OOC: Has the ship arrived at the academy yet? If not, how long till its there?
Laura Santaro and Mandy Redorit, S.S. Maria battle arena
Laura and Mandy finally wander into one of the ship's battle arenas. There were multiple rows of seats where there were a few trainers sat on each row. None of them looked particularly interested, they just seemed to want to watch a few battles to pass the time. On the actual stage there were two trainers finishing off a battle, one using a Koffing and the other using a Torkoal.
"This bunch looks dead..." Mandy laughs, her gaze shifting across the spectators in the arena.
Laura nods. "I wish we could have battled those two creeps from the cabin hall in here. Maybe it would have made these goons crack a smile."
Mandy smiles and nods. Suddenly, the crowd livens up and many more trainers run in to watch as the next two battlers walk onto the stage. The reason for this was that one of the battlers was Leo Arabasta, the Johto Jr. Champion.
Leo walked onto the stage with a confident attitude and a smug grin on his face. There wasn't a doubt in Leo's mind that he would even come close to losing this match.
Leo's mere presence gets Mandy extremely annoyed, and she drags Laura out of the arena. "Let's go. There's NO WAY IN HELL i'm gonna watch that bitesize momma's boy battle." Laura knows how much Mandy despises Leo, so she doesn't argue and just follows.
Upon barging out the door, they were in too much of a rush to notice the two other girls running towards the arena, and the four of them all colide and fall to their feet.
"S-Sorry about that!" Laura laughs, pulling herself and Mandy to their feet.
"You ever heard of looking in front of you!?" One of the girls snaps. She was quite pretty, with blue eyes and blonde hair in short pigtails. She wore a green tank top and a red tracksuit jacket, as well as red jogger pants that matched her jacket and white sandals.
Mandy frowns. "Hey, we SAID sorry!"
"Sorry doesn't cut it!" The other girl replies. She was a little taller than the blonde girl, with long brown hair tied in a ponytail. She had green eyes and was dressed in a red t-shirt over a white long-sleeved t-shirt. She also wore dark blue jeans and white and red trainers. "We were on our way to watch Leo Arabsta's match, till you came an' got in our way!"
"No need to be rude about it." Laura says simply, trying to avoid a confrontation.
Mandy's eyes narrow. "You ACTUALLY want to see that little weasel battle?"
The blonde girl smirks. "Why? You jealous cause he's a better battler than you?"
The brown-haired girl nods in agreement. "Nah, they probably challenged him and he turned 'em away cause they looked so weak."
Mandy was starting to get very irritated and walks forward and gets right in the girls' faces. "Look, you wanna make something of this?"
The blonde girl just smirks off Mandy's threat, then notices Laura for a second and smirks. "You're Laura Santaro, aren't you? I've seen you before."
Laura folds her arms and looks the blonde girl in the eye. "Yeah, so?"
The blonde girl sticks her hands in her jacket pockets and walks forward to square up to Laura. "I heard a rumor that your dad was a member of Cipher... how's it feel, knowing your family had a hand in turning innocent Pokemon into senseless killing machines?" Her smirk widens. "I bet you were his worst creation though."
Mandy has to physically hold Laura back from lashing out at the girls. The brown haired girl winks mockingly at Laura, who responds by projectile-spitting in her face.
The brown-haired girl wipes her face and looks at her hand in disgust, then glares threateningly at Laura. "Spitting in my face, dressed in a shirt that shows your boobs, and a skirt THAT short? - i wouldn't expect any less from a girl from Pyrite Town!"
Laura snarls at her, and Mandy stares out both of them. "You two are REALLY asking for it!" Mandy gets RIGHT in the blonde girl's face. "Get out of our way, or you'll regret it."
Laura gets even closer to the face of the brown-haired girl. "I'm not proud of what my dad did, but i'm nothing like him. And i'm not about to have some toad-faced little sket insult me over it."
The two girls would love to carry on this argument, but they accepted defeat, much to their annoyance, and back away.
"This is neither the time, nor the place for this crap." Mandy says darkly. "I would GLADLY knock the stuffing out of you two, whether its a Pokemon battle or not, but we got stuff to do. Now leave us alone, or i SWEAR i'll smash your faces against this door.
The two girls frown, look at each other, then back to Laura and Mandy. "We'll settle this at the academy." The blonde girl says with no emotion. "I'm Jessica Fabre." She points to the brown-haired girl. "She's Frankie Neptune."
"Wait till we get to shore, you'll be sorry." Frankie says quietly, trying to hide the fact that Mandy had intimidated her. Jessica and Frankie walk off in the direction of the stairs.
A very-annoyed Laura runs in the direction of a nearby can and BOOTS IT, as hard as she could, in immense frustration. It flies over the stands in the arena and lands near the stage. A few people nearby stare in curiosity.
Mandy punches a nearby wall. "I SO wanted to make them pay for what they were saying about you... but we haven't even healed our Pokemon after battling those two guys."
Laura turns around to face Mandy, still annoyed. "When we get to the academy, i'm gonna DESTROY those two."
Mandy nods and smiles. "That's something we BOTH have to look forward to." Mandy points in the direction of a corridor. "There's a buffet hall down there. You wanna get something to eat? That'll cheer you up, you like food."
Laura was still fuming, but slowly calms down. "Okay then..."
Mandy gives Laura a hug, then they both walk towards the corridor leading to the ship's food court.