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WHO: Sway and Scathach
WHERE: Dojo?
WHEN: Post-Joker plot.
WARNINGS: N/A
SUMMARY: Suzi needs to learn how to fight.
FORMAT: Paragraph? Whatever works

After almost sucking in poisonous gas, getting beaten by civilians, and spending way too much effort to find a gas mask in the stupid city, Suzi knew that she had to get better at hand-to-hand combat. The bruises along the side of her body reminded her every time she did any yoga or stretching that she didn't know how to fight that well. She also didn't really know what she should do after stopping villains in time. Any real life experience was based on island creatures that she didn't really need to worry about killing--since Gabriel or Petra would take care of take downs in that way.

Suzi sighed. The City was still rebuilding from all the damage Joker's gas caused. She sent a message to Scathach about going towards her dojo for some possible training. But Suzi wasn't sure if it was still standing though.

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[symmachy]

And then came the relief, and the redhead smiled slightly; it was such a comforting emotion, and she was pleased whenever she was the cause. It wasn't often that she could take away someone's fear with her words; usually, she simply increased it. After all, fright was one of the two great motivators in the world--the other was pain, but she preferred emotional and psychological motivations to physical ones.

"First of all, I am a vegetarian. So if you ever bring food here, be sure that it is either fruits or vegetables." Something like a grin flicked over her mouth, and her elongated incisors were visible for a split-second. "I do not drink blood, nor will I ever. Second," and her voice became more serious, her smile fading to a neutral expression, "you will not call me by any name except 'Sensei' or 'Master.' Inside these walls I am your teacher, and nothing else."

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"Vegetarian?" Suzi asked in disbelief. "Isn't that some necessary part of your diet?" Suzi regretted the words as soon as they came out of her mouth. She sounded so...crass. But she couldn't stop herself from saying what she thought, at least if it wasn't supposed to be a secret.

Suzi straightened her posture. Once Scathach has started giving her some direction, Suzi felt like she had to snap into attention to be a good student. Ugh, it was going to make her shoulders stiff. She took a breath and put her energy into focusing.

"Uhhh," Suzi tried to say smoothly, "but you are different. Vegetarian. Okay. And 'Sensei' or 'Master'. Got it."

[symmachy]

The Warrior smirked slightly, and gave a low chuckle. "I am not a blood-drinker," she said patiently. "They are the lowest of our species. I am something else, something... better. My sustenance is different, and much less fatal." As far as she knew, anyway. She had never tried to--what was the term she had used with Teddy? Ah--"suck someone dry."

"Good," she said once her student repeated her instructions. "Now. Would you prefer to start today, or tomorrow? I am impartial--I have no plans either day."

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There were levels amongst the vampire? They were getting more complicated as Suzi started picking up more information. She wondered if there was a place she could read more about them. Just to be better informed. But she wasn't ready to ask Scathach about that yet. She seemed very orderly. Or proper. Well, it didn't seem polite to ask about it in this situation. Suzi nodded in response. All right, vegetarian vampire.

"Seems like you have many advantages as the better of the species," Suzi replied. "Does that help you as a warrior?" she asked.

Looking around her, Suzi answered tentatively, "I can start today. I don't have much to do either."

[symmachy]

The redhead shrugged, blinking slowly a few times. "I cannot feel pain," she offered. "I suppose that could be considered an advantage." Except, to her, it truly wasn't. Sure, it may have been helpful during battle, but she wasn't always fighting. Right now, it would have been nice to feel... something on her own. The emotions she was experiencing were mere shadows of what they could be, and it saddened her. Well, it made her feel as if she were sad, anyway.

"Splendid," the young woman replied, clapping her hands once before standing with one fluid motion. She stretched her arms over her head, and her shirt lifted a bit to show a toned, flat abdomen. It was obvious that keeping in shape was important to her. "We will start with a few exercises, yes?"

[ooc; if you'd like, we can thread the actual training session--scatty will probably suggest a spar, just to gauge where suzi is at. otherwise, i think this'd be a decent place to end. it's up to you, i'm good either way (:]

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