Post by zombie on Dec 31, 2016 0:54:26 GMT -5
Aokigahara and Kimitsu Zombie walk along a dark corridor dressed in cleaner's coveralls with semi concealed faces. Aokigahara wears a bandana covering his mouth and a cap. Kimitsu has on a large black flu mask with her hood up. They reach a door and Kimitsu tries a key card from her pocket to open it. They walk into an office where a floor to ceiling window reveals they are in a high-rise building with a view of the blank night sky over hundreds of city lights. The walls of the office are decorated with the colorful remnants of a holiday party. Aoki doesn’t take long to find a bottle of champagne in the fridge that is half full. Kimitsu moves on to one of the tables and rummages through a newspaper she takes from the garbage.
“A nine year old is shot in the head during a drive by. Two explosions go off during a boxing match in the Philippines. A woman’s body is found in her car with her hands and feet tied together showing evidence of sexual assault. A couple beat up and rob an elderly man while he was trying to get into his building. A company lays off staff right before Christmas. All this happened today within a few hours and the world keeps turning. Carnage and mayhem is thrown out into the ether and we just blink and shake our heads but we don’t get too worked up about it because we expect it. Well except these famous people dying. We definitely didn’t seem to expect that.”
Aokigahara grunts and turns back from looking out of the window and points with the bottle. “That’s gonna keep happening, you know? Childhoods are getting old.”
Kimitsu puts the newspaper away and turns on the monitor of the computer in front of her. “Humans are bastards. Doing these things is becoming easy to a lot of us. Ignoring them is even easier.” After some typing she finds what she is looking for and prints it out. She gets up and walks on with Aokigahara following.”This has been going on forever and we get more complacent as the ages pass. We’re supposed to be more civilized than that. We find other ways to get what we want but it all boils down to violence in the end. It’s why most of us took up this sport in the first place, right?”
She points at a door and Aokigahara kicks it open. The first thing that hits them is the smell. It is a mix between a farm and a petting zoo. The room is divided by rows of cages of different sizes. In each cage is an animal from rabbits to rats, monkeys, and dogs. Only some of them make a noise as the door slams shut either too tired or too nervous to pay attention. The animals are separated into sections with signs above them that read Subjects A, B, etc.
They walk along the rows until they get to the dogs. Kimitsu takes a piece of paper from her pocket and holds it up to some of the cages. “This is why us Zombies exist and why we were spread out among the wrestling world. It’s why Ketsuekigata Z is in AWE. We aim to manage the apathy and steer the crowd to passion. We want to set the example. We want to be the role models. So far in the AWE we have been facing off against some tough opponents but they were sounding boards for us to showcase our styles and to try and get some followers. Uncle Aoki has been doing a good job of it. With every battle his name grows and more people have been wanting to see him fight.”
She turns to look at him and he is playing with two lab rats.
“Me, I do alright. I try really hard to uphold the values I was taught but ultimately I just try to get attention. I just want to rile people up. I’ve faced some big names during time here, like Zack and Amis, so I have to work hard at getting what I want. What I want is the fame and money and glory. And for that… I’ll do whatever I need to do to win.”
Kimitsu holds the sheet of paper out further and we see it’s an ad for a lost pet. The reward is big. She stops at one of the cages marked Subject D-005.
“Uncle, this one, right?”
Aokigahara walks up and checks the black and white french bulldog in the cage with the one in the pictures. “Looks about right.” He pulls out a knife and starts working on the lock of the small cage. Kimitsu walks around looking at the other animals.
“I haven’t really gotten the chances to do a lot of the goody good work here until now. We finally got the tag match we’ve been waiting for and it comes in the form of The Solomons, two people that want to be monsters.”
“Satanists!” Aokigahara yells with a grunt as he pries the cage open and grabs the frightened dog by the scruff of the neck. Kimitsu holds her hand against a balding chimp's cage as it lazily pokes at her palm.
"We know all about people like you two, Darcy. You’re a dark and spooky one, ain’t you? I can looks past the masks and that damned accent and demeanor. I can look at the real you. To me you’re just a scared little girl who doesn’t want to be alone. You got your brother there and you use him like a security blanket. You use him and you abuse him. I bet the scouts here didn’t take a second glance at you when they saw you but him? There’s a thing that demands attention. You definitely got ours, big guy.”
Aokigahara walks up to her with the dog in one hand and the rat in the other looking very excited. “Oh yeah, I want to meet that Duke. The strong and silent are usually so boring but this one looks different. He really does come close to being the definition of behemoth. I’m very interested in what he can do if you let him off the leash. If he is anything like what I read then it will be a great kick off to a new year. I’ll help the boy out and make him talk. Hell, when I’m done with him I bet he’ll be singing.”
