Post by vespertine on Jan 9, 2024 22:55:51 GMT -5
(In a darkened buddhist monastery Vespertine kneels on the floor surrounded by four candles. Her trenchcoat splayed out behind her, her head is bowed, flaming orange eyes lowered. We come up on the conversation between her and her master, the Dark Buddha and a high level monk of the Dark Order)
Ves: Master, you called me?
Monk: You have failed me again. You have failed HIM.
Ves: Is that what you called me here for? That I failed you. I haven't failed anybody. I-
Monk (he shouts at her): Your ARROGANCE is your undoing! You are worthless.
Ves: What? You are starting to sound like Stick. I'm your right hand on this mortal realm. You should thank me for even being your eyes and ears. What-
DB: SILENCE!
(Vespertine leans forward to lay prone on the floor)
Ves: What have I done to garner your anger master?
Monk (quieter): Two title shots in the space of a month. And yet you failed to get either of them. Your arrogance and ego got in the way. What does HE expect from all the lesser disciples.
Ves: "Don't let your ego inflate and don't let arrogance overcome you. Otherwise the world will undo you."
Monk: And you have done both. He has let it slide because you are the right hand of the Dark Buddha but now, you have let arrogance overwhelm you and your head is overinflated by your ego. The world undid you. That Rhea Ripley wannabe was right about you. You are all talk. All bark no bite. Stick trained you better. And Jeskan-san has let you do what you wanted with nary a sidelong glance. That ends. NOW.
(A skeletal hand beckons something by curling it's finger and telling it come forward. Two more robbed monks appear in the light with a third, a very wounded, a very bloody man in a business suit. They let go of him and he drops to his knees. He whimpers and starts to speak but before he can get anything out, the first monk takes out a kantana and slashes his throat and Jeskan-san falls over dead. The other two monks bow and leave the lights)
Monk: He was given a second chance and he failed. In my opinion, he should'nt have been given one at all. HE WAS USELESS. Like you are turning out to be.
Ves: (gets up from the prone position to talk better) But my win column has one more notch in it than my loss column. I'm still new in AW. I don't expect to be the best right away. I never expected to get as far as I did with the US Title nor get a title shot for the TV title. I'm doing something right. I'm doing-
DB: And that is your excuse for your failures. I don't give second chances and I shouldn't give one to you. But you aren't in my army where we are taking over the world. You are in the ring, gaining dominance or so you claim via titles and wins. All in my view, in my vision of ring superiority. You are more of a ring warrior than a field tested soldier and I respect that. But you have opened your mouth more and barked more than you bit one too many times. All in my name and that I cannot allow.
Monk: Your sentence will not be death. From here on, the power you wield in his name will be taken from you. From here on, any success or failure you have in AW will be.... your own.... undoing!
(She stands up to protest. But the two monks from before grab her arms and keep her upright.)
Ves: No! I can do better. I will be better. Jessie was just a bump in the road.
DB: NO MORE! IN MY NAME! (The skeletal hand reaches out and what seems like a faint mist or essence flows out of her mouth and the glow that usually accompanies her eyes go out to their normal pupils. When that is done, a purple light comes from the darkness and goes to her mouth, into it and down her throat.)
Monk: We give you back your soul so you understand the gravity of this situation. You are not backed by the Dark Buddha anymore. You are not to mention his name. You are not to do any promos that take place in a buddhist monastery, a graveyard or cemetary, nor should they have anything to do with ghosts and souls and demons or the Dark Buddha himself. That reality is locked to you until you can prove to us that you can keep your ego in check and you are not as overconfident in what you do. You will not be able to see behind the scenes of reality nor use the powers you were given when you were made the Right Hand of the Dark Buddha.
DB: Go against these and my wishes and there will be no third strike. You will go the way of Jeckson-san
Monk: Go now, I banish you from this high order.
(The two monks on either side of her disappate into the darkness, as does the third monk. She drops to the floor breathing heavy, in shock, in sorrow and in anger. It takes a while to catch her breath. The candles go out and all of a sudden the room is filtered in sunlight from all sides. Regular monks going about their daily tasks.)
