The Vandals Carnival 1} Dakota, Daniia, Pompom

Dakota played by Kiwi, Daniia played by Jiro, Pompom played by Link

Dakota walked along the shore picking up seashells she found and putting them in her bag. Surely when she gave Desnra all of these he would finally consider joining her ship. It's not like she needed his permission but these were in hopes to make the transition easier for him.

Daniias jus is pretty much alwaves at the beach when she's not working everywhere at once. She was currently sitting near the tide making necklaces out of shells she found in the area near her. Most of the things on her horns shone in the light, much to her delight.[/container]

The sound of a violent tussle was thumping on behind a couple large rocks. Pompom was engaged in fisticuffs with one of her automatons, taking and throwing punches as it gradually winded down. She took a punch in the stomach and keeled over for a moment, before kicking the robot in the artificial testicle pain receptors.
"cOR, mATE! gOOD fUCkIN jAB!"

Dakota stood up and turned to face her. She narrowed her eyes and shook her head. Whatever the hell this was it probably wasn't important. She kept shoving seashells into her bag as she walked along the beach

Daniia,,, did the opposite- She was quick to abandon her necklace to go say hello to a potential new friend. She ran over, only falling twice. "Hi!" €:>[/container]

Dakota spotted the necklace and quickly rushed over to snatch it off of the ground and shove it in her bag. She looked back over at the two of them and hummed

Pompom ducked under a wild haymaker and thumped the automaton in the gut, looking over her shoulder at Daniia with a wild grin.
"gDAY! yOU lOOkIN fOR a fUCkIN tUSsLE, kIDDO?"

she shrugged. "I just saw yqu dqin this and it caught my attontiqn. Did yqu mako this yqursolf?" Daniia inspected the automation quietly from her spot near Pompom[/container]

Dakota looked over at them again she tossed her bag over her shoulder and walked over. She was in a very elegant dress that looked like it should have been warn at a fancy party not on a beach.

She dodged a punch, then got kicked in the side, letting out a small wheeze.
"wITH mY oWN tWO hANDS, gIRLy! kICKS rIGHtEOUS fUCkIN aSS, e dOES!"
She punched the automaton in the face, then grappled it with a laugh.

"Wqah.. that's roally cqql!!I mako stuff qf my qwn, but nqfin this cqql.." Daniia stepped a bit closer to Pompom, noticing Dakota. "Hollq!" €:> forgot to mention it, but Daniia is wearing a shiny violet bathing-suit-thing, it had i think iridescent is the word idk i'm dumb, scales, like you'd sea on a small child's bathing suits and a matching water skirt bullshit thing, both with the aquarius symbol on them somewhere[/container]

Dakota crossed her arms and looked at the two. "so what are the two of you doing at the beach?" she asked. Collecting seashells has been getting boaring since she's been doing it everyday for a while.

"qh! i'm cqllocting sholls tq mako intq jowlory!" most of Daniia's necklaces consisted of shell necklaces, some with kandi on them, some without.[/container]

"wHAT dOES iT fUCkIN lOOK lIKE, mATE?!"
Pompom was tackled to the ground, and started exchanging fevered punches with the automaton.
"sEAsHELLS?! wONdER iF tHEYd mAKE a gOOD wEApON iN tHE pIT!"

Dakota snorted and raised an eyebrow. "No they don't trust me they make terrible weapons'." She chuckled softly and smiled a little bit "My future husband sure seems to think so however"

"I find it oasy tq uso soasholls in battlo. Othor it's oasy qr Cirota is woak." (lmao woke) "ivo usod qno qf thoso arqund my nock, to hurt sqmono in sqmo way."[/container]

"hAAhAA! fUCkIN tOP nOTCH sTUFF tHERE gIRLy! yOU sHOULD sHOW mE sOMEtIME!"
She was taking punch after punch to the face, getting dazed and losing her guard. The automaton picked up a large rock and winded it up, getting ready to bring it down on Pompom's head. But it stopped. The wind-up key on its back had slowed to a stop, and the robot froze.
"hAAhAAhAA! tOO sLOW aGAIN, wILsON! bETtER lUCK nEXT tIME, mATE!"
She affectionately patted the deactivated automaton on the stomach before flopping limp in the sand to catch her breath.

Dakota raised an eyebrow "well that was something wasn't it" She tapped her foot in the sand and looked over at Daniia "Hmm I guess I shouldd take that into account then. the seashells thing"

"Yeah!" Daniia took a seashell off her necklace, it had some golden and red blood on it. "This is tho qno that i usod in my battlo!"[/container]

Pompom pulled herself up and shoved the automaton off onto its side, having it BOOMPH stiffly into the sand with a thump. She got to her feet with a slight groan, patting some of the sand off of her. She spat a glop of purple blood into the sand and coughed into a fist, before stepping over to Daniia with a grin. Her 6'4 frame was imposing standing next to the other two, the extra height added on by her witch hat only further accentuating the height difference. Squatting slightly, she examined the bloodied seashell.
"oOOH! nOT bAD mATE! iD lIKE tO sEE mORE oF tHOSE tYPES oF sEAsHELLS oN tHE sEA sHORE! hAAhAA!

