It's all about that one moment (@2999 words)
May 22, 2024 0:01:31 GMT -5
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Post by vespertine on May 22, 2024 0:01:31 GMT -5
Outfit:
...1500 years ago....
(The camera shimmers to a sky shot overlooking…a battlefield? Two armies are currently charging one another. One army wears black and red, the other army wears purple and silver. A couple of catapults for each army is on the back lines flinging huge boulders at the other side. The sky darkens for a few minutes from the many arrows being launched on both sides. The purple and silver army is currently surging past a huge rock boulder and on top of this boulder is one lone figure…. )
(…The figure is Vespertine. She raises a curved sword to the sky and screams loudly. She urges her army forward to meet the enemy. As her army surges forward, she jumps off the rock. The camera cuts shot…)
(The camera cuts to a shot of the middle of the fray. Everywhere there are warriors, horsemen, samurai and archers. Smoke rises from the battlefield where various engines of war have caught fire. A head is hacked off here. An arm is destroyed there. An arrow impales a soldier there. Someone goes galloping by on a horse and takes out a couple of troopers but then he is hit with an arrow through the head and is knocked off the horse. Everywhere the sounds of screaming and yelling from men and women who are battling on the field. Soldiers of fortune, Mercenaries for hire, Samurai, warriors all, on the field for glory, for riches, for victory. The camera cuts shot…)
(The camera cuts to a shot of Vespertine who now has two curved blades in each hand, both of them are dripping with blood. She sees a female warrior on the enemy side charge her and Vespertine sidesteps the other woman and strikes out and hamstrings the woman as she runs by. The women goes down and lays in pain on the ground. Vespertine turns around and goes up to her. She puts a sword at the throat of the woman. The women stares at her.)
V: I’m sorry my sister. No victory, no quarter. No prisoners. Take what you want, give nothing back. There is a title at stake here. If you had joined us, you would not be spit upon my sword. I cannot keep you alive either.
(The camera pans closer to Vespertine who runs the sword through the woman’s throat. She pulls her sword back out and turns around. We watch as another enemy is coming her way, another female with head armor that has a couple of red plumes on it. The woman slices high but Vespertine sees it coming and ducks, and rolls. Camera goes to slow motion….
…when Vespertine finishes the roll, she comes up and brings both her curved swords to bear. An arrow goes flying by but misses her. She gets into a defensive stance and points her sword at the other female. By this time, the other female has turned around and we see she has a couple of battle axes in both hands. She stops and breathes heavily and upon seeing Vespertine, she gets an enraged look. She has a curvaceous body and heavy eyeliner. An arrow goes flying by her head but she ignores it. Camera speeds up…)
W2: So… it is you! I might have known YOU were the cause of all THIS! You want my master’s title? You have to go…through…. ME!
(Vespertine bows to the other woman)
V: So be it! This war will reach her doorstep and I will take the fight to her with or without you. You cannot stop me. I will rise to the top and I WILL rule this land.
W2: Over my dead body!
V: As you wish!
(Vespertine bows and the woman charges at her. Their weapons clink together. The battle between them goes back and forth and it takes a few minutes before Vespertine gains the advantage. The woman swings out with her ax but Vespertine ducks and then strikes at her midsection. The woman blocks with her sword but is a bit too late as her sword glances off her ax and hits her leg. The woman looks down at her leg and inspects it quickly and when she looks back up, Vespertine punches her right in the face. The woman doesn’t go down but staggers a bit holding her nose. She stares at Vespertine. Vespertine doesn’t see two other soldiers coming up behind her. She stays focused on the other woman but with both her swords, she grabs the handles and strikes backwards just below her arms planting both weapons in both men. She whirls into action as a third soldier joins them. She cuts the leg of one solider, puts her sword through another one and jumps, flipping backwards over the third chopping at his head as she goes over. She quickly turns around and strikes downwards through the back of the third soldier. The camera goes to slow motion…
….Vespertine retrieves her sword and brings both her swords up to point at the other woman. In answer, the other woman puts her battle axes out at her side. She charges forward swinging but suddenly Vespertine feints right and swings both swords and cuts in and beheads the other woman. The body drops and the head rolls a few feet away. The camera speeds up again…
…Vespertine grabs the head, goes over to a near boulder and screams loudly while holding the head by the hair up in the air. Pretty soon, the area around her is silent and all eyes are upon her. The silence spreads to other areas of the battlefield as men and women of both sides stop their individual battles and look towards her.)
V: LOOK UPON ME! LOOK AT ME! (she raises the head in the air) THIS…IS…. VICTORY! This is our time! WE… HAVE… WON! The tyrant’s general is dead! Look upon me! We WILL go after the title that the Empress claims and we WILL prevail. VICTORY IS OURS! Let us celebrate this day!
(She gives a feral scream and as one, the soldiers on her side start cheering in unison. She raises her sword again to join the cheering. The camera then goes into a shimmer…)
....1500 years ago winners took the loser’s head....
