Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2010 20:13:45 GMT -5
Nobody can tell me what is right and what is wrong, what is righteous and what is evil. Even if there is a God, and I had his teachings before me, I would think it through and decide if that was right or wrong myself.[/i]
Fade in to Mikami seated at a dinner table. In addition to his normal suit and tie he is wearing, oddly enough, sunglasses. Given that the room seems to be lit only by candles, these glasses must be some sort of fashion statement, or perhaps hiding an eye injury, or inebriation, or...we'll found out later. The “meal” being served also seems to be inappropriate given the amount of work that apparently went in to setting up the table. In front of Mikami is a basket of dinner rolls and nothing else. He has just finished eating one of them. A Siamese cat jumps into his lap. He pets it and it purrs.
Mikami: “Man cannot live on bread alone”...if that were not true, I might consider doing it, at least for a little while. These are very good.
He sips from a glass of water and then blots the corners of his mouth with a napkin. Having fulfilled the requirement for a cameo, the cat Meowkami jumps to the floor and runs out of the picture.
Mikami: Even if it is just for one day, eating nothing but bread can cause health problems. Believe me, I know. Of course, everyone's body is different, and maybe it was just me. Either way, it was not pleasant. So, clearly, some sayings are true. But I felt the need to experiment just the same. Because if there is one thing I have learned in my time at WCF, it is that nothing should be taken for granted. Nothing can be accepted at face value. One needs only to look at everything that has happened to me since I came here to see why I feel that way. I followed orders from a man with no identity. He appeared to me as Rick Mad, but then was revealed to be Steve Carr, whose motives in training me were less than noble. To be honest, I do not blame him so much for that anymore. After all, who is to say what is noble? And should we even care?
Another sip of water.
Mikami: Nobility. Altruism. Sacrifice. Friendship. These are attributes that we, as humans, developed in order to survive our infancy. Groups of people banding together had a better chance of living in that harsh world than loners. And if you want to be part of a group, you have to follow the rules. Nobody wants to accept someone who is “evil” into the fold, or even someone who is just a jerk. However, we now live in a time when “survival of the fittest” no longer applies. I can walk out my door and not worry about being eaten by a saber-tooth tiger. There is a lot of hand-wringing about poverty and hunger, but it is near impossible for me or anyone else to starve to death, at least in this country, and many others. I can live my life completely alone and not be any worse for it. In fact, it is considered my right as a human being to live that way, or any other way I want to live. Knowing this, why bother with any of those prehistoric traits? So I no longer bear a grudge against Steve Carr. He has evolved, and so have I. We are selfish, and while I cannot speak for him, I myself am proud of it.
He smirks and pushes himself away from the table.
Mikami: My point in saying all this is, everything that the average person thinks is true is a lie. Nothing is how it is perceived to be. “Slickie T” Allen Guiliano is the odds-on favorite to defeat me at Slam. And why would he not be? He has already beaten me in one-on-one matches twice. He is the only person in the World Title match at Ten who can be said to have earned his place there. But as I have been saying, you cannot take anything at face value. What advantages do I have in this match? For one thing, as I have clearly proven tonight, I am one hell of a lot smarter than all of the so-called “good” people watching tonight, which must mean that I am also smarter than Allen Guiliano. You see, when I faced him before, I was not the same person I am now. At times last year, I was considered a legitimate World Title contender. But I am so much stronger now...I just have to smile when I think about the difference.
He does so.
Mikami: Everyone always thinks that they are at their best. And then as time passes...I am having trouble thinking of how to say in ways everyone can understand. A disadvantage of English being a second language. But I think everyone knows what I am talking about. Let us just say that the old me could never be capable of what the new me is. The life experience just was not there. An entire new world of power and confidence has opened up to me. I must say, one should never underestimate the power of an epiphany. If any of you out there one day happen to make the same leap of logic that I did, if you manage to triumph over emotions, over the constant bombardment of messages that express the will of an outdated and useless society, then you too can know this power. Until then, I have nothing but scorn for everyone who thinks as I did then. Including Slickie T. In fact, if I could go back in a time machine and find the old version of myself, I would slap him right in the face. I guess you could say....
He takes the sunglasses off, apparently about to make a bad pun in the style of the main character of CSI: Miami.
Mikami: ...this is where I am supposed to say something clever, is it not? Well, I fooled you. You see, you cannot take things as they appear. I realize that was rather silly of me, but I really want to make this point as clear as possible. I send out this message to the world as a manifesto. A manifesto, and a question: has anything you ever done made your life better?
He pauses to give you time to contemplate.
Mikami: At Slam, I will prove the worth of my new philosophy. Evil will defeat good, and usher in a new world. No walls, no ceilings...truly, a man's world. Are you coming?
He stands up and walks out of the picture.
Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow? “No!” says the man in Washington, “It belongs to the poor.”
“No!” says the man in the Vatican, “It belongs to God.”
“No!” says the man in Moscow, “It belongs to everyone.” I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something different. I chose the impossible.[/i]
