint]

Yeah, Nadia was not about to let that happen. She launched a punch at his chin and twisted her body to try and knock him off.

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

Pip managed to dodged the punch, but lost his footing and was knocked off.

He jumped to his feet and brought his hands in a ready position, grinning.

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia was breathing hard, but scrambled to her feet as well and grinned back, her arms up in a ready position, even as she favored her left leg.

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker had killed mostof the morning and a good portion of the afternoon in her room, researching on the net after getting Seras' email. Around three she started getting stir-crazy again, and decided to go to the gym.

She started with her usual Aikido, because last night's spar with Alphonse had been closer than she liked, up until when he made a mistake.