“Parking Lot Pitch”
Sept 15, 2019 4:21:54 GMT -5
Post by OrochiGeese on Sept 15, 2019 4:21:54 GMT -5
*Mere minutes after the September Debased event ends, Ruby Moreno and Matthew Rivers are running to a black SUV with unmarked plates in the parking lot. They stop when they see two men jump out from the shadows and cut off their path: James Ward and Cosmic KID, who is carrying a metal briefcase. Moreno is initially surprised but more frustrated.*
[Ruby:] "I appreciate the entrepreneurial spirit but none of us have time for this!"
*James Ward laughs dismissively*
[James:] "No time for arguing, at least. So how about listening to our pitch?"
[Ruby:] "You do know who is coming our way, right?"
[James:] "Rubes, Furis has no beef with us. Last I talked to him, we were allies."
[Ruby:] "I'd suggest otherwise. I have surveillance proving you were manipulating him in addition to Kyle Walker."
[James:] "Then I think it's time we get beyond the niceties of this meeting. KID-"
*Cosmic KID begins to open the briefcase but Matt Rivers tries to open one of the doors to the SUV. This angers Ward who grabs Rivers and pushes him away from the car. Rivers staggers backward but stays on his feet.*
[Ruby:] "Not now! He was right on our tails!"
[James:] "Tell your boy to learn some respect and listen to what my friend has to say."
[Rivers:] "Deviants like you haven't earned time with us. You re-emerge every few years, wade into the shallow waters to test your mettle, then flee at the first sign of a shark. Your UBL has been dead for two decades and that Jinchuu puppet-master stunt hasn't changed anything about your chances to bring it back or inability to compete today."
*This angers Ward who starts driving his fist into his leather glove.*
[James:] "Wow, you really had quite an attitude adjustment, Mattie-boy. But you don't get it. You're both outnumbered and hunted by an old friend of mine who wouldn't believe your manufactured lies about us. And now it looks like I gotta take you out just so Rubes knows we're serious. But that's just fine with me - all that bullshit about 'your spirit' and 'heart of a hero' defeating Jinchuu pissed me off. You may be a changed man, but you're a dead one now."
*James starts to advance on Rivers but suddenly Ruby screams for Matthew to get out of the way. Out of seemingly nowhere, Kyle Walker charges into the scene and makes a beeline for Rivers. But at the last second, Walker changes his trajectory and instead launches an elbow right at the head of a stunned James Ward who turned at the worst second.*
*An audible crack is heard as an unconscious James Ward crumbles to the ground with a bleeding, broken jaw. A car drives up and Cosmic KID opens the door and throws his briefcase in. He then grabs Ward and drags him into the car, before the car screeches away. Kyle stares down Rivers and a shocked Moreno.*
[Kyle:] "At best, it would have been a stalemate but you two didn't have the time to waste on it before Furis came. One minute and counting. But before you leave, I want to let you know why I did it. Moreno, you belong to Robin, not Furis. Rivers, it's actually not about letting Geese have his revenge. See, I have friends who care about that Championship you hold. They want to make sure it leaves your waist the right way. That can't happen if you're broken tonight. So, get the hell out of here and watch the fuck where you are in this arena. People tend to get...hurt."
*Kyle smirks then walks away. Rivers looks like he's going to go after him but Moreno drags him into the SUV and they drive off. Exactly 10 seconds later, Furis walks through this area, finding it unoccupied, but seethes as he smells the exhaust from all of the speeding cars and realizes he missed his dinner.*
[Ruby:] "I appreciate the entrepreneurial spirit but none of us have time for this!"
*James Ward laughs dismissively*
[James:] "No time for arguing, at least. So how about listening to our pitch?"
[Ruby:] "You do know who is coming our way, right?"
[James:] "Rubes, Furis has no beef with us. Last I talked to him, we were allies."
[Ruby:] "I'd suggest otherwise. I have surveillance proving you were manipulating him in addition to Kyle Walker."
[James:] "Then I think it's time we get beyond the niceties of this meeting. KID-"
*Cosmic KID begins to open the briefcase but Matt Rivers tries to open one of the doors to the SUV. This angers Ward who grabs Rivers and pushes him away from the car. Rivers staggers backward but stays on his feet.*
[Ruby:] "Not now! He was right on our tails!"
[James:] "Tell your boy to learn some respect and listen to what my friend has to say."
[Rivers:] "Deviants like you haven't earned time with us. You re-emerge every few years, wade into the shallow waters to test your mettle, then flee at the first sign of a shark. Your UBL has been dead for two decades and that Jinchuu puppet-master stunt hasn't changed anything about your chances to bring it back or inability to compete today."
*This angers Ward who starts driving his fist into his leather glove.*
[James:] "Wow, you really had quite an attitude adjustment, Mattie-boy. But you don't get it. You're both outnumbered and hunted by an old friend of mine who wouldn't believe your manufactured lies about us. And now it looks like I gotta take you out just so Rubes knows we're serious. But that's just fine with me - all that bullshit about 'your spirit' and 'heart of a hero' defeating Jinchuu pissed me off. You may be a changed man, but you're a dead one now."
*James starts to advance on Rivers but suddenly Ruby screams for Matthew to get out of the way. Out of seemingly nowhere, Kyle Walker charges into the scene and makes a beeline for Rivers. But at the last second, Walker changes his trajectory and instead launches an elbow right at the head of a stunned James Ward who turned at the worst second.*
*An audible crack is heard as an unconscious James Ward crumbles to the ground with a bleeding, broken jaw. A car drives up and Cosmic KID opens the door and throws his briefcase in. He then grabs Ward and drags him into the car, before the car screeches away. Kyle stares down Rivers and a shocked Moreno.*
[Kyle:] "At best, it would have been a stalemate but you two didn't have the time to waste on it before Furis came. One minute and counting. But before you leave, I want to let you know why I did it. Moreno, you belong to Robin, not Furis. Rivers, it's actually not about letting Geese have his revenge. See, I have friends who care about that Championship you hold. They want to make sure it leaves your waist the right way. That can't happen if you're broken tonight. So, get the hell out of here and watch the fuck where you are in this arena. People tend to get...hurt."
*Kyle smirks then walks away. Rivers looks like he's going to go after him but Moreno drags him into the SUV and they drive off. Exactly 10 seconds later, Furis walks through this area, finding it unoccupied, but seethes as he smells the exhaust from all of the speeding cars and realizes he missed his dinner.*