The Friction Spotlight featuring Taylor Parker!

Adrian couldn't care less about bikinis or whatever Mai was going on about, all she wanted to do was get straight in Taylor's face, so the two were merely inches from headbutting each other, the former cosplayer leaning over the session's host to grab her microphone and tell the blonde loud and clear. "Your mom is so fat..." She knew that she wouldn't get to finish that lame joke, she just wanted to provoke Taylor right now

Taylor shook her head. As soon as the words had left Adrian's mouth she burst out of her chair and smashed the table with her arms so that the whole thing fell onto it's side, sending their microphones clattering noisily to the floor. A split second later, she was in Adrian's face.

She grabbed the front of her stupid Avatar t-shirt and yanked the girl up out of her chair so that the two of them stood nose-to-nose. There was enough heat in her glare to melt glass.

"You're mine, pussy," she said so that only Adrian could hear.

Truth be told, Adrian was expecting Taylor to just punch her in the face there and then, not flip the table to the shock (and cheers) of the audience and grab her the shirt. "Bring it on, didn't know you wanted to go 0 and 3 in brawls with me." she whispered back, no fear in her eyes as she met Taylor's death glare head on.

Taylor cracked a joyless smile. If Adrian was going to stand there and beg for an ass kicking, she was not going to disappoint her. She tightened her grip on Adrian's shirt and pulled back a fist to hammer her knuckles into the annoying little brat's face.

Mai watched the Q&A devolve into a near brawl and fretted as the two were seconds away from coming to blows. As Taylor pulled her fist backwards, She wondered if she should lung in and stop it but before she could even make up her mind, another hand was holding tightly onto Taylor's.

Lukretia had been watching the scene with mild interest from her office. As the interview between Taylor wound down, she made her way to the stage to see how the Q&A might unfold. Itunfolded quite predictably. The two could not control themselves so it fell upon the General Manager to maintain order.

Holding tightly onto Taylor's hand and staring at Adrian with a smile, She cleared her throat loudly.

"It is quite vunderbar to see ze two of you getting along so vell. I'm glad to see zat both of you are eager to prove who is ze stronger woman." She said, eying the cosplayer. "However, ve must keep our audience tantalized. Zey came to see a match und it vould be quite shameful if zey did not get zere money's vorth because things came to a head much too quickly. If ze two of you need to vent some frustrations, zen perhaps I can offer up somezing zat vill satisfy you vithout putting one of you in ze hospital before ze time comes."

Lukretia's words were merely suggestive but her tone was clearly only providing an opportunity for quick and thorough agreement with her decision.

"So, does putting you in the hospital count as 'somezing'?" Adrian snapped at Lukretia, of all the various people in charge of various things, Lukretia was the highest one on the former cosplayers shitlist, mostly because of events early in Adrian's AFW career and the just general hatred of each others methods. "Come on, we could compete to see how many bones we break, even put in a scoring system: digits and features are 1 point, limbs and ribs are 2 etc." Both Adrian and Taylor were blatently looking for a fight now, but if the German wanted to get in between the two, well it might not end well for anyone.

Taylor turned her hateful glare on Lukretia. She clenched her fist so hard she might've broken skin. "Hands. OFF," she snarled through her teeth.

She yanked her hand away from Lukretia and let go of Adrian's shirt, and took a step back. She had had enough of Adrian's idiotic nonsense, but she didn't push it. She drew a practiced breath and let it out as slowly as she could to keep herself calm, and while she didn't attack Adrian right then and there her body remained tense and ready for anything.

If Lukretia had anything else to say, she had better say it quick.

Lukretia's eyes narrowed when they both spoke out of turn to her. Instead of stepping away from them, she stepped between them like a mother breaking up her fighting children. If they wanted to take out their irrational rage on her, then so be it.

She looked between the two of then and then lowered her gaze so she could see both of them in her peripheral. "Zis is far enough for ze both of you tonight." She said in a low tone. "You've done vell. Keep the simmering pot on for now und bide your time for ze moment." Lukretia said coolly, looking back and forth between the two of them.

Taylor looked through Lukretia at her obnoxious brunette nemesis. She tilted her head and her hips to the side, put a hand on her elbow and threw up a middle finger for Adrian, and let her gaze linger on her for a moment before turning to face the crowd. She offered a big, punky grin and raised a fist in the air, and then turned to leave.

On her way out, she made a point of bumping shoulders with the General Manager. She spared her only a brief glance, but that was all that was required between the two, given their history. She strode offstage without looking back.

"Tch," Adrian let out as Lukretia officially broke up the fight between them before it had even gotten started. The brunette just shrugging her shoulders as she watched Taylor leave. Maybe it was good to give the two a bit of space, whenever the two got close enough it was just an explosion waiting to happen. They had a match to prepare for in a few months time, and they did not need to be fighting in interviews for it. "See you around." She called after Taylor