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Enoshima Eri

The annual fitness test… Clad in a mix of red and white and no small amount of stripes to go along with them, Enoshima Eri looked ahead to the long road which stretched out in front of herself with a bit of a sigh as she scrutinized the track which would take them from the school and down along the nearest riverbank and around again for a journey of a few kilometres, and was an expectation of completion for anyone in PT be they freshman or senior.
Inspired. An ordeal which was barely timed or monitored by anyone and as such seeming to draw a mixture of opinion, some seemed to see it as an chance to goof off and strong along with the barest degree of effort while others viewed it more seriously yet with apprehension for the intimidation it presented to them, but right now all that the leggy lass saw in such a task was tedium. Not that she was particularly predisposed toward showing it, of course.

I suppose it saves me some cardio at least…? Hardly a marathon runner of course but all the same making a habit of keeping herself conditioned enough that a distance like this one was something which she did on the regular, from a more balanced perspective the blonde knew that she should have been grateful for the chance to engage in a little aerobic exercise on the school's time rather than her own, but even point of views weren't something she often seemed to subscribe to.
Still… This is barely more than a light sweat for me…? Instead only feeling constrained by the activity or perhaps the mere fact that she was making a specific effort to avoid outperforming the majority of her peers, Miss Enoshima knew all too well that showing what she was really capable of was going to lead to offers from clubs and attention from parties she did not particularly seem to relish, but all the same with her pulse barely above rest point and breathing steady she couldn't help but feel rather bored.

Perhaps not helped by the fact that she had seemed to settle into a rhythm with a group of her classmates who seemed far more interested in gossiping about things which seemed just as frivolous as the 'competition' here, while she offered smiles and nods and the occasional word of agreement for all intents and purposes she felt like she was running alone even in this crowd, and as such found herself restricted by the fact that she had to hold her pace back to the lowest common denominator.
Can't help but wanna push myself a bit harder…? This only making her itch more and more to simply rev that internal throttle and show not the world but rather herself what she was capable of, with the knowledge that staying true to who she was only going to invite greater scrutiny it was more and more enticing to take the path of the delinquent and just toss the whole thing off, and perhaps go find somewhere to relax before taking a shortcut to the end? If only she'd had the forethought to put her credit card in her pocket, eh…?

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Tora #1

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Ah, impromptu school-wide exercise days, the best days of school. They were the anti-exam days: not stuck in the buildings, not looking through books, nothing that happened today was gonna really matter after it was over, all great things. Someone should blow out a bunch of windows to force the school into this to keep attendance records up and the school "Officially" open more often!

The faculty was having enough trouble corralling the kiddies before they set off on their run down the river bank that a certain troublemaking and trouble-ending girl figured that there was no way they'd be able to keep track of everyone beyond the minimum of making sure no-one fell in the water, making it easy for the faster members of any group to make a break away through the cultivated forest and rejoin the pack later. Easy goofing off time on a day that was already full of it.

"See ya!" Tora declared as she sprinted off from the group of underclassmen that were blazing the way for first years everywhere, vanishing in the distance or more specifically a couple of trees while she wondered off the beaten path, letting everyone behind her just think that she'd blitzed out of view instead of seeking solace in the woods.

[Jessu]

Legs for days, and an attitude to match~!

Enoshima Eri

"She's that... That rowdy first year, right?"

"Yes, I heard... Didn't she have something to do with breaking the windows...?"

"No, nooo, that was that other girl? The scary one?"

"Wow, we've definitely got some troublemakers all over now, huh?"

"Yeah, it's crazy huh? What do you think, Eri...?"

The hurried lass seeming to create quite the stir with the way in which she seemed to dash away from the pack, all too quickly did she set tongues a wagging or hens a clucking as she left the mob of folk who were clearly here more for the gossip than achievement in her wake, and seemed to earn herself a little lower standing for her enthusiasm and alpha mentality among almost all of them. Almost.

“Hmmmm… Definitely reckless, isn't she?” One among the number of girls there looking on to a soul who seemed to view this stranger more with a feeling of envy than feel the need to judge her, Miss Enoshima couldn't help but observe that what such a girl lacked in terms of stature she seemed to more than make up for in the spirit she had showed in so brazenly defying convention, and as such offered up a rather half hearted agreement with her classmates as such.
“She's a first year, you say?” That feeling of rebellion in the deed of tearing past them all so single-mindedly seeming oh so intriguing and alluring to one who was feeling only penned in by her peers, those baby blues of the belle seemed to linger upon the sight of the lass with the reach impediment with a look of admiration for a moment, the heart of the leggy lass seemed to pang as she coveted that same spirit and felt compelled with it to do much the same as this stranger. With such conviction that she could no longer deny it.

