The Empress and the Prince

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After Arachne mischievously entertained the false idea that Oscar wanted a round two, Jasmine was already in the process of lifting her menacing hams over Oscar's face again! But from that butt-shaped shadow, Oscar managed to speak up just in the nick of time. Much to Arachne's disappointment, Jasmine stopped and moved her booty away. But making the Barbarian Prince tap out to their combined smothery might was certainly a silver lining for her. "My my, giving up already?" Arachne taunted.

Jasmine finally listened, and Oscar began to talk her down. "Thanks for complimenting our technique, sugar! As WONDERFUL as an ENTIRE DAY of smothering you sounds....MMMMMMMMM....I...I'm excited to take my turn in training you as well! Soooooo, I GUESS I can hold back on the facesitting...for now..."~ Jasmine giggled, as she finally got off of him, sitting on her bed instead.

Arachne wasn't so keen on complying with Oscar's request. "I'm not making any promises." She snickered, positioning her surprisingly large rear over Oscar's mug to facesit him again! Thankfully, she was stopped by Jasmine punching her in the arm. "OW...! Ughh! Fine!" Arachne rubbed her shoulder and reluctantly got off Oscar as well. "I'll be lurking around your palace if you need me. See you ding-dongs later." Jasmine and Arachne stuck their tongues out at each other, before the Villainess of the Spiderweb exited the room. "After you recover, we can get going to my castle's gym!" Jasmine explaining, turning her attention back to her winded guest. "Lemme know when you're ready to go!"

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Oscar shamelessly let out an audible "phew" as he wiped a hand across his forehead- narrowly avoiding another round of smothers he wasn't certain he'd survive.

"It's no problem... even though you jumped me took me for a ride, I have to admit skill when I see it. I appreciate you two for at least putting it on pause since I'm fully convinced there's no way to actually stop you from trying smothering me again"

Oscar sighed as Arachne and Jasmine got off of him, causing him to sit up (after Arachne was arm punched trying to sneak one in) and rub his cheeks with his hands as he took a deeep breath. Savoring that sweet, sweet air as Arachne left. Leaving him only with Jasmine.

"Sounds like a plan to me. Lead the way, your majesty. I'll be right behind you"

Oscar looked like he was good to go as he scooted his way out of Jasmine's bed- shaking himself loose to wake himself up as he prepared to be led to Jasmine's gym!

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Empress Cake giggled, in response to the Barbarian Prince noting he expected he wouldn't be able to stop Jasmine (or Arachne) from attempting to smother him again.

"Oh. 'Trying' you say? As if the Wild Royal ever fails at securing her human thrones."~ She teased, before Oscar declared he was good to go. "Aye. You bounce back quickly, eh?" Oscar recovered sooner than the monarch expected. "Okay then! Follow your Dommy Mommy Jasmine!"

Jasmine would exit her royal bedroom, leading Oscar out of it was well, as the two wrestlers walked down the grand palace hallways. She'd continue to talk with her guest, as they grew closer to her personal gym.

"So Oscar. Antonia trained your defense and smother endurance, while Honie trained you in aerial moves and high-flying. Based on whatcha know about me, have any idea of what I'll be teaching ya today?"

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"When you spend as much time as I have studying under Antonia, there's a great many things you come to learn how to do. Such as picking yourself up quickly when you're a few seconds off and get sat on"

Oscar spoke of this like it was completely normal for him. After training under Antonia for so long as he first student, the Ant Queen's tough methods admittedly became second nature to him. Thankfully, Antonia's training also helped him keep up with Honie and other acquaintances of theirs like Jasmine and Arachne... even if he did nearly pass out. But ever the optimist, Oscar was confident he would be able to keep up with whatever Jasmine had in store for him as he gave her his answer.

"Oh that's easy. I've seen match highlights of you online and on TV. You, Empress Jasmine, are an exceptionally talented striker. Considering your skill set, I'd bet you'll be either teaching me how to throw a punch or how to endure a punch. Or, y'know, maybe a mix of both. Am I on the nose?"

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"You bet your biscuits I am!" Jasmine chirped, upon hearing that Oscar was quite familiar with her striking talents. She proudly raised her arm to flex an impressively toned and beefy bicep. Though her pride was somewhat betrayed by the subtle, flattered blush on her face. And Oscar was correct is guessing that Jasmine was going to focus on teaching him how to better throw and take strikes!

"You're right on the nose...! And so is my FIST if you're ready to endure one!!!" Jasmine yelled, as she suddenly got right in front of him. The Wild Royal had her dukes raised and her right one pulled back, as if ready to sock Oscar right in the middle of his face! She'd likely startle him. Not because Oscar was afraid of getting hit of course. But simply because this was totally out of the blue! Thankfully, Jasmine would soon lower her fist, simply aiming to make the Barbarian Prince flinch.

"Haha! I'm mostly just messing with you. We're not even in the gym yet! That being said...TWO FOR FLINCHING...!" (PUNCH...PUNCH) Jasmine would jab Oscar's arm with two rough, fun-natured yet not-so-playful punches, similar to the one she threw to get even Arachne's stubbornly mischievous behind to back off! The first one was thrown at Oscar's shoulder, while the other would impact his bicep. "Your arms feel great to punch! They're so firm and muscular, big boy."~ Jasmine teased flirtatiously, right before they made it to the gym doors!

