<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/8/85/Marco2.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Ragnar Lodbrok/Myth<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Near the Courts<br/><strong>Wearing:</strong>Black shorts with a snarling wolf head, black ankle supports, hand wraps<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Nuo, Idris, Open<br/><br/>Trust... While sparring both fighters must trust in each other enough to control their movements and not injure each other. Regular people had pads and guards to limit and protect, but when the warriors sparring are both mutants most items of protection are ineffective. Each mutant's gifts are different as is their level of control over them and they could easily get carried away. Different styles and forms bring with them a different focus.... Hard muscles move as Ragnar sways backwards out of the way allowing Nuo's elbow to pass his face. The merest space was given in avoidance as the air coming with the blow stirs strands of his long hair. Her knee came around after so fluid with the first elbow to where it became a combination. If one didn't know that it was coming the knee would almost assuredly get them.... Ragnar as it was did know the knee was coming since he had barked out the attack. A smile plays at his lips as his left hand unclenches and comes down to guide the knee away from him.<br/><br/>Trust... Nuo's powers allow her to absorb and redirect kinetic energy, which in turn can easily be used to injure of kill her sparring partner. Ragnar trusted Nuo enough that she could hold back enough of her gifts to not cripple of kill the New Mutant leader. As was his habit Ragnar had sat down after that first Danger Room session and learned all he could about the others that made up the team. Powers and abilities were locked away in his memory so that he could guide the team in the field... Idris comes to where Ragnar could see her out of the corner of his eye. She as well had a rough time during the fight....<br/><br/>Where both Nuo and Ragnar had been trained to fight and had used their skills, Idris was not accustomed to fighting. In a controlled simulation like the Danger Room she could hold herself, but in a real fight where death could easily come from a claw or a blast of energy revealed the panic that came to many young mutants. It was nothing new, but had to be worked through and that came with experience and a drive to improve. Ragnar himself had been through that same thing on his first battle field...  For now though his eyes remain on Nuo as his weight starts to shift from leg to leg.<br/><br/>Trust... Nuo had to trust that Ragnar would not get carried away himself. His chosen art was Muay Thai otherwise called the Science of 8 Limbs, because it utilizes kicks, punches, knees and elbow strikes. He had tried many different styles to find one that fit him the best, so he did have other moves he could break out at a moments notice. It was Mauy Thai that fit him best though its power and devastating movements. Now with his gifts Ragnar needed to watch himself even more... The straight kick is a lot like a jab, but with the momentum a regular Mauy Thai practitioner uses it can hit like a baseball bat. With Ragnar and the fact that he could lift a ton with his gifts that kick can hit like a sledgehammer...<br/><br/>He watches as Nuo sets herself up and he smiles, "I'm feeling nice today Nuo... I think I'll teach you some more moves while we go at it..." Ragnar studies her stance and how she holds herself and her looks are not lost on him. Every woman at the mansion was lovely and some even reminded him of his ex-fiance before she died at the hands of Sinister. Still this was a time to bring everyone up after their first real battle... A flash of white comes from his teeth as Ragnar continues, "I think the first should be...." What most people didn't know about him was that Ragnar could bench press a ton of weight, the muscles of his legs could give him great take off speed. He was no Barry Sanders cutting through the line but it did catch people off guard at times as a big man like him was not suppose to be quick. Ragnar demonstrates this now as his muscles launch him forward.<br/><br/>Instead of going for a punch or any other regular move, Ragnar drops his frame low as his hands drop low to try and catch Nuo behind her knees. His shoulder would also drop for her midsection to add a push of forward momentum as his hands pull back at an attempt to take her down to the ground. If successful Ragnar would sit himself on her midsection with fists raised, "That's a simple take-down with me ending in a full mount..."