Kimitsu checks on the watch on her wrists and nods to leave. They start moving and randomly open a few cages. Animals jump and fly out. “So Darcy, we know you might have the jump on us as a team with you two being siblings and all so we want to test something, it being our first match as Ketsuekigata Z. We figure you two might fight as one mind, even more so when you got a mindless drone for a partner. I know he’s the strength of the team but you’re the brains. Uncle Aoki and I plan to fight as two minds hellbent on a similar goal. We’re going to go at you with all the wild abandon of a Zombie. First I’ll try to take you down. Get at the brains so the boys can have their fun. Then when Aoki has had his fill and gotten Duke softened up I’ll take him out too. If you think you can guard against this given that I just told you well you’ve never seen a hunger quite like ours.”
They run out with the dog and the chaos behind them through the office. Kimitsu grabs a few sheets of paper from the printer and they run out of the office. They rush into the elevator and relax to ease off the excitement.
Aokigahara howls and pats Kimitsu on the back hard. The dog barks up at them. “Hey, are those the right papers?”
“Yeah, this is proof.” She puts the printouts in front of the camera. “This is proof that Heyman Sciences took Snuggles here off the street right out of poor Leslie’s hands. He was the saddest unfortunately names little boy ever.”
“The reward ain’t sad at all. Leslie's parents must be loaded.”
“Shh, we’re doing this out of the goodness of our hearts. Since when do I get to be a hero? Well.. This is my chance, Darcy. If I play up to your southern gothic bullshit I can finally act like the warrior Tokyo wants me to be. When we face you I get to be the hero taking down the Darkness in the name of the Light. I don’t care that you are a witch in concert with the devil maybe, or that your brother looks like he can snap me in two like a twig, I won’t lose this fight. This is another try for championship gold. I've had too many close calls. Now I’m going to win because I’ll have Aokigahara Zombie in my corner. He’ll have his fun at your expense and I’ll be there to brush up the pieces when he’s done. The fans of the AWE will see what a top tier tag team is made of. They will see their finally see their first tag champions in action together. They will be moved and inspired to be better people. Like us! We’ve been waiting long enough so we’re glad you could join us and help us fulfill our purpose. Welcome to our world.”
They reach the lobby and Aokigahara stuffs Snuggles into his overall. He hands the rat to Kimitsu and she reluctantly does the same. Kimitsu puts on her mask and Aoki puts on sunglasses and they walk out of the elevator and into the lobby to make their escape.
“A nine year old is shot in the head during a drive by. Two explosions go off during a boxing match in the Philippines. A woman’s body is found in her car with her hands and feet tied together showing evidence of sexual assault. A couple beat up and rob an elderly man while he was trying to get into his building. A company lays off staff right before Christmas. All this happened today within a few hours and the world keeps turning. Carnage and mayhem is thrown out into the ether and we just blink and shake our heads but we don’t get too worked up about it because we expect it. Well except these famous people dying. We definitely didn’t seem to expect that.”
Aokigahara grunts and turns back from looking out of the window and points with the bottle. “That’s gonna keep happening, you know? Childhoods are getting old.”
Kimitsu puts the newspaper away and turns on the monitor of the computer in front of her. “Humans are bastards. Doing these things is becoming easy to a lot of us. Ignoring them is even easier.” After some typing she finds what she is looking for and prints it out. She gets up and walks on with Aokigahara following.”This has been going on forever and we get more complacent as the ages pass. We’re supposed to be more civilized than that. We find other ways to get what we want but it all boils down to violence in the end. It’s why most of us took up this sport in the first place, right?”
She points at a door and Aokigahara kicks it open. The first thing that hits them is the smell. It is a mix between a farm and a petting zoo. The room is divided by rows of cages of different sizes. In each cage is an animal from rabbits to rats, monkeys, and dogs. Only some of them make a noise as the door slams shut either too tired or too nervous to pay attention. The animals are separated into sections with signs above them that read Subjects A, B, etc.
They walk along the rows until they get to the dogs. Kimitsu takes a piece of paper from her pocket and holds it up to some of the cages. “This is why us Zombies exist and why we were spread out among the wrestling world. It’s why Ketsuekigata Z is in AWE. We aim to manage the apathy and steer the crowd to passion. We want to set the example. We want to be the role models. So far in the AWE we have been facing off against some tough opponents but they were sounding boards for us to showcase our styles and to try and get some followers. Uncle Aoki has been doing a good job of it. With every battle his name grows and more people have been wanting to see him fight.”
