( open ) — july catch-all

[kampfgeist]

WHO: Heine (kampfgeist) & you
WHAT: July, generally
WHERE: all over the place!
WHEN: the month of July, minus event
WARNINGS: TBD

baby's first catch-all log... starters to come as the opportunity arises, that's how this works, right?

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slides in with starbucks here

[def]

[ gepard's shed his armor for this session, at least, left in his white and blue uniform. while geomarrow is light enough to wear even in the heaviest and harshest of battles, but he finds it unnecessary when they're here to spar and nothing else. and while he knows that the other party might use knives, he trusts his training and strength enough to get out of this intact.

he makes himself known with a slight nod, rolling his right wrist to test it. it's been a while since he's removed his bracers and his entire arm feels very light. ]

Gepard.

[ white hair, red eyes—there's no mistaking him. ]

What are the terms of this sparring?

takes a sip 👀☕

[kampfgeist]

[ there's definitely no reason to dress up for the occasion. heine himself is in jeans and a t-shirt—the shirt looking a little worse for wear, by now, although heine himself is unharmed. he's sitting on the curb and considering the scuffed palms of his gloves, and when he hears the other man approach he looks up and lifts a hand, waves the glove like a little flag. ]

Heine. [ but obviously gepard already knew that. just trying to mind his manners, or something. ]

Terms... depend on you, I guess. So far I've done [ he ticks them off on his fingers ] first blood, first to the ground, one "until we feel like we're done."

[ heine's an idiot but he's no fool, and he can tell by the way gepard carries himself that he won't have to put the kid gloves on for this. ]

Trying not to do first knockout, though. That's a little too close to the not trying to kill anybody line for me.

and ofc i arrive even later

[def]

[ first blood is viable, but it won't last for very long and gepard's hoping to get some mileage out of this. it won't do if either of them starts bleeding after a few punches. a knockout isn't fun either in a place where everyone's a stranger.

a nod: ] First to the ground, then.

[ he's more confident that he'll last longer this way.

in any case, he supposes they don't want to waste any time, so gepard takes a fighting stance: back foot on the ball, full weight on his front foot. if heine's not going to move first, then he'll take the first swing. ]

we take turns being late until eventually infinity passes between tags

[kampfgeist]

You got it. [ heine likes that option. he straightens up from the curb and shakes his arms out, puts a little distance between himself and the buildings—he fucked up the mailbox with an earlier bout, and is trying to learn his lesson from that.

the fact that gepard takes the first swing is—interesting. refreshing, in a way. as he dodges the first blow and ducks in for an uppercut of his own, heine tries to get a read on gepard's movements, the way he protects his core, whether the way he moves or the steps he takes give anything away about how experienced a fighter he is. partly for heine's own reference, partly because it informs how close to all out heine is willing to go.

despite being on the defensive, heine does his best to give as good as he gets, blocking what he can of gepard's blows (although he takes plenty, too) and returning them. ]