Drinking Snake Wine (for Vcom7418)

Orochi was somehow in a foul mood, which was kind of strange, considering that she just recently won a match. And whenever she's in a foul mood, she would come and visit a local bar she usually frequented, drinking to her heart content. If she got lucky, she might end up snagging some handsome stud or pretty chick to have a one night stand with.

Sitting at the counter, she was looking at her glass which contained snake wine, which was some kind of wine that has a snake preserved in it. It's some kind of exotic liquor, and she was lucky that the bar owner somehow procured a bottle of it. It's not that all that different compared to normal wine, only that it had dead snake added in it.

Still, she was in a foul mood, and she knew why. She still remembered what her opponent at that time, Melody, had told her before she knocked her out. She was called talentless, which was some kind of sore spot that had driven her to outright knock her out. Even so, she wouldn't let it to prevent her from enjoying her liquors, considering that the match was already a thing in the past, and she would enjoy her night drinking some exotic wines and no one would stand in her way!

Way too many things happened to Navi in a few couple of weeks, most of them bad rather than good. As satisfying as it was for her to beat the former tag team champion in Yukiko Kuzuryuu, and even pinning Alaina Sanders, at the same time, she has suffered several losses in matches which might've put her on the map in AFW, including being KOd by Kat Hart in an I Quit match. 

As if that all was not bad enough, Melody was worse off than her, only having one singles win the whole year. Her recent loss to Orochi worsened the matter significantly, with her tapping out in the match, and still being KOd by the woman at the end of it. After the match, she couldn't stop thinking about getting back at the woman, training almost non-stop to try and ask management for a rematch with her.

With her recent problems, Navi decided to go to a bar late at night by herself, as she usually did, with Melody rarely going to bars.

She came in through the door and sat at a counter next to a woman she didn't know, with the bartender attending to her a second later:

"Hm? Oh, I'll have whatever she's...hav..i---actually, scratch that..."

As Navi turned her head, she noticed what the woman next to her was drinking both in her glass...and in the bottle...literally. She noticed a snake being in the liquor for some strange reason. With Navi not being too well versed in drinks yet, she was taken slightly aback by the white-haired woman's...exotic...taste.

"I'll...I'll start with the best beer you've got...then...no, sorry, give me a second, what the fuck are you drinking?!", Navi would ask the woman, still shocked over the serpent preserved in her drink.

Orochi was enjoying her exotic beverage when a blonde woman suddenly showed up and sat next to her. At first, it seemed that she was about to get the same drink as her, but then decided against it after seeing what Orochi was actually drinking. It's a shame, really. Snake wine is actually some kind of medicinal drink in some places, and while its just a wine with a dead snake preserved in it, it actually had quite a distinct taste, thanks to the snake inside.

Hearing the other woman's inquiry, Orochi couldn't help but chuckle. "Can't you tell?" She asked, taking another sip of her drink. "It's a snake wine. It's like your normal rice wine, but with a snake in it..." she told the woman before finishing the glass that she had. She was unaware of who the woman was or what her connection to the one whom she defeated in her previous match was, and she was uninterested in knowing her, unless if the woman had something that could catch her interest.

Navi stared at the woman, wide-eyed, as she finished her drink, and explained what the Snake Wine was. She still stared in disbelief for a few seconds more, before finally opening her mouth:
 
"I...get that part...I think. Now, my second question is, what kind of sick bastard would drink something with a dead snake in...", Navi started ranting, before taking a careful look at the woman's face. At that moment, she realized who she was talking to. She was a woman that KOd Melody in her last match. It took her a while to get it, since Orochi was wrestling the match with a mask on for the majority of it.
 
She would immidiately turn away from the woman a second after she stopped ranting. Navi didn't care why Orochi decided to go further than she should've, She wanted to get revenge on the woman for hurting her best friend...but it would've been dumb to just rush and punch her right now...but she could start with a bit of antagonizing:

"Huh. Guess I answered my own question there. Hacks who can't stop beating people beyond their breaking point. You wouldn't know anyone like that, would you, miss?"

