Lawn outside the dorms, mid-morning Saturday

[alchemic-bean.livejournal.com]

It was too pretty a day to be inside, so Edward was taking advantage of the morning and the fact that his fitness class had done absolutely nothing in the exercise department yesterday. Clad in his sleeveless shirt and shorts that fully showed off his automail, he was doing stretches, basic katas and would occasionally throw off flurries of punches and kicks at the nearest tree.

The tree probably didn't appreciate Edward's enthusasium. Oh well, no one asked it.

[Open to anyone who wants to spar or bother the bean]

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[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

"...Aren't you Al's brother?" Pip aksed. He was leaning against the wall and watching Ed with interest.

[alchemic-bean.livejournal.com]

Edward didn't look up, focusing on his kata. "Yeah. The name's Edward." He finally straightened and glanced over. "And you are...?"

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

"Pip Bernadette," Pip said, standing up straight and offering his hand. "I'm a friend of Al's."

[alchemic-bean.livejournal.com]

Edward nodding brusqely at him, taking Pip's hand. "Everybody seems to be, around here." He grinned helplessly at that. "I'm not used to it."

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

"Don't have a lot of friends back home?"

[alchemic-bean.livejournal.com]

"Nah, not really. At least not our own age. We traveled a whole heck of a lot." Edward resumed his stretching.

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

Pip nodded. "Yeah, I know that feeling." He glanced at the tree Ed had been attacking. "You any good at fighting non-inanimate objects?"

[alchemic-bean.livejournal.com]

Edward smirked at him. "Occasionally. Moving targets are more fun to hit, anyway."

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

Pip nodded to Ed's auotmail arms. "Those going to knock my favorite body part off if I let you hit me with them?"

[alchemic-bean.livejournal.com]

He stretched his arms over his head and grinned. "I learned to pull my punches a looooong time ago."

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

"Up for some fun, then?"

[alchemic-bean.livejournal.com]

"Bring it." Edward dropped into a basic stance, his hands held out in front of his face. "Let's see what you've got."

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

Pip launched forward and went for a quick punch to the gut, wanting to see how Ed moved before he tried anything really interesting.

[alchemic-bean.livejournal.com]

Edward skipped back, dropping his right arm down to counter the blow. "Oh, c'mon. I know you can do better than that!"

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

Pip bared down and used his momentun to continue into a shoulder tackle into Ed.


_{[[For reference of height, Pip is probably around 6'4"]]}

[alchemic-bean.livejournal.com]

Edward dropped just as Pip lunged at him, dodging around Pip's lower half and bobbing back up, hands still in front of his face and grin still fixed. "Missed me!"

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

Pip slid to a halt, stood up and grinned. "Oh, an interesting fight." He dropped into a Tae Kwon Do stance and waited for Ed to move.

[alchemic-bean.livejournal.com]

Edward skipped forward quickly, throwing a right roundhouse kick at Pip's side.

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

Pip blocked the roundhouse kick and darted forward with a quick jab to Ed's face.

[alchemic-bean.livejournal.com]

Edward twisted, throwing up his left arm to block that and threw an uppercut with his right arm.

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

Pip dodged to the side slightly and went to grab Ed's arm and twist him into a throw.

[alchemic-bean.livejournal.com]

And down went Edward. He whuffed as the air rushed out of his lungs but recovered quickly, rolling himself into a crouch and lunging for Pip's legs.

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

The disadvantage of being tall, your long legs are vulnerable. Pip managed to avoid one but went down ad Ed hit one of his legs.

[alchemic-bean.livejournal.com]

Edward hopped up, bouncing on the balls of his feet. "Your hella easier to take down than Al! I usually get kicked in the face when I try that."

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

"That's because you're both short," Pip replied. He leapt up and snapped out with his right leg in a kick at Ed's human shin.

[alchemic-bean.livejournal.com]

"I AM NOT SO SMALL I CAN RIDE ON THE BACK OF A GRASSHOPPER!!" Edward flailed and took the kick, stumbling backwards then lunged, flailing, at Pip.

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

Pip leapt backward from Ed's flailing lunge. "I don't think I said that," he said.

[alchemic-bean.livejournal.com]

Edward whirled, tracking Pip and still flailing wildly. "YOU MIGHT AS WELL HAVE SAID IT!" He lunged at him again.

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

Pip leapt to the side. "Okay, dude. You're not even fighting anymore. You're just throwing yourself to me."

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

Billy spotted people sparring, and wandered over. "Morning." he greeted.

[alchemic-bean.livejournal.com]

"Ah, h'lo," Edward said, skipping in place a bit. "Nice...eyepatch."

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"Thanks I had it made special." Billy said. "I'm Billy." he offered a hand for the shaking.

[alchemic-bean.livejournal.com]

"Uh, Edward," Edward said, taking his hand. "Where are you from?"

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"Lot's of places really." Billy said. "Most recently, Eastern Europe."