A corsair's reflection (For xalex)

[MappleMan7]

Spoiler

It had been quite some time since Mandy's match against Rylie Marshall, where the Crass Corsair was smashed through a table and served the salty taste of defeat. Since then, Mandy had ducked hard under the radar and taken a lot of time to herself to both recover and reflect on herself as a person. She thought a lot about what Rylie had said to her in the match about continuing to push on despite how difficult her life sounded and compared it to how she acted in response to her own hard comings in life. The other thing on Mandy's mind was if she really wanted to keep being a villain in these scenarios, especially when she recalled the confusing joy she felt when some people in the audience cheered for her instead of booing her.

With Oscar's recent hospitalization too, Mandy thought she'd be overjoyed and celebrating after seeing him get humiliated on live T.V. Instead, she felt... angry and confused. It was everything she had ever wanted to do to Oscar but actually seeing it happen... it didn't remotely feel as good as she thought it would. Perhaps that's why she snatched his vest from a female fan who was a bit too distracted with smelling it (gross) and had it returned to him at the hospital, taking care to keep her identity a secret in the progress.

Now with that said and done, Mandy was at a local LAW gym to try something to help ease her cloudy mind: yoga. Right now she was dressed in her wrestling gear since it was just made up of gym clothes if you ignored the yoga pants with cut-up cuffs at the bottom she calls pirate pants, really the only clothing that made sense for her theme. Mandy's eyes were closed as she took deep breaths, slowly sliding down into a full split. She had never done one before but read that the deep stretch would help linger up. She was just off in her own little world, taking a rare moment of peace to herself.

[xalex]

“wow that is impressive!” would Karin call out loudly as she watched the woman do a split! The young woman was standing in the door to the trainings room, having just entered to do some stretching and yoga exercises herself. She would look at sparkling eyes at the muscular woman doing a split.
“your so huge and still so flexable?” would Karin ask walking towards Mandy. She would have a huge smile on her face as she rolled out her yoga mat a little bit away from the other woman. “you must do yoga for a while!” Karin would sit on her mat and began to do some basic stretching exercise after finishing her workout. She looked at Mandy with a happy smile on her face waiting for a response.

Karin had just finished a rough work out, many of her muscles were burning and she was feeling kind of sore. After facing a few rather tough opponents in the last time like charlotte, she knew she had still a long way to go. Charlotte had shown Karin that her strength and speed were enough to claw out a victory but this could have gone either way.

Karin needed to get strong if she wanted to make her mark in law, she just couldn’t give in now! But this inner struggle with doubt wasn´t visible as Karin had her happy slime on and glowed bright.

the new and improved Karin

[MappleMan7]

Mandy was taken off guard when this lady she didn't know loudly complimented her and set up a yoga mat of her own a few feet away from her. For all her toughness, Mandy never was used to just having normal conversations with people. Her eyes just shot open and... stared at the stranger as she struggled to find the right words to say.

"Uh... thanks. I... usually do it in my apartment but ah... y'know. Not a lot of space"

Nailed it. Mandy finished it off by awkwardly laughing at Karin while doing some stretches with her arms.

[xalex]

Hearing the reason why the other girl was not doing yoga at home right now Karin would just smirk. “oh I understand… but why do you want to do it in your apartment? Really love the quite and relaxing atmosphere in here it helps me calm down!”

Karin would go into the dog position and began to stretch her by leaning forwards more. She would turn her head over from side to side slowly stretching her neck at the same time. “Or are you afraid someone sees you? Why I don´t think anyone will mess with a unite like you? And I don´t think its shameful to do yoga… or do you think it is?” Karin would say with a giggle going back onto her knees and pushing her arms in front of her chest, slowly opening and closing her hands.

[MappleMan7]

Mandy could only scream internally as the stranger continued to talk her up. She was being so friendly for practically no reason at all... did she not know who she was? Then again, she hadn't had a match in months... something to dwell on later as the corsair looked back over at Karin, soon trying to mimic what she was doing.

