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Cdr "rhymes with witch" Shepard ([personal profile] 2leftfeet) wrote2014-06-16 11:30 pm
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[personal profile] unfavoured 2015-07-04 12:14 am (UTC)(link)
[ It hurts, but it's distracting and it's better like this because she doesn't have time to think and she needs that. When she stops, she thinks. When she's laying down, she's thinking. When she's falling asleep, she's thinking - and then she can't sleep.

So, it's better like this.

She doesn't have time to pin Shepard down; there's an explosion of white pain up her nose and rattles her teeth to the back of her skull. She feels all the hot blood running down her mouth when she bites her cheek with the impact. But she doesn't think about it, because she doesn't want to think, and her hands fly out quickly in that close range, pulling a fist down on her jaw, the other hand gripping her shoulder to pull her closer so she can try to keep her in place, all anger and dirty fighting. There's no learning here at all.
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[personal profile] unfavoured 2015-07-04 12:46 am (UTC)(link)
[ In the back of her head, she remembers the lessons to keep her face protect and act fast. Use her weight and size against her opponent as an advantage, not a hinger to herself. And if she cared to defend, maybe she could. But she isn't interested in it, and instead takes the full blow to her face, the sting of the hair pulling and falls over to her side.

She doesn't even hold her arms over her face to defend herself or tries to snake a leg between the two of them to throw Shepard off balance. Instead she swings her arm to sock her face again, unfocused, too busy feeding off the moment, and the hot blood down her mouth and nose and the pulsing pain.
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[personal profile] unfavoured 2015-07-04 01:48 am (UTC)(link)
[ The position leave a chill on her spine, the arm pressing down on her throat leaving an eerie familiar feeling that's not really familiar, at least not in reality, but the feeling is there, like haunting the back of her head. Parker makes a noise, barely there from the chokehold. Shepard is much taller than her, bigger, better, and it leaves a cold in her stomach to think she couldn't take her down.

Colder that she's thinking about it, and there's a slight sickness from it.

Parker grunts in effort, trying to push her off of her. She pushes her hips up, trying to sneak a leg between them to kick at Shepard's groin as she arches upwards, in an attempt to throw her off balance and roll over on top of her again.
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[personal profile] unfavoured 2015-07-04 04:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Teeth gritted, jaw clenched, Parker groans, deep sound from the back of her throat as she twitches her shoulder violently to try to get Shepard off of her, even if she knows she can't move from where she's pinned. One more try, attempt to push her off with her leg pressed against the outside of her waist, but it's hardly worth it. Doesn't flinch when the other elbow forces her to stay still and she looks at Shepard with angry eyes, eyebrows furrowed.

Wonders just how far off the non-reality of the Black Box was, for a second, thought broken by her words.

As soon as she feels the pressure off of her neck, Parker places her hands near her head and rolls her knees up to jump up to her feet seamlessly. Waits, this time, for Shepard to get into position, and then moves again, instead of waiting for a counter, where her strength lays. Doesn't matter. She doesn't want to win, not really. Fakes a right, but pushes to the left in the last minute, ducking suddenly to strike a blow to her kidneys.
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[personal profile] unfavoured 2015-07-04 05:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[ There's little time and space between them for Parker to protect herself from the knee, but she manages to at least soften the impact, a hand clasping around the other, cupped so to catch Shepard's knee. Not enough strength to push it back, but enough to make it slower as it's pushed against her stomach. Jumps slightly too for a greater distance, even if the hit connects in the end. Makes her croak a broken gasp, but doesn't deter her.

Curved like that, she pushes forward, headbutts Shepard against her solar plexus while pushing her away, hands on her hips to give the shove. Create distance to the next attack, one kick aimed to her chest, the other using the spinning motion of her twisting torso to jump slightly, light on her feet, aiming to strike her face with the heel.
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[personal profile] unfavoured 2015-07-06 11:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Parker is good with balance, no need for modesty about it, but she isn't capable of defying the laws of physics and gravity, so when her feet are locked in, she has no other way but down. She yells out between clenched teeth and tries to pull with all of her strength out of her grasp, or the very least pull back her knees so she can lash out forward again and try to get her off of her.

This isn't what she wants at all. She doesn't want this - not just this. Not just fighting and not thinking, and losing. She wants to piss off Shepard. Get her angry enough to make her hit her for real. Not just block and parry and hold her. In the back of her mind, something tells her she needs to know there's a difference between the hits from the Black Box and those from real life. Some sort of string of reality she can hold on to the next time.

Maybe it's just wishful thinking. Destructive wishful thinking, but hopeful nonetheless.
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[personal profile] unfavoured 2015-07-07 12:03 am (UTC)(link)
[ Probably the best thing she could do would be to taunt her with words and Parker knows how to do that. Push a button, hard enough until the person boils. Prod at the gaping wound. But she doesn't want to talk, tight jawed, teeth locked. Doesn't care about the bruises or the way she's being swung around the half pipe, squeaking against the polished wood.

Again, she's fast on her feet, and she stands, shoulders tense, fingers slightly curled, chest heaving up and down with the adrenaline and the anger. Trying to get the images off her head but they won't leave, like taffy gluing against the back of your teeth.

