Post by Vespertine on Mar 4, 2011 0:28:46 GMT -5
RP #1 at 1220 Words
(A street near midnight. Japantown, San Francisco. A lone figure walks down the street. The neon signs are still lit up and the street lamps are on so one can see clearly what she is wearing. It is Vespertine, she wears black women’s tight jeans, a tight black baby T shirt with the words “Baby Phat” on it in silver sequins. She wears black women’s boots and she has on her black trenchcoat duster. She walks down the deserted street of Japantown, her trenchcoat duster flows out behind her and her hair waves in the wind. She has her hands in her pocket and she glances side to side as she walks. Not in fear for this is her hometown and she has nothing to fear here but more likely looking in the windows of the shops and out on the street to see the cars go by. She doesn’t stop walking but as she walks she starts to talk.)
V: My next match in GZWA. I go against three women and on my side are two other women. I have wrestled both men and women in this business and all I can say is: I love wrestling men. They are the easiest to wrestle. They hit harder than women and they are bigger than women but the bigger they are, the harder they fall and I LOVE watching men fall. But women are different and Friday night is not this case where I meet men… but I will meet women. Women are vengeful, women are quick and speedy and smart. They are cunning and fast. You have got to be five steps ahead of them while you only have to be one step ahead of men. But Friday Night Primetime, I go against Chyna, Amanda and Laura with help from Molly and Porsha. We WILL be the main event match even if we aren’t the main event. We will show the crowd what women can do. First you have the brute strength of Chyna, then there is the technical prowess of Molly, the finesse of Amanda, me being the high flyer and two wild cards for either side in the forms of Laura and Porsha. Everything that can happen in this match will happen and only one side can win.
(she stops as a car goes by in front of her then continues to walk down the street)
V: Now all of you see me as a fragile woman who is obnoxious beyond belief. Don’t worry, I know what you are thinking. I have heard it before. Yes I say whatever is on my mind. Yes, I’m obnoxious. Yes, you would like to see me go down in flames and yes I’m annoying. But that’s all part of my gameplan, my sweets. If I didn’t give a little womanly backtalk to my opponents I wouldn’t make it in this business. I wouldn’t win, I wouldn’t be where I am today. I’m no Wrestling Goddess, I’m no She-beast and I’m no tattooed beauty. I am, who I am and who I am is a female warrior, a female gladiator. A female beast. I’m a well rounded fighting machine intent on only one thing: destroy and win.
(she pauses under a street lamp for a minute, looks around then continues on)
V: I’m a veteran in this sport… if after 6 years of wrestling one can be called as such. But I won’t throw it in your faces the types of matches I have wrestled in, the different federations I have been in or how many titles I have held. You see in each federation you have to start with a clean slate. And telling you about myself too early, this early, would only bore you to death. Besides, I haven’t impressed anybody yet because I haven’t done anything that is impressive…yet. Except get wins over Molly, Serena and Amanda. So in a way my win/loss record is clean and faultless. I feel sorry for the three of you having to face me.
(she pauses but continues to walk)
V: No, actually I’m not. I don’t feel sorry for any of you on the opposite side of the ring. What you have done to me and what has happened has lead up to this point, the point where we all have to face each other in some way. Up to this point, you have yet to raise the sleeping tiger. Well the tiger is waking up and when the tiger is fully awake, expect revenge because the tiger will be mad. The tiger will want out of her cage and will want to rip your throats off. It’s the nature of the beast. I have done nothing to deserve what I have gotten in the likes of Amanda and Chyna. But they started a fight, a fight they cannot finish and I, I WILL be the one to finish the war between us.
(a man walks by in a black trenchcoat and she sidesteps him. He looks back at her but she doesn’t do the same and keeps on walking)
V: This is my hometown of San Francisco but I’ll be right there in the ring come Friday when all of us meet. I’ll probably be there a little early too because I like watching them set up and take down. Makes me more appreciative of how well they set things up while I’m in the ring doing my daredevil stunts. But believe me, I’ll be there, Chyna, Amanda, Laura, Molly, Porcha. I’ll be in that match, I’ll be that wildcard. I’ll be there to take the fight to you. I’ll be there to back you up and watch your back. I’ll be there to take our opponents down. I’ll be there and all three of our opponents will be the ones to feel death by diva.
(she stops, a wind whips up from somewhere and blows her hair around. She takes in a big whiff of air and then blows out slowly)
V: Smell that. Feel that. That is change coming. There is going to be a change in this match… in GZWA. I’m not going to say I’m the future of GZWA, that never means anything to anybody. Instead I’ll say this: I’m going to be the change that GZWA will see in the coming months. I plan to go straight to the top. I plan to make a name for myself. I plan to put my mark upon this federation and I plan to win the war that has come to my doorstep. You, Chyna, Amanda, Laura, are not the first to see and feel the power that is me but you WILL be the next ones to see it. The power that is Vespertine. And like I said, will feel death by diva. And just ask Amanda what it feels like because she has been a victim of Death by Diva and she will be a victim of it again.
(she walks under a streetlight, stops and looks around, takes another big whiff of air, then exhales slowly out, she turns a different direction, to go across the street and then steps off the curb and disappears into the darkness beyond, the last flutter of her trenchcoat is all you see as she disappears into the darkness.)
