Celebrating Sucess! (Featuring SimplyWoo, dddybee, and ScylliasExoter)

[MappleMan7]

Seeing Drake mellow out gave Oscar some peace. To the Barbarian Prince it soothed his soul by a moderate amount to see that the man who had terrorized himself and those close to him wasn't a total jackass- especially when he offered to repair Antonia's and robot. Seeing Katrina come over excited as a kid in a candy store flushed out another smile from Oscar.

"Hehe... yeah! Plus you get to learn from her too! I bet you're gonna get all sorts of tough from what she can teach you. Come to think of it, I was hoping to get some tips on high-flying moves too..."

Oscar's attention shifted as talk about untying Drake from the tree came up from the others- earning a shrug from Oscar.

"I don't see anything wrong with it. Go ahead. I think he knows what will happen if he tries anything again anyways"

[ScylliasExoter]

”Yea cuz I’d fu-“
All heads turned to Drake sending varying levels of glares his way.
”Find… I’d find my tools… in my truck. Then I’d repair her robot. Antonia’s robot. The robot of Antonia…“ Drake quickly caught himself and cut off the trash talk. Drake accepted Tina’s help and got up, unable to take his eyes off her chest. He stammered about leaving to get his stuff. Assuming they let him, Drake went to his truck. He briefly thought of leaving, considering (to him) the absurd bullshit of robot ants disarming him earlier, but he didn’t. Drake was many things, but he was not a liar and he certainly wasn’t gonna have people think he didn’t know how to repair things. He was determined to fix that cursed ant. He grabbed his toolbox, his portable battery, and his welder/facemask and went back to Tina’s garage and found a workbench.

From there he went to work. Fortunately, he had cleanly torn it in half at the Petiole, leaving largely intact lower and upper sections. Drake replaced some screws, nuts, and bolts that were lost. He then cut and fused replacement wiring. He had no idea how a robot ant’s software worked, but that was on Antonia. Once he was sure everything was connected, Drake began welding the robotic ant’s outer chassis back together with his welding gun and some extra scrap metal. Sometime later, the ant was repaired and restored. But Drake’s work was not yet done. Spying Katrina’s paint for her cosplays, inspiration struck for a finishing touch…
***
Meanwhile, Aurora had joined in the festivities herself. ”Hey Oscar, we should have a practice match! I could show you how luchadoras pelean, eh?”

Moira’s paleness struck again. She beamed and blushed furiously at both her girlfriend’s affections and the prospect of wrestling Tina with Rylie in her corner.
“Awww shucks you know how to turn me bright as a ladybug, now do ye.”

[dddybee]

Background Music

"Thanks for the help." Honie buzzed, appreciating that Tina had arrived to help undo the last stubborn parts of rope restraining Drake. After he was free, Drake almost slipped up again. He nearly went back to his trash-talk. Everyone shot Drake a warning glare. Antonia took the extra step of turning her massive backside towards the seated man and pulling her grey yoga pants down, threatening to smother him with her large, pale, thicc, jiggly cheeks in nothing but a tiny thong once again! However, Drake quickly and awkwardly corrected himself. And he placated Antonia in particular, by reaffirming his willingness to repair her ant robot.

"Hmmph. Get to it then, maggot." The general commanded, pulling her pants back up with a smirk. With Tina's help, Antonia allowed Drake to get up, before letting him go and do his thing. She was confident in her ability to track Drake down for further retribution, if he decided to leave without fixing anything. But he proved to at least be a man of his word, going to his truck and then Tina's garbage to work on fixing Antonia's bot.

Meanwhile, Honie would walk up to Oscar, having overheard he was looking for some high-flying tips from her. "Hey buddy! I think I heard you say you wanted some high-flying pointers? I'd be happy to teach you what I know in the gym sometime! I'm a heavyweight. Your a big, strong dude. But that doesn't meant we can't take to the skies! Just requires more practice to get that bulk off the mat. Buzz. Buzz." The brawny bee explained.

Melony and Antonia would also rejoin the more causal party activities, chatting amongst themselves and the other guests, as well as helping themselves to some food.

[MappleMan7]

Oscar was more focused on Aurora and Honie as he received offers to get sparring and high-flying training- one from Aurora and one from Honie. Both offers put stars in Oscar's eyes as he enthusiastically nodded his head to both ladies.

"Oh- yes! Yes, that sounds great to both of those! I've always been curious to see how well you can fight, Aurora. And Honie- it'd be an extreme honor to learn from you! Part of the reason I want to get into aerial moves is because two wrestlers I idolized when I was getting into wrestling are both high-fliers. It's all about paying homage, you know? Besides- I'm positive I can do some real damage with them when my weight factors into things"

[ScylliasExoter]

Aurora raised an eyebrow at Oscar expressing his desire to learn a more aerial wrestling style. ”¿De verdad? Truly? Who inspired you?” she asked attentively.

Meanwhile, Drake was putting the finishing polish on Antonia’s newly repaired ant robot. The Colossus promised to fix it, but decided to leave his own mark on it. After all, the ants all looked so similar. He thought he’d inject some much needed variety into her horde.

