21 ☠ Open Commentlog

[xmaliciouslyx]

[Azula's back in the gym. Book about chi is open. It's a library book, but Azula doesn't care. She's creased pages, scribbled notes in the margins. It's propped open around a few unlit candles and the Fire Princess is currently punching the hell out of a punching bag. If this was a person, her punches would be landing where there were pressure

Comments

[embattled_angel]

Your form isn't bad.

[Alita is perched in the doorway, watching curiously. Azula looks like an excellent martial artist - but she's only human, after all.]

[xmaliciouslyx]

[Azula stops abruptly at the voice, gripping the punching bag to hold it steady. Not bad? Tch.]

Of course it isn't. It's perfect.

[embattled_angel]

[Sorry, Azula. Alita doesn't realize how much of a perfectionist she is. Besides, Alita has a dozen years of combat experience under her belt. At least.]

Perfect?

[She cocks a brow.]

Nobody has perfect form. Everyone slips up. It's nothing to be ashamed of.

[[Well, maybe Alita does. Or close to perfect.]

[xmaliciouslyx]

[Alita will discover this factoid about our Fire Princess very soon. Azula punches the bag and sears a hole into in the process.]

Yes, perfect.

[embattled_angel]

[Whoa, that's different. Reminds her a bit of her own plasma abilities from the days of yore.]

I doubt it.

[xmaliciouslyx]

You're welcome to believe whatever you like. That doesn't change the truth.

[She's trying to keep her cool here. She doesn't like having her abilities questioned. But she's not in the mood to pick fights and get punished either.]

[embattled_angel]

And so are you, kid.

[Chuckle.]

[xmaliciouslyx]

[Kid? Fffff.]

Is there a reason you're here?

[Aside from annoying the hell out of Azula?]

[embattled_angel]

I just enjoy watching.

[xmaliciouslyx]

It would be better if you kept your comments to yourself, then.

[If you don't want her to like burn your eyes out of their sockets. Anyway, back to her book. Lessee. She studies a page for a moment before turning back to the punching back and aiming a swift punch at another imaginary pressure point.]

[embattled_angel]

I'll keep that in mind.

[So not keeping them to herself.]

[xmaliciouslyx]

See that you do.

[And now she's back to hammering away at that punching back. And each punch leaves a smoldering place on the bag. Alita you might notice smoke has started to curl from it.]

[embattled_angel]

How do you do that?

[xmaliciouslyx]

[Eyeroll.]

It's Firebending.

[embattled_angel]

Oh? I've never heard of it.

[xmaliciouslyx]

I'm not surprised.

[Azula's talented. She can make innocuous sentences sound like insults.]