a gym encounter for a warrior and a brawler

[Dragonofdarkness]

Aoi laughed a little. "you don't have to tell me that i kinda saw how aggressive you can be. I was thankful we weren't in a match." Aoi admitted as she punched the mitts she would stop after a bit and stretched. " thanks Rosie-san i appreciate this, this could really help me for the lightweight tournament ." Aoi said as she woudl lean on the ropes a abit and took a few breathes.

she would smile at rosie but then had thought of her friend Rebecca. she would clench her teeth. "im so horrible..." she said as she knew she was ignoring her best friend during this tournament but would sigh. " should we do something else Rosie-san."

[Dubski]

Rosie Knuckles removed the mitts as she listened to Aoi speak. The girl seemed like she was having a bit of an issue with the tournament though. Looking curious for just a moment, Rosie debated whether or not she cared enough to ask Aoi about it. Normally, she did not. But she figured she owed it to Aoi for having put up with her attitude earlier. Nonchalantly, she glanced to the side and said, "Yup, bummer about that tournament. My contract didn't get signed until after the thing started. Would've liked to really crack some skulls..."

Then, she paused and sucked in a breath and asked, "What'd you do that was so horrible, exactly?"

[Dragonofdarkness]

Aoi would shake her head as she looked at Rosie. Yeah i bet you would have made it into the finals no problem" Aoi smiled. she would look away and rubbed her head. " well i been ignoring my best friend training and getting better for this tournament.... today she texted me asking to hang out and I told her that i need to train... she can be understanding but i feel like her feelings are getting hurt because of me." Aoi said and rubbed her head. " I still don't know why she joined this league.. she cant even fight for her self...." Aoi sighed. she would smack her cheeks." don't worry its not something that you should worry about." she smiled at Rosie.

[Dubski]

The pink-haired brawler casually responded to Aoi's compliment and said, 'Yeah, I think I would have won, honestly. I'm a badass." But then Rosie listened to Aoi's actual problem, and her expression became one of more confusion. This was absolutely a problem that Rosie never had before. In fact, it was so foreign to Knuckles that she didn't even know how to respond for a few moments.

"...Okay, what? Hurt feelings? What is..." Rosie trailed off, her head tilting to the side as her brain tried to comprehend this. Finally, she was able to gather herself enough to make a sensical response. "Dude, if she has hurt feelings, let he tell you. Or just train with her because you think she sucks or whatever. Teach her to kick ass. I don't know. It sounds like she needs to get her shit together and she should mostly be asking you for help. But... hurt feelings? Seriously?" The idea of having her feelings hurt still confounded her, but she felt the rest of her point had been made. It seemed to be more of a case of it being an obvious situation where of course people should understand you're training, and that if you disrupt that, you should get punched in the teeth. This was certainly not the way to look at it, but Rosie always had a unique perspective of it.

[Dragonofdarkness]

Aoi giggled as Rosie spoke about how she would win and that she was a badass. "yeah you are a bad ass Rosie but i am pretty tough in the ring. i can take a beating." Aoi stated. she would listen to Rosie's words and nod but would sigh. " i wish it was that simple....i kind don't want to train her or see her fight... you see she was bullied a lot back when we were kids and i was her first friend...but i alway's protected her while we grew up... its hard for me to now see her as that sweet girl that wants to make friends..." Aoi admitted. "and I'm a bad teacher i cant explain shit when it comes to learning things." Aoi laughed.

"i know she will get over it and after this tournament I'm going to make it up to her somehow.." Aoi spoke and smiled at Rosie. " haha thanks tho and sorry for telling a badass like you things about feelings and such. " Aoi teased a little bit.

[Dubski]

Rosie Knuckles was actually cringing as Aoi was explaining her situation to her, her teeth barred and an uncomfortable expression on her face. She may have even felt a discomfort in her stomach from such a display and she glanced to the side towards the end of it, taking a shaky breath, waiting for her to finish speaking before interjecting. "Yeah... no... it's cool... Man." She had barely a reply to that.

Then, Rosie, still not able to look at Aoi at the moment, spoke up about the subject, trying to assert less mushy emotions into it. "Listen, Aoi. You're doing her a disservice if you just let her continue to be a wuss. You need to let her toughen up already. Just... I don't know, support her or something. Help her be tough. Who cares if you think you suck as a teacher, just... do something if you care. I don't know." She shuddered briefly, finally looking at the blue-haired chick again. "She'll probably just do it without you anyway, so you might as well just involve yourself in it if you're as good of friends as you claim to be, get it?" asked Rosie, trying to collect herself, and brace herself, for another potentially emotional explanation.

[Dragonofdarkness]

Aoi spoke to Rosie and saw how she was pretty much dying form this. After she was done she would sighed softly and listen to rosie." yeah i know rosie.... "she spoke. " still i can see you dont like this kind of conversation lets just get back to training and forget the mush." Aoi said not wanting rosie to be uncomfortable with this . she would stretch her self and looked at the pink haired girl. " any ways what should we do now?" she asked.

[Dubski]

Rosie looked back at Aoi as she stretched and let out a sigh before rolling her neck. "Yeah, I just... don't get it. I guess. I dunno.I know training and fighting much more. So yeah, we can focus on that." Rosie would then glance around the area and crossed her arms over her chest. "...So yeah, what do you want to do, exactly? You got anything else you need to work on? Because I'm game for whatever. Just need to get out some aggression now," stated Knuckles, feeling a bit antsy after her conversation that got entirely too real for her tastes. Usually feelings were resolved by brawling, fortunately for her.

[Dragonofdarkness]

Aoi nodded at Rosie. "its fine Rosie i don't really get it either. " Aoi admitted. " i rather talk with my fist then with words since the lose will have to admit they are wrong or something like that." Aoi laughed. " hmm I'm not sure really i think I just need to get some fighting in or hit something you konw?" Aoi said as she would stretch. "why don't we get you some training to? I'm sure you rather work on something you need to get better at then help me all day right?" Aoi spoke as she wanted to help her new found friend or ally.

[Dubski]

Rosie shrugged and looked up in thought. "Word. Fighting makes stuff better. Or at least it's always made things better for me," stated the brawler flatly. She then sighed heavily and looked Aoi over. There was one thing she had to work on. And Aoi seemed like she was the type to be able to help with it.

So Knuckles then asked, "Do you do... like, submissions? Holds and stuff? Because I suck at getting out of them." It was an earnest question, and she hoped Aoi was exactly the type of technical fighter that she took her as.