Post by Nausicaä Suzuki on Jan 22, 2023 3:03:15 GMT -5
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OOC Episode Number: 033. Name: ATT4: Inferno Match: Shizuku Yamamoto Vs. Psychotic Goth Note(s): Sometimes the occasional crime does pay… | “The past is a place of reference, not a place of residence.” Roy Bennett Again, I failed. This time last year I failed in protecting Hayley…then earlier this year I failed to avenge her…and mere hours ago I failed to back her up and couldn’t prevent SKY Force losing to E.V.E. This cannot be how it all ends. I was the one who declared this ‘war’ in the first place but every time I’ve been in the ring with, or even near, Dylan I always fail. People might as well find a picture of me when they Google up the word failure… Rin Kubo “Yo, Shizuku, you still here?” I lift my head up to spot the soot covered face of Rin. Undoubtedly the muckiest thing in this hotel room but something about her dopey smile seems to make me feel a little better inside. Obviously not the same feeling Hayley gives me but I can possibly see how Rin managed to be the first of us to find a partner as I shuffled a bit to allow her to come over and sit down on the corner of this formerly pristine white bed. Shizuku Yamamoto “You’re quite a mess.” Rin Kubo “Volunteering to help people escape the fire, as well as helping the firemen clear the flames, isn’t a clean job you know?” Who would think that someone who is happy to attack people with her katana would go out of her way to help those in need? Then again all of us at SKY Force could be considered softies on the inside, especially considering our SKY Force Fund. Maybe that is why we all seem to connect well in our family? Though oblivious I ain’t as immediately I noticed some folded paper sticking out the side pocket of Rin’s pants. Rin Kubo “I was wondering how long it’d take you to notice these…” She pulls them out and straightens them out. Rin Kubo “While helping some JROK personnel I happened to find a couple unsigned contracts in one Kira’s office. So, instead of letting him waste his time rewarding me these contracts for my valiant efforts, I simply took them and filled in the blanks. So now, at Supremacy, I’m going to be returning the XHF Junior Heavyweight Championship back to SKY Force while you-” While listening to her I got up to go to the bathroom and returned with a glass of water. Not that I needed long to make my way to the bedside cabinet, so I could open a bottle of Lexapro and get a couple tablets from it, but I couldn’t help looking over towards Rin when she mentioned me. Rin Kubo “-get to face Psychotic Goth for the Two Kingdom’s Championship.” Shizuku Yamamoto “M-Me? Why me? Surely the likes of Hayley and Nausicaä would stand a much better chance than me. Hell even Charles would be better than a failure lik-” I couldn’t even finish my words as I suddenly found myself engulfed in a hug - owowow, possibly more accurately a bear hug - by Rin. She really needs to learn her own strength… Rin Kubo “I get that this E.V.E. war hasn’t been going the way we hope but you are not a failure Shizuku. If anything I think you just need a little confidence boost to remind you of the little tactical hardass that helped us win our war against JROK. Hayley believes you can do it, so does Charles and Tabby, and Nausicaä is still a bit shaken up from that submission hold he put her in three years ago, at Belfast’s Grand Opera House. So we all know that you can win this Shizuku…and you never know, maybe shifting your priority towards the Two Kingdom’s Championship might be what you need to get out of this little slump.” I’m not sure that this ‘slump’ she calls it is little at all…but at least I can breathe more comfortably now that Rin has finally let me go. Though not without leaving the Two Kingdom’s Championship contract in my free hand, allowing me to look down upon and arch an eyebrow at the match stipulation. Shizuku Yamamoto “What is a ‘King of the Mountain Deathmatch’?” Rin Kubo “Honestly no clue…but I doubt it’s something to scare you off with, especially considering that new ‘tattoo’ you got…” I wince at the mentioning at the mark across my chest. Rin Kubo “Oh yeah, Nausicaä wants you to know that she knows a great plastic surgeon who’ll be able to remove it the Tuesday after next if you like.” Shizuku Yamamoto “Thanks, I’ll make sure to get there, but I shouldn’t underestimate the possible danger of this match stipulation…and only a fool wouldn’t properly value their opponent. Not only has Psychotic Goth defeated our matriarch three years ago but considering he practically slaughtered Yuki Sakaraba to become the first, as well as only, holder of the belt…he isn’t inexperienced in the way of fighting, as well as defeating, those who specialises in puroresu. Add in the fact that he is almost a foot and a half taller than me, as well as over a hundred pounds heavier, and people might as well think of this as a child versus a giant instead of an actual Championship ma-” Rin Kubo “So you’re saying that all of us in SKY Force, Hayley included, are wrong to believe in you?” At that moment I froze. Are they all…wrong? No way…but I have consistently let them all down. But are they really wrong? Am I really hopeless? Nonono…no way…but I have failed time and time again before…could Hayley be wrong? Am I really going to let my Hayley down ag- No. Shizuku Yamamoto “No you lot aren’t…those who obsess with the past, instead of learning from it, are doomed to endlessly repeat it. I am not repeating it anymore. I will turn it all around at Supremacy, even at the expense of one like Psychotic Goth. He may be big and strong but I’ve broken bigger and stronger people. He may value himself as a submission artist who comes from the depths of hell but there is nobody, and I mean nobody, who's been through the hell I’ve been through and survived. I have wallowed in sadness long enough, now is the time for me to unleash the anger burning inside me and, unfortunately for him, he’ll be finding himself at the centre of an inferno that’ll show him that there is more to hell than nine circles… An inferno that knows no restraint, limit or mercy… An inferno no mere mountain can contain… And an inferno that’ll make what happened here in Shinjuku look like mere party poppers… He’ll find himself in the centre of a blazing inferno… Known as me.” I threw my tablets down my throat and drowned them with the glass of water before slamming said glass down on the cabinet and snapping my attention back towards the sooty face of my close friend. Shizuku Yamamoto “And at Supremacy Psychotic Goth is going to discover the fatalistic difference between a mere submission artist and a goddamn Torturer!” Without paying heed to if Rin has anything to say I grab a towel and a bottle of Super Cola before heading out of the room. I hear that the gym at this Hyatt Regency is quite good and all journeys to success start with a single step. |       |
