"Delusions of Exile"
Jun 8, 2020 4:14:58 GMT -5
Post by OrochiGeese on Jun 8, 2020 4:14:58 GMT -5
*JET Hamada and Naja Mask are standing in front of a UBL Banner in their ring gear minus JET's newly acquired snake mask. JET is carrying his Universal Battalion Championship over his shoulder while Naja wears it around his waist.*
[JET:] "After watching El Exilio's latest attempt to reboot the Twilight Zone, I've come to a conclusion about human psychology."
[Naja:] "You wisssh to ssshare your insssssight?"
[JET:] "Those who most loudly and publicly declare their victimhood at every turn have never actually had to endure any true repercussions for their own actions. Yoshiro, the self-exiled sumo king, is the latest example of this. Here's a man who never actually got punished for injuring a wrestler in or out of the ring. Look at the victims: Kurt Sanders, the Monroe brothers, Barton. And look at the damage that he, and Palido did, by taking matches that they weren't prepared for which led to Destiny's numbers rising. And yet Drake and Arthur never suspended him or even stripped him of his Titles."
[Naja:] "Sssso then why did he leave? Why doessss he don the sssscarlet letter of exile?"
[JET:] "Because he couldn't handle the criticism for losing a high stakes match to Joachim. Same goes for Palido."
[Naja:] "You mean to tell me that they created a perssssecution complex just becausss of that!?"
*Naja spits some acid off screen. A camera man is heard to yell: "Get him a spittoon!"*
[JET:] "Sanders was the only one really cutting in on Yoshiro. The rest of the criticism was mild. Hell, it was even valid. They shouldn't have taken that match with Joachim. Both Barton and I told Yoshiro not to. But you know we were the first ones to greet him in the back after the loss and show him full support. The thing that really angered me though was this. There was no reason to pretend that the entire UBL agreed with Kurt. He was a loud voice but one that only spoke for himself. However, they left UBL because they pretended that they were hated and vilified by everyone."
[Naja:] "I know that magic - it's their way of coping with the lossssss."
[JET:] "That was pretty insightful, Naja. And given that you actually were hated by the locker room and fans, I think you are onto something here. In fact, you may even understand them better than they do right now."
[Naja:] "Ssssnakes are expertsss at delussssion. In order to undersssstand manipulation of otherssss, firsssst you must delude yourssself into thinking it issss the right thing to do. I've twissssted my own mind into knotssss harder to escape then the machinationssss and ssssubmissionsssss I have placed on my opponentssss"
[JET:] "So let me give this theory a shot. Exilio believing that they were being unfairly criticized by others allowed them to feel some righteous anger. And that anger redirected their emotions from losing and absolved them of the responsibility of being honest with themselves about their poor decision to take the match to begin with. Once again, victim status shields those from any kind of remorse or psychological repercussions. But whether they were using it as a coping mechanism or not, the delusion was never remotely true. The locker room was on their side and never tried to alienate them. But rather than listen to their friends who supported them and wanted them to stay, they let their delusions take control."
[Naja:] "Delusssssionssssss."
[JET:] "You said it, Naja. You sure took a while to say it that time too."
*Naja looks pleased with himself.*
[JET:] "The problem is that they exiled themselves from the truth and never sought it out again. And when they came back to the UBL, they refused to allow Barton, myself, and others to exile the negative feedback loop from their heads. It has only grown stronger since then. That's how they can recorded the ridiculous message they did last week."
[Naja:] "But issss it not true that UBL has failed to throw them a ticker tape parade for losssing to us!?"
*JET laughs*
[JET:] "I suppose if they read their contracts for the match, they'd see a parade wasn't part of the terms. However, they'd also know that the rematch they are admittedly entitled to was placed under Drake Yoshida's supervision for when he sees fit to schedule it. There is one exception, of course. If the new Champions-"
*Naja raises his hands up in victory and hisses*
[Naja:] "That is ussss!"
[JET:] "Yes, but try to aim for the spittoon over there, k?"
[Naja:] "Sssorry, not sssorry."
