Zipper’s Gotta Be Larger Than Life

Homemade pink tie-dye Beaver Ditches shirt with bright blue gym shorts

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It sure was lively tonight and Diana was full of smiles, a beaming sunshine of happiness as she watched the festivities. Weres were always so energetic, simply a joy to be around. Perhaps, Daina’d even get to see the dear she’d had the luck of fighting last time? Surely, he was doing well.

Soon enough her name was called and she came up to the mat, slipping out of the memory foam sneakers currently on. Ready enough, Diana would enter, bright eyes waiting to see who’d join her, hyena letting out a serious of coos as it fluffed itself up.

And soon enough, there she was and oh goodness, wasn’t she a cute thing? The legs of a dancer stood out and Diana would have to be sure to avoid them if possible. ”This will be fun,” she smiled brightly, meaning it sincerely.

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Diana Vs Imogen for Fight Night

The question of what the hell was acceptable to wear to a fight was an odd one. All of the work out cloths Imogen had were leotards, and she wasn't going to wear one of those to knock someone out. In the end she'd had to settle for leggings and a baggy t-shirt, curtesy of Ravi. She'd come with Ravi earlier then intended because she was planning on placing bets, and ended up getting talked into more then she'd planned. Curse having rich friends. No way she was gonna look cheap in front of the other Racoons. Which just meant they absolutely couldn't fuck up cause then they'd have to do another drinking game.

She'd been bored in a chair ever since until her match finally came. And she was a ball of energy stepping into the ring. To face off against a granny of all people.

What the hell??!

God she just hoped the lady could take a hit.

"Sure you down for this?"

So, possibly the best part of having an old Were in your group was that once a year, you got to see them step into the ring and ruin some young buck's day. It was as good as it had been last year, and Pete crowed from the sidelines, unmistakably in on the joke. "WHOOOOO! TEAR IT UP, DIANA!!"

There was surprise and the question that followed had her grinning ear to ear. ”Of course,” Diana reassured.

And with Pete’s cheers being heard, she eagerly waited for the go ahead.

Start.

There it was and she stepped close and fast, attempting to push up into the soft area under her sternum. Knocking the air out of an opponent would certainly turn the fight in her direction nice and quick. And yet, she missed.

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Miss

Well if the granny said it was fine Imogen wasn't going to question it. She didn't have much time to think on it really as the start sounded and granny was all up in her space. Damn lady was fast. She jumped back a bit dodging the incoming punch aimed for her chest. RUDE.

If they were going to play that way then she'd return just what she got. With legs of course. Aiming for just below the jaw she'd swing her right leg up.

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hit

Unfortunately, nothing hit and no rush of air was punched out.

Diana was suddenly greeted nice and personal with a one of those legs coming in her direction. Moving in surprise considering how close they were, Diana’s jaw clicked shut with force of the blow, her tongue gratefully far away from teeth. The hyena upstarted in hoo’s as she took a step back, fighting through the ache as she went on the offensive when it came to Imogen’s weapon of choice here.

She made to come up again and stomp down hard at a knee. Get it dislocated, broken, anything to ground.

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And yet, she misses again

The blow actually connected, and she felt the impact on her end as a jolt up her calf. Wasn’t time to worry about if she had done some serious damage as the granny was coming back for more. Going for her legs. Fucking hell. She wasn’t going to let that slide. That was her livelihood on the line. She had to twist back away from the oncoming attack so it was the other leg that came up for a solid kick towards the granny’s knees.

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super miss

Her foot came up with nothing, instead stomping to the mat. Expecting a blow, Diana moved out of the way, a foot grazing against a knee. Luck was on her side for that one at least.

Grabbing the swung out leg, she pulled it up hard over her shoulder, making to ground Imogen with the heave.

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Hit!

The attack proved far more disastrous as her leg was grabbed, of all things. Being a ballerina she was pretty flexible so there was no tearing of muscles even with her leg being pulled up high. It completely skewed her balance though, she was definitely a bit wobbly. Heat of the moment instinct had her shoving at the granny, some wild attempt to get her leg free.

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another big miss

Diana grinned at the shoving attempt as she bowed her torso in, the girl simply coming up with air as visions of a raccoon upside down almost made her laugh. Happy with the position, she sought to bring the heel of a foot down into her clavicle, eyes shining brightly pink.

