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Post by Hawkwoman on Oct 23, 2014 3:48:48 GMT
When he did the gentlemanly thing and stepped forward to help her up Shayera almost felt bad for doing what she was about to do. Such a gentleman As he took her hand and started to pull her up Shayera pulled back and yanked her hand down while as the same time sweeping her leg out at his before quickly getting to her feet. A dirty pull but she never claimed to be a noble fighter, that was more Batman and Superman's thing...and apparently Johns.
As she got back to her feet Shayera stood there a moment with a smirk and her hand on her hip, she almost felt bad but what was a few unsportsmanlike jabs between friends?
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Post by Green Lantern on Oct 23, 2014 4:20:12 GMT
Such a gentleman
Well I-WHOAaA!
Stewart had started pulling back to bring Shayera off the mat, but suddenly she sprung her trap. There was no defending against the surprise here. John was immediately yanked off-balance as Shayera tugged his arm. And then she swept the leg?! That was extra cold, unsportsmanlike, and would've made the bad guy-teacher in Karate Kid proud. Meanwhile John stumbled and landed on his chest an face first to the mat.
Oof!
Was the sound John made as he planted on the mat. He laid there for a moment before rolling to his back. Stewart tilted his head back, looking at the upside-down image of Shayera. She was standing there, hand on her hip, looking quite proud of herself. And all he could do about it was laugh for the moment. Of course he sat on up and then made his way to his feet again.
John brushed off his chest, a lil grin playing on his face now.
So that's the way ya want to play it then?
Two could definitely play this game. Oh yes indeed they could. The lantern got back into fighting posture. Carefully moving about the mat in a half-circle, expecting Shayera to turn with him, to keep her eyes on him. Then he lunged forward to lock up with Shayera. You know kind of like how you'd see a couple bears standing on their hind legs lock up. Stewart with a plan in mind to get even, as long as Shayera didn't call another audible and try to get out of this lock up too quickly. He was hoping she'd be baited in to try and overpower him right here. If she did....
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Post by Hawkwoman on Oct 23, 2014 4:59:38 GMT
Just wanted to see if you could keep up. She fired back as he got to his feet and started to circle her. Shayera started to do the same, slowly stepping away from him, her feet crossing over one another as she completed their circle. Now that she had her fun she expected this to get serious...err....as serious as a friendly sparring match could get.
As the two of them circled each other Shayera didn't want to wait for him to make his first move, she wanted to get hers in before him and it seemed that John had the same idea as he lunged at her. Shayera locked hands with John and started using her strength to push him back, hoping to get him out of the designated ring.
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Post by Green Lantern on Oct 23, 2014 6:34:04 GMT
Just wanted to see if you could keep up.
John smirked
Oh I'm caught up now.
Thanagarians naturally had more physical strength than humans. Not a surprise for Stewart at all. Even if it wasn't common knowledge, he did have his ring which was connected to the central database on Oa. So even though the lantern was pushing back with all his might, Shayera was moving him towards the edge of the ring area.
He groaned. John grunted even while trying to plant his feet down and stop the being pushed around. Of course it was mostly an act for luring Shayera into the same kind of false sense of security she baited him into. A glance back behind himself convinced John he'd been pushed far enough. He looked right into Shayera's beautiful, naturally, green eyes. And then just as she has the chance to register the smirk on his face, John slipped her grasp.
Stewart leapt to his right, dipping his shoulder and rolling through. He ended up in a crouched position with his right arm raised, hand clenched to a fist so that his ring was aimed at Hawkwoman's back. John concentrated and his ring was bought to life as it channeled his will. A rather large hiking boot construct of hard light appeared behind Shayera. Already chuckling, John willed it and the boot swung back and then planted against Shayera's backside. There was easily enough force to lift her off her feet an send her flying out the ring. Naturally the force wasn't going to be enough to inflict injury.
Whether or not she actually landed on the floor? John had no real idea. No he was too busy holding his stomach as he laughed. A good hearty laugh too. One of the first good laughs he'd had in some time.
Ahahahahahaha!!!
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Post by Hawkwoman on Oct 26, 2014 2:28:42 GMT
Shayera may have been riding a little too high from her first trick and she was feeling overly confidant, it didn't help that as she was pushing him back toward the edge that he had gone fairly easily. So, when John suddenly moved right and she felt a swift kick to her backside Shayera fell forward and fell flat on her chest only to hear the man behind her burst out into laughter after.