“Someone should warn her, maybe?” For that reason the fair fox seeming to lengthen her stride and move upward in terms of her effort and output level, it was only too easy for her to break away from the side of the girls she had been bobbing beside so half heartedly and strangely invigorating to boot, the excuse which Eri found to do so seemed flimsy but enough to throw off the gaggle of gossiping geese and break into something which felt a little more fulfilling.
“I'll see if I can catch up to her…!” Relishing the chance in fact to get her head low and knees that little bit higher but also the opportunity to perhaps introduce herself to a soul who seemed a little different from the rest, the notion that this girl was held as something of a deviant was more intriguing than off putting to the strident schoolgirl, and as such she felt herself excited by the chance which was presented before her. All she really needed to do now was make up for that lost ground, right~?

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Tora #2

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With the chattering of the pack long gone behind her, Tora wasn't content to merely run through the wooded area, oh no. The delinquent already knew the area well and if she remembered her path right there should be a wall right about... here! Kicking off a nearby tree, Tora threw herself at a wooden wall in the park, holding a little viewing platform and a bench higher up in the trees. Thankfully no-one had climbed the stairs on the other side of the earthworks that cut the rest of the park off from the river bank area, giving Tora a nice place to lay down and stretch her legs. She'd done her exercise for now, she could afford to take a little nap unaware that for once on these runs, she was being followed.

[Jessu]

Legs for days, and an attitude to match~!

Enoshima Eri

“Whoa…!” The leggy lass letting loose a little squeak of surprise when she saw her would-be quarry seeming to change the game entirely, while Miss Enoshima had increased her stride to level with the girl she had never expected her to simply hop off a tree and onto a viewing platform in order to continue her 'escape', but that didn't mean she disliked it either. Quite the contrary, in fact.
Damn, she ain't bad is she? Nice skills… The astonishment which she had shown quickly seeming to vanish in favour of admiration and acknowledgement with it, as a fellow fox who too enjoyed taking her routes far from the beaten path the blonde had to recognise the ability which this rushing stranger had shown, and also felt a rather significant urge to emulate it as well. One which she scarcely tried to curb.

“Ha!” Putting so little effort into the act of stopping herself from following the deed that all too quickly was she too lunging toward the same tree with the aim of following her, those slim but lengthy gams beneath Eri seemed to push her plenty high enough, so much so that her mitts could snag the top without too much issue soon afterward.
“Hup!” For that reason only needing to thrust herself upward and perhaps the former gymnast in her seeming to show as she did so as artfully as possible, she kicked herself over via the medium of a handstand before turning herself over and straightening up so that she might look to the girl for her next move, though did so with a little more courage in her voice now that she had well and truly taken the plunge.

“H-Hey uh, wait up…!” No longer feeling chained by the expectation of anyone other than herself and for some reason that little push seeming all she needed to forget about whether or not the girls she had left behind were watching her, instead she seemed to value the opinion of the lass she was trailing far more highly, and so she called out to her with an aim of slowing her down a bit. After all, it seemed an introduction was well overdue, no?

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Tora #3

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Ah, now this was a great way to spend a school day. Feet up, head back on a bench, the gentle rustle of leaves above her, perfect time for a little break and to catch up on any missed sleep from trying to read manga way past her bedtime. Yup, Tora was feeling pretty great about how things were going today. Until someone called out to her that was. "Waaah!" the tiny delinquent yelped out as she tried to turn to see who was after her, only to misjudge where the edge of her resting spot was and consequently falling face-first off the bench with a FWOMP.

"Uh, hey," The first-year said as she saw the blonde climbing up to meet her "Did the teachers ask you to get me 'cause I ran off?" She asked, it wouldn't be the first time a faculty member had noticed Tora doing something suspicious, but then they probably would send someone who was good enough to climb up to meet her.

[Jessu]

Legs for days, and an attitude to match~!

