Tomorrow Never Knows Best :: 008 :: Samejima Mamimi

[f-i-r-e-starter.livejournal.com]

[Mamimi is wandering through the streets of Pripyat with no real destination in mind. She's walking down the middle of the street humming vaguely to herself and smoking. She stops every so often and takes a few pictures with her camera, a bulky relic possibly older than she is. She kneels in the middle of the street to change the film, winding the roll all the way back before pressing in the release on the bottom and opening the back. Feel free to interrupt her as she performs this delicate operation.]

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[picklesgonewild.livejournal.com]

[Piccolo stood there slack-jawed for a moment. Never before did he have a human offer to help him without first being either bribed or threatened. Well he supposed it wouldn' be a bad idea to have this little human follow him about.]

Alright then, tell me human, what can you do?

[f-i-r-e-starter.livejournal.com]

[Helpfully]

I can burn things!

[picklesgonewild.livejournal.com]

[Piccolo let's out a sigh. Well, he supposed that could be useful, however if she really didn't know any fighting skills... ]

What about combat? Do you know any martial arts at all?

[f-i-r-e-starter.livejournal.com]

[She puffs out her full lips in a sort of pout]

No.

[picklesgonewild.livejournal.com]

[a sigh]

Well come here then. I suppose I could teach you the basics. You'll be pretty useless unless you can defend yourself at least a little bit.

[f-i-r-e-starter.livejournal.com]

Really? You're going to teach me how to fight?

[picklesgonewild.livejournal.com]

Just the basics... you really don't look like you could handle more then that.

[Piccolo takes a basic fighting stance]

Alright, now come here and you try.

[f-i-r-e-starter.livejournal.com]

[Mamimi puts her camera on the ground and copies him as best she can]

Like this?

[picklesgonewild.livejournal.com]

[Piccolo looks over at Mamimi's attempt at the stance... well... at least she got he limbs in the right general direction. He sighs and shakes his head walking over to Mamimi. He gives he a little shove on the shoulder, not hard enough to knock her over but enough to make her lose her balance.]

Not at all. Point your left foot out more and put your weight on your right foot. and bend your knees more.

[f-i-r-e-starter.livejournal.com]

[Mamimi pouts a little as she watches him. She shifts her weight, adjusts her feet, balances herself better on her bent knees. With some effort she re-combobulates herself and raises her hands like she's going to throw a punch, a look of absolute concentration on her face]

[picklesgonewild.livejournal.com]

[Piccolo gives her another push, this time she doesn't fall over. He smirks, well this one was willing to learn, he had to give her that much... now...to fix her hands there. He decides it would be faster to fix them physically rather than try to explain it, so he goes over to her and forms her hands correctly. He steps back to look over her stance. Satisfied, he steps in front of her. ]

Alright, now I want you to take a step forward with your back leg and hit me with everything you've got with your right.

[f-i-r-e-starter.livejournal.com]

[Oh wow. She's never done anything like that before. Weak is an understatement for her punch]

[picklesgonewild.livejournal.com]

[Piccolo just stared for a moment... that couldn't have been it. He could sneeze with more force then that. He sighed, he was going to need to try something different, it was obvious that even with years of training that this girl would never be able to fight offensively. He repositions her hands so that her palms were exposed and her fingers were in more of a claw-like position. If she couldn't use force then hopefully using those nails of hers would get her somewhere.]

Try it again.

[f-i-r-e-starter.livejournal.com]

[Mamimi nods, a look of sheer determination on her face]

Right.

[She attacks again, giving it all she's got]

[picklesgonewild.livejournal.com]

[This time he could feel the light jab of her nails, nothing to write home about, but it may be enough to send a more humanly attacker off guard.]

Good. Now try a kick.

[Piccolo smirked, even though Mamimi sucked at this, he had to admit training her was getting to be rather fun]

[f-i-r-e-starter.livejournal.com]

[This is admittedly stronger. She lets out a grunt as she throws all her strength behind her foot]

[picklesgonewild.livejournal.com]

[Piccolo chuckles, he grabs the kick after it makes it impacts him. Still nothing special but he did feel a bit more strength behind it then he punch.]

Not bad kid. Make sure you bring your foot back as soon as the kick hits your opponent, or they'll easily be able to grabs you or throw you off balance.

[f-i-r-e-starter.livejournal.com]

[Mamimi staggers a little when he grabs her]

Okay!

[picklesgonewild.livejournal.com]

[He lets go of her leg]

How are you holing up kid?

[f-i-r-e-starter.livejournal.com]

Am I doing okay?

[She's fine as long as she's doing okay]

[picklesgonewild.livejournal.com]

[Piccolo gives her a little pat on the head]

You're doing pretty good, kid.

[Alright so that's a bit of a lie, but she's trying so hard...and she's just so tiny... he just isn't evil enough to crush all her hopes... yet]

[f-i-r-e-starter.livejournal.com]

Really?

[That seems to put a spark in her]

[picklesgonewild.livejournal.com]

[Piccolo smirks]

Really. Now come at me again, anyway you like.

[f-i-r-e-starter.livejournal.com]

[She pauses, her hands falling to her sides. She's obviously trying to think of what to do. A fighter Mamimi is not.]

[picklesgonewild.livejournal.com]

[Piccolo chuckles and shakes his head. Time for a little scare tactic lesson, he disappears for a moment and reappears RIGHT in front of Mamimi and launches a punch right at her face. However he stops it just as his knuckles graze the tip of he nose.]

If you need to think on how you're going to attack keep your stance up, or your opponent will take advantage of the opening.

[Piccolo straightens up and takes a step back]