Worm Gets Beat Up By Two Ogres

[Colonel Worm]

Worm watches critically and then moves in quickly. Taps Gerrit on the shoulder. "Okay, boys. Break it up."

When the Stonebones has released his hold, the Colonel gives him a nod of approval. "That was good. You came in low, took him at the waist, and held on. That's the play when you're up against a bigger opponent. Keep it low, keep it fast. Choose your moment. And when you make your move, commit. Hesitate and it'll be bad."

To Liam now: "You had the right idea, trying to pry him off you like that. But that's not always going to do it. My recommendation? You find yourself in that position, don't try to fight it, instead lean in. Like, if he's got you tight, he's expecting you to try to get away. Instead, go right at him, bowl him over. Once you're on the ground, in the dirt, you have a better chance of turning the tables."

White-within-white eyes regard them both. Weighing, evaluating. "Alright. Let's go big time. This round, it's tap out time. We don't stop until one of y'all ask for it. Same deal: grapples, holds, clinches. And maybe if we have time after we can go back to the gloves."

The Goblin steps back, giving them their space. Nods to indicate they can begin when ready.

Initiative again! Let's go a few rounds now. Either can stop at any time. Worm will step in eventually if no one forfeits.

[Gerrit]

Maybe he just got lucky, maybe Colonel Worm is a better teacher than expected - the results were good either way. When the Summer tapped Gerrit's shoulder he immediately let go of Liam though. Bloodshot eyes looked for the Gargantuan's. "Are you all right?" Then he listened to CW's analysis - especially the part where he explained how Liam could counter the attempt.
"And how would I react to that? Should I try and use the momentum or work against falling over?"

The new rules made Gerrit hesitate a bit as he got ready again. They weren't trying to hurt each other, were they?

Initiative 7

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2022-02-15 14:06:42	Gerrit rolls 1 die for initiative	2

[Liam Gelt]

Liam steps back as Gerrit releases his grip. The Giant stretches and twists his torso a few times. Gerrit's grip hadn't been rough, but Liam couldn't deny the strength behind it. ​"Nah, I'm good. Just haven't tangled with somebody that strong in a while." He nods to Worm as the Goblin assesses his performance. "Okay, so I should use my size as leverage then...cool. I can do that."

"Sounds like a plan! One second..." Liam takes a quick break to chug some Gatorade from his stash, then quickly gets back into a fighting stance across from Gerrit. "Ready!"

Liam is Def 2, Grapple Escape 3

[Gerrit]

Eek, 2 days left - think we can get in one more round of grappling in?

[Colonel Worm]

Time warp! Let's go one more round and then wrap it up. BoxingUnicorn forgot to include his initiative in his last post. He told me he rolled an initiative of six. I found his roll. Posted below:

Initiative 6

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2022-02-17 12:47:43	Liam Gelt rolls 1 die for initiative	1

Gerrit is up first! Let's make it same rules as before given the shortened timeline. First to grapple + resist one attempt to break will win.

"Hug round two!" Worm announces, positioning himself to watch the action unfold.

[Gerrit]

Gerrit nodded and got into position again. When Colonel Worm called it, he swiftly went in and tried to do exactly what he had done before: get the Gargantuan at the knees and waist. It felt more sure this time - he'd have to see how Liam would react this time.

2 successes

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2022-02-21 23:20:54	Gerrit rolls 3 to grapple Liam (Str 3 + Brawl 2 - Defense 2) (10 Again)	10, 2, 7, 10, 5	2 successes

[Liam Gelt]

It's been said that insanity is defined as expecting a different result from attempting the same thing multiple times. Liam was thinking that Gerrit would shift up his tactics a bit, try a different angle. But Gerrit...does the exact same thing, but quicker. Yikes! Liam braces before Gerrit knocks him completely over, but he's still in the Stonebones' embrace just the same. This time the Spring Ogre tries physically lifting the Winter Ogre and dropping him, but just as before it's no go.

failure

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2022-02-22 02:15:15	Liam Gelt rolls 2 to Escape Gerrit's Grapple #2 (Str + Brawl - Oppose Str) (10 Again)	5, 1	failure

[Colonel Worm]

The Goblin watches the situation unfold again. Same pattern. But Gerrit's even faster. Nice.

"Okay, that's good. Come on and get some water." Worm himself grabs himself a gatorade, savoring the 'sports drink.'

"Damn that's good," he gives the Gargantuan a thankful nod. Then looks to Gerrit: "Nice speed on that last round, G." Back to Liam: "You had the same trouble. But that's okay. You've got something concrete to work on."

Worm sits on the bare, black earth. Looking happy.

"I think we need to call it for today. But I wanted you to know I'm down to keep this thing going. Anytime y'all want to put in the work, I'm here for it." A pause. "Got any questions before we break this party up?"

[Gerrit]

Colonel Worm's praise went by Gerrit without reaction. The last thing he wanted was to create a positive reinforcement of violent tendencies. He held Liam long enough for them to have this round count and then quickly disengaged again. It felt like the Spring was closer to overpowering Gerrit this time and he really didn't want to experience what it felt like to get thrown around by the Gargantuan.

Frankly, he was glad when their trainer called it for that day. "Thank you. I, uh, think there were some good points to take away from this." It also felt like there were some fresh bruises to take home from here, but of course the two were right: they needed to get prepared now to prevent worse things from happening later. "I don't think I have any questions. I think I'll just have to bank on anyone who threatens us to be of Liam's size." With how neutral Gerrit's tone was the joke might not be too obvious, but it was there.

So this was it: although he apparently was pretty decent at it, the Stonebones didn't see red and turn into a bloodied pugilist from this training session.
Yet.

The Onyx would properly say his good byes and then he'd head home to get some rest and process this day.

Thanks for the awesome scene you two!

[Colonel Worm]

If the Ogres think they're escaping without more hugs, they're wrong. As long as they don't push him away, each will receive another squeeze, this one even sweatier than the last.

"Good job tonight, boyos. Y'all come back, you hear?" Rainbow waiving with one arm like a child as they walk out the door and into the night.

Awesome scene! Thank you both! Let's do it again sometime.