Ves: I will show you I am worthy. I will show them all. And first to feel my wrath, Karli and Niobe.
(A monk rushes over to her to help her stand as it seems she is on shaky legs.)
Ves: Master, you called me?
Monk: You have failed me again. You have failed HIM.
Ves: Is that what you called me here for? That I failed you. I haven't failed anybody. I-
Monk (he shouts at her): Your ARROGANCE is your undoing! You are worthless.
Ves: What? You are starting to sound like Stick. I'm your right hand on this mortal realm. You should thank me for even being your eyes and ears. What-
DB: SILENCE!
(Vespertine leans forward to lay prone on the floor)
Ves: What have I done to garner your anger master?
Monk (quieter): Two title shots in the space of a month. And yet you failed to get either of them. Your arrogance and ego got in the way. What does HE expect from all the lesser disciples.
Ves: "Don't let your ego inflate and don't let arrogance overcome you. Otherwise the world will undo you."
Monk: And you have done both. He has let it slide because you are the right hand of the Dark Buddha but now, you have let arrogance overwhelm you and your head is overinflated by your ego. The world undid you. That Rhea Ripley wannabe was right about you. You are all talk. All bark no bite. Stick trained you better. And Jeskan-san has let you do what you wanted with nary a sidelong glance. That ends. NOW.
(A skeletal hand beckons something by curling it's finger and telling it come forward. Two more robbed monks appear in the light with a third, a very wounded, a very bloody man in a business suit. They let go of him and he drops to his knees. He whimpers and starts to speak but before he can get anything out, the first monk takes out a kantana and slashes his throat and Jeskan-san falls over dead. The other two monks bow and leave the lights)
Monk: He was given a second chance and he failed. In my opinion, he should'nt have been given one at all. HE WAS USELESS. Like you are turning out to be.
Ves: (gets up from the prone position to talk better) But my win column has one more notch in it than my loss column. I'm still new in AW. I don't expect to be the best right away. I never expected to get as far as I did with the US Title nor get a title shot for the TV title. I'm doing something right. I'm doing-
DB: And that is your excuse for your failures. I don't give second chances and I shouldn't give one to you. But you aren't in my army where we are taking over the world. You are in the ring, gaining dominance or so you claim via titles and wins. All in my view, in my vision of ring superiority. You are more of a ring warrior than a field tested soldier and I respect that. But you have opened your mouth more and barked more than you bit one too many times. All in my name and that I cannot allow.
Monk: Your sentence will not be death. From here on, the power you wield in his name will be taken from you. From here on, any success or failure you have in AW will be.... your own.... undoing!
(She stands up to protest. But the two monks from before grab her arms and keep her upright.)
Ves: No! I can do better. I will be better. Jessie was just a bump in the road.
DB: NO MORE! IN MY NAME! (The skeletal hand reaches out and what seems like a faint mist or essence flows out of her mouth and the glow that usually accompanies her eyes go out to their normal pupils. When that is done, a purple light comes from the darkness and goes to her mouth, into it and down her throat.)
Monk: We give you back your soul so you understand the gravity of this situation. You are not backed by the Dark Buddha anymore. You are not to mention his name. You are not to do any promos that take place in a buddhist monastery, a graveyard or cemetary, nor should they have anything to do with ghosts and souls and demons or the Dark Buddha himself. That reality is locked to you until you can prove to us that you can keep your ego in check and you are not as overconfident in what you do. You will not be able to see behind the scenes of reality nor use the powers you were given when you were made the Right Hand of the Dark Buddha.
DB: Go against these and my wishes and there will be no third strike. You will go the way of Jeckson-san
Monk: Go now, I banish you from this high order.
(The two monks on either side of her disappate into the darkness, as does the third monk. She drops to the floor breathing heavy, in shock, in sorrow and in anger. It takes a while to catch her breath. The candles go out and all of a sudden the room is filtered in sunlight from all sides. Regular monks going about their daily tasks.)
Ves: I will show you I am worthy. I will show them all. And first to feel my wrath, Karli and Niobe.
(A monk rushes over to her to help her stand as it seems she is on shaky legs.)