Post by The Nihilists on Oct 16, 2018 22:29:40 GMT -5
~The XHF Network video again crackles to static and re-opens inside of a recorded promo. As the End of Days tournament rolled on in Salem, Massachusetts, the tag teams taking part in the Annihilator got a welcome reprieve. Unlike the singles fighters they had been through some crazy stipulations for their matches and earned a rest. However we are not far from the XHF event. This promo is timestamped for Monday, October 15, 2018 and we are looking at a very old looking house. It seems to be erected in the 1700s and is settled inside a lightly wooded area. As the camera moves forward we see it is the Willard House and Clock Museum in Grafton, Massachusetts. This building houses 90 varieties of the historically significant Willard Clocks produced in this very town in the 1800s. It also is another of the historical age preservation sites so common across New England. Everything is presented as it would have been in the age these clocks were made. As the camera man walks inside we see a historical guide and two men. Their backs are to the camera and the shadows in the evening light obscure their heads. They are in standard button down shirts and jeans and are nodding to the guide. As the guide leaves them to look at the museum on their own we see each man pull a mask out of their pocket and affix it to their heads before stepping into the light.~
”Time is a funny thing Esmur. Here we have a room full of ninety excellently preserved, intricately constructed artworks that also function as tellers of the time. “Banjo” clocks … old timepieces. The craftsmanship on these historical artifacts is astonishing. And after over a hundred years they all still function. It takes a certain natural talent to be able to put together something as intricate as an accurate clock. And for everyone in this family to have a hand in the business says a lot about them. And yet these clocks are a paradox unto themselves. For what is a clock but a means by which a human can tell the passage of time. We look at them and see how much time has passes since we last saw them. We see how much more of our existence has ebbed into the endless void that awaits us. Time ever marching, never stalling or stopping for any of us. And yet … here we stand in a room full of these messengers of the void … and they seem to tell us no time has passed at all. Perfectly preserved. A historical edifice to look back into the past and see how far we have come as people while still seeming to say we haven’t truly moved at all. I don’t know whether to find it quaint or disgusting. We spend so much of our short time trying to prove to everyone that time hasn’t moved. Surgery, creams, treatments all meant to show everyone time has not passed. Preserving these ancient pieces of history to show everyone the ingenuity of the human race. And yet time marches ever on.”
”These timepieces stand out as both a signal that time never stops and also a preservation of time immemorial. And here in this house they are devoted to acting as if it is still the mid-1800s. I admit I understand the allure. Historical preservation is important. You cannot learn from the past if you forget it. I doubt these people are trying to actually say time is not passing but rather, look back at the time that HAS passed and take lessons from it. After all we humans are powerless against the draw of the void. Time really does act as the great equalizer and tool for the abyss to announce its impending arrival. Besides the other part of this beautiful establishment is historical reenactment for the purposes of preservation and education. Noble causes to be sure.”
”Time is not something you often think of as needing preservation. You preserve things AGAINST time but as any fan of a good time travel story can tell you, time itself must be preserved … more on that shortly. Time is just another dimension that we move through. We humans only seem to fear its endless march because while we have no issues changing our orientation in the three dimensions of space, that fourth dimension of time is one we only can move through in one direction, not both. And that thought frightens many strong men and women. But it is more prudent to think of time as simply a part of space, like any dimension in space, it can be distorted and manipulated. Move fast enough or get near something massive enough and time begins to do some very complicated things. Time as we know it is a construct we use since we cannot typically slow it down or change it. So then … how is it our next foes see to exist?”
~The two men move through the museum observing the miraculously preserved clocks, careful not to touch or break anything while taking in the craftsmanship. Esmur pulls out his phone and looks up some images and biographies of these … Borgs…~
”They, like the Trons, seem to be a group of time displaced … cartoon characters. Or so it would seem. The personalities on these two groups are … something unique to say the least. But what are they really? I mean logic would dictate they are men in costumes playing a part which really isn’t so unusual in this world of professional sports entertainment is it? We are accustomed to men returning from the grave … multiple times … beings with mystical powers, men who are super soldiers or possess demon blood. So why is it so weird that these men are here? Well it comes back to time. Time as we said is a construct, and as such … it can be broken. Or so they would have you think. But we will not let time make a fool of us. I don’t think these men are as they claim to be. If you don’t want your illusions spoiled I suggest you mute the streaming device because the veil is about to be removed.”
