Post by harvey on Mar 22, 2021 19:50:22 GMT -5
Harvey: i’ve got good news and bad news, people. The bad news is that the divers are late. The good news is that gives us time to break this thing down again and set it back up!
*We have returned to the converted aircraft hangar used for building and rehearsal during Harvey's run with APW. The set of Ragnarok has been recreated to work on one final illusion. He's standing in a ring with a large tank of water behind him*
We aren't the only supporting act for this event. Ningen Isu are going to perform a set. We're not where we need to be on overall time. We’ve got 4 days to go. I need this thing, drained, disassembled and off the floor two minutes faster than where we are today.
*There is a groan from most of the equipment crew*
I wouldn't ask if I didn't know we could do it, I'll already have my hands full with chase and Cassidy. I'd rather not end up fighting the whole locker room because this tun held up the show. We just have to….
*There is an interruption from behind Marx*
Not-Boris: That is impossible! Why can't the APW crew help?
*Harvey cringes. He recognizes the voice of the same replacement who helped with The Cage at Hakodate arena. The one he almost knocked out for ruining the speech right here last month Harvey turns to him, annoyed again*
H: You're just like Hale Cassidy. I'll never be rid of you will I? No, no, do not answer that….You're worse than Kaybe, actually. At least they are going to let me break a tennis racket over HIS head soon! They can't help because this is not their ring. It was two feet higher and six feet wider. Spoiler alert!
*Harvey stomps on the canvas three times*
There is a lot more under my feet than plywood and steel chairs. Having them get a look at all this hardware would ruin the magic. Tell me, do you want to be the guy to ruin the magic?
*The crew tries desperately not to laugh*
Not-Boris: No.
H: Do you…..
*Harvey takes a step closer, he towers over the new guy* …..BELIEVE in magic?
Not-Boris: Uhhh..well…sure?
H: There may be hope for you yet. Leo, why is he even here?
L: He's all I could find on short notice. Boris left an hour ago. He said he was going to help with the inferno match equipment. APW asked after they saw what he did with The Cage.
*Harvey turns to Leo*
H: Let me make sure I understand what's happening here. We're only days out from our final act for APW…a new illusion planned in secret for months, likely to be talked about in both the trade and wrestling for years. One of the most important shows of our careers. And Boris ghosted us so he could make sure a couple of yahoos would have new and innovative ways to barbecue each other?
L: Nailed it, sir.
H: ….*whispers* I really should have seen that coming,
L: *whispers* yeah, probably. *to the room* alright people! You heard the man. We need two minutes. Setup crew, keep working. Everyone else listen up,
*The new guy moves to help with the tank, which we can see after Harvey stands aside*
H: it's Ragnarok, people. The death of the gods and the end of the world. Our world has 6500 seats, and we're going to tear it apart. Time to get epic and time to get loud. This program will start by taking on the personality of the card that follows it. Time to get epic, time to get loud.
We're going to create a storm in the arena. There will be an authentic soundtrack backing up the light show to begin. I want fog around the ring before the lights go up.
I’m Loki in this story of course. The Norse trickster god is chained to a rock until the flood at the end times as punishment for lies, backstabbing, double dealing, general douchebag behavior. and orchestrating the death of Baldur. Now I know what you're all thinking. That sounds a lot more like that jackass Daniel Christopher than me. I tried to get him for this but he wouldn't respond to my texts. Anyway, that's the part of the myth we'll pay homage to. I’ll go change. Leo, let me know how fast the breakdown was when it's done.
*Marx makes his way to a back room where frank is watching news on a laptop.
News anchor: Authorities continue to search for real estate mogul Sheldon Osbourne, who vanished from his home two days ago. He disappeared after being voted off the board of directors of the Elysium Casino Resort amid an investigation into what s federal spokesperson described as “ multiple financial irregularities”. His place will be taken by flamboyant magician turned pro wrestler Harvey Marx, the headliner there for nearly a decade before his bizarre career change in January…
*Frank closes the laptop*
Frank: I hope they find him. He deserves to rot in prison. Is that really how the Emerald City got built?
