A corsair's reflection (For xalex)

[MappleMan7]

Mandy sipped her new cocktail as she contemplated Karin's advice.

"Hmm... build up a legacy, huh?"

The giant woman closed her eyes and thought back to how she used to be in LAW- recalling the strange emotions she felt when she heard an odd cheer for her here and them among the booming boos from the crowd.

"Maybe you have a point there... but I'm not sure how to do that. Plenty of folks don't seem to like the Mandy Cannons persona I got going on. Hell- I can't even afford a costume. What to do what to do..."

Mandy hummed as she drummed her fingers on the counter

[xalex]

Karin would rub the back of her head. “why… do you need a costume to really rock town? Why can´t you be the best version of yourself and win the crowd over that way? Be a great fighter have great matches!” would Karin say before stepping over.
“I heard the crowd loves a strong and muscular woman! They love to see tough girls slug it out…” Karin would gently run her fingers down the arm of Mandy. She would feel the muscular bicep of the woman. “And you look like a really tough cookie! The crowd will love to see you put up great matches and you will start to win fans fast!”
Karin would swallow a bit and needed to think… “I would love to see you fight… and I would love to fight you too…”

[MappleMan7]

"Well uh... for starters I only had a sports bra and ripped sweatpants for gear- and the bra was damaged when some dickwad tried to rip it off of me"

Mandy snorted, growing slightly agitated by the memory before coming back down to reality.

"Don't worry though. I kicked that dude's ass. But I don't want to risk anything by going out in damaged stuff- even if it is sewn up"

Mandy glanced over to Karin and blinkedas she listened to her words and felt her check her muscles.

"You got a point. Maybe I can get away with something on a tight budget... a lot of my cousin's friends wrestle in bikinis after all. Also, sure! I'd be down to take you on if you wanna throw down"

[xalex]

Karin would giggle and lean over slowly running her fingers up and down the arm of mandy feeling her hard muscle mass for a few moments before looking Up. "Oi oi.. what an intriguing idea you just had... "Karin would lean in an whisper I to Mandy's ears. "You and me wrestling in thigh fitting Bikinis.... " She would then lean back and give Mandy a wink before taking another sip from her drink.

"Or what about a leotard? They are in a good price range and very durable..."

[MappleMan7]

Mandy watched as Karin ran a finger up and down her arm, clearing her throat as she looked a bit flattered by the compliment.

"Oh- oh yeah? I dunno if I'd use the bottoms though. Too many people do that and I wanna stand out. I dunno- I'll need to let it cook for now"

[xalex]

Karin would giggle again as she saw how flustered poor Mandy got. She would take another sip from her drink and then turn back to Mandy once again. "So besides beatin people up, drinking and yoga, what do you enjoy doing in your free time?" Asked Karin with a grin. "I love to watch bad and cheese Action movies!"

[MappleMan7]

"Hm... well..."

Mandy would sip her drink some more before continuing

"I guess I'm just a bit of a nerd. It's not really a side I like showing off I'm public but I usually just play games or watch movies. In case it wasn't obvious enough, I like adventure and pirate stuff. Besides that I have a sailing hobby and really like the ocean"

[xalex]

Karin eyes would begin to sparkle: "wow that's too cool!" She would lean over and look into the eyes of mandy. "Please tell me more! What kind of games are your favourite games... Mistery of monkey Island? What kind of advantures did you have at sea? What kind of Stories can you tell? What where your most scariest thing that happened?" Karin was really interested into her new friend..Mandy was such an interesting woman! The girls heart pumped faster excited to find out more.

[MappleMan7]

"Oh! Uh... well..."

Mandy tried to think of something to say to Karin before continuing

"Monkey Island was cool even if I did have to google a lot of the puzzle solutions. I never really had too many adventures to be honest... sailboats are expensive- so I mostly tried to get work around anything to do with water. The last gig I had before flying out here was working as a water taxi captain- but I uh... kinda lost my temper and blew it when a passing boat wanted me to flash him and I kinda... sorta... sunk him. Don't worry- there was nobody on my boat and the guy was fine!"

[xalex]

Karin would stare at Mandy mouth open and eye widen. After a moment she shook her head and would exclaim. "You sunk his ship?" She would laugh out loud."he asked you to flash him, serves him right. Disrespect a pirate and you get to swim with the fish..." Karin would try to make a joke. " But how did you do? How did you try to sink his boat?" She would ask still smiling and all happy.