It was like trying to pull an object out of molasses, or something even thicker and stickier. It wasn't that the actual blackness itself was sticky, but that it held fast and refused to let go even when Duo's body started lifting out of it.
But eventually, after what felt like more minutes than it really was, his double was out of it and they were both on solid ground again, panting, red faced and sweating. The portal slowly dissipated now that the shadows were no longer around to maintain it and nothing was inside to be taken away in to it's inky depths. A dark bruise was forming across Duo's cheek where he'd been struck, and a tiny bit of blood trickled down his chin from a split lip.
All things considered, though, that being the only real injury of the entire fray was a lucky break for both of them.
Sprawled out near the other on the stone, now tousled braid over his shoulder, he fought to catch his breath against the waning adrenaline rush.
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But eventually, after what felt like more minutes than it really was, his double was out of it and they were both on solid ground again, panting, red faced and sweating. The portal slowly dissipated now that the shadows were no longer around to maintain it and nothing was inside to be taken away in to it's inky depths. A dark bruise was forming across Duo's cheek where he'd been struck, and a tiny bit of blood trickled down his chin from a split lip.
All things considered, though, that being the only real injury of the entire fray was a lucky break for both of them.
Sprawled out near the other on the stone, now tousled braid over his shoulder, he fought to catch his breath against the waning adrenaline rush.
"Let's... let's not do that again... okay...?"