Dueling With A Sunflower / The Anglerfish Cat (3/7/23 - 3/8/23)

Violet’s walking, trying to get a grip of her emotions. She stops as she sits by a tree 

Violet holds her head

“Stop… just breath… just breath…”

Hinata enters the forest for a jog. After some time passes, she sees Violet sitting near a tree. 

"Oh hey Violet!" she waves.

Violet looks to Hinata as remnants of tears drip down her face

“O-Oh! Hey Hinata! Hope you are doing well?”

Hinata faces her and tilts her head on seeing her sad face. 

"I'm well. Just gettin' some trainin' done. I wanna be a better fighter for Lulu. Getting absolutely rekt by Oleander last week got me fired up. But uh, what's wrong?"

“Hm? Me? Oh it’s nothing just… life feels like it’s fall apart!”

She gives a nervous chuckle

“Just my girlfriend is now missing and my mind I swear is gonna be the death of me! You know? What if Luna just… disappeared one day never to be seen again forever! It would suck! Big time! That’s how I’m feeling.”

Hinata is confused but attempts to console. It's what Luna would do, right? Her smile is warm and comforting as she takes a deep breath.

"I'm sorry to hear about your girlfriend, and in terms of Lulu, I highly doubt she's going anywhere anytime soon. She's told me about her mission here with [the kiss]. Luna's not gonna leave until Abaddon's done. I wouldn't worry about that."

They pause for a hot second to think how to continue.

"And besides, you know what she would say to that right? She would tell us to get stronger in case it ever did happen. In case her life does come to an early end."

Hinata sucks at this.

"Hence why I'm out here trying to get better at combat. I wanna fight with her!"

Violet thinks, trying to get her mind off thing

“Um… thanks. Do you need a fighting sparer? To help you out with?”

"A sparring partner you mean?" she grins.

Violet giggles

“Yea that too.”

“Unless you don’t need one then that’s fine by me!”

"No no, I'm down for it. Plus it'll get your mind off of your troubles."

“Thanks Hinata.”

Violet stands up, summoning a basic sword

“Your move.”

Hinata pulls out a small dagger from her side sheath, tosses some music onto her mp3 player, and enters a defensive stance. She is extremely nervous but steels herself for a fight.

"Bring it."

Violet grins as her eyes change to a deeper, more focused, shade of violet as she try’s to circle around to the back of Hinata, taking her sword and trying to stab at her from the back

Hinata notices Violet's movements and moves away from the backstab. "Did you actually think that would work? I suck at fighting, but I'm not that bad."

Hinata takes a deep breath and hops into the trees, watching Violet's movements.

Hinata is gone, but her presence is definitely felt.

Violet scans the area, looking for where Hinata will appear

The sounds of branches snapping and the scrape of metal on wood is audible. Sounds like Hinata is planning something. 

Otherwise, it's almost as if Hinata has disappea-- oh no, wait, she's in that tree over there! She seems to be carving something!

After some time in the trees pass, Hinata nods and hops down. 

"Apologies Violet, but not having my own weapon sucks. So I just made one."

It appears to be a "sword" except only the tip appears to be sharp. It's also completely wood. Kind of looks like something Young Link would use before getting an actual sword. 

She prepares to continue the fight.

Violet strikes at Hinata with her sword, trying to find a weak point

Hinata dips and dodges rather swiftly. Unlike Luna, it seems Hinata is defensive minded. 

If an opening presents itself, Hinata attempts to strike at Violet's arm with the blunt parts of the wooden sword thingy (aka not the tip).

Violet try’s to block oncoming attacks, not wanting to hurt Hinata a lot she summons a more wooden sword, replacing the original sword

Violet slashes at Hinata’s weapon

Hinata blocks the attack with her own sword, which causes the sword itself to degrade in quality a bit. 

She backs up, as if retreating for a moment before going for another lunge at Violet's upper body. Still with the blunt part.

Violet try’s to roll underneath Hinata’s legs to get behind her as she try’s to strike the back again

The back strike works. It makes her fall to the ground. "Damn it."

Violet giggles

“Good fight! You are really quick on your feet!”

Hinata sighs. She feels she needs to be stronger for Lulu. "Thank you. I'm trying to get better with this."

She smiles. "Hope that was fun for you at least?"

“Indeed, good practice is always good now and then.”

Violet smiles, trying to keep happy in the hard times

Hinata nods. "I agree. Hopefully I can get an actual weapon at some point. Thank you. If you ever want to spar, let me know."

“Of course! I’m probably gonna stay out here for a bit long to chill and collect my thoughts. Thanks Hinata, means a lot”

"Alrighty. I'll see ya later Vi!"

And she heads out back onto her jog.

Violet wave bye as she sits back down by the tree

A nearby piece of shrubbery starts to shake.

“Hm? Hello?”

Violet looks over to the shrubbery

“Is anyone there?”

A Ginger American Curl Cat exits the shrubbery with a dead mouse in its maw. It then sits down and looks up at Violet with a head-tilt.

“Awww hey kitty! What you up to? Catching mice?”

Violet stands and walks towards the cat

The Cat stays still, it appears to be waiting for something.

“You want pets?”

Violet pets the kitty!

The kitten is pet! It feels warm and very pet-able.

“Awww aren’t you cute! What you waiting for buddy?”

Just then, Violet gets knocked over before getting pinned to the ground, getting her arm twisted to keep her in place. The smell of cigarette smoke permeates the air. “Where is she?” The assailant demands. oh and the cat ran away in terror.

“What?! Wait- who are you? Where is who?!”

Violet is scared but more confused

“The Rabbit Whore, Where is SHE?” They apply more force to the twist.

“I don’t know?! Your guess is as good as mine?!”

Violet trying to turn to get a look at them

All Violet can see is the light from a cigarette. “FINE, Where’s that pansy ass bunny twink?”

“Again! I don’t know?!”

Violet try’s kicking with legs, trying to kick their crotch

It doesn’t work as the person let’s go. “FUCKING GOD DAMNED IT ALL” They then take a quick but deep drag of their cigarette before flicking the butt onto the ground and leaving.

Violet stands, trying to get a look at them before they leave

They are gone before that could happen.

Violet is confused on who that was or what just happened

“What in the… weirdo…”

Violet shrugs as she goes back to sitting by the tree, looking out to the lake