H: Yes, and they'll never find him. Who do you think taught me how to make an escape?
F: That guy taught you about magic?
H: No. I picked up techniques wherever I could. I made myself a performer. Oz made me a true artist. How to think 3 steps ahead. How to be just who they need to think you are. He's the real wizard here.
F: the magician and the mobster.
H: Maybe we'll make a movie someday. For now…
*Harvey takes a video camera off a table*
We shoot a promo!
*
Cassidy, you're about to get in a ring with me for the third show in a row, And for the second time under hardcore rules. And to think last month I thought Alex Scott was the one making poor life choices. Actually, kaybe, I understand. I have a lot of fans, even more now that we have been lucky enough to spend these last few months here in Japan. I have a big personality. If I were you, I'd love me too. There are easier ways to be a groupie that don't involve getting your ass kicked by two of the greatest in-ring competitors in the world today.
So I’m going to offer you an alternative to entering the triple threat strong style/hardcore unification. I have selected you, Hale Cassidy as my Fan of the Year for 2021! As the winner of this year's special prize yoI will receive an 8×10 photo personally autographed by myself. BUT WAIT, There's more! You and a responsible adult are invited to be my special guests at our first show of the year back at the emerald city to perform a live trick with me and my crew. Don't worry, Kaybe, I would never have my number one fan show up unprepared. I’ll be sending along the official magician's starter kit of the Tiny Ticket Fan Club. Everything you need to impress your friends with ten great tricks and an instructional DVD so simple even Miss Arden can learn! Or if you'd rather just embarrass yourself right before you hit the free agent market, I’ll be happy to kick your ass one last time. Offer expires when you walk down the entrance ramp at Gods of Wrestling. Don't say I never gave you the chance…
Now that I’ve taken care of business with Kids Table Kaybe, I can turn my attention to someone worthy of it. Chase, thanks to you much of my time here in APW has been a haze of chair shots, world destroyers and zombiefiers. And I’d like to thank you for that. What screwed up world is this where I would thank someone for lighting my ass up brighter than the marquee at my Casino? This is Alpha Pro Wrestling. It's been a hell of an education, and one I needed. You see, when I arrived here I was working on instinct. I was just trying to survive long enough to get myself and my people out of a mess I made. Brave and crazy will get a person pretty far sometimes, but that's not enough to make it here in APW. I never would have understood that without some very painful lessons from you, chase. To get to the top, I’ll need more than fear. I'll need spirit. I have that now, even if I had to steal your belt to find it. This match is no longer part of anyone else's plan. I’m here because I want to be. I’m still here because of a simple fact I can't get out of my head, Chase. No one else in this company has ever beaten The Big Ticket one on one. That's all this is about now, and the final act in the story of APW is the perfect place to prove myself. We have more in common than I first thought. Both of us have been busy in some sort of fight well beyond the ring. I can say that the worst of it is behind me. I hope one day you can find peace. You won't find it in the ring at Ragnarok, chase. But what you can do there is help me make this company's final act the showstopper it should be. I know you won't let the people down.
*
After the camera cuts back in, Marx is standing beside Frank and wearing a monogrammed straight jacket. There is a knock at the door the safety divers have arrived. Frank and Harvey walk slowly back to the performance floor.
F: Are you sure you want to do this and then wrestle a hardcore match? Maybe I should be the one to do the illusion….
H: Someday you will. If I want to be the best, I have to be the best in both worlds. I’m not just an illusionist or a fighter anymore. I’m Harvey Marx, and I have a show to put on.
*our last shot is of Harvey chained to a boulder in the tank. He smiles at Leo, and she throws a switch. Marx feels the weight of the chains and closes his eyes. As the little world around him begins to fill with water, Harvey is calm for the first time in months. He pictures himself raising two championship belts for an instant before he controls his breathing, ready to do the impossible.*
***
The end of the world is common in many mythologies. The destruction is only a way to bring a new beginning.
