Cheer Tryouts! (Or What Can Possibly Go Wrong With A Rivalry?)

Oh there she was. Her blond haired nemesis now here in the flesh: Dalia. Once again she was interfering with her life once more like some pest. For all of Dalia's bravado and go-getter attitude, she seemed obviously nervous. Perhaps a case of cold feet now that she was here?

"Oh hey Sixes... good to see you." sneered Aedes, gritting her teeth "Oh I wouldn't worry about your outfit, you have plenty of other opportunities to mess up during the course of the day."

It was then she looked to Eliza, some dolt she did not recognize looked like a fidgeting mess. Sheeh what of a wannabe looking loser they must have been. If they wanted to have place on this cheer squad they ought to have some confidence.

Then Aisha call on all of them to take their place and follow along with the exercises. The routine seemed like nothing too strenuous and Aedes was able to keep up quite easily. If jumping jacks and stretches were going to get her into the cheer club then this was going to be easy peasy.

Dalia quirked her eyebrow at Aedes, but turned away and focused on the rest of the girls who were trying out today. She didn't know Bel of Eliza, but the latter was cute in a way. Or maybe her hair just stoof out to Dalia. Whatever. She was here to show just what a Tor was capable of.

Taking a wide stance, she started her stretches alongside the other girls. This was nothing for DAlia: she and Malara did more intense stretches than this before and after their sparring matches. And then of course there was the whole sparring itself. She couldn't imagine that this was going to be any harder for her.

Dalia zipped over to the edge of the gymnasium, touching the wall and preparing for her go at the cartwheels. This was going to be almost too easy, unless something happened outside of her control to mess her up. Not likely though.

Setting herself up, Dalia took a breath and started her series of cartwheels across the gym. Not missing a single beat of her own accord, flowing smoothly from one to the next.

Cartwheels, simple enough thought Aedes. She had watch YouTube videos on how to do them and practiced at home beforehand. Naturally, she found she could do with relative ease but... she never had enough space preform so many in one single stretch. Though a bit intimidated she didn't let it show. She has done cartwheels in row so isn't that big of a deal right? She convinced herself she knew what she was doing and refused to let anyone suspect otherwise!

Dalia was first to go and she once again can't help but show off seemingly flew from one side of the room to the other in dizzying display of cartwheels. Oh how she wish Dalia would have landed flat on her face there. Then came other other girl, Bel or something, who followed up with series of cartwheels of her own, stopping just short of Aisha to make some smug comment. While it was clear that Aedes may have had some... competition... she wasn't about to be outdone by these dweebs.

"Alright well... not bad... but watch this~" chimed Aedes as she made her way to one end of the gym and lined up her path. After a quick spin she held out her hands, made a pose in the shape of a T and caught hold of the ground as she began the first of the cartwheels. There was one, then two then three then... whatever came after three. Aside from slowdown and few stumbles with her hands, Aedes did manage to successfully cartwheel just a few feet short of Aisha. But as she was just about to complete her last cartwheel, one leg slipped from under her and ends up greeting Aisha while doing the splits... with a loud thud as her pelvis struck the floor.

"Ghaaa... offf..." gasped Aedes clutching her lower abdomen. She closes her eyes and bites hard on her lower lip, refusing to let out a scream as sharp pain tingles throughout her body. If something had torn or broken itself down there, it was quick to mend and aching pain ebs away. As she looked up to everyone looking at her, she quickly raised her hands and managed to wheeze out: "T-taahhh-dah~"

Aedes then pulls herself off the floor and walks it off as if nothing happened, even if she waddled a bit funny there for moment as she walked away.

Dalia watched the othr girls, analyzing them as they each went after her. Bel did just fine. Nothing really of note there. It was the other two that gave Dalia something to actually see.

Aedes fell into a split, making Dalia wince hard. She started to move forward to check on her, make sure that she was alright. But she stopped, first hesitating because she didn't want to cause a scene. And Aedes would absolutely cause a scene if she tried to help her. But beyond that, the damage that had clearly been done was already repairing itself it seemed. That was good. So instead Dalia merely smiled at her as she came to join the finished participants. "That was a good effort. I'm glad you're not too hurt." She tried to sound as genuine as she could, but she already knew it would be taken as sarcastic.

Next up was Eliza. She seemed more hesitant than the first three had been. Dalia gave her a small cheer of encouragement, hopefully to get her going. She seemed to know how to do a cartwheel, but she definitely was having to think about all the specifics: body position and all that. Still, it was better than nothing as far as Dalia was concerned. And then she fell on her butt and Dalia winced once again. She'd broken her tail bone more than once, so that was a feeling she could sympathize with.

As Eliza finished, Dalia grinned over at her and gave a thumbs up. "You did great. Just gotta have more confidence in yourself." A pause and then offering her hand for Eliza to shake. "I'm Dalia."

@Pallas @Daystar