"Well uh... alright, I'll level with you. I'm not like- super used to talking to people. I just... I dunno. I felt like getting a change of scenery. I don't get out much in general if I have to be honest with you. Oh- and a unit? Me? Uh... thanks!"

The compliment caught Mandy off guard. Aside from her Dad, she couldn't recall the last time someone ever complimented her on something. It felt... kind of weird but in a good way.

[xalex]

Karin would look over and giggle a little bit. She would then lean forward to turn her back into a bend shape before rolling backwards to get on her back. The small girl would lift up her legs and hold them in a vertical position away from the ground. She would breath in and outva few times.

"To be honest I think you're just a bit shy! I think you're a great gal so far polite and friendly! Karin would pull her own legs closer to her body putting her toes on the floor o er her head. "If you don't have anything else planned I would love to take you out for a few drinks after we are done with yoga! Maybe it helps you to lose up w bit... Maybe you will enjoy the change of scenery... " Said Karin with a giggle.

"Also I would feel way more safe going out with a big strong woman like you, instead of going alone! Maybe you start to like me too..." Karin would throw her legs forward, using the momentum from her legs to pull her upper body along and ended up in sitting position, looking over to Mandy with a smile. "What you say?"

[MappleMan7]

Mandy would continue to do her best to follow Karin's movements.

"Well... I... don't think I'm shy. Otherwise, I don't think I'd be a wrestler. I'm... guessing you haven't seen any matches of me then?"

Once again, the corsair's mind drifted back to her previous matches and what sort of brutal things she did to her opponents.

"If I had to be honest I uh, I think I'm just doing a lot of... let's say self-evaluation. But sure- a drink sounds great"

Mandy would get up off the ground and roll her arm.

"So where are we heading for these drinks? Is it close to here?"

[xalex]

Karin would roll backwards over the mat and jump back to her feet. “down the street there is a nice little club. I know the bouncer so we can skip the line and get in there right away!”would Karin say. She would turn around and walk over to the door. “I be waiting for you at the entrance of the club, let´s meet there in about 30 mintues?”

Later Karin would stand in front of the club with a huge grin. She head her arms crossed in front of her chest and looked up and down in the street waiting for her new friend to show up. Karin was wearing a pair of skinny jeans, and a thigh tank top showing her abs off. Ontop she was wearing a black leather jacket. She it was a little bit chilling tonight so she hoped mady would show up soon.

[MappleMan7]

"A... a club? Like, shoulder-to-shoulder with people?"

Mandy went wide-eyed, her mind racing for some sort of answer. This lady has been so nice to her- did she really want to look like a bitch now and say no? On the other hand, maybe returning to society after months of moping would be good for the corsair. Without too much time to think, Mandy blurted out her answer.

"Sure! I'll like- see you there as soon as I can. Uh... bye!"
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Half an hour later, Mandy power-walked to the club as fast as she could. She had changed her attire up for the night, opting to wear a leather jacket with a blue plain T-shirt and some navy blue jeans. Her black hair with blue highlights rested down her back and across her shoulders as she gave an awkward wave to Karin.

"Hey! There you are, dude! So you uh... ready to party and stuff?"

[xalex]

Karin would jump up in happiness when she saw the woman walk down the road and towards her. She did come! For a moment she though Mandy would ghost her! The girl would walk up to Mandy and smile. “Damn you look even cooler and more badass then before!” would Karin say after taking a full look at Mandy, while smirking. “you look like a rockstar!” would Karin say with a giggle before putting her arm around the shoulder of mandy and pulling her inside the club. The bouncer would open the door for the two as they strolled in.
“so what drinks do you like? I am buying the first round!” She said standing right at the bar and waving the barkeeper over. “one Japanese beer for me!” said Karin happy and smiling back at Mandy. “You look like the cocktail kind of girl!”