Post by Speede on Oct 3, 2011 1:30:10 GMT -5
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Where'd you go?
Where's your home?
How'd you end up all alone?
Can you Hear Me Now?
There's no light
There's no sound
Hard to breath when you're underground
Can you Hear Me Now?
Hear Me Now!
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The Following is a
Silver Lining Studios
Production
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Status:Finished
Tagged:WAR X
Word Count:2,616
Location:St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Richmond, Virginia
Attire:Formal Attire/Suit
Soundtrack:MercyMe – “I Can Only Imagine”
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Cast
Background Text/Scenery
Roy Speede
Father Matthews
Hope Dudley
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The scene opens to the outside of St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Richmond, Virginia. Outside the building are several people sitting on benches and standing, waiting at what is assumedly a bus stop. The steps leading up to the front doors of the church are white and cemented, and the hand-rails have signs hanging from them that read “wet paint”. Beyond those steps are the four white pillars that hold the roof up over the front area before the main doors, definitely indicating the style of the period in which it was built, that of the eighteen thirties. The two trees, one to either side of the stairwell, are lush and green, and there isn’t a single leaf on the ground below them.
The camera proceeds from across the street, and walks up the steps leading to the doors of the building. The door opens, and the cameraman is welcomed into the church by a black-haired man with glasses wearing a long, black robe. He motions for the cameraman to sit down silently, and the cameraman does so as Roy Speede stands up from one of the pews about two rows in front of the cameraman. He proceeds toward the confessional box, and the cameraman follows. As Roy steps inside the box, the door closes behind him, and the cameraman is left outside, the camera focused on the large, brown, two-part chamber. The camera can still overhear the discussion inside the confession box, however.
Roy Speede: “Forgive me father, for I have sinned.”
Father Matthews: “Tell me your sins, my son, and they will be forgiven.”
Roy Speede: “Father, in under forty-eight hours, I am going to War, and I will be forced to fight twenty or more others, and I cannot protect myself without causing them harm.”
Father Matthews; “But my son, why can you not simply request that your general not send you to war?”
Roy Speede: “Father, I have sinned by asking to be entered into this War. Please forgive me for my sin.”
Father Matthews: “Your sin is forgiven my son.”
Roy Speede: “Please forgive me also Father for wishing harm to my opponents in the war for my own self-gain.”
Father Matthews: “Your sins are forgiven my son.”
Roy Speede: “Thank you, Father.”
The door to the confession box opens, and Roy steps out with a grin on his face. He notices the camera, and fails to acknowledge it beyond holding up one finger, his left index finger, and pointing to the far column of pews. He proceeds around the far side of the closest column of pews, the camera following him, and sits down in perhaps the third or fourth row back, where he picks up a bible, flips through the pages, and starts reading. After a moment, he looks up.
Roy Speede: “Now, as far as this match goes, each and every participant in this match is a sinner. From Donald Deruty to, well, of course to Brad Kane to Odin Balfore, and even Johnny Reb, each of these competitors is a sinner, and not one of them will repent their sins. I, solely, repent my sins and am forgiven. Many of you have heard of the seven deadly sins, well let me introduce you to the seven deadly sinners in the WCF, those seven that commit the most heinous of crimes against our Lord and those who fail to praise him and ask him to forgive their sins. Those seven crimes are simple, lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy, and pride.
The first on our list is lust, the excessive thoughts or desires for something or someone. And the man on our list who falls into this category, of course, is the man you all know as ‘D-Day’, Mister Donald Deruty. Donald is absolutely obsessed with his lack of success at defeating Odin Balfore, and has let that take him over to an incredulous degree. He lusts after a victory over Odin, and even more, lusts over another chance to hold the World Championship. He has sinned, and he does not repent his sins to god, nor to the priest, nor to anyone, and for that he will suffer a fate most cruel, and a defeat at the hands of one who has repented his sins, one who has God watching over him. Donald may hunt for another man in this match if he wants to, but I promise you that he will not be the victor in this match if he cannot focus on the match as a whole, and turns himself to aim directly at Odin Balfore the entire time. It will be his downfall that he cannot put his lust after beating Odin Balfore aside to focus on winning the War like a real competitor should be able to do.
