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COOPER CALIGAYAHAN 🐶🌻
- Wrestled for about 7 years before becoming a knight, mostly in their teenage and adolescent years
- Started wrestling because their parents forced them to
- Would’ve quit their first year if they could’ve
- Started to really enjoy wrestling their second year and got really good at it!!
- Got to be team captain for a few years :0
- Primarily wrestled freestyle but also has some experience with folk style
- Had the Lark try out wrestling because they thought that it could be a good opportunity and experience for them
- Helps to coach at practices
QUEST PLAYWRIGHT 🪶📖
- Wrestled for one year when they were about 13-14
- Quit due to an elbow injury and the overall strain and time required for wrestling
- Tried it out because Cooper suggested it to them and they wanted to try out new things
- Wrestled freestyle
- Was at first dubious about letting the Lark wrestle, especially Cole, but obliged once the Lark themselves began asking to wrestle
- Made sure that each of them knew of the risks that wrestling presents and that they’d have to balance their time carefully to manage both wrestling and theatre
- Brings snacks for the Lark and their teammates at tournaments <3
CLÉMENTE DEARWORTH 🐐🌼
- First of the Lark that Cooper suggested wrestling to
- Joined because they thought it would be fun and they wanted to meet new people
- Shocked by how many bruises they gained after their first tournament— wouldn’t stop talking about how much they looked like an “abused child”
- Talked to almost all of their opponents after every match and made at least one friend each meet
- Likely won’t continue wrestling after their first year since it’s not their thing
COLE SEYMOUR 🐇🌾
- Joined wrestling because the other Lark wanted them to
- Cried for an hour after their first tournament and refused to participate in another ever again :(
- Cooper felt incredibly guilty about it and made sure to let Cole know how proud of them they were for just trying out wrestling and that they should’ve known better than to make them do it
- Cooper also got Cole some pears and new guitar strings to further make up for it
- Cole still goes to practices with the Lark and helps out of their own accord
- Mostly practices with Kingsley since they’re in similar weight classes
KINGSLEY 🌳👑
- Easiest one to convince to wrestle
- Cooper only had to briefly mention the existence of a kids’ wrestling team before Kingsley was like “OOH REALLY? CAN I JOIN IT?!”
- Used zero wrestling moves at their first tournament and instead decided to go off their “intuition”
- Couldn’t understand why they kept losing
- Befriends other wrestlers in the bathroom at meets
- Joined with the thought that they’d immediately be good at it and could become a professional wrestler like Cooper was
- Realized just how difficult wrestling could be after a few meets but continued because they enjoyed the sport rather than to become world famous for it
- Cries after like half of their matches, especially towards the end of the season
- I imagine that they’d wrestle for two years before stopping
PEREGRINE AUGUST 🫎🍂
- The most (read: only one) locked in out of all of the Lark at practices
- Joined because they wanted to get stronger and learn self defense
- Their favorite part of wrestling is how everything is composed on Action/Reaction and is just as much, if not more, based on thought and strategy rather than actual wrestling
- Arguably the best wrestler out of the Lark
- Had a hard time learning that they couldn’t just muscle everything and that they had to preform every move exactly right instead
- Started off strong and determined at the beginning of the season but became a little more discouraged with each loss they were hit with
- Almost quit several times during their first season
- Thought that they’d quit wrestling after their first season but ended up joining again the next because they liked the routine and activity it gave them