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The Arena - Rory & Julie

rorythewolf:

He clenched his jaw as she stepped away. “You’re really going to make me do this” He said annoyed. He shifted and set himself up to attack. He was really going to have to do this himself. Rory used what little energy he had to launched himself at her. He grabbed her injured ankle and squeezed, digging his nails into her wounds.

“No!” she called out. She tried to step away, but she couldn’t move out of his way in time and then his nails dug into the wounds on her ankle and she cried out, unable to stop herself before energy started flowing again, her body desperate to deal with the pain. With horror she looked as the last bit of energy keeping him awake disappeared into her injuries. It wasn’t even enough to do much for her at this point. After a second or so she managed to collect herself enough to kick his arm and pull her foot away from the no unconscious boy before she did irreparable harm or stopped his heart. At this point tears were streaming down her face and while looking down at the boy she didn’t feel like she’d just won at all. More than anything she felt sick.

The Arena - Rory & Julie

rorythewolf:

If he could just grab her hurt ankle, she would fall and she wouldn’t be able to come back from that. He knew he probably won’t be able to make, he would just wear himself out and make himself lose. “So are you just going to stand there and wait for me to pass out, or are you going to do something about it?” He asked sarcastically, trying to get her to come closer or anything that would make her pass out first.

Julie looked at him, “I was just going to stand here,” she said, trying to sound confident. If she thought she could she’d make him pass out, but at this point she was certain she’d lose control, so instead she took a step further away from him.

The Arena - Rory & Julie

rorythewolf:

“We’ll see about that.” He sneered watching her hobble over to the wall. It was basically a pissing match, just waiting for the other person to pass out first.

“I guess we will,” Julie agreed, looking stubbornly at him. She could do this, even if she was starting to feel light headed and just wanted to curl up in a ball and pass out.

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#rory #rory 2 #the arena #he really does

rorythewolf:

“Understandably.” He replied. His head rolled slightly to the side, he was too tired to keep it up so he leaned on his shoulder. His shoulder want to collapse to the ground. He was fighting to keep his body from collapsing on itself. “I’m not giving up.” He growled. He wanted to turn back, but he just didn’t have energy. “You could just give up too.” His voice was less angry, using it up with the growl. His blinks were getting longer, they just wanted to stay closed.

Julie shook her head stubbornly, “I’m winning,” she said, not in a gloating way, just to state a fact. Keeping her eyes on him she moved towards the wall, not directly towards him, but to a point a few meters away from him. She just needed to lean against it, even it each step hurt more than the one before it. She was so close too falling over, but she could see he was about to pass out or fall asleep, and she just had to remain standing a little while longer.

The Arena - Rory & Julie

rorythewolf:

His muscles screamed for him to stop moving, but he inched back as she got up. Rory stopped when he bumped into the wall. He was trapped now, but at least he had something to lean against. “Too late for that.” His entire body hurt, his face and side especially for the amount of times he’d been hit. It hurt even to breath. He wanted her to just end it, there was really nothing he could do now. He was on the verge of passing out, he had to fight his eye lids to stay open.

Julie herself was struggling to stand, staring at Rory. “I had to defend myself,” she whispered, part defensive, part apologetic. She didn’t walk towards him, she wasn’t going to hurt him more, soon enough one of them would be forced to give in. Either him from exhaustion or her from the pain, and possibly blood loss, seeing as she was bleeding from several places after his bites. “If you just give up this can end,” she said, hoping she could keep it up longer than him.

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rorythewolf:

She struggled under him and it was the first time he felt like he had the upper hand since the beginning of the fight. It didn’t last long though. He had been struggling to keep up the transformation the entire time so when he felt the slightest amount of energy being drained, he almost instantly transformed back. “No!” He gasped as he spit her leg out of his now human mouth. He scrambled as far away from her as his tired body allowed. Rory looked at her with tired, hooded eyes breathing heavy, waiting for her to suck the last bit of energy out of him.

