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[color=007236]"Ah, well this may be a training exercise, but as I'm sure you heard, it involves plenty of fighting. So no worries there,"[/color] Vernon said to her. [color=007236]"We do need a third person or no matter what Rurik decides, we'll be disqualified. You'll join us won't you?"[/color]

[color=CFD3C6]"Well see I don't like training [i]or[/i] fighting all that much,"[/color] Rurik said. Ironic for someone whose unofficial nickname was 'King of the Ring' in a certain circle. OK, so deep down he didn't hate fighting, but in this case it sounded like a huge pain in the ass. Teams? Vernon? He really wanted to pass on all that. 

[color=007236]"Really? Not what I've heard."[/color] Vernon smirked at him knowingly. 

[color=CFD3C6]"Well you must have heard wrong,"[/color] Rurik sighed. Well, really it was debatable but Christine didn't need to hear about it! [color=CFD3C6]"Ugh, whatever. Fine. If Christine is in then... whatever. Just for today."[/color] He crossed his now thoroughly twisted arms.

[color=007236]"Excellent. There's a few strange rules, but basically one of us is the princess, aka the leader, but cannot fight. Then there is a defender and an attacker,"[/color] Vernon explained for Rurik who had missed the earlier explanation. [color=007236]"Since I've drawn us together and Christine would prefer a more active role, I suppose I'll be leader."[/color]

[color=CFD3C6]"Sure thing, princess,"[/color] Rurik rolled his eyes, earning a scowl from Vernon. He'd walked right into that one. [color=CFD3C6]"I'll... play defense I guess,"[/color] he decided after a few moments of thinking. Christine was usually more stationary, but her powers could wreak havoc on offense just as well as on defense. Rurik figured, however, that defense was probably that role that would allow him to do the least amount of work... And if Christine wanted to fight, well, [color=CFD3C6]"That leaves attacking for you, if that's all right,"[/color] he said to Christine. Of course none of it mattered if Christine didn't want to participate.

And if she backed out, well, that wasn't [i]his[/i] fault and with any luck Vernon would keep his damn mouth shut. And then he could get the hell away from this mess.

But his luck had been pretty awful lately...