Post by Jody Madrox on Apr 27, 2024 21:13:43 GMT -5
[It opens to see Jody in the D at a local laundromat near his crib at midnight, we see him cleaning some of his clothing and his nieces with his nephew's clothes in a trash bag. We saw him inside the place where it wasn’t too busy, so he managed to get some quarters to wash his stuff in one washer. After he placed the clothing inside the washer with the coins inside, putting soap and what not. As he was washing them, he wanders off to sit on a bench to read a magazine, then after some time he sees a girl who he knew back in the day. She kinda looked like Sza who was coming into the place for her overnight shift at the counter. He comes to the counter, and he looks at the girl with a smile as she looks elsewhere.]
Jody: Oh hey there, you remember me?
Girl: Um, who is you?
Jody: You know me from the block as Jo Jo
[Then she looked at him, and she started to warm up to him as she was fixing her hair.]
Girl: Oh JOJO!.... You the little bro of the man who ran the D?
Jody: Well…. You know yeah, im him.
Girl: He always would tell me that his little bro is gonna be some president or some shit. I guess JoJo, you in the white house yet?
Jody: Hell Nahh….im not that smart in the game. I’m in the wrestlin shit, and you know his niece Missy? She recently had a child who I let in my crib. His name is Lil Kass.
[Jody shows the girl who’s named Ninaj aka Naj, pictures of the boy who looked like his late brother. Then one of the patrons come to the counter to interrupt the stuff.]
Patron: HEY LADY GIVE ME SOME QUARTERS OR I WILL REPORT YOU TO THE MANAGER!!
Naj: Look ma’am, you don’t need to yell at me, here some quarters.
[Naj then hands the elder woman patron a roll of quarters, and she walks off to wash her clothes. Then Naj took his phone to see Lil Kass, and she smiled.]
Naj: Ahhwww…. He so cute, and I didn’t even know his daughter had grown into a mature woman. I remember we’d have her want us to read her bedtime stories all the time, no matter how late it was. Time flies!
[She handed his phone back to him, and she was doing some stuff around the counter as he checked his laundry. It was still washing his stuff, and he comes back to the counter to see Naj pulling out an old ipod with the earbuds, as she pops one in and leaves the other off to pay attention. He sees it and he smiles towards it.]
Jody: Naj, don’t tell me you still got that old ass Ipod now…. I thought you’d gave it away.
Naj: Whatever, so what if it’s old… i got songs that got me back in nostalgic vibes. Do you remember that song in the early 2000s… that Laundromat song?
Jody: Wait… you remember that song? I remember you played that alot when you and Kass were on the rocks before. I think we once sang it in a karaoke bar one time before, man that song brings memories.
[Then suddenly the song plays on the ipod, and she starts to sing. Jody then sings along, then about some seconds later the manager comes out of the office to see what is going on. He didn’t like what he saw, so he glared at her.]
Manager: Naj, you need to be focused on your job and not interacting with the patrons.
Naj: Ugh… fine… sorry.
[Manager then looks at Jody who he noticed is a AW wrestler, and he was hyped. He then gets out of the counter and comes up to Jody and he wants him to sign something. Jody wasn’t in the mood, but he noticed Naj was upset so he wanted to get her mood up, so he signed something to the manager. Then Naj looked on with glee, as the manager went back to his office.]
Naj: Oh wow, you signed something for him to shut up huh?
Jody: You could say so… but anyways, how life been?
Naj: You know Jojo, it’s the same ol shit… living check to check, and my rent is backed up to all hell due to one of my roommates not payin her half in time…so im now doing three jobs to keep myself afloat here. Its a pain in the ass Jojo!
Jody: Fuck that’s rough to hear, man… i know it’s hard out here. I wish i could help.
Naj: Nahh Jojo, i’m good.. You know me a strong indie black lady! Plus, I know you are involved with that wrestlin shit, does it pay well?
Jody: Ehhhhhh…….. So so… but flyin and accommodation is a bitch to plan for. I taken more money on rental cars then how much i spend on rent. Wrestlin is fun, but a cruel mistress.
Naj: Ah, I see, don’t you ever get tired of that road life? I know it’s taking its mental toll on you.
