The announcer called out. "The next fight, Panda Larborough and Strawberry face face off against Shu Wan Dat and Larissa Plainstrider."<br/><br/>Larborough came face to face with her opponent, Shu Wan Dat, a bulky white tigeress, as they headed for the ring.<br/><br/>The tigeress sneered. "And here I thought they'd give me a challenge, but all I get is a big fat panda. Hope you're tasty, 'casue you don't look much good for anything else."<br/><br/>"Missy, all I have to be is better than you, which don't look hard from where I stand."<br/><br/>"I'nm surprised you _can_ stand. Well, I don't have to stand _you_ for long."<br/><br/>"Yep, cause you'll be adding to my waistline before too long. And I gotta news roundup for you, I ain't just a big fat panda..." she stepped into the ring, "... I'm THE big fat panda!"<br/><br/>Strawberry's opponent is a lioness-taur with a sagging lower belly. Strawberry said, "I'm Strawberry, hi!"<br/><br/>The lioness-taur just looked her up and down, and snorted.<br/><br/>"Um... You have four legs. Your tail has a tuft on. Your momma gave birth to you." The lioness is now looking confused at Strawberry's comments.<br/><br/>Larborough sighs. "Strawberry, are you trying to trash talk her?"<br/><br/>"Yes... You were doing it, so I thought I should."<br/><br/>"That was because I wasn't going to let that fuzzy mint humbug score on me without getting my own licks in. Besides, when you trash talk, you say nasty things about the other person."<br/><br/>The red slime girl frowned. "But that would be mean, and besides I don't know anything nasty about her."<br/><br/>"Kami, give me strength... Just..."<br/><br/>The tigeress charged forward as the referee signalled the start of the match, clearly hoping to bowl her opponent over while distracted. Larborough barely set herself in time, managing to keep her balance, but was pushed back towards the edge of the ring.<br/><br/>"That.. was a cheap trick to pull!" She gasped, holding off the other with her palms to the tigeress' shoulders, and keeping her legs back.<br/><br/>The tigeress grinned evilly. "If you're more interested in talking to the abominable desert topping than taking care of business, someone's going to call you on it."<br/><br/>The panda growled. "So you want me to take care of business? How about I restructure my assets? Mountain stance!"<br/><br/>Larborough faded back, drawing herself upright. Normally this would have been an invitation to being knocked over, but the reversal of force was so fast, instead, it simply drew the tigeress forward into overextending herself. The carnivore barely got her foot under her in time to avoid crashing to the mat.<br/><br/>The tigeress sprung back off her front foot, getting room to avoid any counter-attacks, and examined her opponent. Larborough had flicked her stetson off her head and outside the mat, revealing a top-knot. Gone was the lazy look in her eyes, replaced by a gimlet gaze. Her body dropped slightly into a low posture that looked like she could win a shoving contest with a glacier.<br/><br/>"I am Pamela Anderton Chun Lau Larborough! The raging blood of the black bear, and the power of a thousand years of Chinese warrior pandas flows within me. You are going down!"