Going towards the Light (Vs. Cipher and Odin)
Dec 8, 2023 12:06:40 GMT -5
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Post by vespertine on Dec 8, 2023 12:06:40 GMT -5
(play while reading)
(A long tunnel, dark, round, with a white light at the end of it. Don't go towards the light is the saying but in this case, someone is walking away from the light, Vespertine's silhoutte wears a trench coat and it's billowing out behind her. But her silhouette is walking towards us in the light.)
VO: You have seen me win and you have seen me lose. I've seen heaven. I've been in hell. I have faced God. I have stared down the Devil. I have seen and followed my own deity, Buddha. Followed both the light and the dark.
(The silhouette stops and points to the white light behind her. Her silky smooth hand holds up a small lithe finger)
I don't believe in heaven as I don't believe in hell. I believe in reincarnation. I believe in coming back after I die and becoming something better.
(She walks towards us again)
And yet while you believe you can do better, you can be better, I already am. Better. There is nothing for me to prove. I don't need to prove it. You already know why I'm here. What I can do. And how I can do it. You have seen Epically Diva. You have seen Death by.... Diva. But you wonder where I get all this from? My dark side. Inside all of us, there is a dark side. All you have to do is just reach down, reach deep, reach out and drag it up. You want something. You have to go out and get it. Respect is earned. Never given. Titles are won by hard work and perserverance. I have both. You do what you have to, to survive. I do it better than anyone.
(She sighs, stops, then she continues)
What does your darkness mean? Mine tells me I haven't done it well enough yet. I can die, I can fail. I can fail, I can fall. I can fall but I will always get back up and come back for more. It's what I do. None of you understand what it means. You have not learned from your failures. You have fallen but you didn't take the time to dust yourself off and learn from the experience of failure. Your failure feeds me.
(The light behind her shines brighter and brighter until the entire screen is a huge white glow. Something explodes somewhere and when the light dies we see her in a big round room with murals and paintings in picture frames all over the room. There are two huge red and green arm chairs in the middle of the room. She looks around.)
V: In my hand are two pills. One is green, one is red. Take the green one and find out how far down the rabbit hole goes. Take the red and you find yourself back in your illusionary reality.
(She smiles and shakes her head.)
V: No. I don't. But I've always wanted to say that. "Take the red pill or the green one." (chuckles) As you can see, I took the green one a long time ago. And thus began my journey into the wrestling world. I have gotten everything I ever wanted from it. Friends, enemies, rivals, World Titles, Tag Team Titles, Ladies titles, Hall of Fame placements, double champions. Why? Because I took that green pill.
(She goes to sit down on the green leather arm chair and looks around.)
V: How far down the rabbit hole will you go? How far down the rabbit hole have you been? Do you believe in what you see? Do you believe in what you hear? You may already be in darkness. Maybe you have moved past it and have come out the other side. You would call that Death. I call that reincarnation. What do you believe in? And how far are you willing to go for what you believe? Are willing to die for that belief?
(She gets up and out of the green chair, walks over to the wall.)
Ves: II you haven't been paying attention, in the end death will turn out the lights and lock the door when he is done.
(She turns off the lights leaving everything in pitch black)
Death comes for the best of us. Death comes for everyone. In time, your time will be no more.
(Heels click as she walks off into the darkness)
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Scene 2
(Darkness darkness everywhere. Again her voice)
VO: Ves: Hello gentlemen, allow me to introduce myself. I am Vespertine. The whirling dervish of your worst nightmare. And who do I have the privilege of speaking to?
(Her face comes out of the darkness. Her hair cascades down the sides of her face. Like Grudge Girl, but there are no other features.)
Because it looks like I'm facing Edward Scissorhands' brother, Sammy Shearfingers. Or what do they call you, Cipher? And then Thor's father, Odin. Something something Balls something four. Is it Fourballs? Ballsfour? Do you have what it takes Mr. 20 year veteran of the sport? How is it I have only been doing this for 5 years and look where I already ended up. In the running for the US Championship title.
(Her face disappears back into the darkness)
I get it. I had my chance. Why should I be given another one considering I just lost to Sitcom. Correct me if I'm wrong but weren't you two in a match at Turmoil vying for the tag team titles? So who's decision was it to put you in this match? As I recall Cipher and Bishop beat you Odin and your new boy toy Joey Cedone. You lost to Cipher, understandable because New Brotherhood is way too powerful a tag team for you. But you somehow fanagled your way into the running for the US Title belt. That's fine. I'm ok with that. But as for Cipher, what, in all the blue hells of buddha are you even doing in this match. I would think that your match at Holiday Bash will be to defend the tag team titles. So.....
