Post by vespertine on Jan 10, 2022 20:25:41 GMT -5
(not her, but what she is wearing.)"Down the Tunnel"
(Camera fades from black to.... a long tunnel, dark, round, with a white light at the end of it. As we watch, someone is walking away from the light. When the voice comes up, it's Vespertine but as if in a voice over. As she walks towards the camera, she talks.)
VO: So far you have seen my playful sexy side (Christmas with friends). the flip side (Get in my way, get on my flip side), you've seen the philosophical side (Respect is earned, never given), and my wistful side (Thoughts on the holiday season.) But this.... this is another side. The dark side, I would call this. In a tunnel, going away from the light.
(The silhouette stops and points to the white light behind her.)
VO: I don't believe in heaven. I believe in reincarnation. I believe in coming back after I die and being something, someone better. That is the way of the Verse. That is the way of the Buddhist.
(She walks towards the camera again)
VO: And yet while you believe you can do better, you can be better, I already am. Better. Than you. There is nothing for me to prove to you. I don't need to prove it. You already know why I'm here. What I can do. And how I can do it. But where do I get this from? My dark side. Inside all of us, there is a dark side. All you have to do is just reach down, deep and drag it up. You want something. You have to go out and get it. Respect is earned. Never given. Same with titles. They are earned. Never given.
(She sighs, stops, looks around, then continues)
VO: What does your darkness mean? Mine tells me I haven't done it well enough yet. I can die, I can fail, I can fall but I will always get back up, come right back to life, get right back up and continue. It's what I do.
(The light behind her shines brighter and brighter until the entire screen is a huge white glow. Something explodes somewhere and the light dies down. We see we are in big round room with murals and paintings on the walls and two leather red and green arm chairs in the middle. She looks around, then back at the camera)
V: In my hand are two pills. One is green, one is red. Take the green one and find out how far the rabbit hole goes. Take the red and well... you get the idea.
(She opens her hand, smiles, shaking, her head. Nothing is in her hand)
V: I've always wanted to do that. "Take the red pill or the green one." I took the green one and my journey into the wrestling world escalated. I have gotten everything I ever wanted. Friends, enemies, rivals, World Titles, Tag Team Titles, Ladies titles, Hall of Fame placements, double champion status.
(She goes to sit down on the green leather arm chair crossing her legs as she does so. Camera cuts shot...)
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"Go! Promo time!"
(....Camera cuts to shot of Vespertine sitting on the green armchair She continues to address the camera)
So why am I facing two nobodies? I mean all Sara Cross did at Christmas Chaos was get the honor of being first eliminated from team Sin. Talia Skye and I were the only two remaining members of Team Sin. WE, and by we, I mean, I! did all the work. Skye talked a big game but in the end, I was the one who had my hand raised in victory. For all her bluster Skye did absolutely nothing. What did Cross do? Not a damn thing. She was eliminated first. Thereby ensuring her legacy of someone who will be easily forgotten in the annals of of R1W history.
(She pauses and looks around, fire rising in her eyes but a hint of something else, like amusement)
Now, onto Amber Payne. Same PPV. Christmas Chaos. Different match. Same outcome. You let yourself get beaten by Serena Storm. In a Grudge match. A submission match. You had Serena down and out for the count. Then you submitted. You were supposed to win your grudge match but you failed. I would've thought that a submission match would be up your alley. Turns out its a five lane highway of which you can't cross. Your day is over Payne. You failed. At Christmas Chaos.
(She trails off, her serpent tail winding around her)
To long a name. I shall call it Double C. Anyway, at the PPV Double C, you lost your grudge match. And you think you are going to get redemption at the S&L Supershow? You will get nothing. Because you ARE nothing. Just like Cross is nothing. You showed up and you failed. Storm won. You lost. Cross was eliminated. I won. Need I go on?
(Settles her scales down but venom drips from her fangs)
I don't need to prove myself to you. Both of you, are just stepping stones to me in my rise. And you aren't even boulders on my path to the top. You are but mere skipping stones that I can skip across the lake. But the real reason you two are in this match: to make me look good. Management has seen what kind of ring warrior I am. I showed them at Double C. Now they want to see if I can rise to the challenge of being championship material.
(She looks around, smiles wickedly and looks back)
I've always been championship material. You don't even need to see my list of titles and accolades to know that. I am the best this federation has to offer, the best this federation has ever seen...will ever see.
