Mid-Interview with Danielle Degardin

[CaptainL]

In all fairness, Danielle wasn't quite sure how something like this hadn't happened to her yet. After all, what better an ambassador for LAW but her? She had the looks, the grace, the talent, and the refined manners to put her best face forward any time. She was exactly what this company needed. Not just as a wrestler, but of course she could offer that as well; but if there was anyone to do the talking for them, they could do worse than to go for the most illustrious woman on their roster.

And that was how the ex-model now found herself meeting with the press in the LAW offices, standing tall and proud with well-rehearsed poise as she faced each question they brought forth calmly and elegantly. With her past career in the fashion industry, there were as many reporters polling her on her experiences there as there were from athletic publications. Danielle was perfectly happy for that all the same. She was proud of her looks as much as of what she was convinced was her own talent, and she was always happy to be recognized for that. So far, the questions were basic enough. How did she start modeling, what made her decide to become a wrestler, where she saw herself in the future. Those were all questions she had answered many times before

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"Miss Degardin, there's been a lot of gossip about the altercation you had with Alexa Taylor at your last big shoot for LAW," one reporter said. "Is there anything you would like to confirm or deny?"

"I can certainly confirm one thing," Danielle answered. "That she's a pitiful excuse for a model who can't even dream of coming close to my standards! Yes, I might have had to beat that into her head until she got it, but she started it anyway. I can only hope that will get her to think twice about crossing me!"

After some murmurs from the reporters, unsure how to parse how Danielle had basically just admitted to assaulting one of her coworkers, another stepped up to change the subject. "There's been a lot of other promising names that have come through LAW lately, Danielle," he said. "Plenty who have made their marks in other walks of life, just like you did. Ruby Rose, for instance, started with track and boxing. What do you feel about what they can bring to the sport?"

Danielle, however, seemed to think differently of that. She stopped, staring dead ahead at the reporter as her eyebrow raised. "Excuzes-moi?" she said. "You would dare say I'm on the same level as...as some undersized half-hearted little twit who knows more about running away than about holding her own?" Dani was only vaguely familiar with Ruby, and she wasn't impressed with what she saw of her. Granted, she had only casually glanced at a few videos of her matches, but she figured that was all she had to see. She was just some skinny little girl she could easily crumple like a wad of paper in her hand. Surely, she was better than this. "Never insult me in such a way again, do you hear?"

"Maybe we should move on, erm-" the reporter said, clearing his throat.

"Non, non! Allow me to make my point perfectly clear," Dani interjected. "You will not speak of me in comparison to anyone else in this room. You will especially not compare me to any such...such pitiful failures! And I do NOT wish to be implied I am on the same level as Ruby Rose! Do you understand me?" Her voice steadily rose in volume and intensity, and it was growing to be audible from elsewhere in the building.

[Tiamat]

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Ruby didn't know what she was doing. Yang had dropped her off at the Law offices because she had some things to take care of there. But the wordsJust go take a walk idk waste some time while I finish some of my business coming from her sister just sat wrong with her. Did Yang know who she was talking to? Ruby could be described as a walking ball of nerves. This was more obvious when she was walking around the offices scared that someone was gonna do something, anything to her.

As Ruby was walking the area, she saw several big rooms. Maybe these were for press conferences or big announcements by the higher ups. But there was a large gathering around a certain room. To the point that people were flooding outside of it. Now something inside of Ruby that even she doesn't know compelled her to go check out what was the big deal.

Whoa... Ruby said as she entered the room and saw the super large crowd, all facing someone on a stage. It looked like she was being asked questions. Ruby was eventually proven right after a few moments. The girl on stage was eventually asked a question about someone named Alexa Taylor. The response that Ruby heard was not something she was expecting, it was violent to say the least.

A few moments later one of the reporters asked Danielle a question about Ruby. Wait Ruby? (Wait, Wait why are they asking questions about me? What did I do? I mean yeah I've been doing good recently but that's to reason to bring me up) Ruby thought to herself trying to rack her head around this idea that she was becoming a topic of conversation.