Calling upon his experience detailing cars, Drake spray painted the ant black. He then painted World War 2 bomber shark teeth on both sides of the ant’s head. He then painted flames on the ant’s Gaster. Proud of his handiwork, Drake walked out from the garage and presented his comically menacing ant to Antonia and the others.
”Ta daaa! Look at this little badass!”

[dddybee]

Background Music

"Buzz yeah!" Honie chirped, in response to Oscar's eagerness to learn high-flying moves from her. "You're no longer a Young Lion, but you'll never stop learning and growing as a wrestler. Even veterans should look to add to their movesets from time to time. We can get more into stuff later. But I'll tell ya now that heftier high-flyers have to be more careful about making sure their moves don't miss, as I'm sure you can imagine. Haha."

Meanwhile, Drake had come back out, with Antonia's newly fixed robot in tow! He announced his work was done, prompting Antonia to walk up to him to observe his handiwork. Drake had definitely done his own thing with the design. Antonia didn't quite know what to make of it, but she preferred and designed all her Robants to have the same color scheme. "You...You were only ordered to repair the damage." Antonia grumbled. "An overhaul of my brilliant, perfect and artistic design work was not required..."

Noticing her friend's annoyance and undertones of anger, Melony approached the blonde bombshell and held her arm. "Antonia...wasn't it nice of Drake to make amends for his actions by repairing the damage?" Melony asked, doing her best to maintain the peace. Melony could be fussy herself, so she certainly understood why Antonia preferred the color schemes of all her ants to match cohesively. But to her, appreciating Drake's act of repentance was more important here.

"Very well." Antonia sighed, taking her robot back from Drake. "At least you have successfully repaired the mechanical aspect of my darling Robant. So granted you refrain from causing anymore trouble, I suppose you are now off the hook for any further retribution."

"Thank you Drake." Melony added, knowing Antonia wouldn't outright thank him for fixing damage that he caused in the first place, especially given the added changes. But she figured her politeness would ease off any further tensions.

[MappleMan7]

Oscar chuckled happily looking between Aurora and Honie, taking time to answer both questions.

"Well! They aren't really a part of LAW, but one is another bee themed wrestler like Honie named Effie Rook. Well- she's not exactly like Honie. Effie is much smaller- and she's a bumblebee while Honie is a honey bee. The other is a Harpy themed Luchadora named Ulla De Milo. She's insanely popular for turning her entrances into dance parties- and she's the kindest soul I've had the pleasure of meeting"

With Aurora's question answered first, Oscar looked back to Honie and nodded enthusiastically.

"I fully agree! I'm always open to learning new things. It's fun to spice things up- and I love finding new ways to thrill the crowd!"

[ScylliasExoter]

”That’s wonderful. I’m so glad you like it…” Drake said awkwardly. He tried to hide it, but he seemed disappointed she didn’t like the paint job.
”Right! Well I’m gonna go… I’ll just grab my stuff… and go.”
Drake grabbed his baseball bat and gym bag. With Aurora distracted talking to Oscar, Drake surreptitiously raided the bar and stuffed some beers (which were largely untouched save for Moira) into his gym bag. On his way out he turned to Rylie and nodded. His way of saying “I’ll be seeing you soon.”
Drake then got in his truck and left.

Meanwhile Aurora, listened to Oscar with great intent as he listed his aerial inspirations.
“All talented, I’m sure, but no luchadoras from my country. Don’t worry, you’ll learn.” she smiled.
“Can’t wait to spar! Text me! Alright back to work!”

[dddybee]

Background Music

After taking her Robant back from Drake, Antonia and Melony carried on with the party, celebrating Oscar's graduation from the Young Lioness Program.

Meanwhile, Honie excitedly gave Oscar a forceful yet playful hip bump, in response to his eagerness to learn high-flying tips from her. "Buzz yeah! I'll contact ya later, and we'll catch each other in the gym soon for that, yeah?" Honie buzzed. After Oscar answered her, she would find Melony and Antonia so see what they were up to.

Overall, aside from Drake's initially antagonistic appearance, it seemed Oscar's graduation party was a huge success!

[MappleMan7]

Oscar was startled by Honie's surprise (and powerful) hip bump- making him stumble a bit before he caught his footing and let out a lighthearted, joyful laugh.

"It's a deal! I look forward to it, Honie. I'll be sure to bring coffee when we set up a time. Enjoy the rest of the party!"

As Honie went off on her own way, Oscar quietly looked around at all his friends mixing and mingling with one another and took note of all the things they had done just for him. A faint blush formed in his cheeks as his lips curved into a blissfully happy smile, feeling like his heart had grown in his chest. There were always plenty of things that Oscar loved about wrestling and by far the thing he loved most about the sport easily had to be the people- specifically, the friends he's made. It was hard to believe how much good had come out of both Oscar's time as a young lion and his career in the LAW organization. Going from a place to dip his toes into the business to skyrocketing to a beloved face- with plenty of people coming into his life that made sticking around LAW and enduring it's craziness absolutely worth it.

Love, friends, maybe a few enemies here and there- it was all worth it to Oscar. The Barbarian Prince might find himself cozying up to places like Leviathan Inc. Most of the time- but he couldn't deny that LAW and the people in it held a special place in his heart- and he was truly grateful to have such wonderful people as mentors and friends.

END OF RP