JoeMerl: Okay, guys, sorry for the late update. Anyway, this is a Tyler and Eva chapter---

Random Read: Wait. Didn't you say the next chapter would be Cody and Leshawna?

JoeMerl: No, go back, you'll see it was Tyler and Eva. Anyway---

Random Reader: But I could have sworn---

*SLAP!*

Random Reader: OW!

JoeMerl: Any more questions? I thought not. So, hope you enjoy!

(Seriously, though, there's a reason I'm saving that chapter for later.)

Current Interaction: Tyler and Eva

"Eugh...eugh..."

"Come on...yeah..."

The two faces contorted with effort, hands joined, elbows on the dining hall table. The strain on Tyler's face mixed with growing triumph, Eva's with mounting fear.

"Oh...no...you...don't..."

"Oh...yes...I...DO!"

And with that, Tyler's arm forced Eva's down onto the table. Her eyes went wide, face falling as Tyler pumped his fists into the air. "WHA-HOO! I WIN!"

"No! That's impossible!"

"Boo-yah! That's right! Who's the man! Not you! Me!"

Tyler crossed his arms with a wide, victorious grin. Eva continued to stare at the table in astonishment.

"No one's ever beaten me at arm-wrestling before..."

"Until now, bitch! Ha!"

Tyler continued to grin. Eva looked away from him, then finally turned, a strange look in her eyes.

"Alright, fine. You won. Fair and square. You have defeated me."

"Yes I did! WHOO!"

"But you know..." She took a step towards him, staring at him with laser-focus, "...I always swore that I would never submit to any man, save for one who could defeat me in combat."

Tyler blinked. "Huh?"

"You have proven yourself stronger than me, brave warrior," Eva said, taking another step forward---Tyler took an instinctive step back, stumbled on the bench and fell into it. "And now, I shall accept you as my lover."

"What?!"

She suddenly grabbed his head, pulled him close and kissed him. Tyler resisted for a moment, but a second later returned the kiss, wrapping his arms around her.

"Agh!"

He sat up suddenly in bed in the Killer Bass cabin, banging his head on the bunk above him. As he jumped, something slipped off his lap and onto the floor beside him.

Head spinning, Tyler blinked and reached over the side of the bed to pick up what fell. It was a worn paperback featuring a scantily-clad warrior woman. The title at the top declared it to be THE ADVENTURES OF XESEXIA: AMAZON QUEEN.

Tyler shook his throbbing head. "I gotta stop reading Harold's stupid fantasy novels before bed," he muttered, dropping the book back on the floor before rolling over and going back to sleep.

Just a little play on the old "Atalanta cliche" in fantasy stories...perhaps a bit esoteric, and I wrote this a bit fast. Did it turn out alright? I hope you enjoyed.

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