[JET:] "As I was saying, the rematch can happen as soon as the new Champions decide to offer it. So I'm inclined to make that happen this month. But I want to make this perfectly clear. We're not offering it because they doubted the means of our victory. We're also not offering it because they are complaining in general. I don't want to indulge El Exilio anymore than I think the UBL should be appeasing Three of a Kind. But as far as I see it, we still got some unfinished business with them. Cause taking your titles was fun, Exilio. It didn't hurt that we both got to add another Tag Title reign to our legacies. But I don't think we got to fully exorcise our own emotions at your reaction to Barton's injuries and retirement."
[Naja:] "Hisssss retirement by their unclean handssss!"
[JET:] "And we don't want to wait until Drake decides it's time for us to wrestle again. We want to decisively eliminate you from Title contention as soon as possible. Once we beat you, it's right back to the bottom of the ladder for El Exilio. Hey, just imagine how content you'll be to wallow in your own persecution when you have actual obstacles? What's more fortuitous for complaining about your victimhood then being demoted to facing the Barbershop Duet on Live Shows?"
[Naja:] "They sssstill wressstle here?"
[JET:] "Yeah gotta admire their gumption though. And I certainly wouldn't mind facing them. That's another perk of taking out Exilio rather than waiting to face them and hearing them re-purpose Tales from the Crypt next. Then it's time for us to actually have some fun with these Titles and face the surprising amount of tag teams that have been signed recently."
[Naja:] "I heard there are vikingssss!"
[JET:] "Yeah, and those pirates are back. You liked facing them in the past, right?"
[Naja:] "Grog ssssswillerssss will tasssste my vengeancccce!"
[JET:] "So Exilio, we're gonna exercise our rematch option for the Second Dimension. You've had six months to lick your wounds after we beat you at 'ALL YOUR BASE,' let's see if you can do any better. I know that we can. In my view, we let you off easy in our rush to take those Titles. What we have planned for you next will allow you to witness your delusions loud and clear. Naja's mist just continued to blind you from reality."
[Naja:] "Yesss, but I'm ssstill going to ssspray missst at them."
[JET:] "You...you do that, but just let me suplex them around the ring first."
[Naja:] "Fine, but put your massssk back on."
*JET smiles and takes his mask out of his pocket and places it back onto his head. Naja suddenly yells*
[Naja:] "Sssssnakes on a Plane cleared for another landing!"
[JET:] "Sheesh, I'm glad this guy is on my side..."
*The promo mercifully ends for the camera crew on edge.*
[JET:] "After watching El Exilio's latest attempt to reboot the Twilight Zone, I've come to a conclusion about human psychology."
[Naja:] "You wisssh to ssshare your insssssight?"
[JET:] "Those who most loudly and publicly declare their victimhood at every turn have never actually had to endure any true repercussions for their own actions. Yoshiro, the self-exiled sumo king, is the latest example of this. Here's a man who never actually got punished for injuring a wrestler in or out of the ring. Look at the victims: Kurt Sanders, the Monroe brothers, Barton. And look at the damage that he, and Palido did, by taking matches that they weren't prepared for which led to Destiny's numbers rising. And yet Drake and Arthur never suspended him or even stripped him of his Titles."
[Naja:] "Sssso then why did he leave? Why doessss he don the sssscarlet letter of exile?"
[JET:] "Because he couldn't handle the criticism for losing a high stakes match to Joachim. Same goes for Palido."
[Naja:] "You mean to tell me that they created a perssssecution complex just becausss of that!?"
*Naja spits some acid off screen. A camera man is heard to yell: "Get him a spittoon!"*
[JET:] "Sanders was the only one really cutting in on Yoshiro. The rest of the criticism was mild. Hell, it was even valid. They shouldn't have taken that match with Joachim. Both Barton and I told Yoshiro not to. But you know we were the first ones to greet him in the back after the loss and show him full support. The thing that really angered me though was this. There was no reason to pretend that the entire UBL agreed with Kurt. He was a loud voice but one that only spoke for himself. However, they left UBL because they pretended that they were hated and vilified by everyone."
[Naja:] "I know that magic - it's their way of coping with the lossssss."
[JET:] "That was pretty insightful, Naja. And given that you actually were hated by the locker room and fans, I think you are onto something here. In fact, you may even understand them better than they do right now."