The Thangarian laid there for a moment, ok ok...he got her back but now it was 1 - 1 and Shayera was not one that liked to lose, nor was she a very graceful loser. Placing her hands flat on the ground Shayera pushed herself to her feet, her wings flapping once to help her a little and she turned and stepped back onto the mat. He was still laughing and even if the situation wasn't ideal it was nice to see and hear him laugh. Alright, Lantern she put her hands back up in a defensive position ready to attack again your days are numbered before she could finish Shayera lept at the attack again, swinging her right hand at him, hoping he would attempt to block while she tried to duck behind him.
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Post by Green Lantern on Oct 26, 2014 13:44:20 GMT
John had been laughing so hard that at first he hadn't known if Shayera landed on the floor or not. Once he finally could concentrate a bit, the lantern saw Shayera pushing herself up from landing on her chest. Ever so briefly, as she began to rise up, John contemplated kicking her butt with another boot construct. But then again Thanagarians were known for having pretty short fuses at times. The safest bet was not to press the luck.
Alright, Lantern...
Stewart had still been laughing a bit. Now? Not so much. Shayera had put her hands back up in a defensive position. Looked like play time was over. It was probably time to be serious about this.
What's a matter Shayera? You can dish it but can't ta-Uh oh!
...your days are numbered!
The words hadn't even finished leaving her lips before Shayera leapt. John rose his arm up to try to block the swing of Shayera's right hand. He was thinking he'd catch her wrist or forearm with his right hand. Then Stewart would grab her pants leg with his left hand and attempt to throw her again. It was all a plan to use Shayera's own momentum against her. Of course she threw a big ole wrench in those plans! Seemed like Shayera was trying to divert his attention to get behind him. John was already trying to scramble away, knowing it'd be trouble if she got behind him. Especially after his little trick before!
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Post by Hawkwoman on Oct 29, 2014 2:46:42 GMT
What? Aren't you having fun John? Shayera asked as she managed to duck behind him and slipped her arms under his and locked her hands behind his head in a hold. While the friendly sparring match may have turned a little more competitive she was still enjoying herself even if it may seem a little more serious. Everything with her usually was or it was wrapped in sarcasm, violence and sass, that was just how she worked.
Now that she was behind him and had him in the hold Shayera started to lean back, trying to get him off his feet so she could put him down. I know I am she strained as she struggled, she may be strong but John was a big man and he was harder to take down than she anticipated but that wasn't going to stop her, Shayera liked a challenge.
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Post by Green Lantern on Oct 30, 2014 4:22:08 GMT
Well actually John was enjoying himself this evening, Shayera. And enjoying his day off? Now that was a rarity. Quite a rarity indeed. Even still though, the lantern did not want to allow his friend bragging rights around the league. Even worse; what if it got back to Kilowog that John allowed Shayera to take him down? He'd never hear the end of it, that's what!
Alright so Stewart had to think. His size was helping right now to block Shayera from taking him down. But she was nothing if not determined. And also still teasing and joking with her words. Alright, John would play back too. They'd been friends for years and John felt like Shayera was someone who could take what he said and just brush it off. First things first though! The lantern hooked his left leg behind Shayera's to block her progress in taking him backwards.
Now to try an throw her off guard with his words.
What? Aren't you having fun John? I know I am.
I'm having a great time. But if you wanted to get under me Shayera, all you had to do was say so.
Yeah, there was some innuendo there on that one. But John figured the brashness of him actually making a comment like that would throw Shayera off. Because even though they were friends, and he had quite the crush on her, there was still John's normal self he showed. That hard exterior shell of no-nonsense. A lot of times it was still up around friends. It mostly only dropped around his lantern brethren.
John now, with a hopefully distracted Shayera, pushed down with his arms. He put all his strength into it, hoping to break Shayera's grip where she'd hooked her fingers together behind his head. Stewart with a clear counter in his mind to where he was going next.
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Post by Hawkwoman on Nov 6, 2014 20:49:27 GMT
When John put his foot behind hers Shayera didn't see her plan ending like she wanted but that didn't mean she couldn't improvise, it happened in battle and it was something you always had to do quickly because it meant the difference between winning or dying..or in this case, losing.
I'm having a great time. But if you wanted to get under me Shayera, all you had to do was say so.
John's comment may have caught her off guard a little, after all it wasn't something she would have expected to hear from him but that didn't mean she was going to let it get to her. Nope, instead she laughed at his comment and feeling him start to push down on her arms Shayera flapped her wings once at the ground and lifted the two of them from the floor. He was trying to trap her, but as long as she held on he wasn't going anywhere that she didn't want him to go.
I prefer to be on top she replied while twisting her body until John was parallel to the floor and she dropped him back down to the mat followed closely with herself, pushing her weight on him in a attempt to pin him down and win this little game.
