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[deshabille]

Who: Mal & YOU
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: Cargo bay of the SS Caprine.
When: Friday all day!

I woke up this morning [from hanging upside down, as one does] and thought: what haven't I done since I got here?

[A pause for effect.]

Well, I'll tell you. I haven't gotten into any good fights. And I think that ought to change.

The cargo bay of the Caprine's open for sparring all day. Come on if you think you're hard enough.

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[deshabille]

Mal.

[Cocking her head, Mal watches Carol watching her, standing very still and posing a little, the better to be looked at. The question makes her smirk.]

You're the first person to ask me that. It's a good first question.

Something else.

[princess_sparklefists]

Good. So am I, technically.

[ She's not going to ask what she is. It seems rude, and she knows how the answer to that question can get complicated. Best to just leave it alone unless she feels like sharing.

Instead, Carol squares off to face her, dropping into an easy combat stance, and grins. ] So let's see how we stack up against each other. Ready when you are.

[deshabille]

[She'll probably go into it later. This particular topic is not one that she's shy about, and she usually lets people know well within first acquaintance exactly what she is. Some manner of full disclosure policy - if she tells people herself, rather than letting them find out on their own, they tend not to be quite so afraid.]

[Not that she really thinks Carol is afraid of anything. The way she looks, the way she stands, everything screams confidence. Mal can dig it. She doesn't drop into any kind of stance; just brushes an imaginary fleck of dust off her cuff and smirks.]

I'm always ready.

[princess_sparklefists]

[ Well alright then, Carol will take her word for it.

She lunges, aiming a punch for her head, because when you are Carol the most direct attack is always the first course of action. She's only moving at slightly over human speed, considerably pulling her punches just to gauge where they're at comparatively. ]

[deshabille]

[Tactically speaking, what Mal does next is not the best move. Then again, tactically speaking, she's not that great, and she also really does not want to be punched in the head.]

[When Carol swings at her, she hits top speed immediately, lifting an arm to block the blow so quickly she blurs. Once she's pretty sure she's not about to get a blow to the temple, she retaliates, tossing a roundhouse blow Carol's way, almost in boxing style.]

[princess_sparklefists]

[ Well that was neat. Faster than most of the people she spars with, which should at least make this interesting even if she doesn't have the strength. Carol grins and steps up her own speed a little to block Mal's blow before aiming a second punch low, toward her gut.

Boxing. She can work with boxing. Nice and straightforward, and Carol likes it that way. ]

[deshabille]

[The increased speed is enough to bring a smirk to Mal's face. She's actually never sparred with somebody else superhuman before, not counting brief family spats back in the day. This is new and fun, and she almost hopes she gets beaten, just so she can say she went down to an equal.]

[The power behind the blow is enough that even though Mal dodges, it glances off, bruising her side and making her eyes go briefly narrow, the closest to a wince that she'll get. The bruise begins to heal almost immediately, but the pain doesn't quite evaporate as Mal aims another blow at Carol's jaw.]

[princess_sparklefists]

[ Aha. That one hit gives Carol a better idea of how hard she can afford to hit, allows her to relax a little and actually spar instead of just testing limits.

Her body language visibly loosens as she slips into the rhythm of the fight: strike and block, dodge and counterstrike, along with a periodic attempt at a leg sweep or a throw, though catching hold of her for either isn't easy as fast as Mal is. Mal gets in a few solid hits, too, and though none of them seem to do Carol any real damage, the strongest of them knock her back, even knock her down if the strike lands right. Each time Mal hits, Carol grins approvingly. ]

[deshabille]

[It's a fight with a good sort of camaraderie, Mal finds as they move together, back and forth, striking and blocking and sometimes connecting. The best kinds of fights are the ones that challenge you without making you fear for your life, and this is one of those. For all intents and purposes, she feels safe - but she's also seriously having to dodge, and she seems to be challenging Carol, too.]