Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2009 21:24:11 GMT -5
"He who fights monsters should see to it that he himself does not become a monster. When you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you."[/i]
— Friedrich Nietzsche, Jenseits von Gut und Böse
Fade in to Mikami lying on a bed in a strange hotel room in sweatpants and a plain white T-shirt. He also has a damp towel on his forehead, and on the nightstand next to him is a bottle of aspirin and a glass half-full of water (that's right, I said half-FULL, cheer up emo kid). Hank Brown is in the room, about to start an interview that Mikami made arrangements for last night, although he has no memory of that.
Mikami: All I am saying is, is it not somewhat suspicious that all of his kids came out white? It's a recessive gene!
Brown: Well, the mother of the first two said they weren't his.
Mikami: Oh, I did not know that. Or maybe I did but I forgot. Anyway, there you go.
Camerman: OK guys, we're rolling.
Hank Brown: I feel I should say first that I only agreed to do this since you're...incapacitated.
Mikami adjusts the towel to block out more light.
Mikami: I understand.
Hank Brown: It seems you've run into a rough patch as of late. Like so many others who have come into WCF before you, with grand plans and threats of domination, things haven't quite gone as expected. Thoughts?
Mikami generates a small laugh before the effort causes him to clutch his head in pain.
Mikami: Ugh...a “rough patch”. Yes. And that is all it is. To be honest, I do not think I have had this many things go wrong since I was a child. I lost two matches in a row, and then just when it looked like my luck had changed, Rick Mad gets put in the hospital. And while I could have done more to prevent it, I am sure now that he would not have wanted the help. He wanted me to win and get out of there. Besides, as I said recently, I have learned the depth of his forgiveness.
Hank Brown: Speaking of Rick Mad, it seems that he hasn't made you privy to much of what you're supposed to be doing. So now that he's gone, for this week at least, what's the plan?
Mikami: All I can do is be patient. My goal in the short term is to liberate the United States Title from Mr. “Slickie T” Guiliano.
Hank Brown: Liberate? I'm sure he'd be as confused about you using that word as I am, given the interview he gave me.
Mikami: Yes, yes, I saw it, or most of it anyway. I – what's the term – “dozed off” at one point. Honour and prestige, that's nice. I can get behind that. But it is all a lie. He said this right before insulting several of his fellow wrestlers about the spot on the card where they are usually booked. There's no honour in that. And then, telling me that I do not have the “right” to wear the belt. That belt, that he took from me. Before he said that, I had no interest in getting that title back. Now, I feel like I need to.
Hank Brown: Well, he did win his match against you fair and square.
Mikami: That match, yes, but what about last week's Slam? He brazenly entered that match when he was not the legal man. He thinks that is the way to show honour and prestige?
Hank Brown: But in that same match, you used a chair.
Mikami: The referee fell down. When that happens, it is war. I did what I had to do to survive. Do you think I cared about winning that match? Even if I did, a win does not mean anything if you cheat to get it. I was just trying to get out of there fully intact. I must be preserved for the future, and much more important fights.
Hank Brown: Were you aware that Rick Mad is the one who caused the referee to fall?
Mikami: I have no idea what you are talking about.
Hank Brown: I can show you the video.
Mikami: Get out.
Brown decides not to press further. As he leaves, the lingering cameraman catches one last thing.
Mikami: Nothing makes sense anymore.
