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[grandpursuit]

One of the first things that Chase had unpacked when she'd moved into her new office in Gotham was her punching bag. She found healthy physical expressions of aggression to be the best antidote for stress, and especially when she was working with the police department in D.C., spending her days interviewing murderers and child molesters and

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[rewarded_by_god]

He'd been watching her. He couldn't help himself. On Galactica, he'd gotten used to seeing men and women alike training in a similar fashion, but a woman as beautiful as this one... Well, that was a rare sort of treat.

He'd been ready to call to her and made the mistake of stepping forward, when he realized at the last moment that her eyes were closed... and her fist was heading straight for his face.

"Ah! Oh, yes. Alright. It's alright, my fault," he said, pressing a hand to his throbbing nose and doing his best to wave off any concern.

[grandpursuit]

"I'm so sorry, Gaius," Chase blurted, eyes wide with horror. "I can't believe I just... oh, your nose..."

[rewarded_by_god]

"It's quite alright. Nothing broken," he said with a wavering smile, spots still dancing before his eyes. "You have a rather impressive hook there, Doctor."

[grandpursuit]

"Yes, well, you do have a very nice face and I'd hate to see it all..." She sighed. "Swollen. And, um... thank you, though I suppose it's rather unfortunate for your nose." She gave him a small smile in return and added, "Kickboxing. I tend to get a lot of pent up aggression in my line of work."

[kingshit_lloyd]

Maybe Lloyd should have thought twice before going near a chick who was kickboxing an imaginary friend.

But he hadn't.

"Owwshit!" His hands shot to his nose, and blood started to flow in a matter of seconds; not in fountain quantities or anything, but still impressive enough. Lloyd squinted, pinching his nose to try and stop the bleeding. In time, he might find this whole thing funny, but right now, it just hurt like a bitch.

"Jeez Doc," he mumbled miserably, "wassit s'posed to be, shock therapy?"

[grandpursuit]

"Oh, fuck," Chase blurted before she could stop herself, and her hands were still in a defensive position before she realized what had happened. She dropped them. "Lloyd - oh god, I'm so sorry... your nose..."

Without even thinking she she fumbled her tshirt off (she was wearing a sports bra underneath) and handed it to him to soak up the blood.

[kingshit_lloyd]

"'s okay, don't worry 'bout it," Lloyd muttered, blinking rapidly to get rid of the sting in his eyes, so he could maintain some kind of manly composure. Funny, no matter how many times you got punched in the nose (and Lloyd had lost count way back), you never really got used to it.

This was the first time it had come with a bonus striptease, though.

"Thanks," he said, managing a smile. He took the shirt and pressed it to his nose. "That's a mean right hook you got there. They teach you that in shrink camp?"

[grandpursuit]

Chase bit her lip; she couldn't believe she'd actually given him a bloody nose. "Um... kickboxing," she admitted. "A little bit of karate when I was younger. Of course, my healthy expression of aggression isn't supposed to involve actually hitting someone."

[awesome_captain]

There was the whole forward momentum thing going on since Devon was jogging by at the peak of his run, and he'd been watching the sand as he ran by, counting seashells as he passed them. It was one of the few games he had in place of his iPod.

He'd gotten too close to the woman before looking up and realizing it was probably a good idea to veer away. Which he managed about half a second too late.

At least he'd come to a stop, though.

"Wow, so," he said, wincing as he covered his jaw with a hand, "that was impressive."

[grandpursuit]

Chase's hand flew up to her mouth, and she looked fairly horrified. "Oh my god, I am so sorry." She'd just punched a total stranger in the face. That beat Bruce knocking down her door by a mile.

[awesome_captain]

"As long as it wasn't on purpose," Devon said. He worked his jaw a bit, making sure there wasn't anything out of place other than his pride. "Then I think we'll be good."

[grandpursuit]

Chase smiled sheepishly. "No, I try to make it a point not to attack random strangers. And since you are a stranger, I seriously doubt it was any kind of subconscious act... Are you sure you're all right?"

[misformutant]

Well punched someone was a generous term. After years of training there were few people who could actually land a punch on her and Chase sadly wasn't one of them. Monet caught the punch with an open palm which she ever so casually wrapped around Chase's fist.

"A little therapy? Or do you usually attack punching bags?" Monet asked dryly, squeezing her hand gently- well, gently for Monet- before she let go of Chase's hand casually. Monet smiled at her critically. "Your reactions are too slow."

[grandpursuit]

Chase blinked at her in surprised, though was relieved that she hadn't accidentally come into contact with someone's face. "Usually... punching bags, yes. I prefer them to both air and people as far as violence goes." She pushed a hand back through her hair and added, "You on the other hand have got fantastic reflexes."

[misformutant]

Monet tended to prefer her physical activities to include other people. It was usually much more satisfying throwing an irritating idiot through a window than a punching bag. Though to be honest Jamie tended to be both an idiot and a punching bag for her.

"Yes, well that is what happens when you've been trained to fight daily since you were very, very young. Besides if you don't have fantastic reflexes then in my line of business you're going to end up dead pretty quickly." Monet said smirking at the woman as she ran her eyes over her. She probably wouldn't be much of a challenge to take down.

[grandpursuit]

"What line of business is that?" Chase asked, regarding her curiously. She certainly knew enough people for whom that was true - but they tended to be on different ends of a spectrum.

[cantstopmoving]

Not unlike his mentor and his brother, Dick tends to watch before he approaches. Observation is critical to understanding. Watching Chase, with her strawberry blonde hair, quick mind, stunning figure and surprising athleticism he definitely appreciates is as much pleasure as work.

He senses as much as sees the shift in her focus. Notes the drop into fighting stance. And on a whim, slides into range, deflecting the blow off his forearm, spinning his arm over hers and down, then spinning her around and back up against his chest - or trying. "Hi," he says across where her ear should be with laughter in his voice. "Good technique, but it could be a lot better."

[ooc: up to you whether he actually succeeds at it. If he doesn't, he'll still say that.]

[grandpursuit]

It all happens so quickly that Chase hardly has time to react at all - and though she may have at least been able to wrench herself away before he held her, her first instinct would have been to try to hit him again and she wasn't quite paranoid enough to aim blows at someone without seeing them first.

And so she found herself pulled tight against Dick, looking up at him with wide eyes, and breath a bit quick both from the previous physical exertion and the surprise.

"Coming from you, I'll take that as a compliment," she managed, once she processed what had just happened.

[cantstopmoving]

Beautiful bee-stung mouth wrapped around an erratic breath, eyes wide and soft like she's begging to be kissed and Dick...releases her. Not fast like he's been bitten or lingering like he's reluctant, just smiles at her and lets her go.

"It was an honest evaluation. Compliments get people killed." It sounds, even to his ears, like something Bruce would say. His mouth twists with a knife's edge smile as he drops back another step and sets to spar. He flexes his fingers, beckoning. "Come."

If he's going to sound like Bruce, at least he can be useful when he acts like him.

[grandpursuit]

The statement rang in Chase's ears as well; he sounded more Bruce than Bruce, to her. "Are you sure I don't need to be wearing skin-tight vinyl or rubber for this?"