calm times... and open minds. (open thread)

[Hagen-Autem]

@Hagen-Autem.

Yukari felt like her body wanted to break under that grip, it was a pretty nasty pain that move, but finally, after what seemed like an eternity, Leona broke the grip, Yukari ended up on the canvas, but she wasn't defeated yet, getting up and looking at Leona, she would stand up and jump to try a more ingenious strategy, with her body in the air, she would put her legs flexing and going into a double kick against Leona, her plan? Send Leona off the tatami, hopefully she would succeed, and if not, she would be exposed by fatigue to another attack from Leona.

He steps away for an unscheduled break. As he rambles on, he shakes his hands to get rid of the burning and readjusts his leotard. (It's a good thing there's no audience, it would be embarrassing).

... She knows Yukari gives her all in her matches, but I take her for a jobber because of their outcomes. Now..., after the ball of energy caged her in such a punishing submission, maybe it's L.A.W. who will be very demanding.

What will be in store for her when she steps into a federation ring?

She looked out of the corner of her eye to see how her opponent was doing, and fortunately; she saw the drop kick coming. <<(At what point did she get up?!)>>

She was able to turn and bring her forearms forward, but the impact was too much of a surprise, the little gladiator sending her backwards over the edge, one step away from going outside. And Leona flailed her arms in the air to regain her balance and not overshoot the mark.

Looking at Yukari, as she tries to fan herself to stay inside the tatami, she says: [colour=#0000FF]"Don't you dare..."[/colour].

[Lederface]

Yukari though it hadn't BEEN enough with her kick, she saw how Leona was almost out, thus seeing how the situation wasn't getting any better, Yukari would slowly get up, before taking step by step and being in front of Leona, raising her fist and finally..... A *Clap* would be heard.

"All Yours Emelia....."
Yukari would say with a smile, she had done enough, and now it was her friend's turn for some Leona.

So then Leona would finally have Yukari away, but in return..... Now Emelia was there on the tatami, and as soon as she stepped on the tatami, she threw a kick against Leona's body wanting to see if it could have been too much or if Leona knew how to take the damage well.

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[mention]Lederface[/mention]

On one side of the fated clash of factions, Daichi Kurozu was the first to venture with his trainer. His face painted a small pint of red looking at the muscular man that made a perfect contrast with his large size and masculinity to his petite size and feminine nature. Training. What training was he looking for? "Well... I'm... Uh... As you can see... I could use some muscle mass, get a bit more attractive to be more popular in the ring..." His request was a bit banal, although it was genuine, if he wanted to be taken seriously he couldn't afford to look like a pubescent boy no more. He got close to the man, showing some interest in his training and the equipment he used for it. "Please don't hold back.... Besides my appearance, I'm very strong heheh~"

Not that far from there, Fernanda was looking for a fun time, this Carmellina appeared to know that much about her, so she just went straight to the point with her compatriot. "Damn straight I wanna fight. Let's take this to the ring in a spar. Sounds good?" The blonde mexican said, pointing her finger at the ring behind them. Not even bothering to wait for her confirmation, Fernanda was already inside said ring and awaiting for the Big Woman.

In another place, Ava Agate and Koto-chan were smiling at Kurumi and Polka's challenge for a 2v2 match. No doubt that they both were very excited, except that Ava's smile was big and childlike, while Koto was smiling in an uncanny way, almost scheming. Kenji just occupied the closest couch there and began looking at his phone, giving a thumbs up to the girls. "There were a lot of rings not so far away from here. Is it okay if we fight there?" "I think the idea is lovely!" And like that, the girls went in the direction their trainers would indicate, leaving the red-headed male alone.

Finally, Akiko Kurozu and Hana-Bi Sakurai just were close to Jenny, a girl that's been quite popular in LAW for the past months. While the pink-haired girl smiled and hugged the tigress with a smile and teary eyes, the brunette just stared at them in complete indiference, actually having to fake coughing for the two of them to pay her any mind. "Oh right! Sorry. Jenny. This is Akiko Kurozu. She's with a team that just recently accepted me and she was interested coming to the gym, my whole team's here! Isn't that great?" Hana's friendliness to the girl was a complete opposite to the other girl that was quite shorter than those two... And also a bit less curvy, which would make her look insignificant if it wasn't for her scary red eyes. "So... Jenny Rodouko was it? Pleased to make your aqcuaintance. Heard you and your pack of friends were a handful... So tell me. Will you be problematic for our faction?"