I've been Harvey Marx.
Goodnight and good luck.
*We have returned to the converted aircraft hangar used for building and rehearsal during Harvey's run with APW. The set of Ragnarok has been recreated to work on one final illusion. He's standing in a ring with a large tank of water behind him*
We aren't the only supporting act for this event. Ningen Isu are going to perform a set. We're not where we need to be on overall time. We’ve got 4 days to go. I need this thing, drained, disassembled and off the floor two minutes faster than where we are today.
*There is a groan from most of the equipment crew*
I wouldn't ask if I didn't know we could do it, I'll already have my hands full with chase and Cassidy. I'd rather not end up fighting the whole locker room because this tun held up the show. We just have to….
*There is an interruption from behind Marx*
Not-Boris: That is impossible! Why can't the APW crew help?
*Harvey cringes. He recognizes the voice of the same replacement who helped with The Cage at Hakodate arena. The one he almost knocked out for ruining the speech right here last month Harvey turns to him, annoyed again*
H: You're just like Hale Cassidy. I'll never be rid of you will I? No, no, do not answer that….You're worse than Kaybe, actually. At least they are going to let me break a tennis racket over HIS head soon! They can't help because this is not their ring. It was two feet higher and six feet wider. Spoiler alert!
*Harvey stomps on the canvas three times*
There is a lot more under my feet than plywood and steel chairs. Having them get a look at all this hardware would ruin the magic. Tell me, do you want to be the guy to ruin the magic?
*The crew tries desperately not to laugh*
Not-Boris: No.
H: Do you…..
*Harvey takes a step closer, he towers over the new guy* …..BELIEVE in magic?
Not-Boris: Uhhh..well…sure?
H: There may be hope for you yet. Leo, why is he even here?
L: He's all I could find on short notice. Boris left an hour ago. He said he was going to help with the inferno match equipment. APW asked after they saw what he did with The Cage.
*Harvey turns to Leo*
H: Let me make sure I understand what's happening here. We're only days out from our final act for APW…a new illusion planned in secret for months, likely to be talked about in both the trade and wrestling for years. One of the most important shows of our careers. And Boris ghosted us so he could make sure a couple of yahoos would have new and innovative ways to barbecue each other?
L: Nailed it, sir.
H: ….*whispers* I really should have seen that coming,
L: *whispers* yeah, probably. *to the room* alright people! You heard the man. We need two minutes. Setup crew, keep working. Everyone else listen up,
*The new guy moves to help with the tank, which we can see after Harvey stands aside*
H: it's Ragnarok, people. The death of the gods and the end of the world. Our world has 6500 seats, and we're going to tear it apart. Time to get epic and time to get loud. This program will start by taking on the personality of the card that follows it. Time to get epic, time to get loud.
We're going to create a storm in the arena. There will be an authentic soundtrack backing up the light show to begin. I want fog around the ring before the lights go up.
I’m Loki in this story of course. The Norse trickster god is chained to a rock until the flood at the end times as punishment for lies, backstabbing, double dealing, general douchebag behavior. and orchestrating the death of Baldur. Now I know what you're all thinking. That sounds a lot more like that jackass Daniel Christopher than me. I tried to get him for this but he wouldn't respond to my texts. Anyway, that's the part of the myth we'll pay homage to. I’ll go change. Leo, let me know how fast the breakdown was when it's done.
*Marx makes his way to a back room where frank is watching news on a laptop.
News anchor: Authorities continue to search for real estate mogul Sheldon Osbourne, who vanished from his home two days ago. He disappeared after being voted off the board of directors of the Elysium Casino Resort amid an investigation into what s federal spokesperson described as “ multiple financial irregularities”. His place will be taken by flamboyant magician turned pro wrestler Harvey Marx, the headliner there for nearly a decade before his bizarre career change in January…
*Frank closes the laptop*
Frank: I hope they find him. He deserves to rot in prison. Is that really how the Emerald City got built?
