Post by Roxi Johnson on Nov 7, 2012 23:32:49 GMT -5
Well, well, well, I'm the Television champion. How about that? Yeah. I totally did it. I beat two guys, in a tables, ladders, and chairs match to do it too. The match was not without it's bumps and bruises, but in the end, it didn't really matter and it was all worth it. Plus, I totally won, like, twice. I mean, seriously, who does that. TJ just living up to being a douche and trying to steal my thunder. But, the end result is good triumphing over evil.
But, the most curious part of the night was Brandon Nytrus coming out and...I guess challenging me for my TV title. I'll be honest with you Brandon, I'm not really sure what to make of all this.
If you wanted a title shot, all you had to do was ask.
But, That's going to have to wait until after this tag match we have coming up. You get Ian Andrews as a partner, I get Laura Tavares. Boys against girls I guess. I look forward to an awesome match, but I'm still a little confused.
I mean, Brandon you, are challenging for my TV title? I've never backed down from a challenge and I don't plan on starting now. But then I thought about it. Who are you? Who is Brandon Nytrus? Then, I googled you and I looked you up. Apparently, you've been here in MPW a while, and you even got a World title shot. Which...you lost.
You've been walking around here, and using a lot of threatening words, and saying it in a big, bad scary voice, and yet...you have nothing to show for it. Nothing. Zilch. Zero. Nada. A lot of talk, and then you have to eat your words time and time again. So, that in itself, makes this challenge a little curious. I mean, are you targeting me because you think you can beat me? A little confidence can go a long way, but Brandon, it's not like you're on some sort of massive win streak or you've been making headlines all over MPW. The fact that I had to look and see who you were already nullifies that.
But, if you want to try and beat me, you're welcome to. Heck, I believe in you.
Yes. I think without a doubt that are can beat me. Look at you, you're big, strong, scary. I'm just a little girl. Surely, you will effortlessly take this title from me. You know what I'm going to do? I'm going to take this Television title, and engrave your name right on the nameplate. I will carry it to the ring, and when the match is over, I will raise your hand and offer a handshake.
That's what I would do and say if you were any sort of threat.
I'm not being arrogant or anything, I'm just going by the facts. The facts are, you haven't done anything of significance besides grow to be tall. And there have been a lot of tall people in the world, Brandon. A lot of them don't live up to potential either. Shawn Bradley is 7'6". He did next to nothing in the NBA aside from make everyone's highlight reel. He was big for nothing. Just like you appear to be panning out to be. Big, for the sake of being big. Being big and doing nothing with it.
Of course, maybe I'm wrong. Maybe you'll prove it to the world that you're better than me. That you will live up to the hype you've been coating yourself with.
For some strange reason, I doubt it though.
Then there's Ian Andrews. To be honest, I have no idea if he even knows what's going on. He seems more interested in taking phone calls then worrying about being involved in a wrestling match. I'm not really sure if he even cares. Wait, scratch that, he knows there's a match, but other than that...I'm not really sure.
Good luck with that Brandon. I'll see you in the ring. I'll be the red head mostly likely kicking your ass.
[ Fade in to the Guild HQ building. Roxi, out of costume is standing in front of the Victory counsel. ]
Roxi- You...wanted to see me?
Captain Freedom - Yes. We did. It has come to our attention that you have been acting very recklessly lately. Is that true?
Roxi- Reckless is a strong word.
Captain Freedom - Oh? And how would you describe it.
Roxi- Acting...outside the box.
Captain Freedom - Well, let's talk about your actions as of late.
[ Roxi's head drops as Captain Freedom pulls out some papers. ]
Captain Freedom - You endangered the life of Dr. Murray?
Roxi- I saved him.
Captain Freedom - By Destroying a $50,000 Lab.
Roxi- It was Peterson! He destroyed it!
Captain Freedom - Speaking of which, how many times have you taken on Harold Peterson without backup? You know the Guild rules.
Roxi- I...had to...
Captain Freedom - You had to? The rules are never go into a battle without backup.
Roxi- Harold Peterson would have killed people had I not shown up alone.
Captain Freedom - Harold Peterson is a dangerous criminal who you should never have taken on alone. That is expressly forbidden.
Roxi- I did what I needed.
