Re: Friendly Drama

by **Ren Caverly** Wed May 21, 2014 2:09 pm

“Fine, then we can fight and see how far nice gets us!” Troy informed her, apparently done with being lectured. At least that meant it was hitting a nerve. He ran toward Ren and she realized in a few moves that although he was more agile than he was brutally powerful, she was still more agile than him. His magic tried to trick her senses, tried to fool her eyes, and make her step where there was nothing to land on. It was all so dark. However Ren didn’t rely on her senses for grace. She still hadn’t figured out how to do that. Instead she fell. And she fell. And about the tenth time she felt the chill of his sword slicing just next to her as she stumbled in what appeared to be a purely lucky fall, she knew he was getting tired of it. However she knew he wasn’t trying to kill her. None of his attempts were quite lethal enough for her to think he wanted to kill her. Well, that was good.

Eventually she was tiring him out, but to drive this home she let herself take a hit. It wasn’t exactly intentionally, but as she reached toward him, needing direct contact for her Shadow Drain spell. Once she touched him, she saw the color drain from his face. It was a major drain on his agility, and he could hardly make another attack, but since he was already in the swing, it made clear contact. A sword to her side, not cutting into her, but sending the less than one hundred pound girl flying into the nearby wall.

[MP: 125/200]

by **Ren Caverly** Wed May 21, 2014 2:40 pm

Ren wasn’t sure if she screamed or not, but when she went crashing into that wall all she could think was that she couldn’t stop sustaining her spell. She had to keep it up. If she let it down he would be back at full strength. If she sustained her spell he was already tired, and he wasn’t going to be able to come over and kill her. She hit the wall hard, her back was going to bruise, a crate edge jabbed into her leg, and another heavy object fell on her. She knew she was bleeding, and she couldn’t actually see anything, but she could just… tell that Troy was coming toward her.

Ren didn’t stand up, because she couldn’t, but when she felt him about to swing at her, she lifted her arm to defend herself. Her Shadow Gauntlet appeared, covering her arm just before the sword struck. She felt the numbing cold, and once the spell broke, she couldn’t feel her arm, but she could still hear Troy flying back a few feet. The impact of her defensive spell, his lack of energy, and the surprise had done him in. It had also done a number on Ren.

[MP: 103/200]

by **Ren Caverly** Wed May 21, 2014 3:15 pm

Ren was able to open her eyes, although her head was pounding, and her hair felt sticky. She also saw a clear cut in her arm, a rather intimidating gash, covering in ice. She couldn’t feel it, so she grabbed her arm with her other hand, casting her Shadow Stasis, overcharging for good measure. She felt dizzy, and horribly weak, but Troy was sprawled out on the ground, struggling to sit up. She moved over and managed to grab the sword. His illusion magic was gone with his energy, but he looked at her.

“Just go away,” he said, glaring at her weakly.

“N-no, I’m supposed to bring you back to Niles,” she informed him, leaning on the sword as she kept healing her arm.

“I have no interest in going back to Niles,” he said, “Just take what you came for and leave.”

“B-but I’m supposed to bring you back. He said so. He wants to make up, I think,” she suggested. He looked at her, possibly in disbelief. She was just too tired, and she was sure she was going to start crying soon, but eventually, to her surprise, he agreed to go talk to Niles. Well that was lucky, because Ren hardly had the energy to use the enchanted sword as a crutch all the way back.

[MP: 73/200]

by **Ren Caverly** Wed May 21, 2014 3:46 pm

Bringing Troy back to Niles was exhausting. Troy actually started talking to Ren on the way back. Asking her why such a small girl was fighting, asking her if she had friends, asking if she wanted to live in their shadow. She said that was ironic, with her magic. He told her he supposed it was. She liked him, as the trip continued, but she still kept the sword. Her injuries didn’t go away, and she was sure she would have to spend a lot of time at home just sitting around and healing.

Once they reached Niles the tension picked up immediately. Troy looked tired, but immediately stubborn, and Niles looked disappointed. The conversation started with Ren there, but she felt almost ill with the tension. Niles soon told Troy, firmly, to sit down, and Troy, angry as he looked, sat. The sword was handed over, and Ren, much as she really didn’t want it, got a lot of jewels. From that, she said goodbye to them, and Troy, surprisingly, waved. It made Ren feel happy. Less like she brought in a criminal, more like she reunited some friends. She began wishing she had friends, but tried to push the thought out of her mind as she headed back home to Lamia Scale to recover. Every move she made was excruciating.

Total Words: 3,634/2000

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