Enoshima Eri

Oh! Those baby blues seeming to widen as she watched the girl she was chasing seem to suddenly flounder as she called out to her, Miss Enoshima seemed to squeak both internally and externally as she watched the lass suddenly become that much more familiar with horizontal inclination, and as such found those long legs of hers flinging herself toward this formerly strident stranger all the more quickly as concern overcame her.
“Are… Are you okay?” Showing this immediately as she skipped on over to draw level with the floored femme and pushing what hair of hers had been loosened by the climb and sprint which followed behind her ears afterward, the tall teen tipped forward and showed that broad gaze as she checked her fellow femme over visually to ensure she hadn't bruised or grazed something in her fall, and as such was relieved when she seemed to return to her feet with nothing aside from pride seeming to have been dented by such descent.

“Oh, no. No, no. Nothing like that?” Quickly found waving the issue away however when the spirited young thing seemed to presume that the attention and chase she had been given had been sourced from concern from their teachers, after levelling with the girl it was only now that Eri realised just how diminutive she seemed, since at standing height with them now so much closer she still felt a good head taller than her.
“I was kind of bored, and your approach seemed… More interesting~?” Not that she disliked such a fact and instead actually found it kind of cute and endearing like she were some cute little sister to her or something, the blonde let loose a breath as she steadied herself after their little burst of exertion and fluffed out those long tails which erupted from either side of her head, and then perhaps because of her feeling of similarity felt a little more comfortable admitting why she had trailed after her.

“I'm Eri, by the way?” Certainly finding plenty of reasons with which she could feel this short but spunky soul endearing herself toward her, the fair femme was happy to hold out her mitt as she offered a handshake or some other means of introduction, and gave her name as well in doing so. I mean, at the very least, it might be nice to have a decent running buddy in this, right~?

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Tora #4

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"I'm fine!" Tora insisted from the ground, springing up to her feet with a slightly red face from embarrassment. All the work she put in to get up here and she falls off a bench. At least the last time she faceplanted it was because she was trying to do something cool (even if it didn't work) "Yeah, fine."

Once Eri introduced herself as someone who wasn't an agent of the faculty out to reel her back in, the small delinquent let out a sigh of relief "I figured that if I really ran for it I'd get enough time to do whatever as long as I didn't end up in the river," she said with a degree of pride at her athletic accomplishment, one that that the blonde had to have matched to find her "And making it a climb means I didn't think anyone would follow. Not that I'm anti-you following me!" she quickly insisted, waving up her hands before Eri offered hers "I'm Tora, nice to meet you."

[Jessu]

Legs for days, and an attitude to match~!

Enoshima Eri

“Tora…? Heehee, that's cute~” It not seeming to take all that much for Eri to recognise the obvious interpretation which was inherent in the name of the young lass, be it that rather spirited attitude which she had shown thus far or the toughness she had demonstrated in response to her little trip there it certainly seemed to suit the lass to liken her to a tiger, even if she did seem to be something of a cub or a palmtop one right now from where the taller teen seemed to be standing. Not that she hated that, of course, and as such shook her hand gently in greeting.
“Sounds like you had quite the event planned out? Mind if I tag along…?” The blonde belle seeming to narrow her eyes a little once she had done so and then glance about the spot they had found themselves, though it almost sounded like the girl wouldn't have minded her doing so anyway given how she had corrected herself when it came to the notion of her following her or not, all the same she opted to ask if she was okay with having a running buddy rather than assume such a fact and continue their merry chase a bit further.

“So, you're a first year, right…? Or a transfer?” With that seeming to express a little bit of curiosity about the new face in her life as well and asking after the reason she was unfamiliar with her, from what the girls that she had been running with before had been saying Miss Enoshima could guess that she was from the year below her in school but given the way in which they had said it she felt a little guilty for alluding to the same implication of trouble that they had, and as such quickly tried to cover for the presumption with some other options.
“I can't say I remember seeing you about before either way?” Ultimately explaining her presumption was based mostly on the absence of familiarity which she felt, it seemed obvious from her limitation when it came to vertical growth that the girl was younger than her really, but it seemed impolite to draw attention to that of course. After all, she did seem quite the feisty little one, no~?

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Tora #5

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"Its not that cute." Tora pouted in a very cute fashion as Eri giggled, she might not have looked as intimidating as her namesake when she was falling on he face but still! She could be fierce as any jungle cat, the blonde just hadn't seen her really in action that's all.

