Friday Afternoon June 10 - Danger Room Dating

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 2:02 am

Stephanie had showed up early to get changed into her training suit and program the Danger Room for her date with David. Just doing a little bit of light sparring really didn’t require the resources of the Danger Room, but it could certainly make for some more interesting environments. Or romantic ones. The room was free at the time they wanted to get together, so that was just icing on the cake. This wasn’t exactly a traditional date, but she kept telling herself there was nothing wrong with that.

Once the room was completely programmed, she waited outside for Renko to show up, stretching a little bit and rather frequently double-checking her reflection on the control screen.

by **David Renko** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 2:08 am

Renko walked up to Stephanie and gave her a hug. He was wearing a fairly standard exercise uniform with school logos.

"Sorry I'm a bit late, beautiful. Classes are trying to kill me," Renko said blushing slightly realizing his arms were wrapped around her.

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 2:16 am

Stephanie still found herself blushing a bit at the compliment, and returned the hug eagerly, "I understand entirely," she grinned. "At least we have some extra time to get things done, right?"

She tapped a few times on the control panel and beckoned for Renko to follow as she walked into the opening doors of the DR, "C'mon in, we can warm up in here. I tried to pick something that'd make you feel at home."

The were inside a very traditional looking dojo (at least according to her little bit of research...she could hardly be considered a martial artist enough to know first-hand) that looked out over the city of Hong Kong.

by **David Renko** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 6:50 pm

Renko grinned at the scene.

"Amazing," Renko said though he wasn't completely focused on the view. "So where do we start?"

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 7:07 pm

"Well. I'm not sure. Where would you like to start?" she smiled.

"How about this...you hit me, as hard and as fast as you can. You really can't hurt me unless you do something crazy or have knives hidden somewhere. No powers for right now."

by **David Renko** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 7:11 pm

"Uh...sure," Renko said putting up his hands. He looked at Stephanie his eyes showing he was facing a bit of a conundrum.

"You sure about this?" Renko asked.

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 9:55 pm

"I'm positive," she smiled mischievously. "I want you to hit me as hard as you can."

Stephanie made no move to even put up a guard.

by **David Renko** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 9:58 pm

Renko was quiet for a moment again

"Alright," Renko said and threw a punch.

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 10:13 pm

Steph easily sidestepped while deflecting the punch away from her.

"you thought about that way too much. You telegraphed that punch, and I knew exactly what you were going to hit. Try again. Faster."

by **David Renko** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 10:17 pm

No powers

Renko punched faster this time, but he was only human without his powers.

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 10:32 pm

Steph didn't move that time, nor did she block. She simply let him punch her solidly in her stomach.

It probably hurt him more than it hurt her, especially if he wasn't punching with good form. She was absolutely ripped.

"that was a lot better. You didn't think about it as much, and you didn't stare right where you were about to punch. And that was a good hit, too," she smiled.

"So. What do YOU think you need the most work on?"

by **David Renko** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 10:37 pm

Form? What form? Renko's wrist bent backwards painfully. The gauntlets weren't designed to protect his hands, so they hadn't helped much with the impact.

"How to punch things without breaking my hand," Renko said shaking his hand.

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 11:02 pm

"Give me your hand," she said sympathetically.

Steph gave it a quick kiss first and then set about helping him make a proper fist, explaining what she was doing. "Now tuck your thumb here...if that isn't working, some styles actually have you hold it here instead...now keep that fist tight, but don't wear yourself out...there. That's better."

She stood back and let go of his hand. "What's next?"

by **David Renko** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 11:08 pm

"Uh," Renko blinked, "Blocking?....Grappling?"

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Wed Jun 22, 2011 12:21 am

"Sure. Let's work on blocking. I'm going to hit you as hard as I can and you're going to block. Alright? Get ready." Stephanie looked as though she was about to take a swing at him.

Was she serious? Was she joking?

by **David Renko** » Wed Jun 22, 2011 6:01 pm

Renko's eyes widened and he set himself in what he assumed was a proper stance.

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Thu Jun 23, 2011 1:20 am

Stephanie lunged in with the fist opposite the one she had been telegraphing, the punch looking fierce, and accompanied by a feral-sounding snarl, but she stopped inches from hitting Renko, and a wolfish grin spread across her face.

"Did I get you?" she laughed.

by **David Renko** » Thu Jun 23, 2011 6:00 pm

Renko had not moved, and when she stopped he sighed. Then kissed her fist as it was well right in front of his face.

"No, how close can you get?" Renko chuckled.

