Diana Accera/Tina Armstrong - Training Day (Feat. Alaina Sanders)

[Devilish53]

"Yeh, and there's nothing wrong with that, but..." Trying to reach a middle-ground of sorts, Diana found herself sighing with eyes falling to the ground, as she attempted to reach the Tigress. There was nothing wrong with the beauties strategy, Diana simply felt she could be aware of the alternatives.

"Let's say...you make it to very top. Your put against someone just like you. Hit and run, in and out. Only they are a few steps ahead of you in that. What then? Your one strength...poof...gone..."

[Highfly]

Tina stood there with her hands on her hips. She paced around looking up at the ceiling then down at her feet. She stopped in front of Diana, slowly nodding as she spoke quietly.

"Yeah. Yeah... You are right." She said before going silent again. Tina had never thought of it that way. She was just so fiery and thick headed in her youth that she thought she could just go harder and will herself past things. To be the best, where the other two women in the ring had been she had to be more.

She had to be smarter.

[Devilish53]

"Boxers wanna box, lifters wanna lift, flyers wanna fly..." Stopping herself just shy of continuing her somewhat nonsensical tirade, Diana opted to make a little sense of what she meant. "If I had it my way, I'd punch my way through every match. If she had hers.." Raising her finger to point to Alaina as she spoke, Diana's smile grew. "...She'd be slamming everyone until every hospital was filled out with broken hipbones. You gotta go past what you know. Because they'll always be someone who knows it better..."

Her lesson finally and seemingly over, Diana finally stood, brushing herself off, fully hoping Tina didn't take any hostility or patronising from her tone, or the spar itself for that matter.

[Highfly]

Tina nodded and quietly listened as Diana spoke. She stood with her hands on her hips and stayed in the ring a moment. "Yeah, makes sense. Like, thanks for everything." Tina said giving Diana a quiet wave and smile before moving over to the ropes to climb through and hop off the apron to the ground below.

Alaina watched and hoped that Tina may have finally learned patience. She felt bad that Diana made more progress in that regard in one day than Alaina did in months. She rested back against the turnbuckle and watched Tina make her way to the locker room before turning her attention back to Diana. "That went well I think. She learned. I wish I had been that effective with her honestly."

[Devilish53]

Diana wasn't offended by the sudden exit of the girl. She was in her place not too long ago, and if anything, sensed she'd be in the seat of student once more eventually. It was hard for one to be told they still had much to learn, whether you were a former champion, said champions student, or an Italian prize fighter.

Walking over to Alaina with a slow pace, Diana's eyes stayed to the floor as she pondered just what had transpired. "We'll see. She'll learn this stuff eventually. Might as well be now, rather than in some big real match..."

[Highfly]

Alaina nodded to Diana and stood with her hands on her hips. "She will be fine, there are some growing pains being in the ring so young. She will probably go lift or something. If ya want to go talk to her more she might like it. She may not show it all the time but she appreciates the help." Alaina said with a small smile.

"Reminds me of someone else so know."

[Devilish53]

Alaina's words brought a smile to Diana's lips, as either woman could of been applicable to her statement. Exiting the ring and dropping besides her longtime friend, she'd grab a hold of the gear she dropped earlier, before swinging it nonchalently around her shoulders and neck.

"I guess it's a case of wait and see..." Hooking her arm around Alaina's own, the Italian began to slowly walk with the amazon, likely in search of food after such a hellish sparring with her student.