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Training Times (Ryouta, Ophella)
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Post by Kenny O'Hara and Skadi on Oct 10, 2019 7:56:10 GMT
Skadi didn't mind the fact that Ophelia was casually fidgeting with her wool, that was no skin off her nose. If anything, she had to admit she was quite fidgety herself, occasionally scraping the floor with her feet like if a bug had climbed on and refused to get off. But nevertheless, she would continue listening to what Valt had to say: that mainly when somebody was charging in place it was best to defend oneself, rather than to try and throw their aim off, although what they did was quite the smart move, considering the power imbalance.
While Skadi did take the compliment in stride, the 'less than perfect' part did make her a little disappointed. Granted, even if you took their current achievable levels out of the equation, you could argue that Skadi was still quite a greenhorn at this point of her life, compared to the battle-hardened Valt, but to her, 'less than perfect' wasn't exactly something she liked to be.
But she did remember; the Arkadimon fight was her first fight she had, and she made quite a few mistake. A little more and she would've ended up as lunch. And when Skadi fought Valt as Cardinaldramon, the distinction between these two were not just from level alone, but from their own skill, or rather, her own lack of skill. She knew she had a lot to learn, especially if they were gonna join KIZNA. She certainly showed a lot of potential, yes,
Valt's pat quickly dragged her back into the here and now, as he complimented them. Skadi blinked as well, more from surprise, before she smiled. But her mind fell back into the train of thought as he suggested about what she could do. Summoning projectiles? Summoning earth spears into the sky? Gravity? Sure, they seemed like great ideas for herself too. After all, having just reached Champion, there was plenty she could improve herself; even branch out as well as time went by.
Once again, her thoughts were, once again, interrupted by Cassie, the adorable, plucky Gomamon X coming up to them, exclaiming excitement over the brief but brisk battle. With Ophelia jumping down from Skadi's back to ruffle her hair, Skadi gave a keen grin herself, and leaned her admittedly large head down to nuzzle Cassie. "And I can't wait to see the day where you finally get there yourself." She encouraged the tiny pup.
But Ophelia was right, what was exactly next for the 2... well, 3 of them? She nodded as the Himamon asked the question. While she didn't exactly want to quit just yet, and still felt like she still had a lot of fight or 2 left inside of her, it was clear her evolution to Champion was taking a bit of a toil on her body at this point. It was quite a confusing feeling, to be honest.
On cue, Kenny would begin his series of sidesteps, and after a moment, he quickly got into the rhythm of things. Balancing a good amount of rhythm and timing, the first 2 minutes of sidesteps went pretty well for him, getting quite a few out, making sure not to exhaust himself, keeping track of his feet to make sure he didn't trip over himself.
However, it was clear his own exhaustion was quickly catching up with him. Around the third minute, it was clear Kenny was getting a little exhausted, as his jumps got a little nonrhythmic and off timing, and a little slower, and he even felt himself nearly trip over once or twice. He was determined, however, to keep going, but by the end, he suddenly started to flail, wobbling a little bit with his arms outstretched, trying to keep himself up. Unfortunately, gravity won the day, and he ended up falling upon his own bum.
Still, there was a sense of euphoria that went awash over him as he wiped his sweaty brow. "Gotta admit, that exercise was a little easier than I thought it would be. Whew. Maybe I should take more advantage of the time distillation sometime so I can get nice and strong like you."
He slumped down a little as he chuckled a little more, "Makes me think; is KIZNA really full of big strong people like you? Because I wouldn't be surprised if that was the case. I'd stick out like a sore thumb for now." Even under all his exhaustion, he still possessed his own sense of humour on a situation like this. Still, he knew he and Skadi were only gonna get better at this point going forward.
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Post by ryouta on Oct 19, 2019 15:52:31 GMT
"It's not like the training is over. Who said the training is over?" Valt teased. To be honest, he wanted to see how long does tese two could keep it up somehow, but... it doesn't seem that they can hold their excitement for long huh. Valt's form suddenly shfited, from the leaner dragon to bulkier one, one without armor, and more pronounced horns. He rapped his claw on Ophi's forehead teasingly.
