Now that she was free, Asimona jumped to her feet. She turned, ready to snap at the goose, but, before she could do anything, there were talons digging into the skin above her eye. She cried out as blood started to drip into her eye and she was forced to shut the lid. With a low growl, she opened her jaws and reached for her magic. A thin trail of ice spread in her body and tickled her throat as a small blast of ice and snow and cold air blew out of her jaws in the general direction of the bird.

Round: 8
Attempt: blindly breathe ice on blackberry
Defense: natural defenses
Injuries: possible bruising, large, bleeding scratch down her neck, smaller cut on the other side, cut above her eye, closed eye

"Find the one who'll guide you."
To the limits of your choice.

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notes: here

Now that the dragon was blinded, Blackberry knew that attacking her would be easier. She would stay on this side of her face so that she couldn't see. Yes, this was good. She could feel her revenge, her sweet vengeance, nearing, getting closer and closer.

But then the dragon opened its jaws and blasted ice and cold right into her face. With a loud honk, her wings froze up and she fell from the air. She barely managed to slow herself enough to make her landing relatively safe, but it was painful nonetheless. Snarling, she shakily rose to her feet and advanced towards the dragon, clutching at the rock with her talons to prepare for another takeoff. She pushed off strongly from the rock, aiming to barrel into the dragon's leg.

Round: 9
Attempt: knock into her legs
Defense: natural defenses
Injuries: bruised, partially frozen wings


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"Heroes always get remembered."
But you know legends never die.

tags: @Blueberry
notes:

SMall sprouts shot up, colorful and definitely deadly. Just like before, Blue rubbed his antlers in the toxins, coating them in the deadly juices. Satisfied with the amount of poison juices dripping from his antlers, Blue looped up. Now was the time to strike.

Bellowing a war cry, Blue shot forward like a bullet. He would take down the beast. He would be the one to impress Blackberry, he would be the best. Berry threw his head down, aiming for the beast's chest.

Round: 9
Attempt: Gore/poison dragon
Defense: Head down
Injuries: Cold boi

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"Can’t you tell?"
We’re all mad here.

tags: @Asimona
notes: here

Asimona heard the distant thud of the goose as she hit the ground and attempted again to shake the blood out of her eye. But it was burning; some must have got in anyways. She couldn't open her eye. She felt something hit her leg, spiky and with a good amount of force. Her feet lost its grip on the ground and she kneeled forward, quills sticking out of the skin on her leg. She growled, opening her claw to bring it down on the goose.

However, so concerned she was with the bird, she had completely forgotten about the moose. She saw him coming in the corner of her eye, but she payed it no heed. By the time she realized that she was in danger, it was too late to react. His antlers stabbed into her skin, the thickest part, all the way through to the blood vessels underneath. She gasped with surprise. Nothing had ever gotten through the skin on her chest. No cold or ice or stone or claw.

There was something else, something that tingled and burned in her blood. She looked down with her one open eye and her heart dropped. There was something on the moose's antlers, something with color. "What have you done?!" she gasped.

She couldn't stay here. Fear was rising in her chest. She didn't know what kind of poison the moose had stabbed into her chest, but it was not good. Anymore fighting and she could be endangering her life. A realization that brought her grim surprise. She had underestimated the pair. And now she was paying for it. She opened her wings to try and fly away, but a sudden wave of weakness washed over her and she collapsed in front of them, glaring with anger and fear.

Round: 9
Attempt: RUN/FLY AWAY
Defense: natural defenses
Injuries: possible bruising, large, bleeding scratch down her neck, smaller cut on the other side, cut above her eye, closed eye, stabbed and poisoned chest

"Find the one who'll guide you."
To the limits of your choice.

tags:
notes: here

The feeling of the dragon's thud against the ground was nothing compared to the spray of blood as Blueberry stabbed the dragon in the chest. She could see the bits of the plants he had grown and he knew that this would end well for them. Perhaps not for the dragon. This battle was won.

She stepped back, calmly and stared at the dragon, meeting her ice cold fury and rage with smug victory. She didn't say a word. They would kill her now. But first, a trophy, deserving of a great victor.

She stepped forward and eyed one of Asimona's claws. They were huge. A perfect addition to her necklace, right next to the bird's stone and tail feather. She had glimpsed the dragon's stone. It was a bit big and she wasn't sure she would be able to break a piece off, it being a diamond and all. But a claw would do.

She picked up a rock from nearby in her talons and brought it down on one of the dragon's claws with all of her strength.

Round: 10
Attempt: break off a claw
Defense: natural defenses
Injuries: bruised, partially frozen wings


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"Heroes always get remembered."
But you know legends never die.

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notes:

Blue giggled like a mad man as the dragon tried to get away. Blood dripped down his antlers, and he loved it. He wanted to taste it, but he knew it'd be tainted. And the moose didn't want to risk anything. Pulling back, Blueberry released his rack from the dragon's body and stepped away.

"Remember our names. Blackberry and Blueberry, Terrors of the Caves." He spat, watching Blackberry cleave off one of the dragon's claws. Yes, this dragon would remember. This dragon would spread their names like wildfire, this dragon would make them feared. And the moose loved it.

Deciding to take a trophy of his own, Blueberry raised one of his hooves up and brought it down on another of the dragon's claws. But instead, his hoof didn't hit hard enough. Embarrassed, Blueberry let it quickly slide to the side and hit the ground hard, playing it off as he meant to do that. It didn't matter anyway, Blackberry had her trophy. And Blue had his satisfaction.

