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Date & Time: Jan 7th
Location: THE MOON, some VR room
Characters: Apollo & Tony Stark
Summary: shenanigans on the moon idk
Warnings: none atm will update as needed

[ Apollo hadn't actually planned on going back to the moon today (or anytime ever, really) but goddamn if her dog didn't get himself into some shit sometimes. How he even managed to get on a shuttle without her she didn't know, but he had, which meant that she also had to make the trip to go fetch her lost friend. Finding him was a quick job at least, and now that she was here despite her plans not to be - well, fuck it. She might as well steal some shit and entertain herself while she had the chance to do so in a sleeveless shirt without freezing to death.

And so here she is, wandering about the moon base with her dog faithfully trotting along behind her. And, oh look, one of those VR rooms. It's been a while since she's played with one of those so, without bothering to check whether or not it's being used, Apollo decides to just stroll on in uninvited, chattering idly to the dog behind her about all the squeaky toys she's going to steal for him. ]

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[ Iridescent lilac would delight her, honestly.

Metalhead is well trained and in tune with Apollo, so he's used to catching things she tosses to him at random without breaking anything or setting off a pistol, or whatever. And he knows the difference between a real fight and a practice run, so he's happy to sit patiently and let her do her thing unassisted. ]

Everywhere. [ Not very descriptive, but technically true. Falling into stance is simple for her too, suddenly looking a hell of a lot steadier, firmer, and all around ready to knock him around like she said she would. She turns and follows his lead at first, never showing him her back and watching him closely. She'll let him feel her out, and it looks like she's going to let him make the first move too. ] You?

[ Well. He'd still give it to her, even if it accidentally made her happy.

He just makes a face at that, mostly, because wow, Captain Science, super informative. Probably true enough, and he gets that sometimes that sort of knowledge is accrued as you go, more or less anomalously. Sometimes that's just how that goes.

Still. He was looking for something a little more interesting. Right now though, as she drops into stance and the actual sparring gets ready to go, he's looking for something else. A decent opening, maybe, since she seems content to let him make the first move. That's fine though - he's never really minded going first. ] Picked up a lot through necessity. Training when that wasn't quite enough to work with. [ Just a quick tussle at first, maybe. He knows enough to distinguish styles similar to what he's learned, but not without engaging her at least a little bit first, so he'll throw a punch or two to get things going. ]

[ She makes a face at his making a face, whatever man.

Explaining the places she's learned a lot of her shit would end up being Apollo babbling about a world that Tony isn't familiar with. She loves to babble though, so it isn't that she's adverse to doing that - it's just that she'd rather show him. For now, anyway, since Apollo doesn't generally go long without dissolving into chatter. ]

Necessity? [ The first thing Tony may notice about her is how quick she is, considering how easily she avoids the first couple punches. She has good reflexes, so the more casual he is with her, the easier it is for her to evade. ] What didya need to fight for? [ After those first couple punches, Apollo finally throws a few of her own, not using her full strength, but not exactly going totally easy on him either. ]

[ Yeah, well. He kind of figured that but didn't care enough. Maybe he wants to learn about worlds he's never heard of!!!

Now's probably not the greatest time for a geography lesson though, you're right. Or, maybe that would be astronomy. Whatever it winds up being, in the middle of a fight is still a poor time for the stuff.

And see this is the sort of thing he can be oddly blunt about. He doesn't actually care, because he's used to all that sort of shit having been publicized and in all the news and shit back home anyway. It was all anyone ever wanted to ask him about for months the first time he came back home. ] Kidnappings. I'm kind of a big deal. [ Also dang she totally is fast. And heavy - he blocks and dodges and isn't too bad himself, but she likely (definitely) has the edge here. He moves in with a couple of punches that are also grabs on the sly, because he apparently hates himself. ]

You got kidnapped 'cause you're a big deal? Like a princess in a fairy tale?

[ It's not intended to be an insult, really, it's just the first parallel that happens to pop into her mind at the time. Her focus is more on the fight right now anyway, carefully taking note of how Tony moves and running through how best to counter it. He knows what he's doing, she'll give him that, but he doesn't quite feel as though he's on the same level as she is. ]

Well, good on you for puttin' your foot down on bein' a damsel in distress! [ She flashes him a bright smile, an expression that contradicts the roughness of her counter punches and deflections any time he goes for a grab move. ] How areya a big deal, though? You ain't actually a princess, right?

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wow I am sorry

naw man we cool

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