Issue 1 Downtime

Posted: **Fri Dec 26, 2014 7:22 pm**

Need to talk.

- Murphy

That was the entirety of the note left on Brigid's door. Murphy was waiting for Brigid out in the woods, where things would go unseen and unnoticed.

She probably would have been waiting less if she had put a location on the note.

Posted: **Fri Dec 26, 2014 7:26 pm**

Brigid does eventually find her way out there, but the way she pauses every so often to sniff the air shows it's probably a laborious process.

Regardless, Murphy has likely spotted her by now.

Posted: **Fri Dec 26, 2014 7:28 pm**

Murphy was sitting on a log, unshifted, carving a piece of wood.

She watches Brigid approach silently.

Posted: **Fri Dec 26, 2014 7:29 pm**

"...hey. Uhm... I guess this is the place, huh?"

She gives an awkward wave.

"You er... weren't very specific."

Posted: **Fri Dec 26, 2014 7:33 pm**

Murphy nods, "It's okay. No rush."

Posted: **Fri Dec 26, 2014 7:35 pm**

"So ah... you and Theresa had a good date, huh?"

Posted: **Fri Dec 26, 2014 7:41 pm**

"Yes," Murphy says. She seems to be considering Brigid carefully.

Posted: **Fri Dec 26, 2014 7:42 pm**

"That's good! I could tell you guys needed to, you know, unwind."

Posted: **Fri Dec 26, 2014 7:44 pm**

"Are you in love with Theresa?" Murphy asks bluntly.

Posted: **Fri Dec 26, 2014 7:46 pm**

"What? No, no, she's just a good friend."

"I'd like to think you're a friend too, which is why it was really dumb what I did."

Posted: **Fri Dec 26, 2014 7:50 pm**

Murphy nods, "Was dumb. Hurtful. Selfish."

"Why?"

Posted: **Fri Dec 26, 2014 7:55 pm**

"We just... got to talking, I guess. She was one of the first people I met at orientation here and we sort of hit it off back then, though neither of us admitted it to each other at the time."

"So we were getting things out in the open before things got... well you know, 'Grr, argh,'" she says, posing her hands in a clawing motion for emphasis, "and that came out."

"...sort of seems crazy in retrospect."

Posted: **Fri Dec 26, 2014 8:03 pm**

"Mmhmm," Murphy says. She sounds skeptical. She folds her knife and puts it down with the carving on the log.

She stands up and stretches out a bit.

Posted: **Fri Dec 26, 2014 8:12 pm**

"Hurting you was the furthest thing from my mind but..."

"...a lot of things were pretty far from my mind that afternoon, if I'm honest."

Posted: **Fri Dec 26, 2014 8:15 pm**

"What was on your mind?" Murphy asks. Her eye flashes yellow.

Posted: **Fri Dec 26, 2014 8:16 pm**

"It was... sort of a game of chicken, I think."

"Neither one of us was willing to back down."

Posted: **Fri Dec 26, 2014 8:17 pm**

"An accident," Murphy says. "Big misunderstanding."

Posted: **Fri Dec 26, 2014 8:19 pm**

"We just kept upping the ante and it got out of hand."

"Then after that we locked eyes and started growling at each other, which was also pretty freaky."

Posted: **Fri Dec 26, 2014 8:28 pm**

"Freaky?" Murphy asks.

Posted: **Fri Dec 26, 2014 8:29 pm**

"We were locked like that for awhile. We... hadn't ever done anything like that before. I think that's about when we knew we were definitely going to change."

Posted: **Fri Dec 26, 2014 8:50 pm**

"Felt nothing?" Murphy asks. She actually sounds angrier now.

Posted: **Fri Dec 26, 2014 8:54 pm**

"Well, once we'd... you know, settled the whole staring thing, we agreed that it couldn't go any farther than that."

"Don't get me wrong, I like Theresa. I probably even have a girl-crush on her, but she's yours. I know that."

Posted: **Fri Dec 26, 2014 8:56 pm**

"Not mine," Murphy says. "Not a possession."

"Done with this," Murphy growls.

And that's when she starts shifting.

Posted: **Fri Dec 26, 2014 8:58 pm**

"I... I don't know what you want me to say here, Murphy." She says, backing up. "I'm being as honest as I can be."

Posted: **Fri Dec 26, 2014 9:00 pm**

"Don't say anything," Murphy says. "Settle this."

Shifted fully into her wolf form, Murphy charges Brigid with her teeth bared.

Posted: **Fri Dec 26, 2014 9:05 pm**

Brigid is bowled over, but with the adrenaline flowing she's starting to shift too. Her arms crack and pop, sprouting hair as she braces them to keep Murphy's jaws from her.

She pulls her legs back and aims a sharp kick at Murphy's gut to try to knock her off.

Posted: **Fri Dec 26, 2014 9:13 pm**

Brigid knocks Murphy away. It gives her some space, but Murphy was recovering quickly.

She let out a low growl, flattening her ears and baring her teeth at Brigid.

Posted: **Fri Dec 26, 2014 9:18 pm**

Brigid doesn't take too long after that to surge up to twelve feet of special effects budget, though she hasn't gone full-wolf like Murphy.

She stands up, tatters of clothing falling about her and growls back, golden eyes locking on Murphy's as she also bares her teeth.

Posted: **Fri Dec 26, 2014 9:25 pm**

Murphy leaps at Brigid and snaps at her packmate with sharp, shining teeth.

Posted: **Fri Dec 26, 2014 9:26 pm**

Brigid's ready this time, and positions her arms to receive Murphy's leap and try to redirect her into a tree trunk.

Posted: **Fri Dec 26, 2014 9:28 pm**

Murphy hits the tree. Hard. She struggles to get back up. Still growling at Brigid.

The collar around her neck tightens a bit and she winces.

Posted: **Fri Dec 26, 2014 9:30 pm**

Brigid grunts and backs up, scooping up a rather large tree branch. Getting a good grip, she swings it at Murphy like a baseball bat.

Posted: **Fri Dec 26, 2014 9:33 pm**

There's a loud yiping sound as the branch hits Murphy with a great deal of force and bowls her over. She skids against the ground. Several bones felt broken and her everything was hurting.

Murphy starts to get up again.

Posted: **Fri Dec 26, 2014 9:36 pm**

"Stay... down..." Brigid manages to get out.

It doesn't seem like gloating, more like a plea.

Posted: **Fri Dec 26, 2014 9:37 pm**

Snarling, Murphy charges at Brigid again.

Posted: **Fri Dec 26, 2014 9:39 pm**

Brigid takes another swing with the branch to meet the charge.

Posted: **Fri Dec 26, 2014 9:40 pm**

Murphy swerves and dodges the strike this time, going for Brigid's legs.

Posted: **Fri Dec 26, 2014 9:46 pm**

Brigid loses her grip on the branch as her legs are swept out from under her but reaches out quickly to try to get Murphy into a headlock.

Posted: **Fri Dec 26, 2014 9:49 pm**

She manages to catch Murphy in a headlock. Murphy kicks and snaps at Brigid, trying to free herself.

Posted: **Fri Dec 26, 2014 9:51 pm**

Brigid hangs on for dear life, trying to entangle Murphy's hind legs with her own to limit the wolf's movement.

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