Pool Fun ( For Hawthorne )

It was rather late, most of the people had already left and the staff was nowhere to be found in this area of the federation, plus it was never used at night, excellent for Karina to relax. She had alot of shit in her life now, She was trying to forget about Seraphim, she was hiding from Phoebe and she was losing alot of matches lately, it was all because she simply could not focus, she could not summon herself to fight. Despite keeping a cold and violent front to her sisters, her opponents, she was still afraid to fight, she had trouble dealing with it, she kept seeing Phoebe's face and that only made her slower.

Luckily, she was able to get inside.. Well, smashed herself inside with her guitar, which she had with her, being dressed in a black bathing robe, wearing nothing underneath cause she didn't need anything, she was luckily alone. She stepped towards the bubble bad, she really needed it, she craved for it, if that couldn't calm her down then she was sure nothing would. She looked around first, just incase someone was there, then she disrobed herself, leaving herself completely naked, dropping the robe and her guitar on the beach chair and descending herself into the bubble bath, she sighed at first, it was still cold, she had to play with the buttons to warm it up and let the bubbles appear, but for now she had to sit down down and rest, releasing a content sigh as she rested back, closing her eyes and trying to relax while she waited for the warm bubbles.

For the moment, Lia Cross really did not have a place to stay. With Chesna going at her a mile a minute, there really was not a place for her to relax. Cue, this evening, a flash of memory that the Friction arena had an extremely well-equipped spa, sauna, pool, and shower facility, likely for the periodic shower/sauna match. Still, it presented a perfect opportunity to relax this evening.

Of course, Lia did not quite realize it was closed at this hour. Then again, from the state of the door lock, someone else did not either. Lia carried a small bag with a change of clothes, but had swapped for a cotton bath robe barely covering her two piece pink swim suit. Her trademark rabbit ears, of course, were atop her head as always.

Whistling in a carefree manner, Lia entered the spa facility, kicking the door open wide and finding a chair to chuck her bag down near. Glancing about, she saw Karina's gear well before she saw Karina. "Ooh, nice guitar." The splashing of water drew her attention toward the bubble bath... Wow, they even have a bubble bath! Lia slowly slid the robe off her, revealing her bikini. "Helloooo? Ms. Rockstar? I don't think the humidity in here is good for your instruments..."

Karina was almost completely relaxed, there was nothing that could prevent her from tensing up, untill someone kicked the door open. Karina, completely startled, looked back to see who it was, glaring at the girl with half unfocused eyes, she had almost practically dozed off and saw the girl approaching her, she growled at first, then as the girl even came down into the bubble bath, she started to oogle at the girl's body, even with those childish bunny ears, she had a well toned body, something rarely seen in this place, and those breasts..! It brought a minor blush upo Karina's cheeks, also because she was wearing anything at all.

She shook her head to clear herself from thinking too many things, looking up at Lia with a growl and warned her.

" Get out of here, who said you could come here? I suggest you leave now before I beat the crap out of you! "

Her sudden stirring finally allowed Lia to make out the intruder. A definite punk, definitely trouble, and, like many girls here, definitely hot.

Of course, with a greeting like that, there was absolutely no possible way Lia could leave now. Lia never took to threats well. "Wha?" She squeaked cutely, "Well, the door wasn't locked so I figured it was open!" Lia approached the edge of the bath where Karina sit, "Besides, don't be such a sourpuss, silly! It's a public pool!" Lia would quickly slide into the bath opposite Karina, letting out a heavy sigh, "Mmm... toasty... soft..." Lia would shake her head, focusing on Karina once more, "Besides, you brought your guitar here. Were you going to give it a bath? Bring it here. Play us both a bathing song! Come on, come on!"

Lia's 'ol pappy,' as she often called him, had a saying. Whether this saying was ACTUALLY her 'pappy's' or something she just repeated was anyone's guess. But the saying went 'The best way to make friends in a conversation is to say fewer words than the other guy.' Here, Lia was taking the opposite tack. It was not wise; this stranger could clearly handle herself... but threats were the single best way to make Lia hit the gas pedal full force and never stop. The woman had threatened violence. She would either have to walk that back or prove she actually could deliver.

Karina gritted her teeth, she didn't show it but she felt.. Intimidated. That mental scar Phoebe gave her always made her see Phoebe in every opponent but Lia here was different, she remained seeing the girl's face.. It's the build of the girl that was intimidating.. She was hoping she could make her leave but sadly that wasn't the case, pushing off her seat to stand up and on the center of the bubble bath, bringing her hands up to crack her knuckles and take a heavy step closer to Lia, trying to look unafraid.

" I'm not going to ask you again, get out of get beaten up, Bunny bitch! "

Her eyes remained on Lia's, she didn't want to look down again, clenching her hands into tight fists, waiting for this girl to get up and leave.

Lia's rabbit ears bounced happily as Lia maintained her goofy grin, "Ooh, Rock girl, I don't think you understand what's going on here." Lia stuck her tongue out at Karina as she stood up herself, "It's okay. You prolly aren't REALLY dumb, just new here. See, this is a public place for Friction talent..." She pointed back and forth between the two of them, "Which we BOTH are." Lia twirled her fingers together, "Soo... we BOTH can be here. 'K?" She feigned a sweet grin, but Lia's face thinly disguised the tension. She was just as ready to throw down with Karina as Karina was with her, if not more so.

"So, now you know better, silly. This isn't YOUR place, so you'd have to be a TOTAL MORON to think you can just make people leave!" Lia's entire body burned with anticipation, just waiting for Karina to swing at her. She ready to counter-attack just as soon as Karina gave her a reason, "So why don't you just go play us a bath song and we can enjoy this bath together, okay?"

" T-Together!? " Karina was flustered at first, glaring at Lia with a darker blush upon her cheeks, it took her some time to finally regain hostility towards this girl, clenching her hand harder into a fist and leaned over, bringing her arm up and gritted her teeth, yeling out loudly. " Shut the fuck up and leave! " Her anger took over quickly despite the fear within her that she might lose again, it was embarassing enough that this girl saw her naked but this girl didn't want to leave! She'd just have to swallow the fear, bringing her arm up and tried to slam a hard fist right into Lia's cheek.

"Of course together! It's not like you have something I haven't seen before..." Lia was bouncing, anticipating Karina's strike. Time seemed to slow as Karina hesitated... took her time boiling over. Then, finally, she cocked. Loaded the punch!

Lia quickly slid her leg back and knelt down, falling just below Karina's arm. In a swift move, Lia would bound forward from her kneeling position, aiming to tackle Karina, slamming her back against the edge of the bath tub. If struck true, Lia would bounce off to the floor of the tub, but quickly try to get back to her feet and pin Karina if she had not recovered, or face her if she did. "What was that? Get beat up? You said?"

Karina had loaded alot of strength in that punch but nothing was hit, instead she had left heself outbalanced because of it, enough for Lia to tackle her and forced to sit back on the seat, with her back slamming into the wall, arching out her chest forward with a loud grunt, eyes tightly shut and her body jolted forward, this was certainly a more painfull impact then she had thought, leaving Karina seated against the wall while one hand came to rub her lower back, again the fear struck her, the tackle, despite being close and limited by the water, was powerfull enough to keep Karina seated for now.

" Ngh! D-Dammit! "

Lia chuckled playfully, "This IS fun though..." She would lean over Karina, planting her arms on either side of the girl's shoulders, bringing them face to face, "Didn't you see the rules? No horseplay in the pool! Are you gonna play nice now?"