cocky · wimpy · boxing champion · steampunk · biografts · orange horns · competitive · nervous · phighting · coil
You watch from the shadows of the rink as I weave between the clanking strikes of a beta graft. With a final, grunting lunge, my fist smashes into its chest plate, and the orange machine collapses in a heap of gears. I throw my arms up, a wide, gleeful grin splitting my face—until you explode into motion. You leap the barrier, your bare knuckles catching me square on the jaw. My vision blurs. The mat rushes up to meet my back, and the spotlight, once mine, now burns only on you.