Hangin' out [open]

[knight_light]

Who: Wing and anyone who wants to drop by (but especially aimed at those he promised to call and meet up with later)
Where: The Hub's bar and likely various other places around the city, feel free to say where you want to meet him.
When: All week.
What: Meeting up with anyone who wants to come have a drink with the knight.
Warnings: Drinking and anything others might bring.

Over the next week, Wing would be spending a lot of time in the bar, or meeting people in various places.  Some he promised to contact later the day he arrived, he would be calling each of them over the next few days, looking forward to meeting up with them and getting to know them.

Whether meeting in the bar, or coming across someone in the city, Wing was always one to greet the other with a grin.  Hello, Haven, come meet this derpy hippie knight.

Comments

[knight_light]

"We can work on it together." He knew where Drift had come from, he knew that Drift had been a violent mech, and he imagined it made life rather had for him now. But they were in a new place, with new opportunities, and Wing would do all he could to help Drift accept himself.

His smile grew. "You're very welcome." It still felt a little odd to hear Drift thank him, but he wasn't going to complain

[happyclappyhippydrippy]

Drift couldn't help but smile back. Even if he wasn't over his issues, he felt reassured. He knew he could trust Wing to help him.

"Maybe we should get up off the floor, huh?"

[knight_light]

Wing laughed and pushed easily and smoothly to his feet. He held out a hand to offer Drift a hand up. "I guess we should. Care to show me how you've improved at the other lessons I gave you?" There's a playful glint to his optics in the offer.

[happyclappyhippydrippy]

Okay, that Drift felt confident about. He gave the other mech a grin and took his hand, rising to his feet.

"Good plan. A little practice couldn't hurt, don't want to start getting rusty, do we?"

[knight_light]

"Certainly not!" He nodded for the door. "Let's take it outside." This wasn't like back in Crystal City was a place dedicated to sparring, and he wasn't about to accidentally wreck the hub.

[happyclappyhippydrippy]

"There's an area for sparring in Vector's quadrant, I think. Somewhere with a lot of open space, which we'll need since I'm planning on getting you back for all those times you tossed me across the room."

He was either being overly confident, or he was completely joking. Maybe a little of both.

[knight_light]

Wing laughed. "I'd like to see that. I'll meet you there." Once outside he hopped up, transforming and shooting off through the sky towards the sparring grounds.

[happyclappyhippydrippy]

Jets. Well. Drift would try not to keep him waiting too long. He transformed and sped after him, taking his time when it came to the bridges in Vector's quadrant. Not everybody can just fly over them ok.

[knight_light]

Aw, c'mon Drift, he's not going to leave you behind. Wing will circle overhead, flying lazily to stay with Drift.

[happyclappyhippydrippy]

JETS.

ANYWAY, it doesn't take Drift too long to get there. There doesn't seem to be anyone else using the place, which meant they could toss each other around and not worry about smashing into people. Always awesome.

[knight_light]

Yeah, well, even nice hippie guys were allowed to be smart-asses sometimes. Gotta love the fliers.

Wing drops down, unfolding into root mode and landing easily by Drift. Just like all the other sparring sessions he'll remove his knives/swords and pull the great sword from his back to set aside for the duration of the fight. And without a word he took a ready stance and waited for Drift to make the first move.

[happyclappyhippydrippy]

Seeing as Drift had arrived on weirdo Cybertron unarmed, he wasn't lugging around any swords of his own. So. He skipped the whole tossing weapons aside thing, taking a stance. This was familiar, even if it had been a long time since they'd done this. He studied Wing's form for a moment, took a few careful steps to the side, and charged forward suddenly. It wasn't a reckless movement like it had been in their previous spars, Drift knew what he was doing this time. His first blow was a low one, aimed for Wing's torso, and his free arm was raised to block, if needed.

Wow...it's been forever since I've done a fight scene, let's see if I still can. 9,9;;

[knight_light]

Wing kept that easy smirk on his face. He was very pleased what what he was seeing, Drift had indeed improved. He didn't go to strike yet. He blocked with a smooth motion shifting to give a little ground.

SAME HERE we got this bro /o/

[happyclappyhippydrippy]

Drift didn't press the attack, not yet. He was trying to get a feel for Wing's movements again, testing the water, so to speak. Taking a couple steps back, Drift began circling again. He noted Wing's footing, his stance.

He pressed in again, quickly stepping in and aiming a punch at Wing's dumb smirky face. He fully expected it to be blocked, it was too obvious a move not to be. If Wing did block it, Drift intended to use the distraction to try driving a knee into the other mech's abdomen.

