The Salle, Friday Afternoon

[wrongkindofsith]

With nothing much to do with her time, Cara found herself in running through forms in the salle to burn off excess energy. Again.

Those poor, helpless practice dummies were looking even worse for wear then they usually did when she got like this.

[Open salle is open.]

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[harpy-daughter.livejournal.com]

"And what," Surreal drawled, blinking in amusement at the sight greeting her as she stepped into the salle, "--did those poor dummies ever do to you? Besides be ugly."

[wrongkindofsith]

Cara paused, flashing her a predatory grin. "Not know how to fight back."

She thought she was hilarious.

[harpy-daughter.livejournal.com]

"That is pretty unforgivable," Surreal agreed, giving the dummy a skeptical look. "You would think it would have lots of practice avoiding such things by now."

Surreal? Also thought she was funny.

[wrongkindofsith]

Cara appreciated people who shared her sense of humour, there were oddly few of them here. "You'd think they'd have learnt better, but they don't." She sounded terribly sad. Really. "It's much more fun beating someone who can fight back."

Why, yes, that was a challenge and invitation there.

[harpy-daughter.livejournal.com]

Surreal just raised one eyebrow in amusement. "That's almost said like someone who thinks she's learned better than the dummies, sugar."

That? Also a challenge and an invitation. It was very lucky they had compatible senses of humor.

[wrongkindofsith]

Cara's grin broadened as she drawled. "That sounds like someone who thinks they could win." She didn't add 'wrongly', you saved that for provoking people you didn't like.

[harpy-daughter.livejournal.com]

"And that sounds like someone who thinks they have a chance in Hell," she bantered back playfully. "What, don't tell me you fancy a go?"

[wrongkindofsith]

Cara hadn't done this in far, far too long. All that was keeping her from bouncing was training and the impractically of doing so in Mord'Sith boots.

As it was there was a definite swagger to her step, as she very deliberately moved into Surreal's space. "That's exactly what I'm telling you," she said. "Unless you're worried you'd lose, that is."

[harpy-daughter.livejournal.com]

"Hardly," Surreal laughed, shaking her head. "Considering that my usual sparring partner is a male called 'The Sadist' - for a reason - this will be far more enjoyable."

Because then she wouldn't have to listen to Sadi's lectures, mostly.

"Weapons? Or just us."

[wrongkindofsith]

Cara's eyebrows raised at that, Surreal...probably didn't want to know why she looked so amused.

"We can use weapons another time." Because that whole how agiels worked conversation would just take too long today. "But don't worry, I won't pull my punches."

After all, doing so would be disrespectful.

[harpy-daughter.livejournal.com]

"You say that as if I have anything to worry about." But Surreal was already moving toward the center of the space, pulling knives out of the various hidden sheathes on her body to stack them neatly out of the way. "I won't use Craft, either, but I rarely do in a real fight."

"So don't worry, I don't pull my punches."

[wrongkindofsith]

"Good," Cara said, unbuckling her agiel's holster from around her leg. If she was paying more attention to Surreal than to doing so, that was because hiding that many weapons in that many places was a skill to be admired.

"Are you ready?"

[harpy-daughter.livejournal.com]

Cara didn't need more of a 'yes' than the heel of Surreal's hand going for Cara's nose, did it? After all, they had already agreed not to pull any punches.

[wrongkindofsith]

No, no she did not.

She probably also didn't have to look so cheerful as she twisted her head so the blow glanced off her cheek instead and followed it up with a fairly vicious backhand of her own.

[harpy-daughter.livejournal.com]

Most normal teenage girls probably wouldn't reply with a gleeful war-whoop as they took the backhanded hit, using the momentum to spin around and try and get a vicious kidney shot in on their friend.

Were Surreal more pop-culture savvy, she would, perhaps, say it was 'on like Donkey Kong,' but thankfully for both of them, that was not the case.

[wrongkindofsith]

Let's all take a moment to be glad neither of them were inclined towards those kind of quips, or it would all get painful in an entirely different way very quickly.

Instead it remained the 'fun' kind of painful, with Cara grunting as the blow connected, before baring her teeth and slamming her elbow towards Surreal's gut.

[harpy-daughter.livejournal.com]

Surreal let out a grunt of air as the elbow connected, using it as an excuse to get in close and slam her elbow towards Cara's jaw.

[wrongkindofsith]

Well, that was going to leave a mark. And while Surreal was obliging her by being close ands all, Cara was just going to try head-butting her.