Calligraphy Live

[artisticliberty]

Who: Fox and You, Maybe?
Where: Hotel lobby
When: Day 75, morning

[Good morning, friends!!!!1 A large blank mural is hanging on the wall of the lobby, with several pails of ink and some brushes nearby. Written atop it are the words:

"What do you love? What makes you smile? What are you grateful for?"

Fox is currently painting in one corner of the canvas, wearing this paint-splattered outfit (and kanzashi in his hair). It looks like you're invited to paint something on there yourself, if you like?

Side note: If your name is on this list, there's a good chance Fox will flag you down to give you your gift in person.]

Comments

[rollplayinghouse]

[How do assassins fight that isn't immediately lethal? There are learning experiences for everyone here.

She takes a position on one side of the mat.]

I'm good to go when you are.

[criminaljustice]

All right.

[GOING STRAIGHT FOR A STRAIGHT-ON PUNCH LIKE THE SHOUNEN IDIOT HE CAN BE]

[rollplayinghouse]

[She is very fast, and she ducks entirely under the punch, one hand on the ground as she aims a kick up towards his gut.]

[criminaljustice]

[hm.

okay.

yeah. big learning curve.

also not quick enough yet to avoid that, so that's a whuff of air leaving his lungs as he's nailed in the gut. f-falling back.]

[rollplayinghouse]

[She pulls her leg back from the kick to immediately attempt to sweep his legs out from under him, now that he's off balance.]

[criminaljustice]

[AND DOWN HE GOES, hitting the mats hard.]

[rollplayinghouse]

[And she quickly rolls up on to a knee, leaning over him to press a forearm gently against his neck.]

You're dead.

[criminaljustice]

[w-wheeeeeeeez he really shouldn't think someone looks so attractive when they're making a point about him being dead if this was for real AND YET...]

--said I wouldn't be a match, right?

[yet, anyway.

plans to. get better, faster, stronger.]

[rollplayinghouse]

...You can have another try.

[She straightens and offers him a hand up.]

[criminaljustice]

[taking the hand]

The plan is I keep trying until I do better.

[rollplayinghouse]

We could also train together, and not just fight.

[criminaljustice]

... this is going to sound dumb.

But I thought this was kinda like training.

[someone who learned how to fight and everything else on the fly: this guy]

[rollplayinghouse]

[huffs]

It's an important part of training. But even if you're training to be an assassin, just getting beaten up over and over isn't really the best way to do it. You should do strength and agility training, and learn new techniques, and that kind of thing. That stuff can be pretty fun, too.

[criminaljustice]

... then. Yeah. I wanna train. With you.

[rollplayinghouse]

[pleased]

...Alright. That sounds good.

[criminaljustice]

Sooo... where do we start?

[rollplayinghouse]

That depends on what you want to work on. We could do weights, or sprints... or, since we're here already, I could teach you some takedowns.

[criminaljustice]

I vote takedowns. Since we're already here.

And you already demonstrated.

[rollplayinghouse]

Sure. First, let me teach you how to fall properly, so you don't hurt yourself.

[GIVES HIM A FALLING LESSON!!]

[criminaljustice]

Sounds good.

[he's going to take so many falls, isn't he...]

[rollplayinghouse]

[Yes. Enjoy getting knocked down onto the mat by your girlfriend repeatedly until she's satisfied he knows how to not break or concuss anything when he lands.

She does at least let him knock her down to demonstrate, too.]

[criminaljustice]

[it is only a little satisfying because his entirely body is going to be so sore after this

in fact, what if just lay on the mats in a sprawl when it's break time?]

... ow.

[rollplayinghouse]

[Maki on the other hand looks totally unaffected by all of this.]

Is that all you can take?

[criminaljustice]

Gimme a moment and I will do all the flips.

[no. he's... he's tired.

it was the first day of training, after all]

[rollplayinghouse]

Will you.

[looks like she's considering saying something and decides against it]