"'Ey, what are you fantasizing? You got a nerve to fantasizing while I'm teaching you your next lesson huh, Ophi? Are you that eager to get punished? Well anyway... let's continue with the lesson. Digimons could slide evolve. Surely you understand this? I told you guys to think about your roles, but you don't have to cram every single thing that I told you to change to your current form. If you're lacing something, toss it to new form like this..."
After that... "Generally not all Digimon have form to slide to. It's something akin to a luxury. It's best to expand what you have rather than creating a completely new form if you ask me. Not only that... there are several things that you must commit to memory. First, sliding turns off your passives from your previous form. Two, they tend to consume some time, because sliding is like warp evolving. it consumes more power than a regular evolution. Why you ask? Simply because at times two forms have different roles, often contrasting. For example, this form is more to tanking, my Magnamon form is more to attack a lot...
Well, would you like to try to fight against this one? Or would you like me to continue our training on another time? Because clearly Skadi, while looking like she still got fight in her, probably not going to be able to hold that form for long."
Is all KIZNA member as huge as he is?
"...Let's just say I'm special case, or their muscle. Well... for KIZNA, we prepare our humans member with training that built around building stamina and endurance. Speed is also important. Everyone should be pretty fit really. We aim to be fit enough for tasking explorations... so I guess if you see KIZNA members got noticeable muscles, you know why."
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Ophelia
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OOC Name: Tsukistar
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Post by Ophelia on Oct 24, 2019 21:16:15 GMT
Upon being tapped on the forehead, Ophelia would lean back a bit and blink; unable to help but laugh lightly as she rubbed at her forehead. "Heh, Sorry..." She'd snort out; grinning lopsidedly to Valt. Even Cassie would begin to giggle - between both how Ophelia took being chided, and being nuzzled by Skadi; whom the Gomamon-X happily returned the nuzzle to, tail wiggling. Ophelia wouldn't leave Valt's initial question unanswered, though; stretching her limbs a bit to try and get rid of the tingling ache in her bones (geez, this ache was getting to be a bit much...) as she responded "Was thinking over what you mentioned before - about charge attacks - and wondering about what kind of charge attacks I could do, myself."
It wasn't entirely truthful, but it was truthful enough that Ophelia was sure it'd get a pass. They didn't need to know about her own internal whining, anyhow; she was a tough girl.
Instead, she'd listen to Valt's lecture about slide forms, as well as observe Valt's current new form; AeroVeedramon. As Ophelia didn't really have any alternate champion forms, the notion of slide digivolving wasn't entirely relevant to her as far as execution goes. However, it was still interesting to consider that she - and those around her - certainly could have such a form! This also raised the question, of what sort of form she or Skadi might have, if they were to end up with slides forms of their own...
Regardless though, the notion of fighting Valt in this new form would make her perk up visibly; her eyes lighting up. This, also, prompted a giggle and a playful eyeroll from Cassie - cause of course, this was typical Ophelia. The little Gomamon-X would hop off of Ophelia's lap, allowing the excited Himamon to get up, exclaiming "Hell yeah!" all the while. Ophelia didn't even mind if Skadi wanted to take a break - she was down to take on Valt like this, solo!
... However, as she got up and took a step forward, Ophelia would proceed to suddenly devolve back to Spadamon; her body lacking the oomph it needed to maintain her Himamon form for any longer. And, in the process of this, Ophelia would end up tripping on her own two feet - seemingly not expecting to devolve so suddenly - and proceed to faceplant on the ground! "O-oof..!"
Cassie would owlishly blink at this - similarly startled and bewildered - before going over to Ophelia's side, asking "Are you okay, Ophi..??"
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Post by Kenny O'Hara and Skadi on Oct 29, 2019 5:38:08 GMT
At this point, things were quickly starting to get hazy for Skadi for staying in this big shiny new form for so long. Valt had slowly and gradually transformed into a massive blob in her eyes by the time he slide evolved into his AeroVeedramon form. That didn't exactly stop her from being impressed by that, yet she couldn't ignore her entire body protesting, or her once-strong legs now threatening to snap like twigs at any minute. That said, that didn't stop Skadi chuckling herself as Valt lightly scolded the Himamon with a rap to the forehead.
