Aurelia
Aurelia's taken far worse hits to far weaker locations on the body. Her abdomen, Melita will find, is muscular and firm to the touch. Even a touch that is meant to mar and take her breath away. No, Aurelia moves from one motion to another with grace and concentration, in spite of the anticipated hit.
In fact, the hit to the gut is not what makes Aurelia flinch but the way her knuckls are grazed by Melita's collarbone. Hitting it straight on causes a wicked sting of pain to shoot up the back of her hand, though she grits her teeth against it. The adrenaline that begins to course through her heart, flushing through her blood, helps her to ignore the pain.
A pain she feels she deserves anyway.
The kick launched at Melita misses wickedly, lending Aurelia into a far more vulnerable position than desired. She doesn't curse herself, though, perhaps doesn't have time to as a kick is thrown at the back of her own legs.
Down she goes, falling into the rocky sand with her arms flailing out to try and catch the balance taken from her. The landing will surely leave a bruise somewhere, though she doesn't feel it now.
Pouncing upward, Aurelia dives for Melita. She does not dive with a fist or a foot, no; she dives with the full force of her body, aiming to swing her arms around Melita and force them to roll into the oncoming tide.
In fact, the hit to the gut is not what makes Aurelia flinch but the way her knuckls are grazed by Melita's collarbone. Hitting it straight on causes a wicked sting of pain to shoot up the back of her hand, though she grits her teeth against it. The adrenaline that begins to course through her heart, flushing through her blood, helps her to ignore the pain.
A pain she feels she deserves anyway.
The kick launched at Melita misses wickedly, lending Aurelia into a far more vulnerable position than desired. She doesn't curse herself, though, perhaps doesn't have time to as a kick is thrown at the back of her own legs.
Down she goes, falling into the rocky sand with her arms flailing out to try and catch the balance taken from her. The landing will surely leave a bruise somewhere, though she doesn't feel it now.
Pouncing upward, Aurelia dives for Melita. She does not dive with a fist or a foot, no; she dives with the full force of her body, aiming to swing her arms around Melita and force them to roll into the oncoming tide.
looking in the mirror, drop of rum on my tongue
with the warning to help me see myself clearer
with the warning to help me see myself clearer
