Battleground 9 : One Hell of a Night Show
Mar 31, 2019 2:52:16 GMT -5
The King, SWAT Team, and 1 more like this
Post by radu on Mar 31, 2019 2:52:16 GMT -5
[...To be a fly on the Amazon's wall...]
#Faint buzzing sound
[POV~! A barfly - Tony - SOARS around the locker rooms of Amazon Arena. Well, the men's locker room. We have to assume the Amazons' gender bias is the reason for its squalid state. Insects? Outrageous.]
#Faint buzzing sound
[SWAT sure is experiencing a rebirth - there must be a few hundred wrestlers getting changed. ...Or that's just the thousand visual receptors of the fly perspective. And since its a bar fly, he sees double. So two thousand wrestlers. What a happening. TJ Zousa tries to bring Tony down from his nirvana with a well placed knife edge chop. ...It won't be the first battle that Zousa loses this evening. As Tony retreats to the bar... firmly fixed to the wall, we cut from his confusing perspective to a straight forward long shot. This eliminates 999% of the roster, Thanos style. It was either that or Zeta boards...]
Brien O'Thomas <icing his neck>: It could have been worse...
TJ Zousa: Have you watched your match yet? Actually don't... that's what did in all those guys that Brown brags about running off.
Brien O'Thomas: Nah, I have no beef with wrestling Brown. I fought the champ. Almost beat him. Next time I could be SWAT champion. I'm just glad I got him and not someone like Timeless. Yeah he beat Rajiv, but how many times did that match happen for him to get the win? That would have been much tougher to come back from... or him.
[O'Thomas points down the benches to the far corner of the room where Radu Matei is meditating. If Matei hears them, he doesn't let on. His opponent for the night, Brian Acres tries to ignore the locker room gossip as well, taping up his fists for the upcoming brawl.]
Brien O'Thomas: I don't envy Brian for that one...
[Acres continues to tape up, not taking the bait.]
TJ Zousa: No kidding, that's a rough draw, you sleeping with Pesci's wife, Brian?
[Shaking his head, Acres finally turns to the room.]
Brian Acres: Just looks like another wannabe from the SWAT Europe region. Remember the month that was around? They signed up a dozen clowns just like him, and none of them had what it took to make it in Syndicate Wrestling. I hope he's got the goods - lets me put on a better match for my fans. Everyone wins. I'm just not holding my breath. I don't know the guy, but from what I'm seeing here, you probably won't be seeing to much of him after tonights squash.
[The SWAT under dogs get quiet as Acres speaks harshly about the platinum blonde ghoul in the corner.]
TJ Zousa <whispering>: Not so loud, he's going to hear you.
Brian Acres: And?
TJ Zousa <whispering>: AND I wouldn't suggest pissing him off!
Brian Acres <shaking his head>: Do you hear yourself?
Brien O'Thomas: We're just trying to pass on some friendly advice, Brian. He... <whispering> has a pretty nasty rep.
Brian Acres: You two are ridiculous. This is a global wrestling company, there isn't a man or woman on the roster without some form of reputation.
TJ Zousa <getting quieter>: I heard he was outta SWAT Dixie.
Brien O'Thomas: What- <putting an extra bench between him and the Romanian, before leaning into the gossipy circle> that's just a myth.
Brian Acres: Who in there right minds would use the name Dixie to promote a company, let alone in this day and age... its called SWAT South.
TJ Zousa: That's a--- <whispering> That's a different fed. They got a lot of southern regions... but Dixie? That's <leaning in> SUPER MAX.
[Brian Acres is having a VERY hard time keeping a straight face.]
TJ Zousa: Whenever you do something to screw with a fed - like something unforgivable, like having simulators book your matches, or sending in promos from other federations with badly dubs where a few words have been changed, or just killed a fed with the worst title change ever.... if a region goes down and its someone's fault, SWAT can be pretty brutal. Rather than fire a guy or blacklist him, they send him down south - to the "D" region.
Brian Acres: Dixie?
Brien O'Thomas <sssssh>: Not so loud - <nodding with his head> he's right there.
[...]
TJ Zousa: They send them to a fed without a tv deal, reporters, hell, I'm not even sure they have audiences. But all the worst sons of bitches go there... and the thing is, you NEVER get out. They keep you locked into contracts until you're spent. No one gets out of Dixie.......... <thumbing the corner> so what's he doing here?
[The three men turn back to Matei. Following their interest Tony moves in for a closer inspection.]
#Faint buzzing sound
[FATAL MISTAKE.]
[Snatching the fly out of the air, Radu Matei holds the bug between his thumb and index fingers, while using his free hands to tear off the insect's wings. Having rendered Tony flightless, Radu holds out his hand, watching the shocked pest run around in circles. It could have gone anywhere, but it chose to spend its limited time in the European's presence, and now suffers the consequences. From a wide open space to the palm of Matei's hand. Tony runs around in circles. If it tickles, Radu's cold dead eyes don't let on. It would be noble to put this lesser creature out of its misery, but instead its allowed to continue on...]
[The time. The suffering.]
[Someone needs to pay for that.]
[And tonight that person is YOU.]
[Slamming his palm against the wall, crushing Tony into a burst of custardy pus and blood, Radu turns his steely gaze over to Brian Acres. Acres under dog friends try to act like they don't notice it. They aren't much better at acting than they are at wrestling, making the situation all the more uncomfortable. Acres won't budge.]
Brian Acres <narrowing eyes>: If you have something to say than say it.
[This is Acres time to shine in SWAT, and no boogie man is going to take it away from him.]
