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[outstandingbalance]

Who: Natasha Romanoff
Broadcast: Text
Action: Iskaulit
When: Now-ish or tomorrow morning

W4MW4Friendly Fight

Woman seeking sparring partner for morning workout. Call it cabin fever, but looking for new challenges. Normal human to moderately enhanced welcome. High skill level preferred, but beginners welcome if they're interested in a lesson.

Reply here if interested, or see Natasha Romanoff in the gym, tomorrow morning 8am.

[True to her word, Natasha can be found at the gym on the Iskaulit in the morning. She's already dressed and warmed up. She looks like she means business, but less angry or troubled—not like some of her other recent turns at the gym—but she's serious enough to give someone second thoughts if they weren't entirely sure in the first place.

Who's up for a few rounds?]

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[winn]

[ he's going to go wildly off topic here, but he recognizes the name from a conversation with kara, and wants to introduce himself to her new friend. ]

hello, def not volunteering for the sparring but I'm sure you won't have a problem finding takers for that. I just wanted to say hi - I'm kara's friend, winn

[outstandingbalance]

Hey. She's mentioned you.

Did she mention me, or are you just assuming she'd make friends with someone who goes trying to pick fights on the network?

[Because Natasha wasn't expecting Kara to go talking about her—Kara's a good kid, but Natasha wouldn't have thought they were close enough for Kara to chat about her in return.]

[winn]

oh yeah? what'd she say?

I just generally assume she's friends with everyone. but you she mentioned.

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[takingkarabusiness]

cute personal ad

[outstandingbalance]

Straight and to the point.

[takingkarabusiness]

well, i still think you could teach me a thing or two about hand-to-hand.

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[girlverine]

I will spar with you.

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[outstandingbalance]

Right to the point.

[She can't say she doesn't respect that.]

Does the time work for you?

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[girlverine]

Yes.

[Laura was clearly not much of a talker.]

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[passingthrough]

I'm in. I can fight without powers if you want. [Because how does she even judge "moderately enhanced?" She's not a Kryptonian as gets pointed out a lot. Her power is largely defensive until...it's not. But she's good hand-to-hand with or without it—trained by Logan—and worried she's getting rusty here.]

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[outstandingbalance]

That'll also do it.

[End of the day, Natasha's just trying to avoid ending up in fights that are too mismatched; she doesn't mind losing, but she'd rather not waste her time or anyone else's.]

Sounds like we have a date.

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[passingthrough]

I'll wear my best gear. Am I bringing the corsage or you?

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[sonofgold]

Count me in. I've been wanting a sparring partner for a while.

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[outstandingbalance]

Consider yourself counted.

Hey. Guess I could have seen who was interested around the ship.

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[sonofgold]

You know, sometimes it's easy to miss the most obvious solution when it's right in front of your nose.

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[resnipstance]

What, you're gonna discriminate against non-humans?

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[outstandingbalance]

I'd call it a level of ability more than a declaration of species.

8AM, Iskaulit

[universal_charm]

<sub>[ 8AM? What a harsh timeline Natasha. But hey, it makes it feel a bit like home on the Enterprise to be up so early. He was always the yellow shift. But hey, he liked this sort of thing, and it would make some good fun during the traveling time. He didn't want to lose his touch. Krall had taught him one always needed to be prepared.

And maybe he just wanted to see Natasha again.

He stepped inside the gym, dressed in his sparring clothes, waving to Natasha as he walked over after slipping off his shoes. ]</sub>

Hey. Long time no see.

[outstandingbalance]

[Here and she thought she was being generous. She could have made it 0600. That seemed a little much surrounded by civilians, though.

Natasha smiles when she sees him, tilting her head.]

Seems like it has been. Good timing, though.

[She glances him over, openly assessing—not his looks, which she's seen before from his jog on the beach, but the way he approaches her invitation to spar. Whatever conclusion she draws, she keeps it to herself.]

[paraclete]

I'm noticing how many individuals here find joy in practicing combat.

What sorts of challenges do you like?

[outstandingbalance]

You mean other than combat?

[Dodging the question and neither confirming nor denying that she enjoys combat itself, though she accepts the implication.]

I guess that depends. I don't usually think of it in those terms.

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[foxpas]

May I ask what you mean as 'normal human'? I find the strength of people tends to vary rather wildly between worlds.

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[outstandingbalance]

I wouldn't overthink it. As long as I'm not getting people who can pick up a car or run the mile in zero-point-nine seconds, we should be able to work something out.

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[ladybro]

...I might be interested.

[ or she might be terrified. it's a thin blade's edge to walk, having seen the widow in action. well. a widow. ]

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[outstandingbalance]

Not sure? Should I convince you?

[Would that be less scary?]