Tough lessons are meant to be L.E.A.R.N.E.D // Jins - Gala

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Tough lessons are meant to be L.E.A.R.N.E.D // Jins - Gala Mar 4, 2014 22:41:08 GMT -5

Post by * on Mar 4, 2014 22:41:08 GMT -5

"Six fourty nine. She should be here soon." I let my eyes wonder from the clock to the front of the gym toward the doors. Still, two more girls walk in and it's not that small blond haired girl that was with Kyanite the other day. I've hardly had much time to think about what I would be doing in this 'lesson' I set up, but I'm sure once we get started, that something will just happen. Being so young, surely, she's not trained in every aspect of the career world. Methods? Fears? Maybe that's what I'll work on. Fears. Everyone has them. Even the small little career whose probably gained a bit of uncertainty after losing so early in the pregames. Maybe, that's what will bring her down?

No. I need her longer than that. I need her for more than just one lesson.

Two more reps, I push upward on the bar. It's not heavy weights, so a spotter isn't exactly needed. I don't intend on bulking up on muscles like all these other guys that want to ingest them and make them grow. Not for me. My method runs more along the lines of 'looks can be deceiving'. Everyone here works based on appearance. I can hold my own. What they lack in is brains. I'm too curious what Matthew has taught her. Maybe I can see about finding out his weaknesses that he wouldn't teach her and I can use that myself against him. Sweet, little Gala. You have no idea that you stepped your foot on the spiders web.

"Jins. Next station. Let me have this." Some guy calls out to me as he makes his way to the bench. I look over to the other benches that are around and occupied, but wonder why on earth he'd chose me over the other five. I push the metal bar up and let it clink loudly on the machine and lean upward, grabbing the towel.

"You just expect me to give it to you?" I challenge him by just keeping my position on the chair and rid myself of the sweat beads on my face. I grin at him evily and put the towel back down on the ground and lay back down and let my fingers rest on the bar once again. The guy just stands there but eventually, with a few curse words under his breath, walks away without another word. He's lucky, I didn't feel like busting him in the face. The bar is released of its holder and I hold it over my chest.

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Tough lessons are meant to be L.E.A.R.N.E.D // Jins - Gala Mar 4, 2014 23:25:31 GMT -5

Post by Cameo {RIP Charlie} on Mar 4, 2014 23:25:31 GMT -5

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Gala Thomas
Age: Thirteen 3/4
District: Two

There's hardly any entertainment within Gala's life anymore. She used to distract herself with the adventures with Gwen and practicing their trapeze acts. Now they have their acts down and hardly talk to one another as her twin has taken their sisters' side. Whatever though, at least she still has Matthew & Kyanite...well mainly Ky as Matt no longer trains her and is away at his academy. It was to be expected once the training dropped, it's just saddening. What she tries to concentrate is the surprising relationship she's grown with the older female career. She still has that. Now to broaden her horizons by testing out new trainers.

After a couple of hours of practice among the swings it's finally time for even more training. It's nice to have that back with Gwen as they almost return back to their old ways. In the long run it's still very different, but at least slightly similar. "You're not exhausted?" Gwen questions as Gala changes from her costume to gym clothing. She shrugs as a response because keeping herself extremely busy has been the only thing pulling her through all of this. Now that she's not all handicapped the gym has become her best friend.

"Just a warm up." Gala jokes as she slips on her pants because changing there seems like too much work. Why not just walk in and get straight to it? She could careless about being covered in sweat on her journey back home. "I'll see you soon." For the first time in a while she gives her sister a sweet smile as she grabs only a water battle before exiting.

It's actually a nice walk as Gala makes the travel to the gym, the sun setting causing beautiful colors within the sky that she even has to notice. Once at the gym she automatically begins looking for the Liam dude, finding him working out on a set of weights. "Need a spotter?" Gala jokes because she's clearly not capable of lifting the weights he's currently using. Now this shall be an interesting training. "So what's first?" She doesn't wait to simply cut to the chase and get straight to the training.

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Tough lessons are meant to be L.E.A.R.N.E.D // Jins - Gala Mar 6, 2014 8:36:41 GMT -5

Post by * on Mar 6, 2014 8:36:41 GMT -5

The metal bar is my enemie. Each side holds it's countparts and the moment the bar is released of the hold and it staring me down in the face, I'm ready to get back to conquering the thing. A voice. A girls voice seems to bring me out of this daze that I'm in with the thoughts of that guy who only moments ago tried to make me get up and let him have this spot. As if I'd let him. Then I let my eyes move slowly and fall on the familiar girl's face that I met the other day in the cafeteria with Kyanite.

