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Deep breaths, Abbi reminded herself as she made her way toward the assigned arena, Deep breaths and-- { Stay calm, the worst she can do to ya is knock yer a** out cold! } Deep breaths and asdhkl;fdsgjdhg.
Both hands wrung upon the other as the teen felt her feet begin to shift through less dense ground, taking shallower breaths than she meant. This was going to be fun! This was just a silly little tournament between everyone on the Island to keep things light and exciting. Even the big guy Tuck had said she'd do fine and Stormy's point about loosing meaning getting to call it quits early was really good too!
But no matter what she told herself, Abbi still felt her stomach curling up in tight knots.

{ Just knock her as hard as ye can and do yer best, Little Bit. }
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Thinking was bad, she decided a moment later, the arena before her comprised of sad and whispy bits of tall grass. Maybe she should just... Concentrate on breathing and stuff. And not slipping in the sand. Or kicking up too much dust and making herself sneeze.
It was very hard, however, to concentrate when her opponent showed up and she was damn cute.

"Hi! I'm uh I'm Abbi and its really nice to meet you and um uh I hope this fight goes well!" The teen attempted to chirp with a wave at the girl.
Why are they always so cute why is everyone so cute look at her hair omigosh why can't my hair be that nice and her eyelashes are soooo long its not fair she's gonna win because she's cute and maybe if I bury myself in the sand no one will look for me that's a really good idea wow yes Abbi you are a genius
"I really like your scarf! Purple is like my favorite color ever and it looks really nice with your hair!"
asdgfdhlsg;fmdklh; ok stop talking now
Flushing terribly, Abbi did just that, giving another pitiful wave to the girl, careful not to cross across the sand that separated them in case that might start the battle early.

Violet eyes watched the other girl intently, widening considerably when she broached the invisible line of combat. It seemed rude to run away, so instead Abbi locked up when her opponent wrapped her in a hug.
{ ITS A TRAP }
"A box? OH! Because of your name oh well I mean like a box isn't really a weapon I guess in the story it kind of was but more against the world at large your name is really cool though!" The words all came out in one gush of air as Abbi flailed her hands a little in attempt to hug back, but realized belatedly that Pandora had pulled back which meant the teen was left with flailing hands that she instead stuck back together to worry on the other. The compliment returned made Abbi flush all the more, her hands detaching to instead grab onto her hair.
"Th-thanks but it matches your skin tone better."

To be called a twin, however, made a high pitched, nervous giggle escape Abbi that drew a groan from Viveca.
{ Just shaddup and fight yer girl. }
Right! Fighting that was kind of what they were here to do!
A curt nod and a hesitant smile was given to Pandora before the teen turned and scurried away, dropping her hands to either side. Fists clenched as she remembered to breath deeply, waiting for the starting whistle or bell or gun shot or--
"Old westerns? But you gotta have a gun for that and--" The bang of Pandora's weapon interrupted the teen's words and she felt a sharp but quick flick against her shoulder. "--Ow."

The count of three was done, so there seemed little reason to be theatrical anymore. Instead Abbi shrugged once and summoned Viveca, her hands momentarily shifting from close together on the long scythe's handle to further apart. At the snarling insistence of said weapon, the teen tossed out a garbled apology before she rushed forward and swung the blade at Pandora.

HP: 36/40
DMG: 6

"I didn't know guns were an option!" She replied in a high pitched tone that just skirted past being a whine. But because Pandora had a gun, that meant she could be free range and Abbi did not get that luxury.
Unsure of what to do (especially with Viceca shouting a number of conflicting thoughts in her head, namely following 'Smack her in the face' with 'Now duck!'), Abbi instead whined and took another bullet hit. The awesome thing about the shield was that it considerably dulled the pain of actually being shot. The terrible thing was Abbi still had to watch a bullet fly towards her and know she couldn't dodge it.

But hey, dodging a huge scythe was pretty tricky and she was getting good at swinging it, so she did that some too.
"Its a really pretty gun!"

HP: 31/40
DMG: 5

Dear Pandora, if you wanted to win this fight, just continue to compliment Abbi because she was totally eating that up.
"I mean like-- Scythes are pretty cool! Like, Viveca is pink so that's pretty rad." She was totally talking like she was just shooting the breeze and not being shot at. "But you gun is so detailed! And its--ow-- Its hitting kinda hard, that is not a pea shooter." The teen tried to dodge and instead skittering around in the sand, yipping when she was hit by a number of bullets.

Flushing, Abbi gave a lame swing of the scythe and popped a foot, just to look extra cute. The mention of swords, however, had her really gushing.
"Omigosh I almost got a sword I think maybe I'm not really sure but Viveca just yelled so loud so now I'm pretty partial to scythes but I mean I like swords, swords are really cool I like people with swords."
{ What. What. What are you doing. }

HP: 24/40
DMG: 1

SPECTATING

Their first audience member came up, careful to watch her treading in the sand. Way too hot.

Stormy cupped her mouth and yelled, "Let's go, girls! Woooo!"m because even though heckling was allowed, it wasn't natural for her to want to tear someone down--especially with one being a sort of friend and the other being form her division.

Though in her heart of hearts, she too was partial to scythes. Every shot Pandora made had her wincing. It would be good for Abbi to win the match and boost her confidence, but Stormy was loathe to show favoritism. So she quietly cheered instead.

Screw air fistbumps, Abbi happily shouldered Viveca and hustled the distance across the sand to give Pandora a real fistbump. This was the funnest fight she'd ever been in (Not that she'd honestly been in any fights), so she was more than content to play this whole new found friendship up. Plus, Pandora was a major cutie and pretty hilarious. And they had matching hair!
"Swords totally rule. But, I think scythes and guns are like... The new power duo." Hint, hint. Dontcha think so too Pandora?

The little clicks of the trigger made Abbi jump and she tripped backwards, throwing the scythe up in an attempt to block the attacks. When nothing came she peeked around the blade.
"Your gun is a dog? Aw man that's so cute! I love puppies!"
A feral, snarling noise sounded in Abbi's head loud enough that she flinched.
"OK OK GOSH. No need to yell!" She scolded Viveca before the teen reached forward with another mumbled apology to hook the blade around Pandora's back and jerk her forward while Abbi took a huge jump back.

HP: 24/40
DMG: 7

"A Cerberus is the three-headed dog who guards the gates to Hell. So one dog, three heads. Woooooow do you have three voices in your head? That must be like... Super confusing!" Abbi laughed at that, not even minding that Viveca was a veritable whirlwind of snarls and growls in her mind.
{ AND. ANOTHER THING! Don't ya act like ye know things about me! You don't know things, Abbi Killian! } The teen snorted in her mind and ignored the anger from her weapon.

Feeling terribly bad about shoving the pretty Pandora in the sand, Abbi looked down with a cry.
"I'm sorry! That was harder than I meant I'm sorry!" A long stream of apologies would have begun then had it not been for the mention of people watching. Her face turning momentarily red, Abbi let one hand go of Viveca to shoot into the air and wave excitedly.
"HIIIII!!" She shouted, jumping up and down and totally missing that she was actually landing on parts of her opponent.

HP: 24/40
DMG: 7