H: Yes, and they'll never find him. Who do you think taught me how to make an escape?
F: That guy taught you about magic?
H: No. I picked up techniques wherever I could. I made myself a performer. Oz made me a true artist. How to think 3 steps ahead. How to be just who they need to think you are. He's the real wizard here.
F: the magician and the mobster.
H: Maybe we'll make a movie someday. For now…
*Harvey takes a video camera off a table*
We shoot a promo!
*
Cassidy, you're about to get in a ring with me for the third show in a row, And for the second time under hardcore rules. And to think last month I thought Alex Scott was the one making poor life choices. Actually, kaybe, I understand. I have a lot of fans, even more now that we have been lucky enough to spend these last few months here in Japan. I have a big personality. If I were you, I'd love me too. There are easier ways to be a groupie that don't involve getting your ass kicked by two of the greatest in-ring competitors in the world today.
So I’m going to offer you an alternative to entering the triple threat strong style/hardcore unification. I have selected you, Hale Cassidy as my Fan of the Year for 2021! As the winner of this year's special prize yoI will receive an 8×10 photo personally autographed by myself. BUT WAIT, There's more! You and a responsible adult are invited to be my special guests at our first show of the year back at the emerald city to perform a live trick with me and my crew. Don't worry, Kaybe, I would never have my number one fan show up unprepared. I’ll be sending along the official magician's starter kit of the Tiny Ticket Fan Club. Everything you need to impress your friends with ten great tricks and an instructional DVD so simple even Miss Arden can learn! Or if you'd rather just embarrass yourself right before you hit the free agent market, I’ll be happy to kick your ass one last time. Offer expires when you walk down the entrance ramp at Gods of Wrestling. Don't say I never gave you the chance…
Now that I’ve taken care of business with Kids Table Kaybe, I can turn my attention to someone worthy of it. Chase, thanks to you much of my time here in APW has been a haze of chair shots, world destroyers and zombiefiers. And I’d like to thank you for that. What screwed up world is this where I would thank someone for lighting my ass up brighter than the marquee at my Casino? This is Alpha Pro Wrestling. It's been a hell of an education, and one I needed. You see, when I arrived here I was working on instinct. I was just trying to survive long enough to get myself and my people out of a mess I made. Brave and crazy will get a person pretty far sometimes, but that's not enough to make it here in APW. I never would have understood that without some very painful lessons from you, chase. To get to the top, I’ll need more than fear. I'll need spirit. I have that now, even if I had to steal your belt to find it. This match is no longer part of anyone else's plan. I’m here because I want to be. I’m still here because of a simple fact I can't get out of my head, Chase. No one else in this company has ever beaten The Big Ticket one on one. That's all this is about now, and the final act in the story of APW is the perfect place to prove myself. We have more in common than I first thought. Both of us have been busy in some sort of fight well beyond the ring. I can say that the worst of it is behind me. I hope one day you can find peace. You won't find it in the ring at Ragnarok, chase. But what you can do there is help me make this company's final act the showstopper it should be. I know you won't let the people down.
*
After the camera cuts back in, Marx is standing beside Frank and wearing a monogrammed straight jacket. There is a knock at the door the safety divers have arrived. Frank and Harvey walk slowly back to the performance floor.
F: Are you sure you want to do this and then wrestle a hardcore match? Maybe I should be the one to do the illusion….
H: Someday you will. If I want to be the best, I have to be the best in both worlds. I’m not just an illusionist or a fighter anymore. I’m Harvey Marx, and I have a show to put on.
*our last shot is of Harvey chained to a boulder in the tank. He smiles at Leo, and she throws a switch. Marx feels the weight of the chains and closes his eyes. As the little world around him begins to fill with water, Harvey is calm for the first time in months. He pictures himself raising two championship belts for an instant before he controls his breathing, ready to do the impossible.*
***
The end of the world is common in many mythologies. The destruction is only a way to bring a new beginning.
I've been Harvey Marx.
Goodnight and good luck.