Next on the list, there is gluttony, which is the over-indulgence or over-consumption of something, anything really, to the point of waste. The man I speak of cannot get enough of the feel of victory in the War, and has already won the match three times to date. I speak, of course, of Logan. He already has won the War match three times, and yet he still does not feel he has taken victory enough, and he over-indulges himself in the feel of victory, and in the thrill of the match that is War. He can continue to try and win the match and wallow in his gluttony if he so wishes, but he will be overwhelmed in his quest to achieve the same goal he has reached in the past. New and changing talent will be his demise, because there are those of us who are going into this match blessed and destined to win the War. He was once thought to be my father, and even then he could not, I say could not put aside his insatiable desire to win matches, to compete, and his gluttonous demand for victory.
Then we have greed, the third on our list of the seven deadly sins. Greed, or the excessive desire to have wealth, power, status among his or her peers, or possibly even a desire for material possessions, such as gold, or a title belt, is the defining sin of someone who you all have come to know to have split personalities. He sometimes goes by Reckless Jack. He sometimes goes by Brad Kane. He is always a greedy man who wants nothing other than to hold that gold and to be accepted as the greatest. He is a great wrestler, there is no doubt about it, but he is not the greatest. He has not been blessed for repenting his sin, and he has not been destined to win this match, and for that, he will be guaranteed demise much like that of gluttony, and much like that of lust. He will be destined for defeat. He fits in amongst his family, but he does not fit in amongst the community of wrestlers, and he shall not become a status symbol among them by holding that WCF World Championship in victory.
The fourth of the seven deadly sins is the sin of sloth. The deadly sin so aptly named ‘sloth’ is the sin of not living up to one’s true potential, whether it be from slacking off, or not recognizing the opportunity when it comes to him. The sinner who is best described by the sin of sloth is the southerner, Doc Henry. He is one a WCF veteran who has the potential and ability to become a multiple time World Champion if he were to give his all and put in the effort, yet he continues to stand by and wait for something to be handed to him, failing to realize that victory in a wrestling business is never gifted to someone. He slacks off, and it shows by his disappointing performance time and time again in that wrestling ring. He has lost either directly or indirectly by my hand on three separate occasions, and I put in my all every time I step into that ring. It shows, too, because I never have once lost to someone not trying their absolute best to beat me, and if Doc Henry would put forth the best of his efforts, he would not have to suffer that same tragedy time and time again. He refuses to repent for his sin, and it stays with him as he goes into this match, and it has brought with him the curse that he will lose.
The fifth deadly sin of our seven is the sin of wrath. Wrath is the sin of expressing inordinate and uncontrolled feelings of hatred, rage, and anger toward another, toward an object, toward an event or a happenstance, toward anything. It is obvious the one who expresses such a deadly sin in the WCF. The one who shows the sin of wrath by his deeds is Odin Balfore. He is unrelenting and unmerciful to all who step into the ring with him, no matter if they beg for mercy or not, and uses the ‘power’ of Ragnarok to allow him to remain strong in times when it looks as if even the ‘mighty’ will fall. But this time he can bring Ragnarok with him if he wants, but even the ‘strength’ of Ragnarok will fall unless he repents his unmerciful beating of his enemies. He may have a size advantage that not many people can say they bring to the match, but size does not a victory guarantee when there are twenty other men staring you down in that ring. And he makes fun of the misfortune of others, another significant sin, and accuses Logan and Brad Kane of being homosexuals. While homosexuality is a sin, he hasn’t a right to taunt a homosexual about his choices when he doesn’t even repent his own sins.
