The Hyena and the Hound

[Knight Errant]

"Hmm... I could give that a try... I mean... any advice...?"

[Whatevr89532]

"Well, ya figured out how to breathe fire before. Maybe..try breathing out a little bit and then see if you can sorta, pull on it?" Velcy tries to explain. "I ain't an elemental type myself, so I dunno exactly how it feels when it works, but ya should be able to, uh, amplify fire and heat near you with some concentration."

[Knight Errant]

Dact circles the target again. No longer in the heat of battle, it seems she isn't as focused. She spits a small ember at the thing... then charges forwards for another bite. This time flame streaming from her mouth as she munches down with a fire fang.

[Whatevr89532]

The dummy gets another deep hole in it, surrounded by some pretty bad burns. Seems like this attack did even more damage than the last one. "Oh, right..." Velcy stands up and goes over to the console, hitting one of its buttons. In a small shimmer of greenish light, the dummy is restored to its original state. "These're pretty sturdy, but they'll charge outta my paycheck if I don't reset it often enough an' it actually gets broken."

[Knight Errant]

Dact rubs the back of her head, blushing. "Eh... sorry about that."

[Whatevr89532]

"Heyy, don't apologize for bein' strong!" says Velcy. "The whole point a' the dummies is ta let loose on a target that ain't tryin' ta dodge, ta warm up or get a feel for things. I just gotta remember to refresh it often enough." Going to sit back down, she pauses. "Er..I guess I don't know that much about you. What d'you normally do, anyway?"

[Knight Errant]

"Well... I'm an... or was... an armored fighter. Specializing in a heavy spear. I have a repeating crossbow for ranged attacks, also an old lightning rune that I can use to enhance my abilities."

[Whatevr89532]

"Lightning, huh? I wonder if you got thundershock outta that," says Velcy. She pauses, hearing a short jingle from her phone, and gets it out to glare at it for a moment. Returning her attention to Dact again: "Sometimes folks get unusual moves for their species based on what powers they had before..what d'ya usually do ta activate the rune?" She replies to the message after that. "Grr...I gotta go let someone in in a minute."

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Meanwhile, a certain Skitty-girl arrives at the front door of the same building. ((Continuing from here))

[Abillioncats]

The certain Skitty-girl, Natalie, stares at the door for a moment. "Hmmm...should I knock? Or just head in?"

Finally she decides to just crack the door open and poke her head in. "Um...h-hello?"

[Whatevr89532]

The inside is a small room with just another door on the other end. Looks like it's locked by some kind of card-swipe machine. But...about when Natalie pokes her head inside, someone opens the door from the inside!

Said person strongly resembles what you might call a "Were-furfrou", with thick white fur under his clothes and some especially poofy hair. "Ahh, 'scusez moi," he says in French, holding the door open for her politely. Seems like he's just assumed she's supposed to be here, card for swiping the machine or not.

[Abillioncats]

"Oh, thank you!" Natalie says to the French Were-furfrou, or whatever you'd call him. She steps inside, noticing the door on the other end. Well, she doesn't have a card, now what?

"I guess I'll just wait for this Velcy person..." She mutters.

[Knight Errant]

Dact nods. "I usually just focus..." She trails off. "Oh, um sure. See you in a bit...?"

[Whatevr89532]

"I'll be right back. Try that focusin' thing, eh?" Velcy heads out of the ring area and over to the entrance, opening the door. Natalie is greeted by a slightly annoyed-looking Mightyena-girl. "Hey, are you...uh." she pauses to take out her phone and look at it. "...Natalie?"

((Well, my intention was that he was holding the inner door open for Natalie, but this is also fine.))

[Abillioncats]

Natalie stares at the Mightyena-girl, slightly intimated by her. What if she tries to eat me? Natalie blinked, where'd that thought come from?

She stops spacing out and quickly nods. "Uhuh!"

[Whatevr89532]

"Well, c'mon then." She makes a half-hearted waving gesture and heads inside, making sure the Skitty-girl gets inside the door but not really waiting up for her after that. Inside of this door is a hallway leading to several rooms similar to the one right across from the door: A mid-sized room with a raised area similar to a boxing ring or something in it. In that immediately visible room, a man with the wings and tail of a Charizard is being pummeled repeatedly by a greenish blur flitting up and down through the air. Velcy's destination seems to be a left turn from the entry and then the third door on the right after that.