First Day in Friction

It was late in the evening when a girl with dark, short hair named Mayu skipped into the Friction building's gym. She wore a dark gray hoodie with a black tank top inside, a black short pants, and a pair of black boots. The girl seemed to be in high spirit as she entered the gym and took a quick glance around, only to find that no one else was around. She felt a little disappointed, although it only seemed normal that the gym was empty at such time. Mayu decided that she could take the opportunity to check the place instead, and she would start skipping towards the training machines.

"Waahh, they sure have better facilities here in Friction," said the girl in excitement to no one in particular as she observed the gym's equipments.

Mayu would continue looking around the gym until she reached the punching bag that was hanged not too far from the machines. The girl looked at the punching bag, nudging it a few times wit her finger before a smirk appeared on her face. Thinking that no one was around, she took a few steps back from the punching bag before taking a breath. Right after she exhaled, Mayu dashed a bit towards the punching bag before she jumped and spin approximately 540 degrees in the air and kicked the punching bag with some force. After she landed, the girl would step away from the bag so she wouldn't get hit by it.

"Tee-hee", she'd giggle softly with a grin in her face. "Nice to meet you, punching bag-san!" said the girl with a bright smile.

It might seem ridiculous if there's anyone else watching her at the moment.

There was indeed someone else lurking around where Mayu was as she went to town on the punching bag. An employee of the AFW, an errant wrestler, she was many things, but currently she was walkign through the various places the huge facility had to offer not as a wrestler. She was Nikolette Tessla, AFW's head mechanic and she was on duty right now.

Not really sure who manages to break a golf cart at this hour... She thought to herself.

As se strolled through the gym, she too expected it to be bustling. SHe knew she needed to get down here and get some sparring in at some point, but she was pretty busy and a bout of melancholy had kept her secluded in her work and noticeably absent from the wrestling ring.

Still, she did she one girl and stopped. She tried to get a look at the girl's face. That would tell her who she was, without even having to ask but the girl' was hidden behind a drab hoodie. She scrutinized Mayu but found that she seemed to not believe anyone else to be int he gym and started acting a little silly.

WHen she was finished, Nikolette moved towards Mayu and chuckled. "That's a fine way ta say hello, with a kick in the ol ribs. Hope ya don't greet everyone that way!" She said with a grin. Nikolette already had a hand stuck out for Mayu to take when she turned around. "My name's Nikolette. I'd appreciate just a handshake!" She would exclaim cheerfully.

Nikolette was dressed in greasy overalls and had a wranch hanging from her side pocket.

Mayu was shocked to say the least, as she suddenly heard a voice from her back. The short haired girl quickly turned around to find a girl in greasy overalls with a wrench hanging from her side pocket. A mechanic, perhaps? She guessed. Mayu had a dumbfounded look on her face, realizing that the girl saw her silly act. She would blush a little and grin like an embarrassed child before quickly grabbed the mechanic's hand with both her hands.

"Ahaha, of course not!" Mayu would say with a bright smile while shaking Nikolette's hands firmly. "Sorry about that, I'm just a little bit too excited since it's my first day here ehehe..." she explained herself. "My name's Mayu! Nice to meet you, Nikol-san!"

As she released her handshake, Mayu pulled back her hoodie to reveal her short black hair and took a glance on the mechanic's body. Nikolette was slightly taller than her and seemed like a strong person. Mayu was wondering if the girl in front of her was actually a wrestler dressed in a mechanic outfit or an actual mechanic.

"Um, so... are you a wrestler too, Nikol-san?" she'd ask kindly.

"Nikol?" Nik said, scratching her head with her free hand. "Well.. whatever floats yer boat!" She eagerly returned the handshake. "Nice ta meet ya!" She then watched as Mayu pulled back her hoodie. Now that she was able to get a good look at the girl, she smiled. "Mayu Hoshino!" She grinned as if the girl werre an old friend. "Oh, first day, eh? Guess that makes sense. Thouhgt ya were in tension! Well, nice ta have ya! Hope ya enjoy yerself!"

