Post by vastrix on Apr 23, 2022 0:33:24 GMT -5
On the new airship belonging to Armand von Krauss…
Above Bankhead, Atlanta, Georgia, two people are brought on board on hospital beds and taken down below where medical staff await. Esmeralda von Krauss is following them, looking worried as she does so. Armand von Krauss steps in the way of Esmeralda’s path. He blows smoke into the air from his Egyptian cigarette away from Esmeralda’s face.
Armand von Krauss: What is this, my love?
Esmeralda has trouble looking into Armand’s eyes, but she does so.
Esmeralda von Krauss: Two of my judges, D and Minerva, were ambushed by Isabella von Krauss. They were shot and nearly killed by the crazed woman. We will finish their healing process so that she does not attack them while they are in the hospital.
Armand nods, but then he chokes on his cigarette smoke suddenly.
Armand von Krauss: Who is Isabella von Krauss? I don’t have any children and you…
Esmeralda von Krauss: Her real name is Isabella Worthington and she is claiming us as her “real parents”.
Armand frowns, flicking ashes into the wind.
Armand von Krauss: Reginald and Bertha Worthington had a daughter named Isabella. They were scalphunters for the Warhammer Corporation. Buying and selling companies on their behalf. Why is she-
Esmeralda von Krauss: I don’t know why she claims us as parents when her own are dead. She’s a maniac that I had forbidden to use the von Krauss name, but she insists on using the name. She thinks by destroying us, she will be able to use the name without punishment.
Armand is silent for a long time before he answers. He flicks his spent cigarette off of the side of the ship.
Armand von Krauss: Then, she dies. I’ll call Gabriel Tuck and he can shoot her for me.
Esmeralda von Krauss: That’s not all. Isabella is allied with Alexis Logan, leader of the Red Thirst. Alexis has a grudge with me for defeating her in an extended shadow war.
Armand von Krauss: If you defeated her, why isn’t she and her criminal organization not destroyed?
Esmeralda von Krauss: I thought that-
Quick as lightning, Armand’s hand darts and backhands Esmeralda. She stands there in shock, dark blood trickling from the corner of her mouth as the side of her face reddens.
Armand von Krauss: We destroy our enemies. Especially one as dangerous as the Red Thirst. I don’t know why you didn’t bring the full might of your Justice upon them, but now I am involved. This nonsense will end with the deaths of Alexis Logan and Isabella von Krauss.
Esmeralda von Krauss: You should know that Alexis is a Blood Hag.
Armand von Krauss: Are the others involved too?
Esmeralda von Krauss: Others?
Armand von Krauss: You know as well as I that hags form a coven of three. Who are the others?
Esmeralda von Krauss: One was called Madame Lussier. She is dead so the coven is broken. I do not know the third. Strike me again and you will regret it.
Armand has his hand raised as if to strike her again, but stays his hand with a sigh.
Armand von Krauss: This will not be easy. Once Isabella and Alexis are dead, the third may come for us. Go, see to your Judges. I need to think on our next steps.
Esmeralda heads down below to check on her Judges’ care. Armand lights a new cigarette and walks toward the front of the top deck. The shadows there coalesce until the mammoth Sticky the Clown steps out of them. His face is covered in peeling face paint that has long since needed cleaned up and reapplied. His red lips frame black gums and needle sharp teeth that pierce the gums when he smiles to allow a black ooze to creep out of them and trickle down his chin.
Sticky the Clown: You entering the battle royal, boss?
Armand von Krauss: The one put on by Wrestle: UK? Yes and my pet, Tarrasque, will enter as well. We will make certain that the Bastards do not win this, even if we do not.
Sticky the Clown: What do you think of the troubles that Esmeralda has brought into this house?
Armand von Krauss: I think that you shouldn’t question the troubles of your superiors.
Sticky’s eyes narrow and his trademark smile turns upside down, needle sharp teeth piercing his gums to turn his chin black with ooze streaming from the gums.