Dakota watched her as she walked over and she stood up straighter. She felt short but she wasn't going to let it show on her face. She crossed her arms and watched Pompom examine the seashells.

"qno qf my frionds gavo this tq mo,, i'll havo tq ask whoro ho fqund it." Daniia returned the shell to her necklace and turned to Dakota "Sq wator yqu dqin rqund thoso parts?"[/container]

"I am a pirate but I have been collecting some seashells for a very important and classified reason" She hummed "My name is Dekota"

"I'm Daniia. Ploasuro tq moot yqu!" Daniia looked at how shiny she was. Very shiny[/container]

Pompom span on her heel and walked over towards a nearby rock.
"pOMpOM jIGaSH, rINGmAStER oF tHE vANdALS cARnIvAL!" she exclaimed with a flourish, spinning to face the other two again with a bow, before sitting on a rock and removing one of her boots to take all the rocks and blood out of it.

Dakota nodded "Interesting," She tapped her foot and looked out to the sea. She was just procrastinating her plans at this point and she didn't know why but she was. "What is that exactly?"

"cOR, mATE, yOU avENT hEARD oF tHE cARnIvAL?! hAA! iTS tHE mOST eXcItING pLACE oN aMaLGAmA iS wHAT iT iS!" she proclaimed, putting her boot back on and taking off the other one, "a pLACE fULL oF gUTS aND gLORY! bOONS fOR bLOOD! iTS fUCkIN lEgENdARY!"
She put her boot back on and stood up with a grin, cracking her knuckles.

"i think ivo boon bofqro, i can't romombor." Daniia kneeled in the sand near where Pompom was. "It squnds liko a lqt qf fun!"[/container]

"Yeah never heard. Guess you aren't an oceanic circus. I'm a busy woman I don't normally have time to be on land for to long" Dakota shrugged and looked a her seashell bag and rolled her eyes

Daniia turned her head to look at Dakota "What cqlqur blqqd aro yqu? I'm a viqlot blqqd!" She paused "Yqu dqnt havo tq answor if tho quostiqn makos yqu uncqmfy thqugh!"[/container]

Pompom stepped back over to the two.
"wE tRAvEL aLL ovER!" she exclaimed, emoting with her hands, "wERE sET uP lESS tHAN a mILE uP tHE bEACH! yOU tWO sHOULD pOP uP fOR a tUSsLE! tHEN wELL kNOW wHAT yOUR bLOOD lOOKS lIKE! hAAhAAhAA!"

Dakota looked over in the direction of Densra's hive for a few seconds and sighed. She turned back to Pompom and Daniia. "I'm in"

"I dqnt think fighting withqut a roasqn is gqqd.. dqnt got mo wrqng, if sqmoqno say.. takos sqmofin qf mino id havo tq fight thom tq tho doath, but thon id havo a roasqn." She shrugged "I guoss ill cqmo."[/container]

"hAAhAA! tHATS wHAT i lIKE tO fUCkIN hEAR!" she laughed, turning to look down at Daniia, "oH bUT iTS nOT fOR nOTHING, mATE! tHERES gLORY aND pRIZES fOR tHOSE wHO mAKE iT oUT oF tHE rING! aND jUST iMAGINE tHE rOAR oF tHE rABBLE! tHE rEVELlING tHRONG dEmANDS iTS pORtION!"
She reached down and picked up her automaton, standing him up. Pompom gave Wilson a happy pat in the face before standing behind him and winding up his key. She stood in front of him, hands on her hips, as the machine came back to life and hurled the rock in his hands at her head. She moved her head to the side, narrowly dodging the projectile.
"oI! cUT tHAT oUT mATE! wERE hEADiNG hOME!"
The automaton deflated slightly, and followed Pompom as the pair headed off towards The Carnival.

Dakota walked with the two to the carnival. She put her bag on her belt deciding it would probably be a better place for it

Pompom put her hands on the pair's shoulders and lead them in through a side entrance. The vicious hum of a bloodthirsty crowd pierced the walls of the tent. Pompom folded her arms, looking down at the pair.
"dO yOU tWO wANnA fIGHT aS a tEAM? wE hAVEnT hAD a gOOD tAG tEAM iN agES!"

Daniia shrugged and looked at Dakota. "Yqu up fqr a tag toam? qr wquld yqu rathor gq sqlq?"[/container]

"I ddon't normally fight with people I ddon't know but I suppose I can make an exception." She set her bag down and grabbed her spear. She dusted her dress off and looked at Pompom "anything we should know before doing this"

"hAA! tHERE iS oNE tHING, mATE!" she roared, and pointed at the spear, "yOU wONT bE nEEDIN tHAT!"
She put out her hand, asking Dakota to give her the spear.