Envy is the sixth of the seven deadly sins that I share with you today. And envy is defined as having insatiable desires that lead to jealousy of another for possessions another might have that one doesn’t, for abilities or talents another might have that one doesn’t, and even for opportunities given to others that one doesn’t receive. The envious member of the WCF roster is none other than Oblivion. ‘The Monster’ as he is called is envious of his former tag team partner, Greenfever, may his soul rest in peace, because when Greenfever was alive, his own tag team partner was the one who not only became known as the more successful of the team, and Oblivion was jealous because he was considered to be only along for the ride while Greenfever took the fame and glory for himself. For example, back on April Twenty-Fifth, 2011, Greenfever and Oblivion defeated myself and Alex Haden for the WCF Tag Team Championships. Would it not have been for a near murderous choke hold from Greenfever putting my partner and I out, I do not believe Greenfever would have ever won, and neither do most. And for that, among many reasons, Oblivion is envious, and his envy will get the better of him, and he will fall.
Finally, the seventh of our seven deadly sins, I bring you to the sin known simply as pride. Pride, of course, is the sin of excessive love for oneself and the feeling of being better than others. To an extent, we are all guilty of this most original and most deadly of the seven sins, but it is Johnny Reb who most impurely personifies the sin of pride. He fails to acknowledge the accomplishments of others, and brags about himself because being a two-time former World Champion, as well as a former Tag Team Champion. He does not deteriorate on others like most, but he, too, refuses to acknowledge that there are others that may be better than him. He is a very capable wrestler, and has had success in the past, but he still does not acknowledge the successes of others, and over-acknowledges his past. He holds strong his gut and his pride with a stubborn attitude, and his pride will be his downfall.
While all these others wallow in their sin, I spend my Sunday at Church, confessing my sins. I have been forgiven, and Father Matthews himself has given me that reassurance that the Bible itself has taught me all those years ago. I praise the Lord, and he hath blessed me, and I am at peace with the Lord. I, too, am a sinner like each and every one of the opponents WCF management has put in front of me, but unlike them I have been blessed and forgiven of my sins by the Lord himself, Jesus Christ, and I will have him at my side as I step into the ring to challenge each of them. I wish all of them the best of luck with this match, but I still repent in the fact that I feel that I will be the winner of this match.”
He places the Bible back in the pew rack, stands up, and proceeds toward the door. As he steps out, the camera cuts to outside, where he is shaking hands with a young, dark-haired girl, about his age, but perhaps a few years older. The girl before him is none other than Hope Dudley, another wrestler in the Wrestling Championship Federation.
Hope Dudley: “Well, how did your confessional go with Father Matthews?”
Roy Speede: “It went well, and I feel much better now that my sins have been forgiven. I figure that if you’re going to be a trainee, though, you will be needing to learn my ways, Hope, so I’ll be teaching you the reasoning behind confessing your sins in church sooner or later.”
Hope Dudley: “Okay, that’s fine with me. Anyway, what are your plans for preparing for the War today?”
Roy Speede: “I’m probably going to be heading to the airport before too much longer. My flight to Oley, Pennsylvania leaves at a few minutes after six, and I don’t want to miss it. I’ll have to run by my house and get my things first, of course, but I’ll need to be heading to the airport soon.”
Hope Dudley: “Thanks, Roy, I almost forgot. I’ve gotta get my stuff too, since we’re flying up together.”
Roy Speede: “No problems, Hope. My car is parked around to the rear of the church, and I’ll drive you by your home to pick up your things I guess.”
They begin walking around toward the back of the building, toward Roy’s car as they continue talking.
Hope Dudley: “Well anyway, Roy, how are you feeling about the War match? You feeling plenty confident that you’ll do well in the match?”
Roy Speede: “I definitely feel good about this match, Hope. Not only do I have the Lord on my side while all the others wallow in sin, but I also have the opportunity to silence all of those that say I will never make it in the reincarnation of the WCF. They all think I’m just going right back to the midcard, just like I did not long ago last time I made a return to the WCF. Only this time, of course, I will not do as they want me to. I wish to win this time, and so I shall. The WCF will know the name Roy Speede as the winner of War Ten, and this I say with the Lord to reassure me, for it is written.”
The scene fades to black as the two get into Roy’s car, buckle their seatbelts, and Roy drives away.
