"Tsk." Cynara just rolled her eyes. No matter how much she was trying to convince Alice of her own insignificance, she was still desperately clinging to the hope of having the moral high ground. But it was all in one ear, out the other. Was that all Alice was going to do to her? Lecture her? If that was the best her opponent could do, she was hopeless. And if Mina actually needed a hand against her, then that was just embarrassing. Nevertheless, Cynara wouldn't hold back now. She was ready to knock Alice down a peg or two!
"All those big, fancy words, and it doesn't do you any good. This 'dignity' you're talking about never pushed the magazines with my face on 'em. It didn't make me an inaugural champion. And I hate to say it, hon, but I don't see you even coming close to me. You might as well save your breath, honey, because all this ranting isn't going to do you any good...especially not when this is what you're dealing with!~"
Right at that point, Cynara squeezed even tighter at Alice's throat to try and wring her neck between her legs! If all went well, she'd be choking off the girl's airways, cutting off her retorts and stifling her breath! Even still, though, Alice would fight back, grabbing and slapping at Cynara to try and get a hold on her. The veteran glared down at her, her teeth bared in a hiss. She still wasn't learning her lesson, if she was still putting up such a fight. That meant Cynara would have to ensure she got a taste of what true suffering felt like. And luckily, she had plans to do just that!
Now that Cynara had Alice's head trapped, she was able to reach over and grab her leg, hooking her elbow around the ankle. Then, she pulled it back as hard as she could, completing the Suzuki Lock by hyper-extending her opponent's leg! "Now, dear, I suggest you know what's good for you and call it quits. This is going to be hard on you..." Spoiler
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With Alice in a hopeless situation, she could barely do anything to prevent what Cynara had next in mind, which was to lock in her famous Suzuki Lock. A bold statement after Alice had to struggle juggling between fighting Mina and Cynara at the same time.
Gasping for air and fighting against the pain coursing through her body, Alice's voice quivered with resolve as she strained against Cynara's unrelenting hold. "This is not how this match is supposed to go! I’m.. wrestling… your daughter, Mina! Not you!” Losing an “I Quit” match to a wrestler that she wasn’t even facing was humiliating. In the rule book, there was nothing against this as the loser had to verbally submit. There was no disqualification. “You dirty cheat! You didn’t believe your own daughter could beat me. You waited until I was weakened to slither in like the snake you are!”
Every muscle in her body screamed in protest as she continued to struggle, her movements desperate and fueled by a fierce refusal to succumb. With each passing moment, the grip of the Suzuki Lock seemed to tighten, threatening to crush her resolve along with her body. Yet, despite the agony and the mounting sense of helplessness, Alice didn’t want to lose like this.
As she grappled with the impossibility of escape, her mind raced for any possible opening, any glimmer of hope in the sea of despair that surrounded her. Every ounce of her being was devoted to the single-minded goal of breaking free, of defying the odds stacked against her. Alice would try anything from swinging her free leg up in hopes of kicking her in the face or unhooking her legs from her neck that was sapping her strength. Alice wasn’t flexible, but deep down she knew Cynara knew that and went for the hyper extension and spread with her leg. Alice knew she had to think of something quick.
Among those in the crowd familiar with Cynara's storied career, this was certainly a shocking turn of events. It had been almost thirty years since she had last used the Suzuki Lock, a move she had picked up in a cross-promotional bout against the Japanese hentai wrestler Akemi Suzuki, but one that had proven devastating every time she used it in one of her matches. Many would've been forgiven for believing that Cynara, growing older and out of practice, wouldn't have it in her to pull off the Suzuki Lock any more - but tonight was the night she would prove them wrong! When she threw her legs around Alice's neck and bent her leg straight back toward her head, it looked every bit as devastating as it had in the golden age of AHW!
Alice, of course, had no warm words for Cynara, and she cursed her out with every breath she still had in her. But Cynara met all of those insults with a roll of her eyes, staring off nonchalantly into space. "I'll let you in on a secret, here - I know Mina could've beaten you, with my help or not. But I figured it was the perfect opportunity to let her practice a little - and I wanted to give her a little demonstration." She cranked back harder at Alice's leg, trying to bend it even further. "Now...why don't you be a good girl, and pipe down so she can pay attention?"
But Alice wasn't going to take that for an answer. She kept struggling in Cynara's grasp, working both her leg to pull at Cynara's arms and her hands to pull at the legs encircling her throat. Cynara had to admit, that was more trouble than she had anticipated from her! She looked back down at Alice, hissing through her teeth. "Don't you think you'll just hurt yourself, little girl? I know that flexibility isn't exactly your strong suit...you don't want to pull a muscle, do you?" Still, Alice kept at it. And Cynara was growing more and more frustrated with each passing second with how tenacious Alice had proved herself to be!
At last, when it became clear Alice wasn't giving in so soon, Cynara decided to let her go, releasing her leg and shoving her back against the mat as she let go of her throat. Rolling onto her back, Cynara began to pick herself back up, shooting a glare at the girl. She wasn't sure how long she could keep up the hold, but the last thing she wanted was to let this insolent little brat have the satisfaction of breaking the Suzuki Lock. Besides, Mina was in this match, too. Cynara had already had the spotlight she was after, and she was sure this moment would be replayed in the highlight reels time and time again. Her daughter deserved a shot, too.
Rising to her feet and crossing her arms, Cynara stepped away from Alice. "Well, if you really want Mina to finish you off, be my guest! Don't say I didn't warn you, though..." And with that, Mina had begun to storm closer toward Alice, eyeing her with a piercing, unblinking stare...
