The gym, Monday after workshops

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia had wised up enough to realize that practicing fighting forms on the roof in late July was a bad idea.

So she was in the gym, instead. She was trying very hard to remain focused as she spun the bo staff. No more beating up on practice dummies.

[ooc: open, and all]

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[joxertehmighty.livejournal.com]

Joxer clattered his way into the gym, and spotted Nadia. He gulped, but still made his way to the large punching bag.

His thoughts might have been along the lines of 'Oh please, oh please, oh please don't let her see me.'

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia totally spotted Joxer. The clanking was a dead give away.

"Hey, want to spar?"

That might have been a slightly evil glint in her eye.

[joxertehmighty.livejournal.com]

Joxer spun around and put a hand behind his neck. "With sticks?" he asked.

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia spun her staff. "With sticks. Afraid?"

[joxertehmighty.livejournal.com]

"Joxer the Mighty is never afraid," he said. "I can step down to your level, no problem."

[nadiathesaint]

Riiiiight.

"Well, grab a 'stick', and let's get started."

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Joxer hopped over to grab a bo staff, then squared off across from Nadia. "You know, only kids fight with sticks."

[nadiathesaint]

"Is that so?" Nadia spun her staff again and then snapped it out full length to sweep Joxer off his feet.

[joxertehmighty.livejournal.com]

That crunch and clang? Would be Joxer landing on his back. He blinked and rolled up back to his feet.

"Hey, you hadn't said we were starting yet."

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia stepped back and shrugged. "Didn't you ever learn to be prepared?"

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"Peter told me that you're supposed to be polite when sparring," Joxer said. "Cause it's supposed to be friendly."

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia had gotten berrated for being nice and friendly and polite while sparring. She shrugged.

"Okay, let's start, then." She swung to sweep him off his feet again.

[joxertehmighty.livejournal.com]

Joxer managed to jump over the strike, and laughed as he pointed at Nadia in a manner that said 'can't fool me twice'.

You know, as he left himself completely open.

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia reversed her swing easily to "tap" Joxer on the head instead.

[joxertehmighty.livejournal.com]

Joxer saw the swing coming at the last second, and ducked enough that the swing merely took off his helmet and sent it spinning like a top on the ground.

He gulped. "Nice swing," he said.

[nadiathesaint]

"Thanks." The next went for his stomach. "You can start fighting any time, now,"

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Joxer jumped his feet back in attempts to dodge the strike. This overbalanced him, so he twisted to the side, sending a wild swing in Nadia's direction as he tried to regain his balance.

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia raised her staff to deflect the wild swing. "Better,"

[joxertehmighty.livejournal.com]

Joxer regained his balance. "I'm better with a sword," he said, lashing out with a quick strike to Nadia's left side.

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia deflected the strike and turned to the side to aim one at Joxer's right shoulder.

"But, really, how often does anyone fight with a sword, these days?"

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Joxer took the blow to the shoulder and winced.

"I'm from a different time, remember?"

[nadiathesaint]

"But you're here, now. Might as well adapt."

She spun and struck at his left shoulder.

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Joxer moved his staff in order to block the strike, putting his hand right in the way of Nadia's staff, so it cracked against his knuckles.

His face was one of pain and ow.

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia ignored that.

"I mean, when in Rome,"

She swung at his legs again.

Someone might want to stop her sometime soon.

[joxertehmighty.livejournal.com]

The crack against a shin almost caused Joxer to drop his staff.

He was now hopping on one foot. But not hopping mad. He'd need to get beyond 'Owie owie owie' to get to mad.

[nadiathesaint]

"Do as the Romans," Nadia continued, aiming for Joxer's midsection.

She might not actually be seeing Joxer, at the moment.

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Joxer's hopping brought his chest down enough to take the blow, right against his breastplate.

His recently repaired breastplate, which cracked in half again and fell to the ground, shortly followed by Joxer himself.

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia let out a growl and thrust the end of her staff down at his face--

And abruptly stopped a few inches from it.

"So," she said cheerfully. "Still think fighting with sticks is for kids?"

[joxertehmighty.livejournal.com]

"Don't kill me!" Joxer said, flailing as he tried to cover his face.

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia blinked. "I'm not going to kill you. Sparring is just friendly, right?"

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Joxer's lower lip trembled. "But you think I'm sick cause I got confused with your boyfriend!" he whimpered.

[nadiathesaint]

"He was bit by a gremlin. And he is very hot. I guess I can't actually blame you for that."

As much as she really wanted to.

"But I'm definitely not missing anything that Walter wants."

Except being a several century old male vampire.

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Joxer nodded feverishly.

"Don't hate me?"

[nadiathesaint]

"Nah."

[joxertehmighty.livejournal.com]

Joxer gulped. "I totally didn't mean any of that mean stuff I said."

[nadiathesaint]

"We were in a class about lying."

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Joxer nodded again. "But things got a little not lying lie-y and. . . can I stand up now?"

[nadiathesaint]

"You weren't lying?" Nadia's expression went stern again.

She still held her staff at ready.

[joxertehmighty.livejournal.com]

"Not about Saturday," Joxer said. "I really didn't know what was going on."

[nadiathesaint]

"Did you have sex with him?"

[joxertehmighty.livejournal.com]

Joxer shook his head with enough force that his helmet would have flung off, if it hadn't already been removed.

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia realized with a start just what she was doing and jumped back.

"Well, um, okay, then."

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Joxer skittered back and sat up.

"I didn't know he was. . . and not that he was. . . and he said that Kaylee. . . I'm easily confused!"

[nadiathesaint]

"No kidding. Maybe you should talk to Kaylee? Odds are pretty good she wouldn't like it if you slept with someone else."

[joxertehmighty.livejournal.com]

Joxer nodded some more.

"I kinda figured that out a little too late. But Seras saved my ass," he said.

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia nodded. "Did you thank her?"

[joxertehmighty.livejournal.com]

"Not enough," Joxer said. "But I did."

[nadiathesaint]

"Good." Nadia let go of her staff and stepped back again. "Thanks for the spar. I should get going."

[joxertehmighty.livejournal.com]

Joxer nodded.

"Any time!"

He blinked. Wondering why the hell he'd just said that.