"Hey G! You made it!" My voice comes out more than just happy to see her and instantly, I display a wide smile for her. The bar that is still being held up over my body comes down to touch my chest then back up. "A spotter would be lovely, champ. Just a short set and then we'll get started. I was thinking of starting with something easy. While I finish this set, why don't you tell me what you already know? Do you have area's that need working on? You could always show me what's your strong suit or vise versa."

I question her to start talking while the sixty pound weights move up and down with small takes of breath in between each push upward. My eyes do switch over to her a few times until I finally finish this set. I let the bar cling to the hold and I push myself up and throw my leg over one side, reaching for the towel.

"I didn't think you'd show. Call me crazy, but I was thinking I was over eager the other day about having you for a trainee. Figured you'd skip out on being my first charge into my future fame of a great trainer. Glad to see I can trust you, G!" Just like the other day in the cafeteria, I hold out my balled up fist for her. "Don't leave me hanging, chick!"

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Tough lessons are meant to be L.E.A.R.N.E.D // Jins - Gala Mar 6, 2014 14:23:09 GMT -5

Post by Cameo {RIP Charlie} on Mar 6, 2014 14:23:09 GMT -5

It's unusual to have someone so glad to see Gala and despite the fact Liam's a little creepy she takes it with a smile anyways. Surprisingly it's nice to feel wanted and it makes her feel special that it's too such an extreme. Even though she's clearly only a bit heavier then what he's lifting, maybe he's joking as well to though. So she goes behind the bar as if to really spot him. Of course his words don't stop there as he blabbers on about their current schedule. Then he questions about her current knowledge in training, things to work on.

For a second Gala's a bit hesitant. Isn't she suppose to keep her strategies, strengths, and weakness hidden? That's at least what Matthew had taught her. But maybe that's only for the games and potential opponents. By the looks of it this is Liam's last year though, and the chances of both of them getting reaping or volunteering are slim. And there's no way that Gala would ever spar against him, it's an uneven match all the way. All these older guy careers are double her size at least. If he's going to train her, he's going to need information. No harm in that.

"I'm strong." Gala informs with a shrug because she's really unsure of what else she's good at. "Being tiny helps me get out of things easily." She didn't thing it'd be so difficult to thing of her strengths, but they all seem retarded and useless compared to everyone else's. "And I can climb and hang from anything for a long time." That's are biggest talent, but no one thinks of her as the trapeze twin after the pregames though. If anyone ever knows. "I do trapeze for my family's circus." Why not share that to? It's sort of useful.

More compliments, man this guy is full of them. He's surprised that Gala didn't ditch him, and expressed how he's going to be a famous trainer one day. Even trust is mentioned, which is odd because it toke a lot more then showing up to gain that from Matthew and Kyanite. "No problem." She says awkwardly giving him another knuckle punch as if she was a five year old. This guy's still strange. "So what's first?" She asks, figuring his short set is over with.

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Tough lessons are meant to be L.E.A.R.N.E.D // Jins - Gala Mar 19, 2014 15:38:33 GMT -5

Post by * on Mar 19, 2014 15:38:33 GMT -5

"I'm strong. Being tiny helps me get out of things easily. And I can climb and hang from anything for a long time." She tells me as the weights are being lifted for the last few times. Everything she's saying I just take with every bit of spare space I can. Anything that she says can be useful down the road. Any information she tells me can make the facade run faster when I start teaching her various things that I've been taught myself. Who knows? She and I maybe become friends sooner or later. That thought seems to sink in for a moment and I can see how gaining her trust might work out in the long run. Maybe, this won't be so bad after all?

"Strong? Like... with sparring or just strength wise, Gala? How about hitting someone or something? How does your strength play into that?" I question her and stand up from the weight bench with the towel around my neck after yet another fist bump.

"So what's first?" She asks. Really, I've been trying to think of where to start with this young girl. What her strengths would be and her weaknesses. Though, in order to build her confidence and to get her started off in the right direction, I know we must start small and in something she's really good at.