(She stares intensely into the camera)
Now, you can talk all you like, put me down all you want, call me whatever name your little heart desires but all that means to me is that you are afraid of the truth: That I AM better than you. You are afraid of what I can do to you. In the ring. At the Supershow, show up if you dare and I will make you feel
VO: So far you have seen my playful sexy side (Christmas with friends). the flip side (Get in my way, get on my flip side), you've seen the philosophical side (Respect is earned, never given), and my wistful side (Thoughts on the holiday season.) But this.... this is another side. The dark side, I would call this. In a tunnel, going away from the light.
(The silhouette stops and points to the white light behind her.)
VO: I don't believe in heaven. I believe in reincarnation. I believe in coming back after I die and being something, someone better. That is the way of the Verse. That is the way of the Buddhist.
(She walks towards the camera again)
VO: And yet while you believe you can do better, you can be better, I already am. Better. Than you. There is nothing for me to prove to you. I don't need to prove it. You already know why I'm here. What I can do. And how I can do it. But where do I get this from? My dark side. Inside all of us, there is a dark side. All you have to do is just reach down, deep and drag it up. You want something. You have to go out and get it. Respect is earned. Never given. Same with titles. They are earned. Never given.
(She sighs, stops, looks around, then continues)
VO: What does your darkness mean? Mine tells me I haven't done it well enough yet. I can die, I can fail, I can fall but I will always get back up, come right back to life, get right back up and continue. It's what I do.
(The light behind her shines brighter and brighter until the entire screen is a huge white glow. Something explodes somewhere and the light dies down. We see we are in big round room with murals and paintings on the walls and two leather red and green arm chairs in the middle. She looks around, then back at the camera)
V: In my hand are two pills. One is green, one is red. Take the green one and find out how far the rabbit hole goes. Take the red and well... you get the idea.
(She opens her hand, smiles, shaking, her head. Nothing is in her hand)
V: I've always wanted to do that. "Take the red pill or the green one." I took the green one and my journey into the wrestling world escalated. I have gotten everything I ever wanted. Friends, enemies, rivals, World Titles, Tag Team Titles, Ladies titles, Hall of Fame placements, double champion status.
(She goes to sit down on the green leather arm chair crossing her legs as she does so. Camera cuts shot...)
______________________________________________________________________________________________________
"Go! Promo time!"
(....Camera cuts to shot of Vespertine sitting on the green armchair She continues to address the camera)
So why am I facing two nobodies? I mean all Sara Cross did at Christmas Chaos was get the honor of being first eliminated from team Sin. Talia Skye and I were the only two remaining members of Team Sin. WE, and by we, I mean, I! did all the work. Skye talked a big game but in the end, I was the one who had my hand raised in victory. For all her bluster Skye did absolutely nothing. What did Cross do? Not a damn thing. She was eliminated first. Thereby ensuring her legacy of someone who will be easily forgotten in the annals of of R1W history.
(She pauses and looks around, fire rising in her eyes but a hint of something else, like amusement)
Now, onto Amber Payne. Same PPV. Christmas Chaos. Different match. Same outcome. You let yourself get beaten by Serena Storm. In a Grudge match. A submission match. You had Serena down and out for the count. Then you submitted. You were supposed to win your grudge match but you failed. I would've thought that a submission match would be up your alley. Turns out its a five lane highway of which you can't cross. Your day is over Payne. You failed. At Christmas Chaos.
(She trails off, her serpent tail winding around her)
To long a name. I shall call it Double C. Anyway, at the PPV Double C, you lost your grudge match. And you think you are going to get redemption at the S&L Supershow? You will get nothing. Because you ARE nothing. Just like Cross is nothing. You showed up and you failed. Storm won. You lost. Cross was eliminated. I won. Need I go on?
(Settles her scales down but venom drips from her fangs)
I don't need to prove myself to you. Both of you, are just stepping stones to me in my rise. And you aren't even boulders on my path to the top. You are but mere skipping stones that I can skip across the lake. But the real reason you two are in this match: to make me look good. Management has seen what kind of ring warrior I am. I showed them at Double C. Now they want to see if I can rise to the challenge of being championship material.
(She looks around, smiles wickedly and looks back)
I've always been championship material. You don't even need to see my list of titles and accolades to know that. I am the best this federation has to offer, the best this federation has ever seen...will ever see.
(She stares intensely into the camera)
Now, you can talk all you like, put me down all you want, call me whatever name your little heart desires but all that means to me is that you are afraid of the truth: That I AM better than you. You are afraid of what I can do to you. In the ring. At the Supershow, show up if you dare and I will make you feel
Death....by... Diva.
(She gets up off the chair and goes off screen. Camera pans to the couch and fades to black.
