PIPE WRENCH FIGHT [Open]

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Who: Wash and anyone who wants to join
Where: Network and fighting ring
When: Early November, a few days before the Akvos world jump
Rating: TBD depending on thread content
What: Wash starts the Circle's first fight club. Kind of.

[This will be poster's choice - I'll put the network invitation in Wash's toplevel, but the long and short of it is, he'll be holding combat training for those who want to learn how to fight, and those who want to help teach are open as well. Feel free to make toplevels learning and/or teaching, and let me know if you need anything more or want prompt ideas!]

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[soundsurfing]

[ It's not hard to find the guy from the video and Beat will stand off to the side a bit to simply watch before finally moving closer, raising a hand to get his attention. And yell too. ]

Yo! You the dude offerin' up help learnin' how to fight proper?

[ Not that Beat doesn't know how to fight but it's less actual fighting and more just put your fist into the other persons face more times than they put their fist in your face and hope you win. ]

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[Wash is in the middle of a hand-to-hand demonstration with a dummy when someone yells at him, and boy does that greeting say a lot. He steps neatly out of the ring, waiting for the dummy to go inert, before turning to face the yelling...teenager?]

[Okay, hand-to-hand only for this one, because he is not teaching a kid how to wield a knife.]

I am. Do you have any experience?

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Some but not uh... [ How do you explain to someone you fought using a skateboard and a magic pin. Scratching the back of his neck, Beat shrugs and shakes his head. ]

It's complicated but what I know prolly wont work here, so le's go wid kinda? [ That seems like the safe bet. Moving in closer, he nears a dummy but stays at a respectful range from it. He knows how they're activated. ] Willin' to learn whatever you wanna teach tho! If we s'posed to be savin' worlds, ain't no good if I can't hold my own, right?

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[Wash reads that as, "I had a very specific power/style back home and Astoria didn't bring it along when she picked me up," because that's a complaint half the Circle seems to have.]

That's a good attitude to have.

[He means it - he's still a little boggled that people have actually showed up. He waves one of the dummies away and gestures for the teen to join him in the ring.]

Show me what you've got.

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Got it, yo!!

[ Beat's going to put all his weight behind punching the dummy in the face. He's got strength, for sure, and he's got enthusiasm but it's ... just a punch. There's nothing fancy about it and anyone trained could easily read it and block it. If he had his skateboard he'd be something else but right now he's just all brawn and nothing else.

At least he knows to quickly back away before the dummy can retaliate, backpedaling quickly. ]

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[...that wasn't what Wash meant, but okay! He steps in as the kid backs up, planting a neat but powerful front kick into the dummy's chest and sending it flying out of the ring. Time to clarify.]

I meant fight me.

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Oh! Sure thing, dude!

[ ... Second verse, same as the first. Not that he's not aware the guy can probably flatten him but Beat has nothing else in his arsenal when he's relying on fists alone.

That is the most straight up predictable but at least unannounced vocally punch Wash has probably ever had aimed at him. ]

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[Well, that works. It's not the most obvious attack he's ever seen - it took him forever to break Tucker of the habit of announcing his sword strokes with "swish swish stab" - but there's still a lot of room for improvement there.]

[Okay, then.]

[He knocks the punch aside and throws one of his own, an open-palmed blow aimed straight at the sternum.]

[soundsurfing]

[ He's not unused to things attacking back or blocking him, but he IS unused to having it happen on solid ground. So while he tries to dodge by pushing back like he should be on something rolling, he goes nowhere instead and gets a good solid whack to the sternum.

It earns Wash a surprised pained yelp and the teenage stumbling backwards, though at least he manages to stay on his feet. He has a good solid core and enough time on a skateboard to correct himself without falling over. ]

Ow, ow fuck, yo... [ Not mad, just OW. ]

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[Well that was weird. It looked like he'd tried to dodge but stopped for some reason. There's something missing here-]

[Well, he did say that what he knew probably wouldn't work here. Time to find out what that is.]

How do you usually fight?

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[ Rubbing his chest to soothe the pain, making a face to the question. ]

Uh, you might not believe me, dude. I used a skateboard. [ He mimics rolling a board back and forth under his foot. ] And a pin that was magic an' added shockwaves to my strikes. Like, I'd do a sick trick an' smack monsters wid the skateboard and pow!

[ Pow gets emphasized with a fist into his open hand. Staring at the ground, Beat frowns a little. ]

Obviously aint no boards here, though, so I can't fight like that.

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[A skateboard and a magic pin. It's not the weirdest thing he's ever heard - the robot lion brigade takes that honor for now - but it certainly is something.]

The skateboard doesn't surprise me, but the magic pin is...new. [That's one way to put it.] Honestly, I'm more surprised that you didn't break the board using it as a weapon.

I know at least one person whose power involves making things out of thin air. We could probably get you a board. [It's a hurdle to get Dave to cooperate sometimes, but he's essentially a good person and it is an option.]

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[ The idea of getting a skateboard perks Beat up immensely and all at once he's grinning from ear to ear. ]

You serious?? Yo, shit, you get me a board an' I can show off some real sweet moves! I ain't sure if my board got special restances [ resistances, he tried ] from my pin or jus' as part of the game, but it never broke.

[ But, as it is, he doesn't have his board yet and he tempers down some of his enthusiasm. ]

But until then, prolly best to learn how to fight wid other stuff, or wid nothin' at all but these babies.

[ Yeah those babies are his fists. He's still grinning like a dweeb. ]

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[He skims past "restances" - no idea if that's a misspoken word or a term from Beat's home that he doesn't know - and moves on.]

Okay. You could probably get it reinforced - talk to Dave. He's the one with the power I mentioned. For now, let's work on your hand to hand. Show me your ready stance.

[Wash puts his fists up as an example - he's not going to assume Beat will know what a ready stance is, and it's easier to show than tell.]

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Gotchya.

[ He puts his fists up and it's... sort of a ready stance, but less a ready stance of I know how to fight professionally and more like he's about to curb stomp someone.

Street fighting is his thing. ]

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[That's better than some he's seen and worse than others. It's aggressive, but at least Beat seems to have some idea that his fists should be protecting his face as much as they are beating in the other person's. He nods.]

It's a good start. Hold your fists higher - you want them about level with your sternum. That way, if someone goes for your face, you don't have to move as far to block.