Jackal in the Snow

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Ivy felt like she was Her Royal Highness of Planet Earth after she successfully made Jackal Tojo tap. But the Brit was still a refined woman, she wouldn't physically taunt the blonde by extending the choke, putting her foot in Jackal's face, stepping on her, or anything else like that. But as Ivy let go, Jackal would be able to see the shorter woman's head tilt down as a pair of incredibly satisfied eyes looked back at her, while a widening grin stretched across her pale face.

"Tell me, Jackal," Ivy said as she stood up. For while she was above physically rubbing in her victory, she was more than happy to enjoy it verbally. "Ivy Aster was not a name known to you before we met, yes?" she asked. "As far as you were concerned, I was just another wrestler at the gym. A sparring partner you could get your basic live practice in against, maybe try a new thing or two against without much risk of getting punished if it didn't work out."

"Well you know who I am now, and I'll ask that you make sure to remember," continued Ivy. "However, pleased as i may be right now, I am neither arrogant nor ignorant enough to believe that I could make you tap out in such fashion if you were truly competing," said the Brit as she re-entered her wrestling stance. "So as we continue, I insist you think of me not as a prizefighter's sparring fodder. But as an opponent who is coming for you, because that is exactly what I am doing."

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After tapping, Jackal rolled onto a knee as she rotated her shoulder and elbow, the strain from the armbar wasn't quite at the level of seriousness but Jackal could feel through that hold that her opponent was serious enough. Looking up at Ivy, Jackal couldn't help but chuckle after being caught redhanded with her assessment of her training part. "Hehe... Guilty as charged." she had admitted as she rose to her feet rolling her shoulder and standing before Ivy again.

"All right, I'll treat you as the wrestler you are, talented and I can see it in your eyes. The hunger and drive. Let us continue and I'll help you soar to heights you're destined for." Jackal let out with a smile, truly a chance encounter on a typical gym day. Steel sharpen steel as they say and knowing that Ivy was one who could handle her and was wanting for it.

"Of course, come at me. Let us strengthen each other through our efforts!" Jackal declared as she moved forward looking to lock up with Ivy once again!

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As much as Ivy would like to believe that she had truly made Jackal Tojo tap out with one move, and for as offensively dangerous as the Brit knew herself to be, Ivy understood that no wrestler on Earth could best Jackal that easily. When the Shangri-La ace confirmed what Ivy had said, the purplette didn't take that as some attempt to save face for herself. Ivy took it for the reality that it was.

Ivy did, however, earn the right to be taken seriously, at the very least. Admittedly, something Ivy's name did for her most of the time these days, but here she stood in the ring with a woman who was only obliged to acknowledge the genuine best of the best. The Snow Rose had been establishing herself as exactly that ever since she'd come to LAW, and now Jackal was one more person who had gotten that message.

This time, Jackal was the aggressive one. Presumably wanting to minimize any room Ivy might have to pull more of the misdirection and trickery that had preceded the blonde's doom the first time around by setting the pace. Jackal got the lock up she wanted, hands meeting and locking between them as the two women would begin pushing for dominance, though Ivy did not at all consider this to be a bad thing.

Ivy and Jackal could be seen as rather similar wrestlers at a glance. Firstly, both were incredibly physically strong women, leaving their lock up as a tightly contested battle where neither woman could prove a significant edge. Both Ivy and Jackal combined their power with high technical skill to fight as deadly submissionists, though Jackal's greater experience likely left her a bit ahead in that regard. Deeper than that, and the differences started to arise. Ivy paired her power with blazing speed and aerial prowess, while Jackal paired her power with a tank's durability and ring shaking slams. One could even say that Ivy was more extreme a wrestler, while Jackal was more balanced. Ivy was faster than Jackal was durable, but Jackal's roughly average speed certainly held a higher floor than Ivy's lacking damage taking ability.

All else aside, right now, it was power on power. Who could overwhelm the other first. Or, who would try to pull something in order to break the stalemate, and would the other be able to counter it? For now, Ivy was content to continue locking horns in a pure test of strength, though tries to keep herself ready in case Jackal did decide to try something.

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Pressing into Ivy, Jackal was instilled with a renewed and more focused drive now seeing that this day was far more interesting. Ivy demanded the best from her and Jackal was going to give every bit of it as they slammed together, locking in a collar and elbow tie up! Jackal's feet planted into the mat as she shoved onto Ivy, hands clasped around the back of her neck and tightly squeezing the elbow with her head burrowed right into Ivy's forehead and locked her gaze into the opposite eyes.

Her lips curled into a smile, seeing such a fierce determination made Jackal all the more eager to match Ivy's spirit as both women bore into each other. But as tempting as an honest test of strength would've been, Jackal already knew from tangling with Ivy that physically she could match her in power for a long while.

Instead she would push the pace of their extensive spar and draw on her experience as she would kick out her leg to the side and swiftly drop onto her back, pulling on Ivy to drag her forward and over her to arm drag into the mat!

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With Ivy committed to seeing this lock up through, it was down to Jackal to decide if this clash would go until one side was overpowered, or if she would throw a spanner in the works. Jackal would opt for the latter, dropping down and pulling Ivy forward to flip her over. However, Ivy was at her strongest when her feet left the ground, and not just offensively. When your body is as frail as Ivy's is, you tend to become quite good at defensive maneuvers to compensate. Ivy at least knew that she had options in the split second she had to pick and execute one.

There were a couple instant counters against an Arm Drag that Ivy could go for while she was airborne, but they required absurd timing and precision while already upside down. Such as trying to knee or kick Jackal in the jaw before her legs went end over end, or trying to grab Jackal's head and turn getting flipped into a Stunner. In short; extremely risky moves. These counters were also less likely to work the sharper and quicker the Arm Drag itself was performed, and Ivy certainly wasn't going to bet on Jackal Tojo botching a move.

So then, the safer, yet less immediately rewarding option it was. Though actually no less flashy. Ivy would twist herself around in midair so that instead of landing on her back, she could land on her feet and stay upright, standing over Jackal as the blonde had gone to ground. This wasn't immediately rewarding in the sense that her other options would have struck at Jackal directly, but that didn't mean there was no reward to be had. Ivy just had to work a little more to have it now.

Ivy would work as quickly as she could go, since Jackal would obviously have no issue getting back up. As soon as Ivy's feet touched the ground, she would throw her legs out from under her, sticking one out above Jackal. Then the Brit would try to slam it down before Jackal could evade to hit the wrestling legend with a Leg Drop all the way down her upper body. If Ivy succeeded, her thigh would slam into Jackal's face, her calf into Jackal's chest, and her heel into Jackal's stomach. If Ivy really did prove fast enough to pull that off, then she would follow up with a Figure Four Headscissor.