But the concept of slide evolution itself sounded really cool to her, honestly. The ability to switch on the fly to take on opponents, to adapt to whatever the situation called for, anything. That ability itself was clearly nothing to sneeze at, but she did need to take heed of the drawbacks, too, mainly about the time and energy it took to cleanly pull it off. But to Skadi, her mind was already racing with crazy possibilities on what she could do herself. Maybe she could throw the opponent off in some way, by suddenly spouting wings to avoid an enemy's attack at the last minute, and go for a nasty counterattack...
But despite Valt's (actually very truthful) assertion that Skadi couldn't hold out forever, she still tried to take up a firm, strong stance, despite her clear aching legs mitigating it slightly, as soon as Ophelia hopped off, with a confident cry of "Yeah, I'm ready! Bring it on!" She wanted to show Valt she wasn't going to just roll over and quit just yet. She wanted to keep going for a good long while, and keep up with the rhythm along with the Himamon.
But both Digimon's bodies, however, had other ideas. Almost like in protest, just as Ophelia started to change back into her Himamon form, Skadi's body would glow a bright white once more, as she shrunk back down, and proceeded to change back into her fun-sized Valaismon form, followed by her landing onto the ground, belly first, with a loud thump.
Her weary gaze shifted up to the now extremely blurry Valt watching over the three, "Wow, Valt, I didn't know you could clone yourself like that!" She exclaimed weakly. Of course, this was just the result of Skadi's wonky double vision, and merely the image of Valt in her eyes had shown him split into two figures. It was blatantly obvious her own body could take no more. In fact, you could argue it was nothing short of a miracle she didn't just up and revert back to Mallimon right there and then.
Of course it would make sense to Kenny that KIZNA members would need crazy amounts of endurance and muscle power to survive. If anything, he'd really appreciate the training, mainly because to him, he would actually be able to defend himself in the very least. He gave a tired, but appreciative, smile, to Ryouta, knowing that someday, he'd be able to be as big and strong as him.
Before he could say anything, however, Skadi's loud thump on the floor quickly took his attention away from Ryouta. Despite his own aching pains, he managed to pull himself off the floor. "Sorry Ryouta, I need to check up on Skadi quickly." He briefly apologised, before running over to the glass window, separating him from the rest of the present Digimon. From what he could see so far, Skadi and Ophelia had clearly been worn out and exhausted, now reverted back into their Rookie forms once more, while Valt seemingly vanished, and in his place stood a giant, more muscular, and draconic, beast, easily putting his ExVeemon form to shame. And oddly enough, he just stood (or floated) around and did nothing.
Regardless, he would still call out to the two Digimon, "Skadi! Ophelia! Are you OK, you guys?" The weary warrior that was Skadi meekly looked and tilted her head up to what she assumed was her partner (which was really hard to tell, as everyone was now pretty much a blob at this point), with an equally weary smile and wave.
"...I'm OK, Kenny. I'm just a little tired, is all." She chuckled weakly.
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Post by ryouta on Nov 2, 2019 15:04:54 GMT
"That's an interesting question. In my opinion, the best charge attack is the sort that you can just decide how you execute it... but the best one is probably the kind that you can repeat if it's dodged or defended against. Usually just one, but not another... Usually dodging is more common though, so probably that? Just remember that you don't have to absolutely have everything for all situation. But it'll be great to know your weakness and cover it, or expose all your weakness and turn it into strength.
For example, a form that have no attacking prowess but huge defense would be thought as a pushover, but the moment they break your defense and you brings on the big gun, that's when they got that slap on their face you know?"
Well all thing considered, looks like Ophelia was ready to fight until suddenly she devolved. Valt also quickly devolved and tapped her forehead again, but this time less teasing and more to like a brotherly gesture "...You should do well to not push yourself. Unlike just a normal stamina from fighting, evolving also took toll to your mental state. It's after all a process of maturing out of sudden. But don't worry, you'll be spry again soon enough."
