Post by gamma on Oct 30, 2015 19:08:40 GMT
“Argh!”
CLANG!
Weights lifted, and weights sent back to the earth. Muscle and sinew rippled, sweat pumping as the work was put in. Earbuds swiped from ears, iPod tossed to the side, leaning forward, stretching out against the wall.
Eyes in the mirror, not looking at the mirror, looking at you, at your eyes, into your eyes, into your soul. What do you see, Edie Frederik? Do you see the hundred plus years of wrestling history coursing through your veins? Your great-great-grandfather was an originator, toiling in grungy gyms before it was even popular. Generations in this business, touching every aspect, though often history is just that. But your existence, it’s not really clear, is it? Are you the prodigy or are you the abject failure? You weren’t the first choice. No that was your brother, but where is he? The family anointed him. But now you are the last hope, you stand on your own two feet, not confined to some wheelchair like him. You love your brother to death, but some days you wish… that he hadn’t had the accident, right? You didn’t ask for the mantle, but guess what? Suck it up, soldier… it’s your war now, so prime your weapons to the fullest. But your grand entrance, you stumbled out of the gate in GPW. Took a spill and wound up the shelf for months… your shoulder injury. See that scar, doesn’t it mock you, even now?
“It has taken me all this time, and to start again, half a world away from North Dakota and the banks of the Red River that flows so closely by the family home. Seishin, I have come to Japan for a fresh start. And to make my beginnings in the biggest match that Seishin has had to date, with this Ten-Woman Elimination? I could think of nothing better. I know of Tammy and Molly from GPW, although I never competed against them… their presence in this match as an established tag team gives the opposition some advance cohesion. Kaya Lovelace, friend of the renowned Artemis Kaiser… I know of her; dangerous. Other than my teammate Natalie, I do not really know anyone in this match personally.”
“What do I know? After such a layoff, do I even know myself? When I climb through those ropes, can I answer that bell? I have rested, rehabbed and brought myself back from the brink. Shed no tears for me, I require no sympathy. Seishin will know that I am The Red River Strangler, strong of body and mind. I will erase the doubt, I have to. Just as surely as I press these weights over my head and send them down, the weight and gravity of Edie Frederik is always eventual to anyone who stands across from me. When every blow and every hold wears away at the resolve of my opponents, everything above the shoulders will be depleted. Pay attention, and mind your neck, lest you lose your heads.”
CLANG!
Weights lifted, and weights sent back to the earth. Muscle and sinew rippled, sweat pumping as the work was put in. Earbuds swiped from ears, iPod tossed to the side, leaning forward, stretching out against the wall.
Eyes in the mirror, not looking at the mirror, looking at you, at your eyes, into your eyes, into your soul. What do you see, Edie Frederik? Do you see the hundred plus years of wrestling history coursing through your veins? Your great-great-grandfather was an originator, toiling in grungy gyms before it was even popular. Generations in this business, touching every aspect, though often history is just that. But your existence, it’s not really clear, is it? Are you the prodigy or are you the abject failure? You weren’t the first choice. No that was your brother, but where is he? The family anointed him. But now you are the last hope, you stand on your own two feet, not confined to some wheelchair like him. You love your brother to death, but some days you wish… that he hadn’t had the accident, right? You didn’t ask for the mantle, but guess what? Suck it up, soldier… it’s your war now, so prime your weapons to the fullest. But your grand entrance, you stumbled out of the gate in GPW. Took a spill and wound up the shelf for months… your shoulder injury. See that scar, doesn’t it mock you, even now?
“It has taken me all this time, and to start again, half a world away from North Dakota and the banks of the Red River that flows so closely by the family home. Seishin, I have come to Japan for a fresh start. And to make my beginnings in the biggest match that Seishin has had to date, with this Ten-Woman Elimination? I could think of nothing better. I know of Tammy and Molly from GPW, although I never competed against them… their presence in this match as an established tag team gives the opposition some advance cohesion. Kaya Lovelace, friend of the renowned Artemis Kaiser… I know of her; dangerous. Other than my teammate Natalie, I do not really know anyone in this match personally.”
“What do I know? After such a layoff, do I even know myself? When I climb through those ropes, can I answer that bell? I have rested, rehabbed and brought myself back from the brink. Shed no tears for me, I require no sympathy. Seishin will know that I am The Red River Strangler, strong of body and mind. I will erase the doubt, I have to. Just as surely as I press these weights over my head and send them down, the weight and gravity of Edie Frederik is always eventual to anyone who stands across from me. When every blow and every hold wears away at the resolve of my opponents, everything above the shoulders will be depleted. Pay attention, and mind your neck, lest you lose your heads.”
