Afternoon of Strength: O Student, Let the Stick Guide You into the Thrill of the Smash!

[tank_rockarms]

Who: Max and the Students of his Smash Fundamentals Class
What: Home Run Contest
Where: Outside in the Football Stadium
When: Class Time
Warnings: Baseball bats

Max had set up the Football Stadium out-of-doors so that there was a funny little platform at one end. There was also a baseball bat, and a sandbag. One of those sandbags with eyes that was sort of creepy because it was watching you as you beat it up.

But at any rate, his Smash Fundamentals class was here, and they were going to have a class, and it was going to be great. G-R-E-A-T great.

"Alright!" said Max, his voice booming out over the group of errant youths. "Today's real simple. Today, you got ten seconds to beat up a sandbag as best as you can with basic punches and kicks. I don't care if you breathe fire or crap lighting or got psychic whatevers, that ain't this class. I see you use anything other than a basic punch or kick, I toss you out and you gotta start over again.. If, like, you've got a hand that's always on fire or something and you can't turn it off, let me know. But I'm pretty sure nobody in here has always-on-fire hands. Anyway. You got about 9 seconds to knock the stuffing out of that sandbag, and then hit with the bat. This is practice for basic hits with your hands, and basic hits with a bat. You knock it out of the football field, you get an A+. Any other grades, I'll get figured out once I see how the class did."

Max stepped up to the platform and climbed a short ladder. "Allow me to demonstrate to the class. First thing you do, is punch it." Max punched it with his right fist. It was a punch that reverberated to the very walls of the stadium. God Himself wept. The sand bag was probably bleeding internally. Ruptured sand liver and everything. Max gave it a left hook, then gave it an uppercut, bringing the bag up into the air briefly, then smashed it back to the ground with his mighty left fist. "Then, you take the baseball bat, once you think you've hit it enough," he said, grabbing the bat, and swinging back and then LETTING IT RRRRRRRIIIIIP and smashed the bag off of the little platform and soaring off into the distance. Where did it land? Did it land? Is it still flying through the air? When will it stop? The world may never know.

"And you hit it."

Max put the bat back down next to him on the platform. "Easy. Now, show me what you got, and remember you've only got ten seconds. You take longer than ten seconds, you gotta start over."

He jumped off of the platform with a giant thud. "Get at it!"

Comments

ATTENDANCE

[needsmorebiceps]

Re: ATTENDANCE

[bunnyfears]

There's a guy with fluffy bunny ears here, looking extremely happy that all he'll have to do is beat up an inanimate object that can't fight back.

[kumagypsy]

"Only punches and kicks? I guess I can manage that." Kumatora grinned.

[welikeike]

THAT... was a DEMONSTRATION to be admired. Ike can't help but just gawk at Max's power.

Re: ATTENDANCE

[cruelcurse]

Henry showed up. A class where you get to beat stuff up is practically compulsory in a fighting school, right?

He just wasn't expecting it to be without his weapon of choice. Talk about harsh.

Re: ATTENDANCE

[punchtheflute]

Hi Max! Hi! Hey, Max!

Re: ATTENDANCE

[raw_angel_power]

Pit was excited to get swinging.

Re: ATTENDANCE

[givemeyouranswerdo]

Daisy would never turn down the opportunity to beat stuff up.

Re: ATTENDANCE

[deathboss]

NOOOOOOOOooooooo exercise his greatest enemy. Why was he forced to attend this class....ARGH. There so much pale white skin on him it's probably hard to see.

Re: ATTENDANCE

[electriccharge]

Watt was here and ready to roll -

Wait. You have to beat up this punching bag with your arms and legs? Nothing about electricity or anything?

...hhhhhhhhhuh. This was going to be harder than she thought it would be.

QUESTIONS

[needsmorebiceps]

Re: QUESTIONS

[bunnyfears]

"So, uh... I kiiind of fight by turning into a giant rabbit? Although I mean, it's just something the taguel kind of do, it's basically the same to me as using my bare hands... And I mean, I guess I don't HAVE to use my beaststone? But I don't really know how to fight without it."

[atmyage]

Ema has a question! She raises her hand.

"Do we really have to knock it up in the air like that?"

She looks like she couldn't punch her way out of a damp paper bag, so you see why this might be a problem.

HITTING THE THING

[needsmorebiceps]

Herein, dear reader, you talk about hitting the thing.

Re: HITTING THE THING

[bunnyfears]

Yarne hops up onto the stadium, pulls out his beaststone, and BAM, suddenly giant rabbit monster!! He rushes forward, smacking it a few times with his front paws, before turning around, and giving it a powerful kick with both his long rabbit legs, launching it into the air. Before it falls, he leaps after it, spinning rapidly, and smacking it straight back down, and bouncing back up. While it's still midair, he lands, grabs the baseball bat in his mouth, turns back around, and... accidentally bites the bat in half from how hard he was trying to hold onto it in his mouth, resulting in half a baseball bat gently thudding into the sandbag and sending it sliding 2 or 3 feet off the platform... and a giant rabbit coughing out the handle, and then rolling around on the ground panickedly.

"Oh gods!!! I think I've got splinters in my mouth, I'm going to DIE!!!" comes the loud, panicked voice from seemingly nowhere.

