Simple Gifts

[Riamah]

Taking the initiative, Josh figured out a make shift surveillance for his son by using two datapads. When given the opportunity, Ra would make sure something more permanent was arranged for them.

"It's been even longer for that, but I am totally game for some hand to hand. C'mon. It might be out of sound from here, but it really isn't that far."

As his host, she would point out some of the other things around the castle. Not of special interest and the library they had already been in was clearly her favorite room. They passed her room along the way, but as the hall turned it would be seen that while kept up, this area didn't see the same use as where they came from.

Pushing open a door, it lead into a room specifically set for practice. There were deactivated droids along the walls and various weapons to be used for practice. She might have been sith, but these were clearly made for training and not lethal. In the middle of the room was a clear area set aside for movement and sparring.

"Best I can do."

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[Josh Dragovalor]

Now that Jason was settled and had proper surveillance set up, Josh was ready set, and all good to go. So with that, he would follow behind Ra as she would lead him toward the training areas. Continuing the teasing, he purposely went out of his way to keep enough distance to look down and check out Ra's behind, purposely making it as obvious as possible and shooting her a few cheeky looks as he did here and there, just to continue to tease her. He didn't hide it. He wanted her to know. He wanted her to squirm, he wanted to get her flustered, get her even more hot and bothered and crimson faced than ever before. She'd licked him, already, she should know she had asked for it...

When they would walk into the training area, he would admit he hadn't expected a former Sith to have one so... Basic and sophisticated.

"Huh. Was expecting the fun-geon to act as your sparring room" He joked in turn. "But it'll do."

 

[Riamah]

As they walked, it was clearly obvious Josh did the actions he did were on purpose. At first, Ra did not react really, but after about the third time the color started to return to her cheeks. Not as bright as before, still as obvious as his looks were. She likely had asked for it and in a way enjoyed the attention even if she didn't know exactly how to react to it.

However, most of the teasing stopped when they entered the training room. Giving him a shake of the head and probably wearing some sort of silly grin, she walked to the middle of the room.

"Pick your weapon or if you would rather get physical, come and join me."

She looked forward to this and would use everything she had to her advantage.

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[Josh Dragovalor]

Of course he did them on purpose, why wouldn't he? She had licked him, she had willingly leaped headfirst into this game... He was just seeing it through. Not that she seemed to mind the attention, actually by what he could sense, Ra appeared to revel in it. Which was good... It would make all of this that much more fun.

"Any works for me, though if you're interested..." He trailed off as his lips twitched into a mischievous grin. "The Echani people tend to spar hand to hand in a way that might... Suit you. What do you say?" He would inquire. "Would you like to hear more about it?"

Of course, she probably knew about it. But he did enjoy the idea of teasing Ra just a little longer...

 

[Riamah]

What had crawled up in her mind even Ra didn't know but she was enjoying this encounter with Josh.

"With all the travelling I do, surprisingly or maybe not, I haven't had many run ins with Echani. So I can honestly say, I have no idea of this way you speak of. Please continue."

That grin wasn't missed and she opened up to hearing more. The knives that had been in her boots and hidden sabers up her sleeves came out and were set to the side. Normally she would also have a double saber hilt on her belt with a blaster on the side and those were not present.

Opening her motions and body language, Ra invited Josh again to join her in the middle of the room.

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[Josh Dragovalor]

"Generally, the Echani like to spar hand to hand with very little weighing them down. Generally they strip down to bare essentials, in order to fight with full lightweight fluidity and speed" Josh would explain. "Since I wore armor before I found out my roots, and old habits die hard, I don't usually spar this way. But I suppose it couldn't hurt to give it a go if you want to" He would tease, firing her a cheeky grin in turn.

He would join her then in the middle of the room.

@Ra'a'mah

 

[Riamah]

It was as much as Ra figured. While she was totally enjoying the play the two of them were having, she wasn't about to strip down to her skivvies...yet.

"I think we can skip that right now."

She was still blushing slightly from his earlier glances and his answer was just what she expected, so there was no change in the hue of her face. Still probably pink since Ra felt there was a touch of heat on her cheeks.

Watching as he joined her on her mat, she took up what she considered a fighting stance. It really had been several years since she did any hand to hand and was sorely out of practice.

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[Josh Dragovalor]

Well, can't say he didn't offer. It wasn't with any malicious intent or anything, it was tradition! Custom! Culture! Probably. Regardless, the Jedi Master would nod his head. He hadn't expected her to actually accept, really, they didn't know each other -that- well... Though he'd done so with a stranger before, who had asked him due to their culture. Of course he was pretty sure they had an agenda, but... Eh. It didn't bother him, not now.

Regardless, he would join her on the mat before taking stance. His style seemed to be a mixture of basic hand to hand and the Echani hand to hand style. Either he was comfortable fighting with a mixture of styles, or he hadn't finished training one of them. A small smirk crossed his lips as he would watch her carefully, monitoring her every move with a careful eye... Waiting for her to make the first move. He didn't move an inch, just waited... Waited... Waited... Despite being away from the Sith, he knew that their influence wouldn't entirely leave so easily. He knew their style. He knew what was to come.

Of course he still prepared for possibilities...

@Ra'a'mah

 

[Riamah]

Her own training had been on her own in a few short years on Coruscant. The previous years growing up on that no-name planet hadn't taught her much of any fighting. Only what her master had trained her in with the Force and double saber. There had been nothing learned from him when it came to hand to hand combat. To Josh she probably looked like a novice in things and in a way she was.