[Lederface]

[mention]Scourger X[/mention].

Atreus still had a few more seconds to understand this guy, if he was really talking about a change of that kind, Atreus would approach this guy
"I won't lie to you and I'll be tough..... I can't train you in those conditions, simply your body needs more mass and physical condition before a training that will put you as a battle machine", he would say before giving him a list from his bag that was not far from there, that had a small routine and a Phone number.

while on the other side, as soon as Carmelina was about to respond to Fernanda's request for a fight, she saw that she was already in the ring and ready, so raising her shoulders as a *Ya que.... let's do it* so then getting in the ring and seeing Fer, not even looking for a moment for an introduction, Carmelina soon went after Fernanda, looking for a neck and shoulder lock, something that would give her a good advantage.

In the break room, things seemed to change from fast to slow, and as Kurumi and Polka moved, both would look to find a free ring, being that unfortunately, the best one was a cage, so looking at her opponents she would say "Well ..... unless we have a normal wrestling match in an MMA ring, there is not much else, are you ok with that?" would say Kurumi while Polka thought about what she could do in this fight, planning it well.

Jenny when she finally seemed to see that Hana had a lot to show her, she smiled at how cute everything looked that Hana had, seeing who the new girl was, she smiled and stood up leaving her weights, thus bowing towards this girl.

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[mention]Lederface[/mention]

Daichi heard Atreus's words with care, at first seemingly disappointed to what it looked, like the man wouldn't even bother to train him, until he actually told him that first he needed to gain a better physical condition, that made sense. Soon his trainer would go for a paper with a routine and a phone number. "I see... So I should be tough first and then come for training... Do I need to be "mamadísimo" as Fernanda says or just until I'm a bit more strong than now..." If this meant to get better, the boy was ready to listen to the Greek Titan.

Fernanda was quite pumped that Carmelina would accept her challenge."A huevo! Let's fight until a clear victor is shown. Okay? Get ready!" The two Mexican brawlers would lock in a battle of strength and endurance, she wasn't blind, she knew the other girl had her beat in size, but Fernanda would never be a coward that would try to run away from a lock up, she would push until Carmelina or herself were beaten in this pushing competition.

Meanwhile Koto and Ava accepted the challenge from both Polka and Kurumi, getting ready to fight. "MMA sounds fun!" "Not what I'm used to, but I don't mind as long as I can challenge myself" Meanwhile Kenji just looked away from his phone at them and just said. "Don't do anything dumb or we'll have to deal with the brunette bitch..."

Akiko saw Jenny's calid smile and her bow... She wasn't expecting this from the leader of the Gym, she expected someone with a more unbearable personality... This girl almost felt... Warm and friendly. She lowered her defenses there for a second, quickly she put herself together and spoke."Heard a fair amount of good things from Hana-Bi here... My team's been eyeing up your faction to see if we could form an alliance. So Jenny, answer my question, is your faction friendly or not? Just as we're eager to be close tou you, we also won't be fearful to make enemies if that's what we must..." The girl's words were honest, a bit intense, even making Hana look a bit concerned, but it was clear that they weren't here to be problematic as... Other infamous teams did.

[Lederface]

[mention]Scourger X[/mention].

When Atreus saw how that boy was still asking things, he thought a little and said to him.
"First you need to have condition, you can be as fast as you want, but the moment the strength can't give you more, you will have problems, get some mass for your body and we can give you a training".

While in the Ring as soon as the fight started, the 2 Mexican women were giving their strength to see who of the 2 could win, Carmelina felt like she was going backwards a little, so she determined to push, she would try to take a step forward, she had the weight advantage, something that helped in the matter of moving forward, even though it was little, something had to help.

Polka and Kurumi walked towards the Cage, Kurumi was about to put on her gloves, until Polka stopped her.
"We'll need constant damage this time, and those gloves don't go for this, have these."
Polka would say as she handed Kurumi some MMA gloves, Kurumi was a little upset, but it's not like she was going to get upset either, finally putting them on and when they were both ready, Kurumi and Polka would play rock paper scissors, Polka would win and she would go in first.

