Whys and Wherefores of Picking Up a Gauntlet (L12 RP#1)
Feb 13, 2023 17:07:33 GMT -5
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Post by bloodiedfox on Feb 13, 2023 17:07:33 GMT -5
A gauntlet match for the Wrestle:UK Tag Titles? Seriously?
Brendan Harding placed the dumbbells he’d just finished a set with back on the rack and picked up a towel, tousling his sweat dampened hair as he looked incredulously at Jack Gaines. Jack for his part looked nonplussed at his tag partner’s reaction, leaning in the doorway of the home gym and sipping on a boba tea. Since Jack had apparently deemed the question rhetorical and thus wasn't answering, Brendan continued.
I got the logic with the XHF titles in the end, which made it worse when we failed, but this doesn’t make sense. We don’t wrestle in W:UK, and we’ve got to be ready for the matches for the vacated JROK belts.
And this helps us with both of those things.
…Jack, I only mentioned one thing.
Jack ignored him, chewing on a flavourful tapioca ball and idly stirring his drink with its straw.
Second things first. While I have to win a tournament to become interim New Wave champion, you won’t be facing the Visual Kai tournament winner until March. Did you have anything planned before then beyond obsessing over where your husband is and fantasising about garroting Dylan with his own innards?
Jack gave Brendan five seconds to glower at that before continuing.
Exactly. You need to stay sharp, not focused on things outside of your control. A gauntlet match for the tag titles of the XHF fed with the best tag division going is exactly the kind of challenge you need.
Brendan sighed and tossed the towel aside, sitting back down on the weight bench.
Alright, I suppose I can’t argue against that. What about this supposed other thing I’m sure I didn’t mention.
The XHF Tag Titles.
Which we didn’t win.
This time.
Jack, we can’t just immediately demand a rematch.
Well duh.
Jack pushed off from the door frame and moved over to sit opposite Brendan on a leg press. He held up thumb and forefinger with barely a gap between them.
We were this close to beating the longest reigning XHF Tag Team champions at the first time of asking. Second time around we both know we can take them. To get that we need five points on the results tracker. Two wins in three matches.
And?
And each separate pairing in a gauntlet match counts as a separate match for the purposes of the tracker, meaning…
A grin crept across Brendan’s face.
…meaning if we can beat at least two teams in this match we’ll be eligible to face Top of the Class again.
Marzipan in the pie plate bingo.
Brendan gave him a look.
What? Just because Joss Whedon turned out to be a cunt doesn’t mean we have to pretend Buffy didn’t have good lines.
Brendan Harding placed the dumbbells he’d just finished a set with back on the rack and picked up a towel, tousling his sweat dampened hair as he looked incredulously at Jack Gaines. Jack for his part looked nonplussed at his tag partner’s reaction, leaning in the doorway of the home gym and sipping on a boba tea. Since Jack had apparently deemed the question rhetorical and thus wasn't answering, Brendan continued.
I got the logic with the XHF titles in the end, which made it worse when we failed, but this doesn’t make sense. We don’t wrestle in W:UK, and we’ve got to be ready for the matches for the vacated JROK belts.
And this helps us with both of those things.
…Jack, I only mentioned one thing.
Jack ignored him, chewing on a flavourful tapioca ball and idly stirring his drink with its straw.
Second things first. While I have to win a tournament to become interim New Wave champion, you won’t be facing the Visual Kai tournament winner until March. Did you have anything planned before then beyond obsessing over where your husband is and fantasising about garroting Dylan with his own innards?
Jack gave Brendan five seconds to glower at that before continuing.
Exactly. You need to stay sharp, not focused on things outside of your control. A gauntlet match for the tag titles of the XHF fed with the best tag division going is exactly the kind of challenge you need.
Brendan sighed and tossed the towel aside, sitting back down on the weight bench.
Alright, I suppose I can’t argue against that. What about this supposed other thing I’m sure I didn’t mention.
The XHF Tag Titles.
Which we didn’t win.
This time.
Jack, we can’t just immediately demand a rematch.
Well duh.
Jack pushed off from the door frame and moved over to sit opposite Brendan on a leg press. He held up thumb and forefinger with barely a gap between them.
We were this close to beating the longest reigning XHF Tag Team champions at the first time of asking. Second time around we both know we can take them. To get that we need five points on the results tracker. Two wins in three matches.
And?
And each separate pairing in a gauntlet match counts as a separate match for the purposes of the tracker, meaning…
A grin crept across Brendan’s face.
…meaning if we can beat at least two teams in this match we’ll be eligible to face Top of the Class again.
Marzipan in the pie plate bingo.
Brendan gave him a look.
What? Just because Joss Whedon turned out to be a cunt doesn’t mean we have to pretend Buffy didn’t have good lines.