Shoot them and end this. Your world for my own. ( Bang. ) I'm not leaving you. You would do the same. Shoot them. ( Bang. ) I'm sorry. ( Bang. ) The right thing only gets you so far. ( Bang. )

Parker runs to Shepard, fast, shoulder ready to drive into her, but the last moment she drops, slides right between her legs and flips back up, quick enough to jump on her back and wrap her arm around her neck, pulling, letting her weight pull her down and apply pressure on her throat.
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[personal profile] unfavoured 2015-07-07 12:38 am (UTC)(link)
[ The mocking voice in the back of her mind whispers things to her; like how ironic this is, the way the position are inverted. Maybe how she should put a gun to her back and shoot, like in the simulation (not just a simulation, the pain felt real, the touches, sounds, smells-- everything felt real and made her doubt and wore her down. She could withstand pain, but she was only human. And after the shock it was, from the cuff being turned off, sometimes she finds herself flickering her eyes to it, to see if the light is still there, like an anxious weight in her chest, like they could do it again and she hates that she reminds it so well and how much it had hurt, how much it had shown the power the CDC has over them, their property).

There's a fraction of a second where her strength falters and the grip loosens, but it's only in the blink of an eye. Parker grits her teeth and takes the free hand to punch her in the kidney, hard to leave that soaring pain ringing to her body. Once, twice, and again. Almost to the point where the grip around her throat doesn't matter. She doesn't care. Like Shepard is some kind of punching bag for her to let go of her anger.

Each hit makes her want to shout, "Hit me. Hit me. Stop defending and hit me." But she doesn't. She can't. Can't justify it. Doesn't want to.
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[personal profile] unfavoured 2015-07-09 09:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Squaring off, starting again-- it would break the flow. She doesn't really want that. She wants to keep going until adrenaline takes the best out of both of them, make them go too far. It's not conscious though, most of it is deep underneath a thick layer of competitiveness, or at least that's what she's going on of.

The arm around her neck getting gripped so tight hurts; her fingers curl in reaction to the way its held. Part of her is expecting Shepard to jump back (makes sense to her in her head, impulsive, not caring for consequences), so when she suddenly shifts and hurls her over her back, Parker yells out in surprise, hitting the smooth wood of the half pipe with her shoulder harshly, but doesn't care about that. Only to scamper on to her feet, one second to breathe in, and she's back to circle Shepard.

Doesn't have to say anything to taunt, press, push, entice her to go a step further. Doesn't want to talk, let's her body and her eyes tell it. Come on, Shepard. You're falling behind.
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[personal profile] unfavoured 2015-07-10 11:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She hears it. The tone, silent between words, but there anyway. It's working and Parker wants it to work. Her lip curls a little, shoulders strain, hands curl tighter (hears a tendon pull around the bone pull, pull, muscles tense and taught). Jaw sets and hears through the taunt.

It's not something she cares for. To be teased and trying to push her over to irritation. Specific things can make her angry, make her all hard wired, but jabs like that, she can take.

Her head tilts slightly and Parker suddenly stops circling. Pushes a foot forward, good grounding, knees bent, light and ready. Standing ground. Words aren't necessary when the stance she takes speaks for itself, a dare for Shepard to move first for once, maybe challenging.

Come on.
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[personal profile] unfavoured 2015-07-12 03:45 am (UTC)(link)
[ When Shepard takes the first step, Parker sees it. The way the leg bends a fraction of a second before she drives in her direction. Puts her arms up, ready to defend-- wants to counter rather than use her strength, better that way.

She moves out of the way-- if the way had been hadn't been left. So instead of avoiding the hit, she walks right into it, takes the knuckle hard. The strike lands, nothing to hold back, and Parker feels her whole head shake with the impact, sees black spots all over.

Even like that, though, she tries to hit back, elbow aimed at her stomach, even if rushed and sort of wobbly.
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[personal profile] unfavoured 2015-07-12 07:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[ This definitely isn't Parker's wheelhouse. Especially not against Shepard. She can hold her own against someone of her skill, better against people without it, but against a heavily trained marine?

Clearly not.

She takes the punch to her gut, hard, nearly takes her air out of her lungs, but impacts are something she's used to. Where she lacks in strength and skill, she makes up for it in endurance (even if it doesn't look like). Head pounding, stomach hurting, blood from her mouth, split lip. Parker drives against Shepard with her shoulder, bent like that, pushing hard against the floor and jumping, trying to tip her off balance and smack her down on the floor, trying to pin her down.
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[personal profile] unfavoured 2015-07-13 06:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Shit.

It's about what she gets in her head before Shepard is slamming down on her shoulder, hitting all the sore spots at once and she can't help but to cry out as she goes down, hands losing grip. Falls on her face.

For a second, less than that, she stays there. Doesn't want to move an inch. Hard wood floor, slick and smooth. If she stays there, maybe she can stop for a second. A while longer. Stop doing things. Just stop-- even if she can't. Won't.

And her refusal is what gets her to roll on her back, kick up, try to push Shepard back to have space for getting up.
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