She narrowed her eyes and hesitantly handed it to her "Be careful with that" She said looking at Daniia. "A fist fight then this should be great"

Daniia giggled and nodded. Though she thinks fighting is bad, she has a hell of a time doing it. "I'm supor oxcitod" €:>[/container]

Pompom took the spear with a chuckle and rested it over her shoulders, clenching a fist on front of her chest.
"bRILLiaNT! yOU tWO pOUNDS oF fLESH wILL bE a gREAT fUCkIN lAUGH!"
Using the spear, she pointed towards a flap in the tent, that seemed to be in the direction of the roaring crowd. A fiery light spilled through the crack, as adrenaline started building.
"nOW gET oUT tHERE aND cRACK sOME fUCkIN sKULLS! hAAhAAhAA!"

Dakota walked through the flap and looked around at the crowd that was there. Wow there were a lot of people here. She took a breath it didn't mean a thing to her she was calm and collected and she knew how to kick some ass. This was gonna be a walk in the park.

Daniia followed behind Dakota, did i mention she's fucking shiny- Daniia let out a little 'wqah...' as she smiled, looking around at the crowd. She cracked her knuckles and looked straight ahead.[/container]

The crowd roared with vicious excitement as the pair stepped out into the bleak, blood-spattered fighting ring. Rocks and splintered bits of driftwood were scattered around on the sandy ground. Tall palisades topped with sharpened sticks circled the ring, with the revelling throng peering down from the bleachers above. The tent was lit up with ominous torch sconces, and the iron smell of blood and viscera hung heavy in the air. A heavy iron gate slammed down behind Dakota and Daniia, leaving them trapped in the arena.

Across the way, a pair of trolls stepped out through a similar flap. One was a large, muscular indigoblood, who stared and growled at the pair. The other was a small, skittish rustblood, who was reluctantly thrown out into the arena by a pair of purpleblood employees. Both of the trolls had thick metal collars around their necks, and were dressed in circus-themed rags.

The crowd died down briefly before a shape swung over the arena on a trapeze, doing a backflip over the spikes and landing on her feet atop a raised platform with some description of twisted throne.
"lAdIES aND gENTLEmEN, bOYS aND gIRLS, aND eVERYtHING iN bETwEEN! aRE yOU rEADY fOR bLOOD tO fALL?!" Pompom roared, and the crowd cheered back.

The rustblood tried to pull the gate back up for a few moments, before realising it was a futile attempt, and scrambling to grab a splintered stick from the ground.

The indigoblood stood his ground, glaring at Dakota and Daniia through bloodthirsty blue eyes.

Dakota quickly took note of the arena and her opponents. She also looked at her ally taking another quick scope. Neither of them could beat the indigoblood with strength alone this was going to have to be strategic. She looked at Daniia an idea forming in her head she quickly leaned into her ear. "distract the indigoblood with your shinnyness I'll quickly grab the rust blood and think of away to take down the big one. do not engage with them just keep their attention. sound like a plan" Her voice was still demanding even in a quiet tone. She was a leader that was certain.

Daniia nodded "squnds liko a plan." She ran about half the distance it would take to get all the way to the indigoblood and stood there, moving around a bit to acchive maximum shininess. My god it's a disco up in here.[/container]

The rustblood stuck to the walls of the arena, clutching his stick with his eyes darting around to try think up a plan.

The indigoblood stood his ground near the centre of the arena, staring Daniia down with a growl.

Excitement flushed through the crowd as the contestants got into position. Waving a hand over the arena, Pompom called out,
"pUT yOUR hANDS tOgEThER fOR oUR wELL dRESsED sLAShERS, dAkOtA aND dAnIIA!"
The crowd roared in cheers and applause, and Pompom gestured to the two collared contestants,
"aND tOdAYS mURdERoUS sCUM wITH a tHIRST fOR bLOOD, tALgEN aND rAIbRU!"
The crowd cheered louder, a number of them chanting 'Talgen, Talgen, Talgen!' as the indigoblood looked up at his "fans".
"wITHoUT fURtHER aDO, tHEN, lETS sEE sOME fUCkIN bLOOD! hAAhAAhAA!"

Dakota swiped a rock and quickly ran over to the rustblood. She smirked figuring this would be easy as she chucked the rock towards the rustbloods head. After the rock left her hand she put her fists up in a defensive stance.

The rock CLOCKED the rustblood in the forehead. He yelped stumbled back, bracing himself against the wall as blood trickled down his face. Laughter hummed from the crowd at the spectacle, as the rustblood steadied himself and frantically thrusted his splintered stick towards Dakota's shoulder. His aim was kind of shit, and Dakota was able to evade easily enough.

The indigoblood stared down Daniia, circling her and steadily getting closer with massive clenched fists.
"Ready to FUCKING DIE, WHELP?" he growled, "I'm going to ENJOY using your SPINE as a FUCKING TOOTHPICK."

