Just one foot from the apron, her legs coiled, muscles tensed and exploded into a leap. Her fingers coiled around the middle rope and pulled, the balls of her feet nestled sound against the apron’s lip. The top was tucked underneath her armpit, then she strode the edge and beckoned the crowd’s roar with her arm.
“Come onnnn!” An upward swipe was replied with a brief torrent of cheer, subsided when Ember settled both hands upon the top, leaned back and vaulted over the ropes. She landed clean and bounced on the canvas, brushed a hand through her scarlet hair and hastily occupied her corner, where she lounged her arms across the top, crossed one leg over the other and nestled into the turnbuckle.
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