Ask Think Before You Punch

[Peedunkee]

His entire body was screaming in rage and desperation. Like a form of claustrophobia that instead of feeding into hysteria fueled the need to tear something apart. He continued thrashing on the ground trying to find any semblance of give in the tiefling's grip. He had no such luck. He arched his head back violently hoping she'd leaned in close enough for a headbutt but it made no contact. The longer he was pinned the more desperate he became to get free, it was bringing back to many painful memories.

He heard her words, initially unable to focus on them in all his fury. But as it became increasingly obvious he wouldn't be able break free he tried thinking. He tried to imagine a scenario where he broke free but he was all out of ideas. He had never been pinned like this... wait. He had seen someone else pinned like this before. His previous owner, the leader of the mercenary group. But he couldn't possibly pull something like that off. He'd never even tried something like it before. But maybe its what she meant by think. It was worth a try.

He let his body relax entirely. It meant her grip would only get tighter but he couldn't worry about that right now. He turned his head so he could look at her out of the corner of his eye and said in Huttese <"Y'know if you want to pin me down, at least do it somewhere a little more comfortable."> He was trying his best to add a wink into his tone since he couldn't actually wink in this position, and the line came out with an accent that wasn't wholly his own since he was imitating what his owner had said, but hopefully it had some effect.

@Reylo4evr

 

[Nyxia Starfell]

Nyxia could feel the shift in Peedunkee, and she knew he was thinking when he stilled. She tightened her grip on his limbs as he turned his head to face her, a distant expression of vague amusement on her face. He spoke Huttese with an accent that wasn't his, and Nyxia guessed he was imitating something or someone he had seen.

Her grip remained firm, her black eyes void of emotion. She had perfected this technique because of the fear it instilled in her opponents. If they weren't already scared of her horns and tail and dark eyes, seeing nothing reflected in them would stir any mortal soul towards fear and hatred.

Nyxia suddenly yanked Peedunkee's arms up behind his head, threatening to dislocate both of them if she pushed in harder. <"Not comfortable?"> she said in Huttese, her voice cold and drawling, making her into a completely different person. With her legs she pushed his apart wider until they were nearly aligned with each other on either side of his pelvis.

From behind her, Nyxia heard a few of the men from yesterday come in, and she was silently glad for it. She hoped Peedunkee noticed as well.

@Pazaakly

 

[Peedunkee]

Peedunkee's attempt ended in futility and now he was in an even tighter situation than he had been previously. It was over. At this point, he couldn't even tell if they were still on good terms. He had thought that Nyxia was only trying to help him but between her harsh words and harsher treatment it made it easy for his doubt to grow. He felt resignation taking hold of him as he lay stuck to the floor of the Black Sun training room. She had to let him go eventually, right?

Just as this line of thinking was being etched in his mind, he could sense someone or several such someones approaching the room. They would be his last opportunity. He focused for a moment on himself, ensuring his body went limp and still. If what he had in mind was going to work, he'd need the element of surprise. Thankfully, he had already shown signs of givign up so now pretending to do so was an easy pivot. He waited a couple slowly crawling seconds, timing his next move as closely as possible.

As soon as the door opened with a mechanized hiss -momentarily catching his captor's attention- he made a decisive action. Using the simplest move to have the most leverage possible he yanked his arms to either side of himself to unpin them. In the process also unbalancing Nyxia who had been resting her weight forward and thus collapsed onto him when the support was pulled out from under her. Then with one last heave he flipped off of his back, taking the tiefling with him.

As the men from the previous night came in they'd see Peedunkee now on top of Nyxia and pinning her wrists to the ground. Face to face once more he did his best to find an appropriate one-liner and said in Basic "Now comfortable." with a cheeky grin.

@Reylo4evr

 

[Nyxia Starfell]

Beneath her, Peedunkee slowly stopped fighting. Just when Nyxia thought he had given up, he suddenly jerked his arms down to his sides, yanking Nyxia forward since her firm grip was still locked around his wrists. He flipped off his back and then it was his turn to pin Nyxia down.

Nyxia barely gave Peedunkee time to finish speaking before she jumped up, her legs still free, and threw Peedunkee off her with a surprising amount of strength. "Much better," she said in Basic. The men who had just entered paused, throwing glances between Nyxia and Peedunkee.

"Now, finish your laps," she continued, as she moved off to a separate corner of the training room to do her own workout. Peedunkee had the strength to win a fight, but not the brains. Not yet. Hopefully, Nyxia could help change that, and then he would be able to defend himself should he be unfairly attacked again.

@Pazaakly