Dakota sidestepped and reeled her fist back to throw a punch straight to the rustbloods face. she held it up and let out a laugh "Pathetic" she threw her fist full force at him.

Daniia giggled "qh, roally? Woll, im gqing tq onjqy drinking an indigqblqqd smqqthio. Bot it'll tasto liko pathotic dofoat." She stepped a bit closer to the indigoblood, studying him carefully.[/container]

Raibru clutched his freshly broken nose and leaped back. His face was covered in blood, and he glared at Dakota, crouching slightly. The fear in his eyes turned to adrenaline-fuelled rage.
"im going to strangle you to death with your own intestines. bitch."
He took a handful of bloodied sand and threw it towards Dakota's face.

Talgen stomped closer, glaring down at his shiny quarrel.
"You won't be able to TASTE anything but SHIT once I shove that FUCKING TONGUE up your SPINAL CREVICE, FUCKER."
He swung a wild haymaker towards Daniia.

Dakota stumbled back after the sand hit her face. She kept her eyes shut and clenched her fists "Oh I see, that make you angry all you can do is throw a little fucking sand in my face god." she reached for the embellishment on her belt and flung it in what direction she thought Raibru was in. It was just a piece of weak metal mostly being used for distraction so she could regain her vision.

"qh sh-" the force of the blow knocked Daniia down, a bit of violet blood coming out of her nose. If you codnt tell from her sprite, she wears facepaint, which is now pretty smudged. She grabbed something next to her, a sharpened stick thing, and threw it at Talgen.[/container]

Dakota felt as the embellishment hit something, and heard a wincing growl and some muttered swears as Raibru ran to safety next to his beefcake teammate. He was smart enough to realise he didn't stand much of a chance against the ruthless pirate captain, and stood behind the indigoblood behemoth. He tried to wipe the blood from his eyes but ended up just getting sand in them.

Talgen recoiled slightly as the stick stuck into his shoulder. Laughter rang out from the crowd as he tore it out and snapped it in two, before swiping down to grab one of Daniia's legs and attempt to pick her up.

Dakota quickly tore a piece of fabric from her dress and cleaned the sand off her face. She looked at her team mate and she picked another rock up. "Hey big idiot over here!!." She softballed the rock at him as hard as she could manage. With her strategy out the window she had to think fast.

The sharp rock slashed against Talgen's shoulder, leading him to grunt in pain, but still maintain his grip on Daniia. He turned and shoved Raibru out of the way, before hurling the violetblood at Dakota with a roar.

Raibru stumbled but maintained his footing, watching as Daniia was thrown.

Daniia was flung through the air, narrowly missing Dakota. A mix of joyous laughter and disappointed booing rang out from the crowd. Talgen looked up at the audience with a scowl, then turned to look at Raibru.

Dakota grabbed her and pulled her to her feet. "start throwing as much as you can. I still don't have any ideas to deal with the big guy. keep your eyes on the little one though don't let him sneak up on you" Dakota quickly whispered before throwing another rock at Talgen's head as hard as she could.

Without looking, Talgen caught the rock, and glared at Dakota furiously. He shoved the rock into Raibru's hands, grabbed him by the scruff of the neck, and chucked him at Dakota.
"DO SOMETHING, you USELESS FUCKING WHELP."

Raibru CRASHED into Dakota with a surprised yelp. The crowd erupted in laughter as the two were reduced to a heap on the ground. Winded, Raibru grappled Dakota, raising the rock above his head. In the seconds before he attempted to turn Dakota's head into a splattered blue pulp, Daniia had a moment to act.

Daniia noticed her teammate about to be,, yknow, killed, and grabbed another pointy wood stick thing- With it in hand, she attempted to tackleabitch, i mean, tackle Raibru.
A roaring laughter rang out from the crowd, as Daniia slipped on an intestine and crashed into the ground. As she started to pick herself up, she could see Raibru drive the rock down towards Dakota's face.[/container]

Talgen menacingly stomped towards Daniia, cracking his knuckles and neck as he prepared to turn the seadweller into a violet pulp across the wall of the arena.
"PATHETIC."

The rock collided with Dakota's forehead, sending a white-hot pain through her as warm blood spurted out of the gash on her head. Raibru frantically winded the rock up, preparing to go again. Cheers erupted from the crowd, with chants of "KILL, KILL, KILL!" ringing heavy in Dakota's half-dazed ears.[/container]

Dakota let out a groan of pain. this was bad this was really bad. "you'd make a great pirate rusty" she mumbled the pain making her vision blur and her head throb.

Daniia ran back over, justfuckingbarely pushing Raibru off of Dakota, slightly wincing at her injuries. Daniia took her headband, it's one of those ones that,, like, not like Rose's i dunno how to explain it- its like, goes around the entirety of your head- bluh-, and wrapped it around Dakotas head, in an attempt to stop the bleeding a bit.[/container]

Dakota brought her self into a sitting position "Get him I got this" She held the bandana type thing to her wound and ripped more pieces of her dress off to clout it. She could barely see and her head was pounding but she did what she could to keep herself from passing out.

