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  1. unrepentantAuthor

    Sharpedo Bluff

    Brisa's jaw flapped wordlessly for a second. This wasn't the kind of angry, defensive response she'd expected and prepared for. "That's... that's my point. I was trying to resolve the situation without putting Turf's life at risk. I wanted your help that way. Didn't you think about that?"
  2. unrepentantAuthor

    Sharpedo Bluff

    Brisa controlled herself. This could be a civil interaction yet. "I know we haven't hit it off so far," the understatement of the week! "but I still hoped you'd back me up in there. That was a risky move and we were darn lucky we got away with a good result."
  3. unrepentantAuthor

    Sharpedo Bluff

    Brisa glanced between the sisters and the exiting Starr. She wanted to help tend to the injuries she'd contributed to, to ask about their human father what the fuck. She wanted to chase down Starr and give her a thorough drubbing. She realised that she'd be in no shape to do either of the first...
  4. unrepentantAuthor

    Sharpedo Bluff

    Brisa panted hard, and narrowed her eyes not at the 'slug', but at Starr. She'd have a word with that cat, just as soon as they weren't in public. On the other hand... she just had to know more about this creature. It was an extraordinary development to have captured the thing.
  5. unrepentantAuthor

    Sharpedo Bluff

    Brisa screamed fury and let rip a storm of electrical energy. So what if it drained her? This thing needed to be stopped. Now.
  6. unrepentantAuthor

    Sharpedo Bluff

    Too many things jolted through Brisa's mind — Starr's attack, Diyem's order, Turf's pain, the shadow! But the needs of combat overrode her brain and she launched herself at the shadow to tackle it bodily, teeth and claws out.
  7. unrepentantAuthor

    Sharpedo Bluff

    'Strike her down?' What was this yellowbellied beast thinking? Shut your trap! thought Brisa, hackles up. Time to try something... different. "Turf!" she cried. "You don't have to be a hero! We're not gonna make you do anythin' you don't care to!" She shot a glance at Starr, not knowing if...
  8. unrepentantAuthor

    Sharpedo Bluff

    Brisa froze, pain forgotten. ...what? Now Starr was here?? What—? Training and experience took over, and Brisa flanked Turf to target her with a surge of electric energy.
  9. unrepentantAuthor

    Sharpedo Bluff

    Fuck! Brisa leaped to push Celeste aside without hesitation — ...and left herself stood straight in the path of the dark bolt.
  10. unrepentantAuthor

    Sharpedo Bluff

    Shit. Diyem evidently didn't relay all her attempts at telepathy, it seemed. Diyem! she cried silently, casting her mind's voice to him in hopes of attracting his attention to something so critical as this. In lieu of telepathy she put a digit to her lips and gave Ashwood a pointed look. Shh!
  11. unrepentantAuthor

    Sharpedo Bluff

    Brisa bit back a flinch and thought fast. Nobody panic. she cast with her thoughts, expecting Diyem to translate for the others. Nobody say a thing. Let Celeste perform his Wish and hope for the best, but I got no doubt this gal won't take it too kindly if we tell her what we're seeing. She...
  12. unrepentantAuthor

    Sharpedo Bluff

    Brisa approached, on firmer ground with this topic. Terrifying threats were easier to handle than small talk. "We certainly shouldn't rule it out, but neither should we make rash assumptions. Have you found out anything else—" Oh, a local? Brisa was vaguely aware someone lived at the Bluff...
  13. unrepentantAuthor

    Sharpedo Bluff

    A week. That was all the bedrest Brisa could tolerate allowing herself after the gyarados fight. One week, and not a day more. It wasn't that it was a perpetual discomfort to be cooped up in the hidden quarters trying to avoid interacting with other folks... or it wasn't just that. It was that...
  14. unrepentantAuthor

    Sharpedo Bluff

    A wink, huh? A wink was good. A 'yes' to sharing the hidden quarters was good, too. Brisa tried winking back. It came out like a sort of lopsided blink. Oh well. Time to go. <><><><><><><><>
  15. unrepentantAuthor

    Sharpedo Bluff

    Brisa thought for a moment, tracing mnemonic doodles in the dirt with her tail. "At a speed that high, the images would appear to be continuous," she mused. "I suppose your world's technology would allow you to display 'em in an appropriate way at the required speed... you'd appear to be...
  16. unrepentantAuthor

    Sharpedo Bluff

    Brisa's spark of jealously was immediately extinguished by a gust of curiosity. "I don't really know any shinx besides Ma. Am I anything much like this fella? What kinda friendship do the two of you have?" She sat up on her haunches and turned to listen attentively, ears perking.
  17. unrepentantAuthor

    Sharpedo Bluff

    "Sounds like your world is pretty different from mine," Brisa observed as Curio explained about her own mother and her wildness. "Where I come from 'feral' is just a dirty word the townies use for folks who live the traditional way out in the roughlands. They're just like you and me, just not so...
  18. unrepentantAuthor

    Sharpedo Bluff

    "Yeah, only child." Brisa winced. It wasn't like she could just say 'but Pa could've got around, for all I know.' "Never thought about it too much, I guess." Well, that was a lie. Brisa approximated a lopsided shrug. "Well, 'sides being the same species, Mum and I don't have all that much in...
  19. unrepentantAuthor

    Sharpedo Bluff

    "Oh my goodness," said Brisa, stifling a giggle. "You're a lot of fun." Oh, she meant that. Huh. "Uh, anyway, thanks. I really do feel better. And it's good to talk to someone about this for once, I don't think I've had a proper conversation about Pa since not long after he vanished. That was...
  20. unrepentantAuthor

    Sharpedo Bluff

    It... didn't make much difference to how he treated her. But it made a difference to how people might treat her now. Or how she treated herself. "Spit? Uh, sure." She let Curio demonstrate the technique, and then copied as best she could. It didn't come naturally to her, but there was...
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