Finally he let go. She followed him with her eyes as he moved away from her, human again finally. She slowly got back on her feet, barely able to find her balance on her injured feet. She whimpered as her aching feet struggled to keep her up. “Fuck,” she whispered, still looking at Rory. It was one thing to hurt him in self defense, even that was bad enough. She couldn’t keep doing it when he was human and not a threat to her. “I really don’t want to hurt you,” she said, her voice almost pleading.

The Arena - Rory & Julie

rorythewolf:

Another yelp escaped as her foot connected with his face. It forced him to let go of her ankle. He chased after the kicking foot and grabbed on to her calf. He held down her injured leg with his paws so she couldn’t kick him again.

For a brief moment it seemed to be working, Rory let go of her ankle. Before she had time to pull away however, he bit down on her other leg, his teeth digging into her calf, making her cry out yet again. This time he held the first foot down with his paws so she couldn’t kick. It struck her that he was winning. So long as she refused to use her own skill against him he would win and she wouldn’t have to fight anymore. But somehow that didn’t feel right. Perhaps because he didn’t seem to mind hurting her. After the end of this fight she would have wounds that would take ages to heal and probably leave ugly scars, he would be tired for a day or two. Suddenly she wasn’t alright with losing to Rory, and with a surprising level of control, she suspected the anger made her more determined, she focused on the contact between his paws and her skin and let some of his energy move from him to her leg. She didn’t take much, enough to soothe the pain some, and enough that he would definitely notice it, but not enough to hurt him permanently.

madelinephillips:

“I don’t think it should be impossible, especially if they’re trying to be more transparent with the whole thing…” Madeline stated, trailing off a bit with a shrug. “I guess we’ll see. And as for control, I’m sure you’ll work your way on up to bigger things!”

Julie smiled and nodded, “I hope you’re right, it’s a scary thing to not have control over,” although she wasn’t sure how she felt about to process of working her way up. Not healing some cuts and bruises was one thing, but real injuries? She desperately wanted to control it though.

#madeline #madeline 1

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rorythewolf:

She moved to quickly for him to defend himself. He let out a yelp when she punched him. The hit sent him flying sideways. He could barely stand but he managed to scramble across the floor and clamped his jaws down on her ankle. She may have gotten a good hit in, but he was going to have a last laugh.

She cried out when his teeth locked around her ankle. Unable to support her own weight anymore, she fell to the ground. She could have fought back, if she wasn’t trying so hard to keep her ability in check. It got harder for every second, as the pain seemed more intense than anything she’d experienced before. Realizing she couldn’t do this forever she desperately kicked after his face with her free foot, hoping to make him let go before she lost control

#rory #rory 2

zadriandougal:

He smiled lightly after all had been said and done, waving her off with a nod. “And I look forward to hearing more from you as well Julie.” He called back, wondering how far he could take it with her. It seemed that was all he cared about these days without anybody holding him back. “Goodbye Jules.”

“Goodbye Zadrian,” she replied before heading out of the room, a happy skip to her steps. She would have loved to spend more time with Zadrian, but she was sure she’d see him again, and he had just said he looked forward to hearing from her, so she wasn’t upset to head back to her own room again.

#zadrian #zadrian 1

madelinephillips:

“Maybe” She nodded back slowly. “Oh, that would be so cool. I’ve never seen anybody else’s sessions except my own, and those are rare enough.” She shrugged. “So controlling your ability, that sounds about right. I think that’s what everyone’s sort of learning right now.”

“I haven’t seen anyone’s sessions either, but I don’t see why it wouldn’t be possible.” Julie smiled, happy that she seemed interested, “yes, I suppose it is. I am getting a lot better, but we’ve only worked with cut’s and bruises so far, nothing major.

#madeline 1 #madeline

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#zadrian #zadrian 1 #(sounds good to me)

rorythewolf:

He crouched down like he was going to pounce as she moved closer. In reality i was because it was easier on his tired muscles. She was standing right there, easy prey. But he couldn’t even muster up the energy to will his body to move. She had to get even closer. The only thing he could add to this showdown was his constant low growl.