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Outfit:
...500 years ago...
(The camera shimmers to an aerial shot of the ocean. Two ships, both are 3 masted schooners but one has white sails and the flag raised is that of the Blackbeard and his Queen Anne’s Revenge. The other ship has white sails but its flag is that of a skull with a patch over one eye. Queen Anne's Revenge is in the lead but the second ship, named Shanghai Surprise is behind and gaining ground on it. On each of the deck, people are running around getting ready to do battle. Guns are being loaded and sabers are being unsheathed.
(A man, barefoot with black clothes and a short ponytail is shouting out orders.)
Man: Get to it and start getting the cannons ready you whore hounds. And work like you are being paid for it. She wants that ship and I don’t want to lose another ship under her. If we lose, there will be hell to pay, not just from me but from her as well.
(The camera pans around and comes upon the steering wheel of the ship where an older man with greying hair and dressed in black pants and boots is steering. Beside him, stands Vespertine, who is currently looking through a telescope.)
Vespertine (to the driver): They know they can’t outrun us so they are turning hard to Starboard to face us. Turn to starboard as well. Keep her smooth and aligned
Helsman: Aye captain.
(Vespertine puts the telescope down and then gets closer to the rail of the ship)
Vespertine: Master Biggs! When they turn to Starboard. We will turn hard to Starboard. Get the cannons and men ready to fire on that side of the ship. I trust you know when to give the signal.
Biggs:: Aye captain. Could be they are scared.
Vespertine: Aye! Blackbeard is running scared. He knows what I want. He knows I won’t make the same mistake again. I-
(she stops and sees something the other ship do then she turns to the driver)
Vespertine: HARD to Starboard! NOW!
(The camera pans back and we see both ships turn and Vespertine’s ships comes up close to the other ship but is still 50 yards away. Camera cuts shot…)
(Camera cuts to shot of Vespertine who has just drawn her cutlass and is pointing it at the other ship.)
V: Make ready. (a few seconds pass) FIRE!!!!
(Camera cuts to shot of her first mate, Biggs, down below on the cannon deck.)
Biggs: FIRE!!!!!
(Camera cuts to shot of the opposite ship and a man dressed all in black with a heavy black beard and a musketeer hat with a feather in it looking out at the ship before him.)
Blackbeard: All hands FIRE!!!!!
(A second or two later all his cannons has fired. His shots go right though the deck of Vespertine’s ship. Vespertine’s shots go through his ship as well but a couple of shots hits the Queen Anne’s Revenge main mast. The cannons stops and the firing of muskets stop as well as all listen for the sound of the wood cracking.
Nothing….and then a second or two later, the wood starts to crack and the main mast starts to go over, right into the deck of Vespertine’s ship.)
Vespertine: That’s our cue! No quarter! No prisoners.
Blackbeard: Save the ship ye cack handed deck apes! Kill the witch! Leave the crew alive! This day be ours!
(Vespertine’s crew run over to Queen Anne’s Revenge and are firing muskets at the crew of Blackbeard. Some shots take out Vespertine’s crew and they fall into the water….
…For the new few hours, the fight rages on above and below decks. A few more cannons are fired and then those crews join the too. The camera pans to the upper deck right around the front of the hull where we see Vespertine and Blackbeard engaged in a sword fight. Blackbeard has a pistol in hand, he kicks Vespertine in the chest, cocks the gun and shoots it. She ducks and we see splinters of wood fly behind her.)
Vespertine: Ha! Missed!
Blackbeard: I have more in mind than just shooting you full of holes, wench.
(they cross swords again.)
Vespertine: You out of bullets yet?
(Blackbeard cocks the gun and clicks. Nothing happens.)
Blackbeard: Aye. I be out of bullets. But I still have me sword and as long as I’m alive, you will not take me ship or kill me.
Vespertine: You think so huh?
(Her first mate Biggs has come up to stand behind Blackbeard and he has a pistol aimed at his head.)
Biggs: Give us your sword and we will let you live.
(Blackbeard stops parrying with Vespertine but keeps his sword pointed at her and looks at Biggs who has his gun aimed at his head)
Blackbeard: Like I said, this is my ship. As long as I’m alive you will never take-
(He is cut short and suddenly a bullet hole appears in his head. He looks up and falls over backwards. Vespertine sheaths her sword and looks at him with a raised eyebrow)
Biggs: What? He wasn’t about to give up.
(Vespertine goes over and takes the sword out of Blackbeard’s hand then chops his head off. She then goes over to the rail and raises his severed head above her head. Little by little the fighting on the decks below stop.)
Vespertine: Gentlemen. The Queen Anne’s Revenge is ours. Blackbeard is dead. His crew can be put to work or be put in the Brig whichever the man choses. Biggs will commandeer this ship back to Tortuga where we will stay for a few days for repairs. (she pauses) Gentlemen! WE ARE VICTORIOUS!
