My First Friend (For Void Effect)

Cherry scratched the back of her head as Arianna talked about Faces and Tweeners. She had no idea what the woman was talking about, so she absent-mindedly checked to make sure her elf ears were still in place. She breathed a sigh of relief as she felt them and wiggled them a bit between her fingers. The Spirit Gum was holding strong. She then blinked and realized that Arianna was waiting for her to answer a question that she had completely missed. She blinked for a second time and considered her next words carefully before saying them aloud.

“Uhm… The Face thing sounds good.” She said, her tone making it clear to a trained ear that she hadn’t been fully listening. She looked around the ring again, taking some time to fully appreciate the space with wide eyes that made it clear how out of her depth she really was.

Cherry smiled back at Arianna, then put a finger to her chin as she tried to think of any questions. Her brow furrowed and she blinked once, twice… question loaded!

“So, um… I don’t want to take up much more of your time, but do you know anyone who could sort of, um, mentor me long-term? I kind of need someone to teach me things on, like, a regular basis. It’s a big part of my contract.” Her eyes took on a sad sort of worry as she pinched the skin on her elbow.

“I might not know anything about wrestling, but I don’t wanna be kicked out before I have my first match, you know? So, if you could, uh, recommend any names…” She scuffed her foot on the canvas, very shy about asking the woman for more than she’d already done.

“And then after that there’s one more thing I wanna know, but let’s take care of the important one first.” She fiddled with her elf ears again, being careful not to loosen the Spirit Gum.