Soaking Up Not Exactly The Sun

[Elena Rousseau]

Elena tried to open herself up to the energy inherent in the sound, but she absorbed almost nothing. Most of the force played out on her, shoving her backwards several steps.

[Trev Anderson]

Trev shut up immediately.

"You okay?" he asked, concerned.

[Elena Rousseau]

"Yes, I'm fine," she said, stepping back forward. "There's something there, but either it isn't converting properly or I just don't know what I'm doing with it."

[Trev Anderson]

"Hrm...I'm not very good at troubleshooting power issues. Mine's always been kinda just....well I like to think of it as extended range and volume on my voice. So the thought of being able to like...blast something out of my fingertips has always been a bit hard to understand."

[Elena Rousseau]

"Everyone's power is different. Even two powers that look similar aren't necessarily the same. As I said, I might be able to do it. All I may need is to puzzle out how to take the energy."

[Trev Anderson]

"Well I'm happy to help if you want to experiment with me sometime...with uh... Your powers i mean." He added quickly, blushing.

((Fail player strikes again!))

[Elena Rousseau]

"I don't experiment with men on the first date, so I definitely wouldn't experiment before the first date," she said with a smirk. "But yes, I think it may be time to explore a little bit."

[Trev Anderson]

Date. Well... she did say it first...

Trev laughed, trying to brush off the embarrassment. "Well let's exchange numbers, emails what have you and figure that out then."

He added after a second's hesitation, his heart pounding a bit, "and maybe we could grab dinner as well?"

[Elena Rousseau]

"I think I could be persuaded to go to dinner some time," she said. "And my e-mail address is erousseau@xaviers.edu."

[Trev Anderson]

"TJAnderson@xaviers," he smiled. "I'll email you some dates and ideas for where to go, and we'll figure it out."

I was not expecting to get a date out of power practice....wonder how I'll fuck this one up.

[Elena Rousseau]

"That sounds reasonable. I look forward to it."

[Trev Anderson]

"Great," he smiled, his heart about to rip out of his chest, "likewise."

[Elena Rousseau]

"So why don't you hit me with some more blasts and I'll see if I can figure out what isn't working," she said, bracing.

[Trev Anderson]

Trev motioned for her to put her ear muffs back on, and took a deep breath and exhaled shaking his limbs out as well. He raised his arms to help (at least mentally) focus his shout at Elena, and screamed. The air again vibrated and rippled as the sound pummeled his sparring partner.

[Elena Rousseau]

The result was similar to the last attempt, though Elena stood her ground better this time. "It's there. I know the energy's there somehow... I just don't know how to grab it."

[Trev Anderson]

"Maybe....and I'm not sure i can even do this...but if I lower the pitch to...REALLY low, the waves might be easier to grab hold of." Trev puzzled out loud.

"Shit, I really need to take a physics course. I'm awful at this."

[Elena Rousseau]

"I think we're in the same boat. We need to understand some things about our respective powers to make this work."

[Trev Anderson]

"Yeah," he nodded. "Maybe we'll have to plan a second date to the library," he chuckled nervously.

[Elena Rousseau]

"We'll have to see if you live through the first date first," she smiled, walking over to him. "So... did you take self defense in high school?"

[Trev Anderson]

"Yeah. In middle school I did karate too, so it kinda added up to being moderately okay at not getting my ass beat last year."

"Is this where you suddenly flip me onto my back with some sort of judo move to remind me that there's still lots of people who can kick my ass?" Trev chuckled.

[Elena Rousseau]

"No, but you mentioned sparring, so I figure we can stick with the normal stuff until we puzzle out the power interaction."

[Trev Anderson]

"I could use a sparring partner with human reflexes and strength," he smirked. "Fighting with a werewolf, even when they're in human form, is freaking hard."

[Elena Rousseau]

"I can imagine there's a lot more resilience there," she said, squaring off her stance a little bit, stretching before moving her hands into a guard position.

[Trev Anderson]

Trev smiled and dropped into a guard as well. "Any requests on scenery appropriate to a fight?"

[Elena Rousseau]

"I have no preferences," Elena said, watching him carefully.

[Trev Anderson]

"Computer, load Japanese mountain dojo program," he said, eyes locked with Elena, not dropping out of his guard either.

"Ladies first?" he smirked a bit.

[Elena Rousseau]

"If I must," she said, quickly pivoting to her back foot and lashing out with a kick aimed at hip level.

[Trev Anderson]

Trev slid to the side as he deflected the kick with an arm block, retaliating with a punch to her midsection.

[Elena Rousseau]

Elena let the momentum shift from her blocked kick pivot her in the opposite direction, causing her to catch the punch on her side rather than in the stomach. She made a small oof sound, but reached to make a grab for his elbow.

[Trev Anderson]

Trev saw his mistake too late, and Elena had him by the elbow for now.

[Elena Rousseau]

Elena pushed, attempting to twist the arm behind his back and lock it.

[Trev Anderson]

Trev fought the twist, straightening his arm, and bending down to shoulder roll away, sweeping at her legs before completing his escape attempt.

[Elena Rousseau]

Elena didn't see the sweep coming and it took her legs out from under her, depositing her on her rump on the ground. "Good reverse," she said, getting up.

[Trev Anderson]

"Likewise. Wasn't sure I'd be able to get out of that lock," he said, his eyes locked on her as he kept his guard up and circled her, waiting for her to get back up.

Trev then closed the distance between them and executed a front snap kick to her belly, but pretty badly telegraphed his next move with his gaze, though, so it would be easy to block or counter.

[Elena Rousseau]

Elena brought her own leg up to knock his kick to the side, following the motion through with a low roundhouse kick aimed at his calf.

[Trev Anderson]

Trev grimaced as the kick connected and threatened to buckle his knee, but fought through it and tried to bull rush Elena while she was off balance from her kick.

[Elena Rousseau]

Elena made a startled sound as the bull rush caught her off guard. She made a grab at him to try to keep herself from falling.

[Trev Anderson]

The grab wasn't really successful at halting her fall, but caught Trev unaware, and he quickly fell on top of her in a comically compromising position. His face reddened as he caught himself before falling with his full weight on top of her.

"Well uh. Hi." He said awkwardly, their faces inches apart and pretty much everything else touching, their legs somewhat tangled up.

"You...uh. You okay?"

[Elena Rousseau]

"Um... yes... I think so," she said with mild embarrassment, beginning to attempt untangling herself from him.

[Trev Anderson]

Wow she's really hot. I could get used to this posi...NO. Stop. Unsexy thoughts!

Trev pushed himself up off of Elena awkwardly.

"Sorry about that," he said, offering her a hand up.