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We are not enemies until the ribbon is gone.
As long as Sharpness can see the ribbon on Judelow's bunny ears, he's fine. And vice versa for Sharpness' bun.
They can be teamed, not teamed, kill eachother over and over— but they will never be enemies.
The ribbon acts as a silent agreement. That they surpass everyone else. That they surpass betrayal.
Sharpness lunged forward and swung his axe down, hitting a hunched over, exhausted Judelow's back.
He lost his balance, and the blade dug deeper in until the death message appeared.
Judelow was slain by conexion
Sharpness pulled up his communicator and typed a command.
/tp Judelow to conexion
Sharpness pressed enter, and Judelow popped up in front of him with his eyes half-closed.
"Do we have to do thisss?" Judelow whined, stepping forward and hooking his arms around Sharpness. The sharp edges of his netherite armor was digging into Judelow's skin, but he coulnd't care less.
"Come on, it's only been 3 rounds, I think you'll be fine." Sharpness pushed Judelow off of him, typing another command to give him his kit.
"Yeah— and you beat me at all of them! How am I supposed to improve at this rate!?"
"I don't know Judelow, your the one who suggested this." Sharpness stabbed his sword into the ground and leaned his arm on it.
Judelow graoned, "Whatever, let's just do this again." He pulled out his shield, "You said be more aggressive, yeah?"
"Mhm," Sharpness replied, smashing his potions on the ground. "It's good to be defensive, but that's only if there's another aggressor, like your teammate or a trap."
Judelow nodded and smashed his potions as well, starting the fight.
Sharpness pulled his sword out of the ground and swung at Judelow's shoulder, but he missed.
Judelow parried, swapping to his axe and swinging at Sharpness' arm.
From having a slower reaction time to failing to attribute swap, it was clear Judelow's head wasn't in the fight— probably because every round took at least 30 minutes.
Sharpness stopped in his tracks, and let Judelow hit him.
He was right. Judelow's hits had no power behind it. It only dented his armor slightly.
"Seriously?"
Judelow retracted his sword, "What?"
"Jude— bro, get your fucking head in the game."
"It's been an hour and a half! How do you expect me to be at my best?"
"Yes, it's been an hour and a half, and I'm still at my best. You're the problem here."
"Oh my god. You bitch!"
"Fine, fine, since you asked so nicely," Sharpness rolled his eyes sarcasticslly, "I'll give you some motivation."
Judelow sighed, trying to land another blow on Sharpness, but he blocked it with his sword.
He definitely put a lot more strength into this one— but still not enough unfortunately. That's not something that can be improved in this session. Maybe he should help Judelow with that too.
Sharpness stopped struggling and side-stepped, forcing Judelow's sword to hit the ground. Sharpness swapped to his axe and used all his strength to strike Judelow's armor, but Judelow moved out of the way in time.
"Where's that motivation your gonna give me, huh?"
Sharpness hummed, "You'll just have to see, Judes." He windcharged, then smashed the ground, missing Judelow.
"We should do this more often, love to see that sweet death message on my communicator," Sharpness said with a playful wink, his sword connecting with Judelow's chestplate.
"Aw, how cute. Look at you trying to flirt—" Sharpness cut him off with a thrust to his heart, causing Judelow to lose his balance.
Sharpness hooked his arm around Judelow's waist. Out of shock, maybe amazement, Judelow didn't try to fight it.
Sharpness cockec his head, "What, cat got your tongue?" Judelow's lips quivered, but he didn't say anything. He snapped back into reality and kicked Sharpness off.
Now, Judelow was more distracted— maybe this strategy wasnt working.
Either way, he had to carry on. He maced Judelow successfully, forcing him to use a healing potion.
For almost 10 minutes, it's of the same routine. Sharpness strikes, and Judelow dodges. Again, and again, and again— it's been way too long since Sharpness was below 8 hearts.
Sharpness managed to nick Judelow's neck with an arrow. As Judelow retreated to eat a golden apple, Sharpness closed the distance and wiped the blood off with his thumb.
He hopped back to let Judelow see him. Licking blood off of his thumb, he teased, "Come on, fight me like a man, Judelow. Stop being a pussy."
Judelow was out of breath, but he still muttered, "Fuck you," under his breath before critting Sharpness.
That one was more aggressive— maybe it is working.
Sharpness tried to strike back, but Judelow was faster. He elbowed Sharpness and swiped at him, causing blood to trickle down his collarbone.
Sharpness grinned, "I like you better when your trying to slit my throat." He didn't seem bothered at all even after tanking three hearts worth of a hit.
"Oh? I'll keep that in mind, Sharpie."
"Sharpie? That's a new one." Sharpness put his shield up, waiting for Judelow to attack.
Judelow disabled Sharpness' shield with an axe, then windcharged up to mace him.
Before Sharpness had enough time to protect himself with two cobwebs, Judelow hit him.
conexion was slain by Judelow
/tp conexion to Judelow
Judelow was expecting a 'gg', or even a 'fuck you', but instead...
Sharpness was laughing, breathless and... proud?
Judelow tilted his head in confusion, watching the man wipe the tears from his eyes from laughing so much.