"I said I was mostly just teasing you, because this was still your first lesson. No flinching! Strikes are fast and often sudden. So in order to endure them properly, you can't waste time getting startled! So during training, anytime I catch ya flinching, I'll slug you two extra times! Now that you've gotten a taste of my power-punches, I take it you've got even more reason to really lock-in! Hehe! Now then...ready to head inside my royal gymnasium?"

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Oscar let out a not so subtle chuckle as Jasmine flexed her arm, catching her blush before she suddenly zipped out in front of him and pulled a fist backwards as if ready to strike him. Oscar's honed reflexes kicked in as he took up a defensive stand in a moment- only to realize it was a trick.

"...huh? Ow! Ow! Ha ha... alright, alright... thanks for the compliment. Always proud to impress a pretty lady"

Oscar snorted a little as rubbed the arm that Jasmine struck, playfully rolling his eyes at the Empress before responding to her compliments with a simple blush and a flex of his own arm- showing Jasmine the power he had packing before nodding his head.

"Don't flinch. I got it. No worries. I'll take anything you throw at me, Jasmine. I'm as ready as I'll be! "

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Jasmine appreciated seeing Oscar flex his large, jacked bicep. And after she explained how she'd discipline him if she caught him fliching, she lead her guest into the gym. Jasmine's gymnasium was as large and impressive as you'd expect from a royal. Plenty of exercise equipment, speed bags that looked like that'd seen better days before meeting Jasmine's iron fists, and of course: a training ring! Jasmine would lead Oscar into the wrestling ring and face him in the middle of it.

"On that note, let's start off with training you how to take strikes, namely punches. Honestly, given how much of a unit you are, I imagine your body can already take most strikes pretty well. Luckily, you have a trainer who can hit more than hard enough to challenge you in that area. HehHeh." Jasmine doubled up her fists. "Okay. Imma slug you hard in the abs and both of your pecs. Don't block. Rather, take them as well as you usually would, so I can see what should be added to your strategy there. Ready?"

Drawing power from her mighty hips, Jasmine would swing a powerful uppercut into Oscar's upper abs. She'd then throw two more hard punches, a jab to Oscar's left pec, and a hook to the man's right one. Empress Cake wouldn't hold back at all, and would observe if he flinched or not, as she tested the Barbarian Prince's natural tankiness!

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Oscar looked quite impressed at the gym Jasmine had set up- but took notice of the severely pummeled punching bags as he made his way into the ring. Returning his focus to Jasmine, Oscar took a deep breath and nodded his head- accepting the challenge with a silent nod as he tightened his muscles.

The first hit to Oscar's abs made his eyes widen- even with his body prepared for the punch, it hit HARD. Jasmine was flying out the gate as more of her punches connected with his pecs- the pain causing the Barbarian Prince to let out a restrained groan of pain as he tried to hold his breath. Oscar at most pivoted on foot behind him to better cement himself to receive the punches- but did not seem to flinch.

"D-damn... I feel sorry for your sand bags..."

Oscar gasped out a laugh as he tried to take another breath- preparing for another possible onslaught of punches!

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Oscar actually took those first set of punches pretty well overall! Against a weaker wrestler, the Barbarian Prince wouldn't have even needed to pivot on his foot to take them. However, if Oscar wanted to be challenged here to grow even tougher, then Jasmine was more than the right trainer for him! "Yeah. I have to replace my punching bags a LOT." Jasmine giggled, before raising her iron fists yet again. "Not bad! I'll go right into seeing how you take punches to the face, before giving you my overall review!"

Jasmine knew face punches were more difficult to deal with, since facial muscles didn't provide padding like strong abs and pecs did. So she was curious to see how Oscar would handle them now. But Oscar, being the diligent man he was, was already preparing for them! Jasmine would start by squishing the man's nose with her fist, nailing him with a quick yet strong jab. Then came a sharp cross to his left cheek, followed by another one to his right cheek. After smacking the man's head left and right, Jasmine would do a bit extra. She'd finish this combo with a heavy haymaker, a JUMPING uppercut, right to the man's chin! "BOOM!" Jasmine chirped, as the impact echoed throughout the gym! Afterwards, she'd blow on her fist like the barrel of a gun, before looking to see whatever state the redhead was in. "Did you flinch, sugarplum?"~ She teased, knowing whatever the answer was, but wanting to hear his response.

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"... Did you just say the fa-"

Despite Oscar’s prepperations, he wasn't really expecting Jasmine to slug him in the face like she did! The first jab landed on Oscar’s nose- causing him to let out a high-pitched yelp as his eyes snapped shut. From there, Oscar was subjugated to cross punches to his freckled cheeks- causing him to stumble before a hard uppercut snapped Oscar’s head up toward the ceiling! Causing the Barbarian Prince to stumble and land on his butt, clutching his nose as he checked to ensure it wasn't broken or bleeding (which it wasn't, thankfully!). It was also very, very obvious that Oscar flinched during his face pummeling too- and he answered honestly.

"Y-yeah... how could I not? You slugged me in the nose! That's like- a crazy sensitive part of the body..."

Oscar sighed; recalling the big rule: if he flinched, he was getting slugged two more times! The Barbarian Prince focused up and tightened up his body- unsure where Jasmine was going to slug him next... or if she'd even let him get up before punching him again!