Julie was about to come right at him from the front, but then it struck her just how moronic that would be. he was exhausted, if she moved quick she could come from his side and be harder to reach if he tried to bite. She was still scared though. Her injuries hurt, especially the most recent one on her ankle. Mos of her weight rested on the other foot and for each time she shifted more of it to her bleeding ankle she winced. She had to act now, she couldn’t remain standing like this much longer. Crying out fro the pain she tried to ignore she moved as fast as she could to the left, and then forward to come at him from the left. She hit the hardest she could with her clenched fists, but even exhausted he was a huge animal and she wasn’t sure what effect it had.

zadriandougal:

“I believe so.” Zadrian nodded back, pushing a strand of her hair back behind her ear as he smiled down at her. “You’re beautiful.” He mustered up with a clean sort of smile as he finally stepped away from her. “Fears are unique to people I think, especially specific fears.” He wanted to delve further into her mind, but also knew that it was getting late and he didn’t want to be held accountable for her overnight. “Julie, you are a wonderful creature, let’s continue this conversation the next time I see you.” He nodded again, softening his features.

Beautiful, the word made her smile brightly, “thank you, that’s so sweet of you to say,” she beamed. How nice of him to push her hair out of the way, he seemed so considerate like that. She proceeeded to nod along to his next statement, fears were unique because they relied on factors in your life. If she couldn’t suck the energy out of people she wouldn’t fear hurting them, and it was like that with other fears too. “Thank you,” she said again when he offered another compliment, “I’m looking forward to talking more with you,” she continued, finding that she actually did look forward to seeing him again.

The Arena - Rory & Julie

rorythewolf:

He could only pick up a little of what she was saying. He was too tired to figure it out. He knew that he sure as hell wasn’t rolling over and submitting, but he wasn’t going anywhere. Like physically wouldn’t have the strength to do more than stand there and growl. But if she came close enough he would do as much damage as he could before passing out, or dying at this point cause that what it felt like. His energy and life being sucked out. He barked at her, baring his teeth as a challenge.

Julie just looked at him for several seconds. He didn’t seem to even react to what she was saying, and she knew she couldn’t just stand there forever. Finally she stepped towards him, for every step she got closer to the growling beast her heart beat faster. She was sure he’d try to bite her again, and she wasn’t sure she could control herself if he did. Despite that she raised her hands in front of her, as if she was preparing for a fight, ready to hit. With barely a meter between them she stopped, waiting for him to act.

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rorythewolf:

He relaxed slightly with confusion when she dropped her arms, but quickly tensed up again. This was a trick. He growled in response. She wanted him to bite her again, so she could suck the rest of his energy out of him. Even if she wasn’t lying, he didn’t want to win just because the other person wasn’t playing anymore.

“Rory,” she pleaed, “one of us have to win. Come at me or just roll over and quit, I’ll try not to hurt you, I promise.” God she hoped it would be enough to try, it was hard enough to control it during tests with small cuts, this was real injuries, and she was itching to make them go away, but she didn’t want to hurt Rory. She clenched her hands into fists, looking at him. “Just do it, or I’ll come at you just to end this.”

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rorythewolf:

He snapped at her and quickly retreated back a few steps. He didn’t have a choice. He was going to just give up. He wasn’t going to quit. This was a test, he had to prove that even if he couldn’t win yet, he wasn’t going to give up when it got hard.

God damn it, why did he have to be this stubborn? “Rory,” don’t make me hurt you, she wanted to say, but the words didn’t feel right in her mouth, how many times hadn’t she been told those exact words? This wasn’t Rory’s fault, it just wasn’t. Even if this was a fight she was responsible for what she did. Looking at him retreating back like that, hurt as he was, she felt a tear roll down her face. Not taking her eyes from him she stopped and dropped her arms to her sides, “come at me then,” she said, “I won’t do it again, I won’t.”