Post by Niobe Martin on Nov 13, 2022 4:36:56 GMT -5
The scene slowly fades into a shot of Niobe walking down a somewhat busy downtown area in the late evening time.
”Well my first win in this place was an interesting one. Cheeks and I had to share the win since I guess we both had the pinfall on poor ol’ Thon. So the Turmoil continues for both of us, it seems. If we meet again, the outcome will be quite different and I’ll send him to the bottom of the barrel.
She kicks a rock down the street, watching it bounce along the ground before ending up in the grass a few feet away from where she was. People streamed on either side of her as she continued walking, eyes roaming the street almost as if she was hunting for something in particular.
”This week I have something much… bigger to focus on. Something I thought wouldn’t come for quite a while yet, but the powers that be have decided that they want me in a match against Addy A for the AW Television Championship. Needless to say, I was a bit shocked. After my rough start, they want me to take on her for that title.
I was like, ok, but I’m not going to be responsible for what happens to her during and after that match.”
She shrugs, glancing in the window of a video game shop as she passes, eyeing what was for sale within before moving on along her journey.
Snowflakes started to fall down…
”I’ve been in a few other places besides AW. Seen many things, done a lot of things, won some gold here and there so I know what it’s like to stand in that spotlight. To be champion and have that target on your back, growing a pair of eyes in the back of your head and be willing to do anything and everything to defend what is yours rightfully. I get it, I really do Addy. People are coming left and right for you, and from what I’ve seen, it’s a long list. You’ve stood up to the challenge at every turn. Bravo.
This isn’t me trying to kiss up to you by any means. Oh no. This is me sending a warning to you ahead of our match. You’re going to need to set your head on a swivel for me, Exorcist style, because I will come at you from any angle, by any means necessary for me to get that victory and take that title from you. Perfection isn’t forever, and you’ll lose that title at some point. Better it be to me than someone else. I’m surprised you haven’t lost it to your disheveled little mind, dear.”
The corner of Niobe’s mouth turns up in a sly little grin, as she shoves her gloved hands into her pockets. Snowflakes start to collect on her jacket. Music blasts from the cars passing by.
”You’re probably sitting with your little doctor, on that couch, talking about how you’re going to get in the right mindset for taking on someone like me. ‘How am I going to get past lil ol Niobe without spiraling further doc?’ ‘What am I going to do? I need this title. I need to play the Queen of everything and chase everyone away, screaming random things at the passing people.’ Something like that. I don’t know, how you haven’t lost your mind further. Not my problem, sorry.
I just want to destroy whatever’s left of you. I want that title. I want you laying at my feet, no longer the one to be…anything.”
Niobe stops, seeing this branch lying against a mailbox. She chuckles and twirls it in her hand before leaning it against her shoulder, continuing to walk.
The snow continues to fall…
”You’ll come to find about me, is that I give 110 percent out there in the ring. I ramp everything up. I’ve tangled with everyone from the big to the small, so I am more than willing to step up to this challenge with everything in my arsenal ready to fire. I want you to come at me, I want that. Do you hear me? I want it all, and you will get the very best without fail Addy. But slip up, just once…just once….
And that’s it. You’ll fall, you’ll fail, and I will look down at you with that predator’s grin; the title held above my head triumphantly. I will have won the game, and taken your head…your title as my present.”
She sits down on a snow covered bench, relaxing, tapping the branch on her shoulder. People only glance at her, then move on. She hums quietly for a bit, sighs, then starts to talk again to finish this off.
”So Addy, I hope you’ve been listening real well because everything I’ve just said is the truth, 100 percent. I want to fight you, in the middle of that ring, and destroy you piece by piece before claiming that shining title for myself. The clock is ticking down Addy, you only have so long left before the hands hit midnight, and everything ends in a ball of flaming pain and agony.
Feel the eyes on the back of your head, that sense of dread and despair knowing that your just a short minute away from losing what you hold dear. I want it to eat away at you, little by little, until boom, you're done and staring at the lights. This isn't just something, this is truth, and you'll have to learn to deal with it however you want.
Tonight, you will feel my wrath and know what it’s like to face the Living Nightmare.
Tick tock. See you soon.”
