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[beknight]

My name is Alan, originally from 21st century Earth.

I'm looking for sparring partners. I'm familiar with a wide variety of martial arts, unarmed and weapon-based. If you're keen, you can find me here.

​​​​[ Enclosed are directions to a dojo in Olympia; he'll be there all day. ]

If there's enough of us, I'd like to start a regular group. ​​​​[ we're all in this together.mp3 ] We can learn a lot from each other.

​​​​[ eta: here is a log for direct action needs. you are also welcome to jump to action directly in the post. ]

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[beknight]

[ He doesn't get out that much. ]

I'll keep that in mind.

What are you used to fighting?

[slay]

Demons.

[ it still feels strange to be so candid about it, but ... what's the point, right? most people here are exceptional in some way. the size of the first wave demonstrated that. ]

Vampires, mostly. I can hold back if most of the people in your club are average joes; don't worry, I won't hurt anyone.

[beknight]

[ Something he can ask about in polite conversation. Just because demons and vampires walk out of myth doesn't mean they might not be real in his own world — if they've got Atlanteans and Amazons walking around, what else is out there? ]

[ And he already lives in Gotham City. ]

How strong are you? I have someone here who can punch through steel.

[slay]

Your someone sounds like they need a new hobby. Or a snickers.

Uh, maybe 8? Strong to the degree of 8.

Close to your friend, but no cigar. I mean, given enough time, I've been known to make my way through some metal of varying thickness, but it's easier if there are joints in it or something. Weak points. Like a door. Thing is, I like my life better when it's not testing the furthest extent of my Slayerness.

[beknight]

She prefers spinach. [ ha ha ] Do you want to come down to practice with me, or only when the group's together?

[ If she prefers it in her periphery, he's not going to make it a cornerstone of life here for her. There are a fair number of others running around that can handle a problem. ]

[slay]

Depends how often the group meets up, I guess. I usually tried to train every day, before

[ it stops there. before the world went away. before she failed. she thinks of giles and how disappointed he would be if he woke up and she had slacked off. she's done enough lazing around feeling sorry for herself. alan has the right idea here. they need to get motivated. ]

[beknight]

[ Before. Now a charged word. But there's always a before, and even with the Storm, there's an after. ]

Same here. It's a good habit to have.

How about you come down tomorrow morning, say around nine? We can get an idea of how we work together.

[slay]

Nine I can do. I'll see you then.