And so does Skadi. Valt chuckled at the comment that he got doubled and pat her head. Kenny soon approached and asked if his partner is alright. "Don't worry, just call some Penmons to carry them to nearby bedroom. I know that some of you would feel embarrassed to be carried out to the base like this, but that's exactly why we have the nap room. Though if you want we can also use the teleporter to immediately teleport to the base... It's up to you really."
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Ophelia
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OOC Name: Tsukistar
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Post by Ophelia on Nov 3, 2019 23:03:44 GMT
Ophelia would - at first - briefly and unintelligibly grumble into the floor; both at Cassie's worry, and at Valt's brotherly advice. Her body felt like a bunch of noodles - both cooked and uncooked, at the same time - and refused to move for a good few moments. It was clear that Ophelia was tuckered out; both from all the fighting, as well as from maintaining Champion form for longer than usual...
Cassie couldn't help a soft giggle at this, though; happy that Ophelia was, at least, somewhat responsive. "Maybe this'll pick you both back up?" She'd wonder out loud; using Bubble Aid once more, on Ophi and Skadi both. Now that they were rookies, hopefully the bubbles would do more for them...! One bubble for Skadi, and two for Ophi - since it seemed as though the latter was a little more tuckered out.
And indeed, as Cassie hoped, Ophelia would begin to stir a bit as the bubbles hit their mark. "I'm up, I'm up; I liiiive...!" She'd groan briefly as she flipped over onto her back; stretching her limbs like a cat might, all the while. The groan would, soon, trail off into laughter; the Spadamon unable to help a lopsided grin at the others. "Damn, that was nice..." She'd remark, glancing over to Kenny and Skadi, and flashing them a thumbs-up. "Now I'm ready to just snuggle and nap this all off...!" And then when she woke up, she'd be ready for some round 2; she really wanted to see how she sized up against Valt's Aeroveedramon form, after all...!
"A nap does sound nice..." Cassie would hum with a smile; going over to Ophelia and nuzzling her, as she helped her sister up to her feet. This had been quite the day for Ophi and Skadi both, huh? And speaking of Skadi... "... Do you two wanna come with us? I'd love the chance to snuggle up to and get to know you both!" Cassie would question Skadi and Kenny both with a warm and friendly smile; turning her attention to them, once Ophelia was on her feet proper.
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Post by Kenny O'Hara and Skadi on Nov 15, 2019 4:37:51 GMT
The immensely woozy Skadi could barely feel anything at this point, and even Valt, who remained his same blobby self in her eyes, patting her on the head was met with nothing but a small head tilt and tiny smile. Her wool had sponged up a lot of sweat, she was painting heavily, and all of her body was aching like crazy. Although Valt had offered to get some Penmon assistance to carry them out, Cassie had once again stepped in, hitting the two with another good dose of her magic bubbles.
As the bubble exploded all over her, taking a lot of ache and pain away from her body, like Ophelia before her, she pulled herself up on the floor, but up on a sitting potion. Not only a moment later, before she got a chance to stretch her arms did she find herself embraced by her tamer, now sitting on the floor too and holding her in his arms. "Hey, so how was that, Skadi? You OK?"
The Valaismon could only grin a little bit, looking up at her proud tamer, "Kenny, I've never felt anything like this in a long time. Truth be told, I'm just a little disappointed I couldn't go any further than that today. But at least me and Ophelia made senpai proud." That was met with an affectionate ruffling to her hair, making her giggle a little weakly.
"I'm sure you did, girl. And hey, maybe someday you'll be able to go toe-to-toe with Valt, and even show him everything that you've learnt so far, and maybe even teach him a thing or two for once. If that was what you were capable of here today, I can't wait to see what you'd be like in the near future." It was a good thing for such a tiny creature who could pack one hell of a punch, she was immensely lightweight in her fun-sized Rookie form. Lifting the Valaismon off the ground, he turned to see Ophelia giving the duo a thumbs up. Skadi would happily re procreate the favour in turn, while Kenny gave a kind smile. These 2 crazy kids were practically made for one another.
Upon hearing Cassie's offer about coming with them, Kenny just thought it over for a second, before finally replying "Yeah, sure, that sounds cool. After all, I guess all of us kinda need a lot of rest after all the crazy amounts of training we did today. And besides, it at least would give us a good excuse to hang out with you guys a little longer. Sound good, Skadi?"