[Rising, Radu Matei exits the dressing room.]
[SMASH CUT to the POV Fly shot.]
[...its not pretty.]
#Faint buzzing sound
[POV~! A barfly - Tony - SOARS around the locker rooms of Amazon Arena. Well, the men's locker room. We have to assume the Amazons' gender bias is the reason for its squalid state. Insects? Outrageous.]
#Faint buzzing sound
[SWAT sure is experiencing a rebirth - there must be a few hundred wrestlers getting changed. ...Or that's just the thousand visual receptors of the fly perspective. And since its a bar fly, he sees double. So two thousand wrestlers. What a happening. TJ Zousa tries to bring Tony down from his nirvana with a well placed knife edge chop. ...It won't be the first battle that Zousa loses this evening. As Tony retreats to the bar... firmly fixed to the wall, we cut from his confusing perspective to a straight forward long shot. This eliminates 999% of the roster, Thanos style. It was either that or Zeta boards...]
Brien O'Thomas <icing his neck>: It could have been worse...
TJ Zousa: Have you watched your match yet? Actually don't... that's what did in all those guys that Brown brags about running off.
Brien O'Thomas: Nah, I have no beef with wrestling Brown. I fought the champ. Almost beat him. Next time I could be SWAT champion. I'm just glad I got him and not someone like Timeless. Yeah he beat Rajiv, but how many times did that match happen for him to get the win? That would have been much tougher to come back from... or him.
[O'Thomas points down the benches to the far corner of the room where Radu Matei is meditating. If Matei hears them, he doesn't let on. His opponent for the night, Brian Acres tries to ignore the locker room gossip as well, taping up his fists for the upcoming brawl.]
Brien O'Thomas: I don't envy Brian for that one...
[Acres continues to tape up, not taking the bait.]
TJ Zousa: No kidding, that's a rough draw, you sleeping with Pesci's wife, Brian?
[Shaking his head, Acres finally turns to the room.]
Brian Acres: Just looks like another wannabe from the SWAT Europe region. Remember the month that was around? They signed up a dozen clowns just like him, and none of them had what it took to make it in Syndicate Wrestling. I hope he's got the goods - lets me put on a better match for my fans. Everyone wins. I'm just not holding my breath. I don't know the guy, but from what I'm seeing here, you probably won't be seeing to much of him after tonights squash.
[The SWAT under dogs get quiet as Acres speaks harshly about the platinum blonde ghoul in the corner.]
TJ Zousa <whispering>: Not so loud, he's going to hear you.
Brian Acres: And?
TJ Zousa <whispering>: AND I wouldn't suggest pissing him off!
Brian Acres <shaking his head>: Do you hear yourself?
Brien O'Thomas: We're just trying to pass on some friendly advice, Brian. He... <whispering> has a pretty nasty rep.
Brian Acres: You two are ridiculous. This is a global wrestling company, there isn't a man or woman on the roster without some form of reputation.
TJ Zousa <getting quieter>: I heard he was outta SWAT Dixie.
Brien O'Thomas: What- <putting an extra bench between him and the Romanian, before leaning into the gossipy circle> that's just a myth.
Brian Acres: Who in there right minds would use the name Dixie to promote a company, let alone in this day and age... its called SWAT South.
TJ Zousa: That's a--- <whispering> That's a different fed. They got a lot of southern regions... but Dixie? That's <leaning in> SUPER MAX.
[Brian Acres is having a VERY hard time keeping a straight face.]
TJ Zousa: Whenever you do something to screw with a fed - like something unforgivable, like having simulators book your matches, or sending in promos from other federations with badly dubs where a few words have been changed, or just killed a fed with the worst title change ever.... if a region goes down and its someone's fault, SWAT can be pretty brutal. Rather than fire a guy or blacklist him, they send him down south - to the "D" region.
Brian Acres: Dixie?
Brien O'Thomas <sssssh>: Not so loud - <nodding with his head> he's right there.
[...]
TJ Zousa: They send them to a fed without a tv deal, reporters, hell, I'm not even sure they have audiences. But all the worst sons of bitches go there... and the thing is, you NEVER get out. They keep you locked into contracts until you're spent. No one gets out of Dixie.......... <thumbing the corner> so what's he doing here?
[The three men turn back to Matei. Following their interest Tony moves in for a closer inspection.]
#Faint buzzing sound
[FATAL MISTAKE.]
[Snatching the fly out of the air, Radu Matei holds the bug between his thumb and index fingers, while using his free hands to tear off the insect's wings. Having rendered Tony flightless, Radu holds out his hand, watching the shocked pest run around in circles. It could have gone anywhere, but it chose to spend its limited time in the European's presence, and now suffers the consequences. From a wide open space to the palm of Matei's hand. Tony runs around in circles. If it tickles, Radu's cold dead eyes don't let on. It would be noble to put this lesser creature out of its misery, but instead its allowed to continue on...]
[The time. The suffering.]
[Someone needs to pay for that.]
[And tonight that person is YOU.]
[Slamming his palm against the wall, crushing Tony into a burst of custardy pus and blood, Radu turns his steely gaze over to Brian Acres. Acres under dog friends try to act like they don't notice it. They aren't much better at acting than they are at wrestling, making the situation all the more uncomfortable. Acres won't budge.]
Brian Acres <narrowing eyes>: If you have something to say than say it.
[This is Acres time to shine in SWAT, and no boogie man is going to take it away from him.]
[Rising, Radu Matei exits the dressing room.]
[SMASH CUT to the POV Fly shot.]
[...its not pretty.]