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Post by Green Lantern on Nov 6, 2014 22:40:07 GMT
Improvising...It was the age-old enemy of, well, improvision.
John thought that he had a chance when Shayera laughed at his comment. Sure it wasn't the reaction he'd expected from her. No, he'd counted on shock of some kind. But he could work with this. So he was working on breaking loose of her grip. Oh but Shayera was not having that. Before he could force her interlaced fingers apart, the Thanagarian flapped her wings. John felt his feet leaving the floor as they rose up into the air.
I prefer to be on top.
Shayera responded. John felt like he could detect a lil bit of a teasing to her tone too. Likely getting back at him for his comment. But there wasn't a whole lot of time to think about that. In fact he just got out a response of his own...
I'll keep that in mind.
He smirked for just a moment. Then came Shayera twisting around so that John was parallel to the ground. When she let him go John began to fall back towards the mat on the floor. Almost instantly Shayera was adding to his decsent back to the mat. Her hands on his chest, pushing with her weight against him.
John glanced back at the floor and reacted. His ring glowed as it came to life again. Suddenly the green beam that emitted from the ring took the form of a king sized bed! Stewart's big, comfy bed at home; it was the first thing that came to mind to land on. So that was the construct that his ring materialized.
Oof!
The lantern landed on the construct-bed first, bouncing a bit. Right after he was piled on by Shayera! And she had him pinned down alright, though not to the mat. So the match was still on...
SWISH!
Unexpectedly the door to the gym swooshed open. Hearing that John sat up and looked toward the door. Standing there was none-other than Batman. He'd seemed to have stopped in mid-step. Walking in on John and Shayera in this compromising position certainly not what Batman had expected to walk in on. The dark knight's eyes, white thanks to the cowl's technology, narrowed for a moment.
The shock of Batman walking in like this disrupted John's concentration and the construct-bed poofed out of existence. The lantern and Hawkwoman promptly landing on the mat. Without speaking a single word, batman turned on his heels and walked right back out. Were Stewart's skin tone not the color it was, his face would be about as red as Shayera's hair right now. He looked up at Shayera with his mouth open. John wanted to say something but no words came out.
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Post by Hawkwoman on Nov 7, 2014 7:19:15 GMT
Shayera thought she had him, things seemed to be going in her favor and they could call this sparring over and move on to something else. She could honestly say that she was distracted from her problems now, this had proved to be a unexpected and welcome distraction and it allowed her to spend a little time with John.
Not something she got to do often, which was a shame as she was rather enjoying this.
As she let him go Shayera quickly followed but she miscalculated the distance between them when a green light filled the room and a green, transparent bed formed underneath them to break their fall. While John landed and bounced slightly Sahyera was far less graceful and she landed a little hard on top of him, with her own 'oof'
Shayera started to laugh a little and began to push herself up, planting her hand down on the construct bed and sitting up right when she heard the door to the gym area slide open. The Thanagarian looked over her shoulder to see who had entered and she became painfully aware of the compromising position she and John had put themselves in. This did not look good no matter how they could try to explain it and while Shayera knew nothing had happened or was going to happen that didn't mean others wouldn't see it that way. Despite all of their high positions and hero status people liked to gossip, it didn't matter how old you were and Shayera had found that some of the Leaguers were worse than the children that shared the tower with them and it probably wouldn't take long for the rumors to spread.
When she saw who was standing in the doorway however Shayera wasn't sure if that was better or worse. On the one hand Batman would not gossip this information around, he would keep it between them which was better for her because this was not a conversation she wanted to have with Katar, not with their current marital situation.
On the other hand thou...Batman had a way about him that could make this worse.
It seemed however that Batman was not interested in the happenings that had unfolded because he promptly turned heel and exited the way he came. Shayera breathed a small sigh of relief when he left but John seemed to not be handling this as well because the construct underneath them disperced and the two fell onto the mat. Well, she had him pinned now.
Given everything that happened Shayera couldn't help but let out a laugh at everything that had taken place and she remained like that for a few moments a bed? Really? the laughter continued and once it started to subside Shayera pushed herself to a standing position and stepped away from John so he could get up as well. That is, if he wasn't too mortified to move. Looks like I win this time. She was still laughing, though quieter this time. What a strange turn of events.
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Post by Green Lantern on Nov 7, 2014 17:45:35 GMT
A bed? Really?
Shayera was laughing like crazy. Hell she maybe could give The Joker a run for the money right now.
Well I...um...I..
John stammered right now. He was really kind of embarrassed right now. On his finger was the most powerful weapon known to the universe. His ring could literally create a hard-light version of whatever he imagined. Anything! And the first thing that came to his mind was a bed?!