Raibru was pushed off, caught off guard by Dakota's compliment. He scrambled to his feet, dropping the bloody rock.
"i cant fucking do this."
He ran to the gate and tried once again to pull it open. Boos erupted from the crowd at his act of cowardice, as Talgen furiously walked up behind the rustblood. Noticing the large shadow looming over him, Raibru turned around, looking up at the indigoblood with fear in his eyes.

"You WORTHLESS piece of SHIT," Talgen bellowed, clasping Raibru by the face with one of his massive hands and picking him up off his feet. Raibru flailed as he was dragged out into the middle of the arena by Talgen, "I'll MAKE you USEFUL, WHELP."
Talgen grabbed one of Raibru's pointy horns and viciously yanked on it, snapping it off of the rustblood's head. Laughter and cheers erupted from the crowd, drowning out Raibru's muffled screaming. Talgen dropped Raibru to the ground and turned to his adversaries, now with an improvised weapon in hand. Raibru gripped his head, writhing and howling in pain, before he fell unconscious.
Talgen walked towards the pair menacingly.
"I am going to FUCKING DESTROY you."

it was at times like this Daniia was glad she was small and agile. She thought out an idea in her head, grasping the sharpstickthing tightly, looking up at Raibru.[/container]

Dakota rose to her feet tying the bandana tightly. She wobbled barely able to keep her balance. She pushed past the pounding in her head and clenched her fists. She was not going to let this brute beat her. She hissed flinging a rock at him that missed because of her disjointedness. she took a deep breath again and ripped another piece of her dress off. she tied it around the rock tightly and she swung it around a couple of times before lunching it towards his head.

Talgen dashed towards Dakota as she started to spin her makeshift sling. He let out a roar as the rock hit him in the eye, and swung a wild jab towards Dakota with his horn-dagger, less accurate due to his injury.
He just barely swung wide, leaving himself open to a counter-attack.

Daniia figured this would be a horrible thing to do if she failed, but it was worth a shot. She tightened the shit hanging from her horns, making sure the beads were in a good swinging range. She ran over to Talgen, attempting to bring him down using her horns.[/container]

Dakota backed up a couple paces and grabbed another rock. She wobbled on her feat and almost fell over. She panted heavily and watched Daniia. She gripped the rock and tried to stay focused through her dizziness and pain.

Daniia rammed into Talgen with her horns, and he braced to try and stay on his feet...[/container]

He held his ground, slightly winded from being butted into but still upright.
"WORTHLESS. SURRENDER and DIE."
He span, attempting to slam Daniia to the ground.

Daniia was brutally slammed to the ground, kicking up sand as the wind was knocked out of her. Talgen let out a roar, and raised up the horn in his hand, preparing to stab Daniia with it.[/container]

Dakota rubbed her head and threw another rock straight as his head. She kept her aim as steady as she could and she kept her stance wide. She picked up another rock and held it.

Talgen stumbled as the rock struck the side of his head. Momentarily dazed, the horn slipped out of his hand, sticking into the sand next to Daniia. He put one of his large hands against the side of his head, feeling as indigo blood pulsed between his fingers. He glared at Dakota with a building rage in his eyes. The crowd cheered.

well uh, yknow Daniias gonna take the horn- She just barely stood up, pain. She used the time she was given with Talgen momentarily distracted to attempt to very casually abdomenstab, yknow, as you do.[/container]

"LITTLE fucking WORM," Talgen cried out, as the horn pierced his abdomen, "You'll FUCKING regret that."
He pulled the horn out and tossed it across the arena, a spray of indigo spattering across the sand. He buckled slightly, before swinging a backhand at Daniia.
Talgen struck Daniia across the face with a growl.

Dakota chucked the rock she had in her hand at Talgen. She had started to regain some of her balance but she was still so Dizzy. She once again grabbed another one to prepare.

The rock hit Talgen right in the collar bone

Talgen braced himself for impact, feeling a CRACK as the rock struck his collar bone. He put a hand over his leaking abdominal would and ran at Dakota, reaching out his massive hands to grab her by the shoulder.
Talgen grabbed Dakota by the shoulders, span around, and tossed her at the dazed Daniia.

Dakota ate shit on the bloody sand in front of Daniia, not being thrown far enough to collide with her. Talgen stumbled back against the wall of the arena, catching his breath and holding his wound.

Dakota rolled over on her back. She kept her eyes open but made no attempt at getting up yet. she steadied her breathing and kept herself awake and thinking

Daniia looked around for a weapon, spotting one not to far by. She decided to make a move for it when Talgen was more distracted than he was at the moment. "Hqw aro yqu ooling?" Daniia asked Dakota in a hushed tone.[/container]

"I'll get up just try and keep him distracted" She took deep breaths and coughed up some blood.

