Combat Zone

[The Powers That Be]

The Combat Zone is the second of the outside buildings near the magic school. Past the thick security door, the room essentially resembles a high school gymnasium: the floor is polished wood with various lines and circles painted on it for the few times they do kick back and play conventional sport. About half of the floor is covered in heavy-duty foam mats. It's on these that Professor Liu trains martial arts. Locked away in the wall is a case of golden bracelets, which lock the wearer's powers until a teacher takes them off. This is because powers are prohibited in this building, and if any unruly student should break that rule, clink. It's lights off for them. There is various sport training and exercise equipment here, and plenty of room for all.

[Julie]

"Okie."

::A very proud Professor Liu enters with a certain Ms.Kohr and the youngest Halliwell.::

"Melinda, are you going to want to stay big when I teach you? Because I only have so many uniforms..."

(Until the school gets more money.)

[Melinda]

::Melinda stares at Julie, not really understanding what she means.::

[Julie]

::Julie thinks about how to rephrase it more simply.::

"Do you want to be big or little when I teach you?"

[Melinda]

::Melinda looks all the more confused.::

[Andrea]

::Andrea approaches Julie and whispers in her ear.::

"Start saying stuff really loudly in Chinese."

[Julie]

::Julie whispers back to Ands.::

"Why would I do that? She'd probably cry."

::She looks back at Mel.::

"Never mind, Mel, come here."

::She goes over to a locker where she stores the new karategi and picks one out that would fit Melinda as an adult.::

"Here you go, you can change over there, okay?"

[Andrea]

::Andrea smiles and shakes her head.::

[Melinda]

::Melinda looks down at the folded up gi in her hands and then up at Julie.::

[Julie]

"... Do you know how to dress yourself Melinda?"

[Melinda]

"Show me already!"

::Melinda looks angry now.::

[Julie]

::Julie gets serious, one thing she will not take is disrespect!::

"Relax! Come."

::She brings Melinda over to one of the changing room thingies and starts undressing her. She feels ridiculously awkward.::

"Okay, you see these tags, that means that this side is the back. So, you put your arms through here and then you tie the belt around here like this, watch closely, okay?"

::She ties Melinda's belt for her slowly.::

"Okay, do you want to try to do it?"

[Melinda]

::Melinda, feeling anxious, shrinks to her child form.::

[Julie]

::Julie smiles.::

"You look adorable swimming in that uniform."

::She kneels down in front of little Melinda. She unties the belt and hands the two ends to Melinda.::

"It's okay. You can try it slowly. Here, I'll do it with you, okay?"

::She goes and gets her black belt and puts it around her back holding the two ends.::

"Are you ready, Mel?"

[Andrea]

::Andy calls through.::

"How come she's getting a black one?"

[Melinda]

::Melinda tries to loop the belt around and tie it but she's not managing so well. And the suit is way too big for her now.::

[Julie]

"She's not, I've got the black one. Come here, Andrea."

::Julie goes and gets Melinda smaller suit cos she feels bad for the girl now.::

"Here Mel, let's put these on, okay? It'll be easier for you now that you're small."

::She helps Melinda out of the big gi.::

"Do you wanna try and put it on by yourself?"

[Andrea]

::Andrea heads over and assumes Julie will ask her to do something maybe?::

[Melinda]

::Melinda pulls on the trousers. Thankfully they're an elastic waist so there's no problems there. She then puts on the jacket over her vest and fiddles with the strings.::

[Julie]

::Julie hands Andrea the big uniform.::

"Could you fold and put that away for me, please?"

::She watches Melinda.::

"Good job, Melinda! Here, you pull it like this, the you go over..."

::She does the steps very slowly.::

"Pull... then you make a bunny ear like this, the over and through the hold then pull and you got it!"

This post has been edited by Julie on Mar 8 2008, 03:46 PM