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Where'd you go?
Where's your home?
How'd you end up all alone?
Can you Hear Me Now?
There's no light
There's no sound
Hard to breath when you're underground
Can you Hear Me Now?
Hear Me Now!
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The Following is a
Silver Lining Studios
Production
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Status:Finished
Tagged:WAR X
Word Count:2,616
Location:St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Richmond, Virginia
Attire:Formal Attire/Suit
Soundtrack:MercyMe – “I Can Only Imagine”
Notes:-
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Cast
Background Text/Scenery
Roy Speede
Father Matthews
Hope Dudley
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The scene opens to the outside of St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Richmond, Virginia. Outside the building are several people sitting on benches and standing, waiting at what is assumedly a bus stop. The steps leading up to the front doors of the church are white and cemented, and the hand-rails have signs hanging from them that read “wet paint”. Beyond those steps are the four white pillars that hold the roof up over the front area before the main doors, definitely indicating the style of the period in which it was built, that of the eighteen thirties. The two trees, one to either side of the stairwell, are lush and green, and there isn’t a single leaf on the ground below them.
The camera proceeds from across the street, and walks up the steps leading to the doors of the building. The door opens, and the cameraman is welcomed into the church by a black-haired man with glasses wearing a long, black robe. He motions for the cameraman to sit down silently, and the cameraman does so as Roy Speede stands up from one of the pews about two rows in front of the cameraman. He proceeds toward the confessional box, and the cameraman follows. As Roy steps inside the box, the door closes behind him, and the cameraman is left outside, the camera focused on the large, brown, two-part chamber. The camera can still overhear the discussion inside the confession box, however.
Roy Speede: “Forgive me father, for I have sinned.”
Father Matthews: “Tell me your sins, my son, and they will be forgiven.”
Roy Speede: “Father, in under forty-eight hours, I am going to War, and I will be forced to fight twenty or more others, and I cannot protect myself without causing them harm.”
Father Matthews; “But my son, why can you not simply request that your general not send you to war?”
Roy Speede: “Father, I have sinned by asking to be entered into this War. Please forgive me for my sin.”
Father Matthews: “Your sin is forgiven my son.”
Roy Speede: “Please forgive me also Father for wishing harm to my opponents in the war for my own self-gain.”
Father Matthews: “Your sins are forgiven my son.”
Roy Speede: “Thank you, Father.”
The door to the confession box opens, and Roy steps out with a grin on his face. He notices the camera, and fails to acknowledge it beyond holding up one finger, his left index finger, and pointing to the far column of pews. He proceeds around the far side of the closest column of pews, the camera following him, and sits down in perhaps the third or fourth row back, where he picks up a bible, flips through the pages, and starts reading. After a moment, he looks up.
Roy Speede: “Now, as far as this match goes, each and every participant in this match is a sinner. From Donald Deruty to, well, of course to Brad Kane to Odin Balfore, and even Johnny Reb, each of these competitors is a sinner, and not one of them will repent their sins. I, solely, repent my sins and am forgiven. Many of you have heard of the seven deadly sins, well let me introduce you to the seven deadly sinners in the WCF, those seven that commit the most heinous of crimes against our Lord and those who fail to praise him and ask him to forgive their sins. Those seven crimes are simple, lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy, and pride.
The first on our list is lust, the excessive thoughts or desires for something or someone. And the man on our list who falls into this category, of course, is the man you all know as ‘D-Day’, Mister Donald Deruty. Donald is absolutely obsessed with his lack of success at defeating Odin Balfore, and has let that take him over to an incredulous degree. He lusts after a victory over Odin, and even more, lusts over another chance to hold the World Championship. He has sinned, and he does not repent his sins to god, nor to the priest, nor to anyone, and for that he will suffer a fate most cruel, and a defeat at the hands of one who has repented his sins, one who has God watching over him. Donald may hunt for another man in this match if he wants to, but I promise you that he will not be the victor in this match if he cannot focus on the match as a whole, and turns himself to aim directly at Odin Balfore the entire time. It will be his downfall that he cannot put his lust after beating Odin Balfore aside to focus on winning the War like a real competitor should be able to do.
