[IC, open to all] Thor Fight Club

[pirateangelbaby]

It's a beautiful spring day in the Nexus, rolling green hills boasting bright splashes of color where flowers have blossomed in all their glory, birds singing in trees sheltered with new green growth, and the sun is shining merrily through puffy white clouds, the breeze only a little on the cool side.

In one of the flatter fields out towards the Wilds, however, things are not quite so peaceful at the moment.

There's an enormous rough ring marked out with scorch marks in the grass, large enough to rival the gladiator arena on Sakaar, and on the edge of the ring there's a cloth laid out with a small variety of weapons that look... well, very second-hand, to put it mildly. But enough to give a good selection of swords or axes or hammers, with a shield or two for protective options.

Thor stands to one side, checking his armor to make sure it's securely fitted before battle, training session or not, and can't quite chase away the grin on his face in favor of a more serious, kingly expression that he probably should be wearing. Learning to compensate for his missing eye is a matter of life and death, probably, whether his or someone else's, but he can't help but feel excited to face something other than a half-assed training dummy shoved into the corner of the cargo hold.

Right, then, who's up for a little sparring with the god of thunder?

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[pirateangelbaby]

Thor remembers a potted plant something like this had been on the Yule tables, all those months ago. Perhaps the same one? He hadn't realized it was quite so mobile, and he eyes the strange little creature with amused thoughtfulness.

"You think yourself a match for me?" he calls out to the plant.

[piranhaplant]

The Piranha Plant pauses for a while, then unmistakably nods. It can't speak, but it does have its way of communicating that its answer to Thor's question is "yes". It does think it can fight him, or at least try.

It's been a while since it's fought anything. Good to keep in practice.

[pirateangelbaby]

He's going to fight a plant. All right, that's not that weird; Thor had studied the flora colossi when he'd learned more of their language than the Allspeak could translate out of sheer curiosity. Granted, the Groots tend to be a bit more... mobile. Have legs, he means.

This plant... it's in a pot.

But it seems like it can hop all right, so sure. Why not.

Thor approaches, unarmed, looking bemusedly down at the strange creature. "Then let us begin. Take your best shot," he challenges.

[piranhaplant]

Just because the plant is in a pot doesn't mean it can't fight. This plant seems intent on confronting Thor, if its expression is anything to go by.

It's smaller than Groot. Toothier, too.

This plant is also much less vocal.

The Piranha Plant stays still for a moment, as if sizing up Thor. Then the plant coughs up a spiked ball in Thor's general direction. For something with no eyes, it has some decent aim.