"Nice one Stewart!"
The lantern thought to himself. He was always trying to keep his cool around Shayera. The crush he had on her could never lead to anything since she was married. So the man tried not to make things weird between them. Then he lands them on a recreation of his bed that sat in his rarely used loft apartment back in Detroit? Ohhh boy.
So-Sorry about that...It was the first thing to come to mind...
John said when Shayera got to her feet. He sat up and looked up at her. Man she sure was beautiful right then. To John she ahd a smile that could just light up the room a thousand times better than his ring ever could. And he loved the sound of her laugh. It always made him smile. And right now it was easing John up a bit after being seen in such a compromising situation with a married woman.
Looks like I win this time.
This time.
Stewart confirmed as he now got to his feet. By now the mortification was wearing off. Now he was laughing a bit as well. A shake of his head as he glanced back towards the door.
So, do you think he was mad? I can never tell with that man. Always has the exact same expression on his face.
He was one to talk huh? John hardly ever showed this much emotion around anyone anymore himself. But still he nails a spot-on impersonation of the Batface that Batman was known to wear at all times.
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Post by Hawkwoman on Nov 9, 2014 19:58:06 GMT
Shayera's laughs finally died down into amused chuckles and she stood back with a hand on her hip while she observed what was happening in front of her. John was so flustered, she couldn't recall ever seeing him act like this around anyone else and it was kind of cute. Even someone as decorated and experienced in war as John Stewart could still get tongue tied, who would have guessed.
"This time" the Thanagarian rose a brow, it seemed that there would be a round two sometime in the future and she welcomed it. The friendly rivalry was on and she could use some good competition.
As John looked toward the door and asked his question Shayera followed suit and looked at the spot Batman had been standing moments before. Hard to say. Batman was a hard person to read, even with all of her training on Thanagar in various forms trying to pick up a single emotion from The Batman other than absolute disdain was near impossible. Even if he was mad or disappointed or whatever it was really none of his business what had been going on, not that there was but even if there had been it had nothing to do with Batman. I am sure we will find out later if we get a 'lecture'. Shayera rolled her eyes slightly and crossed her arms, it was bound to happen eventually.
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Post by Green Lantern on Nov 9, 2014 21:28:08 GMT
Hard to say.
Shayera had responded with a glance at the doorway.
I'm sure we'll find out later if we get a 'lecture'.
It sounded to John like she was already pretty sure they'd hear one. And to be honest she wouldn't be alone in that thinking. The lantern could almost feel the batglare upon them.
To be sure..
But that was something to worry about if or when it came to pass. For now though, Stewart was recovering his cool, calm demeanor that he usually wore.
Walking to the edge of the matting, the lantern bent over and grabbed his bottle of water. He stood up and walked the few steps to where Shayera's bottle was too. John grabbed it and walked back towards her. He tossed her's over and then popped the cap of his own. John took a gulp and then popped the cap back down.
Guess we had better go our separate ways. Stay away from one another to avoid any suspicions.
John chuckled as he was kidding. Hmm. But maybe he should confirm he was kidding. John had really enjoyed spending this time with Shayera today. It was actually rather fun as they had playfully sparred. Not to mention the lantern needed a rematch eventually. So he reached out and put a hand on Shayera's shoulder.
Kidding. I'm only kidding Shayera. You owe me a rematch now you know.
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Post by Hawkwoman on Nov 10, 2014 0:24:17 GMT
Shayera glared a little at the door, she was sure Batman would say something maybe not directly but something about what he had walked in on and all she could say was let him. Shayera was not afraid of Batman like some of the others and she was not afraid to go toe to toe with him if she had too. Not that she was expecting this to come to that, this was all nothing but a simple misunderstanding and surely someone with Batman's deduction skills could figure that out.
The Thanagarian was brought from her line of thinking when she heard something coming at her and she looked to see John tossing her water bottle in her direction. Shayera reached out her hand and caught it and took a sip. Mmm. Probably for the best. Of course she knew John was not being serious, at least she hoped, he didn't seem like the type to try to cut and run because of something so trivial. Maybe we should even quit the League, move to different planets she tacked on before taking another sip.
How ridiculous this all was, she was married and John was a friend so why was it even a issue? Friends could do things all the time, men and women were friends all the time so there was nothing to worry about. Now she was sounding like she was trying to convince herself of that. Katar was a jealous man and more easily set off these days and given everything else...No, no. That was ridiculous, she was being ridiculous. When John stepped forward and assured her he was only kidding and that she owed him a rematch Shayera smirked a little. Just name the time and the place.
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