And then her new friend expected her to know what she was doing "Not really planned," she admitted "I've just been through this park so many times I pretty much know nearly every route through," the underclassman explained, pointing to a well-worn chibi tiger sticker on a fence post "See, that sticker proves its my turf. I put it there when I was... um... eight? So if you pick a direction I can probably find a way through." She boasted as she waited for Eri to point them into their own little path through the wooded park. 

"First year transfer student, I used to be at Toshima High," Tora nodded along "Until I threw a third year's head into one of the foot lockers there. Don't worry, he deserved it."

[Jessu]

Legs for days, and an attitude to match~!

Enoshima Eri

“Oh, like cute fierce, if it helps?” The fair femme forced to stifle a giggle when her new friend gave a petulantly pouting protest to the assertion about her obviously endearing character, there seemed a definite sense of irony in how she only made herself look all the more adorable in denial to such assertion than she was before, but this was something that Eri chose not to observe on a verbal level, of course.
“You've got that… Eye of the tiger~?” Instead focusing on how her attitude seemed to match that of something ferocious even if her appearance did not, with them beginning to get along smoothly it would have been a shame to create some undue friction by teasing her too heavily, and there was something about this shorter girl that told her she might bite back if prodded too hard as well.

“Ohhhhhh, your stomping ground huh?” Not that she didn't seem to do plenty in order to make herself appear cute even if one might be remiss to comment upon it, the very sight of the faded 'brand' she had applied to their venue only seemed to reinforce the idea that Tora was as darling as any cub could have been, even if she didn't seem to want to accept such a fact, or perhaps was even aware of it?
“Well, how about this way?” In truth the blue eyed belle not having any strong feeling one way or the other in regard to the direction they took from here and as such casting her finger in a random direction, Miss Enoshima found herself more intrigued by the company than the course they took going forward, but was confident that she could see herself through the latter no matter how much of a challenge it became. Quite the walk in the park, really.

“Haha, that sounds pretty badass, a third year huh?” The interest that she showed in this new girl to the school only seeming to increase all the more when she admitted the reason behind her transfer as well, while some might have showed concern or even condemnation of getting pushed out of her former venue for what sounded like quite the display of violence instead Eri was impressed, and showed that with no shortage of approval for her deed either with the grin it seemed to elicit as well.
“Sounds like you know how to take care of yourself pretty well~?” Such a revelation all too quickly seeming to help her see just why she had felt that unknowing feeling of kinship toward the girl now, though the leggy lass perhaps wore the fact more subtly she too was quite the fan of making her feelings known with the occasional act of destruction upon those who viewed themselves as her betters, and respected someone of similar ilk all the more for such commonality. Gotta love a gal who wasn't afraid to fight for her rights, no~?

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Tora #6

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"Yup, I put those stickers if I'm in a place a lot of the time. Or if I just won a fight nearby," Tora explained as Eri started looking for a potential route "I got through a lot of stickers in middle school." she added with a smile. The young delinquent was nothing if not proud of her record in schoolyard scraps, even if the most she had to show for it was a disciplinary record and a therapy notebook

As they got ready for their own mini-trek off the beaten path the young tiger kept on talking, answering as much of the blonde's inquiries as she could.  "Oh yeah, guy was like the head of a bunch of jerks who'd been a big problem so they couldn't really kick me out because of it or else it would be a major headache, so I got a transfer instead. At least that's what my dad said happened. There was a lot of yelling, I don't remember," she shrugged off "So what about you Eri? You done any martial arts at all?" She asked before jumping off the platform, their mini free run now underway.

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Legs for days, and an attitude to match~!

Enoshima Eri

“Sounds like they definitely deserved it.” The blonde belle found nodding with affirmation as her fellow femme explained the situation which had led to her unofficial dismissal and transfer to her current educational institute, to her mind there seemed nothing wrong with a person standing up for themselves even if they went to the extreme of savage violence when the situation called for it, and frankly Miss Enoshima felt more disgust for a school which had been so cowardly as to make such a party the villain of the piece than anything she could have conjured toward her new friend.
“Wait, your dad yelled at you for it…?” One particular detail seeming to stand out for her or perhaps the link between two of them, with Tora perhaps not quite describing who had been doing the yelling and toward whom the suspicion she carried seemed to make the leggy lass presume that she was referring to her own patriarch in this case bellowing at her, though this was perhaps a presumption born from her own experience and bias as well for that matter.