What knocked Ruby out of her deep thinking was Danielle's answer. Every insult was a pang in Ruby's chest "undersized half-hearted little twit"
Sure she wasn't the biggest girl around or the tallest, but it wasn't like Danielle was so ahead of her to be saying all of these things. But if she was saying all this surely Danielle must know that Ruby has been doing exceptionally well as of late. That's not very nice... Ruby said under her breath.

Ruby would continue to mumble things under her breath as Danielle spoke, but it wasn't long until that one of the reporters noticed Ruby in the crowd. Without warning he would approach the young wrestler. Are you not Ruby Rose what is it that you are doing here? Ruby was confused at first but when the crowd noticed Ruby that's when she got scared and her eyes widened like a deer in the headlights.
Uh Ummm.... I am Ruby Rose.....

[CaptainL]

Danielle stood where she was, her arms folded as she tapped her foot on the floor. All she could do right now was listen to the reporters murmur to one another, and that was boring her out of her skull. She had enjoyed it when everyone was looking at her, talking about her...could they go back to that? After all, was that not what she was here for? And now, it seemed, one of the reporters was even stepping away from her! Needless to say, Dani wasn't pleased with that, as she angrily held a fist at her side. "HEY-!" she called out. "Just where do you think you're going? I was not informed that the proceedings were to conclude now-!"

The redhead started after the reporter, but when she saw where he was going, she abruptly stopped in her tracks. There she was, clear as day, the same girl she had seen before on a computer screen, if not in real life. The very girl she had just been talking about - and she opened her mouth to confirm it. The odds of that happening seemed nigh-impossible. But rather than ponder that, Danielle stopped to consider something else. It was fate, perhaps. For some reason or another, their paths were just meant to cross. Well, there was no use in fighting that. She might as well accept the cards she was dealt with - they would be all the better to prove Danielle's point, after all.

The angry look on Dani's face abruptly softened, replaced with a sly smirk as she bent down to Ruby's level while stroking her chin. "Well, well," she said, "Speak of the devil, isn't it? I was just talking about you, and it looks like the biggest disgrace to ever reduce the LAW ring to a place that hosts such jokes as yourself comes by!"

Hearing Danielle say that, some of the reporters stopped and whispered to each other. The Frenchwoman hardly had the most impressive career herself; while her looks were no doubt a factor that served her well, her matches had been less than impressive in terms of both technical expertise and success. No one, of course, dared to tell Danielle any such things to her face, but the thought was definitely there. However, it didn't seem to cross Danielle's mind, as she kept on talking down to Ruby. "Now, little girl, why don't you go run along and keep up your little act of being worthwhile? Let the adults handle their own matters."

[Tiamat]

Ruby was the worst with crowds, she is like a deer in the headlights. Ummm ummmm ummm Ruby said as she heard the murmurs of her name throughout the crowd. So many people saying her name was jarring to say the least. Ruby hoped that she could sneak out somehow. The last thing she wanted was to get Danielle's attention. She is just so mean, and Ruby knew that she couldn't handle all that right now.

Next thing she knew Danielle had her sights set on Ruby. Ruby knew this but didn't want to admit it, that was when she knew that this was the worst timeline when Danielle began to speak to her. AND DANIELLE WOULD BE STROKING RUBY'S CHIN. Danielle though would continue her verbal assault she would call Ruby a disgrace among other things.

.............................. Ruby's eyes were as wide as bowling balls she was just caught off guard by the entire thing. Seeing as how Ruby was silent Danielle continued on. That is when Ruby would be called a little girl and told to run off like one. For some reason of all things that snapped Ruby out of it and she moved her head away from Danielle's hand and trying to stay calm said At least I am better in the ring.... WHY DID RUBY SAY THIS. This wasn't like her at all, she was sure that Yang would be a bad influnce which caused Ruby to speak so blatantly

[CaptainL]

Dani couldn't help but feel her smirk growing wider the more she showed Ruby her mocking treatment. She was paralyzed with fear, too terrified to even speak up, let alone challenge the redhead's self-professed dominance. And that was exactly how Danielle wanted it. After all, she was the best in her league. She knew that, and evidently Ruby did too, as Danielle's words seemed to be good enough of a threat to frighten her into silence. It was a pleasing thought indeed.