Sticky the Clown: I will have you know that I have existed since man first began dreaming. You are only superior because I allo-
Armand casually reaches up and seizes the much larger monster of a man by the throat. He clenches this hand sharply, his nails drawing black blood from the throat. Sticky drops to his knees and attempts to pry fingers out of his flesh, but finds that he cannot. He had always assumed that he was stronger than Armand, but this strength…is unholy.
Armand von Krauss: And we are those who placed you into this prison of flesh and blood. Do not forget what I am and what I represent or you too can be sealed away by the power of the Krimson Kharnival.
Armand releases Sticky and leaves him on all fours while trying to regain stolen air and bleeding onto the deck.
Armand von Krauss: But, I suppose your question is valid. Esmeralda does as she pleases and has roused an ancient threat that has allied with a clearly insane girl with near unlimited wealth. We will destroy them, but not without cost. She may lose more of her precious Judges before the end.
Sticky the Clown: Let me finish them. I am still immortal, even in this prison of flesh. I can slaughter them. Your wife doesn’t even need to be involved.
Armand flicks ashes into the wind and seems to consider it.
Armand von Krauss: Rise.
Sticky the Clown stands up and grins.
Armand von Krauss: We will put down soon so that you can disembark. Make your way to Las Vegas and find them. You will know the Red Thirst by the ring they wear on their right hand that bears a vampiric mouth. Kill everyone until you find Alexis and Isabella. Kill Alexis and bring Isabella to me. I will see the woman who claimed to be my daughter before I put a bullet through her brain.
Sticky the Clown: Yes, boss. I will go back to the shadows until time to leave, the light hurts a little.
Armand nods, flicking ashes again.
Armand von Krauss: You are unnatural to this world and so the world rebels against you and the pure light of the sun will impair you. Go. Rest. You will have much blood on your hands before this is all over.
Sticky the Clown: Oh yes. Yes, I will.
Sticky steps back into the shadows and seems to dissolve into them. Armand walks over to the railing, seeming to be deep in thought before he flicks his cigarette butt off of the side of the ship.
Armand von Krauss: A war might be raging on in the background, but make no mistake. I will see myself as the victor of this battle royal. Wrestle UK will see its new overlord in action.
Above Bankhead, Atlanta, Georgia, two people are brought on board on hospital beds and taken down below where medical staff await. Esmeralda von Krauss is following them, looking worried as she does so. Armand von Krauss steps in the way of Esmeralda’s path. He blows smoke into the air from his Egyptian cigarette away from Esmeralda’s face.
Armand von Krauss: What is this, my love?
Esmeralda has trouble looking into Armand’s eyes, but she does so.
Esmeralda von Krauss: Two of my judges, D and Minerva, were ambushed by Isabella von Krauss. They were shot and nearly killed by the crazed woman. We will finish their healing process so that she does not attack them while they are in the hospital.
Armand nods, but then he chokes on his cigarette smoke suddenly.
Armand von Krauss: Who is Isabella von Krauss? I don’t have any children and you…
Esmeralda von Krauss: Her real name is Isabella Worthington and she is claiming us as her “real parents”.
Armand frowns, flicking ashes into the wind.
Armand von Krauss: Reginald and Bertha Worthington had a daughter named Isabella. They were scalphunters for the Warhammer Corporation. Buying and selling companies on their behalf. Why is she-
Esmeralda von Krauss: I don’t know why she claims us as parents when her own are dead. She’s a maniac that I had forbidden to use the von Krauss name, but she insists on using the name. She thinks by destroying us, she will be able to use the name without punishment.
Armand is silent for a long time before he answers. He flicks his spent cigarette off of the side of the ship.
Armand von Krauss: Then, she dies. I’ll call Gabriel Tuck and he can shoot her for me.
Esmeralda von Krauss: That’s not all. Isabella is allied with Alexis Logan, leader of the Red Thirst. Alexis has a grudge with me for defeating her in an extended shadow war.
Armand von Krauss: If you defeated her, why isn’t she and her criminal organization not destroyed?
Esmeralda von Krauss: I thought that-
Quick as lightning, Armand’s hand darts and backhands Esmeralda. She stands there in shock, dark blood trickling from the corner of her mouth as the side of her face reddens.