Next on the list, there is gluttony, which is the over-indulgence or over-consumption of something, anything really, to the point of waste. The man I speak of cannot get enough of the feel of victory in the War, and has already won the match three times to date. I speak, of course, of Logan. He already has won the War match three times, and yet he still does not feel he has taken victory enough, and he over-indulges himself in the feel of victory, and in the thrill of the match that is War. He can continue to try and win the match and wallow in his gluttony if he so wishes, but he will be overwhelmed in his quest to achieve the same goal he has reached in the past. New and changing talent will be his demise, because there are those of us who are going into this match blessed and destined to win the War. He was once thought to be my father, and even then he could not, I say could not put aside his insatiable desire to win matches, to compete, and his gluttonous demand for victory.
Then we have greed, the third on our list of the seven deadly sins. Greed, or the excessive desire to have wealth, power, status among his or her peers, or possibly even a desire for material possessions, such as gold, or a title belt, is the defining sin of someone who you all have come to know to have split personalities. He sometimes goes by Reckless Jack. He sometimes goes by Brad Kane. He is always a greedy man who wants nothing other than to hold that gold and to be accepted as the greatest. He is a great wrestler, there is no doubt about it, but he is not the greatest. He has not been blessed for repenting his sin, and he has not been destined to win this match, and for that, he will be guaranteed demise much like that of gluttony, and much like that of lust. He will be destined for defeat. He fits in amongst his family, but he does not fit in amongst the community of wrestlers, and he shall not become a status symbol among them by holding that WCF World Championship in victory.
The fourth of the seven deadly sins is the sin of sloth. The deadly sin so aptly named ‘sloth’ is the sin of not living up to one’s true potential, whether it be from slacking off, or not recognizing the opportunity when it comes to him. The sinner who is best described by the sin of sloth is the southerner, Doc Henry. He is one a WCF veteran who has the potential and ability to become a multiple time World Champion if he were to give his all and put in the effort, yet he continues to stand by and wait for something to be handed to him, failing to realize that victory in a wrestling business is never gifted to someone. He slacks off, and it shows by his disappointing performance time and time again in that wrestling ring. He has lost either directly or indirectly by my hand on three separate occasions, and I put in my all every time I step into that ring. It shows, too, because I never have once lost to someone not trying their absolute best to beat me, and if Doc Henry would put forth the best of his efforts, he would not have to suffer that same tragedy time and time again. He refuses to repent for his sin, and it stays with him as he goes into this match, and it has brought with him the curse that he will lose.
The fifth deadly sin of our seven is the sin of wrath. Wrath is the sin of expressing inordinate and uncontrolled feelings of hatred, rage, and anger toward another, toward an object, toward an event or a happenstance, toward anything. It is obvious the one who expresses such a deadly sin in the WCF. The one who shows the sin of wrath by his deeds is Odin Balfore. He is unrelenting and unmerciful to all who step into the ring with him, no matter if they beg for mercy or not, and uses the ‘power’ of Ragnarok to allow him to remain strong in times when it looks as if even the ‘mighty’ will fall. But this time he can bring Ragnarok with him if he wants, but even the ‘strength’ of Ragnarok will fall unless he repents his unmerciful beating of his enemies. He may have a size advantage that not many people can say they bring to the match, but size does not a victory guarantee when there are twenty other men staring you down in that ring. And he makes fun of the misfortune of others, another significant sin, and accuses Logan and Brad Kane of being homosexuals. While homosexuality is a sin, he hasn’t a right to taunt a homosexual about his choices when he doesn’t even repent his own sins.
