« Prev 1 2 3 4 Next » Reply Share Thread Facebook Twitter Tumblr LinkedIn MySpace Email Go to Previous Thread Next Thread Please make a selection first Author Topic: Practice Makes Perfect (open) (Read 903 times) El Sensei Sensei El Jefe I control the universe! [send pm] Joined: July 2009 Posts: 28,490 Practice Makes Perfect (open) « Dec 7, 2015 1:21:40 GMT -6 via the ProBoards App » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Silas is in tutorial, currently practicing with his new toys from Eliott, electricity generating escrima. After warning up with some drills he begins to use a legionnaire as a dummy! Back to Top   Zora Cross Agent Intelligence [send pm] Joined: November 2015 Gender: Posts: 504 Practice Makes Perfect (open) « Dec 7, 2015 1:42:56 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Zora's on a run, and it seems her final stop is tutorial. It's clear she's been spending a lot of time active, and it shows - already a fit girl, she seems even skinnier than she was when she first attended the Academy. She glances first to the hanging bags, then to Silas beating up a robot. She doesn't know him, so she just offers an upward nod and moves to her bag, pulling some tape from her pocket and beginning to prep. Back to Top   I am the Storm Bio El Sensei Sensei El Jefe I control the universe! [send pm] Joined: July 2009 Posts: 28,490 Practice Makes Perfect (open) « Dec 7, 2015 1:47:06 GMT -6 via the ProBoards App » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top The girl garners Silas' attention for the same reason, he didn't know her. He tucks the sticks into his armpits as he starts moving her direction kicking his own bag across the floor to bring it with him. "Who are you?" Still rather abrupt, but his tone isn't as rude as usual. Back to Top   Zora Cross Agent Intelligence [send pm] Joined: November 2015 Gender: Posts: 504 Practice Makes Perfect (open) « Dec 7, 2015 1:48:43 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top She'll glance over at him with a raised eyebrow, not expecting him to have come over to talk. "Who's asking?" she'll ask, a bit guarded. Back to Top   I am the Storm Bio El Sensei Sensei El Jefe I control the universe! [send pm] Joined: July 2009 Posts: 28,490 Practice Makes Perfect (open) « Dec 7, 2015 1:51:25 GMT -6 via the ProBoards App » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top He fights his urge to lie. He was trying to make some changes after all. "Silas Calloway. I haven't seen you before." Back to Top   Zora Cross Agent Intelligence [send pm] Joined: November 2015 Gender: Posts: 504 Practice Makes Perfect (open) « Dec 7, 2015 1:54:48 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Zora Cross," she'll remark, offering a slightly hollow smile as she finishes wrapping one hand. She's about to go to the other when something he said registers in her mind. She turns around to look at him suddenly. "Wait, Silas? Weren't you the one that traced my radio signal?" Back to Top   I am the Storm Bio El Sensei Sensei El Jefe I control the universe! [send pm] Joined: July 2009 Posts: 28,490 Practice Makes Perfect (open) « Dec 7, 2015 1:58:56 GMT -6 via the ProBoards App » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Ah." He puts it together. "Yes, it was. I see you're no longer kidnapped. Welcome back." Back to Top   Zora Cross Agent Intelligence [send pm] Joined: November 2015 Gender: Posts: 504 Practice Makes Perfect (open) « Dec 7, 2015 1:59:46 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Her smile broadens a little. "You realize I'm going to have to hug you for this," she warns, picking up on his mannerisms rather quickly. « Last Edit: Dec 7, 2015 1:59:41 GMT -6 by Zora Cross » Back to Top   I am the Storm Bio El Sensei Sensei El Jefe I control the universe! [send pm] Joined: July 2009 Posts: 28,490 Practice Makes Perfect (open) « Dec 7, 2015 2:08:13 GMT -6 via the ProBoards App » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Hn..." He groans in his throat as he instinctively steps back and puts up a hand to say it's okay. "You should be thanking Murdoch. He's the one who found the signal to begin with. Also, you seem in fair condition." He looks her over! Back to Top   Zora Cross Agent Intelligence [send pm] Joined: November 2015 Gender: Posts: 504 Practice Makes Perfect (open) « Dec 7, 2015 2:12:22 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top She snorts a bit of a laugh, not quite derisive, but still devoid of too much mirth. "Yeah, okay," she'll say, backing off and going back to taping up her other hand. "Which one was he again, anyway?" She'll notice him looking at her, though, which causes her to frown. "More or less..." she'll intone, a bit quietly. « Last Edit: Dec 7, 2015 2:12:56 GMT -6 by Zora Cross » Back to Top   I am the Storm Bio El Sensei Sensei El Jefe I control the universe! [send pm] Joined: July 2009 Posts: 28,490 Practice Makes Perfect (open) « Dec 7, 2015 2:19:15 GMT -6 via the ProBoards App » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "The white guy. Beard." He didn't have offhand knowledge of who rescued her, but that probably narrowed it down. "Well. You're clearly in pristine physical condition. If you're suggesting psychological damage, you're masking it well." He nods. Back to Top   Zora Cross Agent Intelligence [send pm] Joined: November 2015 Gender: Posts: 504 Practice Makes Perfect (open) « Dec 7, 2015 2:22:20 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Uh, thanks?" She'll respond, tilting her head at him. "It's... not easy," she'll say again, after a long pause as she finishes taping herself up. She'll roll her shoulders and starts throwing some slow, rhythmic blows against the bag. "I wasn't really... prepared for this. Physically, maybe, but..." She