Way out of her league, Ra fully expected to be bested by him and pretty quickly.

True to her idea though, she was going to play totally fair and take the beating that was going to happen. Eyeing him the best she could to judge what his strengths and weaknesses might be, she couldn't quite place what was different about his stance.

"I really should invest in boxing gloves or something. Fists can be painful."

Throwing a quick and fake jab at him, Ra brought her other hand into play and would try to connect with his chest area.

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[Josh Dragovalor]

The Jedi would grin as his opponent got into stance and attacked first, the idea of a spar reinvigorating him. Though one eye almost at all times rested on the nearby datapad that showed Jason, Josh would prepare as Ra would come his way, treating the hand to hand duel like he would one with a lightsaber in some ways. He would wait until the last moment, hardly giving an inch until the last second when he would move and grab her fist.

So what did he do? He would pull her in... And promptly lick her lips once more, grinning wryly before attempting to throw several elbow jabs into her stomach and finish with a backfist toward the side.

@Ra'a'mah

 

[Riamah]

When her hand was grabbed and just stopped so easily it caught Ra by surprise. He pulled her in close and licked her lips again with a quick follow up attempt to elbow her in the ribs and back handed fist to her side.

Luckily there wasn't much force behind them or they would have hurt greater than they did. When his hand connected with her side, she wrapped her free arm around it and would attempt to turn with the intent of tipping him over and to the ground.

She gave no reaction to the lick as it was meant to be a distraction technique and she didn't let it get to her...this time.

[member="Josh DragonsFlame"]

 

[Josh Dragovalor]

As soon as her arm wrapped around, he knew. The moment she would move her arm to tip him over, he would use his free arm to reach behind her, wrapping around her back and clasping the tipping arm before it could fire.

As quick as a cat, he would wrap a leg around one of hers and move to get behind her, trying to free his other arm in order to clasp both arms around her head and neck.

 

[Riamah]

Her eyes held a small glitter to them as they moved. Maybe her choice to have this little spar was something she didn't actually have a conscience thought on. Perhaps this all a ploy of her unspoken and unknown to herself desire to be close to somebody. Either way, Ra was about to be surprised.

Even if she was really trying to fight him, she didn't put up much of one wit Josh. This was enjoyable in a way to her. His move worked and he was behind her, holding her still. She didn't move and just rested after the quick spar.

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[Josh Dragovalor]

Of course, Josh hadn't realized that Ra had stopped moving, and had quickly, out of instinct, moved into action. With the motion complete he would trip up her legs, falling back to the ground with her on him as he would wrap his legs around and lock in the rear naked choke, though with his arms around her head and chin instead of her throat. He wasn't trying to hurt her, obviously, just hold her.

"Think I got you" He teased down toward her as he would keep the hold locked in. She'd tried her hand at a grapple, so of course he had to counter with one.

@Ra'a'mah

 

[Riamah]

Not being resistant at all, it was odd for her, but Ra knew to fight was going to be pretty fruitless. Josh had control of her head and guided her movement. Any other setting the hold would have been different and her life in danger. Not here though and she accepted this.

Falling to the ground with the intended trip happening, when Josh stated he thought he had her, she couldn't help but chuckle slightly. It felt good to not have to hide behind masks and façades for once. To have the opportunity to be true to herself and others.

"It seems you have. What are you going to do with me now?"

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[Josh Dragovalor]

Oh, she had to say that? The things he could say, the things he could do! He seemed to think about it for a moment, but he did loosen his grip some now that he knew that clearly, it was over. It had ended fairly quickly, but the difference in hand to hand skill was clear, even to him. So what did he actually do? Well, what he did do was lean over and slide his tongue along her neck, before breaking out into laughter against her shoulder.

"Seems to be that" He would crack, laughing still. Of course, he did have another idea...

 

[Riamah]

This was all very humours and funny. The sitution was unlike any she had been in, but yet it wasn't anything bad. What Josh did wasn't a total surprise, but she had actually expected a kiss rather than his tongue. Noticing he did not let her go fully, she just rested in his arms.

For one, Ra relaxed around him.

"You know I could get used to this."

[member="Josh DragonsFlame"]

 

[Josh Dragovalor]

Well, he was just full of surprises, wasn't he? Seeing she wasn't going to bother putting up a fight anymore, the blonde would decide to end it by raising a hand and dealing a rough spank to Ra's rump, before promptly releasing her and getting to his feet, stretching out in turn.

"You could, huh?" He teased toward her, shooting her a smirk as he would stretch out, crack his neck, and then promptly return to the datapad to see if Jason was doing alright.

@Ra'a'mah

 

[Riamah]

While the spar had been quick, it was painless. Not even her pride had been bruised. That little spank though was too much and after Josh stood up, Ra reached a hand out to swat at his own rear as he stretched. Rolling to her feet after he did, Ra watched as he went and checked the datapad to see his son.

"Everything still fine? I'm sure we would have heard him fussing. That little spar didn't last very long."

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[Josh Dragovalor]

He didn’t answer. It was almost like he wouldn’t 100% believe what he sad on the screen. The Jedi would sit down, close his eyes and do his best to sense Jason. Sense his energy, his life force, his condition. He knew Jason well enough to be able to sense these things quickly, even from a distance. And the Force did not lie.

“He’s fine” He spoke as he took a deep breath. “Still sleeping soundly.”

He let out an exhale, almost in relief, before he looked back toward her.

“Apologies if the swat was a bit much.”