She turns to look at him and he is playing with two lab rats.
“Me, I do alright. I try really hard to uphold the values I was taught but ultimately I just try to get attention. I just want to rile people up. I’ve faced some big names during time here, like Zack and Amis, so I have to work hard at getting what I want. What I want is the fame and money and glory. And for that… I’ll do whatever I need to do to win.”
Kimitsu holds the sheet of paper out further and we see it’s an ad for a lost pet. The reward is big. She stops at one of the cages marked Subject D-005.
“Uncle, this one, right?”
Aokigahara walks up and checks the black and white french bulldog in the cage with the one in the pictures. “Looks about right.” He pulls out a knife and starts working on the lock of the small cage. Kimitsu walks around looking at the other animals.
“I haven’t really gotten the chances to do a lot of the goody good work here until now. We finally got the tag match we’ve been waiting for and it comes in the form of The Solomons, two people that want to be monsters.”
“Satanists!” Aokigahara yells with a grunt as he pries the cage open and grabs the frightened dog by the scruff of the neck. Kimitsu holds her hand against a balding chimp's cage as it lazily pokes at her palm.
"We know all about people like you two, Darcy. You’re a dark and spooky one, ain’t you? I can looks past the masks and that damned accent and demeanor. I can look at the real you. To me you’re just a scared little girl who doesn’t want to be alone. You got your brother there and you use him like a security blanket. You use him and you abuse him. I bet the scouts here didn’t take a second glance at you when they saw you but him? There’s a thing that demands attention. You definitely got ours, big guy.”
Aokigahara walks up to her with the dog in one hand and the rat in the other looking very excited. “Oh yeah, I want to meet that Duke. The strong and silent are usually so boring but this one looks different. He really does come close to being the definition of behemoth. I’m very interested in what he can do if you let him off the leash. If he is anything like what I read then it will be a great kick off to a new year. I’ll help the boy out and make him talk. Hell, when I’m done with him I bet he’ll be singing.”
Kimitsu checks on the watch on her wrists and nods to leave. They start moving and randomly open a few cages. Animals jump and fly out. “So Darcy, we know you might have the jump on us as a team with you two being siblings and all so we want to test something, it being our first match as Ketsuekigata Z. We figure you two might fight as one mind, even more so when you got a mindless drone for a partner. I know he’s the strength of the team but you’re the brains. Uncle Aoki and I plan to fight as two minds hellbent on a similar goal. We’re going to go at you with all the wild abandon of a Zombie. First I’ll try to take you down. Get at the brains so the boys can have their fun. Then when Aoki has had his fill and gotten Duke softened up I’ll take him out too. If you think you can guard against this given that I just told you well you’ve never seen a hunger quite like ours.”
They run out with the dog and the chaos behind them through the office. Kimitsu grabs a few sheets of paper from the printer and they run out of the office. They rush into the elevator and relax to ease off the excitement.
Aokigahara howls and pats Kimitsu on the back hard. The dog barks up at them. “Hey, are those the right papers?”
“Yeah, this is proof.” She puts the printouts in front of the camera. “This is proof that Heyman Sciences took Snuggles here off the street right out of poor Leslie’s hands. He was the saddest unfortunately names little boy ever.”
“The reward ain’t sad at all. Leslie's parents must be loaded.”
“Shh, we’re doing this out of the goodness of our hearts. Since when do I get to be a hero? Well.. This is my chance, Darcy. If I play up to your southern gothic bullshit I can finally act like the warrior Tokyo wants me to be. When we face you I get to be the hero taking down the Darkness in the name of the Light. I don’t care that you are a witch in concert with the devil maybe, or that your brother looks like he can snap me in two like a twig, I won’t lose this fight. This is another try for championship gold. I've had too many close calls. Now I’m going to win because I’ll have Aokigahara Zombie in my corner. He’ll have his fun at your expense and I’ll be there to brush up the pieces when he’s done. The fans of the AWE will see what a top tier tag team is made of. They will see their finally see their first tag champions in action together. They will be moved and inspired to be better people. Like us! We’ve been waiting long enough so we’re glad you could join us and help us fulfill our purpose. Welcome to our world.”
They reach the lobby and Aokigahara stuffs Snuggles into his overall. He hands the rat to Kimitsu and she reluctantly does the same. Kimitsu puts on her mask and Aoki puts on sunglasses and they walk out of the elevator and into the lobby to make their escape.