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miss :sweater:

Ravenna had been here the whole time, watching and cheering for her favorite raccoon!

"You got this Imogen!! Kick her tail! " Ravi encouraged, cheering excitedly for her!

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Just a cameo <3

Maybe hearing the cheer from her Favorite raccoon helped clear things out of just instinct. She knew she still needed to get her leg back but no point being stupid about it. Her own eyes had flashed into a milky gold amber. And she aimed an elbow at the granny's head.

LET GOT OF HER LEG.

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HIT

Diana had unfortunately missed, foot hitting the mat again. A squirmy thing wasn’t she? In the process, an elbow came out to hit right at her cheekbone. Pain blossomed and the urge to bite through a calf in retaliation floated right on by as Diana simply let her drop, a kick of her own swinging right on in for the ribs, throat, face, whatever came first.

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Hit

She successfully maneuvered her leg away as the blow made the granny lose the grip. But as she twisted back the retaliation in the form of a kick landed squarely along her jaw with a cracking sound. The force sent her whirling spewing blood and a couple teeth onto the mat as she went down. As for the pain it erupted like lava over her face, searing and blinding in its immensity. Her own scream echoed in her ears.

The pain only fueled her anger, and even as the first bone broke under the start of shift she lunged forward. Focused only on smashing her fist into the other woman's face.

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One broken jaw
and a HIT

The sounds of cracking bone were unmistakable, a paired up vibration up through her leg confirming how hard the kick had been. It was in moments like these Diana was strictly reminded of just how strong a were could be, their strength really easy to get away from them.

Blood was smelt before teeth of all things popped onto the mat unexpectedly as a scream hounded the air. The hyena grew incredible interest in it all, an edge of animalistic intent edging just right there in Diana’s brain – a predator truly invested in bleeding prey.

All that hurt was channeled into a lunge out at her. Unable to dodge in time, the hit landed at the bottom portion of her face, white hot pain blooming furiously as a high keened yelp escaped. Legs moving through pain, they carried Diana’s swing forward as she threw out her arm to heavily slam into the young girl’s throat, hyena gnashing teeth at the scrap of fur just visible.

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Hit!

Her fist connected and she could feel skin shifting beneath her fingers. Any satisfaction she might have felt was cut short as something heavy slammed into her throat. Air was immediately cut and she could only let out a slight gargle of spit and blood as she fell backwards. Her back hit the mat with a resounding smack accompanied with the snapping of her leg wrenching itself out of its joint to beginning reforming. At some point between the blow and the falling her eyes had rolled back into her head.

Ravenna was watching, her heart hammering and Ginger chittering angrily as she watched her dear friend in this fight. She had done great but that last hit did her in and Ravi didn't need to hear a bell to rush on over to her.

"Imogen! " her voice came as she climbed up on the mat and then maneuvered through things to get to her fallen friend.

"Imogen...terso...come on, open your eyes please, " she asked her, the Doctor was calm but Ravi was wanting to see her eyes open before she even dared to move her.

And with that the girl went down heavily as violence sung in her veins to a degree that was blinked away at the sound of a bell and another young lady joining them. Concern knitted her brows as Diana came back to herself in the same stride as she stepped closer, but still giving the attending space.

”Is she alright,” Diana asked, just an edge of hyena pulling into her tone to make it gravely, but laced with warmth nonetheless. Where she’d been hit was starting to sting more sharply now that adrenaline was seeping away.

She came back around to a hell of a lot of pain. Her jaw and neck felt like a fire had been lit up inside of them. Not to mention her body trying to shift aggravating what had been damaged. The only good thing being that she could make out Ravi's face above her own. She had to blink a couple times to get everything into focus, a smarting of tears didn't help either.

"Aah..vv"

Trying to even make simple words was hard and the movement only created more pain. Distantly she could hear the sound of her other leg breaking.

Ravi winced, Ginger was chattering angrily and wanted to protect the younger were and so she would gently brush any hair from her face as she looked up at the older woman. It was hard to not be angry at her but she resisted, giving her a small nod, "She will be, do you think you could be a dear and move the ropes for me to carry her out of here? " Ravi would ask Diana.