She nods "aro yqu gqnna try tq gq fqr a woapqn?" Daniia asked, her voice still quiet, glancing over to Talgen.[/container]

"Go, we'll have time to talk after we win this thing" Dakota rubbed her head "hurry"

Talgen stepped out from the wall, having partially recovered from the pain wracking his body. He circled around the ring towards Raibru's unconscious body, picked him up, and brutally tore one of his arms off without hesitation. The crowd erupted with laughter and cheers as he swung around his new club, staring down his opponents.

Daniia stood up, and ran towards Talgen, almost eeling bad for Raibru. Keyword almost. She grabbed a rock that had been previously thrown at Talgen and held it, waiting for the perfect time to throw it.[/container]

Talgen didn't hesitate in dashing towards Daniia and swinging his meat club (yeah yeah laugh it off) at Daniia's leg.

He struck Daniia in the leg with the severed arm, sending her off balance.[/container]

Dakota brought herself to a sitting position still taking control of her breathing. She needed more time if she got up now she would just fall back over

As Daniia fell she threw the rock with as much effort as she could. She looked to sea if the rock had hit Talgen a few seconds after falling.[/container]

Talgen moved his head out of the way of the rock and it thumped down into the sand behind him. He cracked his neck, and attempted to pin down Daniia by putting a foot on her chest.
The crowd chanted Talgen's name as he pushed Daniia down into the sand with a foot, winding back the arm in preparation for striking her across the head with it.

Dakota didn't have any time to waste as she brought herself to her feet. She grabbed a rock near her and once again lined it up. She took a breath and launched it at Talgen's head. She fell over at the momentum of her throw and hopped it hit.
The rock sailed past him and she hissed "fuck"

Paying no attention to the rock that flew past him, Talgen swung the arm at Daniia's head.

Daniia dodged, no wait, she said 'no:heartpulse:' and like, rolled outa the way or somefin idk- she then moved over to a wall to jus, h[/container]

Dakota got back to her feet again quickly picking up another rock. She chucked it at Talgen and panted. she balled her hands into fists. "Come on"

Talgen didn't notice the rock being tossed at him as he glared at Daniia. The stone bonked against the side of his head and knocked him off balance. He turned to face Dakota and dizzily hurled the arm at her.
He threw way too high, having the arm get impaled on one of the spikes around the top of the walls. He dashed over to Raibru to tear off his other arm.
"I will NOT LOSE to a pair of WHELPS like YOU."

Dakota coughed up more blood losing her balance slightly. She stumbled for another rock and held it to her chest. "Yeah you'll lose to a pair of fierce warriors." She lifted the rock behind her head and threw it. The momentum of this rock sent her to the ground as well.

He brutally tore Raibru's other arm, sending a spatter of blood into the air. He swung the arm at the airborne rock, smacking it out of the way with a thump.
"WARRIORS? You are NOT warriors. YOU ARE WEAKLINGS."
He stomped towards Dakota, giving her time to get up OR throw a rock before he got there.

Dakota grabbed a rock and threw it at him again from the ground then she pushed her self up to a sitting position.
The rock hit him in the stomach

Talgen grunted and stumbled as the rock hit him. He keeled over slightly, and furiously chucked the arm towards Dakota's head.
The meat club WHACKed Dakota in the face and Talgen let out a growl. Laughter roared on from the audience.

It send Dakota backwards and she stared at the top of the tent. "Come on Daniia" she mumbled panting hard

did someone say Daniia- oh wait they actually did this time? coolio. During this very distracting sequence, Daniia managed to gather a couple of sharpwoodsticks. She tied them together with one of the strings that normally hung from her horns. She had made her way back over to Talgen, so last time we had abdomenstab, but what if this time, she aimed a bit higher,,,[/container]

Talgen roared out in pain as the sticks were driven into his back. He stumbled and span to face Daniia, frenzied expression on his face. For the first time during this fight, there was a look of desperation on his face, as he swung an unsteady haymaker at Daniia.
He swung over her head with a roar. The crowd was cheering loudly, erupted with laughter at the display.

Dakota took deep unsteady breaths bringing herself into a sitting position. As her head spun she leaned back on her hands.

Daniia darted around, sister snatching the sticks back. I need mental help. She ran back to the front of Talgen, attempting another stab to whatever's above your abdomen idk[/container]

Talgen attempted to grapple Daniia as she drove the sticks into his chest.
He grabbed her neck with a growl, blood leaking from his mouth. With his other hand, he grabbed the sticks, beginning to pull them out and giving Dakota a moment to act.

Dakota picked up another rock and hurled it at him from her place on the ground.
It missed

The rock plinked uselessly off of Talgen's shoulder as he attempted to drive the sticks into her abdomen. The revelling crowd was cheering wildly.
The sticks were driven into Daniia's gut, shooting a sharp pain through her entire body. He stared her in the eyes as blood leaked from his various wounds, and tossed her to the ground beside him. He turned to face Dakota, his knees buckling slightly.
"I'm going to ENJOY killing YOU, rock slinging COWARD."

