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Dendrobis is about to object...before realizing that this is a perfect opportunity to antagonize Heero. A big mischievous smile crosses her face.

"Yeah! Heero's not any kind of actual threat or anything. I mean...you could easily K.O. him yourself Mr. Guante if you just threw a Limanzana at him or something. Shouldn't be a problem." mrgreen

Jien says nothing, but takes a very slightly less direct cue from Dendrobis. Instead of being a supertroll, he simply shrugs, indicating that he's not particularly worried.

When nobody is looking, Dendrobis flips Heero the "double serial port"

Didn't Outh just have a lit cigarette? There's not one in his hand or hanging out of his mouth now. He places a hand on one hip and walks slowly over to the Coach. He gracefully extends one hand and places it out, palm down waiting for the coach to take his cue to escort Senorita Vera.

Even though everyone knows that this is Outh...it's still somehow charming as ********.

Heero glanced back at Verde as he quickly fabricated Heero's reason for being here, and decided it would be a great idea to roll with it. Besides, being invited to watch a match by an actual boxador was pretty kickass, regardless of whether or not he was supposed to be.

"Yeah! Totally!" Heero excitedly nodded "It's all legit, Don had to recover from uh... the flu, and also possibly some residual brain damage" he went on, only half lying "No need to worry about seating though, I've got it covered" He assured the coach.



Wagner nodded to Ricardo as he encouraged the group's support "Of course sir, Verde has my full support and confidence. I'm greatly excited to witness ever more impressive things" he acknowledged happily.

"You better believe it! I'm psyched to watch this go down, I'll be cheering for ya dude" Heero said, turning back to face Verde fully. He pulled his fist back, like he was going to make a punching motion , he suddenly thust his fist forward towards Verde in order to give him a super energetic thumbs up.

"As for you bunch of misfits and scallywags..." he addressed the rest of the Music Park crew "I'll smell you later"

After this he abruptly spun around and struck another one of his own exaggerated poses "Bamf-" the word barely left Heero's mouth before he abruptly cut himself off by vanishing in another quick flash of blue energy, assumedly to the arena to watch and buy/steal some merch'.

Outh takes a deep breath and walks slowly out into the center of the Hexagon.

As he does so, Jien floats over to Bardo and they have what appears to be a very one sided conversation as Jien signs things frantically, and Bardo nods enthusiastically. They take up ready positions and await Callie Vera's signal.

It's hot under the intense lights, but Outh walks slowly and gracefully. For as energetic a sport as Boxa Libre, he's being entirely too quiet and subdued.

He stands in the exact center of the Hexagon. In truth, the pressure is incredible, but there's something terribly exciting about having so many people watching him so carefully.

His head tilted down towards his chest, he brings a thinly heeled boot down sharply with a "CLACK" which echos even with the noise of the crowd and atmosphere. This signals the bards to begin their performance.

[[THE BEST WAY TO READ THIS WILL BE TO LISTEN TO THE SONG FIRST, THEN READ THE TEXT, THEN LISTEN TO THE SONG ONE MORE TIME wink ]]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qn77IReyPGU

As the delicate guitars begin to play, Callie Vera raises up a cigarette, and a silver lighter with a skull pattern embossed into it. She lights the cigarette, takes a long drag from it, and blows the smoke into a large trailing plume. She then raises the cigarette in the air so that everyone watching can see exactly what it is.

Right when guitars stop, and there is a very slight pause, Callie Vera drops the lit cigarette into her mouth and there is a very audible "gulp" sound before she turns her head slightly in the direction of La Ballena and winks.

As the sound of violins streak into the air, Callie Vera begins a striking Flamenco dance. The heels of her boots clack rhythmically and sharply, as her arms and upper body weave and intricate story. The movements of her feet are so precise, and the motions with her torso and arms are so fluid that the contrast is very striking.

Outh thinks to himself: Everyone is watching. I'll give them something they can't take their eyes off. I wonder...if anyone has started to notice.

Swallowing the cigarette wasn't just for show. He's actually consumed a bunch of them since they arrived. The smoke wouldn't smell bad anyway, but Berkana even tweaked it to smell spicy and enticing.

As Callie Vera dances, smoke gathers around her, seemingly from nowhere, and forms itself into a long scarf, which at first is twisted and spun around Callie Vera's ever moving arms. Her movements are so entrancing that it would probably take most viewers a bit to realize that the scarf has actually grown to an amazing size, and the shape of the smoke scarf twists and curls exactly as Callie Vera wishes.

At about the midpoint of the song, the smoke scarf suddenly begins to wind itself around Callie Vera. Rolling itself up, masking the dancing Lady of Faith from view, giving the impression of some sort of cocoon, with only the shadow of Callie Vera visible in the center of it, feet still striking the floor intensely, upper body moving fluidly with the music.

But then, suddenly, as if tugged by an invisible hand, the smoke scarf is pulled taught, and Callie Vera spins out of the center now fully visible again, and holding one end of the smoke scarf, as though holding onto the hand of a fellow dancer.

Outh thinks: Nobody out there cares who you are. You're somebody they've never heard of, representing a rookie that only a few have started cheering for. We can't stun this crowd by trying to match the style of those pop stars. So I will do the one thing that infuriate a pop star...today I'm the thief who came to Pluma de Relampago. And I am going to steal everyone's attention.

The dance is now an incredible spectacle as the smoke scarf acts like a long arm, sometimes pulling Callie Vera into dazzling spins and turns, but in the blink of an eye, the scarf is at the mercy of the Lady of Faith, flowing like water around the dancer's graceful form.

This back and forth continues, faster and faster as the music swells. The movements become more daring and intricate. Finally, the scarf flips Callie Vera into the air and she lands just in front of it.

At the very last beat of the music, both Callie Vera and the smoke scarf, which now sports a visible hand on the end of it, make the exact same gesture towards La Corazoa.There is a giant grin on Callie Vera's face as both she, and the towering smoke scarf behind her throw the competition a big thumbs down.

Jien nods. He had been a little worried when Outh had explained the plan to rile up the audience. There was a whole band on the opponent's side, and while Jien seemed to be gaining favor with some, he worried that stealing the show from "the popular kids" might be...quite frankly...rude. They were still guests in a place that was not their native home. But clearly Outh had a grasp on the spirit of competition and seemed at least to know how to play up the crowd. That would add a lot of potential range to the music for Verde. Jien's fingers twitched. He couldn't wait to see how this fight would go, and what would be expected of his talents.

Dendrobis is hopping around excitedly, tugging on the arm of Alberto the Limanzana seller.

"Did you seeeeeee that? Do human eyes have the capacity to take in a thing that awesome? I knooooooooow her!"

Her excitement is comparable to this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jyCfRHumHU