Envy is the sixth of the seven deadly sins that I share with you today. And envy is defined as having insatiable desires that lead to jealousy of another for possessions another might have that one doesn’t, for abilities or talents another might have that one doesn’t, and even for opportunities given to others that one doesn’t receive. The envious member of the WCF roster is none other than Oblivion. ‘The Monster’ as he is called is envious of his former tag team partner, Greenfever, may his soul rest in peace, because when Greenfever was alive, his own tag team partner was the one who not only became known as the more successful of the team, and Oblivion was jealous because he was considered to be only along for the ride while Greenfever took the fame and glory for himself. For example, back on April Twenty-Fifth, 2011, Greenfever and Oblivion defeated myself and Alex Haden for the WCF Tag Team Championships. Would it not have been for a near murderous choke hold from Greenfever putting my partner and I out, I do not believe Greenfever would have ever won, and neither do most. And for that, among many reasons, Oblivion is envious, and his envy will get the better of him, and he will fall.
Finally, the seventh of our seven deadly sins, I bring you to the sin known simply as pride. Pride, of course, is the sin of excessive love for oneself and the feeling of being better than others. To an extent, we are all guilty of this most original and most deadly of the seven sins, but it is Johnny Reb who most impurely personifies the sin of pride. He fails to acknowledge the accomplishments of others, and brags about himself because being a two-time former World Champion, as well as a former Tag Team Champion. He does not deteriorate on others like most, but he, too, refuses to acknowledge that there are others that may be better than him. He is a very capable wrestler, and has had success in the past, but he still does not acknowledge the successes of others, and over-acknowledges his past. He holds strong his gut and his pride with a stubborn attitude, and his pride will be his downfall.
While all these others wallow in their sin, I spend my Sunday at Church, confessing my sins. I have been forgiven, and Father Matthews himself has given me that reassurance that the Bible itself has taught me all those years ago. I praise the Lord, and he hath blessed me, and I am at peace with the Lord. I, too, am a sinner like each and every one of the opponents WCF management has put in front of me, but unlike them I have been blessed and forgiven of my sins by the Lord himself, Jesus Christ, and I will have him at my side as I step into the ring to challenge each of them. I wish all of them the best of luck with this match, but I still repent in the fact that I feel that I will be the winner of this match.”
He places the Bible back in the pew rack, stands up, and proceeds toward the door. As he steps out, the camera cuts to outside, where he is shaking hands with a young, dark-haired girl, about his age, but perhaps a few years older. The girl before him is none other than Hope Dudley, another wrestler in the Wrestling Championship Federation.
Hope Dudley: “Well, how did your confessional go with Father Matthews?”
Roy Speede: “It went well, and I feel much better now that my sins have been forgiven. I figure that if you’re going to be a trainee, though, you will be needing to learn my ways, Hope, so I’ll be teaching you the reasoning behind confessing your sins in church sooner or later.”
Hope Dudley: “Okay, that’s fine with me. Anyway, what are your plans for preparing for the War today?”
Roy Speede: “I’m probably going to be heading to the airport before too much longer. My flight to Oley, Pennsylvania leaves at a few minutes after six, and I don’t want to miss it. I’ll have to run by my house and get my things first, of course, but I’ll need to be heading to the airport soon.”
Hope Dudley: “Thanks, Roy, I almost forgot. I’ve gotta get my stuff too, since we’re flying up together.”
Roy Speede: “No problems, Hope. My car is parked around to the rear of the church, and I’ll drive you by your home to pick up your things I guess.”
They begin walking around toward the back of the building, toward Roy’s car as they continue talking.
Hope Dudley: “Well anyway, Roy, how are you feeling about the War match? You feeling plenty confident that you’ll do well in the match?”
Roy Speede: “I definitely feel good about this match, Hope. Not only do I have the Lord on my side while all the others wallow in sin, but I also have the opportunity to silence all of those that say I will never make it in the reincarnation of the WCF. They all think I’m just going right back to the midcard, just like I did not long ago last time I made a return to the WCF. Only this time, of course, I will not do as they want me to. I wish to win this time, and so I shall. The WCF will know the name Roy Speede as the winner of War Ten, and this I say with the Lord to reassure me, for it is written.”
The scene fades to black as the two get into Roy’s car, buckle their seatbelts, and Roy drives away.
