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Batch One spandexisyouth September 2 2011, 20:21:33 UTC
[Beginners under the age of 15]

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OPEN would_be_knight September 2 2011, 21:21:57 UTC
[[Fakir is here bright and early as always, and his cold expression has nothing to do with the weather. Won't you come to him, children?]]

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Re: OPEN fortressmommy September 2 2011, 22:13:25 UTC
[Helga is nervous, she's athletic and enjoys keeping active but this is different to anything she's ever done.]

Um...Hi.

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Re: OPEN would_be_knight September 2 2011, 22:18:00 UTC
[[He looks down at her, arching an eyebrow.]]

You're new, right?

[[He hasn't seen her around before, at least.]]

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Re: OPEN fortressmommy September 2 2011, 22:20:07 UTC
Um, yeah I'm new. I got told be at training and well here I am.

[She's not sure how they'll train her and the nerves are making her irritable.]

So what am I doing here?

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Re: OPEN would_be_knight September 2 2011, 22:27:55 UTC
You're learning to fight.

[[Fakir isn't a fan of the idea of kids participating in the war, but he knows it would be stupid to leave them unable to defend themselves, given how vulnerable Death City has proven to be. And he's completely ready to believe this girl would go down easy.]]

Any experience?

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Re: OPEN fortressmommy September 2 2011, 22:32:56 UTC
[Helga pauses to consider this question, she's never fought in a war but she's certainly a scrapper.]

You could say that Bucko.

[Sigh.]

I have a history of...getting into fights with people bigger than me...or smaller than me...my doctor says I have anger issues. Either way I can throw a punch and make it matter.

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Re: OPEN would_be_knight September 2 2011, 22:38:45 UTC
[[He frowns.]]

Don't call me that.

[[This response makes him blink. He hadn't been under the impression that young girls got into fist fights. He looks her over again, sizing her up.]]

Show me what you can do.

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Re: OPEN fortressmommy September 2 2011, 22:46:40 UTC
[Helga is unsure now, she's never been told to hit someone or something, this is new territory.]

Show you?

[Shrug]

Okay boss, tell me what you want me to hit and I'll whack it!

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Re: OPEN would_be_knight September 2 2011, 22:53:34 UTC
[[At least she's enthusiastic. He gets a little sick of dealing with the reluctant ones.

He holds out a hand, palm forward.]]

Right here.

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Re: OPEN fortressmommy September 2 2011, 22:57:41 UTC
Okay.

[She's relieved she's not going to have to hit someone in the face or anything, she's still uncomfortable but training means it's good to hit someone. Slowing her breathing down she curls her hand into a fist making sure her thumb is safely outside of her fingers and draws her arm back. Drawing back she puts as much of her strength as she can into hitting his hand.]

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Re: OPEN would_be_knight September 2 2011, 23:39:39 UTC
[[By now, he's gotten used to watching how people fight and assessing them, much in the way he'd assess a dancer, and it's pretty easy to see that this kid wasn't making it up about being able to throw a punch. He catches her fist quite neatly, but he can definitely feel a good bit of force behind it.

Again, he raises an eyebrow.]]

... Not bad. What else can you do?

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Re: OPEN fortressmommy September 3 2011, 10:02:37 UTC
[Helga is going to be honest here, she's got better upper body strength than lower.]

Other than punching not a lot...[she pauses slightly disheartened and then brightens] I have a pretty good aim! I used to aim spit balls at people, never missed.

I suppose in a fight though that's not very useful. [She wishes now she'd taken up martial arts or something, but it never came up and she didn't get the chance.] I played a lot of sports so I guess I'm in good shape...I just need to be shown what to do and I'll do it.

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Re: OPEN would_be_knight September 6 2011, 23:39:32 UTC
[[Besides wrinkling his nose slightly at the mention of the spitballs, Fakir remains deadpan.]]

If your aim's good, you should see if they'll let you on the shooting range.

[[It wasn't something he'd be much good at teaching, given his lack of experience. He'd never seen a gun before arriving in Death City, and didn't know a lot about archery.]]

Anyway, can you defend yourself?

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Re: OPEN fortressmommy September 7 2011, 11:27:17 UTC
Shooting range eh? Not sure they'll let a kid near that but I can always ask.

[Helga pauses to consider the comment, she's never really been attacked, there have been a few childhood incidents but honestly...she isn't sure.]

I don't know...[Helga rubs the back of her neck awkwardly] I was more of a hit first ask questions later kinda girl...sorry.

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Re: OPEN would_be_knight September 7 2011, 22:07:22 UTC
[[He arched an eyebrow at that last remark.]]

No one ever tried to hit you back?

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