OOM: A rather typical brotherly encounter

[ardens_guard]

Julian stands in a large clearing and stretches to warm up, wanting to be ready. He's been looking forward to this for a couple of days now because he's sure of his victory. But it's not really about winning. It's about causing pain and he's owed Random for a long time. There's been thousands of years of bad blood between them

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[underwater_owl]

There's no verbal answer, because Random knows how this'll play, just a hand clasping his, ready to be pulled.

He's relaxed as he can be, and in comfortable clothes for a fight, because he's been waiting for this.

"Julian."

[ardens_guard]

He grins and backs away, pulling his shirt off as he does. he doesn't want any impedients to his movements, nor to give Random anything extra to grab onto or use against him.

'Your first time in the forest for a while. Missed it?'

He stretches a little more but his eyes don't leave his brother because he's not about to give him an easy opening to attack.

[underwater_owl]

"A little."

Things are coming easier as he moves across the forest floor, unbuttoning and shedding jacket and shirt.

"It is beautiful. Reminds me of my current home."

[ardens_guard]

'Of course it's beautiful and I'm sure easily outmatches wherever you've holed up now.'

Boots are next, they're pulled off and tossed to a place out of reach.

[underwater_owl]

They continue, clearing sounding with disturbingly soft noises. An exhaled breath, the sound of skin on skin, of cloth tearing, one rib cracking, then another.

The rolling shuffle of two bodies grappling on the forest floor, the sharp exclamation as teeth close on skin, and finally, panting laughter, and Random's voice.

"C'mon, Julian, you're almost out of time and I'm still fighting."

[ardens_guard]

He gets punched in the head for that, from a fist with knuckles split and bleeding. But he pays them no mind, just flips his younger brother and straddles his hips, starts to twist his arm high up his back.

'Shut up Random or I'll stop you from being able to fight at all. Permanently.'

[underwater_owl]

There's a short gasp and he falls limp, forcing himself to relax

and wait

for the seconds

to

pass.

[ardens_guard]

His wrist is in a vice-like grip, and Julian sneers down at him. His hair has long since fallen out of the leather used to tie it back and it falls around his face, his face and body are both battered and bruised, there's blood everywhere - but he's enjoyed this. Random is no match and its about time that some of the frustration was worked out.

So he twists the arm higher, holding it tighter, pushing it past the point of safe resistance with no thought of the time. He just wants to cause his brother pain because he hates the little fucker and this is the best way to get to him.