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[fateless]

Would any of you be interested in self defense classes? If you're interested in teaching, please let me know, and if you're interested in learning, this can be like a sign up sheet. Or we can sign up for sparring, too. I'm just trying to get a headcount and figure out who's interested in what. Considering this place, being prepared for anything is a must.

Once we figure out who wants to do what, we can decide on a location.

For those I haven't met yet, hi, I'm Allison. I can teach self defense, and would be up for sparring, too.

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[a_man_out_of_time]

[ He's still weighing his options here. On the one hand, he doesn't want to get Allison tangled up in this mess. On the other hand, that's why she'd decided to join VSF in the first place, right? To get on the front lines?

And he'd promised her that if she met the training requirements she could go on missions. ]

Meet me there at 16:00.

I'd like to think they found the training valuable. Though, it's usually clear from the beginning if a recruit wanted to fight like me, or fight like her.

[ Or fight like neither of them because he could fly and had a weapon in the form of a stone embedded into his head. Or because she didn't need to fight when she could just move your body for you. The things recruits could do these days. ]

[fateless]

Will do.

Well, variety is always a good thing, right? You both seem to have different styles, but I'm excited to work with both of you.

[a_man_out_of_time]

[ He chuckles, unexpectedly, at how perfectly diplomatic her response is. Allison's a good kid. ]

Yes, variety can be good.

And I can't believe I never asked at the beginning, but

How are you doing, Allison?

[fateless]

[ Being diplomatic is almost second nature - it's another thing that was part of her 'training' back home, considering the spot she had to take as the leader of her family after Kate died.

It's really not a lie, though; she really is super stoked to be trained by both him and Natasha.

At his question, she smiles. ]

It's okay, Steve.

I'm good. Just training, really.

[ It feels like there's a hole in her heart that she can't quite explain, especially because she doesn't remember that Lydia was here and now she's gone, and that that's why she has her backpack and her extra green jumpsuit, but it just feels like her heart has been broken for days now and she has no idea how to fix it.

Still, she can't explain it, so she doesn't say that. It sounds crazy to her, after all. The last thing she wants is for him to think that, too. ]

[a_man_out_of_time]

Good.

[ It might feel a little too simple, to say one word in response, but Steve talks that way too. And he believes her, which, is probably the fault of the medium. If she has been training, he might try sparring with her a bit when she arrives at HQ later that evening, just to see what her reflexes are like now. ]

Then I'll see you tonight.

[ He nearly has the PDC in his pocket already when he pulls it back out again. ]

If for some reason I'm not there by 16:10. Leave HQ. Just a precaution.

[fateless]

[ She doesn't fault him for the one word response; after all, it's not like she gave him much to answer to. And, really, the last thing she wants to do is start explaining now not 'good' she is, considering it's hard to even think about it, let alone explain. ]

See you tonight.

And okay, will do.

[ As a precaution? Huh. She'll have to ask him about that later. ]