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[devotedtothecore]

All the backthreading goes here!!

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Re: [ sometime Day 57 ]

[devotedtothecore]

[ how about if this next blow actually smashes hard enough to crack a few ribs ]

Re: [ sometime Day 57 ]

[followthewind]

[hope you're prepared, then, when a fist connects with your jaw. He's only hit you with his full strength once or twice, but for someone as small as he is, he's no weakling]

Re: [ sometime Day 57 ]

[devotedtothecore]

[ well not really

that staggers him, head jerking aside, and he stops, for a moment ]

Re: [ sometime Day 57 ]

[followthewind]

[it's quickly followed by another]

Re: [ sometime Day 57 ]

[devotedtothecore]

[ that hits home too

SWINGS BACK AT YOURS ]

Re: [ sometime Day 57 ]

[followthewind]

[THAT HITS, and down he goes, wheezing and panting hard]

Re: [ sometime Day 57 ]

[devotedtothecore]

[ good that lets me slam a knee on your gut and keep going at you with more ]

Re: [ sometime Day 57 ]

[followthewind]

[for only about a minute, though.

Remember that neat trick? Where the air explodes and you go flying?

Yeah. The wall missed you, bro]

Re: [ sometime Day 57 ]

[devotedtothecore]

[ there's a solid crack of someone's skull greeting it, anyway

...gets to his feet moments after ]

Re: [ sometime Day 57 ]

[followthewind]

[he hasn't moved from where you left him, breathing heavy, the occasional wheeze here and there]

Re: [ sometime Day 57 ]

[devotedtothecore]

...

[ it's quiet.

he looks at his metal hand, turning it over slowly. ]

Re: [ sometime Day 57 ]

[followthewind]

[there's probably some of Raven's blood on it, huh]

Re: [ sometime Day 57 ]

[devotedtothecore]

[ yyyyup sure looks it

...

slumps back against the wall, fingers round a mechanical wrist, shoulders trembling ]

Re: [ sometime Day 57 ]

[followthewind]

[coughs, slowly rolling on his side and spitting out some blood. Voice hoarse]

Done yet, y'pathetic excuse for a Cephean?

Re: [ sometime Day 57 ]

[devotedtothecore]

...


Idiot. Idiot, fool, fucking bastard...

Re: [ sometime Day 57 ]

[followthewind]

[wheezes out a laugh]

Keep going.

Re: [ sometime Day 57 ]

[devotedtothecore]

[ a few more choice curses, including a choice Vulpeculan one you've only heard him use maybe all of twice. A shaky laugh of his own, short and sporadic. ]

You... set me up.

Re: [ sometime Day 57 ]

[followthewind]

[he doesn't say anything, but the grin he's wearing sure does]

Re: [ sometime Day 57 ]

[devotedtothecore]

I could have killed you.

I could have crushed you.

Re: [ sometime Day 57 ]

[followthewind]

[wheezes out another laugh]

Feel better yet?