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Post by Jack on Feb 20, 2009 0:19:53 GMT -5
Jack, mortified, stepped forward. He stood stock-still, shaking his head. He didn't understand what he was supposed to do.
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Post by Pearl on Feb 20, 2009 0:22:29 GMT -5
Pearl smiled, seeing his tentativeness. "Just punch and block." She made an easy punch toward him, just to warm him up a little, since he did look scared to death.
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Post by Jack on Feb 20, 2009 0:27:25 GMT -5
Jack flinched, but his hand shot up and knocked her fist away with a little more force than necessary. He gasped. "I'm sorry." He said quietly. He bit his lip and sent a halfhearted punch at her, with almost nothing behind it.
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Post by Pearl on Feb 20, 2009 0:30:07 GMT -5
She blocked him easily, getting a little more into it. "Don't apologize, we're fighting," she said almost playfully. Pearl had a hard time not putting a little play into all of her work. It was her nature. She was optimistic and fun-loving. She just couldn't help it. She returned, putting some power behind her punch this time, taking a step toward him.
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Post by Dream on Feb 20, 2009 12:04:21 GMT -5
Dream watched the action with interest. They were much better at this than she was. She was nervous though. Neither Pearl, nor Jack had much control over their powers, and very often, powers manifested themselves in stressful situations, whether the mutant wanted them to or not.
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Post by roguexscene on Feb 20, 2009 20:45:02 GMT -5
Rogue nodded approvingly as she watched Jack and Pearl fight. They seemed like a good fighting Pair. Though she had a strong feeling that Jack was holding back. It was practically physically visible. Though she didn't know if it was because she knew he was a great fighter, or if her eyes were just so trained to watch fighting now.
"Put some heart into it Jack." She twanged to the boy, hoping he would try a little harder. He wasn't getting any use out of it if he wasn't. And that was what they were here for. Learning to fight and protect themselves with out their powers. If they wanted to use their powers, they had the danger room for that.
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Post by Pearl on Feb 20, 2009 21:51:31 GMT -5
When Jack didn't punch back at her, Pearl punched harder, actually attempting to hit Jack. She knew he'd block her, so it didn't really make her worry too much. Maybe he'd follow suit. This was actually a little fun.
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Post by Dream on Feb 20, 2009 22:37:31 GMT -5
Dream looked on in awe. They were really rather good! Pearl was certainly holding her own. She was scrappier than she looked.
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Post by Jack on Feb 20, 2009 23:15:05 GMT -5
It was only a punch. Just one. But Jack's mind didn't know that. Jack raised his arm to block Pearl's fist, but instead of a pretty girl play-fighting, Jack saw a flash of a huge shadow reaching for him, masked by some strange apparatus he didn't recognize. There was a flash of light and Jack screamed as he and Pearl were thrown to opposite sides of the room by an unknown force. He blacked out for a second, then stood up. He blinked as a trickle of blood touched the corner of his eye. He shook his head. "I... I'm so sorry...." He backed against the wall, shaking, hoping the girl was ok. "I... I don't know..."
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Post by Pearl on Feb 21, 2009 0:27:11 GMT -5
Pearl got up and brushed herself off, trying to ignore the throbbing headache. "It's ok, I like having boys knock me off my feet." She winked, trying to lighten the mood. Jack had a hard enough time without her making a big deal out of it.
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Post by Jack on Feb 21, 2009 0:35:27 GMT -5
Jack wasn't sure what she meant, but he took the wink to mean she was alright. Unless it was a twitch. Had he caused her brain damage? Would she die?! He was a murderer! Jack forced himself to calm down. Shaking, he stammered, "I... I d-don't want t-to do this anymore..."
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Post by Pearl on Feb 21, 2009 0:37:54 GMT -5
She walked toward Jack and did the only thing she knew to do, gave him a hug. Perhaps it wasn't her best choice, knowing how un-touchy-feely he was, but she wanted to reassure him. They all had their own issues.
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Post by Jack on Feb 21, 2009 0:57:57 GMT -5
Jack froze, unsure of what to do. All he knew was that he didn't recognize the gesture. He'd obviously never felt it before, because it didn't bring back awful flashes, nor did he understand it in any subconcious way. Despite all this, he felt it wasn't a bad thing. He timidly imitated her, hugging her back. He finally stopped shaking and resumed breathing.
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Post by Pearl on Feb 21, 2009 1:14:25 GMT -5
"See. No real harm done." She shrugged smiling. Except that little bit of blood on him and a splitting headache, which she would soon cure with a few asprin and a nap. "It happens to all of us...that's why we're all here." Pearl kept that sparkle in her eyes, despite the fact she was squinting a little from the pain. She just smiled right through it, looking back to Rogue. "Should we sit down or continue?"
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Post by Jack on Feb 21, 2009 1:21:31 GMT -5
Finally unfrozen, Jack reached up and touched his face. He felt blood and was slightly alarmed. It took him only a couple of seconds to realize it was only a cut across his eyebrow. He must have hit a desk. He was just glad the girl was alright. He wouldn't know what to do i he'd hurt her. He glanced at the professor, wondering if she'd let him leave or force him to endure more of this "social time" everyone kept pressing on him.
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