The Illusion of Darkness (Metal Promo)
Apr 3, 2020 13:26:58 GMT -5
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Post by soulreaver on Apr 3, 2020 13:26:58 GMT -5
“Deep into that darkness peering long, stood there wondering...fearing...doubting…”
Edgar Allen Poe
Fischer Farms: April 1st, 2020
“Do it, Reaver.”
The robotic voice of Dr. Thomas Fischer cuts through the warm spring air. The light blue sky is peppered with soft, fluffy clouds. Dirt fields are being plowed in the distance as preparation continues for this year’s crop. Soul Reaver marches into the frame and the camera pans over to follow him. Soul Reaver walks to a gate where he opens the latch and walks into the pen. This pen is filled with dozens of pigs. Reaver is dragging a sledgehammer along the ground. Reaver walks to the corner of the pen where one of the pigs has been tied to the wall with a rope The rope is fastened tightly around the pig's neck. With every step Reaver takes towards the animal it squeals louder and louder.
“It’s as if the pig truly understands that you are about to end its life. As if there was anything that could stop this from happening. End him, Reaver.”
The giant stops two or three feet short of the animal. He slowly lifts the sledgehammer above his head. He holds it there for a few seconds before swiftly bringing the sledgehammer down onto the top of the animals skull. It connects with a sickening thud. The pig’s lifeless body falls to the ground where it remains motionless.
“That hog needed to be put down. It was riddled with disease and costing the farm money. But this one… This one is for fun.”
Soul Reaver moves to another corner of the pen where he lifts up the hammer and slams it down on a second pig. Another pig lies motionless on the ground.
“Kill another one, Reaver.”
And with that command Soul Reaver walks towards another pig and slams the sledgehammer down on it.
“Reaver. One more.”
Another senseless killing. Reaver stands in the middle of the pigpen as he awaits the next command from Thomas Fischer.
“Darkness is something that can be found inside all of us. Some embrace the darkness while others run from it. Darkness is something that has consumed me for years. Being stuck in this body that doesn’t work has filled me with darkness. The absolute scum of the earth get to enjoy working bodies. Murders and rapists have full use of their bodies. Me? I am a brain trapped inside a corpse. I know darkness. Soul Reaver knows darkness. Do you think his life is easy? Do you think having a body that large is easy? You think that being treated like a freak for your entire life is easy? Soul Reaver knows darkness. Kill another one, Reaver.”
Soul Reaver kills another pig without any hesitation.
“El Muertos, you are not the only one that knows darkness. You are not the only one who finds himself consumed by it. Darkness makes us do scary things. Darkness is the reason these pigs are dead.”
Reaver kills another pig.
“Or is it?”
In an instant, the farm disappears from view. Soul Reaver is left standing in front of a green screen. The camera begins to zoom out and we see The set that Reaver was one and the cameras that were filming him. As we continue to zoom out we then see Dr, Thomas Fischer in his chair on the edge of the set. Soul Reaver stands by the side of this chair and the cameras zoom back in.
“Darkness is bullshit. You turn on modern-day wrestling and every other wrestler you see is talking about the darkness. They say ‘The darkness makes me do it’ and ‘I will bring the darkness.’ Frankly, it is all bullshit. It's tacky. It's cliche. It's bullshit. El Muertos, you may think you are different. You may think that you are the exception. But you're not. You are a hack just like every other talentless nobody who talks about the darkness. It doesn't scare anyone. We all see right through it. You're just like the rest of them. You are trash. This Monday Night Metal we are not worried about you and your darkness. Darkness is nothing more than an illusion. Darkness is something bitches like you use to make yourself feel tough. We will show you the real darkness.
Dr. Thomas Fischer’s computer goes silent. Soul Reaver stares straight ahead with dead eyes. Finally, the electronic voice comes back to life.
"Soul Reaver and I will be doing the wrestling world a favor when we put you out of your misery for good. The rest of the Bloodline tried at Battlecade, but here you are. You most certainly are battered and bruised. You most likely have broken ribs. You must have a concussion. Either you have a concussion or you are just too stupid to use your injuries as an excuse to get out of this match. At Metal Soul Reaver will finish what The Bloodline started. He will get in that ring and destroy what is left of you. He will end your career. He will put you in a hospital bed. He will show you what darkness really is. You will only find darkness when you are lying in the hospital all bandaged up and begging your god to just end it. Then you can talk about Darkness. Because only then will you truly understand what it means. Only then will you understand it is one thing to talk about darkness. It's one thing to build your entire bullshit persona around darkness, but it's another thing to live it.”
Silence.
“You didn't know what hit you when The Bloodline attacked at Battlecade. You may know where the attack is coming from this week but you won't truly understand what you have gotten yourself into until Monday night. You can never really know what it's like to be in the ring with Soul Reaver until it happens. You can never know what it feels like to get clobbered with one of his Mammoth hands until you get hit with one. You can never know what it's like to feel him pulling you apart. You cannot know his strength until he shows you. You will never know what it feels like to be completely helpless in the ring until you get in there with Soul Reaver. Then you'll know. Then you'll know that Soul Reaver is a force that you have never seen before. We will destroy you on Monday night. We will show the world that you are nothing more than a con-man. We will show the world your illusion of darkness is nothing to be feared. It is nothing to be respected. It's nothing to be thought twice of. The darkness you speak of is nothing. It's all a facade. That facade will come crashing down when you were screaming for mercy. You will be exposed for the sad, talentless man that you are at the hands of Soul Reaver. The Bloodline started the destruction of El Muertos and it will be Soul Reaver that will finish it.
“El Muertos, don't say that we didn't warn you.”
With that, the robotic voice goes silent for the final time.
