Snippet #3978

"Up!" Nana suddenly cried in Toya's ear, "You must wake now! You have your first match today!"

Toya moaned a little, eyes squeazing shut as he didn't want to get up yet. Roger had once again worked him to the bone, even getting Avis involved, the brothers having had training matches against eachother - which was very different to having a practise battle with Roger. After a few minutes of continueous nagging, Toya heaved himself out of bed, stretching his arms high above his head. There was alot of aching in his joints and muscles, but he knew that the pain had to be somewhat worth it. It meant he'd been working hard, which is what he needed to be doing if he was ever going to repay Gabriella for her kindness towards him and his brother.

"Your brother does like to take his time," Toya heard Nana mutter to someone else on her way out, looking towards the doorway to see Avis leaning agaisnt it, already dressed in the new clothes that had been provided, standing rather casually in misty grey tunic like top, black pants tucked into his heavy boots. It looked like he was already prepared for todays fight.
"Come on sleepyhead," Avis called to him, a rather amused tone to his voice considering they would be fighting in the arena today. "We've got to prepare for a bunch of bandits."

"Bunch of bandits?" Toya questionned as he stood from his bed, pulling off the shirt he'd fallen asleep in, and grabbing a cloudy blue tunic like top that was rather similar to Avis's if it was not for the colour - that was probably purposeful for battle day. It might've made them look more interesting. He heard Avis chuckle as he put the new shirt on,
"Yeah, theives and robbers. One of the servants who'd gone to get more food for the day had seen a poster - we're in a gauntlet match."
"Fun times," Toya replied, shaking his head lightly in a fail of an attempt to fix up his hair a little, giving up and wandering towards the door. "Maybe we can throw in a few of the old moves to entertain the crowd a little... If we're gonna go out, might as well put on a show."
Both Toya and Avis smiled at the thought of dying on stage, even if the colosseum wouldn't be the most... humane of stage deaths.