trans_9 | The Outsiders: Meeting 2

It was going to be their second meeting, and she already had an idea from Beastboy that he'd drummed up some interest in some the newly pod popped. So she'd been making alterations to the Outsider headquarters all day, from checking out the intercom and monitors Billy fixed (she needed Alex's help for that) to helping to set the new carpet in the lobby to preparing the pool for the training session. It was absolutely important that today grow well: she was going to tell the group she was trying to petition Leon to get them more involved in missions. Even if he said no, there were chances that they as individuals would be pulled into some dangerous situation and then all that training WOULD come in handy, wouldn't it? Either way the training would be coming in handy, as would meeting the people that would come to the second meeting. In a way, the second meeting was more important than the first: the second told you who was staying, who hadn't just popped in for the snacks and a few laughs. She still had those of course: chips and dip and a few sandwiches were already set up for people who were hungry.

As for her, all of this work had already made her really sweaty and stinky, so she was taking a dip in the pool to clean herself off, careful to only do so in the shallow part of the water reserved for small kids: once she was good and clean, she would flush that water out, and fill it with clean water again. For now, she wanted to make sure everything went perfectly. Of course, she was also nude for this, so she figured if Beastboy dropped in now, she'd have to dry off pretty quickly.

So far though: room were all clean, conference room was a-okay and the lobby was spotless. For the moment she could relax. She'd be ready in a few minutes.

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Fletcher nodded and took a few deep breaths. That all made sense. Be flexible. Be like water. 70% of his body was made of water, so that shouldn't be too hard, right?

He breathed in deeply again, then squared off as another illusory enemy appeared before him. He tried a jab with one hand, but it quickly evaded him. Fletcher's balance was off, though, so instead of realigning as Katara had, he fell over.

Hmm. This might actually be a physical thing, the more Katara watched Fletcher. He was definitely rigid, but at the same time she could also see the ability in him. She was clearly that she was simply losing something in the translation for him.She closed her eyes.

"Fletcher. What are you thinking, as you try these stances?"

He pushed himself up again and looked downward as he answered. "That... I have to get it right." He shrugged. If he was going to do something, it had to be done right.

Katara shook her head. "It is important to get it right, yes, but its not going to help you learn this. You have to lose yourself in the movement, you have to actually shift to a rhythm. If you stay bull headed, you'll always be lacking balance and the opponent can knock you down. You have to be ready."

She said this gently, then looked at him. "Try again."

Fletcher swallowed and tried to work that out in his mind. That was definitely new. He nodded and turned to face the enemy again, face set in determination.

He moved in to strike, dodging narrowly when it counterattacked. He skittered backward, eyes scanning for an opening -- not that he would really recognize one. He rushed in again, trying to do it how Katara had done it -- flowing, rhythmically. He spent so much of his effort trying to figure out the best way to strike that, once again, he was quickly knocked off his feet.

Katara watched him quietly, taking in how different this must be for him. She'd had a word with Ed about his world, and how they thought: in a way, Earthbending might have been a better martial art to teach him, buts he knew that this would be good for him too. What was more, she could see that he was learning from his mistakes.

When he fell this time, Katara helped him up. "You're doing better Fletcher, and I can tell you why this is so difficult: your whole body has to be ready to move to your opponents, and you have to protect yourself. Come on, let me show you a little more about these techniques..."

And she does, demonstrating each of the movements on the water scroll and relating how they were either good for defense or for keeping a balanced stance.

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