(As shouts of joy and huzzah’s come up from the decks below, she throws the head of Blackbeard over the side of the ship. The camera shimmers to black)
...500 years ago, the winner took the loser’s ship....
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Outfit:
4 years ago
(The camera shimmers to two women battling it out on the top of a Hell in a Cell. Vespertine and her opponent. The other woman is dressed in army fatigues and a black T-shirt. As we watch, they are matching punches to each other.)
Announcer 1: This match between Rae Rossi and Vespertine has been brutal.
Announcer 2: I could stand to see more. This match is awesome!
Announcer 1: Yes but how long can they go for.
(Somehow, Vespertine has got the woman over and up and has flipped her over her head. The Wolf crashes on the cage and then the cage top opens and she falls to the mat below. Vespertine just stands there breathing heavily.)
Announcer 1: Oh my god! She is dead! She can’t handle anymore. Get some medics down here.
Announcer 2: Normally I would say let this continue but for her sake, I think this needs to end.
(The Wolf is slowly coming to and has turned over and is laying on the mat broken and bloodied. Vespertine looks down then looks up and smirks. The chant of “holy s**t” starts up somewhere which is soon followed up by “Let’s Go Vesey, let’s go!”)
Announcer 2: Is she thinking what I’m thinking she’s thinking?
Announcer 1: Vespertine, don’t do it. You’ll kill her and yourself. Don’t do it.
(Suddenly, Vespertine jumps and hangs suspended in midair, all eyes and camera flashes are on her. Then she slowly descends downward into a Jeff Hardy senton bomb… right onto the stomach of the Wolf. The Wolf howls in pain and is sputtering blood while Vespertine is slowly coming too and she is bleeding heavily now. She crawls over and puts an arm over the chest of the Wolf. The referee starts the three count. At the three count, the Wolf kicks out but it is too late and Vespertine has won the match.
Announcer 1: Oh my god! She did it! She did it! She killed herself and the Wolf in the process but she did it!
Announcer 2: For months this feud has been building up and it all came down to this. Wow! Just wow!
Ring Announcer: Ladies and gentlemen, here is your winner and NEWWWW VCW World Heavyweight Champion: VESPERTINE!!!!
(The referee holds up Vespertine’s hand in victory. He hands her the title and she cradles it in her arms, crying and enjoying the moment. Confetti drops from the ceiling. Vespertine stops her celebrating long enough to go check on the Wolf who is coughing but sitting up. Both women hug each other. The camera shimmers black)
...4 years ago, the winner took the loser’s title....
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Place: The Stratosphere
Date/Time: May 20th, 2024, 2PM
Outfit:
(We come upon Vespertine sitting on a bench at the top of the Stratosphere in Las Vegas. She looks around and finally her eyes settle on us)
V: Havoc. A huge Rumble with 30 people. That's a lot of people, with a lot of different stories to tell and lot of axes to grind with each other. Now you might be thinking that what you just saw has nothing to do with Havoc tonight.
(She smiles coyly)
And you would be wrong. It's all about that one moment. You may think that the previous scenes has nothing to do at all with wrestling.
(Her smile grows wider)
And again, you would be wrong. There is no difference between being on a battlefield and being in the ring. What we have done over millennia is trade a battlefield for a ring. Instead of huge armies, there is now a few people fighting hand to hand in the ring. I know, I'm the smallest and lightest player in that ring and I have no chance. I am light. I am fast and I'm easy to throw around. But...I will win this Havoc Rumble because all it takes is one small moment. One crucial moment in time.
(Her smile lessens)
I won't lie. I'm still sore and my ego is bruised. I've been all over the arena now. Off ladders, in the concessions area, stairwells, bathrooms, have won matches, lost matches, lost title shots, gained titles, been twisted into so many knots now that you would think I'm a human pretzel, throw out and INTO the ring. Yet after all that, after everything Sitcom, Sicko, Jolee, Lee, Madrox, Odin, Doc, and Karlie have thrown at me, I'm still standing. I didn't mention everybody because there are so many people in this rumble and half of them don't know me yet. They will.
(Her stare intesifies)
None of you get it. I don't back down. I never tap out. No regrets and if I lose, lose spectacularly. I may lose this Havoc but what doesn't kill me makes me stronger. Not forgotten but always remembered. My name is always on your lips and always heard in your promos.
(Pause and smile crookedly)
I'm ready to make all of you feel the pain and humiliation of having to lose to... me. Having to lose to my brand of insanity. Having me as your new AW World Champion. Vespertine, the posterwoman for AW. And all this for one single moment, one moment of glory, a moment to be at Evolution, to face Gerard Angelo. It's in Las Vegas, The City of Sin. My parents home base for their empire. I fight... for them, win... for me.
(pauses)
One moment. All it takes is one moment. And it's in that moment that matters, that last moment when I am the last... woman... standing.
(She walks off screen)