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The backstage halls of the LAW arena are vast, sometimes labyrinthine, but often bustling with activity. Tonight was no different. Wrestlers in varying degrees of flashy wrestle-undies made their way hither and yon, criss-crossing paths, carefully avoiding electronic cables and lighting rigs. Crew with handycams and boom mics pursued a few, or cornered a wrestler here or there for an interview, whether pre-match or post.

The one thing people didn't typically see was someone standing still. That was reserved for catering, most often. But sometimes, a girl likes to just kick back and take it in. And tonight, that girl is one Katsumi Oshiro, the Punk Princess, still 'glammed-up' and riding her makeover high. She's had some wins, and she's had some losses. She'd have preferred more of the former over the latter; nothing sucks quite like looking amazing, feeling amazing, then ending the night on her back. The cameras probably ate up those moments, but still! She likes to think the pictures of her poised dominantly over a conquered opponent look better!

None of it really mattered tonight, anyway. Katsumi did what she's supposed to; she showed up to the arena, got changed into her hip-hugging black trunks, studded bralet, and punky boots. But to her disappointment, there are no matches for the wry upstart tonight; nothing on the ticket, at least. So Katsumi has taken post on a bench, her shoulders tipped back to lean against the wall, feeling the cool surface of the painted bricks against her skin. With one knee crossing the other, an unusually ergonomic guitar rests propped in her lap. Gloved hand supports the neck, while the other plucks the strings in a manner both lazy and somehow effortlessly elegant.

The tune is a carefree one; slow, but measured in rhythm, the notes airy and whimsical, reminiscent of going on a wander. The musician's vibrant emerald gaze has settled listlessly to her distant left, not really looking at anything in particular and miles away with her attention. But the music remains precise in its lackadaisical melody, as natural to her as humming.

More to the point, anyone cutting a promo in her vicinity will have the dulcet tones of an acoustic guitar in the background. Whoops.
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Catalina hummed softly as she deftly weaved around her fellow wrestlers and stage crew around the LAW arena. Although unlike many of the aforementioned wrestlers she was dressed for the ring. Rather she was in some neat, casual clothes here to see the on site medical personnel. Specifically LAW's head doctor to check her out and see if she cleared to return to action after a injury during LAW's inaugural elimination chamber match.

A rather brutal match that put her through the ringer, but the experience was invaluable to her and she was glad to have it under her belt, even if it kept her on the shelf for a bit. But the good news was that she was cleared to return so her mood was definitely brighter than usual. Nearing the exit she would pause as she heard something unusual for this part of the arena. Music.

Not the electronic pre recorded type for entrances, but actual music being played by someone, and it was quite good too! Interest piqued Catalina would turn and follow the notes through the halls until she came upon the source. A beautiful raven haired girl turned away from her playing a equally beautiful guitar. In fact as Catalina approached from the girl's blind spot Cat would realize that she was familiar to her!

"Oh! Katsumi is that you? How have you been!" Catalina would chirp excitedly and the moment that Katsumi turned to her she would give a friendly wave to her former debut opponent, obviously happy to see her, especially in this context and hearing the music she was playing, and eager to know how she was.
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The longer Katsumi plucked away at the guitar, the further and further she drifted away from the present here and now. She'd rather be in the ring, making strides towards gold. And as her thoughts turned to those deep desires, her attitude begins to grow morose. God, she wants gold. But she'll never get there without getting in some really good matches and making waves.

But that just hasn't been happening enough lately. No highlight matches, despite feeling considerably more confident in her ability. Her gaze lowers, finally swimming back to the present to look down at the guitar. It almost has a glass ceiling feeling; being this close to the action, but not getting into it. To love something so much, to work so hard, and always feel like it's just out of-

A voice cuts in, and it's enough to startle her out of the melodic tune. Fingers curl on the left hand, skunk a note, and the right hand claps down against the strings to try to choke it out quickly. Her attention snaps over to spot the short girl with the happy expression, and all she can do is blink owlishly in recognition. She remembers her easily. She was nice. Definitely cute. But she beat her on her debut. Great for her. Awful for Katsumi. She remembers the terrible sinking feeling after the bell rang. It makes her insides gnarl a little. But in a sincere attempt to act outside of her norm, she puts on a weak smile.

"Heeyyy," she greets. "You spooked me, shorty. You, uh.. you good? After the rumble'n all?"

Then, suddenly realizing Catalina had asked her something quite similar, she almost startles a second time. "Oh! And I'm okay. Kinda got nothin' to do tonight, looks like. Sucks."

A perceptive person might pick up on the subtle melancholy, but to her credit, she is making an active effort to recognize it's not Catalina's problem, and not make it her problem. There's a little progress in her personality, perhaps - or it might be specific for this particular girl in question. In fact, that's likely it. Catalina had been a weird little goofball in the ring, but sweet-natured.
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Catalina continued to smile brightly at Katsumi, despite the owlish and almost bewildered at her appearance was at least accepting and asked how she was doing in kind before answering making her smile just a bit more while also giggling a bit. "Hehe I've been alright, just been cleared actually! Glad to hear you've been alright as well!" She said as she walked around and sat next to Katsumi on the crate she was on. "I hope you don't mind, I heard you playing down the hall and I just had to listen up close, I had no idea you could play so beautifully, but I guess that's no surprise hehe." She said positively as she brought her legs up and crossed them under her while turning to face the dark haired woman. "Maybe you can even serenade me if you have nothing else going on." Catalina asked innocently, genuinely just wanting to hear more of Katsumi playing since neither had much going on at the moment.

