Antonia the "Oscar"-Worthy Trainer

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Antonia's Causal Theme

5:00 A.M, a time most people were still sleeping, snug in their beds, not planning to get up for at least a few more hours. But on this day, Antonia Armie Aunt was not one of those people. The wise, blonde bug commonly got up early, in order to make the most out of the day. But today she'd gotten up extra early, at 5 in the morning, in order to make it to LAW's gym by 5:30 A.M. The official Young Lioness/Lion trainer had made plans to meet up with her very first trainee: Oscar Orelash.

Despite how intense the ant girl had warned Oscar this training would be, he seemed very excited for it. Antonia set the training secession for no later than 6 a.m, but Oscar committed to getting here 15 minutes earlier. This prompted the general to get there 15 minutes early than that, feeling it necessary to be there before her trainee. So she sat on a gym bench, waiting for the Young Lion to appear. The nerdy woman already had a whole lesson plan written out for today. Despite her more arrogant and antagonistic side, Antonia absolutely adored teaching others. Though the tweener looked down on weak wrestlers, she would take any chance to educate anyone on getting stronger, regardless of skill level.

"Ah yes. LAW's gymnasium. This facility shall be the ideal location to develop my first maggot past his larva state." Antonia spoke out loud, talking to herself, since no one else was there this early. "Once I train up this big cat, using my perfectly calculated, uncontested training methods, word will spread. This shall attract another trainee, then another, and so on and so forth. They'll call me General Aunt: The Lion Tamer, the most supreme Y.L trainer that's ever stepped foot within LAW's property barriers. Nyehehehe."

Antonia's Appearance

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It's true that many would still be asleep at this hour of the day. However, Oscar was different from that. He was a morning person! Whistling the lon-lon ranch theme from Ocarina of time, Oscar would prepare himself for this day of training with Antonia A. Aunt, the army General herself. Showering, brushing his teeth, eating his Wheaties, all that sort of stuff. He even managed to make a cup of coffee to go in a tiny thermos or rather... two of them. After all, it wouldn't hurt to see if the army ant would like something for the day.

Living in the dorms had its benefits, one of them included being within walking distance of the gym. So dressed in his workout wear, Oscar would pop out of the dorms and take a short walk to the gym- coming in at 5:45am right on the dot. He was a bit nervous given this was the first time he spoke to a big shot main eventer that wasn't Tina, but he managed to settle down with some deep breaths as he spotted Antonia.

"Ah- hey! Good morning!"

He'd flash a friendly smile and walk on over with the two thermoses in his hands, offering one to the general.

"Thought I'd make some coffee as thanks for today. Want some?'

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Antonia was fully prepared to give Oscar a strict lesson on tardiness, should he arrive even one minute later than the time he had told her. But the Young Lion proved to be a man of his word, coming in right, exactly at 5:45 A.M! "Greetings underling." Antonia responded, after Oscar's greeting. "Admittly, your timing here is quite precise. You made your appearance in this location not a second late."

The bug was generous enough to expect no reward from her teaching, aside from her own glory as a trainer of course. Nonetheless, she appreciated Oscar offering her coffee. "Hmmmm. How considerate of you. Very well. I shall accept your generosity." The army ant took some gulps of the offered beverage, before placing it down and standing up.

"NOW THEN." She said boldly, while taking out her ant-themed swagger stick. She then proceeded to slowly spin it around. "I AM ANTONIA A. AUNT: GENERAL OF THE ANTHILL. You may refer to me as: General Aunt. Starting now, you've been blessed with the grand honor of being my trainee. You've made a good impression, thus far. Even besides your offering, having the commonsense to choose me to seek out earns you some brownie points. Nonetheless, let's see how far you are willing to go."

The general then put her swagger stick back in it's holster, before pulling out her blue device. "This is my Ant Gear." Antonia explained. "Given my unrivaled intellect, I designed this technology to serve many functions. One of which, is recording the public data of EVERY SINGLE LAW WRESTLER. We shall commence by reviewing your data."

The nerdy ant began to read some of Oscar's info, almost in a robotic-like matter, while a hologram of him projected from her device. "Name: Oscar Orelash. The Barbarian Prince. Height: 6'5. Weight: 225lbs. A powerhouse-focused Young Lion. Before we go any further, do tell me if those basics are correct." She snickered, knowing very well how accurate she was. She simply enjoyed hearing people confirm so."

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"Thank you. I pride myself on being punctual"

Oscar nodded his head as he'd stand up straight and listened to Antonia's introduction to herself after she accepted his coffee offering. An excited smile sat on his face but did not betray the seriousness he showed in his eyes.

"Of course, General Aunt. I saw some of your apex matches before I applied for the training. It's an honor to be your first student as a young lioness trainer... or in this case, young lion"

He chuckled as he quieted down and eyed the Ant Gear curiously. Upon hearing what the device could do and seeing the hologram of himself, Oscar's eyes would go wide with surprise.

"You have public data on EVERY wrestler that comes into LAW? On that little thing? With... holograms of them and stuff? Sorry for all the questions it's just... I've never seen something like that before"

Oscar leaned forward a bit to stare at the hologram of himself before turning and nodding his head to Antonia.

"Oh and uh- yup. It's mostly correct. My focus is powerhouse style, but I've recently been dabbling in submissions on top of it. Pretty spot on though!"

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"Oh. You've bared witness to some of my Apex Qualifiers, you say?" Antonia noted. "Not only do you have a fine eye for a trainer, it also seems you have good tastes of who's matches (mine) are worth paying attention to." Oscar currently seemed to be getting on Antonia's good side. Flattering the ant while humbling himself was an easy way to do that.