Jody: Well, its complicated you know… but–
[Then he hears his clothes finishing washing, and he takes his stuff out and placed them into a dryer and placed some quarters into it let it dry. Then he heads back to Naj to speak to her some more.]
Jody: It's the lesser of two evils… sling dope or sling my body on the mat every night. Now, im involved in a contedership thing… i know it don’t sound like yo thing so imma shut up now.
Naj: Oh nooo, i'm interested… tell me more.
Jody: Gotta fight some chick for a belt shot opportunity… don’t know if my mind is set to it.
Naj: Well, what is that mental block you have for not taking this opportunity seriously?
[Jody shrugs at her and he checks his phone to see Missy calling him to check in. After that check in was done, his clothes dried up after a few minutes. He placed the clothes back in the bin, and before he left he came up to Naj once more.]
Jody: Hey you know, whenever im in town we should do something…catch up n shit you know?
Naj: Oh hell yeah Jojo..here’s my digits.
[She gave her digits to him and he puts it on is phone, and he waved goodbye towards her. Now, we see him in his hotel room, alone, looking a photos of Jessie Lee, thinkin if he’ll get past his questionable “infatuation” with her. Then he decides to talk to himself in the mirror in the bathroom.]
Jody: Do I have what it takes to beat Jessie? Do I have what it takes to make it to the next level?...i’m conflicted to the point I'm thinking if it was worth the flight to come here for the Blast PPV. I already know that in the locker room there’s a betting pool that Jessie is going to win and get a shot at the US title, since in their minds they believe she has something to prove to get the belt off Draugr. I guess they are right, she has something to prove that she needs to dethrone a fucking dino-mutt, she needs the clout in order to think she’s the best of the best in this place.
Man, I guess she has more to lose than I, because I want the people in the locker room to think that I have no chance in hell to beat her, and to move to the US title shot. I want them to think that I have no stake or even a kayfabe sense of importances of what it means to be next in line to dethrone the dino-mutt of the US Title division.
So yes, you can have no faith in me…
I won’t need to lose a lick of sleep too those have no clue how much I want to beat my one time beau in that ring, and I want them to understand that even yes, when a homeboy needs some alone time with DOMMY MOMMY…in picture form, cuz i know my black azz wouldn’t get them bunz before Vessy gets her hands on em… or Karlie…i don’t judge its 2024’....
Anyone can get deez nuts in their mouth if they want it… but for real, I am not ashamed to admit that i'm afraid to hurt her chances at being the one to dethrone the Dino-Mutt’s belt. I feel like, if I did do her dirty in that ring, she would end up wanting to go on some podcast and claim that they holdin her down n shit, you know that whole “waa waa waa, Jody isn’t a good wrestler/IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ME!” type shit by the next six months from now.
So keep on having dem doubts of me not being the one to take down Jessie Lee, I don’t need anyone’s approval or acceptance… because that means I worry about what an outsider think of what I can do. Keep the faith on not believing in me, because I need all your hate and negative mindset to usher me into some other side of me that needs to be around.
Who knows? I might bring back my Halls Of Illusions this PPV, let Jessie Lee walk through those illusions of grandeur, make her face reality that even though she might be the baddest bitch in the game, she isn’t not a match for a geto boy of AW. Let the underdog come through over the Superwoman of Australia, and let one make the unrepresented side of underdogs be a reality.
So Jessie, I know we have done the waltz many times, and we even not too long ago won a makeshift tag match last week, but now this is a different side now. We are across that ring, and we are having to determine who gets to face Dino-mutt and his belt, but hey I know you have everyone in your head, gassin you up so much that if you farted it would travel past the arena to where Dino-mutt’s ancestors would go extinct. That’s how much i gass i sense you have in your head.
So Lee, think that your looks might get me off the edge, think that your thick thighs would make me pass out in pure bliss…. Lee, think about how much I finally want to get my hands on you in a non pg way.
So Lee, you are dealing with a man who has nothing to lose…. Unlike you, I don’t have anyone in the locker room gassin me up in the head on who’s gonna win, imma let my fist do the talkin’ this sunday.
[Then we see him walk away from the mirror, and he meets JB in his hotel for a night out of town as the scene fades into the AW logo.]