She got to her feet ignoring his yelling. She picked up the largest rock in her radius and lifted it over her head. She threw it aiming for his head.

He caught it in one of his gargantuan hands, a sick smile growing across his face.
"It's OVER for you."
He swung a fist towards Dakota's head.
He swung wide, allowing Dakota to dodge the attack.

She moved out of the way just enough to not get hit and she lunged herself at him. she attempted to shove her hand into his open wound
She stumbled forward not having the strength

Talgen attempted to catch Dakota's fist.
He grasped her fist and pulled her down, using the leverage to swing the rock in his hand towards the side of Dakota's head.

The rock collided with the side of Dakota's head, sending her face-first to the ground, dazed and reeling.

Daniia could see this happening from the ground as blood pulsed from her abdomen.[/container]

Talgen seemed to be on his last legs, and was struggling to stay standing. He stared down at Dakota, breathing heavily.

Yay The Sticks Are No Longer In Her Abdomen. She quickly got up, pain surging through her body. She ran as fast as she could, only about 1/3rd of her normal speed, jumping up, attempting to stab Talgen in the back once again.[/container]

Talgen cried out in pain as the sticks were driven into his back once again. He dizzily turned to look at Daniia, bloodied and broken. The rage seeped from his eyes and a mild remorse overcame him.
"Well fought, whelp."
He coughed, spraying blood onto the sand, and took a half step towards Daniia, before falling towards her.
Daniia was afforded just enough time to dodge, before the lumbering tower of vicious rage collapsed flat on his face, unable to fight on.

There was a brief moment of silence, before the crowd erupted into thunderous applause, cheering the names of Daniia and Dakota.

Dakota coughed and sat up "Holy fuck you are amazing" She laughed before the seering pain hit her head. She put a hand up to hold it

Daniia clutched her abdomen tightly. "Cquldnt havo dqno it withqut yqu." €:>[/container]

Dakota stumbled to her feet and raised her free fist in the air. She wobbled a bit but to her it didn't matter.

Daniia giggled and smiled. Victory is pretty sweet.[/container]

"oUTsTANDiNG! tHE mOB rALlIES tO tHE uNDERdOG!" Pompom called out, standing up and addressing the fighters from atop her spectating platform, "wHAT aN iNCrEDiBlE uPsET, gIRlY! hAAhAAhAA!"
The crowd died down and watched closely as she leapt over the wooden spikes, landing on her feet in the sand. She stared at the two heavily injured contestants with a wicked grin on her face. She cracked her knuckles.
"rEAdY fOR rOUND tWO, mATES?!"

"She's stabbed and I can feel my brain I don't think were in the right shape for a round 2" Dakota said to her still holding her head.

"tHATS a sHAME, mATE! mASsIVE sHAME!" she laughed, as a couple fully-wound automatons entered the arena through the metal gates, "i gUESS yOU wONT bE wINnING, tHEN!"
The automatons started to walk towards the centre of the arena where everyone was standing.

Dakota ripped a piece of her dress off and quickly tied it around Daniia's wound. "You are gonna have to keep kicking a little longer." She grabbed the thing Daniia used to stab Talgen. Dakota panted and shook his head "I got this" she muttered to herself

Pompom continued to glare with her malicious smile, as the automatons dashed in and grabbed Raibru and Talgen, beginning to drag them towards the exits.
"hAAhAAhAA! tHE lOOKS oN yOUR fUCkIN fAcES! pRICElESS! sTELlAR pERfORmANCE mATES!"
Pompom and the crowd erupted into laughter. The ringmaster gave a clap as she laughed, before wiping under her robotic eye and shaking her head.
"nO, nO, mY aUtOmAtONS wONT bE kILlING yOU tOdAY! hAAhAAhAA!"

Dakota drop the stick a look of relief on her face "Oh jegus I thought I was fucked"

Daniia nodded. Hh. Words are too much right now €:<[/container]

Still laughing, Pompom stepped over to the pair and took one of each of their hands, raising them up triumphantly. The crowd roared in cheer and applause for the victorious contestants.
"tAKE iT aLL iN, mATES! yOU lIVED!"

"yoah. wo did." €:> Daniia looked over at Dakota[/container]

Dakota oofed still holding her head. but she took a couple breaths before laughing triumphantly "Fuck yeah we did"

The gates were opened back up and Pompom lead the pair out into the same room they had entered through. She brought them to a pop-up medical area where the pair were sat down and a couple silent medics tended to their wounds.
"yOU tWO aRE fUCkIN gREAT! yOU sHOULD cOME bACK sOMEtIME!" she exclaimed, squatting down in front of the pair, "pEOpLE dONT uSuALlY sURvIVE agAINST tALgEN, hAAhAA!"

