by exalted » Thu May 05, 2022 9:56 am
Zorro Azul smiled brightly to her fans, still somewhat shocked by actually having fans out in person and not just online, she faked her confidence until she made it. She'd interacted with some ringside during her time, but it was always fleeting, a quick wave or high five as she went to the ring, but to meet them like this, where they actually called out her name...
She smiled and kneeled down for a selfie with a young girl, smiling as the girl said she wanted to be just like Zoro Azul when she grew up and making Krista's heart melt, while she signed whatever was being put in her hands. Blinded by the flash for a moment, she blinked several times and handed the page back to whoever else in the crowd had handed it over, only catching the content as it slipped her fingers. She wanted to shout no and snatch it back, but it was too late and the man disappeared into the press of bodies.
Quickly making her excuses she jogged back inside, blushing under her mask as she wondered how long before a signed copy of her tits was for sale on ebay.
She headed for one of the wings of the arena, catching the end of Nyx and Aries match through a crack in the curtains. The ending too was routine, Nyx jumped from the second rope , got caught and slammed by Aries followed by the 1,2,3. There was some applause and cheers as they left the ring, but were already forgotten by the time the announcer read of the next match. XCW was still only a small promotion and she saw many of the support crew running and multitasking, deciding to help out herself where she could and keep out of the way where she couldn't. It also kept her out of the way of the others, preferring not to deal with any of them until after the match tonight.
When she wasn't helping she did small sets of push ups or sit ups, followed by stretching or some light yoga, keeping herself warm and loose for later. There was still a bunch of matches on the mid card to get through before the main event and she watched with a critical eye. Around halfway through the show a projector played her secret promo and she couldn't help but suppress her giggle as she watched Jimbo Brown try to shoot on his own feud with 'Nuggetz' Hogan while two obvious silhouettes made out behind him. On que, 'Whopper' Brown stormed out of backstage like the interview had just happened and his match started.
She watched a few more, taking notes with her critical eye, before realizing it was time and she headed for the back curtain, finding Rhys waiting. Cayden was a former champion so tradition read he would come in second with Lexi, part of her wondered how he was going to deal with that, before realizing he didn't know anything about it yet. Still mulling over whether she should have told him or not, she stepped out of the shadows behind Rhys.
"Ready for this?" she asked, flatly, unzipping her hoodie and slipping off her sweats to reveal her full new costume, "Just remember, this is the last time I help you get over, it's all on you now..."
Breaking out into her Zoro grin, she bolted for the curtain as she music played, doing a somersault and back flip out into the arena to rev up the crowd and steal Rhys thunder at the same time. Posing to show off her new costume, she bolted for the ring, leaping and sliding in under the bottom ropes. Climbing a turn buckle, she cheered and waved to the crowd, motioning for them to get out their seats and cheer to. Back flipping off the turnbuckle she turned and climbed the other side before looking to see how Rhys was getting on and if Cayden had started his own entrance.