fuck your break time, we're training again (short)

"fine!"(cosmic) barked as he slammed his fist into the wall behind him, an act of outrage that he expected me to react to, only surprising him when not only did I not care, but the wall repaired itself as if he had never hit it in the first place.

"you've had enough break time, BACK TO THE ARENA!"(Granularr) I echoed loudly, my voice travelling for literal miles as it summoned the pillars forth, each one emerging from different parts of the castle, all of them holding expressions of exhausted disappointment.

I didn't care.

"you pathetic sacks of shit need to get through your thick skulls what I'm trying to teach you, even if it kills you."(Granularr) I said as I waved my arm in a horizontal arc, the castle around us distorting before becoming the surroundings of the arena, its marble columns, its vast circular fighting area with a solid and flat dirt floor.

"listen and listen well, you pathetic fucks need to forget everything you've ever thought you knew about your powers, you've already started so finishing won't be that much of a stretch, in fact, it's the only thing you can do right."(Granularr) I called out to them as I stretched my mental powers far, snaking my way into their heads as I ensured that they did indeed follow my orders, and when they didn't, I gave them a helping hand.

a process that ended in mere seconds regardless of their hesitation, and as of now, I was standing before blank slates combat wise, unfortunately though I couldn't get rid of their personalities.

those are staying.

"good, now we can actually begin."(Granularr) I called to the group as I motioned for time to come at me, her hesitation clear as day in the dark night air, pause quickly ended as I used her own shadow to launch her forwards, towards me.

her fists raising on their own as her body moved on instinct, one rearing back before blasting forwards, only to veer off target and miss me by a mile as she awkwardly landed with a stumble, nearly toppling over and collapsing to the ground.

"you stopped your body, wrong. listen to your body, it knows your powers and your limits."(Granularr) I called out as In the blink of an eye I kicked time, her body soaring quickly backwards, soon smashing into the far wall with a loud boom that sent both dust and rumblings through the arena, the ground quaking from the impact alone.

"next!"(Granularr) I called, cosmic answering, his body leaping forwards on its own, only to quickly jolt to the side before he reached me, momentarily vanishing out of sight before reappearing above me, while yes it was a good attempt, it was predictable.

and so with ease I swat him from the air, his body crumpling to the ground beside me, more dust and ground quaking shaking the arena as a marble pillar or two collapsed to rubble, unable to handle the spreading vibrations.

"you're cosmic, you're ever present across space just as I am, except you can actually teleport without the use of a medium such as shadow that I must use, if I can clone myself, then so can you, overwhelm your opponent with multiple you's popping in and out of sight....dumbass."(Granularr) I advised as I kicked him to the same wall I kicked time, the two pillars laying atop one another in a groaning heap.

pathetic.

I thought with a head shake as I motioned for the next pillar.