A Melodic Tune (for SubtleRoar)

[Vc0m]

"Uuuuuumm...I don't remember. I did very little boxing to improve my strikes for a few months, on the side from my wrestling training.", Melody would answer.

Melody set her legs fairly far apart, and took her usual wrestling stance, and once Lex gave the signal, it was on!

Slowly, Melody would make her way towards Lex, the two circling the ring as the distance between them closed. Trying to take the initiative, Melody attempted to launch a quick jab at her partner!

[SubtleRoar]

"Ooh..then..this is going to be painful for you." *Lex tilted his head quizzically, still trying to figure out this rubix cube of a woman before him; she had quite the stunning sense of style and carried herself with a certain level of elegance, but in terms of physical presence, she was as intimidating as a toothpick. Maybe there was something dwelling underneath the initial strata of skinniness, and if so, Lex had every intention of finding out.*

"I'll try to take it ea~!" *His sentence cut short by her abrupt pop, Lex playfully shook off what little damage it managed to cause him. His face had been the target of numerous attacks in the past which, oddly enough, caused a bit of pain negation in that area.* "Hmm...not bad, not bad." *Blinking through the lingering pain, Lex decided to return the favor by dashing forward and delivering a right uppercut to the base of her jaw.* "Let's see if your offense matches your defense, shall we?"

[Vc0m]

"Heh. Alright, buddy. Your funeral!", Melody would cut off Lex's quip about taking it easy with a smile.

Quickly, Melody attempted to follow up on her attack, going for a hook with her other, right hand this time!

...however, her confidence in trying to attack Lex once more would prove to be her downfall, as Lex would quickly counter her with a right uppercut to her jaw!

Not managing to react in time to protect it in anyway, Melody took the full brunt of the attack!

Shaken by it, she managed to stay on her feet, and quickly stepped away from Lex to avoid a follow up attack!

[SubtleRoar]

*Feeling the tactile connection rattle Melody's mandible a little harder than he had intended, Lex decided that easing up on his offensive pursuit would be the most prudent idea- Both for his personal exercise, and for whatever remained of the fumbling girl's dignity.* "So, Mel, are you telling me you've never actually fought in a pugilistic style before?" *He quipped, always eager to verbally fence a bit with someone he deemed worthy of his genius intellect.* "Because if that's the case, then I don't mind wrapping one arm behind my back to even the odds."

*And with that, Lex proceeded to lurch forward and ensnare the taut swordswoman within a clinch- He was in close proximity of her perky melons sure, but he had no perverted intentions on the mind today; the astute inventor merely wanted to test Melody's balance, and what better way to do so than by keeping her still in place while simultaneously trying to nudge her backwards?*

[Vc0m]

"Uuugh...don't get so cocky, Le---?!"

Right as Melody attempted to quip back at her sparring partner, Lex suddenly lundged at her, wrapping his arms around her back for a clinch as he pressed the greenette forward, trying to make her lose balance!

"Wow! Grrrrhhh!", the greenette grunted, as she attempted to dig her heels into the canvas, and try to keep her balance! If she is successful, she'd try to get her hands under her partner's, and shove him away to break the clinch!

[SubtleRoar]

"Awww, what's the matter, you don't like getting all close to a big, sweaty guy~?" *He knew that a golden opportunity to tease the typically stringent and stoic Melody wouldn't present itself like this too often, so he took the chance while he had it, deliberately pressing his chest close enough to hers to that a bit of his perspiration almost dripped onto her outfit. However, she managed to escape his grasp, forcing him to backpedal for a brief moment.*

"Seriously, you must have fought stationary bags or something, because a true pugilist..." *His sentence trailed off, allowing him to transition into what he planned next- Sinking forward with an ounce of momentum on his side, Lex bent forward and sprang upwards for a wicked, right uppercut to Melody's mandible.* "WOULD HAVE SEEN THIS COMING!"

[Vc0m]

Her lack of experience in boxing was showing in full, as Lex had full control of the fight. Still, Melody attempted to at least stand on her feet as she managed to avoid losing her balance from a clinch, shoving her partner away as she didn't pay any attention to his teasing, trying to get her arms up to block his potential attack...

...only for the White-Haired Genius to be faster than she anticipated, rushing at her within a quarter of a second, and landing a hard uppercut into her jaw!

The shot was strong enough to separate Melody from the ground for just a split second, and for greenette's consciousness to flicker for a moment, as she would fall flat on her back from the punch...

[SubtleRoar]

*As the self-appointed genius watched the regal woman fall flat on her posterior, Lex tilted his head in a curious fashion as he felt slightly guilty for having cranked up his skill level just a tad too high.* "Hey..um...do you want to put this session on pause?" *He genuinely offered, raising his right eyebrow slightly above his opposite one as it became incredibly obvious that Melody was woefully underprepared for this fight.*

"Listen, there's no shame in admitting defeat, and the only people who will ever know about this will be us~" *He calmly bent forward, extending his right, gloved fist towards her in an effort to show he held no hard feelings towards the pulverized pugilist.* "Plus, I can aid you in improving that form of yours, since it's obvious you need it." *He coated that last statement with a bit of verbal venom, feeling slightly haughty for having triumphantly warred with Melody and proven his dominance over her, if only for a moment.*

[Vc0m]

With Melody quickly coming to, she would hear Lex's polite, yet slightly snarky comment on putting the spar on hold, and offering to help her improve her form in boxing...

...but, with Melody's mind still on the negatives that happened to her this year, she didn't want to give up just yet. She needed just 1 solid win for herself this year:

"No...just...one more round. Please...", the greenette would ask Lex, ignoring his hand as she attempted to get up on her own power...

[SubtleRoar]

*Witnessing the stalwart woman decline his offer for assistance almost coaxed out a chuckle from the haughty inventor- Secretly, he had an inkling that Melody wouldn't allow someone else to help her, given that her pride weighed more than her slender body when compared to one another.* "Alright, alright- Just don't hold it against me when you leave this fight with more lumps than you entered with." *Lex attempted to break the dense ice between them with a joke, before backpedaling to provide the verdant vixen some space to recuperate before the impending round began.*

*Sinking into his orthodox stance, Lex began to hop from one foot to the other to maintain his momentum; while knowing that his opponent wasn't too proficient at the art of pugilism, he was still determined to out-duel the elegant noblewoman on his own turf.* "Give me a heads up when you're ready to get clobbered, mkay?"