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Post by Mina Izumi on Mar 4, 2014 19:54:14 GMT -5
Satoru was busy today, it seemed, but he had given Mina instructions for her day on the job. There wasn't too much included in the description other than 'teach Ketih's kid sister,' and didn't that sound like fun? Well... It might ACTUALLY be fun if she wasn't a KID kid sister, heck, if she wasn't too much younger than Keith then this could really REALLY be fun. The Alabaster genes were pretty good from what she'd seen.
So here she was, waiting at the front of the front desk for the girl to show up. Hopefully she wouldn't be waiting too long, Satoru might have been abrasive enough to her that she decided not to come at all. That'd happened before if his first impressions of a person weren't favorable.
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Post by Julietta Alabaster on Mar 4, 2014 20:17:57 GMT -5
The range was surprisingly not too hard to find, Julie had been able to get there right on time. That was good, she hated keeping people waiting. There was a freshly made tattoo on her left arm and hand from the other day with Keith, and she was hoping that whatever she would be doing today wouldn't mess them up. Her brother keep assuring her that it would be fine, but well this was her first time getting inked and she was a little paranoid.
Julietta came through the front door and looked around. There was a (cute)girl at the front desk, and she couldn't help the small blush that spread across her cheeks. "I'm looking for Mina?" Please let this be her, please oh please!!
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Post by Mina Izumi on Mar 4, 2014 20:44:47 GMT -5
Mina's brows jumped up in surprise as the (frankly stunning) girl entering the range spoke. Oh. Oh this was TOO GOOD to be TRUE. Had Satoru actually done a GOOD DEED? It was unlikely but maybe it was possible-
Or, more likely, it had just been a coincidence that the gunslinger hadn't even considered. Whatever the case, she'd make sure to never mention it to him. That'd be what he'd want. She grinned wide. "That'd be me," she said, standing up straight after leaning on the desk for so long was a relief. She held out a hand. "Nice to meetcha, Julie, isn't it?"
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Post by Julietta Alabaster on Mar 4, 2014 21:34:07 GMT -5
Julie looked down at Mina's hand for a second before shaking it. Okay be cool, be cool. "I-it's Julietta, but yeah, Julie works… Good to meet you too." She said, followed by a nervous giggle. That… wasn't very cool. Dammit why did Keith get all the GOOD talents? She'd kill to be able to flirt like him, or at least be as confident as he is.
"So… Where're we gonna do this thing at?" She asked, more to get over her stupid attempt at an introduction. Seriously, that was just lame…
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Post by Mina Izumi on Mar 4, 2014 22:39:20 GMT -5
"Cute name," Mina said with a wink. "We'll do it in the back room, that's where we've got the mats and equipment." It was only for use of the employees, so there was no chance they'd be stumbled upon accidentally. She crooked a finger in a 'come hither' fashion as she started walking, very aware of the vibes she was giving and getting.
"Follow me, it's not all that far."
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Post by Julietta Alabaster on Mar 4, 2014 22:58:51 GMT -5
Julie's blush darkened and she giggled again at the wink. Okay, that was something, Mina didn't think she was an idiot or anything(she didn't think so anyway), so she still had a shot by the looks of it. She gave a quick nod before following after her.
"So uh, how long have you worked here?" She decided to ask as they walked. She figured that would be a safe line of conversation for the moment, and silences just weren't her thing. The newly inked Tora shoved her hands in her pockets since she didn't know what to do with them at the moment, the last thing she wanted was to make a fool of herself anymore than she likely would already.
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Post by Mina Izumi on Mar 4, 2014 23:20:00 GMT -5
Mina shrugged. "Since i was nineteen, 'Toru figured it'd be good for me after he met me, didn't expect I'd be so damn good at it." She laughed a little, "Guess that was a pleasant surprise." She glanced over the tattoos, taking note of the shine. She was no expert, but she was pretty sure that meant they were new.
"Just get those done by your brother?" She asked, pointing to the tats in question. "They're pretty cool."
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Post by Julietta Alabaster on Mar 4, 2014 23:34:37 GMT -5
Julie smiled a little at the short explanation, looking down at her arm as her tattoos were brought up. Her smile grew a little more and she nodded. "Thanks. Could have gotten my first one a long time ago, but I wanted to wait for Keith to be the one to do it." It had definitely been worth the wait, she loved how they came out! She laughed. "He's pretty good for an asshole, but he's got more tattoos than me and our parents combined so he better be." And to think he wasn't even DONE, apparently once his apprentice got good enough he was going to get a few more done.
