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After that last little party, and now with Sharon’s dojo up and ready, I guess it’s time to troll for trainees. I’m looking for anyone interested in learning any level self-defense, but especially those of you with zero experience.

And if you just need to work out some frustration without breaking your hands, I can work with that too.

Walk-ins welcome. I’ll be in rooms 17 and 19 every morning and evening. Stop by, check it out and we’ll see what we can do.

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These next two months are all about hand-to-hand, finding balance and feeling comfortable in your body. Faith’s existing trainees are tasked with regular tai chi routines along with very simplistic self-defense. How to break holds, how to apply non-lethal hits-- anything that focuses on breaking away and then getting out of an ugly situation.

Workouts and training, though simple, are not always a cakewalk. In order to build muscle memory, it’s repetitive-- but after a tough session, people can still feel raw and exposed. Faith is kind to her students, but not easy. If she’s felt her companion was not giving the effort they should, she’ll call them out. If she feels there’s something mental that needs to be addressed, she’ll call them out.

If they need to grab a coffee to bounce back, that's great too.

All in all, after a few sessions, Faith's trainee may begin to see that this is not all about physical fitness, but about learning to survive this hell in general.

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[vampdetective]

Look at you, being a mentor.

[HE'S SO PROUD.]

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hey if you can't get away from em, teach em to beat on their captors, right?

[vampdetective]

Seems reasonable. It's important. Everyone should know how to defend themselves.

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and to not do it by having to kill the other person

[vampdetective]

Definitely preferable.

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are you late enough to know about all the new slayers?

[vampdetective]

Yeah. Andrew came to town with a whole flock of them to pick up one that had been locked up in a mental hospital.

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i had a squad back in london, it was like this kind of
i mean that's after we cruised around europe picking up the rebels without a cause

[vampdetective]

So you were head of your own little Slayer School for awhile, huh?

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idk about that but one of em, nadira? had some serious rage and guilt to deal with

[vampdetective]

Sounds to me like she was in good hands.

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only so much you can do sometimes though, you know? be nice to try to get ahead of it around here

[vampdetective]

It's a good idea. If you need anything, you know you can always ask, but I've got the feeling you have this under control.

[Look at you all grown up and mentoring, Faith.]

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after awhile they'll get used to my moves
you should come help me shake it up or run a demo with me on brains v brawn in a fight
you know as long as you don't try to bow yama style after ;D

[vampdetective]

Have you ever known me to actually bow?
I'll probably be able to contain myself so long as you don't throw glitter at me.

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good point
btw does this mean you forgive me for valentine's day

[vampdetective]

Yeah, yeah. You meant well.

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never did normal dates
so at least next time i'll have learned from my mistakes