Glorfindel at Fight Club, post Fiddlesticks Mission

[laurefindil]

Who: Catchall post, couple of threads are closed, the other is OTA
Where: Gym car
When: Post Fiddlesticks Mission
What: Glorfindel is in the Gym car

[Glorfindel is back in the Gym, having recovered from expending a lot of energy during the Mission and after, helping people heal.

If you want to spar or learn archery or exchange information, or just come and kibbutz because Glorfindel is a fun person to chat with, please start a top level and assume he's in there practicing something. I'll even let you decide if he has his shirt on or not!]

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[nutkrusher]

Now this one's more like it. She actually has to try in order to block that one.

The sound is loud and satisfying.

"Much better," Cassie says. "Of course, the key to fighting with tonfas is fluidity as much as strength.

"Try it again, only this time, return to a guard position as soon as it's blocked."

[laurefindil]

Glorfindel nodded and went again, this time kicking the speed up by 10%, doing as she said, grinning at her. "This is fun!"

[nutkrusher]

Cassie blocks and moves in for a return blow - this one an uppercut, which he blocks too. She returns the smile.

"Yeah. I've always liked fighting with tonfas. It'd been a while since I'd carried two into a real fight."

[laurefindil]

This looked like a good combination of speed and power, Glorfindel decided to stick with it for a bit.

"I can definitely see the appeal. Weapon and shield in one. For a low tech world, such as mine, they could be handy." He threw another straight shot at her, followed by a slash from the other arm, just to see how she would block the combination. "Unless you're up against a balrog. Then they'd just catch on fire."

[nutkrusher]

"Yeah, they tend to get used for lower level engagements on my world, too."

Cassie actually has to back up to deflect these strikes.

"You're a fast learner."

She returns with a flurry of her own, beginning with jabs from the guard position before she tries to catch him off guard with a right cross.

"I could teach you some Forms if you'd like to do stuff that just looks cool. It's kinda like fight dancing."

[laurefindil]

She almost caught him with that right cross, but she was right about him being a fast learner. Plus, he was an experienced fighter, even if the weapon was new, and he had fast reflexes.

"I really would. I find that Forms help to ingrain movements into muscle memory," he said, grinning at her. "Plus, fight dancing just sounds fun." He finished with another short flurry of attacks, not really trying hard to hit her, more trying to spot the different ways there were to block.

[nutkrusher]

And Cassie will happily show him every one of the ways to block that there are.

"It's fun to get to pretend to be Cynthia Rothrock for a bit."

Beat.

"Though I'd settle for Jean-Claude Van Damme in a pinch."

[laurefindil]

Glorfindel nodded. "Would that be more impressive if I knew who either of those were?" he asked.

He followed along with every block, checking at least one with a second identical blow to be sure he got it.

[nutkrusher]

"Sure would," Cassie says.

"Not sure if either of them have movies in the train's collection. Though I know my dad's got at least one."

[laurefindil]

"I wouldn't mind watching with you, if you wanted to?" Glorfindel offered. He had no clue where to even begin, so he usually watched what was playing. Which, when it was half through, made for some confusing narratives.

"Though, I may have questions," he said, being honest. He tried not to ask during the movie, but sometimes it was necessary, as he lacked certain frames of reference.

[nutkrusher]

Cassie stops in her tracks for a moment, letting her hands drop to her waist. The thought of Glorfindel watching Johnny Cage movies is...well, it's something alright.

"Huh. Yeah, I guess nothing's stopping you from watching Ninja Mime, is it?"

Beat.

"I'm not sure if your world even has ninjas. Or mimes."

[laurefindil]

"Neither of those," Glorfindel confirmed. "But thanks to Edge, I do know what ninjas are. What are mimes?" he asked.

[nutkrusher]

"Mimes are...a little hard to explain. Or justify."

A long pauses as she searches for a succinct explanation.

"They're like clowns or jesters. Only their whole thing is that they don't talk and pretend to be interacting with invisible objects."