L.A.W. - League of Anime Wrestling

Misa hadn't intended to serve as a commentator for this match, but if she had no choice - and, when she had Bernadette Nobel breathing down her throat, she certainly did have no choice - she was at least going to hold herself to the standards of professional integrity, standards that she would strive toward even in the face of an uncaring universe that sometimes seemed determined to make her miserable. However, Bernadette wasn't about to let Misa go free, and she wasn't going to let her sit on the desk if she was going to argue against her either. Just then, she reached out and gave a yank at Misa's hair, causing the former idol to jump up in her seat with a soft yelp. When she heard Bernadette's demands, her teeth locked into a grimace as her body went tense - but she had to concede that it was Bernadette holding the reins. "Er, I mean...yes, of course! I'm...rooting for Candice, who else?" She gulped, her feet fidgeting anxiously under the table. Looking off, she sat down on her hands. Bernadette surely wasn't going to make this easy.

It was, then, perhaps a saving grace for Misa that back in the ring, Astrid was managing to turn things around! The collar crackled with its electrical charge, and Astrid hissed in pain as the shock went through her body - but she just as quickly shook it off, seeing that Candice had been stunned. That was exactly what she needed, and she was going to strike when the moment was right! She managed to whip a few hard-hitting punches into the still-dazed Candice, each one jostling her back and forth as she sputtered and gagged! Smiling wider at the sight of Candice's dazed state, Astrid would lean down beside her and throw her forearm around the girl's throat, looking to clamp down with a sleeperhold to wring the air from her lungs!

When Misa saw that, she too sat up a little straighter as a smile came to her face. Maybe, she thought, Astrid still had a chance...though she knew better than to let it on to Bernadette that she felt that way! "Er...oh, no, looks like Astrid has Candice in a sleeperhold! That amount of force coming from a woman of Astrid's size sure can't be good! Do you think she might pass out?" she said, occasionally glancing back at Bernadette and hoping the Bomb wouldn't catch the relief in her voice.

With Bernadette holding all of the cards between the two commentators Misa would happily know her place between the two of them. Sadly, however Misa didn't learn her lesson from before, so Bernadette had to give a more aggressive demonstration as she yanked back on Misa's hair shoving the poor lightweight face first into the table as she turned it ever so slightly to make the pull hurt more to see if Misa will see through the error of her ways and apologize for speaking rudely to her. Thankfully the orange Idol saw her mistake and began cheering for Candice much to Bernadette's delight as she dropped her hair to let her sit back up. "Glad we are on the same page." Bernadette said with her voice dripping with authority and a hint of sinister in there as they went back to watching the match.

Despite Bernadette reigning in Misa things weren't going well as the first zap between opponents had happen but for Candice, she was in a worse position as she had Astrid's weight keeping her down and stunned from the shock! "Grrrg!" Candice gritted her teeth as Astrid took advantage of her poor state and wrapped her arm around her neck putting her in a tight sleeper hold! "GET OFF OF ME!!!" Candice hissed as she kicked her legs up trying to break free of the hold as she heard the stupid cheering crowd.

Bernadette watched on slamming her fist on the table as she put her mic up to her mouth. "It seems like Astrid is being a poor sport trying to suffocate Candice to death." Bernadette commentated lying through her teeth in the process to try and make Astrid look bad but throughout it she could hear Misa talking and throughout it all could hear the fakeness in her voice. With a sharp turn of the neck Bernadette glared at the women before smirking her lip. "I took four years of professional theater in high school. Do you really think I can't tell when someone is being insincere?' Bernadette asked wanting to see how dumb the drunk Idol truly was if she thought that would slip by the former actress.

Back in the ring Candice could feel her senses getting darker and had one last option. Candice began to bite down on Astrid's arm like it was a piece of meat shaking her back and forty champing down on it to try and break her grip as well swinging her free arm to strike Astrid in the gut to help break the hold even more before she passed out!

Misa bit at the inside of her cheek at the thought that she'd actually have to cheer for Candice. The green-haired heel wasn't exactly her idea of the sort of person she would want to support, but she knew that the last thing she wanted to do was to get on Bernadette's bad side...and getting on Candice's would be even worse. She just wanted to lay low and allow the tension to blow over between her and Bernadette...but even then, it seemed like Bernadette was on to her! When she brought up seeing through Misa's act, the former idol sat up straight in her seat, the color draining away from her face. "U-Uh..." she stammered nervously before clearing her throat. "Let's just...focus on the match?"

And in that match, the tension was only heating up all the more! Astrid had managed to secure a firm grip around Candice's throat, but it was then that Candice turned and bit down on the Norsewoman's arm! At once, a pain erupted through Astrid's nerves; she threw her head back with a howl as her hips began to thrash and twist atop her opponent. She clenched her teeth, hissing under her breath. Candice was throwing elbows against her side, and each one landed with the sound of a thwack, causing her grip on her opponent's throat to loosen. There was only so long Astrid could keep up her grip - she knew that. But Astrid wasn't about to let Candice go so easily!

She could tell that her sleeperhold was about to break - but if that was the case, Astrid would only line up another hold to take its place! She'd roll over onto her side, pulling Candice with her; if she could do that, she'd bring up her legs, looking to throw them around Candice's waist to squeeze down with a bodyscissor! She couldn't let the pressure off Candice - she just had to keep adapting!