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"Ugggh" Regina slumped back and rolled her eyes. What did she have to do to get her point across? Say it out loud? She doubted saying it out loud would have the desired effect. b***h would probably do the opposite to just be disagreeable. "You are like, the most boring troll ever." After a few moments of silence, she pushed herself to her feet stiffly. Giving Byakko a long, blank look, she turned and stumped down the hallway. Silence filled the room, but was soon replaced by returning footsteps and the sound of something being dragged.

A few moments later she was back, hauling the other girl's kanabo. Leaning it against the wall opposite from the cell, she walked up to the bars. "Hey. Wanna know a secret?" Leaning forward, she pushed at the door of the cell, and it swung open at the touch. Unlocked, like it had been from the start. Byakko would have realized this, if she had ever touched it. Smiling again, Regina stepped back and rested a hand on the other girl's weapon. "I do kinda enjoy our time together. It's like going to watch a comedy act, but for free!"

Regina's eyebrows went up as Byakko's patience ran out with an audible snap. Stepping back, she quickly dragged the other girl's weapon around in front of her, tip of the heavy object scraping on the floor as she attempted to block the glass aimed at her throat. Instead it sliced up the side of the queen's arm as she used the large and bulky weapon as a shield.

"Ha HA! Yeah there ya go!! Damn girl, you're impatient!" The laugh was half amused surprise, half approval. Still struggling to lift the heavy wooden kanabo that came up to nearly her height, she swung it back out, letting go of the handle to let it go crashing into Byakko. Taking the milliseconds of reprieve to flick the blood dripping off her arm and draw her own sabre, she cocked her head, watching intently.

Deals 2 damage, go go military kanabo.

14/20

"Traditionally - " Raising her sabre, Regina held it in both hands to deflect the blows raining down on her. She could feel the vibrations shaking up through her small arms, as she was slowly pushed backwards by the ferocity of Byakko's attack. " - traditionally, a queen fights from her ship, y'know." There wasn't any time to counterattack, no moment she could dart forward with her weapon. "If I fought properly, like the queen I am, you wouldn't even get the satisfaction of seeing my face as your think pan melted out through your sponge clots."

Despite her gritted teeth as she was forced to back slowly towards the railing that encircled the prision's balcony, Regina was still able to smile at her furious opponent. "You oughta be glad I've got a little revolutionary in me too, mutantblood. Though if you really wanna see it, then who am I to deny ya, huh?" The sensation was like a cold bucket of ice, sliding up through Byakko's mouth and nose, culminating in an electric caress of her mind. It was a brief sensation that passed as quickly as it came.

Regina does 1 lusus mommy damage
9/20

"What, you wanna feel more? Are you a masochist as well as a mutant?" There was no doubt that Byakko was besting her physically, but Regina would be damned if she could win on the emotional front as well. She had been forced to justify this little rendezvous to her aggravatingly prudish retinue as well as her, as a test of the enemy's defences. To learn their capabilities, as well as their handicaps. After witnessing and defending against a few swings of the kanabo, she was feeling pretty certain that a capability possessed by the enraged mutant was breaking limbs. Avoiding that was probably a good call. Ever since calling on her mother for a demonstration she could feel the presence in her head, more alert, watching, judging her actions and choices. It helped to keep her alert and smiling, the heavy presence that would pick her apart if she so much voiced any of the pain in her muscles.

All these thoughts flashed through Regina's mind as Byakko wound up the hit intended to break through the queen's guard. As the heavy weapon lashed out, Regina jumped back, equally sure of her own inability to block. She felt the metal railings that ringed the circular balcony press hard into her back. Let's play tag with a pissed off subject. Her special pissed off subject. Pushing to the side, the kanabo bounced a glancing blow off the side of her head, and smashed down, tearing a hole in the railings that left a dangerous gap, sucking cold mountain air into the void on the other side. Looking down over the side of the balcony, another could be seen below, and another, fading away to the ground floor somewhere far below in the circular tower. Of course, ground could mean 500 feet underground. Building down, rather than up, was easiest in the mountains.

Glancing over at the wreckage, Regina's smile stiffened. She was no lowblood, but in her mind's eye she could see them slipping over the edge, should concentration lapse for a moment. She thrust her weapon without thinking, continuing the fight through muscle memory, through the training she had taken care to force into herself since she could wield a sword, that for a queen was necessary to survive. There was no fumbling or panic, dropped guard or questioned strength. She wasn't throwing out condescension and insults anymore, but her smile was still there through the faint trickle of sweat and blood that had begun to trickle down her face.

6/20

regina dealt 3 dmg (2 + 1 weap)

The kick connected. Unfortunately for Byakko, and fortunately for Regina, the queen found herself with free hands which grabbed at the railing as she suddenly found herself stumbling backwards. Unfortunately for Regina, those free hands were at the cost of her sword, which rebounded off the floor with a clatter, then another, then slid through the railing and tumbled into the abyss beyond.

The queen's eyes didn't follow it, they were trained on the mutantblood in front of her as she stood, feet planted on the edge and each hand grabbing a railing, but her sponge clots strained to hear the sound of it's impact on the ground far below. Well. This wasn't ideal. Regina could feel her thoughts kick into overdrive, and at the same time increase in volume, to drown out the sudden hike in volume from her lusus's ever present whispers.

"Hey... checkmate, right?" Even as she smiled and gave the light comment, her muscles were tensed and she shifted her weight slowly, trying to get in a position to spring, either to one side, the other, or as a final option, directly into Byakko's friendly welcoming ******** missed

3/20 hang in there meow

Damn. Regina wasn't surprised that she had goaded the mutant to the point where she'd be willing to cull her. She was a little more surprised that the girl wasn't thinking of the consequences. As far as she knew, and she knew a damn lot about most things important to her own survival, Regina was pretty sure there was no new tyrian purpleblooded wiggler ready to pop into her place if she got offed. Honestly, no wonder this bumbling joke of a troll lead her group into trap after trap, if she just kept putting her own --

-- as Byakko's weapon whiffed past her, Regina's body saw the moment it had been tensing for. With barely a nod to her brain for confirmation, it leapt forward, shoving hard into the mutant, gaining her some much needed ground. As the girl's guard was open, Regina also took the opportunity to punch her in the face. You really didn't think it would be that easy, did you? Screamed her expression, as she sneered up at the taller girl.


3/20 hang in there meow

regina does 4 dmg

"Haaaa!! Your face!!! Unf - " Regina was unable to control the shriek-like cry of amusement at Byakko's expression. Taunting one moment, wide-eyed in surprise the next. The queen's laugh was cut short by a blow in return, and she staggered back, still careful to fall away from the ledge, spitting out a tooth. Licking her tongue over her gums, she glanced past Byakko, at part of the railing that had become detatched from the rest, suffering enough rage-fueled blows from the mutant's weapon. The sharp edges of the snapped metal gleamed, and in turn, reflected in the queen's eyes.

Her eyes focused on it for only a second, before returning back to her opponent. "You keep underestimating me, mutant. If you do it again, I ain't gonna be responsible for sending the message of your culling to your lusus. Oh wait, that's right." Keep the other troll angry, don't let them realize that if they stay out of arm's reach they can probably just bat your head clean off your shoulders. After all, she was probably stupid and shortsighted enough to try. " You don't get one, do ya? No wonder you're as dumb as a brick."

She spat again, this time aiming for the other girl's face. It was enough of an edge, giving her the time to dart forward and close the gap between them again. This time however, she went for a gut punch and at the same time tried to dart past Byakko, to the twisted railing on the other side of her.

1/20 hp left

regina does 2 dmg