A bet is a bet is a bet.

Posted on Fri Apr 12th, 2019 @ 12:24pm by Staff Sergeant Andromeda Dreik & Lieutenant JG Eric Rensgaald & Staff Sergeant Nyx'e'Trixe Valentine

Mission: Shore Leave
Location: Marine Training Area

Andi had spent the past few hours watching Nyx and Eric sparring, watching his moves closely much more so than hers, after all, it wasn't Nyx's moves that were under scrutiny.

"Tighten your back," Andi called softly as she leaned forward, narrowing her eyes slightly. "No, your back, not your backside." Andi sighed and stood up, walking across, closing the gap between them, stepping in behind him, Nyx pausing in her feigned assault as Andi approached.

"This," Andi said calmly as she planted both hands firmly on his bottom, which elicited an undignified squeak from Eric, "Is your ass. This..." she stopped speaking again, moving both of her hands to his back, one palm in her lower back and one a little below his shoulder blades. "This is your back."

She pressed in slightly. "Straighten your back, stand firm. You're all loosey goosey and it's throwing out both your balance and your aim. Don't be afraid of hitting her, believe me, She'd kick both our asses and not break a sweat."

Nyx grinned and chuckled at the remark and gave a slight bow, while Eric flushed a slight red at being called out and for that noise he'd emitted. "This is something Iona would enjoy more." He grumbled half under his breath before trying to follow through what she'd suggested, "I'm not afraid of hitting her." He ground out, "But I think between the two of us we could take her." He looked back and grinned at Andi.

Andi shook her head. "Don't let her sweet face fool you. She's bested me in almost every match we've had, in fact, I'm pretty sure I've only ever taken Lady Nyx here down precisely once, and even then it was with a very, very underhanded blow that she had no way to expect, and I doubt it would work again," Andi said with a grin toward Nyx.

"No, Andi, it wouldn't." Nyx laughed, "And before you try to ask, My Lord, it wouldn't work for you, either." She shot a brief warning look over at Andi, "Not that you would be told what happened in any case. And if you wanted to try for real, all you have to say is such."

Eric grimaced at being called 'My Lord'. By now, he'd gotten used to to it from the woman from Tial and after arguing it the first time, discovered it wasn't even anything beyond his official Starfleet rank. Perhaps neither of these two knew? "I don't think I could take you one on one, but are you game, Andi?"

Andi cast a momentary glance at Nyx who simply shrugged in return. Looking back at Eric, she cast a slow gaze over his form. "You want me to team up with you to take her?" she asked quietly, one eyebrow raised slightly. "I mean, to start with she's my friend, and technically higher ranked than me." Catching the brief glint in Nyx's eyes, she turned toward Eric. "Alright, what's in it for me?" she asked with an easy grin. "If we win, what do I get for saving your ass?"

"I, umm.." Eric's brain panicked at the thought. Of course, as a Prince, he could shower her with rewards, or some sort of favor, or maybe if she'd been Renetian suggest a date or something of the sort, "Dun-no..." He drawled out, still trying to think. "You could have beaten her in a fair way?" He asked.

Andi laughed easily and shook her head. "You fleet boys will never learn," she said with an easy grin. "But sure, I'll back you up while she kicks your ass, and when we both lose, you owe me dinner." She said with a wink.

Nyx rolled her right shoulder briefly and laughed as she took a couple steps back, "Andi, are you sure you want to do this?" Eric had already nodded in agreement, "You remember what happened last time, right?" Nyx had felt guilty about that, but it had been a natural reaction.

Eric gave a quizzical look, "What happened last time?" He repeated dumbly.

"I beat her and she doesn't like it," Andi replied with a forced grin. "But it won't happen again. Alright, your up fleet boy, show her what you've got."

"Us." He corrected her, "This kind of has to be together or she'll just kick my ass and come after you!" He complained.

Andi sighed and rolled her eyes. "Fine... I'll help... but i'm increasing the stakes..." she replied with a half smile aimed at Nyx. "You need to lead though and I'm going to correct you while you go."

"Right." He agreed, then backed up and over to a mostly opposite side from Andi with Nyx between them, himself coming down into a combat stance, once again setting with the weight on his rear end before realizing it and straightening his back like Andi had suggested before, "Whenever we're ready." Nyx had settled himself into her normal unarmed stanced, putting the two of them at equal angles to her vision.