"There's no apology needed for curiosity." Antonia assured Oscar, responding to the male wrestler's questions about her Ant Gear. "Especially when confronted by world-class technology, developed by the divine mind of yours truly." However, he would then say something that mildly irked the pompous general...

"Mostly correct..." Antonia repeated, a tiny hint of army ant venom in her voice. "Pretty spot on? Since you've only recently dabbled in submissions, I'd say the basic info is completely spot on." The perfectionist ant then stopped with the slight edge to her voice. "Moving on, I have tons of ways I can go about teaching my trainees, with corresponding lesson plans to boot. However, I believe things work best if you tell me what you believe you need to work on. And as the training commences, I'll keep a sharp eye out for any other flaws you may need to develop past."

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Oscar smiled and nodded along with Antonia for the most part, seemingly fascinated by the fact that she designed this piece of tech herself instead of doing something like painting an I-phone and calling it a day. Though as the ant woman started to sound venomous at his mention of the info on him being mostly correct, it caused him to pull his head back a bit- seemingly taken off guard by the trainer's edge in her voice.

"Uh... y'know what, fair. I'm honestly impressed someone did their homework on me anyways. Super appreciate that"

He tried to settle her down with more compliments before clearing his throat and focusing back on the task at hand: questions! Mainly about what he feels like he needs to improve on.

"Well... hard to think of some right off the back, but two things I know is that I'm not the fastest fighter and I can't help but find myself getting hit like... a LOT. I pride myself on defense, but I want to find good ways to either counter or dodge. Does that fit with your planning by chance?"

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"I see." Antonia said in response to Oscar going over what he needs to work on. Her eyes were laser focused, several ideas going through her computer-like brain at once, before she suddenly lit up. Bingo! "Indeed it does! My research on you has led me to the same conclusion: You need to work on countering and/or dodging attacks. Thankfully, I pride myself on fighting defensively, using my opponent's moves against them, waiting for the perfect moment to strike. The fact that you're a tank is noteworthy. But being able to better evade and counter would prevent you from receiving unnecessary damage."

Currently standing up, Antonia hit her swagger stick on the bench had been sitting on, making a whip-like noise. "ATTENTION MAGGOT. Your training has officially commenced. We shall begin your instruction inside the sparing ring." Ms. Aunt would approach the closest gym ring and enter into it, waiting for Oscar to join her. The Barbarian Prince had an intense training secession ahead of him!

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"Countering and dodging to avoid unnecessary damage, huh?"

A wide grin would form on Oscar's face as he pictured it in his mind... a generic beefy wrester lunging at him before their arm was grabbed and absolutely YEETED with a judo throw- just like what his girlfriend did to him at his last training session with her! Just without an actual yeet. The young lion's excitement would bubble up inside him as he seemed to love the idea to taking hits well AND being good at avoiding hits.

"Alright, I'm in! You won't regret-"

Oscar's train of thought would be derailed as Antonia cracked her swagger stick against the bench, making the Barbarian Prince jump in surprise! Wasting no time to address the General as she saw fit.

"AH! I mean- yes General Aunt!"

Giving himself a mental high-five for remembering how Antonia wanted him to address her, Oscar would follow his trainer into the nearest ring and climb inside. He was wearing his wrestling shorts as, well, actual shorts so all he had to do was remove his shirt and toss it to the side. It was his favorite shirt and he didn't want to risk it getting damaged even in a spar. He'd do some warm-up stretches with his arms and legs, reaching down to touch his toes before bringing each arm across his chest.

"Alright- so! I'm ready when you are!"

The young man had a fire burning in his eyes... he looked confident enough to face whatever trials Antonia planned to put him through- no matter what! The question remained though... could he handle what the General had in store? There was only one way to find out!

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After confirming the type of training Oscar would be undergoing, Antonia went into the spar ring and waited for her trainee. The ant girl wouldn't have to wait very long, as Oscar seemed more than ready to get started. The army ant certainly appreciated the Young Lion's excitement. It was only a matter of if he could keep that same motivation, no matter how intense the training may get. The blonde patiently waited for Oscar to finish stretching, before commenting on it.

"It's ideal to warm-up of course, but the stretching you're doing is more essential than you may realize." Antonia said, before raising one of her legs off the mat, bending it, and unleashing a kick into the air. Said kick created an audible 'whoosh' noise, while the middleweight remained perfectly balanced on her other leg. "Your first lesson, flexibility. Extensive, rigorous, strenuous martial arts training has left me with the skills of both strength and flexibility. Strength is vital. But having fast-acting, flexible muscles will allow you to better dodge or counter attacks on the spot." She explained, still showing off on one leg. "Stretch as much as you lift, my pupil. NOW THEN."

The blonde stomped her leg back onto the canvas. "I desire to witness your brain's response to attacks firsthand. I'm going to come at you with my signature Twister Kick, and I shall not be holding back. Whether you try to dodge and/or counter, respond to it as you will." Suddenly, Antonia would spin right at Oscar, and unleash said signature move, going for one of her most powerful strikes right off the back! And right at Oscar's face to boot!

Twister Kick Reference

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Oscar would listen along as he finished up his stretches- giving the general his upmost attention. As Antonia flashed a quick kick in the air, Oscar's eyes widened and he let out a low whistle upon hearing the whoosh- seeming impressed. As Antonia planted her foot back down, Oscar nodded his head at Antonia's challenge to test his reflexes.

"No problem! So are we going to count off or-"

The young never lion had the time to finish his thought as Antonia was already sending her kick his way. A rookie mistake from Oscar as he panicked and shot and arm up and tighten his muscles to try and block the kick. If he was successful, Oscar would stumble a few steps and wince in pain- the sharp sound of a boot connection bare skin echoing through the gym.