The Difference Three Years Makes

[Demi Smith]

Demi stretched and rolled her arms. She tried not to think about the fact that she hadn't actually grown since the last time she and Roxana Strix had sparred. Oh, she'd certainly grown in may ways, ways that she was hoping to exploit now. Roxana should be expecting nothing but rock and dirt and stuff, so she shouldn't see what Demi actually had planned coming. However, she hadn't grown any taller. She wished she looked more intimidating, but instead, she still very much looked like a fourteen year old girl. At least she looked a little more fourteen than she had when she'd apparently been eleven. Fun how they kept messing this up.

Now she happened to be wearing a training uniform, one provided by the school and especially tailored for this sort of thing. Demi wasn't sure about the padding they'd woven into it, but it wasn't like she really had options. She still couldn't quite make her own clothing, despite more tries than she'd care to admit making.

"right, so you wanna set any rules for this?" Demi called at Roxana. "Or do you just want me to beat you into submission?" Demi had to grin at that, already getting ready. This was it. This was when she finally got one over on Roxana. She could feel it.

[Roxana Strix]

It had been years since Roxana had actually seen Demi in person. Yes, she had maintained contact when he could with the younger girl but it still had been years since she had actually seen the girl. Keeping in touch had been difficult given Rox had been pretty busy over the years and she was still shocked that she was even back in the United States. A part of her didn't want to be here, another part did, and then there was the part that didn't have a choice and was here on orders.

That was why she was back here and already getting to work on settling in for the time it would take until the person she was here for was done with the school. It was odd that the first thing she had to deal with when coming to see Demi for the first time was the fact that Demi wanted to spar. Perhaps the other girl was upset for her for having left all those years ago and wanted to beat her up for it. It was also very possible that Demi wanted to show Roxana some new moves she learned to try and beat the other girl.

Roxana was already assuming it was a combination of the two and she as well had new things that she could shoe the other girl. The question was, if she was going to or not. "We can go until one of us taps out or says that we are done. I will add the requirement that we both must talk while we spar." Roxana said, taking a deep breath after. She then moved her body to one of the many fighting stances she knew so her body was ready, not yet tapping into her power. "I do wish to...catch up." Roxana said. Yes, that was the right word. It felt weird having to go back to English after so long without it.