Captain Freedom - I see. And is what you needed to do endanger the life of Claire Beaumont and Dr. William Birkin?
Roxi- I didn't....
Captain Freedom - You endangered their lives against Peterson, caused a building to be burned down. Luckily for you, the fire department was able to contain it.
Roxi- That was also Peterson.
Captain Freedom - Then, you constantly ignore the advice of your partner, engage in several days without sleep, Harass a police officer?
Roxi- I... can explain...
Captain Freedom - This behavior defies explanation. It's reckless and dangerous. It will not be tolerated.
Roxi- I...have to find Claire.
Captain Freedom - Ms. Beaumont?
Roxi- She's missing.
Captain Freedom - I'm aware. There is already a good conducting an investigation.
Roxi- There is?
Captain Freedom - Of course. We've had this situation under control.
Roxi- What do they know?
Captain Freedom - That's not important right now. What's important is that your behavior be corrected.
Roxi- What do you mean?
Captain Freedom - After counsel with the Victory Counsel, we have reached our decision.
Roxi- ....
Captain Freedom - Effective immediately, you are suspended from the guild. You will be put under strict supervision until we feel you're behavior has changed.
Roxi- What?!
Captain Freedom - Please. Turn in your costume. At no time are you to involve yourself in any superhero related activities. Violation of these terms will result in your permanent removal from the Guild.
Roxi- You can't be serious?!
Captain Freedom - We are. Now, please turn in your costume to Lady Victory.
I can't believe it. It's over. Just like that. I'm...I'm powerless.
Lady Victory - Believe me child, this is only a temporary setback. You'll pull through.
Roxi- Save it. This was my life.
Lady Victory - All you have to done is simply get through the next 2 months, and your probation will be over.
Roxi- Take it.
Lady Victory - I take no pleasure in this.
Roxi- Whatever.
Lady Victory - It was not an easy choice to make.
Roxi- I don't care what you try to say to make it better. It's not going to work. Just take the costume and be done with it.
[ Roxi angrily tosses the costume to Lady Victory and storms out. ]
Lady Victory - I'm sorry.
[ Back at Roxi's apartment, she sits moping around in her chair. She tosses a baseball up in the air and catches it. Over and over. Vision appears on the screen behind her.]
Roxi- Go. Away.
Vision- Rox, I know you hate me right now, but I want to talk to you.
Roxi- Why? So you can tell the guild I'm depressed too?
Vision- I'm sorry. I was just trying to help you.
Roxi- Help?
[ Roxi wheels around in her chair to face the computer.]
Roxi- You want to help me Vision? Help would have been if you told me the Guild was working on finding Claire!
Vision- I didn't know?
Roxi- You KNEW Claire was close to me! You knew that's why I was looking for her!
Vision- I didn't know the guild was working on finding her as well. Okay? I swear!
Roxi- ...
Vision- I swear. I don't even want to talk about that right now.
Roxi- Then, what do you want?
Vision- I know, I kinda screwed you over with this, so I wanted to get your mind off of it.
Roxi- Oh really?
Vision- Yeah. I wanted to...offer congradulations on winning the TV championship.
Roxi- ....
Vision- You did great out there. Maybe now you'll have more time to...do..wrestling stuff?
Roxi- Maybe I will. But what difference does it make? I'm not a superheroine anymore. I can't go out and make a real difference.
Vision- Well, I think it could actually be good for you.
Roxi- Is that right?
Vision- Yes. I think you can rest up more and more, you won't have worry about people finding out who you are anymore, or some pervert or some thug or some crazy monsters.
Roxi- ...
Vision- Time to just...be normal.
Roxi- But it's not making a difference.
Vision- Maybe you can.
Roxi- How is that?
Vision- There's a bunch of things you can do to help MPW by volunteering.
Roxi- Maybe.
Vision- Just...give it some thought.
Roxi- Guess I don't have a choice now.
Well, as much as I hate him right now, maybe he has a point. I mean, as TV champion, it would very bad if I die before I can defend my title or have some crazy man unmask me. Maybe this is a chance to be...normal for a change. A chance to really make up for lost time with MPW. I mean, I almost missed the Halloween party, then I had to leave early to stop bank robbers.
I barely know anyone!
I've become some kind of weird recluse!
