I will never forgive this framing, I swear I beat them up, my waterbending skills were out of this world.
Tsk, I'm still sore about this.
Even if it has been 3 days already.
But man my water bending skills aren't respected enough...
"is there water magic" I say that out loud.
"I think? Maybe? I'm not sure really" Jenna answer first as she sit beside me checking on the bandage on my side balrow did.
It's pretty much recovered, an ugly crusty thingy is covering it now. Probably will dissapear soon.
"space magic exist, so water magic exist, I won't listen to any counter!" Annie say while she's, what she's doing actually?
A quick look on my right show that she's doing the exact same thing she did in the hearth room, still trying to be a stealthy assasin by popping her daggers out of thin air, she's improving fast actually.
Not as fast as me, and she's clearly not at the level of stocking shit unconciously, but we're kinda at a similar level for taking things out for now, she just need to say 'dagger', vocalize it in her mind, to take something out while me.
It took her three days to reach that level though...so, the longer you train the harder gains come?
I take my water bottle out, it spawn in front of my belly, like usual, and I catch it, I just need to think about it, not vocalize it.
it's not at the level of my stoc-! Before I can even realize it my water bottle is in my inventory again.
Yeah it's clearly not at the same level, this shit litterally freaks me out because of how easy it feel, she still need to vocalize in her mind to take in too, her progress is equal and linear, compared to mine that came out from stress, that's good to know.
Jenna apparently satisfied with her checking, let my shirt fall back on my covered wound, and say "that look all good"
Yeah, so I was staying. We rested. Well. A lot. To be honest lots of us needed it. Malfoy shoulder was fucking dying, I was fucking dying, mentally and physically. And same for the others.
There isn't a lot to do in this empty room, well, not a lot, fortunately I'm not alone, we passed the majority of our time talking to each other, learning a bit more, did you knew Jenna was forty?
Fuck I thought she was in her thirty to be honest, and I'm indeed the youngest around here at 18, the second one is mousy she look young because of her height but she's like 25, just before malfoy and his 26, BALROW IS FUCKING 65!
Looking in front of me, I see malfoy and balrow fighting in an arm wrestling, malfoy do his best, but in the end balrow win.
And he's an absolute unit at that age, what a badass grandpa I swear.
I pat Jenna shoulder "Thanks" and she pat my back as I get up "don't worry, don't push yourself too much though" "got it"
I walk toward the two arm wrestling champions and deciding to piss off a certain blondy, I adopt my best shit eating smile. "Wow, getting beat by a senior malfoy! Didn't expected that"
I can litterally see the veins in his forehead popping and he give me an excuse, an actually believable excuse.
"My left arm is my dominant one" I blink and look at his injured left arm, yep, that's a good excuse....buuuuuuuut "so you're saying you need to be in your best condition to beat a senior?"
He turn his head toward me, giving me full attention "is this for the water war debate?"
FUCK YES IT IS! I WILL NEVER LET THEM GO FOR THAT!
"No, I'm just giving my opinion on what I see!"
Doesn't look like he's believing me, he get up from his sitted position, both of the challengers were sitted and used a bed as a table.
"Try it then" I squint, badass grandpa is strong, but I can take him.
I pump my chest out and in a exaggeration of a connor mcgregor walk to him, I put my hands on his shoulder and gently push him away "look at how a reallllll man do it!" Still with my exaggerated pumped chest I sit down and look at balrow.
"hello balrow" "hello ludger"
I lift my hand and understanding my wish, he was listening to us after all he lift his right arm, same as mine before we interlock our hands however malfoy say "use your left arm"
I blink and slowly turn my head at him "What?"
"What, are you saying you need to use your strongest hand to beat a senior?"
You fucker, I lick my lips. using my own words against me.
I lift my left arm, balrow lift his in synch, "I have no need for my right arm, even against badass grandpa"
Balrow look at me and blink, ignoring the fact that I called him badass grandpa, mousy didn't though "badass grandpa!?" She pop up from the other side of the bed and look at me as we interlock our hands, ignoring her, me and balrow start pushing.
Fuck, his arm feel like a litteral wall, what the hell is that!? However, he doesn't manage to push me back too, we're in a standstill.
Malfoy stare at my hand like a hawk, just absorbing everything in the hope that I falter, I WILL NOT!
Mousy start talking again after she realized I won't answer her, and as if she was figuring out the sense of life, her eyes pop up and she point at malfoy.
"Matthew is malfoy"
She then point at badass grandpa, still armwrestling with me.
"balrow is badass grandpa" and then she point at herself "do you have a nickname for all of us!?"
Her words, break my concentration, and my sweaty palm bend a bit against balrow pressure.
"What's mine!?"
She ask? While malfoy is clearly considering the fact that they may actually all have nicknames, and balrow, balrow is just focused, I need to focus like him to win.
Pushing back we go back in a standstill, fuck that was dangerous.
The fucking mouse like girl, Mousy fucking poke my free shoulder while we keep having this duel of Titan.
"I'M FOCUSING"
"WHAT'S MY NICKNAME" balrow get the advantage, standstill again, I scream "THAT'S A SECRET"
She scream "TELL ME!"
Balrow get it again his grip feeling like a fucking press hydraulic, I chuckle and answer mousy "Mousy"
"What!?" She squeak like a fucking mouse! Malfoy snort out loud.
"Don't laugh at my nickname!" Mousy answer Malfoy snort
"didn't said anything" she squeak again, pushed deeper in my belief on the little mouse, I feed from her shock to finally get the advantage.
Malfoy look at the scene with eyes as wide as Annie when she realized her nickname.
And mousy is still being all shocked "why is my nickname mousy?" she talk like the world will explode, and I FEED FROM HER SUFFERING, I get even more of the advantage, malfoy is looking mighty worried now.
"Actually that's a pretty cute nickname"
What? My advantage slowly get pushed back as Jenna say that, that's fine I still have the upper hand, Mousy answer.
"Yeah I know! I'm just acting all dramatic" and now we're in a standstill again.
Fuck.
"What's my nickname?" Jenna ask
Oh wait I still don't have a nickname for Jenna, I need to find her one, how about LEGOlas, cause she's an archer, but lego cause she shoot with the power of the kid toys legos?
I answer "legolas" mousy jump at that "why does balrow and Jenna have the only badass nicknames!?" If only you knew why LEGO you would shut up.
Malfoy speak up "I just wish to know why you said lego like that." this one a real secret though, that's genuinely mean, let's not break those building bonds for now.
I stare at balrow, he stare at me, Jenna speak up "don't overthink, we and balrow are the best that's all"
Annie says "I preffered the timid version of you"
Yeaah she's been coming out of her shell those last few days.
While malfoy just clench his teeth at the sight of our fight. I nod at balrow, he nod back.
We understood each other.
We free our hands and malfoy sigh relieved I didn't win, "oh you stopped" Annie asked.
Me and balrow rush forward with our right hands "apparently not" Jenna comment, now we're fighting for real, I directly have the advantage, my right hand significantly stronger than my left one.
He push back with way less strength than his left one, two lefty are on this team apparently, malfoy speak up "that's cheating"
"WINNING IS WORTH IT!" I push down until the back of balrow hand touch the bed
"AND THE WINNER IS LUUUUUUUDGER" Always can count on a mouse to hype me up.
I give balrow a handshake, that's his version of fistbumping, and smirk at malfoy, he just sigh and ask "I need to test my left arm again, wanna spar?"
Oh now that's interesting.