Love & War

Backstage, we are able to see the likes of Emery Coleridge along with her butler Jenkins. She grins as she heads towards catering and it is there where she helps herself to a muffin. Jenkins smiles as he looks at her.

"Miss Emery would you like me to taste it first to see if there's poison in it?!"

Emery shakes her head as she takes a bite out of the baked good and she smiles in return.

"That will not be necessary. As a matter of fact you can have the rest of the night off. I think I am fine for now..."

As the two are walking, they pass by the main hall, just to the right of the gorilla position, where the booking sheet for the night is posted. There, Emery sees Kanako Akiyama, looking at the sheet as she's talking on her cell phone.



"Yeah...Oh, you're coming home tonight?...That's great!...Mm-hmm...Yeah, no, I'm not booked tonight, so I guess I'll head out early, especially if you're gonna be home soon. I've missed you, Trixie…” she then giggles before continuing, “Yeah, maybe if you're good, I'll have something special waiting for you...No, it's okay...Yeah, Camille and Yoona will understand. I kinda feel like I've been a third wheel for them lately anyway, they ought to have some alone time without me hanging around....Mm-hmm...Okay, sounds good. I'll see you then, Trixie. I love you. 'Bye!" With that the Japanese girl hangs up and lets out a wistful sigh before putting the phone back into the back pocket of her tight black jeans.

Emery crosses her arms as she glances back at the Japanese woman. Who is this girl talking to MY Trixie like that? she thinks, frowning as her parting words turn over in her head. She then sighs as she walks right up to her glaring daggers right into her eyes.

"Hey there... I do believe the two of us need to have a little chat. I just couldn't help but overhear your conversation and I think there are going to be some trouble between the both of us so we might as well settle all of this now..."

Kanako turns to face the woman addressing her, her smile fading as she sees the stern expression on Emery's face, "Uhhh...Excuse me?" she replies, with a tinge of confusion in her voice.

Emery keeps a stern expression as she steps up to Kanako glaring deeply into her eyes. "You heard me. We need to have a little chat. Granted, I was away for awhile, but you have something I have had my eyes on for a very long time. I might not be as mean as I was when I first came to FAWN, but when Miss Emery has her eyes on something, she gets it! I always get what I want!"

"Oh, really?" Kanako shoots back, her expression now matching Emery's, "And what would that be?"

"Trixie Decker... For the longest time, we have had this love and hate relationship. I have feelings for her, and yet when I come back I see she has her eyes locked on you. That doesn't sit well with me, so we need to deal with this little problem of ours... It's only fair, don't you agree?!"

Kanako's eyes narrow, as she tries to parse just what this girl's game is. "First off, you can take that attitude out of your voice, unless you want things to get ugly." she begins, crossing her arms and getting face to face with her. "Second, Trixie's her own person, and she made her choice. But if you have a problem with me, we're in the perfect line of work to settle things."

Emery nods her head as she doesn't show any signs of backing down. She keeps her eyes locked on Kanako just smiling in return. "Looks like the two of us will have to settle some issues inside of a ring then, and with the way I have been rolling as of late that doesn't sound so good for you..."

Kanako scoffs at that before answering her, "If you're trying to intimidate me, you don't know too much about me. I happen to be on a pretty good roll myself since I returned, and I never back down from a fight!" She gestures to the booking sheet, "I’m not on for tonight, so I've made other...plans..." she lets that hang there with a smirk, knowing that she knows exactly what she's talking about, "But how about you and me settle this at Heartbroken?"

"Heartbroken sounds like the perfect place to tap you out, because after I am done with you. I will have Trixie back in my life and you...will be left...heartbroken..." Emery smiles as she nods her head with a smile. "But either way I look forward to being in the ring with you and just make sure you bring it..." Emery surprisingly extends a hand out as she keeps looking into Kanako's eyes.

Kanako looks at the extended hand, then back at Emery's smug, grinning face. She doesn't like her attitude, but she came to her face to face rather that blindside her with an assault, so she has to at least respect that. With that in mind, she then takes Emery's hand, gripping it tight and giving it a shake before pulling her close so that they're nose to nose. "I'm not one for trash talk, as you seem to be," Kanako begins, her trademark intensity radiating between them, "but you better be ready for a fight. And you better think about what you're going to do after I Run You Through." With that, she throws Emery's hand aside, "Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a date to get ready for." She then begins to turn her back to her future opponent, heading for the exit, adding an uncharacteristic bit of a strut to her step as a parting nonverbal slap to Emery’s face.

Taking Kanako’s verbal jabs in stride, Emery chews on her pinky as she watches the Japanese girl walk away, noting her enticing figure and begrudgingly giving her competition credit for being as hot...well, almost as hot as she is. “Just you wait…” she murmured, more to herself than to any one person, “after Heartbroken, Trixie will be all mine! And maybe...once I’m done with you...you will be too!”