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Fri Jun 24, 2011 1:55 am

"That was probably as close as I'd want to get and be reasonably sure I wouldn't break your nose," she laughed. "Why didn't you move though? Trusted me that much that I wouldn't hit you?"

by **David Renko** » Fri Jun 24, 2011 6:33 pm

"I did," Renko said, "I also couldn't make up my mind as to what I should do."

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 12:46 am

"Your first step should probably be putting something that will hurt less than your face in the way of a punch," she smiled. "Getting out of the way is also nice too. You can actually combine both things into one motion with enough practice. Here," she said, grabbing hold of his arms and putting them up in a guard in front of him. "Now your arms are able to do something faster than if they were just hanging down at your sides. You don't even have to put up your dukes like this either...you just just put up your hands like this," she demonstrated, putting her hands up in front of her in a motion of resignation, "and look like you're giving up...but your hands are still right there ready to slap something down."

She smiled at him, "Alright, now try and punch me. Do it in slow motion, and I'll show you what to do. Then you'll try."

by **David Renko** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 12:50 am

"Don't block punches with my face, check."

"Sure thing, coach," Renko said doing what Stephanie said and punching in slow motion.

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 12:56 am

"So. Hands were already up. See the punch coming," she said, pointedly looking at his fist, "Bat it away with one hand," she directed, pushing the punch off-course, "and at the same time, sidestep away."

Steph looked at him for comprehension, and continued, "Right. So I'm gonna do that to you now. Nice and slow. And you do what I just did to your punch, to mine." She threw an extremely slow punch towards Renko's chest.

by **David Renko** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 12:58 am

Renko mimicked what Stephanie showed him, pushing Stephanie's punch off course before side stepping. Apparently he can be taught!

"So can we just slow fight?" Renko joked.

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 1:19 am

Stephanie laughed, "No I don't--well. Truth be told..." she interrupted herself. "Maybe *you* could...but you should still work on things regularly."

by **David Renko** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 1:22 am

"Probably keeps me from learning bad habits or something like that, right?" Renko asked with a smile. "Though what would all the other students think with you giving me private lessons."

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 1:32 am

"What other students?" she smirked. "You're my only student. And I'm not much of a teacher...just a few years of self-defense classes at Xavier's and here, and...well plenty of real-world practice unfortunately."

by **David Renko** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 1:40 am

"That bad?" Renko asked.

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 1:45 am

"Bad that I've had occasion to use it? Yeah. Bad that you're my only student? Not in the least," she smiled.

by **David Renko** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 1:55 am

Renko was a bit caught off balance by the compliment.

"Hopefully I can live up to that," Renko said blushing slightly, "Why do you keep fighting if you don't like doing it?"

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 2:04 am

"Half of me really almost enjoys it. The other half of me may not like it all that much...but realizes that I have a gift and that I might as well use it to do good things," she explained thoughtfully. "To save your friends lives...or...or to stop someone from committing a crime that'd hurt people. Or a lot of people? It...it's a very special kind of reward personally."

"I can flip over a car without much difficulty. Just the sight of me is enough to scare off almost any human thug that I've met...might as well use it, no?"

by **David Renko** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 2:17 am

"I suppose so," Renko said sounding unsure, "I've always loved to build things. Fighting always seemed like the antithesis of that."

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 2:23 am

"What would you do if you were in a bank getting robbed, and a little girl got taken hostage? Could you stand there and do nothing, knowing that you could have done something to help? Most people don't have that kind of luxury...but a lot of us do. We have incredible gifts at our disposal."

by **David Renko** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 2:38 am

"I wouldn't stand by," Renko said, "Great power, great responsibility, eh?"

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 2:49 am

"Yeah," she said. "And since trouble usually seems to find us...well, all the more reason, no?"

And then, without much warning, she threw a fast, but pretty gentle punch aimed at the center of Renko's chest. She had to see if grasshopper had learned his lesson, after all.

by **David Renko** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 2:50 am

Renko managed to sloppily block and sidestep. Though tripping into Stephanie was probably unintentional.

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 3:19 am

"You're supposed to move further away from me, goof," she grinned as she helped him recover his balance...and lingered rather close to him for longer than she needed to. "But very good form. You're an excellent student," she said stepping away again.

"Let's try that again. Five times with both hands. Do it perfectly and...well I might have a reward for you..." she smiled mischievously.

by **David Renko** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 3:27 am

"Oh?" Renko smiled looking more focused.

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 3:34 am

"I guess you'll find out...if you do well," she grinned.

by **David Renko** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 3:38 am

Renko didn't reply instead grinning widely. He put his hands up like she'd taught him, and gestured for Stephanie to attack.

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