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Post by Mina Izumi on Mar 4, 2014 23:45:01 GMT -5
Mina smiled. "Awww, that's sweet~ and pretty true." Keith was talented as hell, she'd been considering getting a tattoo herself, but probably after she was done with college. Some of the dress codes were strict as hell for her professors (she had to dress 'for the job' in her requisite business class).
She came to a halt outside a door and opened it up. "Welcome to the training room," she chirped, holding the door for Julie. The room was about the same as it was when Egil had trained Hotaru all that time ago, though they had added a minifridge for water and drinks (something that they all had agreed was a good idea). "How much do you know about combat already?"
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Post by Julietta Alabaster on Mar 5, 2014 0:15:59 GMT -5
Julie looked around the room as she walked in. It seemed good, she guessed. She didn't exactly know what they would need so if it was good for Mina then she'd go with it. She turned back to the other woman and rubbed her neck sheepishly. "Nothing really…" She admitted. "To be honest this was all Keith's idea to begin with." She had gone along with it no questions asked because it actually had been a good idea for her to learn a thing or two. She just… didn't know where to start.
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Post by Mina Izumi on Mar 6, 2014 14:56:27 GMT -5
Mina nodded with a grin. "Guess we'll just start from the ground up then." She said, shutting the door behind them. "And the most basic of the basics is how to throw a punch." She trotted over to Julie. "Show me how you punch, I'll correct you."
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Post by Julietta Alabaster on Mar 7, 2014 1:10:56 GMT -5
Julie blinked. "Uh, alright…" She mumbled, feeling self conscious as she started to bring her fist up. Did she want her to try to hit her? Maybe just in the air, she wasn't sure, and she didn't want to embarrass herself. She was pretty sure she already was though. Her cheeks started to heat up and her fist was left hanging dumbly in the air. "Umm..."
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Post by Mina Izumi on Mar 7, 2014 21:47:36 GMT -5
Mina laughed a little as the other Tora flailed, ground-up indeed. "Here." She said, moving over to take Julie's fist in hand. "First, keep your thumb OUTSIDE of your fist, if it's inside when you make contact you'll probably bust up your thumb." She uncurled the woman's fist and pulled out her thumb, then re-curled the fingers and put it on top of the fist.
"Then," she said, moving so the fist was drawn back under the woman's shoulder with the clenched fingers facing up. "You wanna pull it back here, you'll be shifting your weight when you throw a punch, really, it's a more full-body thing that you'd expect." She stepped back a little reluctantly to demonstrate, pulling her own fist back and pivoting to throw her body into it. The punch wound up fingers-down at the end, the first two knuckles the main striking point. "Twisting your fist when you punch makes it go faster and hit harder and is more likely to split open skin on contact."
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Post by Julietta Alabaster on Mar 8, 2014 20:00:07 GMT -5
Julie blushed darker at the touch as simple as it was, and nodded at the advice she was being given. Okay, so thumb out, shift weight, twist the fist, sounded easy enough. "Alright," She said finally, deciding it was probably for the best that she actually spoke rather than nodding her head. "So then like this…?" She asked as she tried herself, imitating Mina's demonstration as best as she could. It didn't seem all that hard, it looked right to her if she was judging based off the other woman's example.
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Post by Mina Izumi on Mar 8, 2014 20:15:38 GMT -5
"Atta' girl!" Mina cheered. "You did that perfectly, just remember that you're gonna be moving fast, so you'll be pulling them back just as fast so your opponent can't grab you. They do that and you're a little fucked." At least right now, Mina would get to teaching how to break out of holds later.
"Now let's try stance," she said, moving her own hands up on reflex and instinct as she shifted her feet. "You wanna face forward, make sure you're looking at your opponent, in a fight. Keep your feet about a foot apart, you wanna be able to move more than be super-stable, and keep your weight on the balls of your feet, it'll let you move faster if you're perpetually ready for moving." And in a fight, she'd be doing a lot of it.
"Keep your arms up, people aim for the neck and head and torso plenty, and when they're coming in hard, being able to just knock their hands a little bit off-course can save your face, an-" She stopped herself and laughed. "Sorry, word-barrage, was getting kinda into it... Legs apart, weight on the balls of your feet, and arms up."
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