The Gym - Monday Morning

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Peter made his way to the gym when he woke up Monday morning.  He headed straight for the heavy bag.  It had been far too long since he'd worked on hand-to-hand.  Plus he needed to screw up his courage for further apologies.  


[OOC: Open, of course]

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"I'm well-aware of that," Peter replied. "But if I didn't try it first, I'd've been wondering how it felt the entire time."

He threw out a few more practice hook kicks, concentrating on the snap of the movement..

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Pip laughed. "Can't say I blame you. I tried knife throwing before I was ready with hilarious results."

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"Did you bounce it off the target or a person?" Peter said. "I did the same thing when I was learning to shoot a bow. Thought I didn't need a silly arm guard. My sister almost stopped laughing long enough to feel badly for me. Almost."

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"Both," Pip responded. "Your sister? Didn't know you had much family.... wait a minute..." he stopped to think about this. "Older or younger sister?"

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"Sounds like you were the person to stay away from while learning," Peter replied with a grin. "I have two sisters and a brother. All born after me."

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"Huh. So you aren't related to Dr. Susan?"

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"She's my little sister," Peter said with a nod. "The one who couldn't stop laughing at me. She's - obviously - from later in her life."

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Pip rolled his eye. "Of course. Why did I expect anything in Fandom to be normal?"

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"I have absolutely no idea," Peter replied, shaking his head and starting to grin. "You'd think after the musical extravangza this weekend and our time of silence last, it would have reminded you."

He continued to try the hook kick, hitting the right speed/height/snap combination more often.

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"Touche, Pevinse. Touche." He nodded at Peter's kick. "Very good. Practice that one. Then we'll move onto the spin kick. And maybe, one day, if you're very lucky, I'll show you how to do this."

He approached the heavy bag and delivered a jumping back hook kick to it.

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Peter grinned. "I'm there for it." He hook kicked again. "I don't remember, do you use a sword at all?"

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Pip shook his head. "I can fight with a bayonet on an assault rifle and I know how to knife fight, with two knives even, but I've never used a sword in my life."

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"Well, if you ever decide you'd like to learn, I'd be more than happy to teach you to repay for the tae kwon do instruction," Peter said. "It's definitely different than knife fighting, but, like anything, some will transfer."

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Pip nodded. "What kind of sword are we talking, then?"

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"My sword is a *handwavy cause I can't figure it out* one-handed sword. I fight both sword and shield and with the sword alone."

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Pip nodded. "Sure, why not. Never know when I might find myself in the need of knowing how to win a sword fight. Although personally, I would rather that things never actually reach that point of a fight."

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"I don't particularly know any good warrior who prefers to fight," Peter pointed out.

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"A good point," Pip said. "But I was more referring to the fact that, ideally, I should never have to get into a sword fight with someone. Either I take him out silently close up, or I've already dealt with him from afar."

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"Ah, that makes...sense," Peter said. "I don't think about that aspect too often."

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Pip shrugged. "Well, you shouldn't have to. It's a professional soldier thing."

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Peter raised an eyebrow. "I don't get paid as such, but I'd like to dispute the fact that I'm not a soldier."

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Pip grinned. "Well now, is that so?" he leaned back against the wall. "Am I about to hear about a side of you that I never knew existed, Mr. Pevensie?"

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"I just assumed everyone knew by now, the way information spreads in this school," Peter said. "I'm a knight. Thus the swords and thus the fighting."

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"That does explain a lot," Pip said. "Probably means you fight with a lot more honor than I do."

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"Maybe," Peter said with a grin. "It is probably why I don't consider 'taking someone out from behind' as a general technique. Unless we're talking about sending the cavalry to flank the other force."