“Oh, um, yes… This or that, really?” The taller teen seeming to become a whole lot more timid when she found herself being questioned on the matter of her own expertise with all things martial however, given the fact that she tended to keep her ability in a fight something of a secret from the school Eri knew that she couldn't announce the fullness with which her training had blessed her too proudly, and yet at the same time felt she respected the story she had been told and the bearing of this pint sized pugilist too much to deny her entirely.
“I studied a few things for fitness and self defence really?” As such admitting that she had more skill than she would to anyone else but being somewhat evasive as to the specificity of the depth of her aptitude, it seemed a little more acceptable should this 'truth' get out that she might have honed her craft for protection and personal enrichment, even if it wasn't wholly or even the lion's share of the reason why she did it really.

“You never know who you're going to run into, right?” It likely for anyone to coax the full truth that one would need to provide quite the substantial assurance that she would not be judged for reasoning which seemed rather less rational, in some ways Miss Enoshima couldn't explain why she enjoyed unloading on punch bags and punks alike, but knew that it had something to do with control, as strange as that sounded. She felt like she was in charge of her destiny when she was throwing punches and kicks, right? Moreso than any other situation, at least…

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Tora #7

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"They did," Tora nodded with the blonde "Whoa, whoa! No, he was yelling at the school staff when he found out what was happening," she hastily explained when she realised that she could have phrased things a lot better. Especially with who was doing the yelling at what. "Although he did get on at me 'cause I messed up the stances while I was kicking ass he didn't yell at me about it. Just more of a 'this would have been better if you did this, this and this' sorta thing when he saw the camera footage, but that's because he's the one training me." the tiny delinquent added with a bit of an eyeroll as she thought back to the inciting incident, she was not denied ice cream for throwing a guy twice her size around but because her footwork wasn't optimal for it. The jackass still went flying, she couldn't be doing it that badly!

Now it was Eri's turn to be on the defensive when the younger of the two students started asking about her life, the confident blonde keeping things vague but the small details were enough. She could definitely handle herself "Oh okay," she settled for, not wanting to pry into something Eri was keeping close to her chest. Not everyone was like Tora who was more than happy to explain every little detail about her fighting and training.  "I learned 'cause I wanted to do Sentai backflips without landing on my head. But I guess it came with other self-protection skills too." 

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Legs for days, and an attitude to match~!

Enoshima Eri

“He…? Ahahahaha!” The tension of the moment seeming to melt away in favour of relief as she imagined what was for all intents and purposes a male replica of the girl before barking at teachers in defence of his daughter, for a moment Eri seemed to gape as she imagined such a fiesty figure being a person's father, and then began to giggle when the lass revealed the fact that his only criticism had been on account of her form.
“He sounds like the best dad?” This feeling like rather a breath of fresh air when compared to her own patriarch, while she knew that he would take issue with how she did things she had never felt it worthwhile either way to mention or otherwise reveal her abilities in combat to the man in her life, and as such felt no shortage of envy for one who seemed so protective and supportive as this one. The girl probably didn't know just how lucky she was.

“Sentai backflips…? Like those shows~?” Once more finding herself bemused however as Tora revealed the reason behind her own ability in a fight and the delightfully childish reason behind it, the fair femme found vague memories of folk striking poses and taking part in over the top action and seemed to grin because of it, and ever more so felt refreshed by the unassuming and unabashed perspective she was offered by this new face in her life. There was something freeing about it, no~?

“Something like… This~?” Such an interest in acrobatics only seeming to show that they were far more connected than she could have ever guessed, the mere memory seemed to provoke some spirit of exhibition from Miss Enoshima and as such the girl seeming to take a few steps to the side to find somewhere clear and then vault into the air, the gymnastic skill she had been honing practically all her life seemed to show as she tucked her knees up and threw herself backward, before landing a few paces behind where she had started. No content with a mere flip however and instead seeming to really ham the action up where she landed, she spread both one leg and the opposite arm wide while putting her other fist into the floor like a superhero to add a little flourish to the move, then looked to her companion with a grin. That was definitely worth at least an eight out of ten, right~? Ten, if you considered how off the cuff it was…

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