Not a Man of Violence (Starring: Damian as Atlas and Tyuki as Eclipse)

Atlas had never expected to be training anyone, yet here he was showing Tyuki how to lift something heavy. Perhaps the possibility had just never actually come to his mind before, though the idea now was something that filled him with a certain amount of pride. The hope that his current pupil was a quick learner did flare up within his head, though even if she weren’t, he was willing to take a little time to teach Tyuki the art of lifting heavy things. As Atlas lifted the heavy rock above his head, he became aware of the cool breeze blowing down his neck, creating a tiny shudder as he set the massive hunk of earth down once again with a loud thud.

That was when the strong female waltzed over to one about half as large as his, bending over and practicing the form that he taught her. There was another display of strength, beyond human but not as amazing as the times that he had seen from the occasional video of Tyuki that showed up on the internet. This should have been no problem, but Damian could not think of why this was the case. This lead to him stroking his chin, falling deeply into thought as if that would help him figure out some way to help. Perhaps the positive reinforcement was not positive enough, though something told him that was not exactly the case with things.

”Off to a good start, but you’re still ways off from doing what I know you can do.” Damian said snapping from thought when she finished lifting the large rock. ”Maybe I’m doing this training all wrong.” A few ideas began to brew within his noggin, malformed at the start but they quickly began to gain traction.

Either he was overestimating Tyuki’s strength or it came more as a need rather than just whenever she wanted it to. If it was the latter then he was not about to assault someone, and likely do something he would regret later. ”I have an idea, so you’re…going to have to trust me on this one.” So he grabbed onto the rock he had been lifting only moments ago, lifting it above  his head with the same minimal effort as his body itself moved off of the ground.

”I’m gonna push this rock down on you. Only way to stop it is to push it back. Real simple right?.” He smiled in the usual fashion, turning his position of flight to where the boulders was pointed downwards towards Tyuki and the brought it down. Not with anything near his full strength but enough so that it would require more than what he had been shown so far. The tactile telekinetic field around the rock would keep it from falling apart.

Sometimes a little criticism was required, though he tried to avoid the whole sounding negative. ”No, you did pretty good.” He said trying to sound supportive, which hopefully helped in the following part where he pressed a giant rock down on Tyuki. Which started as well as he had expected, with the person being crushed under the rock buckling under the overwhelming pressure that it brought along with it. Trying to make things challenging while also not squashing his protégé was difficult, but he went along with it anyway. A minute or so passed with no actual resistance, but eventually something did come up.

A primal roar echoed through the cold mountain air, and then the massive rock actually began to push back against him. With each flap of the wings, another inch was gained followed by another. An impressive change compared to what he had been dealing with before, starting to push him back. ”You’re doing it!” He said with unrestrained enthusiasm, a little curious as to how far her strength could actually take her. So he did push back a little, eventually both of them reaching a stale mate again, though not without making Damian have to put effort into it.

Okay, she was way stronger than he thought.

This test of strength went on for a bit, but eventually he had a good enough gauge of the female’s strength, and disengaged from the whole power struggle. ”Okay”, that was pretty good. He said rather complementary, hovering back to the ground before making contact. ”You learn pretty quick. Like super quick actually.”

Tyuki had shown that she wasn’t using all of that strength, and Damian couldn’t be prouder for her. Even if she wasn’t quick to accept the praise that he was showering upon her. It was something that he liked having for himself, and so he gave it out as much as he could. ”Seem pretty functional to me.” Damian noted with a grin, somehow now floating upside down after having put down the massive boulder. At times he tended to forget when he started flying and stopped flying.

”That’s a good start on the whole lifting part of the training.” He then added, thinking over what else one could do in this kind of training. Maybe he could get into the punching. That was pretty important things to know when controlling ones strength and he used that often. ”So, wanna keep going or feel like takin a little break?” He continued, locking eyes with Tyuki. He would have been fine with whatever she said, but he was looking forward to more of the training.

"We keep going!" she said, looking to Damian as he floated upside down.

Their training would continue. Damian would demonstrate how to properly throw a punch, and would insist on doing it a certain way. Tyuki caught on insanely fast, making sure to show him just how strong she was!

Of course their training turned into horse play, and then they were flying up in the air, sparring one another. Punches were thrown, and finally Tyuki was hit one good time, knocking her out of the sky with a loud 'oof!' escaping her. She was sent flying, the clouds they had been surrounded by dispersing as she was sent through them. There was a tunnel through the clouds as Tyuki fell, crash landing into a lone monastery nestled into the beautiful mountains the super powered duo had been training over.

Tyuki's body was implanted into the ground, laying semi-unconscious at the feet of a few monks that had, luckily, not been harmed during the crash landing of the heroine.

Looking around, disoriented, she blinked and rubbed at her eyes a bit.

"Where... am I?" she asked, trying to find Damian.