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  1. unrepentantAuthor

    Destiny Colosseum ~ Stands

    Luz gave Brisa a thumbs-up as she left for her fight, then gave Puddle a curious assessment. "Well, we lend our hosts our power, don't we? Brisa needs me around to support her for her fight! Maybe I'll fight in another match sometime, who knows. I know all the same techniques, pretty much."...
  2. unrepentantAuthor

    Destiny Colosseum ~ Stands

    Brisa watched the match between Starr/Nip & Cynthan/Icetales with rapt attention, though her eyes were continually drawn to Starr and the way she simply blazed with controlled power. The mastery she had over herself, the conviction... The battle was over far too soon. She spoke to Owen in a...
  3. unrepentantAuthor

    Poppin' Arms ~ Dorm Lounge

    Cynthian didn't look any different but he—she—was definitely a gal now. Was that . . . a plant thing? Whatever it was Cynthian did, she was lookin' twice as fine all of a sudden. Well, wasn't that just the queerest thing? "Hey, sometimes all y'need is fer someone to tell ya y'can do somethin'...
  4. unrepentantAuthor

    Poppin' Arms ~ Dorm Lounge

    Brisa had heard of Ivy from Luz. She sounded . . . not much like Cynthian. Maybe gender wasn't the only thing that had changed about Cynthian. It wasn't a common thing to happen to folks in Brisa's world, but it was an understood reality. Maybe this was one of those things, like gals liking...
  5. unrepentantAuthor

    Poppin' Arms ~ Dorm Lounge

    Cynthian's thoughts and feelings were very . . . different to Brisa's own about her parents. Her issue... Well, she'd never had any trouble taking after them. The problem was having to. "I expect most folk end up a little like their parents, and a little not," she said, creasing her nose in...
  6. unrepentantAuthor

    Poppin' Arms ~ Dorm Lounge

    Huh. Weren't grass-types supposed to be the patient sort? "I dunno, Cynthian," mused Brisa. "A person can change fast under pressure. Y'might surprise yerself. When I evolved, I found I weren't half so afraid of myself no more, like I'd grown up as a person and not just more powerful. The same...
  7. unrepentantAuthor

    Poppin' Arms ~ Dorm Lounge

    Oof, he was probably feeling a bit embarrassed, huh... "Don't worry about it. I don't begrudge it." She did begrudgge it, at the time but . . . what kind of person would care about a thing like that at a time like this? Cynthian was changing, and times were hard, and Brisa didn't want to be...
  8. unrepentantAuthor

    Poppin' Arms ~ Dorm Lounge

    Yeah, that was right. The first interaction the three of them had together was Starr putting down Cynthian, and Brisa starting beef with Starr. She hadn't expected to feel admiration and affection for Starr ever, let alone to this extent or so often. "Yeah, the friendships we got now sure...
  9. unrepentantAuthor

    Poppin' Arms ~ Dorm Lounge

    "Telling the same sad story to too many mon, huh? I know the feelin'." Brisa shook her head. Why not talk about something more positive? It wasn't like they were short of victories to celebrate, was it? "Bein' trapped in the reverse world feels like a lifetime ago now. D'you know that since...
  10. unrepentantAuthor

    Poppin' Arms ~ Dorm Lounge

    "I'm fine." She felt tired, stressed, and vaguely negative in general, but that was all stuff she could cope with. Years alone dealing with her demons meant she was used to that kind of feeling, and she really was fine. Just fine. "Well, I've been workin' my hardest, so yeah, I'm tired. That...
  11. unrepentantAuthor

    Poppin' Arms ~ Dorm Lounge

    "I don't need anythin'." She said it so automatically, but actually, she was pretty thirsty... "Y'know what? Sure," said Brisa. She took her beaker from her satchel and held it out for some refreshment. "Thanks, partner. ...Say. I got th'feelin' there's somethin' on yer mind, Cynthian. Am I...
  12. unrepentantAuthor

    Poppin' Arms ~ Dorm Lounge

    This was . . . downright strange. Brisa had some experience in speaking with mon she hadn't seen in months, but Cynthian was a teammate. A friend? She'd have hesitated to call him that before, but now that her heart had loosened up, that's what she felt about most of the posse. "Sure has. Heard...
  13. unrepentantAuthor

    Poppin' Arms ~ Dorm Lounge

    Brisa emerged from her dorm flicking through the notes on her badge as she passed through the lounge, looking for incomplete tasks. She'd already been across half the city and back by now, but there was always more to do... She spotted a familiar-looking roselia sat dejectedly on a couch...
  14. unrepentantAuthor

    Poppin' Arms ~ Dorm Lounge

    Well, that was close enough to a concession for a first try, Brisa supposed. And the additional implicit compliment was . . . nice. "Honestly, that sounds exactly right fer me," she replied, with a sigh of fatigue. "I'm beat. But I ain't had a good round of cards in longer'n I care to recall...
  15. unrepentantAuthor

    Poppin' Arms ~ Dorm Lounge

    Brisa grinned at the warning. Of course Kate would see being open and honest as a naive thing to expect. That was more than fair. You didn't start a companionable friendship by spilling your guts on the first day, that was true enough. Still, opening her heart to folks had done her well so far...
  16. unrepentantAuthor

    Poppin' Arms ~ Dorm Lounge

    Brisa listened with ears perked as Kate elaborated at length on the circumstances of her world. It sounded a damn sight more grim in some ways than Brisa was used to, that was for sure. She was only realising it now, but hearing of worlds so unlike her own time and time again—and being...
  17. unrepentantAuthor

    Poppin' Arms ~ Dorm Lounge

    Brisa hid a flattered smirk behind her drink at the 'x-ray vision' comment, then curled her lip back at Kate's explanation of law enforcement by contract. What the fuck was this? It felt . . . perverse. "Paid commissions fer takin' outlaws sounds downright unsettlin' t'me. Wouldn't these...
  18. unrepentantAuthor

    Poppin' Arms ~ Dorm Lounge

    Brisa shrugged. Who knew if she was even right, or if this was something quantifiable? Didn't it matter who the folks in Kate's question were outside of this one moment in time? She cocked her head and stared up sidelong at the blacklight bleeding through from above. "I figure yer example ain't...
  19. unrepentantAuthor

    Poppin' Arms ~ Dorm Lounge

    What constituted heroism? That was a pretty tough question, if she was honest. "Well, I was raised on Escarpa folklore and my pa's life lessons. And both of those emphasised doin' yer moral duty and showin' bravery in the face of danger and makin' the responsible decisions even at cost to...
  20. unrepentantAuthor

    Poppin' Arms ~ Dorm Lounge

    That didn't sound so dissimilar to the sentiments a lot of the team were expressing lately, or had done in other daunting situations. Kate was pretty candid about it. Surprisingly so. What hit Brisa harder thatn that was the implication that Kate was used to fighting on the back foot, but with...
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