"Well, we start first with showing me what you can do. Don't worry. I'm not going to fight back and I don't want you to hold back, alright? I want to see how well you can throw a punch, okay?" I tell her, and move my head to the side to get her to follow me. I take several steps over to the bleachers and take a seat for a moment. Grabbing my bottle, I empty it of it's remaining contents and put it back down. Once again, I rise to my feet and motion for her to follow back to the floor mat where the sparring usually takes place.

I swing my arm to get her to come with a smile following right after. "Come on, Gala. No slacking off here. You've got much to learn and I have much that you can teach me. Equal trade, alright? You learn from me if you teach me, too? Grab some protective gear, alright. Nothing too much. Shin pads and boxing gloves, alright? I'll do the same. I want you to spar with me."

I'm not sure what her reaction will be but I try to head it off before she can try to deny the friendly trainer to trainee spar. "Oh, don't worry. YOu're going to be doing all the punches and hits. I'm just going to be blocking cause when you were in the games, you were matched with people twice your size. You need to learn where their weak spots are. Where to hit. How hard to shake them to get them down. Not that you didn't do well enough your first time, but your second time, they will know your tricks for the next pregames. NExt time, G, you'll have something up you're sleeve. Are you ready?" I don't wait on her responce, instead, I walk to the supply closet and grab my set of shin guards and boxing gloves. Since I'm going to be taking the hits, I also grab the padded helmets for sparring like this. No use in getting whacked in the head on the first day. Though, with my face turned away from her, I can't help but display a wicked grin. Everything seems to be working out well.

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Tough lessons are meant to be L.E.A.R.N.E.D // Jins - Gala Mar 21, 2014 21:27:39 GMT -5

Post by Cameo {RIP Charlie} on Mar 21, 2014 21:27:39 GMT -5

This guy stays very long winded but still manages to keep Gala's attention as he continues with the questions. There's no pauses in between them though, but maybe that's because they all require one long answer. Seems a little silly, she'll go with it though. Testing new trainers is what this is all about. No one will ever be able to fill Matthew's shoes, so why not just go through a bunch? Learn as much as she can. Giving up this information wasn't what she was expecting. Must be necessary. "Just strength." Gala answers with a shrug because she tends to downgrade herself often. The memory of the pregames reappears in her mind as it always does though.

Maybe Gala isn't as bad of a career as she feels she is. Somehow she managed not one but two broken during her first match of the pregames. Sure it was retaliated back as her healed broken bones will never feel quite right again. In the long run she did kick some ass though, and against someone at least twice her size, maybe even more. "Fighting more then sparring I'd say." She adds after a few seconds of consideration. "I broke Mason's arm and leg during of my first match." Telling this information brings a proud smile across her face as it always does while talking about her pregame accomplishments. After everything the mood was all soar for everyone. For a while she was even disappointed in herself. After a lot of reconsideration she's now proud over how far she got being the youngest contestant. Next year she'll do even better, now to train for that.

The memory of Matthew floods through Gala's mind as Jins suggests testing her strength. He wants to see the quality of her punch, just as her trainer did. Well it didn't happen right away as she was dropped by him for a bit, it did happen though. Back then she wasn't as strong, and there's no doubt in her mind that her progress to now is all due to him. Now Jins is wanting to test her, and this time it shall be much different. He says don't worry he won't punch back, so clearly he doesn't remember the pregames to well. Compared to Mason, he's a twig. "Okay, but I'm not worried." Even with how creepy this guy appears, her confidence reappears.

Instructions begin to get protective gear which is a complete first for Gala. With Matthew he treated it like the real deal and didn't use those silly things. When it comes to group training and sparring those things are required though. Silly adult trainers. So she still has knowledge of where the equipment is stored and follow Jins to retrieve it with a, "Okay." Might as well ignore the slacking off part, clearly she's far from that. This guy will realize that soon. Of course his long speeches continue on, and as much as Gala would love to fade him out she doesn't.

"Yup." Gala replies shortly to his massive explanation and repetition. Why does he have to repeat that she'll be the only one doing the hitting? She's not stupid. And again he repeats for her not to worry. When people do that, usually it means that one should actually be worried. Either way a spar and showing Liam how powerful she actually is sounds like fun though. Learning new tricks for the next pregames is actually what she needs as well. With how long he can go on she already has her shin-gaurds and boxing gloves equipped and takes the initiative to go to the mat before he begins talking again. Once the go say is given she gives a few hops as she's seen the others do and has picked up as any young career would. Might as well show how amazing her old trainer was and give a fake punch with her weak right arm before giving an upper-cut with her left.

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