Jenny listened to Akiko, she was heard with a commanding and kind of sweet voice, the proposal was kind of interesting
"Well.... Sounds interesting, but proposing an Alliance is not just anything, it has to be a mutual pact, what would I gain and what would you ask? That can help to speed it up, and don't worry, we are friendly here, sometimes they play jokes with each other, but it is part of their way of acting.

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[mention]Lederface[/mention]

After listening to Atreus's insistence, the boy was about to complain, but he remembered that if he wanted to be treated like an adult, he needed to be treated like an adult. "I see... Well, if that's the case, then I will work hard with this routine, after that, I will come back to you. Thank you for your time" And with a deep bow he said goodbye to the trainer. He finished with that fast, so he just went to the closest place to see anything interesting at the gym.

Fernanda fought with Carmelina, she was bigger and stronger than her, but the blonde wasn't intending to go down without a good fight. As such, she kept struggling to overpower the big girl. Her determination was big, but Carmelina's superiority was too much, so eventually Fer was forced to go back until she was touching the corner with her back. "Hehehe... Someone ate her Danoninos when she was a chamaca..."

With the two bluenettes, it looked like Koto and Ava were also solving their problem with a game of rock-paper-scissors. The screams of frustration from Koto made it obvious that she lost and Ava was the first to fight. So she got inside of the ring putting on the MMA gloves, she would smile at Polka. "I hope we can have a great fight, Miss Clown" And without any provocation, she threw a punch straight at her opponent's face.

While Akiko was impressed at Jenny's charisma and... friendliness to what was basically a declaration of conflict, she still had a lot on her mind, the things she has seen or heard about with this girl were bizarre, a strong and brutal leader, or a comprehensive girl with lots of friends. Which one was she? "You seem pragmatical, I respect that. Well, as a smaller faction, we can't offer much, besides the fact that we all are if I'm allowed to flaunt, strong fighters, each of us would be great allies, experienced fighters, former champions, you name it. We don't wish to become friends with you, just partners, we don't want you to treat us like we're close, nor will we do that. But our alliance will be more about an agreement to be on your side. I know you, Jenny Rodouko, I know the troubles your team had in the past with others. I'm not judging, if someone messed like that with my friends or family, I would also go wild on their sorry asses. With us, we want more of a warrant to know we'll never be like that to your friends or your family, and if a conflict does happen between you and others, we'll be on your side, we also expect the same from you, of course. What do you say? Sound fair to you?"

[Lederface]

(For convenience, some threads have been moved to separate stories for convenience.

Carmelina vs Fer

viewtopic.php?f=27&t=11870

Daichi

viewtopic.php?f=27&t=11869

Koto and Ava vs Kurumi and Polka

viewtopic.php?f=27&t=11871

[Lederface]

[mention]Scourger X[/mention].

Jenny listened to Akiko's words, it was clear that this girl wanted to give strong statements and a stance of equal treatment, so she thinking things over she would raise her hand and say to Akiko
I can Swear by my heart that we will be as much as possible in supporting you in any way we can, ready to lend personnel and material to your faction, besides recognizing you as allies and comrades..... But I hope you will pay by showing your cooperation in the gym as well, the fees will be low, but in return support when needed and a little publicity if you can, that sounds good to you?

Jenny would say reaching out her hand to Akiko, wanting to see what that girl would choose.

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Akiko liked what she was hearing from Jenny, given her reputation, she expected someone more hot-headed and irrational, guess it shows how people are more than meets the eye most of the time...

"We are ok paying as regular customers, don't wanna put our allies in a bad economic situation..." This girl seemed to be somewhat... Irresponsible, yet so firm to make decisions, having them as friends would be... Interesting.

"We'll promise to be helpful around here, train with your roster, i'm sure some of our fighters will be interesting with your own. But it will all be friendly, no stupid fighting here. If anyone desires to be a pain, we'll help you deal with them"

Akiko was speaking truthfully here, she could sense her as a girl that wouldn't show them her fangs as long as she was not forced to do so. Still, she needed to be observed, just in case she may be overestimating the Rodouko Tiger.

"It's a deal then... Partner..." Spitting some saliva on her hand, Akiko shook Jenny's hand, leaving it wet and sticky from it, dripping and making Hana make a face of disgust. "Ewww!"

"Well then, you sure have a big ass roster here, wanna talk fighters? My team is ready to get stronger, and help your team with that as well while we're at it"

"Jenny! You better have some cute, single guys here or i'll be very disappointed"