Round: 10
Attempt: Get his own claw trophy
Defense: None
Injuries: None

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"Can’t you tell?"
We’re all mad here.

tags: @Asimona
notes: here

Asimona glared at the moose and the goose with unfiltered hatred. They were mad, crazy! But she did fear them. Because they were mad and crazy but also strong and determined. And very very angry.

Suddenly, something horrible shot through her leg. A horrible pain unlike anything she'd felt before. It wasn't like the tearing or cutting the goose had done, but something much more uncomfortable. She looked down at the goose, standing in front of her claws with half of one of them cleaved right off.

She screamed and scrambled away, her broken claw scraping horribly against the ground. With a loud roar of pain and despair, she opened her wings, the adrenaline and agony of her claw being broken fueling her energy back again. She leaped into the air, her eyes wide and wild and flew away in terror. Out of Pisces, the place where she always returned and the place were some misfortune always befell her.

Round: 10
Attempt: RUN/FLY AWAY TRY AGAIN
Defense: natural defenses
Injuries: possible bruising, large, bleeding scratch down her neck, smaller cut on the other side, cut above her eye, closed eye, stabbed and poisoned chest, broken claw

*exit Asimona

"Find the one who'll guide you."
To the limits of your choice.

tags:
notes: here

Character: @Blackberry Age: +4 (4 Cycles) Magic Level: +3 (Brawler) ROUND 1 Attempt: +2 Penalties: -0 ROUND 2 Attempt: +16 Penalties: -0 ROUND 3 Attempt: +8 Penalties: -0 ROUND 4 Attempt: +1 Penalties: -0 ROUND 5 Attempt: +2 Penalties: -0 ROUND 6 Attempt: +5 Penalties: -0 ROUND 7 Attempt: +7 Penalties: -0 ROUND 8 Attempt: +11 Penalties: -0 ROUND 9 Attempt: +13 Penalties: -0 ROUND 10 Attempt: +10 Penalties: -0 Total: 82

Character: @Blueberry Age: +3 (3 Cycles) Magic Level: +1 (Fledgling) ROUND 1 Attempt: +13 Penalties: -0 ROUND 2 Attempt: +16 Penalties: -0 ROUND 3 Attempt: +12 Penalties: -0 ROUND 4 Attempt: +16 Penalties: -0 ROUND 5 Attempt: +5 Penalties: -0 ROUND 6 Attempt: +7 Penalties: -0 ROUND 7 Attempt: +12 Penalties: -0 ROUND 8 Attempt: +6 Penalties: -0 ROUND 9 Attempt: +18 Penalties: -0 ROUND 10 Attempt: +3 Penalties: -0 Total: 112

Character: @Asimona Age: +2 (2 Cycles) Magic Level: +3 (Pupil) ROUND 1 Attempt: +14 Penalties: -0 ROUND 2 Attempt: +2 Penalties: -0 ROUND 3 Attempt: +13 Penalties: -0 ROUND 4 Attempt: +15 Penalties: -0 ROUND 5 Attempt: +7 Penalties: -0 ROUND 6 Attempt: +18 Penalties: -0 ROUND 7 Attempt: +12 Penalties: -0 ROUND 8 Attempt: +8 Penalties: -0 ROUND 9 Attempt: +3 Penalties: -0 ROUND 10 Attempt: +13 Penalties: -0 Total: 110

WINNER: Blackberry + Blueberry

There was a loud crunch as half of Asimona's claw broke under the rock. Shards clattered to the ground and Blackberry scraped away a large chunk from the tip of her claw. The dragon's scream of pain, her fear, her despair, it was wonderful. It resonated within Blackberry, hot and glorious, giving her new life, new energy. She sighed softly. The dragon took wing and fled, but Blackberry felt no anger. No need to continue the fight. She and Blueberry had defeated the dragon, even without the final blow. They had a claw to prove it.

She took the necklace bearing the bird's stone and feather and the snake's hide and carefully attached the dragon's claw. Three trophies. Three victories. Three creatures that had tasted her vengeance. There would be more, oh yes, there would be more.

She turned to Blueberry and grinned. "Excellent," she hissed. "A dragon has been defeated. This is a great victory." But then the sound of splashing, the spluttering and the heavy crash as the moose fell into the water sprung into her mind. The helplessness, the loneliness, and the shame of the dragon, her enemy, having to say them. This boiled into rage that shook her quills. "But you are an IDIOT. We could have drowned! Next time, don't knock a flying creature over water and don't jump after them! And if I fall into the water, SAVE ME!" She hissed and paced angrily. What was she going to do about Blueberry? He could get her killed one day! He was excellent, a good fighter and a loyal servant, but if he kept doing shit like this, they were both going to end up in a grave.


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"Heroes always get remembered."
But you know legends never die.

tags: @Blueberry
notes:

They had done it. They had defeated a damn dragon. That victory was theirs. And they would bask in it's glory. Blackberry felt the same, praising them both for the feat they had accomplished. BUt soon after came the scolding Blue knew he would get for being so reckless.

"Yes ma'am," Blue started, sounding much like a child. "I tried to save you. The plants wouldn't listen to me. I need to practice telling them what to do so I can get better, Miss. I apologize for my recklessness." BLue explained. He had tried, he really had. But the plants refused to listen.

Oh well. Maybe Blackberry would let him practice. He was a brawler and a magician. A fighter and a healer. The best of both could be used to their advantage. He just had to get better at controlling the magick. And that would take time.



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"Can’t you tell?"
We’re all mad here.

tags: @Blackberry
notes: here