"Fuck— yes! God, I didn't think I'd get this much adrenaline from being killed!" Sharpness' hands moved to Judelow'sv shoulder. "I love you— I'm so proud! I can't, I can't describe how happy I am I—"
Judelow smiled back. God, his happiness is contagious. As he tried to hold back laughter, he said, "Sharpness, that's called adrenaline... or better yet, drugs."
Calming down from his excitement, Sharpness pressed himself against Judeow's chest, listening to his own heartbeat. "I don't care what it's called."
"...So you'd do drugs?"
"as long as it's you."
The netherite from Judelow's was stabbing into his skin— but he didn't care. He wanted to stay here forever.
Sharpness caught a glimpse of Judelow's hair that was wrapped in a bun. It was proper, though a bit messy from their sparring.
"Hey, we should bait betrayals more often, kinda miss when we were trynna kill eachother."
Judelow's heart is beating faster.
Judelow's arm wrapped arounf his back, "Nothing more intimate than a fight with you, Sharpie."
"Why do you call me Sharpie?"
"Because you're both permanent."
"That's cute," Sharpness said, taking in the scent of metal and redstone that Judelow always has for some reason.
"I should flirt with you more, since that's the only thing that gives you motivation."
"Okay, woah— don't flip the hopeless romantic title back on me."
"It's true though, you were so good that last round."
"Yeah but like, what does that have to do with anything?"
...Does Judelow's heart always beat fast when he's lying?
Sharpness grabbed Judelow's head and kissed his cheek, then stood up and typed a command into his communicator.
"Let's go again."
conexion was slain by Judelow
Judelow won that round. He won that hopeless romantic title too even though he didn't want it.
-
Boomie sat beside Spongs and Tai, "Yo. What we watching?"
"Sharp and Jude fight," Spongs replied, "I want some of their loot, but their bickering is hilarious."
Judelow stepped back, "You should've at least let me gear up in my base first—" Sharpness cut him off with a slash.
"You mean our base?"
"No— fuck you. Just because you took shelter there doesn't mean it magically becomes your base again." Looking over to his side, there were... a shit ton of people watching him. "Oh wow look at this, our break up is on display!" Judelow windcharged and maced, the pressure beginning to get to him.
"What, can't a homeless guy go to the safest shelter?"
"No. Suck it up."
Sharpness rolled his eyes and thrusted his sword in Judelow's direction, but missed.
A part of him was a bit worried— what if Judelow's not joking about a break up? No, no way right?
Judelow stunned Sharpness with his axe, getting a few crits on him. It put him down to 3 hearts before he splashed a health potion.
"What, cat got your tongue?" Judelow mocked, continuing his advance on Sharpness while he tried to recover.
"You wish! We got an audience over here, can't leave them bored." Sharpness shot back, delivering an overhead blow on Judelow's shoulder.
Judelow pulled out a pressure plate and placed it under his feet, causing Sharpness to retreat back a few steps.
"Ha! Still as weary as every, Sharpie~" Judelow used this oppurtunity to lodge his sword in Sharpness' thigh.
Because your both permanent. At the same time, Sharpness glanced up to see his ribbon still attached to Judelow's ear. Sharpness smiled, relieved.
"You said this was an honourable fight!" Sharpness clashed swords with Judelow, neither of them willing to let the other overpower.
Judelow leaned in, "It is! I didn't trap you, so it's still honourable."
"You cheeky bastard." Sharpness shoved Judelow off, critting him out with his sword ultimate.
"Love you too!" Judelow said as he windcharged Sharpness back, splashing a health potion on the ground.
Sharpness couldn't help but admire the jokester. His eyes were the brightest shade of magenta one could see, contrasting with the rest of the dull, grey-ish tones in his skin and hair.
Judelow charged forward and striked Sharpness' arm, then maced him, bringing Sharpness down to 2 hearts.
Judelow gasped dramatically, "Getting comboed by a trapper!? Never saw that coming huh?"
"You— fuck—" Sharpness bit into a golden apple as he retreated.
"Your favorite trapper might I say," Judelow said, not letting Sharpness get far.
"As if! Unlike you, me and Cow are actually teamed."
Judelow clutched his chest, "Oh, you break my heart Sharp!"
Sharpness scoffed, "Like you even have a heart."
Judelow went behind him, gripping his shoulder as he whispered in Sharpness' ear, "Only for you."
Then, a stab in Sharpness' abdomen that brought him down to 1.
Sharpness quickly used up another health potion as Judelow approached him.
He dug around in his inventory. He doesn't have anymore health pots.
"Shit—"
Judelow raised his sword high triumphantly. In the heat of the moment, Sharpness clapped in front of Judelow's face, causing him to fall back from shock.
Sharpness windcharged up.
Waitwaitwait—"
And smashed his mace down.
Judelow was slain by conexion using [hehe]
_Tai: ohmysharplow
Spongs: thank god
Spongs: you two were too strong together
Jaden_MAN: gg
swizu: gg
dol9hin: gg
Sharkilz: ggs
Judelow: keep yourself safe sharpness
conexion: love you too
_Tai: bro make up your fucking mind
conexion: your next tai.