Hippo Referee: Anchor of the Night Raven College Team, please come forward!
Shriek: That's you, Mahi! 😃 Tear 'em a new hole and knock out all their teeth so they have no choice but to eat from it!
Mahina: *sighing as she stands up and stretches* Just because I eat dead meat, doesn't mean I'll do it to everyone whose ass I kick.😒
Charles: Good luck out there.
Mahina: Don't need it. But thanks, I guess.
Lilia: I brought a foam finger to cheer you on! ☝️😁
Mahina: You wasted your money is what you did. Stuff it. 😒
Lilia: Oh, you're no fun. 🙄
Mahina: *heads out into the ring and thinks back to yesterday*
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[[Sunset Savannah Arena- Yesterday]]
Leona: Buzzard Kill, I don't imagine you'll struggle with much. The only things I worry about is somebody doin' somethin' to piss ya off and make ya go overkill...
Mahina: *looking over to where Shriek is beating one training dummy with another* Yeah, I think you should be addressing that in somebody else's direction. Wait, things
Leona: Or you losin' it at somebody's top slipping off their shoulder a little.
Mahina: *already starting to blush* I TOLD YOU these outfits were too skimpy! 😠
Leona: Well then watch where you're swingin' those claws or else you're gonna find yourself getting flashed faster than you can say-
Mahina: STOP BEING SUCH A PERV!!! 😖😖
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Spectator E: That bird beastman girl... her wings are magnificent!
Mahina: *immediately startled out of her thoughts* Wha...?😕
Spectator F: Holy shit, she's as tall as a baobab tree!
Spectator G: I heard condor beastmen were terrifying scavengers, but she's so pretty!
Spectator H: Yeeees! That dark hair and snowy white ruff combo? You can't get more perfect than that.
Mahina: *breaking out into a sweat as she tries to maintain her scowl* What... What the hell are they talking about?? Do these people have nothing better to do than spread ludicrous gossip?!
Spectator H: Looks like Modo's gonna be in this round. Seems he's taken a shine to her too.
Spectator I: Woof. 😬 Tough break for her.
Mahina: Modo? *glancing over to the Outlander's team where a hippo beastman wiggles his eyebrows at her* Oh don't fucking tell me...
Hippo Referee: Anchor of the Outskirts Youth Team, please come forward!
Modo: *grinning broadly as he strides forward, pushing aside rocks, a small tree, and trampling some gazelle beastmen who scream out, until he finally enters the ring with Mahina*
Mahina: You're Modo?
Modo: The name so nice, some say it twice. *low whistle* Goodness girl, you huge. 😏
Mahina: Yes, I'm tall. I'm aware.
Carla: D-did he seriously just...? 😕
Hali: What?
Modo: Mm-mm, you're as zesty as you are hefty.
Jahi: He did. He really did. 🤦♀️
Hali: Who? 🤨
Mahina: *somewhat confused* Yeah, I do have fire magic, but what does that matter? Magic's banned in Bead Brawl.
Modo: Then how come you got me all flushed, girl?
Mahina: I don't know, we are in the savannah.
Amne: *half-laughs in exasperation* Holy shit, how is she not picking up on this? 😭
Hali: Oh... still don't get it. 🫤
Mahina: *still confused* Awfully chummy with your opponents, aren't you?
Modo: Mmm, you could be more than that, baby.
Mahina: *emotionless yet piercing stare* What?
Modo: What do you say after this we split a couple glasses of juice by the lagoon? Maybe... passion frut? 😏 *bites his lips and waggles his eyebrows again* Til then... go ahead and put them hands on me, girl.
Hippo Referee: Match begin!
In the same second the referee blows the whistle, Mahi instantly snatches Modo's beads and backhands him so hard and so far, the hippo beastman goes flying across the savannah, skipping over the dirt multiple times before skidding into the dirt to the point where he makes a deep ravine, then crashing into a rock that's almost tombstone-like
The Crowd: *jaws dropped at what just happened*
Mahina: THAT'S AS CLOSE TO TOUCHING A WOMAN AS YOU'RE EVER GOING TO GET, YOU COQUETTISH, PERVERSE WATER PIG!!!! 😡😡😡
Modo: *miles away* This is the best day of my life....
Hippo Referee: Victory goes to Mahina Manu of Night Raven!
Shriek: *flying in a happy loop-the-loop* THIS IS THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE!! 😄
Charlie: Di-did we all just see that?? 😰
Grim: The part where Mahi smacked that guy into next week or the part where she called him a croquette? 🙀
Shriek: Mahi, go check if he's bleeding!! Hippos sweat blood!
Lilia: It looks like blood, dear, but it's actually an oily secretion with a crimson pigment.
Jack and Vil: As if that's the thing to focus on right now!?
Shriek: I WANNA DO THAT TOO!
Kifaji: Hevi kabisa... that woman is on an entirely different level. 🫢
Leona: She's a hot-headed idiot! 😠That was way too much force!
Cheka: Miss Mahi's amazing! 😄
Kifaji: Indeed. If she was among the Sunset Warriors, I dare say we might never need to take up arms again.
Leona: Somebody go check if that flirty asshole's still got a pulse so we- they don't get disqualified!
Outskirts Youths A and B: AW NOOOOO!!
Hippo Referee: Night Raven College Team Anchor Two, please make your way to the ring!
Outskirts Youth C: Oh, hell no! 😠The only reason I came to this stupid tournament is so I could get rough and rowdy! When am I gonna get a better chance to beat up some weaklings?! We're ending this right no-
Shriek: AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! *flapping forward and punching the guy in the face so hard he goes flying just like Modo, even landing in a similar ravine and rock combo*
Shriek: *raising her little paws in the air* VICTORY!! 👊😃👊
Leona: *burying his face in his hands* Oh my gOD!!!
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