Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2009 19:37:39 GMT -5
Something wrong, Colonel? You come here prepared to fight a madman, and instead you found... A GOD?
- M. Bison[/i]
Fade in to the exterior of a very tall hotel building. A doorman opens the door for the cameraman, who finds his target sitting in the lobby. Mikami wordlessly stands up and heads towards the door to the stairwell.
Cameraman: Where are we going?
Mikami: Roof.
Cameraman: Wouldn't it be better to take the elevator?
Mikami: Not for my purposes.
Cameraman: Can I at least turn the camera off?
Mikami: No. It is symbolic. Just do it.
The cameraman sighs and follows Mikami up the stairs. After several flights of silence:
Cameraman: Are we even allowed to go up there?
Mikami: If you have a problem with all this, then you are free to leave. There are plenty of other cameramen who would like the job.
Cameraman: You don't pay my salary.
Mikami: No, but Seth Lerch does. I remind you that he and I are on the same side now. Refusal to do your assigned task would result in termination.
Cameraman: Alright, alright.
They continue up the stairs for what seems to the cameraman like several eternities before arriving on the roof. It is mostly sunny out, but a bit windy. Mikami puts his hands in his coat pockets, pulling the sides of it together to shield his body from the wind. He walks out towards the edge of the building, looking out at the city.
Mikami: This is it. My new world, to do with as I please. No Steve Carr to get in the way. I am completely free.
He takes a deep breath.
Mikami: I imagined a day much like this when I started at WCF. The day when I would become law. It did not work out quite like that. Law failed me...but it was a blessing in disguise. The doorway to my renewal. I left behind laws and other concepts like “honour”. Because you see, they are all just constructs, made by human beings too weak to create their own morality...and enforce it.
He turns back around and faces the camera.
Mikami: Johnny Reb, you call me a servant and a lackey, but it is you who are shackled. You are merely another follower, acting the way society has told you that you should. You make comparisons to Nietzsche. He was a man of astounding arrogance, to proclaim things like “God is dead.” It is amazing to me that a man who had such a ridiculous looking mustache could have so many followers. Having said all that, there is a comparison to be made here. Because, as I said, I have discarded the world's ideas of good and evil. Like you said, there is nothing complex about it. I do whatever I have to do to get ahead. The only commandment I follow now is, “Thou shalt win”. Supposedly I have become something monstrous, bla bla bla. Save your cliches for someone dull enough to appreciate them.
He climbs up onto a fixture that looks like it has something to do with air conditioning and sits down on it.
Mikami: You justify looking down on me by saying that I am subservient to Torture. Perhaps you should re-familiarize yourself with the word “team”. As in, “Team of Torture”. Yes, it is named after him. So what? Every team needs a leader. That does not make the rest of us his slaves. I joined Torture for the same reason everyone else did: because it is mutually beneficial.
He pulls a shiny red apple from his pocket and tosses it up, catches it, and repeats.
Mikami: You should understand that my giving you any attention is not in any way an indication that I think your opinion is worth anything. It is just fun to poke holes in your rationalizations. There is no other reason for me to waste my time on you. After all, who are you to lecture me? You seem to think you have beaten me before, and I quote, “in singles competition”. But such an event never happened. Perhaps you think Torture making me submit in a match that you were also involved in qualifies as both “singles competition” and “beating me”. Or maybe you consider a loss by disqualification a win? I do not understand that, but we can go with whatever makes you feel good about yourself. Let me think, when else did I face you...oh, yes, your WCF debut match. Also a win by me. I think that covers everything.
He takes a bite out of the apple, chewing very deliberately. After he finally swallows, he continues.
Mikami: But of course, that is all ancient history. So, what have you done lately? Oh, that is right. Nothing. I, on the other hand, just destroyed a man's life a couple weeks ago. No one else in WCF can claim anything like that. In fact, most people in the entire world can't claim that. Do you understand what I am saying? If I can wipe Steve Carr completely out of existence, imagine what I can do to you. You...are just another also-ran wrestler. Compared to that? A god...am...I.
He takes another bite out of the apple. Fade out.
Was that over the top? I can never tell!
- The Riddler[/i]