WE SO DO!

[knight_light]

Block? No, a block was far too obvious a move for that. He shifted aside, movements fluid, putting face out of reach of fist and abdomen out of reach of knee. He'd look for an opening to step closer to give Drift a shove. Nothing hard, just light with the tips of his fingers, just testing how easily or not Drift could maintain his balance.

YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[happyclappyhippydrippy]

ooooh snap, keeping Drift on his toes. His balance was great, he had that much down near perfectly. Came with all the sword training he'd been doing over the years. He recovered from the push quickly, noting how light it had been. Wing was testing him. Drift had half expected it, but it was still somehow annoying. Probably because it just made him want to impress Wing. Show him just how much he'd improved.

Drift didn't let up this time, pushing the attack as though nothing had thrown him off. It was obvious from his movements that, although vastly improved, he was still getting frustrated.

[knight_light]

Wing was perfectly fine with letting this go for a minute. He dances with Drift, moving around him, dodging, blocking. Drift will land a blow or two, but nowhere as hard as it should have landed. And then as Drift throws a fist at Wing again Wing locks his hands around Drift's arm and turns, tossing the bot through the air.

Once Drift came to a stop Wing stepped closer to stand by him. "You've gotten better. You're balance is good, but you are still too emotional and easily frustrated. And you still project your moves."

[happyclappyhippydrippy]

Aaaaand BOOM, flat on his back. Just like the old days. He may have muttered a few swear words under his breath before landing. Just saying.

Drift just stared at Wing from the ground. His dumb pride just took a pummeling, okay.

"You have got to be kidding me."

[knight_light]

Wing crouched by Drift's head. "You tense up too much, you let frustration push you. When you tense up, you show where you're going to move next. You need to work on being more fluid. If you want, I'll train you properly this time around."

Because before was more about giving Drift the proverbial, and sometimes literal, slap upside the head to get him thinking. Yes the sparring matches were slowly teaching Drift the fluid style of fighting, but they hadn't been proper lessons. Now, though, he could start from the beginning and teach Drift right, if Drift was willing to learn.

[happyclappyhippydrippy]

"I hadn't realized I was so tense, I guess. If it's no trouble, I'd like for you to teach me."

Drift sat up, but remained seated on the ground. "I never came across too many people who were really great at hand to hand combat after I left Crystal City. The Autobots were just as attached to their guns as the Decepticons, so my options for sparring partners were generally pretty limited."

And I'm off to bed. Have a great weekend!

[knight_light]

Wing remained comfortably crouched. "Most don't realize how tense they get when fighting. And consider it done. You've got good balance, but let's have a look at your stance anyway. Stance it the most important part, if you can't keep your balance you lose the fight before it starts."

YOU TOO BUDDY

[happyclappyhippydrippy]

Drift nodded, hopping to his feet. He stretched a bit before taking a stance, not really feeling tense at all, but Wing was probably seeing something that he didn't notice.

"I chose this frame with balance in mind, actually. It's more maneuverable than the last couple I had, they were a little on the clunky side. Still not really feeling tense, though."

Re: YOU TOO BUDDY

[knight_light]

"Size has nothing to do with finding your balance," he said as he walked around Drift, inspecting his stance. "Agility, perhaps speed can be affected, but not balance." He reached out, finger slipping between a couple plates at Drift's shoulder to squeeze a cable there. Yup, tense, can you feel it now? Then again, Wing is aware that the touch alone is likely to make Drift jump...he's only mildly sorry. "You hold tension in your shoulder cables. Take your stance, offline your optics and vent slow and deep like we did earlier. Find that tension and push it out with an exvent."

[happyclappyhippydrippy]

Drift did indeed jump, making this little undignified little squeak/grunt noise in the process. Totally uncool. He really hadn't been expecting Wing to just jam his fingers between his plates, but he was still annoyed with how he'd reacted to it. So uncool.

"Yeah, okay!" Drift moved to bat Wing's hand away before trying again, taking his stance, offlining his optics. He repeated their little venting exercise from earlier, letting himself relax, pushing the tension out with each exvent.

Halfway there!! Stopped for food and gas

[knight_light]

Wing pulled his hand back, leaving Drift just waving at him. He would have just told Drift where he was tense, but Drift had said he wasn't tense, so telling him was no guarantee he'd suddenly feel the tension. Touching the taught cable, on the other hand, made it impossible to ignore.

He waited patiently as Drift worked himself through the exercise. "With practice you'll be able to do this instantly, but until it becomes second nature you're to take the time to go through this exercise each time."