Armand von Krauss: We destroy our enemies. Especially one as dangerous as the Red Thirst. I don’t know why you didn’t bring the full might of your Justice upon them, but now I am involved. This nonsense will end with the deaths of Alexis Logan and Isabella von Krauss.
Esmeralda von Krauss: You should know that Alexis is a Blood Hag.
Armand von Krauss: Are the others involved too?
Esmeralda von Krauss: Others?
Armand von Krauss: You know as well as I that hags form a coven of three. Who are the others?
Esmeralda von Krauss: One was called Madame Lussier. She is dead so the coven is broken. I do not know the third. Strike me again and you will regret it.
Armand has his hand raised as if to strike her again, but stays his hand with a sigh.
Armand von Krauss: This will not be easy. Once Isabella and Alexis are dead, the third may come for us. Go, see to your Judges. I need to think on our next steps.
Esmeralda heads down below to check on her Judges’ care. Armand lights a new cigarette and walks toward the front of the top deck. The shadows there coalesce until the mammoth Sticky the Clown steps out of them. His face is covered in peeling face paint that has long since needed cleaned up and reapplied. His red lips frame black gums and needle sharp teeth that pierce the gums when he smiles to allow a black ooze to creep out of them and trickle down his chin.
Sticky the Clown: You entering the battle royal, boss?
Armand von Krauss: The one put on by Wrestle: UK? Yes and my pet, Tarrasque, will enter as well. We will make certain that the Bastards do not win this, even if we do not.
Sticky the Clown: What do you think of the troubles that Esmeralda has brought into this house?
Armand von Krauss: I think that you shouldn’t question the troubles of your superiors.
Sticky’s eyes narrow and his trademark smile turns upside down, needle sharp teeth piercing his gums to turn his chin black with ooze streaming from the gums.
Sticky the Clown: I will have you know that I have existed since man first began dreaming. You are only superior because I allo-
Armand casually reaches up and seizes the much larger monster of a man by the throat. He clenches this hand sharply, his nails drawing black blood from the throat. Sticky drops to his knees and attempts to pry fingers out of his flesh, but finds that he cannot. He had always assumed that he was stronger than Armand, but this strength…is unholy.
Armand von Krauss: And we are those who placed you into this prison of flesh and blood. Do not forget what I am and what I represent or you too can be sealed away by the power of the Krimson Kharnival.
Armand releases Sticky and leaves him on all fours while trying to regain stolen air and bleeding onto the deck.
Armand von Krauss: But, I suppose your question is valid. Esmeralda does as she pleases and has roused an ancient threat that has allied with a clearly insane girl with near unlimited wealth. We will destroy them, but not without cost. She may lose more of her precious Judges before the end.
Sticky the Clown: Let me finish them. I am still immortal, even in this prison of flesh. I can slaughter them. Your wife doesn’t even need to be involved.
Armand flicks ashes into the wind and seems to consider it.
Armand von Krauss: Rise.
Sticky the Clown stands up and grins.
Armand von Krauss: We will put down soon so that you can disembark. Make your way to Las Vegas and find them. You will know the Red Thirst by the ring they wear on their right hand that bears a vampiric mouth. Kill everyone until you find Alexis and Isabella. Kill Alexis and bring Isabella to me. I will see the woman who claimed to be my daughter before I put a bullet through her brain.
Sticky the Clown: Yes, boss. I will go back to the shadows until time to leave, the light hurts a little.
Armand nods, flicking ashes again.
Armand von Krauss: You are unnatural to this world and so the world rebels against you and the pure light of the sun will impair you. Go. Rest. You will have much blood on your hands before this is all over.
Sticky the Clown: Oh yes. Yes, I will.
Sticky steps back into the shadows and seems to dissolve into them. Armand walks over to the railing, seeming to be deep in thought before he flicks his cigarette butt off of the side of the ship.
Armand von Krauss: A war might be raging on in the background, but make no mistake. I will see myself as the victor of this battle royal. Wrestle UK will see its new overlord in action.
