Gym - Friday Afternoon

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Now that Lois wasn't taking a phys ed class anymore, she was responsible for her own exercise. Which kind of sucked. She had to put in effort and everything into it now. That was kind of lame. At least she didn't have to wear stupid uniforms in here.

Lois had Lady Gaga blasting and decided to start off with some stretches. She was thinking about moving on to the punching bag after. She was always up for punching something.

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Dinah figured a short work-out to get herself loosened up before seeing Miss Atreides would be a good idea. She recognized Lois from the TV show class when she got in. "Hey, Lois."

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"Hey," Lois said, pulling herself into a sitting position. "Dinah, right?"

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"Right," Dinah said, sitting down to do a few stretches too. "Are you going to need the bag? I was thinking of doing a few sets with it, nothing long."

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"You go right ahead," Lois said with a smile. "I was thinking about hitting the bag but I might just stop at the stretches. It's been a while since I've worked out. I'm kind of lazy now."

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Dinah grinned back, reaching for her toes. "Cooool. Thanks. What kind of training do you do?" Stretch to the left, stretch to the right. "I've maybe got a different work-out later, I don't want to get too tired."

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"Oh, nothing in particular," Lois said as she pulled her leg back a little to stretch her thigh. "Here I mostly do a lot of cardio and some kickboxing. I'm a black belt in karate but I'm out of practice. I kind of slack when my dad isn't around to grumble at me."

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"You're a black belt? Whoa." Dinah got to her feet, eyes wide. "I've only been doing this a bit over a year. Mostly kickboxing. Stuff that works with eskrima." She bounced up, then down on her toes, looking hopeful. "Would you be up for a spar, sometime? I'm nowhere up to black belt, but I'm good. Not a beginner."

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Lois grinned and got up off the floor so she could stretch out her arms. "Sure, I'm game. Like I said, I'm out of practice. But I think I can remember most of it."

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"Awesome!" Dinah got into ready position, a little smile lurking around the edges of her mouth. "Any time you're ready."

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It had been a while since Lois had done this but she was pretty confident that she wouldn't get her ass handed to her too badly. She got into ready position and smiled at Dinah.

"Okay," she said. She paused for a moment or so before reaching out to strike at Dinah's ribs.

They were girls. Lois wouldn't try for the face first. That'd be mean.

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Which Dinah totally appreciated, since she played by the same rules with Helena. Good blusher to cover battle bruises was hell to find.

Grinning, Dinah blocked the strike, taking it on her forearm, and followed it up with a jab from her other hand toward Lois's shoulder. Yay! Sparring!

Dinah might've been a little faster than Lois, but her form wasn't as good.

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Lois was more out of shape than she thought since the hit connected. Luckily it hadn't hurt too bad and she only had to roll it around a few times before she got the feeling back into it.

"Man, I'm really out of practice," she said.

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"Why'd you stop practicing?" Dinah wondered, moving sideways and looking for another opening. Hmm. No, wait, wait, for the attack...

She always sucked at that part, and tried a crescent-kick to Lois's side, leaving herself open for a counter-attack.

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"Oh, you know, this and that--" Lois cut herself off as she used an arm to block the kick. Almost immediately she tried again to strike at Dinah's ribs.

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"Aghh." Yeah, that connected, served her right. Dinah regained her balance, arm coming down to cover that side again. Dinah's eyes narrowed as she circled, wondering how Lois would do against Helena. Well, without powers.

Wait. Waaaaait. Waaaaiiiiiit.

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Lois looked pleased with herself for a moment but knew better than to let it go to her head. She kept her eyes on Dinah, trying to remember all the stuff her dad taught her.

After a moment or two Lois went lefty and tried to hit Dinah on the shoulder.

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"Ha!" That one, Dinah managed to dodge, then counter-attacked with a left fake-out, then a right. Lois's style was totally different from Helena's, or the street thugs of New Gotham. Dinah was trying to catalog it while they fought, hoping to remember these moves for later.

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Oh, that's right, Lois hardly paid attention when her father tried to teach her stuff.

"Ah, crap," Lois mumbled, wincing when the hit connected.

One thing could be said for Lois, as long as she wasn't hit in the head, she did have the ability to walk it off. Which would be why she recovered fairly quickly, keeping her feet moving and waiting for a chance to strike back.

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"So, who taught you?" Dinah asked, circling, circling, keeping her eyes on Lois's shoulders and torso to try and get warning of the next move. And the eyes.

There really was a lot you were supposed to pay attention to at once. She was still learning that.

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"The good ol' US army," Lois told her, all the while trying to find a weak spot on Dinah to try to attack. "My dad's a General."

Lois faked to the left before using her right leg to kick Dinah in the side.

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Dinah tried to block to the left, and got hit hard on the hip, ow ow ow, but sparring with Helena meant she was used to gritting her teeth through that. "Good one," she grunted, dodging back, and gulping for breath. Keep moving, keep moving. A little slower now, with that incipient bruise.

A low strike toward Lois's left, hoping she'd fall for it so Dinah could follow up with an elbow to the stomach.

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Lois did fall for it. She fell for it hard. She leaned over, putting her hands on her thighs so she could catch her breath.

"That was a good one too," she said breathlessly. Lois still had a little bit of a smile on her face because, hey, she deserved that hit for not thinking.

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"Thanks!" Dinah didn't drop her arms, but she did bend over a bit too, worried. "You're okay, right?"

Oh, Dinah.

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Lois nodded for a second or two. Then she decided to take advantage of both her lower position and Dinah's guard being let down a little.

Lois suddenly crouched down all the way in order to sweep Dinah's legs out from under her.

Yeah, she was definitely fine.

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"Crap!"

Note to self: just because someone isn't Helena, doesn't mean they aren't just fine.

Dinah landed on her back, then rolled to her left, hopping up and breathing even harder. Partly from laughing at herself.

"I'm such a sucker." She had her arms up again, eyes gleaming, looking for an opening. "Noooow you'll get it, Lane."

Jab!