Andi bowed her head ever so slightly to Nyx before taking two steps back, knowing full well that this would indicate to Nyx that she would be taking a back seat in this skirmish. "When ever you're ready." she replied easily, indicating that he should lead the charge.

Eric took a deep breath and tried to channel Bjorn and Iona and tentatively moved in and threw a low-leg kick to test the defenses and get her to focus on him. And it was over almost before it began. Nyx moved into the leg kick and hooked it with an arm, throwing it off to the side as she struck quickly with a palm to his gut, followed by a second strike to his chest and a snapkick that drove him back and the breath out of him, leaving him gasping on the ground as the Tialan turned her attention to Andi, raising an eyebrow.

Andi grinned as she faced Nyx, striking out a few times, her hands making contact but barely feather touching, well aware of Eric's keen gaze watching them.

Their interaction was almost like a dance. Step, move, slide, turn, jab, step, jab, slide... Occasionally one or the other would make contact, but neither flinched.

With a sudden move, Andi darted in, much as she had the first time she beat Nyx, but as the other woman countered up high, Andi swung a foot out down low, hooking a foot around her friend's ankles in an attempt to bring her down.

Nyx gave one ankle to the hook, using that momentary pause before the ankle gave way to lift her other foot out of the way and almost lost her feet as she did so, but managed to twist hard to her right, slamming her elbow a bit harder into Andi's back than she'd really intended as she semi-vaulted/fell past her friend. Her foot buckled under her when it didn't quite make the landing properly and the she lashed out with another generally random punch before she rolled away and back up to her feet.

Meanwhile, Eric still fought for his breath as he watched the dance from one elbow, seeing that he really didn't stand a chance against either of them. These two, really, REALLY good looking ladies.

The strike to her back struck a nerve, and it struck hard. Andi winced, side stepping quickly to move herself out of the way as Nyx hit the ground and almost instantly bounded back to her feet so the two were face to face again.

Pulling back, Andi watched her opponent for a moment as she moved, trying to guess her next move.

Nyx bounced on the balls of her feet twice and paced a couple steps to her right just to make sure she'd not done an injury with how she'd landed. It was one of the unofficial rules she and Andi'd made that injuries stopped the fight. Those two steps put Andi between her and Eric and she bounced again, setting herself once again.

Behind Andi, Eric finally had enough breath to be able to think about rejoining the fight and with Andromeda between him and Nyx... He quickly got to his feet and began to take off his jacket.

In front of Nyx, Andi's eyes flicked to the side and her head began to turn as something behind her fluttered in the edge of her vision and Nyx moved. Before Andi could bring her attention back towards Nyx, the Tialan had swept her feet out from under her and ever so gently, while the human seemed transfixed in midair, cradled Andi's sternum with the flat of her foot and kicked her right into Eric. With a sharper kick, it would have broken ribs, but this was more a sharp shove.

Eric was tossing his jacket off to the side when he saw the woman flying towards him and his arms instinctively opened to catch her, but his balance was off and it threw him backwards and back on his ass, arms closing around her in a catch, hands closing precisely on Andi's chest as he landed on his back holding her.

It was almost as soon as she had started to turn her head Andi realized the error in her ways. Yes, this was just Nyx. There was a level of safety in their battle play, but it was a stupid, stupid move. She could feel her sternum smarting with the hit, her face burned with color at the fact that she had been quite properly put on her ass, and to add to it, she was acutely aware of the precise placement of Eric's hands.

Pulling herself away slightly, she winced slightly, pressing one hand into her sternum lightly. "You know, you didn't have to go to this extent to cop a feel, dinner and drinks would have been easier and much less painful," she quipped as she climbed to her feet before turning and offering him her hand to help him up.

Eric was a bright red as Nyx laughed at the pair of them, actually laughed, and let himself get hauled to his feet, "I-I-I didn't mean to, really!" He stammered, "You just hit me, and and, and I didn't mean to!"

Andi laughed, straightening her plain black tshirt. "I'll let you off this time, but next time it's going to cost you dinner and a drink," she said with a wink before turning back toward Nyx. "Damn it Nyxie, You need softer heels!" she said, pulling up the front of her tshirt, examining the bruise that was already starting to form in the middle of her ribs.

"You left yourself wide open." Nyx pointed out, "Thank you, My Lord." She winked at Eric, "Sorry, I just saw a way to take both of you down at once and took it. She reached out and gently rubbed over the bruise, "It doesn't look that bad, though."

"Dinner and drinks?" Eric finally asked, brain still on overload from the accidental grope.