”Let’s start with some evidence. These two men are clearly just trying to use this time travel excuse to make themselves relevant. For the first point, we are told that they used to be able to travel back and forth between their time and ours. And yet they are somehow trapped here after the explosion of a device they made in the waning days of the original XHF run. How? How does a device stop you from going back and forth? Were they actually using their … time machine … for some other purpose? Some evil plot? It is a little silly to think you would repurpose your ONLY means of getting to your own time for something else when every plot you’d had up until then had ended in failure and destruction. No I think it’s a convenient way to explain why you are still here to keep milking those costumes. After all the schtick clearly suits you both. I will not disparage your wrestling talents since you are the only people to even briefly defeat the tag team champion GUNS since the return of the global tag titles. There is clearly talent there. And as we have stated before, we do not underestimate anyone. We gave the demons of Hellbound the respect we would want ourselves and we will do the same for you in the ring. We will make sure to use our TIME efficiently in preparing for this match.”
”You however use your time to concoct hairbrained schemes to get back at the trons, or to get back to the future. So I ask you… why not just take the trons method of traveling. Shogun and Saber tron have clearly said they can still move freely between time periods. Again it’s all a bunch of bologna since time travel backwards in time is impossible, but the idea is there. And yet you continue to try and influence the flow of time instead of changing your plans to fit the situation. It’s almost like you are frozen in time in your ideas, not just by your time period. ~He stops and thinks~ Tell me one thing … this Heavymetal-Borg … he seems to speak in familiar phrases, has nobody pointed this out before? And yet every time he speaks it is one anyone alive today could understand. Not once has he just spouted out a sing song line that isn’t already archived on google. 50s, 60s, on to modern … but no … futuristic. Does this medium he uses as his language simply cease to exist in the future? And if so … how did he get to use it for communicating?”
”Esmur the answer is right in front of you. It’s all a show. Time does not allow the antics these men describe. Why even their admittedly futuristic looking robot pet isn’t made from futuristic technology. It’s like they raided the MIT design school for ideas and supplies and mocked another frankly silly concept … that of a wrestling bear dressed as a man. Though I guess it’s not as silly as a man wrestling as a bear thinking he’s a bear … and also a zombie. Time has passed, the body would surely be decayed and in no condition to be a walker or zombie or infected or whatever your chosen horror medium calls the shamblers. The simple fact is that they have not conquered time, they simply get an edge up by getting into the minds of their opponents with the idea that they can conquer it. But there is nothing that can conquer the march of time. Eventually we all march to the end of our path and take a last long step into the emptiness. Time is nobody’s fool. And the void doesn’t take kindly to being made to wait. So HM, Evil … come step into the brickhouse with us … and we will impress upon you the severity of the claims you make against time and the abyss. And the two of you will crumble beneath the all-powerful might of the envoys of the emptiness. Embrace … eternity.”
~The two men leave the museum and the camera follows as we slowly fade to static and move back to your regularly scheduled Network programming~
”Time is a funny thing Esmur. Here we have a room full of ninety excellently preserved, intricately constructed artworks that also function as tellers of the time. “Banjo” clocks … old timepieces. The craftsmanship on these historical artifacts is astonishing. And after over a hundred years they all still function. It takes a certain natural talent to be able to put together something as intricate as an accurate clock. And for everyone in this family to have a hand in the business says a lot about them. And yet these clocks are a paradox unto themselves. For what is a clock but a means by which a human can tell the passage of time. We look at them and see how much time has passes since we last saw them. We see how much more of our existence has ebbed into the endless void that awaits us. Time ever marching, never stalling or stopping for any of us. And yet … here we stand in a room full of these messengers of the void … and they seem to tell us no time has passed at all. Perfectly preserved. A historical edifice to look back into the past and see how far we have come as people while still seeming to say we haven’t truly moved at all. I don’t know whether to find it quaint or disgusting. We spend so much of our short time trying to prove to everyone that time hasn’t moved. Surgery, creams, treatments all meant to show everyone time has not passed. Preserving these ancient pieces of history to show everyone the ingenuity of the human race. And yet time marches ever on.”
”These timepieces stand out as both a signal that time never stops and also a preservation of time immemorial. And here in this house they are devoted to acting as if it is still the mid-1800s. I admit I understand the allure. Historical preservation is important. You cannot learn from the past if you forget it. I doubt these people are trying to actually say time is not passing but rather, look back at the time that HAS passed and take lessons from it. After all we humans are powerless against the draw of the void. Time really does act as the great equalizer and tool for the abyss to announce its impending arrival. Besides the other part of this beautiful establishment is historical reenactment for the purposes of preservation and education. Noble causes to be sure.”
