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  1. unrepentantAuthor

    Destiny Colosseum ~ Training Rooms

    The chikorita sure had some anxious energy! Brisa could sense it coming off them even with the radiance giving them a bit of pep. Maybe that was a good thing. Shadows had to come from somewhere, and the team would make good use of them. "I've found that folks generally get their 'umbral' moves...
  2. unrepentantAuthor

    Destiny Colosseum ~ Training Rooms

    Brisa nodded with approval. "Jus' like that, yeah. Say, I've been trainin' with folks of late t'see what new powers they've developed now Diyem's on Cibus with us. Reckon you could give it a shot?" She was pretty sure she hadn't planned on training Saltriv this session, but there was no time...
  3. unrepentantAuthor

    Destiny Colosseum ~ Training Rooms

    Brisa looked her teammate up and down. This was the first she'd seen of this kind of effect. Maybe Saltriv had such poor emotional regulation that mere exposure to exotic energy on Cibus was painful for them? She had no idea. Still, they ought to be able to at least wield it. "Y'know . . ...
  4. unrepentantAuthor

    Destiny Colosseum ~ Training Rooms

    The endless training and sparring sessions were blending into each other. Had she booked a session with Saltriv? She genuinely didn't remember. "Mm? Saltriv? Howdy, there. You here to train, or somethin'?" Damn, the kid looked absolutely beat. Were grass types suffering from the atmospheric...
  5. unrepentantAuthor

    Destiny Colosseum ~ Stands

    Brisa's eye prickled to hear such encouragement. Gods, what she'd have given to hear this sort of shit from her own parents... "I sore appreciate it," she replied, smiling. "Whatever it is y'got planned, I'll buy you th'time ya need. Never doubt it." {We got places t'be, darlin',} sent Luz...
  6. unrepentantAuthor

    Destiny Colosseum ~ Stands

    Brisa chuckled. "Okay, fair enough. Sure feels like I got one hell of an opportunity, bein' pulled clean outta one world an' into another, given powers to meet or even surpass what I used t'have, an' presented with foes like we've face so far." She looked up at Joule. Joule was a hero, wasn't...
  7. unrepentantAuthor

    Destiny Colosseum ~ Stands

    Shit to work out. Maybe. "Hell, I forget y'all can't see that stuff. Yeah, that's Owen's shadow. Goes by th'name of Wishkeeper, behaves an' talks like Owen used to, when he were younger. Fella's older than you'd guess, apparently." She sighed. "Yeah, I guess it works differently fer...
  8. unrepentantAuthor

    Destiny Colosseum ~ Stands

    Brisa bit her lip, and thought for a moment. Luz spoke up to fill the silence. "Y'know, they say you only grow through adversity. What don't kill ya, makes ya stronger, an' all that. I guess I believe that! The legends say that Zeraora Luz, th'Wanderin' Light, was once a lil' kitten too, til'...
  9. unrepentantAuthor

    Destiny Colosseum ~ Stands

    Ah. So they were still dealing with the events at the Bluff, were they? That had been the start of her feud with Starr, who was now among her most trusted friends. How long ago that seemed. Well. She sure could talk about shadows. "The thoughts an' feelings that come with shadows ain't always...
  10. unrepentantAuthor

    Destiny Colosseum ~ Stands

    "Well, what I keep tellin' folks of late is, Team Spectrum is more fearsome by a hundredfold when we work t'gether. Our greatest strength ain't raw power, but synergy, force multiplication, or in other words–" "Teamwork," said Luz, with satisfaction. "Yeah, teamwork." "Still reckon Brisa can...
  11. unrepentantAuthor

    Destiny Colosseum ~ Stands

    Brisa nodded, suppressing a grin at Luz. "Yeah, we've done just about all the serious sparrin' we can afford. An' some of our new moves are rough as hell on a gal's endurance. Mine is exhaustin' t'keep usin', an' when Saltriv hits me with their new power-strengthenin' technique it feels like...
  12. unrepentantAuthor

    Destiny Colosseum ~ Stands

    "Or the weapon's a part of her," said Brisa. "Connected to her aura. Inseparable." She scratched her chin. "I once saw my pa reach out a paw and have one of his wands fly to his palm. I always figured it were telekinesis, but maybe it's somethin' pokémon with natural weapons can just do, if...
  13. unrepentantAuthor

    Destiny Colosseum ~ Stands

    Brisa nearly mentioned that Karat could just let himself out of the holding cells anyway, but thought better. She considered remarking on Diyem's shadow warhammer, then reconsidered. She bit her tongue a lot around Cibus natives compared to Team Spectrum, it seemed. "Y'know, there're other...
  14. unrepentantAuthor

    Poppin' Arms ~ Dorm Lounge

    Brisa thought of a few comments she might make in reply, but Nip was right. They were both exhausted, and they'd both come here looking for rest. Best not to get carried up in work when it was bothersome to her teammate. Still. It'd been a genuine pleasure to get to know her most reserved friend...
  15. unrepentantAuthor

    Poppin' Arms ~ Dorm Lounge

    "Yeah," agreed Brisa. "I got a duty back home, but nobody waitin' fer me. I think about stayin' here . . . damn near daily at this point. Even so..." She smiled, but it was a sadness in her heart that came with it. "I'm proud of what we've done here. If I gotta go, I'll go knowin' I did...
  16. unrepentantAuthor

    Poppin' Arms ~ Dorm Lounge

    "Fer th'better, I don't doubt," said Brisa, quickly. Sometimes the degree to which Cibus had been good for her was oddly painful. Poignant, maybe. "Even with our blindin' pal up there, all this is more'n worth it fer me. My life here means more than it ever did back home." Nip sure wasn't...
  17. unrepentantAuthor

    Poppin' Arms ~ Dorm Lounge

    Brisa knew that there were folks on the team with painful secrets. She'd had no trouble being accepted by most despite her personal demons, not that she'd shared them in full with too many people herself, but as far as she knew, Starr hadn't told anyone else about those dark things she'd...
  18. unrepentantAuthor

    Poppin' Arms ~ Dorm Lounge

    Trustworthy. That was something she strove to be, for everyone. He really thought of her as someone he could put trust in? "Stars, Nip, I... Thank you." How strange, that she was having a conversation like this, former loner to former loner. Cibus was a strange place indeed, that such people...
  19. unrepentantAuthor

    Poppin' Arms ~ Dorm Lounge

    "Alright, well... The important thing is that we pull through as a team an' keep control of the fight. Sometimes that means not every individual shines through, but it does mean everyone plays th'most essential part an' we do everythin' we can to keep each other fightin'. So far we've always...
  20. unrepentantAuthor

    Poppin' Arms ~ Dorm Lounge

    Brisa thought of all the occasions Nip had winded her in a private sparring session, and tried to muster up some sympathy for his present predicament. "You usually mess with my offence with yer Radiant techniques when we spar. That ain't good enough fer ya since the tourney?" Hmm. Why had he...
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