[Naja:] "Ssssnakes are expertsss at delussssion. In order to undersssstand manipulation of otherssss, firsssst you must delude yourssself into thinking it issss the right thing to do. I've twissssted my own mind into knotssss harder to escape then the machinationssss and ssssubmissionsssss I have placed on my opponentssss"
[JET:] "So let me give this theory a shot. Exilio believing that they were being unfairly criticized by others allowed them to feel some righteous anger. And that anger redirected their emotions from losing and absolved them of the responsibility of being honest with themselves about their poor decision to take the match to begin with. Once again, victim status shields those from any kind of remorse or psychological repercussions. But whether they were using it as a coping mechanism or not, the delusion was never remotely true. The locker room was on their side and never tried to alienate them. But rather than listen to their friends who supported them and wanted them to stay, they let their delusions take control."
[Naja:] "Delusssssionssssss."
[JET:] "You said it, Naja. You sure took a while to say it that time too."
*Naja looks pleased with himself.*
[JET:] "The problem is that they exiled themselves from the truth and never sought it out again. And when they came back to the UBL, they refused to allow Barton, myself, and others to exile the negative feedback loop from their heads. It has only grown stronger since then. That's how they can recorded the ridiculous message they did last week."
[Naja:] "But issss it not true that UBL has failed to throw them a ticker tape parade for losssing to us!?"
*JET laughs*
[JET:] "I suppose if they read their contracts for the match, they'd see a parade wasn't part of the terms. However, they'd also know that the rematch they are admittedly entitled to was placed under Drake Yoshida's supervision for when he sees fit to schedule it. There is one exception, of course. If the new Champions-"
*Naja raises his hands up in victory and hisses*
[Naja:] "That is ussss!"
[JET:] "Yes, but try to aim for the spittoon over there, k?"
[Naja:] "Sssorry, not sssorry."
[JET:] "As I was saying, the rematch can happen as soon as the new Champions decide to offer it. So I'm inclined to make that happen this month. But I want to make this perfectly clear. We're not offering it because they doubted the means of our victory. We're also not offering it because they are complaining in general. I don't want to indulge El Exilio anymore than I think the UBL should be appeasing Three of a Kind. But as far as I see it, we still got some unfinished business with them. Cause taking your titles was fun, Exilio. It didn't hurt that we both got to add another Tag Title reign to our legacies. But I don't think we got to fully exorcise our own emotions at your reaction to Barton's injuries and retirement."
[Naja:] "Hisssss retirement by their unclean handssss!"
[JET:] "And we don't want to wait until Drake decides it's time for us to wrestle again. We want to decisively eliminate you from Title contention as soon as possible. Once we beat you, it's right back to the bottom of the ladder for El Exilio. Hey, just imagine how content you'll be to wallow in your own persecution when you have actual obstacles? What's more fortuitous for complaining about your victimhood then being demoted to facing the Barbershop Duet on Live Shows?"
[Naja:] "They sssstill wressstle here?"
[JET:] "Yeah gotta admire their gumption though. And I certainly wouldn't mind facing them. That's another perk of taking out Exilio rather than waiting to face them and hearing them re-purpose Tales from the Crypt next. Then it's time for us to actually have some fun with these Titles and face the surprising amount of tag teams that have been signed recently."
[Naja:] "I heard there are vikingssss!"
[JET:] "Yeah, and those pirates are back. You liked facing them in the past, right?"
[Naja:] "Grog ssssswillerssss will tasssste my vengeancccce!"
[JET:] "So Exilio, we're gonna exercise our rematch option for the Second Dimension. You've had six months to lick your wounds after we beat you at 'ALL YOUR BASE,' let's see if you can do any better. I know that we can. In my view, we let you off easy in our rush to take those Titles. What we have planned for you next will allow you to witness your delusions loud and clear. Naja's mist just continued to blind you from reality."
[Naja:] "Yesss, but I'm ssstill going to ssspray missst at them."
[JET:] "You...you do that, but just let me suplex them around the ring first."
[Naja:] "Fine, but put your massssk back on."
*JET smiles and takes his mask out of his pocket and places it back onto his head. Naja suddenly yells*
[Naja:] "Sssssnakes on a Plane cleared for another landing!"
[JET:] "Sheesh, I'm glad this guy is on my side..."
*The promo mercifully ends for the camera crew on edge.*