(Her face reappears and this time her eyes are white orbs. She smiles wickedly with what looks to be vampire fangs in her mouth)
No skin off my nose if you have to wrestle twice that night. Makes my job of taking you down all that much easier.
(Face disappears again.)
And you Odin, I've seen your record. More tag team championships than you can shake a Northern temple bo staff at but not that many World Titles in your resume. A few. Some. Which makes me wonder then, why were you put in this match. Your spot on the roster seems to be limited to the tag team scene. I'm sure you'll tell me otherwise but I would think you would need a partner to help you out in this triple threat match of ours cause you know, you can't do it alone. Enter Joey Cedone. Too bad that was a failure. Maybe go back to tagging with Corey Black. Maybe then you'll defeat New Brotherhood. Enter Cipher and you get the best tag team ever to walk the halls of Action Wrestling. Looks like you lost out on that too? Why don't you get another partner to go after the tag titles. Ooops, because Joey Cedone. My bad. How'd that work out for you again?
(Face reappears and her eyes are all black orbs from the dark void)
I'm sure at some point in your careers you have faced a man like Sitcom. The man I just lost to at Turmoil. I get it, both of you are saying "you lost to Sitcom, what chance does little Vespy have against Odin and Cipher." (smiles widely) A very good one actually considering I just took Sitcom to his lentation, or breaking point, took him past it so he actually had to fight to keep his title. And therein lies the problem. While you two have faced Sitcom before, you have never EVER beaten him in the way I came close to. Because neither of you have the guts or the balls to do what I did at Turmoil. And yes, I lost but in that loss, I still won.
(Her face disappears into the darkness.)
There will be no lessons. There will be no second chances. There will be no mulligans, do overs or resets. All your fancy words, quotes and phrases are not going to help you. I am here. I am waiting. I am watching. And when the time is right, this Pretty Little Poison will strike. My poison will melt your fire.
(Face appears in the darkness, her eyes are lit up blood red this time. She smiles and instead of two fangs, she has two rows of fangs.)
I can be your worst nightmare. I can be the angel come to save you. The villain you face to destroy you or the hero you need to save you from yourself. I could be. But I'm not. I'm no one's savior. I'm no one's hero. Yet what I really am, is the opponent you will face this next Clash for a shot at the US Title. I have faced worse than either of you. I have faced bigger than you. I have faced faster than you, meaner than you, stronger than you, and far more arrogant that you. And all of them, fell... by... my.... hand.
(Her face disappears again.)
Do I scare you, my sweets? You shouldn't be scared. I am not evil incarnate. I am chaos. The empty swirling void of nothingness that descends into Chaos. Chaos was here long before any human walked this earth. Chaos will be here long after the earth dies and any living thing ceases to be I see you. Odin, Cipher. I see your souls. And it is for the Verse to suck up and use as it's own. You will feel death by diva and when you are defeated, no amount of whispering, whelping or whining will help.
(Her face reappears again, faceless with no features.)
I'm here, my sweets. Don't ever forget that. And when your names are lost to the ashes of time and your memories are just dust in the wind, just know that for all that you did here, for all the success you had, they are merely footnotes to the story I am creating, as one of the blocks that I am building my legacy for in Action Wrestling. On my rise to greatness, you two are merely stepping stones. Don't be ashamed, not every one can fail as spectacularly as you will when you meet me in the ring.
(Face disappears)
I may have lost at Turmoil but I earned Sitcom's respect. Begrudgingly but it matters not how i earned it. When you two step into the ring with me, you will come to understand what Sitcom was made to understand. Respect is earned. Never given and I WILL earn your respect. This little girl will stand with her hand raised in victory as she felled two giants in one night at Clash. Sword raised in victory.
(Her face reappears from the darkness and it looks like the Cheshire's cats.)
Take the red pill and run away. Take the green pill and stay. But know, Odin, and Cipher that if you stay, you play with poison. If you stay, you face me, If you stay, your element will be turned against you, upon you and will scar you and smite you. If you stay, you will lose. If you stay, my hand will be raised in victory. If you stay you will feel death
by....
diva.
(Her face disappears back into the darkness. The light goes out and Death's ferrier of souls closes the door.)