”Time is not something you often think of as needing preservation. You preserve things AGAINST time but as any fan of a good time travel story can tell you, time itself must be preserved … more on that shortly. Time is just another dimension that we move through. We humans only seem to fear its endless march because while we have no issues changing our orientation in the three dimensions of space, that fourth dimension of time is one we only can move through in one direction, not both. And that thought frightens many strong men and women. But it is more prudent to think of time as simply a part of space, like any dimension in space, it can be distorted and manipulated. Move fast enough or get near something massive enough and time begins to do some very complicated things. Time as we know it is a construct we use since we cannot typically slow it down or change it. So then … how is it our next foes see to exist?”
~The two men move through the museum observing the miraculously preserved clocks, careful not to touch or break anything while taking in the craftsmanship. Esmur pulls out his phone and looks up some images and biographies of these … Borgs…~
”They, like the Trons, seem to be a group of time displaced … cartoon characters. Or so it would seem. The personalities on these two groups are … something unique to say the least. But what are they really? I mean logic would dictate they are men in costumes playing a part which really isn’t so unusual in this world of professional sports entertainment is it? We are accustomed to men returning from the grave … multiple times … beings with mystical powers, men who are super soldiers or possess demon blood. So why is it so weird that these men are here? Well it comes back to time. Time as we said is a construct, and as such … it can be broken. Or so they would have you think. But we will not let time make a fool of us. I don’t think these men are as they claim to be. If you don’t want your illusions spoiled I suggest you mute the streaming device because the veil is about to be removed.”
”Let’s start with some evidence. These two men are clearly just trying to use this time travel excuse to make themselves relevant. For the first point, we are told that they used to be able to travel back and forth between their time and ours. And yet they are somehow trapped here after the explosion of a device they made in the waning days of the original XHF run. How? How does a device stop you from going back and forth? Were they actually using their … time machine … for some other purpose? Some evil plot? It is a little silly to think you would repurpose your ONLY means of getting to your own time for something else when every plot you’d had up until then had ended in failure and destruction. No I think it’s a convenient way to explain why you are still here to keep milking those costumes. After all the schtick clearly suits you both. I will not disparage your wrestling talents since you are the only people to even briefly defeat the tag team champion GUNS since the return of the global tag titles. There is clearly talent there. And as we have stated before, we do not underestimate anyone. We gave the demons of Hellbound the respect we would want ourselves and we will do the same for you in the ring. We will make sure to use our TIME efficiently in preparing for this match.”
”You however use your time to concoct hairbrained schemes to get back at the trons, or to get back to the future. So I ask you… why not just take the trons method of traveling. Shogun and Saber tron have clearly said they can still move freely between time periods. Again it’s all a bunch of bologna since time travel backwards in time is impossible, but the idea is there. And yet you continue to try and influence the flow of time instead of changing your plans to fit the situation. It’s almost like you are frozen in time in your ideas, not just by your time period. ~He stops and thinks~ Tell me one thing … this Heavymetal-Borg … he seems to speak in familiar phrases, has nobody pointed this out before? And yet every time he speaks it is one anyone alive today could understand. Not once has he just spouted out a sing song line that isn’t already archived on google. 50s, 60s, on to modern … but no … futuristic. Does this medium he uses as his language simply cease to exist in the future? And if so … how did he get to use it for communicating?”
”Esmur the answer is right in front of you. It’s all a show. Time does not allow the antics these men describe. Why even their admittedly futuristic looking robot pet isn’t made from futuristic technology. It’s like they raided the MIT design school for ideas and supplies and mocked another frankly silly concept … that of a wrestling bear dressed as a man. Though I guess it’s not as silly as a man wrestling as a bear thinking he’s a bear … and also a zombie. Time has passed, the body would surely be decayed and in no condition to be a walker or zombie or infected or whatever your chosen horror medium calls the shamblers. The simple fact is that they have not conquered time, they simply get an edge up by getting into the minds of their opponents with the idea that they can conquer it. But there is nothing that can conquer the march of time. Eventually we all march to the end of our path and take a last long step into the emptiness. Time is nobody’s fool. And the void doesn’t take kindly to being made to wait. So HM, Evil … come step into the brickhouse with us … and we will impress upon you the severity of the claims you make against time and the abyss. And the two of you will crumble beneath the all-powerful might of the envoys of the emptiness. Embrace … eternity.”
~The two men leave the museum and the camera follows as we slowly fade to static and move back to your regularly scheduled Network programming~