Well that's gotta stop! I guess being a superhero can wait while I'm television champion. After all, they need me on TV, right? What would television be without its champion?
...
That gives me an idea.
I'm not giving up looking for Claire, I'll just have to be more careful about doing it.
What the guild doesn't know won't hurt them.
But, the most curious part of the night was Brandon Nytrus coming out and...I guess challenging me for my TV title. I'll be honest with you Brandon, I'm not really sure what to make of all this.
If you wanted a title shot, all you had to do was ask.
But, That's going to have to wait until after this tag match we have coming up. You get Ian Andrews as a partner, I get Laura Tavares. Boys against girls I guess. I look forward to an awesome match, but I'm still a little confused.
I mean, Brandon you, are challenging for my TV title? I've never backed down from a challenge and I don't plan on starting now. But then I thought about it. Who are you? Who is Brandon Nytrus? Then, I googled you and I looked you up. Apparently, you've been here in MPW a while, and you even got a World title shot. Which...you lost.
You've been walking around here, and using a lot of threatening words, and saying it in a big, bad scary voice, and yet...you have nothing to show for it. Nothing. Zilch. Zero. Nada. A lot of talk, and then you have to eat your words time and time again. So, that in itself, makes this challenge a little curious. I mean, are you targeting me because you think you can beat me? A little confidence can go a long way, but Brandon, it's not like you're on some sort of massive win streak or you've been making headlines all over MPW. The fact that I had to look and see who you were already nullifies that.
But, if you want to try and beat me, you're welcome to. Heck, I believe in you.
Yes. I think without a doubt that are can beat me. Look at you, you're big, strong, scary. I'm just a little girl. Surely, you will effortlessly take this title from me. You know what I'm going to do? I'm going to take this Television title, and engrave your name right on the nameplate. I will carry it to the ring, and when the match is over, I will raise your hand and offer a handshake.
That's what I would do and say if you were any sort of threat.
I'm not being arrogant or anything, I'm just going by the facts. The facts are, you haven't done anything of significance besides grow to be tall. And there have been a lot of tall people in the world, Brandon. A lot of them don't live up to potential either. Shawn Bradley is 7'6". He did next to nothing in the NBA aside from make everyone's highlight reel. He was big for nothing. Just like you appear to be panning out to be. Big, for the sake of being big. Being big and doing nothing with it.
Of course, maybe I'm wrong. Maybe you'll prove it to the world that you're better than me. That you will live up to the hype you've been coating yourself with.
For some strange reason, I doubt it though.
Then there's Ian Andrews. To be honest, I have no idea if he even knows what's going on. He seems more interested in taking phone calls then worrying about being involved in a wrestling match. I'm not really sure if he even cares. Wait, scratch that, he knows there's a match, but other than that...I'm not really sure.
Good luck with that Brandon. I'll see you in the ring. I'll be the red head mostly likely kicking your ass.
[ Fade in to the Guild HQ building. Roxi, out of costume is standing in front of the Victory counsel. ]
Roxi- You...wanted to see me?
Captain Freedom - Yes. We did. It has come to our attention that you have been acting very recklessly lately. Is that true?
Roxi- Reckless is a strong word.
Captain Freedom - Oh? And how would you describe it.
Roxi- Acting...outside the box.
Captain Freedom - Well, let's talk about your actions as of late.
[ Roxi's head drops as Captain Freedom pulls out some papers. ]
Captain Freedom - You endangered the life of Dr. Murray?
Roxi- I saved him.
Captain Freedom - By Destroying a $50,000 Lab.
Roxi- It was Peterson! He destroyed it!
Captain Freedom - Speaking of which, how many times have you taken on Harold Peterson without backup? You know the Guild rules.
Roxi- I...had to...
Captain Freedom - You had to? The rules are never go into a battle without backup.
Roxi- Harold Peterson would have killed people had I not shown up alone.
Captain Freedom - Harold Peterson is a dangerous criminal who you should never have taken on alone. That is expressly forbidden.
Roxi- I did what I needed.
Captain Freedom - I see. And is what you needed to do endanger the life of Claire Beaumont and Dr. William Birkin?
Roxi- I didn't....
Captain Freedom - You endangered their lives against Peterson, caused a building to be burned down. Luckily for you, the fire department was able to contain it.