(A street near midnight. Japantown, San Francisco. A lone figure walks down the street. The neon signs are still lit up and the street lamps are on so one can see clearly what she is wearing. It is Vespertine, she wears black women’s tight jeans, a tight black baby T shirt with the words “Baby Phat” on it in silver sequins. She wears black women’s boots and she has on her black trenchcoat duster. She walks down the deserted street of Japantown, her trenchcoat duster flows out behind her and her hair waves in the wind. She has her hands in her pocket and she glances side to side as she walks. Not in fear for this is her hometown and she has nothing to fear here but more likely looking in the windows of the shops and out on the street to see the cars go by. She doesn’t stop walking but as she walks she starts to talk.)
V: My next match in GZWA. I go against three women and on my side are two other women. I have wrestled both men and women in this business and all I can say is: I love wrestling men. They are the easiest to wrestle. They hit harder than women and they are bigger than women but the bigger they are, the harder they fall and I LOVE watching men fall. But women are different and Friday night is not this case where I meet men… but I will meet women. Women are vengeful, women are quick and speedy and smart. They are cunning and fast. You have got to be five steps ahead of them while you only have to be one step ahead of men. But Friday Night Primetime, I go against Chyna, Amanda and Laura with help from Molly and Porsha. We WILL be the main event match even if we aren’t the main event. We will show the crowd what women can do. First you have the brute strength of Chyna, then there is the technical prowess of Molly, the finesse of Amanda, me being the high flyer and two wild cards for either side in the forms of Laura and Porsha. Everything that can happen in this match will happen and only one side can win.
(she stops as a car goes by in front of her then continues to walk down the street)
V: Now all of you see me as a fragile woman who is obnoxious beyond belief. Don’t worry, I know what you are thinking. I have heard it before. Yes I say whatever is on my mind. Yes, I’m obnoxious. Yes, you would like to see me go down in flames and yes I’m annoying. But that’s all part of my gameplan, my sweets. If I didn’t give a little womanly backtalk to my opponents I wouldn’t make it in this business. I wouldn’t win, I wouldn’t be where I am today. I’m no Wrestling Goddess, I’m no She-beast and I’m no tattooed beauty. I am, who I am and who I am is a female warrior, a female gladiator. A female beast. I’m a well rounded fighting machine intent on only one thing: destroy and win.
(she pauses under a street lamp for a minute, looks around then continues on)
V: I’m a veteran in this sport… if after 6 years of wrestling one can be called as such. But I won’t throw it in your faces the types of matches I have wrestled in, the different federations I have been in or how many titles I have held. You see in each federation you have to start with a clean slate. And telling you about myself too early, this early, would only bore you to death. Besides, I haven’t impressed anybody yet because I haven’t done anything that is impressive…yet. Except get wins over Molly, Serena and Amanda. So in a way my win/loss record is clean and faultless. I feel sorry for the three of you having to face me.
(she pauses but continues to walk)
V: No, actually I’m not. I don’t feel sorry for any of you on the opposite side of the ring. What you have done to me and what has happened has lead up to this point, the point where we all have to face each other in some way. Up to this point, you have yet to raise the sleeping tiger. Well the tiger is waking up and when the tiger is fully awake, expect revenge because the tiger will be mad. The tiger will want out of her cage and will want to rip your throats off. It’s the nature of the beast. I have done nothing to deserve what I have gotten in the likes of Amanda and Chyna. But they started a fight, a fight they cannot finish and I, I WILL be the one to finish the war between us.
(a man walks by in a black trenchcoat and she sidesteps him. He looks back at her but she doesn’t do the same and keeps on walking)
V: This is my hometown of San Francisco but I’ll be right there in the ring come Friday when all of us meet. I’ll probably be there a little early too because I like watching them set up and take down. Makes me more appreciative of how well they set things up while I’m in the ring doing my daredevil stunts. But believe me, I’ll be there, Chyna, Amanda, Laura, Molly, Porcha. I’ll be in that match, I’ll be that wildcard. I’ll be there to take the fight to you. I’ll be there to back you up and watch your back. I’ll be there to take our opponents down. I’ll be there and all three of our opponents will be the ones to feel death by diva.
(she stops, a wind whips up from somewhere and blows her hair around. She takes in a big whiff of air and then blows out slowly)
V: Smell that. Feel that. That is change coming. There is going to be a change in this match… in GZWA. I’m not going to say I’m the future of GZWA, that never means anything to anybody. Instead I’ll say this: I’m going to be the change that GZWA will see in the coming months. I plan to go straight to the top. I plan to make a name for myself. I plan to put my mark upon this federation and I plan to win the war that has come to my doorstep. You, Chyna, Amanda, Laura, are not the first to see and feel the power that is me but you WILL be the next ones to see it. The power that is Vespertine. And like I said, will feel death by diva. And just ask Amanda what it feels like because she has been a victim of Death by Diva and she will be a victim of it again.
(she walks under a streetlight, stops and looks around, takes another big whiff of air, then exhales slowly out, she turns a different direction, to go across the street and then steps off the curb and disappears into the darkness beyond, the last flutter of her trenchcoat is all you see as she disappears into the darkness.)