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The malaise eases a little with a more natural smile, rather unlike the typically puckish or predatory versions most people get. She adjusts the guitar on her lap, and she leans back into the seat. "Yeah, I'm somewhere between bored and anxious. I want to get out there and fight, and... meh. These downtimes suck. I get all up in my head about things, and," she lifts a hand to give a dismissive twiddle, "no one wants to be there. Cobwebs, ghosts, and goblins. Very spacious, though." She's all about the self-deprecation today, apparently. But it's familiar and safe. There are no cameras to play to here, no opponents to tease and torment. Just her and her thoughts.

Fingertips lightly clip the strings of the guitar, creating an airy, distant melody.

"I was gonna be a musician, y'know. I was supposed to be one. I mean, I am one, but like, professionally. Concert halls and all that. It's what I was studying in university." Her gaze lowers to the guitar as she plucks along. "Love music. Just love wrestling more."

The vivid green eyes shift aside to Catalina, peeking through ebon tresses. "What kind've music do you like? And don't say salsa. Oh my god, that would be sooo cliche."
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Catalina would nod attentively while bringing her hands up to brace under her chin as she listened to Katsumi's words, words that she could understand rather well given she was in a similar situation. "I get that. I've only been out for a few weeks but I feel myself going crazy from pent up energy hehe." Catalina admitted before leaning forward and gently patting Katsumi's knee.

"Though I'm sure your head isn't that bad given some of the bright ideas I've seen you had in the ring, not to mention that musical ability." Catalina said optimistically towards the woman before leaning backwards as Katsumi revealed that she was originally going to be a musician.

"Ohhh I see, well I think you certainly would have been successful at it for what its worth, at least based on the chords that I heard." Cat said sweetly before humming when asked about what kinda music she liked.

"Hehe well, I like pretty much anything I can dance too, so salsa is up there, but more for like parties, in general though I think I prefer pop music, or like, more light and upbeat style rock music if that makes sense. Like I said things you can dance too." Catalina said with a smile on her face.

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The hand pats upon her knee, Katsumi looking at it distantly for a moment. "Music'n stuff just comes natural, I guess. Like fighting." And being rotten. Irritating people. Especially people in charge of deciding her future- oh god, she's doing it again.

The punkette shakes her head quickly, scattering her hair. "Sorry. Uh. What? Shit, you totally said salsa. Ugghh~," she dramaticizes, languishing in tilt towards Catalina's shoulder in a nudge. "So, hey. Why does a chick like you wrestle, anyway? I mean, you're obviously good at it. Even if ya got lucky in our last match. Which, I totally have to pay you back for. Frigging newcomer pinning me..."

She tilts her knee, nudging once again at the shorter girl beside her. And despite her words, the Punk Princess is affording her a small, playful smile. "And hey, wanna know a secret?"
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As she spoke Catalina couldn't help but notice a far off look in Katsumi's eyes, like she was distracted maybe and by the time she snapped back into focus it seemed she only heard her mentioning Salsa. "Hehe, only un Poco/a little." She said with a small giggle before as she let Katsumi gently nudge her shoulder before focusing slightly as Katsumi asked the reason she was a wrestler.

"Oh well, I don't exactly have a deep reason. It's something that excited me since I was young, it called to me, more than anything else, and it seemed like something I could make my mark in." Catalina explained, admittedly leaving out some certain aspects of her back round but for reason, besides Katsumi seemingly had a secret for her. "Oh? Color me interested." She said with a soft smile while leaning in towards the Punk Princess.

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"Yeeaah," says Katsumi. "Me, too. So I get that."

It didn't call to her adoptive parents, though. That's for damn sure.

Katsumi pushes down the idea, determined to dig herself out of her self-annoyed state. "Well, you pinned me on your first match in this federation," she remarks dryly. "That's worth a lot." She hopes it is, anyway. God, she hopes it is. She's been fighting, she's been showing the fruits of that training. "This.. wasn't your very first federation, was it?," she asks. It'll make it sting less if she's had some storied career elsewhere, at least.

Clearing her throat, however, she glances leftwards down the hall, then rightwards before looking back to Catalina. "Okay, so. I love bodysplashes. It's like... how do I put this..," she pauses, glancing upwards briefly. "...using your own body as a weapon. Just your body against theirs. Your core against their core. Muscle to muscle. Pressing someone's abs with your own." She tilts slightly to the side, nudging her shoulder against Catalina's. "I'm not like some submissive weirdo or whatever, but it's kind've a thrill. Splashes, I mean. When I land over an opponent's body, it's like... bam. Feeling their stomach crush under mine, laying across'em like that... it's pure dominance. Pinning'em like that. Like saying they're mine. And they can't fight out, they can't resist me, s'just my body over theirs."

Her gaze trails sidelong, a sheepish hint entering her voice. "And if I have to get pinned, it's at least more... sexy. If it's from someone splashing across me. Just.. stomach to stomach. I'm weird, I know! But there's a secret. You pinned me, and it was hot. Deal with it."
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Having answered yes to wanting to hear whatever Katsumi's secret was Catalina would lean forward and listen intently. Curious as to whatever the woman wanted to get off her chest to her which led them to Kat talking about their first match and if Cat had wrestled elsewhere.

"Oh yeah, mostly in uh, Mexico and such for a few years before LAW." Catalina answered quickly for Katsumi before going quiet to let the girl continue, talking about a love of body splashes and pin fall victories and what they mean to her which Cat found quite enlightening. "I see so... what does this have to do with me?" Cat asked, admittedly blushing slightly from just how.. passionately Katsumi was describing things, making her a bit flustered.

Which only get worse as Katsumi came out with it saying that when Cat pinned her in their match she found it hot, which definitely had Catalina blushing scarlet for a moment as she looked away before shyly looking back at Katsumi. "I see... Since you told me... would you want me... to do it again?" Cat asked a bit bashfully, never having really entered a conversation even close to something along the lines of intimacy but she wasn't opposed to it per se.

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