"Imogen dear, I'm going to carry you out of here, ok? Try and just stay relaxed and don't move. I'll get you fixed up right as rain, promise, " she told her, her voice gentle as she tried to soothe the raccoon and woman at the same time.

Ginger would be reaching through to give gentle groomings and nudges to Imogen's raccoon, eager to calm her and just take care of her.

Bones and pain, a shift; the girl had been pulled into one by her animal.

At the instructions, she gave a nod, moving to do just that. ”Of course.” Standing by them, Diana watched the two, ready to pull the ropes away once the time came.

It hurt. It hurt a fucking lot. The shark all over again, ripping at her skin, cutting deep into her body into her life. At least this time it wasn't her leg. That was some consolation. She could barely make the sound to sniffle as tears prickled her eyes. Some part of her knew that the injuries were her fault, that she had signed up for the fight. It wasn't a very big voice at the moment and she felt entirely wronged by the world.

Except for Ravi. Ravi was always the exception. Some influence of her raccoon and the months of living together had brought her close to the other woman. So she took the soothing words to heart. The bones in her legs smoothing slowly back out.

Ravi gave her a gentle smile, both her and the raccoon trying to soothe her some to keep her from shifting right now, "There we go, lifting on two; one, twooo " she told her gently as she would use her own were strength to lift her up slowly so as to not jostle her too much as she stood.

As carefully as she could, she carried her out, bending through the ropes that were held open for them. Carefully, she walked down and looked to Diana again, "I have a suitcase right by that chair there, could you bring it to me, I need to lay her flat to see what isn't lining up right, please, " she asked her again. It took a fair bit for Ravi to keep calm but she understood this was a fight arena and it came with it but this was HER Imogen. She had watched her blossom into an even more confident young woman since living with her.

"Imogen, you fought wonderfully you know, " she praised her as she laid her down on a free and empty table. Ravi hurried to grab her coat to use as a pillow to put under her head so that she had some comfort while Diana got her bag.

Out they went, like a needle and thread. Watching on, she wondered if it was best to leave, quickly being roped right on back. Making her own way out of the ring now, she’d go to find what was addressed, moving carefully. She’d be sore tomorrow, bruises already welling up, but they’d been well worth the fun.

Suitcase taken up, she’d move it towards where asked. ”I’ll get out of your hair, dear. No doubt your leader should be here any second.” If that would be all, she would give a kind smile to the girl she’d fought before taking her leave.

Her raccoon was easily soothed, too easily in the eyes of the human part who still felt rather miffed at the entire world. Hard to stay angry when all she really wanted was for the pain to stop. There was something very wrong with her jaw, it felt big and numb like she had gotten dentistry done. And her neck was taunt and simply covered in a layer of pain. She couldn't expresses anything beyond the trickle of tears and the knitting of her eyebrows. Not that she would have had much to express beyond a lot of swearing. Every movement seemed to jostle the damaged areas, she couldn't think of anything but the pain through it all and did not register the granny leaving.

The help was appreciated, "Thank you for helping, and most likely; so long as she isn't neck-deep in her own tussle, " Ravi tried to joke.

She wouldn't stop the elderly woman from leaving them though, her gaze going back to Imogen as she let Ginger just groom and try and soothe the other raccoon to keep from shifting right now. "Alright...I have a mild sedative that I'm going to give you, it'll help keep you from just shifting on me mid fixing you, ok? Once you really come to, you'll be good as new and we'll be home, " she promised her, reaching to gently wipe away the tears that fell.

Ravi could only imagine all the pain that she was in right now and all she wanted to do was soothe and take it from her.

Keeping one hand on her so that she didn't feel alone even for a moment, the doctor easily reached into her bag and pulled out a pouch that she kept for emergencies and this qualified as one. Staying within sight of her, she reluctantly let go and pulled out a needle and a vial and took the contents into the needle, "Just a small pinch...if you feel the need to just doze, don't fight it, ok? " Ravi told her as she easily found a vein and slipped the needle into her arm and injected it. Now to wait and see if that was enough or if she'd needed more.

It would take a bit more medicine to fully knock Imogen out, a sleep she was grateful for as it made the pain go away along with her consciousness. Ravi could deal with her jaw and neck however doctors did. And she wouldn't have to think about it until the meds wore off, at which point they would hopefully be home.