Nikolette looked down at herself and the greasy overalls. She blushed faintly. "Ahh. Yep! Well.. I'm on the roster at least. Had a few matches here an there, but I'm only part time. I wrestle when I can, I guess it's not too serious but I don't think I'm too bad at it. My job here is the head mechanic. That's why I'm sportin these fancy clothes o mine!" Nikolette grinned. "Shame ya have ta work out all by yerself on yer first day though."

"Yup! I signed for both Friction and Tension, actually. I already checked the Tension facilities the other day, so I thought I should come here too." said Mayu in excitement. "But I didn't expect that it'd be so different here."

Hearing Nikolette's explanation about her being the head mechanic, Mayu's eyes would blink a few times before it widened a bit.

"Really? That's so cool, Nikol-san!" she'd say in high spirit. "I've never seen a girl as the head mechanic before!"

Mayu would glance around at the gym room for a bit before she looked back at Nikolette as she heard the mechanic's words. She wasn't actually planning to do some work out to be honest, since it's kinda late and all. Before she joined AFW, she usually would find herself in a fight during this hour. Suddenly an idea came across her mind and a light smile appeared on Mayu's face

"Well, it's fine. Maybe we can work out together! If you don't mind, of course," she'd say to Nicole with a kind expression on her face.

"Well, this is the flagship franchise so I guess it'd have better stuff. Not really sure." Nikolette said shrugging. She was glad to have the good equipment at such easy access.

Nikolette blushed as she was complimented, not quite used to it. "Yeah! I guess it is. I love tinkerin on stuff. Have a knack fer machines! I'll be honest, I barely even knew this was a wrasslin place until they asked me to wrestle in a match!"

Nikolette chuckled and then raised an eyebrow at Mayu's suggestion. "Well.. I guess! I usually get my work out durin the day's works. But I guess it's been a while since I've done some ring work. Ya mean like a spar or somethin?" Nikolette then looked down at herself. "Though... I guess I'm not exactly dressed fer wrasslin." She paused. "Then again... this is what I wrestle in too..." She shrugged it off and extended her hand. "How bout it!?"

"Ah, I see, that's great!" said Mayu as she heard the mechanic's explanation about her liking on machines. "Haha, is that so?"

As she heard Nikolette's next words, Mayu smiled brightly as she grabbed the mechanic's hand with both her hands and shook it happily like a child.

"Yay! Thank you, Nikol-san!" she said joyfully before releasing Nikolette's hand. "A spar would be nice! I used to have all my matches around this time, actually. And don't worry! as long as you don't use that wrench on me... hehe," she'd grin after she said that.

The short haired girl would start to skip happily towards the ring while humming something. Her hoodie would be lifted up a bit as she climbed into the ring, revealing a glimpse of a small, purple flower tattoo on the back of her waist.

Nikolette smiled at Mayu, glad to have someone who was cheerful around. A lot of the girls here seemed pretty dour, especially this late at night. But then she blushed when Mayu pointed out the wrench. "Gosh, darnit!" She exclaimed and tossed away the greasy wrench, watching it clang tot he ground. She took off her gloves as well and climbed into the ring, catching Mayu's tattoo and giving a soft smile.

"Never was one fer ink m'self, but that's a cute lil thing ya got." She said as she began to stretch. She looked at Mayu and tilted her head. "So, how ya wanna go about this? Regular match rules or just mess about until we're tired?"

"Ah, that?" said Mayu as she heard Nikolette's comment on her tattoo. "That's just something from my previous... um, place. They called me Night's Flower!" she said with a cheerful grin as she turned around to look at the mechanic. "Not really sure why, though."

The short haired girl took off her jacket and tossed it casually outside the ring, revealing her black tank top and slender figure. Hearing Nikolette's question, Mayu would tap her index finger on her chin and rolled her eyes as she's thinking of an answer.

"Well, since this is my first day and all, I guess we could just mess around!" she'd say with a friendly smile. "I'm fine if you prefer the other way around, though!"

"Other place?" Nikolette said curiously. She was a little intrigued, that was for sure. She didn't really want to pry tough. She couldn't think of any reason why they would call her something like that. Or really any place that had a nick name or anything like that either.

Still, she finished stretching and looked over Mayu. "Well, I wouldn't want ya ta get hurt on yer first day so, we can just wrassle a bit." Nikolette smiled at Mayu and held up her hands, offering a test of strength.