She chuckled "I'll have to think about it, It might be a while though I'm getting human married soon" She stretched letting the medic take care of her

"Yquro gotting human marriod? Tq whq?" She turned her head to the side in curiosity[/container]

"Prince Densra," She hummed and smiled triumphantly. "it's going to be on my ship"

"qqhhh.. can i cqmo?" she shut her eyes kinda tight. cause pain.[/container]

Pompom gave a small chuckle, looking up at Dakota.
"cOR, tHE pRINCE? nICE oNE mATE!"

She nodded "Sure you can come Daniia, I was actually going to ask you if you wanted to join my crew. You fought amazingly out there and I thought you would make a wonderful crewmate."

"can i cqlloct soasholls and mako kandi whilo i'm a part qf yqur crow?" making jewlery is very important to Daniia.[/container]

"Yes you can, as long as you are still dedicated to being a pirate that is." She hummed and looked at them Her

"thon ill jiqn!" €:> she opened her eyes and smiled at Dakota.[/container]

"I can help you move in today then" she gently punched Daniia's arm very gently given their injury's. "We have some important things to accomplish tonight.

"hAA! fUCkIN hEARTwARmING, mATES! tHE tRUE pRIZE wAS tHE fRIENDS yOU mADE alONG tHE wAY!"
Pompom stood up and walked over to a nearby mirror, looking at herself in it.

Dakota snorted and looked at Daniia "yeah not usually the kind to believe in things like that but I guess in this case it's true. But we really don't get anything else for winning"

"oH nO, oF cOURSE yOU dO! iLL rUN iNtO tHE bACK aND gET yOUR cOMpLImENtArY t sHIRTS nOW!"
She gave them a grin and a nod and started towards the exit.

Dakota didn't have the energy to haggle her but that sentence pissed her off beyond belief. She looked at Daniia, "How are you feeling"

Daniia shrugged "qnly half doad. qthor than that i'm fino."[/container]

Pompom swept around the room and came back behind the pair, leaning on the backs of their chairs and shaking her head.
"fUCK mE, yOU tWO aRE gULlIbLE! hAAhAA! nO, tHE pRIZE iSnT a fUCkIN sHIRT! wHAT dO yOU wANT?"

"Money" Dakota said looking back at her. "I'm not gullible just tired give me a break"

Pompom looked to Daniia.
"hOW abOUT yOU, gIRLy?"

Daniia thought for a second "candy." God, she was an addict-[/container]

"gOOD fUCkIN cHOICE!" Pompom chortled, patting Daniia on the shoulder and standing up straight, "iLL gO gET tHAT nOW tHEN! eNtERtAIN eACHoTHeR iN tHE mEANtIME!"
She turned and walked towards the exit.

"So why don't you tell me something about yourself?" Dakota asked

"Woll, i liko candy and making jowlory. I lqvo shiny things, and i havo this thing humans call 'adhd'. Anyfin yqu wanna toll mo abqut yqursolf?"[/container]

"I am the greatest pirate to ever set sail, I like winning and money. And my crew is my family so welcome aboard mate" she smiled proudly

Daniia smiled back "Ivo alwavos likod piratos and stuff."[/container]

"Good cuz now you are one," Dakota smiled "You are gonna love the rest of the crew. They are a ragtag group all of them are so different but they're great."

"Thoy sqund amazing! I roally liko making now frionds!" Daniia looked up and closed her eyes, thinking about Pirates.[/container]

"good because you are going to have a bunch of new friends, and they'll become your fucking family before long" Dakota smiled "and were are gonna take this place by the headd andd knock it out before it sees a thing!"

Before too long, Pompom returned holding two black-and-purple silk bags. She handed one to both Dakota and Daniia, and gave them each a somewhat painful pat on the shoulder.
"gLITtERiN pRIzES, jUST fOR yOU tWO! hAA!"

Dakota took hers after wincing a small bit "Thanks can I also have my stuff back" she asked looking at Pompom

Daniia took her own bag and just ate the candy yknow, as you do with candy. She decided to think about what she was going to wear next.[/container]

Dakota's bag had a sizeable amount of money in it. Nothing too crazy but nothing to be scoffed at either. Daniia's was stuffed full of all sorts of different sweets and chocolates of all different colours.
Pompom took out Dakota's spear from behind her back - was it always on her? - and held it out for the pirate.

Dakota took it and clipped it to her back. "Bethany you have been returnedd to where you belong welcome back" She smiled and held the bag of money "todday has been eventful it'll be nice getting back to the ship"

"i'm oxcitod tq soa yqur ship" €:> "and moot all qf my now frionds" €:> Daniia was now looking over at Dakota.[/container]

"I'm excited for you to meet them, come on lets start moving," Dakota waved at Pompom before walking out of the tent and heading to #dakota-ship

"sTAY bLOODtHIRStY, yOU tWO!"
Pompom cackled and walked out of the opposite side of the tent. That was fun to watch.

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