But all that was ruined a moment later, when Ruby spoke up - and in that instant, Danielle's content grin changed to an angry scowl while she hissed through her teeth. "W-Well, I never-" she muttered to herself.

"Is something the matter, Miss Degardin-?" a reporter said, going over to their side. Danielle, struck then by the realization she'd been caught with a break in her composure, straightened herself, clearing her throat and trying to hide her blush before she looked over at him. "Oh, it is no matter, mon chere," she said politely, "...except for the fact, of course, that our undersized, and decidedly underskilled, guest has decided to run her mouth and pick fights she cannot possibly stand a chance to!"

[Tiamat]

Ruby was now more or so composing herself now that the reporters where not more so off of her. It was even better when the reporters began to question Danielle somewhat. Now she knew that with something like this she couldn't just let this go she had to continue. So Ruby was thinking of something to say to help her position in this. It would fail as Danielle would eventually come out and already respond to one of the reporters. Again with the insults Undersized Unskilled For some reason though they didn't get to Ruby as much as the insults before. This feeling of not feeling the insults made no sense to Ruby. But instead of questioning it she would roll with it. Run my mouth? You were just saying that you are so good for some reason

[CaptainL]

Ruby's unpleasant little interruption was dragging on for far longer than Danielle would hope for, and the longer it took, the more uncomfortable she was growing. Her big appearance before the press had been ruined, all because this girl was too stupid to know better than to pick a fight with her! Now she was just asking ridiculous questions. The Frenchwoman clenched her fists as her body tensed, her arms crossed in a standoffish stance. "Hmph! This is my interview, not yours! Why hasn't security dealt with this...this imbecile yet?"

But something did stick in Danielle's mind. If there was one thing she would ever owe up to, it was that she really hadn't given Ruby much reason to back up her claims. But if she was going to be that insistent...Danielle thought she could meet that. "Oh, so you doubt me?" she said. "Hmph...fine! Perhaps we need to face each other in the ring, and then you'll SEE how much better I am than you could ever hope to be!"

[Tiamat]

The longer this entire show went Ruby for some reason was feeling more and more comfortable. Which is a marvel to say the least for Ruby. The odd part of this whole thing was that for some reason and somehow the group of reporters were on her side. That is when Danielle made the comment of why Ruby hasn't been taken out by security. For all for all intents and purposes she hasn't done anything wrong.

That was when Danielle decided to open her mouth and give Ruby a chance to back herself up. Uhhh.... A match?!? RUby said as she was somewhat flustered by the whole situation. But in a matter of moments Ruby gathered herself and thought that she could actually prove Danielle wrong. I'll take you up on that offer, I think that I can give you a run for your money. Maybe even win

[CaptainL]

Dani decided that she might as well humor Ruby, watching the smaller girl with an amused look on her face. She was sure nothing was going to come of it, but it was funny to her to think that anyone seriously believed they could stand a chance against her - particularly someone so clearly inferior in all capacities as Ruby was. But when she actually said that she might win against Danielle? That was enough to make the ex-model burst out in laughter. She quickly composed herself, clearing her throat and looking back at the little intruder, but she was still absolutely tickled by how ridiculous the prospect of Ruby actually threatening her was.

"Well then," the redhead boasted, "I believe that should settle things, shouldn't it? Then the only thing left to do is tell the people in charge...and for me to put you in your place, of course!"

[Tiamat]

Ruby let Danielle have her laughs, not because Ruby was taking the high road. Instead she couldn’t think of anything to do at the moment. Ruby was sure of herself here in this situation. She was confident that with a match against Danielle she could win. Even considering that she is so high profile this win might do more for Ruby than she thinks.

Yeah I guess that’s really all that is left. Ummmm I don’t really know how to set up a match so you are going to have to handle that one please Ruby said as she clapped her hands together