Orochi's eyebrow twitched when she heard the other woman's antagonistic tone, which she was certain was meant to be a jab directed to her. Taking one last sip of the snake wine, she would then put down the glass and direct a yellow-eyed glare at Navi. She did not touch the glass so that she wouldn't accidentally break it by squeezing it.

"What are you implying?" Orochi asked, her tone indicated that those words that Navi said just now struck a nerve somewhat. First she was called talentless by her opponent in the ring, and now some random bitch decided to call her a hack? There's no way she would just accept it just like that. "You got some beef with me?"

"You are an AFW wrestler, aren't you?", Navi would continue talking to Orochi in the same harsh tone: "Saw your match recently. Mists, knocking your opponent out while they are telling you that they give up? Let's just say I am not a fan of tactics like that. Speaking as a fan of AFW myself, Ms. Orochi... if that is your real name". Navi didn't think it was a good idea to reveal that she herself was in AFW as well. A woman like that might be a horrible person, but even she wouldn't risk hitting a fan. And if Orochi's body language was anything to go by, she already touched a nerve, and Orochi was struggling to not just punch her in the face.


Just as Navi would finish with criticizing Orochi, the bartender would bring Navi her beer. "Thank you!", before taking a sip, and having a look at Orochi to see how the woman would react to her comments.

First of all, Orochi didn't like the way the woman beside her talk, and it irked her to hear someone being so self-righteous. "Hmph, so what of it? You don't like how we wrestlers perform? Too bad, you can watch other matches, then. Go watch some do-gooders do some technical shit to each other in the ring or watch kawaii have pillow fight if you can't stand dirty moves," she said dismissively. She was unaware that the woman next to her was also a wrestler, considering that she introduced herself as a fan.

"You want me to change my way in the ring? Too bad, you guys always eat that up whenever we fight dirty. Plus, you know what always happened to those do-gooders? Ask that Melody bitch," she added before getting another glass of the snake wine, deciding to ignore the woman who had been pestering her. She might be a horrible person, but she didn't see any point in beating up some random woman just because she badmouthed her.

"Hm. Fair enough...", Navi answered to Orochi's first comment, before taking another sip of her beer. She couldn't fully disagree with the woman on that point, she herself is a heat magnet for how she wrestles. Although, compared to Orochi, it was definitely smaller, less noticable stuff (even though some may disagree with her completely).


"Oh, by the way, about her. What do you think she would want to do after the way you beat her? Are you not afraid of a revenge from her? Someone like Green could be very dangerous in  a No-DQ match...", Navi would ask to that point, legitimately interested whether Orochi didn't expect any consequences for what she did.

Orochi sipped on her wine as she listened to Navi's next question before she rolled her eyes. "Afraid? Pah! Give me a break!" She set down the empty glass and asked the bartender to refill it. "It's simple logic, really. I whip out some dirty moves in standard matches, so what stops me from doing the same in No-DQ? In fact, I get to go all out in those," she said before she got her glass refilled.

Taking a sip of the wine, she then said, "What's up with this question? You a fan of her or something?" It's normal for a wrestler to have loyal fans, but to have a fan being personally offended to what Orochi did to her favorite wrestler to the point where she's willing to confront her personally was a little strange.

"And what if a girl who is usually calm, kind and reserved, but can explode into a wild animal gets to let loose?", she would ask Orochi calmly, taking another sip of beer from her beer, before realizing she drank the last few drops from the cup. The bartender asked whether she needed a refill or not, but she refused him.

"Something like that. Maybe you'll guess after my next question. Imagine she had a friend, who loves her like a sister, and who...let's say, can attack talantless hacks anywhere if they as much as hurt her beyond the bounds of wrestling rules, and who will be quite happy to smash an empty glass over your head for what you did in the ring, what would you do?", Navi would ask Orochi with a smirk, holding her empty glass, prepared for anything Orochi would say... or do after she asked the question.