Re: HITTING THE THING

[welikeike]

Starting with an experimental punch-then-kick, Ike determined that the sandbag could certainly take a good number without flying off the platform. (It had to, or else someone like Max would have sent it soaring far before he even touched that bat!) He sped up his deliveries and gave it some quick, solid jabs before he bashed his elbow down over the top of the sandbag. Before it could fall to the floor, Ike slammed his knee into the sandbag, wracking up some more Sick Damage. The sandbag straightened back up, and Ike gave it a few more punches before he reached behind him and grabbed the bat with his right hand. He stepped forward with his right foot, swung the bat over his left shoulder, and hit the sandbag with all of his might once the timer hit one second.

The sandbag sailed out of the boundaries of the football field and landed further beyond, but still within sight. SAFE! Ike took a deep breath. "So... How did I do?"

Re: HITTING THE THING

[punchtheflute]

Sonny was going to hit the thing.

He was going to hit it so hard it's little sandbag grandchildren would be born with sore backsides.

He POOMFED into gigantic bear form and punched the everloving bajingas out of the sandbag. He did not kick it as his legs are stubby and hilariously hidden by his stomach. Then he picked up the bat with his stubby little claws, digging grooves into the handle of the stick as he held it as tight as he could.

"Laaaaaaaaax!"

WHAMMO KAPOW KLOK BIFFO KAZOOM

Look at that sucker fly!

[raw_angel_power]

Pit normally hits things with weapons. He's better practiced at that than just using his bare hands to strike. That doesn't mean he can't, though! Not only is he used to striking in general, but some of the weapons he learned to use are more like fists or palms to begin with. Except they also shoot projectiles and have other special attributes. So it's... really not the same. But whatever! It's not hard to rack up some damage with his limbs alone.

He starts with a sliding kick, then sweeps it up like he's practicing with a soccer ball. While he's so close to the ground he rolls into a handstand and kicks it up again with both his feet. It sails up and so does Pit, springing up from his crouch like a frog while spreading his wings out to fly higher than the Sandbag so he can double-kick it back down to the ground. He lands on top of it and goes to town with rapid-fire punches. He's running out of time, so he finishes with a good hard one before grabbing the bat and ramming it against his target with an emphatic cry.

Re: HITTING THE THING

[cruelcurse]

Henry climbed up onto the platform with his flimsy nerd frame and stood in front of the sandbag. Well... Max said they had to punch it and then hit it with a bat. No magic. Sure, sure. The teacher called the shots and stuff.

When the time started ticking, Henry spent a whole second just standing in front of the sandbag without doing anything except being a professional waste of time. He delivered an unpracticed kick and then gave it the weirdest looking punch. It was more like a backhand with a balled-up fist, hitting the sandbag with his knuckles. ...Really, Henry knew no forms of fighting. So he gave up trying and just slammed his fists down over the top of the sandbag and pummeled it a few times over like a child throwing a tantrum. With a few seconds to spare, Henry grabbed the bat and swung it against the sandbag.

The sandbag traveled almost fifteen feet. Henry laughed. "Whoops~."

Re: HITTING THE THING

[givemeyouranswerdo]

Daisy was pretty strong. You had to be to play as many sports as she did. But she still didn't have near the amount of biceps to do what Max did. Daisy DID wail on it with a few well placed punches and kicks. She just had to pretend the bag was Bowser.

And then, she grabbed the baseball bat. And with the skill of a seasoned player, she wound up and clubbed that sandbag hard, launching it off the platform.

[deathboss]

Eikichi looks at the sandbag as the precious few seconds start to tickle down, arms crossed as it looks at the sandbag who blinks back at him. He still had some left, but at this rate he wasn't going to do anything...or was he?

Re: HITTING THE THING

[thelittlestsparky]

Watt didn't exactly want to show it, but she was a bit nervous in doing this activity with her human form. After all, she always relied on her headbutting and her awesome electricity attacks whenever she fought! Doing this felt like trying on clothes that were either too tight or too big.

Still, there was no way that she was going to back down on this. It may be out of her comfort zone, but she was going to try her best!

She approached the punching bag, trying to appear as confident as possible, and went to work at punching the punch bag. The sandbag appeared to not move an inch at first, but with some perserverance, it started to jiggle this way and that. Watt then tried out some kicks on the sandbag, sideways, at the front of the sandbag and such. At that point, the sandbag started to bounce up and down a bit by her kicks.

Once time was about to run out, the girl hurriedly grabbed the baseball bat, reeled as far back as she possibly could and slammed right into the sandbag! The sandbag went flying! For a little bit, at least. It landed about twenty feet from the platform. She sighed, a bit frustrated.

LURKERS / BOTHERERS

[needsmorebiceps]

[thewrightidea]

Phoenix was not a student of this school, hence he could not actually "attend" the class. But he could lurk and maybe get some free education out of this?

Max had previously told Phoenix to come to the gym with him to train, but truth be told Phoenix was kind of intimidated by the guy - his muscles were gigantic. Was the guy going to make Phoenix kill himself by lifting impossible large weights? Or make him take steroids? He didn't know.

But at least in this class he could maybe learn like another student. This was a fighting school after all...

So yes there was Phoenix lurking at the back, trying not to be noticed as he watched students hit the sandbag.

[inspirethefire]

"GO FOR IT! YOU CAN DO IT, GO AT IT WITH ALL YOU'VE GOT!"

Yup, that's right, you guys have a cheerleader hanging out on the sidelines, hollering for all he's worth, punching the air for emphasis on every other word.

"SUMMON UP ALL YOUR STRENGTH, HOLD NOTHING BACK! ORAAAAAAAA! "

Hajime's too big a wimp to sign up for a class like this, but that doesn't mean he's going to skip out on his job, especially when it comes to athletic endeavors. Have confidence, folks, he's gonna encourage the shit out of you.