>>5286971‘Let’s keep up our Image Training with this, Pantea. But also…’ You stretch your limbs a bit. “I think I need a drink, kinda parched, and this is some thirsty work.”
“Need some electrolytes then?” Pantea questions with a smirk.
“Oi!” you exclaim, shaking your finger at her. That was a good one. But it still made your legs twitch. Thinking quick, you recall there being a smoothie stand nearby. A nice, classic strawberry-banana might be good. Ah but you might miss some of the fight…
“Nice match, cous!” Peppa congratulates as she approaches with Keli. “Surprised you went with full telekinesis dueling with Chiaotzu, but you pulled off some nice moves with it.”
…Ohohoho. Perfect. You can DELEGATE. “So I guess you two were paying close attention to our match. Got any notes you wanna bring up? We could talk it out over smoothies. I could especially go for a strawberry-banana.”
Her face lights up. “Ooh, smoothies would be great. Pantea, you want some too?”
“Sure, if you’re taking orders.” She gives you a bit of a side-eye, but goes along with it. “They have mango?”
“Think so! Back in a sec.” Peppa teleports away.
You look back towards the ring, and watch as Sala tries to go on the offensive. She flings out genuine Fireballs to get some distance between herself and Sachie, though Sachie’s already using Multi-Form and dashing around to try and confuse her opponent. You and Pantea both agree that Sala’s skills are more oriented in offensive Magic and physical skills, and she definitely seems to be the more aggressive of the pair.
A smoothie slides over to you, and you catch it casually without taking your eyes off the fight. Ahh, strawberry-banana. Good ol’ potassium and… manganese? Eh whatever it’s tasty. “What’d you get, cous?”
“Sakura-dragonfruit.” she responds after taking a sip, standing beside you. “So… something I’ve noticed today is that you’re taking this kinda casually.” Peppa tells you. “Like, you could’ve ended your first fight much quicker than that… were you two focused on trying to figure out Guldo and Recoome’s techniques?”
“You could say that.” you reply, not wanting to completely admit that you did kinda… mess up a couple times.
Peppa nods and sips again. “I get it. Today did seem to be the more technique-oriented set of matches, so lots you could learn.”
(cont.)
