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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[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

"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.

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

"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?"

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

"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."

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Pip nodded and shrugged. "It is a very different kind of mindset, but I'd wager that we also have to fight very different kinds of battles."

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"What type do you usually fight?" Peter asked.

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

"Well... we've had everything. Covert operations, jobs where we protect places, jobs where we attack convoys, jobs where we defend convoys. We've attacked mountain caves to rout out terrorists." He shrugged. "We've done all sorts of things, really."

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Peter grinned. "Maybe not all that terribly different after all. I've not done the covert operations but just about everything else." He shrugged. "On the other hand, my country is still recovering from a rather large war so knights serve a more practical role than they did in the books about the Middle Ages."

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"I take it you fought in this war?" Pip asked. "In that case, I'm sorry. War's a nasty business."

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"It is," Peter said, nodding shortly. "But it was, on our part at least, a war for freedom and so necessary."

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Pip shook his head. "In a way, I envy you. You fight for freedom. We?" He shrugged. "We fight for money."

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"As you said, it's a different way of looking at things," Peter said. "You're choosing to do so; I was rather thrust into the middle of a war. There are downfalls on both sides."