Who: Callisto and Izzy Lightwood When: Early September Where: Gym What: Whips and chains excite me Rating/Warning: G Status: Complete
Izzy was in a quiet room at her gym practicing with her whip. She was doing pretty well with it but no where near as skilled as she was in her dreams. Still she was managing to wrap it round things and pull them to her now. It was pretty cool how it coiled and uncoiled around her hand just at her whim.
Taking a breath she focused on the plastic bottle in front of her and flicked her wrist, laughing when the whip curled around it.
Callisto had heard the sound of the whip cracking as she walked into the gym. Intrigued, she made her way towards the sound, leaning on the door frame to watch the woman when she found her. After seeing her crack the whip around the plastic bottle, Callisto couldn’t help but give a small round of applause, suitably impressed by the girl’s aptitude for the weapon.
Izzy turned at the sound of clapping and blushed slightly, “Oh, I didn’t realise you were there” she said with a friendly smile, “Do you need the room? My friend said it was free for a couple of hours”
"Nah, you're fine," Callisto told her as she stepped into the room. "Heard the sound of the whip and it drew me to it. Must be the masochist in me," she joked with a little shrug.
Izzy laughed, “Don’t worry you’re safe, I’m not a sadist so I’m not going to start whipping you. Even if you want me to” she teased, drawing the whip back to wrap around her arm. “I haven’t seen you around before, I’m Isabelle” she said holding out her hand not holding the weapon, “Call me Izzy”
"Callisto," she introduced, shaking Izzy's hand. "I come by when I can, not so much lately since I've been busy, but I try," she shrugged. "You're pretty good, how long have you been doing it?" she asked, referring to the whip.
“Nice to meet you” Izzy said before grinning, “About three weeks. I woke up from a dream, you know the ones everybody talks about, and there it was on my bedside table”
"Cool," Callisto commented. "No idea who might have left it there?" she asked.
“I think it just came from the dreams” Izzy replied easily, “It’s exactly the same and nobody came into my room”
"Sorry, I'm just naturally suspicious of good things," said Callisto a little grimly. "It's a beautiful whip, like the skin of a snake," she commented, looking at the whip in Izzy's hand.
“It’s not necessarily a bad thing to be a little cautious” Izzy said, “Especially around here. Something weird is always waiting round the corner” She smiled holding it out to Callisto, “Thank you. In the dreams it was a present from my father for my twelfth birthday”
"Wow, you got all the cool toys!" Callisto remarked, motioning with her hand to the whip. "Do you mind?"
“Apparently so” she nodded, “Go ahead” she said turning it so she could take the handle.
"Thanks," Callisto smiled as she took the handle from the younger girl. "It's been a little while so I may be a little rusty," she told her, eyeing up the bottle on the far side of the room. She shook the whip a little beside her, feeling the weight and the movement of the weapon then stepped forward on her left foot and cracked the whip at the bottle, knocking it over but not wrapping the end around it. "Damn!"
“Not bad” Izzy said, “I couldn’t even hit the bottle when I first tried and I caught my own hand with it, which stung quite a bit” she laughed. She’d come pretty far in three weeks though.
“Not good though,” Callisto groused. “I used to be pretty decent, but I haven’t had any reason to use one for the last year or so,” she told her, moving to right the bottle then return to stand in front of the girl.
“So, I may regret asking this but how come you know how to work with a whip?” she asked in a tone which was somewhat amused.
Callisto laughed at that,she hadn’t realised how it would sound when she’d said it. “I’m a stunt co-ordinator for film and tv, so working with weapons is kind of a must,” she told her. “Last time I used a whip it was for some Western flick that ended up going straight to DVD just over a year ago,” she said, then turned quickly and cracked the whip towards the bottle, catching it square and looping the whip around the neck. “Yes!” Callisto fist pumped herself. “I was always better when I didn’t overthink it,” she smiled.
“Oh I see. That’s a pretty awesome job” Izzy replied, smiling brightly as Callisto managed to catch the bottle, “Yeah I found that too. I need to kind of let it come naturally”
“Yeah, it is pretty awesome,” Callisto laughed. “I get to beat up guys for a living,” she winked at Izzy. “It’s the way with a lot of fighting, when I’m putting together a sequence a lot of it is what you would naturally do in that situation, just more controlled so no-one actually gets hurt,” she grinned. “Now brawling, that’s a different matter,” she joked, winding up the whip to hand over to Izzy.
“That’s the kind of job I could get behind” Izzy grinned before nodding as she listened, “You know that is awesome. You must have a lot of discipline, except maybe when brawling apparently. Gotta let off steam somehow right?” she took the whip back with a smile of thanks.
“Yeah, and I’ve got a lotta steam,” Callisto told her grimly. “I’ve been learning to fight since I was about four years old, lots of disciplines, lots of teachers, and all I really learned was that none of it really matters. Once you’re good enough, you don’t even think about it,” she shrugged. “You just...do it,” she laughed, moving back to the doorway to pick up her bag.
“I get that. I’ve had martial arts training since I was young” Izzy told her, “It’s almost like automatic now”
“Exactly,” Callisto agreed. “So when someone comes at you in a bar, you just kind of...swing,” she grinned. “If I happen to break their nose or something oh well,” she shrugged with a wink.
Izzy laughed, “Can’t say I’ve had that happen but I’ll take your word for it” she smiled, “I can see how easily it could be done”
“Can’t deny I don’t get a bit of a buzz out of it,” Callisto told her, no point being dishonest. “Right, I’ll leave you to it, thanks for letting me play,” she hefted her bag on her shoulder. “We should play again sometime,” she grinned at Izzy.
“Get a buzz where you can right?” Izzy said, before nodding. “No worries, anytime you want a whipping just let me know” she winked.
Callisto laughed heartily at that as she turned away, shouting back over her shoulder, “Oh, it’s on!”