"It'll be fine, I'm pretty sure you didn't break anything, just bruised my pride," Andi said with an easy laugh before turning toward Eric. "Traditionally a guy would buy a girl dinner and drinks before trying to cop a feel," she replied teasingly. "I'll let you off this time, but next time it's going to cost you dinner and drinks."

"Right." Eric nodded, knowing right then and there he wouldn't ask her. He just didn't have the nerve, though...

Nyx shook her head, "You know, she did tell you I'd kick both of your behinds. And actually, you already owe her dinner. Throw a drink in there with it."

"Maybe you should take my place Nyxie," Andi said with a grin. "You know, get all dolled up, put on a pretty dress and go out for dinner and dancing. I'm sure you'll have fun."

"No, Andi." Nyx grinned back at her, "You're the one who commanded dinner with Lord Rensgaald as payment if you two lost against me." She placed a hand on Andi's shoulder and gently guided her towards Eric's side, "How bad could it be?"

Andi rolled her eyes slightly toward Nyx as she turned toward Eric. "Just tell her what she wants to hear or you'll never hear the end of it," Andi said with a shake of her head. "You can always cancel later."

"Of... Course?" Eric agreed, still not sure what to think of the situation, "Or, you know, we could eat dinner." He stopped for a second, "If you actually want to, that is."

Andi paused momentarily, clearly taken aback at his response. "You... you actually WANT to have dinner?" she asked, surprised. "With me?"

"Well, umm..." Eric turned red again, "Why not?"

Without giving him a chance to change his mind, Andi smiled quickly. "Okay, pick me up at 8. Ask the computer where my quarters are," she said easily before she turned back to Nyx, raising an eyebrow questioningly, almost as if she were trying to say 'satisfied'??

Nyx laughed again, something that was still a bit new for her overall, then nodded, "I'll make sure she's all dolled up and puts on a pretty dress for you, My Lord."

Red was a good color, wasn't it? "Eight. Got it. I'm um... Gonna go aaaaand make sure I get a good long shower in annnnd." He edged towards the door as he spoke.

Andi shook her head, watching as he fled through the door. "Annnnnd that's the last I'll be seeing of him," she said with a light laugh. "Though, I have to admit, the shower does sound amazing. You got me good Nyxie... twice."

"Sorry about your back, you got me there rather well too, Andi." Nyx shook her head, "I would have still had you, this time." She winked.

Reaching out, Andi ruffled the top of Nyx's head gently. "You know, I like this new fun side of you. It's good to see you relaxing and enjoying life a little," she said with an easy grin. "Come on, I'm dying for a shower and something to snack on. My quarters?"

"Your quarters." Nyx agreed, wiping the back of a hand across her extremely UNsweaty brow, "You shower, I snack, and then we should have enough time for one of those movies you were talking about, right?"

"I'll replicate the popcorn," Andi said with a grin as she hooked her arm through Nyx's propelling her toward the door. "This way My Lady!"

"I don't outrank you!" Nyx protested, being dragged along in a rather undignified manner for a warrior of her nature, but not unwillingly, "Must I teach you AGAIN?"

"Sure, you can teach me about rank and manners, and I'll teach you how to do a perfect eyeliner wing and what shape of nails suits your hands," Andi shot back easily, grinning quickly as she cast a glance at her friend.

"Nails! Ha!" Nyx shook her head, "Nope, nails are off-limits. They could interfere in blade-work and that's not going to happen, MIlady." She stressed the first syllable of the word, "Eyes, though... Sure."

Andi laughed and shook her head. "Are you feeling okay Nyxie? Have you had an aneurysm? Do I need to take you to sickbay?"

Nyx scowled at Andi, "You say to have fun! What about eye makeup isn't fun?"

"Uh.. until a week ago as far as you were concerned, ALL of it?" Andi countered with another laugh, sliding her arm around her friend's waist and giving her a gentle squeeze. "My little girl is growing up!"

"Little, ha!" Nyx ground out the laugh, "I was learning how to handle a dagger when you were in diapers!" She stopped for a few moments, "Well, perhaps not that long ago... Unless you were in diapers when you were three?"

Andi grinned wickedly. "No matter how much you protest you will always be my little girl," she shot back. "Now shut up and walk already, I'm starving!"




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Staff Sergeant Nyx'e'Trixe Valentine
Marine
USS Wellington

Lieutenant JG Eric Rensgaald
Security Officer
USS Wellington

Staff Sergeant Andromeda Dreik
Marine
USS Wellington