Roxi- That was also Peterson.
Captain Freedom - Then, you constantly ignore the advice of your partner, engage in several days without sleep, Harass a police officer?
Roxi- I... can explain...
Captain Freedom - This behavior defies explanation. It's reckless and dangerous. It will not be tolerated.
Roxi- I...have to find Claire.
Captain Freedom - Ms. Beaumont?
Roxi- She's missing.
Captain Freedom - I'm aware. There is already a good conducting an investigation.
Roxi- There is?
Captain Freedom - Of course. We've had this situation under control.
Roxi- What do they know?
Captain Freedom - That's not important right now. What's important is that your behavior be corrected.
Roxi- What do you mean?
Captain Freedom - After counsel with the Victory Counsel, we have reached our decision.
Roxi- ....
Captain Freedom - Effective immediately, you are suspended from the guild. You will be put under strict supervision until we feel you're behavior has changed.
Roxi- What?!
Captain Freedom - Please. Turn in your costume. At no time are you to involve yourself in any superhero related activities. Violation of these terms will result in your permanent removal from the Guild.
Roxi- You can't be serious?!
Captain Freedom - We are. Now, please turn in your costume to Lady Victory.
I can't believe it. It's over. Just like that. I'm...I'm powerless.
Lady Victory - Believe me child, this is only a temporary setback. You'll pull through.
Roxi- Save it. This was my life.
Lady Victory - All you have to done is simply get through the next 2 months, and your probation will be over.
Roxi- Take it.
Lady Victory - I take no pleasure in this.
Roxi- Whatever.
Lady Victory - It was not an easy choice to make.
Roxi- I don't care what you try to say to make it better. It's not going to work. Just take the costume and be done with it.
[ Roxi angrily tosses the costume to Lady Victory and storms out. ]
Lady Victory - I'm sorry.
[ Back at Roxi's apartment, she sits moping around in her chair. She tosses a baseball up in the air and catches it. Over and over. Vision appears on the screen behind her.]
Roxi- Go. Away.
Vision- Rox, I know you hate me right now, but I want to talk to you.
Roxi- Why? So you can tell the guild I'm depressed too?
Vision- I'm sorry. I was just trying to help you.
Roxi- Help?
[ Roxi wheels around in her chair to face the computer.]
Roxi- You want to help me Vision? Help would have been if you told me the Guild was working on finding Claire!
Vision- I didn't know?
Roxi- You KNEW Claire was close to me! You knew that's why I was looking for her!
Vision- I didn't know the guild was working on finding her as well. Okay? I swear!
Roxi- ...
Vision- I swear. I don't even want to talk about that right now.
Roxi- Then, what do you want?
Vision- I know, I kinda screwed you over with this, so I wanted to get your mind off of it.
Roxi- Oh really?
Vision- Yeah. I wanted to...offer congradulations on winning the TV championship.
Roxi- ....
Vision- You did great out there. Maybe now you'll have more time to...do..wrestling stuff?
Roxi- Maybe I will. But what difference does it make? I'm not a superheroine anymore. I can't go out and make a real difference.
Vision- Well, I think it could actually be good for you.
Roxi- Is that right?
Vision- Yes. I think you can rest up more and more, you won't have worry about people finding out who you are anymore, or some pervert or some thug or some crazy monsters.
Roxi- ...
Vision- Time to just...be normal.
Roxi- But it's not making a difference.
Vision- Maybe you can.
Roxi- How is that?
Vision- There's a bunch of things you can do to help MPW by volunteering.
Roxi- Maybe.
Vision- Just...give it some thought.
Roxi- Guess I don't have a choice now.
Well, as much as I hate him right now, maybe he has a point. I mean, as TV champion, it would very bad if I die before I can defend my title or have some crazy man unmask me. Maybe this is a chance to be...normal for a change. A chance to really make up for lost time with MPW. I mean, I almost missed the Halloween party, then I had to leave early to stop bank robbers.
I barely know anyone!
I've become some kind of weird recluse!
Well that's gotta stop! I guess being a superhero can wait while I'm television champion. After all, they need me on TV, right? What would television be without its champion?
...
That gives me an idea.
I'm not giving up looking for Claire, I'll just have to be more careful about doing it.
What the guild doesn't know won't hurt them.