"Why're you asking me if both of us already know the answer to that? Of course I wanna!" She giggled, before lightly slugging her tamer playfully on the elbow. There was something oddly charming to Kenny having a childlike individual as a Digimon partner, in more ways than one. If anything, he didn't exactly mind. She was a good kid, all the same (no pun intended).
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Post by ryouta on Nov 15, 2019 15:21:33 GMT
Well that aside looks like it's settled. "Alright, Ophi, before I go to meet the leader, tell me... Kenny and Skadi, pass or no?" he asked. He's pretty sure that she will say that they passed. After all, she looked like she's very satisfied with the spar with Skadi after all and is now bonding with her? Either way...
"I got no objection anyway that Kenny and Skadi to be added to KIZNA. The usual procedure then?" Ryouta asked.
"Yeah, the usual procedure. Anyway, while at it, Ophi, what about your sister? Cassie was it? Do you want me to ask the leader to add her too? The team is modest, and definitely in need of caring spirit like her." Valt said.
Though, the comment about toe to toe with him made Valt smirk. "Don't push your lucks yet, newbies. It's three years too early to challenge this old dragon one on one. Amass more experience, both in battle and outside of it. And when you does, I'll take you on one versus one. Get to Ultimate, and I'll take you on seriously."
"Well, he said that, but don't worry, you're not offending him. He'll take that challenge seriously, so make sure to get ready for harsher training. Anyway, I'm going to meet the leader now. Skadi, Kenny, Ophi and Cassie, the nap room is over there," Ryouta pointed a separate room. "Use it as you please, but don't forget to set alarm in case you accidentally slept in. Ophi, remember that they can't get out without you because they're not KIZNA member yet until they're formally accepted by Yuuki. So make sure to not leave before them."
Either way, both Valt and Ryouta left the room after that. Valt honestly was satisfied. Looks like this will be a great addition to the team.
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Ophelia
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OOC Name: Tsukistar
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Post by Ophelia on Nov 16, 2019 10:17:01 GMT
It looked like they had a plan now! As Kenny and Skadi would accept Cassie's offer, the duo would both grin widely; visibly eager to kick back and spend some time getting to know Kenny and Skadi proper. "Hell yeah!" Ophelia would call, reaching over to grab both Skadi's and Kenny's hands, and near-yank them along with the two of them "Let's go get ourselves settled down, then...!"
Before the two could make to leave with Kenny and Skadi proper, though, Valt would question Ophelia about not only Kenny and Skadi, but Cassie as well. The Spadamon did take a second to register it all initially, but she otherwise wouldn't hesitate. "Hell yeah!" The little lioness called; grinning widely, and letting go of Skadi's hand to flash Valt a thumbs-up. "Skadi and Kenny seem great; and Cassie's a reliable gal!"
Cassie couldn't help but giggle briefly at this; a hint of sheepishness at being complimented by her sister, in this context. "I'd definitely love to join, if you guys are willing..!" She'd confirm in her usual peppy chirp, smiling warmly to Valt and Ryouta. "I'm sticking by Ophi's side, either way," Cassie added; briefly nuzzling against Ophelia's side, and the Spadamon laughing gently and petting her head in turn.
The notion of one day fighting toe-to-toe with Valt, though, was definitely interesting; if the way Ophelia's tail began to twitch and flick was any indicator. "Heh; I can't wait to get to Ultimate, then...!" She'd remark; before (quite playfully, if her brief giggle implied anything) boasting "Just wait 'til I kick your ass, ay?"
With Ryouta's rundown of the 'nap room' though, as well as making sure that she stuck around to let Kenny and Skadi out once they were ready, the duo would nod. "Sounds good!" Cassie would mention now; waving with a flipper as they'd both turn to leave. "See you later, you two...!"