purses her lips, suddenly unsure why she's talking to him about this anyway. The punches speed up. Back to Top   I am the Storm Bio El Sensei Sensei El Jefe I control the universe! [send pm] Joined: July 2009 Posts: 28,490 Practice Makes Perfect (open) « Dec 7, 2015 2:28:46 GMT -6 via the ProBoards App » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top He drops his sticks and goes to hold the bag. "What did they do to you? What kind of experiments did they run?" Back to Top   Zora Cross Agent Intelligence [send pm] Joined: November 2015 Gender: Posts: 504 Practice Makes Perfect (open) « Dec 7, 2015 2:32:25 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top She shakes her head, grunting into an especially hard punch. "Dunno," she mutters, going into a quick one-two-three combo, repeating it over and over. "They had to drag anything out of me that they did get, though. I was more focused on surviving," She'll throw an elbow into the bag, backing up and launching a left hook. "And getting out, under any circumstances." Back to Top   I am the Storm Bio El Sensei Sensei El Jefe I control the universe! [send pm] Joined: July 2009 Posts: 28,490 Practice Makes Perfect (open) « Dec 7, 2015 2:39:40 GMT -6 via the ProBoards App » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Silas nods, taking note of both what she's saying and her fighting style. He looks to see what side she favors when she shifts her weight, namely. "So it's less about what was done to you and more about what you did." Back to Top   Zora Cross Agent Intelligence [send pm] Joined: November 2015 Gender: Posts: 504 Practice Makes Perfect (open) « Dec 7, 2015 2:47:25 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top She favors her right side, but only slightly! There's a practiced ease to her movements that will show she's been doing this for a long time. At his comment, she'll grit her teeth and lift a heavy right roundhouse into the lower part of the bag. "...have you ever killed anyone?" Back to Top   I am the Storm Bio El Sensei Sensei El Jefe I control the universe! [send pm] Joined: July 2009 Posts: 28,490 Practice Makes Perfect (open) « Dec 7, 2015 2:48:16 GMT -6 via the ProBoards App » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Silas looks behind him just to make sure no one else is around. "I have." Back to Top   Zora Cross Agent Intelligence [send pm] Joined: November 2015 Gender: Posts: 504 Practice Makes Perfect (open) « Dec 7, 2015 12:44:22 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "How'd you do it?" She'll stop punching. Back to Top   I am the Storm Bio El Sensei Sensei El Jefe I control the universe! [send pm] Joined: July 2009 Posts: 28,490 Practice Makes Perfect (open) « Dec 8, 2015 1:51:42 GMT -6 via the ProBoards App » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top He lets go of the bag. "There's probably more, but only one I know for certain. It was by asphyxiation." Back to Top   Zora Cross Agent Intelligence [send pm] Joined: November 2015 Gender: Posts: 504 Practice Makes Perfect (open) « Dec 8, 2015 2:05:20 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top She's quiet a moment as she processes it. "How did you feel afterward?" Back to Top   I am the Storm Bio El Sensei Sensei El Jefe I control the universe! [send pm] Joined: July 2009 Posts: 28,490 Practice Makes Perfect (open) « Dec 8, 2015 2:09:09 GMT -6 via the ProBoards App » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "I felt no different. I assume you do." Back to Top   Zora Cross Agent Intelligence [send pm] Joined: November 2015 Gender: Posts: 504 Practice Makes Perfect (open) « Dec 8, 2015 2:26:32 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "...yeah." She'll lash out at the bag with an angry right. "I was taught how to fight, how to kill, how to survive from a very young age. When it came time, it was just... training. Muscle memory." She grimaces and hits the bag again. "Now I see their blood on my hands, no matter how hard I try not to." Back to Top   I am the Storm Bio El Sensei Sensei El Jefe I control the universe! [send pm] Joined: July 2009 Posts: 28,490 Practice Makes Perfect (open) « Dec 8, 2015 2:29:09 GMT -6 via the ProBoards App » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "What exactly is it about it that unsettles you?" Silas arches his brow. "Yes, killing has a negative stigma attached, but they were trying to do you harm were they not? It sounds like simple self preservation." Back to Top   Zora Cross Agent Intelligence [send pm] Joined: November 2015 Gender: Posts: 504 Practice Makes Perfect (open) « Dec 8, 2015 2:32:28 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "The whole time, my only thought was getting back to my brother," She'll say, as if agreeing. "But now... I can't stop thinking about their brothers. Their families. Maybe they were bad men, but... did I really do what I had to do?" She recalls burning the arc welder through the man's face, in far more vivid detail than she cares to. Her face falls and she goes deathly quiet. Back to Top   I am the Storm Bio El Sensei Sensei El Jefe I control the universe! [send pm] Joined: July 2009 Posts: 28,490 Practice Makes Perfect (open) « Dec 8, 2015 2:43:58 GMT -6 via the ProBoards App » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Who cares?" Obviously she did, not really his point. "Perhaps you would have gotten away had you chosen less lethality, but let's look at it mathematically. If you didn't go to the extremes you did, do you think the chances of you returning here would be the same? Maybe 50% as likely? Maybe less." Back to Top   Reply Share Thread Facebook Twitter Tumblr LinkedIn MySpace Email Go to Previous Thread Next Thread Please make a selection first