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[ladywithnovoice]

Who wants to teach a lady how to fistfight?

[She probably shouldn't be texting and riding a giant firedog at the same time, but hey, Crash knows what she's doing.]

I'd gotten used to running around, it feels strange not to keep in shape like that anymore. It seems like a good skill to learn, besides.

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[paishodown]

I've been training in self defense since I was six. I might be able to give you some pointers.

[Hello, Badass Normal of the team reporting.]

[ossifragant]

I've specialized in hand to hand for a long time. I could be of some help.

[solas_ion]

I sure can. It's not my specialty, but I like to think I'm pretty good at it.

[ladywithnovoice]

[Hell yes, Badass Normal is exactly what she's looking for.]

That would be great. Someone close to me knew a bit about it, so I picked up on some things, but I'm hardly an experrpppppppppp


[Sorry Asami, hold on. Someone has very rudely stolen her Pokegear and is trying to say something about not texting and driving.]

[ladywithnovoice]

[There's a bit of a delay, since her 'Gear got stolen so she pinched Royce in the ribs so it got dropped and they had to go back to get it off the road... But hey, it's sharktoothed buddy. Considering he's not dead from shark attack, she'll take his advice.]

That'd be great. What advice would you give for an amateur?

[ladywithnovoice]

"Pretty good" is good enough for me. Where would you say is a good place to start?

[paishodown]

[A pause for a moment.]

Everything okay?

[ladywithnovoice]

[Give her a minute]

Yeah, we're fine. Royce took my Pokegear.

[paishodown]

[...Royce is a weird guy, isn't he.]

Okay. But yeah, I'd be happy to help you out. When were you thinking of trying to learn? It's not like I'm in a rush to get anywhere...

[ladywithnovoice]

Anytime, really. We're taking some time to go check out a cave

Think we could do something over these, and then meet up at a later date for something a bit more in person?

[ossifragant]

You need to get guards for your hands. I'm not entirely sure if you'll find them anywhere here, but I imagine so.

You want to avoid breaking your hand, and that's the best way to do it.

There are techniques for knocking your opponent over, and you don't need to be very large or strong to do it. It's all about putting balance on the right part of your body.

[ladywithnovoice]

This place seems pretty peaceful but I'm sure I can find something.

That sounds easy enough. What's one technique?

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[foolishwren]

i could probably help

could give you some tips at least

[ossifragant]

[He doesn't go into great detail, because this is one of those things that really needs to be taught in person, but it's enough to at least be comprehensible. Especially coming from Greed, whose idea of teaching you think would actually be pretty sloppy and missing details.]

At the very least, you should probably be able to find someone who wouldn't mind letting off steam by fighting.

Can't get in trouble with the police if it's done for fun.

[ladywithnovoice]

[...Royce is getting a casual glance now.]

I think I know someone. If nothing else, he owes me so this would be a good way to work off debt, right?

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[ladywithnovoice]

Tips are always more than welcome.

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[fishybarrettes]

Wait, do have to do stuff besides just punch people you wanna punch?

[paishodown]

I don't really know how much help I can be over the Gear, but I can give it a try. I've never really taught anyone before, so I don't really know how it'll go.

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[ladywithnovoice]

Yeah. There's a whole thing to it. I knew someone who knew all about that sort of thing.

[ladywithnovoice]

It can't be too hard, right?

[text] omg i missed the you /facepalm

[fishybarrettes]

Huh. I mean, I know a few people who go to kendo or aikido club, but they don't usually do the fist fight thing.

[text] no prob, happens to everyone

[ladywithnovoice]

Fighting like that seems like the easiest way to do things. I don't want weird looks from carrying a weapon around even if it's just for practice.

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[foolishwren]

ok first tip

you ready?

here we go

never have your thumb inside the fist when u hit somebody

you'll break it

that's bad

outside the fist, always

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[ladywithnovoice]

Ouch. I'll keep that in mind. Breaking anything is pretty low on my to do list.

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[imthe_shit]

I could teach you a few things. Why are you interested?