Knights of Anathaeum Not Far From the Tree

[Arbok]

Arbok stifled a grin as she helped. Of course she did. Her legs held most of her weight as Roki pushed back up.
"Wow, you're stronger than you look!"
She gave as convincing a look as she could muster to Gruki and the others. He was strong certainly and she could feel that strength now even as she helped him.
Then came the twist.
At the apex of Roki's push up she reached up with her own hands and gripped the roof beam as she hooked her legs around his waist and with a bit more effort than she expected she pulled him up with her as she performed a chin up.
"One!"
Her voice echoed Roki's as she began to laugh.
Others joined in too. Just a few at first but once they saw the admittedly absurd sight it got a good hearty laugh.

The Nordenfir had a saying, *If cannot succeed, fail spectacularly.*
Bar Gruki, not a one of them could hope to perform a push up with her sitting full weight on top of them. So the next best thing was to make a show of that.
It satisfied honour and nobody lost, not even Roki. Whom she currently held aloft.
"I'm gonna drop you now okay big guy?"
She did not like the idea of dropping him on the floor when he wasn't ready!

Roki
Gruki
Alouette
Haelyn

 

[Roki]

Roki felt the squeeze about his waist, just below the ribs where everything got squishy and soft. "Hey, woah, hey!" He scrambled as the act fell apart, and he was hoisted up into the air. Jitters turned quick to laughs. "Yeah! Yeah! Put me down!" he fussed. Half between fun and fear.

All scrangly cat caught by a bear.