Once Valt and Ryouta left, leaving it to just the four of them, though... Ophelia would resume taking Skadi and Kenny's hands once more; moving for the indicated nap room. "How's that for a taste of KIZNA, ay?" The lioness questioned with a grin; eager to get settled down, and eager to snuggle up to the duo - Cassie equally eager. "I think you two'll fit right in; and I'd love to spar you guys again sometime!" ... That was a plural 'guys', right there - was Ophelia keen on even sparring Kenny?? "Or, at least wrestle, in Kenny's case; eheheh!" She knew better than to really fight all-out against humans, thankfully; but that didn't mean that she wouldn't try to roughhouse in some other way!
Cassie would be unable to help but giggle with; smiling more softly, but still plenty warmly. "And I'd love to learn more about you two, myself..!" She'd add, as the four of them would enter the room; the two sisters settling in and snuggling up to Kenny and Skadi both. "You both seem real nice, after all..." She'd hum softly, in a relaxed fashion, as she arranged herself in the forming cuddlepile.
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Post by Kenny O'Hara and Skadi on Dec 5, 2019 8:54:43 GMT
With Skadi now resting in Kenny's arms, the young man felt butterflies form in his stomach at the prospect of the future ahead of the duo. Everything had been going so fast, and yet, somehow, fate had a lot of things in store for this young man and his little girl. He was quickly snapped out of it as he let out a yelp, as he felt Ophelia yank his arm and start to drag him away with little to no warning, stumbling a bit as he did, and Skadi nearly falling out. "Wh-oooah!"
Thankfully for the both of them, they were quickly stopped by Valt asking her that if they, and her sister Cassie, were eligible to join KIZNA, and a warm smile could be seen on Kenny's face as both Ryouta and Ophelia had both voted 'aye' on both counts. He could also feels Skadi happily nuzzling him affectionately as she heard that. "Thanks guys. I promise we won't let you down." He simply told them. After all, they didn't come all the way to disappoint them. Those two had some big shoes to fill.
But, frankly speaking, Valt had a good point. Both Skadi and Ophelia were both great fighters in their own way, but they were still a little young. And they still had a long way to go, too. There was no doubt both of them had a lot of untapped potential inside of them just waiting to be unlocked. And no doubt that both of those two would make a great team, no matter the circumstances. Hopefully, those future training sessions would help draw them out more and more (and Kenny would actually get them to sit still for more than 5 seconds, to boot).
Speaking of, they would listen to Ryouta give a brief explanation about the nap room, and Ophelia and Cassie seeing them off, Kenny would give them a wave too, telling them "Alright, see you later guys! Thanks again!" Even if they couldn't leave without Ophelia and Cassie, as per rules, neither part of the pair didn't mind. Kenny's legs, and Skadi's whole body, were practically begging for nothing less than a breather.
Before either could recoup themselves, Kenny and Skadi found themselves dragged once again by Ophelia to the nap room, chuckling in response to Ophelia's comments. Although Skadi did look extremely keen to spar with the fun-sized lioness once more (and who could blame her; Ophelia was an incredibly fun - and crazy - opponent to deal with), the prospect of Kenny wrestling Ophelia though... "Yeah, maybe in the near future. Just... promise you won't go too rough on me when we do, ok?" He asked her with another chuckle, "Admittedly, I'm still quite a bit of a stickant, to be honest." He knew Ophelia wouldn't hurt him on purpose, but even during a good friendly spar with nothing at stake, that little lioness could still pack one hell of a punch.
As they entered the nap room with the two sisters, Kenny simply nodded happily to Cassie's comment as he settled himself and Skadi onto a good soft bed. With them settled, and Skadi leaning across him and cuddling up to him, he smiled as Ophelia and Cassie snuggled up to the both of them, throwing his arms onto the both of them, "Aw, thanks you two." He replied, as he gave each of them affectionate strokes on the head, "I gotta admit, you guys are no slouches yourself, for that matter. You're right. We'd love to hang out with you guys a lot more in the near future, and maybe have ourselves another spar or two. Who knows, Skadi might still have a few tricks left up her sleeve."
By that time, he felt himself getting a little tired, letting out a little yawn, and Skadi was fighting to keep herself awake. Both of them were fine for snuggling with their new sisters/teammates for a little while. Besides, this rest helping to drive off the pain would be a good bonus as well.
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